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Remove the lock and restart. As root do rm /tmp/.X0-lock restart the system. Does that work? Also, don't use startx as root.

You can't learn it all from any one book or resource. I've been using Linux as my primary OS for over 7 years now, and used it occasionally for 2 years before that... I still learn something new every day I use it. :) I would suggest for the most complete on-line resource for you to use would be: TLDP For a book you can purchase or read on-line there's 'Linux in a nutshell'. Here's a link for the cli commands from the book and it contains a link to purchase it or read it on-line: Alphabetical Directory of Linux Commands Other 'very' good resources are the: wiki.mandrivausers.org and the: wiki.mandriva.com/Docs And don't forget, we're also here to help! :)

You have to remove that rpm5-manbo-setup package in order to fix this. I'm not sure how or why it was installed in the first place... that is the bug. OK, I'm going to have you try something else. Copy this # This macro will disable the transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.*. # This lock is of no use to us and will also result in errors when trying to # install src.rpms as regular user. %_rpmlock_path %{_dbpath}/__db.000 into a text editor and save it as 90rpm5.org-manbo.macros file in your ~/home. Then as root do cp 90rpm5.org-manbo.macros /etc/rpm/macros.d/ and overwrite the other file with it. Now try to remove the package with (as root) urpme rpm5-manbo-setup please let us know if you can remove that package. My disclaimer: I've never installed that rpm5-manbo-setup package, nor have I ever tried to remove it this way, so I'm not responsible for any accidents here. :)

This is explained in the bug report # 46518 that I've linked in my other post for you. It is a workaround for a bug that has not been fixed yet. I will try to make it easier for you to do. Copy this file %_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpm %_tmppath %(echo $HOME)/rpm/tmp # If you want your packages to be GPG signed automatically, add these three lines # replacing 'Mandrivalinux' with your GPG name. You may also use rpm --resign # to sign the packages later. # %_signature gpg # %_gpg_name Mandrivalinux # %_gpg_path ~/.gnupg # Add your name and e-mail into the %packager field below. You may also want to # also replace vendor with yourself. %packager John Doe <foo@mail.invalid> %distribution Mandriva Linux %vendor Mandriva # If you want your packages to have your own distsuffix instead of mdv, add it # here like this # %distsuffix foo %_rpmlock_path %{_dbpath}/__db.000 in a text editor like kwrite, and save the file as .rpmmacros in your ~/home directory. Please note the '.' in .rpmmacros, it is needed and will make the file hidden in your ~/home directory. After you have done that, in a terminal (as root) run urpme rpm5-manbo-setup then delete the .rpmmacros file with (as user) rm ~/.rpmmacros now you should be able to install and remove software as normal.

You can check to see if anything is running and using the lock with ps -e | grep rpm if nothing is using it, you can check to see if you have the rpm5-manbo-setup package installed with rpm -qa | grep -i rpm5-manbo-setup if it's installed, please see this bug report: bug# 46518 for a fix.

@ mindwave – I've edited your post, because it was just one large quote that made no sense to me. :)

Yep, the package name is openoffice.org-java-common in Mandriva. It was installed by default with both my 2008.1 and 2009.0 OpenOffice installs... that have java enabled and working properly.

You're not using lame. In the Encoder tab change the encoder to lame. :)

angst - It's in your pm box. Please let me know if the tags are ok.

You could also use lmms (Linux MultiMedia Studio), it has an rpm available in the Mandriva repos.

OK, nothing is too good for you Mandriva users. I've just packaged grip-3.3.1-11mdvg2009.0.i586.rpm with full id3v2.4 support enabled. It's using the latest revision 327049 from: svn.mandriva.com/revision=327049 It has no checkbox for ID3v2, but it is ID3v2. If anyone would like to try it out let me know. This is just until it's officially available. :)

I've moved this from Portal News because you've asked a question in your post. :)

angst- Thanks for testing it. :) pindakoe – It's in your pm box.

You're welcome. I just do this to practice my packaging skills. :) When you've had more time to check it, and if you are satisfied with it... please post back and maybe Adam will get it pushed into backports for other users.

You should normally add the module name to /etc/modprobe.preload, but if it's working... I'd leave it the way it is. I'm glad it's working for you! :)

Here's two things to check in the errata: 2009.0_Errata#Slow_or_no_internet_response Please let us know if that works for you? Welcome aboard! :)

I've just built a grip-3.3.1-9mdvg2009.0.i586.rpm with the id3v2 tag support enabled. It's built from the devel/SRPMS repo. If anyone would like to try it let me know, and I'll attach it to a pm for you. This is just until it's officially available. :)

You need to first install wine with your 'install and remove software' application. Then please follow the 'how to run theme hospital in wine' instructions here: appdb.winehq.org Please let us know if you have any problems. Welcome aboard! :)

Did you install vlc and it's plugins from the PLF repos... they will play s3m files without any problems.

An example would look something like this %{_kde3_libdir}/kde3/* You may also need to edit the build, and you do need to edit the configure sections. I've had some luck with %build export KDEDIR=%{_prefix} %configure_kde3 or %build export QTLIB=%qt3dir %configure_kde3 and it's not recommended, but I've also had to edit the /etc/rpm/macros.d/kde3.macros file to complete a build. However save an original kde3.macros file to replace it when you are finished, or it will screw up other builds. Please note that not all kde3 things will build with this current kde3/kde4 setup properly, simply because of the current location of kde3. As dexter already knows, I've not been able to successfully build krusader1.9 to install to /opt/kde3, but I have successfully built it to install to /usr and /usr/lib/kde3 and it works ok for me.

Kaffeine using kaffeine-engine-xine from the PLF repos, and vlc using the vlc-plugin-mod from the PLF repos will play s3m files.

This is the relevant section of the Mandriva 2009 2.6.27-desktop kernel config file # Please see Documentation/ide/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # CONFIG_IDE_TIMINGS=y CONFIG_IDE_ATAPI=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=m CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DELKIN=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD_VERBOSE_ERRORS=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEACPI=y CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL=y CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS=y as you can see it has been enabled here: CONFIG_IDE_ATAPI=y but, this has not been enabled # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set and Mandriva is using CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m m = module in that line. So if I haven't lost you yet, you could try loading that module (if it's not already loaded) with (as root) modprobe ide-floppy and see if that works. If that doesn't work for you, then you would 'probably' need to recompile a custom kernel with IDE_SATA enabled CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA=y I'm guessing at this because of your Marvell controller, but I'm not positive about it. :unsure:

Don't worry about the code box, I forgot that you must have made 10 (maybe 5?) posts before you can attach something... It's for spam control. I've done a bit of research for you, and have found that you must determine if your drive is an ATA/IDE or an ATAPI. You can use this page to determine that: zipjaz/atapi Then you can use this documentation to help set it up: ZIP-Drive I realize that this documentation is old, but it is all that I can find that my be of help to you. Without having one of these drives to work with, I simply can't offer much more help, I'm sorry. :) I can only assume that the Ubuntu kernel has some bit of support enabled that the Mandriva kernel does not. Would you please file a bug report about this? Here: https://qa.mandriva.com/ Because your controller: 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) is very similar to another Marvell controller that they are having problems with. Please read: bug #39842

I've never had one of your zip drives, so I'm just 'trying' to sort this out for the first time myself. :) I would like you to run this (as user) lspci -vv > ~/lspci.txt that will create a lspci.txt file in your ~/home directory. Please attach that to a post as a txt file for us to look at. It may be large, that is why I ask that you attach it.

With the disk in, as root do modprobe ide_scsi then again post the output of dmesg | grep -E -i 'sdb|scsi' | tail -n 20