Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread charlie
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 02:53 am, richard bown had this to contribute :- > So who's is running K3b with Gnome or with KDE3.1. I'm using KDE 3.1 Charlie -- The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness. Gail Sh

[expert] Re: Routing with 2 different subnets - SOLVED

2003-06-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Thanks to all who took the time to help! And the winner is: . ME! Not because I found the solution but because I learned a lot, one of my computer problems was solved and I experienced the helpful spirit of the Mandrake and Linux community. Details: I put all devices into the same subnet, f

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread richard bown
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 06:42, Larry Sword wrote: > richard bown wrote: > > >Hi Larry, read your mail , unticked the "on the fly box" and action > >and then it did this > > > >Wrote 17 of 24 MB. > >?: Input/output error. : scsi sendcmd: no error > >CDB: 2A 00 FF FF F1 E3 00 00 1A 00 > >status: 0x

Re: [expert] No Sound (again)

2003-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday June 20 2003 11:49 pm, David E Fox wrote: > Tired of the endless "no sound" messages > I got it fixed once in 9.x when I used a cooker kernel.. > I've taken the plunge and gotten cooker latest mirrored. I did a > HD install just a few minutes ago. My kernel is > Linux m206-157.dsl.tso

[expert] USB-Stick

2003-06-21 Thread phriedrich
Hallo, a friend of mine has a USB-memory-stick, I have never tried to connect it to my Mandrake 9.1, but I want to try it...so what line you would insert into fstab to enable auto-mount/umount of that medium? An example would be very nice, thanks for every help Friedrich Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] USB-Stick

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 21 June 2003 08:47 am, phriedrich wrote: > Hallo, > > a friend of mine has a USB-memory-stick, I have never tried to connect it > to my Mandrake 9.1, but I want to try it...so what line you would insert > into fstab to enable auto-mount/umount of that medium? I am going to guess that i

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Larry Sword
richard bown wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 06:42, Larry Sword wrote: richard bown wrote: Hi Larry, read your mail , unticked the "on the fly box" and action and then it did this Wrote 17 of 24 MB. ?: Input/output error. : scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 FF FF F1 E3 00 00 1A 00 status

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
> So maybe k3b runs differently under supermount guidance? I have used K3B under both supermount, and no supermount. It has worked fine. My only problems with K3B were when I was using different GUI burners: X-CD-Roast and the like. The config programs all attempt to access the burner in diffe

Re: [expert] USB-Stick

2003-06-21 Thread Joeb
I just plugged mine in and it was detected automatically. I'm using 9.1 with a stock kernel and devfsd and supermount both enabled (not sure it would make a difference, though). It ended up adding a desktop icon to KDE, like the CD-ROM icon plus I could access it manually from /mnt/removable.

[expert] Re: USB-Stick

2003-06-21 Thread Björn Lundin
phriedrich wrote: > Hallo, > > a friend of mine has a USB-memory-stick, I have never tried to connect it > to my Mandrake 9.1, but I want to try it...so what line you would insert > into fstab to enable auto-mount/umount of that medium? > > An example would be very nice, > > thanks for every he

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread richard bown
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 17:21, Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > Well if you only have the one cd-writer attached to the system: > > 1. Make and save a copy of the fstab. > 2. Remove the all lines added by k3b. > 3. Remove the supermount lines for /dev/hdd. > 4. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf and ensure t

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread richard bown
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 17:22, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > S > > I would rerun K3B setup, then: > > I would open k3b from console: $k3b, so that the error messages show in the > console window. Then you should just use K3B like usual, until the error > occurs. > > Rob Thanks Rob, can you clarify

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 21 June 2003 11:45 am, richard bown wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 17:22, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > > S > > > > I would rerun K3B setup, then: > > > > I would open k3b from console: $k3b, so that the error messages show in > > the console window. Then you should just use K3B like usual,

Re: [expert] My Howto on the community page.

