spinynorman

If you followed my instructions, you haven't switched it off! I know the presentation is confusing, but you've set up a standard firewall.

Go to www.auditmypc.com and check that it works. :)

If you go through the procedure in the MCC, you'll have a very good firewall... :mellow:

Have you tried what I suggested?

You should leave the web & ftp servers unchecked as you are not running servers on your machine - at least I assume not on dial-up. :)

The options presented are the exceptions you require for incoming traffic. If you leave all boxes unchecked including 'Everything (no firewall)', you should be OK.

You can test the firewall at www.auditmypc.com.

Would gEDA be any good?

I also found a (somewhat old) review here.

You can get a Mandriva 2007.0 package here. You are still using 2007.0? :unsure:

The Ubuntu operating system has been charged with crimes against hard drives. A number of users have complained this week about the OS (7.04/7.10) forcing drives to spin up and down at an unnatural rate due to some very aggressive power management features. According to Ubuntu wizards, however, this is a firmware/BIOS issue and not the OS's fault.

Read more at The Register. In the comments, Mandriva's Adam Williamson refutes the suggestion that this is the default setup...

5 Resolved issues

5.1 HTML files incorrectly recognized by MIME system (not indexed by Beagle and Kerry)

5.2 SSL support missing from irssi

5.3 csh / tcsh unusable due to error in OpenOffice.org csh profile script

5.4 Firefox crashes when opening Print Preview window

 

10 Software issues

10.3 Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted

10.4 Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind

10.5 Some GNOME applications do not start due to evolution-data-server not exiting at session end

10.6 Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text)

10.7 Cannot access files on AFS servers

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(who moved this before I managed to finish my reply, grrrr).

:P

Sorry for double posting this news!

I've merged your thread into this one. :)

New issues:

9 Hardware issues

9.6 Blank display on laptop screen with Intel 810, 815, 830 or 845 graphics adapter (description refined)

 

10 Software issues

10.4 Bridged networking via a wireless interface does not work with VMware

You can stop harddrake running on boot in the Mandriva Control Centre:

System - Manage System Services - Manage system services by enabling or disabling services: scroll down to harddrake and uncheck the 'on boot' field. ;)

The various methods of installation are described in the Mandriva wiki.

The Linux Driver Project is a group of Linux kernel developers (over 200 strong) and project managers (over 10) that develop and maintain Linux kernel drivers. They work with the manufacturers of the specific device to specify, develop, submit to the main kernel, and maintain the kernel drivers.

You are invited to add to the list of unsupported hardware here. If you do not wish to create a wiki account just to edit the list, feel free to email GregKH your requests, or send them to the Developers MailingLists.

Welcome to the board. :)

See Mandriva 2007.1 Release Notes.

Resolved issues:

5.5 No drivers provided for select in knoda

5.6 Katalog does not launch

Resolved issues:

5.2 No sound in Hydrogen

5.3 Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin

5.4 Slune fails to launch

New issues:

7 Upgrading

7.1 rpm db errors

 

9 Hardware issues

9.4 No sound with Zepto Znote 6625WD

 

10 Software issues

10.4 VMware Player configuration script fails during module compilation

Darthcoder - I've removed your new topic about reinstalling. Please post all questions relating to this problem here, otherwise it gets very confusing. :)

Chris, you've made a big impact since you brought MCNLive to MUB - you'll be sadly missed.

Good luck with the new phase of your life - but keep using Linux. :)

New issue:

9 Hardware issues

9.2 Firewire devices not detected

Groklaw has an interview with Mark Taylor, president of the Open Source Consortium in the UK. The main topic of conversation is the iPlayer.

The interviewer had seen an analysis online which described the way it works in detail. Saying that it's a Verisign Kontiki architecture, it's peer-to-peer, and in fact one of the more worrying aspects is that you have no control over your node. It loads at boot time under Windows, the BBC can use as much of your bandwidth as they please, in fact I think OFCOM made some kind of estimate as to how many hundreds of millions of pounds that would cost everyone, there is a hidden directory called "My Deliveries" which pre-caches large preview files, it phones home to the Microsoft DRM servers of course, it logs all the iPlayer activity and errors with identifiers in an unencrypted file...

The full interview

It’s been a while since Microsoft signed up any more Linux distro vendors to participate as patent-protection partners. But on October 22, the Redmondians announced they’ve added TurboLinux to the fold.

More at ZDNet.

5 Resolved issues

5.1 gparted does not appear in system menu

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However, if I do urpmi RealPlayer or urpmi acroread, it does not download.

Have you looked at the Perfect Desktop tutorial?

Also, how do I download the KDE games such as Kpatience, etc.

There are kdegames & libkdegames1 packages in the main repository, so just use urpmi kdegames or the MCC. :)

Added to Desktop Links. :)

Linspire 6 is pretty uninspiring, according to linux.com:

Former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony was pretty gung-ho about the company's upcoming release back in June. He said it would "fill some key holes in our current offering." Unfortunately Linspire 6, released last week, lacks the refinements you'd expect in a distro you pay $50 to download. It drops some key distinguishing features, and in return gains only some Microsoft technology as spelled out in the Microsoft patent covenants Linspire agreed to. This release seems to be about deferring to Microsoft.