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  3. XMMS Freezes once I load an MP3

    in Software

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    There's some bug with command that is configured with xmms.

     

    Go back and install the Mandrake RPM from the CD and then start xmms with terminal or konsole.

     

    xmms

     

    You should be able to play things normally from there. Then you could make your own desktop shortcut for this.

  4. newbie help with missing KDE apps

    in Software

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    Welcome...

     

    Sounds to me like (and I have to guess since I can't see what you see) either things really went bad during the install... or your looking at some other desktop than KDE (did you try a right click to see if that brings up a menu... or try the "windows" key).

     

    If you have a terminal or konsole window, try some of these commands:

     

    mcc (Mandrake Control Center)

    konqueror

    kate

    urpmi (was that a typo ?)

     

    If these work, we can get things back in order quite easily. Might help to describe what you see in front of you in more detail

  6. lm_sensors gets harder to install each time

    in Software

    Posted

    Getting lm_sensors seems to get more difficult everytime I install it. gkrellm says "No sensors detected." Installed are:

    liblm_sensors3-2.8.4-2mdk
lm_sensors-2.8.4-2mdk
gkrellm-2.1.25-2mdk

    I ran sensors-detect and get this at end:

    To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules.conf:

#----cut here----
# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
#----cut here----

To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-viapro
modprobe i2c-isa
# I2C chip drivers
modprobe lm80
modprobe via686a
# sleep 2 # optional
/usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended
#----cut here----


WARNING! If you have some things built into your kernel, the list above
will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really should
try these commands right now to make sure everything is working properly.
Monitoring programs won't work until it's done.

Do you want to generate /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no):
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/rc.d/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.

    Last time, I believe I just rebooted and it worked. This time nothing. I have added those lines it said to in /etc/modules.conf.

     

    Not sure what else I should try here.

  7. error message

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    If the problem is with the S3 Trio card... I remember I was stuck using XFree86 3.3.6 while everyone else was moving to version 4. It worked fine for my purposes back in the MDK 8.0 days. Don't know about using with Mandrake 10.

     

    There's a rpm available for these cards in /contribs.

     

    Name: XFree86-S3

    Version: 3.3.6-29mdk

  8. install trouble

    in Software

    Posted

    Welcome to our forum :D

     

    Why not just use...

    urpmi webmin

    and let Mandrake install the file from same CDs (or same source) you installed Mandrake from ? It will be a slightly older package, but was custom built for MDK 10 and will work great.

     

    as for the bad signigure/key messages, you'll get those from rpms downloaded from other sources... most of us ignore that message and click to install anyway.

  9. Default fonts too big

    in Art And Design

    Posted

    Forgot to tell that there is one thing I did different from before, which is installing the newest NVIDIA driver. But driver change shouldn't double the font size.. does it?

    That had happened to me before (community edition). After installing nvidia, my fonts all changed size. Not quite double, but a couple points different. I don't know why and I wasn't too worry about it, since I intended on installing official shortly. Not sure, but may have been the 4496 release.

  10. CD???

    in Software

    Posted

    Those work for me... (but I don't use the slash).

    $cd ..
$cd ~

    I also like to use the <tab> key to auto complete the path. Say you have a folder named downloads in your home directory.

    [user@localhost home]$cd dow<tab>

    becomes

    [user@localhost home]$cd downloads

    Real handy for long names or those with spaces in them. Also confirms you got the path correct.

    :D

  14. Matrix Screensaver

    in Art And Design

    Posted

    try the file found here:

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display...2_1.0-5336.html

    and follow the instructions in the README linked on that page.

     

    Basically you need to exit any grafical desktop. (log in as root... command line only)

    change to the directory you downloaded the file. (cd /home/downloads )

    run this command

    sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run

    It should do its thing without any problems. I emphasize "should" --- Sometimes you will find yourself stuck at the command line and will need to be able to edit files with "vi" or have to run "XFdrake" to set you graffical desktop back up.

     

    Your XFree86Config-4 should have two sections that will look like this after you install:

    Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

  15. Matrix Screensaver

    in Art And Design

    Posted 

    Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

    Sounds like maybe you need to install a video driver... What video card are you running? Either that or we need to fix your XF86config-4 file.

  16. CSS help

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted

    like this ?

     

    I added:

    border-right: solid red; 
 border-left: solid red;

    (notice it is just "border-right"... no width) under the a:hover section and also put in ";" after the last line of each section. All the stylesheets I have worked on have the semi-colon after each line of each section.

     

    PS: forum won't accept .css files had to add .txt

    tymestyle.css.txt

  19. Help with Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    My other question is I would like to change my sceensaver. We would like something like the matrix coding and so that it moves and stuff. But we can't seem to find any linux sites that offer this we found one but the download was .exe which I guess linux does not run. Also on top of all we have no idea how to do it so if you guys can help us change a screensaver and if anyone has a link to some webpage that really does have linux screensavers it will be great.

    If what you seek is not on your Install CD's, and not in the contribs folder on Mandrake ftp sites, then check out PLF's site:

    ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/mandrake/10.0/i586/

    xscreensaver-matrix-4.14-4plf.i586.rpm

    (never installed this yet, so can't help much right now, )

     

    As for your friend and the freezes, just open a new thread (in the hardware section... cause that is the most likey cause of the problem... not because of not having CD3) Explain as much as possible about what he is running, his hardware, and where it freezes.

  21. Help with Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    I have these as plug-in paths:

    /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

    /usr/lib/netscape/plugins

    among many others

     

    To uninstall things... it is probably best to use the "Remove Software" menu item. You should find it at:

     

    K -> System -> Configuration -> Packaging -> Remove Software

     

    or you could use

    urpme

    but this could wipe out an entire desktop (due to dependancies) with a quick slip on the <enter> key.

  24. Help with Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted 

    error: Failed dependencies:
      libtk8.4.so is needed by gaim-0.79-0mdk10.0

    I looked up this file... it belongs to...

    tk

    which is on Installation CD 1. I also checked my installation of gaim and it does not use this file. I have gaim (version gaim-0.75-5mdk) installed and working, but I do not have tk-8.4.5-3mdk installed.

     

    Check your Software Media Manager and see if you still have your install CD's listed as a source. I don't really know why exactly gaim wants this file... possibly you selected wrong version to install ?

  25. Help with Mandrake

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    all I want to know is to know if urpmi is installed or not. How do I do that?

    Try this in a terminal or command line...

    [scoopy@localhost scoopy]$ rpm -qa | grep urpmi

    if it is installed, it will return something like this...

    urpmi-4.4.5-10mdk
gurpmi-4.4.5-10mdk

    if not installed, will return back to prompt.

    THANKS FOR EVERYTHING GUYS, THIS SHOULD BE #1 MANDRAKE HELP FORUM

    It is #1. :D

     

    Stick around, you will learn. :thumbs:

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