Re: [newbie] can't eject cd after burning
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:28:27 -0500 (EST) "Anthony Abby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Todd Slater said: > > Using cdrdao, with the --eject flag, sometimes after burning the > > green light on the cd burner flashes, but I am unable to eject it. But > > sometimes it does eject. This is annoying because right now the only > > way I know to get the CD out is to reboot :(. > > > > The burner is an HP CD-Writer Plus. > > > > Todd > > How about if you type the following at the command line? > > eject /mnt/cdrom > > > or if that doesn't work how about > > umount /mnt/cdrom > eject /mnt/cdrom I tried that and still no go. After burning it seems it's not mounted. I tried mounting it and couldn't--unknown filesystem and none specified. It's known as cdrom2. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] font's appearance , win vs linux
Oooopss sorry... i'm just read email from anne wilson about wierd fonts in Konqueror: >>> Have you checked the kde fonts page >>>K > Control Centre > LookNFeel > Fonts >>>to make sure that they are pointing at sensible ones? There's also an option >>>for anti aliasing on that page. >>>Anne perhaps my problem is anti aliasing not worked. i'll try it 1st thanks Indee - Original Message - From: "Damian Gatabria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] font's appearance , win vs linux > On Monday 17 de March 2003 22:44, indra wrote: > > hi all.. > > > > i've install Windows & mandrake in my pc., > > if i compare between windows & linux i saw that in linux environment, the > > font appearance (ie. in html document) doesn't smooth so it's not > > comfortable to see HTML document in my linux... > > > > any suggest please.. > > > > TIA > > > > > > Indee. > > > Well, for HTML, you can use texstar's Mozilla XFT package (XFT is > similar to Windows XP's "ClearType" system), if you want to improve > fonts system-wide you can also install texstar's freetype/qt packages, > you can also upgrade your KDE to version 3.1 . > > Texstar's RPMs are hosted on > ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/ > > OR you can hold your breath a few weeks and get Mandrake 9.1 when > it goes out. :o) > > > Damian > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB camera with MDK
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 15:19, Kesav Tadimeti wrote: > HI all, > I need to record a video. One normally does this with a Video camcorder, > then capture the video from the tape to the computer using a software > program. I want to avoid the investment that goes into this. > > I would like to know if I can use a USB web camera to capture the video and > simultaneously convert to a computer file. Does Mandrake Linux support this? > DO I need a TV Tuner card for this? I am a total newbie to all things > related to Multimedia and USB. So please bear with my ignorance. > > With thanks & warm regards > Keshav XawTV does it. -- Tue Mar 18 15:35:00 EST 2003 15:35:00 up 20:49, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.16, 0.12 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** TANSTAAFL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] USB camera with MDK
HI all, I need to record a video. One normally does this with a Video camcorder, then capture the video from the tape to the computer using a software program. I want to avoid the investment that goes into this. I would like to know if I can use a USB web camera to capture the video and simultaneously convert to a computer file. Does Mandrake Linux support this? DO I need a TV Tuner card for this? I am a total newbie to all things related to Multimedia and USB. So please bear with my ignorance. With thanks & warm regards Keshav +-+ KEANE INDIA LIMITED E9 - E12, SDF NEPZ, NOIDA 201 305 U.P, INDIA e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +91-120-2568210(371) Men are from MACs, Women are from VMS +-+ Police: Good evening, are you the host? Host: No. Police: We've been getting complaints about this party. Host: About the drugs? Police: No. Host: About the guns, then? Is somebody complaining about the guns? Police: No, the noise. Host: Oh, the noise. Well that makes sense because there are no guns or drugs here. (An enormous explosion is heard in the background.) Or fireworks. Who's complaining about the noise? The neighbors? Police: No, the neighbors fled inland hours ago. Most of the recent complaints have come from Pittsburgh. Do you think you could ask the host to quiet things down? Host: No Problem. (At this point, a Volkswagon bug with primitive religious symbols drawn on the doors emerges from the living room and roars down the hall, past the police and onto the lawn, where it smashes into a tree. Eight guests tumble out onto the grass, moaning.) See? Things are starting to wind down. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Successful! Installing LinNeighborhood
Thanks everyone...for the prompt replies. This is by far the best maillist I have ever joined ! ;) I have smoothly installed the LinNeighborhood and started playing around. Will read more about the samba configuration using SWAT or webmin (domain, file sharing, rights and all these...), see if I can settle the file sharing task myself first. :) Thanks again! Shan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Booting up without GUI in Mandrake 9.0
