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Can anyone help with this? I've just installed Mandriva 2009 Free on a new machine that has an nVidia 8400 GS video card. Mandriva installed the nvidia driver automatically through the MCC hardware screen. I've installed compiz and emerald. Unfortunately, MCC won't allow me to get the 3D effects working; it says that my system does not support 3D effects (I know it does). Any suggestions?

Here is my current desktop:

Sounds bad. Yves, if you have a moment, could you explain what exactly is not a good sign? I'm still trying to learn more about how my machines and linux work.

xrandr -q gives: $ xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768 default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 50.0* 800x600 51.0 52.0 53.0 680x384 54.0 55.0 640x480 56.0 576x432 57.0 512x384 58.0 400x300 59.0 60.0 61.0 320x240 62.0

I have just installed Linux Mint 6 on one of my computers, but I cannot get the optimum resolution on my monitor. The monitor is an (older) NEC MultiSync LCD 2010X. It measures 20" and the optimum resolution is 1280x1024. Currently, is displays at 1024x728. I have an nvidia 6200 video card which Mint configured nicely. I have compiz working, and everything looks great -- except the resolution! Here is the content of xorg.conf: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously # in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings # here are ignored. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" EndSection Can anyone help?

The results of 'lsusb -vv' and 'lsmod' are: [root@localhost george]# lsusb -vv Unknown line at line 2389 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1668:0408 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] Prism2.5 802.11b Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x1668 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] idProduct 0x0408 Prism2.5 802.11b Adapter bcdDevice 1.32 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 0 iSerial 1 111111111111 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 39 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 1 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes bInterval 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered) Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.2 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0103 power enable connect Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.1 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0100 power Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0100 power Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled [root@localhost george]# lsmod Module Size Used by hostap 105444 0 ieee80211_crypt 5248 1 hostap ipt_IFWLOG 3588 2 ipt_psd 44392 1 ip_set_iptree 7016 2 ath_pci 88480 0 wlan 190244 1 ath_pci ath_hal 190288 1 ath_pci iptable_raw 2688 0 xt_comment 2336 0 xt_policy 4256 0 xt_multiport 3808 4 i915 22688 2 drm 72628 3 i915 ipt_ULOG 7748 0 ipt_TTL 2656 0 ipt_ttl 2336 0 ipt_TOS 2560 0 ipt_tos 2176 0 ipt_set 2752 2 ipt_SAME 2880 0 ipt_REJECT 4288 4 ipt_REDIRECT 2720 0 ipt_recent 8344 0 ipt_owner 2464 0 ipt_NETMAP 2656 0 ipt_MASQUERADE 3872 0 ipt_LOG 6560 10 ipt_iprange 2336 0 ipt_ECN 3200 0 ipt_ecn 2656 0 ipt_CLUSTERIP 7460 0 ipt_ah 2368 0 ipt_addrtype 2336 0 nf_nat_tftp 2208 0 nf_nat_snmp_basic 9732 0 nf_nat_sip 4768 0 nf_nat_pptp 3552 0 nf_nat_proto_gre 3012 1 nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_irc 2816 0 nf_nat_h323 6720 0 nf_nat_ftp 3424 0 nf_nat_amanda 2560 0 ts_kmp 2592 5 nf_conntrack_amanda 4512 1 nf_nat_amanda nf_conntrack_tftp 5492 1 nf_nat_tftp nf_conntrack_sip 8788 1 nf_nat_sip nf_conntrack_proto_sctp 8520 0 nf_conntrack_pptp 6176 1 nf_nat_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre 5152 1 nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_netlink 23904 0 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 3104 0 nf_conntrack_irc 6104 1 nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_h323 48156 1 nf_nat_h323 nf_conntrack_ftp 8800 1 nf_nat_ftp ip_set_portmap 4800 0 ip_set_macipmap 4708 0 ip_set_ipmap 4704 0 ip_set_iphash 7876 0 ip_set 18332 11 ip_set_iptree,ipt_set,ip_set_portmap,ip_set_macipmap,ip_set_ipmap,ip_set_iphash xt_tcpmss 2688 0 xt_pkttype 2400 4 xt_physdev 3120 0 xt_NFQUEUE 2496 0 xt_NFLOG 2560 0 xt_MARK 2784 0 xt_mark 2400 0 xt_mac 2400 0 xt_limit 2944 0 xt_length 2464 0 xt_helper 2944 0 xt_hashlimit 8588 0 ip6_tables 12484 1 xt_hashlimit xt_dccp 3556 0 xt_conntrack 3040 0 xt_CONNMARK 3200 0 xt_connmark 2688 0 xt_CLASSIFY 2368 0 xt_tcpudp 3680 