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must say they're wonderful :lol: thanks

uh, broken links... :unsure:

modprobe -r ehci-hcd or is it '-e'? you can recompile the kernel w/o EHCI, which would be much easier than tinkering with those modprobe.conf files. Just 1) install the kernel source, copy over your existing kernel config file, then 2)go to qconfig and uncheck 'EHCI' and 3) type 'make && make modules_install && make install' ensure that LILO sees the new kernel, then reboot and try out your new kernel :) and welcome to the board! :)

you can setup desktop icons for Rox :) have a look at the Rox homepage. desktop wallpaper too

I found this really helpful link: here in short, you need an MTA to send mail, since SMTP is just a protocol...the program which makes the connection is the MTA agent/daemon. Email clients are well, just clients, and without a server (the MTA) clients are useless. HTH

the last kernel i compiled before now (2.6.8) was 2.6.5 and it had the option in "general setup", but now I cant find the option in 2.6.8...:(

alt+sysrq+ R, S, E, I, U, B the topic name is "the magic sysrq key" or something in the tips and tricks section. R - keyboard to "raw mode" S - emergency sync E - terminate all tasks I - kill all tasks U - remount filesystems as read-only B - reboot And yes I use "raising skinny elephants is uttlerly boring" as the way to remember it :D

can anyone confirm if the Yahoo server is also IMAP, or is it just POP3?

I'd guess that's a newly-formatted windows XP you have there. My suggestion is, go for gentoo, arch or slackware linux. Mandrake does NOT have a reputation for being fast. And there are easier ways to speed it up rather than recompiling everything from the ground up (in which case you're better off using gentoo). so the short answer to your question: yes, it's absolutely crazy. intel's C/C++ compiler is not free, by the way. Almost everything in linux is compiled with gcc, so I reckon the intel website would have more information on compiling stuff for linux using the intel compiler.

the reason why nobody's nominated a kde desktop is that they simply don't look as cool as a gnome desktop :P is xorg 6.8 considered cheating? it's way too cool

er, there's a .tar.bz2 version with the dependency libs compiled in. I used a tar.bz2 version without any libs, and it worked fine, I don't even have KDE installed, just part of it. but then again, i'm on gentoo and it might be different in mandrake ;)

depends on your level of expertise. you can make mandrake really pared down (I once installed MDK 10 on an 800mb drive, PII266 and 128mb ram) I recommend Rox for your file manager and fluxbox as the window manager, they're really light. However, kile will still need the KDE libraries, but that's no problem if you have the disk space. then there's Arch, Gentoo <---(suicide), debian and slackware. BTW, Dillo is a 200kb web browser

:D obviously, since it's called mandrake users board :D sorry about that, I'm sure many of us will be doing their best to help you :)

you can go to www.mandrake-linux.com and look in the cooker section (or ftp section, but cooker is newer)...they have all the links there. B)

and be sure to include quota support in your kernel...

actually in mandrake you can install a kernel the easy way. just add a Mandrake Cooker ftp mirror in Media Manager, then urpmi the kernel. You can find more info HERE. it's a bit old, but still an excellent easy guide. Hopefully you'll find the 'Cooker' or 10.1 folder and be able to get a newer kernel. :) Once you've got Mandrake mastered, other distros will be a breeze to learn. Even if I'm not using it anymore, it's an excellent distro.

i don't understand how you could update the ALSA drivers separately from the kernel...but anyway, bleeding-edge kernels supposedly have some improved VIA chipset support. You might want to try them. You can try to find out which drivers Knoppix loads on your computer (do lsmod in Knoppix) and which kernel it uses. Unfortunately sometimes everything seems the same but the sound still doesn't work or is too faint, which was my case, prompting me to dump mandrake in favor of gentoo. Debian is also a good candidate since Knoppix was based on it, as well as Ubuntu.

well, is the sound still crappy without ALSA but with OSS? *cross fingers*

well, you have to check with your ISP if they allow such a thing. One more thing, check how fast is the DSL upload speed 'cause there are times that it's way too slow to be a good server. And if you want to set up a website, you'll be wanting to know more about Apache. www.apache.org <---is a good place to start. Webmin is a good tool for configuring servers, it's included in the Mandrake CDs (last time I checked) Hope this helps

those were well said points. Although I was surprised at the magnitude of the response to my one-sentence rant, I have to admit it was irresponsible to make such a statement. I was just feeling pissed off that day. No, I don't think everything MS makes is *hit (in your words)...QBasic was MS, and I said it was good. I just think VB makes very badly designed programs much easier to make. Sure, RAD has a place in business. But many companies think, they don't need real programmers for something, and just get a chemical engineer to write a program since it's so easy. Which results in bad design with future problems of data integrity and compatibility that their successors struggle with. I was one of those people, which is probably why I'm biased. I'm very glad that you had a better experience with VB. It's not VB's fault that those badly designed programs got written, but the company's fault that they could cut corners in making an important program and not suffer any consequences, and people who promote RAD without promoting good programming practices. PS. I'm just curious, but could you name any popular, major programs entirely written in VB? (this is an honest question, I'm not trying make a point)

as root, type lsmod and the module via82cxxx_audio should be there. if snd_via82xx is also there, type modprobe -e snd_via82xx to unload it. then, can you post the output from 'lsmod' here?

i got the same VIA card...the ALSA driver is snd_via82xx and it's absolute crap in sound quality. you should change to the older OSS driver via82cxxx_audio, which sounds much better. Putting 'via_82cxxx_audio' in /etc/modprobe.preload will be enough to be able to use the driver. You *might* have to edit the module files to stop the ALSA module from booting...just try the above suggestion first. At last resort, compiling the kernel with the OSS module is guaranteed to work. It's not that hard... :)

well root can edit almost any file. type 'su' in the console, then the password, then start your editor of choice. you can find out about files and permissions in Tips and Tricks and the FAQ section. HTH

yup, have you tried booting to init level 1? then try booting to init 3 and 5...and see which runlevel your keyboard screws up. If it's still ok at init 3, it's probably a problem with the X server, which can be fixed easily. Actually, all signs (like that whitish screen thing) point to an X server problem with the display and keyboard drivers, but it wouldn't hurt to check the kernel too. I got to sleep now, but if you leave more questions here I'll try to answer them tomorrow morning.

excellent idea. I'm a wannabe distro ho... :D