2003-06-21 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2003-06-11 15:06 * Incoming subspace signal from "James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" : > I've also got a thought (this can be dangerous.) > > since for example: > > rpm -Uvh http://some_repository.com/RPMS/some_rpm_name.rpm > > will actually install an rpm over the net do you th

[expert] A question if ethics.

2003-06-21 Thread James Sparenberg
All, There exists a project called x0rfbserver that some of our customers have been using for sharing desktop 0 (unlike vnc it doesn't spawn a new virtual X terminal but rather actually shares the one the user is using right now) They use it for monitoring problems (beats the heck out of guessi

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
> Tnx Rob,I put the $ in front thats why I got confused, nothing usefull , > just the finding the device and max length. the it fails .. Bummer. That's a good way to see most programs work and fail. Have you run K3B Setup again? And make sure that *everything" reinitializes? I also went the ext

Re: [expert] create fat32 file system

2003-06-21 Thread Thomas Gamble
At 03:45 PM 6/17/2003 +0200, you wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > if i remember correctly, fat32 has a 4gb limitation no it is not true. He may be thinking of the 4GB file size limit for fat32. David Hlacik Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to htt

Re: [expert] USB-Stick

2003-06-21 Thread Nisco
Il sab, 2003-06-21 alle 18:33, Joeb wrote: > I just plugged mine in and it was detected automatically. > Joeb Which one is it? Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] A question if ethics.

2003-06-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 21 June 2003 03:53 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > The problem comes that the version released by MDK for 9.1 seems to > possibly be the last version The website and the developer have for > all intents and purposes dropped off the net for the last 30-45 days, or > more.(even the

[expert] 9.0 - 9.1 revisited

2003-06-21 Thread Brian V Bonini
Ok, Sundays task is to upgrade... I'm gonna back up /home /etc /usr/local /var/www and do a fresh install and in addition to /home I think I will create separate partitions for at least /usr/local this time... Anything anyone wants to share/advise, etc.. before I do this...?? Want to buy your

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
> I've been doing a lot of trolling though sourceforge and looking at the > k3b site, cdrdao, I see probs with k3b and mandrake 9.1, > not seeing probs from suse or redhat users. > there is a new release of k3b 0.9pre2 and also cdrecord which may do the > trick. > I'm trying to compile k3b but hit

Re: [expert] 9.0 - 9.1 revisited

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 21 June 2003 01:58 pm, Brian V Bonini wrote: > Ok, Sundays task is to upgrade... I'm gonna back up /home /etc > /usr/local /var/www and do a fresh install and in addition to /home I > think I will create separate partitions for at least /usr/local this > time... > > Anything anyone want

Re: [expert] A question if ethics.

2003-06-21 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:48, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 21 June 2003 03:53 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > The problem comes that the version released by MDK for 9.1 seems to > > possibly be the last version The website and the developer have for > > all intents and purposes dropped

Re: [expert] 9.0 - 9.1 revisited

2003-06-21 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:58, Brian V Bonini wrote: > Ok, Sundays task is to upgrade... I'm gonna back up /home /etc > /usr/local /var/www and do a fresh install and in addition to /home I > think I will create separate partitions for at least /usr/local this > time... > > Anything anyone wants to

Re: [expert] 9.0 - 9.1 revisited

2003-06-21 Thread Bill Mullen
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Brian V Bonini wrote: > Ok, Sundays task is to upgrade... I'm gonna back up /home /etc > /usr/local /var/www and do a fresh install and in addition to /home I > think I will create separate partitions for at least /usr/local this > time... > > Anything anyone wants to share/a

[expert] Run MNF from CD?

2003-06-21 Thread Jim C
Is it possible to run MNF from CD Rom or floppy? What I want is a read-only firewall box without a hard drive. If not what are some other products out there that might serve me better? Jim C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] A question if ethics.

