Re: [newbie] Got my sound working, sort of
I switched to that How do you do that? And yeah, be as dumb instructive as you like 'cause I'm likely to mess it up otherwise. Ta -- Regards Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whether big or small, any challenge requires the same commitment. Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: I finally got my sound working under Mandrake 10.0 Official download. I have a Crystal Sound Fusion CS4610/1 sound card. In both CE and Official, this was recognized during installation. But when logging in, I always got a popup error saying that /dev/dsp didn't exist, so sound was being routed to /dev/null. Sure enough, no sound. The default driver installed for this card is cs46xx. Sounded reasonable to me. But snd-cs46xx was listed as an alternative. I tried that and got some slightly different error messages during boot, but still the same popup, and still no sound. I discovered during this that the cs46xx driver has been blacklisted by the kernel developers. It is known not to work! I have to ask, what is Mandrake doing, not only supplying a blacklisted driver, but making it the default? Isn't anyone paying attention over there? Anyway, /var/log/messages to the rescue again. There were a number of lines in there about the sound card, but the notable ones were: kernel: create - never read codec ready from AC'97 kernel: it is not probably bug, try to use cs4236 driver Now there is no cs4236 driver available on the Mandrake install (though there is a cs4232), but there is an snd-cs4236. I switched to that, rebooted, and voila, I have sound. It's a little messed up now, possibly due to the use of a driver for an older model of sound card. KMix is convinced that it's mono sound, even though it's actually stereo (I use Pink Floyd's Money to test stereo, nothing better for that). With the default settings, the instrumental comes through okay on both channels, but the voice sounds like they're singing through a vacuum cleaner hose. When I tell KMix to split the channels and slide either slider down half way the voice starts coming through clear, but I lose half the instrumental volume on whichever channel I slid down. I set the left at 100% and the right at 75% and I get a reasonable compromise. I don't notice the difference in most songs, though on ones like Money that make heavy use of the stereo, I notice the reduced right channel instrumental. If anyone has any thoughts on how to improve the sound, I'm listening. Otherwise, I'll live with it the way it is. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.240 / Virus Database: 262.9.15 - Release Date: 4/05/2004 -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.240 / Virus Database: 262.9.15 - Release Date: 4/05/2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to Windows. In Systemconfiguration I found a setting for gamma. But that won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some 3rd party application? Thanks, Michael http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/KGamma The Twiki is your friend !! -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. Lewis Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.0 CE does not properly shutdown
G-Love wrote: Installed 10.0CE a few days ago and am quite happy. However, I can't get my machine to properly shutdown. It hangs while unloading some USB drivers (unfortunately I don't have the exact message). However I think I've seen some posts about this being an improper USB patch in the 10.0 kernel. BTW, I'm running kernel v2.6.3-9. Otherwise, everything works fine, but this is a bit annoying. -Greg I had the same problem, but sorted it by adjusting lilo config. Post the contents of your /etc/lilo.conf file and we'll see if we can get it working properly for you. Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] turning off mailman
crontab -e -u mail then put a # in front of 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman-2.1.4/cron/gate_news Bill Shirley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert lester Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] turning off mailman looking at syslog, it seems that cron is runing the mailman program which brings in news. I never read new. How do I turn it off? It runs every five minutes and fills up syslog. I looked in the cron (hourly,daily,etc) but couldn't find it. bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao-Tsze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Logitech mouseman and 10.0
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 08:14 pm, C. Tresenriter wrote: XF86Config-4 is the same as 9.2 except the Device line in the Input Devices section says /dev/mouse where in 9.2 it says /dev/psaux... Changing it didn't help. Ccan someone give me a clue? In InputDevice Section, check for a Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 line. On my Logitech wireless mouse, the line reads 6 7 so YMMV. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Logitech mouseman and 10.0
On Thu, 6 May 2004 07:01:38 -0400 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 05 May 2004 08:14 pm, C. Tresenriter wrote: XF86Config-4 is the same as 9.2 except the Device line in the Input Devices section says /dev/mouse where in 9.2 it says /dev/psaux... Changing it didn't help. Ccan someone give me a clue? In InputDevice Section, check for a Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 line. On my Logitech wireless mouse, the line reads 6 7 so YMMV. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Both 9.2 and 10.0 show it as 4 5 Tried switching to 6 7 no change I'm assuming you can scroll without problems? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] how to update samba in Mandrake Control Center?
