javaguy

I installed and took a look at it. It looks to me like it's an application to download photos from digital cameras. Quickcam is a webcam. In any case I couldn't figure out how to connect to it in GTKam.

I am currently trying to get a Logitech QuickCam Chat WebCam 2.0 to work. Here's what appears in syslog when I plug it in: Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj. Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: gspca: probing 046d:092e Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: gspca: probe ok Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=092e Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: Product: Camera Feb 22 09:09:06 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: Manufacturer: Here's my lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:092e Logitech, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 This time around, all software packages "see" it, i.e. when I go to select my video device in Skype, Ekiga, camstream, frameworks or whatever, the camera is listed as /dev/video1. (I have a TV card at /dev/video0). However, when I attempt to use it I either get green static or the application shuts down. In camstream when I try to use the camera I get a message that says "The device experienced an error -22 (Invalid argument). The window will be closed." Any thoughts?

I'm trying to record a movie with xvidcap but getting no sound. In the configuration the default sound device is /dev/dsp, but apparently that's not it (I have multiple sound devices). How do I get a listing of what /dev/... the sound devices are using?

You want to print out the files with "main" in them, or just list their names? If you want to print the files out, you should say cat $file not echo $file.

I can't believe nobody has given the obvious answer: "Hello!" :P

It's a webcam. The light on the camera comes on when I plug it in--there's power to the camera from the USB port to be sure. No apps that I've found recognize it. Here's what appears in syslog when I plug it in: Feb 9 22:21:39 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: New USB device found, idVendor=0ac8, idProduct=303b Feb 9 22:21:39 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Feb 9 22:21:39 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: Product: PC Camera Feb 9 22:21:39 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: Manufacturer: Vimicro Corp. Feb 9 22:21:40 localhost kernel: zc0301: V4L2 driver for ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip v1:1.10 Feb 9 22:21:40 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid 0x0AC8:0x303B) Feb 9 22:21:40 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: No supported image sensor detected Feb 9 22:21:40 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver zc0301

Is there a plain-English guide to how to install a USB camera and get it working? I'd like to get a Vimicro 301 Neptune recognized as a video device, but I'm stumped. I don't even begin to know what to do.

Thanks!

How do I transfer my address book and mail filters into the new Kmail? Somewhat more urgently...How do I set up a printer? Mandriva 2008 had a printer setup icon in mcc. 2009 does not.

It's visually okay but seems pretty klunky to me. With the old KDE I could click on the taskbar or on the desktop and create a shortcut to an application, or to a directory and it would open a Konqueror window to show that directory. How do I do that in the new KDE?

I'm planning to upgrade to 2009 soon, but the changing partition names sound like shifting sands I don't want to get into. Is there a way to upgrade to 2009 without switching to UUID?

I anybody here using a bluetooth headset with the mic? If so what kind of headset and how easy was it to get it set up w/ Mandriva? How's the sound quality? I use my headset for gaming and Skype and would really like to free myself of the cord.

How did you get Ventrilo working?

There's a /backup directory under your root partition. I expect you see whatever's there when the drive is unmounted. Then when you mount the drive under /backup, you see in /backup whatever's on the drive.

By default JavaScript cannot paste from the clipboard. I believe it can copy to the clipboard. But yeah, be very careful what you put on the clipboard, especially password/credit card stuff. Back when I was a Windows user, before getting up from the keyboard I had a habit of always hitting the PrintScreen button, which put a screenshot on the clipboard, overwriting whatever was previously there.

The clipboard has never saved stuff for me after I close the application from which it was copied or cut. It never ocurred to me that this was a behavior I could configure; I just assumed that it was a security consideration. The clipboard in MS Windows is, in my opinion, a gaping security hole.

Still no luck. This mystifies me because it worked a couple weeks ago. :(

Yeah, I modprobed it. usb_storage now appears in the list of mods, but /dev/sdb (or any /dev/sd* after sda) does not appear in fdisk -l, and it won't mount.

