Germ

The newest version of Mepis I've used is Mepis 2004 Beta1. It's based on Debian and is pretty slick. KDE is default and it also has IceWM if I recall correctly. Optional 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel. I booted it several times as a live CD and then did a HDD install. Very impressive installer. If I had to, I could use it as my primary distro. But I still like Mandrake better. ;)

Hi Rainer. Welcome to MandrakeUsers. If you're not running any file servers, Standard security is fine.

Hmm, works for me. The server could have been down for a while. We've had some problems with hackers and the boss is re-doing/upgrading several things.

Mandrake 10.1/KDE 3.3.1 http://www.usalug.com/germ/dt2.png

Doesn't TurboPrint still provide free drivers? They don't provide as many bells and whistles as the $30 package, but they work.

alsa 1.0.6 supports the Audigy LS using the snd-audigyls driver. That card should work fine under MDK 10.1

Did you try: update-menus -v Run it as root and then as your regular user.

Definitely Epson.

Here it is: Making Your Own Mandrakelinux Install DVD

After you exit alsamixer, use this command, as root, to keep the settings: alsactl store

Use /etc/sysconfig/harddisks to set DMA and other hdparm options. If you want to set options for hda, copy/etc/sysconfig/harddisks to /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhda and then edit the file to enable the options you want. My memory is not as good as it used to be, but I think they used the harddisks file in 8.2

usb support is already in the mandrake kernel. Try using Mandrake's lexmark driver.

Moogman, welcome to MandrakeUsers. As root: Use this command: killall urpmi urpmi.update urpme rpm urpmi.addmedia Then this command: rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK /var/lib/rpm/RPMLOCK That should do it. If the database is not unlocked afterwards, you will need to reboot. Should be good to go. Kind of a rare error.

The kernel driver works great with the radeon 7500. No need for ATi's driver. Boot your machine and when you get to the lilo splash, hit the "Esc" key. At the prompt type linux 3 and hit "Enter". When you get to the login prompt, login as root. Run XFdrake. You get a nice ncurses based config tool. Choose the 'radeon' driver and '3D with hardware acceleration' when prompted.

I agree and I vote with my $$. ;)

They've already started adding new packages to cooker.

[CDDB] CDDBHTTPProxyEnabled=false CDDBLocalAutoSaveEnabled=true CDDBRemoteEnabled=true CDDBSubmitAddress=freedb-submit@freedb.org CDDBTimeout=60 CurrentServer=us.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi HTTPProxyHost= HTTPProxyPort=0 LocalBaseDir=/usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/ SeverList=freedb.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,freedb.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,freedb.freedb.de cddbp 8880 -,freedb.freedb.de http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,at.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,at.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,au.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,au.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,bg.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,bg.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,ca.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,ca.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,de.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,de.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,es.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,es.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,fi.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,fi.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,lu.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,lu.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,no.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,no.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,uk.freedb.org cddbp 8880 -,uk.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi,us.freedb.org http 80 /~cddb/cddb.cgi SubmitList=freedb-submit@freedb.org [GENERAL] AUTOPLAY=true AudioDevice= AudioSystem= BackColor=0,0,0 CDDevice=/dev/cdrom1 CustomBrowserCmd=kfmclient openURL %s DOCKING=true EJECTONFINISH=false HiddenControls=true LEDColor=166,213,255 Looping=false RANDOMONCE=true RandomPlay=false STOPEXIT=true SkipDelta=30 TimeDisplay=0 ToolTips=true USEKFM=true Volume=49 [KFileDialog Settings] Automatic Preview=true [KFileDialog Speedbar] Speedbar IconSize=32 [KFileIconView] ViewMode=SmallColumns [MAGIC] magicPointsAreDiamonds=false magicbrightness=3 magicheight=200 magicwidth=320 [SMTP] enabled=false senderAddress= senderReplyTo= serverHost= serverPort=25 useGlobalSettings=true

Epson Perfection 1260...works beautifully. ~$40 US.

Sweet.

cooker/i586 has been rolled back to the packages as of 10/7/04. I've been using cooker and don't recall seeing that before. Does anyone know why that was done? Thanks, Germ

I tried that and everything else I could think of. Never could get a bootsplash with 2.6.7-2

I'm at work and don't have access to a Linux box at the moment. I've never had that error. Double-check the settings and make sure there is nothing set to ask for a authentication cert.

kshowmail I think it's in contrib.

EasyUrpmi appears to have been updated. You can go there and easily configure your sources. http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php Even though I'm in America, I get the best speed from The Netherlands and France. ;) Germ

contrib and plf change quite often with updated packages. Have you updated your sources? urpmi.update -a to update the package list of all your sources urpmi.update nameofmedia to update a specific source