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I prefer prboom, as it's more accurate to the original Doom.

[root@KiviDell bon]# rpm -q x11-server x11-server-1.3.0.0-23mdv2008.0 that's your problem. that release was broken. Update from Cooker again and you should get x11-server-1.3.0.0-24mdv2008.0 . that one's fixed. sorry about that. :)

artee's suggestion is best. Follow the instructions at: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tas...tions_available to add the non-free repository (and others) as an available source for packages on your system. Then re-run the graphics card configuration utility, re-select your graphics card, and it will ask if you want to use the proprietary driver. Say 'yes'. Then restart the system. That's the easiest way to enable the proprietary driver.

scare: Intel and AMD use various excuses to inflate the FSB speeds they quote, usually involving double- or quad- pumped memory speeds. But if you stick with the most accurate available definition of FSB (as artee noted, it's becoming a confused issue), 200MHz is the most accurate number to use. And *still*, as I noted, the FSB speed is entirely irrelevant to the issue. That's not what /proc/cpuinfo is quoting, nor anything else on the system that measures CPU speed. gul: I would read that as saying the CPU is currently running at 800MHz due to scaling, but is capable of 2GHz. Depending on the scaling strategy being used it's entirely possible your system will run your CPU at 800MHz most of the time. Try doing something CPU intensive - compile something, run a CPU burning test app, whatever - and check cpuinfo_cur_freq again, see if it goes up to 2GHz. artee's explanation - that the reading is wrong - is also possible, but not the *first* explanation I'd pick.

"and I need use VESA driver (there no on intel driver)" there's no...what...? please give: rpm -q x11-server rpm -q x11-driver-video-intel thanks.

"You have too many different kernel source packages." No, he doesn't. He has: kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.13mdv-1-1mdv2007.1 kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.14mdv-1-1mdv2007.1 kernel-source-2.6.17.13mdv-1-1mdv2007.1 kernel-source-2.6.17.14mdv-1-1mdv2007.1 kernel-source-stripped-latest-2.6.17-14mdv those packages should all co-exist fine. There's no *point* in having both -source and -source-stripped - you may as well remove -source-stripped - but it should work okay. However, this is odd: [richard@localhost Desktop]$ rpm -qa | grep nvidia dkms-nvidia97xx-1.0-9755.1mdv2007.1 nvidia97xx-1.0-9755.1mdv2007.1 nvidia97xx-kernel-2.6.17-13mdv-9755-1mdk that shows no trace of the packages from PLF you claim you installed. Did you remove them?

don't be that scared of bugzilla. we'd rather you post 10 'silly' bugs and one useful one than not post anything because you're scared. All bugs are handled by the triage team before being handled by the developers, and I run the triage team. So if anyone's mean to you, tell me and I'll set 'em straight. :D

scarecrow: FSB does not mean what you think it does, which is confusing people. FSB means front side bus. Ever since the 486DX/2 (remember that?) and the Pentium 266, almost all processors have run the front side bus at one speed and the CPU itself at another, as you can generally run the CPU's internal clock a lot faster than the FSB. As per http://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/136/AMD_T...n_64_ML-37.html , the Turion ML-37's FSB speed is 200MHz. This is entirely irrelevant to the question at hand, which does not involve the FSB at all. So please stop talking about FSB, you're just confusing the issue. Gul, check your speed by checking the stuff in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ . It's more accurate. cpuinfo_cur_freq is the current frequency, cpuinfo_max_freq is the max, cpuinfo_min_freq is the min, and scaling_governor tells you what frequency scaling strategy is currently being used.

yeah, you can get Fusion from backports for 2007.1, but it's not exactly recommended. drak3d doesn't work with it, so if you install it, you have to enable it manually by hacking at the text config files. instructions are here: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/archive/index.php/t-3238.html don't poke it if you're not prepared to get your hands dirty. :) if you're running 2008 RC2 and you enable 3D desktop, you're already using Fusion, it's been in Cooker for ages. dude67: you should generally consider the first posted release date for any Mandriva release as a 'vague aspiration' not a deadline. :D We generally miss them by around two to three weeks (this is what I always assume) so 2008 is actually rather ahead of the usual schedule.

well, we're going to need more information. what system is this? what type of network card? wireless card? mouse?

