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Thanks to all of you who helped to solve this zip-drive problem :) (at least, it SEEMS to be solved). I modified both files - /etc/fstat and /etc/rc.d/rc.local - on the tower with the same data as on the laptop; the zip-drive responded as expected AND, surprise surprise, the printer (without having to rmmod/modprobe lp). Perhaps the drivers have at some time been adjusted to overcome the loading-order glich. It's all looking very promising. Once again, many thanks. Have just remembered one point; if I DO have to rmmod/modprobe lp, I assume that the code is just that, i.e. rmmod lp ....zip-drive entries, then modprobe lp

Is it possible to "interrupt" the logout process (following Menu -> Logout) to do something - like, for example, display a message, before continuing?

pmpatrick: I rebooted without a zip-disk in, then inserted one and ran the following: [root@sthelens ~]# rmmod lp [root@sthelens ~]# modprobe scsi_mod [root@sthelens ~]# modprobe sd_mod [root@sthelens ~]# modprobe ppa which, unfortunately, didn't help; when I tried to mount the zip the error-message was: Called: mount /dev/sda4 mount: special device /dev/sda4 does not exist I suspect the problem which you outlined concerns driving a printer AND a zip through the same interface rather than just using the zip; I remember reading somewhere that linux isn't very enthusiastic about that particular combination. Anyway, the other info: the ppa module is loaded in /etc/rc.d/rc.local which, I've been informed, is processed right at the end of boot; this would mean that ppa is definitely loaded AFTER the lp-printer module. Which leads to a couple of questions: How do I find out where the lp-printer module is loaded, since I will presumeably have to remove it from there and move it to rc.local (I may need both printer AND zip on my wife's machine)? Also, I assume that rmmod removes the module; is this correct?

pmpatrick: no, the zip-drive is an Iomega parallel device, type Z100P2, with an ident FCC IO DDXZ100P2. In case it may nevertheless be useful, here is the lsmod-output: Module Size Used by nls_cp437 5376 1 binfmt_misc 8744 1 ppa 10472 1 sd_mod 15920 2 cpufreq_ondemand 5244 0 cpufreq_powersave 1376 0 speedstep-ich 3820 0 speedstep-lib 3428 1 speedstep-ich raw 6720 0 md5 3648 1 ipv6 232320 8 hidp 11968 2 rfcomm 33692 0 l2cap 20644 10 hidp,rfcomm bluetooth 41380 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap i810_audio 34324 2 ac97_codec 17804 1 i810_audio soundcore 7104 3 i810_audio parport_pc 31652 2 lp 9864 0 parport 31624 3 ppa,parport_pc,lp ipt_TOS 1888 12 ipt_REJECT 5600 4 ipt_pkttype 1248 4 ipt_LOG 6208 8 ipt_state 1376 16 ipt_multiport 2144 0 ipt_conntrack 1984 0 iptable_mangle 2080 1 ip_nat_irc 1568 0 ip_nat_tftp 1280 0 ip_nat_ftp 2272 0 iptable_nat 19068 3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc 70384 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3056 1 ip_nat_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp 71344 1 ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack 37400 9 ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,iptable_nat,ip_conntra ck_irc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_filter 2144 1 ip_tables 18176 10 ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,ipt_state,ipt_multiport,ipt_conntrack,ipt able_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter ppp_async 9088 0 ppp_generic 24692 1 ppp_async slhc 6176 1 ppp_generic crc-ccitt 1664 1 ppp_async af_packet 16232 0 serial_cs 7656 1 floppy 54736 0 ide-cs 5156 1 orinoco_cs 6280 1 orinoco 37836 1 orinoco_cs hermes 7872 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco pcmcia 18632 9 serial_cs,ide-cs,orinoco_cs yenta_socket 19720 6 rsrc_nonstatic 9056 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 41504 6 serial_cs,ide-cs,orinoco_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic sr_mod 15332 0 eepro100 27056 0 mii 4224 1 eepro100 ide-cd 36772 0 loop 13544 0 nls_iso8859-1 3744 3 nls_cp850 4544 2 vfat 11200 3 fat 35964 1 vfat supermount 32660 1 intel-agp 20028 1 agpgart 28264 1 intel-agp hw_random 4340 0 toshiba 4024 0 ide-scsi 13220 0 scsi_mod 115784 4 ppa,sd_mod,sr_mod,ide-scsi synclinkmp 51380 0 synclink 61048 0 hdlc 23392 2 synclinkmp,synclink lapb 13568 1 hdlc syncppp 14272 1 hdlc generic_serial 11048 0 stallion 32332 0 mxser 41296 0 moxa 56716 0 istallion 34536 0 esp 19480 0 epca 72448 0 usblp 10784 0 uhci-hcd 28944 0 usbcore 106008 3 usblp,uhci-hcd ext3 123304 2 jbd 48344 1 ext3

