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  3. Weird, weird problem....

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    I found it!!! dang...it was the security settings on Mozilla...loading pictures. Apparently a FireFox setting was preventing me from downloading pictures (ads) that are loaded not from the original web site.

    Now I can browse Linux.com, Slashdot.org, etc, etc....  :drum:

     

    Hmm..well, that worked only for Slashdot.org :wall:

  4. Weird, weird problem....

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    I found it!!! dang...it was the security settings on Mozilla...loading pictures. Apparently a FireFox setting was preventing me from downloading pictures (ads) that are loaded not from the original web site.

    Now I can browse Linux.com, Slashdot.org, etc, etc.... :drum:

  5. Weird, weird problem....

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    I've done all that, I have the same name servers on my Mandrake box as the ones I have in my Windows box. No proxy either, the weird thing is just certain sites.

    I just don't understand what does slashdot.org and linux.com would have that won't load on my browser.

  6. Weird, weird problem....

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    Posted · Edited by n00blar

    Mandrake 10 and using latest mozilla, konqueror and firefox 1.0.

     

    I'm able to browse many websites; however, there are several (well quite a few) that will refuse to load on any browser I use. Websites such as www.slashdot.org, www.linux.com, www.ebay.com and many others will never load on any of my browsers.

    I've removed cache folders; I've removed re-installed firefox on clean directories and nada.

    As I said, I can access many many websites (including this one :) ), but I can't get those sites to ever come up.

     

    I wanted to add that If I boot to my Windows computer - this problem doesn't exist. :wall:

     

    Any ideas?

  8. Change profile for new users [SOLVED]

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    Here's something I can't figure out yet.

    I'd like to change my system so that anytime I create a new user, in my Mandrake 10 box, a folder Maildir/ gets created in the new user's home directory structure.

     

    This is mainly because I just got a copy of Qmail working properly and I'd like to use the Maildir/ option.

     

    Thanks.

  9. Browsing certain websites

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    I have something weird happening on my system, Mandrake 10 with Gnome 2.4.

    For some reason I can't browse sites such as: ebay.com, slashdot.org, linux.com, etc, etc.

    My browsers, firefox, mozilla, konkeror, etc, etc...keep on 'loading' something endlessly.

     

    My question is, am I missing something on my system, maybe Java? :screwy:

     

    By the way, does Mandrake come with a JAVA RPM? I can't seem to find it installaed on my system, well..I don't really know the name of the RPM.

     

    Thanks.

  10. Three quick questions

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    As for Q1/ Nautilus enables you to browse networks -> select the "Network" (I think its called..) option, and then do as.. You will still need the samba client installed, but that should be it.

     

    If you want Nautilus to act as an "explorer" rather than just show the current folder (i.e. have a directory tree on the left h/s, look at this

     

    Hmm...can't find that option you're talking about..I'm using Gnome 2.4 (which comes with Mandrake 10).

  11. Three quick questions

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    Open a console and run:

     

    $ su

    <enter root password>

    # ln -s /mnt/windows windows

     

    Open nautilius and you will see a new directory in your home directory called windows which is a link to /mnt/windows. Clicking on it will reveal the contents of your windows partition. If you want it on your desktop, just drag the windows directory to your desktop. The link should still work.

     

    Oohh, thanks for the tip...I was wondering if I could do that, but never actually got to use the ln command. :thumbs:

  14. Three quick questions

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    My setup is Mandrake 10 and I'm running Gnome 2.4

     

    1. What application do you guys recommend to browse a Windows network.

    I came across Gnomba, but I don't know if this project is still being developed/supported.

     

    2. I'm running Evolution as my mail client (the version that came with Mandrake 10 CDs) - is there a way to allow Evolution to log on to an MS Exchange server?

     

    3. On my current HD hard drive, I have an NTFS partition which I can browse to it if I use Nautilus and go to /mnt/windows, etc, etc.

    I've been trying to create an icon, on my desktop, that will allow me to get to this partition without having to browse to it, but for some reason it can't get it to work properly. Any ideas on how to achieve this?

