[newbie] USB external hard drive
I have tried several times to get Mandrake version 10.1 to recognize my external USB ( Maxtor Diamond Max) hard drive. If I turn it on before or during bootup it seems to freeze the booting process. It is not recognized. Actually listed hardware states it is a unknown device. If I turn it on after booting it has a red pilot light. I have even removed the drive from the case and booting without the drive gives a green pilot light but the device is not recognized in the hardware list. The case does not have any jumpers to change but the hard drive does. Could the problem reside here? The box recognizes my USB mouse and printer automatically. Any suggestions/ Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Security Update Woes
I have just reinstalled the down load version of 9.2 for the fourth time. In the previous installations all appeared well until I installed the security updates. The initial installations identified correctly my cd rom, floppy, hard disc, etc. Most gratifying was xD card reader was identified as mt/windows and it worked. Opening sequence was file/mnt/windows/dcim/100olymp/*.jpg But when I d/l and installed all of the suggested/listed security updates utter ruin was the result. The xD card reader icon requested a program to read the device . I tried everything on the KDE menu without success. The floppy no longer responded. There was actually a lock attached to the icon. The Kmai was missing from the mail menu. Kppp was also missing from the Network/ Remote Access menu. I did searches for 100olymp and dcim . Nothing was found, as though the two file/directories were removed from the system. Security updates somehow made my system so secure I could no longer use it. Please, what can I do? I want to keep my system current with the necessary updates. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Security Update Woes
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[newbie] Icon for connecting to server
I just reinstalled version 9,2 in order to correct one problem. The original problem was corrected but in the process another was created. In my previous installation I had a icon for connecting to the internet. It dialed my provider and connected using my name' and password. Now I no longer have it nor can I find anyway of connecting except by using root to configure your computer each time I need to dial my provider. There has to be another way, but how? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Icon for connecting to server
Thanks Job, That was what I was looking for. Somehow it didn't get installed on my reinstall. Owen * On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:01 pm, Marc wrote: On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:55 am, Owen Berio wrote: I just reinstalled version 9,2 in order to correct one problem. The original problem was corrected but in the process another was created. In my previous installation I had a icon for connecting to the internet. It dialed my provider and connected using my name' and password. Now I no longer have it nor can I find anyway of connecting except by using root to configure your computer each time I need to dial my provider. There has to be another way, but how? Thanks, Owen Install KPPP You should be able to find it in the Mandrake configure my computer/ Software Managment/ Install under KDE network KPPP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xD card reader
Thanks, I did navigate to /mnt/removable which was defined as a locked directory. When I attempted to open it I got this message, file:/mnt/removable doesn't seem to exist anymore Any suggestions on how I should proceed? Thanks, Owen On Friday 09 April 2004 21:23, you wrote: On Friday 09 April 2004 06:22 pm, Owen Berio wrote: I just bought a Olympus C-740 camera and a card reader. Mandrake 9.2 didn't recognize the camera when connected to a USB port. When the xD chip was installed in the card reader and installed a icon labled /mnt/removable. Properties revealed that it is nonemntremovable Type Mounted Hard Disc Partition Location / (devices). What do I do now in order to access the images on the chip? Thanks Owen Owen you should be able to open konqueror and navigate to the /mnt partition where it will show icons for cdroms floppy, zip drives, and a removable media or some such extra device. If you click on that and then the dcmi folder ( or whatever it calls itself with xD) it will bring up files of all your photos stored on the chip. you can select and save what you want to keep. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xD card reader
I just bought a Olympus C-740 camera and a card reader. Mandrake 9.2 didn't recognize the camera when connected to a USB port. When the xD chip was installed in the card reader and installed a icon labled /mnt/removable. Properties revealed that it is nonemntremovable Type Mounted Hard Disc Partition Location / (devices). What do I do now in order to access the images on the chip? Thanks Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
Please resend! My providers server was down from March 8th till this morning. All mail sent to me during this period was lost. Sorry for the inconvenience but please send me or repost any help sent during this time. Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to version 9.2 But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. A menu listing the following linux - nonfb floppy 2421-13 old_linux old_linux- nonfb failsafe When I chose linux I get the following: Booting the system Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 local host login: (I login with my root ID owen) Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ Help! how do I get the nice graphic login screen similar to the one I had in 9.1/ Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