Following intensive forum-discussions (many thanks, Linux-Help) I have managed to mount my parallel zip-drive in LE2005, using the following modifications (in case they may be of use to anyone) I inserted the following line in /etc/fstab: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100 vfat noauto,user 0 0 and the folowing lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local: modprobe scsi_mod modprobe sd_mod modprobe ppa (Note: my zip-drive is pretty old (> 10 years), so I had to use "modprobe ppa", but a younger model may need "modprobe imm") Now the problem: when I boot WITH a disk inserted, a subsequent mount, via zip-icon or KDiskFree, is successful. If, however, I boot WITHOUT a disk in the drive it is not possible to subsequently mount the device (with a disk inserted, of course) and manually issuing the modprobe commands has no effect either. It has been suggested that the zip100-entry in /etc/fstab: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100 vfat noauto,user 0 0 be modified to include some of the options in the 'fs_mntops' field of the cdrom-entry, /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 since the cdrom autoloads when a disk is inserted there. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out exactly which options to use, or if any are even possible. Any tips would be much appreciated. Or any other method of enabling a zip-drive mount. :unsure:

Thanks; it worked :)

I am using LE2005 which, according to /boot, is kernel.h-2.6.11-6mdk. I need to install the sources and have found the following with this description (i.e. 2.6.11-6) on the DVD: Name: kernel-source-stripped-2.6 Version: 2.6.11-6mdk Size: 60048 KB Summary: The source code of the Linux kernel stripped for post build. and Name: kernel-source-2.6 Version: 2.6.11-6mdk Size: 193719 KB Summary: The source code for the Linux kernel. Would be grateful for any advice on which one to use. [moved from Hardware by spinynorman]

scarecrow: I've been browsing around in a couple of sites and realise that I may have withheld some important info; my Zip-drive is an EXTERNAL (parallel-port) device, which, I believe, is not an ide-scsi. Could this be why udev has failed the create a node in /etc?

I did "lsmod", and "ide-scsi" was NOT listed; I therefore added the latter to /etc/modprobe.preload as suggested and rebooted the system. When I then tried to mount the zip via the KDiskFree-entry (and with the zip-icon) the error-message was different: "mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device" An improvement? Oh, forgot to ask: do I have to remove the "/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100 vfat noauto,user 0 0" line from /etc/fstat Just one more point: have just checked /dev for an entry sda4; there is none, so I assume that udev has not managed to create it.

bongo: nothing relating to a zip-drive :( However, I DID find some info in a forum by the name of linuxquestions.org, which enabled me to mount AND read the zip. Sadly, since I've rebooted I keep getting the message: "mount: special device /dev/sda4 does not exist" when I now try to mount it. There IS a directory /sda4 in /etc (made it myself), so I don't understand the error-message. Also made /zip100 in /mnt. I then added the following entry to /etc/fstat: /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip100 vfat noauto,user 0 0 which, as mentioned above, did allow me to mount the zip-drive once, following a reboot. Can't remember, however, exactly how I achieved that. Any hints, anyone? BTW, I had to log in as root to modify /etc/fstat. When I have previously tried to call, for example, 'kwrite somefile' from within a root konsole the system replies with a whole swathe of messages, some of them errors. It DOES allow me to modify and then store the file, but, on exiting kwrite, even more error-messages appear; very disconcerting. Is there any other way of modifying a root-protected file without actually logging in as root?

I've installed ziptool-1.4.0-2 on LE2005 but cannot find any way of addressing the actual drive i.e. no zip-icon and no menu-item. I assume that the system doesn't even know of the drive's existance. Is it necessary to provide an entry in /etc/fstab, as was needed for my pcmcia-hdd? The zip's filesystem is FAT32. A tip would be much appreciated. [moved from Terminal Shell Commands by spinynorman]

Just what I needed, many thanks.

I've just been to the d-link website and realised that their routers are ADSL, not cable; no good for me, I'm afraid. Many thanks, nevertheless :)

Sorry to labour the point, but do these routers entirely replace a modem or are they also just used in conjunction?

Ive already followed your suggestion (of 17 Nov in topic "> Ethernet, Xircom CreditCard Ethernet") and set static assigned IP addresses to both computers i.e. 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 to laptop and tower respectively (router default being 192.168.1.1). The host-name IS fully qualified, I'll try changing that later. BTW, is your router ISP-specific and, if not, which model is it? Also, does that mean that it replaces a modem, beacause It may be worth considering aquiring one? Anyway, I'd like to thank you, and everyone else, for your' inputs to this saga, but I've decided to abandon it for the time being; I've got other things on my plate which are more important. The combination of "switch on, then restart" seems to be pretty reliable, so I'll continue with that for the time being. Don't watch this space, but I'll probably be back later when time permits.

