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You've probably found them already, but the repo's are also available;

 

ftp://distrib-coffee...x/official/9.2/

 

and the updates:

 

ftp://distrib-coffee...ld/updates/9.2/

 

A year or two ago, distrib-coffee attempted to ensure that they had every release of Mandrake/Mandriva available, hence:

 

ftp://distrib-coffee...iva-prehistory/

 

I don't think they've quite got everything, but it's the best place to check, for anyone looking for old Mandrake/Mandriva releases.

 

Jim

Interesting I might fill in some gaps I have in my collection..:D

Can I be so rude to ask why the old distro?

Nothing rude about asking :) I'm trying to help a user on another forum get his nvidia card working again on his Mandrake 9.2 install. He needs 9.2 because it supports a particular printer. Just wanted to go through the install and refresh my memory so I can guide him should re-installing be the only option left.

Thank you Jim :D

Greetings members. I have a big ask. Does anyone have Mandrake 9.2 cd's? If so would you be willing to image them and upload to my dropbox? Image them and point me to where I can collect. Or point me to where I can find Mandrake 9.2 available for download.

 

 

 

 

Thanks In Advance..

 

 

Thanks for the feedback John, I won't waste bandwidth on this release. Will wait for final.

part of the internet address is @bigpond.net.au so they can track the connection. I don't think I need to expose the whole internet address here.

Yes you do, I can't spam you otherwise..! :P

I don't see me-tv in the repos, so I can only assume you must have installed it from source. Should you decide to go down that route again, here is a list of packages you will definitely need for a successful compile:

libglibmm2.4-devel - Provides = glibmm-2.4 & giomm-2.4

libxml++2.6-devel - Provides = libxml++-2.6

libgtkmm2.4-devel - Provides = gtkmm-2.4

libgconfmm2.6-devel - Provides = gconfmm-2.6

libunique-devel - Provides = unique-1.0

libxine-devel - Provides = libxine

libvlc-devel - Provides = libvlc

libgstreamer0.10-devel - Provides = gstreamer-0.10

libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-devel - Provides = gstreamer-interfaces-0.10

 

I occasionally compile packages so it's possible you may need other *devel packages in addition to those listed above. If you have any problems / error messages you can't resolve, post an output here and I'll try to assist.

 

 

Good Luck :)

Maybe running the latest version me-tv-2.0.1 might solve your problem.

Same here John, just waiting for the final before deciding if Mandriva continues to be my main distro of choice. I'm looking forward to giving Mageia a spin outside of virtualbox. :)

Overall, I'm not so negative. Frankly, I like what I see better in Mandriva's KDE Beta than Fedora's Gnome beta atm.

Sure once you can stomach that horrid menu, I'm sure there are things worth looking at. My one and only issue at the moment is that menu interface, as long as it can be disabled I'll be happy.

Are they serious about that interface? It's horrid. I truly hope there is the option to kick that into touch. What is going through their minds I just couldn't even bring myself to continue looking at the rest of the system. Pass me the bucket, I feel ill.

If Johns suggestion doesn't work a good trick is in Power Management:

 

Under Settings and Profile Disable Let PowerDevil manage screen powersaving.

 

Under Profile Assignment. When the power adaptor is plugged in. Set it to Presentation mode.

 

 

 

 

See if that helps, it does for me.

Or even: System Settings--> Advanced tab--> Session Manager.

Even if KDE is the main environment, you can replace it with Gnome.

I think I need the hplip 3.10.6 or 3.10.9

Now I'm confused :huh: I thought the problem was that you couldn't install hplip 3.10.9 from the package downloaded from the sourceforge site. Once libusb-compat0.1-devel is present the build moves past the libusb error stage. From what I saw during the install of hplip 3.10.9 an attempt is made to communicate with the printer.

I tried installing the HPLIP 3.10.9 from the sourceforge page, but it all ends with this installer error:

error: Configure failed with error: libusb not found

You need to install the libusb-compat0.1-devel package for the compile/build to go ahead. It's available in the repos. The script will also warn you that you are missing 'optional' dependencies. I'll list them here, if they are of no importance then there's no need to install them prior to installing HPLIP 3.10.9

warning: There are 4 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.

 

note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.

 

warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network' : libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files)

 

warning: This installer cannot install 'libnetsnmp-devel' for your distro/OS and/or version.

 

warning: Options 'network' has been turned off.

 

warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan' : sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files)

 

warning: This installer cannot install 'sane-devel' for your distro/OS and/or version.

 

warning: Options 'scan' has been turned off.

 

warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan' : xsane (xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE)

 

warning: This installer cannot install 'xsane' for your distro/OS and/or version.

 

warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'base' : cups-ddk (CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit)

 

warning: This installer cannot install 'cups-ddk' for your distro/OS and/or version.

I hope this helps. :)

The love in this thread is palpable. It has the texture corduroy jeans.

'Hell hath no fury, like a GNU/Linux user criticised'...

 What makes you think you have been breached?  Do your logs show anything?  What's the name of the trojan?  If you want assistance you should post your evidence. Saves us asking a load of (possibly) unnecessary questions.  We might get to the bottom of it more quickly. 

 

One thing I can say for sure: the ex-employees will not stick to Mandriva ways of thinking, as has been written in this thread, rather the opposite they are trying to avoid the mistakes they all see in Mandriva, they would not have started a fork otherwise. And I would not be part of this, then :)

Very refreshing and encouraging to know. 

And because of that experience, none of us, thought to ask if you had checked the size of the data you were trying to burn...   :unsure:

I cannot live without nano for doing all the little text-editing on my system-files.

Yes, a nice alternative to using 'vi' which is overkill for the simple amounts of config editing that I do.  I used to use JOE mostly prior to using nano.  I had issues with it when editing on remote systems via ssh.

Maybe they don't know how the Linux community works. That's different from business.

A very good point.  At least that fits in with the way things have been going at Mandriva.

 

In case they do have a clue, they clevery hide their business-abilities as best as they can.

  Do they have the skills required to be so devious!  B)

 

 

Thanks for the 'heads up' and the recommend.  

Just relax.

I agree...

 

It's about time 'WE' as a community adopted a wait-and-see policy in some instances before voicing their FUD (the KDE4 fiasco for example).  Maybe we do need distro consolidation, maybe we don't, I don't think there will be a consensus on that any time soon.  

 

Instead, let's offer encouragement and support to those who are prepared and committed enough to devote their time (whether it be free, paid or volunteered)  to bring us something that they think is needed/missing.  Personally I think It's a credit to the openness of GNU/Linux that if a person (or persons), a company (or companies) drop the ball or lose direction, there are those willing to step up and try to put things back on track according to consumer wants/needs.

 

Ironically concerns about the future of Mandriva were voiced when Adam and others were summarily dismissed despite their valuable and needed contributions.  I never could understand how a company that has such a great product can be so ignorant about it's employees, it's customers and the community.

 

Question: Do the management at Mandriva really not have a clue about how business works? 

Forking Mandriva Linux? Yes.

 

For more discussion, please go to the new forum here.