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Sorry, I should have included that in the original post. I have already tried 1-3 with no luck.

Here's a change - Messed with the comp again this morning, and now "nv" has no effect in any kernel. Can't get into X at all now.

Any other Ideas?

Ok, maybe this should have been put under "hardware", but since it's on my Ubuntu machine, I put it here.

Up untill yesterday, I had my NVIDIA card (5500) working fine. Then I read the thread about getting more out of your card. I had never "tested" the FPS and realized I was only averaging about 1050 fps. So I decided to do a little "tweaking". First thing I did, was download the latest official driver. The run file installed without a problem, but, now I can't start X. Of course, if I change "nvidia" to "nv" in my XF86Config-4, I can get the limited X, but then I'm back to square one.

Here's some info.

(relevant bits from XF86Config-4)

Section "Module"

Load    "bitmap"

Load    "dbe"

Load    "ddc"

Load    "extmod"

Load    "freetype"

Load    "glx"

Load    "int10"

Load    "record"

Load    "speedo"

Load    "type1"

Load    "v41"

Load    "vbe"

Load    "xtt"

and

Section "Device"

Identifier    "Nvidia Geforce 5500"

Driver        "nvidia"

BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"

Option        "RenderAccel" "on"

Option        "NvAGP" "1"

Modprobe returns blank.

I've tried running kernels 2.6.8.1-5-386 , 2.6.8.1-4-386 and 2.6.8.1-3-386 with no luck.

ls /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/kernel/drivers/video shows nvidia.ko

I'm not sure what else to check. Does anyone have any trouble shooting tips, or maybe another resource that might help?

[marked as unresolved as there was no "real" fix - arctic]

It's a good time waster, for those slow days at work. Just make sure you turn the volume down, so you don't get busted. I got a small tournament going with a few guys at work here. Of course, I really didn't have to worry about getting caught, since it's my buisness. :D

I believe I still have the tarballs for both ET and the recent patch on my computer. If you guys are interested, (and I still have those tarballs) PM me and I'll set you up with temp usernames/passwords on my personal FTP. It's not fast (50kbps) but it's steady.

Yeah, and it seems to run a little faster on my box. Maybe it's in my head. :D

Ahhh. So it was the same problem as I had, after all. :P

Anyway, glad you figured it out. Sorry it wasn't the solution that you were looking for.

I don't think it's your install of thunderbird that is giving you the problem.

The reason I asked what ISP you use to connect to the internet, earlier, is that I have a similar problem sending mail on my laptop from home, but not at work (two difrent ISPs). And I have no problem rec. from either work or home. It turns out that somehow, and for some reason, Cox Communication (my work ISP) would block requests on smtp if they were originating from another ISP. Or maybe it was the other way around, don't remember - in any case, either my home or work ISP was blocking the requests. Now, you said that you had no problem in Outlook, so I don't think that's the problem either.

I'm still searching around to see if I can find something to help you.

What is the exact error that you're getting?

What ISP are you using?

Are you running Proftpd as a stand alone server?

I had the same problem with Proftpd. A friend told me that he was able to change ports, as long as he wasn't running it as a stand alone, but since I needed the stand alone, I didn't bother checking it out. Might be worth a shot for you. Eventually, I ended up switching to Vsftpd.

Have you been using the USB drive on a Windows machine with Norton System Works on it?

I had a similar problem.

If you claim to be honest and non-threatening, please try to reread what you type before posting. I was immediately put off by your initial post, as you could see. And I don't think I was the only one. It's just that other people here are more patient than I am. Another post of yours is getting someone else annoyed, as I can read now.

Woah, settle down sparky. I seriously doubt that he started this thread just to piss you off. His arguments sound a bit like mine the first wk that I tried Mandrake. But level heads on this board showed me what I had been missing, and how little I really understood about using a computer. I can guarantee that if any one had jumped down my throat, I'd have formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows (might have taken me a few tries to get a good install :D)

I don't think he's being combattive. I think it may be more of a language barrier. If he reads all of the posts and doesn't see our point, then let him keep using Windows. It's not like we tear into Mac users because they don't want to see the advantages of Linux. As one of our dear board members likes to say "Use whatever works for you"

Anyway, the topic isn't about Windows' advantages on Linux, its about spesific one: most people that i know prefer windows beause its easyness. To use it, you should not be computer geek or something.

I think that is what the members here are explaining. To determine how easy one thing is to accomplish, you must have a comparison. If you say linux is hard to set up, then we say "compared to what?". Linux versus my VCR - The VCR is easier to set up. In my experience Linux is much easier than Windows to set up and install.

I am far from being a "geek". In fact, I was your typical no-brain computer user 2 years ago. You could have put 2 computers in front of me, one running windows and the other running MDV and I probably wouldn't have know the diffrence. After loosing my computer several times to viruses, and becoming more and more frustrated, dealing with the typical Windows mess (spyware, virus scans, defragging, missing dll's, etc.) a buddy of mine (IT guy running a local oil company's servers) suggested I try Linux. I of course thought this was a program that I could install in Windows (I didn't realize there were other OS's out there) He explained that it was a Windows alternative, and selected Mandrake 9.2 for me. And then, as evil firends do, he made me install it myself. And it installed, right off, recognizing all of my hardware. I thought, "that was easy. Maybe I should try this IT thing, if this is all he has to do" - To make a long story short (or at least shorter than it could be) - In that first year I installed 4 flavors of Linux, a total of 8 times on various computers with no problems durring the install or the setup. Granted, I was probably lucky, but, in that same time span, I installed windows 7 times on 2 diffrent computers with 6 screwed up installs.