11 xt_state 2752 14 iptable_nat 7396 0 nf_nat 16140 14 ipt_SAME,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pp tp,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_ netlink,iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 15148 16 iptable_nat nf_conntrack 54920 29 ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_CLUSTERIP,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_snmp_basic,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_ppt p,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_amanda,nf_conntrac k_tftp,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_proto_sctp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_pr oto_gre,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrac k_h323,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_state,i ptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4 iptable_mangle 2976 1 nfnetlink 5080 4 nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack iptable_filter 3136 1 ip_tables 11396 4 iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter x_tables 12036 47 ipt_IFWLOG,ipt_psd,xt_comment,xt_policy,xt_multiport,ipt_ULOG,ipt_TTL,ipt_ttl,ip t_TOS,ipt_tos,ipt_set,ipt_SAME,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_recent,ipt_owner,ipt_N ETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_LOG,ipt_iprange,ipt_ECN,ipt_ecn,ipt_CLUSTERIP,ipt_ah,ipt _addrtype,xt_tcpmss,xt_pkttype,xt_physdev,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_NFLOG,xt_MARK,xt_mark,xt_ mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_helper,xt_hashlimit,ip6_tables,xt_dccp,xt_conntrack,xt_ CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_CLASSIFY,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables af_packet 17992 2 snd_seq_dummy 3492 0 snd_seq_oss 29888 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6912 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 46800 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7276 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq ipv6 250308 11 nf_conntrack_h323 snd_pcm_oss 37216 0 snd_mixer_oss 14784 1 snd_pcm_oss video 15080 0 thermal 11304 0 sbs 16520 0 processor 25928 1 thermal fan 4260 0 container 4032 0 button 6576 0 bay 5152 0 dock 7600 1 bay battery 10344 0 ac 4452 0 ide_cd 35168 0 binfmt_misc 9416 1 loop 14276 0 dm_mod 48064 0 ide_generic 1824 0 [permanent] usb_storage 90276 0 scsi_mod 125356 1 usb_storage cpufreq_ondemand 7340 1 cpufreq_conservative 6632 0 cpufreq_powersave 2240 0 speedstep_ich 4464 0 speedstep_lib 5028 1 speedstep_ich freq_table 4512 2 cpufreq_ondemand,speedstep_ich nvram 8456 0 pcmcia 33260 0 snd_maestro3 21572 1 eepro100 28208 0 snd_ac97_codec 96836 1 snd_maestro3 ac97_bus 2752 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 69636 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 19652 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8456 1 snd_pcm snd 45092 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_maestro3,snd_ac 97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer e100 32332 0 yenta_socket 23628 1 rsrc_nonstatic 11904 1 yenta_socket mii 5280 2 eepro100,e100 soundcore 6624 1 snd pcmcia_core 33108 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic i2c_i801 8528 0 i2c_core 20224 1 i2c_i801 uhci_hcd 22832 0 shpchp 29812 0 pci_hotplug 27360 1 shpchp usbcore 118984 3 usb_storage,uhci_hcd iTCO_wdt 9632 0 iTCO_vendor_support 3940 1 iTCO_wdt intel_agp 22132 1 agpgart 27624 3 drm,intel_agp evdev 8448 4 tsdev 7104 0 ext3 118376 2 jbd 50472 1 ext3 ide_disk 14624 4 cmd64x 9372 0 [permanent] piix 9028 0 [permanent] ide_core 99716 6 ide_cd,ide_generic,usb_storage,ide_disk,cmd64x,piix

I get nothing with "modprobe hostap", and ifconfig -a gives: [root@localhost george]# modprobe hostap [root@localhost george]# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:14:AE:B8 inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe14:aeb8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:538 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:481 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:356118 (347.7 KiB) TX bytes:116417 (113.6 KiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:660 (660.0 B) TX bytes:660 (660.0 B) . . . which, I suppose, means that the card is not being seen. I installed prism2-utils, which MCC shows as installed, but: [root@localhost george]# dmesg | grep -i prism [root@localhost george]# Something's not right. I can't seem to find prism2_usb in MCC, and 'urpmi install prism2_usb' says no such package (prism2-usb too). Is it in a special repository?

