liquidzoo

Ok, here's an update:

MugenAcc99: No dice, as we talked about in #musb. The XP disk manager doesn't even detect it.

I downloaded some demo partition managers to try them out. I couldn't get them to actually do anything, but Arconis (spelling might be off) did actually detect that the drive was there, but said there was a problem with sector 0.

fdisk and cfdisk on /dev/sda came back with errors that it wasn't able to access the disk.

So that's where I'm at. I really want access to this drive. I want to format it (vfat) so I can back up my music, but if there's a problem on the disk, I'm not sure that's such a good idea. I may end up backing it all up on to cd's (like 40 of them, seriously) but I really don't want to do that. Let me explain what I want to do and maybe there will be an easier way:

I have 19 gigs of unpartitioned space on my main hard drive. This space is right after my music (/mnt/music, vfat) partition. I want to expand that partition using diskdrake to fill the rest of the unpartitioned space. I also don't want to lose any of the data that's currently on the partition, hence the desire to back everything up to my usb hd.

Anyone have a clue here? Can I safely do this without losing any of the data if I unmount the partition and resize it? Any ideas would be helpful.

It may have been successful, but I'm not sure. I would still try installing it from rpm, as that will work for sure and install all of the dependencies that you will need.

The new version isn't complete yet. I'd wait till the final to install 0.30.

Change the permissions on /var/www/ to rw for all users, or add your nfs users to the servers apache group. That should fix the problem.

Additionally, you can poke around in Webmin on the server and see if there's an option you need to enable there.

fdisk -l doesn't report it at all.

Windows doesn't recognize it, so I think it's formatted ext2 or ext3. My Partition Magic won't start on my laptop. It says my partition table is bad (bs, but whatever). I have not tried mounting it on my laptop, but I need it mounted on my desktop.

I have a 40GB usb (2.0, but that's not the issue) hard drive that I can't get working at all.

Harddrake recognizes it properly (sda1) and correctly identifies the usb-storage module for it to use, but diskdrake won't let me partition it at all.

I know it has been partitioned, but I'm not sure what fs I used. This drive worked with 9.2. There's no data on it (yet) so I'm not concerned about data loss.

Anyone have any ideas on what I can try to get it recognized, partitioned, and mounted? Right now, it's just not working. There is no fstab entry for it (yet) and I want it mountable/writable by my user. Not the biggest issue, though. I can set the permissions on the drive after it's been mounted.

apt-get install

or

yum install

Head over to the easy urpmi site to get the sources lined up. Then follow the Urpmi FAQ that we have on this site to get everything set up.

As a follow-up to a question you asked earlier: Yes, it is true that cooker can break your system. As Steve said, it's best to stick with the stable versions of programs that are found in the Mandrake main repos for the current version of Mandrake.

Try setting up the printer in Cups. It might be easier than going through the KDE utility. If it is installed, you can get to the cups panel by navigating to http://localhost:631 Try adding your network Printer there and you might have more luck.

For you Mandrake users out there that are reading this, you can do the same thing I described above and it will work. You can also go to MCC > Hardware > Printers

You have to run the urpmi command as root.

Also, to set your background: If you have Eterm installed, you can set the wallpaper like this:

Esetroot -s /path/to/wallpaper.jpg

You can have that command in your ~/.fluxbox/startup file as well, so it will automatically set your wallpaper on boot.

The latest gDesklets RPM is in cooker (I know, cause I installed it today), but the error you are getting can be easily fixed:

urpmi libgtop2.0

If the startup file is not in ~/.fluxbox then yes you need to create it. It should automatically be there, though.

.xsession is a file that is not used (to my knowledge) in Mandrake.

The format of the ~/.fluxbox/startup file should be as follows:

#!/bin/sh

#programs go here, as in:

gaim &

gdesklets &

#start flux

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox

I believe you can specify users that can and cannot ssh into a system with the ssh configuration module in webmin.

Just a question, though: Why do you want to restrict root access? Seems to me that you would want root access into a server. Are you afraid of other users getting into your server?

Well, lets see...

In the first screenshot you linked to, gdesklets are used for some of the eye candy. In the second, it almost looks like kicker is used (top left) but I could be wrong.

