[expert] Zip Drive Compatibility
Greetings. After much thought, I have come to the conclusion that a Zip Drive will be my most economical and most efficient cross-platform backup solution. I'm probably going to Best Buy this evening to pick one up. I need to know if there are any concerns regarding the model. I'd prefer a parallel port model. Will any capacity work? Thanks, -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] Zip Drive Compatibility
Jay Summet wrote: I would suggest an IDE or SCSI model. I have a parallel port zip drive, and have yet to be able to get it working under Linux. There are drivers that claim to work, but I haven't gotten them working. (Also, SCSI and IDE are MUCH faster than parallel port for data transfer). I assume you want to be able to move the drive from machine to machine, so an internal IDE wouldn't be optimal (unless you got one for each machine), and a SCSI model would require a scsi adaptor in each computer that you want to use it with. This is the route I'd suggest if you want to use the same drive on more than one computer. Having a SCSI interface on a computer is always nice, you never know what cool SCSI peripherals you might find at a garage sale ;. I need to move between my linux desktop box and my notebook, neither of which has scsi adapters at the moment. Speed isn't an issue for me. If you can get parallel port support working under Linux, that would work well for you, BUT, I'd suggest you buy your zip drive from somewhere that will let you take it back if you are unable to get it working with linux. Absolutely! -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] Helix Gnome
Ralph wrote: It's sweet try it!! I used the download script and didnt have a problem at all. Before I try it, I need to be assured that it won't screw up anything I'm currently using. Right now, I use KDE 1.1.2 as my desktop. Can I download and install Helix Gnome without ruining my current desktop settings? Should I uninstall the version of Gnome that came with Mandrake 7? Thanks, -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
[expert] Mandrake rpm's
Hello. Why is it so difficult to find rpm's compiled for i586? I know that using software compiled for i386 on my Pentium will work just fine, but if possible I'd really like to use the former. However, all the software archives that I know of only stockpile i386 packages. Are there other archives that I don't yet know about? Thanks, -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
[expert] Helix Gnome
Hi. What are the advantages of Helix Gnome over the version that came with Mandrake 7.0? Thanks, -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] KDE taskbar menubar vanish after screensaver kicks in?
Jay Summet wrote: Yep, too simple ; The previous suggestion of re-starting "kpanel" via alt-f2 is what I was looking for. I'd especially be interested if anybody knows WHY kpanel dies off, and how to keep it from doing it in the first place. I wish I knew, but it just now happened to me again upon conncecing to my ISP with kppp. I've no idea what the relationship is. -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] KDE taskbar menubar vanish after screensaver kicks in?
"Alan N." wrote: Joe Heafner wrote: Jay Summet wrote: Yep, too simple ; The previous suggestion of re-starting "kpanel" via alt-f2 is what I was looking for. I'd especially be interested if anybody knows WHY kpanel dies off, and how to keep it from doing it in the first place. I wish I knew, but it just now happened to me again upon conncecing to my ISP with kppp. I've no idea what the relationship is. Do you have Kppp "docking" into the panel?? This is an option. If so, try unchecking this and see if the panel dies upon connection to your ISP. Okay. I'll try that next time. Thanks, -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] KDE taskbar menubar vanish after screensaver kicks in?
Jay Summet wrote: I'll come back to my computer after my screensaver has been on (Kmatrix.kss) and type my password. The SS goes away, and I get my desktop with whatever programs were on it, BUT, there is no taskbar menubar from KDE (without the task bar I can not "un-iconofy" minimized programs, and without the menubar the only way I can start applications is to use the ALT-F2 command run window. I generally kill off my Xserver at this point and log back in. However, I was wondering if there was an easier way (like perhaps running an xterm with the ALT-F2 trick, and then starting whatever process is supposed to be making my taskbar/menubar). This happens to me from time to time. I just do alt-f2 and start "kpanel" again. It's worked for me. -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] two questions...
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: I missed the first few on this one, but did you run esd within Gnome? What's esd? Never heard of it. -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] two questions...
Icebreaker wrote: Just on an off shot, is your sound card configured correctly? It is correctly auto-detected by sndconfig, I can use the CD-ROM player under both Gnome and KDE, I can use desktop sounds under KDE, and .wav and .midi files will play properly under KDE. To my knowledge, my sound card is configured correctly. -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
Re: [expert] two questions...
John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, you wrote: Icebreaker wrote: Just on an off shot, is your sound card configured correctly? It is correctly auto-detected by sndconfig, I can use the CD-ROM player under both Gnome and KDE, I can use desktop sounds under KDE, and .wav and .midi files will play properly under KDE. To my knowledge, my sound card is configured correctly. What about your mixer settings? Have you adjusted them in kmix? (Sorry...I don't recall the beginning of the thread.) I've adjusted them, but that shouldn't change the fact that the sound card doesn't work under Gnome should it? -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
[expert] two questions...
Hello. 1) I can't seem to enable desktop sounds in an Enlightenment (Gnome) session. I try to enable the sounds, but I get an error message about not being able to communicate with the esound daemon. 2) In my .xsession-errors file, I see lots of lines about an maudio file that can't be opened. What's this all about? Thanks. -- Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246 My Book http://www.willbell.com/new/fundephcomp.htm My Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/ CVAC Home Page http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
