dh2k

fantastic; https://127.0.0.1:10000 is now working. Looks like my quest for a faster boot-up had some undesireable effects, my edited /etc/rc.d/rc5.d directory has been restored from backup and all (default) services start during boot now! I am still getting: The connection was refused when attempting to connect to 127.0.0.1:8888 when trying to connect to http://127.0.0.1:8888 (freenet from www.freenetproject.org), hmmm?

Using Firefox I am trying to connect to https://127.0.0.1:10000 (mdkwebadmin) and http://127.0.0.1:8888 (freenet) and I am getting The connection was refused when attempting to connect to 127.0.0.1:10000 The connection was refused when attempting to connect to 127.0.0.1:8888 I can successfully ping 127.0.0.1 (localhost) I am using Mandrake 2006 on a dial-up ppp connection directly connected to internet. There are no manual configured proxies setup -

I have downloaded and installed freenet successfully (http://freenetproject.org//download.html) but I am unable to start freenet. I have tried to access http://127.0.0.1:8888 but this shows as loading in my browser status bar then times out after several minutes. Nothing is displayed in my browser. I am using Mandriva 2006 Linux on a dial-up PPP connection with Shorewall firewall. I have disabled the firewall but am still unable to view http://127.0.0.1:8888 in my browser. I have gone through the FAQ's and I am sure I have not missed anything. Anyone had this problem, how did you resolve it?

rc.local loads at boot time after rc5. What I really want is my Desktop (Gnome) to load up first so I can load other (background) services while Gnome is ready to use. I suppose this would look like this, from selecting the OS in LILO: init5 (ALSA, XFS, DM) rc.local (empty) then login - using GDM/KDM login completes and Desktop is ready sytem then runs the /root/admin-scripts/rc5.sh script

I have stumbled upon a really neat way of getting Mandriva/Linux to boot within 30secs from selecting the OS in LILO to login prompt. Goes like this: backup /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ directory cp /etc/rc.d/rc5.d /etc/rc.d/rc5~.d Only startup link to script in new rc5.d directory I have is: ALSA (for sound) xfs (for x server fonts) dm (for graphical login) All the other default links to startup scripts in backed up rc5~.d directory are then copied and pasted from terminal output to a shell script named /root/admin-scripts/rc5.sh (made executable): ls /etc/rc.d/rc5.d In gedit, <ctrl + r> to replace "@" with "" (nothing) add at beginning of script: #! /bin/sh cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d then simply amend " start" next to each script link e.g. Sxxshorewall start Reboot and watch your system boot in double quicktime. My only gripe is that after logging into Gnome (or KDE) whenever any of the other default services need starting I can only start them as root by running the script /root/admin-scripts/rc5.sh Ideally I would like to add the script /root/admin-scripts/rc5.sh whenever a session is started but because of permissions I cannot do this. Does anyone know how to hack round this problem? In short, how can the /root/admin-script/rc5.sh that requires root permission and root priviledges be executed after logging in? [moved from Software by spinynorman]

Hi Scoonma - The '/dev' folder in my file system has this relevant info: Folder: '/dev/' Contains 2 links: cdrom [symbolic link to '/dev/hdc'] cdrom0 [symbolic link to '/dev/hdc'] Folder: '/dev/cdroms/' Contains 1 link: cdrom0 [symbolic link to '/dev/hdc'] I will remove one or the other in '/dev/' and update this post. ------------------------------------------------------------ OK - did above and still same problem.

Note the attached image (cdrom_mounting1.png) is an output from KDE when I insert a verified CD(s) and try to browse the contents in konqueror - this appears after KDE trys to mount the device for c.2mins. Also attached are the contents of '/var/log/messages' (message_output.txt). Note that this output is the same when using different CD's. Thanks in Advance. dh2k message_output.txt

Thanks all - tried all your cdrom fstab entries but problem still the same. HAL daemon is running (boots at startup, confirmed is running in MCC). '/media' does not exist on my filesystem. Arrggghh!

I have taken my HDD that is dual booted with WinXP and Mandriva 2006 out of one machine and placed in into another machine. Everything works except from my cdrom. The device does not mount. When I try to mount it manually using kdf as root/user the application freezes regardless of the different verified cd's in the drive. I cannot browse the CD contents via "/mnt/cdrom" either. The device works fine in WinXP so I know it is not faulty. Here is my fstab output: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0022,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat umask=0022,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-15,managed 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The cdrom device is detected in Mandriva Control Centre (MCC) Hardware section on "/dev/hdc" Anyone know why I cannot mount my CD drive?

Bingo .. Firewall problem. Nothing had any access, have updated this and it is now working :blush:

I have installed (or at least compiled) intel53ep source code driver from intel website using [as root] ./configure make 536 make install I have then configured kppp with my dialup account details and the modem dials, connects and logs onto ISP. But I cannot access the internet/pop3 mail accounts using konqueror, firefox, evoultion or kontact. The device works in winXP though. I am 100% certain that my dialup account details are entered correctly and 100% certain that the modem is an intel536ep chipset. I have had it working previously using the same tarball downloaded from intel site on Mandriva2006 on a previous installation. Also my phone line is engaged too when kppp shows as connected.

Right, here is what I have done: set swappiness to 10 and made sure that KDM is the login manager [as above - post#3]. Result: system now runs like a dream .. Best regards to all!

Will make sure I am using kdm and will update this post .. thanks for the support!

I am using an onboard intel810 graphics chipset

Hi all - I'm experiencing problems with my mandriva system hanging after about 5-10mins of usage. My system just locks up completey to the point I can't even <ctrl><alt><F1> to another terminal from F7 GUI. This occurs in both KDE and Gnome environments. I was told to check my swappiness but what is the best level (0-100) for Mandriva 2006. Currently I'm at 95. Systems details: Distro: Mandriva 2006 P3-1000Mhz / 256MB RAM / Swap partition: 400MB

At the moment I'm just experimenting with all sorts of win32 apps/game. From the advice in this topic I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to keep wine on my system. I've already got of MS Win dual booted and I'm happy to keep it on my HDD, as a partition, and there are more programs for linux than I can shake a stick at. Shame about directX and wine though. I can see wine is great if you don't have MS Windows and are I too proper to commit piracy; truly an excellent program from this view point. Any one had any luck with directX and Win4Lin?

I've tried wine on my linux box and I have been able to run win32 applications. My only hangup with this is that the only programs that I could get running, and by running I mean installed, executable and running at an acceptable speed, generally tend to be applications that you can get readily available for linux (if not with your distro). My gripe is that win32 applications that do not have similar apps in the linux world are not worth trying to run on wine as they run like treacle only slower (e.g. games etc) - this is my experience only. This is based on my linux box; 1GHz/256MB/20GB pentum3 system. Has anyone else found this to be the case? I understand that many people use wine for various reasons - running win32 programs without having to pay for MS windows etc. But other than this, what's the point??