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  1. Virtualbox USB support [solved]

    in Virtual Machines and Emulators

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    I didn't want to uninstall the current one, as I was afraid I'd lose the installation and that god-awful activation stuff.

     

    Uninstalling vbox should leave your vm's intact, but if you want to play it safe, move the /Machines and /VDI directories to a different directory (or even partition) until you've completed the uninstallation. By default they should be in ~/.VirtualBox.

     

    My vm's have survived clean installs of 2007.1 and 2008.0 as well as the uninstallation of vbox OSE. (I keep them in a dedicated partition.)

     

    Jim

  2. Virtualbox USB support [solved]

    in Virtual Machines and Emulators

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    Thank you for the tips. A question: What do you Jim, mean by non-OS version?

     

    The Mandriva rpm listed on this page:

     

    http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

     

    non-OS = not Open Source as opposed to vbox OSE (Open Source Edition) which is in the Mandriva repos

     

    You must uninstall all vbox rpms already installed on your system before installing this version. (In rpmdrake, search for vbox and virtualbox.)

     

    Jim

  3. Virtualbox USB support [solved]

    in Virtual Machines and Emulators

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    You need the non-OS version of vbox from their web-site. Then enable USB in the vm's settings and select the device filters to be used. I have tested it and it does work, although I have no need for it and so do not currently have it enabled.

     

    Jim

     

    Edit:

     

    I've already installed WinXP on my VB (OSE) and installed some software there also. Will that snapshot or installation be valid and funktional if I install the PUEL version?

     

    Yes, you can just change the settings of the existing vm.

  4. auto-start list [solved]

    in Software

    Posted

    Yes, I've already tried that, which works of course. My problem is, however, that I often forget to close Firefox and, should the network be down the next time that I log in (which happens regularly :angry: ), Firefox starts with all the tabs containg errors. Then I have to go through reloading all of them

     

    kcontrol/KDE Components/Session Manager/Start with an empty session

     

    Jim

  8. A Couple of Problems

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    When using the default menu style, I have duplicates of both the "Find" and "Recent Items" submenus. I cannot find a way to remove them as the "Menu Editor" application only applies to the applications contained in the KDE menu.

     

    I've never seen duplicate entries, (other than when they appear at the top of the menu as recent or frequently used) but the place where you can change these items is kcontrol/Desktop/Panels/Menus.

     

    Jim

  9. Sharing data between Mandriva versions

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Provided it's just data and not configuration or settings files that you want to "share", then an approach that I (and many others) use is to create a separate "data" partition, for documents, pictures, music etc.. This partition can then be mounted in any linux system running on your machine. It also means that if, for any reason, you need to format your /home partition, your data will be safe.

     

    Jim

  10. help installing mandriva 2008

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    The live CD requires 256 mb RAM in order to run. I'm surprised that it even booted up on just 128 mb.

     

    The Mandriva installer (on the Free CD's) also requires 256 mb, but since you seemed to be able to get the live CD to boot, perhaps it will work for you. Assuming that it does run, then the Mandriva installer will take care of wiping the disk and re-formating. Just select the option to use the entire disk, when it asks.

     

    The only way that I've been able to get Mandriva on to a system with just 128mb of RAM was to use the mini CD.

     

    There are other linux distro's that are especially designed for older and less powerful equipment:

     

    http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html#minimal

     

    Jim

     

    Edit: On reflection, I may be wrong about the Mandriva installer requiring 256mb of RAM. It's worth trying it to see.

  11. Mandriva Free

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Is Mandriva Free supposed to fit on one CD or does it have to be on one DVD? I read somewhere it's either 1 DVD or 3 CD's... I just tried to burn a copy and it said "finished" after I burned only one CD... Do I have everything on this one CD? I don't have a DVD drive btw

     

     

    Check the name of the iso file that you downloaded. It should indicate which it is.

     

    The 3 CD set consists of three separate iso files which must be downloaded and burned individually. I don't believe that you will get a working system from just one CD.

     

    Jim

  13. Windows Mandriva booting [solved]

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Aye, try that one:

    # (2) Win2K
title Win2K
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

    It's a little bit different than your autogenned Mandriva entry... and it used to work for me.

     

    Since Grub is seeing sda and sdb as hd0 and hd1 respectively, would it not see the third hard drive (where win2k resides) as hd2? That would make the mapping entries:

     

    map (hd0) (hd2)

    map (hd2) (hd0)

     

    It's a long time since a booted a windows system and so I could be "out to lunch" on this. :)

     

    Jim

  16. New driver is out, old problems aren't gone...

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I have a Radeon 9200 128mb AGP card in my system. I am running 2008.0

     

    Should xorg be configured to use the ATI driver as below which ships with xserver or should I be using RADEON or FGLRX?

