[newbie] Lexmark X215 MFP
Hi All, Anyone gotten this printer to play nice with mandrake/Linux (any Laser MFP's for that matter)? If so, how?? Their product PDF shows a Penguin but I could find NO info re using it with Linux anywhere (Google or otherwise). And, there is no driver that I could see in MCC for it. Product URL's: http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/tech_specs/0%2C1231%2CMzU1Nnwx%2C00.html http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C4149%2C1437036%2C00.asp Cheers Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Adding entry to lilo.conf
Dunno if you had this answered yet or not, please see below: Trey Sizemore wrote: I currently have both Windows and Mandrake 10 RC-1 installed on my HD using lilo to dual boot. I have added Arch Linux 0.6 to the mix and want to be able to boot this from lilo. Before I hose something up, I just wanted to ask the correct way to add this to lilo. Is it as simple as adding an entry like 'image-/dev/hda9' and 'label=Arch' to my /etc/lilo.conf. If you are really a newbie (posted to this list) then don't edit it by hand. Use the Control Center to add the Lilo entry. At the end it will auto-run the Lilo binary to activate your changes. If I want to access the Arch drives from Mandrake, would I also need to add the entries to my fstab? Attached are my existing lilo.conf and fstab files. Also do this from MCC. It's as simple as defining the mount point and telling it to mount it. From then on it will be mounte dthere at boot. HTH Cheers Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
Or hit ctrl+esc to start system monitor (graphical TOP) and then stop the program there. Many ways to do it. =) Cheers Jason Philip Cronje wrote: On Sunday, 29 February 2004 22:34, Doug wrote: Greetings all I have a small problem with KDE on my MDK 9.1 using laptop. I went and started the xeyes program found under the Amusement tab, nice little diversion, but I can't remove them. No where in any of the docs have I found any mention of stopping a KDE recognized program. Any idea how to stop these damn eyes? TIA Either right click on the xeyes item in your taskbar and close it there, or press ctrl+alt+esc and click with the crossbones icon on the eyes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Programs that won't quit
Ok, ok, Top in a console then. =) LOL Philip Cronje wrote: On Sunday, 29 February 2004 23:14, Jason Greenwood wrote: Or hit ctrl+esc to start system monitor (graphical TOP) and then stop the program there. Many ways to do it. =) Cheers Jason Yes, but KDE System Guard takes yonks to start up ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
No, for Mandrake Systems you should ALWAYS use URPMI for installs anyway. Yes, there are Scribus RPMS's (depending on which version MDK) you are running of course). Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up an URPMI source for your version and then from the CLI: urpmi scribus Scribus is in Main AFAIK. Cheers Jason Keith Powell wrote: Does anyone know if there is a Mandrake RPM for Scribus anywhere? Can't find one with Google, only tarballs. I've spent some hours trying to install a tarball of it, but get my usual screenful of things it can't find and needs. I have almost completely abandoned tarballs, as I can rarely get the things to install. They always stop during ./configure or make with lots and lots of error messages :-( Many thanks Keith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Scribus
Yes, I agree, it does but for Newbies (it was posted to the newbie list, no?), RPM's are the best/easiest. Besides, URPMI was originally designed for RPM's not Tarballs IIRC. =) Cheers Jason H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 29 February 2004 23:09, Jason Greenwood wrote: No, for Mandrake Systems you should ALWAYS use URPMI for installs Ehmm, mandrake installs tarballs fine but you DO have to have the kernel-source package installed for your particular kernel. I do quite a lot of tarball installs and don't come across more probs than on on other distro's. Using urpmi is the easiest and prolly the best option, I agree...just wanted to put that comment right before it gets a life of it's own. Sorry;) Good luck, HarM anyway. Yes, there are Scribus RPMS's (depending on which version MDK) you are running of course). Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up an URPMI source for your version and then from the CLI: urpmi scribus Scribus is in Main AFAIK. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing mandrake
Yes, it's called LILO (LInuxLOader) and is very OS flexible. Cheers Jason Eric Greene wrote: I am interested in learning mandrake linux. The computer I would install to already has WinXP Pro on the first hdd, and has FreeBSD 4.6 on the second hdd. That second drive has about 25GB of unpartioned space I can put mandrake on. When I install mandrake, will it have it's own boot manager that will be installed so I can choose between all 3 OS on starting the computer up? Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading ISO problem
I HIGHLY suggest you use gFTP or another ftp client instead of Mozilla. Browsers were never designed to download large files Cheers Jason Sharrea Day wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hey guys - I've got something strange going on. I'm trying to download the 9.2 ISOs from the US/Indiana mirror, and I can't quite get it to work right. I'll start the download with Mozilla, check the box for the download dialog box to stay open after downloading, then let it run. I've got broadband, and am getting about 216k/s download speeds (roughly 55 mins per ISO). However, what happens is that Mozilla downloads, the box shows 100 percent, progress bar all the way over, but when I check the ISO itself, its like 270 megs one time, then 384 megs the next time. Even though Mozilla says its 100 percent downloaded. I've never had this happen before - any ideas? Thanks. Sorry, don't know much 'bout downloading with mozilla which I don't have much luck with anyway, but... From what I've heard, using a browser to download large files is not a good idea. Use and ftp client or a downloader app like d4x. Personally I use d4x (Downloader for X) which I've never had a problem with and supports resuming downloads. Sharrea Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mail client for windows
Why not use Mozilla for Windows? Makes later migration to Linux all the easier. Cheers Jason Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Eudora? Pegasus (Although I can't remember if you get it for free) The Bat is good also but I am sure you have to pay for it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reading Mac OSX formats
What format are you referring to. Mac format is usually just .jpg with the file extension obfuscated. I would try opening the files in the Gimp where you'll find out much more about the file itself. Cheers Jason Aron Smith wrote: I have some scanned images done on a Mac and saved to floppy(Mac Format) is there any way to read these in linux Thanks smitty Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Download Mandrake and make discs
Mandrake has wisely delayed the release of the ISO's until later in the release cycle (to encourage more people to purchase it or join the Club). In the past, it was avilable on the mirrors before retail!! That was not good for sales of course ;) Club Members can download it early via BitTorrent and of course there is retail. You can also go to CheapBytes etc. if you want them now. Alternatively, join the Club to show your support and then you'll have access that way. Cheers Jason Thinker wrote: Hello All, I wish to download Mandrake 9.2 and make installation CD's so that I can install it on two of my machines at home and one at work. I noticed on the Mandrakelinux.com homepage that 9.2 is available for download. When I get to the information page I can't seem to find the location of the ISO's. (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#iso ) All I am seeing on any mirror is the contents of the directory. Am I supposed to download all of this and burn it to disk? If so, is there some special way I should go about burning the contents of the directory to make the disk bootable? I would much rather have the ISO's (since that is what I used last time) if they are available. Thanks in advance, -=Thinker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.2 KDE Kmenu link drag n drop
How the heck do you drag and drop app links to the desktop now?? U used to be able to left click and drag,now it's x'd out??? Cheers Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 is out!
