David Batson

If anyone wishes to see a phpBB3 forum, go to http://forum.thinkpads.com/index.php For the most part I like how the Invisionboard works, but adding hyperlinks is a real pain. phpBB3 does an OK job with hyperlinks, but vBulletin vBSEO 3.2.0 as used by http://windows7forums.com/ really has hyperlinks nailed. Simply copy and paste the URL in the forum post and the text for the page name is automatically added when previewed or posted. Nothing simpler than that! B)

Maybe my experience in the following thread with a T42 will help you some. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=78496

I did use wvdial a couple of weeks in early November 2007 with Mandriva 2007.1. Then I tried kppp and preferred that. But back then, I was not having any disconnect issues. I may have to try wvdial again. Regarding my disconnect problems, it occurred to me this morning that maybe the upgrade of AT&T's HSDPA network for downloads from 1.8 Mbit/s to 3.6 Mbit/s to 7.2 Mbit/s and the upgrade of HSDPA to HSUPA for uploads from 384 Kbit/s to 1.4 Mbit/s might be causing some problems with my older 1.8/384 AirCard. EDIT: Regarding wvdial running as root in konsole, the same is true of pppd. What it was, I wanted a desktop icon to launch pppd. I could do this with no konsole window appearing on the desktop. But if a few minutes elapsed since I last clicked on the icon, I would be asked for the root password again to redial the connection. I do believe wvdial would behave the same way as pppd in this respect. EDIT2: Comparing the specs of the 881 with the 860, I definitely should (and will) upgrade. I had no idea I could get an 881 AirCard so cheap without a contract commitment. Thanks for the heads up! B)

The thing was, I had it working pretty good in Mandriva 2007.1. I could connect with the network center, but I had better success with kppp. In 2008.1, getting the network center to work at all was a real crapshoot. Kppp also had problems because the configuration files kept getting overwritten. I got pppd to work for a while, but then I started having issues in certain locations. Staying connected on 2G EDGE was no problem with pppd, but I had disconnect problems using 3G in many areas. I think something has happened to the signal that is causing my problem. It occurred to me that maybe another 3G carrier in those areas may be interfering with AT&T's 3G signal. Even in Windows I see the signal suddenly drop from full strength to nothing, then back to full strength in the matter of just a few seconds. With the Sierra Wireless 3G Watcher connection software, at least I don't normally have to redial the connection when this happens. IIRC, with Mandriva's network manager, and I am sure with kppp, I could set the connection to automatically redial if I lost it. With pppd, it is much more of a pain since I have to type in the root password every time I connect or reconnect. Nothing automatic with pppd. The end result of all this is that I rarely use Mandriva these days. For 2007.1 I used the Free version, but for 2008.1 I bought the Powerpack (to help support the developers). When 2009.1 comes out, I see how it works, but if I cannot get my AT&T WWAN connection issues ironed out, I'll be distro hopping (and hoping). I generally like how the Mandriva OS operates, but WWAN is essential for me. Regarding unlocking my AirCard, I tried calling in to get an older AT&T phone unlocked so my wife could use it on T-Mobile. After quite awhile on the phone, neither carrier would give me the unlock code. At the time, our family had been with both carriers for years, and the AT&T phone I was trying to unlock I had bought from AT&T and had owned for over a year. I might try calling again, but I think I would rather just pay the $10 than go through the hassle.

Maybe you're right, I should try a newer AirCard. My wife had a Sony Ericsson GC83 card unlocked for T-Mobile, but she recently lost her card (still paying for the service though). I see I can get the unlock code for my AT&T 860 AirCard for about $10 on ebay. With that and a new 881 AirCard from ebay for myself, we could both be back in business for less than $50. The newer 881 AirCards support faster download speeds than my 860 AirCard.

See the following thread. That is for AT&T, but the directories and files should be the same. I hope you have better success than I am having. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=94783

Anne of Mandriva announces that Powerpack users get to add the restricted repositories for mdkonline. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=102127

I suspect the problem may be the browser cache. Last week I was getting your same errors "(Flash out of date or javascript not turned on)" on YouTube and even on Adobe's site. Later, after I had closed Opera and cleared the cache, all worked fine. This was in Windows XP BTW.

It could be draksnapshot. It could be log files in /var/log. http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=100491

See if the following link gives you some useful tips. http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html

IMO, 2007.1 was a very good release. 2008.1 is as well. I didn't use 2007.0 or 2008.0, but I don't think they were as good as the .1 Spring releases. For Flash, I would uninstall Mandriva's Flash Plugin and Libflashsupport, and install Flash 10 from Adobe's site. There is an rpm for Flash on Adobe's site. Download the rpm, right-click on it and choose Open with Software Installer. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

If you upgrade from source, that can conflict with Mandriva's rpm's. You need to uninstall Mandriva's rpm's before upgrading from source, or else use the upgrades available from Mandriva's repositories. There are a couple of Flash rpm's you will likely find installed. Opera requires Java JRE (not plugin). Opera will work fine with Icedtea in place of Java. Other browsers will use the Java plugin. Also with Opera, you should only use one plugin folder. I recommend using the Mozilla folder since everything is there already. With Flash, you need to make sure that all the simlinks of libflashplayer.so point to the true libflashplayer.so of the Adobe Flash install.

http://www.newmobilecomputing.com/comments/20596

And Hervé's response is... http://blog.mandriva.com/2008/12/03/new-ceos-first-30-days/

I wouldn't be surprised if it was just users looking for updates on the latest bad news (Adam leaving et al).

On a more optimistic note, Per Øyvind had this to say at forum.mandriva.com: http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=...70&start=25

Emmet Curran posted this quote from DistroWatch Weekly on forum.mandriva.com in the "Leaving" thread. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20081201#feature BTW, I also have signed the petition.

Wobo, the adminstrator of http://mandrivauser.de/ has written an open letter to the new CEO of Mandriva on the English Forum requesting a reconsideration of Adam's dismissal. From forum.mandriva.com: Open Letter to Mr.Hervé Yahi, Mandriva CEO

FWIW, here is what is stated on KDE's website... Looks like Mandriva chose to be early-adopting like openSUSE (and others).

Looking at how I got a similar Netgear card to work, I had to blacklist mrv8k in /etc/modprobe.conf. To blacklist the driver(s), add a blacklist line for each driver in the file /etc/modprobe.conf. To add a line to the file modprobe.conf, you need to open an editor as root. KWrite will work. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2009.0_Errata#..._as_root_via_su After opening Kwrite, navigate to /etc/modprobe.conf and open it. Add the blacklist lines, then save the file. You will need to reboot for changes to take effect. Example: blacklist prism54 blacklist islsm_pci blacklist islusb blacklist isl3886

Sad news that Adam will not be the official face of Mandriva on the forums soon. :sad: http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=100731

Try blacklisting the prism54 drivers as mentioned in the following thread. That thread if for Ubuntu, but the information can be adapted to Mandriva. http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answer...6_06_LTS_Dapper

http://www.cups.org/ It's in the repositories.

Perhaps you need the gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly update just posted. https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=74874

I am not sure what the equivalent of kwrite is in Gnome, but try opening up your editor as root (su) and doing your copy and paste using that program.