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honestly it would be nice if they pooled resources and made 1 kick but work environment. It really sucks that the xp environment is quicker, and slicker then KDE AND Gnome... And really I hear all the arguments about wich one is better... they are almost exactly the same (i prefer kde) but both of them have SLOW filemanagers Anyways thats my rant about loving linux, but not having a single DE that I like...

Hi, I mount novell drives from my mandriva 2006 server with the ncpmount program. This used to work fine in 2005 but after i formatted and upgrade I get errors. Heres what happens: I mount, everything works fine. 2 minutes later if I ls in the mounted directory I get a input/ouput error. I look in my /var/log/kernel directory under error I get: ibm_acpi: ec object not found (dont know if this has anything to do with it... i switched to an ibm comp though) ncpfs: Connection Invalid! Oddly enough it works for a few mins.. then it drops... Any ideas?

Ok Im working on another chapter... "what is linux?" but if you guys think i should make it so that it has a pic of /home than ill do it.... I guess even if i tell them to autoallocate? Hanes

thanks for the tips! I sort of downgraded the audio to keep the size as small as possible, as it is 2.8 megs is a lot... some of the audio i couldnt downgrade so it sounds a bit better.... bios screenshots i should fix... they were just shots I got off the net, maybe Ill just write over them... /home partition? yeah... was a little hard to explain, i guess if a newbie is doin it, it really wont matter anyway? swap, yeah I should probably put in the formula to... swap is kinda important how did I make it? Flash w/ wine. Some stuff I quickly did with Swish (in windows, the beast). Any good swf maker for Linux? Thanks a lot for your encouragement! Hanes

Thanks for the responses! I fixed some erros, and Im trying to make it fit better on 800x600 monitors......

Hi, I teach a OS course at a high school so I am making some flash install tutorials. If anyone wants to see what an install would be like just follow this link. http://www.tuxpedia.com/chap2.html The tutorial is 4 megs so it'll take a minute to load. Feedback would be nice too. I am open to tips so if anyone notices any problems please tell me! [moved from Installing Mandriva by spinynorman]

Hi, I run a school Webpage. We use a lot of software to help the teachers post lessons, we run invision powerboard and wordpress... Some teachers would like to save their web pages out of front page... would you install Front Page extensions or just an FTP server? Whats easier from the user perspective? Is there anything else out there that would be better solution? Thanks Hanes

Fixed, the resolution thing is still a problem but I just resize. I fixed the video out problem by switching from the XV driver to the X11 driver in prefrences under mplayer... Simple but confusing Thanks for the help

Still doesnt work... Too bad I really would like to get this working... maybe going back to 2005 will work? Here is my conf file cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "synaptics" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "RightEdge" "5300" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1024x768" HorizSync 31.5-55 VertRefresh 40-70 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" BoardName "ATI Radeon" Driver "ati" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 480 360 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 480 360 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 480 360 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 480 360 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore" Screen "screen1" EndSection

I have a IBM T42 laptop and it works pretty good with Mandriva. I just installed 2006 on it plus the thinkpad modules from urpmi and I have a couple problems with my CRT (connecting my laptop to a projector/monitor). 1. When I reboot X the signal goes to the projector fine, but it is in a different resolution,if I move my mouse to the bottom of the screen the whole screen moves... I guess the way to describe this is that the desktop isnt scaled to fit my screen anymore... is there a way to fix this? 2. This is the real problem... When I am watching a movie on my laptop in kaffiene the movie doesn't show up on the projector. I see my desktop, I see kaffiene, but the actuall movie is black... I really need to fix this cause I show movies all the time.... Interestingly enough I had 2005 on this laptop and experienced none of these problems... anyone know how to fix this? Thanks for your time

Endeavour worked... What else can I say? This isnt a little thing, the KDE team (or Konqueror team) really needs to look at this. Nothing makes an os feel worse then a crappy/slow file manager. Oh well, I guess Ill use Endeavour for now! Thanks for the tips

funny, havent played this game in a while. But getting it to work in Mandriva was a big turning point for me... THANKS cedega!