Here is what I do if I want a complete Mandrake via download (yes, one can join the club and still avoid the hassles of it too =). I download the 3 DL ISO's, then I make a copy of Contribs on the mirrors at the time of release. I also take a copy of the relevant PLF RPMS as well. Contribs+PLF add about 2GB worth of extra goodies (I presume are included in Pro-Suite and PowerPack) and then I have the complete and current distro all via download. Saves me waiting- and waiting for my pre-order. Then from there-Cookering to stay current (on unstable partition) is a breeze... Cheers Jason robin wrote: H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 15 October 2003 13:25, ed tharp wrote: and right after I posted that, I realized I bet I also have to have the 3 cd 'download' edition to get the first 3 cds, as well as the 3 powerpack cds (silver club member), oh well I guess it will run until I get home from work Huhh?? You need those too to install? Those PowPack CD's aren't the first 3 install CD's? LOL. In my experience, the real doozy is the contrib CD. Most of us are jaded from having sensible applications that work out of the box - the contrib CD is where we can find the wacky stuff that does things like display your filesystem as 3d towerblocks, compute the rainfall for New Zealand or play a game in which you are a space pilot who has to battle heroically against the screen freezing. Contrib breaks the predicatble boredom of the download CDs and reminds us what computing is really about! Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Permissions solution
PLEASE remove your reply to header as well, it screws up the list munging. If you choose to join a list, obey the munging rules...it's just good netiquette. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Man, half the e-Mails I'm getting today are bounces from the list. Sheesh. Some of these people prob. need to be unsub'd) Yea, if you haven't followed the latest banter on the list, I have been trying to get my user account to be able to access (read/write) to a directory /mp3s. I created a FAT32 partition during 9.1 installation that is called /mp3s which will be used by Linux and Windows. I'm unable to access this directory. -A -Original Message- From: H.J.Bathoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Permissions solution On Tuesday 14 October 2003 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone having any ideas as to how I can get my user account to the point of being able to read and write the /mp3s partition? Surely there's a solution. Thanks!! -A Huhh? You got a /mp3 partition?? Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XWC - Undelete?
Anyone know how to undelete in XWC? I accidentally deleted some files I'd dearly like to have back =( Cheers All, Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Portable OGG player(s)?
Yet again to toot my own horn, our NexIA players (www.flashcards.co.nz) will be supporting Ogg soon we are told. The manufacturer is working on the firmware upgrade now and we expect it to be available for download in a couple months or soFrom what I understand, many players will be supporting Ogg in the future. =) Good news for all. Cheers Jason Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 06 October 2003 01:03 am, Traci Collins wrote: For those of you who would prefer a Linux solution, the Sharp Zaurus does a great job with oggs. True enough that the Zaurus, as well as the Palm-based pdas, play oggs. Unfortunately, going the Zaurus route is 4-5 times the cost of a portable player. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB card reader
Not to blow my own horn, but our site: http://www.flashcards.co.nz sells Linux Compatible multi readers including the Lexar mentioned... Cheers Jason Walt wrote: I use lexarmedia usb 2.0 multi card reader. I have no problems at all connecting to it. Walt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mooney Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] USB card reader Are there any recommendations for linux- compatible card readers; 5- or 6- in 1 types? Looking around can find only single varieties, e.g. compact flash only Thanks Paul m Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mp3 recording! not yet...
Did you try K3B? That is th BEST software I have found for Linux. It beats Nero IMHO. Cheers Jason Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: Thanks all that helped me me but on Linux I wasn't able to record mp3 files with all those directories and track order! Tried that on another strangeware and it worked out really fine!!! That was with NERO! How can't I burn a CD like THAT on Linux? I know I have to record it as data but, how can I keep the track and directories order on Linux? Tried everything, from console to all available burning software Any help? Ricardo Castanho Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Removing lilo
Yes, but you need to boot using a Win98 boot disk to do that AFAIK. So, get one, boot to a DOS prompt and the command you gave IS then correct. =) Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 20 September 2003 07:41 pm, Scott wrote: Hello I want to take a slave hard drive out of a box that I gave to my daughter and install it my box. The primary drive in her box has XP on it. How do I remove lilo from hda and turn booting back over to XP? Thanks, Scott Scott I believe that you would do fdisk /MBR from a dos console in Windex. Somebody slap me if I'm wrong. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Opinions on Software required
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Michael Lothian wrote: Hi everybody! (Sound like that guy from the simpsons) I was just wondering what the best software (preferably one with a nice gui) to do the following things... Convert CDs into Ogg files Grip. I use RipperX - like its interface. Cheers Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps
That is all true BUT I have been running Linux for 3 years now with no special software and I have not been cracked or had any virii or security problems of any kind. I think you'll find that most of your security concerns just melt away just by switching to Linux. It is sad really, Linux lulls you into a (false?) sense of security after a while. Windows is insecure by design, Linux is not, that is the key. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2003 07:58 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if you could help me with some advice. I have just jumped to only Linux on this computer. However there are a couple of apps that I would like to find equivalents to for Linux. One is an easy to use Firewall program (ZoneAlarm). Any suggestions. Second is a Clipboard program that you can save data in different groups like ClipMate. Thanks Russ Lots of firewall possibilities. Smoothwall is on the 9.1 download disks, it works well for me. Firestarter is another, do a google search on firewalls at http://www.google.com/linux That should be a good start. I know some folks have had problems with Smoothwall but I found that if you install it and then turn it off and connect with the internet and then turn it on again in MCC it works fine. You can do some configuration in the MCC gui and it does a good job of keeping out the bad guys. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: rpmfind dot net
Check out this site: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/2/simple/2 more software and a better interface anyway ;) Cheers Jason HaywireMac wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:43:53 -0400 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: This page is temporarily closed in protest against software patents. Websites may soon be closed down regularly due to software patents. Software patents can get you prosecuted for publishing texts you wrote yourself! You will be redirected to http://swpat.ffii.org in 20 seconds for more information. To enter this site, click here Seems like some kind of European Patent battle I've not heard of, or am i getting some kind of strange redirect from rpmfind's website ? Exactly as it says, there is a protest going on against software patents due to be passed into law sometime soon. It's to generate awareness. Google it, tons of info. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] LiLo Boot
Yes, there are 2 ways to do this. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and change boot options. BootDrakBootLilo/Grub Mode (Configure)Then ok at the first dialog, then you can delete entries and set a new default. OR Go into /etc/lilo.conf in a text editor as root and then edit the file by hand. Once you have done this, run lilo at the command line as root. Just type lilo and it will make your edited file live for the next reboot. Hope this helps. Cheers Jason Russ wrote: Hi All, I had a dual boot system and I allowed Lilo to boot to Windows by default (for my daughter). I now have only Linux on here but I can't figure out how to remove the Windows from the boot menu and make it boot to Linux by default. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo config
Here we go again, since you seem to have missed it: Yes, there are 2 ways to do this. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and change boot options. BootDrakBootLilo/Grub Mode (Configure)Then ok at the first dialog, then you can delete entries and set a new default. OR Go into /etc/lilo.conf in a text editor as root and then edit the file by hand. Once you have done this, run lilo at the command line as root. Just type lilo and it will make your edited file live for the next reboot. Hope this helps. Cheers Jason Russ wrote: Hi All, I originally set this computer up as a dual boot with Lilo booting to Windows by default (for my daughter). I now only have Linux here but I can't figure out how to remove the Windows boot from Lilo. Can anyone point me in the proper direction please (I know it can be done because I did it before)? Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Grip or RipperX
Hi Dennis, I use RipperX exclusively on 9.1 without incident. I ams ure you have tried this but make sure notlame is set as the MP3 encoder in the config. Cheers Jason PS, also start both from the cli so you can see any returned error messages that may give us a clue. Dennis Myers wrote: I have both installed but when I try to rip a audio CD I end up with either empty files or in grip it gives me the :-l face and quits. My cds play ok but it acts like it cannot read them. I have notlame installed. Not sure what to ask or what I may be doing wrong. Any suggestions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ripper X
RipperXConfigGeneral. Cmon man, press the buttons and look around!! =) Aron Smith wrote: Anyone able to tell me how to configure this thing? It alwas ask if I want to it to create a wav directory then gives me an error 29 message. Also how do I set it to put the rips in a specific directory? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ripper X
Hmmm, works here no drama, Mandrake 9.1 Final. Post any details that may help us Cheers Jason Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2003 06:01 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: RipperXConfigGeneral. Cmon man, press the buttons and look around!! =) Aron Smith wrote: Anyone able to tell me how to configure this thing? It alwas ask if I want to it to create a wav directory then gives me an error 29 message. Also how do I set it to put the rips in a specific directory? Somthings wrong tried it no joy still cannot find where it puts the mp3s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ripping Music with grip(Just Shoot ME)
I don't use GRIP but RipperX with notlame (from plf) works a treat if you are keen to try it. Cheers Jason Aron Smith wrote: Have been trying to set up grip to rip some albums (Yes I Bought them) using Grip I keep getting a invalaid encoder execuable message So How did I screw it up this time? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Another Try
Yet another case where the Knoppix X Config may have workes outta the box?? Cheers Jason Wade Waldron wrote: Thanks for the advice, I checked xfree.org and found out that my card is supported on xfree 3 and 4. This led me to make some different choices on installing. I can not honestly say what made the difference, but it works. I guess the morale of the story is that if you are stuck on a problem and have tried to fix it over and over, and nothing works, take a break and come back to it with a fresh mind. Thanks a bunch!!! Wade Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Video Card Setup - HELP!!