Hi all... I have Samba 2.2.8 installed... Can I update to Samba 3.x.x through MCC ?? If not, which easier way to update and still have the swat service to help me ?? thanx in advance. Flávio Henrique
Re: [newbie] how to update samba in Mandrake Control Center?
On Thursday 06 May 2004 12:16, Flávio Henrique wrote: Hi all... I have Samba 2.2.8 installed... Can I update to Samba 3.x.x through MCC ?? If not, which easier way to update and still have the swat service to help me ?? thanx in advance. Flávio Henrique You can have both Samba 2.2.8 and Samba3 installed at the same time. You select between the two using the 'update-alternatives' command. See man update-alternatives See /var/lib/rpm/alternatives for the applications for which alternatives are available. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Change Ogg bitrate
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:01:03PM -0400, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 05 May 2004 01:09 am, Ralph Slooten wrote: You can try the simple bash script I have attached. Just edit it to suite your needs. The way it is now is to produce a folder called converted with your re-encoded ogg's at quality 4, and in the comment it puts in the original bitrate. Hope it helps, This is a nice little script. How are you licensing it? I'd like to give it to a few other people. I have a very similar script that lets you specify quality on the command line. You could easily set it up for a specific bitrate, too. http://clevername.homeip.net/scripts/ Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness
Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:19, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably differentway too dark for viewing artwork. I can make adjustments to the monitor, but, then I need to also start over when I go back to Windows. In Systemconfiguration I found a setting for gamma. But that won't solve the problem. Is there another way to establish a monitor default setting for brightness/contrast either in Mandrake or with some 3rd party application? Thanks, Michael http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/KGamma The Twiki is your friend !! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.0 CE does not properly shutdown
On Thursday 06 May 2004 03:01, G-Love wrote: Installed 10.0CE a few days ago and am quite happy. However, I can't get my machine to properly shutdown. It hangs while unloading some USB drivers (unfortunately I don't have the exact message). However I think I've seen some posts about this being an improper USB patch in the 10.0 kernel. BTW, I'm running kernel v2.6.3-9. Otherwise, everything works fine, but this is a bit annoying. -Greg Greg, As a temporary measure, to shutdown, open up a terminal and type poweroff and hit enter. to reboot, just type reboot and enter. I have this problem, and thats how I overcome it..!! JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10 Community Exposing Microsoft products directly to the internet, is a bit like painting a large bullseye on your butt, and bending over, naked, in a San Francisco steam room. Except, Microsoft isnt nearly as safe Registered Linux User #340061 ICQ: #86015236 Yahoo!: v6vitanic 16:09:16 up 20 min, 1 user, load average: 0.58, 0.47, 0.51 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1
Hello Dennis, Wednesday, May 5, 2004, 8:07:08 PM, you wrote: DM On Wednesday 05 May 2004 08:49 pm, rikona wrote: The md5's on the disks are OK, and they seemed to work during install, but the install program seemed to be rather confused. It asked for a disk, but when I inserted it, it asked for a different one, and then a different one, and so on, never seeming to find what it needed. Any ideas to get 10.0 running would be much appreciated. Also would like to get the CD running again, too. :-) Did I encounter, perhaps, the two extremes in installing Mandrake? :-) DM It sounds to me like a hardware problem. Can you put a different DM CDrom drive perhaps? I might be able to find an old 2-4X one that got replaced, but never thrown away. :-) Still, it seems an odd coincidence that the CD would fail right after the first boot of MD. The tray opens up right after power-on, well before MD loads, and even before the BIOS completes. During the install, the CD behaved normally, and was happy to stay closed with a CD in place, and the BIOS booted from the CD. Any idea why the CD is so different mechanically right after the install? I seem to remember some talk about MD zapping CD drives. Could this be still happening? DM Were the disks made on a different machine Yes. DM and are they the rewritable media? No. DM Some CD devices have trouble with CDRW discs. Agreed. I'd not try that for an install. DM I have Installed 10 official on three different machines now with DM no problem. I'm envious. :-)) DM One is an older AMD K6 II 333mhz machine with a 12x DM CDRom I think. This is also rather old - a P2 120, Asus MBoard, Intel chip set, Stealth 3D (S3) video, SMC network card, but has 256 Megs memory. It will be used by a novice as a Windows replacement for email and web surfing. No need for high performance. DM Good luck, Thanks. Any other thoughts much appreciated. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Logitech mouseman and 10.0
