Re: [newbie] 128mb ram is detected as 64mb by linux
ozgur cagdas wrote: dear newbies; i have 128mb sdram running on my system. My bios, windows and benchmark programs detect it as 128mb too. but under linux mandrake 7.0 i see it as 64mb. I made a little search and learnt that ive to add line "append="mem=128M"" at the end of my lilo.conf file but it didnt work too, at least i think so, because my linux system resource meter still shows it as 64mb. If my config were succesfull it would show 128mb, right? im a little bit confused about this, pls help. tnx all! Hey First a 'standard' questions: have you done a "lilo" (as root) after you have changed your lilo.conf? Next: which mobo are you using? explanation: I have a Abit BP6 with 256 mb - it would not see more than 64 mb! (like in your case BIOS and Windoze could see it all). An BIOS-upgrade solved the problem. It's not to say if it can help you, but give it a try Good luck Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: It must be manufacturer because I've never had mandrake not detect all of my ram yet my brother had to do the lilo thing to use his second 128M stick. Dacia --- Patti Wavinak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My better half g has 256M and it is detected on every installation...I on the other hand also have 256M and it does NOT detect it :-( Personally he thinks it depends on who made the chip...some chips are more sensitive than others. We have the same amount of memory but different manufacturers so what he thinks makes a lot of sense. Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/10/00, 6:04:21 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] RAM Detection: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ In my opinion it has nothing with the manufacturer to do - I had mine 256 Mb detected alright, and then changed to another MOBO - Abit BP6 - and then I had only 64 Mb. My solution was to upgrade to a new BIOS version - now I have them all again. Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Dual Processor Support
"Donnie R. Shelton" wrote: I have just installed mandrake 7.0 and when I hit ctrl-Alt F1 to look at what Mandrake thinks that I have it says that I have 1 600 mhz celeron processor, when I am sctually running a BP-6 with two celerons 533 on it. I have the board clocked and I scaled back just to make sure that that was not the problem, but needless to say.. I don't even know where to start. So far I really like Mandrake, but I have to have the dual support. Anyone even know where I can start?? thanks!! Donnie R. Shelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey Donnie. I have now for some time been using a similar system: an Abit BP6 with 2 Celleron 533 - and it works great. What does it 'say' at boot-time. I have just tried the Ctrl-Alt-F1 and it too said one 535 Mhz, but at boot-time the similar screen says 2, with a doubled Bogomips. When I run the GIMP I can choose the number of processors (up to 30!) I want to use. I am pretty shure that Linux is using both processors - have you ever tried to work with (large) pictures, make a print, and then go on to the next - then you will be shure, if you use 1 or 2 processors. I have upgraded to the "kernel-smp-2.2.17-0.21mdk.i586.rpm" to get support for the ATA66 controller - it's really fast. But I have a little question to you - I have tried to overclock it, but when I try, it resets to a 300 MHz - how do you do? Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] LS120 Floppy Problems
Patrick Dyer wrote: Could someone help me. I just installed mandrake 7. I had mandrake 6 before and settin up my floppy drive was esay. I just modified fstab, since my floppy was /dev/hdd and not /dev/fd0, and it worked wonderfully. I don't know what you actually has to do, because my MD 7.1 did it all by itself, but my LS-120 has the following line in my fstab: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/hdd 0 0 I thought the configuration would be easier in Mandrake 7. I followed all the procedures which I used in Mandrake 6 and the system will not read my floppy. When I click on the floppy icon the system hangs. Could someone tell me how to set up my floppy please. It is a LS120 floppy. It has a built in controller so it does not use the floppy controller on the motherboard. How that? What is it then connected to? Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Memory detection problem using GRUB
Chris Slater-Walker wrote: This seems to be a common problem; I have experienced it myself. I think it may be a problem with certain BIOSes not reporting memory correctly to the OS, but that's just a guess. Yes you are right. I have just upgraded, from a Epox to a Abit board, and have now problems with the RAM detection. I have tried to upgrade the BIOS, and then it detects my 256 Mb RAM, but is unable to boot into Windoze - my daughter won't accept that. Anyway, one way of fixing it with Grub which I use is to edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst In the file you will see something like: title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-secure root=dev/hda1 ide1=0xfff0,0xffe4 ide2=0xffa8,0xffe0 title linux-up kernel. title failsafe kernel So at the end of each line starting "kernel" add this: mem=256M You should find that Linux sees all your memory. I will try that Chris Slater-Walker Thanks Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Memory detection problem using GRUB
