[newbie] Kontact Question (how to)
On a shut down I got a strange yellow screen, had to power down. On reboot I had disk errors. I let the boot loader 'fix' them (with risk of lost data). After reboot, some task icons and desktop icons were missing and Mozilla lost it settings/bookmarks. I was able to recover OK except for Kontact. I have two mail accounts. Prior to the 'crash' the new message/reply screen allowed me to select the 'from' account from a drop down, now it doesn't. I browsed the configuration panels but did not see anything related. All else with Kontact works normally. Any ideas? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mandriva future?
On Monday 11 April 2005 05:59 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 11 Apr 2005 12:04, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > > Dear community, > > > > After the merge, what happents to the distro? > > Will be any free version available? > > I used MDK for 2 years... > > I've started to love it! > > > Q1. Will the "Limited Edition 2005" distro be split into several flavors, > like Discovery and PowerPack? A download Edition (3CD available on public > mirrors) will be released? > > A1. There will be only one version available through the Mandrakestore. > Club members will have access to several different versions, and there will > be a Download edition as before. > > > There will be one download free version per year, with additional material > available to club members. > > Anne Hi Anne Do you think there will be (free) updates available for the download version as it is now? I suppose the same urpmi soruces will be available? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] DVD recorder compatibility
On Friday 11 March 2005 02:14 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > How can I know whether the following DVD recorder is compatible with > Mandrake 10.1: > > Nec - Recorder DVD ND-3520A Double Layer 16x bulk ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul Paul, You can try looking in the hardware database http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3. Also you can look at the Twiki at ttp://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/DVDDriVes. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Default Browser
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 01:43 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 14:55, Mike Adolf wrote: > > Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, > > Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to be Mozilla. I > > look in Kontact configure but did not see an appropriate setting. > > Anybody know how to change it? > > > > Mike > > kcontrol > Components > File Associations > text > html and move Mozilla to > the top of the list. > > Anne Thanks Anne That would have taken me a while to find! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Default Browser
Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to be Mozilla. I look in Kontact configure but did not see an appropriate setting. Anybody know how to change it? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 12:19 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > >>Mike, > >> Don't worry about it. It sound like the driver is doing something for > >>you that I wasn't expecting. In the long run, it will make things less > >>complicated for people. It will make things interesting for people with > >>both 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels, but things are interesting for them > >>anyway. For me, it is just one more difference between 9.2 and 10.1 to > >>remember... > >> > >>Mikkel > > > >Mikkel > >Thanks for all your time and help! > >Mike > > Mike, > I am glad to help. The only problem is that now I want to get my hands > on an IDE ZIP drive, and try some other things. I want to see what > happens if you us the ide-scsi driver with one. (Is ide-scsi still used > in 2.6.x kernels?) I also what to see how using the ide-floppy driver > works with a ZIP disk with an ext2 file system on partition 1, instead > of a FAT file system on partition 4. > (...maybe I can talk my sister into swapping her internel ZIP for a USB > or a SCSI ZIP externel drive...) > > Mikkel Good luck, have fun, let me know any good stuff. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
> > Mike, > Don't worry about it. It sound like the driver is doing something for > you that I wasn't expecting. In the long run, it will make things less > complicated for people. It will make things interesting for people with > both 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels, but things are interesting for them > anyway. For me, it is just one more difference between 9.2 and 10.1 to > remember... > > Mikkel Mikkel Thanks for all your time and help! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Sunday 13 February 2005 01:54 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > >On Saturday 12 February 2005 09:54 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>I guess the driver, or udev, is translating the partition table or > >>something, so that /dev/hdd is what would be /dev/hdd4 in 9.2. I'll have > >>to dig out my USB ZIP drive, and see how that is handled. I suspect that > >>that will still use the /dev/sd?4 for ZIP disks. I am not sure how it > >>would handle a disk that wasn't partitioned yet. It could make > >>partitioning and formating a ZIP disk a problem under Linux! What does > >>"fdisk -l /dev/hdd" show? > >> > >>Mikkel > > > >Here are the partitions. Remember that this was formatted on XP as FAT32. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# fdisk -l /dev/hdd > > > >Disk /dev/hdd: 100 MB, 100646912 bytes > >64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 95 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hdd1 ? 379950 937327 570754815+ 72 Unknown > >Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > > phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(379949, 11, 5) > >Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > > phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(937326, 59, 3) > >Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > >/dev/hdd2 ? 82368 1027695 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386 > >Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > > phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(82367, 59, 19) > >Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: > > phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(1027694, 14, 2) > >Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. > >/dev/hdd3 ? 913029 1858355 968014096 79 Unknown > >Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > > phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(913028, 3, 26) > >Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: > > phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(1858354, 20, 25) > >Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. > >/dev/hdd4 ? 1409025 1409052 27749+ d Unknown > >Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > > phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1409024, 0, 1) > >Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: > > phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(1409051, 6, 11) > >Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > > >Partition table entries are not in disk order > > > >Mike > > Mike, > How did you format it in XP? Did you use the ZIP tools to format it, or > did you right click on the drive icon, and pick format? Does XP see it > as a ZIP drive, or as an IDE floppy drive? The reason I ask is because > it is possible to format a ZIP drive without a partition table. When you > do that, you get the kind of results from fdisk that you show here, as > well as the mounting problems we ran into. It isn't a big problem doing > it that way, except that if this is the case, then you will have > problems if you try to use a ZIP disk that is formatted the standard > way. XP probably will not care... > > Mikkel I just right clicked and picked FAT32. However, I also used a new IOMEGA disk (right out of the box) which I assume was formated by IOMEGA. When I did fdisk I got the same kind of results. Should I try something else, like obtaining IOMEGA fomatting software (download?). What if I format using mke2fs (ext2), do think all would go back to normal then (what ever that is!). I just would not use the disk in windows. This should not be so damn complicated and difficult!! (oops linux fustration showing). Mike Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Saturday 12 February 2005 09:54 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Saturday 12 February 2005 04:31 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>This is strange. /dev/hdd should be the entire ZIP disk, including the > >>partition table. /dev/hdd4 should be the partition with the data on it. > >>Unless the ide-floppy driver is doing something different in 2.6.x, so > >>that the ZIP data partition becomes /dev/hdd instead of /dev/hdd4. > >> > >>Did the disk you used have other files on it? Are you able to access > >>files on other ZIP disks? If you boot without a disk in the drive, does > >>it detect when you put in a disk? Does it detect when you change the ZIP > >>disk? > >> > >>In any case, I would hold off on the Twiki entry for a while - it sounds > >>like a bug report may be in order here. If the entry in /etc/fstab is > >>being created for you, but is the wrong one, then that has to be fixed. > >>One other small point - you do not have to reboot for changes in > >>/etc/fstab to take affect. The file is read as needed. Hotplug adds > >>entries "on the fly" when you plug in USB storage devices... > >> > >>Mikkel > > > > * I have one disk I formatted FAT32 on windows xp. > > * I booted 10.1 with disk in and wrote a text file to it. OK > > * I rebooted 10.1 with disk out and inserted after boot, the file was > > present and readable > > * I rebooted xp, the file was there but cr/lf screwed up. > > That is normal for a text file. Windows uses CR/LF, Linux uses LF. If > you open it in Wordpad, it will fix it. > > > * I rebooted 10.1 with disk in, file was there. > > * I manually ejected it and inserted a second disk containing IOMEGA > > written files (a new factory formatted disk) > > * When I open the zip, the window still showed the file from disk 1, and > > I could read it?? > > The information was still in the disk cache. It didn't go back out to > the drive. I wonder if "eject /dev/hdd" or "eject /mnt/zip" would work. > Try it and see if it unmounts and ejects the disk. I think it will work > as a normal user. You should also be able to use "eject zip". > > > * I su-ed to root, umount /mnt/zip and mount /mnt/zip with IOMEGA disk > > still in drive. Now all files on disk were visible. > > > > Mike > > I guess the driver, or udev, is translating the partition table or > something, so that /dev/hdd is what would be /dev/hdd4 in 9.2. I'll have > to dig out my USB ZIP drive, and see how that is handled. I suspect that > that will still use the /dev/sd?4 for ZIP disks. I am not sure how it > would handle a disk that wasn't partitioned yet. It could make > partitioning and formating a ZIP disk a problem under Linux! What does > "fdisk -l /dev/hdd" show? > > Mikkel Here are the partitions. Remember that this was formatted on XP as FAT32. [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# fdisk -l /dev/hdd Disk /dev/hdd: 100 MB, 100646912 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 95 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 ? 379950 937327 570754815+ 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(379949, 11, 5) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(937326, 59, 3) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hdd2 ? 82368 1027695 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386 Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(82367, 59, 19) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(1027694, 14, 2) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hdd3 ? 913029 1858355 968014096 79 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(913028, 3, 26) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(1858354, 20, 25) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hdd4 ? 