[newbie] partition mounting
Dear members, Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be put in the /etc/fstab thanks a lot love from, askress2009RAMADAN***RAMADAN***RAMADAN Ramadan is a special month of the year for over one billion Muslims throughout the world for more information Visit http://www.holidays.net/ramadan/ http://www.ramadan.nl/ http://www.ramadan.co.uk/ http://www.factmonster.com/spot/ramadan1.html RAMADAN***RAMADAN***RAMADAN Do you Yahoo!?vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!
Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]
Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, the machine just rebooted into XP. It was solved by starting the Mandrake installation with Disk2. When asked which CD drive to use for installation, remove Disk2 and replace it with Disk1 and click on OK. Then, from the report I have received, the installation went smoothly as though Disk1 had been used for booting. So it would appear that there is a problem with his CD drive not reading some disks. I also have that problem occasionally. Cheers Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] partition mounting
W licie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 08:08, kress pisze: Dear members, Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be put in the /etc/fstab What type of partition? Let's say it's a FAT on /dev/hda6 that you want to mount in /partition: fstab: /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 then you create a /partition directory and mount: mkdir /partition mount /partition I think this should work. For more information about the options check the manual: man mount -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga :caesar(at)os.pl priv:thereidos(at)gmail.com Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: thereidos(at)ebox.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kdetv
On Thursday 14 October 2004 06:11, Joseph Gregory Croes wrote: I have P4 2GHZ Processor 358 MB RAM Geforce 3 500TI Wintv Theater tuner card Mandrake 10.0 And my problem is that I can get Kde tv working. I supose that mandrake has a new kernel and the modules comes build in mandrake. I tought is was just mater of Gui configuration. (tv channel scanning) But I was wrong. When I start Kde gui I dont see my wintv card in devices menu. But Harddrake has detected the card. Run config tools but I remain the same. Do you guy may be know what the problem might be. Thanks , Gregory _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/ have you got video4linux installed? you'll need that to read from the card. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] partition mounting
On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 09:09, Thereidos wrote: W licie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 08:08, kress pisze: Dear members, Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be put in the /etc/fstab What type of partition? Let's say it's a FAT on /dev/hda6 that you want to mount in /partition: fstab: /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 then you create a /partition directory and mount: mkdir /partition mount /partition I think this should work. For more information about the options check the manual: man mount I could be wrong, but it seems to me that he's asking if a single partition can be mounted as utf8 when others aren't. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] partition mounting
Dear members, thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 thank you very very much. Love from, askress2009Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 09:09, Thereidos wrote: W liście z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 08:08, kress pisze: Dear members, Can any one tell me how to mount a partition under mandrake 9.0 to be read as isocharset utf8, and I want to know the full mount form to be put in the /etc/fstab What type of partition? Let's say it's a FAT on /dev/hda6 that you want to mount in /partition: fstab: /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 then you create a /partition directory and mount: mkdir /partition mount /partition I think this should work. For more information about the options check the manual: man mountI could be wrong, but it seems to me that he's asking if a single partition can be mounted as utf8 when others aren't.Anne-- Registered Linux User No.293302Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comRAMADAN***RAMADAN***RAMADAN Ramadan is a special month of the year for over one billion Muslims throughout the world for more information Visit http://www.holidays.net/ramadan/ http://www.ramadan.nl/ http://www.ramadan.co.uk/ http://www.factmonster.com/spot/ramadan1.html RAMADAN***RAMADAN***RAMADAN__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[newbie] Too much RAM/Too much free time
It looks like I should be able to run a screensaver as my desktop background under kde 3.2. How would I specify a particular screen saver module? What about a module for XScreensaver? Any idea if I could specify different modules for different screens under Xinerama? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] partition mounting
W licie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 12:47, kress pisze: Dear members, thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 Remember that I think this _should_ work but I've never tried this out so I'm _not_ sure if it actually will. (I've never tried it out on 9.0 with utf8 charset). And please turn off the html. Thanks. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga :caesar(at)os.pl priv:thereidos(at)gmail.com Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: thereidos(at)ebox.pl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] partition mounting
On Thursday 14 Oct 2004 12:27, Thereidos wrote: W licie z czw, 14-10-2004, godz. 12:47, kress pisze: Dear members, thanks alot for your help, Iam very happy now that I got the right mount line to be put in the /etc/fstab which is /dev/hda6 /partition vfat umask=0,iocharset=utf8,codepage=852 0 0 Remember that I think this _should_ work but I've never tried this out so I'm _not_ sure if it actually will. (I've never tried it out on 9.0 with utf8 charset). Apologies, Thereidos. I didn't read your first one correctly. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:24:22 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, the machine just rebooted into XP. It was solved by starting the Mandrake installation with Disk2. When asked which CD drive to use for installation, remove Disk2 and replace it with Disk1 and click on OK. Then, from the report I have received, the installation went smoothly as though Disk1 had been used for booting. So it would appear that there is a problem with his CD drive not reading some disks. I also have that problem occasionally. Cheers Keith ** Kindly correct me if i am wrong please. I have read somewhere that booting with disc2 helps with the older machines and cater for older drivers while disc1 cater for later models and drivers??? -- Johan Sch Registered linux user #333034 May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Default Terminal
Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 10:44:46 up 71 days, 10:33, 8 users, load average: 0.49, 0.33, 0.20 +++ Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. -- Gandhi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] ProFTPD?