On Thursday 06 May 2004 07:07 am, C. Tresenriter wrote: Both 9.2 and 10.0 show it as 4 5 Tried switching to 6 7 no change I'm assuming you can scroll without problems? Yes, but I am using a wireless Logitech mouse and it is hooked up to the USB port, not to the PS2 one. Possibly, that is the root of your issue. Have you tried using the USB port instead? I have heard some people talk about problems using PS2 adapters and getting full functionality. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xmms only plays when started in CLI
If I go through startmultimediasound, xmms will load up and after entering the URL for the stream, it buffers the looks like it's playing - it shows a stereo signal and the address - but there's no sound and the timer stays at zero. In addition, afterwards, it will not close not via the GUI or a right click and I have to restart X. At the CLI, it works like I expect it to - I'm using 10.0 with the Official updates. Has anyone else experienced this? Any guesses about what to try would be appreciated. -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
Hi guys! I made some shares here through samba 2.2.8 and put the permissions in this share like this: 'chmod -R 777 /share', to make sure that all users will open... and everything goes fine... but after some time, nobody can access the share... so, I open the log in /var/log/samba/log.user, i.e., and I can see the problem: "Can't chage the directory to /share (Permission denied)" but the permission is 777, like I said before... the share only works again if I type 'chmod -R 777 /share' again... this is the only reason that I can not change definitely my server... plz, someone have a hint for this ?? thanx Flávio Henrique
Re: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
Flávio Henrique wrote: Hi guys! I made some shares here through samba 2.2.8 and put the permissions in this share like this: 'chmod -R 777 /share', to make sure that all users will open... and everything goes fine... but after some time, nobody can access the share... so, I open the log in /var/log/samba/log.user, i.e., and I can see the problem: Can't chage the directory to /share (Permission denied) but the permission is 777, like I said before... the share only works again if I type 'chmod -R 777 /share' again... this is the only reason that I can not change definitely my server... plz, someone have a hint for this ?? thanx Flávio Henrique It sounds like you have msec running along behind you cleaning up the permissions.. 777 is a dangerous permission and you shouldn't be suing it.. You are better off telling samba to use one user for all users.. and then set the files to 600 in the shares., (and change their owner and group to the owner and group that you have just set the share up to use.) Try something like this for a share: [myshare] comment = a test share path = /home/allusers force user = franki force group = franki public = no writable = yes printable = no Thats much better security then using open permissions.. -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
Flávio Henrique wrote: Hi guys! I made some shares here through samba 2.2.8 and put the permissions in this share like this: 'chmod -R 777 /share', to make sure that all users will open... and everything goes fine... but after some time, nobody can access the share... so, I open the log in /var/log/samba/log.user, i.e., and I can see the problem: Can't chage the directory to /share (Permission denied) but the permission is 777, like I said before... the share only works again if I type 'chmod -R 777 /share' again... this is the only reason that I can not change definitely my server... plz, someone have a hint for this ?? thanx Flávio Henrique It sounds like you have msec running along behind you cleaning up the permissions.. I can't understand this... what's 'msec' ?? 777 is a dangerous permission and you shouldn't be suing it.. Yes, I know, but I use this just to see if the share it will be done... You are better off telling samba to use one user for all users.. and then set the files to 600 in the shares., (and change their owner and group to the owner and group that you have just set the share up to use.) Try something like this for a share: [myshare] comment = a test share path = /home/allusers force user = franki force group = franki public = no writable = yes printable = no But do your think this have relations with why my share is losting after some time? for explanation, I use my linux as a single machine in my network (without domain, just a workgroup) thanx Flávio Henrique Thats much better security then using open permissions.. -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
