Re: [newbie] Integritycheck of the disks
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 06:59, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: Sometimes the power goes,and my PC is brutaly shut down. When rebooting I press [esc] to get informative mode when strarting the system. Then I can press [Y] to confirm the system shall start an intergritycheck of my hda* partitions. Can I set this option to start automaticly whenever the PC is killed by powerdown? Regards Vegard My experience has been that if you power up and leave it alone it will pause for a few seconds and fsck anyway -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: auto update on 10.1
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 02:35, Anthony Brooks wrote: Wojciech Podgórni wrote: Wojciech Podgórni PS. Please post below my reply. Top posting is rather unwelcome on this mailing list. Could of snipped some of the original messages before complaining about top posting. Ok will post at bottem of reply. Please forgive I am a newbie! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cdredord trouble
neither k3b or x-cd-roast will start. They halt while showing the text Scaning for CD Devices. k3b gives this errormessage: [EMAIL PROTECTED] vegard]$ k3b QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used kbuildsycoca running... kded: WARNING: KGenericFactory: instance requested but no instance name passed to the constructor! kded: WARNING: KGenericFactory: instance requested but no instance name passed to the constructor! Also, typing cdrecord -scanbus gives this result [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a28-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. Here the terminal stops, and I have to use [ctrl]+[c] to free the term. Can anybody help me please?? Regards Vegard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Increasing disk quotas
Dear All I would like to increase the disk quota of a specific user (under /home). Could someone here please give some guidance to achieve that goal? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Desktop Icon
Newbie question: How do I create an icon (shortcut) on the desktop in KDE? All I want to do is create an icon for RDESKTOP. TIA! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Desktop Icon
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 14:06, Mike Begin wrote: Newbie question: How do I create an icon (shortcut) on the desktop in KDE? All I want to do is create an icon for RDESKTOP. TIA! Mike Right click on Desktop CreateNewFileLink to application Fill in the details in the pop up box, and click on the default icon to select your own. If there is already a menu item for the application you want a desktop icon for, then you can just drag/drop it out of the menu. 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] cdredord trouble
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 04:50 am, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: Also, typing cdrecord -scanbus gives this result Try 'cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: auto update on 10.1
Uytkownik John Bowden napisa: On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 02:35, Anthony Brooks wrote: Wojciech Podgrni wrote: Wojciech Podgrni PS. Please post below my reply. Top posting is rather unwelcome on this mailing list. Could of snipped some of the original messages before complaining about top posting. Ok will post at bottem of reply. Please forgive I am a newbie! I am sorry. I didn't want to sound so harsh... Wojciech Podgrni smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
RE: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4
I get average 30 - 35 degree on my dell inspiron p4 3.06Ghz. I was getting 50 until clean off all the dust from the cooling block Hope this helps Chris From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4 Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:11:26 -0300 I wonder if anyone could give me an idea as to what would be an optimal cpu temp for the P4 2.8GHz mobile processor in my Dell Inspiron? Currently I am seeing a mean temp of about 55C from gkrellm, with variations of about 2-3 degrees up and down with fan cycling. Is this about right? TIA for your feedback. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4
From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4 Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:11:26 -0300 I wonder if anyone could give me an idea as to what would be an optimal cpu temp for the P4 2.8GHz mobile processor in my Dell Inspiron? Currently I am seeing a mean temp of about 55C from gkrellm, with variations of about 2-3 degrees up and down with fan cycling. Is this about right? TIA for your feedback. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I get average 30 - 35 degree on my dell inspiron p4 3.06Ghz. I was getting 50 until clean off all the dust from the cooling block Hope this helps Chris _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 10.1
Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.1
Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Hi Danesh. I could say the same about Fedora Core 3!! Try a different Kernel with 10.1! I had some serious issues with 10.1, until I tried kernel 2.6.3-19. Everything seems to work fine with that! HTH, James -- Sent using Mozilla Thunderbird on Mandrake Linux 10.1 100% virus free, as it's nothing to do with Microsoft! 73 de 2E0ZZY Yaesu FT-902DM 50w with quad band nested dipoles Yaesu FT-7800E Dual Band, Watson W20 Vertical Tait T500 SII 70.425 70.450MHz - Now with G6OHM 4 Ch. Conversion! Packet: [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] Mandrake 10.1
J wrote: Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Hi Danesh. I could say the same about Fedora Core 3!! Try a different Kernel with 10.1! I had some serious issues with 10.1, until I tried kernel 2.6.3-19. Everything seems to work fine with that! HTH, James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I see... :-) Well, I hope so, because Mandrake Linux is at least more userfriendly with nice user interface. But you know, the problem is that I can not update it at all. It always says that there is problem with contacting mirror sites and last time it says that update agent should be re-added again or something like that, however my internet connection is working fine and I have installed Mandrake 10.1 from an attached DVD to Linux Format magazine. So, how can I update its kerner and of course other parts if any update waqs available ? Regards, Danesh Daroui
