punkisdead

you should really use the NVIDIA-kernel.tar.gz file instead of the rpms. Like the first post there says. Also at the end of the XF86Config-4 file where it says: Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection You should comment this section out also.... Here's a copy of my XF86Config-4..... ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "Module" # Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" # Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" Load "xie" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "nvidia" Option "NvAGP" "1" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection #Section "DRI" # Mode 0666 #EndSection ### END DEBCONF SECTION

Well..... Your first issue is if your not going to install the drivers from nvidia's site, your driver section should look like the following: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" VideoRam 131072 EndSection

xine.sourceforge.net www.videolan.org www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/

Try windows internet connection wizard.

You could try ogle or mplayer or xine or mplayer or video lan client. Or soon they should be releasing the public version of LinDVD (from the makers of WinDVD).

Question 1: yes Question 2: Yes, and depends on how you set it up. The preferred way is to let Mandrake install either grub or lilo to the MBR or you can install them to the first sector of the partition and let (ugh) the windows booloader boot to it. Though I'm not sure how to tell the windows boot loader to do this.

send me a copy of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and I can take a look at it for you. punkisd3ad@attbi.com

Just thought I would give everyone a heads up on this one. If you use the nvidia drivers from nvidia and have upgraded xfree to version 4.2.1..... Anytime you try to logout, reboot, or switch to any virtual terminal it completely freezes up your machine!!!!

I have the Visiontek GeForce 3 and my motherboard is of the nforce chipset. I've never had any problems from any distro. Your problem sounds to me like you didn't set up your monitor frequencies correctly when you setup X. Check the manufacturer site for details involving horizontal and vertical refresh rates. If during setup you didn't specify the correct values, when you try to change the resolution it might not work. Also get the drivers from nvidia's website, and get the tar.gz files instead of the .rpm packages. Follow the doc's on nvidia's site and let me know if you still have issues.

If you don't mind my asking....Why are you using a version 2.2.16 kernel???? I think either RH 6.2 or 7.0 has that kernel.

If you are just starting to learn linux, I would avoid using any package that ends in tar.gz unless it's necessary. For any RPM based installation (Redhat, Suse, Mandrake, etc.) I would suggest sticking to the .rpm packages. To find out if there is a package available you could run a search on rpmfind.net or from the distro's homepage. Then it's as simple as opening a terminal change to the super-user by typing su and entering the password. Then type: rpm -ivh package.you.are.installing.rpm tar.gz files are a little trickierbecause you must first extract them using: tar -zxvf package.name.tar.gz you should now see a directory name something similar to the package you are trying to install, cd into it. Usually there is a README or INSTALL text file which will go into detail what needs to be done to install the package. Usually the process to install is login as root and type: ./configure make make install Depending on what you are trying to install, it might be a little overwhelming at first, but as you get more comfortable with linux in general you'll pick up on things.

When Redhat asks you, choose a custom install. Then select the option to use disk druid to manually partition. Select the partition that you had Mandrake on and click on edit. Give it a mount point of / format and voila. Finish the installation and your Mandrake partition will be formatted and install Redhat on it.....

yup, i used the latest drivers, actually tried about three different versions of the drivers, all with the same result. But when I went back to the nv driver from xfree the problem disappeared. Very strange indeed.

You didn't select to have X start automagically when you reboot. I beleive all you have to do to fix this is login as root and type kdm (if you have kde instlalled, if not type gdm for gnome). If I remember correctly kdm or gdm should then start up whenever you reboot....

Whether you are going to use wine or winex you first have to install the game in order to just type: wine /mnt/c/Program....... In order to get it installed you need to mount your cdrom and as your normal user, not root type the following: wine (or winex) /mnt/cdrom/setup.exe or whatever the path to the install program is. I personally like winex better because they support many of the games I play. In my opinion it's worth paying the $5 for a subscription to support gaming on linux. P.S. IPX is not a Micro$oft protocol it is a Novell protocol.

what file would that be????

Take a look at www.linmodems.org, I've heard they've got some good resources. Sorry can't help you more, never messed with modems much.

With winex from www.transgaming.com of course....

Well there used to be a book out about 9 months ago, titled oracle for linux. I don't see why not....

If you put it in /etc/profile every user on that system will have that path then, and if you put it in your .bashrc just that user is affected.

make sure that the /usr/java folder is in your path. At the command prompt type export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/bin If that works then you need to add that to either your .bashrc or /etc/profile file.

yes you should get the drivers from nvidia anyway, as the drivers supplied by mandrake or any other distro does not have 3d "hardware" acceleration. To see the difference, before you install the nvidia drivers, open up a command prompt and type in glxgears. Watch the fps being reported to the terminal window. Install the drivers using the sources from nvidia per their howto's and after you restart X run glxgears again and you should see a huge difference in fps.

This is a silly question but, do you have the audio cable running from your cdrom to your soundcard installed?

which boot loader are you using????

how are you installing it???? using the loki installer or winex? I just installed using the loki installer and had no problem getting online to play.