The other option perhaps is to boot into knoppix and if it works fine then copy your XF86Config/-4 files over the mandrake ones and then reboot. I find the Knoppix hardware detection/configuration to be almost flawless. After that, you can update to the latest greatest drivers. Cheers Jason Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2003 08:10 am, Tango Echo wrote: Hi all, After following Stephen's advice, I purchased the GeForce FX 5600 256MB video card. Not really acting to intelligently, I simply powered down the computer, swapped the cards, and started the dual boot system. XP found the card fine, but MDK 9.1 kicks into the console. 1. How can I configure the video card from the console so I can get back into KDE? 2. I know the FX 5600 has its own updated drivers from the nVidia web site that I would like to be installed. How does this play into it? Do I have to do the basic setup from the console to get KDE up and running, then install the updated drivers? Normally what you would do is to download the drivers ahead of the switch, switch the hardware, boot to init 3, run the installer and then restart init 5. Now, you could use a text based editor like links or lynx to download them, or put your old video card back for a few minutes, or download them on another comuter and burn a cd, etc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/ http://www.modem-help.com/mfcs.php?mid=64nid=9893 Otherwise an external hardware modem is the way to go. If in a laptop, a PCMCIA hardware mode... Cheers Jason paul klatt wrote: Does any one know of a driver for an hsp56 micromodem preferably in the rpm form for mandrake 8.0, kernel2.4.3-20mdk? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weird XWC Problem
Yeah, it is buggy but on my home system, it just works. And Krusader is Klunky =) by comparison IMHO. I prefer XWC and this is the only system that it falls over on. I wish XWC was still being maintained, hell of a FM. Cheers Jason FemmeFatale wrote: At 09:48 AM 7/4/2003 +1200, you wrote: Hi All, Got a strange one for you. This has happened on 2 separate installs (9.1) on the same laptop (an Asus L2400D). I installed XWC (File Manager similar to WinExplorer), and it works for users just fine at first. After using it for a day or so, it stops being able to start. Now when a user tries to start it, it just sends the hard drive into overdrive but never actually starts the program. I have tried to uninstall/reinstall it to no avail. I sometimes have to killX just to get my system back again. Sometimes after the hard drives screams for a few minutes, it just goes back to normal without ever starting XWC. If I start it from a console, there are no error messages but it still never starts and never gives me a prompt back. I can't find a config file to delete or anything either. If I start it as root from a console, it runs fine. It is sooo weird. This just happened on fresh install of 9.1 as well. Any ideas appreciated, Regards, Jason I found XWC buggy as hell switched to Krusader instead. Far better FM that is similar to Explorer. Gentoo is good too but its a lot harder to learn ... - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weird XWC Problem
That worked!! ThanksI was searching for a config file to delete but didn't know what it was called. Cheers Jason Greenwood Charles A Edwards wrote: On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:48:55 +1200 Jason Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed XWC (File Manager similar to WinExplorer), and it works for users just fine at first. After using it for a day or so, it stops being able to start. Delete ~./foxrc/XWC and then launch xwc. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weird XWC Problem
Thanks Stephen, neither of the 2. The delete ~/foxrc file worked... Thanks anyway. Cheers Jason Is anything showing up in the logfiles - or are there core dumps laying around? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weird XWC Problem
Tried them all. Like the look, feel and speed of XWC myself. Thank goodness for OSS and CHOICE eh?? Cheers Jason Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 11:20, FemmeFatale wrote: At 10:53 AM 7/4/2003 +1200, you wrote: Yeah, it is buggy but on my home system, it just works. And Krusader is Klunky =) by comparison IMHO. I prefer XWC and this is the only system that it falls over on. I wish XWC was still being maintained, hell of a FM. Cheers Jason ya totally agree there. try another FM?? I dunno what else to suggest... - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Use something that works. ROX-Filer, Gnome-Commander, GMC, Konqueror. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem that is compatible with linux
Wish you all the best with it! Regards, Jason Eko Budiharto wrote: Hi, thank you for everybody who reply my email regarding this matter. Thank you for all advice. It seems everything that smell windows, linux does not recognize it. I will change my mdem into external. Eko. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Weird XWC Problem
Hi All, Got a strange one for you. This has happened on 2 separate installs (9.1) on the same laptop (an Asus L2400D). I installed XWC (File Manager similar to WinExplorer), and it works for users just fine at first. After using it for a day or so, it stops being able to start. Now when a user tries to start it, it just sends the hard drive into overdrive but never actually starts the program. I have tried to uninstall/reinstall it to no avail. I sometimes have to killX just to get my system back again. Sometimes after the hard drives screams for a few minutes, it just goes back to normal without ever starting XWC. If I start it from a console, there are no error messages but it still never starts and never gives me a prompt back. I can't find a config file to delete or anything either. If I start it as root from a console, it runs fine. It is sooo weird. This just happened on fresh install of 9.1 as well. Any ideas appreciated, Regards, Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] modem that is compatible with linux
With modems, it is much better to have a hardware modem (e.g. external serial/usb modem) than a so-called software modem (e.g. Winmodem) which relies on the OS to do some of its work, thus the slightly lower cost. Buy a hardware modem and all your problems will dissappear. There are really cheap ones secondhand so cost should not be a factor. When I was on dialup (now on ADSL), I used a dynalink external serial modem without incident for years on Linux... My .0002c worth. Cheers Jason John Wilson wrote: On July 1, 2003 01:30 am, Eko Budiharto wrote: Hi, I bought a new modem, PROLINK 1456 PVC (it is detected in 9.1 as winmodem). I install it, it is said that cannot be installed. Please someone can tell me which modem that is compatible with 9.1 or I go to a certain site that I can see a list of hardware that is compatible with 9.1. I am looking forward to favorable reply from you. Thank you. Eko. You could have a look on Linmodems.Org. It appears to be a fairly comprehensive page, though there is a broken link at the bottom which you may have found helpful. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] reading MP3s and CDDB searching
Thomas Williams wrote: Is there any sort of tool that will take an MP3 and do a CDDB lookup? What I'm looking for has been done in another application that is available for windows called MusicMatch. I was hoping there was at least a tool like MP3Info that would read the tags and/or do a CDDB lookup. Tom Williams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Use RipperX, it will do what you want. =) It connects to the freedb. Cheers Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] reading MP3s and CDDB searching
Sorry, perhaps I did misundertsand. RipperX will take a CD, make a tracke listing, connect to the freeDB and rip the tracks, giving them the track titles from the freedb. If you want to do it after the files have already been ripped, then I am out of ideas sorry. Cheers Jason Thomas Williams wrote: On Monday 30 June 2003 10:08 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: Use RipperX, it will do what you want. =) It connects to the freedb. I found a version 2.5 and I had it up but it doesn't look like it will open an MP3 and allow me to update the tags. Perhaps a newer version will? Or perhaps you misunderstand what I'm looking for? Tom Williams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No sound!
