David Batson

If this is an upgrade install, maybe there is a problem with permissions. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Errata#Default_user_UID_is_now_10001_and_not_500

You should check /etc/fstab and have an entry such as the following: # Entry for /dev/sda1 : UUID=1EA4E764A4E73D41 /media/win_c ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0 Notice that Windows is now located in /media. You may need to create a directory in /media. Make sure ntfs-3g is installed. The UUID number will be different for you. Run blkid from root to find the appropriate UUID for your Windows drive. Edit /etc/fstab as appropriate and reboot. [root@localhost david]# blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="6AAC73BDAC7381FD" LABEL="System Reserved" TYPE="ntf /dev/sda2: UUID="7074F5D974F5A250" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb1: UUID="1EA4E764A4E73D41" LABEL="IBM_PRELOAD" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb2: LABEL="IBM_SERVICE" UUID="460C-3761" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sdb5: UUID="e3297b9b-978b-497a-908d-757e3180fec9" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb6: LABEL="swap" UUID="660bb819-4642-4832-9efd-024ca14b6287" /dev/sdb7: LABEL="" UUID="488F-0C33" TYPE="vfat"

This is a little beyond my ken, but what if you use the script to initiate the shutdown? Just put the shutdown command at the end of the script. Offhand I don't know what the shutdown command is, but you could probably find it.

See if anything in this thread will help: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/269264

unebootin is reported not to work. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119421 http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119445

Anne of Mandriva says that the Website will be updated once the Powerpack Edition is released. Had a couple of bugs to sort out apparently. Powerpack is supposed to be released sometime today. In other words: "We will sell no wine before it's time." ;)

I was able to mount a Windows 7 RC1 partition by adding the following to fstab. There may be other ways to do this, but at least this works. # Entry for /dev/sdb2: UUID="BE10805710801893" /mnt/windows_7 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0 I used the fdisk -l (that is a lower-case letter L) command to get the partition information needed. [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7752 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Disk identifier: 0xcccdcccd Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4086 30890128+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 7098 7752 4951800 1b Hidden W95 FAT32 /dev/sda3 4087 7097 22763160 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 4087 5453 10334488+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 5454 5731 2101648+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 5732 7097 10326928+ b W95 FAT32 Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xdfbd9c43 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 13 12762 102400000 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb3 * 12762 12787 204800 83 Linux Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb4 12787 19457 53577720 5 Extended Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb5 12787 19457 53576704 8e Linux LVM [root@localhost ~]# Once I determined that /dev/sbd2 was the partition I wanted to mount, I then used blkid command to get the UUID#. [root@localhost ~]# blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="1EA4E764A4E73D41" LABEL="IBM_PRELOAD" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda2: LABEL="IBM_SERVICE" UUID="460C-3761" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sda5: UUID="6fac9d46-945f-11dd-b256-a7f53cf1e588" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sda6: TYPE="swap" LABEL="swap" UUID="660bb819-4642-4832-9efd-024ca14b6287" /dev/sda7: UUID="488F-0C33" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sdb1: UUID="6AAC73BDAC7381FD" LABEL="System Reserved" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb2: UUID="BE10805710801893" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb3: UUID="fe7a3d5e-a100-437e-8014-ea945d7cdba0" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" [root@localhost ~]# I used the mkdir /mnt/windows_7 command (choose whatever name you like for a folder under /mnt/) to create the mount point. [root@localhost ~]# mkdir /mnt/windows_7 [root@localhost ~]# Now add the lines to /etc/fstab. I appended the ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0 part of the line from information I got elsewhere. # Entry for /dev/sdb2: UUID="BE10805710801893" /mnt/windows_7 ntfs-3g defaults,umask=000 0 0 If you have a fat partition, then this line would be a little different. Instead of ntfs-3g, you would use vfat. I have the following line for a fat32 partition that exists on my drive. # Entry for /dev/sda7 : UUID=488F-0C33 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=000,iocharset=utf8 0 0 You may need to install ntfs-3g. You will need to reboot for changes to take effect.