2003-06-21 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3580 days James Sparenberg wrote: > All, > >There exists a project called x0rfbserver that some of our customers > have been using for sharing desktop 0 (unlike vnc it doesn't spawn a new > virtual X terminal but rather actually shares the one the user is using > right n

[expert] cooker installation

2003-06-21 Thread John Drouhard
I decided I was going to get myself into some deep water and install cooker. How should I go about doing this? At this very moment I am mirroring a local copy of this: ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586 Do I need to mirror the entire .../Mandrake-devel/cooker

Re: [expert] KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread Colin Close
richard bown wrote: I edited out the previous post as it was getting long. Like others I want to dump using winxp and nero and K3b is very similar in style to nero. I'm trying to run K3b in Gnome, some seem to be getting success with K3B while others like my self ar'nt. So who's is running K3b wi

[expert] date set after system installation anything else to be done?

2003-06-21 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
Hi all,   I noticed that somehow the date on my system was 2 hours in the future. I've set the date correctly, but before I dare to reboot (for other stuff) I remembered that in the past I had probs with the booting with a lot of messages that said some files are dated into the future... Anyo

Re: [expert] Run MNF from CD?

2003-06-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 21 June 2003 06:21 pm, Jim C wrote: > Is it possible to run MNF from CD Rom or floppy? > What I want is a read-only firewall box without a hard drive. > If not what are some other products out there that might serve me better? > I haven't tried this, but with the prolification of cd bas

Re: [expert] Run MNF from CD?

2003-06-21 Thread Bill Mullen
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Jim C wrote: > Is it possible to run MNF from CD Rom or floppy? What I want is a > read-only firewall box without a hard drive. If not what are some other > products out there that might serve me better? Q1) Doubtful, at least without an awful lot of work on your part. :( Q2

[expert] MC problems in 9.1

2003-06-21 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
When I start mc from the console, I get this error: subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for device after that the console hangs, black screen, can't do a thing. When I kill mc from another console and then switch back to the console where mc was started, the mc scree

[expert] Re: Website problems

2003-06-21 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
Does anyone recognize this problem ? How can I setup mozilla to download RPMS when I click on them ? > >>Hi. Your utilities look like exactly what I've been looking for, BUT > >>when I click on any of the links to download them I end up on a black > >>screen (about 836 bytes big) with nothing

[expert] System locks on logout

2003-06-21 Thread Tim Dinkins
When running any window manager, when I log out, the system locks completely. The keyboard does not respond, blank screen. It is consistent every time I log out. Any help is appreciated, Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Re: Website problems

2003-06-21 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Maxim Heijndijk wrote: Does anyone recognize this problem ? How can I setup mozilla to download RPMS when I click on them ? Hi. Your utilities look like exactly what I've been looking for, BUT when I click on any of the links to download them I end up on a black

Re: [expert] System locks on logout

2003-06-21 Thread Bill Mullen
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Tim Dinkins wrote: > When running any window manager, when I log out, the system locks > completely. The keyboard does not respond, blank screen. It is > consistent every time I log out. > > Any help is appreciated, Given that you don't even mention which Mandrake release y

Re: [expert] Linux equivalent to Windows Domain

2003-06-21 Thread Theo Brinkman
Yes, all of the machines are Linux. Here's some more details: I currently have 2 machines, that I'd like to manage /home and login info centrally. A possibly tricky point is that I'd like to have the logins and /home managed on the server, but still be able to take the laptop somewhere it isn

Re: [expert] System locks on logout

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Saturday 21 June 2003 05:31 pm, Tim Dinkins wrote: > When running any window manager, when I log out, the system locks > completely. The keyboard does not respond, blank screen. > It is consistent every time I log out. I am guessing that this is a new install of 9.x. It sounds to me like XFre

Re: [expert] KAddressbook & Sylpheed

2003-06-21 Thread phriedrich
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:02:51 -0400 Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:30:06 +0200 > phriedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The components-dialogue in kcontolcenter seems to help not, because I > > changed it already to"sylpheed --composer %t". >

[expert] re:KDE K3b cdrw

2003-06-21 Thread richard bown
Hi all, some progress I've downloaded k3b 0.9pre2 and compiled, and it goes a lot further with burning audio cds. I'm now getting a new failure this time from cdrecord error 254. the compile is very heavy on lib useage the compile took 1/2 hr on a 1.2G machine it needs , and these are the ones I