I'd just like to mention a few things, as follows: At 05:30 PM 3/13/2003 +, you wrote: > > >Brian wrote: >> I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you > >brian, > >to exit 'X', as it may be your ref to 'gui', pressing 'ctrl+alt+backspace' >drops you to cli, command line input, 'non-gui'. if you press ctrl+alt+backspace in runlevel 5, you won't drop to cli, but instead will restart the X server. >changing to 'console' from X to cli is by pressing 'ctrl+alt+fn', where >'fn' is function keys f1 thru f6. The default is f1 - f6, yes, but you can add more if you want (or remove them) by looking at /etc/inittab, and adding or removing lines such as: 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 >changing 'consoles' from cli is by pressing 'alt+fn', where 'fn' is function >keys f1 thru f6, and f7 returns you to X, if previously open. else use 'startx'. > >have a look thru 'linux documents', /usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/index.html, >on your desktop. there you will find info for boot process and init files. Or, to get more recent copies, try http://www.tldp.org Michael -- Michael Viron Manager of Online Operations / Project Manager General Education Online Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't eject cd after burning
Todd Slater said: > Using cdrdao, with the --eject flag, sometimes after burning the > green light on the cd burner flashes, but I am unable to eject it. But > sometimes it does eject. This is annoying because right now the only way > I know to get the CD out is to reboot :(. > > The burner is an HP CD-Writer Plus. > > Todd How about if you type the following at the command line? eject /mnt/cdrom or if that doesn't work how about umount /mnt/cdrom eject /mnt/cdrom -- Anthony Abby http://www.comicsnsuch | Comic Community News http://www.aplusdata.com | System Consultation Web Development Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] can't eject cd after burning
Using cdrdao, with the --eject flag, sometimes after burning the green light on the cd burner flashes, but I am unable to eject it. But sometimes it does eject. This is annoying because right now the only way I know to get the CD out is to reboot :(. The burner is an HP CD-Writer Plus. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] help with undeliverable mail on localhost a little long.
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 21:18, Terence J. Golightly wrote: List, Sorry about that last post too much of everything. I'm hoping now someone can help me fix what I think is a sendmail problem. Please readon. > My system keeps dumping undeliverable system mail to a folder > /var/spool/clientmqueue. It eventually fills up my /var partition and > brings my pc to a crawl. I was able to write a perl script to delete the > 'lost' mail for now, but I would like to repair it permanently. >I have sendmail installed on my system, but am not sure if it is configured to > receive from the localhost or something is broken. ^ to my root account. This must somehow be the case. The mail was piling up in the /var/spool/clientmqueue for some time I only really noticed it when I made changes using Bastille. What configuration file can I check to help me troubleshoot whats not right. < snip > >I couldn't find a way to undo within Bastille so I copied the file gdm used to > authenticate users and I was then able to login. > I did undo bastille's changes. TIA, Terry System: Mandrake Linux 8.2 (Bluebird) Kernel Version: 2.4.18-6mdk Machine:i686 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Difference between 'ISO images' and ' Linux 9.0for i586'
m wrote: I'm about to install Mandrake Linux on my laptop and like to know the difference between those two. I guess I need to download ISO images 3 CDs where first one is bootable but what is the 'Mandrake Linux 9.0 for i586 and higher' download for. Do I need anything from there? Rather than having to download hundreds of files to get a working copy of Mandrake, they wisely chose to group tye numerous files into three large ISO files. WIth your CD burning software, you would tell it to burn from an image or an iso file. It will then do the convert the ISO file into appx. 650mb of individual programs. So you see, an ISO file is simply a bunch of individual files grouped together for easy management. The i586 files are those individual files within the ISO file. They are there in case you need some individual files or for folks that just perfer to use wget to get their files. Download the ISO files, burn each to a cd and load Mandrake from the CD. For Windows CD burning software, I am pretty sure they call an ISO file an image. You would use that option. You may want to try the local Linux Users Group (LUG) and just get a copy from them. They are usually more than willing to help anyone with Linux installs. Laptop installs are sometimes a bit tricky. -- Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Mandrake, Redhat and SuSE user Don't make me come down there -God Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
Tsur, Oren wrote: I think I tried that and I think it did. It keeps telling me that it can't write to the burner or that I have't got permission. ??? Oren -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 March 2003 15:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: Hi I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write to my cd-writer. OR. is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write to my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully excepted. Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root group but that did not make a difference. Oren Tsur Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd doesn't, so everything looks OK there. What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get up the config screen, does it recognise your burner? Anne Run X-CD-Roast as root first and save the settings. Then try it as a normal user. Within X-CD-Roast, you can allow all users to burn cd's. -- Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Mandrake, Redhat and SuSE user Don't make me come down there -God Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] font's appearance , win vs linux
