tyme

I second that suggestion, as well as gnome-look.org. You could also have a look at art.gnome.org, but gnome-look has more stuff.

It all has to do with data packets getting lost or corrupted. This can happen in any environment, though it's less common in simpler networks or when not reaching across the web. If you don't have to worry about dependencies, then you probably wouldn't have too much to gain. wget http://server/rpm/somepackage.rpm rpm -Uvh somepackage.rpm

Download the package locally first and then install it (wget works well). trying to install it over the network like you are doing creates a high likelihood of data corruption, as the data isn't getting verified like it normally would with a local save (dropped packets == trouble). I would also recommend using urpmi instead of plain old rpm. if you are managing several systems, and happen to have Mandriva Corporate Server, you might want to read up on urpmi --parallel.

I believe there's a metapackage that you can remove to do this, but I'm not positive. When going between releases, fresh installs are usually less likely to have issues.

If you're planning to install, you can install from One and then install GNOME once booted into your new installation. Just refresh your rpm repo's and use the software installer. (this comment is more for others who may come along, as you've downloaded Free already, and your original issue appears to be a bad burn or download)

I've had a central gnome control center for a while. It's in a submenu called Preferences - why do I need a windowed app for this? There's no need for it, unless you just feel like finding something to complain about. The accessible settings do more than what I need them to, and I don't think I'm an idiot. Are you saying that, if I'm happy with the settings made available, I'm an idiot? This is a funny argument coming from an XFCE4 user - you do realize XFCE4 uses some of the settings in there? And has it's own, not-so-pretty preferences editor in xfconf? Good for you.

I was also under the impression that there was a 64-bit One. Sorry! :)

Why not just get Mandriva One, install from that, then add modify repo's and install programs after the fact? It should would have saved several hours.

Here I thought Mandriva included nano by default :-/ - sorry, didn't know they didn't :)

What are the specs on this machine? CPU, Vid Card, RAM, sound card, etc.

I don't need syntax highlighting for config files, only for programming. nano is good when you want a simple, quick text editor. vim when you need something more robust (and possibly have a death wish ;) ).

There certainly is one big culprit in there: Of course, it could be simply be that they're doing a better job of finding, reporting, and resolving the errata than in previous versions...(optimists view, right? ;) )

Do you mean to play an audio CD? You can't mount audio CD's, fstab wouldn't be the problem if audio CD's aren't playing.

That's the HDR effect (funny - this image is in the wikipedia HDR entry!). A lot of newer video games use this effect for lighting and rendering of scenes.

Wow, an errata entry that is specific to a single location? Interesting...

nano /the/file/you/want/to/edit who needs a GUI app to do simple text editing? :P

be sure to comment out all of the ModeLines (I know you tried this, but are they still commented out?).

Did you check your hardware in MCC? Try switching modules/messing with the configuration?

I hope so. I've seen so many sound server issues crop up over the years - I remember the days when the answer to 50% of audio problems was "disable arts"

What version of the nvidia driver is in Mandriva 2009?

how many sound servers do we have to choose from now?

Yes.

did alsamixer and/or kmix have a section for recording volumes? there may also be a setting somewhere for +10db mic boost, which is necessary with most mic's. other than that, sounds like an odd problem if it was previously working.

Turning it off as you did should disable it (it's always worked for me anyways - none of my keyboards have numpads). Do you have a BIOS setting for num lock? What is it set to?

can you post the contents of your /etc/fstab file? let us know if you need help finding/opening this file.