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remote places might already be installed on my knoppix cd, if so, how do I get to it?

that works great, thanks!

In Linux (KDE), how can I discover other shares on the network, like you can under Windows with "My network places" in windows explorer?

I have a proxy on a linux server that I want to allow a couple people to access by letting them ssh into my box with port forwarding on port 3128. Basically I want them to use the port forwarding feature of ssh without having access to any kind of shell on my server, even rbash. Is there a login shell that can be used, that will do nothing but keep the connection open while disallowing user input? I thought about having their account automatically run a program that sleeps, but if the abort with ctrl-C, they get a shell prompt.

I also tried (successfully) installing the windows driver (inf file) with ndiswrapper, however, that still doesnt enable me to connect to anything but an unencrypted network.

My netgear wireless card came with a gui utility that runs in MS-windows and scans for available wireless networks and enables me to connect to a network by entering the WEP password... What is the best equivalent of this on linux? Haven't actually tried mandriva yet but I'm playing with a liveCD (whax) which has wlassistant and kwifimanager, but I cant connect to a WEP protected network with either utility.

In Linux, if you go to a bash prompt and type "picture.jpg", you get an error message. However in KDE, you can hit Alt-F2 and type "picture.jpg" and KDE will launch the associated application for picture.jpg. In windows 9x, you can start the associated application from the command prompt with the "start" command ("start picture.jpg"). (Even easier in windows 2000/XP, where you can just type "picture.jpg") Is there a linux command where I can kick off the associated app from a bash prompt, like the windows "start" command?

I want to do sequencing, so my main goal is simply to have the external midi output AND input (on the joystick cable) both functional. I just acquired an SBLive and I found the howto that you referred to, but alas, it is for ALSA, not OSS. I am trying to make a howto users of the knoppix liveCD which has incomplete ALSA libraries, so OSS is the easiest way for me to go at this point (no way to install missing ALSA libraries onto a liveCD) So are you saying the OLD ISA sb16 would be easier than the current PCI sb16? Because I can order the current sb16 for only $20 directly from creative.

I've given up on getting my soundcard's MIDI ports working on any of my soundcards (midiman usb 1x1, and "soundblaster compatable" ESS1869, ALS-100, & yamaha ymf-724) My impression is the most prevalent soundcard for linux users (including midi support) is the soundblaster AWE32, which is out of production (I guess ebay is about the only way to get one?) There is also the SB live! and the soundblaster16, still available at stores. Which is the easiest to get running in linux? Your feedback (on any card) is welcome. Also, if anyone has gotten midi working (using OSS/free, not alsa) on the cards I mentioned I already have (especially usb) please share!

I'm unable to insmod the modules sb_common.o and sb_ess.o (for my soundcard) When insmod'ing sb_common.o, insmod reports (and I verified in the C source) unresolved symbol ess_dsp_reset which is in sb_ess.o When insmod'ing sb_ess.o, insmod reports (and I verified in the C source) unresolved symbol sb_dsp_command which is in sb_common.o How can I get these modules loaded when there's a circular dependency like this? BTW this is on a liveCD, meaning the /lib/modules directory is readonly, and these modules are extra modules not included in the liveCD, so they are in a different (writable) filesystem than /lib/modules, and I've been unable to get modprobe to work with modules not in the /lib/modules directory

Do usb hubs work well with linux? I've found some cheap usb hubs (like the $10 Trendware TU-400E) but they only list compatibility with windows. Sharing of any firsthand experience would be appreciated!

When using insmod and getting undefined symbol errors, is there a way for me to work backwards when I get unmet depandancies? i.e. how can I find what module contains the symbols required by the module I unsucessfully tried to inmod? Grep *.o doesnt seem to do it...

Thanks for your reply. Yes the source of the modules are compiled from the same version as the kernel: 2.4.26. This is for the Knoppix LiveCD. I previously was able to enable my webcam with 2 commands: 1) modprobe videodev (which added the video devices using the module libs that were included in knoppix) 2) insmod /mnt/sda1/quickcam.o (that module I compiled myself could be located anywhere). I am hoping to repeat that success in getting the MIDI working, but in reading up on depmod and modprobe.conf, I don't know if this is possible with liveCD since /lib/modules is readonly. I wish I could simply add a 2nd staging directory for modprobe and depmod to use. Maybe it would be easier to track down the dependancies manually and use insmod for each module? If you know the easiest way to do this please share, because I'm quite a newbie at this level.

How do I use modprobe to load a module I've compiled? I've compiled several modules in attempt to enable the MIDI devices for my soundcard. Since I'm on a liveCD, my /lib/modules directory tree is readonly so I can't copy modules anywhere there. So I have these modules in a writable directory under my home (on ramdisk). When I use insmod to load it, I get unresolved dependancies (which means it did NOT load, is that correct?) But if I use modprobe to load it, the module isn't found, so does modprobe only check for modules in the official modules directory?

Is there a way to use the KDE shortcut keys (assigned to an app from the KDE menu editor) to shift focus back to the original application instance (called with the shortcut key) rather than launch a new instance each time? That's they way they work with all apps in MS windows... but in linux it only works with apps that dont allow more than one instance to run (like kmenuedit, try it and see).