On Monday 17 de March 2003 22:44, indra wrote: > hi all.. > > i've install Windows & mandrake in my pc., > if i compare between windows & linux i saw that in linux environment, the > font appearance (ie. in html document) doesn't smooth so it's not > comfortable to see HTML document in my linux... > > any suggest please.. > > TIA > > > Indee. Well, for HTML, you can use texstar's Mozilla XFT package (XFT is similar to Windows XP's "ClearType" system), if you want to improve fonts system-wide you can also install texstar's freetype/qt packages, you can also upgrade your KDE to version 3.1 . Texstar's RPMs are hosted on ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/ OR you can hold your breath a few weeks and get Mandrake 9.1 when it goes out. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RSA encryption in 9.1
On Friday 14 March 2003 11:35 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > There does not seem to be any 128 bit encryption in the 9.1rc2 + cooker > updates. I have tried installing krsa-0.1.4 but run into a problem with QT: > error message is: > checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= 1.42 and < 2.0) (headers and > libraries) not found. Please check your installation! > I installed qt-1.44 something and still get the same message so I must not > have something pointing in the right place. Anyone have 128bit encryption > active in konqueror or mozilla web browsers? and how did you do it? I have > java jre-1.4.0 working but no encryption. Any suggestions will be > appreciated, Thanks, Hmmm, apparently there is no known fix? I have searched archives and mozilla and googled on this but can't find out why no 128bit encryption. No one has even mentioned it other than me? Strange -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 56k modem problem
(I've not looked at the archives to see if this is a FAQ ... I apologize, and would like to be directed to a past thread if there is such a thing) I've used this US Robotics/3COM hardware modem (internal) with RedHat 8.0, and I know that it works ... I installed Mandrake 9.0 after having problems with internet connections (sometimes, I would be connected for 10 minutes then not be able to surf any longer .. on up to 3 hours ... very sporadic ... ) Now, when I do su - then kppp &, it says that the modem does not respond, or that I need to set up the modem correctly ... What troubleshooting steps should I be taking? Rita __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] font's appearance , win vs linux
hi all.. i've install Windows & mandrake in my pc., if i compare between windows & linux i saw that in linux environment, the font appearance (ie. in html document) doesn't smooth so it's not comfortable to see HTML document in my linux... any suggest please.. TIA Indee.
Re: [newbie] X Font Server Problem
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 07:33, Matt Mahoney wrote: > Is what my problem is that I have somehow lost my "fixed" font in my > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc folder which is preventing x from > starting. > > Does anyone know where to get this font? I cannot find it anywhere. > > Matt Mahoney Nothing will delete that font - but if for some reason your Xconfigs are mucked up, then X won't start - and might give you font errors. There are a few /tmp directories created when X is run or configured, and you might want to check to see if they're either there, or not there. Have you tried a reboot? Overall, here's some things to ask yourself: What has changed or been added or reconfigured since this last worked properly? Have you changed or added hardware? Have you deleted any files (fonts aren't that easy to find and delete) -- Tue Mar 18 07:55:00 EST 2003 07:55:00 up 13:09, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.01 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** meeting, n.: An assembly of people coming together to decide what person or department not represented in the room must solve a problem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The sounds of crickets: static redux.
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 07:19, James Henry Maiewski wrote: > OS: Mandrake 9.0 > CPU: AMD Athlon > Board: ASUS A7V > Sound Card: SoundblasterLive MP3+ 5.1 > Modem: US Robotics/3COM 56K FaxModem model 5610 > > Hello, > > Now that I've thought about it, and done some searching, I remember > that my first Linux experience was having to insert a 'setserial' > command in /etc/rc.local [this was Red Hat 7] to rectify an IRQ > conflict to get my modem talking with kppp. As this may be my > problem with my sound card now, I was wondering if anybody had any > recommendations on sources of information about IRQs and where I > might put a 'setserial' in Mandrake 9.0? > > If it's relevant, the IRQ conflict seems to be with an internal > flash card reader that I plugged into the USB3 on my ASUS A7V > Motherboard. > > I'm still curious about tty's and their allocation, if any > information on this topic is available. > > With an advance of thanks, > Jim M. Ay Jim - I had a prob with 9.0 and my SB Live! 5.1 card - but what I ended up doing was replacing the driver. Now I'm using 9.1rc2 and it's using the emu10k1 driver - is that the driver that's trying to load at all on yer system? (check the /etc/modules.conf - or while yer running, do an "lsmod | more" to see if you gottit running) -- Tue Mar 18 07:30:01 EST 2003 07:30:01 up 12:44, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.06 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** "Aww, if you make me cry anymore, you'll fog up my helmet." -- "Visionaries" cartoon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] X Font Server Problem
Is what my problem is that I have somehow lost my "fixed" font in my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc folder which is preventing x from starting. Does anyone know where to get this font? I cannot find it anywhere. Matt Mahoney Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ems-i.com 801-302-1400 Phone 801-302-1160 Fax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] The sounds of crickets: static redux.