1409025 1409052 27749+ d Unknown Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1409024, 0, 1) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(1409051, 6, 11) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Saturday 12 February 2005 04:31 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Saturday 12 February 2005 01:34 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Mike Adolf wrote: > >>>After I did as you suggested, messages contained: > >>> > >>>Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > >>>Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: No disk in drive > >>>Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 > >>>sector size, 2941 rpm > >>>- > >>>Also if I run configure tool from harddrake it lists: > >>> > >>>Misc > >>>New devfs device: â/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4 > >>> > >>>Old device file: â/dev/hdd4 > >>> > >>>Model: âZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy > >>> > >>>Disk controller: > >>>- > >>>Mike > >> > >>Ok - now we are making progress. If you put "ide-floppy" in > >>"/etc/modprobe.preload", then you should alway get /dev/hdd4 created on > >>boot. Now you should be able to create your desktop shortcut. You > >>should also check to see if a mount point is created for it in /mnt when > >>you put in a ZIP disk. If it is not automounted, then as a workaround, > >>you could try doing this: > >> > >>mkdir /mnt/ZIP > >> > >>edit /etc/fs and add this line: (all one line, even thoug it is wrapped > >>here!) > >> > >>none /mnt/ZIP supermount > >>dev=/dev/hdd4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > >> > >>This should automount any ZIP disk on /mnt/ZIP. It will work with both > >>ext2 and fat formatted disks, as long as they use partition 4. It will > >>also show up as an icon on the KDE desktop, but it will show always > >>mounted. That is something I need to figure out how to change... > >> > >>Mikkel > > > > It now works! After editing modprobe.preload with ide-floppy, I > > rebooted. When I tried to copy a file to the zip, it failed. I looked in > > fstab and the system had placed the exact line you listed above. There > > is no hdd4 in dev, only hdd. So in desperation I changed fstab to > > /dev/hdd and rebooted with the disk in the drive. During boot, it polled > > the device (green light). It never did that before. I then opened it and > > successfully copied a file. Something still seems bogus. I guess I can > > make a Twiki entry, but I am not sure the solution is necessarily the > > correct one. > > > > Thanks for all you help. > > Mike > > This is strange. /dev/hdd should be the entire ZIP disk, including the > partition table. /dev/hdd4 should be the partition with the data on it. > Unless the ide-floppy driver is doing something different in 2.6.x, so > that the ZIP data partition becomes /dev/hdd instead of /dev/hdd4. > > Did the disk you used have other files on it? Are you able to access > files on other ZIP disks? If you boot without a disk in the drive, does > it detect when you put in a disk? Does it detect when you change the ZIP > disk? > > In any case, I would hold off on the Twiki entry for a while - it sounds > like a bug report may be in order here. If the entry in /etc/fstab is > being created for you, but is the wrong one, then that has to be fixed. > One other small point - you do not have to reboot for changes in > /etc/fstab to take affect. The file is read as needed. Hotplug adds > entries "on the fly" when you plug in USB storage devices... > > Mikkel * I have one disk I formatted FAT32 on windows xp. * I booted 10.1 with disk in and wrote a text file to it. OK * I rebooted 10.1 with disk out and inserted after boot, the file was present and readable * I rebooted xp, the file was there but cr/lf screwed up. * I rebooted 10.1 with disk in, file was there. * I manually ejected it and inserted a second disk containing IOMEGA written files (a new factory formatted disk) * When I open the zip, the window still showed the file from disk 1, and I could read it?? * I su-ed to root, umount /mnt/zip and mount /mnt/zip with IOMEGA disk still in drive. Now all files on disk were visible. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Saturday 12 February 2005 01:34 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > After I did as you suggested, messages contained: > > > > Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > > Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: No disk in drive > > Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 > > sector size, 2941 rpm > > - > > Also if I run configure tool from harddrake it lists: > > > > Misc > > New devfs device: â/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4 > > > > Old device file: â/dev/hdd4 > > > > Model: âZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy > > > > Disk controller: > > - > > Mike > > Ok - now we are making progress. If you put "ide-floppy" in > "/etc/modprobe.preload", then you should alway get /dev/hdd4 created on > boot. Now you should be able to create your desktop shortcut. You > should also check to see if a mount point is created for it in /mnt when > you put in a ZIP disk. If it is not automounted, then as a workaround, > you could try doing this: > > mkdir /mnt/ZIP > > edit /etc/fs and add this line: (all one line, even thoug it is wrapped > here!) > > none /mnt/ZIP supermount > dev=/dev/hdd4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > This should automount any ZIP disk on /mnt/ZIP. It will work with both > ext2 and fat formatted disks, as long as they use partition 4. It will > also show up as an icon on the KDE desktop, but it will show always > mounted. That is something I need to figure out how to change... > > Mikkel It now works! After editing modprobe.preload with ide-floppy, I rebooted. When I tried to copy a file to the zip, it failed. I looked in fstab and the system had placed the exact line you listed above. There is no hdd4 in dev, only hdd. So in desperation I changed fstab to /dev/hdd and rebooted with the disk in the drive. During boot, it polled the device (green light). It never did that before. I then opened it and successfully copied a file. Something still seems bogus. I guess I can make a Twiki entry, but I am not sure the solution is necessarily the correct one. Thanks for all you help. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Saturday 12 February 2005 11:08 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > [REMOVED earlier text] > > > >>I was just doing some re-reading of your message. Your ZIP device should > >>not be /dev/hdd. You say it is the slave on the first IDE channel? > >> > >>"Ribbon1: Lite On DVD writer and Zip 100" > >> > >>This would be /dev/hdb, not /dev/hdd. So this would be something like > >>"/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0". I am still figuring out the naming > >>conventions - I only have 1 device/cable on this machine, so I am > >>guessing at the second device. In any case, you may want to check > >>/var/log/dmesg to see wnat Linux is calling the device. It should list > >>everything detected on the IDE bus, even if it doesn't know how to > >>handle it. The names are directly from the device. Also, what does > >>"ls /dev/hd*" show? Do you have a /dev/hdb? I wish I had an IDE ZIP > >>drive here so I could check on it myself. > >> > >>Mikkel > > > > Here some IDE stuff from dmesg > > > > - > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > > idebus=xx PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:07.1 > > PIIX4: chipset revision 1 > > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > Probing IDE interface ide0... > > hda: Maxtor 51536H2, ATA DISK drive > > hdb: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive > > Using anticipatory io scheduler > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > Probing IDE interface ide1... > > hdc: LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-451S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > > hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > - > > > > ls /dev/h* > > /dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdb2 /dev/hdb6 /dev/hdc > > /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdb5 /dev/hdb7 > > > > I guess I need an hdd, which is what I used in 9.2, but it was their at > > 9.2 installation. > > > > How should I create hdd, and what should my fstab entry be? I am using > > fat32 format on the disk. Should I format it to something else? > > > > Mike > > Hi Mike, > Sorry to take so long to get back to you. Too much going on here... > Changing the format of the ZIP drive isn't going to help. Also, creatign > /dev/hdd, and /dev/hdd4 probably isn't going to help ether. The problem > is that the ZIP drive isn't being seen as a harddrive, but as a IDE > floppy drive. You ca try running "modprobe ide-floppy". I am not sure if > the driver will handle it properly, or not. It should at least get you > an entry in the /sys/bus/ide tree. Try it, and see what gets put into > /var/log/messages when you do - it should help. > If I get a chance, I'll see what I can find on google about this, as I > am sure you are not the first person to have an IDE ZIP drive under > udev. When we get it working, you are going to have to write it up for > the twiki web site... > > Mikkel After I did as you suggested, messages contained: Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: No disk in drive Feb 12 09:24:42 mlnx kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm - Also if I run configure tool from harddrake it lists: Misc New devfs device: â/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4 Old device file: â/dev/hdd4 Model: âZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy Disk controller: - Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
[REMOVED earlier text] > > I was just doing some re-reading of your message. Your ZIP device should > not be /dev/hdd. You say it is the slave on the first IDE channel? > > "Ribbon1: Lite On DVD writer and Zip 100" > > This would be /dev/hdb, not /dev/hdd. So this would be something like > "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0". I am still figuring out the naming > conventions - I only have 1 device/cable on this machine, so I am > guessing at the second device. In any case, you may want to check > /var/log/dmesg to see wnat Linux is calling the device. It should list > everything detected on the IDE bus, even if it doesn't know how to > handle it. The names are directly from the device. Also, what does > "ls /dev/hd*" show? Do you have a /dev/hdb? I wish I had an IDE ZIP > drive here so I could check on it myself. > > Mikkel Here some IDE stuff from dmesg - ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:07.1 PIIX4: chipset revision 1 PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio Probing IDE interface ide0... hda: Maxtor 51536H2, ATA DISK drive hdb: WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0, ATA DISK drive Using anticipatory io scheduler ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Probing IDE interface ide1... hdc: LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-451S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 - ls /dev/h* /dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdb2 /dev/hdb6 /dev/hdc /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdb5 /dev/hdb7 I guess I need an hdd, which is what I used in 9.2, but it was their at 9.2 installation. How should I create hdd, and what should my fstab entry be? I am using fat32 format on the disk. Should I format it to something else? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Thursday 10 February 2005 07:33 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Thursday 10 February 2005 05:15 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>It could be that the device for the ZIP drive is being created as > >>something other then a /dev/hdx... > >> > >>Mikkel > > > > Output of ide-devfs.sh > > > > WITHOUT disk in drive > > ide/host-1/bus1/target/lun0/part ide/hd/c-1b1tu0p discs/disc-1/part > > > > WITH disk in drive > > ide/host-1/bus1/target/lun0/part ide/hd/c-1b1tu0p discs/disc-1/part > > > > no difference! > > > > My machine has primary and secondary IDE ribbons with two devices on > > each. Ribbon1: Lite On DVD writer and Zip 100 > > Ribbon2: Floppy and second hard drive. > > > > Mike > > I have a fealing that the IDE ZIP drive is being treated as an IDE > floppy. I think the way to find out is to run: > > ls -l /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/ > > This should be the ZIP drive is I have figured it right. I don't have > anything as the slave on the second controller, but I have a DVD as > master, and this is what I get... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]$ ls -l /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/ > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 10 09:13 cd -> ../../../../../hdc > > Another thing that may be usefull is to look at the /sys/bus/ide/drivers > dirctory, and see what directories are there. Between this info, and the > info from the ls command, we should be able to use udevinfo to get > everything we need to write a rule for how we want to handle the ZIP drive. > > Mikkel There is no target1 in bus1 only a target0. If I run the ls -l ... with target0, I get exactly what you do. By the way, all other IDE devices work. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Thursday 10 February 2005 05:15 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:12 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >>>Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>>On Wednesday 09 Feb 2005 20:02, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>>>After installing 10.1 my zip was not recognized, no entry in fstab. > >>>>Tried to create device using Create New/Device/Zip Device from the > >>>>desktop (right click). An icon appeared but it won't mount (as root). > >>>>Tried to create a device using makedev /dev/hdd4 (4 since I want vfat > >>>>and windows uses partion 4?). I did not see when it happened but now I > >>>>have two zip icons on the desktop. After reboot they are still there > >>>>and now there is no hdd4 in dev. What the !