ac_dispatcher

I had the same problem. It was what plati advised. I had the "wan on Lan" option on in my bios.

Also my computer would randomly turn off until I stopped "acpid" services.

At noon (my local time) the status was checked by my wife (I'm at work)

Download complete: 525mb downloaded 575mb uploaded and still upping at 28kb /sec.

I got pi$$ed when I was uploading faster than downloading. In the end it was due to my ignorance.

But it feels good to somewhat pay it back with my bandwith. Ill let it upload for another 6 hours or so B)

Try checking the LinuxQuestions.org Hardware Compatibility List.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php

Edit:

NetGear stuff looks promising

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showcat.php?cat=149

OK its been a while since I used it. all I remember was Texstar's tutorial on it with port 6881. I just found some more info on it:

http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/#ports

Prior to version 3.2, BitTorrent by default uses ports in the range of 6881-6889. As of 3.2 and later, the range has been extended to 6881-6999. (These are all  TCP ports, BitTorrent does not use UDP.) The client starts with the lowest port in the range and sequentially tries higher ports until it can find one to which it  can bind. This means that the first client you open will bind to 6881, the next to 6882, etc. Therefore, you only really need to open as many ports as simultaneous BitTorrent clients you would ever have open. For most people it's sufficient to open 6881-6889.

So I guess it pays to RTFM :P

Well maybe read the current manual or tutorial on it B)

Edit - Forgot to use Spell Check

OK I saw the post by hms2k:

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=13287

I thought Id try out Linspire (Lindows) again. When I tried to download it I got an error that I did not have permission. I had downloaded Lindows for free in the past and was already registerd on Lindows. but I was able to download the .torrent file.

So I said it had been a while since I used BitTorrent lets give it a go. -

Logged on my firewall:

Opened port 6881

foward port 6881 to the Laptop

Reload firewall

Start up BitTorrent

wait

wait

wait

Went upstairs to watch some tv. 1 hour later checked up on by torrent. 37mb downloaded 46mb uploaded. 18kb download 28kb upload speeds. I thought what the heck is going on here? My only thought was a lot of people leaching off me. I was Pi$$ed off

Decided to continue and went to bed. Woke up 67% complete (9hrs later). aroung 400mb downloaded 370mb uploaded. Is this normal ? Maybe they should make it so that you cant download via BitTorrent unless you upload (even a little). Too many people seem to leach.

In all I decided that I had not given back to the Linux community in a while. So my download will finish around 0900am but Ill let it continue to upload until I get home from work (0600pm). B)

My DSL has no up/download limit - Or at least my provider has not warned me yet :D Ive been known to download around 10 gigs a week (every beta version out there) with no problem. I guess that is one good thigh DSL has over cable. If I had cable I would have gotton a nice letter to reduce my downloading

I just up'd to xorg-x11 last night on my Gentoo system. Works great for me. No problems. But from the Gentoo forum a lot of people are having some difficulty. I would calssify it as beta for now until they get some bugs worked out.

Maybe show up in the next Mandy RC? 10.1?

I been so used to tweaking my XF86Config its now weird to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf :P

Some stuff

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=1...=mplayer+plugin

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=1...ht=mplayer+alsa

Maybe -

#USE="alsa" emerge mplayer

check your /etc/mplayer.conf

This is for the plugin but:

http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/howto.html

From the above link -

mplayer configuration

If you are using GNOME as your desktop environment add this line to $HOME/.mplayer/config:

ao=esd

For KDE add:

ao=arts

Also try

#emerge kplayer

another nice gui mplayer front. :D

I play it on my Laptop and it does pretty good. No lockups or jitters. Its a ATI Mobility M6(32mb) ram. Iget around 625 FPS in glxgears. Some stuf that made a difference.:

For me the biggest boost was my XF86Config settings:

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

EndSection

First it was setting it to 24 bit color. Then the big boost was changing the Modes to list all I wanted available. My desktop is 1280x124 but NWN runs at 800x600.

May seem unneeded but:

Have you tried it with static ip addresses?

I never had much luck with dhcp (never really tried) I have about 6 computers on my network at home (cat5e line) all with static addresses.

Static is ok if the number of computers are at a minimum.

May seem odd but have you tried it via Point2Play or just Winex3?

I got my HP ze5185 working (at least most of it)

Check out others:

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/

When I was looking for a Laptop and found the ze5185 for a good price I first came home and did a google on it -- found this:

http://badtux.org/home/eric/editorial/hplaptop.php

and this

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~vonsrdmn/ze51...185/index.shtml

So I knew it worked ok and I bought it. so far so good. Mandy 9.1 and 9.2 worked good on it.

Point is : due your homework before you buy.

