igotnoluck

there are progs like klineakd, acme and the like that may help you with your multimedia-keys, for the mouse I think imwheel might help

i am using lineakd.

the problem is that some keys don't apear on xev

how can i make them apear ?

Hi,

i just got my new MX 3200 keyboard / mouse and i set down and tried to configure the multimedia keys

after a lot of time (i'm a newb) and by using and defining the lineak software most of the functions i want work great

but still some stuff i can't understand:

1. there are some keys which i can't see in xev (like "voip answer" or "voip hangup")

2. some different keys give me the same keycode

3. how can i activate the show desktop command by shell ?

now i'll try to make the etxra buttons on my mouse work :)

thanks,

noluck

I've checked manually and you are correct,

thanks :)

Hi,

i have a small question in assembly, when i do this code:

section .bss:
ans: resd 2
section .text:
main:
push ans

the push command fills the stack with 32 or 64 bits ?

thanks,

today i'm in windows world but tomorrow i will check all the options you gave me B)

about the first advice:

All you need is to have your repo's set up, with the non-free repo's as well, and install the nvidia dkms stuff, then run Xfdrake. If you have the PowerPack version of Mandriva, it will be included on the disk.

i have no idea what you said :) i'm new to linux :(

can you explain it so i can understand please, what is: repo's, dkms, Xfdrake and i think i have Mandriva Free edition.

when i try to run the shell code you gave me i get this:

no package named dkms-nvidia

my easy-urpmi is updated (i think) because i've selected a new one a week ago :(

but still what can i do ?

when i'm trying to install Nvidia drivers i'm getting this message:

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
	 installing.  For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
	 THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
	 download page at www.nvidia.com.

the commands i'm running are:

 $chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run
$./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run

i have no idea what it means and i tried to go to nvidia.com and couldn't understand what i need to do :)

i just want to change the resolution to 12809*1024 :(

thanks,

igotnoluck

thank you, i asked my teacher and he told me that the version that i have will do just fine in the course :)

but thank you anyway

Hi,

i'm trying to install nasm for compiling Assembly on my linux machine.

if i run this command:

urpmi nasm

it works, but when i want to install the newest version (0.99.06) and i downloaded it (my computer is AMD_64) and run this:

urpmi nasm-0.99.06-1.x86_64.rpm

i get the following error:

Some requested packages cannot be installed:
nasm-0.99.06-1.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied rtld(GNU_HASH))
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)

what am i doing wrong ?

It's just one file ( libflashplayer.so ) which should be copied (NOT symlinked) into the Firefox plugins directory ( /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-{something}/plugins/ ).

if i don't have that folder ? how can i create it ?

Hi, those anybody know how do i obtain the ACE lib for linux and i do i install it ?

thanks, works like a charm

Hello,

i have a couple of questions about the Easy-Urpmi installation and using, every thing i'm trying to install tell's me i'm missing a lib (each one tell's me about a different one)

in the installation which of the Sources do i choose, i have a list of controlLib, main and so on, i don't know what to choose ?

and second Question : someone told me i can use the urpmi command as a remote missing lib retriver (like yum)

how do i use it ? using the urpmi -p ?

thanks,

nimrod

Thanks a lot you all realy helped me with my "linux break-down" and i think it passed (lets hope so) but it hard for me to start from nothing i mean i'm a windows kid for 23 years (until age 8 it was DOS) so i have no idea where to begin :D

but thanks again

Nimrod

hello,

well i realy don't know where to start it seems like every thing that i try to do on linux dosen't work !!!!

i have know idea where to begin and each time i try to ask for help (and i do get answer fast here ) i don't understand WTF do people want from me (i mean all the command and all the demands from programs or from devices)

where can i find a site / book / document for real newbs like me to let me know what all this means !!!!!!

if some one can realy help me because i realy wanto to lean linux and know how to use it but i don't know where to start !

thanks a lot,

Nirmod

[moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman]

of i used the Easy-Urpmi link on the top to install it and i installed this links:

urpmi.addmedia main ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/main/release with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia --update main_updates ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/mandrake/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/main/updates with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia main_backports ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/main/backports with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/contrib/release with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia --update contrib_updates ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/mandrake/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/contrib/updates with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia contrib_backports ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/MandrivaLinux/official/2007.0/x86_64/media/contrib/backports with media_info/hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf-free ftp://mirror.cricyt.edu.ar/plf/mandriva/2007.0/free/release/binary/x86_64/ with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf-free_backports ftp://mirror.cricyt.edu.ar/plf/mandriva/2007.0/free/backports/binary/x86_64/ with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf-nonfree ftp://mirror.cricyt.edu.ar/plf/mandriva/2007.0/non-free/release/binary/x86_64/ with hdlist.cz
urpmi.addmedia plf-nonfree_backports ftp://mirror.cricyt.edu.ar/plf/mandriva/2007.0/non-free/backports/binary/x86_64/ with hdlist.cz

should i done that ?