Dennis and Mark, Thanks for the advise. It didn't resolve my problem but it did point to the cause of the problem. After logging in and typing X I got the following results XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 9 May 2003 X Protocal Version 11, revision 0, Release 6,6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.10-23mdksmpi686[ELF] Build Data: 10 September 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.org/ to make sure that you have the latestversion. Module Leader present Markers:(- -) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!)notice, (II)informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (77) unknown. (==) Logfile: /ver/log/XFree86.8 log Time Sun Mar 7 16;56:47 2004 (==)Using config file etc/X11/XF86 config-4 Using vt7 (EE) NVIDIA (0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA (0) : *** Abort*** (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration Fatal server error no Screens found X10: fatal error 104 (connection reset by peer) onx server .00 ** Stranger yet when I boot up withold linux the itemized features is headed bywelcome to Mandrake 9.2 And indeed it may be because many of my desktop items are missing including Kmail, my email messages are still in file the program is missing. Conversly when I bootup using the linux menu item I get the new screen for Mandrake Linux 9.2 followed by the situation stated below. At 02:26 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, you wrote: Owen Berio wrote: With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to version 9.2 But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. A menu listing the following linux - nonfb floppy 2421-13 old_linux old_linux- nonfb failsafe When I chose linux I get the following: Booting the system Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 local host login: (I login with my root ID owen) Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ Help! how do I get the nice graphic login screen similar to the one I had in 9.1/ Owen Owen, When you login, type X, and press enter to start the X server. After you're in, go into Mandrake Control Center. Go into System, then Display Manager to choose a graphical login. The boot screen is Lilo, which is what most people use(I think.) I'm not sure what it was like before, as I've never used Mdk9.1, but if you want to use Grub, go to BootBootloader to configure it. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] HP scanner with SCSI card
My HP 4P scanner worked fine with an Adaptec SCSI card in Windows 2000 I installed the card and attached scanner. HardDrake recognizes the SCSI card as a Adaptec AHA 7850 ScannerDrake does not find a scanner. When I manually install the scanner it is listed in list of HP scanners. After supposed installation the scanner is still not listed as installed. In the simplest of terms, can some one please tell me how to install the scanner? Thank You, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] formating Kmail
Am I missing something with Kmail ? It seems that Kmail does not offer formating such as hi-light, bold, underline or other facets of modifying text. Should I change to different e-mail software if I want those functions? Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail weirdness
On Thursday 26 February 2004 11:39 am, aron Smith wrote: Every now and then kmail refuses to send untill I go back and set it up again using the _Same_ settings . any ideas why? thanks smitty (who is puzzled more than usual) Smitty, Mine started doing the samething 2 days ago. It has something to do with the identities in the Settings/Configure Kmail. I don't know how to fix it. I go in, look at the settings and then save. It keeps reoccurring. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Flatbed Scanner
Thanks everyone. That is what I was afraid of. I have a old HP Illc. If I can find a SCSI card that works I can use this one and leave the Cannon for my MS box. Owen On Thursday 26 February 2004 10:41 am, you wrote: On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 18:39, Owen Berio wrote: I have a Canon 8000F scanner that utilizes a USB port and is TWAIN software driven. Is there any reasonable (make that simple) way of using this scanner with Mandrake 9.1 or 9.2 ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Flatbed Scanner
I have a Canon 8000F scanner that utilizes a USB port and is TWAIN software driven. Is there any reasonable (make that simple) way of using this scanner with Mandrake 9.1 or 9.2 ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB external hard drive
Thanks Guys, Before I impose on you further I am going to simplify the situation. First, as someone suggested I am going to upgrade to 9.2 Second, the BIOS on my Microsoft box is limiting the ability to format my 160 gig hd without using overlay software. I am changing the motherboard with one I hope has a more recent BIOS. Then I will probably be back to impose once again. My objective is for two partitions one for Mandrake and the other for a NTFS . Is this doable? Again thanks for your help and patience. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Resuming down load
I have terrible dial up phone service. More often than not when down loading a file of several megs or more the phone will disconnect. Are there any Mandrake compatible packages that will allow resumption of the down load when I reconnect to my server? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Formatting External Hard Drive
