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mahiles

Oct 1 2003, 01:09 PM

Just installed Slackware 9.1 and already got a few problems

1. How do I set Slackware up so I can use my mouse wheel?

2. How do I add a new user (I don't want to be using root all the time)

3. How do I configure a printer?

4. How do I configure my sound card?

5. Hmmm can't think of anymore things but am sure some will crop up :?

I'm using KDE if I can do it through that or console..

Thanks

EDIT: Scratch the new user one I figured that out but still need help on the others!

2nd EDIT: New probs already

How can I view my NTFS partition and load it to mount on startup?

Phat Penguin

Oct 1 2003, 05:11 PM

Ok I'll try and help ....

1. You will need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file ... in the input device section ... look for the mouse section and you will have to add ... something similar to this ....

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" # wheel bit !!!!
EndSection

2. Adding a new user ... simple ... your in KDE as root ... go to Menu > System > KUser .... and go for it add as many as you like, easy to do on the commandline but what the heck use the GUI.

3. Sorry, no idea on the printer haven't got around to that myself yet.

4. Sound Cards ... can be a pain ... you can try a sndconfig on the commandline and see how you go ... or in Control Center in the GUI there is a section there to play with sound config's.

5. ............. ask away I am new to Slackware ... installed 9.1 here tonight n what used to be my Win2K box ... no M$ here anymore - running a slack box server for my wireless ADSL connection and have dual monitors, wheel optical mouse, sound all sorted on the workstation

... now to get the TV Card sussed

Gotta love Slackware .... Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 tuner card up and running in under 10 mins .... downloaded xawtv and lirc source, compiled - installed ... added a line to /etc/modules.conf .. quick depmod -a .... and I got television .... oh yeah I love it !!

xaff

Oct 1 2003, 05:19 PM

For the NTFS partition you have to load the NTFS module.. And that's about all I can remember now. Just remember to mount it in readonly mode. (umask 022 I think)

(Btw, useradd, usermod, userdel, all the usermanagement you'll ever need)

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 06:25 PM

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Just installed Slackware 9.1 and already got a few problems :oops:

1. How do I set Slackware up so I can use my mouse wheel?

phat penguin handled that.

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2. How do I add a new user (I don't want to be using root all the time)

Slackware has a script for "adduser" that makes it real SIMPLE! just run "adduser as root and just follow the questions, when it ask for a secondary group, put in "sys" that is the group your user will need to be in for sound.

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3. How do I configure a printer?

Don't know, not hooked up to one, but someone can point you the right direction.

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4. How do I configure my sound card?

What kind is it and are you sure it doesnt work?

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5. Hmmm can't think of anymore things but am sure some will crop up :?

I'm using KDE if I can do it through that or console..

Thanks

EDIT: Scratch the new user one I figured that out but still need help on the others!

2nd EDIT: New probs already :oops: How can I view my NTFS partition and load it to mount on startup?

If it is on hda1, add the following to /etc/lilo.conf

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other=/dev/hda1

label=dos

Aw, Slackware, simple and sweet.

Have fun!

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 06:32 PM

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Gotta love Slackware .... Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 tuner card up and running in under 10 mins .... downloaded xawtv and lirc source, compiled - installed ... added a line to /etc/modules.conf .. quick depmod -a .... and I got television .... oh yeah I love it !!

Give tvtime a try too.

mahiles

Oct 1 2003, 06:53 PM

1. Didn't work :(

2. Done that thanks guys

3. Been trying to figure it out but can't :(

4. Figured it out on mi own!!

5. NTFS - I didn't mean how to load Windows in lilo I already did that, I meant can I mount the NTFS partition automatically when slackware starts up?

6. Can slackware do supermount for my cdrom?

bvc

Oct 1 2003, 07:12 PM

1. Try;
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

how many buttons are there on the mouse will determine
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
This is for 3 buttons, a wheel....the wheel is 2 axis="4 5" and the wheel button is 6.

3. Isn't there a cupsconfig or configcups command or something?

5. sndconfig (OSS) or alsaconf (ALSA or is that just debian?)

6. Sure, if you want to patch and compile the kernel :wink:

mahiles

Oct 1 2003, 07:23 PM

Thanks agen here's an update..

Now got my scroll mouse working

I've also got another question.. In Mandrake I used urpmi ever so much. Is there something like that in Slackware?

EDIT: Can anyone send me the file libnss3.so and tell me where it goes? Gaim 0.70 won't launch because it's missing..

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 08:59 PM

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5. NTFS - I didn't mean how to load Windows in lilo I already did that, I meant can I mount the NTFS partition automatically when slackware starts up?

