jkerr82508

Try "rootnoverify" instead of "root" in the windows stanza of menu.lst. No guarantee that this will make any difference. It's been a long time since I dual-booted with windows.

Jim

If there is an option in the GUI to download or not then I can't find it.

Media Manager /Options/Global Options

If you want to report a bug or ask for an enhancement:

https://qa.mandriva.com/index.cgi

Bugzilla reports and comments are entirely in English

Jim

Try drak3d and choose "No 3d"

Jim

You should have /main, /contrib, and /non-free as well as the corresponding /updates repos. It's safest not to use /testing or /backports. (I would remove them entirely, and not just disable them. There was a bug in mandriva-update which caused them to be used sometimes, even if they were disabled.)

Have you run mandriva-update? It should update your kernel to -18.

If I understand correctly, an ML350 is a desktop machine, not a laptop and so -desktop would be the right kernel flavour.

Jim

Is there a way to become a SU in konqueror

Run: kdesu konqueror

You may find the following links useful in sorting out the problems you have with urpmi. (I don't think you have set up the repo's properly.):

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tas...moving_software

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandr...#Kernel_changes

Jim

First, update to the latest kernel (-16 has a major security vulnerability) and then install kernel-desktop-devel-latest.

Jim

In its configuration dialogue, under Indexing, un-check Start indexing automatically.

Jim

What else was uninstalled when you "removed" beagle? It's always wise to check the list. Install task-kde. It may well put beagle back, but you can turn beagle off without un-installing it. That's usually the safer option with unwanted applications.

Jim

Perhaps you need to add your user to smbpasswd. IIRC the command is:

smbpasswd -a

This assumes that you use the same username on your windows boxes.

Jim

edit: Sorry, I've just realized that is for the samba server, not the client. For the client use kcontrol/Internet & Network/Local Network Browsing/Windows Shares.

Jim

I haven't used samba for a long time, but I think konqueror uses kwallet to store passwords.

Jim

I've removed my comment. On first reading, I misinterpreted your post. (I don't see an option to delete a message.)

Jim

I don't use Math Type, but the easiest way I've found to get fonts "working right" under wine is to install the msfonts. The best way, if you have access to a windows system is to use drakfont, or there are third party rpm's available (which provide some of the msfonts). Search here for msfonts or mscorefonts:

http://rpm.pbone.net/

Jim

I was bombarded with KDE crash handler messages about artsd failures.

I experienced this on cooker a couple of weeks ago, but it was very quickly fixed. You may want to check bugzilla to see if anyone else is experiencing this now. I don't recall seeing any recent reports.

Jim

I'm new to linux, I have windows xp & downloaded mandriva 2008. I don't have a burner so I wanted to know if I could mount the iso an use it to install.. any help?

Yes.

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installin...llation_methods

Jim

BitTorrent should show up no problem (probably under "Internet") but if it doesn't you can add it yourself.

As with smart, the gui for bt is in a separate package. Searching in rpmdrake is generally easier than using urpmi, unless you know exactly what you want to install.

Jim

What I really want from that Powerpack would be that Cedega and perhaps the LinDVD.

Add the /i586/media/restricted directory on the DVD as an additional media source for rpmdrake.

Jim

There used to be a command line guide but it's not there so guess it must be in one (or both) of the mastering guides what you need.

A command line guide is still available:

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB...01Documentation

Although it's for 10.1, I would think almost all of it will still be relevant.

Jim

I'm sorry, my posts seem a little confusing. I'll try to clarify.

 

I did DL and install the .rpm PUEL package from the VBox site (the very link scarecrow posted). I had uninstalled the previous installation (done earlier with the .run package found on their site) before running the .rpm (PUEL) package.

 

I could not get it to work with that - it gave me the same error message as jgj posted in the first post.

What I do when using the PUEL version:

1. Uninstall ALL other vbox and virtualbox rpms (Enter vbox|virtualbox in the search box in the Software Manager)

2. Make sure kernel-desktop-devel-latest is installed (or kernel-laptop-devel-latest if using the laptop kernel ). (The full kernel source may be OK, but is not necessary)

3. Install the PUEL rpm.

4. Add my user to the vboxusers group

5. After booting into a new kernel, re-run the setup script. (On the first attempt to launch a vm after booting into a new kernel, a pop-up displays the exact command that must be run.)

This works perfectly for me every time.

Jim

From the description of kernel-server-2.6.22.12-1mdv:

"......This kernel is compiled for server use, single or multiple i686 processor(s)/core(s) and up to 64GB RAM ....."

Jim

I'm not 100% sure that this will work, but try Settings and un-check "Save view changes per folder" and then View/View mode/Detail list view. You will then need to save this as the view profile.

Jim

I don't know a way to add such an entry there, but you can easily add one to the main toolbar. Right-click on the main toolbar, select configure and in the main toolbar "available actions" on the left, you'll find "New tab". Add it anywhere in the toolbar that you want it.

Jim

rpmdrake in 2007.1 had a bug that caused it to always use the last repo defined in urpmi.cfg as the source for installed packages. In 2008.0 this has been "fixed" by simply not reporting any source for installed packages.

Jim

I'd like to keep my updates and what I download and install. How do I make it keep everything? I'd like to burn them so that I can reinstall everything without downloading again.

Add the following option to /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

 {
post-clean :0
}

This will negate the default post-clean option

See man urpmi.cfg.

Jim

The volume 'BkUp' uses the ntfs-3g file system which is not supported by your system.

Do you have the ntfs-3g package installed?

Jim

Install wine, make sure the wine process is running, click on the setup.exe or install.exe. If you're lucky it will install and run. If you have problems, check out the AppDB at WineHQ for possible hints and tips. It looks as though this is a very new application and so there is likely to be very little experience of trying to run it under wine.

Jim