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I think you'd better reinstall. Winblows is very sensible. A massive hardware change like yours probably killed the poor crap. :D If you don't do defrag, scan disk, registry cleaning once a week it's performance goes down in 4-5 months or less depending on your activity. I have to format the winblows partition about 3 times/year because it's performance simply keeps dropping from the moment it has been installed. So, backup your stuff and go for it. :)

Has anybody managed to perfectly emulate the Mac OS X theme on Gnome or KDE ? If so can you please tell me where can I get the it ? I've notived the Aqua and RPanther themes for Gnome -- they aren't enough to recreate the OSX desktop, the OSX icons for KDE and of course the Aqua wallpaper. I'd like my desktop to look like a OS X one.

Null. I managed to fix this myself. I made a stupid mistake. :unsure:

We are getting closer. I removed all the nitro stuff from /boot all it's modules, etc but I kept the nitro patch and 2.6.9 source for later use :P . I reinstalled the 2.6.8.1-20 sources and managed to build the NVIDIA kernel. Even so I have no hw acceleration. I don't know why. Look at the logs: NVIDIA log: Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> License accepted. -> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0- 6629). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-6629), the existing driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a bort installation) (Answer: Yes) -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No) -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface. -> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-20mdk/source' -> Performing CC test with CC="cc". -> Performing rivafb check. -> Performing rivafb module check. WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as a loadable kernel module. The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed, but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to function properly if the rivafb module is loaded! -> Cleaning kernel module build directory. executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'... rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os- agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags} rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~ rm -f -rf .tmp_versions -> Building kernel module: -----LOTS OF CRAP----- NVIDIA: left KBUILD. -> done. -> Kernel module compilation complete. -> Installing both new and classic TLS OpenGL libraries. -> Parsing log file: -> done. -> Validating previous installation: -> Unable to access previously installed file '/lib/modules/2.6.9-nitro42.6.9-nitro/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko' (No such file or directory). -> done. WARNING: Your driver installation has been altered since it was initially installed; this may happen, for example, if you have since installed the NVIDIA driver through a mechanism other than the nvidia-installer (such as rpm or with the NVIDIA tarballs). The nvidia-installer will attempt to uninstall as best it can. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. -> Uninstalling NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-6629): -> done. -> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-6629) is complete. -> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86' (1.0-6629): executing: './usr/src/nv/makedevices.sh'... executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'... executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq'... -> done. -> Driver file installation is complete. -> Running post-install sanity check: -> done. -> Post-install sanity check passed. -> Shared memory test passed. -> Running runtime sanity check: -> done. -> Runtime sanity check passed. -> Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (version: 1.0-6629) is now complete. Please update your XF86Config or xorg.conf file as appropriate; see the file /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for details. Here are the warnings and errors from xorg.0.log (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts"). (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) (WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" (WW) NV(0): config file hsync range 30-69kHz not within DDC hsync ranges. (WW) NV(0): config file vrefresh range 50-130Hz not within DDC vrefresh ranges. (WW) NV(0): Option "NoLogo" is not used (WW) NV(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used (WW) NV(0): Option "NvAGP" is not used (WW) NV(0): Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" is not used (WW) NV(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" is not used (WW) NV(0): Option "DigitalVibrance" is not used (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found) (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value What am I doing wrong ?

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all :D

Nope, it's not working.

[root@Alex root]# ls -la /usr/src/ total 46348 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 24 18:59 ./ drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 21 20:13 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 24 14:25 archs/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47389753 Dec 24 15:05 kernel-2.6.9nitro42.6.9nitro.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Dec 22 00:32 linux-2.6.8.1-20mdk/ [root@Alex root]# I deleted the 2.6.9 sources.

OK now I'm in trouble. I finally managed to compile the kernel but it sucks. I didn't notice any performance increase. It wasn't able to use the nvidia driver nor the NIC. So I decided to go back to the old mdk kernel but now I can't build the nvidia driver because I get this error: Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> License accepted. -> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0- 6629). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-6629), the existing driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a bort installation) (Answer: Yes) -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No) -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface. -> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-20mdk/build' -> Performing CC test with CC="cc". ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure you either have configured kernel sources matching your kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed on your system. If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel installed on your system. If you specified a separate output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Nope. I'll delete everything and make a new clean start cuz I made some mistakes.

10.1 is a stable version IMHO. You can transform your install into 10.1 OE by using one of the Mandrake mirrors. Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org, set up your mirrors and then run: urpmi --auto --auto-select in a console. Anyway I recommend you get the 10.1 OE download version.

