Forum: Mandriva Linux

Hi all, Those of you who read my previous posts know that I have had a lot of hassle with my system lately and had to reinstall all O.S, WIN 98/XP...

where does mandrake linux store the thing to say whether a user is hidden or not for example the root user so it isnt a choice when logging in.

when i run ./vmware-config.pl it gets to a part where it says: What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running...

I have mandrake 10.1 community. I want to know how to format the harddrive when you have linux. thanks for the help.

hi, i have maybe another stupid question: how do i tell mandrake the netcard media type is 10 full-duplex and not auto? in freebsd there's a file...

When I try and install mandrake 10.1 there is always the following error: I have tried a few differnt boot modes, but all of them have returned...

Alright, I'm up to the partitioning part of Mandrake Linux 10.1 Community setup. I decided I'm not ready to install yet, but it won't let me move...

That seems to be a windows problem but I wanna know that iis it possible to make linux partions such as ext2 read and accessed while on windows....

hello first question is mandrake better than fedora 3 if yes pls give me some points to upgrade to mandrake i am not a regular user of...

Hi All, Do you know any free Hyper Terminal software for Linux, i need to connect to a PABX via Sierial cable? Thanks in advance, Killian

I currently use Suse 9.2 Pro to run my server off but this distro is really a workstation distro and has little in the way of server tools like...

I am running mandrake10 on the globtrotter hard drive. How do I get wine to work? I get the hour glass saying 'starting wine' but after a few...

Well, im not sure if i should post this in "Linux Newbie" Or Mandrake help. But Im very new to linux. i've had it about 3 days. I've been attempting...

I recently had to replace my computer due to a defective main board. I got a new computer (a x586). I re-installed the HD and BIOS at bootup showed...

Well, I just got Linux today and Im very happy and pleased. Everything is going well apart from the fact that when I play sounds the computer slows...

Hi I have just bought a laptop with amd 64 and installed Mandrake 10.1 x86_64. The installation went just fine and the display settings, everything....

ok, glib 2.2.3 came with my mandrake 10 distro, and I can't seem to get ridda it. I want to install glib 2.6.3 from source, but glib 2.2.3 refuses...

I downloaded some programs from the net that are in a installer.tar.gz format. How do I make these programs run?

I installed Mandrake 10.1. The installation went ok. Reboot was ok. However, the Konqueror browser won't open at all. The task bar button appears for...

I'm using a nVidia TNT2 model 64 graphics card, and I was wondering what I needed in order for direct 3D to be available to apps, namely stepmania,...