daniewicz

Welcome to MUB B) Are there any errors reported in /var/log/messages?

It is a tool allowing you to install software and updates known in the linux world as packages. The packages are stored within repositories on remote servers called mirrors.

I have used Urpmi on Mandriva 2005 and 2008 without incident.

K3b cab be used to rip mp3's from audio Cd's as well.

Just another thought. Try running the KDE Control Center as root, and then make your mouse configuration changes. kdesu kcontrol

/var/log/messages

Are you able to change "pointer acceleration" or any other mouse parameter from the KDE Control Center?

Well, unfortunately, those messages do not mean anything to me. I am using 2008.0. Are there any other 2008.1 users out there who are having Amarok problems?

If you run Amarok from the command line, are there error messages to guide your trouble-shooting?

Yes we are. I contemplated making a comment regarding the whiny tone presented by dan in Jersey but decided against it. I sensed he was frustrated. I am not sure he would have been treated so well on a different forum.

Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc in a text editor and change AllowRootLogin=false to AllowRootLogin=true

The resemblance is uncanny isn't it.

RVDowning: I use an nvidia related startup file with a single line in my ~.kde/Autostart folder. It works just fine :unsure: and looks like this: #!/bin/bash nvidia-settings --load-config-only Just be sure to save this file as an executable file after placing it in ~.kde/Autostart folder. Hope this helps.

I am using 2008.0 (2.6.22-18-desktop586-1mdv) with a ipw3945 wireless card and WPA2. Belkin wireless router F5D9230-4

Sometimes my Belkin KVM switch does funny things. I find that if I am having problems the first thing to do is "reboot" the KVM. Shut down both computers so that power is removed from the KVM. Then start up the computers one by one.

A newer version of Mandriva is a good suggestion.

Try to install again, this time deleting any partitions from the previous installation attempts. The "live" CD stalling at the same point tells me there is something wrong with the hard disk. Maybe removing the previous partitions will rectify this.

This link may be of help also: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ma...esystem-289490/

When you say "clean disk" do you mean newly created partitions? Are you using partitions from previous installation attempts? This would be a bad idea if yo have had problems.

kdesu is what you need if you are a kde user.

Thanks. Xgalaga is working fine.

Greg2: I am interested in trying xgalaga on Mandriva 2008. Do you still have this rpm?

yossarian's suggestion is a good one. In addition to fixing your current problem, setting up URPMI will allow you to download and install system updates.