Also, see this article for help: http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8018846552.html It helped me understand Linux audio better than ever before!! Thanks Austin!! Cheers Jason Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 02:31, cF wrote: Hey. I'm rather new to the linux world, i've tried distros such as RedHat and previous versions of Mandrake (actually every versions since 8.2). In all the distros i've tried, ELX linux was the only one that i could listen to MP3's with. I've downloaded Mandrake 9.1 today and, since i prefer the Gnome interface to KDE's, i run it with Gnome (but it doesnt work more with KDE). The first thing i tried was opening XMMS and trying to play MP3s (thost mp3's are on a separate FAT32 drive, /mtc/win_c). It didn't work. XMMS even froze up after a while. So i tried to figure it out by myself by searching linuxdoc and manpages to no avail. Then i suddenly got a genius idea: I tried to play a video file. Surprisingly, Xine has no problem with my audio, seems to be only XMMS and well system beeps an such. Is the problem related with XMMS, or Gnome, or the fact that my MP3's are on a mounted FAT drive? [Interesting hardware specs] Sound cards: Name: SoundBlaster Live! Value Vendor: Creative Labs Alternative drivers: ;audigy:emu10k1 Bus: PCI Bus identification: 1102:2:1102:8022 Location on the bus: 2:2:0 Description: SB Live! (audio) Module: snd-emu10k1 Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO Name: CM8738 Vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc Alternative drivers: cmpci Bus: PCI Bus identification: 13f6:111 Location on the bus: 2:5:0 Description: CM8738 Module: snd-cmipci Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO It would seem to me that your onboard sound card is conflicting with your added soundcard (Soundblaster Live!) - if you disable the onboard sound card in BIOS you should be able to get the Soundblaster working properly...same card I have, and my mobo has the same onboard sound as well - so it's just a matter of reconfiguration in the BIOS mate... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mandrake rpms
Depends, some do, some don't, depends on the libs etc. the RPM was comiled against. All inall, best to stick with ML RPM's. What do you need that ML doesn't provide an RPM for anyway?? In my experience, they provide almost everything under the sun you could want. Cheers Jason Aron Smith wrote: do red hat rpms still work in mandrake 9.0 or can any rpm 386 or above work? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Nope, it's not about money. I could drone on about all of the GREAT things about Linux and OSS (Open Source Software) in general but that has been covered by the list already. All I can say is try it, I mean really try it. Try it for 6 months. Try to NOT use any MS products for that 6 months. I am certain that the benefits will be self explanatory after that time. Regards, Jason PS, My PERSONAL reasons for using Linux/OSS: Freedom - the freedom to use, modify and in general, play with my software with a level of transparency simply not available with Windows. Modifiable - Being able to modify most things on my computer through simple, text editable text files, without the worry/hassle of a registry of any kind. Value/Cost for performance - in my experience, Linux and OSS offer a price for performance return that Windows doesn't even come close to. Community - I like being part of a community of my choice, rather than being a slave to a company in Redmond that uses my net's back channel to report my usage behaviors and buying decisions - all for my own supposed benefit. Helping others - I can help others by introducing them to Linux for almost no cost without feeling like I am stealing and without fear of getting caught pirating Stability - the feeling that I can do almost anything to/with my PC and not have to worry about lock ups or slowing system performance. No need to do a general reboot every few days/hours just to keep my system fuctioning normally. Security - I know EXACTLY who has access to my computer and when, and I can easily control it. Choice - I have PLENTY of money to buy MS software, thankfully I have the CHOICE not to, which I gladly exercise. Interopability - I can use software that adheres to global, well documented and open computing standards instead of using software that has its own standards that don't play nice with anyone else's, forcing me to use that, and only that software. Zariyan Zephyr wrote: As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?. ZZ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Just another reason to use Linux - you are not buying pirated software. =) robin.bcc wrote: On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 10:45, Zariyan Zephyr wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?. It's certainly not about money for me - here in Turkey I could buy any version of Windows on the street for about $2. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Agree'd =) That's why their attepts at controlling it are primarily the most active in 1st world countries. They don't even actively discourage it elsewhere. They know it helps them maintain their monopoly and locking elsewhere. To them it is just a necessary evil and they probably use it as a write off anyway. Cheers Jason robin.bcc wrote: Jason Greenwood wrote: Just another reason to use Linux - you are not buying pirated software. =) I sometimes think it would be a good thing if MS finally succeeded in bullying developing countries into enforcing anti-piracy laws - that could really herald the end of Windows in most of the world. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing (Actually NO-Printing) in 9.1
Just wondering, did you check the md5sums of the ISO's and bootable CD's? Your problems sound like a bad burn to me... rob wrote: Greetings, I am interested in whether anyone else has had printing problems in 9.1. I cannot get anything to print, even though I get no error messages. I cannot configure CUPS -- Connection refused. In Webmin, I'm told there is no printer installed on this system. Yet, G-print clearly shows my HP Deskjet 970Cse as the default printer. I've changed the permissions on all the printer related files I can find, especially relative to CUPS... I've reinstalled to the extent that I've tried to get my printer installed and configured. No change. Not sure where to go from here unless the only option is to re-install 9.0, if that's possible. In a related matter, my significant other, whose computer is right behind me installed 9.1 (upgrading from 8.2) seems to have had a smooth install but when she rebooted, the last thing that appears on her screen before it hangs is GRUB. She also attempted to reinstall in order to get the boot loader properly installed. She also attempted to make a boot floppy during this process but that hung. I'm wondering if there is something unique to our machines that would give both of us these major problems or whether there are some major problems that others may be experiencing with 9.1 that we haven't seen reported. (I have a Dell 1 GHz - Pentium and she has an AMD, Athlon 700 MHz. Any suggestions would sincerely be appreciated. I'd hate to have to repartition. It boggles my mind as to why printing seems to be such rocket science in Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do you choose Linux ?
Hi, m wrote: It's not too encouraging ... are you saying I should give up? Perhaps. Hmmm, I don't like to give up easy. Why don't you rather suggest how to fix some of the things ... say make fonts in Mozilla look like in Windows. Things in Linux look/act differently to Windows, if you prefer Windows, stay with it. You'll never emulate Windows exactly, thank God. See comments below: As a newbie (I'll consider myself newbie till I'm able to compile my own kernel and that won't happen any time soon, as PC is just a tool for me and I don't have time for it) I've decided to try Linux as Then many of us are newbies too, if that's the definition. hearing all that how great it is made me curious. Good that you've heard good things, I love Linux myself, would never go back to Winblows. So far it didn't give me anything I couldn't do with Windows, That's not the point. If you think that the only important thing to do is re-create the Windows environment in Linux, forget it. stability is out of question as my laptop is freezing more often with Linux then Win2k, things I like Then you have a bung install, simple as that. Linux does not crash...repeat after me, does not crash, I have been using it for 2 years, so I know (others far longer, and they agree with me). The only way it would is if you were trying some exotic kernel or beta software or similar. very much e.g. suspend or hot swapping of my cdrom with floppy ain't working to the same extend as with Windows (sometimes after wakeing it up, display wouldn't get in sync at all etc etc), fonts in say Mozilla sucks comparing what it is in Windows. Sounds like an XFree/Video card problem to me. Pop in Knoppix and try the same thing, it may configure your video better than Mandrake does, it has on some of my boxes. There is still a lot of software I need in my day to day business not available for Linux too, Like? Be specific so we can make recommendations. so the only bright side is I can do my expect/tcl script on my PC Hey!! At least you found a silver lining!! instead of login to some of the corporate Sun servers and I LOVE xterm ... getting help from Linux gurus is the same hassle as getting help for MS issues. Um, no, I disagree. When I buy a PC it comes with Windows and I dont have to pay anything extra, right? Yes you do, it's bundled in with the price (ie. Windows Tax). Buy a whitebox and save between $100-$600 depending on the bundle. So ... what's the point to do format c: and go for Linux? If you still don't know all of the benefits, I'll post them again at the bottom of this email. Hope I didn't upset anybody, just like to hear your opinion. Ok, you got it. Cheers Jason PS, My PERSONAL reasons for using Linux/OSS: Freedom - the freedom to use, modify and in general, play with my software with a level of transparency simply not available with Windows. Modifiable - Being able to modify most things on my computer through simple, text editable text files, without the worry/hassle of a registry of any kind. Value/Cost for performance - in my experience, Linux and OSS offer a price for performance return that Windows doesn't even come close to. Community - I like being part of a community of my choice, rather than being a slave to a company in Redmond that uses my net's back channel to report my usage behaviors and buying decisions - all for my own supposed benefit. Helping others - I can help others by introducing them to Linux for almost no cost without feeling like I am stealing and without fear of getting caught pirating Stability - the feeling that I can do almost anything to/with my PC and not have to worry about lock ups or slowing system performance. No need to do a general reboot every few days/hours just to keep my system fuctioning normally. Security - I know EXACTLY who has access to my computer and when, and I can easily control it. Choice - I have PLENTY of money to buy MS software, thankfully I have the CHOICE not to, which I gladly exercise. Interopability - I can use software that adheres to global, well documented and open computing standards instead of using software that has its own standards that don't play nice with anyone else's, forcing me to use that, and only that software. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] md5sums for 9.1 for those that need it