Mandriva 2010 final is slated to be released in just a couple of days. The mirrors might have been changed or removed for 2010 beta. Even if they have not, automatic mirror selection seems to be causing some users problems (myself included). I have manually selected my mirror for 2009.1 for the time being. If I were you, I would wait for the new release slated for Nov. 3rd, then try again.

I have the Cyberlink Remote Control working in Fedora 12. I have the following lirc related rpm's installed. totem-lirc-2.28.4-1.fc12.i686 python-lirc-0.0.5-10.i686 pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.21-1.fc12.i686 xmms-lirc-1.4-14.i686 lirc-remotes-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686 lirc-libs-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686 lirc-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686 lirc-doc-0.8.6-1.fc12.i686 rhythmbox-lirc-0.12.6-2.fc12.i686 I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules with the following content. KERNEL=="lirc[0-9]*", NAME="lirc/%n" I added the following content to the file /etc/lirc/lircd.conf begin remote name CYBERLINK bits 32 eps 30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero 0 0 gap 135995 toggle_bit_mask 0x0 begin codes KEY_EXIT 0x80010066 KEY_DVD 0x8001018E KEY_FULLSCREEN 0x80010191 KEY_RECORD 0x800100A7 KEY_SHUFFLE 0x80010188 KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT 0x8001016B KEY_EJECTCD 0x80010173 KEY_BACK 0x8001009E KEY_FULLSCREEN 0x80010082 KEY_MENU 0x8001008B KEY_VOLUMEUP 0x80010073 KEY_VOLUMEDOWN 0x80010072 KEY_MUTE 0x80010071 KEY_ZOOMIN 0x80010192 KEY_ZOOMOUT 0x80010193 KEY_PLAY 0x800100CF KEY_REWIND 0x800100A8 KEY_PAUSE 0x80010077 KEY_FASTFORWARD 0x800100D0 KEY_PREVIOUS 0x800100A5 KEY_STOP 0x800100A6 KEY_NEXT 0x800100A3 end codes end remote Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/lirc (it is different than the Mandriva version). # Note: in addition to these parameters, you need to have working -*- sh -*- # configuration file for lircd (and lircmd if enabled). # Options to lircd(8). Typically, this will be empty, as which driver to use # should be specified using the LIRC_DRIVER variable below. LIRCD_OPTIONS="" # The infrared receiver (and/or transmitter) driver to be used by lircd(8), # similar to passing "-H driver" to lircd(8). # Run "/usr/sbin/lircd -H help" to get a listing of supported drivers. LIRC_DRIVER="devinput" # Which lirc device will be used by lircd(8). # This is the same as passing "-d device" to lircd. # An empty value will use the default /dev/lirc0 device. LIRC_DEVICE="/dev/input/event8" # If "yes", the init script will try to start lircmd(8) too. ENABLE_LIRCMD="no" # Options to lircmd(8). LIRCMD_OPTIONS="" For the files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc I have the following content for Totem Movie Player, Rhythmbox Music Player, and VLC Media Player. See /usr/lib/totem/plugins/lirc/totem_lirc_default for lirc settings to use with Totem Movie Player. See /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/rblirc/rhythmbox_lirc_default for lirc settings to use with Rhythmbox Music Player. Run vlc --help in terminal as regular user to see "Hot keys" that can be used with lirc. # edit the "button =" part for each entry according to your remote, and stick # this stuff in ~/.lircrc begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PLAY repeat = 1 config = play end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PAUSE repeat = 0 config = pause end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_STOP repeat = 0 config = stop end # For seek_forward and seek_backward you can # append ":20" to seek 20 seconds in the # aforementioned direction # # Eg. seek_forward:60 -> seek forward 60 seconds # seek_backward:5 -> seek backwards 5 seconds begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_FASTFORWARD repeat = 1 config = seek_forward end #FIXME (duplicate function) #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_FORWARD # repeat = 1 # config = seek_forward #end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_REWIND repeat = 1 config = seek_backward end # Info/EPG Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_FULLSCREEN repeat = 1 config = fullscreen end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_VOLUMEUP repeat = 1 config = volume_up end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN repeat = 1 config = volume_down end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_NEXT repeat = 1 config = next end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PREVIOUS repeat = 1 config = previous end # Top Left *HOME* Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_EXIT repeat = 1 config = quit end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = UP # repeat = 1 # config = up #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = DOWN # repeat = 1 # config = down #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = LEFT # repeat = 1 # config = left #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = RIGHT # repeat = 1 # config = right #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_SELECT # repeat = 1 # config = select #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_OK # repeat = 1 # config = select #end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_MENU repeat = 1 config = menu end #FIXME (non-existent key on remote) #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE # repeat = 1 # config = play_pause #end #FIXME #begin # prog = Totem # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_SELECT # repeat = 1 # config = select #end # Angle Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_EJECTCD repeat = 1 config = eject end # DVD/VCD Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_DVD repeat = 1 config = play_dvd end begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_MUTE