Flávio Henrique wrote: It sounds like you have msec running along behind you cleaning up the permissions.. I can't understand this... what's 'msec' ?? msec is a collection of security scripts that run nightly and tries to stop insecure practises.. stuff like open executable file permissions.. man msec will give you more info on that. 777 is a dangerous permission and you shouldn't be suing it.. Yes, I know, but I use this just to see if the share it will be done... Don't understand what you mean here.. you already know the share works, the question is why use it when there is a better way? You are better off telling samba to use one user for all users.. and then set the files to 600 in the shares., (and change their owner and group to the owner and group that you have just set the share up to use.) Try something like this for a share: [myshare] comment = a test share path = /home/allusers force user = franki force group = franki public = no writable = yes printable = no But do your think this have relations with why my share is losting after some time? Yes, I know, because I did the same thing long ago, and had the same problem.. you'll have other problems with multi user programs as well. (in australia we have a business accounting software package called MYOB, and if you use your method and multiple users access the file, it will always end up causing problems.) for explanation, I use my linux as a single machine in my network (without domain, just a workgroup) Thats fine, what my suggestion does, is make it such that any user on the network that writes or accesses a file in the share, uses the same user and group as everyone else on the network, meaning that all users have access, and they all use the same user/group.. that way the permissions on the files can be much lower then they are now, where the files are accessed by the login user they used. Trust me, it works great, I've been using it for ages. thanx Flávio Henrique Thats much better security then using open permissions.. -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0
Hello Dennis, Thursday, May 6, 2004, 3:52:52 PM, you wrote: DM On Thursday 06 May 2004 04:44 pm, rikona wrote: I did find an old 4X CD and tried a reinstall again. I opted for the plain vga install this time to avoid possible video problems. It got to the summary and it said the video was not yet configured. I selected this and pressed do it. In configuring the video, I set it to 800x600 60hz, 24bits, and got to the test the configuration question and said yes, which brought me to a blue screen with an X cursor which I could move around the screen. There is nothing on the screen - just a uniform blue color. Problem is I can't seem to get out of the test I just ran. How do I get back to the install procedure to finish it? DM Good luck, Thanks. :-)) DM you should be able to hit enter or esc or maybe any key to go back to the DM install. I tried these and all the usual suspects, including alt-f12 and others used during the install. After these, then tried cntl C,x, etc. It has that dead look, but the mouse moves always. DM Most puzzling. Indeed. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0
Hello frankieh, Thursday, May 6, 2004, 4:52:44 PM, you wrote: f Dennis Myers wrote: you should be able to hit enter or esc or maybe any key to go back to the install. Most puzzling. f As a rule, I never ever do the GUI test in the installer.. This looks like the way to go, I guess. f If it fails, you might have to start the instal again. (been there) :- f you can test it once you have booted to linux.. and if it fails then, f you can use the config tools to fix it.. f and you don't risk having to install again. It looks like the procedure does not have an exit mechanism built into it, because the mouse keeps moving and thus is not a crash, at least in that part. f Thats been my experiance anyway. Thanks - I guess I'll reinstall once again. Sure was spoiled by 9.1. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0
rikona wrote: f As a rule, I never ever do the GUI test in the installer.. This looks like the way to go, I guess. f If it fails, you might have to start the instal again. (been there) :- Thanks - I guess I'll reinstall once again. Sure was spoiled by 9.1. :-) Is it possible that you can't see the is this working type thing that you click to verify the test? h perhaps by some oddity it is off the screen and you can't see or access it? is your graphics hardware unusual? -- rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0 - solved
