Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist if you know where i can go to RTFM or have some pointers for me to try, any help is appreciated. ***extra info*** i am attempting to setup a linux terminal server using the resources at www.ltsp.org and need to create a boot diskette for the clients. thanks to all whom take time out of their busy lives to help a n00b like me :^) -iggy This may be a silly question... But.. Is there a CD or floppy in the drive? Supermount will show the drive as locked until there is media in it. If you do have a CD in the drive, then please post the contents of your /etc/fstab file BTW: An audio CD does not count. An audio CD is not a file system and cannot be browsed by Konqueror. (Well not unless you press the 'Services' button which is the bottom button in the divider betweeen the left and right Konqueror panes) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives
don't know about the drives but regarding configuring users - just deleting /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp (as su) seems to have no ill effects and frees up useradd, configuring groups and users, etc. Doug On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 02:24, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist if you know where i can go to RTFM or have some pointers for me to try, any help is appreciated. ***extra info*** i am attempting to setup a linux terminal server using the resources at www.ltsp.org and need to create a boot diskette for the clients. thanks to all whom take time out of their busy lives to help a n00b like me :^) -iggy __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Douglas B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives (resolved)
On Thursday 30 January 2003 02:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist This bit is one part of the problem (apart from the no-disk-in-the-drive). Check /etc for one of the files mentioned above, and delete it if you find one (or both). They are temp files left behind when something goes wrong. Anne that did it. after i deleted the files i was able go into userdrake and add cdrom2 and floppy to user iggy. afterwards, i was able to browse both. thank you and Douglas B. (same suggestion) very much. -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives (resolved)
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:29 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 29 January 2003 08:24 pm, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist if you know where i can go to RTFM or have some pointers for me to try, any help is appreciated. ***extra info*** i am attempting to setup a linux terminal server using the resources at www.ltsp.org and need to create a boot diskette for the clients. thanks to all whom take time out of their busy lives to help a n00b like me :^) -iggy iggy, if there are no media in the devices they will show as locked. If you have media in the devices then do you do userdrake as su or root? Try it from a console? HTH thanks for the tip. however, there was media in the drives. When i did userdrake from the console (as su) i had the same errors. Anne W. and Douglas B. both suggested removing the /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp files. i did go ahead and remove them. then went into userdrake though the console and added the groups cdrom2 and floppy to user iggy. The locked icon went away for cdrom2 but not for floppy. however, i was able to use the floppy drive to delete and copy files to the floppy disk meaning that i was (obviously) able to use /mnt/floppy. i remain unconcerned about the locked floppy icon as the drive is usable. thanks for the suggestion. i now know of a quick way to change user specifiy configurations (i usually have a console open). su, then userdrake. -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives (resolved)
that did it. after i deleted the files i was able go into userdrake and add cdrom2 and floppy to user iggy. afterwards, i was able to browse both. thank you and Anne W.. (same suggestion) very much. -iggy On Thursday 30 January 2003 07:44 am, Douglas B. wrote: don't know about the drives but regarding configuring users - just deleting /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp (as su) seems to have no ill effects and frees up useradd, configuring groups and users, etc. Doug On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 02:24, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist if you know where i can go to RTFM or have some pointers for me to try, any help is appreciated. ***extra info*** i am attempting to setup a linux terminal server using the resources at www.ltsp.org and need to create a boot diskette for the clients. thanks to all whom take time out of their busy lives to help a n00b like me :^) -iggy __ 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] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives
On Thursday 30 January 2003 05:22 am, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist if you know where i can go to RTFM or have some pointers for me to try, any help is appreciated. ***extra info*** i am attempting to setup a linux terminal server using the resources at www.ltsp.org and need to create a boot diskette for the clients. thanks to all whom take time out of their busy lives to help a n00b like me :^) -iggy This may be a silly question... But.. Is there a CD or floppy in the drive? Supermount will show the drive as locked until there is media in it. If you do have a CD in the drive, then please post the contents of your /etc/fstab file BTW: An audio CD does not count. An audio CD is not a file system and cannot be browsed by Konqueror. (Well not unless you press the 'Services' button which is the bottom button in the divider betweeen the left and right Konqueror panes) derek i did have data cd and diskette in drive. as it turned out, i needed to delete /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp exist to get to userdrake. then i added the groups cdrom2 and floppy to user iggy. while the icon shows locked for the floppy drive, i am able to use it normally. thank you (and everybody else) who took the time to help me. -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] locked floppy and cdrom2 drives
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote: i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been unsuccessful, so here goes... if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror. in the control center (this may or may not be related to the locked drives), when i attempt to configure users i get the error message Cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist This bit is one part of the problem (apart from the no-disk-in-the-drive). Check /etc for one of the files mentioned above, and delete it if you find one (or both). They are temp files left behind when something goes wrong. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