*&^% is going on. How do I > >>>>get rid of those icons and start over? > > <-[ SNIP ]> > > > My Zip 100 is internal IDE. lsusb output shows my printer and empty > > port. > > > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0801 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus CX5200 > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID : > > > > The zip worked in 9.2 with no tweaking. What is supermount anyway?? > > > > Mike > > Supermount is a program that handles automounting of removable drives. > It is usualy used for CD's and floppies, but it should handle your ZIP > drive as well. But it does need the device. Now, udev is susposed to be > creating devices for the IDE devices it finds. I am not sure why it > isn't in this case. It is going to require some research... > > Could you do something for me? In "/etc/udev/scripts", there is a script > called "ide-devfs.sh". Could you post the output of this script with and > without a disk in the ZIP drive? > > It could be that the device for the ZIP drive is being created as > something other then a /dev/hdx... > > Mikkel Output of ide-devfs.sh WITHOUT disk in drive ide/host-1/bus1/target/lun0/part ide/hd/c-1b1tu0p discs/disc-1/part WITH disk in drive ide/host-1/bus1/target/lun0/part ide/hd/c-1b1tu0p discs/disc-1/part no difference! My machine has primary and secondary IDE ribbons with two devices on each. Ribbon1: Lite On DVD writer and Zip 100 Ribbon2: Floppy and second hard drive. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:12 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wednesday 09 Feb 2005 20:02, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>After installing 10.1 my zip was not recognized, no entry in fstab. > >> Tried to create device using Create New/Device/Zip Device from the > >> desktop (right click). An icon appeared but it won't mount (as root). > >> Tried to create a device using makedev /dev/hdd4 (4 since I want vfat > >> and windows uses partion 4?). I did not see when it happened but now I > >> have two zip icons on the desktop. After reboot they are still there > >> and now there is no hdd4 in dev. What the !*&^% is going on. How do I > >> get rid of those icons and start over? > > > > Have you tried running HardDrake? I think there's an option on a button > > to scan for zip drives. There is something of a problem still with > > removable drives and 2.6 kernels, though, as the name for removable > > drives keeps changing if you unplug and re-plug later. It clears itself > > in time, though. Still, that's probably your *next* problem, not the > > current one :-) > > > > Anne > > What type of ZIP drive is this? USB, IDE, SCSI? Parellel Port? From the > /dev/hdd4, I would guess an IDE device, but I don't like to guess. In > any case, under 10.1 with udev, a device made with makedev will not > survive a reboot. You have to create a udev rune for it, if there isn't > one. For most plug-in devices, hotplug and udev are susposed to work > togethter to create the device, and mount it, on the fly. It sometimes > works, and sometimes doesn't. Growling pains... > > I like udev, even with the bugs, because it will let you create rules > for creating specific devices names for specific devices. I am still > working out all the details, but I can make it work with supermount to > handle my USB to IDE interface, and it should be fairly easy to make the > same setup work with USB ZIP drive. If you can send me the output > "lsusb" with the ZIP drive plugged in, and were you want it mounted, I > can create rules for you. The only drawback is that with supermount > controlling the device, the icon shows on the desktop even if the device > is not plugged in, or if there isn't a disk in it. Like I said, I am > still working on the details - I want the mount points and icons to be > created and removed on the fly. But using a specific udev rule for the > device gets around the changing SCSI device when hotplugging devices - > the udev name you pick is always the same. (I don't know what happens > when you have 2 of the same USB devices, and plug them in at the same > time - I don't have the hardware to test this...) > > Mikkel My Zip 100 is internal IDE. lsusb output shows my printer and empty port. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0801 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus CX5200 Bus 001 Device 001: ID : The zip worked in 9.2 with no tweaking. What is supermount anyway?? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] trouble mounting zip drive
After installing 10.1 my zip was not recognized, no entry in fstab. Tried to create device using Create New/Device/Zip Device from the desktop (right click). An icon appeared but it won't mount (as root). Tried to create a device using makedev /dev/hdd4 (4 since I want vfat and windows uses partion 4?). I did not see when it happened but now I have two zip icons on the desktop. After reboot they are still there and now there is no hdd4 in dev. What the !*&^% is going on. How do I get rid of those icons and start over? MIke Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?
On Monday 07 February 2005 03:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 07 Feb 2005 02:56, Marek Pawinski wrote: > > Mike Adolf wrote: > > > Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I > > > am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. > > > ($80). > > > > > > Mike > > > > The Sony DRU-710A works fine on MDK 10.1 and burns double layer no > > problem with k3b. Takes about 45 minutes to burn 8.5 Gig. > > Could you put an entry into the HardwareCompatibility page, Mike? And > perhaps add Bryan's bit about the tools version being important? > > Anne How does one do that? The page I looked at was http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3. I did a search for any compatible dvd writer. It only found 3! I did not see an obvious place to make an entry. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?
Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Need C++ help!
I am relatively new at C++/QT and I can't get the following to compile.
Note the declaration of the operator<< overload in class Employee. If instead
I put the implementation here, it compiles. But if the impmentation is
placed outside of the class declaration as is done below, I get the following
errors: (errors point to the implementation code)
(1) QDataStream& Employee::operator<<(QDataStream&, const Employee&)' must
take exactly one argument
(2) `QDataStream& Employee::operator<<(QDataStream&, const Employee&)' member
function declared in class `Employee'
What's wrong with the implementation? It's driving me nuts.
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
class Employee
{
// DECLARATION
friend QDataStream& operator<<(QDataStream &, const Employee &);
public:
Employee(): sn(0) {}
Employee( const QString & forename, const QString & surname, int
salary )
: fn(forename), sn(surname), sal(salary)
{}
QString forename() const { return fn; }
QString surname() const { return sn; }
int salary() const { return sal; }
void setSalary( int salary ) { sal = salary; }
private:
QString fn;
QString sn;
int sal;
};
// IMPLEMENTATION
QDataStream& Employee :: operator<<(QDataStream &out, const Employee &emp) {
out << emp.surname() << emp.forename() << emp.salary();
return out;
}
int main ()
{
typedef QValueList EmployeeList;
EmployeeList list;
list.append( Employee("John", "Doe", 5) );
list.append( Employee("Jane", "Williams", 8) );
list.append( Employee("Tom", "Jones", 6) );
Employee mary( "Mary", "Hawthorne", 9 );
list.append( mary );
mary.setSalary( 10 );
QFile file("test.out");
file.open(IO_WriteOnly);
QDataStream out(&file);
out.setVersion(5);
out << (Q_UINT32) 0x98c58f26;
EmployeeList::iterator it;
for ( it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it )
out << *it;
//out << (*it).surname() << ", " <<
//(*it).forename()<< " earns " <<
//(*it).salary() <<"\n";
file.close();
return 0L;
}
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Re: [newbie] KPPP fail in Mdk 9.1
On Thursday 03 February 2005 12:25 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 February 2005 01:54 am, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > >>Gentle folks, > >> > >>I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up > >>for the first time (after the system boot up), the > >>link gets broken and the next time the link is > >>fine. Of course, using the proper username and > >>password both tries. Is there any reason why it > >>doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's > >>systems at first? I don't change any params and > >>just dial-up the second time and then the > >>connection is ok. > >> > >>Misko > > > > I had the same problem with wvdial, it would not work on the first > > attempt after a boot. KPPP would never work. I think this also happened > > with SUse 9.1 personnel. I switched dial-up providers and the problem > > went away! > > > > Mike > > It sounds like a timing problem. Possible it is taking your system too > long to get everyting loaded the first time, and the reply to the other > system's loging request times out. Or it could be a problem I had, where > the same dialup modem bank was shared by several ISPs, and the > connection was timing out while trying to validate my login with the > ISP's RAS server. To fix that, I had to increase the timout delay from > the default 60 to 120 in the ppp settings. (It shouldn't take 2 minutes > to make the connection.) I have not done it in kppp, but I know there is > a timeout option in ifup-ppp and wvdial when using those connection > methods, so I would guess kppp has one too. > > Mikkel I don't have the problem any more. I now enjoy a high speed microwave link! When I had the problem, I also raised my timout--didn't help. Also, I believe any good ISP should be able to connect within 30 sec. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Qt Question
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 08:25 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > I am doing a Qt 3 tutorial and it uses casts like Q_UNIT32, Q_ UNIT16 > Does any one know what header is needed for compilation? > > Mike NEVERMIND!! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KPPP fail in Mdk 9.1
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 01:54 am, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > Gentle folks, > > I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up > for the first time (after the system boot up), the > link gets broken and the next time the link is > fine. Of course, using the proper username and > password both tries. Is there any reason why it > doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's > systems at first? I don't change any params and > just dial-up the second time and then the > connection is ok. > > Misko I had the same problem with wvdial, it would not work on the first attempt after a boot. KPPP would never work. I think this also happened with SUse 9.1 personnel. I switched dial-up providers and the problem went away! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Qt Question
I am doing a Qt 3 tutorial and it uses casts like Q_UNIT32, Q_ UNIT16 Does any one know what header is needed for compilation? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.1 install problem
On Sunday 30 January 2005 08:28 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2005 03:45 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > Just installed 10.1 Official on a compac preserio. The installation > > video appeared normal during installation, but when I rebooted I just got > > a black screen. How does one even begin to solve that kind of problem? > > > > Mike > > Put the first CD in and reboot, then choose the upgrade 10.1 and let it go > to the last screen, then choose screen resolution and try resetting to a > lower color setting like 16bpp or less, run a test and see if you get the > rainbow. If so you will have a useable config and you can go to finish. and > reboot. Thanks for the reply. I did as you suggested. The resolution was at 1024x786 (or something like that) and the color was already set at 16bpp, which was the smallest of available choices. I change the resolution to 1024x480, the next smaller choice. After reboot, KDE came up, but the smaller resolution is unworkable. I used harddrake to reset it back to 1024x786, rebooted, and got the same black screen. This is a dual boot with XP and XP works fine with the higher res. I have another monitor to try, but if that doesn't do it, I guess that 10.1 doesn't work with the graphics card, Intel 185. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 10.1 install problem
Just installed 10.1 Official on a compac preserio. The installation video appeared normal during installation, but when I rebooted I just got a black screen. How does one even begin to solve that kind of problem? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.1 missing icons
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:22 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:58 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:21, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to > > > browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and > > > others used in the tutorial are not in my installation of > > > 10.1, which includes the development packages. All > > > autoupdates were also run during installation. Is this an > > > oversite on the part of the release makers? Does any body > > > have these icons or know where to get them. Goolging > > > produced a couple of locations such as: > > > > > > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kommander > > > and > > > $QTDIR/app/qt/tools/designer/examples/colortool/images > > > QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 > > > > > > which I also do not have. > > > > > > Mike > > > > Have you tried kfind => tabwidget.png to see if it might be > > living in a different location? > > ~ $ locate -i tabwidget |grep png > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKTabWidget__inherit_ >_graph.png > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKTabWidget__coll__gr >aph.png /usr/share/doc/qt-3.3.3/doc/html/qtabwidget-m.png > /usr/share/doc/qt-3.3.3/doc/html/qtabwidget-w.png > > (This is on a 10.2 system, but 10.1 should be the same) The tutorial calls out different looking images, but the ones you found above will do just fine. Thanks Mike. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 10.1 missing icons
