daniewicz

Your 1000 fps does seem low. I get around 900 with a GF2 card. What kind of performance do you see when running the AGPGART driver?

Do a google for the "ultimate boot CD". It has memtest86 and a bunch of other cool stuff. Let the memtest run overnight.

Then if you're gonna try to turn services off, do one at a time in between reboots.

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good advice

 

Here is a brief description of some of the services that I found somewhere on the web

 

anacron

Related to the 'cron'-daemon. 'cron' runs tasks like system maintenance at certain times, but skips them if the system isn't running at that time. That's where 'anacron' comes in: it checks delayed 'cron'-tasks at boot-time and executes them. If your machine doesn't run all the time, you should leave it enabled. Optional. Doc: man anacron

 

apmd

The Advanced Power Management BIOS Daemon. Only needed if your computer runs on battery. Optional. Doc: man apmd

 

arpwatch

Keeps track of ethernet/ip address pairings. Usually not enabled. Optional. Doc: man arpsnmp

 

atd

The "At Daemon". Manages scheduled jobs. Related to crond. Essential. Doc: man atd, man at

 

autofs

Controls the automount daemon (note: this has nothing to do with 'supermount'). Usually not enabled. You might need it if you want to mount network-shares automatically. Optional. Doc: man autofs, man automount

 

bootparamd

Used to provide boot-information to diskless clients. You probably don't need this vulnerable service. Usually not enabled. Optional. Doc: man bootparamd

 

crond

The Cron Daemon. Manages repeated tasks. Related to atd. Essential. Doc: man crond, man cron

 

gpm

General Purpose Mouse Daemon. Necessary only if you want to use your mouse on the console (not xterms). If you only work within X it's better to turn it off, incompatibilities with X are a known issue. Optional. Doc: man gpm

 

httpd

The daemon necessary to run the Apache web-server. If you do not intend to run a web-server, turn it off: it uses a considerable amount of system resources and makes your box vulnerable to outside attacks if not configured properly. Optional. Doc: man httpd.

 

inet(d)

This handles dial-in services like ftp, pop3 and telnet (these three are enabled by default). If you only dial-out turn it off!. In its default setting it essentially invites anyone who knows your IP to launch an attack at your box. If you want to use it however, have a look at '/etc/inetd.conf', '/etc/hosts.allow', '/etc/hosts.deny' and install the tcp-wrappers.rpm. Optional. Doc: man inetd, man hosts_access and man tcpd.

 

keytable

Loads the selected keyboard map as set in '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'. Usually enabled. Essential for users with non-US keyboards. Doc: man loadkeys

 

kudzu

Detects and configures new or changed hardware during boot. If you turn it off your box will boot faster. You can then run it from within the system. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man kudzu

 

linuxconf

This is not needed to run LinuxConf. This service is used to configure a linux box remotely with a browser. Most linux users will probably never use this. If not needed, it's safe to turn this off. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: '/usr/lib/linuxconf/help.

 

lpd

The "Line Printer Spooler Daemon". Needed for printing. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man lpd

 

netfs

Network Filesystem Mounter. Generic service. Needed for mounting NFS, SMB and NCP shares on boot. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man mount

 

network

Activates all network interfaces at boot time by calling the scripts in '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts'. Usually enabled. Essential. Doc: man ifconfig and the appropriate documentation for the initiated interfaces.

 

nfslock

Starts and stops the NFS file locking service. If you have no idea what this means, you can turn it off. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man nfs.

 

numlock

Locks NumLock key at init runlevel change. Usually enabled. Optional. No docs.

 

pcmcia

For laptop users only. Optional. Read the script.

 

portmap

Needed for Remote Procedure Calls. Portmap can be a huge security risk if not properly configured. It should only be needed for NFS or NIS services, if you don't use these then turn it off. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man portmap

 

postfix

This is the "Mail Transport Agent", something like sendmail. If you use Netscape Mail, KMail you can turn it off. Usually enabled. Optional. Doc: man postfix, '/usr/doc/postfix-[version]/html/index.html'

 

random

Random Number Generating Daemon. Needed for security. Essential. Doc: man 4 random

 

routed

Network Routing Daemon. Don't use this unless you really need it and don't use this if you have a dial-up connection. Optional. Doc: man routed

 

rstatd

The kernel statistics server (advanced networking stuff). Usually not enabled. Optional. Doc: man rpc.rstatd

 

rusersd, rwalld, rwhod

Provide several services useful when running a server. Usually not enabled. Optional. Doc: man-pages

 

smb

Needed for running SAMBA, the "Server Message Block Protocol Server". It allows you to provide network services to Windows clients and access shares on those machines from your GNU/Linux box. Usually not enabled. Optional. Doc: man samba, MUO pages on configuring SAMBA.