     

    The only driver that will work on mdv 2008 with the 9200 is the xorg ati driver. The fglrx (and other) proprietary drivers are only for cards later than the 9250.

     

    Jim

  18. Sound Problems on 2008 (new title)

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I'm pushing at the outer edges of my expertise here, but this is what I got when I ran the rsync command.

     

    ./	 alsa-driver/	alsa-kernel/  alsa-plugins/  alsa-utils/   hgwebdir.cgi*
../	alsa-firmware/  alsa-lib/	 alsa-python/   hg-rsync*	 .htaccess
alsa/  alsa-git/	   alsa-oss/	 alsa-tools/	hgweb.config  .htaccess~

     

    Most of these directories contained numerous files and/or directories, e.g.

     

    [alsa-driver]# ls -lt
total 184
-rw-r--r--  1 50100 50100 74123 2007-11-20 18:25 configure.in
-rw-r--r--  1 50100 50100   215 2007-11-14 11:25 kconfig-vers
drwxr-xr-x 24 50100 50100  1024 2007-11-12 09:25 pci/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  2222 2007-10-18 16:25 Makefile.conf.in
-rw-------  1 50100 50100   268 2007-10-18 16:25 SUPPORTED_KERNELS
-rw-r--r--  1 50100 50100  9226 2007-10-15 08:55 Makefile
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2007-09-21 07:25 include/
drwxr-xr-x 11 50100 50100  1024 2007-09-11 21:25 isa/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2007-08-02 14:25 arm/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  8915 2007-07-27 11:25 Rules.make
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2007-05-21 12:09 sh/
drwxr-xr-x  7 50100 50100  1024 2007-05-14 18:25 soc/
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2007-04-10 15:58 usb/
drwxr-xr-x  7 50100 50100  1024 2007-01-25 13:00 drivers/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-12-19 13:00 misc/
drwxr-xr-x  5 50100 50100  1024 2006-12-15 14:00 acore/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100 10159 2006-11-24 13:00 INSTALL
drwxr-xr-x  6 50100 50100  1024 2006-09-05 20:00 aoa/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-08-09 06:49 ppc/
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 utils/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100	21 2006-06-29 22:22 version.in
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 pcmcia/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  6729 2006-06-29 22:22 snddevices.in
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 sparc/
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 support/
drwxr-xr-x  3 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 synth/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 test/
drwxr-xr-x  3 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 doc/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 hal2/
-rwx------  1 50100 50100  1238 2006-06-29 22:22 hgcompile*
drwxr-xr-x  4 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 i2c/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  5585 2006-06-29 22:22 install-sh
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 mips/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 modules/
drwxr-xr-x  2 50100 50100  1024 2006-06-29 22:22 parisc/
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  4753 2006-06-29 22:22 CARDS-STATUS
-rw-------  1 50100 50100 18009 2006-06-29 22:22 COPYING
-rwx------  1 50100 50100  1239 2006-06-29 22:22 cvscompile*
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  3059 2006-06-29 22:22 FAQ
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  1171 2006-06-29 22:22 README
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  1603 2006-06-29 22:22 Rules.make1
-rw-------  1 50100 50100  1188 2006-06-29 22:22 TODO
-rw-------  1 50100 50100   219 2006-06-29 22:22 WARNING

     

    Some of this may help you to identify the directory that you want.

     

     

    Sometimes one version of linux just doesn't work well with a particular combination of hardware. Although Mandriva is my preferred distro, and it has always worked for me, you may find that another distro works better with your hardware. Some of them produce live CD's which give you a chance to test before installing. (K)ubuntu, Fedora and Suse might be worth trying.

     

    Jim

  19. Sound Problems on 2008 (new title)

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by jkerr82508

    I got as far as the 3rd line and it all fell apart. This is what I got..

    # cd /usr/src/
# mkdir alsa
# rsync -avz --delete --exclude=.hg* rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/hg alsa
rsync: failed to connect to alsa.alsa-project.org: Connection timed out (110)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(104) [receiver=2.6.9]

    Regards, Peter

     

    Try using the full path to the target directory. This worked for me. (I used a temporary directory in my ~, since I don't really want this stuff.)

     

    Jim

     

    Edit: Sorry, I posted this before I read your post about the problems with the proxy.

     

    ftp access might be available, if you can identify the directory that contains the files that you want.

     

    Jim

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