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:22 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:58 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:21, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to > > > browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and > > > others used in the tutorial are not in my installation of > > > 10.1, which includes the development packages. All > > > autoupdates were also run during installation. Is this an > > > oversite on the part of the release makers? Does any body > > > have these icons or know where to get them. Goolging > > > produced a couple of locations such as: > > > > > > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kommander > > > and > > > $QTDIR/app/qt/tools/designer/examples/colortool/images > > > QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 > > > > > > which I also do not have. > > > > > > Mike > > > > Have you tried kfind => tabwidget.png to see if it might be > > living in a different location? > > ~ $ locate -i tabwidget |grep png > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKTabWidget__inherit_ >_graph.png > /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKTabWidget__coll__gr >aph.png /usr/share/doc/qt-3.3.3/doc/html/qtabwidget-m.png > /usr/share/doc/qt-3.3.3/doc/html/qtabwidget-w.png > > (This is on a 10.2 system, but 10.1 should be the same) Spoke too soon. The above png files are large pics for html documentation. Thanks just the same. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] 10.1 missing icons
I was doing the QT designer tutorial, it directed me to browse to locate an icon called tabwidget.png. This icon and others used in the tutorial are not in my installation of 10.1, which includes the development packages. All autoupdates were also run during installation. Is this an oversite on the part of the release makers? Does any body have these icons or know where to get them. Goolging produced a couple of locations such as: /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kommander and $QTDIR/app/qt/tools/designer/examples/colortool/images QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 which I also do not have. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba Newbie!
On Monday 24 January 2005 06:09 am, et wrote: > On Sunday 23 January 2005 04:22 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Sunday 23 January 2005 02:19 pm, Siposs Attila wrote: > > > 2005. január 23. 17.12 dátummal Mike Adolf ezt írta: > > > > I recently went to 10.1 and now would like to set up a simple home > > > > network consisting of: > > > > > > > > Dlink DI-514 router connected to my linux box (it has my cloned mac) > > > > XP wireless labtop > > > > Another XP 10/100 connected machine. > > > > > > > > I would like to: > > > > share printer (connected to my linux box) > > > > share files between all machines > > > > > > > > What I know--not much > > > > 1. I setup private IPs in the router. (I am assuming router firewall > > > > is sufficient). > > > > 2. All machines have internet access via router. > > > > 3. I can ping machines from my machine by ip and name (I've populated > > > > the hosts file) > > > > 4 I can only ping by ip from the XP machines. (I guess I need a DNS > > > > ??, How??) 5. Using mdk control center, sbm mount points, search for > > > > servers shows the other machines, but I can't connect. (no domain?) > > > > 6. Using XP network wizzard, seems to want a 10/100 connection not a > > > > wireless. 7. The more I read the less I know. > > > > > > > > What do I do on my box? > > > > What do I do on the XP machines? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > 1. install samba server and client, and smb4k packages if they are not > > > installed. > > > 2. goto Mandrake Control Center and in section servers configure your > > > samba server by the wizard. don't worry, it's easy > > > 3. start smb4k for browsing windows machines > > > 4. on win machines try to browse the local network. you should see your > > > linux share as "Samba Server ..." > > > 5. enjoy :) > > > Ati > > > > I installed drakwizard and now have the samba server wizard. I > > configured samba to share my printer and a public folder. However, from > > XP I can't see the printer or the public folder. I tried adding a printer > > from XP by letting it look for one. It only found the windows work group > > containing the local machine. I identified the windows work group to > > samba. What now.? > > > > Mike > > create samba users (as root) with smbpasswd giving them the same names and > passwords as the windows users on the windows boxes Got it working! Thanks. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba Newbie!
On Sunday 23 January 2005 02:19 pm, Siposs Attila wrote: > 2005. január 23. 17.12 dátummal Mike Adolf ezt írta: > > I recently went to 10.1 and now would like to set up a simple home > > network consisting of: > > > > Dlink DI-514 router connected to my linux box (it has my cloned mac) > > XP wireless labtop > > Another XP 10/100 connected machine. > > > > I would like to: > > share printer (connected to my linux box) > > share files between all machines > > > > What I know--not much > > 1. I setup private IPs in the router. (I am assuming router firewall is > > sufficient). > > 2. All machines have internet access via router. > > 3. I can ping machines from my machine by ip and name (I've populated the > > hosts file) > > 4 I can only ping by ip from the XP machines. (I guess I need a DNS ??, > > How??) 5. Using mdk control center, sbm mount points, search for servers > > shows the other machines, but I can't connect. (no domain?) > > 6. Using XP network wizzard, seems to want a 10/100 connection not a > > wireless. 7. The more I read the less I know. > > > > What do I do on my box? > > What do I do on the XP machines? > > > > Mike > > 1. install samba server and client, and smb4k packages if they are not > installed. > 2. goto Mandrake Control Center and in section servers configure your samba > server by the wizard. don't worry, it's easy > 3. start smb4k for browsing windows machines > 4. on win machines try to browse the local network. you should see your > linux share as "Samba Server ..." > 5. enjoy :) > Ati I installed drakwizard and now have the samba server wizard. I configured samba to share my printer and a public folder. However, from XP I can't see the printer or the public folder. I tried adding a printer from XP by letting it look for one. It only found the windows work group containing the local machine. I identified the windows work group to samba. What now.? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Test -- ignore
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[newbie] Samba Newbie!
I recently went to 10.1 and now would like to set up a simple home network consisting of: Dlink DI-514 router connected to my linux box (it has my cloned mac) XP wireless labtop Another XP 10/100 connected machine. I would like to: share printer (connected to my linux box) share files between all machines What I know--not much 1. I setup private IPs in the router. (I am assuming router firewall is sufficient). 2. All machines have internet access via router. 3. I can ping machines from my machine by ip and name (I've populated the hosts file) 4 I can only ping by ip from the XP machines. (I guess I need a DNS ??, How??) 5. Using mdk control center, sbm mount points, search for servers shows the other machines, but I can't connect. (no domain?) 6. Using XP network wizzard, seems to want a 10/100 connection not a wireless. 7. The more I read the less I know. What do I do on my box? What do I do on the XP machines? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] TV Card recommendation
Thanks for the information, it was very helpful. I think I will go for the 350. If it doesn't work on MDK, I will just use it on my windows XP boot. Mike - Original Message - From: "Scott Mazur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] TV Card recommendation > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:47:56 -0400, Michael Adolf wrote > > I am ready to purchase a TV Card > > > > Requirements: > > Include cable ready tuner > > have s-video in/out > > accept antenna or cable > > PCI > > > > TVWin (TV-PVR-350) does everything I want. Is this the one to get. > > Any cheaper available. > > > > Recommendations?? > > PVR-350 contains an mpeg encoder and decoder hardware. In other words you > can capture directly to an mpeg file and save a ton of processing power. > Likewise you can send an mpeg file directly to the card and get video out. > Again saving a ton of processing power. > > The catch is support. PVR-350 output is still bleeding edge. You won't > easily find drivers for Mandrake. The encoder part (capture) is not so > bleeding edge, but you'll still have trouble finding drivers for Mandrake. > The 2.6 kernel support is still pretty fresh. > > You can get around the decoder (output) poor support with any number of > graphic cards that have TV out. In that case the TV-PVR-250 is a cheaper > option. It's exactly the same as the 350, but without the output. The PVR- > 250 has been supported in the 2.4 kernel for some time now and near as I can > tell, 2.6 kernel support is there too. (at least that's what I've been > told, I'm still trying). You'll have to do your own leg work, it's not part > of the Mandrake config tools. > > If you can stand living on the edge, the PVR-350 should be a nicely > supported hardware before too long, but the card may sit not fully used > until then. > > In theory, ATI TV Wonder (capture only) cards should be supported, but I've > yet to produce proof of that. Stay away from ATI all-in-wonder cards (as > I've learned). > > Win-TV GO cards are easily installed and supported well. Great if you're > looking to get TV up on the monitor with a minum fuss (and they're > relatively cheap). I never had much luck capturing anything to file (never > tried very hard) but install and config is fully supported in Mdk. > > Other than these I can't comment. > > 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 > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cd mount problem
I am using dvdrip to copy a dvd and during the burn phase I get: * ERROR: Cannot open SCSI device '1,0,0' cannot open /dev/sg. * The (1,0,0) I put in as the 'cdrecord device' it stands for device location bus,target,lun I have nothing called sg in /dev Everything in /dev pertaining to the cd drive links to device: "ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd" (which is why I used 1,0,0) Note: it says ide not scsi, Is this the problem? (how do I fix?) fstab contains: /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0 fdisk -l (does not show any hdc) fdisk hdc (gives: unable to open hdc) mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom (gives ...) mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: Wrong medium type ( I have a new CD-R) in the drive) (all links to: ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd have no write permissions as do all mount points.) This is the extent of what I know. Can anyone help??? Thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Checking disk size from C
On Friday 21 May 2004 02:52 pm, Andrew Archibald wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 17:17, Mike Adolf wrote: > > - > >--- FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5 > > 5.8G 2.4G 3.2G 43% / > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part7 > >49G 756M 48G 2% /home > > > > total bytes = (1510072 * 4096)/1024/1024/1024 = 5.7G > > free blocks =( 902426 * 4096)/1024/1024/1024 = 3.44G > > > > WHICH LOOK LIKE THE VALUES FOR LINUX ROOT (target1/part5) instead of > > part7, > > I can't see anything obvious that you've done wrong. The values do look > suspiciously close to those for your '/'! > > At a guess you've maybe found a bug which was ironed out by the official > release? Can you try upgrading to the official edition of 10.0? > > If it is something specific in your set-up that is triggering a bug > (that hasn't yet been fixed) it would be worth reporting it to the > developers. I suspect though that they'll want you to upgrade to the > latest version before they'll be interested in investigating. > > Let us know if you make any progress! > > A. This is embarrassing, but I guess I have to tell! When I first ran the C prog, the statfs path arg was set to /. Then I change it to /home (to see the size of the second partition) BUT I FOR GOT TO RECOMPILE and was running the same a.out. Dah! Thanks for you time. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Checking disk size from C
Greetings
If I do 'df' if get
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part7
49G 755M 48G 2% /home
Says I have 48G free.
