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Can't help there, it worked fine for me. Could it be a sound card issue? I have a Sound Blaster Live 5.1.

There's nothing wrong with konstruct, its just LM doesn't install the right tools to use it to start with. There are two versions of autoconf, which can exist side by side. LM only installs one by default but you need the other one to make konstruct work. Just boot up rpmdrake type in autoconf and add it plus any dependencies that pop up and then run konstruct and it works fine. Of course you could consider the fact that it doesn't tell you that you don't have the correct version of autoconf and that you have to actually read the INSTALL file and compare versions manually, to mean that it is permenantly broke. It took me over 3 months to figure this out, so if you did think this you have a point.

If there's someone out there who can explain some of the terms in the .spec file then I may give creating a kde3.2 rpm a go. If I compile and install using konstruct to somewhere like /opt/kde3.2 then it should be fairly straight forward to get a list of files and directories from a short script. However, don't expect anything soon. By the time I actually got time to do something like this the final version of 10.1 would be probably be out. :D

After finding out that XFree 4.4 had been removed from Mandrake 10.0 I was playing about with installing it myself, from http://www.xfree.org. It turns out it's acutally quite easy to do. When I installed it I just had to type Y when it asked to install something and N when it asked to overwrite a configuration file (otherwise I couldn't login to KDE or GNOME) and when it asked to build and install the kernel package at the end. This let me benefit from 4.4 by allowing to log out when using Xinerame extensions without freezing the system. I tried this on 9.2 and 10.0 RC (I think I've installed Linux over 10 times in the past 3 days) and it seems to work. However, then I tried to upgrade KDE 3.1 (from 9.2) to KDE 3.2 (Cooker) and I ran into a problem. It had XFree dependencies and it would not install the later XFree files because they conflicted with files already present on my system (obviously from my install of XFree4.4 not rpm). So what I wanted to know is, is it possible to handle stuff like this without using the --nodeps option which means it won't check for other dependancy issues which I want it to. Basically, is there a way to stop it checking just the XFree dependancies but check the rest. Or is there another way around the problem? (Other than of course installing 10.0 RC and then installing XFree4.4, I can do this [i plan to I'm running 10.0 RC with XFree 3.3 at the moment] but then what if I need to upgrade something else that depends on an updated XFree?) Thanks The Cardassian Scot

If you want help with getting the Mandrake wizard working, good luck, I also gave up on it a long time ago. However, what I might be able to help with if you are interested in going down this route, is coming up with some short iptables scripts that to cover most situations. Or for those who don't even want that level of complexity it should also be fairly straightforward to write a small bash or perl script to set everything up. I guess what I'm proposing is to write an alternative wizard. To do this I would need to know what sort of situation we are talking about. I imagine, one or two network cards and/or one ppp connection (ADSL or modem). The script would set up a firewall blocking everything from the internet with a set of questions asking whether various services should be made available to the internet (www, ssh and a few others) but letting everything be available to the non-internet connection. The script would assume a working internet connection that was active when it was run and would work out the internet interface from this. It would report and error and exit if there wasn't one. It could also be setup to uninstall shorewall and iptables (if necessary) and then install iptables and then check for an internet connection, as an option e.g. by asking have you tried to install internet connection sharing. Would something like this be what you are looking for?

Will recompiling the kernel help? If so does anyone know which flags to set, I would have no idea. Also, can anyone tell me how to report this to bugzilla. Should I report a kernel problem or a problem with the speedtouch package? Thanks

I have been having trouble getting my usb speedtouch adsl modem to work with MDK 10.0 (all beta versions and RC). Eventually I appear to have found the problem, it seems to be the new kernel. I installed a fresh 9.2 install (with my modem working) and then upgraded to 10.0 RC rather than doing a fresh install, which I usually do. My usb modem will not work now, however if I choose to boot into old_linux then it all works. I therefore conclude that the kernel is the problem. Does anyone now how to get the speedtouch adsl usb modem working with the 10.0 kernel? Or at least have some suggestions as to some things to try? Thanks The Cardassian Scot

you can be root by opening a terminal and typing su then any programs you run from that terminal will be run as root. To get the configuration menu you have to open a terminal (don't need to be root) and type drakconf which should launch the configuration stuff. All the programs you installed but can't find in your menu can be launched from a terminal. i.e. type kword to launch kword etc.