Hello frankieh, Thursday, May 6, 2004, 7:02:24 PM, you wrote: f rikona wrote: ff As a rule, I never ever do the GUI test in the installer.. This looks like the way to go, I guess. f If it fails, you might have to start the instal again. (been there) :- Thanks - I guess I'll reinstall once again. Sure was spoiled by 9.1. :-) f Is it possible that you can't see the is this working type thing that f you click to verify the test? h f perhaps by some oddity it is off the screen and you can't see or access it? Possibly, but the mouse stops at the edges. f is your graphics hardware unusual? No - Diamond Stealth, uses S3 Virge chip. I did an update instead of an install. It got me to the summary a lot faster, where I could again opt to configure the graphics. Why it did NOT do this as part of the install escapes me, though. The secret was NOT to do the graphics test when offered, as you suggested. Turns out I was only 3 screens from the end. Made it, and now boots up OK. And, yes, the graphics are OK and don't need a test. Your don't test is a good rule. I'm looking forward to being spoiled by 10.0. :-)) Thanks much! -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] System Slowdown
On Thursday 06 May 2004 05:37 pm, Chris wrote: Not a big deal, but it seemed over the past few days the taskbar would take longer and longer to unhide/hide until tonight it took about 5 or 6 seconds to unhide. It also seemed that switching between desktops became slower. I went ahead and rebooted which of course cleared out the problem. The system had been up for right at 30 days with 9.0. Anyone want to take a guess at what may cause this? Chris You will probably be taken seriously here... further evidence that I need to accomplish a Microsoft-free computer as well! Windows will slow down after 3 hours, and crash within 30 hours, if lucky. Asa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
Yes, msec will mess your permissions up on /share. I will show you how to do this for the samba share docs that is accessable by docusers. You already have /share so as root cd /share chown root.root . chmod 755 . groupadd docusers mkdir -m 2770 docs chown root.docusers docs add this to smb.conf [Docs] comment = share for docusers path = /share/docs browseable = no guest ok = no valid users = @docusers writeable = yes create mask = 771 directory mask = 770 map hidden = yes map archive = yes map system = yes available = yes now edit /etc/group and find the entry for docusers docusers:x:499: [Note, the number may be different. That's ok.] now add the users that you want to be able to access this share to this line and save your changes docusers:x:499:user1,user2,user4 After saving the changes, then finally do a: service smb reload Your users may have to log off and back on before they can map the drive. They won't see the share in Network Neighborhood because we set browesable = no. Change it to yes if needed. If you make a change you must do: service smb reload and they MAY need to log off and back on to see your change. Each file or directory created in /share/docs will be owned by the user that created it and have the group of docusers. All members of group docusers can edit/delete files/directories. Hope this helps, Bill Shirley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of frankieh Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz. Flávio Henrique wrote: Flávio Henrique wrote: hmmm.. so this msec thing break the shares because is too risk ? I'm right ? is that what your mean ?? It doesn't break the share, it has nothing to do with samba at all. It seems the files that are writable and executable to everyone, and it changes them to safer permissions. in fact, the permission still displayed like dwrxwrxwrx for my share... but the users can access it... even that, I need to give 'chmod 777 /share' again to work... yes, but are the files still 777 Flávio Henrique Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Sasl Authentication for Postfix
I authenticate using imap: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf pwcheck_method: saslauthd [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd # $Id: saslauthd.sysconfig,v 1.1 2001/05/02 10:55:48 wiget Exp $ # Authentications mechanism (for list see saslauthd -v) #SASL_AUTHMECH=pam SASL_AUTHMECH=rimap # Hostname for remote IMAP server (if rimap auth mech is used) # Ldap configuration file (if ldap auth mech is used) SASL_MECH_OPTIONS= # Extra options (for list see saslauthd -h) # -n use 3 threads # -a use remote imap at 127.0.0.1 SASLAUTHD_OPTS=-n 3 -O localhost #SASLAUTHD_OPTS=-n 3 Works like a charm and handles virtual mailboxes too. Bill Shirley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Derek Jennings Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sasl Authentication for Postfix On Wednesday 05 May 2004 00:42, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 04 May 2004 04:12 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: I tried copying /etc/shadow to /var/spool/postfix/etc with perms 644 without success. I have seen others talk about how complex getting that to work is, not to mention the security issues. I never tried because of those. How do you configure /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd to work with sasldb ? If I set SASL_AUTHMECH= sasldb I get No, under sasl2, which is what Mandrake10 uses, use use auxprop. Sasl is salsdb. # service saslauthd start Starting saslauthdsaslauthd[13725] :set_auth_mech : unknown authentication mechanism: sasldb (libsasl2-plug-sasldb