Patti Wavinak wrote: I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Pentium II 450Mhz with 256 MB of RAM. It is only showing 65 MB of ram being detected, even though I entered 256 during install. In looking over the archives I notice there was discussion and how to fix this in the /etc/lilo.conf BUT I am using Grub. I am hoping that someone out there can help me with this problem. I am a real newbie -- my first install of Linux was 2 weeks ago on July 8th and I love it!!! Patti Wavinak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello. I have just upgraded my system, to a dual-celleron on an Abit BP6, and have got the same problem. My prior system was an AMD K6-3, and it had no difficulties detecting the 256 Mb. I have tried to flash my BIOS - and wow - now I have my 256 Mb back again, at least I thought, because now it will not boot to windoze, so back again (my daughter can't accept beeing unable to play on the computer). I have tried to use the append="MEM=256", but it corrupts my system. So in my case there is a clear link between 'missing' RAM and BIOS. Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] cd install dilemma
Charles A Edwards wrote: - Original Message - From: "Brian King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 4:42 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] cd install dilemma I have a similar problem. Also have 7.1 CD package and can't boot from CD - the bios setting doesn't work. I have uninstalled PnP. As far as I can get is "detecting CD ROM" and the "loading second image" message. The computer then reboots into Windows or goes through the same thing again if i use a floppy. One I managed to get it to go through CD probing manually. Matshita was not on the list - although it's on Mandrake's official hardware list. I went through all the other CDs that were found, but nothing else worked either. Strange thing is, installation was successful on my other machine with almost identical configuration. Any similar experiences, suggestions etc? Brian Use a Win Start Disk to boot to your CD-Rom. This will load the drivers and you should be able to run the Mandrake CD. Charles Hello I have been through something like it. I have just upgraded my machine, and the new BIOS turned out to be the problem. Both the old and new ones were from AWARD, but in the new, I have to set my CDROM and LS120 drives to AUTO in the 'BIOS features setup menu'to be able to boot from them! Hopes this can be of help to you. Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Corel Graphics 9 changing KDE menu
I guess they call it the cheap way around porting a windows program to linux. I have decided to stay away from any further prgs in a format that must run through wine. Seeing I can't find any help with the problem I will just do a full mandrake install again. Yes - me too. I trie with a upgrade - installation, but it did not solve my problem. Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Corel Graphics 9 changing KDE menu
Paul wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, John Murphy wrote: Can anyone give me an idea on how track down what changed. I did a re-install of KDEbase and KDEadmin from CD but still have the same problem. John Hi John, It sounds at least as if your application associations got messed up bigtime. Perhaps creating a new temporary user would help. Log in as that user, run X-windows and check the mimetypes and set-up applications. After that you should be able to get going in copying the .kde/share/applnk and .kde/share/mimelnk folders from the temp-user to your own ~/.kde/share directory. chown them, and things should be pretty much back to normal again. If someone else has a better idea, then just forget what I said. Good luck, Paul -- The deepest truth cannot be spoken )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Hey there No - sorry - I can't help to solve the problem, but I am in the same situation, and will try an 'upgrade' install, to help with my problems. My major problem after having install and indeed uninstalled, is that I have to change my mouse settings after each log-in - my normal value for acceleration is 8, where I only gets 2 (default value) after log-in. By the way - why do they call it a Linux program, when it installs/requires WINE to operate? Sincerely Mogens Jæger
[newbie] SCSI card detected as USB
