Re: [newbie] Logitech Trackman Wheel OK
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:32:29 -0600, Littlefish Operator wrote This is a stationary mouse with the big red thumb ball. Officially a USB device, it comes with the plug in PS2 adapter. Has anyone gotten this device working under Mandrake? I've been trying to get it configured (as a PS2 device) with no luck. Scott Thanks to all who posted. Turns out the problem was in the KVM switch I was using. Mandrake 9.2 was able to use the device just fine as either a USB mouse or, with the plug in adapter, as a PS2 mouse when plugged in directly. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB 2.0 compliant
On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:21:20 +, Anne Wilson wrote -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 February 2004 20:33, Littlefish Operator wrote: By the way the multi-card reader works great! Did you have to do anything to set it up, Scott? In the past it has been well-nigh impossible to get the multi-format readers working. You are working with 9.2, I think? Well, as the case may be that reader is currently plugged into a 9.0 box (which I'm hoping to upgrade this week). I didn't do anything particularly fancy to hook it up. Created an entry in /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0 And a /mnt/cf directory. On the KDE desktop I created a new floppy device and pointed it at device /dev/sda1 (no supermount), called it 'ImageMate' and treat the cards like floppy disks. I don't think it involved anymore than that, but I do see I've also got: scsi_hostadapter in /etc/modules and: probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi in /etc/modules/conf. I think those two entries may have been part of the deal. The card reader is a Sandisk USB Imagemate 6 in 1 card reader. I've never actually tried reading anything other than CompactFlash. I think the other card slots show up as other /dev/sd? devices. I only wish it came as an internal floppy bay mount instead of an external plug in. Never had any problems reading/writing flash cards. Just the same stupid kernel warnings when ever there's no card in it: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Additional sense indicates Medium not present sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Why, why, why keep trying to read the device when it's already apparent that there's no medium present Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Logitech Trackman Wheel working?
This is a stationary mouse with the big red thumb ball. Officially a USB device, it comes with the plug in PS2 adapter. Has anyone gotten this device working under Mandrake? I've been trying to get it configured (as a PS2 device) with no luck. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 now: 10.0 later?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:03:49 -0500, JoeHill wrote If you really want the ISO's, I always find the UK mirror is pretty decent, even though I'm way over here in Canada, eh? 5 hour flight, 500 millisecond ping. What will they think of next? Any fellow Canadian fossils like me here get that reference g? Erm, nope! But maybe I haven't aged long enough yet eh? I find the Sweden sites always seem to have the best downloads. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB 2.0 compliant
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:06:24 +, John Richard Smith wrote Leaving aside the issue of speed this matter of getting things to be assigned the same bus address every time is a matter for the developers. I have the same problem over another set of equipement and especially depending, whether, a smart card is inserted, a camera is, and 3 permanent usb devices,are connected, as well as the scsi-emulation of the writer/dvd everything gets rearranged and nothing is constantly assigned one place. So that for instance every time I boot up and go to use the writer programmes I have to reset the devices in the backend of x-cd- roast and the like. The usb setup is in evolution. I don't think there is anything we can do to control the matter ourselves.But for the most part the usb hub ought, at least it is on mine, be static provided you don't replug any usb device. But what actually controls whether they are connected to USB1/USB2 in the hub is still not clear to me. All right we have both USB1/USB2 capability but how the system decides what is which isn't clear to me. Is it the USB slots or is it the equipement or what ? I think this USB configuration stuff is just plain sillyness. For instance I have an Imagemate multi-card reader. If I don't stuff it with a card, my logs regularily check it with the same results: Found card reader Checking format No media found Using some bizarre disk layout Error! Error! Error! Come on, what's up with that? The code already recognizes there's no media present yet blissfully continues to try to set up a valid scsi device for it. The only solution is to keep the spare flash card in one of the slots which is totally not the right answer to this problem. USB devices are recognized by the internal device ID. It shouldn't matter what port it's plugged into, or whether it's connected on the end of 7 daisy chained hubs. Linux should mount it at the exact same place each and every time. I mean, I can understand /mnt/removable2 if you've already got a device plugged in using /mnt/removeable, but that should be the extent of relocation. In fact maybe mnt/removable is too vague to begin with. Maybe it should be mounted as /mnt/removable/sandisk_slot1 or /mnt/removable/jetdrive or something. I don't know if I should blame Mandrake's USB code, or Linux USB code, but USB setup really needs to be cleaned up and simplified. Alot of newbies are going to get burned on what should be a no-brainer device system. Ok, I think I'm done venting now By the way the multi-card reader works great! Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Solved: No sound with onboard VIA VT8233 sound card
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 12:42:10 -0500, Carroll Grigsby wrote
On Sunday 08 February 2004 11:53 am, Trey Sizemore wrote:
I have a new motherboard with an onboard VIA VT8233 sound card. I have
installed MDK 10 beta 2. Looks great, runs fast, but no sound. I have
run alsamixer to ensure volumes are up (although I didn't see a 'master'
volume category.). I've also looked at kmix to see if the volume levels
are right there, and that it is not muted. The MCC Hardware section
shows the card, and it's using the snd-via82xx driver.