How do you start fluxbox? Through the command line with startx or through a dm? If you start through the command line, all of the programs you want to load at startup need to go in ~/.xinitrc. One per line, followed by an &, before the exec fluxbox line. Example:

gdesklets &

gaim &

exec fluxbox

If you start through a dm (graphical startup), then you need to do the same thing in ~/.fluxbox/startup. Same thing, programs need to go in there before the exec line and with an & after them.

You can use anything in flux that you can in any other WM/DE. Everything that is in your menu will appear when you right click on the desktop.

I don't think it will screw with urpmi to build it from source. urpme the existing package, then build the new one.

I can think of 2 things that you should include, one for each of Gowator's first 2 questions. Both are WM's

Recovery:

Doesn't need to be fancy. Fluxbox and Eterm would be all I need for this. Any minimalist WM would do for this purpose. A recovery cd is just that, for recovery. A flashy WM wouldn't be needed. Give us the tools without the flash.

Demonstration:

This is where you need the flash. My vote would be KDE with a good theme. Gnome would be alright too, but it would have to have a good theme that shows up by default. Demonstration cd's should show off what you can do with Linux, and everyone loves eye candy, even Windows users. Don't believe me? Check out http://www.themexp.org

First off, lm_sensors is in the 'main' source, not plf. I'm like you, though. I found 2.8.4-2mdk at rpmfind.

I have 2.8.7-4mdk installed. I run cooker, so you can look there for that particular rpm. As for finding 2.8.5, I'm not sure.

It all depends on what you want to do. I run my own web server (see signature) on my machine at home. I just use it to host screenshots, and maybe some other things that I think I might need online.

Cons, as SwiftDeath listed, you do have to leave your computer on all the time, which could lead to a larger power bill.

In the end, though, it's up to you. If you want to run a webserver, do it. It's a great way to learn.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes.

 

Right clicking on the floppy icon does not give me the option to delete. I will look into using the fstab file.

 

Regarding the explorer view, I did not see any File Browser option in Nautilus....

 

Lastly, regarding the PCI modem that Linux would not recognize. The modem is a US Robotics hardware modem.

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In the KDE control center there is an option to disable "dynamic icons" on the desktop. This would remove that floppy icon. I assume there's something similar in the gnome-control-center. I haven't used Gnome in a while, so I wouldn't know where to begin to look for it.

For most of the WM's

Rt click on the desktop > Create new > Link to application

Fill in the information you need, the executable (if it was installed from rpm) will be in /usr/lib Choose an icon and you're all set.

Another thing that wasn't mentioned here but was on IRC...

He has a 40GB hard drive, but fdisk -l /dev/hda from knoppix reports the disk as 41.1GB. That sounds like a partition table error to me.

Turn of 'hot network plugging' in the MCC. (go to internet, network administration, tab configure and untick this option. (I'm translating from Dutch so it might not exactly be named like this :) )

 

Good luck

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Wow! I've been wondering for months how to get that to stop saying [ FAILED ] on every single boot. The network worked just fine, but seeing that was annoying.

There was an accident and the old thread went the way of so many OT threads.

So...now we have the Triumphant Return of the Show Off your Desktop thread!

Feel free to post your old screenshots if you wish and continue posting those great screenies that give us all so many great ideas

I'm not going to post all of my screenshots, instead, please view them all using this link: http://liquidzoo.no-ip.com It is also found in my signature.

If you want to have files accessible from both Windows and Linux, you will need a separate Fat32 partition to share the data with. That is the easiest way to share data. Also, changing NTFS partitions with partition Magic isn't a problem. Just make sure you get version 7 or above (8 is the newest, afaik)

Very quick thought...

Change the Gateway IP on your router?

Why are you reluctant to change the subnet, and shouldn't that be something like 255.255.255.0?

Well, I knew it has something to do with the drivers, but I was looking in the wrong place. Good job tyme and glad you got it fixed mysti!

Is eth0 your wireless card?

Does 9.2 have a modprobe.preload file? I forgot. It might be possible, if it does, to get the module loaded for the wireless card before it tries to bring up the network. That's the reason it's failing all the time is my guess.