The laptops are using different usernames and passwords to access the shares and to login to windows. But with Windows XP this should be ok. How do I connect as other user? When I try to access a share it pops up a window asking for a username and password, is it more than this? I'm the system admin so there are no funny rules about changing passwords. As for the no browseable shares bit, ok, but I can click on our server and get a list of shares but I cannot access any of them. While the problem may be with the laptops it only occurs when accessing a samba server. They work fine with other windows machines and did work fine with Mandrake 8.0 . Therefore it is logical to assume that there is a something different about the version of samba that is included in 9.2 that is causing the problem. Any suggestions?

They are XP Home, as far as I can tell they are not expecting a windows domain. They are set up to use the correct workgroup. The users are all ok, as far as I can tell, since I can use the same users on a win 9x machine with no problems. The win xp machines are not running any sort of wirefall, we have a firewall between our intranet and the internet. I have used SWAT in the past but just copy and pasted the sections from my old smb.conf file into the new one.

Thanks. In order Encrypted passwords are set to yes. Security is user All users are added to Samba and work in Win 9x (and xp after procedure described in my first post) I'm only using workgroups Here's my smb.conf file with comments and blank lines deleted. I've also deleted some of my shares since I have a lot of them and adding more shares shouldn't make a difference. [global] workgroup = NAZARENE server string = Samba Server %v printcap name = cups load printers = yes printing = cups printer admin = @adm log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 map to guest = bad user security = user encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd update encrypted = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Changing*password*for*user*%u*\n*New*UNIX*password* %n\n *Retype* new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* unix password sync = Yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 dns proxy = no [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer dri vers. [print$] path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes write list = @adm root guest ok = yes [pdf-generator] path = /var/tmp guest ok = No printable = Yes comment = PDF Generator (only valid users) #print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf file path win_path recipi ent IP doc_name & print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I & [pdf-screen] copy = pdf-generator comment = PDF Generator - Screen quality (only valid users) print command=/usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S & [pdf-printer] copy = pdf-generator comment = PDF Generator - Print quality (only valid users) print command=/usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S & [pdf-prepress] copy = pdf-generator comment = PDF Generator - PrePress quality (only valid users) print command=/usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I "" %S & [admin] path = /home/admin valid users = @admin force group = admin writeable = Yes create mask = 0770 force create mode = 0770 directory mask = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 inherit permissions = Yes [all] path = /home/all writeable = Yes create mask = 0777 force create mode = 0777 directory mask = 0777 inherit permissions = Yes [organiser] path = /home/organiser writeable = Yes create mask = 0777 force create mode = 0777 directory mask = 0777 force directory mode = 0777 inherit permissions = Yes [printer] path = /usr/local/samba/printer [generaloffice] comment = General Office path = /tmp printable = Yes printer driver = HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS printer driver location = //DELENN/PRINTER The problem may be because I copy and pasted some of the smb.conf file from my 8.0 install into my 9.2 smb.conf file. However, I still don't know what lines are the problem. Thanks.

I have a problem with Samba and Windows XP. I have a network of around 25 windows computers which access shares from a Linux Mandrake 9.2 server. We have windows 95, 98 and NT4 all working without a problem but there are some problems with some users laptops running Windows XP. It will not allow them to access Samba shares but keeps asking for a username and password repeatedly. Now, I can get round this by first rebooting and then first disconnecting the laptop from the network (or booting without plugging the laptop into the network), then trying to access a share while the computer is not networked, clicking away the error message, then plugging the network back in, waiting a few seconds and then accessing the shares. BTW, it all worked perfectly with Mandrake 8.0, but has caused problems since I upgraded to Mandrake 9.2. Does anyone know why this is or even better tell me how to avoid it? Thanks

Download the tar ball from Mozilla.org and then untar it somewhere nice like /opt or /usr/local (it cerates its own subdirctory, firefox, I think) as root. To run from a terminal, log in as you (not root), cd to the directory created above and type ./firefox . Or right click on the desktop and create a launcher. Assuming you installed to /opt the command to execute is /opt/firefox/firefox, the working directory is /opt/firefox (you need to set this) and the icon is available from /opt/firefox/icons . You can add a item to the k-menu or gnome-menu using the same settings. If you know how to do it you could also add /opt/firefox to your path or create a small script which changes the directory (or sets the path) and then runs firefox and put it in /usr/bin

mtriley98, I can't help with the rpm problem, but as for konstruct. There are two versions of autoconf on the mandrake CD, only one is installed by default but konstruct requires the other. Make sure both are installed and then try again. At least this worked for me (took me over 3 months to work it out though [to work out what to do not compile, that took me about 16-20 hours].)

bvc, how did you go beta2 through cooker, or is this explained somewhere?

