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I'm not really sure there is a way for supermount to mount it for you when you plug it in. I could be wrong though. There's a program called "Kwikdisk", which is something you can put in your KDE taskbar, just simply right-click on it after you've plugged in your camera (or turned it on), and select the path to your camera, and it will be mounted. (and do the same to unmount it) At least this way, you don't have to type it in every time. I know it doesn't answer your question, but at least it's something to try in the meantime.

I don't know a whole lot about it, but you might be able to compile your Windows program for Linux using Winelib. But to answer your question, Wine would probably be your best bet, but you could also try Codeweaver's Crossover Office: http://www.codeweavers.com

Could you post your config file here? I think that kind of error occurs when there's something not quite right in the config file. So we'll look at it and see if we can't fix it. 8) It's in the ".wine" directory in your home directory.

Wow, this is a cool program. I might have to play with it a little. It could really come in handy for some things I do. Needless to say, I did get it installed and running. :wink: Don't worry about it. It was all new to all of us at one point. You seem to be doing it right. It's not a dumb question at all. There's no such thing. An easy way is to pull up a terminal and type: rpm -qa|grep wine You can also run a program called "KPackage". In there, go to File, then "Find Package", and type "wine", and it will tell you what version you have. I'm pretty sure you don't have the latest wine installed, because I tried to install it, (and I use wine 20030408) and it installed and ran without a problem, and without me having to configure or change anything else beforehand. You can get the latest version of wine for Mandrake right here: Here is the link

In the case of mplayer, it's much easier to compile from source. Then you don't really need to worry about dependencies as much. It will just simply use what is there. The only thing you have to remember is downloading the win32 codecs and running configure with the "--enable-win32" flag (or something like that).

Is the ntdll.dll set as native in your config file? Which version of wine are you using? If you have a version earlier than 20030408, I highly recommend you upgrade. There were issues in older versions that kept Mandrake 9.1 from running it. Is there a place I get get a copy of PowerTAB? Maybe I could help you in getting it running if I had a copy.

Looks like you're missing an ntdll. (Captain Obvious to the rescue!! :wink: ) Try a google search for ntdll. You might need to download a copy and place it in the system folder in your fake windows directory.

Upgrade to the latest version of wine. They've come a long way in just these short months. What didn't work in August seems to work now.

You might want to take a look at kguitar: http://kguitar.sourceforge.net Here's some other guitar software: http://www.linux-sound.org/guitar.html

Looks good to me. Thanks for providing the tutorials. :)

I finally got it installed. And it's the only Gnutella client I've used that I've actually got to connect to a server..... I had to remove Kaffe to get it to install. What is the point of that program anyway? Seems to only cause trouble. Thanks a lot for your help. I appreciate it.

Well, I removed Java 1.4.1, installed Java 1.3.1 from the link, Java 1.3.1 shows up when I type "java -version". But LimeWire still won't install. Perhaps I'll have better luck with another gnutella client. Have any suggestions? I've tried gtk-gnutella and gnewtellium, but neither of them would actually connect.

Well, I edited the .bashrc file in both my home and root directories, now when I type "java -version", I get this: Unfortunately, I get the same output from trying to install LimeWire that I did before. Should I try an earlier Java version? (i.e. 1.3.1_06 that is suggested in the JAVA tutorial)

Here's my command line output: I have Java 1.4.1_02 installed in /usr/java/

This was exactly the point I was getting at. The developers would concentrate first and foremost on the bugs that would be encountered most frequently by the majority of users. Therefore, the ones that were reported the most often would get priority attention.

I'll first state that I haven't tried this myself. (still on 9.0 with the latest Mandrake kernel, haven't felt a need to upgrade yet) However, everything I've read states that 9.1 was much better than its predecessors, in both usability and bug-ness (for lack of a better word, made up or otherwise....). Not having looked at the bug list myself (where can I see this list?), are these 80% of unconfirmed bugs unconfirmed simply because they are in software that isn't used by the majority of users? I would think it's a better idea to concentrate on those that would affect the majority of users. Now, if they are in the everyday software, then my point is moot, but otherwise, perhaps this is something to think about.

If the MIDI keyboard in works, then I see no reason why going out to a MIDI module wouldn't work, since, in my case, they use the same MIDI port. Thanks for the reply.

Would you happen to know off hand if MIDI input/output will be supported? This is the thing that kept me from getting a copy.

Thanks for the replies. :D After a little investigation, I've come to the conclusion that the rest of you seemed to have already reached. :wink: I went ahead and tried burning the CD in Windows, and had the exact same problem. I tried my Linux burned CD's on my dad's CD player and it worked just fine. So I have no reason to believe it wouldn't work on others CD players. What I was doing was creating a CD of audio clips because a group my dad is in is doing a trivia night, and they have a category where they have to identify an audio clip. My CD player is an older player. I'm betting that the old CD player can't read tracks that close together (they were only 10-20 seconds long each). It would explain why previously burned CD's (which had full songs on them) worked just fine. I'm just happy to find out that the problem wasn't my CD burner or with Linux. Just my older CD player. Perhaps it's time to buy a new one....

