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Almost everything should work... However, if you use any specialty programs that aren't in high distribution you will have to compile them yourself. This leads to problems because the source code is not always writen so it can be compiled for 64 bit and for 32 bit. That said, sometimes you can get away with compiling things for 32 bit on the 64 bit machine or compiling them on a 32 bit machine and putting them on your 64. Like other linux issues, where there is a will there is a way.

i'm trying to "make" a couple of different programs on my amd64 box and i keep getting errors that say the linker (ld) is looking for libraries in /user/lib/ /user/lib/<specific> where do i go to add a search path of /usr/lib64/? [moved from Software by spinynorman]

I also found these links which may be of interest (though i admit they are sort of a long-winded advertisement): http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/17783 http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/16520 http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/17363

It looks like ndiswrapper doesn't want to compile as a 64 bit kernel module. It looks like i was wrong (from the ndiswrapper website) also take a look at this thread from ndis's sf page: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thr...forum_id=323167 It looks like you can get it to work...but it will take someone more skilled in programming than me to mess with the ndiswrapper code. Basically you need someone who is used to changing code to work with the amd 64. This is, of course, something i should learn how to do, as i have a amd 64 machine with lots of non-working programs. I'd say wait it out...it shouldn't take too long for someone to make a how-to, or post the modified code online. good luck

I remembered some things that might help... 1)the driver provided on the CD you got with the computer will be the correct one...you may have to go to a windows box to extract the file. 2)ndiswrapper needs both the .SYS and .INF file 3)the version of ndiswrapper packaged with mdk 10 sucks...you should compile the latest version that they have and follow the instructions in the readme file (this is the part where something usually goes wrong and you find yourself posting here at 1 am) 4)like most problems you will come against in linux this one is very solvable...don't give up. (also as far as other options...there are other, commercial, driver loaders out there, but ndiswrapper works without fail)

First you need to find out what chipset is on the broadcom wireless client device. Then you need to uncompress the windows driver into a folder on your laptop. Then you can load that driver with a thing called ndiswrapper. be warned...getting a wireless device to work with ndiswrapper can be a PITA but it will be worth it in the end. And post here if you need help...because i and a few others have done this many times and can usually be of assistance.

gnucash.... or use winehq http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=107 but then you would not be all open source and whatnot.

I've been using a jumpdrive from crucial for a while now. It works with Mandrake 10, 9.2, win XP, and win 98. I've only ever had to do some "setting up" in win98 because it didn't autodetect the thing. Other people have had stuff go wrong with these drives and have reported it on this forum. (I think i recall someone lost all their data on one...but that's probably a rare occurence as long as your automounting stuff is working and in order). With some brands you can also use the drive on your xbox for savegames. I'd give one a try and if it doesn't work i'm sure someone where you work or someone in your family would buy it off you. They are super handy...

to start the gui from the command line type "startx" to change it so that X doesn't start by default go to system-->configure-->hardware then click on the hardware icon, then click on the X icon then click options in the X configuration thing. It will then let you choose to have X startup by default or not.

My current setup is 2 video cards: one driving a single monitor (AGP) and one driving two monitors (PCI). They both have the nvidia geforce 5200 chipset. At the moment i've got my XF86Config problems all sorted out and things seem to be running fine. However, I get this weird regular interuption once every second. For instance, I can run glxgears and get a framerate of 700 something but while its running it freezes then continues repeatedly. This problem only seems to happen when things are running with some sort of 3d acceleration. Could this have something to do with the fact that "xineram does not fully support 3d acceleration"?

gesture based interface tool...hey it's only $25...but it doesn't work with linux P5 glove interface correction...i found a driver that says it works under 2.4

I think someone couldbuild the minority report computer with few problems. All of the parts exist.... -gesture based interfaces-exist, but need tweaking and learning to work as fast/accurate as they do in the movie -giant panoramic screens-those exist...lots of them in fact The biggest hurdle I see in making one would be the transparent screen: -it could be a projected image...like some hud and displays in cars/airplanes -it could just be one large monitor -a transparent monitor would only look good if you had a dark wall to sit it next to. Otherwise you would get too much interference from the scenery behind it. -the only reason to have a transparent monitor is to be able to watch something beyond the monitor while doing your task...In the movie he doesn't need to do this so it just exists for the bling factor. -though I could see if you wanted a screen like this at say a factory to both watch the systems near you and to watch them on your computer.

My current configuration is 1 19inch hooked up to one agp Geforce 5200 and 2 17s hooked up to one pci Geforce 5200. I currently have no prob getting 2 monitors working...but all three is a problem. How do I used the Rightof commands with more than 2 monitors? I know i need 2 device entries for each of the ports on the pci card...how do i differentiate them?

I went to a wireless spot and it works. The panic doesn't worry me that much ...it won't hurt anything right?

In konqueror I believ there is an option under view->show hidden files. That should show all the files. If it doesn't you might want to hit refresh. In konsole or any other console for that matter you can type cp originalLocation destinationLocation cp /home/you/file.jpg /home/me/file.jpg and if you need more info on cp it can be had with man cp then if you don't want the original file you can use rm to remove it.