Argh! Beta 2 appears to be even more broken than beta 1. BTW if anyone can tell me how to report these bugs, I'd appreciate it. 1. My Speedtouch USB modem will not work although it worked fine with 9.2 and 10.0 Beta 1. 2. While the menu structure is better planned a lot of the programmes I installed did not have entries. These are not minor programmes, e.g. Mozilla, Konqueror, Mplayer, XMMS ... 3. Still no kmail (as far as I can find). There is a kdepim that says it contains kmail or maybe it just uses it but the package is empty, it is O Kb sized and installs nothing. 4. No mozilla mail. I also have another couple of programmes that I think should be there but aren't, kontact and kopete.

First of all you need to choose a different install directory from the default. I suggest /opt/kde3.2 or something similar but its up to you. Konstruct explains how to do this. You also might want to specify a different directory to store your config files to keep KDE3.2 settings different to KDE3.1 but its up to you. Now, as with lots of things in Linux there are two ways of doing this, the proper way and a dirty hack. For the proper way look at this thread which tells you how to do it for GNOME, remember to call your file KDE3.2 or something similar to differentiate from your other KDE. Now I just discovered this thread it wasn't available when I did it, so I came up with a dirty hack that works instead. So if this doesn't work for you then you need to edit /etc/X11/Xsession . Find the bit that says if [ -n "$DESKTOP" ]; then case $DESKTOP in failsafe) xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr type -p rxvt > /dev/null >& 2 && exec $SSH_AGENT rxvt -geometry 80x24-0-0 type -p xterm > /dev/null >& 2 && exec $SSH_AGENT xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 type -p xvt > /dev/null >& 2 && exec $SSH_AGENT xvt type -p twm > /dev/null >& 2 && exec $SSH_AGENT twm ;; default) ;; *) exec $SSH_AGENT /bin/sh -c "$(/usr/sbin/chksession -x=$DESKTOP)" ;; esac fi and add the following lines above default) KDE3.2) exec /opt/KDE3.2/usr/bin/startkde ;; or whatever the path is to your startkde file for KDE3.2. There is however a problem with my way of running KDE3.2 and I suspect it will probably crop up with the other method as well, although I could be wrong. The path setting is wrong and thus when launching items from the K menu it launches the KDE3.1 versions. The Konstruct readme explains how to set the correct path but I can't get this to work outside a terminal. I added the path statements to startkde but it won't stay fixed. The only way I could get it working was to open a terminal, set the path and launch programs from there. Not ideal, hope someone else can help you here.

I had problems using konstruct to compile KDE. I don't know if they are the same problems but here's how I got mine to compile. Aparently there are two versions of autoconf and automake and Konstruct needs the one that is not installed by default, 1.7 I think. (Sorry, I'm having to do this by memory since I installed 10.0 Beta.) So load up rpm drake, do a search for autoconf (or automake if you can't find it) and install what comes up.

Kill that last post, a couple of reboots later and the mousewheel works.

One other issue I forgot. The scroll button doesn't work on PS/2 mice (I don't have a USB one to check if the same appies to USB mice). However, a check on Bugzilla has brought this up and it appears to be a problem with the 2.6 kernel.