6f1581974e12420fef87868ed6caa31f MandrakeLinux-9.1-CD1.i586.iso 87afe11ddef6b619866322aa0797e45f MandrakeLinux-9.1-CD2.i586.iso ff187c7a552722f42790b5726fdb62b3 MandrakeLinux-9.1-CD3.i586.iso Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 install problems
In addition, get a hold of a copy of Knoppix. Boot it, if it works fine then copy its XF86Config/-4 files in /etc/X11 over the Mandrake ones and then reboot and let us know how it goes. Cheers Jason Benjamin Jeeves wrote: What is the graphic card in your system e.g. Matrox G450 On Thursday 27 Mar 2003 10:54 pm, M.A.Bell wrote: I've dug myself into a hole and hope someone here can guide me out. 1st try: Upgrade (from 9.0) install seemed to work ok, but after rebooting, couldn't start graphical desktop and reverted to command line. 2nd try: Guessed there was a problem with my video driver. Reran same upgradel, but tried to fiddle with display settings in final config screen. Whatever I tried (several re-upgrades since my keyboard did not respond after the error), got An error occurred: could not open font 'fixed' Try to change some parameters. After extensive searching on Web, tried commenting (the only) fontpath line (had unix:1 in it in the XF86Config file. 3rd try: upgrade ran OK, but when I logged in as (non-root) user, got an error re. not enough room in /tmp/ and KDE couldn't start. Logged in as root, KDE started. So tried to remove some packages to free up some space for /tmp/ Big mistake: marked other desktops (not KDE/Gnome) for deletion, after I hit OK, noticed KDE and Gnome had checkmarks next to them (set by Mandrake?). Tried to cancel... 4th try: re-upgrade, only get command line logon. 5th try: Full (not upgrade) install, still only get command line logon. 6th try: Rescue, rebuild Linux boot, get error: fatal open /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-20mdk No such file or directory So now, whatever I choose from the boot menu (BTW, I'm dual-booting with Win2k), I get command line only with (I believe) a ...-19mdk kernel. Sorry if this post is too long, but I thought it would help to be as specific as I could be. Can anybody help?! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Help please. Thank you.
Richard, I am a very happy Mandrake user and though 9.0 had its problems (especially eg supermount etc.), I never had the problems you describe. 9.1 has now been released, I suggest you upgrade/reinstall (download available on all the major mirrors) immediately. See if this fixes your problems and if not then we will require more information to be able to asist in more depth. Regards, Jason Greenwood Richard B. Thibaudeau wrote: Dear Sir / Madam. I'm using Mandrake-Linux PowerPack 9.0, with kernel 2.4.19-16mdk. It is very buggy, slow, etc. A week after a fresh installation, it generates about 50,000 files with zero bytes. I use it on a PI-233 with 114 Mb memory. I have downloaded Patch-2.4.20.bz2 at 4Mb. I have expanded that file to 22Mb. The documentation I read so far does not tell me what to do next. Make xconfig, make config or make menuconfig do not work. Thank you for your help. Richard Thibaudeau Package S/N PWP90MM-322CBA-ENG-HPCK-E9K9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating CD's from ISO images.
Try this. Place the CD in the drive and don't mount it. Then type md5sum /dev/cdrom See if that works, if not, please post the result. Cheers Jason PS, if you still get IO errors, it could be a difficulty with the drive reading the CD. In that case, try copying the whole CD to an ISO image on the HDD. Then run the md5 sum on that ISO to verify it instead. I have had to do this in the past. John Richard Smith wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday March 26 2003 04:30 am, John Richard Smith wrote: ]# mount /mnt/cdrom ]# ls /mnt/cdrom Boot/ Mandrake/ ]# md5sum /dev/scd0 long wait md5sum: /dev/scd0: Input/output error ]# So why did it fail ? John I'm sort'a puzzeled by what you wrote. You seem to indicate you mounted the cdrom and cd'd into it with a Mdk CD in the drive, but then you checked the md5sum on your (empty?) burner? No, both my dvd/rom and burner are scsi-emulated so burner is /dev/scd1 and dvd/rom is /dev/scd0. I don't have supermount at all. I mounted the directory that holds the cd, and asked to see what was on the disc, ie , boot/ mandrake/ just to make sure , then asked system to report the md5sum for the mounted disc. and got the above result. I'm not sure why though? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating CD's from ISO images.
John, Ok, sounds like the same thing I have encountered. Write the CD to an ISO image on your HDD. If you don't want to do this via the CLI, perhaps the easiest way to do it is to use the Copy CD function within K3B. Once you click the tab to copy a cd, tick the box that says create ISO image only. Once it has completed writing the CD to an ISO, run the md5 sum on that ISO and you should be able to get a result. Remember, CD burning in Linux is not an exact science. From our local LUG archive (more details for you): = The implementation of the isofs in Linux is quite bad (e.g. the method of making inodes will prevent hardlinked files from ever being stored properly on an isofs). The kernel also has the habit (ever since the first version) of reading too much data from the device, i.e. it reads past end of file on the disk. Needless to say this can cause I/O errors (oh what a surprise). For this reason only cdrecord has a -pad option, which simply writes additional zeros past the end of the filesystem onto the disk. Of course, this also stuffs your md5 sums. Another bug in the kernel is that it can't properly detect end-of-file on CD media. These additional zeros will screw your md5. For the record, all these are 100% identical: cat /dev/cdrom | md5sum md5sum /dev/cdrom dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2k | md5sum dd /dev/cdrom bs=2k | md5sum plus any more combinations everyone can think of. They either all work, or not at all. For current 2.4.18/2.4.19 kernels, they don't work reliably. Depending on how many blocks there are on the CD, reading will work, or fal with an I/O error (when the kernel tries to read past the end of the recorded bit stream on the media). Even if the read goes ok, unless you have happened to read precisely the correct number of bytes your md5 is screwed anyway. I have had kernels where cat /dev/cdrom resulted in a complete crash (kernel panick) right at the very end of reading. In my experience the only way to get reliable md5 sums with cds is to take matters into my own hands. Download the scriptutils package/tar from my web site and use writecd --blockread /dev/cdrom | md5sum or cook your own. The trick is dd bs=2k if=/dev/cdrom count=`isoinfo -i /dev/cdrom -d | awk ...` This will force reading of the correct number of blocks from the disk media (or any disk file). Note it will only work with an isofs on the CD, not with any other filesystem. Recently I got too fed up with this Linux isofs crap that I started to put ext2 onto the cds. Much easier and trouble free: create a 650MB or 700MB file filled with zeros (by reading from /dev/zero). Run mkfs -t ext2, don't forget -m0 as there really isn't any point in reserving blocks for the super user on a read-only filesystem. Loop-mount. Master your cd with cp, or rsync, or tar, or whatever, but no need to mess with mkisofs. Unmount. cdrecord file to cd, finished. Won't be readable by microsofties, but for my backups that's just as well. == Cheers Jason John Richard Smith wrote: Jason, ]# md5sum /dev/cdrom long wait md5sum: /dev/cdrom: Input/output error ]# this on unmounted drive. John Jason Greenwood wrote: Try this. Place the CD in the drive and don't mount it. Then type md5sum /dev/cdrom See if that works, if not, please post the result. Cheers Jason PS, if you still get IO errors, it could be a difficulty with the drive reading the CD. In that case, try copying the whole CD to an ISO image on the HDD. Then run the md5 sum on that ISO to verify it instead. I have had to do this in the past. John Richard Smith wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday March 26 2003 04:30 am, John Richard Smith wrote: ]# mount /mnt/cdrom ]# ls /mnt/cdrom Boot/ Mandrake/ ]# md5sum /dev/scd0 long wait md5sum: /dev/scd0: Input/output error ]# So why did it fail ? John I'm sort'a puzzeled by what you wrote. You seem to indicate you mounted the cdrom and cd'd into it with a Mdk CD in the drive, but then you checked the md5sum on your (empty?) burner? No, both my dvd/rom and burner are scsi-emulated so burner is /dev/scd1 and dvd/rom is /dev/scd0. I don't have supermount at all. I mounted the directory that holds the cd, and asked to see what was on the disc, ie , boot/ mandrake/ just to make sure , then asked system to report the md5sum for the mounted disc. and got the above result. I'm not sure why though? John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating CD's from ISO images.
