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  1. Here is mine (a premier for me in this blessed habit):
  2. Can't wait for the end of the exams to upgrade, he? :)
  3. BTW, I've just noticed this issue is natively solved in 2008.1 version, at least on my machine.
  4. That's exactly what my wife keeps telling me. And I have another idea - Linux-in-the-wide-sense forum, meaning not only desktops, but also kernel, using linux on servers, DSP's etc.
  5. I will be glad to help with anything concerning technical computing softwares, or in other words - free alternatives for Matlab (though I'm mainly familiar with Octave).
  6. What a speech! -applause- As I see it, this is one more place for me to annoy you guys and girls. Don't worry, there's enough from me for everybody!
  7. I don't know what forum software you are going to use, but I hope it will be supported by search engines and features. The search in mandrivausers doesn't always work properly, and a forum, as a knowledge base, must have strong and convenient search capabilities. Good luck!
  8. OK, thanks. I guess my memory is not what it used to be.
  9. Hi everyone, I'd like to install Google Picasa. In 2007.0 and 2007.1 I installed it directly from a link in the Applications bar, and the files were in the repos. I can't find it now. I know it is available on Google's site, but I prefer to install it from the repos. Does anyone know where did the files go? :blink:
  10. Hey there, I upgraded successfully about two weeks ago from MDV 2008.0 to 2008.1. When I try to run F-spot Photo Manager from terminal, I get the following error: [username@localhost ~]$ f-spot ** (/usr/lib/f-spot/f-spot.exe:7279): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib/f-spot/f-spot.exe could not be loaded: Assembly: gnome-sharp (assemblyref_index=13) Version: 2.20.0.0 Public Key: 35e10195dab3c99f The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/usr/lib/f-spot). ** (/usr/lib/f-spot/f-spot.exe:7279): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'gnome-sharp, Version=2.20.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f' or one of its dependencies. Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'gnome-sharp, Version=2.20.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f' or one of its dependencies. File name: 'gnome-sharp, Version=2.20.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f' It seems like in the upgrade process from Gnome 2.20.0 to 2.22.0 something went wrong. Did anyone else encounter this phenomena?
  11. Though the upgrade process itself is quite short and simple, I recommend not to upgrade in mission-critical times. Good luck with the exams (It's due to the strike in the first semester, I guess).
  12. Thanks. There are a few interesting things there. For example, I didn't know there was Skype packaged for Mandriva. And a stupid question: How do they make the screenshots of the windows in the installation process? If the OS is not loaded yet, how do they run the program that captures the screen?
  13. I uninstalled and reinstalled the 2.6.24.4 kernel and now it runs perfectly from the Grub. Guys - you are Mean Lean Linux Machine! :D So I'm left with the gnome daemon settings issue, which really annoys me. Any ideas?
  14. OK, thanks a lot. I'll try it later today when I get home. Regarding the Gnome problem - as I mentioned, I don't think it's a bug. It's a specific file which was skipped during the installation. I think the reason is bad reading of the media. When I re-installed from the CD's it did install something from CD2 (in which the problem occurred), but still I get the same error message. And about removing old kernels - how exactly do I do that? I mean, there are many files in rpmdrake which refer to kernel (dev, desktop, etc.). Which exactly do I need to remove?
  15. I re-installed Grub from the discs, but that didn't help. I also tried to re-install the whole OS from the CD's . After finding that all the packages are updated (unsurprisingly), I got a screen saying that I'm starting the post-installation stage, and then I got the following message: An error occurred. Undefined subroutine &MDK::Common::System::uniq:: called After clicking OK I got the error message: media.cfg not found And from there nothing helps besides a hard restart to the computer. So I've never gone through the post-installation phase, probably a lot of configurations missing. It also happened to me the first time I upgraded, I just wasn't sure if it would have any effect (I thought maybe it's just for setting the locale or something). Furthermore, I experienced exactly the same thing with my PC, so I thought maybe the media itself is damaged. I double-checked the md5 file of the third CD's iso and re-burnt it, but the result is the same. Am I the only one encountering this problem? I'm a bit surprised, as it happened on two different machines. And should I edit the grub manually?
  16. This yields: vmlinuz@ vmlinuz-2.6.22.12-desktop586-1mdv vmlinuz-2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-desktop586-2mdv vmlinuz-2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb vmlinuz-2.6.24.4-laptop-1mnb vmlinuz-desktop586@ vmlinuz-laptop@
  17. There it goes: timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu default 0 title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hda1 failsafe initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title desktop586 2.6.22.9-1 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.9-1 root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title desktop586 2.6.22.9-2 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-desktop586-2mdv BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.9-2 root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-desktop586-2mdv.img title desktop586 2.6.22.12-1 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-desktop586 BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.12-1 root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-desktop586.img title desktop586 2.6.22.18-1 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.18-1 root=/dev/hda1 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv.img
  18. Hi all, 1. I upgraded my laptop from 2008.0 to 2008.1 using the Free CD's. All went well, besides a certain file that was missing on CD2 (maybe the CD itself was damaged). After a few trials of installation I finally skipped the file. I do not remember its name, but the words "gnome" and "daemon" were in it. The rest of the installation went smoothly. Now, every time I login, I get the following message in a white box: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly. The last error message was: The name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in. And I need to click OK. How can I repair it? I already configured my repos through urpmi, and no file was updated. Can I find the missing file? Is it worthwhile to try the "repair installation" from the CD's? Do I have other choices? 2. And another thing: Opening a terminal and typing "uname -a" yeilds: Linux localhost 2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 12:21:41 EST 2008 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU - M 1200MHz GNU/Linux 2.6.22.18? Furthermore, I did the same upgrade procedure on my PC, and same goes there. Does it mean the new kernel was not installed and compiled? Is it normal? Do I need to fix this? Thanks!
  19. And I'd like to add: as for 12 hours ago (maybe things changed since then), the urpmi update from the MCC finds only four updated repos, none of them works. easy-urpmi also doesn't offer updates for 2008.1 yet. How can I update the OS? For example, I upgraded with MDV Free from 2008.0 to 2008.1 yesterday. The 3-D effects don't work, I suspect it's because I didn't install the proprietary Nvidia driver (which doesn't come with Free version, if I understand correctly). In what repos can I find it? Other than that, the upgrade worked wonderfully out of the box. Thanks!
  20. I didn't use torrent. I downloaded it directly from the directory. Anyway, good to hear you managed. Good luck!
  21. Try downloading from here: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Man...ial/iso/2008.1/ For me it worked very quickly.
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