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OOo2 isn't really an update, Sun likes to think it's a whole new suite. Open a terminal and type openoffice.org-2.0 that works with fedora. Or type openof and hit the tab key let mandriva figure out where it's hidden. oppenoffice 2 looks like it is in the cotrib repo you might want to use that. Use the smart --gui command in a terminal then search for open and see if anything there suits you. while you are in the smart pm remove the versions of firefox and thunderbird that you don't need now. Cheers

up at the top of this forum, above " Where our users feel @ /home" there is the easy-urpmi link. You have the option of setting up urpmi or smart repositories. I like the smatpm so far. Good luck

I haven't used a modem for a good while now, but almost all problems I had stemmed from the fire wall. Try turning it off and see what yuo get. Cheers Mike

here's mine : Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection an optical usb 3 button with scroll wheel hope this helps. Mike

If you're using kde : star in corner menu> system > configure your desktop Then look and feel > screen saver You can uncheck the start automatically box or change the time from 0 to 999 minutes. Play around with it as there are a few choices and linux is designed to do what you'd like it to do. Cheers Mike

For a simple two pc network a crossover cable works fine. A few of the wires need to be "crossed" so the input of one machine is connected to the out put of the other machine. You can use the serial port, the parallel port or ethernet connection. Before i had a router I tried all of the connections and the ethernet was the fastest but the most expensive since I had to buy the network cards. A computer shop should have the premade cable, calling it a crossover cable or null modem. Here is a link to give the general drift : http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/abo...t-crossover.asp If you're looking for a modem to connect to the internet via the serial port I've used us robotics without any problem and my understanding is any external modem will work as long as it is not a usb connection as some of those are software "winmodems" and can be problematic. I use cable isp now and haven't used a modem for anything other than sending a fax or two on my xp box and i understand more of every kind of modem is supported by linux nowdays. For the sound card, I have a basic ebay sound blaster live on a p3 500 hz pc and when I don't here anything after an install it seems to be that the volume is at zero or the mute button is ticked by default. Hope this helps some, Mike

plf has ogg2mp3 in the free noarch section http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/...3plf.noarch.rpm I haven't used it myself, try this link it may give you some ideas http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWT...CD-Burning.html Cheers

If I remember right you need to urpmi kernel-source-2.6 or you get the kernel source for the 2.4 kernel try this link: ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.mandrake-li...-12mdk.i586.rpm

ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandra...586/media/main/ I'm sure you want kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-12mdk.i586.rpm If you've set up easy urpmi , in a terminal, type su , then type your password, then type urpmi kernel-source-2.6 and it should install the right kernel. Or just as good follow the url at the top of this post .download and install the kernel source, the kernel you're using from pbone is the same one that is already installed on your computer. Cheers

Here's what memtest looks like on my ubuntu menu list: title Ubuntu, kernel memtest86+ root (hd0,11) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin savedefault boot and pro mepis: title MEMTEST kernel /boot/memtest86.bin Hope you find this some help. Mike

System>> Cofiguration>> KDE >>Peripherals>> Keyboard there is a numlock toggle that you might need to change.

I've been using a bootloader called GAG for the last few months. It installs on the MBR and then gives me a menu at boot and I push a number between 2 and 9 to get to the distro I want to use. I use the distro default; lilo or grub, and write it to the boot record of the partition I install the disrto to. I can be a distro ho without having to put allot of effort into writing new entries to a boot loading menu. Right now I've got Mandrake 10.1. Mepis, Vidalinux, Fedora 3, pclos, slakware, suse, and ubuntu all sharing an 80 gig hard drive without any problems.

Welcome It has been some time since I've had a dial-up ISP but some things I remember : Turn off the firewall, once you're connected you can turn on the parts you need . I used the connection wizard in the Mandrake control center, System>Configuration>configure your computer>Network and Internet>New Connetion> dot the modem and hit next , the wizard should guide you the rest of the way. While your at the configure your computer > security > firewall see if it is turned off. I remember tearing out my hair trying to set up my modem and then the modem planets must have alined themselves and everything just worked like it supposed to. Cheers Mike

