Mandriva

Hey!

I just saw the Linksys WRT150N at BB for $99 and on pricewatch for MUCH less.

I need to update my networking hardware and I'd like to go N (yeah yeah I know its not a standard yet) but i have to wonder why thee is almost a $50-$75 difference between this and their original N series WRT300N.

now i'll admit the 300N LOOKS a whole lot more impressive....

Hi,

When I login (I am a silver member) and use the download > HTTP/FTP link I get the following message

You are not allowed to view this document or perform this action.

Is there a problem with the HTTP downloads, or is it just with me?

I am trying to download at work (can't do torrents) because it is much faster here than at home - so I can install ASAP - then seed the iso at home.

Regards,

Chris.

I am new to Mandriva. I have installed the 2008 relase and all seems to work, but I cannot install any software. Each time I try to install something it keeps telling me that there is a non-valid key. Am I missing something? I tried to change the repository, but it's simply not working.

Guys,

My box is currently running 2008 with the cooker repos (and has been for quite some time now).

Should I be upgrading/downgrading to 2008 release, or do I leave things where they are?

Can I safely remove cooker and use the club repo's for updates from here?

Ta

Peter.

The title says it all -

Hey, howcome you guys changed the nuvola theme to where it's this nagios theme nuvola, and it wants to install all this stuff to install now?

That's just not nice. That was my favorite theme!

I don't like you any more. (j/k).

Hi,

I've just installed 2008 powerpack. It says that Cedega is included as part of the powerpack package, however I can't find it anywhere. Is there a way of working out if it's on the system, and if not is there a way of adding it to the system from the DVD or do I have to do a reinstall?

Regards

Steve

Hi,

Is anyone else having a problem setting up the "Official Updates" repository for Mandriva 2008? I can get other repositories added, just not that one.

Many thanks

Steve

Here's a great tutorial on using the mergefb option in xorg to handle dual displays: http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/

I have an external monitor hooked to my laptop via the VGA port, and I'd been struggling to get X to use anything other than a horrible 60 Hz to drive it.

Once I followed the steps on the linked page, it just worked fine at a "lovely" 85 Hz - no flicker - no more headaches !!!

Because I only wanted the same resolution on the lcd and the monitor, and I wasn't interested in scrolling around multiple desktops, I changed the config from the linked page a little bit - and here's what works like a charm for me now:

The particular trick is duplicating your [b:ce7b8a6751]Device[/b:ce7b8a6751] section with the same BusID in both sections (you can get the ID from lspci), and setting up 2 monitor sections - 1 for lcd, 1 for monitor.

As you'll see, in MetaModes I've forced both displays to 1024x768 - but you don't have to do that - it was just the solution to my refresh rate problem.

[code:1:ce7b8a6751]Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><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 "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "logicd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Philips"
ModelName "Philips 107S(17inch/CM1300)"
HorizSync 30.0-69.0
VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
DisplaySize 269 201 # 96 DPI @ 1024x768
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "laptop lcd"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "ATI Radeon 9250 and earlier"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:01:05:0"
Option "MergedFB" "true"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768-1024x768 1024x768-1024x768"
Option "MergedDPI" "100 100"
Option "DPMS"
Option "BIOSHotkeys"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device2"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "ATI Radeon 9250 and earlier"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:01:05:0"
Option "DPMS"
Option "BIOSHotkeys"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen2"
Device "device2"
Monitor "laptop lcd"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection[/code:1:ce7b8a6751]

I have said for years that the club was overpriced, and I know others have said that the main website was confusing (and I agreed).

So, congratulations on the new website and pricing changes! The PowerPack+ (now called PowerPack) is now [i:bfdb6a4d54]very[/i:bfdb6a4d54] reasonably priced, and the Subscription option is more than half the cost of the old Silver membership level. In addition, the new website is beautiful!

However, there are one or two problems I have noticed:
[list:bfdb6a4d54][*:bfdb6a4d54]At the bottom left hand side of the front page, clicking "Mandriva Linux 2008" under "Download" doesn't do anything.
[*:bfdb6a4d54]The PowerPack subscription page in the store still refers to the club, and is very confusing as a result.
[*:bfdb6a4d54]The manuals for 2008.0 aren't up yet (but it's good they are now accessible to all).
[*:bfdb6a4d54]A suggestion rather than a problem: There is no mention of the PowerPack subscription on the front page or the PowerPack product page in the store. Subscribing is now a very good deal (basically two versions of the PowerPack for the price of one) so it should be mentioned somewhere.[/list:u:bfdb6a4d54]

It took me about two hours to download the 2008 pwp DVD via ktorrent. I have been seeding for almost 7 hours and have only had 319 MB uploaded. My upload speed is unlimited. My 6881 to 6889 ports are open. I have 2 leechers. Is there something I can do to increase upload or do I just wait for more activity? I would like to help others download.

Gary

What exactly is this? I just purchased the Powerpack download version, but now Iam confused thinking I should have purchased the download subscription instead. Can someone explain the difference to me? Am I now suppose to pay for the powerpack club subscription? It wasn't very clear to me at the store website. I am assuming that you can't belong to the powerpack club until you purchase te powerpack. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Lydia

Under gnome it seems hal do not look at the proper place:
4 partions recognised by kde but none under gnome .
when I connect an usb it's ok but not the statics one situated in /mnt
it's ennoying to go always in this dir
How do I make it work please...
(do I have to put them or link in media ?)

2nd probleme it's the sound stopping to work without notice or when I change of user
a fix somewhere ?