Thanks Ian. I am sorry to respond so long after your post, but I became unexpectedly busy. Here are the results of the various commands: [root@localhost george]# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:14:AE:B8 inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe14:aeb8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:888 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:834 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:762962 (745.0 KiB) TX bytes:179658 (175.4 KiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1960 (1.9 KiB) TX bytes:1960 (1.9 KiB) [root@localhost george]# lsusb -vv Unknown line at line 2389 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1668:0408 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] Prism2.5 802.11b Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x1668 Actiontec Electronics, Inc. [hex] idProduct 0x0408 Prism2.5 802.11b Adapter bcdDevice 1.32 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 0 iSerial 1 111111111111 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 39 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 1 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes bInterval 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered) Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.2 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0103 power enable connect Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.1 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0100 power Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 9 Hub bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused bDeviceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0000 idProduct 0x0000 bcdDevice 2.06 iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.22.19-laptop-2mdv uhci_hcd iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller iSerial 1 0000:00:1d.0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 25 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xe0 Self Powered Remote Wakeup MaxPower 0mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 9 Hub bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused bInterfaceProtocol 0 Full speed (or root) hub iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes bInterval 255 Hub Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 41 nNbrPorts 2 wHubCharacteristic 0x000a No power switching (usb 1.0) Per-port overcurrent protection bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere DeviceRemovable 0x00 PortPwrCtrlMask 0xff Hub Port Status: Port 1: 0000.0100 power Port 2: 0000.0100 power Device Status: 0x0003 Self Powered Remote Wakeup Enabled [root@localhost george]# lsmod Module Size Used by i915 22688 2 drm 72628 3 i915 af_packet 17992 2 snd_seq_dummy 3492 0 snd_seq_oss 29888 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6912 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 46800 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7276 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 37216 0 snd_mixer_oss 14784 1 snd_pcm_oss ipt_IFWLOG 3588 2 ipt_psd 44392 1 ip_set_iptree 7016 2 iptable_raw 2688 0 xt_comment 2336 0 xt_policy 4256 0 xt_multiport 3808 4 ipt_ULOG 7748 0 ipt_TTL 2656 0 ipt_ttl 2336 0 ipt_TOS 2560 0 ipt_tos 2176 0 ipt_set 2752 2 ipt_SAME 2880 0 ipt_REJECT 4288 4 ipt_REDIRECT 2720 0 ipt_recent 8344 0 ipt_owner 2464 0 ipt_NETMAP 2656 0 ipt_MASQUERADE 3872 0 ipt_LOG 6560 9 ipt_iprange 2336 0 ipt_ECN 3200 0 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I have an old HP Omnibook 510 laptop that has an Actiontec USB wifi adapter installed internally. I am running Mandriva Powerpack 2008.0, which seems to recognize the hardware. If I go to configure network, the card is displayed as "Actiontec Electronics, Inc. USB Wireless Adapter". When I first tried to configure it, Mandriva said it needed the prism2_'something' package, which I installed. Now, however, when I try to configure it, I get an error: "Unable to find network interface for selected device (using prism2_usb driver)." This is where I get stuck. Is there anything I can do now?

I have an older computer (hp vt6200) with a fresh install of Mandriva 2008.1. I can't seem to play dvds. If I put one in the drive, it starts Totem, and I can hear sound, but there is no video. All I get is a green screen. What can I do?

Thanks, Greg. I guess I'll just go ahead and reinstall. Fortunately, this is not such a big deal with Mandriva!

Here it is: [aniko@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i drak drakmenustyle-0.10-1mdv2008.0 drakconf-icons-10.11.3-1.1mdv2008.0 drakxtools-backend-10.29.7-1.1mdv2008.1 drakx-net-text-0.35.1-1.1mdv2008.1 packdrake-5.3.2-1mdv2008.0 printerdrake-1.6.3-1mdv2008.0 drakx-kbd-mouse-x11-0.37.3-1.1mdv2008.0 drakconf-10.11.3-1.1mdv2008.0 drak3d-1.11-1mdv2008.0 drakfirsttime-2.11-1mdv2008.0 drakxtools-curses-10.29.7-1.1mdv2008.1 rpmdrake-4.9.13.1-1.1mdv2008.1 drakfax-0.15-2mdv2008.0 drakstats-0.18-1mdv2008.0 drakx-net-0.35.1-1.1mdv2008.1 harddrake-10.29.7-1.1mdv2008.1 drakbackup-0.14-1mdv2008.0 libdrakx-net-0.35.1-1.1mdv2008.1 perl-MDV-Packdrakeng-1.13-1mdv2008.0 harddrake-ui-10.29.7-1.1mdv2008.1 printerdrake-common-1.6.3-1mdv2008.0 transfugdrake-1.4-1mdv2008.0 userdrake-1.4-1mdv2008.0 drakxtools-10.29.7-1.1mdv2008.1

