Mang

Thank you both for your replys, I went with bvc's advice and all seems to be well

Hi, The Nvidia driver hides the /usr/lib/libGL.la (contained in the libMesaGLU1-devel-5.0.1-5mdk RPM) which is needed by libtool to compile Blender-2.32. I have searched google and from the suggestions tried reinstalling the "libMesaGLU1-devel" returns saying everything is already installed and i tried editing the /usr.lib/libGL.la file to replace the line "#Generated by nvidia-installer:106" by adding "(for use by libtool)" which didn't need to be added. The llibGL.la file is in /usr/lib but it appears as "/usr/lib/libGL.la*" which i assume means that it is hidden or not used. I am using Mandarke 9.2. Any info/reading matter greatly apperciated if you need any more info please let me know thanks J

HI, I just have apmd running from boot, the machine is an old P3 433, i am currently building a new compooter into which i will put this HDD, hopefully solving the problem? thanks for your help so far, Mang

Thanks DragonMage time to go shopping!!!

Thank pmpatrick, what i meant was is there any difference between say the Aopen, creative, xfx, inno3d, Geforce FX 5600 boards that might cause incompatability problems? After reading some of the threads on the great Nvidia/ATI debate i thought it safer to go with Nvidia

Hi, i would like to get this card for a new compooter that i am building, what i would like to know is is there any brands that i should watch out for in regards to compatability or are they all OK? sorry if it is a dumb ass question, but better to be safe than sorry right?

Thanks for the replies. bvc, before reading your post i had tried "poweroff" in the terminal to no avail. since then i have tried what both you and aRTee have suggested and still no joy ( it worked initially but after spending some time on the net same problem), can you suggest anything else? thanks Mang

Hi, Apologies if this is in the wrong section Can anybody offer me any advice or point me in the direction of some reading matter? I am a noobie to Linux and have learnt the basic shell commands. I had this problem with 9.1 as well, I have noticed that it happens more frequently when i have been on the web, I use Mozilla as my web browser. I am currently using the 9.2 download version and I shutdown through the GUI, loggingout first I originally posted this thread on a different forum and they kindly pointed me to this forum, so you could hopefully shead some light on the situation. If you need anymore info just let me know. Thanks in advance, Mang.