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Thanks for the tip but I already tried that and got the same error message. That's why I thought I must not be linking to the lib properly. Sorry I did'n't make that clear.

Here's a link on speed up tweaks you might find useful. It discusses some of the things already mentioned plus has some additional tips: http://www.desktop-linux.net/speedtweaks.htm The performance you describe is definetly subpar for linux give your more than adequate hardware.

This is the thread for you: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...=639&highlight= Have to update the kernel to get dma to work. See also these threads: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...&highlight=raid http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...&highlight=raid

Thanks. Gotta read these boards more carefully. Downloaded the libfmod file from the referenced site. Can't figure out where to put it or how to link it to get the game to run. This is what the readme says: Linux users - link with libfmod-3-61.so (i.e. gcc file.c -lfmod-3.61) and also: Linux specific issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux users link against libfmod-3.61.so. This file must also be present with your executable for distribution. Seems like compiling instructions to me. I'm lost.

When I try running the executable from a console this is the error I get: kartingrace: error while loading shared libraries: libfmod-3.61.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Any suggestions would be appreciated.

IrDA is for remote devices that transfer data by infrared like your TV remote. Some laptops have infrared sensors but I've never known anyone that uses the things.If you don't need it try turning off Irda in Mandrake Control Center>System>Services. It's probably set to start at boot.

To check for dma you can install a program called hdparm which is on the install disks but is not installed by default. Open Mandrake Control Center(mcc) by either going to it in the kde menu>Configuration or opening a console and running the following: $ su <Enter> $<root password> <Enter> # mcc <Enter> Go to Software Management>Install Software and type hdparm in the Search field then tick on hdparm in the search results.If some dependencies pop up tick OK then tick the Install button on the bottom. You will be prompted to insert one or more of the install disks and when everything is done, hdparm will be installed. To check your hard drives, open a console, su to root per the above and run the following: #hdparm -v /dev/hdb The dma line of the printout should read: using_dma = 1 (on). If not, you can turn it on by running the following command: #hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb

I assume you are using a Promise PCI card for additional ide ports. I used the Promise Ultra 100 controller with Md 8.2 and had similar problems with slow performance but have had no problems with Md 9.0. Post back what card you are using and if, in fact, you have a PCI add in controller. I have a few ideas but don't want to get into it if my assumptions are wrong.

Here's a link that might help: http://www.desktop-linux.net/nomenuupdate.htm According to the above, Mandrake and Debian restore the menu to the default state every time you install a new rpm. Never noticed this before myself. The problem and a solution are discussed.

The first thing I would try is to make boot floppies for Debian and BeOS. The next thing to understand is that at boot time, only the parttion from which lilo was originally installed(i.e. where lilo.conf is) is accessible and the info necassary for booting certainly your debian(vmliunuz and initrd.img) and probably your BeOS is on other inaccessible partitions.You have to copy that info to your Mandrake partiton and designate the right path to it in lilo.conf in order to boot to these operating systems. That's where the boot floppies come in; they contain all the info necessary to boot into these other operating systems Here's a step by step procedure for setting up another boot entry for a second linux operating system using Mandrake's lilo and mcc but first edit out your entries for debian and BeOS in your lilo.conf: 1. As root create a directory in /boot called debian and copy the contents of your boot floppy for debian to /boot/debian; 2. Open mcc>Boot>Boot Config and tick the "Configure" button. When the drakboot window pops up tick "OK" which will bring up another drakboot popup window. Tick the "Add" button on this window then tick "Linux" on the next popu window that will come up; 3.Fill in the Label field as "Debian"; the image field as "/boot/debian/vmlinuz"; the initrd field as "/boot/debian/initrd.img"; in the root field fill in "/dev/hdx" where hdx is the root partition where debian is installed all without quotes. Leave the other fields blank for now but you may have to go back and edit the append line in lilo.conf later, for example, to provide for scsi emulation, ect. This should be enough to boot into debian; 4.Open a console and as root run lilo (# lilo); 5. Reboot and you should have a Debian entry in lilo and it should work. The above works for all the linux distros I've tried but I don't know enough about BeOS to tell you what boot info has to be copied in order to boot it i.e. I don't know if it has an image and initrd file but I suspect it has something like it coming out of unix. I can tell you that you will probably have to copy that info to the Mandrake partition in order to get a working entry in Mandrake's lilo. The first place I would look is on the boot floppy if you are able to make one; all the necessary boot info has to be there. Also, it is not absolutely necessary to have boot flopies; you can copy the image and initrd files for the other linux distro from its /boot but I like having the boot floppies and it eliminates any error in getting the right image and initrd files.