I think I did something stupid. I am running Powerpack 2008.0 on this machine, but 2008.1 on others. In updating this one, I think that I installed updates for 2008.1 -- and now MCC doesn't work. Nothing even registers if I run it from a terminal; I just get a prompt. Is there any way to fix this without re-installing?

Many thanks to the advice so far, but since I had nothing really invested in the Powerpack installation I downloaded and installed Mandriva Spring 2008.1. All drives seem to work now. So my problem is solved, but I do wonder about my Powerpack 2008.0 version. I have it running on several machines with no problems. Anyway, thanks again all.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far. I apologize the late response -- vacation during August. Here are the posts for "lspci" and "dmesg | grep -i cd": [george@localhost ~]$ lspci 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 00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02) 00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:09.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01) 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 00:0b.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2838/2839 SuperLink Modem (rev 01) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY [george@localhost ~]$ dmesg | grep -i cd hdc: QSI DVD-ROM SDR-081, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 10, io mem 0xe0000000 ide-cd: cmd 0x28 timed out These are with the DVD module installed in the laptop. I installed the latest version of openSUSE, and this read the drives without problems. I would prefer to get Mandriva working though. I am running Mandriva Powerpack 2008.0.

I tried starting from the command line as you suggested, but the prompt "[root@localhost anko#]" disappeared then reappeared quickly. There was no other output that I could see. (I tried both as regular user then as root.)

I think I messed up the Mandriva Control Center. When I start it, it asks for admin password but then it doesn't start. Nothing happens. What can I do to get it back?

I have an HP Omnibook vt6200 with several drive modules: a cdrw drive, a single-layer dvd, and a double-layer dvdrw. I managed to install Mandriva Powerpack 2008 on it with the dvd drive in the slot, but since then I cannot get Mandriva to recognize either of my dvd drives. The laptop powers the dvd drives and spins discs, but they won't mount. The cdrw seems to work fine. Any suggestions?

I have an old laptop, an HP Omnibook 6100, and I'm running 2008 Powerpack. Everything (pretty much) works great, but the age of the machine means that I don't have USB 2.0, and the sound card hisses and pops -- something it did running windows too. I would like to use a USB 2.0 cardbus adapter and perhaps a sound card too. Can I do this? Are there any particular cards that are known to work? Anything I should stay away from? Thanks for any advice.

Well, that was simple! I did as you suggested (I'm too much of a novice to think of it yet), and saw the problem. I had to change the permissions on a couple of directories that Amarok was trying to access. I did have to reinstall again, but now all is fine. Many thanks daniewicz!

I've just installed Mandriva Powerpack on my laptop. I installed Amarok, but the app fails to start. I get the splash screen, and my hd drive light flashes, but then nothing. If I click on the splash screen, it disappears but the hd light continues to flash randomly, and I can't shut down or reboot the machine. I have tried removing and reinstalling, but no go. (I run Amarok under Gnome.) Any thoughts?

Yankee, The Tigerdirect link that you give won't connect, so I can't say anything about the card there. If you are looking for a PCMCIA card for a laptop, I can recommend the Orinoco Gold card (by Prism?). It has an Atheros chipset that has never given me problems connecting. I just make sure to have madwifi installed. I've used it in several different distros, Mandriva, Ubuntu. Suse, and it has always worked. From reading the forum, is seems that Atheros cards seem to work well generally.

Success! I modified the fstab entry for the new hd, rebooted, and the drive was automatically mounted with both read and write capabilities. Thanks again Scarecrow.

Thanks Scarecrow. I changed fstab and am now able to mount the drive through MCC. I can read from it, but I cannot write to it. I suspect that the drive's permissions are preventing me from writing. Unfortunately, I don't know how to change the permissions on a drive. Currently permissions are given as "dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 16384 2008-03-02 10:07 hd2/". How do I change this?