And so you should. You are correct. The problem seems to occur most when it goes like this DL ISOBurn ISO as a bootable CD Rip (copy) CD to ISO Image and then ck md5sum. I am not sure but it is indeed one of those things that cannot be anticipated. I copied that section of the comment from someone much more knowlegeable than I in our local LUG. I usually have few problems myself but people I know have problems mostly on older CDRom drives/burners. Regards, Jason PS, get a Windows md5sum checker here: http://etree.org/software/md5sum.exe I believe... Guy Rouillier wrote: Jason Greenwood wrote: The implementation of the isofs in Linux is quite bad (e.g. the method of making inodes will prevent hardlinked files from ever being stored properly on an isofs). The kernel also has the habit (ever since the first version) of reading too much data from the device, i.e. it reads past end of file on the disk. Jason, just curious, is this only a create issue. I downloaded and created the Mandrake 9.0 CDs in Windows 2000 using Adaptec CD Creator. After installing Mandrake, I ran md5sum against the downloaded ISO images (shared FAT32 partition) and the CD (using the dd method) and got exacly the same number on both. I also ran md5sum against the 3 RedHat 8.0 CDs using the dd method and again got the correct results. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.1 final has been released (Did they do it again?)
Yes, they did. RC3=9.1Final. Cheers Jason Mudder wrote: At 12:31 PM 3/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: The Mandrake mirrors have received e-mail announcing the availability of 9.1 final. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com comparing the sums posted on the web to the sums from .rc3 I get then exactly the same? did they do it again? 6f1581974e12420fef87868ed6caa31f MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD1.i586.iso 6f1581974e12420fef87868ed6caa31f Mandrake91-cd1-inst.i586.iso 87afe11ddef6b619866322aa0797e45f MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD2.i586.iso 87afe11ddef6b619866322aa0797e45f Mandrake91-cd2-exte.i586.iso ff187c7a552722f42790b5726fdb62b3 MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD3.i586.iso ff187c7a552722f42790b5726fdb62b3 Mandrake91-cd3-i18n.i586.iso Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Final or rc3?
Mandrake hasn't said yet. On Cooker, a few days ago they said 9.1 was final. For 9.0 they tricked people. They uploaded an RC then renamed it final. This may be what is happening here. The curious thing is that the CD's are all over 650MB which on list I thought Mandrake said it would not do. Cheers Jason Todd Slater wrote: I see a 9.1-rc3 appearing on some of the mirrors. Is this the final or is there to be another round of testing? Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Final or rc3?
Yup, sorry, just realized I should not be doing math in the morning ;) Cheers Jason Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: On Tue 2003-03-25 at 09:00:54 +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mandrake hasn't said yet. On Cooker, a few days ago they said 9.1 was final. For 9.0 they tricked people. They uploaded an RC then renamed it final. This may be what is happening here. The curious thing is that the CD's are all over 650MB which on list I thought Mandrake said it would not do. They are not: -rw-r--r-- 682164224 2003/03/24 14:17:37 MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD1.i586.iso -rw-r--r-- 681279488 2003/03/24 14:19:50 MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD2.i586.iso -rw-r--r-- 681574400 2003/03/24 14:22:07 MandrakeLinux-9.1-rc3-CD3.i586.iso 682164224 = 650.6MB 681279488 = 649.8MB 681574400 = 650.0MB They all fit well on my 74min CD-RW without overburning. Bye, Benjamin. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Distros
Russ, You'll get lots of answers here but as someone who has tried several different distros this is my opinion. A "distro" consists of several things. a) The Linux kernel, these are all the same in that they are all Linux. Some distro's modify (apply patches etc.) these some but basically Linux is Linux is Linux. These are referred to by their version number eg 2.2.x, 2.4.x. Even numbers indicate stable kernels eg. 2.2.x, 2.4.x, odd numbers indicate development kernels eg 2.5.x. The next major stable kernel release will be 2.6.x, but there are NUMEROUS .x releases within each kernel tree. b) installation utilities, these can be comprehensive and graphical (eg Mandrake) or sparse and text driven (eg Debian). Some installers are easier than others (Mandrake's IMHO is one of the best, especially for newb's), though Knoppix's is very good too. Some of these are Open Source (eg Mandrake) some are proprietary (eg Suse's YAST/YAST2 installer). The installer gets Linux running on your system, it can help you partition drives and select software to be installed etc. c) Packages. These are the individual pieces of software that are bundled with the distro. These are almost always open source GPL'd programs taken from off the net or from contributors to the distro. Some distro's employ pleople directly who help maintain certain packages. These packages include Window Managers/Graphical Desktops, eg. KDE, Gnome, Icewm etc. The distro's choose packagesd based on their focus, eg desktop, server etc. Some distro's serve just as firewalls (eg smoothwall) so they have very little other software to them,. d) Configuration utilities. These can be either Open Source or Proprietary. ALL of Mandrake's are GPL'd, keeping within the ideals of "free" software. IMHO, Mandrake's are far superior to any other distro. They are more comprehensive, complete and centralized within the Mandrake Control Centre. Plus, they have command line counterparts that can be used if your graphical display is not running (eg you only have a command prompt to work with). There are many other things to discuss such as the graphical rendering engine (XFree86) and GCC versions but the above are the basics that separate distro's. The other thing is that there are "source based distro's" and "roll your own" distro's but for a newb the above applies generally. My .0002c worth. Regards, Jason PS, yes, Mandrake was a "fork" of RedHat (though they both basically just package GPL'd software) but it has diverged significantly since then to become IMHO a superior distro, especially for those new to Linux Russ wrote: HI All, I actually have 2 questions here: 1. What is the difference between the different distros? They are all Linux aren't they? Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Mandrake start out as Red Hat? 2. If a person wanted to run different flavors on one drive, what would be the best way to partition that drive? Could they all share the swap partition? What about the partition that holds all user data? Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Distros
Oh yes, forgot package (software) management systems which vary distro to distro. There are basically 2 major types, RPM and Deb Packages. Debiann (and its variants) uses deb and Mandrake/Redhat/Many others use RPM. If you take into account all of the distro's, I think the stats would show that RPM is by far the more widely used of the 2 though Deb packaging has its merits. Jason Greenwood wrote: Russ, You'll get lots of answers here but as someone who has tried several different distros this is my opinion. A "distro" consists of several things. a) The Linux kernel, these are all the same in that they are all Linux. Some distro's modify (apply patches etc.) these some but basically Linux is Linux is Linux. These are referred to by their version number eg 2.2.x, 2.4.x. Even numbers indicate stable kernels eg. 2.2.x, 2.4.x, odd numbers indicate development kernels eg 2.5.x. The next major stable kernel release will be 2.6.x, but there are NUMEROUS .x releases within each kernel tree. b) installation utilities, these can be comprehensive and graphical (eg Mandrake) or sparse and text driven (eg Debian). Some installers are easier than others (Mandrake's IMHO is one of the best, especially for newb's), though Knoppix's is very good too. Some of these are Open Source (eg Mandrake) some are proprietary (eg Suse's YAST/YAST2 installer). The installer gets Linux running on your system, it can help you partition drives and select software to be installed etc. c) Packages. These are the individual pieces of software that are bundled with the distro. These are almost always open source GPL'd programs taken from off the net or from contributors to the distro. Some distro's employ pleople directly who help maintain certain packages. These packages include Window Managers/Graphical Desktops, eg. KDE, Gnome, Icewm etc. The distro's choose packagesd based on their focus, eg desktop, server etc. Some distro's serve just as firewalls (eg smoothwall) so they have very little other software to them,. d) Configuration utilities. These can be either Open Source or Proprietary. ALL of Mandrake's are GPL'd, keeping within the ideals of "free" software. IMHO, Mandrake's are far superior to any other distro. They are more comprehensive, complete and centralized within the Mandrake Control Centre. Plus, they have command line counterparts that can be used if your graphical display is not running (eg you only have a command prompt to work with). There are many other things to discuss such as the graphical rendering engine (XFree86) and GCC versions but the above are the basics that separate distro's. The other thing is that there are "source based distro's" and "roll your own" distro's but for a newb the above applies generally. My .0002c worth. Regards, Jason PS, yes, Mandrake was a "fork" of RedHat (though they both basically just package GPL'd software) but it has diverged significantly since then to become IMHO a superior distro, especially for those new to Linux Russ wrote: HI All, I actually have 2 questions here: 1. What is the difference between the different distros? They are all Linux aren't they? Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Mandrake start out as Red Hat? 2. If a person wanted to run different flavors on one drive, what would be the best way to partition that drive? Could they all share the swap partition? What about the partition that holds all user data? Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is there a way to Powerdown/Off the computer a la Winsuckswith a cmd on the CLI or Gui?