repeat = 1 config = mute end # SAP Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_SHUFFLE repeat = 1 config = setting_shuffle end # Last CH Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT repeat = 1 config = setting_repeat end # Channel Up Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_ZOOMIN repeat = 1 config = zoom_up end # Channel Down Key begin prog = Totem remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_ZOOMOUT repeat = 1 config = zoom_down end # edit the "button =" part for each entry according to your remote, and stick # this stuff in ~/.lircrc begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PLAY repeat = 1 config = play end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PAUSE repeat = 0 config = pause end #FIXME (non-existent key on remote) #begin # prog = Rhythmbox # remote = CYBERLINK # button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE # repeat = 1 # config = playpause #end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_STOP repeat = 1 config = stop end # SAP Key begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_SHUFFLE repeat = 1 config = shuffle end # Last CH Key begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_MEDIA_REPEAT repeat = 1 config = repeat end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_NEXT repeat = 1 config = next end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_PREVIOUS repeat = 1 config = previous end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_FASTFORWARD repeat = 1 config = seek_forward end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_REWIND repeat = 1 config = seek_backward end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_VOLUMEUP repeat = 1 config = volume_up end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN repeat = 1 config = volume_down end begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_MUTE repeat = 1 config = mute end # Top Left HOME Key begin prog = Rhythmbox remote = CYBERLINK button = KEY_EXIT repeat = 1 config = quit end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_EXIT config = key-quit end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_MUTE config = key-vol-mute end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_PREVIOUS config = key-jump-medium end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_NEXT config = key-jump+medium end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_PAUSE config = key-play-pause end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_REWIND config = key-slower end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_FASTFORWARD config = key-faster end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_PLAY config = key-play end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN config = key-vol-down end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_STOP config = key-stop end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_VOLUMEUP config = key-vol-up end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = KEY_FULLSCREEN config = key-toggle-fullscreen end To restart lirc in Fedora 12 use the following command in terminal as root (which is different than the one for Mandriva). /etc/init.d/lirc restart When Totem Movie Player is running, the following buttons work. Play Pause Stop Seek Forward Seek Backward Fullscreen (Info EPG key) Volume Up Volume Down Mute Next Previous Quit (Home key) Menu (DVD Menu key) Shuffle (SAP key) Repeat (Last CH key) Zoom In (Channel Up key) Zoom Out (Channel Down key) When Rhythmbox Music Player is running, the following buttons work. Quit (Home key) Shuffle (SAP key) Repeat (Last CH key) Volume Up Volume Down Mute Play Pause Stop Previous Next When VLC Media Player is running, the following buttons work. To get VLC to use the remote, start VLC with the following command: vlc --extraintf lirc Quit (Home key) Fullscreen (Info EPG key) Volume Up Volume Down Mute Play Pause Stop Slower Faster Step Backwards 1 minute Step Forwards 1 minute In Totem Movie Player the arrow buttons and OK button perform some actions. Left arrow is seek backwards, right arrow is seek forwards, up arrow is volume up, down arrow is volume down, and OK is select. In Totem Movie Player the arrow keys should work when at the DVD menu to navigate and select the menu choices, but I only get this to work occasionally. I have a bug report filed on this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427'>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427 Note that using the Gnome Infrared Remote Control applet (System > Preferences > Infrared Remote Control) will stop the Cyberlink Remote Control from working and overwrite the following files. This is because the Cyberlink Remote is not in it's database. Probably works great if your remote is listed. /etc/sysconfig/lirc /etc/lircd.conf.gnome /etc/lircrc FYI, there is a lirc startup script file at /etc/init.d/lirc For Totem Movie Player to use lirc, in Totem you need to go to Edit > Plugins and activate the ‘Infrared Remote Control’ plugin. Likewise for Rhythmbox music player. If you open Totem Movie Player or Rhythmbox Music Player and lirc is not running, the box to use the lirc plugin (Infrared Remote Control or LIRC) will automatically become unchecked. If irw works in terminal, but lirc is not working in Totem Movie Player or Rhythmbox Music Player, verify that the box for Infrared Remote Control or LIRC is checked for that applications plugins (Edit > Plugins). EDIT: If you have a problem with making selections in DVD menus, update gstreamer-plugins-good to gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.17-4.fc12 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550427 EDIT 2: Added info to enable VLC to use lirc. Changed files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc above.