If I run a C program calling statfs("/home", &fs), I get:
type of filesystem = 61267
optimal transfer block size = 4096
total data blocks in file system= 1510072
free blocks in fs = 905771
free blocks avail to non-superuser = 829062
total file nodes in file system = 768544
free file nodes in fs= 631185
file system id = 0
maximum length of filenames= 255
3710038016 bytes left
The numbers don't add up. What am I missing? I'm running 10.0 CE.
Thanks Mike.
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Re: [newbie] Yet another mdk 10.0 sound problem
On Saturday 17 April 2004 12:22 am, Rory wrote: > >Nothing works except ksCD, and somebody wrote that it's because it cabled > >(but it won't work with any other dirver). > > Ahh, very interesting. This is *exactly* the same pattern I have. > Something definitely broke between 9.x and 10.0. > > > It is very discouraging when upgrading an OS > > Absolutely. The help of people on these forums has been most impressive, > though. I've search MDK Bugzilla and haven't really found a bug filed that > fits this problem, so it may not be seen by the developers as a priority. > > ~Rory I got SOUND! I played with mixing and now I have sound. I ran alsamixer, which gives you a visual (read only). It shows red, which usally means distortion, but I had to put Master Digital in the red (93) and PCM in the red (89) to get things to work. While alsamixer was running, I used Kmix to adjust levels (aumix has no control for Master Digital). Master Digital is on the Input tab (first control on left) PCM in on the output tab (first control on the left) No other controls seemed to have any effect, except CD which controls volume only when playing a CD. I now have CD, DVD audio, and MP3 (both totem and xine work fine). Hope this helps. Let me know. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 10
On Saturday 17 April 2004 12:29 pm, Rory wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2004 9:53 am, Ian MacGregor wrote: > > I have been using a "download" edition which I purchased from > > almostfreelinux.com about 3 months ago for $10.00 US. > > I'm familiar with almostfreelinux.com. Are there other CD-purchase sites > people can recommend? I got a 4 CD set of MDK 10.0 from www.edmunds-enterprises.com for $9.96, including postage/handling. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OK...I need an external modem...any suggestions?
On Saturday 17 April 2004 11:26 am, Laura Callier wrote: > Well, I've learned a Linux lessonI have a winmodem on my Dell 8300 > Dimension desktop computer. None of the distros I've tried, including > Mandrake, will accept it. So, I did some research last night and learned > that an external modem in this situation is the best thing. > > The ones advertized at the computer store near me (Microcenter) are Best > Data, Diamond, US Robotics and Zoom. Are any of these brands better than > the others? This would be for dial up right now. Each brand has several > types, which is confusing. > > Thanks, > Laura Almost any newer modem with a hardware controller will work, internal or external. I recently installed and internal Best Data ISA 56k modem Model 56sf92. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Yet another mdk 10.0 sound problem
On Saturday 17 April 2004 12:22 am, Rory wrote: > >Nothing works except ksCD, and somebody wrote that it's because it cabled > >(but it won't work with any other dirver). > > Ahh, very interesting. This is *exactly* the same pattern I have. > Something definitely broke between 9.x and 10.0. > > > It is very discouraging when upgrading an OS > > Absolutely. The help of people on these forums has been most impressive, > though. I've search MDK Bugzilla and haven't really found a bug filed that > fits this problem, so it may not be seen by the developers as a priority. > > ~Rory If you find a solution, please post it. I will do the same. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Yet another mdk 10.0 sound problem
Everyone must be sick of posts about 10.0 sound problems, so here's another one. I upgraded from 9.1, where all forms of sound worked great, CD, DVD, mp3, startup and shutdown ... My card is cs4236b. On 9.1 everything only worked with driver cs4232 (don't ask me why). Now on 10.0, the default cs46xx, cs4232 and all other cs drivers, except cs4236, can not find the sound card. snd-cs4236 is the only driver that allows me to run aumix (it is not muted) and kmix. Nothing works except ksCD, and somebody wrote that it's because it cabled (but it won't work with any other dirver). I did most every thing I read on the newbie list to try to get sound working, including alsaconf, which always stated that it is configuring cs46xx driver. I think I have all the alsa modules, including alsa-util. It is very discouraging when upgrading an OS (I did install with existing partitions) to have things that use to work, not work! There has to be something wrong with linux and sound or mandrake and sound. It just should not be this difficult! When is 11.0 coming out? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] dvdbackup won't install
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 08:05 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:17:35 -0700 > > Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "libdvdread.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory" > > > > The make install placed libdvdread.so.3 (as a sym link to another so) > > in /usr/local/lib and this path was "-L" in dvdbackup compile. How > > can I find out why the executable can not find it? The so file has all > > permissions. > > Run: # ldconfig libdvdread.so.3 > > If it is then still not detected created a sym link for it in /usr/lib > > > > Charles Thanks, again Cahrles. I do not have Idconfig but after making the symlink from /usr/lib, all worked OK. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] dvdbackup won't install
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 12:14 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:15:24 -0700 > > Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone explain this? > > urpmi dvdbackup > > * > > To satisfy dependencies, the following packages > > are going to be installed (0 MB): > > dvdbackup-0.1-alt1.i586 > > libdvdread2-0.9.3-4mdk.i586 > > dvdbackup is Not a mdk rpm and is not built to conform to mdk standards. > It has an explicit require for libdvdread and No mdk rpm would do so but > would allow rpm to, itself, define any/all libxxx requires > > libdvdread2-0.9.3-4mdk.i586 does not provide libdvdread. > It provides ibdvdread2 = 0.9.3 and libdvdread.so.2, with the libxxx.so.x > being the defining value rpm would use for its dependency check. > > You could do the installation using --nodeps but there is no guarantee > that dvdbackup would work as there is no means of determining with which > version or 'major' of libdvdread was used to compile dvdbackup. > > > > Charles Charles I located the sorce files (tar.gz) for libdvdread and dvdbackup. I configure|make|make install for libdvdread and then compiled dvdbackup (it did not have a configure). All went well until I ran dvdbackup. It gave me the error "libdvdread.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" The make install placed libdvdread.so.3 (as a sym link to another so) in /usr/local/lib and this path was "-L" in dvdbackup compile. How can I find out why the executable can not find it? The so file has all permissions. Thanks for you help, mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] zip mount question
When I boot MDK 9.1 and open my zip icon I get the error. " Could not enter directory /mnt/zip" fstab associates /dev/sda4 with /mnt/zip. If I umount zip and then edit fstab to change sda4 to sda, all works well after a remount using "mount /mnt/zip". Hears the rub! The next time I boot, fstab is reset to sda4. The control center mount point always shows sda4, even after editing fstab and all is working. Why is it being reset at boot? Someting to do with auto detection? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 09:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of > > > building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the > > > kernel-source package and then follow the various instructions. The > > > kernel SRPM will only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the > > > mirrors. > > > > I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll > > follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. > > > > 1. Make sure my boot floppy works > > 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > > label="linux-old" > > root=/dev/hdb1 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > > vga=788 > > read-only > > ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? > > 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm > > 4. reboot and... > > Don't forget to rerun lilo to update the boot time choices, but this should > work. You might want to reboot using the item you added to lilo.conf to > make sure it works before you do the new kernel install. > > > -- > > Addendum to reply > > -- > > I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific > > symlinks in /boot > > > > config, kernel.h and System.map > > > > I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. > > They will be updated when you boot into the new kernel. Gerg, So far as I can tell, the 0.28 install went well. Now I can try to install updated ATI video drivers, which is why I had to go to 0.28. Thanks for your help! mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
On Monday 15 March 2004 08:03 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to > > upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under > > update. > > > > Standard, enterprise, secure, smp, and source. Since the machine is > > non-net wrokstation, I guess I would use > > > > kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm > > > > What exactly happens if I install this rpm? > > Does it preserve my configuration defined during 9.1 install? > > It will change the symlinking in /biit so that the entries the installer > set up will boot to the new kernel. The lilo entries point to the symlinks > in /boot, so if you change th esymlinks, the entries boot whatever the > symlinks point to. > > > Does lilo get updated in such a way to allow booting to old kernel? > > Not on the first update. Every kernel update adds an explicit choice for > itself in the bootloader menu. This allows you to boot into a previously > installed kernel if the new one does not work as advertised. The only > problem with this is that the first kernel install does not install itself > with an explicit entry, only the symlink ones, so if you want to be able to > boot the original kernel, you have to add an entry for it to lilo.conf > manually. > > > Or should I attemp a configure and build from the source rpm according to > > a HOWTO? > > Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building > your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source > package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will > only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label="linux-old" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... -- Addendum to reply -- I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific symlinks in /boot config, kernel.h and System.map I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade?
