daniewicz

Hey Neddie:

Why do you suggest converting to a pdf?

Can't the existing eps file be opened directly from inkscape?

i was wondering if maybe i got a bad download?

Possibly. It is more likely you have a bad burn. Try burning a new disk from the iso you downloaded.

I agree this is a strange message.

Hard Disk Issue??

My question: How can I start the install directly onto the hard drive bypassing the try out mode.

You need the "free" version instead of the "one" version

I do not remember doing anything special when I installed it. I installed from the Mandriva One CD

I believe I default in 2008.1 One is High instead of Standard. Do as Nexus says and change to Standard if necessary.

What security level are you running at? Standard?

A little more detail regarding the aRTee post.

Tom Berger

The Magic SysRq Key

This feature allows you to do some basic maintenance tasks even if the rest of the system isn't responding. It is enabled by default on Mandrake Linux. In particular, it allows you to shutdown your system properly, thus avoiding the risk of file system corruption when simply turning the machine off with media still being mounted.

The 'SysRq' sequence involves pressing three keys at once, theleft ALT key, the 'SysRq' key (also labeled 'PrtSc' or 'F13') and a letter key:

1.

<ALT> <SysRq> <r> puts the keyboard in 'raw' mode.

This might be helpful in cases where the graphical interface does not respond to keyboard or mouse commands any more. Having pressed that sequence, press <ALT> <CTRL> <BACKSPACE> simultaneously. This will try to kill the X server and drops you onto the console (i.e. it's the emergency key combination to switch from runlevel 5 to runlevel 3).

2.

<ALT> <SysRq> <s> attempts to write all unsaved data to disk ('sync' the disk) to prevent file corruption.

3.

<ALT> <SysRq> <e> sends a termination signal to all processes, except for 'init'.

4.

<ALT> <SysRq> <i> sends a kill signal to all processes, except for init, thus terminating all processes which ignored the termination signal.

5.

<ALT> <SysRq> <u> remounts all mounted file systems read-only. This prevents file system corruption.

6.

<ALT> <SysRq> <b> reboots the system. Alternatively, replace the 'b' with an 'o' to turn the machine off.

If you look at this sequence, you see that you are - apart from the first step - actually emulating the 'init' shutdown process. Therefore it is important that you press these sequences in the correct order (e.g. that you 'sync' the drives before remounting them): Raw -Sync - tErm - kIll -Umount - reBoot. A possible mnemonic phrase: 'Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring'. Mandrake Linux user Louis suggested this phrase, which is a bit more on topic: 'Remembering the Sequence Entirely Is Useful Buddy'.

Thanks Dexter

Here is mine with 1 GB of swap

top - 18:50:58 up 2 days, 5:21, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.26, 0.11

Tasks: 90 total, 2 running, 88 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie

Cpu(s): 1.3%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 97.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.7%si, 0.0%st

Mem: 2075844k total, 859852k used, 1215992k free, 119192k buffers

Swap: 1092380k total, 0k used, 1092380k free, 485752k cached

It looks to me like you do not have a swap partition

press Ctrl+Alt+F1 which hopefully gets you to a login prompt.

login and then type"startx"

If you tell us the error messages you see on the screen, someone here can help you.

Mandriva 2008.1 user here, so I do not have dolphin and I am just taking a guess.

Can you right click on the folder and go to properties and go to permissions and adjust so that you have viewing privileges?

The camera is a Kodak EasyShare C913

Pink of course B)

ffmpeg2theora works great Greg, thanks for your help.

Ian:

It looks like I have libxine1 installed.

[steve@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i libxine

libxine1-1.1.12-2plf2008.1

libxinerama1-1.0.2-3mdv2008.1

[steve@localhost ~]$

[steve@localhost ~]$ urpmf --name libxine

libxinerama1-devel

libxinerama1

libxinerama1-static-devel

libxine1

libxine-devel

libxine1

libxine-devel

libxine1

libxine1

libxine-devel

libxine-devel

libxine1

libxine-devel

libxine1

Well I installed mplayer and it plays the .mov files fine. I still would prefer to use kaffeine if possible, so if anyone out there has any suggestions I am still interested.

Man those skins for mplayer are UGLY. I don't believe I have ever seen anything so hideous.

The midentify command gives:

ID_VIDEO_ID=0

ID_AUDIO_ID=1

ID_CLIP_INFO_NAME0=comments

ID_CLIP_INFO_VALUE0=EASTMAN\ KODAK\ COMPANY\ \ KODAK\ C913\ DIGITAL\ CAMERA

ID_CLIP_INFO_N=1

ID_FILENAME=test.mov

ID_DEMUXER=lavfpref

ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=jpeg

ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=0

ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=640

ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480

ID_VIDEO_FPS=15.033

ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.3333

ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=7

ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0

ID_AUDIO_RATE=11025

ID_AUDIO_NCH=1

ID_LENGTH=243.06

ID_SEEKABLE=1

ID_CHAPTERS=0

ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffmjpeg

ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=88200

ID_AUDIO_RATE=11025

ID_AUDIO_NCH=1

ID_AUDIO_CODEC=ulaw

ID_EXIT=EOF

Are you using the kaffeine-engine-xine?

yes

Are you using the vlc and vlc-plugins from the plf repo?

My vlc is from the plf repo.

I do not see a single package vlc-plugins. I see a vlc-plugin-a52 and a vlc-plugin-aa and a vlc-plugin-arts and a..........

I think I am starting to feel better.... :D

Mandriva 2008.1

KDE 3.5.9

kaffeine 0.8.6

vlc 0.9.3

The wife has a new kodak camera, and videos made are stored on the camera as mov files.

I installed win32-codecs and I now have widows codecs in /usr/lib/win32. Kaffeine has been configured to look in this folder.

BTW, what is wrong with Search?

Well, the search function does not appear to be working.

I am having trouble playing .mov files in Kaffeine. The video is OK but the sound is choppy.

If I try vlc, the sound is good but I have no video

Sigh

Welcome to the MUB! B)

I you login as root can you then delete the folder?

Welcome to MUB! B)

Corrupted install disk??

I have heard numerous stories of problems with install disks from magazines. I would download an iso file from here: http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free and burn it to a disk and try again. Let us know how things work out.

Welcome to the MUB! B)

Have a look at this thread:

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/69534-white-screen-of-death-solved/page__p__513574__hl__white%20screen__fromsearch__1entry513574

Is Mandriva supplied driver is better than driver that I've downloaded from nvida.com???

No, they are the same, but the Mandriva supplied driver might be a little older (in version).

I used nVidia GeForce 5500 FX with legacy driver 173XXX...

That is correct.

But still... I keep trying to install my nvidia with the driver that I've downloaded from nvidia.com...

Which NVidia driver are you trying to install? It appears to me you need the legacy driver 173.14.20. I have had errors in the past when I tried to install the wrong version.