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- Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:33 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Mint 7 & Wine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 639
Re: Mint 7 & Wine
Application installation commands are distro-specific. In other words, what works on one flavour of Linux won't work on another. The Debian ones (work on any Debian derivative, including Debian itself, Ubuntu, Mint, and a few others) that I find the most useful: sudo apt-get install packagename (ins...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:03 pm
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: nm-applet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1239
Re: nm-applet
1) (you may want to do this last instead of first in case you mess up one of the later steps, then you'll still have a usable internet): Remove all links to /etc/init.d/networking from /etc/rcx.d (x in rcx.d being a number or the letter S, DON'T remove it from rc0.d or rc6.d as this is the one that ...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:26 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Check and repair bad sector?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 805
Re: Check and repair bad sector?
You can't really repair bad sectors - bad sectors means a sector of the HDD that is bad, in other words, unreliable. If scans are showing up bad sectors when they never did before, you should get a new HDD.
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:24 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Is MINT more unstable then Debian lenny?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 621
Re: Is MINT more unstable then Debian lenny?
Because of the way that Debian Lenny works (using much older, tried and tested packages), Lenny is definitely more stable than Mint, but for what? You have really old packages, which means nowhere near as much compatibility. Squeeze is quite unstable due to the fact that it's still changing; package...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:53 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Ext3 or Ext 4
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2831
Re: Ext3 or Ext 4
Install an ext3 /boot partition. Believe me. It will make your live easier if you ever choose to install a different distro.
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:44 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: ATI 4830 Support
- Replies: 2
- Views: 506
Re: ATI 4830 Support
For older cards, the open-source "radeon" driver works fine.
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and underneath Section "Device" add Driver "radeon"
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and underneath Section "Device" add Driver "radeon"
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:42 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: How to install TV Card & watching TV [SOLVED]
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3206
Re: How to install TV Card & watching TV [SOLVED]
That's rather weird. Sounds like they used a different chipset but kept the PCI ID the same as a phillips one! Naughty!
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:37 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Do I need special Linux nVidia drivers???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 774
Re: Do I need special Linux nVidia drivers???
Okay, it says I have the latest nVidia driver installed. Now, when I open up "Display" in my Menu, it tells me "Your graphics driver does not support the necessary extensions to use this tool..." It also cannot detect my monitor. How can I change my refresh rates and tweak other...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:33 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: High CPU Usage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3607
Re: High CPU Usage
It could be due to you not having good graphics drivers installed, so the it is putting some of the load onto your CPU. What is your graphics card? Find out from a lspci command.
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:19 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Slow Internet Coonection in Mint 7 Gloria
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19330
Re: Slow Internet Coonection in Mint 7 Gloria
Make sure you add those lines before "exit 0".
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:55 am
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Inspiron B130
- Replies: 3
- Views: 989
Re: Inspiron B130
Try typing:
Before the modprobe.
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sudo depmod
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:53 pm
- Forum: Wireless
- Topic: Linksys Wireless Card Not Detecting Networks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1908
Re: Linksys Wireless Card Not Detecting Networks
Oh no, you have to do that when you are online. Plug it in temporarily to your router with a cable if you can, or use a different WiFi card temporarily.
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm
- Forum: Wireless
- Topic: Wired and Wireless don't work.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1094
Re: Wired and Wireless don't work.
Try:
sudo modprobe sis190
Post any errors
If it refers to a log or dmesg or something like that, post the last few lines of the command dmesg
sudo modprobe sis190
Post any errors
If it refers to a log or dmesg or something like that, post the last few lines of the command dmesg
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:37 pm
- Forum: Hardware Support
- Topic: Argus Bean
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1692
Re: Argus Bean
Are you sure you did that correctly? No new messages seem to have appeared when you plugged it in - I'd at least expect a message from the USB driver saying it's found something.
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:05 pm
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Cannot boot after install nVidia driver
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3026
Re: Cannot boot after install nVidia driver
OK then, you will just have to install mint with Vista still inserted, and remove the Vista option manually by editting /boot/grub/menu.lst. Comment out all the lines related to Vista - it will be very near the bottom, if not right at the bottom, and in a clear section. Just put a hash (#) at the be...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: What dns server I am conected?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1622
Re: What dns server I am conected?
DNS server should be your router's IP (same as Gateway) if your ISP don't give it to you. Your router will figure out the one to use.
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Mount folder with Samba?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 557
Re: Mount folder with Samba?
Does it work if you replace the computer name with the IP? If so, 1) Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf, 2) Find the line starting "hosts:", 3) Edit the line so instead of saying "files mdns4_minimal" (etc) it says "files wins mdns4_minimal" (etc). Finally, type sudo aptitude inst...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:44 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Update Kernel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1156
Re: Update Kernel
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
If that doesn't get everything:
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
The latter might uninstall packages though.
If that doesn't get everything:
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
The latter might uninstall packages though.
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:59 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: How to install TV Card & watching TV [SOLVED]
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3206
Re: How to install TV Card & watching TV
I have a very similar chipset: Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1) ...so yours should work. Try the following: ls -l /dev/video* Also try: sudo modprobe saa7134 ...and try again. If it works after doing that last command, but not aft...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:55 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Wifi help needed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1111
Re: Wifi help needed
Ooh god, wifi, I was being a bit of a plonker there ;p
Connect to the internet (somehow, possibly with a cable), and type:
That one command should fix everything. Should.
Connect to the internet (somehow, possibly with a cable), and type:
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sudo aptitude install linux-backports-modules-jaunty