My only issue with the article is how the guy seems to brush off the importance of the sound card. From my experience recording audio. using on-board audio (which is what he seems to be doing) is not a very good idea. The reason for this is because, with on-board audio, the CPU acts as your sound card, and any sound app puts all of the load on the computer CPU, therefore, not leaving a huge amount of room for multi-track recording. Whereas, if you get an actual PCI sound card with an audio processing unit, you'd be much better off. What this means is that the sound card handles the sound processing, rather than the computer CPU, so it allows for far more audio tracks to be recorded. For example, I had a Philips sound card when I used Windows. I was able to record and playback 16 tracks in full-duplex mode with no problem. (unless I tried to add a large amount of Direct X effects). I have a similar performance with my Soundblaster Live (which has a very powerful audio processing unit), now that I'm using Linux. There was probably room for more tracks, however, I haven't needed to record more than that yet. And my computer specs are merely a 500 Mhz AMD K6-2 processor and 192 MB of RAM.

Hello I burnt an audio CD using E-roaster. It seemed to burn fine. I tried playing it in my main CD player, but the player wouldn't play it, not even acknowledge that a CD was there. I then tried it in my portable CD player and it played just fine. I then tried to burn the same CD using GCombust. It also seemed to burn fine. It still didn't work using my CD player on my home stereo, but it worked just fine on my portable CD. I tried a Journey CD on my main CD player and it worked just fine. I thought maybe my main player doesn't like burned CD's. I then tried a CD that I burned before I started using Linux, and it also worked just fine. So now I have two burned CD's that will play in one CD player but not another. How is this possible? Is there an option I should have made sure was checked? I think I'll try to burn the same CD in Windows to see if there's a difference. But perhaps there is something I missed. If it makes any difference, I have an Iomega ZipCD RW drive which burns at 8x. [edit: Sheesh, I can't type today]

Maybe you could try a text install instead?

No problem, bro. I'm glad we can move on. Friends? :wink: What kind of setup do you have at home? Here's what I have, currently: Not sure of the type of motherboard, but I use an AMD K6-2 processor at 500 MHz, 192 MB of PC100 SDRAM. 40 GB hard drive at 7200 RPM. I have a Soundblaster Live sound card, which is probably the best type of consumer-grade sound card you can get for audio production. (although I have been looking around at mult-channel professional sound cards, but I'm a bit reluctant to invest in one of these unless I know it will work in Linux) With this setup, I was able to play back 16 tracks at a time when I was still using Windows. (Most songs I record only use 6-10 tracks) The song I was recording only needed that many, so I don't know how many more I still had room for. Although with that many, the GUI for Magix was more sluggish, but the audio never even blinked, at least not until I started adding lots of software real-time effects. Therefore, what I've been wanting to do is get a mixing board, a compressor/limiter/gate, and an effects module to try my best to make the recorded signal the best it can possibly be before it ever even reaches my hard drive. Then I can use the available effects in my software merely to touch up the tracks, rather than make major changes. Anyway, that's my rather confusing thought process on building my recording studio. I just got a mixing board and a compressor/limiter/gate last week, although I didn't have time to hook them up until Sunday evening. So far, so good, but I haven't had a chance to really put them to the test. I'll keep you posted. I'll also eventually be getting a faster computer, but that's less of an issue right now. So what kind of setup do you have at home? Computer, sound card, any kind of mixer or effect module? And do you have any suggestions for me?

After sitting on my message for a day, I'm letting it stay, however, I don't want this to devolve into a flame war. I was never intending to offend you or piss you off. I was merely stating that CEP, as great and full-featured as it is, isn't for everybody. (Price is a huge factor) My needs are exceeded by the tools available to me in Linux, so I've never felt the need to use or try CEP. I'm sure there are others that feel the same way. I'm sorry if I said anything that pissed you off in this discussion. That was never my intention. Now, I'm curious about your studio setup. What kind of computer do you have, and what kind of equipment do you use? Since you've been doing this a bit longer than me, I could learn something from you.

Why do I even bother? I wasn't going to continue this, but, quite frankly, your attitude of superiority really stinks. You made it sound like it was indisputable fact. Never felt a need to. I've used Magix and Acoustica when I was in Windows, and now I use Broadcast 2000, Audacity, and Ecasound since I'm using Linux. My only point was that CEP is not the only program out there that is capable of easy professional sound recording. I'm not about to go out and spend $300 on a piece of software when I get everything I need through free and low-cost software. (I'd rather use that $300 to get things like a mixing board, compressor, and an effects module, which I think would give a much better track to begin with than any manipulation from a software program) Obviously, our needs are different, but one set of needs is not superior to the other. I'm not even going to dignify that with a response. I don't know what those are. Point taken here. Audacity does indeed have a graphical EQ, which I really like the way you use it. You can also boost and cut different frequencies in Ecasound quite easily. Three things I personally haven't had a use for, so I haven't noticed it missing in any of the programs I use. I'm not quite sure what this is. But Audacity does allow you to adjust levels of areas of the track that you might have found to be too soft or too loud, (the technical term for this escapes me at the moment) which happens especially with vocals. You can also achieve this with a compressor/limiter and a mixing board (I just got both of these last week). You don't have to put all the processing on the software. That being said, you do have a point. I'm not sure what this is. And here your attitude of superiority really shines through. Your statement implying that I don't know what I'm talking about is pure bullshit. Granted, I'm still learning about a lot of the ins and outs of audio production, but I know quite a bit already, and, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I still hold the belief that professional audio production is possible as well as seemless in Linux. What better teacher is there than experience? It's not like I just read somewhere that something was possible. I've actually used the tools available to me. Just because I don't know exactly what every little term you mentioned above is doesn't mean I'm not qualified to speak about audio production in Linux or Windows, or any other OS. In conclusion, I think we can both agree that we have different wants and needs, and it seems your needs are only met by CEP, whereas my needs and wants are met by lower-cost software. Just please stop treating me like I'm somehow inferior to you, just because I choose to use something different.