Module Size Used by dm_zero 2528 0 nvidia 6894320 26 capability 4040 0 commoncap 6016 1 capability af_packet 17960 2 snd_seq_dummy 3492 0 snd_seq_oss 29280 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6816 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 45968 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event ipv6 252868 20 snd_pcm_oss 37344 0 snd_mixer_oss 14624 1 snd_pcm_oss video 15112 0 thermal 11304 0 hsfmc97sis 63544 0 hsfmc97ati 62424 0 hsfmc97ali 69120 0 sbs 16520 0 hsfmc97via 64704 0 hsfmc97ich 66936 0 hsfpcibasic2 63352 0 hsfserial 21540 6 hsfmc97sis,hsfmc97ati,hsfmc97ali,hsfmc97via,hsfmc97ich,hsfpcibasic2 hcfpcihw 9472 0 fan 4260 0 hcfpciserial 21508 1 hcfpcihw hsfengine 1291884 7 hsfmc97sis,hsfmc97ati,hsfmc97ali,hsfmc97via,hsfmc97ich,hsfpcibasic2,hsfserial hcfpciengine 834676 2 hcfpcihw,hcfpciserial hsfosspec 85096 8 hsfmc97sis,hsfmc97ati,hsfmc97ali,hsfmc97via,hsfmc97ich,hsfpcibasic2,hsfserial,hs fengine hsfsoar 86472 6 hsfmc97sis,hsfmc97ati,hsfmc97ali,hsfmc97via,hsfmc97ich,hsfpcibasic2 hcfpciosspec 56364 2 hcfpciserial,hcfpciengine container 4032 0 button 6576 0 dock 7600 0 battery 10344 0 ac 4452 0 ide_cd 35488 0 binfmt_misc 9352 1 loop 14212 0 reiserfs 247748 1 dm_mirror 20032 0 dm_mod 47808 2 dm_zero,dm_mirror ide_disk 14496 6 ide_generic 1824 0 [permanent] amd74xx 14716 0 [permanent] ide_core 99396 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,amd74xx floppy 54692 0 cpufreq_ondemand 7404 1 cpufreq_conservative 6664 0 cpufreq_powersave 2240 0 powernow_k8 14432 0 freq_table 4544 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8 processor 25928 2 thermal,powernow_k8 amd64_agp 10116 0 agpgart 27592 2 nvidia,amd64_agp bt878 9784 0 nvram 8200 0 tuner 62600 0 tvaudio 22492 0 bttv 168468 1 bt878 video_buf 20100 1 bttv ir_common 30468 1 bttv compat_ioctl32 1920 1 bttv i2c_algo_bit 6340 1 bttv snd_ice1724 70988 1 snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 3936 1 snd_ice1724 btcx_risc 4680 1 bttv tveeprom 15056 1 bttv snd_ac97_codec 97732 1 snd_ice1724 ac97_bus 2752 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_ak4114 8480 1 snd_ice1724 snd_pt2258 4288 1 snd_ice1724 snd_i2c 5248 2 snd_ice1724,snd_pt2258 snd_ak4xxx_adda 8256 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx k8temp 5120 0 snd_hda_intel 280252 1 snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_ice1724 snd_bt87x 12676 1 videodev 27488 1 bttv v4l2_common 15872 4 tuner,tvaudio,bttv,videodev snd_rawmidi 19424 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_pcm 68996 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_hda_intel,snd_bt87x snd_seq_device 7244 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd_timer 19460 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm v4l1_compat 14340 2 bttv,videodev snd_page_alloc 8456 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm ehci_hcd 30924 0 snd_hwdep 7332 1 snd_hda_intel forcedeth 45384 0 snd 43972 24 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4 114,snd_pt2258,snd_i2c,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_hda_intel,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_bt87x,sn d_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 6592 1 snd ohci_hcd 20036 0 sr_mod 15044 0 usbcore 114120 4 hsfosspec,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd i2c_nforce2 5664 0 i2c_core 20384 7 nvidia,tuner,tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_nforce2 tsdev 7072 0 evdev 8480 4 sg 30712 0 ext3 118312 5 jbd 49928 1 ext3 scsi_wait_scan 1920 0 sd_mod 25920 4 sata_nv 15940 3 libata 108976 1 sata_nv scsi_mod 124492 5 sr_mod,sg,scsi_wait_scan,sd_mod,libata

I bought an external drive for backups (two of them, actually, keep one in a safe deposit box and swap them once a month). It used to be so simple. It always appeared as device /dev/sdb1 (sda was my SATA drive), it had an fstab entry, and I just said mount /media/usb. Now it is no longer recognized at all by the system. The one thing I can think of that has changed is that I have installed a GeForce 9800 card. When I try to mount, it says no such device /dev/sdb1. fdisk -l shows devices /dev/sda1 (and sda2, etc), /dev/hda1 (and hda2, etc), but absolutely no /dev/sdb1 or any other /dev/sdsomething beyond sda1, which is my SATA drive. [root@localhost javaguy]# lsusb Unknown line at line 2389 Bus 002 Device 005: ID 13fd:1618 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 tail -f /var/log/messages shows this when I unplug the drive and plug it back in again: Oct 12 12:19:15 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: USB disconnect, address 4 Oct 12 12:19:27 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Oct 12 12:19:27 localhost kernel: usb 2-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 12 12:26:34 localhost ntpd[5871]: synchronized to 128.113.3.34, stratum 2 Oct 12 12:35:06 localhost ntpd[5871]: synchronized to 128.255.70.89, stratum 2 Any suggestions? Thanks! Sam

I downloaded and burned a CD, but in the middle of starting up I get a black screen and two lines of text that say "AUDIT [blahblahblah...]" I'm on my way out to the movies right now but will check again later to make sure I didn't just burn a bad CD. Wish me luck.

Do the Nvidia drivers that Mandriva automagically installs when I set up my display fully support GeForce 9800 GTX? Where would I find this information? I'm trying to figure out if I should use the rpm or install the drivers from the Nvidia site.

That doesn't really work for my purposes. This is the drive that I use for backups. I want the file ownerships and permissions to stay what they are. My backup script runs with root permission and mounts it read-write to make backups, then unmounts it. When I'm logged in as me, I want to be able to mount it and look at it if necessary but not be able to muck with it, i.e. accidentally screw something up royally. So far the solution of having two fstab entries for it is working for me.

Will that allow any wheel group member to su to any other wheel group member without a password? I'm not sure if that's what I want. Then again I'm not sure it isn't. ;)

I have a follow-up question then. If I just want to sudo (I don't) I can set up my sudoers entry for that command with the NOPASSWD option so that I can just run the command, fire-and-forget. Is there a way to set up my account so that I can do the same thing with a plain su?