Not sure what else to check (the speakers are plugged in and this is a
dual-boot machine currently with Win2000 where I can get sound). Hoping
that someone else had similar onboard sound and could point me in the
right direction.
Thanks.
Trey:
I have one of those critters, and while I was finally able to get
some sound out of it, it was at a very low volume level. I finally
took the coward's way out and installed an old Creative card. If
you're not as lazy as I am, this old posting from Derek Jennings
that may be of help to you:
From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] no sound with mandrake 9.1
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:47:31 +0100
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 7:31 pm, MACY, NIALLEN C wrote:
I am getting no sound with my VT8233 [AC97 Adio Controller] sound card. i
have run the config tool and sometimes i get sound and others i dont. I
just went to the via tech website and downloaded those drivers and it
still
doesnt work. does anyone have any ideas on what i should do?
I have that sound card.
Try setting your /etc/modules.conf like this:-
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
# module options should go here
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-0
# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
below snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss snd-pcm-oss
There is lots of good info at
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/
derek
-- cmg
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc proved to be the ticket. Afer more than
a year of poking this MSI KT3 Ultra on board sound, I now have glorious sound
at regular volumes.
Here's what I did (Some or all of these steps may be required):
Went to the www.alsa-project.org site, looked up VIA - via8233 details.
Downloaded alsa-driver-1.0.2, alsa-lib-1.0.2, alsa-utils-1.0.2
Set services 'alsa' and 'sound' to not start on boot. Removed all sound
related stuff from /etc/modules.conf. Then rebooted to make sure all sound
configurations (from previous attempts) were clear.
Followed the instructions in the details:
alsa-driver-1.0.2
# tar -xjf alsa-driver-1.0.2
# cd alsa-driver-1.0.2
# ./configure --with-cards=via82xx --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install
alsa-lib-1.0.2
# tar -xjf alsa-lib-1.0.2
# cd alsa-lib-1.0.2
# ./configure;make;make install
alsa-utils-1.0.2
# tar -xjf alsa-utils-1.0.2
# cd alsa-utils-1.0.2
# ./configure;make;make install
Then insert new modules:
# modprobe snd-via82xx;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe
snd-seq-oss
Finally run alsamixer to set volume levels, in particular 'Master', 'Master M'
and 'PCM'. And add options to /etc/modules.conf as described above:
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
# module options should go here
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-0
# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
Create file /etc/asound.conf (which never existed before) with:
pcm.snd-via8233 {
type hw
card 0
}
ctl.snd-via8233 {
type hw
card 0
}
Finally, selected service 'alsasound' to start on boot (not 'alsa' or
'sound'). 'alsasound' was created by the alsa-utils that was downloaded.
When I rebooted the computer, sound was coming through, but kept doing a crazy
looping sample effect. Reading through the alsa doc details a bit further I
discovered note to set acpi=no. So I went into the boot config, set acpi=no
and rebooted again. Now sound is clear as a bell, distortion free and at full
volume. I can't say if it's stereo, and I can't say if the I've got 6 speaker
surround sound, but I've got decent sound and that's more than I've been able
to say about this board for a very long time.
I'm not sure what the trick is. You may not have to go through the download
and compile process. In the past I've managed to get low volume sound (mixers
didn't do anything), and loopy sample sound. I suspect that the default
Mandrake sound setup may have worked properly if (A) I had the
/etc/asound.conf file (B) the
Re: kwintv was Re: [newbie] Update-gaim,,,,New-k3b
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:22:20 +0100, Wojciech Podgórni wrote I am disappointed, really. I was looking forward to using a TV app with a nice GUI. I guess I have to wait... Wojciech Podgorni I never did get kwintv to work, but I didn't try very hard either because along the way I found tvtimes. Tvtimes installed no problem, looks fantastic in all window sizes and has a really nice polished interface for setting tuner values and display options. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Virus problems
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:52:58 +, Anne Wilson wrote On Wednesday 04 February 2004 13:32, robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check that you are clean. Our addresses are being picked up from somewhere, and more and more clues point to someone who uses linux mailing lists. The warning I received this morning was from [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is not necessary to use Windows to have your address appear in the From header of a virus - all that is necessary is for your email address to be in the address book of someone who has an infected computer. Same goes for spam - I've had mails ostensibly from myself offering the usual viagra, organ enlargement etc. Sir Robin Agreed, Robin, but I ask myself who would have an addressbook with the names of a number of people from a linux mailing list? It could be coincidence, but working on the principle that two is coincidence, three, just possibly, more than that - probably not From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning address books and flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, it's going to fake [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake.com. Given the odds (and a huge address book), sooner or later some of these composed addresses are going to start resulting in real addresses. At least that's how it appears to me, judging from all the failed attempts in my mail server logs. Besides, anyone using outlook with the 'copy all emails to addresse book' setting will quickly get a collection of linux mailing list addresses the first time they receive a forwarded email from a linux friend (like a tech tip, or a buy-sell note). Some people like it that way, other's don't even realize they're filling up their address book with strangers. So it's very easy for a non-linux person to load up their address book with linux mailing list addresses. The thing that bothers me most about this virus is: - Not the virus itself. It was quickly added to my filters, never to be seen again. - Not the faked addresses. They are rejected (NOT BOUNCED) by my mail server and never returned. No, the thing that's most annoying is the continual stream of bounce replies from mail servers that feel the best solution to an unknown user is to send it back (to the faked sender) in full with comments. This is not the correct way to deal with mail, particularily when it's virus initiated. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Virus problems
