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It seems that thing are as I suspected. region decoding is dependant of the software. Thanx

Thanks yet again squeak. I've been using xqf sine tuesday night and I'm delighted. It has all the features I wanted. I cant compare with all seeing eye cos I've never seen it or bothered to read about it. Anyhow the feature you mention sounds usefull, maybe in future versions will incorporate some kind of country filter. What kind of internet conection do you use in Iceland. What games do you play (me q3ut2)

Thanks Squeak, it looks like just what I was looking for.

Yes people do awnser but patience is still a virtue! Anyhow I will be honest I found your question a little ambiguos, or this could also mean I have no idea. But here goes. The awnser is Yes. Linux can do everything and more than other operating systems. at least where Networking is concerned.

Mandrake 9.0 the problem . Trust ami 250 sx optical mouse.ps/2 It has 3 buttons wheel and a further 2 side buttons. I have got it all to work, these are the pertinent lines in XF86Config-4 Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection This causes a slight inconvenience, it switches the wheel scrolling to the side buttons. I tried Options "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" But this does'nt work and switches off the side buttons. Ok fixed it with xmodmap as follows xmodmap -e "pointer 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" Problem solved... Almost this means I have to execute this manually before I use mozilla or any other program which permits scrolling. In fact I made it a script and execute it via an Icon on the desktop. What I would like to know is how can I get it to start automatically? Tried /etc/rc.local but does'nt work, I imagine because it executes before Xfree86. Any Ideas

I'm really sorry but I must give my 2 cents worth. Message to moderators. A certain word begging with W should not be allowed due to its improper use. I firmly believe that a person new to computers will have an equaliy though time configuring any network client be it mail, ftp or whatever. Regardless of whatever operating system they choose to run. Xfrat2 please post what linux distribution you are using so that somebody can help you. You have tried linux, patience and perseverance are the keys. Or in lay man's terms NEVER QUIT!!!

There is a really good article on bench marking in linux at this url http://www.linuxhardware.org/features/

Thanks again for your time. I tried the same with my laptop.Mandrake 9.0 2.4.20 vanilla kernel(instead of 2.4.19-16mdk) using balckbox( instead of kde.) but the same frustrating result. Could you tell me which distro, kernel version, window manager you are running. Thinking of giving slackware a go on the laptop.

Thanks But it is still no go . I tried both methods user and global but nothing. What is it that I'm overlooking. the only way it works so far is by fiscally executing # xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" or using an icon to execute the script which contains the above line.

I run a trust ami 250sx optical and wireless mouse, it has a ps/2 connector. runs strait out of the box Mandrake 9.0 2 side buttons work also needs slight changes in XF86Config-4 Nevertheless any key board or mouse that is ps/2 will work in linux regardless of distribution or whether or not its wireless or not. All this said many modern keyboards have all kinds of multi media hotkeys, these will however need specific driver support. I have no idea about usb devices but I image it to be the same scenario. I am of the personal opinion that half the keys on the keyboard are a waste of space and are no good for nothing. Check out a real Linux Keyboard The "Happy Hacker Lite MK2" . I hope this was of some help.

Go to mandrake cntl cntr > hardware > mouse & choose Generic ps2 wheel mouse Oh yeah forget the usb connection

Have managed to get any other usb devices to work? It had me crazy for about 36 hours, Murphy's law, I post an SOS in this forum, and fixed the problem myself 10 minutes later. This is how I did it. I was getting bored with the usb thing. Decided it would be more fun to overclock my 2400XP. Over did it and bios would'nt boot! Oh s***! Removed bios Battery, this resets bios to default settings. I adjusted bios as before, at least I think so. Anyhow usb related adjustments are exactly the same as before. Linux boots and usb flash card, and web cam are recognized !!!! I dont have a convinsing explanation for this, I suspect that I had something wrong in the bios setup. If you want to use usb2.0 you need to add this line in modules.conf # usb2.0 probeall usb-interface ehci-hcd you can see if its recognized in /proc/bus/usb/devices or using usbview nevertheless squeks advice regarding the mouse is the best. Have you tried overclocking your 2700XP? I managed 14 x 166 by raising the cpu voltage to 1.75 this = 2324Mhz Totally stable. cooling is provided by thermalright slk800 and a 60 x 12 mm delta fan. Bare in mind the the highest clocked thoroughbred is the 2800XP clocked at 13.5 x 166 2241 Mhz You should be able to clock yours very close to 2500 Mhz perhaps 12.5 x 200 good luck, please let me know the outcome of this.

