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  1. I enable the ssh in the firewall as you suggested. I get ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.3 port 22: Connection refused so then on my mandriva box I [root@localhost matthew]# service sshd start Cannot find sshd service Edit: Oops, I dont have ssh-server installed. I will install it once this massive kde updates finishes.
  2. Thanks tux...Ive given up for tonight. Ill have a go in the morning. I suspected firewall, but I've never touched it in my Linux installs ever!
  3. Ok, so I had to supply a password for root, then I could su to root. I run the appropriate command (I think) and I get: connection timed out Networks...argh Edit: I cannot ping the pc where the file is to be saved.. Acer IP address is 192.168.1.4, mandriva box is 192.168.1.3, they are connected through a router. both are connected ok, and can access the net through router. When I run from the acer: ping 192.168.1.3 nothing happens. When I run from the mandriva box: ping 192.168.1.4 I get: 64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=1 ttel=64 time 0.206 obviously the icmp_seq=number rises by one everytime it runs. Not sure where to go from here.
  4. I tried the command above, but it replies: dd: opening `/dev/sda1': Permission denied I dont think /dev/sda1 is mounted, do I simply mount it?
  5. Thanks guys. I haven't networked my acer to my desktop. Ill do that tomorrow. Once thats done, Ians command should work fine from what I understand.
  6. Thanks Ian. That sounds good. Looks like I'm about to read up on ssh.
  7. With the easy peasy running off a 4gb stick, 20gb does seem excessive. How difficult would it be to link my acer laptop running easy peasy to my main box running mandriva to burn a dvd copy of the recovery partition? I've never tried such a messy task.
  8. Thanks Ian. Wow, is it really that simple? Thats amazing. Yes, I have a Xp os installed, up and running...Man, that thing is sooooo slow.
  9. My latest little problem is a relatively simple one. I have an external hard drive that I use to do complete back ups of my data from time to time. The trouble is that I didn't consider the file system at first. It came formatted and I just used it. The drama is that I can not back up my large files eg *.iso's and others. This is a file system restriction I believe. I think the usb drive is a fat32 file system from memory. I guess I'll probably stick with changing it to a NTFS if possible, as I probably need to access it from windows from time to time. Can I change file system easily? Is it possible to do it without copying everything off, change filesystem, then back on? Dolphin lists the usb drive as VFAT, I'm unsure how to confirm that it is fat32. Any help most appreciated.
  10. Thanks all. So I was on the right track. Can any one guide me in backing up the recovery partion? I believe that it is /dev/sda1. Its listed as a fat32 file system, labeled PQSERVICE, 4.88 GiB. I dont believe it's mounted. I have an external usb hard disk I could back it up to, as the little acer doesn't have a cd/dvd drive.
  11. Thanks guys, I have it installed and operating. When running the command: rpm -ivh *.rpm Which directory should I be in? .../Desktop/OO_rpms/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS/desktop-integration I ran the rpm command in /RPMS and it didn't appear in the menus. So run the mandriva rpm in /desktop-integration and now I have menus.
  12. desktop-integration/ ooobasis3.1-onlineupdate-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm ooobasis3.1-testtool-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm ooobasis3.1-core03-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm openoffice.org3-draw-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm ooobasis3.1-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm ooobasis3.1-en-US-res-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm userland/ ooobasis3.1-graphicfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Ian, I just noticed something. I haven't uninstalled my default install: [root@localhost RPMS]# rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice.org openoffice.org-filter-binfilter-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-help-en_GB-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-draw-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-core-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-java-common-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-openclipart-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-writer-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-style-galaxy-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-impress-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-calc-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-l10n-en_GB-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-style-crystal-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-base-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-common-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 [root@localhost RPMS]# rpm -e 'rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice.org' error: package rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice.org is not installed
  13. Here are the results of the first two commands, they were identical: openoffice.org-filter-binfilter-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-help-en_GB-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-draw-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-core-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-java-common-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-openclipart-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-writer-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-style-galaxy-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-impress-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-calc-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-l10n-en_GB-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-style-crystal-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-base-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 openoffice.org-common-3.0-1.1mdv2009.0 So then I ran rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice.org` Then I changed to ../Desktop/OO_rpms/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS rpm -ivh *.rpm error: Failed dependencies: ooobasis3.1-calc is needed by ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-draw is needed by ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-impress is needed by ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-math is needed by ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-writer is needed by ooobasis3.1-binfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-core01 is needed by ooobasis3.1-core03-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-core01 is needed by ooobasis3.1-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-core01 is needed by ooobasis3.1-graphicfilter-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-core01 is needed by ooobasis3.1-onlineupdate-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-core01 is needed by ooobasis3.1-testtool-3.1.0-9399.i586 openoffice.org3 is needed by openoffice.org3-draw-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-draw is needed by openoffice.org3-draw-3.1.0-9399.i586 openoffice.org3 is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-base is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-calc is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-draw is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-help is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-impress is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-math is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 ooobasis3.1-en-US-writer is needed by openoffice.org3-en-US-3.1.0-9399.i586 Oh dear, what have I done?
  14. Scarecrow, I am only doing the update now as I have been doing some big assignments and didn't want to run the risk of borking my Oo install. I have extracted the rpms, and gone to the desktop-integration folder and deleted the rpms other than the mandriva one. Now for removing the default Open office install? I'm not sure how to go about this correctly. Can you lend a hand? Thanks!
  15. Hi all, I have an Acer Aspire One. I have the winblows version. It has, supposively, the 120gb conventional hard disk. I have use of around 100gb due to the stupid recovery partition. I already have used 40gb of the drive. Alot of that data is not windows exclusive so I can move it off of there should I need to. I intend to dual boot, as there are a couple of programs that are exclusively windows :mellow: I was thinking of a separate /home partition should I change distros. So I think I need a / partition, /home partition and a /swap partition. Whats the current rule of thumb with /swap partitions? This aspire has 1gb ram. I was thinking 10-15gb for / partition Spread the remaining over the windows partition and the /home partition. I have currently got Easy Peasy running off a usb drive, and it is sooo much more impressive speedwise than xp, I can hardly believe it. These little machines rock with a decent OS :D Whats everyones view of the above suggestions regarding partitions? And does anyone know if I am able to copy off the recovery partition before I install? Just to be safe? I am still such a newb when it comes to stuff like that. Thanks everyone.
  16. xboxboy

