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Nvidia GeForce 4 under Mandrake Linux 8.2 or 9?

Linuxboy00

Has anybody been able to get hardware acceleration for this card under Linux? If so, could you possible send me to where I could find very good step by step documentation on how to do this? I'm kinda new, and I would like to be able to play games under linux with this card and even possible watch some DVD's or some ...

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Last reply by Orochinagi47, 2003-01-13 18:14

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Radeon Mobility 7500 & 3D

Prolixium

Hey All, I was wondering if anyone had experience with ATI's Radeon Mobility 7500 in XFree86, specifically the 3D acceleration. Just picked up a new Fujitsu Lifebook E-7110 with one of these video chipsets, and can't seem to get the 3D working right with it.

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Last reply by Prolixium, 2003-01-10 00:57

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Cannot playback Audio CD

usul_of_arakis

I have a problem when trying to play audio CDs. When I insert an audio CD and open KsCD I get the following error message: CDROM read or access error (or no audio CD present) Check that you have access permission to: /dev/cdrom.

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Last reply by usul_of_arakis, 2003-01-05 11:36

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Problem with Red Hat 6.2 and two ethernet cards

Reginald0

Hi, folks! I'm a network administrator typing from Brazil and I'm facing a crazy problem with Red Hat 6. 2. I installed two ethernet cards (already tried a lot of models of 3Com (905b, 905c, 980) and also Realtek (8129, 8139)) on a PIII-1.

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Last reply by Reginald0, 2003-01-02 17:31

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Mandrake Linux 9.0 - Compaq MV540 monitor not detected

avins

I installed the OS and found out that there is no support for the Compaq MV540 monitor although support was available for Compaq MV500 and MV700 models. Please let me know how to solve this problem. .

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Last reply by punkisdead, 2002-12-29 15:29

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Promise Ultra100 TX2

Slartibartfast1962

Looking for the Promise Ultra100 TX2 device drivers for RH. Any suggestions from anyone? Drew a blank at the Promise web site. .

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Last reply by OldNerdGuy, 2002-12-27 06:21

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creative nomad muvo 128mb

Jes

Hi. I've just got my muvo but I can't make it work in linux. It's on the compatibility list, so I guess it should be possible. Btw. I'm running RH8. 0, with usbsupport enabled. My /var/log/messages looks like this when I plug it in: Dec 20 17:07:15 park333 kernel: hub.

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Last reply by Jes, 2002-12-26 01:42

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Mankdrake linux 9.0

pimpin_228

OK i just put a machine togehter so i could run linux and i am having a problem with getting on the net with it, other than that everything else is fine. I went through the install fine and all that but anyways to the point.

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Last reply by EddiE314, 2002-12-24 07:53

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AWE64 PnP ISA Soundcard

EddiE314

need help getting it to work under Redhat 8. 0 (Kernel 2. 4. 18-14) on an i686 system.

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Last reply by EddiE314, 2002-12-24 07:50

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USB ZIP Drive Troubles

Scout

Hello out there i was courious if anyone could help me figure out how to find my ZIP drive? I am not sure if computer is finding my USP ports any help would be apperciated Thanks Scout

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Last reply by Scout, 2002-12-18 02:45

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Lucent PCI modem V92 under Red Hat 7.3

vangelis74

I am using Red Hat Linux 7. 3 on an AMD Athlon XP 1800 with a Lucent PCI modem V92. My system can't detect my modem and can't dial could anybody please help me out by giving any instraction on how to be able to set up and use my dial up conection with the detail that I am curently using on my systems.

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Last reply by punkisdead, 2002-12-16 14:38

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Looking for an external serial modem

AlexBell

I'm looking for an external serial modem to use with my Thinkpad A21e. Any recommendations?.

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Last reply by AlexBell, 2002-12-15 04:34

Linux Hardware 765

Looking for USB external modem

AlexBell

The subject says it all. Can anyone recommend a USB external modem which will work with linux?.

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Last reply by AlexBell, 2002-12-12 12:39

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Yet Another NVIDIA Question or Two

Scout

Hello i was courious to know exactly what nvidia card your using and how you decide what drivers to download? I am new to linux and am currently running 8. 0 and seem to be having some problems with my video card (PNY GFORCE4 TI4400) and display settings.

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Last reply by Scout, 2002-12-11 22:22

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Mini PCI real modem?

AlexBell

I just found out this afternoon that the 3Com Mini PCI modem on my Thinkpad A21e can be replaced. I would certainly like to replace this winmodem with a real modem that works with Xandros Linux Can anyone recommend a Mini PCI modem which will work with linux? Or are they all winmodems?.

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Last reply by AlexBell, 2002-12-10 13:24

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Radeon 9000 Pro and Mandrake 9.0

Z33l4nd

Hi, I'm running a not updated version of Mandrake 9. 0. (The machine is not connected to the internet. ). Mandrake does not support the ATI graphicscard familie. So It's been running on the framebuffer device instead.

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Last reply by Z33l4nd, 2002-12-10 11:15

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Win modem will it work with RH8

Xoxide

I have a pci modem that won't dial. It's an ESS ES56H-PI Data Fax Voice Modem from Pine Group. Is it possibale to make it work?.

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Last reply by Xoxide, 2002-12-01 06:59

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Mandrake 9.0 newbie usb and mouse problems

rude

Hi, I realise there is a mandrake forum but sometimes you can never get enough information. . . Firstly I have a micro$oft wheel mouse which works great until I decide to re-log in, where it stops working and will not work again until I reboot.

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Last reply by Philipp, 2002-11-28 15:28

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configuring CD RW

charanos

Greetings Can anyone assist me, a totally green user, to get my Mandrake 9. 0 to recognise my CD RW? Its an LG brand GCE-8160B, which is listed as ompatible My other CD ROM is being read, but not my CD Burner.

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Last reply by REL!c2K, 2002-11-27 12:13

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Compaq 900z laptop

supmu

Hey, I just got this laptop, a Compaq 900z, because it was on sale at the local store. However, every attempt to install Linux fails in some way. Mandrake 8. 1 fails because of hard drive, w/ the following error : check_for_bad_disks : Can't even read! (I/O error) From which i cannot move on.

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Last reply by srivasta, 2002-11-22 07:50