Kieth

Here's the Tips and Tricks link. https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...&hl=flashplayer

No, you have to add it. Download it at this site: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/downlo...=ShockwaveFlash Just follow the instructions to un-pack it.

These days, I have been making a slide presentation using kpresenter. Then it dawned on me, I do not know how to put it on a cd to show slides in front of a large group!! :woops: I should of learned that first. Obviously I can burn my .kpr file to a cd, but how do I show the slides? What do I have to do to use it in other programs or machines besides a linux based computer? I need to show these slides to various groups in various places, and I will not have a computer with me. Therefore, I will have to use whatever computer or machine that is available. Thanks.

I continue having problems. Even this morning it blocked while loading CUPS, so I had to reset the computer. Any idea as to what I might try, to see if I could resolve the problem. I would be happy just to have a guess. If I end up messing up everything while trying, I'll just do another clean install. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not very good with computers (I'm a Keeg - opposite of Geek!), so I need to admit that I do not know what filesystem I run. I've added all patches. What I do is update with MCC frequently. I did a clean install with 10.1 OE. I have a new computer - AMD Athlon64 3000. I have 2 hard drives, 80 GB and 20 GB. Linux is on the 80 and WXP on the 20. I also have /backup on the 20 GB. There is a Radeon 9200 graphics card, with 128 mb of memory. There is over 700 mb of memory. There is a analog video capture card, a cd burner and a dvd drive.

Oh, something just came to mind. Recently, I loaded a lot of programs for grafical editing, trying to find one I like (and am able to understand, so I can use it ). The problem with checking the root file system I have had from the beginning, but the other problems only recently. Therefore there might be a connection between these latest loads the the problems. Kieth

Since I loaded Mandrake 10.1, I have always had problems with the occasional "Checking root fille system". It wants to check the root system every 4 or 5 times that I turn on my computer. This was not on the other Mandrake distributions. In fact, it doesn't work. A message comes up say that it will check the system on the next boot. Then on the next boot, it just sits there, never checking the root system. I've let it set for a loooong time, but - nothing. The only thing to do is to re-set the computor. I would like to get rid of this "option" totally, or make it actually check the root file system. Now, for about a week, I'm having trouble with the CUPS system. The normal message, "Starting CUPS printing system" comes up, but CUPS never loads. It just sits there, doing nothing. Once again, the only thing to do is to re-set the computer. In both of the above cases, after I re-set the computer, while re-booting, the message "Your system seems to have shut down uncleanly. Pres Y within 5 seconds to force file system integrity". I do that, and everything loads up. /dev/capi20 and /dev/isdn/capi20 (a link) is also not loading. I do not know its purpose, but the only thing I found to do is to change it's permissions from root to kieth, and it will normally load on the next boot. But the next time I turn my computer on, it will not load up again. About a month ago, I bought a Canon LIDE 20 scanner, which works great with linux. When it is recognized when I boot, an icon appears on the desktop. Now, it often isn't recognized. Could the above problems be related to a particular problem? Any ideas on how to resolve them? Thanks, Kieth

In Settings and Behavior, the CD-ROM device is set to /dev/cdrom. Below it, there is a box to allow direct digital playback, but it is not "highlighted". Therefore, I cannot check. What should I do to correct it?

