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I couldn't run chkdsk on the partition because Windows thinks it's unformatted. Both PCInspector and RecoverMyFiles found and could recover some files (zip, jpg, text, office and a few others), though about the same as magicrescue could do. RecoverMyFiles did better than PCInspector but you have to buy it in order to save the files and since I'm doing this as a favor to a friend, I'm not gonna pay for the privilege. :D This is a great learning experience on file recovery, though! Although I wasn't able to restore the file system intact (yet), I was able to get a lot of files off the unrecognized partition. Thanks to pmpatrick and tyme (two of the many great good guys of MUB) for their helpful suggestions.

Standard 2gb FAT16 partition. I created the .img file with the dd command, but I get the same error messages when trying to mount it using the loop device method. I'll be trying some more magicrescue runs to see if it can extract some additional file types and when I get more time, I'll poke around the .img file with a hex editor to see if I can spot anything amiss (file allocation table?, etc). This could be a nice little lab exercise in trying out various data rescue techniques as I learn about them. EDIT: a dosfsck on the partition gives this message: "Logical sector size (590 bytes) is not a multiple of the physical sector size." So something has changed the logical sector size (a virus?). I'll do some further research on this to see if I can somehow edit the logical sector size value to see if that is causing the problem.

It's an old Quantum Fireball (now supported by Maxtor) that I'm trying to recover for a friend. It passed all the Maxtor PowerMax diagnostic tests, so apparently the problem is not due to a bad sector. Windows can't access it either (Windows says it's unformatted). I also get the following error message when trying to mount it: "FAT : invalid media value ( 0x00 )". Does this mean anything to anybody? A google search didn't turn up anything useful.

Suddenly, an FAT16 file system has got lost or corrupted. The partition table is ok, the partition data shows correctly in fdisk and qparted, but the file system now shows as "unknown" and cannot be mounted. Strangely, fdisk still shows the file system as FAT16 but dmesg shows a "can't find a valid FAT filesystem" error when I try to mount it. The file system ID also shows correctly in fdisk, as type 6, an FAT16 file system. I was able to recover some files off it using magicrescue (a great little utility). Magicrescue apparently reads the device in raw mode and can find and recover some common file types. But can anyone suggest how to recover the FAT16 file system itself? Fdisk and gparted can't be used for this purpose. Obviously the data is still there, but something has got borked where the file system is no longer recognizable for mounting. [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Good review! Here's a recent editorial giving perspective on Mandriva's place in the Linux world: Editorial: Thoughts on Mandriva's Future

It's good, maybe a good plus. I was able to get it installed and working in VMware Player, so I was pleased about that. No problems with my SATA drives and the faster bootup/shutdown is nice. I haven't had any significant problems so far.

Here's a very nice article I just stumbled across about using FreeNX to remotely access Mandriva 2007. It gives complete install and configure instructions including diagrams and screen shots. Also shows how to connect from Windows and other Linux clients. http://www.linux-tip.net/cms/content/view/254/26/

from The Jem Report: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/287/

What about the XFdrake command that was mentioned? Did you execute that command as the root user and did you get a successful Test screen output after configuring your video card and monitor?

If you don't want to wait for the official release of Firefox 2.0 tomorrow, you can get it now. It has been uploaded today to the ftp servers. link removed, here's why - tyme [moved from Software by spinynorman]

As the root user from the command line, execute the XFdrake command to select, configure and test your video card setup. Be sure to run the Test menu selection to verify that you get a good test screen response. Then select the Options menu item, which has an option to automatically boot into graphical mode at startup. Reboot normally. Then either reboot or run the startx command (as your regular user, not as root) to see if your graphical environment works.

I just came across this great tip regarding the iptstate utility. It's available as a Mandriva rpm package via urpmi or rpmdrake. Live iptables Monitoring "Want to see your iptables firewall in action, in real-time? Use the iptstate command. This shows all activity in a top-style display: IPTables - State Top Version: 1.3 Sort: SrcIP s to change sorting Source Destination Proto State TTL 192.168.1.1,3834 193.40.133.134,123 udp 0:00:28 192.168.1.1,3822 216.58.31.84,123 udp 0:02:53 192.168.1.1,3828 216.52.237.153,123 udp 0:02:47 192.168.1.10,43496 192.168.1.26,22 tcp ESTABLISHED 119:59:59 192.168.1.11,57252 71.87.212.168,8080 tcp ESTABLISHED 29:43:53 192.168.1.25,57505 209.40.99.8,80 tcp ESTABLISHED 3:48:32 iptstate has a number of useful commands, such as setting the refresh interval, sorting by different columns values, resolving domain names, and a number of interactive commands to use while it's running. Read the fine man page to learn them all. " The source of the above is: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/...cle.php/3638441

I have found that the SysRq sequence outlined in the following message works well on Mandriva. Author Tom Berger: The Magic SysRq Key https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=4496 --------- Tom Berger, I believe, was one of the original linux gurus involved in this board. I remember Mysti, Paul, and others referring to him several times.

