Greg2

Or is there a special USB version (apart from having to buy their USB stick)?

You could give this a try: www.mcnlive.org.

Well i think i have tried everything to get this blo**y ati card (x800) to work

Well, I've just read your post and you haven't even responded to members trying to help you?

we need to know 32bit or 64bit?

which version of OS?

have you tried to use the easy-urpmi at the top of this page or here?:

https://mandrivausers.org/easyurpmi/index.php

if not, add the plf repos, and use your software installer or urpmi to install:

ati-8.28.8-plf2007.0

I'm not trying to piss you off, I'm trying to help you help yourself. :)

You will not find it any easier to make nvidia work then your ati card using the plf repos!

Can you recommend any external serial modem that

works out-of-the box?

Best Data works... here's some cheap used ones:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=56...ULK&cat=MDM

I have no connection with that company. I was looking for a picture and googled that.

What exactly is a "package"?

answer:

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB/BasicsBrpm#What

And can an ordinary user, like me, install packages not available in the Mandriva libraries, or is that only for the experts?

Yes you can install packages not available from Mandriva, e.g. Adobe flash, Sun java, Adobe reader.

You can compile from source 'almost' anything you have located the source code to use.

You can compile from the source code that 'you' have made... or maybe you will make eventually. :)

ok, the i thing upon boot doesn't work...it has no effect..:(

Do you mean you could not enter the interactive booting mode?

Did you press 'and hold' for a bit the 'i' key when the boot starts?

When you install your new Mandriva 2007 system, be sure and mark the development and documentation packages for install when you get to the software selection.

Some more documentation for your library:

http://tldp.org/

is my cpu supported?

Yes, your cpu is supported.

r.singh-

Read neddie's post carefully... I agree with him

Sorry, that 'was' a typo (I,ll fix it) in a quick incomplete list done from memory.

Here are some links to help you along the way.

Here is the Mandriva documentation:

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB/BasicsIndex

Here is the Mandriva documentation on compiling source code:

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/KB...sBsource#Source

Meanwhile, I wish to continue the learning experience with my version 9.1. Encouraged by all the kind responses, I am posting my current problem, below.

 

I tried to install gphoto2-2.3.1. The "install" text file said, among other things, that the simplest way to install is to use the command ./configure after moving to the unzipped gphoto directory. I did that and the process began, but it soon ended.

If this is the first (no offense intended) application that you have tried to compile... you have picked a rather difficult one. :)

I have taken a quick look at it for you, and it will require you have installed:

gcc

gcc-cpp

libgcc

automake

autoconf

gettext

libtool

libtool-base

'libusb' and 'libusb-devel' of the same version (ver. >= 0.1.6a)

and some others that I can't think of at this time

you must then compile and install libgphoto before you compile and install gphoto.

Now you would have to try to compile and install 'libdigikam' and 'digikam' which will present a new set of problems with KDE frontend libraries (your 9.1 libs will be older).

I'm not saying that you can't do this, it simply will not be easy to do. I can't offer much help because I don't have Mandrake 9.1 installed to look at for you.

If you do try to compile this and have problems, you can find a config.log in your working directory to show you messages produced by compilers while running configure.

Good luck and welcome to the MUB

Is Beryl available in any non Cooker package sets?

SoS:

http://seerofsouls.com/2007.html

in the Contribs

I tried to download pictures from my Kodak DX3600 camera, using GTKam. As soon as I click on the icon, a window opens headed "Bad parameters" and saying "Could not list folders in '/'" .

I'm not familiar with your camera... but with many models you must set your camera's 'USB Connect' to 'PTP', not the 'Normal' setting.

You may want to try using digiKam, it seems to work better for me.

I also agree that you may still need a newer version of Mandriva for it to work properly? IIRC, I had problems with my camera using Mandrake 9.1?