I think you mean:

/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4

I got my ATI Mobility M6 LY to work with DRI:

(this worked for me in Gentoo 2.6.3 and Mandrake 2.6 kernels, may not work for others)

I have to compile my own kernel.. First found out what chipset I use:

[root@arora acdispatcher]# lspci | grep AGP

00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1671 Super P4 Northbridge [AGP4X,PCI and SDR/DDR] (rev 02)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller

OK so I know to compile ALI into the kernel.

[root@arora acdispatcher]#urpmi kernel-sources

Now compiled my kernel with:

>>>>>Character devices

<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)

<*> ALI chipset support

< > ATI chipset support

< > AMD Irongate, 761, and 762 chipset support

< > AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support

< > Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support

< > NVIDIA nForce/nForce2 chipset support

< > SiS chipset support

< > Serverworks LE/HE chipset support

< > VIA chipset support

[*] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)

< > 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+

< > 3dlabs GMX 2000

< > ATI Rage 128

<*> ATI Radeon

< > Matrox g200/g400

< > SiS video cards

From experince with my setup I have found that DRI only worked if I compiled everything into the kernel. My NIC Card (natsemi) doesnt like the 2.6 kernel unless its built in too.

in my XF86Config:

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "ATI"

BoardName "ATI Radeon"

Driver "radeon"

BusID "1:0:0"

Option "DPMS"

Option "AGPMode" "4"

Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"

EndSection

[acdispatcher@arora linux]$ glxinfo

name of display: :0.0

disabling TCL support

display: :0 screen: 0

direct rendering: Yes

server glx vendor string: SGI

server glx version string: 1.2

server glx extensions:

GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context

client glx vendor string: SGI

client glx version string: 1.2

client glx extensions:

GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context

GLX extensions:

GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context

OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Radeon 20020611 AGP 4x x86/MMX/SSE NO-TCL

OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 4.0.4

OpenGL extensions:

GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,

GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,

GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,

GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,

GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,

GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,

GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,

GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_polygon_offset,

GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_texture3D,

GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,

GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,

GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_vertex_array,

GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_MESA_window_pos,

GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,

GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp

glu version: 1.3

glu extensions:

GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav

id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat

----------------------------------------------------------------------

0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x25 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x26 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x27 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x28 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x29 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x2a 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x2b 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x2c 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x2d 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x2e 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x2f 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x30 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

0x31 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

0x32 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

[acdispatcher@arora linux]$ glxgears

disabling TCL support

2782 frames in 5.0 seconds = 556.400 FPS

2843 frames in 5.0 seconds = 568.600 FPS

2846 frames in 5.0 seconds = 569.200 FPS

2838 frames in 5.0 seconds = 567.600 FPS

In the 2.4 kernel I could onkly get at best about 525 FPS. When I boot to Gentoo I get around 625 FPS.

Sorry this one is so long. I had a lot of trouble with the 2.6 and my ATI M6 in the past. Just trying to past it on....

I cant seem to bing the page up but. I always found that setting up samba server was easiest the webmin. I just alway worked for me.

emerge - oops I mean

#urpmi webmin

#/etc/init.d/webmin start

and open your browser to:

http://localhost:10000

login as root

select "Servers" then "Samba Windows File Sharing"

remember to hit the "Restart Samba Servers" when your done

I got my Touchpad and usb mouse to work at the same time. Not sure if it will work with two ps/2 port mice. but here is how I did it:

Goto http://www.tuxmobil.org/software/synaptics/ or read and download at http://www.tuxmobil.org/touchpad_driver.html and download the synaptic driver. Copy the "synaptics_drv.o" to your XFree module directory (e.g.: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers) I did not compile the download I just copied the driver to my directory.

In the XF86Config-4

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse2"

Driver "synaptics"

Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Option "MaxTapTime" "20"

Option "UpDownScrolling" "on"

Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"

Option "Edges" "1900 5400 1800 3900"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"

Option "MinSpeed" "0.02"

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

Option "Finger" "25 30"

Option "MaxTapMove" "220"

Option "CorePointer" ""

Option "AccelFactor" "0.0007"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

and at the bottom:

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

Works with my Gentoo system with the 2.6.3 kernel also.

>>>>PROBLEM SOLVED<<<<

Ok thought id write back with the great outcome I had.

I kept calling and finally got an extension for a guy at the phone company switching station. He used SUSE 9.0 :D So I told him my problem. I said for about 2 1/2 years I was downloading at about 80k a second with DSL. He said "thats it?". Then I said I couldn't break the 45k mark currently.

He "adjusted" my band with limit at the station but that only got me to 65k download speed. He said the diagnostic show my phone quality at bad.

From his advise I installed brand new CAT3 telephone line so that the DSL was the only line hooked up in the house.

I got 145k download speeds. :lol:

So then he "tuned" my connected testing each time until I finally got 170k Download speeds from my DSL. In the end I doubled my connecting speed.