On Monday 15 March 2004 08:03 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to > > upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under > > update. > > > > Standard, enterprise, secure, smp, and source. Since the machine is > > non-net wrokstation, I guess I would use > > > > kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm > > > > What exactly happens if I install this rpm? > > Does it preserve my configuration defined during 9.1 install? > > It will change the symlinking in /biit so that the entries the installer > set up will boot to the new kernel. The lilo entries point to the symlinks > in /boot, so if you change th esymlinks, the entries boot whatever the > symlinks point to. > > > Does lilo get updated in such a way to allow booting to old kernel? > > Not on the first update. Every kernel update adds an explicit choice for > itself in the bootloader menu. This allows you to boot into a previously > installed kernel if the new one does not work as advertised. The only > problem with this is that the first kernel install does not install itself > with an explicit entry, only the symlink ones, so if you want to be able to > boot the original kernel, you have to add an entry for it to lilo.conf > manually. > > > Or should I attemp a configure and build from the source rpm according to > > a HOWTO? > > Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building > your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source > package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will > only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label="linux-old" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... This seems too easy! Thanks Greg mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problem recording voice
I was trying voice recording using rec/play. Play seems to work ok since a downloaded .wav sounds good. But, rec only produces an faint static recording. Aumix seems set OK. (the button under rec column is red). One strange thing. My mic feeds through to my speakers, a loud speaker system, in effect. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] kernel upgrade?
I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under update. Standard, enterprise, secure, smp, and source. Since the machine is non-net wrokstation, I guess I would use kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm What exactly happens if I install this rpm? Does it preserve my configuration defined during 9.1 install? Does lilo get updated in such a way to allow booting to old kernel? Or should I attemp a configure and build from the source rpm according to a HOWTO? Thanks, mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 March 2004 08:23 pm, David B. Carter wrote: > Mike Adolf said: > > I have not read all the correspondence on this problem, so I may be > > suggesting > > something already tried. I also have the same sound system as you. For a > > long time I used 4236 driver (on MDK 91) and I could play CDs but nothing > > else. Once after booting I ran 'dmesg' to see any boot messages. When I > > booted with a failed driver (ie 46xx) the message suggested I try 4232. I > > did > > and everything is much better. xmms works, and kbootle plays DVDs with > > audio. > > I also get KDE startup and logoff sound. Try using harddrake to set this > > driver. > > That's great! I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance. Did you run > alsaconf to autodetect the card using that driver? Or did you just > manually configure it and it worked? > > I probably won't get a chance to try it tonight, and I'm going to be out > of town tomorrow, but I'll report back as soon as I try it. > > Thanks. I did not do anything with alsa at the time I changed to 4232 using harddrake. But, I may have worked (played) with alsa in earlier attempts on sound. Can't remember. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New Linux User - Need Help with Sound in New 9.2 Install
On Friday 05 March 2004 01:50 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 05 Mar 2004 16:26, David B. Carter wrote: > > David B. Carter said: > > > OK. I installed alsa-utils (and it dependency - pciutils) from the FTP > > > address you gave above. It installed fine. When I ran alsaconf, it said > > > that no PnP sound cards were detected and asked me if I wanted it to > > > probe for ISA cards. I said "OK" and picked the CS4236 drivers so it > > > would not probe for everything on the planet. Then it asked me if I > > > wanted it to test all DMA and IRQ combinations. I said "OK" and it > > > started to probe. It immediately locked up the mouse, and the Caps Lock > > > and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard started blinking, and it hasn't > > > shown any signs of responsding for about 20 minutes now. > > > > > > OK, I went back and rebooted the system and repeated the same procedure > > > but told it not to try all possible DMA/IRQ combinations. Same result. > > > :( > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > At the urging of someone else who's not on this list, I tried a > > > > modprobe snd-cs-4236 > > > > I'm not even 100% sure what that does, but, after unmuting several of the > > main channels (master, pcm, cd, etc.) in alsamixer, I now get CD audio!! > > Still no audio from digital audio files in XMMS (even after switching to > > the ALSA output plugin). > > > > Any ideas how to proceed? Thanks. > > The modprobe snd-cs-4236 loads the driver. But it will not load on the next > boot unless you configure /etc/modules.conf. That is what alsaconf is > supposed to do for you, but for some reason alsaconf is unable to detect > your soundchip. > > If you go to > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Cirrus+Lo >gic&card=CS4236&chip=CS4236&module=cs4236#modp > > You will see an example modules.conf configuration for your driver. > You could try copying this into your /etc/modules.conf > > derek I have not read all the correspondence on this problem, so I may be suggesting something already tried. I also have the same sound system as you. For a long time I used 4236 driver (on MDK 91) and I could play CDs but nothing else. Once after booting I ran 'dmesg' to see any boot messages. When I booted with a failed driver (ie 46xx) the message suggested I try 4232. I did and everything is much better. xmms works, and kbootle plays DVDs with audio. I also get KDE startup and logoff sound. Try using harddrake to set this driver. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to read windows CD?
On Thursday 26 February 2004 05:59 am, et wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:03 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > El mié, 25-02-2004 a las 11:09, Mike Adolf escribió: > > > Is there some trick to reading a CD written in Windose. I have a Liteon > > > DVD+/-R CD+/-RW. I wrote it with SONIC's produce MyDEV, I think! I > > > did the > > > > What do you get when you try to browse with Linux? any error messages? > > > > try, as root: > > > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > and if that does not work then what happens if (as root) > mount -t udf /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > Get the same error: - mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, or too many mounted file systems - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to read windows CD?
On Thursday 26 February 2004 12:29 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > >On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:03 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > >>El mié, 25-02-2004 a las 11:09, Mike Adolf escribió: > >>>Is there some trick to reading a CD written in Windose. I have a Liteon > >>>DVD+/-R CD+/-RW. I wrote it with SONIC's produce MyDEV, I think! I did > >>>the > >> > >>What do you get when you try to browse with Linux? any error messages? > > > >Double clicking CD desktop icon produces Konqueror and dialog with error: > >Can't enter directory /mnt/cdrom > > > >fstab entry is: > >none /mnt/cdrom supermount > >dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > > > > > > >Produces the error: > >mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > >mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, > > or too many mounted file systems > > > >CD is not audio. > > > >mike > > You have supermount in your fstab entry with scsi-emulation. > Which OS are you on ? > > John fstab entry was set my Mandrake 9.1 installer. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to read windows CD?
On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:03 pm, Damian Gatabria wrote: > El miÃ, 25-02-2004 a las 11:09, Mike Adolf escribiÃ: > > Is there some trick to reading a CD written in Windose. I have a Liteon > > DVD+/-R CD+/-RW. I wrote it with SONIC's produce MyDEV, I think! I did > > the > > What do you get when you try to browse with Linux? any error messages? Double clicking CD desktop icon produces Konqueror and dialog with error: Can't enter directory /mnt/cdrom fstab entry is: none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > try, as root: > > umount /mnt/cdrom > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Produces the error: mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, or too many mounted file systems CD is not audio. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to read windows CD?
On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:41 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I'd wait until you have a distro that uses 2.6 without you > having to worry about libraries, etc.. Thanks, I'll probably wait, nothing critical, just testing. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to read windows CD?
Is there some trick to reading a CD written in Windose. I have a Liteon DVD+/-R CD+/-RW. I wrote it with SONIC's produce MyDEV, I think! I did the copy by drag & drop. Do some vender products write CDs, linux can't read. I'm running MDK 9.1 mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sorry it didn't work out!
