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I'm confused... when the "Start at boot" box was unchecked, it tried to bring up the interface at boot? This is exactly the opposite of what happened on my system. When I had the ethernet cable unplugged it would hang like that, ostensibly trying to obtain an IP via DHCP. So, I went into MCC and UNchecked the "Start at boot" box. Now it doesn't bother to try to bring up eth0 at boot. I can bring it up with ifup as needed. I wonder what would happen if you were to uncheck the box again. If it still tries to bring up the interface then you have an alternate config entry somewhere telling Mandrake to bring it up. As for that, I wouldn't know where to look. :( Good Luck :)

Hmmm, good point, didn't even think of that ...

Ok, so I finally got my wireless network up and running with ndiswrapper and all that and I decide to logon and update my 10.1 So I updated the rpm download places with EasyUrpmi, opened up MandrakeUpdate from the start menu and it loaded the available update packages (like 142) of them and I hit select all and Install. I takes a while to d/l all the packages, and then when it goes to intstall them I get the following message: So I hit no and open a terminal to see just what in the sam hill is going on around here. CD to /var/cache/urpmi/rpms and look for the kdebase-kcontrol-nsplugins-... file and ... its not there?! OK, no biggie, I'll just get it from pbone. No such luck, pbone lists two links for it, both return file not found errors. I guess this file doesn't exist, but why? Does anyone know where to find it? I have tried several mirrors and googling, but no such luck. Bummer.

Notice the born-on date to the left. A couple of months ago I thought that linux was for weird hippie-types and freak shows. Now, I'm one of them. ;) After much reading and experimenting, I can answer one or two of the questions posted on this board and am more than happy to. It makes me feel like I'm contributing back to the community and not just leeching like under windows. So keep on truckin and good luck :)

Indeed, this sounds like a problem with permissions. If the user you're logged on with is not part of the user group of the user that created the dirs/files, you won't be able to write to them. If this is the case, you could simply add yourself to the right user group and you'll be able to access the files/dirs. If you created the files/dirs with root, it would be a bad idea to add yourself to the root group as that is rather insecure. It would be better, then, to just change the owner of the dirs to your preferred login's name using chown.

I've heard that some files created on CD's are actaully marked as hidden. Winblow$ ignores this file attribute and displays them anyway., Linux respects the creator's desire to have the file hidden (whether it was accidental or not) and hides them from view. As I recall, there is an option you can add to the cdrom entry in the fstab to force display of hidden files. Someone else will have to fill in exactly what that is, I think it might be "nohide" or something like that. Cheers!

After opening the MCC -> Configure Media window. Uncheck the box in the "Enabled?" column next to the DVD entry. This will effectively make Mandrake ignore the DVD when deciding where to install packages from. Now that that is done, you need to give Mandrake another place to look for packages to install. This is where Easy-Urpmi comes in. Follow their instructions and then try installing gaim again. Good Luck :)

I had this same EXACT problem with both my 10.1 installs and applying the updates through the "MandrakeLinux Updates" option in the menu button fixed the problem. I read somewhere that this was actually a bug that shipped with 10.1. Apply the updates, it will fix the problem. Good Luck :)

Try changing the security settings for /dev/dsp to allow your nonroot accounts read/write access. I used: su -c "chmod 777 /dev/dsp" Probably not the most secure, but I wasn't to worried about it.

Hey there, With the current state of technology, backing up your video DVD's isn't all that easy. Since most commercial DVDs are on DVD-9 disks (meaning that they hold 9 GB of data) and most DVD burners only allow you to write up to 4 GB on a disk, you have to pull some tricks to get your movie to fit. The folks at doom9.org have some really good tutorials and tools for just this sort of thing. Unfortunately the tools are pretty much all written for windows. On the other hand, once you get the basic idea down from reading their guides, you can search for tools that do the same thing on linux. Hope this helps. Let me know what you find out :)

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SOLVED!!! After much trial and tribulation and many crashes, it is finally working. Thank you, thank you, I'll be signing autographs in the foyer ;). I decided that the problem must have been in one of the packages I installed whilst trying to get the dang thing to build. Reasoning: 1) amaroK worked BEFORE I tried to build 1.2beta3. 2) I had to install a bunch of packages to get it to build. 3) The build worked, but the product didn't. 4) Thus it must be in one of the packages. Actions: 1) Remove all the gstreamer plugins and xmms plugins. ---> amaroK opens now, won't play anything though. 2) Start adding the plugins back one at a time. a) gstreamer-plugins ----> still works, doesn't include the alsasink module \B) gstreamer-alsa -------> works, hangs on playing mp3's c) gstreamer-mad ------> doesn't hang. but crashes now - 3) Maybe the problem is in the settings -- change the playback setting to hardware mixing ------------------> all fixed, plays my mp3's, doesn't crash, volume mixing works, everybody's happy. So there you have it ... a letter opener (for all you MST3K fans out there.)

Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. I'm glad we didn't have to have an intervention. :)

I tried your suggestion devries, here's what I did: su urpmi.addmedia mcnl http://www.mandrakeclub.nl/sources/official/10.1/i586 with hdlist.cz urpmi amarok --- already installed, duh. urpme amarok urpmi amarok --- amarok installed ok amarok & and ... CRASH ... DOH! Anyway, here's the backtrace: (no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". 0xffffe410 in ?? () ... #83 <signal handler called> ... Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". (most of that I edited out, cuz it looked irrelevant.) So that's where I'm at right now. What can I do? EDIT: On a lark, I tried deleting the amarokrc file in ~/.kde/share/config and running again. Result: it gets through the first-time config run and THEN crashes. bummer.