What this means is that the /dev/dsp device is missing, which means that your sound card driver was not properly detected and installed. From the main menu, go into System -> Configure Your Computer -> Hardware -> Sound (I think this is the right menu path, I'm not in Mandriva right now) and run the config tools there to see if you can get it working. You may be prompted to install some new packages.

Yeah, I do the same. It's a pain to go searching for those CDs. But if I didn't have broadband access, it might be a different story. :D

I'm pretty sure you'll find that the Main repository has more packages than are available on the CDs. So I would keep Main as one of your urpmi sources. If a new package that you want to install is available on the CDs and has not been updated, urpmi will prompt you to install it from the CD, thus you don't incur any additional download penalty.

See the first post in this thread - the repositories listed there are working. https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=35944&hl=

In my case, it's not Linux over Microsoft, it's Linux in addition to Microsoft. I need to use Windows for work. Originally, I started using Linux as a learning tool when I went into a UNIX job. I found that I really like the OS and I want to keep up with it out of professional interest, plus I find it very useful. I learned a lot about networking configuration, networking apps, difffernt programming languages, and web site development using it. Also some of the utilities and open source software are terrific. So it's a combination of professional and hobbyist interest that makes me want to keep using it.

That's a pretty smart question, actually. :D You could use the --delete option. See: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=r/rsync --delete Before transferring files from a source directory, delete any files from the destination directory that do not exist in the source directory.

rsync can do that quite nicely. See: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=26540 http://allyourtech.com/content/articles/14..._with_rsync.php

Are you asking if there is a way to export kmail messages and then import them into Windows (e.g., to Outlook Express)? If so, I know a way to do it, but the procedure is somewhat manual, not automated. Kmail messages will be in folders in your home directory like the following: .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/inbox/cur .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/sent-mail/cur etc. Each message has a filename that looks something like this: 1132412437.7831.IDwxR:2,S If you use an editor to view the file, you'll see that it just plain text with the email headers and message text. Copy all these files to a temp folder. Rename them such that they have a .eml extension and are in a filename format that Windows will accept. You can probably use krename for this. For example: 1132412437.eml Then copy these files to a USB drive, CD, floppy, whatever. Then from within Windows, open Outlook Express and drag and drop these files into an Outlook Express folder. The Subject will be the Subject line from the original message. You've now imported them into Outlook Express. If you need to get them into Outlook (not Outlook Express), Outlook has an import procedure that can do that. See the File -> Import and Export menu selection. If this is not what you're asking, please give more details.

You could try running the command mousedrake as the root user from the command line. This allows you to re-select your mouse driver. Perhaps you need a different driver.

Yes, Source IP:Source Port If you want to see info about that source IP you could do a Reverse DNS Lookup or an IP Whois Lookup at http://www.dnsstuff.com For example: Excerpt from Reverse DNS Lookup: dsl-189-163-152-10.prod-infinitum.com.mx Excerpt from IP Whois Lookup: inetnum: 189.160/11 status: reallocated owner: Uninet S.A. de C.V. ownerid: MX-USCV4-LACNIC responsible: Gesti?n de cambios y configuraciones address: Periferico Sur, 3190, address: 01900 - Ciudad de M?xico - DF country: MX phone: +52 55 56244400 [] owner-c: DCA tech-c: DCA inetrev: 189.160/16 nserver: NSMEX2.UNINET.NET.MX

Another thing you could check is /var/log/auth.log to see if there were any failed login attempts. Example: Apr 19 16:28:12 mymachine sshd[4480]: Failed password for root from ::ffff:64.14.48.137 port 60972 ssh2 Apr 19 16:28:14 mymachine sshd(pam_unix)[4488]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=relay-0-6.freelotto.com user=root

Ooops. Look like I've joined the screwup list. No way I'm posting my desktop cause it would get a ZERO! :D tyme's a darn good photographer, he's no slacker with the camera. I've been to Lancaster County, PA and it is a beautiful area. I love the autums in that part of the country.