Remove the Trillian opening splash screen

Go to Program Files/Trillian/users/default and open the file "trillian.ini" (only shown as "trillian" if you have the "hide extension for known file types" option ticked in folder options) with a text editor.

Change the text.....

show loading=1

to....

show loading=0

If you'd like to remove the closing splash screen too, simply change the 1 value in "show closing" to 0.

Getting Encoders To Work In KAudioCreator

To prevent the "Selected encoder was not found" message in KAudioCreator on ripping, do the following.

1. For Ogg Vorbin encoding, simply install the "vorbis-tools" package through synaptic or apt-get, which installs the "oggenc" encoder needed to rip to ogg vorbis.

2. For MP3 encoding, install the "lame" package through synaptic.

3. For FLAC encoding, install the "flac" package from synaptic.

"System Locale Charset" error in KDE

As root type in.....

dpkg-reconfigure locales

.....and make sure only the "en_GB" option is enabled before pressing ok.

Type in.....

Locale

....as both root and user. You may further need to type in.....

export LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8"

Hit ctrl, alt, backspace to log out of KDE. Log back in again the problem should be solved.

Problems booting up the Live CD

Codes to try if booting from the live CD fails for some reason

noapic
acpi=noirq
pci=noacpi
pci=noirq
nolapic
irqpoll
xdrvr=fbdev
xdrvr=vesa
ide=nodma

Use with Mint

Stop Bouncing Mouse Cursor (Mepis 7.0)

Go to System Configuration/Appearance and Themes/Launch Feedback and change the busy icon setting to "no busy cursor".

Removing Mouse-Over Effects

Simply go to Configure Panel>Appearance and untick "Enable icon mouseover effects"

Playing DVD's (Mepis 7.0)

First you need to install the "libdvdcss2" software. To do so type into a console (as su).....

kate /etc/apt/sources.list

and unhash the line which reads.....

# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main

so that it reads......

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main

Reload your sources, either via Apt with the "update" command, or via Synaptic with the "reload" button. Then search for and install the libdvdcss2 package. DVD's will now play in Kaffeine, KM Player etc.

Beryl - Fixing Graphical Dropouts After Installation

Add the following line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"

The edited file should read.....

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
BoardName "unknown"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"

ANOTHER SOLUTION:

Now you need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and do the following changes...

kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

... then add these two lines under the “Screen” section....

Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “true”

... then add these lines under “Device”...

Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “true”

Option “RenderAccel” “true”

...then add this line under “Server Layout”...

Option “AIGLX” “on”

Finally at the end of the file add these lines...

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
EndSection

Now save the file and exit.

You need to reboot Mepis and now Beryl and nVidia with work.

nVidia Issues on Boot (Mepis 7.0)

Choose the VESA driver option, altering the string from

init=/etc/init vga=normal quiet drvr=vesa

to...

init=/etc/init vga=791 quiet drvr=vesa

Screen Resolution and Refresh Rate

On installing Linux, often the screen resolution displays incorrectly, as does the screen refresh rate. The first step is to install the correct drivers. This is done in Mepis by using the "MEPIS X-Window Assistant". Under nVidia, choose "nVidia (new)" before clicking "apply". The software should automatically download and install. Restart the x-server.

To set the correct resolution simply boot to the Live CD, choose 1280x1024 from the GRUB menu (by pressing f3) and let it install. Once it has booted, go again to "X-Window Assistant" and under the "repair" tab choose "copy the current xorg" configuration, altering the destination as applicable. Restart your computer.

To set the resolution correctly simply define the parameters of your monitor in the "X-Windows Assistant". For the "Neovo F-417" Monitor the refresh rate is 75Hz vertical and 80kHz horizontal (vertical 50Hz - 75Hz/horizontal 24kHz - 80kHz). Click on "apply" and restart the x-server.

NOTE: Although the refresh rate still shows as 50 to 60Hz in the Control Center>Peripherals> Display>Size and Orientation section, checking out the on screen refresh rate will show that all is as it should be, and that this is a just a false reading.

Mount Error In mtab

On boot, after a clean install of Mepis 7.0, Linux will throw up a error message of....

mount: according to mtab, sysfs is already mounted on /sys

To remedy, remove the sections in the fstab text file that are prefixed with "none", replacing them with the duplicate, complete entries from mtab. Save and reboot.

For example:

After a clean install, /etc/fstab will read as.....

# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/sda5 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/sda6 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries below
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs-3g noauto,users 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0

Remove the values preceded with the word "none" and replace them with their mtab equivalents, as found in the /etc/mtab text file.

/dev/sda5 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /lib/init/rw tmpfs rw,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
shmfs /lib/init/rw/splashy tmpfs rw 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home ext3 rw,noatime 0 0
binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0

The resulting file should read as:

# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/sda5 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/sda6 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
procbususb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sda7 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries below
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs-3g noauto,users 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 vfat,ext3,ext2,reiserfs noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0

Enabling Wi-fi on E-System Laptop - Ralink 802.11 WLAN (PCLinuxOS)

1. Copy file rt73.INF to Linux Desktop

2. Hit klicker and goto "system>configuration>Configure Your Computer".

3. Type in password.

4. Goto "Network and Security"

5. "Set up new network interface".

6. "Wireless"......next.

7. "Use a Windows Driver (with ndiswrapper)".

8. "Install a new driver"

9. Navigate to rt73.INF file and follow steps.

Backing Up Partitions With Partimage

1. Boot up the Linux System Rescue disk.

2. To mount the partition you intend to create the image on, NOT the partition to be copied, at the prompt type:

$ mkdir /mnt/sda2
$ mount -t vfat /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2

This will mount
3. Confirm its mounted OK with:

$ df -h

You should see the device and mount point listed, with file system and free space etc.

4. Start Partimage with:

partimage

5. Partimage GUI is mostly self explanatory except for exactly how to enter the destination file. Refer to http://martybugs.net/linux/image.cgi for more detail and screenshots.

After selecting the partition to be backed up, TAB to the next section - 'image file to create/use'. Type in the destination as follows...

/mnt/sda2/Linuxbackup.gz