[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

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

[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

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

[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

[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:

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

[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

[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

[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