6. Can slackware do supermount for my cdrom?

Try the following:

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#cat /proc/filesystems

See if you have ntfs listed. If not, try

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#modprobe ntfs

If it's not built as a module either, you will have to compile it into the kernel or as a Module. I can't remember what slack standard is and I'm not in front of a slack kernel so you will have to be the eyes' :wink:

If it is there, you can do the following:

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#fdisk -l /dev/hda

That will show you were the ntfs partion resides if you don't know. For ex. we will use /dev/hda1 (yours might vary)

4: Put the following into /etc/fstab

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/dev/hda1 /winblows ntfs defaults 0 0

Instead of default you can add more options like

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ro,user,umask=0222

or even "rw" ! Keep in mind that writing to ntfs is "EXPERIMENTAL" you loose it, your fault. :wink:

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 09:05 PM

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I've also got another question.. In Mandrake I used urpmi ever so much. Is there something like that in Slackware?

http://software.jaos.org/

slapt-get = Never tried it.

& Swaret works nice

http://www.swaret.org/index.php

It's also on the second disk of 9.1 in the /extra folder, just a

installpkg away from that one. 8)

mahiles

Oct 1 2003, 09:32 PM

Ok I've got swaret but it says it can't find the internet connection.. It was set to use "eth0" but I connect through a modem. I tried replacing eth0 with /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS0, ttyS0. Am I doing this wrong?

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 10:06 PM

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Ok I've got swaret but it says it can't find the internet connection.. It was set to use "eth0" but I connect through a modem. I tried replacing eth0 with /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS0, ttyS0. Am I doing this wrong?

Um modem, I'm not good in that area, what shows up when you do #ifconfig ?

mahiles

Oct 1 2003, 10:35 PM

Thanks cybrjackle, I ran the command and found what I needed

Adding to another problem, (yer yer I know you're all thinking oh no lol) how do I enable Send EOF in the printer options? I've got the right driver but need to enable it.. Had a look around in KDE's printer manager but can't find it. Had the same problem in Mandrake 9.1 and never got to the bottom of it..

jlc

Oct 1 2003, 10:49 PM

Your welcome, and sorry but printers are one of my weak points. I don't use one so I never bother learning.

Phat Penguin

Oct 2 2003, 09:36 AM

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Give tvtime a try too.

I did and thank you - what a ripper - very pleased with this one !!!

Although I may have gone over to Slackware from Mandrake I still find this place the friendliest and most helpful.

Thanks again cybrjackle.

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 01:23 PM

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Give tvtime a try too.

I did and thank you - what a ripper - very pleased with this one !!!

Although I may have gone over to Slackware from Mandrake I still find this place the friendliest and most helpful.

Thanks again cybrjackle.

I agree, I visit a lot of boards, but this is the BEST one! I might be biased. :wink:

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 04:15 PM

Oh dear another problem:

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cdrdao 1.1.7 does not support ATAPI
The configured version of cdrdao does not support writing to ATAPI devices without SCSI emulation and there is at least one writer in your system not configured to use SCSI emulation.
Solution: The best and recommended solution is to enable ide-scsi (SCSI emulation) for all writer devices. This way you won't have any problems. Or you install (or select as the default) a more recent version of cdrdao.

Seems like I'm coming up with problems quicker than solutions :?

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 04:49 PM

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Oh dear another problem:

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cdrdao 1.1.7 does not support ATAPI
The configured version of cdrdao does not support writing to ATAPI devices without SCSI emulation and there is at least one writer in your system not configured to use SCSI emulation.
Solution: The best and recommended solution is to enable ide-scsi (SCSI emulation) for all writer devices. This way you won't have any problems. Or you install (or select as the default) a more recent version of cdrdao.

Seems like I'm coming up with problems quicker than solutions :?

Add this to your lilo.conf:

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#vi /etc/lilo.conf

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append="hdX=ide-scsi"

X = your burner.

Example Bellow:

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image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hda3

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"

read-only

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 05:02 PM

Tried it and still get the same error when starting k3b

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 05:37 PM

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Tried it and still get the same error when starting k3b

When you ran k3bsetup as root, did you see your bruner in the list of devices? Did you change the driver to something like "mmc-generic"? I'm not in front of my box right now, so I'm makeing some guess.

I know I have got that error before and it still worked, a little odd, but none the less it still worked. Are you trying to burn an ISO or something? Or just makeing sure everything works?

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 05:49 PM

Actually lets try this:

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#modprobe ide-scsi

IF you don't get any error messages, open up k3b and see what happens.

If that doesn't work, see what the following output's & post it.

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#lsmod |grep scsi

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#cdrecord -scanbus

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 06:01 PM

The modprobe ide-scsi didn't work and so heres the output of the other commands:

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# lsmod |grep scsi

ide-scsi 9424 0

root@darkstar:/home/mark# cdrecord --scanbus

Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J�rg Schilling

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.

cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 06:08 PM

Um, when you added

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append="hdX=ide-scsi"

to your /etc/lilo.conf

Did you run

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#lilo

and then reboot?