A while ago I sent mail indicating that when I did "Update" in the 9.2 installer, it all but trashed by dual boot machine. No boot window and Windows would never boot (yea I know that's a good thing) and when 9.2 booted every thing was screwed up. I got one reply which said I should have installed instead of updated. If I am using an product to take me from 9.1 to 9.2, logic tells me that the correct selection is "update". It took a lot of effort to just bring Windows back and I decided that maybe I was not ready for Mandrake-- that installer needs work, big time! I am going to give Debian a try. I know, it is more nuts and bolts than Mandrake, but I am not looking for something that's easy, just applications that work as the interface implies. I am not burning bridges. Who knows, maybe I'll return to mandrake. Thanks to all who gave me assistance :-) mike
Re: [newbie] 92 iso download problem
On Monday 19 January 2004 11:00 am, Poogle wrote: > On Monday 19 Jan 2004 17:09, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:59:25 -0800 > > > > "Michael.Adolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I downloaded cd 1,2,3 iso for 92. The problem is cds 2 and 3 > > > are greater than 650 meg. Are there CDs that hold more and > > > still writable by the same burner? > > > > Use CDRs they go to 700 MB > > CD/RWs top out at 650 > > > > > Mike > > My TDK RW's say 700MB, I've never tried filling them to the max > are you saying I would only get 650 on them ? Mine said 74 minutes or 650 mb. If yours says 700, they should hold that much. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 92 iso download problem
On Monday 19 January 2004 10:09 am, Aron Smith wrote: Thanks everyone, I found some 700mb. mike > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:59:25 -0800 > > "Michael.Adolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I downloaded cd 1,2,3 iso for 92. The problem is cds 2 and 3 > > are greater than 650 meg. Are there CDs that hold more and > > still writable by the same burner? > > Use CDRs they go to 700 MB > CD/RWs top out at 650 > > > Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] urpmi addmedia question
Did a "urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp... and got the error - "retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "contrib"... ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/Mandrake-linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz ...retrieving failed: curl failed: exited with 9 or signal 0 retrieve of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed no hdlist file found for medium "contrib" -- Which tell me nothing! Help anyone? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Camera Question
On Friday 02 January 2004 07:10 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Friday 02 January 2004 05:45 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I have a new Pentax Optio 555 connected to my USB port. Windoze sees it > > but on linux both FLPhoto and GTKam say "camera not detected". In GTKam > > the list from "Add Camera" did not list any Pentax. Any suggestions? > > Well, my digital camera is a USB mass storage device. Plug it in and you > can map a drive to the USB device and then download the files from the > /mnt/camera device. > > If you have a Multifunction printer that can read smart media cards, like > the HP PSC 950, you can put the flash card into the printer and then run > Mtools File Manager and download the photos with that. Thanks to all, It seems the problem was due to how I started the process. The first time I connected it to linux I booted before I turned the camera on. I reversed the process and booted with it already on and linux gave me a new "Hard Disk (sda1) mounted at /mnt/removable" All pictures now just appear as files in a folder--too easy! Aron, I think the optio 555 only has one format, USB mass storage. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Camera Question
I have a new Pentax Optio 555 connected to my USB port. Windoze sees it but on linux both FLPhoto and GTKam say "camera not detected". In GTKam the list from "Add Camera" did not list any Pentax. Any suggestions? Thanks Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] financial app
Johan, Try jGnash http://jgnash.sourceforge.net/ a platform independent Java .jar file. It has some of the same stuff as gnucash. I have it on my windoze partition so I can access from windoze or mandrake. Mike - Original Message - From: "Johan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: [newbie] financial app > Hi, > Any known financial app for linux except gnucash, please > Thanks > -- > Johan > May this be a good day for learning > Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning > > > > 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] Missing 9.1 documentation
> > Mike, go to rpmfind and copy/paste the filename I gave you. It will > link you to a source that offers the rpm. Simply save it to a temp > directory. You can install it from there. > > Anne Got it, and installed it. Now all I have to do is read it! Thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:47 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2003 14:47, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html > > > > > > does not exist." > > > > > > > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related > > > > > > pages somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > Hi Anne, > > > > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not > > > > mandrake/en. Can I run the installation disk again and just > > > > install documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped > > > > out? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install > > > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > > > > > Anne > > > > I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install > > CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. > > Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What > > distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? > > > > Mike > > I have the 9.1 Power Pack, but as far as I know the first 3 disks are > identical to the download edition. > > On disk 2, immediately after mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk is > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm which is the file you are looking > for. > > Anne Something is dorked up. I have three versions of drakxtools (en, es, and fr). Following fr on CD2 is mathplot? I guess I'll just have to wait until I upgrade to 9.2. I've been avoiding 9.2 because of problems appearing on the list. Thanks for your help Anne. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Saturday 27 December 2003 04:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 19:35, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html does > > > > not exist." > > > > > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related pages > > > > somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > > > > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > > > > > Anne > > > > Hi Anne, > > There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not mandrake/en. > > Can I run the installation disk again and just install > > documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped out? > > > > Mike > > Use MCC > SoftwareManagement > rpmdrake to install > mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk > > Anne I checked each rpmdrake(+) source I have configured (all 3 install CDs, plf and textstar). None had mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk on them. Only cd2 came close with mandrake_doc-drakxtools-en-9.1-2mdk. What distribution bundle is suppose to contain mandrake_doc-en-9.1-2mdk? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing 9.1 documentation
On Friday 26 December 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 26 December 2003 01:22, Mike Adolf wrote: > > Went to the "Welcom to MandrakeGalaxy" screen and press > > documentaiton icon but only got: > > > > "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory > > file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/Starter.html/index.html does not > > exist." > > > > Why don't I have this? Can I get this index and related pages > > somewhere? Tried google with no luck. > > Maybe you didn't elect to install docs? > > Anne Hi Anne, There are many (457) dirs in /usr/share/doc just not mandrake/en. Can I run the installation disk again and just install documentation? I looked in rpmdrake but nothing jumped out? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] linux-out to lunch
On Sunday 30 November 2003 08:08 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 30 Nov 2003 12:28 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:35:43 -0500 > > > > Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I added a second user using userdrake. When I tried to logon to the new > > > account. I get "No Write Permission on HOME " KDE can't start. SO, > > > although the new home has the same permissions as my home, I change > > > the permission to 777 on new HOME. Tried to log on again (without > > > rebooting), and it worked. I thought, OK problem solved. Wrong! After I > > > rebooted, it got the same error, THE PERMISSONS WERE SET BACK TO > > > ORIGINAL VALUES!! I repeated the chmod again just to make sure I wasn't > > > nuts. I wasn't. > > > > > > I opened userdrake and it had the userid = 500 and groupid = 500. BUT > > > doing an > > > > > > ls -l on /home shows that the new home has user and group both 502 > > > > BTW, were the two usernames the same? I've never tried to create two > > users with the same name, I'm not sure how the system would react with > > that. I've certainly never run into this problem creating a new user with > > a *different* name before. > > I'm coming in a bit late here, but can I assume the Original Poster > reinstalled their system without reformatting their /home? > > When you do that it is important to add the users in precisely the same > order or else the user will have a different UID/GID and will not own their > own home directory. > > The installer will add users beginning with UID 501, but userdrake will add > a user starting from UID 500 > > The solution is not to change the perms to 777, but to change the UID/GID > on all the folders in /home > > derek derek, You hit the nail on the head! Long, long time ago when I first installed MDK, I set up a second user for my wife. However, she wanted nothing to to with linux. Since then, it was necessary to reinstall linux (no reformatting) and I only created one user. Now that our windows half is down, waiting on a new modem, she thinks linux might me OK for getting her mail. So, I used userdrake to set up a second user by the same original name; and I thought the home directory was just created then. Wrong. It was the old one from before with a UID=502 (as expected since done on an install). Anyway, I just trashed the directory and made a new user using userdrake. It used UID= 500. All is well. I do feel that the different numbering schems should be cleared up in the next release. Thanks, mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] linux-out to lunch
Sometimes linux looses it. I added a second user using userdrake. When I tried to logon to the new account. I get "No Write Permission on HOME " KDE can't start. SO, although the new home has the same permissions as my home, I change the permission to 777 on new HOME. Tried to log on again (without rebooting), and it worked. I thought, OK problem solved. Wrong! After I rebooted, it got the same error, THE PERMISSONS WERE SET BACK TO ORIGINAL VALUES!! I repeated the chmod again just to make sure I wasn't nuts. I wasn't. I opened userdrake and it had the userid = 500 and groupid = 500. BUT doing an ls -l on /home shows that the new home has user and group both 502 Linux has almost defeated me! mike. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XP/Linux modem
On Thursday 27 November 2003 03:07 pm, robin wrote: > Mike Adolf wrote: > > Anybody know of a modem that works with XP and linux? > > The supported hardware page will give you a list: > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 > > As others have pointed out, any hardware modem should work fine; others > may or may not be supported. > > Sir Robin Robin, My Blaster Modem di5601-1 is a hardware moden and it works fine with Linux. My porblem, since I want to upgrade 'half' my system to XP, it won't work with XP, something about TAPI not working for earlier models. I was wondering. Can I install a second cheap PCI winmodem on another com port to use just for windown XP, and use the Blaster modem for only linux? Or will they confilct? Thanks to all, mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XP/Linux modem
Anybody know of a modem that works with XP and linux? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No Sound -- What' this error mean?
Raffaele, I followed what you suggested and took a look at the generated .conf file and it's documentation in isapnp.conf man page. Two cards showed up, one sound and my modem. Just when I was about to dig in and try to edit the .conf, I noticed that the .conf identified my sound card as cs4236. I never knew exactly the designation of my card. When my sound was working in the past, I specified cs4232 using harddrake, since the MDK default cs42xx did not work. This was just a guess on my part, and for some unknow reason, it woked. Buthowever this time no mater what I did 4232 would not work. Anyway I did not have to run iaspnp. All I did was use harddrake to locate and set the driver to cs4236B. Just for kicks I rebooted and when the sound card was initialized, my speckers barked (that never happened before). So I thought YAH it's going to work. When I tried my CD player, however, it did not work. But I remembered the aumix 'mute all' problem. So I ran aumix (which would never run before), unchecked 'mute all', adjusted settings to midrange. Now I have sound!!! Although I did not use isapnp, it did allow me to find the correct driver. So thanks a lot for your suggestion. mike On Tuesday 25 November 2003 04:16 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > You're using an ISA PnP card? I have two ISA sound cards on the home PC, > none of which was correctly set up by MDK, I had to do some manual work. > > From what I understood the card is detected by the kernel at boot (you > see a message in the syslog) but not configured or activated. To do this > you need to install the isapnp tools. pnpdump scans your ISA bus and > prints to stdout a possible configuration file for your card. You edit > this file selecting less /etc/modules.conf | soundthe settings you need, then feed it to isapnp which > configures and activates the card. > > Now you can load the kernel drivers with insmod snd-cs4232. If you don't > do the isapnp step, the insmod will fail. > > You can check if it worked with cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat (or > something like that), it should show the soundcard status. > > I'm by no means an expert, so I cannot guarantee it will work for you > like it did for me.less /etc/modules.conf | sound > > good luck, > > raffaele > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Monday 24 November 2003 07:14 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>*** > >>Sound server informational message: > >>Error while initializing the sound driver: > >>device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no file or directory) > >>The sound server will continue, using the null output device. > >>*** > >> > >>I have no sound from CD player. Just to get information, I started the > >>sound server. A reboot then gives the above message. It is probably the > >>same reason my CD doesn't work?? It sounds like there is no sound > >> driver, but harddrake says there is. A driver is also initialized in > >> boot log. > >> > >>mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] madolf] > > > > More information: The sound module doesn't seem to be there! > > > > #less /etc/modules.conf | grep sound > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4232 > > # /sbin/lsmod | grep snd-cs4232 > > nothing?? > > > > # /sbin/lsmod (shows) > > snd40868 0 > > > > mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What happened to newbie ML??