and now the error for the skype is

[root@localhost tmp]# urpmi skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm
Some requested packages cannot be installed:
skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied libqt-mt.so.3)
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) n

ok, now that i'm trying to install the "urpmi libxscrnsaver" it says :

The package(s) are already installed
The following package names were assumed: libxscrnsa

but still when i'm trying to install skype i get :

[nimrod@localhost tmp]$ rpm -U skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
error: Failed dependencies:
	libXss.so.1 is needed by skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586

do i need to run the install as root ? or can i install it as user ?

and

You will need to do the easy-urpmi process to set up for PLF-free and PLF-nonfree however

what is the easy-urmi & the PLF ? i have no idea what it says ???? ans someone please exlain or reference me to a place that i can read about it

i tried to run the "urpmi libxscrnsaver " command from the Terminal as root and it gives me an error that says that no Package cnatins libxscrnsaver or something like that, and about the log file, i will try it (no i'm on the Windows again (Need to Work :( )

i don't know why but i think my linux hates me !!!!!!!

i can't install nothing on it

I try to install Skype and i get this error

[root@localhost Java]# rpm -U skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
error: Failed dependencies:
	libXss.so.1 is needed by skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586
[root@localhost Java]#

the thing is that i tried to install the Easy-Urpmi / the lib64xorg

i have no idea what is the problem

Then i tried to install Java for developing and i could only install the JDK / JRE but i can't get the Eclipse to work

i get this error if i don't put the jdk inside eclipse folder even that i've installed the folder in te PATH (mine and root's)

Error 1: if the JDk folder

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK)
must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine
was found after searching the following locations:
/home/nimrod/eclipse/jre/bin/java
'java' in your current PATH

Error 2: if the jre is inside the eclipse folder and i see the splash screen before

An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/nimrod/workspace/.metadata/.log.

but there is no log file !!!!

Thanks,

Nimrod

OK I made some progress that i can run the files in the root console, but when i finish to install the JRE & JEE i can't use them it's just apear in the desktop as a folder. how can i fix the problem.

and i have a problem to install Skype on the computer, I'm running the installation and i get this:

[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -U skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
error: Failed dependencies:
	libXss.so.1 is needed by skype-1.3.0.53-1mdk.i586
[root@localhost Desktop]#

please help : :huh:

Hello Everybody,

well i'm finaly new to the linux world (after a 3 days installation problem) and i have my mandriva 2007 OS woking and now i ask my self .... whats next,

i need to install some programs and i don't no how, i need:

1. Java Virtual machine (for the University

2. Skype

3. some P2P program

4. MP3 player

the rest is not importent, how can i install RPM / BIN files ? i managed to laod the JEE into the computer but the RPM for skype i can't load,

can someone please help me or direct me to some good articles

I'm a little lost here :huh:

Thanks a lot,

Nimrod

hey,

sorry it took me so long to come back with an answer,

well i tried the boot from USB, i think my computer has it because i can choose to load from the USB EXT HD on the System bios, i will now try to install the 2007 version and see maybe it will some how help (please let it help). if not i will try to make my EXT HD to an INT HD :wacko: but i did wrote some of the error:

nv_sata : secondery device removed

...

ata 2 : dev 0 configured for UDMA / 133

Model: WDC-WD1600JS-22M (My internal HD)

.

.

.

.

.

error 6: mounting ext2

...

 

kernel panic

please help

it happens right after the LILO, then i see a picture of pinguin and the writings says "FREE" and there is a loading bar (empty one) then it just freeze until i push ESC then it gives me the error.

i want to remind you that the error is on the internal HD and not the External which is where i installed the Mandriva.

maybe i need to tell the program (i don't know how) that the place to keep data (or log) is on the External HD ???

about the LIVECD problem I'm less worried, but thanks anyway.

for the full installation problem, i don't know how to take a picture of the problem if it's freeze ? (maybe you can tell how) i will try now to install the 2007 version and maybe it will solve the problem.

but the error code is 6, and that's it writes that it can't write to log

hello everybody,

well I'm a beginner in Linux world (2 days) and i downloaded Mandriva free 2006 (DVD version) & Mandriva LIVE 2007, when i tried to work with the Live version it loads to the shell screen but with errors and no GUI or something like that, what did i do wrong ?

the second thing is that the 2006 version i want to install on my external USB 2.0 device (160 GB maxtor) i formatted it to ext2f (size 14.5 GB) and i began to install Mandriva, in the bootloader i chose the Boot from sdb (or something like that) which is my External HD, but after the restart i See the LILO, choose Linux and then it's loading and freeze but when i click ESC it shows me an error log for the first (internal) HD ?

what did i do wrong ??

i forgot to add 2 things:

1. im now downloading the free 2007 DVD version

2. i'm sorry for my bad english :P