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Here's one to try date '+%A, %B %e, %Y' | festival --tts Festival has a package built in called text2wave. So do date '+%A, %B %e, %Y' | text2wave -scale 50 -o date.wav and you have todays date in a .wav file. :)

This is not necessarily true in Mandriva. You can have sound without alsa or alsaconfig, but you cannot play midi files without libalsa, libalsa-data, libalsa-oss, alsaconf, alsa-plugins, timidity-init, and for the OP, probably timidity-patch-freepats.

You better start here: http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB...sBsource#Source at 'Needed Packages' then if you have any questions, we'll be glad to help.

Here's a thread on the club forum that should help you with your sound problem: forum.club.mandriva

The ndiswrapper version in the 2007.1 repos is 1.21, so that's probably what you have. The latest stable version is 1.42, so there would be improvements with the latest version. I would suggest you try the one you have first, and see if it works out for you. Then if you have any problems try the latest version. You will have to compile the latest version with these instructions: ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

It's hard for me to help you with this because not only do I not have your card, but I'm not currently using wireless on a Mandriva system. I was hoping someone else here would offer you some help, but it's hard if you don't have the same card. The problem is that when the Mandriva Linux kernel doesn't recognize your card, you must bind the kernel driver to the card manfid. The way that is done has been recently changed... from the Mandriva wiki: but they don't tell you where to bind it. I've even spent some time on irc #mandriva asking the devs, but didn't receive an answer. You use to be able to create a /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf with a device using the orinoco_cs module, but it appears that will not longer work. I know that you probably do not understand all of that, but I'm posting it here in case someone else can help you with this. Your card 'should' work with one, or both the hostap and or orinoco_cs modules.

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You will also need to install libmesagl1-devel, and maybe libmesaglu1-devel. Just search for libmesagl to see them all.

I just took it.

OK, now as root do: modprobe orinoco_cs and see if your card lights up.

That appears to be a prism chipset. Now we must see if it's trying to use the wrong driver. So in a terminal as root do: lsmod |grep hostap and lsmod |grep orinoco and post the output of both, if there's any.

As Mhn has noted, you can double click the rpm. It's also good (imho), to understand the command line interface. Here are some links to help you with Mandriva: The MUB wiki: http://wiki.mandrivausers.org/index.php/Main_Page rpm: http://wiki.mandrivausers.org/index.php/RPM The Mandriva wiki: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs

Did your sound work in windows? If it did, your sound chip is ok. If you still have no sound, then you will have to install and use alsaconf to configure your card. Sometimes Mandriva sets up your card without it, but not always. So then we would need the output of: urpmq -v alsaconf to show us if you have set up your urpmi repos properly, and have alsaconf available to install. If it is listed, go ahead and install and run it as root using scarecrow's instruction in this thread. If it's not listed, then go back and follow Gowator's instructions in this thread to set up urpmi again.

Please go back and read my post. When you are in the 'Sound System' please click the 'Test Sound' button. If that doesn't make a sound, you don't have your sound system set up properly. Does the 'test sound' button play a sound file?

I've never used Mandriva One, so you may have that package on your install cd?

You should be able to make it work. You are going to have to find, d/l and install pcmciautils-014-3mdv2007.0 on your system. (use google) I understand that you don't have an internet connection, so you will have to use a flash drive or something to transfer it to your laptop. Then as root install it with 'rpm -i package-name' (replace package-name with the real name of the rpm you d/l). then with the card in, give me the output of: pccardctl ident

I'm not sure if that's a prism chipset or an acx100? So I need you to remove the card, open a terminal: su enter your password, then tail -f /var/log/messages insert your card. Now post the output that happens after you insert the card. You can stop it with Ctrl + c

Did you have your wireless card plugged in when you did that?

We need some more info about your system before we can help you. Open your konsole by going to System > Terminals > Konsole. Type in the terminal: lspcidrake hit enter, and post the output here.

I've just tested this with the Broadcom 4318. All you have to do is sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter and sudo modprobe bcm43xx or reboot. Set up your wireless with the gui, and you're on line.

try 'gksu nautilus'

No, that's the wrong place. Use 'Look at installable software and install software packages'. I'm sorry, but it appears that you have been instructed to use the gui (by AussieJohn), and the cli by others. I would suggest you go back and follow AussieJohn's instructions first. then if you still have a problem, use the cli. When you get to: try the 'test sound' buton. Let us know if that works, after you check your alsaconf packages.

Mhn has already told you what version, but here's some instructions: If your using Mandriva and you haven't already done so, go to: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=40552 follow the instructions and for easy-urpmi. You will need to have installed (if you don't already); mplayer, mplayerplugin, win32-codecs. Note: use the mplayer and win32-codecs from the plf repos. Open Firefox and type in the address bar as url: about:config Now just rightclick somwhere into the main window. A little box with options to choose will appear. Choose "new", then "string". Then copy this line into the appearing text field: network.protocol-handler.app.mms Into the next text field: /usr/bin/mplayer Now you do the same thing again, but this time you choose not "string" but "boolean", and the line to copy is: network.protocol-handler.external.mms Then set "true". Now you can just use Firefox to listen to it.

I hope this is the beginning of the end of our dependency of using ndiswrapper with windows drivers... I'm not being sarcastic. :) This is very good news to all Linux users!