I guess I broke it but good. while trying to find a mount point that works I think I wiped out the formatting on my primary hard drive. It had two partitions but only the partition with Mandrake was formatted for Linux and had a mount point. The other partition was DOS formatted. Here is what I had for the two partitions; / Mandrake backup Mount Point: /Mandrake backup Device: hdc5 Type: Journalised FS: ext Size 51GB (44%) Formatted Mounted /Win2000 backup Mount point /Win2000 backup Device: hdc6 Dos drive letter; ( C just a guess) Type Fat 32 size 51 GB (44%) Formatted Mounted Although it stated the partitions were mounted I never could find them If I tired the icons on the desktop for my floppy drive and CD disappeared. When I try to reboot I now get the following message: UFS; Can't find ext3 file system on dev ide 0 (3,6) Mount: error 22 mounting ext 3 flags. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to Kernel Question do I need to reinstall the whole thing? If I do reinstall should I try to install the secondary HD at that time or should I wait until all of the updates are installed. (I'm using 9.1? The reason I ask is my phone connection is terribly slow and requires about three to four nights to install the updates. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Formating External Hard Drive
Thanks Tony, I still have the problem. This is what I did. I changed /usr to Backup Mandrake and the second partition to Backup Win2000. There seems to be a problem because instead of partitions I found these two new items in my hda listed in /files along with the /usr that I had changed. On my desktop there is a icon identified as Hard Disc (hdc1) (not mounted When I activate this icon I get the following message: Error-kio-devices-mounthelper Mount: wrong fs type bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1. or too many mounts on file system Owen *** On Monday 12 January 2004 01:08 am, you wrote: Owen, You have a /usr on your system at the moment. It thinks you are changing the config of your system and is just trying to help. Call the partition /backup or something else and you will be fine. Tony. -Original Message- From: Owen Berio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Formating External Hard Drive (I'm Using Mandrake 9.1 I have removed the hard drive from it's USB enclosure and temp. enstalled it in my dedicated Mandrake box as a second HD I want to partition it into two portions. One portion for backing up WIN 2000 on a MS dedicated box. The second portion for backing up my Mandrake material. The Mandrake Control Center identifies the HD as hdc. My primary HD is identified as hda. When I go to Mount Points and Disk Drake I set the partition to 5225 MB which is less than half of the hard drive capacity. I set the file system to FAT 32. The mount point is set to /usr And click O.K. A new Disk Drake menue says that Directory /usr already contains data (share, bin, sbin, .) It then gives me the option of moving files to the new position or hiding files. How can this be? As far as I know the drive has never been formatted. I sure don't want to screw up my Mandrake system so this is where I get stonewalled. Help! All I want to do is prepare half the Disk for Mandrake back up and the other half for MS back up. Owen -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Journalised
I have run across the term Journalised and Journalised FS.ext3. Would someone please tell me what they are and how they are used? Thanks, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Formating External Hard Drive
(I'm Using Mandrake 9.1 I have removed the hard drive from it's USB enclosure and temp. enstalled it in my dedicated Mandrake box as a second HD I want to partition it into two portions. One portion for backing up WIN 2000 on a MS dedicated box. The second portion for backing up my Mandrake material. The Mandrake Control Center identifies the HD as hdc. My primary HD is identified as hda. When I go to Mount Points and Disk Drake I set the partition to 5225 MB which is less than half of the hard drive capacity. I set the file system to FAT 32. The mount point is set to /usr And click O.K. A new Disk Drake menue says that Directory /usr already contains data (share, bin, sbin, .) It then gives me the option of moving files to the new position or hiding files. How can this be? As far as I know the drive has never been formatted. I sure don't want to screw up my Mandrake system so this is where I get stonewalled. Help! All I want to do is prepare half the Disk for Mandrake back up and the other half for MS back up. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Getting Mandrake's attention
At 11:24 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, you wrote: Owen Berio wrote: At 09:23 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/contact/address I used the other number. The dates called are today, yesterday (Tue.). Mon. and I may have called last Thur. I also sent two e-miles. I will try the delivery issues number *** it's the one labled 'delivery issues'. what date did you leave the message? did you also leave an invoice number (helpful)? i'm going to report this. -- Alan 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] Getting Mandrake's attention