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 09:09 am, Danesh Daroui wrote: J wrote: Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Hi Danesh. I could say the same about Fedora Core 3!! Try a different Kernel with 10.1! I had some serious issues with 10.1, until I tried kernel 2.6.3-19. Everything seems to work fine with that! HTH, James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I see... :-) Well, I hope so, because Mandrake Linux is at least more userfriendly with nice user interface. But you know, the problem is that I can not update it at all. It always says that there is problem with contacting mirror sites and last time it says that update agent should be re-added again or something like that, however my internet connection is working fine and I have installed Mandrake 10.1 from an attached DVD to Linux Format magazine. So, how can I update its kerner and of course other parts if any update waqs available ? Regards, Danesh Daroui use urpmi to update http://easyurpmi.zarb.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] Mandrake 10.1
Danesh Daroui wrote: I see... :-) Well, I hope so, because Mandrake Linux is at least more userfriendly with nice user interface. But you know, the problem is that I can not update it at all. It always says that there is problem with contacting mirror sites and last time it says that update agent should be re-added again or something like that, however my internet connection is working fine and I have installed Mandrake 10.1 from an attached DVD to Linux Format magazine. So, how can I update its kerner and of course other parts if any update waqs available ? Hi Danesh. To change your update sources, go to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the easy steps. There are more sources there, besides Mandrake, such as PLF packages too. Then, once you have gone through the stages, copy and paste the text into a console window but make sure you are running as root in the terminal window. Do this for each source you want to add. Thats it, job done! Then hopefully you will be able to update ok! Regards, James -- Sent using Mozilla Thunderbird on Mandrake Linux 10.1 100% virus free, as it's nothing to do with Microsoft! 73 de 2E0ZZY Yaesu FT-902DM 50w with quad band nested dipoles Yaesu FT-7800E Dual Band, Watson W20 Vertical Tait T500 SII 70.425 70.450MHz - Now with G6OHM 4 Ch. Conversion! Packet: [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] Mandrake 10.1
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:44:56PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Go back to FC3, then. Cheers, 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] Mandrake 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 11:09 am, Danesh Daroui wrote: I see... :-) Well, I hope so, because Mandrake Linux is at least more userfriendly with nice user interface. But you know, the problem is that I can not update it at all. It always says that there is problem with contacting mirror sites and last time it says that update agent should be re-added again or something like that, however my internet connection is working fine and I have installed Mandrake 10.1 from an attached DVD to Linux Format magazine. So, how can I update its kerner and of course other parts if any update waqs available ? Regards, You're going to find that 10.1 is really bleeding edge - it's still very new, so there are going to be issues with it. Luckily, people are reporting the problems they find, so updates will soon render these issues a non issue. If you're wanting stability, you're probably better off with 10.0. I myself am a RedHat convert, and love the ease of use of Mandrake, and while other distros have similar package managers and such, I still prefer what I have found with Mandrake Linux, and don't plan on going anywhere else. I'm sure once you get the wrinkles ironed out you'll feel the same way :-) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.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] Mandrake 10.1
I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Does it happen with Mandrake 10.1 Official? Or with Mandrake 10.1 Community? Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. 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 10.1
Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:44:56PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Go back to FC3, then. Cheers, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com What a nice tip ;-) Thanks it helped so much...
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.1
Paul Smith wrote: I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Does it happen with Mandrake 10.1 Official? Or with Mandrake 10.1 Community? Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com No its Mandrake 10.1 Community, Is Mandrake 10.1 Official more stable ?
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.1
No its Mandrake 10.1 Community, Is Mandrake 10.1 Official more stable ? Then, you should not be so assertive regarding the stability of Mandrake 10.1. Since Mandrake Official is more recent and official than Mandrake Community, I would expect more stability with Mandrake Official. However, I am running Mandrake 10, which is just great concerning stability. Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Partitioning Question
Ihave got a machine with 2 hds a 80 gb and an 160gb. The 80 gb dsk has a 20 gb ntfs partition for that other o/s! What I would like to do is set up linux (MDK 10.1)on the rest of the 80gb dsk for the user of that pc and have the 160gb dsk can be used by all the other machines on the network using samba. I want to set the linux machine up as a central file storage / print serverfor all the rest of the networked pc's. I am thinking of putting an ide raid card in latter on (afterxmass)and adding dsks to the shared space as and when I can afford it. Any advice ?
