Dyslexic

I've had about a 50% success rate with dvdbackup. It's either in contrib (possibly cooker contrib) or plf.

This isn't really an answer to your question, but most people prefer Pan over Knode. Especially when it comes to handling binaries. If you can't get Knode working, it couldn't hurt to give Pan a try.

If you install a kernel from a Mandrake package, it will add a boot loader option to LILO. I don't know if will add one to Grub. If you don't know what Grub or LILO are, don't worry about it. Just for the sake of correctness, and so new Linux users don't get the wrong idea, I'll point out that that Nvidia drivers are not open source. Nvidia provides pre-compiled binaries only, so you don't have to compile the driver. What you do have to compile is a kernel interface that lets the pre-compiled driver from Nvidia work with your kernel. Installing the Nvidia driver isn't as hard as it may seem. 1. download the driver from nvidia.com 2. install the kernel-source package with urpmi/RPMdrake 3 have a copy of the readme from the Nvidia handy. 4. Kill X-windows by logging out of KDE/Gnome/whatever you use, press ctrl-F1, log in as root, type "service dm stop". Some people will tell you to change the runlevel, but it's not necessary. 5. Run the installer according to the Nvidia readme. 6. Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file according to the Nvidia instructions. 7. For Mandrake you'll need to add a line that just says "nvidia" to your /etc/modprobe.preload file. 8. Load the nvidia kernel module by typing "modprobe nvidia". If you already have an nvidia module loaded, unload it first with "modprobe -r nvidia" 9 Restart X-Windows. by typing "service dm start"

What are you using to open RPM files? Konqueror? Nautilus? Something else?

Yes, KDE-utils is part of the standard Mandrake distribution. You can use urpmi/RPMdrake to install it. It might even be installed by default.

If you're not married to courier IMAP, I recommend postfix with the imap 2004 package. The only configuration required with the mandrake packages is to enter your domain name and to make sure postfix is bound to the proper interface (I bind to all since I only have one). Both of these can be done in a single screen in Webmin. If you install Spamassassin, the only thing you need to do is make a procmail rule. This is also simple to do in Webmin. I can't help much with SMTP-auth, but I see someone has already posted a link for that part. If this is only for home use, do you need SMTP-auth? I allow only the local network to send mail, and use a web client (SquirrelMail) if I'm away from home. I don't even leave port 143 open.

If you want an elegant, robust solution, install a Jabber server. If you want compatibility with the NT messenger service, install linpopup. If you want an old school Unix solution, install ntalk optionally using ktalk for the GUI. If you want a Commodore Amiga solution to chat while downloading a version of Archon cracked by Eaglesoft (dig the funky tune) from a BBS over a 2400 baud modem, install HSLink.

The scheduler in Linux 2.6 is pretty slick, so nice won't really do anything for you. Since you're a KDE user, I'll mention that you can get the KDE version of the Gnome system monitor by pressing ctrl-esc if you have the KDE-utils package installed. You can decide which you like better. I prefer using "ps aux" and "top" from the command line unless I need to kill a process owned by my account logged into KDE. Then I press ctrl-esc. As for speeding up compilation, the only thing you can do is to stop running XMMS. If you find 30 minutes is a long time to wait for stuff to compile, then just be thankful you're not running Gentoo (which is a fine OS, no troll intended) ;)

Try: rpm -e --nodeps AMSN-0.90-1 I'm sure I don't need to warn you that this will remove the current AMSN package, no questions asked.

Kpackage is good when you want a GUI for RPM functions not supported by RPMDrake or urpmi/e/f. For example, if you want to upgrade a package that you know will work, but the spec file has dependencies that block RPMdrake, you can use Kpackage as a point and click interface to do an rpm -e --nodeps. I personally hate having to lookup the package name then paste it or type it on the CLI. If you just want to install software from repositories, use RPMDrake!

An SRPM is a source RPM. It contains all the source code, patches and optimizations used by a packager, Mandrakesoft in this case, to build RPMs. You can use the rpmbuild command to build an RPM from an SRPM. Cooker is the developmental version of Mandrake. Cooker is great for people who like to "tinker" but are too lazy to do it themselves, and know enough about Linux to not wet their trousers when their computers won't boot ;)

I haven't tried building Firefox, but in the packages I have tried to "optimize," I found that march/mcpu=athlon-xp doesn't gain much (if anything), and -O2 often works better than -O3, especially with something like Firefox where you can trust the developers to inline their functions optimally. You're most likely already using -fomit-frame-pointer. And, of course, I found that it's hard to improve on Mandrake's excellent packaging. You should benchmark not only against the mozilla.org binary, but also against a build of the Firefox SRPM from Cooker.

I use juK, but if you want a Winamp type of GUI, XMMS is your best bet. Although, I'm curious to know what features you found lacking in Amarok.

Running xcompmgr from the console works, so what's the benefit of the kwin patches? Has anyone tried this? Is it worth my time?

Do you have gcc-3.4.1 and gcc-cpp-3.4.1 installed? You should also make sure you have automake and autoconf installed.

Are you installing from plf? If you're installing from Cooker, you'll probably have to update the Cooker's version of Qt.

aKregator is the best RSS news reader I've found. I can't remember which disc it's on. It might have been in contrib.