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 -, Tony S. Sykes wrote The problem we have though is that if the person was daft enough to have opened up the email attachment and been infected, they won't have a clue about how to fix it, or even if they are infected. I can't believe a regular list user to be that naive. Well, you really can't fault the end user. It doesn't take a degree in computer literacy to switch the on button and send mail. Nor should it. Those days are gone and with good riddance. Eventually the software will become smart enough to keep up with daftest of users. Although, I don't think my parents will ever stop believing everything they read on the net... But the bounced viruses is not just an end user or an MS problem. This is a Linux problem as well. I haven't kept track, but most of the 'undeliverable' bounced emails I get from other mail servers are coming from other Linux mail servers (or at least non-MS servers). I myself would be one of those servers if I hadn't recently come to terms with the problem. It doesn't matter that this time it's the result of an MS virus. I've found that spammers are using this same technique more and more (which is what prompted me to change prior to this). It's far easier to get your mail server config wrong, than it is to get a working mail server up and running. After all, bouncing an unknown user doesn't seem like a bad thing, until you get 60 bounces from xyz.com claiming you sent them an email to an unknown user. I don't know what the solution is, but there's an awful lot of bandwidth going to waste on bounced email these days. and talk about bounced email ;) -Original Message- From: Lexx /Sigil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus problems Scott said: From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning address books and flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, it's going to fake [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake.com. Given the odds (and a huge address book), sooner or later some of these composed addresses are going to start resulting in real addresses. At least that's how it appears to me, judging from all the failed attempts in my mail server logs. Yes, that's exactly what is happening I manage a couple of domains and I'm getting mail adressed to people who do not and have never existed. The thing that bothers me most about this virus is: - Not the virus itself. It was quickly added to my filters, never to be seen again. - Not the faked addresses. They are rejected (NOT BOUNCED) by my mail server and never returned. No, the thing that's most annoying is the continual stream of bounce replies from mail servers that feel the best solution to an unknown user is to send it back (to the faked sender) in full with comments. This is not the correct way to deal with mail, particularily when it's virus initiated. Exactly my sentiments, I'm getting so many bounce messages now it's getting beyond a joke. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
While we're on the subject, If I add the nav panel with f9 and save profile, the nav panel comes back next time I start konqueror, but the nave width is goofed (3/4 screen wide). f9,f9 to remove and include the panel brings it back to proper size. But proper size stays only until the next time I open konqueror. No matter how many times I save profile. Finally I discovered that if I manually re-size the nave panel by dragging the vertical window divider by so much as a pixel, and save profile, FINALLY my settings stick. It would seem that Konqueror has a bug in it that doesn't keep track of the correct nav panel width when you bring it up using f9, and so saves the wrong width with settings. In my version anyway Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Success with JetFlash 256M removable media
Maybe this has come up in newbies before, so I appologize in advance. I've FINALLY got my JetFlash removable media working reliably in 9.2. The device was being recognized automatically, and reading files just fine, but when ever I tried to save, data files would get corrupted (yes I did unmount and wait first). It was frustratingly un-reliable. Turns out I needed add the 'sync' paramater to the fstab file entry that Mandrake auto created for the /mnt/removable. Now files I transfer to the drive are copied immediately AND more importantly, they are all transfered without any data corruption (that I've seen yet). If you've been fighting to get one of these little beauties working right, take note... Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Webmin for Apache 2.0
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 15:57:41 -0800, Lee B. wrote I see the confusion now... my question wasn't clear: When I originally asked Will Webmin work with Apache version 2? I was referring to administering Apache using Webmin, not running Webmin on an Apache webserver. Lee :) My mistake! Far as I know, webmin should be fine with Apache version 2. But, I've not used webmin to admin Apache in quite some time since I started editing my own config files for it. So I can't say with certainty. For the most part I understand the Apache2 config files are much the same as the previous version. At least they looked mostly the same to me, so webmin should be the ticket. It so useful for so many other things though, you'd be missing if you didn't install it regardless... Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
