[expert] why is ppdev not loading automatically?

2002-10-13 Thread SainTiss
Hi, I'm trying to get my scanner working here... It seems to work already, but there is an issue: when running scanimage -L as a user (not root), ppdev seems to be required... Somehow this module doesn't seem to be loaded by default, so I had to add it to /etc/modules... The question is, why

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Ron Stodden
Ed Tharp wrote: On Sunday 13 October 2002 03:25 am, Vox wrote: Silly Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works fine, no problems. Is it workable to set my non-burning CD/DVD player to ide-scsi so I can copy CDs

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Ed Tharp
On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:41 am, Vox wrote: Silly Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: On Sunday 13 October 2002 03:25 am, Vox wrote: Silly Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread Jack Coates
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 00:31, David Guntner wrote: snip Since amanda.com and amanda.net don't yeild anything that looks like it has backup software, could you perhaps direct me to the URL for this software? :-) Yes, it's right here:

[expert] MDK 9.0: Sound wierdness

2002-10-13 Thread Gonzalo Avaria
Hi u experts... I have a xtrange problem, i have a Crystal PnP soundcard, on mandrake 8.1 it worked fine when i loaded the alias sound cs4232 on modules.conf. When i installed the mdk 9.0 i run sndconfig and recognized the card(it never recognized it before). The thing is that i can use the xmms

Re: [expert] Using Startx instead of kdm

2002-10-13 Thread Kiran
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 17:38, Ron Stodden wrote: Bill Witherspoon wrote: I would like to stop using kdm, and have my machine boot to a shell prompt. How do I stop using a window manager login? As root, edit /etc/inittab to change the initial runlevel from 5 to 3. Change the line:

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread Kiran
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote: John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Also, is there a reasonably good backup program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the tape drive? The next time I manage to destroy my

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread David Boles
On Sunday 13 October 2002 09:59 am, Kiran wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote: John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Also, is there a reasonably good backup program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the

Re: [expert] [Cooker] cdrecord error

2002-10-13 Thread Steffen Barszus
Am Samstag, 12. Oktober 2002 17:56 schrieb Ken Thompson: On Saturday 12 October 2002 02:08 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: dummy -eject -pad tsize=109760s - Make sure to un check make dummy run first ... I get's me every time.. Also, I've had the best result by not using any padding

Re: [expert] wireless access point inquiry

2002-10-13 Thread engage
On Sunday 13 October 2002 06:16 am, Praedor Tempus wrote: On Saturday 12 October 2002 07:47 pm, engage wrote: Can anyone tell me which driver works with a Belkin model F5D6050 WAP? I've been unable to find one through a Google search or the manufacturers web site or through the

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-13 Thread Toshiro
El dom, 13-10-2002 a las 00:53, Igor Izyumin escribió: On Saturday 12 October 2002 10:06 pm, Lorne wrote: ahem... look again my friend. It used to be one icon. I could click on tabs from within and check it both ways. Now it is 4 different icons that you have to execute one at a time.

[expert] Re: [install] 9.0 Toshiba Laptop Sound Problems

2002-10-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thierry, Cheers for the help. Here is: [root@diggy jason]# aumix -q aumix: error opening mixer [root@diggy jason]# /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev/dsp: No such file or directory [root@diggy jason]# lsmod |fgrep ymf snd-ymfpci 42336 0 (unused) snd-pcm55808 0

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
Ed Tharp grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:18 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot on the IDE cable in IDE controller 1, with the CD-ROM in

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
Kiran grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote: John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Also, is there a reasonably good backup program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the tape

Re: [expert] [Cooker] cdrecord error

2002-10-13 Thread Ron Stodden
Steffen Barszus wrote: For now I tested : -gtoaster -k3b -cdbakeoven -xcdroast -gcombust with no difference. Try temporarily putting your CD-RW drive on an IDE channel all by itself, as master, of course.How many IDE channels do you have and what devices placed where? You

[expert] Handy text change case utility?

2002-10-13 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi, Is there a small application out there, that will take selected text, and convert its case to a desired case, and put it into the buffer again? For instance, what would be most useful is: UPPER CASE -- Mixed Case That Can Save a Lot of Time Because it Knows About Exceptions and ACRONYMS

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Sunday 13 October 2002 3:25 am, Vox wrote: Silly Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works fine, no problems. Is it workable to set my non-burning CD/DVD player to ide-scsi so I can copy CDs directly

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner (me) grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Ed Tharp grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:18 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot

Re: [expert] mdk9.0 with japanese user

2002-10-13 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
On Sunday 13 October 2002 06:02 pm, you wrote: Hi Narfi, I created a new acount, but it does not have an option to create it as japanese as you did. I set it in the KDE control centre, menus where japanese, but still no input. using my .i18n file in my english KDE i can input in japanese

Re: [expert] [Cooker] cdrecord error

2002-10-13 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Stodden wrote: ... You should never have the hard disk with the ISO file to burn and the CD-RW on the same IDE channel. There was a motherboard chipset problem that garbled the data if two devices on the same IDE channel were in use

Re: [expert] mdk9.0 with japanese user

2002-10-13 Thread J. Grant
Hi Narfi, I created a new acount, but it does not have an option to create it as japanese as you did. I set it in the KDE control centre, menus where japanese, but still no input. using my .i18n file in my english KDE i can input in japanese with kinputwnn fine in mozilla. But not in any KDE

Re: [expert] [Cooker] cdrecord error

2002-10-13 Thread Ken Thompson
On Sunday 13 October 2002 01:22 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: Am Samstag, 12. Oktober 2002 17:56 schrieb Ken Thompson: On Saturday 12 October 2002 02:08 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: dummy -eject -pad tsize=109760s - Make sure to un check make dummy run first ... I get's me every time..