Not all the mirrors are good. Manually add one of the mirrors using the site below. I recommend one of the French mirrors or the Carroll USA mirror. You can try the mirror's URL (html or ftp) in your web browser to make sure the site is up before adding it. The best way is to remove your existing mirrors first in MCC, then add the new ones. The best way to add a mirror is to copy the lines in the advanced box into terminal as root after manually selecting your mirror by clicking on "Switch to manual mirror selection". http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/

I have spent some hours working to get my Cyberlink Remote Control functional in Mandriva 2009.1. I have Googled half the internet in the process. I now have a measure of success with VLC. Still a couple of issues and unanswered questions, but I hope to get them sorted. I decided to document my progress to date before I forgot what I did. Here is what my remote looks like: http://www.altechco.com/images/cyber.jpg In the beginning, I was trying to install a tarball someone wrote at http://linux.thaj.net63.net/cyberlinkusb/ [cyberlinkusb-20081207.tar.bz2] to get this Cyberlink Remote to work. After a couple of hiccups I got the tarball installed successfully only to discover later it was superfluous since the driver has been incorporated into the kernel. http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=302112&postcount=28 Regarding this remote control: some buttons are seen as regular keypresses (such as the Number buttons and Enter). Other buttons are special (such as Play and FastForward), and these are the problem ones. I am sure there are a couple of superfluous files and steps that got entered here. Eventually I should be able ferret them out. ------------------- First, install LIRC. Here is a list of my installed LIRC related rpms. python-lirc-0.0.5-2mdv2009.1 vlc-plugin-lirc-1.0.1-1mdv2009.1 liblirc0-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1 lirc-remotes-0.8.3-0.20080704.3mdv2009.0 pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.15-2.0.6mdv2009.1 lirc-kernel-desktop586-latest-0.8.5-1.20090817.0.20090320.1mdv2009.1 xmms-lirc-1.4-7mdv2009.0 lirc-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1 lirc-kernel-2.6.29.6-desktop586-2mnb-0.8.5-0.20090320.1mdv2009.1 dkms-minimal-2.0.19-15mdv2009.1 setserial-2.17-14mdv2009.1 kernel-desktop586-2.6.29.6-2mnb-1-1mnb2 x11-proto-devel-7.4-16mdv2009.1 I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-lirc.rules with the following content. KERNEL=="lirc[0-9]*", NAME="lirc/%n", GROUP=="disk", MODE=="0666" KERNEL=="lirc0", SYMLINK=="lirc" Next, for a Cyberlink Remote Control enter the following content in: /etc/lircd.conf I also entered it in the following file because it was there: /etc/lirc/lircd.conf begin remote name CYBERLINK bits 32 eps 30 aeps 100 one 0 0 zero 0 0 gap 135995 toggle_bit_mask 0x0 begin codes Back 0x8001009E Pause 0x80010077 VolumeDown 0x80010072 VolumeUp 0x80010073 Record 0x800100a7 Guide 0x80010082 Mute 0x80010071 ChannelUp 0x80010192 ChannelDown 0x80010193 Play 0x800100CF SkipFoward 0x800100A3 SkipBack 0x800100A5 Stop 0x800100A6 Menu 0x8001008B Fwdwind 0x800100D0 Rewind 0x800100A8 end codes end remote For a different brand of remote, you may be able to find the appropriate information to copy to these files from a subdirectory of /usr/share/lirc-remotes Or else look here: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/'>http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/ To find the appropriate scan codes, enter the following in terminal and look at what is displayed with each keypress. Note that your event# could be different. # hexdump /dev/input/event8 Here is an example. For keypress Play, I get the following output... I highlighted the relevant section in red. This button press would go in the files below (i.e.:Play 0x800100CF) /etc/lircd.conf /etc/lirc/lircd.conf If you have trouble getting the hexdump, try the following in terminal as root... # /etc/init.d/lircd stop # lircd -d /dev/input/event8 {lircd -d device [read from given device]} Now press the special keys such as Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, etc. When done pressing each of the special keys, then enter the following in terminal as root... # /etc/init.d/lircd start Now the hexdump will hopefully work. Fixed it for me. I now have an on screen display of the volume level. The volume control and mute buttons of the remote seems to work with most apps. You can run $ irw in terminal to see your keypresses after they are configured. Next edit /etc/sysconf/lircd as appropriate. The important lines for the Cyberlink Remote seem to be... DRIVER="devinput" DEVICE=/dev/input/event8 