Hey list I have got a strange problem. I have 2 SCSI cards in my box, because I have 2 scanners, and they conflict on the same card. When I ran Mandrake 7.0 I had no problems accessing my fladbed scanner, mounted on a NEC-810 based controller, but now, that I have upgraded to 7.1, the SCSI card is detected as an USB - as far as I can see. Only message is during boot, where I see a very short error statement. How do I tell Mandrake to shut down on USB, so that I can use my scanner? Thanks in advance Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Bus error (Solved)
"Michael H. Collins" wrote: Dunno about Mandrake, because I have been afraid to install plugger. In SuSE 6.4 Plugger was causing this exact same thing. Uninstalling plugger worked for me. Thanks for the advice to all Yes - somehow the plugger is the problem. I found that it was property of me, so I changed it to root - no help. Next I will try to install it locally, to se if it can run there on both. Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] $6.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)
Mark Weaver wrote: You can get the same thing at http://www.cheapbytes.com for $1.99 US. -- Mark Yes that is right - so they say anyway. I have ordered it more than a week ago (the 'normal' edition as preorder), and because I live in Europe the charge for delivery is a little higher. But my problem is, that I have used my VISA-card for the order, but I don't know if they have recieved everything they need to handle the order, because they promice a acceptance-mail within 8 buissnes hours, but I have not recieved anything yet. I mailed them directly about it - has still not got any reply. Does anybody know about the stability of the company? Sincerely Mogens Jæger
[newbie] Bus error
Hey folks. I have a little problem, I don't know how to solve. I have my daughter and I as users om my linux-box, so that we can have our own desktop, mail-setup and so on. Mine works (mostly) OK, but when she tries to start Netscape, she gets an: Bus error! why? How can I change anything in the netscape-setup for her alone, that dos'nt influence mine? I have tried to delete all of her local settings (the .netscape dir) - but no difference. Thanks in advance Mogens Jæger
[newbie] What is 'hack...'
Hey list I have just been hunting an upgrade, so I searched on ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/contrib/RPMS/ where I found some files, all starting with hack... like: hackgimp-libgimp-1.1.22-1mdk.i586.rpm - actually I was looking for 'gimp-libgimp.' so what does it mean? is it the same? Thanks in advance Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] try yet again for help... cd rom/burner
I installed MD 7.1, I have a creative cdrw 4224 and I can play music on it just fine under linux, however when I go to access it for files, the light comes on and after a few minutes I get an error message that the contents of the directory /mnt/cdrom can not be displayednow the weirdI can't eject the cd and the light stays on. If I don't completely power down the machine the cdrom isn't recognized by the bios on the reboot. If I completely shut down the power for the recomended 15 seconds and turn it back on my cdrom is back in the boot list again. Can anyone help me with all this weirdness? I am running an AMD K6-3 450, 128 mb ram, on a gigabyte MB, with the Ali Aladdin V AGPset rev 5. I have had problems with the cd-rw in linux from the begining and haven't gotten it fixed, but it never removed it from the bios before...what gives here? I am almost using same type of machine like you, and have had the same problem - not with my burner, but with my CD-rom. For me to see, the problem lies in the supermount. When you starts your CD-player, it mounts the drive for audio-use, and not as /mnt/cdrom (or likely), and then you can't open it as so. I have noticed, that when I have had a audio-CD in the drive, I have to open it again, using my 'player-program' and then inserting a CD-rom, it starts to act 'normal' again - but right - it's locked until you unmount it with the program that has got access to it. Hopes it works for you Mogens Jæger
Re: [Re: [newbie] Memory isnt being used/found]
Jaguar wrote: Also check your CMOS and see if you have enabled "MEMORY HOLE 15 - 16 MB" (not even sure why this is available as I have never found a use for it) if it is enabled..disable it. HTH Jaguar As far as I have understood it (in very short/popular terms), the 'memory hole 15 - 16 mb' is a successor to the 'ram-limit' at 640 kb. In the 'old' days, when the 86-family of processors/computers were developed, they made space for the VGA-extension just above the limit at 640 kb, so when the computers got 'bigger' they reserved a new pice for the SVGA. Bill Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux will normally see 64M of ram; as yours sees only 16M I suspect that you have mismatched dimms, either brand or speed or both. Try changing the order of the dimms in the sockets maybe with the biggest capacity dimm in slot 1 and see if linux sees more. In any case to use more than 64M do the following...
