Lord Kenneth

Check the FAQ for information on how to use urpmi. Use it to download the 2.6 kernel.

The same thing has crossed my mind.

Then why did I have the same problem? I use Mandrake 10 CE.

No wonder, I thought you had initially used URPMI. Yes, URPMI is a wonderful tool. I myself converted to linux not too long ago. I rarely boot into windows.

A problem might be this: http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.ht...274748&forum=72 I had to remove my tls folder(s?) and run ldconfig to get it running smoothly. You might need to also.

Logout, choose session type as "fluxbox", login.

I assume by WM/DE you're asking what Window Manager I use. I use GNOME 2.4. Distro is Mandrake 10 CE (actually, it's cooker). No idea why it's segfaulting. Quake III Arena works fine. NWN works fine. Even America's Army and UT2003 work great.

Er, I get the one error if I don't update: When I do update, I get a sefault.

I can't play it-- I get a segmentation fault (core dumped) error when I try to play. Any ideas?

Well, it IS getting warmer outside...

Apparently something isn't right. Do you have perl installed? Also, the mandrake kernel automatically has wireless support enabled.

How can I get it so I click on an ed2k:// link and mldonkey starts downloading it?

I reinstalled using the linux resources and it works perfectly

Yeah, it's really nice. Even lets you see what available rpms you can download-- nice! It should be installed by default-- but it's not. Not sure why...

Why does everyone complain about compiling a kernel? It's not that hard. In fact, it's very easy and almost fun if you like configuring things (I know I do). Sure it takes awhile, especially on lower-end systems, but it's not THAT long. There's one problem wtih compiling the kernel I've had on mandrake, though, and that it sometime screws up the modules and you have to rename the folders from linux-kernel-versionmdkcustom to linuxkernelversionmdk. Other than that, it works perfectly.

Uh, get mldonkey from plf. Delete your current mldonkey, and reinstall it from whatever plf server that has an up-to-date copy. It's tailored for mandrake, including mldonkey-init so it loads on bootup. Otherwise, it's a pain in the ass to deal with.

Nevermind, I think I needed to type in "echo "(define devices '(sdl))" > ~/.openalrc" Wow. Anyway, hopefully this info will help someone in the future.

Whatever it is, though, it involves the sound-- if sound is disabled it don't lag.

Nevermind, it has nothing to do with soundwrapper-- but I'm still having problems.

It lags when I start it with soundwrapper when there's a lot of action. Without it, there is no sound (not sure, might need to restart...) At least I think it's soundwrapper. Whenever there's a lot of action the sound and game jerks-- and it's not because of my hardware (and I'm sure it's not drivers, otherwise it's smooth.) I'm using a GeForce4 Ti4200

Oh, no, I know it works-- it did before. It just doesn't now. So, I'm off to install bash-completion... Installed it. It works. Thank you so much... what a helpful tool! If you don't have it installed now, install it!

I have found the solution to the problem! It's ACPI. It's screwed up. Also, it seems that selecting "noapic" and "acpi=no" doesn't seem to have any effect (in the bootloader, of course). You need to compile a kernel without ACPI support. Problem fixed. Computer now stable. In fact, this should be put in the FAQ, because the problem is so criitical.

I saw it. That didn't help me. I'm going to try installing from the resource files instead of from a windows install-- it should be working, though.. Argh. Yes, I do have an NVIDIA GeForce Ti4200, but I doubt it's that.

I got it working perfectly, after reinstalling HOWEVER... Now the damn thing crashes whenever I try to load up the main game part, or the sound/advanced graphics menus. No errors reported.

I've gotten linux working well now, it seems. And I must say, windows is becoming increasingly useless. In fact, the main uses I seem to find for it are: * DVD Authoring (I know you can do this in Linux, haven't tried yet) * Nero Burning ROM (a nice windows program, yes. Seems more functional than the other windows burners.) * Games (I have some that work on linux-- Ut2003, NWN. But how else can I play Battlefield 1942?) I installed Linux on my 30GB HDD and Windows on my 120 GB. I changed my mind: Now the 120 GB is split, with half of it being mounted at "/" and the entire 30GB being /home (along with some swap space). It's more stable (when it works, some things screw up thanks to less hardware support). I've found the windows environments to be better than Windows' itself. GNOME looks far superior, and far more customizable. urpmi (also the similar in style portage, apt-get, etc... ones) is an awesome tool and I cannot think of any windows counterparts. Of course, I've left out the whole open-source thing, the kernel itself, and the free software: those are obvious. Don't know why I'm writing this, except I'm pleased with how Linux has improved over the last two years (when I last tried installing it-- wouldn't work right, and I was stupid then)