OS: Mandrake 9.0 CPU: AMD Athlon Board: ASUS A7V Sound Card: SoundblasterLive MP3+ 5.1 Modem: US Robotics/3COM 56K FaxModem model 5610 Hello, Now that I've thought about it, and done some searching, I remember that my first Linux experience was having to insert a 'setserial' command in /etc/rc.local [this was Red Hat 7] to rectify an IRQ conflict to get my modem talking with kppp. As this may be my problem with my sound card now, I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations on sources of information about IRQs and where I might put a 'setserial' in Mandrake 9.0? If it's relevant, the IRQ conflict seems to be with an internal flash card reader that I plugged into the USB3 on my ASUS A7V Motherboard. I'm still curious about tty's and their allocation, if any information on this topic is available. With an advance of thanks, Jim M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Difference between 'ISO images' and ' Linux 9.0for i586'
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 03:53, m wrote: > Derek, > > would it be too much of a difference comparing with 9.1 Beta? Upgrade > later on should be also possible right? I'm not a production, so I > don't really care - it's just for me to try it out. > If anything, if you're adventurous, grab 9.1rc2 - you won't regret it. -- Tue Mar 18 07:00:00 EST 2003 07:00:00 up 12:14, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.16, 0.10 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Bridge ahead. Pay troll. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnome PPP doesn't work
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 06:23, Douglas B. wrote: > Hi all, > > Can you help? > > Gnome PPP establishes a PPP connection with the ISP but then fails to > log me in and dies with "ppd daemon died unexpectedly". > > KPPP on the other hand works fine,so where is the problem likely to be? > Maybe I'm making the wrong settings - it's not clear to me how account > options in KPPP translate to Gnome PPP ones. Is there anything else that > might be at fault? > > [Sony laptop; dual boot XP/MD9.0; Winmodem works fine,thanks to > invaluable advice and tips on the mailing list!] > > Thanks, Aside from the fact that Gnome-PPP sucks - is there a reason you REALLY want to use it if you already have a working KPPP? Gnome-PPP is rather lacking in it's usage/configurability - whereas KPPP is at least cultured enough to have more capabilities. Otherwise, it's really a time-out issue and an issue with script processing on the part of Gnome-PPP. -- Tue Mar 18 06:55:00 EST 2003 06:55:00 up 12:09, 3 users, load average: 0.17, 0.14, 0.08 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Most public domain software is free, at least at first glance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Gnome PPP doesn't work
Hi all, Can you help? Gnome PPP establishes a PPP connection with the ISP but then fails to log me in and dies with "ppd daemon died unexpectedly". KPPP on the other hand works fine,so where is the problem likely to be? Maybe I'm making the wrong settings - it's not clear to me how account options in KPPP translate to Gnome PPP ones. Is there anything else that might be at fault? [Sony laptop; dual boot XP/MD9.0; Winmodem works fine,thanks to invaluable advice and tips on the mailing list!] Thanks, -- Douglas B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
I should have also said give the cdwriter group write permission to /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom0 /dev/scd0 (These devices may not all exist) derek On Monday 17 Mar 2003 5:06 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > You need to give group access permission to the cdwriter group to the > following applications (all located in /usr/bin) > > cdrdao (not all burners use this) > cdrecord > mkhybrid (not all burners use this) > mkisofs > > To give group ownership open a root konqueror window > (KMenu>Applications>FileTools>File Manager(Superuser) > > right click on the file you want to change and select Properties. > > HTH > > derek > > On Monday 17 Mar 2003 3:43 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > > I think I tried that and I think it did. > > > > It keeps telling me that it can't write to the burner or that I have't > > got permission. > > > > ??? > > > > Oren > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 17 March 2003 15:32 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer > > > > On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > > > Hi > > > I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< > > > > > > In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. > > > On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. > > > > > > Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to > > > write to my cd-writer. > > > OR. is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write > > > to my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully > > > excepted. > > > > > > Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root > > > group but that did not make a difference. > > > > > > Oren Tsur > > > > Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd > > doesn't, so > > everything looks OK there. > > > > What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get > > up the config screen, does it recognise your burner? > > > > Anne -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Difference between 'ISO images' and ' Linux 9.0 for i586'