[expert] Printing under Security level Higher

2002-10-13 Thread Angus Beath
Hey guys/gals, I've got a machine in a uni that needs as much security as it can get. But, I also need it to be able to print and with the security permissions set to higher it won't work. Can someone give me a tip on what I need to change to allow printing? This is a Mandrake 9.0 system.

Re: [expert] Handy text change case utility?

2002-10-13 Thread Jack Coates
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 13:53, Damon Lynch wrote: Hi, Is there a small application out there, that will take selected text, and convert its case to a desired case, and put it into the buffer again? For instance, what would be most useful is: UPPER CASE -- Mixed Case That Can Save a Lot of

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Ron Stodden
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: Okay. Would you mind helping me through this then with fstab changes, etc? My CD/DVD drive is master and the burner is slave. So will the CD reader now become scd0 and the burner scd1? Stuff like that. I choose to use /local instead of the conventional /mnt. I do

Re: [expert] Printing under Security level Higher

2002-10-13 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Angus Beath wrote: Hey guys/gals, I've got a machine in a uni that needs as much security as it can get. But, I also need it to be able to print and with the security permissions set to higher it won't work. Can someone give me a tip on what I need to change to allow printing? This is a

[expert] question about boot floppy on 8.2 system upgrade to nine or on kernel upgrade.

2002-10-13 Thread Franki
Hi guys, Got a funny situation here and I am not sure how to proceed. I have a home server here, and I wanted to upgrade it to nine, or upgrade the 8.2 kernel to the security update version.. I haven't up till now because for some reason this system will not boot from the hdd and needs a

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
On Monday 14 October 2002 12:19 am, Ron Stodden wrote: Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: Okay. Would you mind helping me through this then with fstab changes, etc? My CD/DVD drive is master and the burner is slave. So will the CD reader now become scd0 and the burner scd1? Stuff like that. I

RE: [expert] Printing under Security level Higher

2002-10-13 Thread Franki
hmmm, I would love to use the higer security models in 8.2 and nine, but what stopped me is that stuff that works in earlier hosts.allow/hosts.deny doesn't seem to work the same in them as it does in earlier versions.. (7.2) for example, in 7.2: hosts.deny sshd: ALL in hosts.allow sshd:

[expert] the best backup software for xfs

2002-10-13 Thread Mike Burgener
what's the best backup software/software-gui for xfs filesystems on linux?? greetings from switzerland Mike Burgener Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works fine, no problems. Is it workable to set my non-burning CD/DVD player to ide-scsi so I can copy CDs directly from the player to the burner? Thanks, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Sunday, October 13, 2002

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Also, is there a reasonably good backup program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the tape drive?  The next time I manage to destroy my system, it would be awfully nice if I could just restore

Re: [expert] mysql does not start on boot (V9.0)

2002-10-13 Thread W. Kasberg
On Saturday 12 October 2002 21:45, you wrote: Run LinuxConf, go into the Control Panel, and Services section - you'll see what the problem is (hint: look at the run levels) N Thanks, the hint worked. Now mysql is starting on boot up (in run level 5) W. Kasberg On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 09:04,

I have !!! was ==Re: [expert] Has anybody tried to install NVidia Drivers for mandrake 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
Em Sab 12 Out 2002 15:22, Kiran escreveu: Yes! I've tried the sr.rpm on mdk8.2 and now on mdk9.0! Just perfect! No problems! Easy to make .rpm's and install! I have a integrated gf2 on Asus ATN266-VM! []s Ricardo On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 00:43, Todd Flinders wrote: Mandrake Club has Nvidia

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-13 Thread Piero Piutti
On Sunday 13 October 2002 03:53, Igor Izyumin wrote: What do you do that you need to install, remove, and update packages all at the same time? Typically, you need to either install, remove, or update the programs, not do all 3 at the same time. The old interface was incredibly confusing and

[expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
I hope someone can help me with this... :-) I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot on the IDE cable in IDE controller 1, with the CD-ROM in the master position. When I fire up Mandrake Control Center and click on Hardware in the left-hand side of the

Re: [expert] linux apps

2002-10-13 Thread tarvid
On Sunday 13 October 2002 12:31 am, Michael Holt wrote: Hey all, anyone know of a check printing program for linux? I'm using a windows based program called 'versa check' through win4lin right now, but I'm always searching for ways to become 'windows free'. Mike Freecheck and gnuMICR Jim

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Vox
Silly Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works fine, no problems. Is it workable to set my non-burning CD/DVD player to ide-scsi so I can copy CDs directly from the player to the burner? Yes. Vox --

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I hope someone can help me with this... :-) I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot on the IDE cable in IDE controller 1, with the CD-ROM in the master position. When I fire up Mandrake Control Center

Re: [expert] wireless access point inquiry

2002-10-13 Thread Praedor Tempus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 12 October 2002 07:47 pm, engage wrote: Can anyone tell me which driver works with a Belkin model F5D6050 WAP? I've been unable to find one through a Google search or the manufacturers web site or through the wireless-HOWTO. Have you

Re: [expert] CD/DVD player and ide-scsi

2002-10-13 Thread Ed Tharp
On Sunday 13 October 2002 03:25 am, Vox wrote: Silly Jonathan Dlouhy [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I have my CD burner set to use ide-scsi in lilo.conf, it works fine, no problems. Is it workable to set my non-burning CD/DVD player to ide-scsi so I can copy CDs directly

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread Ed Tharp
On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:18 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I hope someone can help me with this... :-) I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot on the IDE cable in IDE controller 1, with the CD-ROM in the