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10.1
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 18:05, Danesh Daroui wrote: Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:44:56PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Go back to FC3, then. What a nice tip ;-) Thanks it helped so much... Maybe if you hadn't described Mandrake 10.1 as garbage on a Mandrake list you wouldn't have got a reply like that Mandrake 10.1 doesn't crash here either...go figure :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free 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 10.1
Danesh Daroui wrote: Paul Smith wrote: I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Does it happen with Mandrake 10.1 Official? Or with Mandrake 10.1 Community? Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com No its Mandrake 10.1 Community, Is Mandrake 10.1 Official more stable ? I am running MDK 10.1 Official and MDK 10.1 Community and they are both stable with the latest updates. Seems you must have a hardware problem if your install does not work. Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Partitioning Question
I have got a machine with 2 hds a 80 gb and an 160gb. The 80 gb dsk has a 20 gb ntfs partition for that other o/s! What I would like to do is set up linux (MDK 10.1) on the rest of the 80gb dsk for the user of that pc and have the 160gb dsk can be used by all the other machines on the network using samba. I want to set the linux machine up as a central file storage / print server for all the rest of the networked pc's. I am thinking of putting an ide raid card in latter on (after xmass) and adding dsks to the shared space as and when I can afford it. Any advice ? I am not sure why you would want to leave the NTFS partition on a machine you are running as a server, but it looks workable. You may want to create a swap partition on both drives. This is something I have done in the past, and it works well for me. Depending on how you are planing on sharing out files, you may want to split the second drive into more then one partition. If each user will be able to mount their own home directory, you may want to have /home on the second drive. If not, and you are not going to allow local logins to the box, you probably don't need /home to be a seperate partition, as it will not contain anyting except the default entries anyway. Depending on the type of files you are sharing, and how you want to share them, you may want to use the force user and force group options to make all the files owned by the same user. You can control who can write to the disk using the write list option. Another handy trick is if you have a lot of data/program CD's that you need to access fairly often, is to set aside part of the drive to store .iso images of the CD's, loopback mount them, and have them be seperate Samba shares.They look like super-fast CD-ROM drives to the Windows systems. The only drawback is that CD's that play audio tracks directly off the CD do not work well. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdredord trouble
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 04:50 am, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: Also, typing cdrecord -scanbus gives this result Try 'cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Heres the result of cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus: [EMAIL PROTECTED] vegard]$ cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a28-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. scsidev: 'ATA' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (warly-Mandrakelinux-scsi-linux-sg '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.81 04/04/18 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-48126S ' '2QS5' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) '' '' '' NON CCS Disk 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * 1,0,0 100) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-48126S ' '2QS5' Removable CD-ROM is my burner (hdc) . Although it says nothing about my cd-reader (hdd) Sony CDU5211 Feeling pretty clueless!! Regards Vegard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Partitioning Question
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning Question I have got a machine with 2 hds a 80 gb and an 160gb. The 80 gb dsk has a 20 gb ntfs partition for that other o/s! What I would like to do is set up linux (MDK 10.1) on the rest of the 80gb dsk for the user of that pc and have the 160gb dsk can be used by all the other machines on the network using samba. I want to set the linux machine up as a central file storage / print server for all the rest of the networked pc's. I am thinking of putting an ide raid card in latter on (after xmass) and adding dsks to the shared space as and when I can afford it. Any advice ? I am not sure why you would want to leave the NTFS partition on a machine you are running as a server, but it looks workable. You may want to create a swap partition on both drives. This is something I have done in the past, and it works well for me. Depending on how you are planing on sharing out files, you may want to split the second drive into more then one partition. If each user will be able to mount their own home directory, you may want to have /home on the second drive. If not, and you are not going to allow local logins to the box, you probably don't need /home to be a seperate partition, as it will not contain anyting except the default entries anyway. Depending on the type of files you are sharing, and how you want to share them, you may want to use the force user and force group options to make all the files owned by the same user. You can control who can write to the disk using the write list option. Another handy trick is if you have a lot of data/program CD's that you need to access fairly often, is to set aside part of the drive to store .iso images of the CD's, loopback mount them, and have them be seperate Samba shares.They look like super-fast CD-ROM drives to the Windows systems. The only drawback is that CD's that play audio tracks directly off the CD do not work well. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com what do i mount the shared 160gb dsk as /usr ? Will this allow me to samba share the disk ? The 80 gb is set up : hda : 19gb /mount windows (to play CC Generals !) 5.8gb /root 1gb/swp 50gb /home hdb : 152gb/usr - to be used by all the networked pc's Including the smoothwall box i have a network of 7 pc's tp play with. Only 2 of them are capable of playing generals. All but 2 dual boot linux, the firwall only has linux on it and an old p100 semans server fished out of a skip, is set up as an answer phone/fax machine running w98se. 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 10.1