In a console or virtual terminal type halt That should do it!! =) FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all. In windows that option exists. Now IIRC Kde can do it with its logout screen no? Or just do it in the K/GDM screen? Yes? Or is there another way if i'm on a term or one of the other "shells" (IE, ctrl-alt-F1 shell). Thx - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] installing software and sound
I can help with your RPM problem but sound is probably a limitation in the soundcard and how it is used in Linux. For an RPM, if you want to know where the runnable app has gone, hit alt+f2 and then type in kpackage. Once opened, use the search function to look for the rpm, then you can highlight the rpm on the left and view the files on the right. Once you know where the binary executable is, link to it on the desktop (in KDE right click and hit create new link to application, then set up the the link to the executable under the tab "execute") or add it to the panel in the same way or to the kmenu via menudrake Just some ideas for you to ponder... Cheers Jason Richard J wrote: two questions When I play a cd through my computer, I am having to have the volume from the player and on the speakers on full to hear anything, and even then it is not very loud. How can I change this? Second, when I install a program I lose it. For example, having installed Opera, I cannot find where it is to open it, how do I get an icon on the desktop or in the menu so that I can use the program Thanks _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Intellimouse disfunctional wheel
AFAIK, install a program called imwheel and run it via the cli (imwheel) to start the program. That should start the wheel working. Cheers Jason Dennis Myers wrote: Having been to the archives and checking my /etc files for the proper configuration on the mouse, I am still unable to use the wheel as a wheel or third button. Has anyone an idea of what makes the little bugger work? TIA for any suggestions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] knoppix faux pas
Besides, Knoppix is an awesome tool all round. It detects/configures hardware like no other distro I have seen before. And with the new option to install it as well, it is a product to contend with. Plus, it's 100% GPL, (anyone at Mandrake Listening??). Regards, Jason robin wrote: Richard Babcock wrote: Greetings, I did some more research on my knoppix question and found that the distro is based on Debian. :-( I humbly beg the pardon of the entire list. Hey, don't worry. It was OT, but not nearly as OT as some of the posts we have here. I think quite a few of us use Knoppix, as it's a great tool for using Linux on other people's computer, and rescuing data from Windows crashes. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] newbie qustion on ISO images
Or simply use K3b and use create an ISO from the image. Cheers Jason Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday January 27 2003 09:14 am, AndrewD wrote: I have just downloaded an ISO image for a Linux distribution which I want to test on my old PC, do I just burn the ISO onto a CD or do I need to do something else with it first? Thanx If you d/l'd the iso with a browser, even if you didn't, make sure you check the integrity of the d/l'd file with 'md5sum'. You can get this value from the md5sum txt file from your d/l site. Then, cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -dao Linux-distro-filename.iso ^^^ ^^^Run 'cdrecord -scanbus' (as root) to check for your dev= numbers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Now Totally OT FW: [newbie] Umgangston in dieser Liste
Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 8:56 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 08 January 2003 19:34, Anne Wilson wrote: They say you're as young as you feel over here in the Netherlands. And I've heard it said you're as old as the woman you feel ;) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse
Hi Can, There are several ways to edit XF86Config by hand or from the Command Line. When you get to LILO, hit esc immediately and you will be dumped to a prompt, type "linux -s" (single user mode, cli) and that will get you to a command line as root. The go to the /etc/X11 dir and then type mcedit XF86Config and then edit it within mcedit. Alternatively wait for the kdm login screen and then hit ctrl+alt+f3 (for a virtual terminal). From there do the same as I said before or type MCC and then configure the mouse from the command line version of MCC. From that point, hit ctrl+alt+f7 to get back to your graphical login screen. Barring that, use Knoppix to create your XF86Config/-4 files for you with your peripherals plugged in and then if they work, overwrite your Mandrake one's with them. Hope this helps, Cheers Jason Can Baytan wrote: Howdy doody all, My first mail!, intro is at: www.baytan.org, Installed 9.0 yesterday. I was gonna ask kppp question but now I've changed my mouse from regular to wheel, because mine is PS/2 wheel, it freezed, I don't wanna change my X config, I checked XF86Config and it says dev ./dev/usbmouse (I guess because evrything is ok except internet connection writing this from win2k). I've typed device to /dev/mouse or /dev/ttyS0 (Silly me it's modem) didn't on the XF86Config neither worked. Anyways any ideas will be appreciated for mouse blues, like is there any way using KDE without mouse or typing something correct on the XF86Config. Thanks in advance Can Baytan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!!