Execute /usr/lib/openoffice/spadmin Click "fonts" Make sure your truetype fonts are added. They should be in /usr/share/fonts/ttf. You'll have to add one directory at a time.

I'm trying to apply the Kwin dropshadow patch to kdelibs and kdebase from Cooker. I decided to start with kdelibs and modified the spec file to include kdelibs.kdefx-kwin_shadow.patch. When I try to build the binary from that spec file, it gives me a "File to patch:" prompt. I know the patch applies to kstyle.cpp and kstyle.h, but how do I configure that in the spec file?

Choose "command" from the dropdown. In the textbox, enter "aplay -q %s".

Hello, I'm trying to build KDE 3.2 RPMs for Mandrake 9.2 from Cooker SRPMs. For some reason kdeartwork and kdemultimedia won't build. Everything compiles OK, but rpm --rebuild won't create the RPM. Here's the output: RPM build errors: File listed twice: /usr/share/icons/kdeclassic/64x64 Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found: /usr/bin/kxsconfig /usr/bin/kxsrun /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/anemone.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ant.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/antspotlight.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/apollonian.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/atlantis.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/attraction.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/atunnel.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/barcode.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/blaster.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/blitspin.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/blocktube.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bouboule.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bouncingcow.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/boxed.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/braid.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bsod.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bubble3d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bubbles.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/bumps.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/cage.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ccurve.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/circuit.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/cloudlife.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/compass.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/coral.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/critical.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/crystal.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/cubenetic.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/cubestorm.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/cynosure.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/dangerball.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/decayscreen.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/deco.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/deluxe.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/demon.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/discrete.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/distort.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/drift.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/endgame.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/engine.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/epicycle.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/eruption.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/euler2d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/extrusion.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/fadeplot.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flag.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flame.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flipflop.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flipscreen3d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flow.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/fluidballs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flurry.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/flyingtoasters.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/forest.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/galaxy.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/gears.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/gflux.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glblur.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glforestfire.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glknots.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glmatrix.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glplanet.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glslideshow.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/glsnake.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/gltext.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/goop.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/grav.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/greynetic.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/halftone.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/halo.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/helix.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/hopalong.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/hyperball.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/hypercube.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/hypertorus.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ifs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/imsmap.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/interference.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/jigglypuff.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/jigsaw.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/juggle.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/julia.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/kaleidescope.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/klein.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/kumppa.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lament.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/laser.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lavalite.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lightning.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lisa.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lissie.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/lmorph.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/loop.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/maze.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/menger.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/metaballs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/moebius.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/moire.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/moire2.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/molecule.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/morph3d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/mountain.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/munch.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/nerverot.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/noseguy.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/pedal.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/penetrate.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/penrose.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/petri.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/phosphor.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/piecewise.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/pipes.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/pixmaps.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/polyominoes.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/polytopes.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/popsquares.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/pulsar.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/pyro.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/qix.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/queens.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rd-bomb.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ripples.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rocks.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rorschach.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rotor.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rotzoomer.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/rubik.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sballs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/shadebobs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sierpinski.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sierpinski3d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/slidescreen.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/slip.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sonar.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/speedmine.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sphere.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/spheremonics.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/spiral.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/spotlight.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/sproingies.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/squiral.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/stairs.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/starfish.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/starwars.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/stonerview.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/strange.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/superquadrics.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/swirl.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/t3d.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/thornbird.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/triangle.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/truchet.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/twang.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/vermiculate.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/vidwhacker.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/vines.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/wander.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/webcollage.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/whirlwindwarp.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/whirlygig.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/worm.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xflame.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xjack.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xlyap.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xmatrix.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xrayswarm.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xspirograph.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xsublim.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/xteevee.desktop /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/zoom.desktop /usr/share/config/antrc /usr/share/config/attractionrc /usr/share/config/bouboulerc /usr/share/config/bubblesrc /usr/share/config/coralrc /usr/share/config/crystalrc /usr/share/config/decayscreenrc /usr/share/config/deluxerc /usr/share/config/demonrc /usr/share/config/driftrc /usr/share/config/epicyclerc /usr/share/config/fadeplotrc /usr/share/config/flamerc /usr/share/config/flowrc /usr/share/config/forestrc /usr/share/config/gearsrc /usr/share/config/gooprc /usr/share/config/gravrc /usr/share/config/halorc /usr/share/config/imsmaprc /usr/share/config/interferencerc /usr/share/config/kumpparc /usr/share/config/laserrc /usr/share/config/lissierc /usr/share/config/penroserc /usr/share/config/rocksrc /usr/share/config/sliprc

I thought I'd "close this incident" since the issue has been resolved in a roundabout way. I ran the Mandrake installer on the CD and went through as if I were doing an upgrade. I skipped the package installation when I got to that part. The new drive was detected, formatted and mounted properly. I had to redo the software sources, but everything else seems to be fine. I still have no idea why Diskdrake didn't work. Hopefully in Mdk 9.2.

Finally figured it out. I had to set the folder prefix to "$HOME/mail".

I can't format it with any filesystem. /dev/hdd doesn't exist.

Yes, the jumpers are correct, and yes, it should be hdd. MS DOS's fdisk can access the drive properly. Diskdrake does not list the drive.