So I finally got my wireless PC card installed on my laptop. It is a xterasys card which everyone said has a realtek chipset but as it turns out it has a admtek set. (this was all done using a copy of ndiswrapper that i compiled). Now everytime i boot the computer when it gets to wlan0 the amber light blinks on the card for a bit and then I either get a kernel panic or a complete freeze up of the system. However, I tried popping the card out before ndiswrapper or init or whatever could finish looking for a wireless network and the system starts up fine. Later when I put in the card it continues blinking like it should. Now all I have to do is get me to a wireless spot (yeah no neighbors have wireless...go figure) and see if it actually works or if its all messed up. An ideas on why it panics or freezes?

tried what you said and it didn't uninstall. However, I did manually remove the realtek driver files and reinstalled the driver with the sys and inf files. This time, i got no errors. The rest: - ndiswrapper -l still coughs up the same error above. - another problem wlan0 does not exist...but i have a wireless entry in /proc/net - additionally harddrake tells me that my card is a admtek card but i have a xterasys XN-2411b which is definently a realtek card...and one supported by ndiswrapper...also just my luck the admtek driver location just won't load (dunno if the site is down or what)

If I try what you said it tells me that the driver is already installed. So I will try make uninstall.

I installed/compiled ndiswrapper .8 because it is recent and the directions in the ndiswrapper faq thread uses those commands. Then i ran the command ndiswrapper -i /home/me/driver/blahblach.INF and I got this warning about not having my .SYS file there. So I tried to uninstall the driver with the -e option but it wouldn't let me. It said that -e was not installed. So I got a hold of the .SYS file and tried reinstalling it but it says it is installed. In addition when I use ndiswrapper -l I get the following error: Can't use string (" ") as an ARRAY ref while "stric refs" in use at /usr/bin/sbin ndiswrapper line 324 <LS2> line 1. How do I fix this messed up configuration? Can i un-make install ndiswrapper, install it again and ndiswrapper -i the INF file properly?

Some links for those interested in this kind of stuff: http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/~miami/taxonomy/taxonomy.html http://www.miv.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ijcai97-IMS/ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/ (not a very exhaustive list...just some examples) (The term I was looking for earlier was "multimodal".)

Sure thing: Say you had a large monitor (it just makes the effect better) and you are tweaking something in a console window somewhere in the center of the screen and off to the right you have your chat client open, but it's been relatively inactive for a while. When someone sends a message to the chat room the normal alert sound/chime will make noise, but you will hear it to the right of you. Similarly if your chat client is to the left, you will hear alerts to the left of you. There are some ideas floating arround that the efficiency one gains from such a thing increases as the amount of tasks increases. So for someone typing a document and periodically checking a chat the efficiency increase will be barely noticeable. For someone watching 10 stocks, chatting and typing up a report the benefit would be great. Instead of looking at all the stocks when an alert is sounded one could easily zero in on the stock making the alert.

I don't want to be a dolt about this, but i must drive home the point that the only shred of orginality on my part is the level at which this gets implemented. Stuff like this has already been done on ships, in hospitals, airplanes, etc. It would just be cool if it we could take off the shelf systems an improve them just by using something that applies this technique.

devries: I think a computer can be as demanding as an airplane cockpit. For instance if a person is tasked with monitoring the vitals of several patients at in a hospital ward. I do agree with you that this might not have that much impact on the single user using a single monitor to use a single application. tyme: fire away with the questions about specifics...i'll be here for a bit.

Ok so i had this idea...which is based on some work i've done/encountered with the auditory community but I don't know where I should go to start the project. I was thinking the KDE team might be interested or i might start my own sourceforge project (though I've never managed a project there)...the intention is for it to be opensource and available to everyone: Proposal: Sound Localization Sound Layer Introduction It has been shown in many different studies that users are more efficient in a multi-task environment where sound is used to direct their attention. This is especially true in immersive environments such as airplane cockpits and so called “information cockpits” (I know i should cite someone here). For example a pilot benefits greatly from hearing alerts, which seem to come from the object that needs attention. Similarly, there are business and home applications for this type of attention management. For instance an alert could direct you to the physical location of your mailbox when you have a new message or it could alert you to a window containing a rapidly climbing stock price. The idea: The idea for this project is to create a sound layer/plugin that brings sound localization type attention management to the everyday PC. This layer should be made to work on linux and windows machines and will be opensource. Implementation: The implementation of this idea should be fairly straightforward. At its simplest level the layer will take information about application or icon location and modify the panning of sound output to direct attention to particular areas of the desktop. The application should be no harder to write than a simple mixer (although it should be able to play sounds at different panning locations at the same time.) The program should also have a tiny memory footprint. Additional adjustable parameters: Intensity of panning Individual application settings People probably will not want their music to be localized Should be easy to turn on and off (tray icon possibly) Turn real time panning on and off If someone moves a window while it is creating sound will the panning move with it or will it reset only after the window is dropped? The bottom line is...this attention management stuff is nothing new. However, it has always been implemented on the application level and never as part of a sound layer or a interface plugin.

i've used fsum and it works like a charm. It runs from the console with lines like "fsum *.iso"