Re: [H] Ubuntu issues with USB key
Figured out the problem. Turns out I recently installed Automatix and one of the "features" is that it will automount drives and partitions for you. My USB key was attached when it was enabled and so it wrote a line in my /etc/fstab file to automount the key on boot. Well, with the key not present it couldn't execute that command. As soon as I insert the key it tried to execute the command from fstab only now it was executing it in the user space instead of as root and thus it failed. Still don't know why stupid windows won't read the usb drive but every other machine (OSX, windows, linux) does. -- Brian Find my public PGP key at http://pgp.mit.edu/ On 7/4/07, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, the plot thickens. It turns out that the keys can be read on every windows system EXCEPT mine. Which makes it a WinXP problem and not a Linux one. Anyone know why XPSP2 would detect and map a usb key but claim it is unformatted? The issue with mounting in Ubuntu is probably related to the drive it is getting mapped to It was working a while ago and now isn't. Maybe somehow the folder the drive is getting mapped to got set to root permissions. Dunno. But the whole root permissions thing (especially with trying to run programs at startup) is a real pain. On 7/4/07, JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure what to say, just tried 4 different USB drives, they all popped up > on the desktop just fine. > > 2 4 giggers, a 2 gigger, and my old old 512kb one all worked with Ubuntu > 7.04 on my Dell D600 laptop.. > > > > > >>Been using Ubuntu for a couple weeks now with some minor annoyances. > >>The main one is that I can't get any USB keys to work. When I insert > >>one, I get a message saying "you don't have permissions to mount that > >>device". If I drop to the command line and mount it with sudo it > >>works, but then I can't unmount it. Right-clicking on the mount point > >>and selecting "unmount" results in a "that device is not mounted" > >>error. And even though the file explorer showed the files being > >>copied over, they aren't actually on the key. > >> > >>Secondly, the FAT32 USB key I formatted in Ubuntu is not readable by > >>windows. I tried reformatting it with windows but I got an "Windows > >>cannot finish formatting this device" error. WTF? I thought all OSes > >>could read and write to FAT partitions. > >> > >>These two problems alone are making me reconsider my switch. I can > >>understand the need to not run as root all the time but mounting USB > >>keys should not be one of them. > >> > >>And no, there is not any U3 crapware on my USB key. I nuked it using > >>a partition editor a while ago under windows. Now THAT was a painful > >>experience. But this problem happens with the 6 different USB keys I > >>have tried, some with U3 and some without. > -- > > JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please remove **X** to reply... > > ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult... > -- Brian Find my public PGP key at http://pgp.mit.edu/
[H] Any Ubuntu people using Alltray?
I heard about it and installed it but I can't seem to get it to do what I want - which is launch a couple of programs at boot running in the tray. I can put these apps in the run at startup menu but they load as normal windows whereas I want them to run in the tray. Any ideas? -- Brian Find my public PGP key at http://pgp.mit.edu/
Re: [H] PDF editors
but fox-it really sucks. I had to remove it because it gave me problems. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 16:01 07-04-2007, JRS typed: Makes me laugh, my Acrobat Reader 8.1 install is some 86 megs, Fox-It Reader is what, less than 2 megs? :) Acrobat Reader 4 or 5 which still works for most PDFs is only about 2 meg also. WaViJo Forever
Re: [H] Beta testers
Yes, suggested this. Who did you email? A person, or, a generic object at game developer website? Thank you. Best, Duncan At 20:01 07/04/2007 -0400, you wrote: At 06:09 PM 04/07/2007, DHSinclair wrote: Does anyone have any ideas I can share with the nephew? I've done it (for free of course) simply by emailing and asking. T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] PDF editors
Yep. Fox-it wasn't compatible with the website I used to do my tax return earlier this year. Gary VanderMolen - Original Message - > but fox-it really sucks. I had to remove it because it gave me problems.
Re: [H] Autopatcher
Dump the Nov+updates, there is a May core release & June update that supersedes them. Now if I could just finish this custom XP SP2 + Autopatcher + DriverPacks + tweaks (was using nLite) + WPI w/ my usual software installs (whew!) DVD nightmare I started creating in June... Steve Tomporowski wrote: > Guess I left some stuff out.I have MCE and I downloaded the XP > version starting with Nov 06 which was mentioned here as the most > recent comprehensive version. I *think* it started doing it right > from that one. > > As for Betas, I usually stay away from them, if there was an > installer, it must've been the original one that came with MCE. > > As I said, all the patches say that they're installed. I was patching > up to the real dual core support. > Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
Re: [H] windows wireless
All it takes a bad driver/inf to disable WPA support. Are you showing WPA as a option in WZC for the wifi? Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
Re: [H] FAT32 under WinXPSP2
Uh, My Computer->Manage->Drive Management? There is also command line "DiskPart.exe" in system32 folder. Winterlight wrote: > At 10:47 AM 7/4/2007, you wrote: >> Is there a way to create a FAT32 partition under XPSP2? > > any of the partition utilities will do this. But if you mean natively, > ...then probably. But you could always create a NTFS partition, and > format it as FAT32 later. > > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
Re: [H]Scanning Photos
I'll have to see if I have a descreen option. I actually solved most of the problem by turning off the color correction and using an adjustment to the blue to correct the color. Also used the 'grain correction'. On 7/4/07, Rick Glazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is a function of your Software (and Twain driver). I use Paperport 6 and/or 7, and in the advanced settings (I hit that button on the actual "preview screen" window) I look for a selection -- "descreen". Works for me. It also makes half-tone B&W newspaper photos scan correctly since they also have a repetitive pattern... Rick Glazier From: "Steve Tomporowski" > I've got a Canon 4200F scanner and it's doing a great job, it's just > that I have some 'problem' photos. To be specific I've got some > pictures from the 70's that were the textured borderless kind. When I > try to scan them, for some reason, probably reflection, some of the > textures show up as blue 'hairs'. Not very large but they make was a > pristine picture look like the scan of a beat-up photo. > > So the question is, has anybody encountered this and found a solution?
Re: [H] FAT32 under WinXPSP2
Didn't work. j maccraw wrote: Uh, My Computer->Manage->Drive Management? There is also command line "DiskPart.exe" in system32 folder. Winterlight wrote: At 10:47 AM 7/4/2007, you wrote: Is there a way to create a FAT32 partition under XPSP2? any of the partition utilities will do this. But if you mean natively, ...then probably. But you could always create a NTFS partition, and format it as FAT32 later. Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