    KDE4.3

    Can anyone advise if the updates to kde4.3 are running smooth now? How is the desktop going for those that have updated?
  17. New updates install version3.0.13 today.
  18. My HP scanner is a all-in-one, not sure if that makes any difference
  19. Ok i got it working now. I had to find the device and who owned it. as root lsusb I found the device was part of group 189. I had to create a user group for the scanner: groupadd -g 189 scanner then add me to the group gpasswd -a username scanner Then I needed to change that group root owned the scanner. chown root.scanner /dev/bus/usb/001/003 I did not figure this out myself, I had the help of newsgazer and blingme from the mandriva irc chat. Many thanks to them!
  20. Iscan can be run as root. Not as user though. In etc/group i believe there should be a scanner entry. Is this correct?
  21. xboxboy

    KDE4.3

    Checking the readme notes shows: Given most are running 32 bits (I am :D ) only falcon language bindings will be a problem. I presume they mean the falcon programming language? http://www.falconpl.org/ That reminds me.....I really need to get back into programming.......
  22. cat /etc/group root:x:0: bin:x:1: daemon:x:2:messagebus,haldaemon sys:x:3: adm:x:4: tty:x:5: disk:x:6: lp:x:7: mem:x:8: kmem:x:9: wheel:x:10: mail:x:12: news:x:13: uucp:x:14: man:x:15: floppy:x:19: games:x:20: tape:x:21: cdrom:x:22: utmp:x:24: shadow:x:25: chkpwd:x:26: auth:x:27: usb:x:43: cdwriter:x:80: audio:x:81: video:x:82: users:x:100: nogroup:x:65534: rpm:x:101: xgrp:x:102:xfs ntools:x:103: ctools:x:104: messagebus:x:105: polkituser:x:106: vcsa:x:69: haldaemon:x:70: avahi:x:71: avahi-autoipd:x:72: htdig:x:107: mysql:x:74: slocate:x:108: matthew:x:500: lpadmin:x:109: xfs:x:75: and iscan as user returns: Could not return command to scanner. Check the scanners status. Thanks guys
  23. xboxboy

    KDE4.3

    I agree, it's a shame that KDE4.3 wont be in official repos. I am happy that it has been packaged unofficially for Mandy though. I ran an unofficial version of 4.2.1 and it was good. Version 4.2.4 was a huge improvement though.
  24. Hi scarecrow. This is as user, matthew $ groups matthew This is as root groups root
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