 

syslog

System Message Logger. Essential. Doc: man sysklogd

 

usb

Daemon for devices on the Universal Serial Bus. If you don't use such devices, you can turn it off. Usually enabled. Optional. For more check the files in /usr/src/linux/drivers/usb (you'll need the kernel-sources.rpm for this)

 

xfs

X Font Server. If you don't load this then you'll have to manually set the font paths in '/etc/X11/XF86Config' and use and external TrueType font server like xfstt. Usually enabled. Essential for X users. Doc: man xfs

I used to use a US Robotics 5610B internal PCI modem on Mandrake 10.0 before I switched to DSL. This modem is a hardware modem and requires no drivers.

Guarddog was unable to read the file at /etc/rc.firewall as being a Guarddog firewall.

This probably means that this file in not actually a Guarddog firewall.

This is not a problem, but please note that if you exit Guarddog via the 'Ok' button this file will be overwritten.

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If I recall my Guarddog installation correctly, selecting OK and overwriting the original file was what I did with no ill effects. You have no firewall installed other than iptables, and Guarddog is an iptables front end.

After inserting a CD, can you right click on the icon and see a menu item "mount"?. You need to mount the drive before you can use it.

Guarddog is a GUI for the (default) linux iptables firewall.

I am not aware of any performance tweaks you can make to XF86Config4, but I have only been running Mandrake a few months. Perhaps someone else here has a suggestion?

 

There is another software application you can download called Yanc, but I'm not sure it offers anything beyond what you see in nvidia-settiings

You can start by running nvidia-settiings from the command line. That will bring up the NVidia Driver Configuration app.

The link is working now. That is some nice looking hardware!

Well, the CMOS battery is a possibility, and it would (presumably) be inexpensive to replace.

 

I got a network timeout when I tried your link, but from your response it sounds like you are dealing with a SFF box. I have been intrigued with this type of hardware lately....Is most of the hardware proprietary?

Have you tried clearing the CMOS on the motherboard?

 

I would suspect the power supply. Do you have another you can try?

glad you were able to get your internet access working

No, DLS is not ISDN.

 

It would be better if you had an IP address to specify for your ISP, instead of relying on the list.

Are you selecting "New Connection" under the Mandrakelinux Contol Center?

 

When you follow these menu items, does your ethernet card seem to be recognized?

Don't choose IDSN, choose ADSL from the menu.

Is it possible to connect to your DSL through an ethernet card instead of the USB? The ethernet card would not require any drivers.

I had Mandrake 10 installed on a harddisk that I later retired. I forgot about the drive and its contents until recently when I built a computer out of spare parts. My collection of spare parts included the retired drive. EVERY piece of hardware was different from the original install, and Mandrake still booted. Amazing.

 

I then wiped it clean and installed Windows 98 so my 6 year old daughter could play Barbie. So sad. :)

also is there any way the i asks me t connect when i open the browser like in windows

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No. You will have to connect first using kppp manually. It may be possible to write a script which launches kppp and then your browser, but that is outside of my skillset :P

I am using DHCP also and my ifcfg-eth0 looks like this:

 

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

ONBOOT=yes

MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes

WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=""

DHCP_HOSTNAME=XXX.XXX.X.XXX (modem IP goes here)

NEEDHOSTNAME=yes

Have you installed kppp? We need more information to help you.

Dont forget the utility to tweak your NVidia card which is installed with the driver. Type nvidia-settings from the terminal.

Why is "NvAGP" "3" commented out? What happens if you remove the #

 

How about "NvAGP" "1"

 

There seems to be a lot of rivab talk at www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/index.php Have you looked there?

I looked at the two XF86Config files you posted. I think bvc wants you to take the information from the knoppix version and insert it into your version like this:

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "Unknown"

BoardName "Unknown"

EndSection

 

Try the above and let us know....

Check /var/log/messages for error messages during booting. There may be a hint there to what the problem is.