Again from his advise I would connect one more room's phone line and run a test. At a certain line (living room) it dropped to 40k. I found the bad line. In the end my line from my outside box to the inside "box" was bad and my living room line was bad. When both were replaced I was at 107k

My advice to all DSL users if you have the time: Run a new line (CAT3) from your box. Attach the dsl only and run a line test (www.dslreports.com), then start attaching one line at a time. Worked for me

I have a adsl that has been working great for about 3 years now. 2 of which I have had my coyote linux router/firewall working. About 1 month ago I was downloading around 120k a second. My uptime is about 36 days and at best I now get 40k a second.

I disconnected all phone lines and ran a direct line from my adsl to to box outside my house. - 40k a second.

When I called up Ameritech once they heard "Linux" that became my problem. I was pi$$ed. So I ripped the router appart and connected it to my WinXP box - 40k a second.

Called back. now it was my home phone lines. I advised them that I was connected to the box outside my house. She advised that my line to the box that I ran was bad (brand new line).

Any ideas? or anything else I could check to see if its on my end?

Maybe a worm or internet virus slowing down my ISP??

I hate it when you call up a customer service and they find out your on Linux and treat you like dirt.

First make sure you are editing the sudoers file correctly.

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

the syntax of this line is:

user machine=(effective user) command

try-

javaguy ALL=(ALL) /bin/cp

or to sudo any command:

javaguy ALL=(ALL) ALL

Well I was cleaning out my computer stuff and found it. My first store bought Mandrake 6.0. It started me on my Linux movement.

I decided to grab some old parts and build and computer. Built a 486 DX4/100 with 3gb hd and 64mb ram. no sound, or network (no PCI just ISA baby!!). Installed MDK6.0. Ah yes the good old days...

KDE 1.1.1

GNOME

kernel 2.2.9-19mdk

ext2 (yea that old)

gimp 1.0.4

kpackage 1.3

netscape 4.6

kfm (no konqueror)

no urpmi here (dependency hell)

Its been fun so far hacking around with the old system. I must say its very "touchy" compared to todays Mandy. I had to format a floppy with ext2 cause it coukld not write to vfat.

How many of you remember:

boot to a dos disk

cd dosutils

autoboot

just to get the installation started!!

What kind of "fits" are you having? What does it do if you choose a generic monitor?

I use the ones found on PClinuxOnline

http://www.pclinuxonline.com/

About 1/2 way down the page under RPM/DEB Outlet you will see some Mandrake links for some repositories.

Its installed.

Click on the MozillaFirebird file in the directory. Did you extrct it into your /home directory?

You can click a drag to "link" it on your desktop.

I have my house wired CAT5 for every room. (found a 1000' spool of CAT5 wire in a garbage can you believe it)

I had a old Pentium 75mhz computer with 16mb of ram. I turned it into a router/firewall. No hard drive, Cdrom needed. I you need is an old computer (486 or above), 12mb of ram with a floppy. The Linux distro is called Coyote Linux.

http://www.coyotelinux.com/

The newest version comes with iptables set for full stealth except the ssh port. Thats an easy fix. After it boots I can access it from any home computer via a web browser http://192.168.0.1:8180. From there I can set up port fowarding via GUI and edit my firewall rules via GUI also. If I need to reboot it can be done also from the web browser. I have mine set up to logoff my DSL if no activity within 120mins. It will automatically log back on when I attempt to use the internet again.

Im not at home, but Ill try to help.

When Im in KDE and need "root" to enter a command I use - kdesu [command]. I think their is a GNOME equivilant (gsu?) but I havent found out yet (havent looked either).

here is what I have done to help myself in both KDE and others.

Make sure you are part of the "wheel" group. (in yast edit users and click "wheel").

Then open your favorite text editor as root. open /etc/sudoers

In there you will see something like

# %wheel ALL = (ALL) ALL NOPASSWD: ALL

uncomment it

%wheel ALL = (ALL) ALL NOPASSWD: ALL

here is some info:

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/man/sudoers.html

then just

$sudo [command]

What you could also do instead of putting yourself in "wheel" is add the line:

mdemers883 ALL=(ALL) yast2

Of course change mdemers883 with your SUSE login name...

this is translated as:

user machine=(effective user) command

now if you wanted to be able to use sudo for all commands (not just yast):

mdemers883 ALL=(ALL) ALL

Im no Linux expert so I hope other will correct me if Im wrong here.

I downloaded it. Checked the md5sums to make sure their good. It works on my AMD800mhz Desktop. It does not boot with my HP ze5185 Laptop. Just a blank screen.

I tried a few different things

acpi=on nolapic

splash=silent

acpi=off

nousb

tried different resolutions and stuff still nogo. I tried to wait about 10 minitues then Cntrl+Shift+F2) but it was a nogo. Doesnt seem to boot at all. Anyone else have thuis trouble?

The last one (pre4 I thuink) worked no problem.