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 07:05:08PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:44:56PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Go back to FC3, then. Cheers, Todd What a nice tip ;-) Thanks it helped so much... Oh, you wanted a *tip*. Sorry, my bad. Here ya go: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html And one more, no charge: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Cheers, 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] Mandrake 10.1
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 03:44, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui Dude, that is NOT the way to ask for help, it only gets people annoyed and unwilling to help. And you need to give us more to work on, like what's your hardware, which version of 10.1 (Community / Download / Official / PowerPack / What???), what exactly is going wrong. Details, we're not mond-readers here. John. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Another VMWare-question
Hello friends, is there anyone that knows where (If it is at all possible to access) in the Mandrake filesystem one can find files that is the virtual machines files ie c:\ in W2000 Cheers Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 03:55 pm, Anders Lind wrote: Hello friends, is there anyone that knows where (If it is at all possible to access) in the Mandrake filesystem one can find files that is the virtual machines files ie c:\ in W2000 You cannot access from linux filesystem, that is one disadvantage of vmware. Windows filesystem is stored in one or two big files in your home directory. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:58:19 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You cannot access from linux filesystem, that is one disadvantage of vmware. Windows filesystem is stored in one or two big files in your home directory. OK; that is a shame...anyway, the next question then will be, how can I burn something with ie Nero in VMWare, it seems not to be possible as the CD-Rom seems to be read-only and not possible to burn with. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question
Do it from LM using k3b. I've not had any problems with the k3b versions available under LM10.0 or 10.1. Both were simpler and more flexible any of several tools I had under W2K on the same machine. Paul On Tuesday 07 December 2004 05:22 pm, Anders Lind wrote: On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:58:19 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You cannot access from linux filesystem, that is one disadvantage of vmware. Windows filesystem is stored in one or two big files in your home directory. OK; that is a shame...anyway, the next question then will be, how can I burn something with ie Nero in VMWare, it seems not to be possible as the CD-Rom seems to be read-only and not possible to burn with. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts
Amy, Okay, so there's this one font I absolutely loved to death when I was still using windows. Is there any way to make it work with Mandrake? I've still got the file for it from windows, so if there's a way to convert it to work, I'd be very happy to do what's needed for that. In Konqueror (file viewing) right click on the font and select 'Preview in font viewer' then click the Install button in the lower right corner. -- Regards Trevor Rhodes === Powered by Linux-Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === 10:32:25 up 13:52, 1 user, load average: 1.09, 1.14, 1.12 Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4
- Original Message - From: Chris Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4 Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:26:34 + I get average 30 - 35 degree on my dell inspiron p4 3.06Ghz. I was getting 50 until clean off all the dust from the cooling block Hope this helps Chris From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] optimal cpu temp for mobile P4 Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:11:26 -0300 I wonder if anyone could give me an idea as to what would be an optimal cpu temp for the P4 2.8GHz mobile processor in my Dell Inspiron? Currently I am seeing a mean temp of about 55C from gkrellm, with variations of about 2-3 degrees up and down with fan cycling. Is this about right? TIA for your feedback. Best regards. --Angus ** Thanks for the reply Chris, my comp is new, so I don't think cleaning would help much. Your temps make me very uncomfortable with what I'm seeing here.. I hope someone else can ease my mind a little on this. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandrake 10.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] command line tool for updates
Hi All, After receiving a notice of patches from mondrakeonline, is there a commandline tool to remotely get and install these patches? Thank for your time, Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] command line tool for updates
Phil Savoie wrote: Hi All, After receiving a notice of patches from mondrakeonline, is there a commandline tool to remotely get and install these patches? Thank for your time, Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com As root in a konsole run this: urpmi.update -a urpmi --noclean --wget --auto-select You must have updates as a source installed from easyurpmi.zarb.org as well as others. Marek 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 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 12:23 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:44:56PM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? Thanks, Danesh Daroui no I don't find 10.1 to be the least unstable...a right iron horse here top - 19:54:21 up 20 days, 2:30, 6 users, load average: 0.11, 0.11, 0.08 Tasks: 160 total, 1 running, 159 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 1.8% us, 0.8% sy, 0.0% ni, 97.4% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem:514628k total, 504296k used,10332k free,47224k buffers Swap: 1469864k total, 169640k used, 1300224k free, 189724k cached but i guess it depends on what kiinda crummy hardware you are running grin Go back to FC3, then. Cheers, Todd -- 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] command line tool for updates