Aww..... ain't that wallpaper cute? :)

Yes, but upstream from your ducks :)

My laptop... I keep it simple for more battery time.

this is my problem: my lilo is textual, the os loading is textual. this is because i tried to change the default ones, and from that moment on, i lost the graphic settings ..

The easy way to do this is to make sure you have installed the bootsplash and bootsplash-themes packages.

Open mcc > boot > select the graphical theme of the system while booting > theme

I would like some kind of 3d Desktop. Any suggestions?

I don't use it because it's a resource hog, but I checked out compiz and it worked ok on my 'very old' Geforce4 Ti4200 with Xgl.

I should add that I'm using nvidia-8774-4plf2007.0 and dkms-nvidia-8774-4plf2007.0

I keep my urpmi data base up to date, but when I tried to download the files, I got this message.

 

# urpmi real-codecs-1.2.3plf

no package named real-codecs-1.2.3plf

They are in the ftp.easynet.fr/plf/mandriva/2007.0/non-free for 32-bit, but they may not be in the easynet.fr for 64-bit?

Hi all, I'm a Mandrake 05 LE (and linux period) newbie, and I've been using it for around a week or so now on my laptop. The problem I have is with getting a belkin wireless card to work. (model # f5d7011)

You would be better off using a more recent version of Mandriva. It would make this easier to do, and it would work better with the newer kernel... If you still want to use Mandrake 05 LE -

Make sure your using the proper driver:

The Belkin F5D7011 uses the bcmwl5.inf driver

The Belkin F5D7011ef uses the bcmwl5a.inf driver

Since you have an older version of Mandrake (with an older kernel) you should use a more recent version of ndiswrapper. The latest stable version is 1.37 and can be found here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93482

You should also use the instructions from here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawi...hp/Installation

This will appear to be very complicated to a Linux newbie, but just follow the instructions carefully and you should be ok. :)

I am not able to open websites lie streambox.tv.. they use microsoft windows media player plugin.. is there any alternative?

If you have not already done so... use the easy-urpmi that is linked at the top of this page and add the plf repositories. Open your gui software installer or use the terminal with urpmi and install:

mplayer1.0-1.pre8.13plf2007.0

win32-codecs-1.8-1plf2007.0

real-codecs-1.2.3plf

mplayerplugin-3.25-2mdv2007.0

What about proprietary media codecs (WMA/WMV/mp3) ? Are they easy to get & install ?

Yes, just add the proper repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list

Open the 'Synaptic Package Manager', or apt-get install what ever you need.

I have problems with Adobe Acrobat Reader. It works until some days ago. I update my system and after that (or I don't know why) suddenly doesn't start. I reinstall the rpm package but still not work. On command line:

 $ acroread
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error
expr: syntax error

I just upgraded my AdobeReader with the AdobeReader_enu-7.0.9-1.i386.rpm. When I tried to open it with the terminal I had an infinite loop of "expr: syntax error"

I've found the fix (hack) for your (our) problem, or anyone with this problem using Mandriva 2007.

Using your favorite editor open:

/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread

find this section:

get_gtk_file_ver()

and change this line from:

echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'

to

echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'

Open your new reader and enjoy.

Please note that this does not seem to be a problem with Debian, or my Xubuntu systems.

Greg2: make uninstall would not work because Adobe acrobat is not an open source application

Thanks for catching that... I knew Adobe was not open source (me hides face in shame)

I guess it was too early in the morning for me. :huh:

I cannot find the feature that is like 'PostIt' notes called Knotes in Mandriva 2006, is it still available in 2007?

Install kdepim-knotes

tyme is spot on, it just doesn't make any sense... AT ALL ... its like me looking at a review of Ford vs GM as an arguament to buy a Chevy...

Perhaps you meant Ford vs Chrysler? GM==Chevy :)

I installed again from sources but still same message. Now I don't know how to uninstall Can anyone give me some advices?

If you saved the directory you compiled it in... cd to that directory, and as root do:

make uninstall

I'm guessing that this a simple key sequence answer to this

Alt + left-click will move the window.