Re: [newbie] Xcdroast
Paul wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2000, Paul wrote: in the xcdroast-0.96e directory. My burner is a Plextor on a Adaptec 2940 SCSI-card. Before my experiments it worked OK, but now?? Can you still access the CDdrive in any way? If that does not work, there is a bigger problem. I have downloaded the latest XCDRoast from the web and that worked fine for me without any strange effects. Tomorrow I will fire up the PC that has the CDBurner in it and see if I can find something for you. Hi again, Mogens. I checked, looked and searched, but all I can come up with is the executable in /usr/bin/Xcdroast, and some info about it in /usr/doc/Xcdroast.096e Sorry I can't help you further. Paul Hey Paul Thanks for your help. I have solved the problem - only I don't know, what I have done, that fixed it. Yet: I had made a lot of 'screw-ups' (mainly more versions of the same lib's) in my system, so I made a new (incl. format) install of the system, and then upgrading to new versions of glib and gtk+ (both ver. 1.2.7.), from the Mandrake 7.1 (I guess) trough rpm-files. - Actually everything seemed to work, but not my Gimp, CD-burner and a few more (= nothing of my essential stuff worked - beside the Netscape). So now I have deinstalled the glib and gtk+ (rpm -e --nodeps) and compiled/installed the same numbers from tar's. That's it - why?? Sincerely Mogens Jæger
[newbie] Many mails
Hey list. I have been thinking about, if it is possible to sort/split the list in some way. Reason: My mother-language is not english, so it is rather time-consuming for me to read-trough all the mails in this list - and there are many, with the result, that I am forced to run fast trough the mails, only reading the subject - and if not of interest - delete. But - sometimes it happens that I havent been on the net for a couple of days, resulting in more than 100 mails waiting - I then often deletes to many, and thats is anoying when you finds out that a number in the tread is missing. I would suggest som main groups like 'networking' 'mailprograms' 'multimedia' 'the Mandrake 7.1 - issue' Just a proposal Mogens Jæger
[newbie] Xcdroast
Hey there. I have got a little problem. I have been trying to set my 'gear' up, so that I can burn Wav files to a music-CD. No succex until now. I have been trying diffrent programs, mostly 'development-editions' but none has compiled correct, so I would turn back to the xcdroast-version on the MD 7.0 cd. But when I have installed it, and as root are trying to run it, I get the following: Error: Some or all Generic-SCSI-Devices are missing. Please create first the devices. Run "./MAKEDEVICES.sh" in the xcdroast-0.96e directory. My burner is a Plextor on a Adaptec 2940 SCSI-card. Before my experiments it worked OK, but now?? An uninstall/reinstall does not help. I have searched my whole harddisk, but I can't find the mentioned file - I have tried to search both in capital letters (as stated) and in small letters. Please help Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Brahms
David Olsson wrote: I`m a guitarteacher who just started using Linux. I downloaded a sequenser/notationprogram for Linux called Brahms, but I dont know how to installed it. Is there anyone out there who can help me? David in Sweden Hej David First of all you should read the 'readme' 'install' or somthing like that file, in the main directory, but normally you should be able to install it, through a compiling like this: In the main dir. as normal user: ./configure make (and as root) make install It can also be made through af shell-script - type something like: sh Brahms.sh If that's not enough, tell us what the executables files in the main-dir is called Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] staroffice as user
David Olsson wrote: I installed staroffice as root, now I cant access staroffice as user. How do I do? David in Sweden Hey David You will have to install it 'again' when you are logged in as user. Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Nomail-info
Paul wrote: On Wed, 17 May 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote: well, you will not (unles you like reading 2000 mesages) if you set your reception to "nomail". Send sympa a message: set newbie nomail When you come back, send it "set newbie mail" to start receiving mail again. Third possibility is "set reception digest" for... digest. Great, thanks! I need this in June! :) Paul Who is 'sympa'? Mogens Jæger
[newbie] Dual processor
Hey there. I know that I have asked this before, but I have not become any wiser on the subject. I am planning an upgrade of my machine, so I am trying to find out, if I can have any advantage of a dual processor system. I have read the FAQ's on the Gimp homepage, but I can't find any thing about support for multiple processors - does anybody know if the Gimp support dual/multi processors? Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Parental Control
"L. H. LOO" wrote: At 08-05-2000 07:42 AM, you wrote: What if he got himself a spare set of power cords ? It is not that costly. Just my 0.002 cents' concern. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by me only. Or - more likely - went to some 'friends' (that so called 'bad company') to 'studie' natures expressions? I don't know if it is my (Scandinavian) liberal point of vue that makes the difference, but some times it makes me pi to watch the (for me to see) typical American offence over a couple (or more) undressed people (mostly females) as long as it is OK to broadcast tons of movies, where people (lots of them) gets brutally slaugtered. Sincerely Mogens Jæger
