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nevermind, i added the repositories from easy urpmi and i got everything i needed.

Freshly installed mdk 2007, and i just installed the nvidia 9746 driver. Now it's the first time i run firefox, and the fonts in the pages just suck. it's small and letters are bumped one into each other. i tried increasing the font size, but this didn't do nothing. Anybody got any ideea about what the prob might be?? [moved from Software by spinynorman]

heya all. just reinstalled mdk 2007...i decided to give it another try. anyone knows where cna i fuind xmms for it??or at least audacious??

Well, i have to say sorry cause, i'm the one who started all of this. Actually i only wanted to sort the gl pb, cause i couldn' activate, but i solved from the normal user. Sorry about all of this, i don't use the root at all. :D Sorry once again. Dono, but until now i wasn't using su, but wih it it is easyer. :D . Anyway, i'm still having problem installing some software, i can't compile berkeley db so without it i can't install kdevelop. i'm still trying.

nice post there. As sayd before, thanks for sharing ur solution. My guess, is that if u selected to go through the ackages on ur own, you might have ticked off something related to x. Anyway, congratulations and wellcome to the Microsoft free world. :D Btw, tyme, the nvidia beta drivers will cause kde to jam, i mean, it will not load, and instead it will go to a blank screen.

Just new to mandriva, i've been using suse for quite a long time. Think i can figure things around. Anyway, thanks, that is what i am actually doing. I quit logging in graph as root, cause i'm too lazy :D . :P Thanks again.

ok, managed to install those plf drivers, and also activated gl and compiz. amaizing effects, but now i can't play any games. When launch ut2004 for example, it goes into virtual ressolution. What should i do??

Well, spotted indeed, there seems that the driver is trying to load aiglx. Those chipsets, sis seem quite old, they might not be able to support aiglx. Did u selected by anychance aiglx, or it was default?? For exaple aiglx still doesn't work with the latest nvidia cards cause of theyr drivers.

Hello. Now i finally mamaned to install and activate the 3d effects, but my games still go into virtual resolution instead of real ressolution. Can anyone help?? pleease.

go there: http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ do what it says and then open drakconf. select update and search there for nvidia drivers. install them and follow the instructions. those will work with xgl. they do a fine job

ok i think i did it. now i have some amaizing effects. thanks man :D

well, you might just have not set the xserver to start automaticly. when ure at the screen, loggon your user and type: startx that should start the x server. if it doesn't, there might be something wrong with ur driver config.

dono how to add those repos. i've tried but couldn't manage it. I got the rpm's separately though and still couldn't install.

No response yet. This can't be good. Comme on people. PLEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!

sayd nothing to be sayd to default. All i meant was that thay "false" value to be set to "true". That is just about it. Not everyone can do console stuff. If u fuind it easy, fine, but don't deny others right. It is stupidity to set no password to root and to use root as default. That is what i think. Others may not think like this, but this is me. So let's put an end to this argue. THE END.

those are normal folders that win creates. one to use as recycle bin and the other i have no ideea what for. anyway, in win they are allways hidden. they do nothing harmfull so it's ok

i have the nvidia driver installed(8776), i also have the kernel sources. When i try to run cedega, i try to run it's tests, and it tells me there is no opengl. What happened?? why isn't there any?? The kde translucency work, but with very poor performance. It's very slow. I think no 3daccel is the reason. Can anyone help?? please!!! here is my xorg.conf, maybe it helps: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Oct 16 22:13:07 PDT 2006 # File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" Screen "screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" # font server independent of the X server to render fonts. # minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs FontPath "unix/:-1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) Option "allowmouseopenfail" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz" HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 ModeLine "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 ModeLine "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 ModeLine "1152x864_120" 176.0 1152 1240 1368 1584 864 865 868 926 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x864_100" 143.5 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x864_85" 119.7 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x864_75" 105.0 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 902 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x864_60" 81.6 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x864_50" 66.8 1152 1208 1328 1504 864 865 868 889 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_120" 139.1 1024 1104 1216 1408 768 769 772 823 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_100" 113.3 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_85" 94.4 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 807 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_75" 81.8 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_60" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_50" 51.9 1024 1064 1168 1312 768 769 772 791 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_120" 91.2 832 896 984 1136 624 625 628 669 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_100" 74.0 832 888 976 1120 624 625 628 661 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_85" 61.6 832 880 968 1104 624 625 628 656 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_75" 53.2 832 872 960 1088 624 625 628 652 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_60" 41.5 832 864 952 1072 624 625 628 646 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_50" 34.0 832 856 944 1056 624 625 628 643 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_120" 84.0 800 856 944 1088 600 601 604 643 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_100" 68.2 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_85" 56.5 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 630 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_75" 48.9 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_60" 38.2 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_50" 31.1 800 824 904 1008 600 601 604 618 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_120" 52.4 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 515 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_100" 43.2 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_85" 35.7 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 505 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_75" 30.7 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_60" 23.9 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_50" 19.4 640 648 712 784 480 481 484 495 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_120" 29.0 480 504 552 624 360 361 364 387 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_100" 23.8 480 504 552 624 360 361 364 382 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_85" 19.6 480 496 544 608 360 361 364 379 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_75" 16.7 480 488 536 592 360 361 364 377 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_60" 12.9 480 480 528 576 360 361 364 373 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "480x360_50" 10.4 480 472 520 560 360 361 364 371 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_120" 12.4 320 328 360 400 240 241 244 258 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_100" 9.8 320 320 352 384 240 241 244 255 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_85" 8.3 320 320 352 384 240 241 244 253 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_75" 6.9 320 312 344 368 240 241 244 251 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_60" 5.3 320 304 336 352 240 241 244 249 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "320x240_50" 4.2 320 304 328 336 240 241 244 248 -hsync +vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Option "DPMS" SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection

oooops. sorry dex, ure right. My mistake. Anyway, i did installed this 8776 driver, but there still is no opengl accel. am i doing something wrong?? i mean, i have the kernel source, i've installed the driver in init 3.

I've just configured thunderbird, to download mail from my yahoo account. I've installed all the extensions required. I think there is something to due with the firewall. Can anyone help with the configuration pleeeease??

fixed. sorry fot the trouble. It was metacity, it was not running.

suddenly i can't see the window decorations in gnome, i can't maximize and all of that. The bar is missing. what can i dio??

Never mind this, i solved it. :D sorry if i caused any trouble :D . :D :D

maybe i didn't expressed my self clearly. What i wanted to say is that they should as yankee sayd to keep root hidden, but to allow logins in graph mode from login manager. I never ment to use the root for web browsing, video games etc. It is just A LOT easyer to config ur computer. The warning that comes up SHOULD BE ENOUGH. If u ignore it, and dono what u are doing and IF also u plan to use root as default user, than u are on ur own. Microsoft's problem with default admin is THEYR problem. Never sayd to set root as default user. Just sayd that they should REENABLE root login as graph from loggin menu.

i'm not using root as default. it's just easier to configure that way. i know su, but i prefer graphical mode. I strongly doubt anyone will hack my sesion.anyway, i managed to use kdm and access root graph way.

ok, i've installed mandriva for a week now and i am trying to add suse to my boot menu. can anybody help?? here is my partition table where suse is installed: