mandrake

OK so I think Im quite comfortable using mandrake 10.1 now . So I recently checked out lynucs.org and checked out those awesome screenshots of peoples Mandrake box which encouraged me to try the same on my system. Now after 3 days of work the last 3 days I managed to get gkrellm installed but...

I have installed Mandrake Linux 10.1 from only the 1st Installation CD. But after selecting Linux from the bootloader, when it boots into graphical mode the display is jarred and nothing can be seen. My mobo is INTEL 845GL Chipset based. Any help??

Guys ...how to log in as root in mandrake 10?I cant find anything.

hi i have mandrake 9 installed with lilo loader and windows xp.. the list shows this order 1. linux 2. linux no fault .. somehtin like that 3. windows 4. windows2... i only want 1. windows 2. linux

As I mentioned earlier that I have many distros. But many of them do not boot in one system while they boot well on others. GentooLinux did not boot in gui anywhere, it always ended in bash when booted. the same is the case of Mepis. Mandrake 10/10.1 at times work fine, and despite thjeir not...

As a preamble again, let me tell me you folks that I have 5 systems at my under me - two personal laptops, one system in my own office room, and 3 systems in a FOSS Lab I established (one is only Windows at the moment to configure and export data from Arc GIS, so I have not included that). In...

I had dual booting with Mandrake 10.1 and XP (with Win98 option, factually triple booting). I tried to change to Mepis, and Mepis did not want to use the partition scheme followed by Mandrake and insisted in repartitioning. And while doing so, it failed and gave the message that it cannot...

Hello again. I'm back and im back for a bloody good reason - Linux. I've been pestering enoonmai for quite a while now and i finally decidd i need professional(?) help. So here goes. I have these questions that if someone could answer, i'll make sure you're never flamed at the skoar forum...

Hi all, For the past few days Ive been gettnig used to Mandrake Linuxwhich I installed on one of my systems. Now I would like to know if anyone could share some tips about enhancing the Looks of the GUI in Mandrake. Ive seen many tutorials about Windows Desktop enhancement but not many about...

Hi I use Mandrake 10.1 with XP (dual boot). Mandrake supports Ntfs and auto-mounts the windows drives but can't have Write access to Ntfs volumes. Is there any way to write on Ntfs volumes using Linux?? Some rpms and such..................

hi all, now i've 40gb externel hdd but im not able to configure it with mandrake pls help me..

Ok so Ive been playing around with Mandrake Linux for some time and I think Ive sort of learned to use it a bit . Now my real question is , Ive heard that if you use Mandrake Linux you dont actually learn alot ( I think I recall it from one of the Distro threads in the forums) . I know how to...

can u tell me how to use the distro provided by digit dvds?

I recently got the Fedora and mandrake cd The Problem is that on installation during Hardware checking it shows an error relating to usb port i use ASROCk motherboard [/b] :roll: :x

I have installed linux thrice in my computer but all the time my windows crashed and I had to re-install windows. I want mandrake on my computer which i got free from the Digit DVD. Please give the way of installing from the starting of computer. Means Linux and Windows XP. Please help. Ya ! I...

The configuration of my machine is: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 2.8 GHz, MSI mother board supporting 64 bit K8TM/K8MM with a RAM memory of 512 MB ( two 333 MHz 256 MB cards). The problem i am having is in installing Linux. It gives me an error that "You are installing a 32 bit OS on a 64 bit...

The configuration of my machine is: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 2.8 GHz, MSI mother board supporting 64 bit K8TM/K8MM with a RAM memory of 512 MB ( two 333 MHz 256 MB cards). The problem i am having is in installing Linux. It gives me an error that "You are installing a 32 bit OS on a 64 bit...

i need to know how to install mandrake 10.1 which came in dvd feb 05, i also tried installing after burning into cds, but in vain.......... i lost 2 cds man..... manu awaits ur help guys......... :cry:

i'm using Mandrake 10.1 my pc config is AMD Athlon 2400+ 512 MB DDR RAM samsung 80 GB 7200 rpm my system when using linux is memory hungry ! how to tweak the memory settings in mandrake which s/w to use to tweak memory settings in KDE im using KDE 3.2 i get the KDE 3.3 from...

Dear Friends, my Mandrake Linux 10.1 is taking quite lot of time than the Mandrake 9.2 bundled with my laptop. Is there is any way I could increse the booting speed. Laptop Configuration: Centrino 1.5 M cpu, 855GM chip quanta MB, 30 GB,Combo drive with dual OS Mandrake 10.1 and Win XP SP2...