is installed.) And where does the sasl database go? Once created it goes into /var/spool/postfix/var/lib/sasl2 with postfix:postfix as owner. OK I got it working with sasldb. The problem is all to do with postfix running in a chroot sandbox. For the archives this is what I had to do :- In /etc/postfix/main.cf smtpd_sasl_path = /var/lib/sasl2:/usr/lib/sasl2 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, check_relay_domains smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous create sasldb database with the command saslpasswd2 -c -u jennings.homelinux.net -a smtpauth derek The database will be created in /etc/sasl.db copy that to /var/spool/postfix/var/lib/sasl2/sasl.db Create the file /var/spool/postfix/var/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf containing the text pwcheck_method: auxprop Create a symlink between /usr/lib/sasl2 and /var/spool/postfix/usr/lib/sasl2 ln -s /usr/lib/sasl2 /var/spool/postfix/usr/lib/sasl2 Thanks derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Konqueror misses overwrite all button
In last kde (shipping with 9.2) I was used to the nice overwrite all options offered when moving/copying same-name files to a directory. Now this default kde only give 1 overwrite option and I have to click overwrite for each one of the files I want to overwrite. Anyone knows how to go back to old fashion practical way of doing the things? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] backpack serie 6
Would you know what to do in order to make the firmware uploaded automatically as soon as the device is detected on the USB port? At this point I have to use fxload manually each time I boot. Le May 4, 2004 01:18 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar a écrit : On May 3, 2004 23:03, Marc Lijour wrote: ... I have a bacpack (MIcrosolution) cdwriter. It was working in 9.2. I used to insmod the following modules in this order to have it working: bpck6 (driver) pcd (parallel port connection, which is used to connect the cdwriter) pg (scsi emulation) Then I could see it with cdrecord -scanbus, mount it, and use it. With 10.0 it does not work this way. My loaded modules are: ... --- end --- Please, I would need some help to make it work with kernel 2.6. Thanks, Marc Hey, a fellow backpacker! I'm using the USB interface, though, so it might be different with the parallel port. I downloaded the driver from: http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index3.html I started with 10.0 CE and never did get it working there. Hoped 10.0 Official would fix the problem but it didn't. After a lot of mucking around, I discovered that the fxload program is missing from the Mandrake 10 distro, even though it's part of the Linux Hotplug project on SourceForge. This program is responsible for downloading new firmware to the drive to make it talk to Linux properly. Check in /var/log/messages to see if there's a message saying that fxload is missing. If so, download it from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17679 Nice to meet you. Not many of us around here! Yeah, maybe that's why they don't bother to include fxload on the CDs. I found it on the Mandrake mirrors: http://gulus.usherb.ca/pub/distro/Mandrakelinux/devel/10.0/contrib/i586/ fx load-2002_04_11-2mdk.i586.rpm My question would be, where does your drive appear in /dev? How do you mount it? And then, why does it stopped working for me with the parallel port.. ... Mine appeared as /dev/scd0, which is a link to scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd (I sent a message the other day about these device assignments, because they don't match with what the various cd writing programs expect, and I'm not sure what to do about this; haven't seen any replies though). I don't have to mount or unmount it. With hotplug working, the device appears when I plug it in, and disappears when I unplug it. When I insert a cd, magicdev takes over to automount it for me. But this is all through the USB interface. I didn't try the parallel port (though if I get the time I might, as I have more USB devices than I have available ports, and my parallel port is empty). Have you tried it through USB? I never used Mandrake 9, so I don't know what changed to break this. But it seems from the messages on this list that quite a few things broke from 9 to 10. I don't know whether that's issues with the new kernel or what the story is. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] mp3gain
Anyone got the Linux binary for mp3gain hanging around? The author has no Linux binaries available on his site now, and I get no response to e-mails. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org Kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ 00:42:22 up 11:09, 4 users, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.13 +++ Reality is what you can get away with. -- Robert Anton Wilson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] I'm losting my samba's shares after some time... permission denied... help plz.