/etc/urpmi/skip.list . the syntax can be a bit tricky, though, it uses regexps.

http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34281

I do like Attansic's somewhat unique driver release system, a.k.a. 'mail it to someone who works on Ubuntu'. heh. if they'd done something radical like, oh, had a webpage or submitted it to LKML or something, we might have noticed this before and had time to get it in 2008, but it's too late for release now. We should be able to get it into a 2008 post-release update, though, and possibly backport it for 2007.1 kernel update.

final release will likely be next week sometime.

well, tell us what you think of the new menu in 2008. personally I didn't have a problem with the old menu either, but the new one is definitely nice.

yes, this comes down to a hardware issue. one of our main internal machines, ken, started having troubles around a week ago. we transferred as many of its functions as possible to another machine, raoh. however, raoh didn't have enough disk space to take over all its functions, and in the adjustment, transfer of security updates from the internal to the external server got disabled. I think it's been fixed now, so the recent updates should now be getting out to public mirrors over the next day or two.

well, it was about a month ago that I tested it, so perhaps it's gotten better since then. I'll have to give it another try. Thanks for the heads up.

Hi, I'm one of the Mandriva employees tyme referred to. :) The 'just applications' mode for rpmdrake is an interesting idea that has been proposed before, but we haven't yet had time to look seriously at implementing it. I'll have to talk to Thierry about it once we get 2008 released. As neddie wrote, KDE 4 is experimental in 2008. KDE 3.5 is still the default. To get KDE 4 you must set up the official online repositories and then install the relevant packages. If you have the ATI proprietary driver working I guess you must have set up the online repositories already, but just in case, the instructions are here: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tas...tions_available installing the kdebase4 package should pull in most of KDE 4. It should then appear on the login screen as a desktop choice.

true. so on x86-64 you're stuffed, really. I tried the IcedTea plugin and found it basically useless, it hardly worked right anywhere.

neddie: IcedTea is basically Sun Java. It's all the bits of Sun Java that have truly been open sourced already, with the missing stuff replaced by open source bits from the other Free Java projects. IcedTea, including the plugin, is also in Mandriva 2008. However, we're not publicising the plugin, as it's highly immature. It really doesn't work well enough for regular use. If you want a usable Java plugin, you still have to use the proprietary edition of Sun Java (which is of course available in non-free).

Damn Small Linux might be a good fit for that machine.

it's not that obvious a bug: there is no beta2 or beta3 version of the data package. see: http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfi...elease_id=13129 I'll see if I can sort out the conflict somehow.

some mirrors still carry all the 2006 updates that were released, I think distrib-coffee has them. but it's no longer getting any new updates, and hasn't for a while. I wouldn't recommend using it.

iphitus: this is meant to be part of our official 2008 installfest, the mail for which went out a few days ago (see below). roved posted to the official forums, I suggested he come post here too as I seem to remember there's a few Australians here. he's already involved with the Sydney LUG, I believe. Mandriva Linux 2008 will be released soon! In order to celebrate this event, to bring Linux to new users and present the new features available in Mandriva Linux 2008, Mandriva would like to coordinate a worldwide Installfest on November 17th, 2007. Expert Mandriva Linux users are invited to assist beginners to help them get started with the operating system. Participants will be able to get help on installing Mandriva Linux 2008 on their laptop or desktop, get all answers to their questions and meet other Linux users. If you would like to hold an install party in your country, please contact lugs@mandrivalinux.org and we will send send you: * Mandriva Linux One 2008 * stickers * posters * pens * electronic communication kit Check out all the information on Mandriva Community wiki : http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Community/Events/Installfest2008 If you have any question concerning the event, do not hesitate to contact us at lugs AT mandrivalinux DOT org. The Mandriva Team

he's using a server on the *local* network. note the IP address - 192.168.1.31.