I've got a pc that is linux only. I use grub and have one distro install grub on the MBR, the other distros I write grub to the boot sector of the drive the distro is installed to. Then use a live distro (mepis, knoppix, or pclinux) and copy the menu list in the boot sector to the MBR. Here is what my /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like. timeout 30 color black/cyan yellow/cyan default 0 title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title 263-7 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk root=/dev/hda1 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 devfs=nomount initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title floppy root (fd0) chainloader +1 title Suse kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 vga=0x31a splash=silent desktop resume=/dev/hda5 showopts initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd title MEPIS at hda6, kernel 2.4.26 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26 root=/dev/hda6 nomce quiet splash=verbose vga=791 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.mepis savedefault title MEPIS at hda6, kernel 2.6.7 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda6 nomce psmouse.proto=imps quiet splash=verbose vga=791 initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.mepis savedefault title mandy10.1 kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda9 devfs=nomount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img title Vidalinux Desktop OS (2.6.8.1-vidalinux_r2) root (hd0,9) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-vidalinux_r2 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda10 vga=0x317 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr splash=silent acpi=off initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.8.1-vidalinux_r2.img title Vectorlinux 2.6.7 kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-ide4 ro noinitrd root=/dev/hda8 root (hd0,7) title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-686 root (hd0,11) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-686 root=/dev/hda12 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-686 savedefault boot title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-2-386 root (hd0,11) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-2-386 root=/dev/hda12 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-2-386 savedefault boot title=Yoper GNU/Linux 2.6.8.1-7 root=(hd0,10) kernel=(hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-7 root=/dev/hda11 vga=791 splash=silent initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.8.1-7.img title=slackwhere root=(hd0,9) kernel=(hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.26 root=/dev/hda10 vga=788 splash=silent ro noinitrd title=slackwhere2.6.7 root=(hd0,9) kernel=(hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-generic-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda10 vga=788 splash=silent ro initrd=/boot/initrd.gz I change the distros from time to time and I'll leave the old distro on the boot loader in case I feel like reinstalling for instance Vidalinux. I 've never had a windows partition on this machine but I would think my cut and paste style (i.e. don't do too much thinking ) should work for you. I don't keep to many notes but I should tell you I switched from lilo to grub some time ago because I was having trouble configuring either suse or fedora core with lilo, grub worked and I haven't looked back. hope this gives you some ideas. Cheers

K > System > Configuration > Hardware > Screen resize & rotate Works in kde for me

I saw it at rmpseek.com http://rpmseek.com/rpm-pl/libapr0.html?hl=...Str=0&qDnStr=12 hope this helps.

Check the power control too. K>>System >> Configuration>>KDE>>Power Control >>display power control. Turn it off or change the minutes.

I tried slakware 7.2 on the laptop without any better result. I think I need to configure xfree in a non standard manner or give up on a gui with a 20mb memory. Tho win95 does run. I plan on installing debian next and I 'll post my results in case someone else is thinking about dusting off an old thinkpad just to show the grandchildren what we used to use to help old A.G.Bell keep track of his phone bill. Cheers Mike

Go to MCC - software management - install type "wiz" in the search box and then install drakwiz. That should set you up.

My 486 thinkpad has 20mb memory, 810mb hard drive, a floppy drive and SMC's ez pc card 10 network card. It doesn't have a cd rom. I used the nfs install of Slackware9.0 and installed the a,l,n,x,xt options and tried to weed out any app that used a cd rom or mail to make it all fit on the hard drive. I tried to use the x window managers but the screen goes blank. Mozilla, Netscape, gimp, and abiword all tell me they need libgtk.1.2.so and I looked around with midnight commander and I can't find that lib. There is some background, here are some questions: Would an earlier version of slack be better suited to my machine? Can I get pkgtool to use the same nfs source as it used for the install to maybe add some libraries? Has anyone with a simular notebook run linux and been able to use a browser (links is fine but I miss the pretty pictures) a word processor and a few odd games? My work takes me away from my computer for long periods, so I might not be able to respond to anyone as soon as I'd like. Cheers

I used the bittorrent link and downloaded the rpms to a file on my desktop. Then I went to MCC and linked the file as a source for rpms. libxinerama.so.1 is missing and I can't install any of the kde or qt rpms. Kde's konstruct didn't work for me either. I have a 600 p3 in a gateway E-4200 tower and I'm using ML9.2 with the 2.6 kernel. Can't say I'm a newbie at this but I'm not in the gifted category either. Maybe someone could shed a little light on this problem.

PLF has libgift rpms.

I've been looking for one myself. On the kde start menu, Applications, Communication, I have a program titled " efax-gtk" that might be what you're looking for. I plan to set up a fax station myself but I need to do a little wiring and find some ambition before I tackle the task. Good luck and cheers. Mike

I use rpmseek.com , might be what you're looking for. Cheers

From my research it appears my parrellel port scanner was last supported by the sane 1.09 that was part of the mandrake 9.0 distro. I like the 9.1 distro and look forward to 9.2 but I'm wondering if there is an easy, or even a possible way to substitute the latest sane package with the older version. I tried to install 9.0 and upgrade everything not scanner related to 9.1. I tried a clean 9.1 install and tried to replace sane with the rpms from the 9.0 cd. I am currently trying to install sane from the .tar files but there seems to be alot of interconnected packages. The scanner is a Mustek 600 lll EP Plus and, for as much as I use it, not worth the effort I'm putting into the project Any thoughts are welcome, I just got internet via cable instead of dial up and it has sparked my intrest in this project. It is not nearly as tedious to download files and try different packages just to see how it works. Cheers, Mike