Lord Kenneth

Well, not sure as to your exact problem now (did you try "urpmi kernel-source"?) but a temporary fix (no 3D acceleration) could be to edit your /etc/X11/XFree86Config-4 file... In "Drivers" section, change Option "Driver" "nvidia" to Option "Driver" "nv" or something like that. This is off the topic of my head, so I'm not sure what exactly the config file says.

I had the exact same nvidia problem You need to reinstall the nvidia drivers. Once you have the kernel source (urpmi kernel-source): use lynx or links to go to www.nvidia.com, download the drivers, then sh NVIDIA-FILE-NAME.pkg.run install, then type in gdm or init 5

I've upgraded to the new 10 beta 2, upgraded the kernel, and I have no problems. It's working lovely so far.

Huh. It started working now. Maybe I just needed to reboot or something? Not sure why that did it. Odd. Oh, well.

For some reason it's not detecting the ever-helpful scroll wheel. It did in 9.2, but it's not now. I tried configuring it in the config tool for mice but that didn't help at all.

Are you still on 56k, and/or do you have a small HDD? Nowadays, 16MB is usually nothing...

If I am right about the BOOT version, I would not use that.

try: rpm --rebuilddb If that doesn't work, go get a new mirror. I think that French one linked to in a topic elsewhere is missing files. I recommend the one in USA in Texas... wait, no I don't! No, don't touch that one, I'm updating a bunch of stuff! DON'T TOUCH IT!

Success at copyright infringement? B)

If you're trying to upgrade to mandrake 10.0 beta 2, don't use that mirror! It seems to be missing files...

If I'm not mistaken, kernel-BOOT is the boot kernel, that is, the kernel stored on the CDs when booting up the CD to begin installation/recovery/livecd-thing. If that's the case you probably don't want to use that.

I'm still having this problem. What should I do to fix the possible IRQ problem, if that is indeed the culprit?

When trying to get the edonkey portion working, servers tell me that port 4662 can't be reached. It works just fine on windows, because my router is configured correctly. I don't have any firewall settings on Linux, either. Any ideas on what's causing the problem? I post it here because I think it's mldonkey specific.

For some reason, it doesn't work. I've heard hotplug is screwed up, it wouldn't suprise me-- this is a USB device. Hell, it doesn't seem to use my external HDD right, either-- it's slow and is choosy about whether it wants to detect it on bootup or not.

That works! But... let's say I unplug the wireless card and then plug it back in... it needs those commands to run again. Any way to do that???

And yes, I'm rather desperate on this issue. I've asked on networking but I haven't gotten any responses.

Hm... wlan0 is being a pain in the butt and I haven't gotten any help yet. Basically, it gets detected on startup but doesn't work until I go into console and type in "ifcfg wlan0 up". How can I set it so it does it automatically on startup, or better yet, fix it the "normal" way?

Can't you just browse the windows folders in /mnt/windows or /mnt win_c or whatever, and drag it to your desktop/another folder? Linux has no problem w/ reading from NTFS, it's writing to it that's experimental (and dangerous to your data). Your windows data, obviously, is on hda2.

Heh. I have a wireless network I use (wlan0) but I'm working out the kinks in getting that working. All I have to do is type in "ipcfg wlan0 up" and it works, anyone know what I should do to fix it? Maybe something in a startup script? Anyway, I'm also connected via CAT5 to my brother's computer, which runs Windows XP /w connection sharing. It's also connected with wireless, which is where my connection ultimately comes from, but the wireless works fine on Windows... When his computer is down, quite simply, no internet for me. And that means long boot-up times as well.

Holy moly, you don't know what the BIOS is? Ah, well, I'll help you... First of all, BIOS stands for "Basic Input/Output System". It controls a lot of your hardware-- it's your friend (most of the time). BIOS isn't related to windows. Well, not in the sense that the BIOS belongs to windows or that windows runs it. When people say "go into BIOS", they usually mean "Go into CMOS settings". Usually you change the CMOS settings when the computer boots up, usually by pressing the DEL key. It should say something on bootup (before windows loads) about which key to press for system settings.

Everything works fine in Windows XP. I'll try out your suggestion in a little bit. Also, while you're here, could you help me with the problems I'm having with my USB wireless card? I've pinpointed the problem so it shouldn't be too hard to fix (check the Networking board). Thanks!

But I also use eth0 for internet. I just don't want it to take so long when my internet is off or down.

I got NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run Games work fine. TuxRacer and Chromium move smoothly.

If eth0 can't find a connection it takes an eternity to boot up. Where do I change it so it doesn't take so long?

Hmm, the problem is it's not being set to managed mode and essid isn't being changed to default. If I go into terminal and type in "iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid any" it works fine.