Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going: CDWRITERS

2001-07-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:52, John Rigby wrote: > Hi again, > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:41, you manipulated electrons to produce: > > > > The best and easiest (it's entirely graphical!) way to give > > > > user access to a burner, IMHO, is to use userdrake to add your > > > > user to the "cdwriter" gr

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:19, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Tuesday 24 July 2001 07:19, John Rigby wrote: > > 2. Cannot get my new "Linux Ready" Lexmark Z32 Printer to work > > properly with Star. Cannot get it to accept new drivers./new printer. > > Do you mean StarOffice 5.2? I got it to print like

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:26, John Rigby wrote: > Sridhar, > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:40, you manipulated electrons to produce: > > The best and easiest (it's entirely graphical!) way to give user > > access to a burner, IMHO, is to use userdrake to add your user to > > the "cdwriter" group. > >

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Tuesday 24 July 2001 07:19, John Rigby wrote: > 2. Cannot get my new "Linux Ready" Lexmark Z32 Printer to work > properly with Star. Cannot get it to accept new drivers./new printer. Do you mean StarOffice 5.2? I got it to print like this: setup your printer in CUPS. This should have been d

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread John Rigby
Sridhar, On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:40, you manipulated electrons to produce: > The best and easiest (it's entirely graphical!) way to give user > access to a burner, IMHO, is to use userdrake to add your user to > the "cdwriter" group. I got in couldn't see how to add a user/group ga

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Here's the text from a Civileme post last month: -- -- SCSI Emulation is in two parts--first a message to the kernel to tell it to assume emulation is done Second is a modprobe of scsi and a link to the appropriate SCSI device The first part is simple in /etc/lilo.conf or in drakboot (Con

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
. > > This what helped me, and i hope it will help you too > > > *** > Michael Spivak > *** > > > > -Original Message- > From: John Rigby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:04 AM > To: Paul; Newb

RE: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-23 Thread Michael Spivak
24, 2001 8:04 AM To: Paul; Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:44, you manipulated electrons to produce: > > 3. Cannot figure out how to operate CDRW Writer! ( M8 knows it's > > there, but I'm only allowed one CD - I have 2, both id

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-23 Thread John Rigby
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:44, you manipulated electrons to produce: > > 3. Cannot figure out how to operate CDRW Writer! ( M8 knows it's > > there, but I'm only allowed one CD - I have 2, both identified) > > Hi John, > > Linux treats CD-writers as SCSI devices. Since most modern CD-RW's > are IDE

Re: [newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-23 Thread Paul
> 3. Cannot figure out how to operate CDRW Writer! ( M8 knows it's > there, but I'm only allowed one CD - I have 2, both identified) Hi John, Linux treats CD-writers as SCSI devices. Since most modern CD-RW's are IDE, there's some work to be done. (MDK 8 did it all by itself for me though.) Th

[newbie] Getting the basics going

2001-07-23 Thread John Rigby
Hi folks, I went and put my 2 cents worth on the Forum: How to move mandrake along.. hot subject, eh? In catching up with the support pleas here, I've noticed a distinct non-recognition by people of their own status! Some of the self-proclaimed "Newbies" only talk in acronyms and I c