Thanks it worked. Now the only problem is every time i use a wizard it erases the routes... oh well, I made a script file to set em back...

Ditto, that howto helped me set it up lickety split

Im switching an old server from redhat 7 or so to mandriva 2005... Its funny how faster Mdk 2005 is on the same box! Anyway I have a quick question... my server is set up as a static ip, and i have 3 routes to enter (each with a different subnet and gateway) the MCC doesnt let me do this? is there an alternate method? i dont know the text way because the old red hat server just had it under "network settings"

I have tried ROX, its a bit faster. I dont like it because I can't have a tree view (you know like showing all the folders hierarchly...Is this even possible with rox?..) Every other file manager I've tried is missing something...

I have a alaptop that dual boots (I keep the windows partition around but barely ever use it...). I use it at work and I hook into a novell directory. Im a teacher and a directory I often use is called "STUDENTS", iin it there are 1500 other directories, these are the students personal files. If i look in this directory with konqueror, konqueror crashes. If I look in it with Nautilus (under gnome) nautilus is slow... and eventually crashes. If I look in it with Windows Explorer, it works suprisingly fast. I'm not complaining, or even saying windows is better (I would hate to work in windows, but at work i dont seem to have a lot of choice.. i work in this directory everyday). But I would like to ask, if anyone else has noticed stuff like this? On all my linux computers (i have a few) I cannot seem to find a file manager that comes even close to windows explorer.... Any comments/solutions? PS please dont say just do an ls under command line (which by the way command line works fine in this directory)

well, i figured out that in all my printer boxes the printer is there.... i can print from the client but oddly enough under mcc -> hardware -> add printer the printer is not there and not addable.... but i can print from a kde app.... whatever it works thanks for the help

the printer is on a mandriva 2005 server that i set up pretty much following the how-to i linked to off this site. The client is also mandriva 2005.' Also I went to localhost:631, couldnt find anything about sharing there......but it was neat to know that it existed.... When I typed the smbclient info (on the server) I got this output... I am trying to share the BROTHER1430, the workgroup is supposed to be MDKGROUP (I think the other one was made by a windows partition isnt active anymore.) Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- print$ Disk pdf-gen Printer PDF Generator (only valid users) incoming Printer Incoming IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 3.0.13) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 3.0.13) BROTHEHL1430 Printer BROTHER HL-1430 112Laser Printer HP LaserJet 5000 hanes Disk Home Directories Domain=[u411] OS=[unix] Server=[samba 3.0.13] Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- MDKGROUP U411 WORKGROUP NIKAO

I am running samba on my network.... I followed the howto on installing samba and it worked great! (https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=16737&hl=samba). But I want to share the printer attached to this server. When I set up samba file sharing I clicked on "share all my printers", but then when I go to the client and under mcc -> hardware -> add printer and click on search network for printers it tells me there are no printers on my network. Any advice would be great as I am a little lost. Thanks in advance! Hanes

you know what really annoys me about the urpmi one, it uses the gnome file box, the one i download from the net uses the kde file/save box... Any idea how this works? Does mandriva change something in the script or something?

Hello, I have a new version of Firefox (1.06) and and old version on my system (the one that came default through urpmi)... On the new version I can't watch any movies but on the old one I can (I guess this is because urpmi is putting the plugins somewhere and the new firefox doesnt know about it......) How do I fix this? Is there some kind of file I can edit to add a plugin? Thanks in advance

I've tried this, I have downloaded the plugins and all the players.... Firefox still doesn't recognize the plugins.... I just get plain old nothing when I go to a page with an embedded movie... What am I doing wrong?

Hi all, im bored of World of Warcraft so I'm looking for a new game, I love Star Wars Battlefront but am finding it hard with cedega. Anyone know a shooter like this that works with Linux/Cedega? I couldnt get tribes2 working...

odd, i have it but i cant find it on the net..... Maybe its under addons at the cosmos site, but its down right now so i donno Anyways I'll attach it, put it under your interface/addons directory HideMiniMapFromStart.zip