On Thursday 06 May 2004 03:52 pm, frankieh wrote: Flávio Henrique wrote: Flávio Henrique wrote: hmmm.. so this msec thing break the shares because is too risk ? I'm right ? is that what your mean ?? It doesn't break the share, it has nothing to do with samba at all. It seems the files that are writable and executable to everyone, and it changes them to safer permissions. in fact, the permission still displayed like dwrxwrxwrx for my share... but the users can access it... even that, I need to give 'chmod 777 /share' again to work... yes, but are the files still 777 Flávio Henrique My solution is to KILL G%^%$#$ msec. I HATE msec, because I know what permissions I want on my files and I don't want to be hand-held by any program. It is especially not necessary on a home network where everyone is (or should be) a trusted user. To kill msec so that it can't run, as root go to /usr/sbin and rename the msec executable to DISABLEmsec. Presto, no more permissions changes on shared folders. An added bonus is no more filling up of logs with msec messages. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Got my sound working, sort of
On May 6, 2004 01:38, Frank wrote:
...
Now there is no cs4236 driver available on the Mandrake install (though
there is a cs4232), but there is an snd-cs4236. I switched to that,
rebooted, and voila, I have sound.
...
I switched to that
How do you do that?
And yeah, be as dumb instructive as you like 'cause I'm likely
to mess it up otherwise.
Ta
--
Regards
Frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whether big or small, any challenge requires the same commitment.
Yeah, I left out quite a few details of what I went through, because the
message was getting long as it was.
I went to System - Configuration - Configure your computer. This is the
infamous MCC (Mandrake Control Center, analogous to Windoze control panel).
You have to supply the root password to get in here.
Then click on Hardware. In there, click on Hardware again. It'll chug away for
a while detecting your hardware, then bring up a list of the hardware it
detected.
Assuming it found your sound card, there will be an entry under Soundcard.
Click on this and the window on the right will give you what MCC knows about
your sound card - vendor, bus location, and so on. Then click on Run Config
Tool along the bottom.
When the Sound configuration window pops up, you'll see the current driver
listed in a selection list that lets you pick the other drivers Mandrake
knows about for you card. In my case, it just listed the cs46xx and the
snd-cs46xx. But if you click on Let me pick any driver a little farther down,
it'll give you a complete list of sound card drivers that are available.
That's how I got to the snd-cs4236 driver. Once you've picked on, it'll show
up in the selection list after that.
Basically all this wizard does though is make some changes
in /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modules.conf (I understand that it updates
both to be compatible with both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels). You can make the
changes directly if you know what you're doing. I wasn't sure, so I used the
wizard, then listed these files to see what changed.
I noticed that it had added the new lines but hadn't removed the old driver
lines. I was worried that this would mess things up, so I ended up editing
these files anyway to remove the old lines. Here's the modprobe.conf that the
wizard produced:
alias eth0 3c59x
alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236
install snd-cs4236 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-cs4236
{ /sbin/modprobe s
nd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
install snd-cs46xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-cs46xx
{ /sbin/modprobe s
nd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /bin/true
remove snd-cs4236 { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r
--first-time --ignore-r
emove snd-cs4236
remove snd-cs46xx { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r
--first-time --ignore-r
emove snd-cs46xx
Notice that there are still 46xx lines in there, as well as the new 4236
lines. Here's what I edited it down to:
alias eth0 3c59x
alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236
install snd-cs4236 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-cs4236
{ /sbin/modprobe s
nd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /bin/true
remove snd-cs4236 { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r
--first-time --ignore-r
emove snd-cs4236
After that I rebooted (there might be a way to get the new driver in effect
without rebooting, but I don't know what it is). The error messages
in /var/log/messages went away, and my sound started working. Sort of. I
still have those stereo problems. But it's better than no sound, and possibly
the best I can expect from a six year old computer raised from the dead
(actually, the undead - I was running NT on it :^).
The Trouble shooting button will also list a few steps for trouble shooting
your sound problems. It's far from complete, but it's a good start. The only
confusing thing in there is that it tells you to run aumix, but this isn't
installed by default. You have to urpmi alsa-utils to get this installed
before you can run that step.
We need a Mandrake for Dummies who were Smart Enough to Dump Windoze
book :^).
--
Ron Hunter-Duvar
ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net
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