I left that part out.

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 06:10 PM

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The modprobe ide-scsi didn't work and so heres the output of the other commands:

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# lsmod |grep scsi

ide-scsi 9424 0

root@darkstar:/home/mark# cdrecord --scanbus

Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J�rg Schilling

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.

cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Also, I made an error it is just

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#cdrecord -scanbus

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 06:15 PM

now i feel dumb i 4got to run "lilo" but I did and now it works

Thanks cybrjackle..

Ok so now I've still got the other problems and I've also noticed that DVD playback isn't happening. I've got xine and libdvdcss installed wot else do I need?

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 07:53 PM

What happens when you open up xine?

Do you see chapters and stuff on the DVD or does it have any output? Also try another dvd if you haven't already to see what will happen.

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 08:19 PM

Ahh now my cdrom is screwed up!!

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# mount /mnt/cdrom

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,

or too many mounted file systems

(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use

ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

Heres what console says when I start xine, I'd show what it says when tying to play a DVD but I can't mount my cdrom drive!!

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# xine

This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.22.

(c) 2000-2003 The xine Team.

Built with xine library 1.0.0 (1-rc0a)

Found xine library version: 1.0.0 (1-rc0a).

XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 40300000,

Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,

Available Screen(s): 1, using 0

Depth: 24.

XShmQueryVersion: 1.1.

-[ xiTK version 0.10.5 [XMB]]-

-[ xiTK will use XShm ]-

-[ WM type: (EWMH) KWIN {KWin} ]-

Display is not using Xinerama.

main: probing <aadxr3> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aadxr3>

main: probing <dxr3> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <dxr3>

main: probing <xv> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <xv>

main: probing <SyncFB> video output plugin

video_out_syncfb: aborting. (unable to open syncfb device "/dev/syncfb")

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <SyncFB>

main: probing <aa> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aa>

main: probing <xshm> video output plugin

main: probing <alsa> audio output plugin

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

video_out_xshm: tried to set unsupported property 2

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 08:59 PM

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Ahh now my cdrom is screwed up!!

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# mount /mnt/cdrommount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

Heres what console says when I start xine, I'd show what it says when tying to play a DVD but I can't mount my cdrom drive!!

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root@darkstar:/home/mark# xineThis is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.22.(c) 2000-2003 The xine Team.Built with xine library 1.0.0 (1-rc0a)Found xine library version: 1.0.0 (1-rc0a).XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 40300000, Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0, Available Screen(s): 1, using 0 Depth: 24. XShmQueryVersion: 1.1.-[ xiTK version 0.10.5 [XMB]]--[ xiTK will use XShm ]--[ WM type: (EWMH) KWIN {KWin} ]-Display is not using Xinerama.main: probing <aadxr3> video output pluginload_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aadxr3>main: probing <dxr3> video output pluginload_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <dxr3>main: probing <xv> video output pluginload_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <xv>main: probing <SyncFB> video output pluginvideo_out_syncfb: aborting. (unable to open syncfb device "/dev/syncfb")load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <SyncFB>main: probing <aa> video output pluginload_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aa>main: probing <xshm> video output pluginmain: probing <alsa> audio output pluginxine_interface: unknown param 10xine_interface: unknown param 10xine_interface: unknown param 10xine_interface: unknown param 10video_out_xshm: tried to set unsupported property 2

I don't believe you have to mount a DVD, just put the DVD in and fire up xine.

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 09:05 PM

Ok then I put the dvd in and this is what happened in console:

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mark@darkstar:~$ xine

This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.22.

(c) 2000-2003 The xine Team.

Built with xine library 1.0.0 (1-rc0a)

Found xine library version: 1.0.0 (1-rc0a).

XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 40300000,

Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,

Available Screen(s): 1, using 0

Depth: 24.

XShmQueryVersion: 1.1.

-[ xiTK version 0.10.5 [XMB]]-

-[ xiTK will use XShm ]-

-[ WM type: (EWMH) KWIN {KWin} ]-

Display is not using Xinerama.

main: probing <aadxr3> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aadxr3>

main: probing <dxr3> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <dxr3>

main: probing <xv> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <xv>

main: probing <SyncFB> video output plugin

video_out_syncfb: aborting. (unable to open syncfb device "/dev/syncfb")

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <SyncFB>

main: probing <aa> video output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load video output plugin <aa>

main: probing <xshm> video output plugin

main: probing <alsa> audio output plugin

load_plugins: failed to load audio output plugin <alsa>

main: probing <oss> audio output plugin

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

xine_interface: unknown param 10

video_out_xshm: tried to set unsupported property 2

libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc0a from http://xine.sf.net

libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access

libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.

libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/mark/.dvdnav/.map'

libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.

libdvdnav: vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO

libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc0a from http://xine.sf.net

libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access

libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.

libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/mark/.dvdnav/.map'

libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.

libdvdnav: vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO

libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1-rc0a from http://xine.sf.net

libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access

libdvdnav: Can't read name block. Probably not a DVD-ROM device.

libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/mark/.dvdnav/.map'

libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.

libdvdnav: vm: faild to read VIDEO_TS.IFO

In the GUI I get 2 errors. The 1st says "Input plugin failed to open mrl 'dvd:/'. The 2nd says "The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g. not disk in drive) (/mnt/cdrom)"

Plus the fact I still need to be able to mount cds even if dvds dont require it..

jlc

Oct 2 2003, 09:22 PM

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In the GUI I get 2 errors. The 1st says "Input plugin failed to open mrl 'dvd:/'. The 2nd says "The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g. not disk in drive) (/mnt/cdrom)"

Plus the fact I still need to be able to mount cds even if dvds dont require it..

FIrst, I'm getting ready to leave work so I will have to do some searching late tonight or tomorrow on your errors.

Second, do you have a DVD & a Burner seperate or are they some kind of combo drive? Along with that, in the xine gui there is a setup and sometimes it's not pointed to the right dir for your dvd player.

Third, did you put in a data cd and "#mount /mnt/cdrom" use the 2 disc of the install were the extra packages are. Just try and mount that cd and see what happens.

Forth, when you view your /etc/fstab, what's in there.

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# more /etc/fstab

Fifth, ok there is no 5 for now! You got off easy. :roll:

mahiles

Oct 2 2003, 10:14 PM

Ah yeah guess it would have helped it I'd told you that I only have one drive and its a CD-ROM, CD-RW and DVD-ROM drive. Sorry about that.

Tried the CD you suggested and get the same error.

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/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

mahiles

Oct 3 2003, 08:49 AM

Now I'm able to mount my ntfs partition and I figured it out all on my own (lol).. But only root can view the contents. Does this mean I need to change permissions of the folder it's mounted in or change something in /etc/fstab?

While I'm on the subject of permissions can I change the permissions of halt and mount? There 2 things I keep having to go to root to use and it's buggin me..

Thanks..

EDIT: I've solved my CD-ROM drive problem and I now have DVD playback (even though there seems to be error after error displaying in the console but it works non the less). So now I just need to know how to enable "Send EOF" for my printer and how to allow me and not just root to access my ntfs partition..

jlc

Oct 3 2003, 01:10 PM

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Now I'm able to mount my ntfs partition and I figured it out all on my own (lol).. But only root can view the contents. Does this mean I need to change permissions of the folder it's mounted in or change something in /etc/fstab?

While I'm on the subject of permissions can I change the permissions of halt and mount? There 2 things I keep having to go to root to use and it's buggin me..

Thanks..

EDIT: I've solved my CD-ROM drive problem and I now have DVD playback (even though there seems to be error after error displaying in the console but it works non the less). So now I just need to know how to enable "Send EOF" for my printer and how to allow me and not just root to access my ntfs partition..

That's good you fixed your dvd, what does your /etc/fstab look like? Include your mount point for ntfs.

mahiles

Oct 3 2003, 01:59 PM

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/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs ro 0 0

/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0

jlc

Oct 3 2003, 02:11 PM

try adding this along with "ro"

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ro,user,umask=0222

see if that will work? Your user id should already be a part of the users "group", but you can check that by viewing.

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#more /etc/groups

Don't hack around in there to much! :wink:

Just a simple add you user name to the "user" line will do the trick. If that doesn't work, will have to play with some uid/gid settings.

mahiles

Oct 3 2003, 02:31 PM

Thanks again now I can view my windoze partition as me!

iphitus

Oct 3 2003, 02:53 PM

Slack looks fun!!

Im tryin BSD next.............................

James

jlc

Oct 3 2003, 04:42 PM

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Thanks again now I can view my windoze partition as me!

8)

jlc

Oct 3 2003, 04:43 PM

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Slack looks fun!!

Im tryin BSD next.............................

James

Slack is fun, simple. It can be a pain in the hinny too!

Go with FreeBSD, open is a little harder to work with. But, I haven't used them in a couple of years so things could have changed quite a bit. I might be throughing NetBSD on one of my Sparc64 box's to check it out.

mahiles

Oct 3 2003, 07:44 PM

Call me fussy but I just realised the following errors on startup and was wondering if anyone knows how to correct them..

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: init_module: Invalid argument

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz failed

/lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o.gz: insmod agpgart failed