Hey all, I recently downloaded ans compiled (after MUCH work) amarok v1.2beta3. It crashed after the initial startup with an error about having a problem with libthread_db.so.1 So I removed it and (any trace of it) from my system and tried an rpm package of it. Same thing. I've tried googling the error, but the posts all semm to have to do with an earlier version and the bug was supposedly fixed. Anyone else have the same problem? Any ideas?

I seem to remember that it is not possible to make a COMPLETELY transparent terminal with konsole. The way to go is with Eterm as described in the following link: http://www.freebsdhowtos.com/70.html As for your other question, I haven't the foggiest idea. I am interested to find out the answer, though, so please post it when you find it :) Good Luck.

You need a C or a C++ compiler. The best one is probably gcc, so you need to install it. Depending on your distro, mine is Mandrake 10.1, you will probably want to use the packaging utility. Open a terminal, switch to root and type: urpmi gcc urpmi gcc-c++ This will install the native C and C++ compiler on your system. Report back here if you have further problems (you might, I had MAJOR problems the first few times I built something from source.) Good luck :)

[root@localhost amy]# rpm -qa | grep gtk+ libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.4.9-9mdk libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-40mdk libgtk+2.0_0-2.4.9-9mdk libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.4.9-9mdk gtk+2.0-2.4.9-9mdk Try typing: urpmi libgtk+2.0_0-2.4.9-9mdk urpmi libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.4.9-9mdk If that doesn't work (the packages weren't found or something) put the names into Google with "pbone" tacked onto the end and you should have no problems finding them. I just finished compiling Gaim-1.1.1 and is runs ohsonice under KDE. Even lets me send files to my friend using a Winblow$ box. Good Luck.

Which version of ndiswrapper? Which kernel version? I had a similar problem on my laptop with ndiswrapper-0.4 and the 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp kernel. Upgraded the ndiswrapper, problem solved.

I have noticed a general trend to move games to the MMORPG scene in the last few years. IMHO it might have something to do with this very concept. It really doesn't matter what sort of copy protection you put on a game, somebody is gonna beat it and then distribute it for free. So, its better for the game company to control who accesses the game through a centralized server. This way, even if someone pirates the game software, they still have to pay for a unique ID in order to play the game. 'Course if you buy the software legally ... and I'm not saying I don't :unsure: ... they get ya coming AND going. Great for business. I got to admit that they're addictive, I lost a good chunk of my life to Evercrack a few years ago. There's my $0.02 Nate

Doesn't 10.1 have the Laptop stuff all built right in now? I seem to remember something about that when I was deciding which distro to go with. Here's what I DO know. Mandrake 10.1 works flawlessly on my HP ZD7188CL laptop. It's a pretty suped up desktop replacement laptop and the only thing that doesn't work at the moment is the 8in1 card reader built into the case. Bottom line, I would recommend MDK10.1 to anyone with a laptop. Nate

Okay, so I got the Devil Whiskey Demo (thanks to the earlier post, many thanks guys :D ). Installed with the script, went flawlessly. ./dwMain to run the game, initial window opens, I get some nice sound ... all good. Options are (P)lay the game, (E)dit the configuration, (Q)uit the demo. After checking the configuration settings, they all seemed to be in line with my system specs, so I hit P to play and ... crash. The game window closes, no error message, nothin. No error message generated in the console either. The only thing I can see that might be a problem is that the game's resolution is set to run at 1024x768 but my monitor is set for 1440x900. However, I tried setting the monitor down to 1024x768, but the same problem repeats itself. I should say that this is the first game that I have tried to run under Mandrake 10.1 OE (2.6.8.1-12mdksmp, nvidia-6111) besides xmame and snes9x (which work flawlessly. Totally off the subject, this is also my first venture into the Linux world, and I think I'm here to stay ... <<single tear>>. Anyway, TIA Nate

SWEET! Downloads like a charm. Thanks a bunch! You rock. ... No, YOU rock.

Hey all, After reading the topic about bringing games to linux, I wanted to check out the Devil Whiskey demo. Unfortuantely, the links on the downloads page are all dead for the linux version. (The windows version is available, but I would rather not have to emulate it.) I have managed to find a torrent file for it, but after two days its still seeing 0 peers and 0 seeds. Anyway, I also tried Amule, and other P2P progs, but still no luck. Does anyone have it or know where to get it?

Hi all, I have an HP zd7168cl laptop running Mandrake 10.1 (kernel-2.6.8.1-12mdksmp) and KDE. Everything was installed new as a dual boot with XP Pro. Most of the hardware functions properly, but when I insert my Jumpdrive into the USB port, strange things start to happen. The drive is recognized (/dev/sda1) and mounted (/mnt/removable) ok, but Konqueror will not open and the acpi (power management and battery) module becomes unresponsive. The computer also seems to go into high gear indefinately such that it heats up significantly. Unmounting (manual as root, kwikdisk tells me something about not being in fstab and me not being root) and removing the drive does not fix the situation. If the Jumpdrive is subsequently re-inserted it is recognized as (/dev/sdb1) and mounted to (/mnt/removable), but the unresponsive activity of both Konqueror and acpi continue. A soft restart with the Jumpdrive removed resolves the unresponsiveness, but the drive still shows as being mounted by kwikdisk and cannot be unmounted. A hard restart with the drive removed and everything is fine. Booting from power off with the drive inserted causes the same symptoms. Is there any hope for correct functionality? [edit: oops, just read the earlier post called "USB and 10.1" trying the suggested solution now.] [edit: ok, all fixed. After installing all 107 updates, it all works like a charm. Ops can remove the post if they like.]