Heya. I have a server at work running Mandrake 9.2. I'm administering it remotely through webmin/vnc/ssh and all that fun stuff. Here's the problem: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/proftp.conf file because the changes I make seem to make no difference. Can anybodye give me a basic howto to set this up? I'm not a very experienced linux user or server admin, so don't get to techy on me. :-) Thanx, ES PS: My thanx to this list, if it weren't for you guys I probably never would have gotten familiar enough with linux to use it as a server. Either that or I'd be trying SuSE or something over Mandrake right now. :-\ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:41:20AM -0500, Eric Scott wrote: Heya. I have a server at work running Mandrake 9.2. I'm administering it remotely through webmin/vnc/ssh and all that fun stuff. Here's the problem: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/proftp.conf file because the changes I make seem to make no difference. Can anybodye give me a basic howto to set this up? I'm not a very experienced linux user or server admin, so don't get to techy on me. :-) Thanx, ES You might consider not even running FTP, since you're running ssh you might as well use secure copy (scp). You can add your user to the apache group and assuming the group has write access to /var/www/html you can do: scp filetobecopied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/www/html There's probably a gui out there for this (try freshmeat). I say to use scp just because if you can use it there's no need to run another service. But if you must run ftp, check out the sample configs on the proftpd site http://www.proftpd.org/docs/example-conf.html. I believe what you're looking for is the DefaultRoot directive. You may need to set up a group that has write access to /var/www/html and set default root to ~ (chroot/jail) for all users *except* members of your new group. Don't hold me to it cause it's been awhile since I messed with proftp. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Excluding RPMs
Is there a way to configure urpmi to ignore certain RPMs when I do a urpmi --auto-select? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:41:20 -0500, Eric wrote: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/proftp.conf file because the changes I make seem to make no difference. Can anybodye give me a basic howto to set this up? Dumb question, perhaps, but did you restart ProFTPd after your made your changes? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Excluding RPMs
On Thursday 14 October 2004 21:43, Miark wrote: Is there a way to configure urpmi to ignore certain RPMs when I do a urpmi --auto-select? Miark Yes with the --skip optiondo urpmi --help and you'll see the options on offer and after that man urpmi for more indepth infoit's very well documented. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Terminal
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 00:52, JoeHill wrote: Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? Ya are jokin, ain't ya? set $TERM = whateveryouwant -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses --- Where there's a will, there's a relative. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Terminal
On October 14, 2004 01:23 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 00:52, JoeHill wrote: Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? Ya are jokin, ain't ya? set $TERM = whateveryouwant -- stephen kuhn that's too damn simple. Complexity! He wants complexity and endless scripting dammit!:) ttfn John -- *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE Registered Linux User 362316 *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Terminal
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:23:13 +1000 Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? Ya are jokin, ain't ya? Sadly, no...I've just never had occasion to look into it. set $TERM = whateveryouwant Ah, see I was lookin' in all those big complicated config files in /etc ;-) This is something I could add to my .bash_profile, no? -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:43:47 up 71 days, 16:32, 9 users, load average: 0.13, 0.08, 0.08 +++ Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. -- Amschel Mayer Rothschild, banker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Terminal
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:38:48 -0700 John Wilson disseminated the following: Ya are jokin, ain't ya? set $TERM = whateveryouwant -- stephen kuhn that's too damn simple. Complexity! He wants complexity and endless scripting dammit!:) LOL! Ya, when 'set default terminal' didn't bring up a million hits with simple answers, I thought is must be something pretty involved... ;-) -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 16:47:24 up 71 days, 16:36, 9 users, load average: 0.41, 0.23, 0.13 +++ The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people -- Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Using Midnight Commander
I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it to one with higher contrast? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander
On Thursday 14 October 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it to one with higher contrast? yes -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Terminal
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 06:46, JoeHill wrote: On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:23:13 +1000 Okay, I've tried google.ca/linux, the list archives, and the Twiki (perhaps not aggressively enough) Anyone got a quick answer as to how to change the default terminal, globally and/or per-user? Ya are jokin, ain't ya? Sadly, no...I've just never had occasion to look into it. set $TERM = whateveryouwant Ah, see I was lookin' in all those big complicated config files in /etc ;-) This is something I could add to my .bash_profile, no? Just put it in the /etc/profile - then it will be the same for whatever user you want... But yeah - you can put it in there as well Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points
