[SLUG] mandrake 9.1 cdrom and sound
This sounds like two dumb questions. After years of using RedHat i have set a machine up with mandrake. Two simple problems: 1) No sound - Yet card is configured correctly and volume is set above 0. 2) Cd drives cannot be read from. They are there and mounted but appear locked in KDE browser. Any help would be appreciated Thank You Wayne IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] XP dual boot debacle
Danny, When I did this I did it the other way around. Put Xp on first. Create an empty partition (fat32 is best) then install redhat to the empty partition. I used partition magic as it does resize ntfs partitions non destructively. Then using you favourite boot manager it should all work. With any version of NT I have found it wants to be the only OS so put it on first. Wayne 1/22/2003 8:46:30 AM, Danny Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My girlfriend recently bought a computer, a Compaq Presario 6000, >and the first thing I tried to do was set it up to dual boot Linux. >(Though she didn't previously have a computer, she's a programmer who >uses AIX at work, and was quite excited by the prospect of getting C, >perl, python, etc. development tools.) > >I did a RedHat 8.0 install, repartitioning the 80gig hard drive, >leaving 50gig for Windows and using the rest for Linux. There were >some problems -- the modem wasn't detected and I fear it's some kind >of evil WinModem -- but I got everything basically working. > >When I went to reinstall Windows, however, I found that the restore CD >insisted on reformatting the entire hard drive! Aaarrrgh. Is there >any way around this? (As far as I can tell, parted and FIPS won't >resize NTFS partitions -- is there some other way of doing that?) >And is it worth complaining to Compaq (or the ACCC) about this? > >Danny. > > http://dannyreviews.com/ - over six hundred book reviews > http://danny.oz.au/ - free speech, free software, travel > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] samba and winxp
Can anyone point me in the right direction ? Samba up and running on rh7.1. Win 98 machines see it fine XP won't access shared resources. Thanks Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] weird samba problem thanks
Thanks for the helpful hints. None unfortunately seemed to work, but I appreciate the help. Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] weird samba problem
I'm installing a second samba server on my home network using RH7.1. Installed and configured samba fine. It appears in windows network neibhorhood but will not allow access. The error message is " samba is not accessible the computer or share name could not be found" Yes one server is master. Yes windows users are linux users with same password. Yes windows encrypted passwords is off. Yes smbd and nmbd are running. Yes smbstatus reports exactly as expected. I am at a loss my other 7.1 samba server works fine with everything but hthe master browser option the same. Thanks Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: [Lias] Latest Microsoft Stupidity]
It does seem they are implying that somehow this would break the law. Certainly it does not apply in Australia where the system belongs to the owner and they may remove and replace one os with another provided the software was legally obtained. Unless Microsoft has an exclusive contract with the manufacturer they would never know what OS was originally on the machine in any country anywhere. In NSW schools our software agreement with MS covers OS on any machine in the school or in staff homes. Its just more MS lunacy, designed to intimidate end users 4/19/02 3:44:16 PM, Zhasper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On 19 Apr 2002, Malcolm V wrote: > >> On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > Original Message >> > Subject: [Lias] Latest Microsoft Stupidity >> > From: "Les Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ... >> > Microsoft page at http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers >> ... >> > The statement appears to be an attempt to scare educators into not >> > replacing the pre-loaded - and probably registry-rotted - copy of Windows >> > on the machine with something useful, such as Linux. >> >> I see nothing wrong with this page (except the broken links it contains. >> >> The statement seems to merely be Microsoft-centric based, ... of course >> the donated machine will be a x86 with Windows "blah" pre-installed. >> > >You seem to have missed this paragraph: > >If you feel it is in the best interest of your school to accept the >donated PCs, make sure that the hardware donation includes the original >operating system software. Keeping the operating system with the PC is not >just a great benefit - it is a legal requirement. > > >In other words, you cannot be given a PC with no OS on - that's illegal. > You cannot be given a computer with an OS on that's not the OS originally >installed (eg, linux on an originally-windows machine) - that's illegal. > >In short, the only computer donations worth accepting are donated machines >with Windows installed, along with all the original disks or CDs, printed >manuals, certificate of authenticity, EULA, etc (see questions 2 and 3) - >anything less is illegal and going to land your school in hot water. > >The page is not merely saying "If your donated machine has windows >installed, make sure it's legal", which is how you seemed to understand >it. > >The page is saying "Unless your donated machine comes with *insert large >list of stuff here* as well as having Windows installed already, it's not >worth your while to accept the donation" - and, of course, they do their >best to make it sound next to impossible to meet the required criteria.. > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Laptops ?
I am hoping to buy a new laptop in the comming months. Given the difficulty of getting one that will run linux and Xwindows. Ithought I would ask for any suggestions from those who have a working laptop bought here in Australia and for around $3000 Thanks Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] File browser
Thanks Craige Definately the program I used before. Wayne 1/26/02 9:52:39 AM, Craige McWhirter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 07:15, Wayne Crich wrote: >> A little while ago I came across a linux file browser that allowed you to browse >shared files on MS machines. Can anyone supply a program name, I cannot remember it or >> find it in my files. > >"Linux Neighborhood" is one such application. There are others. > >-- > >Cheers, > Craige. > >http://mcwhirter.com.au/ > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] File browser
A little while ago I came across a linux file browser that allowed you to browse shared files on MS machines. Can anyone supply a program name, I cannot remember it or find it in my files. Thanks Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] X problem on optima laptop
I have just got a new optima a 1000 laptop. Naturally I thought it needed Linux. I installed RH7-1 no problem. When I start x i get four quadrants of the screen with a large black cross in the middle. Everything works except I can't see it. If I run Xconfigurator it detects an SiS 630 with the XF86_svga server and then tells me I have a segmentation fault. I have no idea what monitor values to enter in xf86config or what else to do. Can anyone help ? If I run Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] eth0 card problem
I've set up my first Linux only box at home. Redhat 7., kde the works. It's great and it has helped in getting a handle on Linux as a desktop machine. I boot this morning at the message comes up that either IRQ or io ports are incoreect for eth0 so no network. It worked on installation and I got onto the network last weekend, howcome when I boot this morning this error comes up ? How do I work out the settings on the card (no windows which has always helped in the past on other machines). Its a plain ne2000 clone ? Apart from another total install from scratch how can I get the card working again ? Thanks Wayne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] boot problem
> My new RH7.1 system works fine except it has placed lilo only on the > boot floppy not on hda1. Wher can I find how to move it ? If I try and > boot from hda1 I get onlt L. No windows on this box at all, hdb1 is the > main drive. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Wayne > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