Thank you and good night

Is it ok to uninstall this kernel if we're a desktop user?

Thanks.

I did a new install of 2008. The first problem was initial bootup after install I got a mandriva page with blue printing that was full off options for mandriva products. No place to close it. Needed to ctry>alt>backspace to get into login window. Only occurred on initial boot.

Major problem is I am now required to give my password to go into root. I never had to do this in prior versions. I think what happened is I was not asked for the security option prior to password request. The default is high. I always use standard which obviously does not require a password. I changed the security in the summary window near the end of the installation to standard. How do I get rid of the root password requirement??

Need to clear this up so I can get back to seeding.

So far everything else looks good.

Gary

this is the output i get when i try to burn a dvd using brasero, set at the lowest speed:

[code:1:1ebe5a28eb]imager (BraseroLocalImage) set_output
job (BraseroLocalImage) set_task
imager (BraseroLocalImage) get_track
job (BraseroLocalImage) set_task
Session starting:
flags = 8531
media type = 0
speed = 2
track type = 8
track format = 2
output = none
job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) set_drive
recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) set_flags
job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_source
job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task
recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) record
process (BraseroGrowisofs) getting varg
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
process (BraseroGrowisofs) got varg:
growisofs
-use-the-force-luke=notray
-dvd-compat
-speed=2
-use-the-force-luke=tty
-Z
/dev/hdb=/home/neil/Download/foresight-1.4.0-x86-dvd1.iso
process (BraseroGrowisofs) launching command
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: Executing 'builtin_dd if=/home/neil/Download/foresight-1.4.0-x86-dvd1.iso of=/dev/hdb obs=32k seek=0'
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: /dev/hdb: "Current Write Speed" is 2.5x1352KBps.
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 74:35 RBU 99.9% UBU 2.1%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 119:20 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 179:01 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 223:46 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 268:31 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 328:12 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 1572864/1409449984 ( 0.1%) @0.0x, remaining 372:57 RBU 99.9% UBU 100.0%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: 3112960/1409449984 ( 0.2%) @0.3x, remaining 210:49 RBU 100.0% UBU 37.5%
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-[ WRITE@LBA=5f0h failed with SK=4h/ASC=03h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-( write failed: Input/output error
job (BraseroGrowisofs) asked to stop
status = 1
error = 1
message = "Unhandled error, aborting"
iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopping
process (BraseroGrowisofs) got killed
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-( write failed: Input/output error/dev/hdb: flushing cache
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_progress
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written
growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: /dev/hdb: closing track
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: /dev/hdb: closing disc
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-[ CLOSE DISC failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type
process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: EOF
iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopped
job (BraseroGrowisofs) got out of loop
job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task
Session error : Unhandled error, aborting
[/code:1:1ebe5a28eb]

dma to my dvd drive is enabled.
the medium type is definitely not wrong as the debug info points out.
could this just be a case of crappy imation discs?
any clues?

Hi guys

I'm running Mandriva One 2007 Spring on my Acer 9303WSMi laptop and my sound is driving me nuts.

The sound on my laptop speakers works perfectly. When I plug in my Logitech usb headset, I still get sound on my laptop speakers, but nothing on my headset. The microphone works fine, but the speakers == NO SOUND

Here's my soundcard info from Control Center

[quote:92f7929398]Identification
Vendor: ‎nVidia Corporation

Description: ‎MCP51 High Definition Audio

Media class: ‎Audio device

Connection
Bus: ‎PCI

Bus PCI #: ‎0

PCI device #: ‎16

PCI function #: ‎1

Vendor ID: ‎0x10de

Device ID: ‎0x026c

Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1025

Sub device ID: ‎0x0112

Driver
Module: ‎snd-hda-intel[/quote:92f7929398]

Cannot see in networking section of MCC where to delete a network interface. What have I missed? Am having problems and want to delete and start over in case other drivers e.g.bc43 are causing problems.

If no gui available then what commands should I use?

Also, can someone explain what 'network hotplugging' and 'allow roaming' options do as I need to use the laptop on two networks.

Should I use network profiles - I think there were problems with this at one time?

Have tried to keep posting concise but just ask if any other info required!

Syd

Since yesterday for me and a many other people repository access as been "iffy" to say the least. This morning i found one that actually worked for me (sorry cant remember which one" and i managed to get a full urpmi --auto-update to work.

Whilst trying to install the latest taks-kde4 metapackage it failed with the usual curl -19 error, so i tried adding more repositories thouugh rpmdrake.

Lo and behold the new version asked me if i wanted "Official Updates (2008.0) or Distribution sources (2008.0)". I have only ever seen this on official mandriva releases and never on cooker.

I now have Main Official, Main updates, Contrib Official and Contrib Updates enabled.

Am i to assume that Final has been released to the ftp mirrors and its now only a matter of time before we can download the ISOs??????????????/

My wireless does not install on RC2 (but was OK on 2007.1):
[quote:af09b50eee]Some packages (ipw3945d) are required but aren't available. These packages can be found in Mandriva Club or in Mandriva commercial releases.

The following component is missing: /usr/sbin/ipw3945d

The required files can also be installed from this URL:
http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/[/quote:af09b50eee]
Is this normal and a question pending the availability of the full infrastructure for 2008.0 (club software?) or is there simply something that should be added to the distribution?. An (even confusing) lot of 3945 related modules (kernel, dkms package) do exist in RC2, but they do not help without that driver (and the sourceforge link does not really help).