[newbie] lXaw3d
Hey there I am trying to install the xwTools for my Epson printer. I have a lot of problems - the authors know that there are problems with Mandrake, so they can't help me. But one thing have I found - I am missing a file called 'lXaw3d' - does anybody know, which 'packet','program' or whatever holds this file (or should hold)??? Thanks in advance Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user
Paul wrote: On Fri, 5 May 2000, Michael A. Kellogg wrote: Hi Folks! Gotta a question . . . I really enjoy Mandrake 7.0 a great deal. Because some of my apps are still Windows based, I still have a dos partition on my drive. I can bring it up in LInux but am unable to write to it. Anyone know how I could enable the partition to write? Thanks! Mike I know that root can write on a DOS partition. DOn't know (yet) how a regular user is able to do that. Paul )0(---)0( Happiness requires practice, just like playing the violin. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 Hey there It's not that difficult. You have to edit your '/etc/fstab' lines for your DOS-partitions, so that it holds the argument "uid=50?" - the ? is your ID. It should look something like mine: /dev/hda1 /win vfat user,uid=501,exec,conv=binary 0 0 Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] scsi drives
flupke wrote: On Fri, 5 May 2000, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Hello, I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance gain by doing this? Definitely yes. SCSI HD are no doubt faster than IDE. I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should I expect things to go smoothly? For this point, I think you should consult the hardware-HOWTO and the SCSI-HOWTO, in order to be sure you take linux-friendly devices. HTH Flupke Hey there I don't know anything about problems with SCSI cards/devices. OK - I only have a burner and two different scanners attached to my system, but they works (and installs) without any problems. It's right that SCSI disk's are faster than IDE's but compared to price? But one thing is shure, your Linux will be more stable, if you have a 'pure' SCSI-system. Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] how to put GLIB in path so it can be found ?
duncan wrote: I am trying to install sane and after I have ./configure of glib1.2.6 and make and make install I get difficulties with gtk+1.2.6 not able to find glib 1.2.6. ie checking for glib-config... no checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.4... no *** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found *** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to glib-config. configure: error: How do I indicate where glib has gone or make sure that gtk can find what it needs? I cant find where GLIB_CONFIG environment variable is or where glib config script is . PLease can anyone help . Regards Duncan Bayne Hello Duncan Use your find-files tool to locate the 'glib' files (mine is in '/usr/local/lib') and when you've got the path, ad it as a line to '/etc/ld.so.conf'. When done, execute the command '/sbin/ldconfig' - all has to be done as root. Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] Disk drives
John McCrudden wrote: Is there any way to change the name of a DOS_hda1 drive to something easyer? And where can i get Linux Games like Quake on the net? Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Yes. First - and most important - as root edit your /etc/fstab file, find the 'name' and write whatever you like. Next in / create a directory of the same name. Then right click the icon on your desktop, and change to the new name. I don't know if there should be any other places where the name must be changed, but if .. you'l find out. Of cource you have to remount the drive on the new adress (easyist way is to boot) Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] CD's + burner for audio
Paul wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2000, KompuKit wrote: is thereor is there not...a application/program in mandrake...for creating/copying CD's using a CD-R or CD-RW ROM DRIVE? If so, what's it called...and where is it on the CD? On the distro there are files called CDRECORD... and MKISOFS... You need to install those. After that, get a decent graphical front-end like XCDRoast or Gcombust. That makes life a lot easier :) I know the XCDRoast - but does anybody know a program that can convert/burn wav-files to an audio-CD. I know how to make a copy of an music-CD but I am trying to make CD's out of my LP-collection. Regards Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] CD-player kscd versus Kfind
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Mogensjust a guess here. The problem you describe sounds like an artifact of supermount. Try disabling it. Alan Mogens Jæger wrote: Hello Does anyone know how to tell Kfind, to searche all partitions, but not my CD-rom drive - it's pretty anoying to have your musik cut-off, just because you have to find a file Regards Mogens Jæger Never - supermount is one of my absolute favorite enhancements compared to the 'old' RH 6.1 Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] What's Mandrake 7.0 like?
