daniewicz

Good advice Ian. I was going to suggest that Sunwatcher edit his xorg.cong file and add an appropriate modeline, but I like your suggestion better.

Thanks Greg.

Welcome to the MUB As root type drakconf from the terminal

Video OK here: Mandriva 2008.1 Firefox 3.0.4 Shockwave Flash 10.0 r12

It will be once you set up urpmi. K3b is a great package

Have a look in /var/log/messages to see the nature of the messages being logged. This will help diagnose the original cause of your problem. (tux99 has got there before me!)

use rmdir to remove a directory

When you get to the terminal window type su You will then be asked to type the root password type cd /tmp to go to the directory /tmp type ls to see what is in this directory type rm _______ where the file name is placed after rm to remove that particular file repeat as necessary to clean that directory type exit when you are done and then restart your computer

Then you are running the nvidia driver!

If you run /usr/bin/nvidia-settings do you get the NVidia display settings gui?

Welcome! B) If you install Mandriva over a older version, you will be given the option to make new partitions, thus deleting all that is in the older partitions.

If you use this, do you get the logo you are looking for? Section "Device" Identifier "device1" Driver "nvidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 and later" Option "NoLogo" "false" EndSection

me too

You don't need an expensive, powerful card. I am running Mandriva 2008 with compiz on two computers with low end NVidia cards: GeForce4 GeForce FX 5200

I did a little research. From this thread: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=162752 If this post is accurate, it would appear your hardware is not adequate to run compiz. You need to purchase a higher power video card.

The best places to get help are here and the official Mandriva forum (http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/index.php?op=En) Have you tried running KRandRTray to set your resolution? (under System Tools in the older Mandriva I am running) You do have the NVidia driver installed correct?

Sad to hear this news. I have been impressed with Adam for a long time.

I had a look at the Mandriva Club Forum. This thread suggests you might have some luck if you install the older i810 driver: http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=...highlight=945gm

Good plan.

Welcome to the board! Well the first thing I would do is locate a 2008.1 version. The linux world moves quickly, and there have likely been many hardware related improvements, especially concerning laptops. Are you running KDE? Can you run KRandRTray under System Tools to change your screen size?

xboxboy: So you are attempting to use onboard ethernet? It might be easier to use an (inexpensive) ethernet card. My ethernet cards have always worked without fiddling with Mandriva.

scarecrow is telling you that your version of Mandriva (2008.0) does not have the latest nvidia driver 177.80. If you want to install this driver you will need to download it from nvidia's website. If I were you I would try to install 2008.1 or 2009.0 instead. These versions will certainly have newer drivers that may work with your card.

nice!

The binary is (usually) the file name. For example, when I run firefox I type: /opt/firefox/firefox