     

    Thanks.

  15. system specs

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    I would really suggest adding more RAM and maybe a bigger hard drive. 8 Gigs will be good for a very basic system; I don't know if you'll be able to load any 'big' third party applications from your installation CDs.

  16. ATI drivers and Mandrake 10

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    Ok, after some playing around with 'uname -r' I found out that I had loaded the wrong kernel-source RPMs.

    My machine has HT enabled at the BIOS level, so Mandrake created many boot options for me, such as:

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="linux"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    vga=788

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="linux-nonfb"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB

    label="linux-i686-up-4GB"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-p3-smp-64GB

    label="linux-p3-smp-64GB"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd-p3-smp-64GB.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk

    label="263-7"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp

    label="linux-smp"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd-smp.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

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    It appears that initrd=/boot/initrd-p3-smp-64GB.img is my default image; however, I don't have, or at least I can't find, source RPMs for initrd=/boot/initrd-p3-smp-64GB.img.

    That's why the ATI drivers are not loading properly.

     

    If I'm to boot using 2.6.3-7mdk image, then the drivers load up and install just fine.

    Now, my question is...am I still taking advantage of the HT feature set in my BIOS if I use this image?

     

    Thanks.

  17. ATI drivers and Mandrake 10

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    Posted · Edited by n00blar

    Thanks, so much :)

     

    Now, pardon my n00bness, my linux link on /usr/src reads... linux -> linux-2.6.3-19mdk/

    So, I downloaded - fglrx-3.12.0-2thac.src.rpm ( I don't know if this is the right file)

    I ran it as you mentioned...it took about 5 minutes of compiling.

    Now I went ahead and tried to run: rpm -Uh --force fglrx-4.3.0-3.14.1.i386.rpm (ATI driver file) and I'm getting the same error message.

     

    Did I download the wrong src file?

     

    Thanks so much for your reply. :thanks:

  18. ATI drivers and Mandrake 10

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    Posted · Edited by n00blar

    I've searched a bit on this forum, but I can't seem to find pointers or clues to my problem.

    I'm trying to install the latest ATI linux drivers for Mandrake 10, and here's the message I get:

    *** Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.

    *** WARNING ***

    Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system.

    You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir

    and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module.

    Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh'

    in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository.

    (see readme.txt for more details.)

     

    As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated

    OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance.

     

    failed.

    *** Error: no kernel module build environment - please consult readme.

    *** Warning ***

    The QT based control panel application did not load in any version.

    ===

    ATI display drivers successfully installed

    please run 'fglrxconfig' now

    ===

     

     

    Now, I try to run ... sh make.sh in the dir /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod - and I get this error message:

    ATI module generator V 2.0

    ==========================

    initializing...

    Error:

    kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include do not match current kernel.

    they are versioned as ""

    instead of "2.6.3-7mdk-p3-smp-64GB".

    you might need to adjust your symlinks:

    - /usr/include

    - /usr/src/linux

     

    Now, in /usr/src I have the fhe following link: linux -> linux-2.6.3-19mdk/

    Also under /usr/src I have these directories:

    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 18 23:26 ATI/

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 9 17:25 linux -> linux-2.6.3-19mdk/

    drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Oct 9 17:25 linux-2.6.3-16mdk/

    drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Oct 18 22:53 linux-2.6.3-19mdk/

    drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 5 15:05 RPM/

     

    I'm really at a loss now; I don't know exactly how to get these drivers loaded.

    I do know that my CPU has HyperThreading enabled; which is the reason why Mandrake loaded a bunch of kernels that come up as options on my lilo.conf file.

    Lilo.conf is set to: default="linux"

    and

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="linux"

    root=/dev/sda5

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    vga=788

    read-only

     

    Hopefully all this information can give you an idea as to what it may be going on with my configuration that it won't allow me to install ATI drivers.

     

    Thanks for your help and time reading this long message :)

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