In my case, starting from scratch, and not knowing much about either windows or Linux, It has been much easier working with Linux. Further than that, I spent 10 years using a windows based computer, not understanding what I was doing, and any time I had a problem (fudged app install, dll dissappearance, outdated drivers, computer slowdown, etc) I would just live with the popup errors or install another program to do the same thing as the misbehaving one. When the problems got so severe as to hinder the use of the computer, I'd buy another one. I never thought to understand Windows, because it presented itself as being infalable, and "easy to use", so naturally, if Windows couldn't "repair itself", it was beyond me to figure out.

But Linux changed that. Sure I had to learn how to set some things up, but I was encouraged to learn - by the OS, and by the community. This was exactly opposite the "we will handle everything, because you are too stupid" mentality of Microsoft, while all the time creating a rats nest of problems in the background that suddenly result in a "BSOD" or worse, and leaving the user to wonder what happened.

To be honest with you, I guess, ignorance was bliss, when I was a mindless computer user, but it came with a price, both monitarily, and in wasted time. I don't particularly consider the time I spend working on my Linux box wasted because I am learning, whereas, the maintanence in Windows is completely wasted time (How much are you learning by running Norton system works, Norton AV, Defrag, Spybot S&D, etc.)

Anyway - This is just the experience of one person. Take it for what it's worth.

Azureus - It's the only one that I've found that allows you to track RSS feeds.

I use my desktop as sort of a PVR. I really don't have much time to watch TV, but there are a few shows that I enjoy, so I use the RSS feed tracker plugin to automate the download process wk to wk and then watch the episodes when I have time. So I can ignore "Lost" for 3 wks then, when I have a few hours to kill, I just open the file, and they're there waiting.

Its latest quarterly server survey found that income from sales of Microsoft Windows servers even matched enterprise Unix server revenues.

It seems that their data is referring to "revenue" superiority. This should come as no surprise. (Although I am kind of surprised that the author of this article would use an obviously negative aspect such as this as a bragging point). With the cost of MS server/software as high as it is, it could sell 1/3 the unit count, and still come out with a revenue edge.

To his credit, though, the author made note that MS unit increase was 10.7% versus Linux's 31.1%, even tho he tried to gloss over it.

Anyway, the author's bent was pretty obvious in this line

So if IDC is to be believed, the world's favourite open source OS is destined to remain a niche product serving Web pages for the time being, while Microsoft makes hay with its core product

ISP may be capping uploads. I have had the same problem (I have a 4Mbps connection). For a time I could only get a max 10 kbps thru FTP. Not that it would jump around and avg. 10 kbps, but it would stick on 10 kbps. After going thru every possible software/hardware problem I could think of, I called and raised a big fuss with my ISP. I noticed that my FTP server that I keep at my business was connecting at full speed (I have a commercial connection at the office and personal at residence). They claim that they had nothing to do with it, but since I did that my home FTP mysterously connects at 55 kbps. Not sure what other advise to give you on the subject. Oh yeah, you might want to see if you're getting any significant packet loss between your computer and the ISP.

I just had a laptop go down. No real explination, board just died, anyway, I did just like durvish suggested. Ext case ran me about $23 at Fry's. Plugged it into the new lappy and just pulled everything off. By the way, I would suggest, if the old laptop is dead, part it out (the parts you know are working) and sell the parts on ebay. I made about $600 off of my dead laptop. Only had to come up with $400 for the new one.

If the memory doesn't work, there's always the reflash. I just called the motherboard manufacturer (soyo), mailed it to them and they charged me $15 to do it. I guess in your case, you'd just have to get a hold of the notebook manufacturer.

Had a similar exp. while using XP on one of my machines. I ended up having to reflash the bios.

I haven't had any experience with amarok, personaly, but if you're into eye candy, I know that XMMS uses winamp skins. So there's plenty of visual options out there.

Did you bring the card back up/reset eth0?

ifdown eth0

ifup eth0

Any errors generated?

Were you prompted to assign a name to your computer?

  Well I did that Lan thing and removed the rp-pppoe thing. It was the only thing that came up for "pppoe" in remove programs. Now after I've done that it still will not do anything. I open up a browser and still nothing. Is this out to get me or something?

You'll always be connected, unless you take your ethernet card (eth0) down. If you are talking about web browsing, yeah, you just open up browser and "bam" :D

Setup what? The DSL connection? Sorry that I misunderstood this part.

Don't use the DSL option. If you did, try seting it up as LAN connection. I made that mistake once (MDK 9.1) and it took forever to fix it.

Reformated. All is well now. But I'd still like to know what happened. Oh well. Thanks for the help all.

Kind of an obvious one, but have you checked your firewall? I had a bugger of a time when I messed with the "share a connection" options. Don't know why, but firewall blocked everything. I just set the options on firewall to no restrictions then went back and reset the way I wanted. Resolved itself.

*EDIT* Sorry, Qchem - you already hit that topic. I should pay more attention.