Reference: http://cjo20.net/remote.htm'>http://cjo20.net/remote.htm To find the appropriate /dev/input/event#, enter the following in terminal: grep -l 'TopSeed' /sys/class/input/input*/name | tail -n1 Take the number from the output after input: /sys/class/input/input8/name In my case it was 8, so the DEVICE=/dev/input/event8 Note that your event# could be different. Alternatively to get the event# you can try $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices in a terminal. TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device is my Cyberlink Remote Control Notice the event8 entry below. I don't know if this entry was after I created /etc/sysconf/lircd or not. Here is the relevant part my output from $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0766 Product=0204 Version=0100 N: Name="TopSeed Tech Corp. USB IR Combo Device " P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input14 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd mouse2 event8 B: EV=17 B: KEY=fc112 20d0c00 0 0 70000 0 18000 21f8 d001d804 9e0040 0 0 0 B: REL=103 B: MSC=10 Here is my /etc/sysconf/lircd file. This is the critical file to get irw and lirc to work. When this file is set up properly, you will get output from all of the keypresses on your remote. # Customized settings for lirc daemon # The hardware driver to use, run: # lircd --driver=? for a list DRIVER="devinput" # Hardware driver module to load [found Module name in MCC > Hardware > Browse and configure hardware > Keyboard > USB IR Combo Device] #HWMOD=usbhid # The device node that communicates with the IR device. # if you are using lirc_serial, set DEVICE to /dev/ttyS[0-9] # where 0-9 is the serial port your IR receiver is plugged # with devfs enabled DEVICE=/dev/input/event8 #DEVICE=/dev/lirc/serial # without devfs #DEVICE=/dev/lirc # Serial port for the receiver (for serial driver) # COM1 (/dev/ttyS0) #COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS0 #DRIVER_OPTS="irq=4 io=0x3f8" # COM2 (/dev/ttyS1) #COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS1 #DRIVER_OPTS="irq=3 io=0x2f8" # COM3 (/dev/ttyS2) #COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS2 #DRIVER_OPTS="irq=4 io=0x3e8 # COM4 (/dev/ttyS3) #COM_PORT=/dev/ttyS3 #DRIVER_OPTS="irq=3 io=0x2e8" You may need to reboot for changes to take effect. Alternatively you can try # /etc/init.d/lircd restart in terminal. Finally, I had to create the files /etc/lircrc and /home/~/.lircrc with the following content (relevant for VLC). There is a file: /usr/share/doc/vlc/lirc/example.lircrc that is helpful. Enter vlc --help in a terminal window to find the appropriate hotkeys for vlc. begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Mute config = key-vol-mute end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = SkipBack config = key-prev end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = SkipForward config = key-next end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Pause config = key-play-pause end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Menu config = key-nav-activate end begin prog = vlc button = Back config = Escape end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Rewind config = key-slower end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Fwdwind config = key-faster end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Play config = key-play end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = VolumeDown config = key-vol-down end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = Stop config = key-stop end begin remote = CYBERLINK prog = vlc button = VolumeUp config = key-vol-up end begin prog = vlc button = ChannelUp config = key-toggle-fullscreen end Currently I have the following buttons working in VLC Volume Up Volume Down Mute Play Pause Speed Up Slow Down Stop Previous Full Screen (toggle) This button doesn't work in VLC for some reason that I haven't figured out yet. Next Useful links: http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/01/10/how-to-configure-and-use-lirc/ https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/28910-howto-mandriva-linux-2006-lirc/ http://cjo20.net/remote.htm http://www.minimyth.org/document-howto-lirc_devinput.html http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39433 http://wiki.videolan.org/How_to_Use_Lirc http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/ http://blog.mricon.com/2008/04/setting-up-apple-remote-control-with-f9.html http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/Modules#module-lirc EDIT: I forgot. To get VLC to use the remote, start VLC with the following command: vlc --extraintf lirc EDIT2: I am making edits to this post as I discover new things.

