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hawklord

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  1. thanks for the help, i worked out that if i run XFdrake as root and change my radeon driver to xorg > ati, log out and log in in drak3d, change my options to compiz, log out and log back in in kde, 3D is now working
  2. i'm a little confused here, this is what i have enabled in my software dkms-fglrx v8.522 3.mdv2009.0 fglrx-control-center v8.522 3.mdv2009.0 fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-1mnb v8.471 3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-2.6.24.7-desktop586-2mnb v8.471 3mdv2008.1 fglrx-kernel-2.6.27.4-desktop586-2mnb v8.522 3mdv2009.0 desktop586-latest v8.522 1.20081106.3mdv2009.0 fglrx-kernel-desktop586-latest v8.522 1.20081106.3mdv2009.0 x11-driver-video-fglrx v8.522 3.mdv2009.0 x11-driver-video-ati v6.9.0 1mdv2009.0 radeontool v1.5 8mdv2009.0 x11-driver-video-radeonhd v1.2.2 0.20080927.2mdv2009.0 i dont have the 8.542 thingy in my software (at least i can't find it) and also i don't know how to change drivers :unsure:
  3. thanks, i had a slight idea that it may be that, could i use an older driver ?
  4. hi, i have upgraded my 2008.1 to 2009.0 via easyurpmi and a terminal, my system is up-to-date, i have used the command 'urpmi --auto-update -v' and there are no more packages, one problem is my compiz and mattise don't work - in fact my system is unusable with either enabled, can anyone help with this problem, i have kept kde3.5, i have a p4 3.4 cpu, 1 gb pc3200 ddr400 ram and radeon 9550 256ddr graphics card - so memory is not a problem, thanks [moved from Software by spinynorman]
  5. hi all, i am running mandriva one 2008 i have kopete configured to run my hotmail account, the problem is that i can't send or view video using the program, instant messaging is ok and uploading/downloading photos is ok (but a little slow) i can view my webcam on my own pc i have xp (a separate computer) which i can test it on but it fails can anybody help or have ideas, any more info, just ask (please be aware that i am by no means an expert with mandriva) thanks
  6. hi, thanks, ctrl, alt + backspace worked and i have corrected the (hd1,0) to (hd0,0), as for the rest - as far as i know i havn't edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf or /etc/inittab (i didn't even know they were there) this is not something i know about, (i am learning all the time)
  7. hi, this login issue seems to have affected start up as well, when i power on my pc and choose mandriva, it goes through the motions of loading, when the loading bar has nearly completed my screen goes blank and my monitor goes into stand by, i have to use ctrl, alt and delete to re-boot, my windows is ok (posting this from windows)
  8. hi, slight problem has popped up, when i use kdesu "kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst" the file opens but appears empty, but when i navigate to the file its there, so i can't edit it mandriva 2008 live cd install, grub, kdm and kde, i click on log out and then end session, sometimes it comes back to login and i can use the options at the bottom to power off, i read the link, but its way over my head, not been using linux long - slowly getting used to it for the big change over from windows
  9. hi scarecrow, you are a star, it worked, i can dual boot without swapping drives/bios editing, i've been at this for a month searching and searching and you do it in a few posts (less if i would have followed properly :blush: ) if i ask nice and kindly - can you point me in the right direction for my shutdown problem
  10. hi, sorry, the output of the commands, 1) /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /media/hd ntfs umask=0022,nls=utf8,sync,ro 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /media/hd2 ntfs umask=0022,nls=utf8,sync,ro 0 0 2) 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
  11. hi, thanks for your help, i have managed to edit my menu.lst to show - title windows map (hd0,0) map (hd1,0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) makeactive chainloader +1 but upon re-boot (using ctrl,alt and delete (see below)) and choosing windows, i get this error - map (hd0,0) error 11 : unrecognized device string press any key to continue i have tried my windows hdd on cable select and slave, but get the error with both, i also have one other niggly thing - when i log off i can't shut my pc down or log back in, i just have a blank screen untill my monitor switches off, i have to shut down with the button on my tower, thanks again for your help
  12. hi, sorry, you may have miss-understood, i have w2k installed on 'c', no grub at all mandriva was installed on a sepparate hdd with no other hdd's attached to my system, using default options from a live cd (including grub) my system is now set up as - windows 2000 - master mandriva - slave at the moment dual booting is a pain, i would like to have a boot option from grub (but i would need to edit the menu.lst - mandriva won't let me) or boot from a boot loader via windows (eg bootpart or grub4dos) but i have come up against a few problems, thanks
  13. hi all, don't know whether this is the right place but here goes, i have windows 2000 on 1 hdd and mandriva 2008 on another hdd (installed from a live cd) i want to have one of these options but i am a little stuck 1) to boot mandriva from w2k, i have used a program called bootpart, when run via a command window i get all the available options, but non will edit my boot.ini to show the linux entry, i tried another program called grub4dos, i copied my menu.lst to a flash drive and put it at the root of 'c', then added this line to my boot.ini C:\GRLDR="Mandriva", when i re-booted i got to options to boot from so i chose mandriva and got 'error 20' and 'selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by bios' bootpart - http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm grub4dos - http://grub4dos.jot.com/WikiHome 2) to boot w2k from mandriva, i have searched and searched and it seems i need to add this to my menu.lst title windows map (hd0,0) map (hd1,0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) makeactive chainloader +1 the problem is i can't seem to edit the file, each time i try it says i don't have permission, i login as root but it still won't let me, i have even tried using an edited spare one (from the flashdrive), i know i can dual boot with grub in the mbr of windows, i had an episode where i needed to 'ghost' my windows and got 'ntldr is missing', running fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console didn't work, had to boot from floppy to retrieve important files, then re-install, so i don't want to be put in that position again, so can anyone help - thanks
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