Padma

Aauugghh!

My wife just called me - she's having this problem trying to put out a Brownie-troop newsletter. One copy at a time is killing her.

Did you (or anyone) find any resolution?

Hi,

I applied that to my Palm Tungsten T2 and it works fine. Thanks for that great work, I might keep 2007 after all!

 

Stef :D

Sorry to bump a thread that is "solved", but I'm struggling with getting my Tungsten T3 working with 2007. (It worked fine in 2006 and before.) When you say "I applied that", what is "that"? the modprobe visor, /dev/ttyUSBx, etc., or the usb:port thing?

So far I haven't gotten it to work correctly using /dev/ttyUSBx, and I have no idea how to do the usb:port thing. :sad:

Mandriva has gone on record stating they will continue to provide a complete "Free as in speech" version for public download.

urpmf = "find rpm"

urpmi = "install rpm"

;)

Collectively, the urpm scripts are called "urpm*"

And you're right, you will probably never see any .rpms when you unpack a .tar file. If it is a .tar file, it is almost *always* source code.

Well, the "configure/make/make install" process *is* the basic way most software can be installed in Linux, but it is not *necessary* in most distros. ;)

In Mandrake, we have a command-line script called "urpmi", and a gui frontend to that script called "rpmdrake" (which is a subset of the Mandrake Control Panel).

If you haven't yet done so, click the link at the very top of this page that says "Easy-Urpmi", and follow the instructions on that page to get your repositories set up. Once that is done, *most* software installation can be accomplished in a "point-and-click" fashion!

To install software, just open the MCC ("Configure your computer" in the menu, or type "rpmdrake" in a konsole window), select Software --> software installation. Enter the name of the app you want in the search bar (e.g., irssi) and click "Search". Select the package found, and click the "Install" button. Dependencies are automagically taken care of for you. Or you can go strictly command line, and type (as root) "urpmi irssi", and again, everything will be done for you.

You only need to compile from source (which is what the "configure/make/make install" process is) for something that is either too new, or for some reason isn't available as a Mandrake RPM.

Your specs sound quite similar to mine. (Yours are a little better, My system is older, & I am on a tight budget ;) ) I have had absolutely no problem dual-booting with Win2K and Mdk10.0 -> 10.1. For that matter, I never had any problem dual-booting WIndows and Mdk 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.2, ... etc. ;)

:D

I apologize as well, sgrayban. As you pointed out on LQ, My information was incorrect, and led to wrong conclusions.

Well, the header files are also available via urpmi/rpmdrake. Just look for the "development" files. (They will have names like "kde<something>-devel.0.0.0-0mdk.rpm". IIRC, installing those will include the necessary headers.

Sorry I can't be more specific. I'm at work on a Windows machine right now. Nowhere near my Mdk installation. ;)

You can sign a petition here, to express your interest, and price preferences. (No commitment to buy, just establishing the community's desire. :) )

And I wouldn't pay $200. But $100 would be acceptable, to me.

Have you set up your repositories using Easy Urpmi? (See the link at the very top of the page ;) )

zlib/libz should be available in the "main" repository.

Edit: For that matter, superkaramba-0.34 is available in "contrib". ;)

Jon,

Have you tried setting your boot to force noapic?

You and me, both, Urza. ;)

As for SATA, from what I have read up in the Installation forum, it can be worked out. :)

Ix's recommendation sounds very good to me. :)

It also reccommended that aprox 4x the memory of that 40GB to be used for LINUX SWAP Memory ....I used 6GB to be safe for now......Later if i decide to increase my memory allocation to Linux the same linux partion program is available in the control panel....(it can be used as well to view your partitions etc) :deal:

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6 GB Swap?!?

An old rule of thumb, was to allocate swap equal to twice your RAM. But that was before machines started having as much RAM as we have today. If you have 512MB RAM or more, you can probably get by with 512MB Swap (or less!).

I currently have 512MB RAM, and have rarely seen *any* swap used.

The ATI driver 3.14.6 is available for the X800 card, so I assume it *is* possible....

I still like LinuxFormat (the UK magazine) when I can find it on the shelves.

Here in the USA, the best mag I have seen is LinuxFormat (the UK magazine ;) ). I try to pick up the DVD version when I find it on the shelves.

I see, aRTee. I hadn't understood that you had direct communication with the site maintainer. :) Hardware problems I can understand. (All too well! ;) )

Given that, this other guy just sounds like an opportunist.

K.. i'm completely new to Linux (as in, 3 days.. never touched before).  I followed these directions (kinda) and it seemed to work.  i run that fgl cube thang and i get around 700fps, but from what little i've seen on other boards, that seems slow for my computer (AMD64 3200 w/ a radeon 9800 pro, 1g ram).  i think its running in agp 2.. (not certain, but i followed ati's directions on finding out if you are running in pci or agp and it had a 2 next to the agp module).  am i missing something?

I agree it should be running faster, given your setup, but ... I dunno. ???

also, why does the command above to run gears have "$" in front?  in a set of instructions to install something else i had the same thing.  i tried it and just got an error.. if i didn't have the "$" it worked just fine.

The "$" is a shorthand code indicating the command is run as a normal user. If you look at your command line prompt, you will note that it (by default) ends with "$". ;)

(BTW: the shorthand code indicating the command should be run as root is a "#". ;) )

  also, same w/ "./".  i've tried searching but it's really  hard to search on single letter commands.  sorry for sounding like such a newb ;)  (oh, i'm running mandrake 10.1)

"./" is actually part of the command - the path to the command you want to run. The assumption is you are in the directory where the command resides. The assumption also is that your current directory (".") is not necessarily in your PATH, where executables can be found, so it is specified as "./<command>". Since fgl_glxgears is in the "/bin" directory, you do not need to include the "./" prefix to run it, as "/bin" is in your PATH, by default. (For that matter, it will only work using "./" if you are currently in the "/bin" directory. ;) )

My first thought would be to add the "--wget" option to the urpmi.addmedia command. This can sometimes get past curl problems.

If that doesn't work, I would just try a different mirror.

zarb is down again, and this sgrayban is posting links to *his* copy of easyurpmi in threads over at LinuxQuestions. According to him, zarb is having problems with the hosting company.

From what I have seen here, I begin to wonder if he is hacking zarb to get "control" over easyurpmi.

I know, probably just my personal paranoia. :unsure:

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Force No APIC did the trick!

Thanks, guys! :D

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Glad to see you're with us, Drake. :)

Thenks, contemplativery and fredgoya, :D

I will try the "force no APIC" first when I get home. It sounds more likely to me (since I am not on a laptop). If it doesn't help, I'll give the ACPI a try. :)

IIRC, I just rebooted and "carried on as if nothing happened". ;)