I checked the newbie ML this evening as I always do and got a "No Messages" reply? I sent and received a message to myself, so my mail provider is OK. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing kiconedit on 9.1
Greetings All! I downloaded kiconedit-0.3.2 and ran ./configure. error 1: can't find qt libraries. I found /usr/lib/qt3 driectory and ran ./configure --with-qt-dir /usr/lib/qt3 It seemed to like it but I then got: error2: ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify' Try `ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool configure failed. I could not find ltconfig on my system. What's going on? What is a host type? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] video/audio from browser
On Thursday 23 October 2003 06:42 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 12:56 am, Mike Adolf wrote: > > I am looking at a language web site that has video and auto links. When > > activated from Windows/IE, real player one comes up and does its thing. > > When I use Konqueror or Modzilla, a save/open dialog appears. What > > video/audio app do I use to open the files. If I try to 'save' I get 135 > > B and it hangs. Bottom line: How can I configure Konqueror or Modzilla to > > play video/audio. > > > > Thanks, > > mike > > Well that depends on the "mime type" of the links you are trying to > view/listen to. > You must install an application/plugin for that mime type. > > A good place to start is to install mplayer (and mplayer-gui both in PLF) > and its plugin (mplayerplugin RPM is in Contrib) > > Mplayer will handle most audio/video types including Windows media and > Quicktime. > > You can also install RealPlayer RPM available from Texstar. > > If after installing these you still cannot view the content come back and > tell us what the mime types are. > > Note: Contrib, PLF and Texstar are online software repositories. You can > configure your Mandrake Software installer to search them and > download/install packages for you if you go here > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php > and follow the instructions for adding them as 'urpmi' sources. > > derek Thanks derek, From PLF site, I used Easy urpmi to Identify and load the sources you mentioned above. First I tried mplayer. It installed OK, but it would not play the video. Then I found out that the file type I was downloading is .ram which has a mime type of realaudio. So, I installed RealPlayer and all works well. Urpmi is a pretty slick tool, especially since it knows what dependencies are needed. What, if anything, will I need to do with urpmi after going to 9.2. How do you know what aps need updating? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] video/audio from browser
I am looking at a language web site that has video and auto links. When activated from Windows/IE, real player one comes up and does its thing. When I use Konqueror or Modzilla, a save/open dialog appears. What video/audio app do I use to open the files. If I try to 'save' I get 135 B and it hangs. Bottom line: How can I configure Konqueror or Modzilla to play video/audio. Thanks, mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Receiving a FAX
I was able to send a FAX using KdeprintFax. Now I would like to configure my system to receive a fax. I've started to read about mgetty. I read the following: "mgetty allows you to make optimum use of your modem or fax modem in a unix environment. mgetty handles incoming calls without interfering with outgoing calls. If the modem can do fax class 2 or 2.0, mgetty can also receive faxes. " Does anyone have experience with this? Is there a better tool? I have a Blaster Modem which claims "High speed fax with G3 rating". mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GTKam cannot contact my fuji mx 2900
I am having problems download pictures from my fuji mx 2900. Using GTKam, if I select to 'add camera' and then select 'detect' button, I get no camera found. My camera is hooked to the serial port, turned on, and set to communicate with the pc. If I select fuji mx 2900 (from a list) during the 'add camera' task, the camera appears at the top of the left list. Trying anything leads to an error. When asking for 'more' about the error, it always says "cannot contact camera". What should I do? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Looking for Linux system libs
Greetings All. I am working through the instructions for building a lexmark z55 sample print driver. I was asked to check for the presence of two system libraries (sigc++ and gtkmm) using 'pkg-config --list-all | grep sigc++'. pkg-config failed with the message: Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'gtk+-2.0', required by 'gtk-thinice-engine-2', not found - There is no directory gtk+-2.0.pc, no env PKG_CONFIG_PATH and no package gtk+-20 installed on my Mandrake 9.1. The instructions were directed toward a Red Hat 8.0 installation. Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDeveloper vs QT
I just read the guick starts for both KDeveloper and QT. KDeveloper has QT in its tool menu but QT seems to be a stand-alone IDE (with widgets). What is the intended relationship/usage between KDeveloper and QT. thanks mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] aumix not working
Well! This is what I did -- not pretty! I reinstalled 9.1. I let the installer select the defaut driver cs46xx. After installation, I selectively installed alsa. Rebooted, cs46xx failed to load. Went to harddrake and selected driver cs4232. Rebooted, cs4243 loaded. Now there is a speaker on the bottom right panel, wasn't there before. Opened up kscd, put in an audio cd, and it worked! Who knows? Some times I feel that linux is a house of cards. Thanks for everybody's help! mike On Wednesday 30 July 2003 05:59 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > I tend to agree, but since we often have to work with what we've > got > > Meanwhile, I would run HardDrake from the mcc. Select the card, and > see what it says it is. I can't remember the names on the two > buttons on the right, but try them. One of them will show suggested > alternative drivers. It sounds as though you have been trying to > suss it out yourself, instead of letting HardDrake doit. Try it and > see Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] aumix not working
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 02:05 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > > > > HardDrake recommends somelike (I not at my machine) cs49xx but if > > you use that one it errors out on boot. I have it set at cs4232 > > and it worked at one time. But as it says above, aumix kept setting > > mute all, until it quit running. > > Mike - does HardDrake recognise it as a SBLive? The reason I ask is > that many cards that were sold as such are actually other models. > For instance, I have a box here with a card that I originally bought > as a SBLive, but Mandrake says it is an Ensoniq, and with the es > driver it works fine. > > Anne Anne, I'm not exactly sure what you are asking, but I think the answer is no. I looked at the list of available 'drivers' and there was an 'sb' but no SBLive. I am going to try some of the trouble shooting suggestions I found in HardDrake. I'll let you know when I have more information. Thanks Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] aumix not working
On Monday 28 July 2003 08:44 am, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > On Monday 28 July 2003 02:19, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Sunday 27 July 2003 08:07 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > alsamixergui might save you. If not, i'm not sure what to do about > > > aumix not running. > > > > > > Maybe delete ~/.aumixrc ? > > > > > > Anyway, once you get that sorted out, here is what i did to make my > > > sound work for my first install (the second time i installed it > > > worked from the start...): > > > > > > 0. Run and save kmix > > > > > > 1. Run the aumix gui (i just type aumix at the cl) > > > 2. Under Mute, "Mute All" is checked (despite the sliders being > > > non-zero). > > > Click "Mute All" to uncheck it (this will actually mute all: > > > the sliders all go to zero) > > > 3. Now go back and reselect mute all (the sliders then all go back > > > to non-zero values) > > > 4. Save settings > > > > > > 5. Sound should now work, try alsamixergui if not > > > > > > IF you're running ALSA drivers: > > > > > > after installing the alsa-utils, i ran alsactl store (as root) > > > and rebooted. Sound worked on bootup w/o fiddling... > > > > > > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:22:25 -0400 > > > > > > Mike Adolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > After I installed 9.1 a while ago, I used aumix to uncheck Mute > > > > All, and the sound worked. Next time I booted it was check on > > > > again. I unchecked it, saved, quit aumix, started it again and > > > > it was ckecked again. Went round and round with aumix with no > > > > luck. NOW it won't even come up. Run from KDE as user the hour > > > > glass just spins about 20 times and then goes away. Run from > > > > konsole as me or as root and the prompt just reappears. > > > > > > > > Can I get rid of this POC and use something else to configure > > > > sound? > > > > > > > > mike > > > > I uninstalled aumix and installed alsamixergui and alsamixser. When > > either is run I get the following: > > > > "function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory" > > > > Something is missing, but I don't yet speak linux! > > > > mike > > What is the output of '/sbin/lsmod | grep snd-'? > > HTH, > > -Frans /sbin/lsmod | grep snd- produces nothing but another prompt!! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] aumix not working
After I installed 9.1 a while ago, I used aumix to uncheck Mute All, and the sound worked. Next time I booted it was check on again. I unchecked it, saved, quit aumix, started it again and it was ckecked again. Went round and round with aumix with no luck. NOW it won't even come up. Run from KDE as user the hour glass just spins about 20 times and then goes away. Run from konsole as me or as root and the prompt just reappears. Can I get rid of this POC and use something else to configure sound? mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Reboot Window (KDE)
I asked this question before by my email went down and could not get a reply. Selecting logout from KDE (mandrake 9.1) you get an opportunity to reboot. If you choose to do so, sometimes you get a window with a dragon and three choices, sometimes you get the same OS list displayed by lilo, and sometimes you just get a 3 inch square blank window. What is really supposed to happen? There was a similiar cooker question in the archives but no response. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
