On Friday 03 Feb 2006 03:30, Ted Miller wrote: SNIP > > As for your other messages; Is anything in your system not working? > > Cannot log out of Xwindows to switch users or to shut down. Computer hangs > on exit. > Sound card not working right. > USB drive comes up as read only. > I'll think of more. > > > and have you done your updates? > > I have been updating since 2005LE, but the system does not get better. > Different sometimes, but not right. I am fairly certain that I am carrying > over bad settings from update to update, and sometimes it makes things > worse. That is why I want to clean up what I have. > > I hope I can get some help. > Ted
What is your security level? The USB read only issue may be because you have too high a level. Standard security is fine for a desktop machine. If you really want a higher level of security, then by selecting options>Expert mode in Mandriva Control Centre you can select Security>SecuritySystem>SystemOptions and enable/disable specific security checks. I think the option that forces read only on FAT32 partitions is 'User umask' As for the hanging on exit try disabling acpi (There is a button in Mcc>Boot>Boot options. For the sound I find that the example configurations at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ are very useful. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
