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Could you please tell us which version of Mandriva you are using and what kind of network-setup you use?
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If you have anything on the system that you may need for your exams I wouldn't upgrade until after...don't want to accidentally b0rk something and end up losing necessary data...
I second that.
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If I insert the CF card into my cardreader (I use Gnome btw.), then a dialogue asks me if I want to import the images or not. I can use that menu-option which directs me to fspot and manages the download automatically, or I can directly access the CF card using the hotlink that pops up on my desktop when I insert the CF card. Then it is like browsing any USB-stick.arctic, what do you use to download the pics from the card reader? I'm guessing not digikam, do you just use a file browser like you're copying from a USB stick? So you have to go into each subfolder which the camera makes on the file system (if any)? -
Neddie, I use a very cheap external card reader since years (Xtension XA 100, Cost: not even ten Euros) and it works perfectly. So why bother with connecting the camera directly, if it ain't necessary? :)
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Could you be a bit more polite, please, Reiver? If you have a problem with Mandrivas way of doing things, than that's okay. Blame Monsieur Duval for that but don't attack AdamW. I really don't like the way you talk to him in this thread. He is not responisble for the financial things. He is simply a very helpful guy that deserves a bit more of respect.
JMHO.
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AdamW wrote in the Mandriva forum:
initial results seem to be that at the point where it fails, the upgrade is basically complete except:a) the new kernel is not installed
b) old kde-config package is not removed
so if you have encountered this problem already, you should be able to get a fully-working system by booting the 'upgraded' system and manually updating the kernel and removing the old kde-config package (and making sure a new one is installed).
Quick solution by another user:
My 2 solutions I did on different systems were- to manually fix the symlinks and grub config and reinstall grub (w/o the need of installing kernel-desktop-latest package, it was already installed)
- to uninstall kernel-desktop-latest and install it again - it installed grub as well. This was easier and gave good results.
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A bit less sarcasm and a bit more information.
Everyone,Just today, I bought my first copy of Mandriva 2008.1 for 78 US Dollars. I'm a tad upset about having to spend so much on it, when I could get a copy of Vista Home Premium for $99 or cheaper if you know what I mean. I know im comparing Apples to Oranges but still, thats crazy, I should have gone with the Thumbdrive but nah, I feel safer having the DVDS. Thats It on the ran't....
You do get TWO Powerpack copys of Mandriva for your 78 Dollars. You pay for non-free software and non-free codecs. In some countries it is illegal to use some codecs without paying for them. Furthermore, some people are not willing or unable to install multimedia-codecs or buy proprietary software individually. Thus Mandriva offers the Powerpack-edition. With Windows, you only get for the base-system. With Mandriva, you get a fully fledged operating system plus thousands of software packages, too. Thus you cannot compare the price-tag of Mandriva with that of Windows.
Will I be able to get Mandriva 2009 for free, or am I just screwed when it comes to Upgrading?Yes. As I said: You bought two copies of Mandriva.
PS: If you do pay for Mandriva, you do of course not only support a company, but also human beings that work there. If you want to pay the bucks or not is up to you.
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My upload and download speed are quite identical. Seeding is not a problem. :) But the torrent speed is rather slow this time. :huh: Download speed is at roughly 80 Kb/s... 16 hours to go. Using an ftp-mirror, I might have downloaded the dvd in roughly one hour.
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Yay!!!
/me clicks the bittorrent link.
BTW: are there any known issues that I should know of, if I want to upgrade via urpmi later? You know... things that might break (except thos listed on the errata page).
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tyme not fuddling with arch anymore... hard to believe. :blink:The main reason I've switched to it as my main linux desktop is because I just don't have the time to fuddle with arch's configs anymore*me marks the current day in his calendar. Tagged: "revolution"* :P
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Umm... Ubuntus colour theme can be changed with two clicks, so that should not be a showstopper, right? Anyways, in a few days, Mandriva 2008.1 is sheduled for release. Maybe you could try the Live-CD then and see if your wireless problem got solved in the new release.
And: Congratulations for buying a non compatible printer. :P
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Could you also give us some information on your hardware? Maybe there is one piece that might cause problems (Rather unlikely but who knows?)
Btw.: Ubuntu is not easier to install. It is simply different (and sadly takes quite a bit longer to install).
And welcome aboard.
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I was also wondering... it seems as if the Linux version is for free.
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Yay! Bibble works!
Thank you! You really saved my day. :D
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Currently downloading bibble. Maybe that one works...
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Does anybody know of a RAW-converter that REALLY works with Linux? I think I tried all of them and am unsatisfied. Rawtherapee is unable to handle my 10-15 MB RAW images (Slow and unable to display the image), UFRaw and dcraw are able to load and display the images, but not really able to leave the colour settings as they should be (They are all messed up and no matter what I try, they cannot be corrected well), Lightzone refuses to run at all. Canons DPP works okay using Wine, but it has some graphical bugs and some instability problems here and there.
I really need a reliable and working RAW-converter for my every-day work. I don't want to fire up my Win XP driven laptop all the time for processing my photos.
