Re: [newbie] On USB ports
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: [newbie] On USB ports Thanks to HarM and Derek. I must confess I didn't try Dereck's advise, so, I do not know whether it might have worked or not. I'm sorry about this, it is just that my system got highly unstable due to my election of loading an NFS server on boot. The problem was that for some obscure reason, the system hanged when booting off, and the only thing left to do was to shut the power off. That caused a lot of problems and when I found the cure, and also I consulted the experts on the USB isssue and nothing worked, the system was in a very bad shape, so I decided to clean everything and do a fresh install. That gave me the opportunity to give some more space to the Linux patition which was already a bit tight. Anyway, thanks. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Who ate my sandwich? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Creating CD's from ISO images.
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Creating CD's from ISO images. On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:22:59PM +0200, Panos Platon Tsapralis wrote: I apologize for the possibly naive (stupid...) question, but - despite all the search that I have done - I cannot find how to create a CD from an ISO image that I have downloaded from the Internet. I am using GNOME-toaster and KreateCD programs. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, -- Panos Platon Tsapralis, I generally don't use a gui for this. cdrecord -v -pad speed=4 dev=0,0,0 yourimage.iso You can change the speed if you've got a newer burner than mine, and you can do cdrecord -scanbus to see the dev settings for your burner. HTH, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] vnc startup
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: David Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: [newbie] vnc startup Hello All, I have managed to get vnc running between Linux and Windows. I start vncserver in the Linux box and then switch to Windows where I start up a vnc client. How do I get the desktop to be kde (or the Mandrake equivalent) instead of what seems to be wm? -- Regards, Davidmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] shutdown is not swath off!
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Tsur, Oren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:22 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! I Checked and 'apmd' is installed. In the process monitor it shows as sleeping. Maybe if as a user I had rights to this process? But I tried to shut the computer off when I was actually logged in as root. It still didn't work. Oren -Original Message- From: Lanman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2003 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swath off! You could also try installing apmd, which handles power management. It's also possible that it's installed, but not running. Check to see if it's activated in your services (Mandrake Control CentreSystemServices) to see if it's activated at boot. If you don't find it in the list of services, it's probably not installed. APMD will usually manage your power-off function by communicating with acpi, but it may also shut your monitor down into standby mode after 15 minutes or so. However, if you don't like that feature, you can edit your XF86Config-4 file found in /etc/X11, and comment out the Option line regarding DPMS. Then restart your X server. Lanman On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 07:54, Anne Wilson wrote: Recompiling the kernel is not trivial. Most of us can shut down without having to do this, so it should be left until you have no other option. I'm not sure where you can check your power settings - it's not where it used to be - but I'm sure someone will tell you. You may have said it already, but anyway, please tell us what your power settings in bios are. Anne On Monday 24 Mar 2003 12:22 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: Adolfo, For the newbies who are still not very conversant with Linux in general and Mandrake in particular, please can you show (or refer us to a place which will show this) how this is done? With all respect to Linux, it would be nice to use the computer as we all did under M$ Window$. Meaning when you ask your computer to shut down, it actually does it. ;o) Many thanks, Oren -Original Message- From: Adolfo Bello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2003 12:06 To: MDK Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] shutdown is not swith off! On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:13, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote: After the upgrading from mdk8.1 to mdk9.0 the shutdown or halt commands are not switching off the computer anymore! The screen holds on: Power down And then I have to switch off mannually. Any help? TIA Ricardo I also had this kind of problem. What I did was to recompile the kernel turning ACPI on. (a few days ago somebody said that it has nothing to do with it. But it worked for me) Saludos Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from KPMG LLP, a UK limited liability partnership, or from one of the companies within its control (which include KPMG Audit Plc , KPMG United Kingdom Plc and KPMG UK Limited). The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. 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] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Mungandi, Fred To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:04 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Thanks Jason, I will take a look Fred -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the "send core events" argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection Section Keyboard ProtocolStandard AutoRepeat 500 5 LeftAltMeta RightAltMeta ScrollLock Compose RightCtlControl # This is just the default keymap for X. # May be changed with the KDE international keyboard tool. XkbModelpc104 XkbLayout us # XkbOptions ctrl:swapcaps # XkbKeycodes xfree86 # XkbTypesdefault # XkbCompat default # XkbSymbols us(pc101) # XkbGeometry pc # XkbRulesxfree86 # XkbModelpc101 # XkbLayout us EndSection Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/mouse Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout70 EndSection # Auto-generated by mkxf86config Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 # Wish we could use some probed settings here, too, but XFree4 cannot do this yet. # HorizSync28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very