You can check out the following. The original website seems offline, but Internet Archive comes to the rescue. http://web.archive.org/web/20080225000417/http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-suspend-check.html

My thread here regarding Hibernation has a bit of info on Swap. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=91474

I believe if you go into MCC (Configure Your Computer) and set up your network connection from there, you should see a check box for Start Connection at Boot. Make sure checkbox is unchecked.

I am not sure using Port 515 is necessary. That is the port that XP set up and it worked, so that is how I set up Vista. I did not have any success with RAW. I had to use LPR.

For both Linux and Windows, I installed the printer first as a USB printer and got that working. Then I added a wireless printer using the same drivers. I used the following steps for Windows XP. Vista was similar. I can verify the port settings later. 1. Install the printer drivers according to manufacturer's instructions. 2. Start Add Printer Wizard 3. Click Next 4. Choose Local printer attached to this computer, make sure box to Automatically detect is unchecked, and choose Next 5. Choose Create a new port 6. Choose Type of port: as Standard TCP/IP Port and choose Next 7. Click Next 8. Enter 192.168.0.1 for Printer Name or IP Address - Port Name: should be IP_192.168.0.1 (192.18.0.1 is the default gateway for my Netgear router) 9. Click Next 10. For Device Type, should be Standard, Generic Network Card 11. Click Next 12. Click Finish 13. Complete wizard by choosing appropriate printer and driver 14. Give printer a new name if necessary - I chose Networked Canon MP600 Printer 15. Once printer is installed, right-click on printer and choose Properties 16. Choose Ports tab 17. Choose Configure Port... for the Standard TCP/IP port you just added 18. I don't think this step is necessary, but I changed the Port Number to 515 19. Change Protocol to LPR 20. Under LPR Settings, for Queue Name: type in LPT1 and click on OK, then OK Regarding Vista, I had to go into printer preferences and under Spool Print Documents, change the setting from "Start printing immediately" to "Start printing after last page is spooled" for my printer to work properly. Windows XP and Vista do report an error about not being able to communicate with the printer, but the printer prints anyway.

Here is how I set mine up using the print server built into my wireless router. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=506242#506242

See the first post in this thread for checking your swap partition and fixing it if need be. The information is a little old, but you should be able to figure it out. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=91474

You might try the steps in this excellent guide to pulseaudio and vlc setup on the Fedora Forums. AFAIK, it should work for Mandriva. http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660

Other versions including the QT4 version available here: http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/1000/final/en/

You might try installing usb_modeswitch. It is supposed to fix these sorts of issues I believe. If you use Software Installer, make sure leftmost button is set to "All" and not the default "Packages with GUI" before you search for usb_modeswitch.

He did say luckily he had a backup. I think he meant that if one did not have a backup, that person would no longer have a working Mandriva Flash install, and no way to repair it (go back), since most people would not have access to the 4GB version iso to do so.

Something related that I saw today on the mandriva forum. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=720604#720604

In KDE you have to add a space, then a hypen after the su for launching KDE apps as root such as kwrite, dolphin, or konqueror. david@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# kwrite

I don't know if this will help or not, but this excellent guide solved some problems I was having with videos re: pulseaudio, flash, and wmv, on F11. [i am currently using both Mandriva 2009.1 KDE PWP and Fedora 11 Gnome.] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225660