Thanks AA. Found what you were talking about. The encoder is set to ogg by default!! Now why did they put the ogg encoder under the mp3 tab?? I guess I've been ripping to ogg for some time. As for your xmms problem, I noticed a similar issue in Md 8.2, i.e. the equalizer would not work playing certain types of files. I could manually change the output plugin, I beleive from arts to oss and get the equalizer to work. In md 9, I can't get the equalizer to work at all but the sound quality has greatly improved over 8.2 so I haven't felt the need to mess with it. In 8.2 I had to continually mess with the equalizer to get decent sound out of xmms.The sound is great without the equalizer in 9.0. All that being said, I've been unable to find any bitrate or format under which Streisand sounds good or even bearable for that matter. :lol:

Glad it worked. Galeon is a stripped down mozilla browser which I like very much but it doesn't have mail. You might try either kmail or evolution, both of which are very good email programs.

Here's a link to a thread that discusses problems with the promise raid controller in kernel 2.4.19 used in Md 9.0 and other distros: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...=445&highlight=

Haven't tried it myself yet, but a nice animation program called Moho was recently ported to linux. Here's a link to a trial version: http://www.lostmarble.com/moho/download.shtml

Galeon's first time druid has an option for importing mozilla bookmarks which you can rerun from the "Tools" drop down menu. As for the location of the mozilla bookmarks, they should be in a subdirectory of ".mozilla", a hidden directory located in your home directory. You can see this in konqueror by clicking the "Show Hidden Files" option in the "View" drop down menu.

If your running kde, try ripping the ogg file with konqueror. It's actually a pretty nice feature. Open konqueror and note the series of small buttons which separate the left pane from the right window. On my system there are six going from top to bottom as follows: Bookmarks, History, Home Directory, Root Directory, Services. Click on the last button called "Services". On my system it has a little gear icon. When you do so, the left pane will change and the top entry will be Audio CD Browser. Click on it to expand the entry and go down to Ogg Vorbis and click on it. In the right window you will see all the tracks listed with the .ogg file extension. Right click on the track(s) you want and click copy then navigate to the location you want and right click, click paste and the selected files will be automatically ripped to ogg and placed there. Also, you say you are using grip to rip to ogg. The default configuration I got for grip with Md 9.0 has grip set to rip mp3. The program seems pretty configurable and I'm sure there are ways to get it to rip to ogg but I would be curious as to how you did it. It's not immediatlely apparent to me.

I had the same error message when I updated my kernel. After booting with my old kernel, I ran lilo from a console as root(# lilo), rebooted and I was able to boot with the new kernel. Give it a try; it might work for you too.

Glad it worked. I think you might have a problem with the setting of your default desktop which was the logic behind my suggestion. In Mandrake, "kde" is an alias for "startx kde". Try that command and see if it still works. My theory is that the starx command looks for the default desktop and has trouble finding it. When you specify the desktop, X knows what destop to start up and doesn't need to look for the default.

What is your default window manager, kde, gnome, etc? I assume it's probably kde if you went with the defaults during installation. Instead of startx, try typing "kde" w/o quotes at the command prompt.

You have supermount enabled; the first thing I'd try is disabling supermount and see if the problem improves. Here's a thread discussing the issue: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=2500

Edit your home made .bashrc file to include the following alias: alias ls= 'ls --color=auto' That should give you color coded files, directories, ect. for the ls command if that's what your looking for.

Your fstab entry for your floppy looks wrong.The install sets the mount point at /mnt/floppy, not mnt/floppy. Check your /mnt directory and see what's there. Also, what commands are you using to mount your cd drives?

I don't know if this is entirely relevant, but I seem to remember a problem from the old board relating to shorewall and the iptables. Basically, if you install and activate shorewall once, it makes certain changes to your iptables which persist even after deactivation or uninstalling shorewall. As I recall, the solution was to uninstall shorewall, then uninstall iptables and finally reinstall iptables before trying a different firewall. I'm not real certain about any of the above, but hopefully this will be of some use.

I've used Acronis with no problems on ext3. What problems are you having?

I'm not sure why your loosing your symlink. Just as a wild guess, try making it a hard link instead of a soft link by running the same command as root but delete the "-s" like so: # ln /dev/sound/dsp /dev/dsp <enter>