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> ATTACHMENT part 3.1 message/rfc822 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:06:35 +0600 (IST) > From: Dhiraj Sasidharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [LIH]Usb Support and KDE Themes > > Hi guys, > > Have three questions. > > 1. I have an external usb 2.5 hdd. I have been > trying to mount it in linux. The kernel seems > to have detected it and all and tries to load it > to /dev/sda. At this point harddrake says that > it cannot recognise the partition table (i have > mounted it as vfat because it is a fat32 table) > and asks me whether it will rewrite the whole > table, which i dont want to do, because i am > afraid that i\'ll lose the data that is already > stored. > According to the information that i have been > able to gather (And i am very new to this, so > please excuse any glaring errors) the vendor > name for the External Hdd as registered in > /proc/bus/usb/devices is Eagle Tech USB Mass > Storage. When i run dmesg, it shows me a message > saying the SCSI (ioctl) returns an illegal request > when a WP operation is being performed. > Now when i did some googling, i found a reference > in a webpage saying that i have to modify a flag > in a unusualdevs.h file and the disk seems to work > I am not exactly a person who sets the programming > world on fire with my programming prowess, so i > dont understand most of what has been discussed > there. I am not even sure that is what i have to > do. > If somebody could help me out to get my hdd > working i would be extremely obliged. My linux > installation so far has been working like a dream > and sometimes surpasses my windows installation > in multimedia performance. I hate to think that > i have to keep a windows install so that i can > read from my usb disk!!! > > 2. How do i reorganise the modules that are > started when linux boots. The thing is i have > a pcmcia etherenet card which uses the 8139too.o > driver. The thing is the ethernet driver first > initialises > before the cardbus driver of the pcmcia card > starts, so i have to pop the card out of its > slot and then put it back again to get it started > if i try insmod 8139too for the card, it says > it cannot open the file. but if i pull the card > out and put it back again, it works. So i am > guessing that if i reorganise the boot process > the card will be configured automatically. > > 3. This is not exactly a big issue. I have d/l > a theme for my kde desktop. It is a themerc file. > I am trying to get it to install, but kthememgr > says that the file does not have an rc template > and does not display. It does not display the > default installed themes too saying that there is > no rc file. I tried executing the .kthemerc files > and i dont what happened, but now there are > folders bearing the names of the themes that i > tried to execute, with the backgnd files and an > rc file. When i tried to use that file, kthememgr > does not use it. > > System configuration > OS Mandrake Linux 9.0 > No modification to the kernel > Desktop KDE 3.0 (Default to the Mandrake Installs) > The USB port uses an ALI driver > > Please forgive the verbosity of my posts > > Yours > > Dhiraj > ------------------------------------------------- > Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered > by Trend Micro, USA. > Know more at http://mail.sify.com > > Sify Power mail- a Premium Service from Sify Mail! > know more at http://mail.sify.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > ===== -------------------------------------------- When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul! ------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