Although I had absolutely zero problems with Linux and especially Mandriva during the past year, the RAW-support on Linux-Systems has still a long way to go. I can completely understand, why so many photographers don't use Linux: Working with RAWs is a pain.
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IIRC, I had to adjust the group settings in Debian Etch back then in order to use USB-Sticks correctly.
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AFAIK it is supported BUT unreliable and tricky. Read e.g. here: http://weblogic.noroot.org/2006/12/27/gprs...50-on-gnulinux/ He got it up and running but others report of a frozen system. Maybe you should ask someine in the Mandriva-Cooker IRC channel for support in 2008.1.
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You will probably need to install the correct driver for your ATI card. First, run as root
XFdrake
and try to set up a basic graphical environment. After that, configure your urpmi mirrors and install the needed packages for your ATI card. After that, reconfigure your graphics.
If you need more help, first do a search on this board for similar topics (there are tons). If you are still stuck, report back.
Good luck. :)
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Correct, cptaylor. Noobish fault. Oooops... :blush:
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mount -t /dev/hda /mnt
It might be necessary that you specify the filesystem type, e.g.
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda /mnt
hda, hdb, hdc will be used if you have PATA harddisks, while sda, sdb, sdc will be used with SATA disks.
If the partition is not mounted, you (logically) cannot chroot into it and thus cannot reinstall grub. ;)
If you get stuck with commands, always try
commandname --help (e.g. mount --help)
first as it will explain the basics of any command (more information is available with "man commandname")
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You can reinstall grub with the live-CD. It is a bit more complicated but should work.
Boot the CD, mount the /root partition (mount -t /dev/hda1 /mnt) with root privileges from a terminal. Chroot into your system
e.g.
chroot /dev/hda1
You will be root user of your installed system from now on. Now run
grub-install /dev/hda
then exit and reboot. That should basically get you up and running again - unless you really borked your system.
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When the computer is turned on, you will see the boot-menuPlease could you clarify how and where I should I hit "e"?Mandriva
failsafe
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Right there, press e.g. the arrow down key and afterwards the arrow up key. This will bypass the usually active timeout mode (boot system X after X seconds automatically). At the bottom of the page , there should be an explanation for editing grub. Anyway, at this stage you should press "Esc" (sorry, I forgot to mention this before
), then "e".Yes, you can make permanent changes to grub from a Live-CD terminal. For this, you will have to mount the root partition in root mode, open the root partitions /boot/grub/menu.lst file and commit the changes. Do a bit of search on this board or in google. There are tons of pages that explain how to edit grub. If you need further help, let us know. :)
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Try the following:
At the boot-screen menu, hit "e" for editing the entry. You should get a display of the grub configuration. the important area is the "root" entry here, as it seems that it has a wrong pointer.
Let's assume it lists
root (hd0,0)
and comes up with Error 17, then the hd0,0 entry is not configures correctly. Hit "e" again, edit the entry, so that it really points to the root partition you have, e.g.
root (hd0,1)
or
root (hd1,0)
This really depends on your setup. You can find out the partitions you have e.g. by booting the live-CD again, opening a terminal and launch the command as root:
fdisk -l
this will list all partitions of your system. In my case it shows:
Platte /dev/hdc: 80.0 GByte, 80060424192 Byte 255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 9733 Zylinder Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes Disk identifier: 0xe131e131 Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 1288 10345828+ 83 Linux /dev/hdc3 1289 1543 2048287+ 82 Linux Swap / Solaris /dev/hdc4 1544 9733 65786175 5 Erweiterte /dev/hdc5 1544 9733 65786143+ 83 Linux Platte /dev/hdd: 160.0 GByte, 160041885696 Byte 255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 19457 Zylinder Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes Disk identifier: 0x000a37c6 Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System /dev/hdd1 * 1 8926 71698063+ 83 Linux /dev/hdd2 8927 19457 84590257+ 5 Erweiterte /dev/hdd5 8927 19457 84590226 83 Linux
the root partition has an ID83* entry (native linux), thus in my case, the entry could/should be:
root (hd0,0)
Once you have adjusted the setting, hit "Enter" and "b" for booting. Remember that these changes are temporary, thus if anything goes wrong it can be changed again and again.
*= The IDs and their meaning:
0 Empty 9 AIX bootable 75 PC/IX b7 BSDI fs 1 DOS 12-bit FAT a OS/2 Boot Manag 80 Old MINIX b8 BSDI swap 2 XENIX root 40 Venix 80286 81 Linux/MINIX c7 Syrinx 3 XENIX usr 51 Novell? 82 Linux swap db CP/M 4 DOS 16-bit <32M 52 Microport 83 Linux native e1 DOS access 5 Extended 63 GNU HURD 93 Amoeba e3 DOS R/O 6 DOS 16-bit >=32 64 Novell Netware 94 Amoeba BBT f2 DOS secondary 7 OS/2 HPFS 65 Novell Netware a5 BSD/386 ff BBT 8 AIX
Someone is port scanning me
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You should be worried if someone is scanning certain ports repeatedly. Otherwise, you should just be cautious and check the log file now and then. If you are unsure if someone really hacked you, you should check for a root-kit.