At 03:55 PM 13/10/2004, you wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:19:45 -0700 st disseminated the following: Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left unused a strip of about one inch on the left side of the screen. I tried solving this by changing the graphical interface configurations. I experimented with different configurations without success, until one left the screen completely black. Since then, every time I boot the computer on Linux the screen is black and, for that reason, I cannot reverse the configuration. Is there a way of going back to a configuration where I can see the screen again? Once I do that, is there a way of eliminating the strip that is left unused on the left side of the screen? Very likely this has nothing to do with your X config, you probably just need to adjust the settings on the monitor, ie. those buttons that let you move, resize, etc. The monitor is competely black, looks the same way it does in standby mode in Windows. The buttons don't work (they did before in Linux when I had graphical interface and they still do in Windows). There is no command line screen or prompt. I have Mandrake Linux 10.0 in one partition (20GB) and MS Windows Me, with all my data, in the other partition (100GB). Second question: To make matters worse, I tried reinstalling Linux. At the moment of the first installation, the partition where I was going to put Linux had been created by the guy who sold me the new hard drive (my Windows had destroyed my old hd). I didn't encounter any problem at the moment of the first installation, meaning that I didn't have to answer any question strange to me. Nor did I face any problems when I reinstalled Linux to see if I could fix the graphical interface problem at that moment. Now, when I try reinstalling, after I choose use existing partitions I am directed to the screen Chose the mount points which I didn't have to answer before. I am given two options: hda5 (5.8GB, Jouranlised FS: ext3) and hda7 (7.7GB, Journalised FS: ext3). Each gives me several options of mount points: /, /boot, /home, /mnt/windows, /tmp, /usr, /var, /var/ftp, and /var/www. I don't want to erase all my data by selecting the wrong option. What should I do? Well, it looks like it's leaving your Windows partitions out of the process, which is good. I don't think I've ever seen MDK offer to format your Windows partitions, come to think of it, but it's been a while since I was dual-booting. Main thing is, ext3 partitions are definitely not Windows, so you can mount them and format them, no worries. Just mount hda5 on / and hda7 on /home, make sure you have a swap partition, and you're all set. Funny, tho, you've got 20 GB for Linux and it's only using about 14? Thanks very much. It seems I will have to try reinstalling. Wish me luck. Sebastian -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:47:41 up 70 days, 18:36, 7 users, load average: 0.36, 0.19, 0.16 +++ Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding. -- John Kenneth Galbraith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander
On Thursday 14 October 2004 02:56 pm, et wrote: On Thursday 14 October 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it to one with higher contrast? yes so enlighten me i rtfmed now i'm just confused Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Using Midnight Commander
What kind of an answer is that ?! Someone invests some time sending a legitimate question and you don't have the decency to show some respect ?! If you have nothing to say - don't say it !! And now for the answer: It is possible to change the colors, but it will require some reading of the Midnight Commander man page. Just look for the colors section. It has a very extensive guide to set up the colors you want. On Thursday 14 October 2004 23:56, et wrote: On Thursday 14 October 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: I like MC except for that horrible color scheme any simple way to change it to one with higher contrast? yes -- ::. Amichai Rotman The Jerusalem Linux Club - Founder. UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 --- PLEASE READ: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.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] Graphical interface and choosing mount points
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:10:53 -0700 st disseminated the following: The monitor is competely black, looks the same way it does in standby mode in Windows. The buttons don't work (they did before in Linux when I had graphical interface and they still do in Windows). There is no command line screen or prompt. I was only referring to the 'unused a strip of about one inch on the left side of the screen', but of course you are correct, that's a moot point now. -- JoeHill RLU / #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:43:39 up 71 days, 20:32, 8 users, load average: 0.33, 0.70, 0.82 +++ Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. -- Gandhi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ProFTPD?
On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 15:47, Miark wrote: On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:41:20 -0500, Eric wrote: I want to set up my /var/www/html directory with limited FTP access. I can't figure out or find howtos on the webmin module for proftpd, and apparently I don't know how to work the /etc/proftp.conf file because the changes I make seem to make no difference. Can anybodye give me a basic howto to set this up? Dumb question, perhaps, but did you restart ProFTPd after your made your changes? Miark Miark send me something off list -- LX -- Trouble with sound? Dump Alsa with an upgrade to the best: get your free high quality OSS drivers at www.opensound.com Superior features, superior API, better support. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
