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I have a computer running Mandrake 9.1, and I want to configure a Windows 98 computer (my fiance's) to connect to my computer, to use the internet and use my printer and scanner. And I don't have a clue where to begin.

HELP!!!!

(the above word suggested by my fiance ;-) )

Would it be a big problem if I went ahead and let it install all the extra stuff, since it probably needs updating anyway?

I would like to add some 9.2 mirrors to my urpmi database for 9.1.

Will this work, or will it hopelessly hose my perfectly running system?

They do list Adobe Acrobat as an Honorable Mention, and there are a few products that are listed as Untested, so they may or may not still work.

You can always just install the binary tarball from the Open Office site.

You can also download the Mandrake source RPM for Open office (although at more than 100 MB, it's a rather large download....), and issue the "rpm --rebuild" command and then install the RPM's.

http://news.com.com/2110-7344_3-5098169.html

And even Macromedia is praising Codeweavers for their effort:

http://www.codeweavers.com/site/about/gene...ss/?id=20031027

Hmmmm... I am just a n00b - but I was a super dedicated (at least I thought) MS WinXP user for a few years (still have to use it for multitrack audio and a few apps like MM Studio MX).  

You might want to check this site out:

http://www.linux-sound.org

(I use my Linux for multi-track audio)

Open the program Aumix first.

Check your mixer settings. They are muted by default. Make sure that the master volume and the PCM volume are not set at zero.

I would check that first.

Firstly, my soundcard was detected correctly however it just doesn't seem to work - either with ALSA or OSS, but was fine in 8.2

Check your mixer settings. Make sure the Master and PCM switches are turned up. Starting with Mandrake 9.0, they used ALSA by default, and all sound mixers are muted by default.

If that's the case, you might want to make sure your speakers are plugged in to the right jack. They should be plugged into the jack for the front speakers, not the jack for the rear speakers.

Check your mixer settings.

Open up Aumix and make sure the volume setting for Line In and for CD In are up. They are set at zero by default.

You don't want the RPM that ends with "src.rpm"

What you need is the RPM that's called "kernel-multimedia-source" and that's what you need to install. Be sure it's the same version as the kernel.

You'll want the second one in this list:

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/sear...ubmit=Search+...

By the way, I use play and record MIDI and audio regularly with my Linux, and it works great for it.

First check the basic things:

Is the caps lock on or off when you type the password? The password is case-sensitive, meaning that typing "BLAH" is not the same thing as typing "blah"

And make sure you're typing the password correctly.

Aside from that, my knowledge of this issue is non-existent.

A nice KDE graphical utility for mounting and unmounting disks is called Kwikdisk.

You can find it in the menu under Configuration - Hardware.

Just simply click on "Kwikdisk", and it loads in your taskbar, and just right-click it when you want to mount or unmount something.

Now, for me, I don't have a problem with supermount, although I've disabled it for my parallel port zip drive, and I also have a digital camera. Kwikdisk is very useful for easily mounting both of these.

Are you root when you try to install it?

In the menu, go to Configuration - KDE - Sound - Sound System.

Uncheck the "Start aRTs soundserver on startup" box, then click "Apply". This will ask if you want to shut down the server now. Choose "yes".

Before starting it up again, you might want to check the playing of wav and ogg files, see if they work.

To turn aRTs back on, follow the same steps, except check the "Start aRTs soundserver on startup" box.

You can get a disk-writer plugin for XMMS.

Any MP3 or OGG file you play through XMMS when using the disk writer plugin will write a WAV file.

Download it here:

http://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...r&system=&arch=

Instead of compiling, I recommend installing Rosegarden from this site:

http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html

try rezound or audacity.  I would recommend the former.

 

You will find that audio software in Linux is not as developed in Linux as it is in Windows (I don't mean that the programs are badly coded - just that there are less apps and they are usually lacking either in terms of docs or functionality at the moment)

Personally, I don't find Ecasound to be lacking in functionality at all, but then again, I also use it in conjunction with Audacity, the tkeca front end, and the swh-plugins. In my audio recording experience with Linux, I've found that you probably won't find everything you need with one program, however, if you use two or three programs plus a set of plugins, you will usually have more than enough.

Try the swh-plugins.

Don't know the site off-hand.

Ford is not actually switching to Linux (yet).

You can also try K3B. It's more newbie friendly than E-Roaster, in my opinion.

Aside from that, another option is to install the disk-writer plugin for XMMS, play all the MP3's you want to burn through the disk writer (so that they're written as wav files), then burn the CD using the wave files.

To tell you the truth, I don't have a clue.

Here's the website:

http://tkeca.sourceforge.net

You can try e-mailing the author (the address is in the "Mail Me" link on the top of the page.

Sorry I couldn't be more help. I'll try to research it a bit, see what I come up with.

What's the deal after that, will any open source chat stuff work???

Basically, they're stating that they're not sure at this point if GAIM will work with MSN after Oct 15th, not because they can't use the protocol, but because they don't know a way around the license requirements.