I once again went into MCC to try and resolve my sound problem. I went into trouble shooting, and it said to give several commands in a terminal to try and resolve any problems. I did that, but of course it doesn't mean a thing to me. Therefore, I am listing what I put in the terminal in the hopes that someone would be able to understand them and find the problem I'm having. Thanks. # lspcidrake -v |fgrep AUDIO snd-via82xx : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:1106 device:3059 subv:1458 subd:a002) # grep sound-slot /etc/modules.conf # /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by sg 33788 0 n_hdlc 7972 0 ppp_synctty 7744 0 ppp_async 8896 0 crc-ccitt 1664 1 ppp_async ppp_generic 24468 2 ppp_synctty,ppp_async slhc 6112 1 ppp_generic binfmt_misc 8744 1 radeon 126804 4 md5 3584 1 ipv6 230916 8 rfcomm 32348 0 l2cap 19876 5 rfcomm bluetooth 39076 4 rfcomm,l2cap snd-seq-oss 31232 0 snd-seq-midi-event 6080 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 47440 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss 49480 0 snd-mixer-oss 17376 3 snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx 22372 2 snd-ac97-codec 69392 1 snd-via82xx snd-pcm 81800 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx snd-timer 20356 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd-page-alloc 7400 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm gameport 3328 1 snd-via82xx snd-mpu401-uart 5856 1 snd-via82xx snd-rawmidi 19300 1 snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-device 6344 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi snd 45988 11 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-via82xx, snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device lp 9548 0 parport_pc 30976 1 parport 33896 2 lp,parport_pc af_packet 16072 0 floppy 55088 0 8139too 20928 0 mii 4224 1 8139too ide-cd 37280 0 cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd loop 12520 0 joydev 8032 0 evdev 7648 0 tsdev 5824 0 nls_iso8859-1 3680 1 ntfs 147964 1 supermount 34804 3 usbhid 41088 0 amd64-agp 8584 1 agpgart 27752 2 amd64-agp tuner 18320 0 saa7134 93232 0 video-buf 16868 1 saa7134 v4l2-common 4896 1 saa7134 v4l1-compat 13092 1 saa7134 soundcore 7008 4 snd,saa7134 i2c-core 19060 2 tuner,saa7134 ir-common 3972 1 saa7134 videodev 7168 1 saa7134 sata_via 4836 0 libata 38308 1 sata_via scsi_mod 104044 2 sg,libata usblp 10592 0 ehci-hcd 26244 0 uhci-hcd 28752 0 usbcore 103172 6 usbhid,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd ext3 120680 5 jbd 49080 1 ext3 # /sbin/chkconfig --list sound sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off # /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off # aumix -q bash: aumix: command not found # /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp

I changed the sound, but then changed it back to alsa, as it seems to work better with the other things (games, etc.). While doing it, the following errors were noted. Do they mean anything? # draksound Doing alsactl to store mixer settings... [ OK ] Shutting down ALSA sound driver (version 1.0.6): /dev/dsp: /dev/mixer: no. (sound is being used by pid 5255 )) [FAILED] Loading mixer settings /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1139: No soundcards found... [FAILED] # draksound ERROR: Module via82cxxx_audio is in use ALSA driver (version 1.0.6) is already running. Loading mixer settings /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1139: No soundcards found... [FAILED]

# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom ln: `/dev/cdrom': File exists

Yes, there is a channel named 'capture', and it is maxed. In fact, it will not even allow me to lower it's volumn. Another problem, which if it has nothing to do with my sound, I will have to start another thread. When I boot up, after checking the usb connections, it says it's going to check the root file system after the next mount. Then when I do re-boot, and it does check the root file system, it never finishes. That is, it stays right there. I wait and wait, then finally re-boot. Could there be a broken thread or something in the root file system that is causing the problem? I do not notice any other problems while running Mandrake. All my programs seem to work OK. Could the problem be resolved if I disable alsa and use another sound setup (esound?)? If so, how would I do it. I know I can disable alsa in MCC, but how would I get another sound setup working. Maybe I could just try it and see what happens. Thanks.

I had already checked the volumn control, but just to make sure, I did it again. No problems there. Notning muted, and volumns on max. If you can come with any more ideas, I would appreciate it. Kieth

I noticed another defect. When I was using 10.0, while recording to Audacity, I could also hear it on my computer. Now, with 10.1 (on a new computer), I can't hear it while recording. After it is recorded, I can push play, and I hear it fine. Also, if I remember correctly, alsa wasn't working with 10.0. Kieth

I'm glad to hear that my card is installed supported and that the module is installed correctly. What is my sound setup? I don't know. Whatever Mandrake installed, I use! In the Mandrake Control Center (System - services), it shows alsa running. I haven't noticed other sound problems. The sound with games work OK. I have been recording from a cassette tape to the computer using Audacity, and I can hear it just fine. Kieth edit: I checked to see if I had everything downloaded, and here is the result. # urpmi kmix Everything already installed # urpmi alsa Everything already installed