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:52:46 +0200 Marek Pawinski disseminated the following: As root in a konsole run this: urpmi.update -a urpmi --noclean --wget --auto-select You must have updates as a source installed from easyurpmi.zarb.org as well as others. Keeping in mind that will install *all* newer versions of installed packages, something someone may not want to do. If the only purpose is to update packages for which there has been an advisory (bugfixes, security), it should be: urpmi --update --wget --auto-select ...so that only 'update' sources are selected. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:10:34 up 16 days, 12:21, 7 users, load average: 1.29, 1.23, 1.20 +++ 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] Mandrake 10.1
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:07:01 -0500 Todd Slater disseminated the following: What a nice tip ;-) Thanks it helped so much... Oh, you wanted a *tip*. Sorry, my bad. Here ya go: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html And one more, no charge: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette ROFL! -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 21:19:21 up 16 days, 12:30, 7 users, load average: 1.43, 1.44, 1.31 +++ 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
Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 05:55 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Do it from LM using k3b. I've not had any problems with the k3b versions available under LM10.0 or 10.1. Both were simpler and more flexible any of several tools I had under W2K on the same machine. I think he has to get the files he wants to burn off of his vmware disk first. I think if you turn on shared folders in vmware, you can have mandrake access the windows filesystem. Just mount it through mcc. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 08:49 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Is the host really able to mount (running) VMw disks? I've only ever gotten the Windows guest to r/w to host directories, and even then the directories appear as network shares under the windows guest. Then, in the win guest, you just drag 'n drop an iso file to the share and it appears in the appropriate linux directory. P You can share a folder on your virtual windows session just like you can share a folder on a real windows session. It shows up as a network smb share and you just mount it like any other smb share BTW, check your reply to. I noticed my last message went to you instead of the list. Thus the thread got continued off list. If by chance you are about to be offended, this is an etiquette rule we have all pretty much agreed on and is explained more fully here: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sound problem
What brand of soundcard do you have?What version of MDK do you have on your box? I have so much sound problem and CD-ROM drive lockups with no CD in them for no reasons with 10.0. I've switched to 10.1 Community recently and it solves those problems. I'm going to upgrade my box to 10.1 official soom. My soundcard is a Creative Blaster64. Do you choose auto detect or other options? J.T. From: Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound problem Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:06:09 + care free wrote: First, do you have any analog sound at all? How many users do you have on your box? Issue ls -al in /dev/sound to see who owns the files in that directory. I had quite similar problems with mdk 10.0. After logging into the box, a user own those device files. However, those files are not released. So when the next person logs into the system, those files are still owned by the previous user, and the sound system does not work at all. I have to log in as root and issue chmod 666 * in /dev/sound/ so that other can read and write to those device files. I close the mixer and then restart it. There is sound again. /dev/dsp is a soft link to /dev/sound/dsp. JT From: Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound problem. Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:43:26 + This has probably been answered before, but I can't find it in the archives, on twiki or on Derek's site. I have a program which needs to access the sound system for a digital output. When I try to run it, I get the error messages: Unable to open the audio device. /dev/sound/dsp There is a /dev/sound/dsp and also a /dev/dsp (to which I have tried changing the setting in the error box). Starting it in a terminal, gives: inexact sampling rate: request for 8000 resulted in 48000 Cannot open audio device /dev/sound/dsp: Invalid argument I have tried changing System-Configuration-KDE-Sound-sound System-Hardware to a custom sampling rate of 8000, but still the same error messages. Until I upgrade the computer, it is on-board sound, not a sound card. Any advice, please? Many thanks Keith Thanks for your help, carefree. I do have analogue sound - well I did until a few days ago when my CD drive packed up. A replacement is on the list. There is only me uses the computer. My wife isn't interested in using it. Sorry, but I have done as you suggested and there are still the same error messages. I have even tried running the program as root. No difference. However, on starting the computer now, I get this additional error message, titled Informational - artsmessage: Sound server informational message. Error while initializing the sound driver. can't get requested samplingrate (requested rate 8000, got rate 48000) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. Originally, ls -al showed that root owned everything in /dev/sound Any further advice, please? Cheers Keith 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] Mandrake 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 10:13 am, Danesh Daroui wrote: No its Mandrake 10.1 Community, Is Mandrake 10.1 Official more stable ? Personally, I stopped running the community versions. I only upgrade to the Official ones. They seem to be more stable and functional. To me anyway. Ya'll can run what you want. Rob -- Mountlake Terrace, WA USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Fonts