You will find that after Windows there will be a big culture shock with any Linux. 9.0 is a good distro and you will learn lots. Its just that if you were going to spend hours downloading a distro I thought you might like to know the new release is imminent. Upgrading is not too difficult. It is easier if you keep your personal files (your /home directory) on a separate partition. That way you can upgrade by just wiping the old release and install the new one over the top without losing your personal data. derek On Monday 17 Mar 2003 4:53 pm, m wrote: > Derek, > would it be too much of a difference comparing with 9.1 Beta? Upgrade later > on should be also possible right? I'm not a production, so I don't really > care - it's just for me to try it out. Martin > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Monday 17 Mar 2003 4:44 am, m wrote: > > I'm about to install Mandrake Linux on my laptop and like to know the > > difference between those two. I guess I need to download ISO images 3 CDs > > where first one is bootable but what is the 'Mandrake Linux 9.0 for i586 > > and higher' download for. Do I need anything from there? > > > > Thx, Martin > > > > > > > > - > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > > If you can stand the anticipation Martin, Mandrake 9.1 should be released > within a few days with even better features than the one you are about to > download. > > But when it is released the mirrors will be *very* busy, so actually > getting it may take a while. > > derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
You need to give group access permission to the cdwriter group to the following applications (all located in /usr/bin) cdrdao (not all burners use this) cdrecord mkhybrid (not all burners use this) mkisofs To give group ownership open a root konqueror window (KMenu>Applications>FileTools>File Manager(Superuser) right click on the file you want to change and select Properties. HTH derek On Monday 17 Mar 2003 3:43 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > I think I tried that and I think it did. > > It keeps telling me that it can't write to the burner or that I have't got > permission. > > ??? > > Oren > > -Original Message- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 March 2003 15:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer > > On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > > Hi > > I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< > > > > In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. > > On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. > > > > Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write > > to my cd-writer. > > OR. is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write to > > my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully excepted. > > > > Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root > > group but that did not make a difference. > > > > Oren Tsur > > Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd doesn't, > so > everything looks OK there. > > What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get up > the config screen, does it recognise your burner? > > Anne -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Difference between 'ISO images' and ' Linux 9.0 for i586'
Derek, would it be too much of a difference comparing with 9.1 Beta? Upgrade later on should be also possible right? I'm not a production, so I don't really care - it's just for me to try it out. Martin Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 17 Mar 2003 4:44 am, m wrote:> I'm about to install Mandrake Linux on my laptop and like to know the> difference between those two. I guess I need to download ISO images 3 CDs> where first one is bootable but what is the 'Mandrake Linux 9.0 for i586> and higher' download for. Do I need anything from there?>> Thx, Martin -> Do you Yahoo!?> Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business onlineIf you can stand the anticipation Martin, Mandrake 9.1 should be released within a few days with even better features than the one you are about to download.But when it is released the mirrors will be *very* busy, so actually getting it may take a while.derek-- --www.jennings.homelinux.netWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online
Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
Tsur, Oren wrote: Hi I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write to my cd-writer. Oren Tsur Well Oren, You don't give much information about your setup. It would help to know whether your writer is in the 1st or second ide line, whether configured master or slave, and make and model, or what programme you are trying to use it under. First , type in a terminal, cdrecord -scanbus and report the result. this will list where the writer is listed on the bus. your writer has tobe listed in /etc/fstab to be mounted correctly, it would be a good idea to report what you have there. You also need to report the append line in /etc/lilo.conf John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
I think I tried that and I think it did. It keeps telling me that it can't write to the burner or that I have't got permission. ??? Oren -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 March 2003 15:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > Hi > I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< > > In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. > On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. > > Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write > to my cd-writer. > OR. is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write to > my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully excepted. > > Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root group > but that did not make a difference. > > Oren Tsur Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd doesn't, so everything looks OK there. What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get up the config screen, does it recognise your burner? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer
On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > Hi > I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< > > In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. > On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. > > Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write > to my cd-writer. > OR. is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write to > my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully excepted. > > Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root group > but that did not make a difference. > > Oren Tsur Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd doesn't, so everything looks OK there. What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get up the config screen, does it recognise your burner? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