Hmm something seems wrong ..... [root@Alex linux]# make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.h HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c HOSTCC -fPIC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTLLD -shared scripts/kconfig/libkconfig.so HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/checklist.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/inputbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/menubox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/msgbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/textbox.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/util.o HOSTCC scripts/lxdialog/yesno.o HOSTLD scripts/lxdialog/lxdialog scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig # # using defaults found in /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk # /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:120: trying to assign nonexistent symbol BADRAM /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:159: trying to assign nonexistent symbol ACPI_TC1100 /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:206: trying to assign nonexistent symbol X86_CPUFREQ_NFORCE2 /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:262: trying to assign nonexistent symbol RSBAC /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:457: trying to assign nonexistent symbol BLK_DEV_GZLOOP /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:506: trying to assign nonexistent symbol BLK_DEV_ADMA/boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:522: trying to assign nonexistent symbol BLK_DEV_IT8212 /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:598: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_MEGARAID /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:633: trying to assign nonexistent symbol PPSCSI /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:718: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FUSION_ISENSE /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:774: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IPMI_SOCKET /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:781: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_ROUTE_NAT/boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:783: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_ROUTE_TOS/boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:878: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_TARGET_TARPIT /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:903: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:904: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_TARGET_CONNMARK /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:905: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_CONNMARK /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:906: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_TARGET_IPMARK /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:907: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_CONDITION /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:908: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_CONNLIMIT /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:909: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_DSTLIMIT /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:910: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_NAT_H323 /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:911: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_H323 /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:912: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_MPORT /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:913: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_NTH /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:914: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_OSF /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:915: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_CT_PROTO_GRE /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:916: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_PPTP /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:917: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_QUOTA /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:918: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_RANDOM /boot/config-2.6.8.1-20mdk:919: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IP_NF_MATCH_TIME ................................................................................ .................................................... *** End of Linux kernel configuration. *** Execute 'make' to build the kernel or try 'make help'. [root@Alex linux]# Although I have the right kernel source: [root@Alex src]# ls linux@ linux-2.6.8.1-20mdk/ linux-2.6.9/ [root@Alex src]# ll linux lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 23 11:11 linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.9/ [root@Alex src]# cd linux [root@Alex linux]# ls arch/ include/ Makefile.orig REPORTING-BUGS COPYING init/ Makefile.rej scripts/ CREDITS ipc/ mm/ security/ crypto/ kernel/ net/ sound/ Documentation/ lib/ nitro-sources-2.6.9_rc4-r1.ebuild usr/ drivers/ MAINTAINERS patch-2.6.9-rc4-nitro1.bz2 fs/ Makefile README [root@Alex linux]#

Thank God some politicians have brains ..... I thought it was the end of decent IT technology in Europe.

aaa, nothing. :lol:

Yeah it's partly my fault but how was I supposed to know they would screw the menu so bad ??

Will this mean the end of Linux in Europe ? If so, Mandrakelinux will disappear. Bastards!!!

X definitely works because I've tested it locally and managed to start an IceWM session. Now we have to concentrate on exporting the X session.

Yeah, that too. They're sado-maso.

This Nitro patch looks interesting.... I've been thinking lately about compiling my own kernel but I haven't had time. Is it possible to patch the MDK kernel source with the nitro patch ? I mean, I want to have the same kernel features that the MDK kernel provided till now + the nitro ones.

Nope, I haven't found anything useful. Why did they have to make things so weird and complicated ???

As I've said the world is full of morons and those that rule us are total retards. I believe those retards that form the EU Parliament are sadistic. They would just love to get 0\/\/n3d and then have to reinstall winblows.

Of course :D That was among the first thing I tried.

There are many ways to bypass that. The easiest way is to remove the battery of the mobo, or you can discharge an EMP near it (don't laugh it has already been done by someone --not me) but that is dangerous since it might ruin it. Another method, I don't know if it works on your lappy is to disconect the HD from the rest of the machine and it will automatically boot the floppy or the cdrom.

Well ?? How do I remove that without having to reinstall Gnome ? There must be a way ....

OK, take your time, I'm not in a hurry. To sum up in one sentence what I'm trying to do: connect to the Server's dektop from my Client computer. :D

Ok, now I'm totally confused :wacko: I have the feeling that it works too but please tell me step by step how to do it and be very clear. We will be refering to my PC as the client and the PC I'm trying to connect as the server.