Ok. Mandrake also dose'nt figure out sound cards very well. You may be wondering why I use Mandrake? Disk drake is the awnser. Anyhow Install the alsa drivers you can find them at www.alsa-project.org. follow their instructions carefully, this may well solve your problem. Never quit , maybe next year you can shit can windows for good.

Hi I use a pixel view, but the sound had me crazy for a while. I have'nt tried mandrake 9.1 I use 9.0 . Nevertheless here goes, Mandrake does'nt set up the card very well. I had to manually configure modules.conf try these lines # i2c alias char-major-89 i2c-dev options i2c-core i2c_debug=1 options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1 # bttv alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 bttv options bttv card=5 options tuner type=2 Ok I'm guessing the tuner type, ( 2 corresponds to philips ntsc which is the most common tuner type) You could also try xawtv with option -v ( verbose, debug )

usb seems to load correctly at boot. lsmod shows modules loaded usb-ohci & usbcore problem is when mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera mount: special device /dev/sda1 does not exist

Fixed it 10 minutes after posting a SOS Not sure what did it removing bios battery was involved Beats the shit outta me

Yes it is possible , yesterday I started on my own a7n8x (not the delux) Mandrake 9.0 Briefly install as normal but do not instal lan cards and do not select grafical start up just yet. now first boot. first install NVIDIA_nforce driver second NVIDIA_kernel (for the video card) third NVIDIA_GLX now edit XF86Config-4 adding "nvidia" as driver now you should be able to startx Now in the mandrake control centre configure lan cards, the lower one is "nvnet" I dont have the 3com one on my board so Idont know. I did have a minor problem with the lilo config on boot up I had a really annoying mode error fixed by changing mode to normal in lilo config. Dont ask me about the usb I havent got it working yet HELP!!!!!

Hola , My advice about digital cameras, and linux. General Advice, Choose a camera from traditional camera mfg. e.g. Cannon, Nikon, Olympus. Compact flash is the cheapest type of memory and has the largest capacity 1 Gb modules are available if you are that way inclined, for most users 64 Mb will do. You can check out prices at this url www.alternate.net. If you want to read camera reviews I recomend a spanish web page called www.quesabesde.com I'm sure you will understand it. I personally have Nikon 775. 2.1 Mega pixels 3x Zoom equivalent 115 mm Zoom + (optional telefoto lense x2 in total 230mm) I bought this camera because it is fairly small, like 1 and a half cigarrete packets and most importantly its scalability optional lenses etc... it cost about 400 euros . I can also highly recomend the cannon cameras, picture quality is excellent maybe a little sharper than Nikon, but they have no optional lenses at least not in the economical range. Most cameras are supported by linux in some way or other, some using gphoto or directly via the usb port kernels 2.4.0 onwards. For example with the Nikon 775 you simply connect it via usb port and mount as an external scsi hard drive. as root mkdir /mnt/camera chmod 666 /mnt/camera mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera then you can read and write to th camera as if it where an external hard disk you can store what ever you want on it besides fotos. cv favorite song... For viewing fotos you can use gqview it is similar to asdsee or thumbs . latest version has exif support (foto information date time etc...) gqview rocks probably faster than acdsee. You can also connect the camera to a tv capture card bt878 etc... and use as a web cam... only better! You can check out some fotos I have taken at this url www.blueworm.dynu.com If you have any questions feel free to email me onesixfive@navegalia.com

as root mkdir /mnt/flash chmod 666 /mnt/flash mount -t msdos /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash if you for some reason want to plug in a second usb flash change the device to /dev/sdb1