Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install
The answer to question one is SCSI emulation. I wrote up what I did to get it to work on my PC. http://www.midkan.com/paulb/mycdr.htm PBen On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:28:00 -0700, Dan Ferris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First is this, I have an HP CDRecorder Plus IDE cdrecorder on /dev/hdd. I would like to be able to burn cds with it. I have cdrecord version 1.8. Is this an issue with cdrecord not seeing the cd writer, or could it be something else. I can use it as a normal cd rom drive to play music cds etc etc etc. Sorry I haven't tried Samba.
Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install
Dan Ferris wrote: Well. I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know what its doing but I have a couple of problems. 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps have the correct pixmaps for their buttons. There is a known conflict with between a pair of KDE packages that causes this problem. You need to reinstall the kdelibs package. 2. Netscape seems to hang when I start. Not only that, it crashes my proxy server when it connects. I looked at the Netscape problem page on the mandrake web page, and set the environment variables that it told me to set, but still no luck. What are you using for a proxy server? Setting up Netscape for proxies has (for me) always just been a matter of going to the correct preferences page and setting hostname and port numbers for the proxy. 3. When I open a console in X, and I SU to root and try to run an X application (any one doesn't matter) it gives me an error that I an unable to connect with the X server permission is denied. What permissions do I have to change. Funny thing, this only messes up when I am ROOT not a normal user. ??? Actually, if you 'su user' to another user, it will also cause a problem. It's a security feature that prevents people from watching/launching programs on your desktop. To get around it, you can issue 'xhost +localhost' before doing the su. When you're done with the su, issue 'xhost -localhost' to reenable security. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote: Well. I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know what its doing but I have a couple of problems. 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps have the correct pixmaps for their buttons. Go out and UNINSTALL the "kcmclock" package, then go reinstall the KDE libs. This, unfortunately, is a known bug with Mandrake 6.1/6.5. 3. When I open a console in X, and I SU to root and try to run an X application (any one doesn't matter) it gives me an error that I an unable to connect with the X server permission is denied. What permissions do I have to change. Funny thing, this only messes up when I am ROOT not a normal user. ??? BEFORE you SU to root, type "xhost +localhost" (minus quotes) then SU to root and start your X program. The prohibition on displaying programs on a "foreign" X display is there to prevent others from accessing your x session and messing it up. John
Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install
Thanks for the help. I now have two more problems. These are probably the last two before I will have Mandrake running as well as my old RH 5.2 setup. First is this, I have an HP CDRecorder Plus IDE cdrecorder on /dev/hdd. I would like to be able to burn cds with it. I have cdrecord version 1.8. Is this an issue with cdrecord not seeing the cd writer, or could it be something else. I can use it as a normal cd rom drive to play music cds etc etc etc. Second are some very weird samba problems. I have samba 2.0.5 installed. I mount some NT shares where I like to keep my stuff since it is backed up regularly. However, after I mount a share and wait for a little while (don't know how long) Linux seems to loose the directory. If I attempt to remove the directory then it gives an input/output error. When I reboot, samba returns an error about missing inode. I have no clue about this stupid problem, and its very annoying. Our NT server has service pack 6 on it FYI. I have heard there were problems with service pack 6, but again, I am not sure. My next attempt will be to install a down level version of samba and try again. Thanks for any help. Dan.
[newbie] Lots of problems on install
Well. I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know what its doing but I have a couple of problems. 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps have the correct pixmaps for their buttons. 2. Netscape seems to hang when I start. Not only that, it crashes my proxy server when it connects. I looked at the Netscape problem page on the mandrake web page, and set the environment variables that it told me to set, but still no luck. 3. When I open a console in X, and I SU to root and try to run an X application (any one doesn't matter) it gives me an error that I an unable to connect with the X server permission is denied. What permissions do I have to change. Funny thing, this only messes up when I am ROOT not a normal user. ??? Thanks for any help you can give. Dan