As for copying CD's, I agree, you COULD use the command line but why would you?? There are many GUI based CD ripping/burning/copying utilities out there. When trying to convert Windows users to Linux I ALWAYS try and use GUI apps., otherwise Windows users tend to think of Linux as a geek only OS, which is totally wrong. Besides, I find Windoze users REQUIRE eye candy to find an OS usefull. ;) Regards, Jason Damian Gatabria wrote: On Sunday 05 January 2003 19:18, you wrote: Damian, HOW did you get to the point in your Linux experince that you found out he answer to Walt's question? What are good ways to learn this stuff to get to the point of helping others? Keith Hi. Well, i don't consider myself a very experienced Linux user yet, as most of the posts i read here generate answers or comments that often exceed my experience. I probably have a considerable amount of experience dealing with the more "common" apps since this is the use i'm trying to give to my computer. I live with my parents, and the occasional visit from my sisters who might want to open an excell spreadsheet, or a video file. Since my family is, of course, only familiar with Windows, my effort to keep Linux installed on this computer has led me to the need to make stuff as dumbed-down as possible. As an example, one day i was asked "how do i copy a CD in Linux?".. After making a swift attempt to explain superuser mode, cdrecord, cdparanoia and whatnot, i ended up making an alias for it. Something like: alias burn-audio-cd="su;cd tmp;rm -rf ./*.wav;cdparanoia -B;cdrecord -audio -v -dev=0,3,0 speed=12 ./*.wav" so my sister only had to open up a shell, type burn-audio-cd and enter a password, and everything was done by itself. Of course, all those parameters i used, (the actual fact of making the alias itself) came from a lot of "man" reading, and simply trying to make my computer work. I guess i do nothing special, just try to make my computer work for me and my family, and in the meantime, i get to learn a lot about it. I dream about being able to use what i'm learning to help make a Linux distribution (maybe help Mdk)... maybe someday in the future. Who knows. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SV: SV: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis
LOL can also be lots of laughs Don't forget: iirc = if I recall correctly BOFH = Bastard Operator from Hell AFAIK = As Far as I Know Cheers Jason =) Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 04:59, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 04:25:20PM +0100, Anders Lind wrote: LOL, the woman is not even good looking IMO, anyway those shallowness aside, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now. Lust what does "LOL" mean? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] LOL = laugh out loud ROTFL = rolling on the floor laughing HTH = hope that helps IMHO - in my humble opinion/in my honest opinion ESAD - eat sh_t and die (g) = grin (bg) = big grin (eg) = evil grin FART = too many beans for dinner Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Star Trek Nemesis
Or in New Zealand where it's a day ahead and 20 years behind!! LOL =) Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 01:41, David Robertson wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 02:55, David E. Fox wrote: I had heard a cast member was going to be killed off...from the looks of it Will was going to be it. LOL I actually cried when that cast member spoiler :( especially for those of us over here in the UK (who are about a year behind!!!) David Imagine living in Australia where you're a day ahead of the world, yet 10 years behind! (g) (NOT that I mind...) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!! -OT
[root@diggy jason]# copy-audio-cd bash: copy-audio-cd: command not found [root@diggy jason]# [root@diggy jason]# burn-audio-cd bash: burn-audio-cd: command not found [root@diggy jason]# ??? Damian Gatabria wrote: On Sunday 05 January 2003 21:39, Jason Greenwood wrote: As for copying CD's, I agree, you COULD use the command line but why would you?? There are many GUI based CD ripping/burning/copying Well, when my sister wanted to learn how to copy an audio CD, and i started thinking about the (several) ways to do it.. After some thought, i threw away the little "manual" i was writing on a piece of paper for her, and told her "open up the xterm and type "copy-audio-cd"... she thought it was easy, i did not need to explain anything else to her, so we were both happy. :o) utilities out there. When trying to convert Windows users to Linux I ALWAYS try and use GUI apps., otherwise Windows users tend to think of Linux as a geek only OS, which is totally wrong. Besides, I find Windoze Of course, i would never tie them up to the CLI, but when the time comes to burn a CD, nothing beats "burn-audio-cd" ;oPPP ---WARNING, LONG OT, UN-CALLED FOR RANT --- Anyway, none in my family understand exactly what is the difference between Linux and Windows (they do not have a clear idea of what an OS is) and rather than "geek" they tend to think (and i've heard them say so once or twice) : "Damian's computer is 'experts-only'." And there are times when they get fed up with the "Works almost like windows, but a little different" --And i'm not talking about KDE, they have no probs with it, it's the programs themselves, they do not feel exactly at home with them -- and end up falling back to the dissapointing "never mind, i'll do it at the office tomorrow." My personal opinion on this is that they do not care about typing "burn-audio-cd" (she was relieved it was that easy), but they do care about stuff being done fast and simple. OpenOffice is a prime example. When my father launched OO because he needed to edit a spreadsheet, he said "It's almost a copy of excell!". I liked that comment because i hoped for him to get used to it quickly. But then, he wanted to do this and that and the other thing i do at the office and blah blah .. and he quickly lost his patience, because it's "almost the same, but instead of clicking here, i had to go there, and how was i supposed to know?" And that led him to take four or five times the amount of time to accomplish the same tasks. One might argue about the re-learning being a one-time-only kind of thing, but after many discussions with my parents relating "why is my computer so hard to use" i was drawn to a very bitter conclusion: Most users DO NOT know what an OS is, they do not WANT to know (quote from my father: "If I want to open the door, i should not be forced to know about the lock's inner workings") and they learn how to do the stuff they need to do, and repeat it when they need it without even thinking about it. Truly, they "know" nothing about the PC. they just use it the way they learnt to, and if you change them that, they are utterly lost. If they have to re-learn how to accomplish a task, then it doesn't matter if the program they have to use is a MS-look-alike. To them it's almost like learning from scratch. And they do not want to bother. As you can see, i'm very interested in this stuff and my family is the "guinnea pig". (is that spelled correctly?) users REQUIRE eye candy to find an OS usefull. ;) My computer is FAR prettier than Windows, rest assured :o) Besides, everyone that uses this computers find Mandrake's menu layout very logical and simple, they find the apps they need to use without problems, web browsers, IM and e-mail programs work just like in Windows so no problem there I would say Linux is almost ready for the Desktop. And, more than eye candy, it's ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED that they feel they do not need to give it a lot of thought about how to achieve their PC-related tasks. In my opinion, the easiest way for Linux growth is to get people to use it when they are yet to learn anything else. Regards, Jason Bye. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!! -OT
Ahhh, I see. Great advice. I might even give this a try myself as sometimes the CD copying within GUI apps is, um, dodgy. Thanks for the mini-tutorial. =) I am learning SOOO much about devices, interrupts, SCSI emulation, USB etc., since having so many peripheral problems...hehe. Cheers Jason Damian Gatabria wrote: On Monday 06 January 2003 01:24, Jason Greenwood wrote: [root@diggy jason]# copy-audio-cd bash: copy-audio-cd: command not found [root@diggy jason]# [root@diggy jason]# burn-audio-cd bash: burn-audio-cd: command not found [root@diggy jason]# ??? Sorry Jason, that's a "mi-computer-only" kind of thing. Read my previous posts. It was an alias i made. If you want it, here it is. First, I ran cdrecord --scanbus to see where my burner is. The output of cdrecord --scanbus gives me: scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-R/RW SW-212B ' 'BS05' Removable CD-ROM 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * So i know that my burner is in 0,3,0 Then, I added this line at the end of /root/.bashrc alias copy-audio-cd = "su; rm -rf /tmp/wavs; mkdir /tmp/wavs; cd /tmp/wavs; cdparanoia -B; cdrecord -v -audio -eject speed=12 -dev=0,3,0 ./*.wav" Of course, if you want this, you'll have to change the " -dev=0,3,0 " to fit your burner location, and the " speed=12 " to any other burning speed you might like. Oh, and one last thing. If you are trying to copy a very old and scratched CD, "cdparanoia -B" might get stuck trying to get a perfect read from under a scratch. If you see that the ripping process is taking too long, you can add a Y or even a Z to it. Like this: cdparanoia -BY (this will make for a faster and less perfect ripping from scratched or old CD's) cdparanoia -BZ (this will disable ALL error checking, making for the fastest method, but possibly resulting in clicky/jittered/choppy rips. Not recommended.) Once this line is in your /root/.bashrc, just insert an audio CD in the reader device, a blank CD in your burner, open up a console, type copy-audio-cd, enter the root password when it asks for it, sit back and watch. :o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I finally did it!! -OT
No probs. =) Damian Gatabria wrote: On Monday 06 January 2003 02:42, Jason Greenwood wrote: Ahhh, I see. Great advice. I might even give this a try myself as sometimes the CD copying within GUI apps is, um, dodgy. Thanks for the mini-tutorial. =) I am learning SOOO much about devices, interrupts, SCSI emulation, USB etc., since having so many peripheral problems...hehe. Cheers Jason WOO i made a mistake! wait wait wait. That line is not to be added to /root/.bashrc but to the bashrc of the user you normally log in as. Let's say your usual login is jason, then the alias line would go into /home/jason/.bashrc clumsy me. Sorry. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