At 09:23 AM 6/25/2003 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/contact/address Thanks Alan, The phone # at this site is the one I referred to. What you get is a recorded message asking for your phone #. In my case they have never called back. ** I bought, The Definitive Manual for version 9.0 just prior to the release of the 9.1 version. The book had nearly no use when the pages began falling out. Not one or two but in groups. It is obvious that the glue holding the pages in the binding has a problem. All I want is a replacement for this older version manual. I'm not trying to ding Mandrake for the 9.1 version. I didn't have any problem having Mandrake take my money when I bought the book, the 9.0 software and the 9.1 software. Does anyone know how to gain satisfaction? -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KMail enhancements
I'm presently using KMail but I can't find any way to enhance text such as hi-lighting, underline, italicize, etc. Am I missing something or is this the nature of the software? Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
I downloaded downloaded k3b.0.8.1 from the sourceforge. During the installation I got the following message. I aborted the installation at that point deciding to inquire about the message and weather I should proceed or not? On Sunday 23 March 2003 10:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 9:59 am, Jason wrote: Run K3B (CD Burning Program) as root and it will configure your CD drive for you. K3B isn't installed by default, but it is on your disks. Many people prefer K3b as it more resembles a win app than XCDRoast, so they learn it quicker. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] stalled on installing CD burner
Mandrake 9 apparently recognizes the presence of my CD burner. But how do I use it? I can't find any installed software on the KD3 menue. I'm real new at this so I need simple- simple instructions. But I sure could use the help .The Installation and User Guide (8.2) doesn't give any help. This is what I can find: Properties: CD_ROM TypeDestop config file Location: /home/owen/Desktop/Removable media Permissions user read wirte Owenership owen Group owen URL /mnt/cdrom Harddrake2 version 1.1.8 CD/DVD burners /dev/scd0 Bus SCSI Location of Bus:0.1 Capacity: burner Channel 00 New devfs devices: scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/CD Old device file:/dev/scd0 host0 infoMatshita CD-RW CW7585 lun:00 Media calss:cdrom raw-type: CD-ROMANSI SCSI version 02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Family Tree 4.0
Has anyone had any experience installing / running Legacy Family Tree 4.0 genealogy software Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] installing java
At 08:10 PM 12/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: X86 / 9.0 (Dolphin) / Installation Q I have down loaded java j2re-140-03 from Sun Microsystems download page. It now resides in /home/owen/dlsoftware. (dlsoftware is a folder I created). Now how do I go about installing it? Please explain step by step. As a newbie my skill level stopped with pushing icon buttons. My end objective is to install Star Office but the installation stalls because I lack the necessary java software. Owen
[newbie] ver. 9 virus protection
I have bumbled my way through installation. Now I'm concerned about virus protection and a firewall. Any help or suggestions for a fellow with a very log fog index would be appreciated. Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kmail/Konqueror
Im just getting started and have run into this problem. When I receive a email that contains a URL I want to see, Kmail takes me to Konqueror and displays the URL automatically. My problem is that sometimes I want to add this URL to my bookmarks, but there isn't icons or file choices on the tool bar to do so. How do I save a URL to bookmarks from Konqueror? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing screen resolution
I'm using a A-B switch box between two computers. One is dedicated to WIN2000, the other is dedicated to Mandrake 8.2. The box allows me to utalize the same monitor, keyboard and mouse. Even though the monitor resolution is set the same for both boxes, some of the menue boxes run off the screen when using Mandrake. The situation is so bad that even with the title bars removed the icons for minimize, maximize,close on the top of the screen cannot be seen. The same goes for the bottom where the boxes for, o.k. or cancel are normallyfound. The sides are rendered the same so that the resize or move cannot be accessed. Any suggestions how I can solve this? I don't want to change my resolution from 600 to 800. Six hundred is what I use in Windows, anything smaller I find hard to see. Mostly I'm using KDE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] screen/menu resolution problem
I'm using a A-B switch box between two computers. One is dedicated to WIN2000, the other is dedicated to Mandrake 8.2. The box allows me to utalize the same monitor, keyboard and mouse. Even though the monitor resolution is set the same for both boxes, some of the menue boxes run off the screen when using Mandrake. The situation is so bad that even with the title bars removed the icons for minimize, maximize,close on the top of the screen cannot be seen. The same goes for the bottom where the boxes for, o.k. or cancel are normallyfound. The sides are rendered the same so that the resize or move cannot be accessed. Any suggestions how I can solve this? I don't want to change my resolution from 600 to 800. Six hundred is what I use in Windows, anything smaller I find hard to see. Mostly I'm using KDE Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Defrag?
After two weeks of trial and error I began to wonder about defraging my Mandrake dedicated box. I have version 8.2 with a standard installation. Does this version have a defraging utility? TIA, Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