I just copy all windows fonts onto a usb drive and use mcc to import all the files with extensions ttf. That's it. J.T. From: SnapafunFrank [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Fonts Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:37:48 +1300 Amy wrote: I'M A GMAIL USERS! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT ADDRESS YOU REPLY TO. THANKS. Okay, so there's this one font I absolutely loved to death when I was still using windows. Is there any way to make it work with Mandrake? I've still got the file for it from windows, so if there's a way to convert it to work, I'd be very happy to do what's needed for that. Thanks much in advance! Amy ~~ ^..^ ~~ I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your reply. Thanks much! ^_^ ~~ ^..^ ~~ http://deathkitten.net Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~Rudyard Kipling Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me. ~Greg Palast Do you have Windows still installed on the same machine? I have and I simply used the font import feature of mcc. If you have only the file then you might like to give the font import a try anyway. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 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
[newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **
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Re: [newbie] Groups
Keith Powell wrote: A very basic question, please. How do I find out which groups I am in and, if necessary, create and add myself to another group. You can look at /etc/group to see which groups you belong to. Sorry, I just can't find how to do it in Mandrake. MCC-System-Users and groups doesn't appear do it. You can edit /etc/group (as root) and manually create a new group and add yourself to it. (Make sure you assign a unique group id number if you create a new group.) Having said that, are you sure MCC doesn't allow you to add groups? regards Duncan 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 10.1
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Tuesday 07 December 2004 10:13 am, Danesh Daroui wrote: No its Mandrake 10.1 Community, Is Mandrake 10.1 Official more stable ? Personally, I stopped running the community versions. I only upgrade to the Official ones. They seem to be more stable and functional. To me anyway. Ya'll can run what you want. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Just to let you know, the Community releases are not totally stable. They put them out to allow a much broader spectrum of hardware to test on. Then the comments a bugs found are included in Official release. Official had one big update even then, to fix some pesky bugs. 10.1 Official is very stable on my computers, Three of them are running it. All are Athlon cpu's with various other hardware. Try 10.1 and you should be good to go. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 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 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 11:38 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: Just to let you know, the Community releases are not totally stable. They put them out to allow a much broader spectrum of hardware to test on. Then the comments a bugs found are included in Official release. Official had one big update even then, to fix some pesky bugs. 10.1 Official is very stable on my computers, Three of them are running it. All are Athlon cpu's with various other hardware. Try 10.1 and you should be good to go. HTH Yeah, but community has been updated with all the packages that have hit the update tree, and official was forked from community, so they were the same when official was born. The only difference I am aware of is that the updates for offical are maintained in an updates dir, while they are placed in the dist tree for community, smae as cooker. -- /g 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 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 08:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: | On Tuesday 07 December 2004 11:38 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: | Just to let you know, the Community releases are not totally stable. | They put them out to allow a much broader spectrum of hardware to test | on. Then the comments a bugs found are included in Official release. | Official had one big update even then, to fix some pesky bugs. 10.1 | Official is very stable on my computers, Three of them are running it. | All are Athlon cpu's with various other hardware. Try 10.1 and you | should be good to go. HTH | | Yeah, but community has been updated with all the packages that have hit | the update tree, and official was forked from community, so they were the | same when official was born. The only difference I am aware of is that the | updates for offical are maintained in an updates dir, while they are placed | in the dist tree for community, smae as cooker. I suspect, from the original post, that the Community version being run is NOT the updated version. The disk came as a magazine insert, the way I understand that post, and there is a long lead time with magazine publishing. 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] Mandrake 10.1
Danesh Daroui wrote: Hi, I am migrating from Fedora Core 3 to Mandrake 10.1, but I was jut dissapointed !!! What a garbage is this Mandrake 10.1 !!! It always crashes and it is absolutely unstable. Did you have same problem ? Is version 10 more stable ? I have had no problems with Mandrake 10.1. What hardware are you using? Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