I have tried to work with kmix, still no sound from my music cd. I also downloaded lots, in the hopes of getting sound from my VCR. Still no luck. Here are the files you asked for. Hopefully they mean somethng to you, as they mean nothing to me. Thanks # lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0204 Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0204 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] #08 [0060] Capabilities: [58] #08 [8001] 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1204 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2204 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3204 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4204 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7204 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800 South] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133 Audio+video broadcast decoder (rev f0) Subsystem: Animation Technologies Inc.: Unknown device 0214 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device b003 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 I/O ports at b000 I/O ports at b400 I/O ports at b800 I/O ports at bc00 I/O ports at c000 I/O ports at c400 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 I/O ports at c800 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at cc00 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at d000 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at d400 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [uHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at d800 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Mainboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at e6001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800 South] Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5001 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VAX Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC650) Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22 I/O ports at dc00 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-7VM400M Motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 I/O ports at e000 Memory at e6002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101] 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd.: Unknown device 2002 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) I/O ports at a000 Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 # lsmod Module Size Used by isofs 31352 1 n_hdlc 7972 1 ppp_synctty 7744 1 ppp_async 8896 0 crc-ccitt 1664 1 ppp_async ppp_generic 24468 6 ppp_synctty,ppp_async slhc 6112 1 ppp_generic udf 86340 0 radeon 126804 2 binfmt_misc 8744 1 md5 3584 1 ipv6 230916 8 rfcomm 32348 0 l2cap 19876 5 rfcomm bluetooth 39076 4 rfcomm,l2cap snd-seq-oss 31232 0 snd-seq-midi-event 6080 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 47440 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss 49480 0 snd-mixer-oss 17376 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx 22372 2 snd-ac97-codec 69392 1 snd-via82xx snd-pcm 81800 3 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx snd-timer 20356 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd-page-alloc 7400 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm gameport 3328 1 snd-via82xx snd-mpu401-uart 5856 1 snd-via82xx snd-rawmidi 19300 1 snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-device 6344 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi snd 45988 14 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-via82xx,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device lp 9548 0 parport_pc 30976 1 parport 33896 2 lp,parport_pc af_packet 16072 4 floppy 55088 0 8139too 20928 0 mii 4224 1 8139too ide-cd 37280 1 cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd loop 12520 0 nls_iso8859-1 3680 2 ntfs 147964 1 supermount 34804 3 joydev 8032 0 evdev 7648 0 tsdev 5824 0 amd64-agp 8584 1 agpgart 27752 2 amd64-agp usbhid 41088 0 tuner 18320 0 saa7134 93232 0 video-buf 16868 1 saa7134 v4l2-common 4896 1 saa7134 v4l1-compat 13092 1 saa7134 soundcore 7008 2 snd,saa7134 i2c-core 19060 2 tuner,saa7134 ir-common 3972 1 saa7134 videodev 7168 1 saa7134 sata_via 4836 0 libata 38308 1 sata_via scsi_mod 104044 1 libata usblp 10592 0 ehci-hcd 26244 0 uhci-hcd 28752 0 usbcore 103172 6 usbhid,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd ext3 120680 5 jbd 49080 1 ext3

Yes, I have a video capture card, which is: Vendor: ‎Philips Semiconductors Description: ‎SAA7135HL Multi Media Capture Device It is recognised with Mandrake. In fact, I can see the images with XawTV. There just isn't any sound. For playing music CDs, I tried using various programs. At this moment, I am trying again with KsCD. It shows that it is playing, showing also the author and title of the song, but there just isn't any sound. Ok, now I am trying with Totem, and yes there is sound. B) :woops: I guess I didn't try it earlier. Any ideas, though, on getting KsCD, my VCR and XawTV working correctly? Thanks, Kieth

Others have tried. http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...hl=multisession

I don't believe it's possible to continue a multisession from Nero to K3b, or visa versa.

I am not able to play a music cd on my dvd. Is this related to the fact that rawdevices is not working? I also have a VCR attached to my computer. I can see the images, but there is no sound. Any ideas as to the problem? Thanks

I think you're right. I've messed around with KDE and Gnome, and there is no change. Kieth

Thanks tymark. I got everything working. I'm now running 10.1. Kieth

I just finished downing loading the iso image files for 10.1. How do I check the files to see if they are OK, before I burn them? Also, is there any special thing I have to do to burn them? Thanks, Kieth

I was trying to resolve another problem caused because I updated my programs, and ended up creating a lot of other problems, to the point that I could not even log in. Therefore I ended up doing a clean install. Now everything is obviously fine. Now I need to "tweek" my programs to get them where I like them. I appreciate the help, even though I goofed it all up. Kieth

Well, I did my urpmi updates. It wanted to remove everything that had to do with kde. After much frustration and problems I said yes. That created more problems, so I ended up doing a clean install. At least now I can do everyting. I believe the conflicts came from the kde files I updated. All the files/programs I downloaded were off the easyurpmi download sites. How would I know if any are non-official? I would definately like to avoid the problems again! Also, I would still like to update my programs, but now I'm afraid to do it. Is there any "sure" way of doing it? Would the best way be to download the 10.1 official iso images and do another clean install? Thanks for the help, even though I ended up messing up everything. Kieth