What's mandrake-linux like? RH with some extra bits Is it stable?.. is anything? i haven't had it die yet, applications and demons will crash from time to time, but i haven't had anything kill the kernel yet. Configuration easy? fairly, few points to look out for, ide cd-rw 's, if your bios manufacturer has removed support for the function that tells you how much ram is in the computer you'll have to set it buy hand. Is the powerpack worth buying? yep, shure is 1:- you get loads of apps so you don't have to download them 2:- the howto's are included which will be a great help if your new to linux 3:- you're supporting the cause. + your getting two printed 'manuals' I'd wait until 7.1 is released, the kernel should be a lot better and detect more hardware (eg how much ram you have) The 7.0 does that - but why it detects mine 256 Mb as 254 I don't understand. X windows should be quicker and less memory hungry it should have a lot of the bugs in 7.0 fixed. That sounds great - as mentioned above I have 256 Mb (and a K6-3 400), but when I am working with photo-scans (25 - 30 Mb files) in GIMP, it constantly uses al of the ram, so I get 'delayed' in progress. Sometimes it seems as if it don't 'clear' memory when I moves on to the next picture - I have only 2 undo-levels. Regard Mogens Jæger
[newbie] CD-player kscd versus Kfind
Hello Does anyone know how to tell Kfind, to searche all partitions, but not my CD-rom drive - it's pretty anoying to have your musik cut-off, just because you have to find a file Regards Mogens Jger
Re: [newbie] where with sane?
duncan wrote: Can anyone please help Have sane installed as far as kpackage is concerned but cannot do anything with it from there. Do I need to do something after the src rpm has been rebuilt.It says inreadme go to top level directory and do ./configure then make and then make installBut where is the top level directory? The 'src' indicates that you have to compile it, before you can use the program. So use Kfind or equivalent to look for anything with sane - I have 'sane-1.0.2' in my 'home-dir'. Enter that and run './configure', 'make' and as root 'make install'. When you has done, try to look at the Xsane too - most resent version is 0.58. The GIMP user manual describes rather well, how to use it under GIMP. I have also tried downloading the tar.gz versions of sane glib and gtk but get problems with glib version not in path and so not recognized by the gtk or sane during their attempted configure and make and make install. Personally I find the tar versions easyer to use - you know at once where the source is installed. I m surely missing something fundamental. Try to make a ./configure - it comes up with an error messages if it can't 'go trough' and then return them here (you can direct it to me, if you like) PLease help before I am insane. Regards duncan Bayne Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] How do I get my scanner to work in other then root?
flupke wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Hugh Semmler wrote: I did get my scsi card to work under Mandrake 7. But I can only scan when Logged in as root. How can I allow all users to use the scanner. I should know this, But for some reason I cant get it to work. I don't know anything about scanner under linux (under windows neither...) but it looks like a permission problem on scanner device file. HTH Flupke Any advice welcome Thanks Hugh Hey Yes - you have to use: chmod 777 /dev/sg? The whole matter of using a scanner under Linux (=GIMP) is pretty well described inthe Gimp user's manual Mogens Jæger Denmark