I removed the line as suggested, rebooted (can't remember if it was 'Turn off'/switch back on or 'Restart') and checked the file's contents; the line had been re-inserted. I then deleted the eth0-interface in MCC and then set it up again, this time without an entry in Search Domain; the line had been removed from /etc/resolv.conf. Following a 'Restart', the line had again been re-inserted in /etc/resolv.conf, and in the Search Domain field (MCC -> Network & Internet -> Reconfigure a network) 'ntlworld' had also been re-instated. Interesting, no? BTW, running 'service network restart' in a root Konsole results in the following: [root@sthelens ~]# service network restart Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] [root@sthelens ~]# Do you know what exactly is meant by 'Setting network parameters'? Anyway, this does not bring the network up, sadly. Oh, I've just thought of another thing. Do you know which processes (scripts?) control the "Turn off Computer" and "Restart Computer" operations. I assume that there ARE different ones, because in the second one there is a verbose message "About to restart the computer" [sic] which is clearly missing from the first. I'd like to see what the significant difference/s is/are, given that the network comes up on a Restart but not following a Turn-off. ps don't know why there are two occurances of this reply, don't remember clicking any button twice :unsure:

daniewicz and scarecrow: The contents of /etc/resolv.conf (dated 23.11.2005) are: nameserver 194.168.8.100 nameserver 194.168.4.100 search ntlworld /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is still empty.

I've just spent the best part of three hours booting and restarting LE2005 on the laptop, and it looks as though the Firefox jamming is somehow associated with whether or not the latter is actually running when I shut the system down. If I DO close Firefox first, I can select either "Turn off Computer" (and then switch it back on), or "Restart Computer"; the network comes up and there is access to the web (through both Firefox and Konqueror). If, however, I do NOT close Firefox first I only have web access following "Restart Computer"; selecting "Turn off Computer" results in web-access blockage the next time I switch the machine on (in Firefox AND Konqueror). I've also noticed that, occasuionally, if I interrupt Firefox (with the Esc-key) while it is still in the process of "Loading..." any site, that action causes Firefox to jam up completely on all tabs, i.e. none of the tabs provide web access. Closing the tabs and reopening them has no effect on this jammed state. I think I'm slowly going mad

Thanks, that's what I did the last time, but this time was a bit confused by the comment. Anyway, it worked. Forgot to ask, but I assume that it's necessary to repeat the easy-urpmi exercise each time an update/upgrade is to be performed, in case there have been changes to the available packages.

I've clearly not cracked this urpmi thing yet. Any clarification would certainly be a big help Of the following available options, Core distribution: Source contrib : Source main : Source updates : Other sources: Source jpackage : Source plf-free : Source plf-nonfree : which ones do I need for (1) packages which are not in the distro, e.g. eric3 for python, and (2) unbug/security updates to the OS and/or installed packages, given the comment about "Restrict your selection to sources you really need, since sources may conflict ... etc." BTW, what are jpackage and plf sources? [moved from Hardware by spinynorman]

There IS a /etc/ppp/resolv.conf file, with a size of zero bytes but which can be opened with kwrite i.e. it's not locked (if that's what you mean by 'broken'). I should mention that the file's date is 10. July 2005 (In case this is of interest), a time when I was still using ppp0 for dialup..

When the problem re-occurred just now, I tried accessing the web with Konqueror but that was just as unsuccessful as Firefox. I also tried scarecrow's "service network restart", which shut down the network and brought it up again, as expected, but that also failed to provide access. It's as though the system is using a wrong network, i.e. one that is not connected. BTW, I've also got a telephone modem set up (as ppp0 ); could that be associated with the problem?

Lots of feedback this time, so have packed my answers into this one reply. Thanks for the tip, daniewicz; however, in my directory-system there is no sessionsaver at ~/.mozilla/plugins, although I did find a "sessionsaver.jar" under .mozilla/firefox/3d2i91as.default/extensions/{909409b9-2e3b-4682-a5d1-71ca80a76456}/chrome Could this be part of the connection problem? Anyway, despite changing disableIPV6 to TRUE yesterday the problem re-occurred this morning :( And sadly, pmpatrick, your ifdown/ifup suggestion doesn't work if the network is DOWN following boot; could that be significant? scarecrow; your service network restart suggestion didn't work either but, when I deleted the network interface and then set it up again (in MCC ), that did

Thanks, I'll have to abandon that route. Another possibility is freepascal, which is apparently available for Mandriva, so I'll pursue that via the net.

I've just read something about Kylix, supposedly a linux version of Delphi. Does anyone know anything about Kylix, whether it is, in fact, dead or not and, if not, how to get hold of it?