I've installed and tried out 10.0 Beta, so here's some thoughts. (I hope this is the right forum but I couldn't really find one that fit) FIrst impression, it looks good but not that much different to 9.2. It runs much faster, the menu response is vastly improved on my machine (there seems to have been a problem with Xinerama which caused my KDE menus to be slow in 9.2). FInally, I have a system where I can log out and then log in as a different user (again a Xinerama problem that caused a crash in 9.x). In general a very nice system to use so far. However, there are one or two niggles. So here we go. Very strange package selection. Not only in the defaults which has a been a bit strange since 9.0, but in whats on the CDs. No kmail or evolution, although a kmail directory is created in ~/.kde/share. There's also no kopete which I thought was to be included with KDE 3.2. There is also a new reordered menu system. Some of this makes sense. The new All Applications, Most used applications and Actions makes sense. However, the rest is bizarar and confusing. For example, CD burning (K3b) and archiving (ark etc.) are under System not Applications, to get a text editor you have to go to Development and then Editors instead of Edtiors or Text Editors under Applications. Am I the only one that thinks someone who isn't a programmer might want to use a text editor? Just one error I've come across so far, running menudrake seems to break the menu system, I had to rm -fR .kde to get it back. Just one more annoyance and now I'm really getting picky but for new users this could be a problem if things go wrong like they did for me. I have a USB ADSL modem which needs a firmware install to get it working. You can install this from a windows partition or from a floppy disk. I had a floppy disk that I used for a 9.2 install. However, for some reason the disk wouldn't read, I'm assuming I have a problem with the disk rather than reading disks in general here. I could see the file on the disk but it caused a crash when I tried to copy it. The problem, the network section of DrakConf didn't tell me about this error when it couldn't copy the fireware, so I spent a couple of hours trying to track down why my ADSL modem wasn't connecting. It would be helpful to be told that it couldn't copy the fireware, rather than eventually tracking this down since the file size for mgmt.o was 0. On a similar note this whole procedure needs to be better explained for newbies. For instance if your modem drivers doesn't install the fireware to c:\windows\system (like mine) Mandrake doesn't appear to be able to pick it up from a windows partition. If you simply copy the file (alcstusb.cat) to a floppy it won't work. You need mgmt.o if you are using a floppy. It turns out this is the same file renamed, but I figured this out by trial and error when I got desprate after the documentation didn't say where to get mgmt.o and an internet search turned up nothing. Would it really be that hard to look on a floopy for alcstusb.cat or mgmt.o or at least tell the user that mgmt.o is alcstusb.cat renamed? Anyway enough rants, it all looks very good and for the moment anyway, I'm using this as my linux system.

As much as it is good advice, I simply can't afford it. I run the system for a small Theology College, we can't afford £1000+ just to test a software upgrade. However, the first system I am upgrading is the Student system and it's not really mission critical. The student linux clients are used mainly for web browsing and email, with the occasional user using them for essays. Therefore the most important thing for them is that their /home directories and email are kept. Even if it all goes completely wrong and my backups of /etc and /var don't work we can issue everyone with new passwords at the start of term in January. As for Samba, on this network it's not really used yet. The windows machines are people's own computers that they plug in to our network to access the internet (through a seperate gateway and firewall). However, I would like to enable them to print on our network printer and I need at least Samba 2.2 to force the Windows XP machines to install a postscript driver. (Why? I have some quota software I wrote my self to charge users for printing which parses postscript files.) After I get the student system up and working properly I will then do the same to our faculty and staff server which get's a much higher use and is actually a lot more of a problem if I can't get it working within my allocated upgrade day. I'm not really worried about the config files for any of the software, as I run 9.2 at home and make most of the changes to config files by hand anyway. For example I can run my backup MySQL script at college and then see if I can restore this on my machine at home. Even if I have to scrap my only smb.conf and write a new file, I should be able to do that. However, I would like to keep people's passwords and stuff. So, at the moment I figure I need (although I will back up /etc and /var as well as /home of course) smb.conf smbpasswd smbusers for samba but what do I need for normal user names and passwords /etc/passwd obviously and /etc/shadow (?) but what about /etc/gshadow and /etc/group ? Are there any other files I need to copy? Is it possible to copy the files for NIS or is it simpler just to get my normal users and passwords and run /var/yp/make? Thanks

BTW, sorry for posting to the wrong forum, if someone wants to move this to the install one please do (I must of clicked on the wrong forum after I logged in or something like that). No, your not hallucinating, I moved it (check your new messages) - scoopy Anyway, I don't run any client software on this machine. I run NIS, Samba, CUPS and an IMAP server on it. I already run the NIS clients on Mandrake 9.2, so all their settings don't need to change, the accounts wouldn't work properly if they actually tried to log in to the server. I basically have one server with 6 scsi hard drives in a RAID system, with about 6 Linux clients and then about 15-20 windows clients. All I need to do is set up the same accounts using the same usernames and passwords for NIS and Samba. The NIS is easy if I can get the standard linux usernames and passwords as I can update NIS from this. However, Samba uses a seperate username and password system and I also need this to be the same. Thanks

I want to upgrade my server from Mandrake 8.0 (yes I know its old but it was running fine and I didn't need the extra features until now) to 9.2. However, I have over a hundred users with standard linux logins and some with samba logins. What files do I need to keep and copy over from my 8.0 system so that my 9.2 system will have the same users and passwords. (I know I need to keep /home). Thanks

OK, thanks. I rather foolishly thought you had to have the compiler and stuff installed to have make installed. Obviously since I now checked you don't. Thanks again.