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  1. What hardware do I need?

    in Networking

    Posted

    Hello all,

    I have moved into a 2 story old farm house. I have 3 computers:

     

    homebuilt PC mdk 10

    imac

    ibook

     

    all have nics, none have wireless, all have usb(probably 1.1). I am connected to direcway

    now with a 4 port asante router that works fine. I would like to connect the 2 macs wireless. I know nothing about wireless so I would like linksys part #(names) if possible. Linksys makes a part that will pickup a wireless signal and it connects to a computer via the onboard nic, the info states no software is needed. This would work fine. However, like I said I know nothing about wireless, and I don't want to purchase items that I don't need or won't work together. So, I think what I need is a

    wireless router and the component to pick up the signal that will connect into a nic.....

     

    Any info appreciated

  3. Directway satallite

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Hello,

    Has anyone used Directway satallite internet w/linux or any OS? The newer dishes do not require

    a dialup connection. I am not a gamer so the latency is not an issue. How is the speed vs

    DSL/cable? Is it dependable? Earthlink says they require directway to maintain a 90%+

    connection rate. I am moving to the 'boonies' and am leaving my city cable internet and

    tv. The tv dish works fine I understand, but I need info concerning the internet.

     

    any info appreciated

  4. boot errors

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by retiredff

    devries,

    I changed /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and removed 'FontPath "unix/:-1". I also added the font paths.

    I still get the same error after logging in = 'Error opening display'. Like I said before, everything seems to work. I'll check some *.log files and see if I can get more info.

     

    I found this in XFree86.0.log (last line?) I founf nothing w/EE......

     

    > cat XFree86.0.log | grep WW

    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

    (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value

    (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/encodings".

     

    Contents of /usr/lib/X11/fonts/encodings:

    total 175

    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1640 Aug 7 01:58 ./

    drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 280 Aug 7 02:04 ../

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3253 Mar 24 10:04 adobe-dingbats.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1655 Mar 24 10:04 adobe-standard.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3165 Mar 24 10:04 adobe-symbol.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1030 Nov 10 2000 armscii-8.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 595 Mar 24 10:04 dec-special.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4859 Mar 24 10:04 encodings.dir

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17 Aug 7 01:58 fonts.cache-1

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842 Mar 30 2001 georgian-academy.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 828 Mar 30 2001 georgian-ps.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 710 Aug 8 2000 ibm-cp1133.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1568 Mar 24 10:04 ibm-cp437.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1523 Mar 24 10:04 ibm-cp850.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1430 Mar 24 10:04 ibm-cp852.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1364 Mar 24 10:04 ibm-cp866.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 997 Mar 24 10:04 iso8859-11.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 659 Mar 24 10:04 iso8859-13.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 951 Jan 7 2002 iso8859-14.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 640 Mar 24 10:04 iso8859-16.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1381 Aug 8 2000 iso8859-6_8.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2114 Oct 25 2000 iso8859-9e.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1234 Mar 30 2001 koi8-k.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2616 Jun 13 2001 koi8-t.enc.gz

    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 504 Aug 7 01:58 large/

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 637 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1250.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1197 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1251.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 550 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1252.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1237 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1253.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 592 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1254.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1255.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1119 Aug 8 2000 microsoft-cp1256.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 902 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1257.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 654 Mar 24 10:04 microsoft-cp1258.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 492 Aug 8 2000 microsoft-win3.1.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 202 Mar 24 10:04 mulearabic-0.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 472 Mar 24 10:04 mulearabic-1.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 484 Mar 24 10:04 mulearabic-2.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 689 Mar 24 10:04 mulelao-1.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1144 Sep 12 2000 tatar-cyr.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 742 Mar 24 10:04 tcvn-0.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1296 Aug 8 2000 tcvn-5712.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1136 Mar 24 10:04 tis620-2.enc.gz

    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 8 2000 urdunaqsh-0.enc.gz

    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1242 Mar 24 10:04 viscii1.1-1.enc.gz

     

    Any ideas?

     

    TIA

  6. boot errors

    in Software

    Posted

    Hello,

    I'm not sure what these errors mean:

     

    Aug 19 06:39:29 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont (unreadable)

    Aug 19 06:39:29 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/Type1 (unreadable)

    Aug 19 06:39:29 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf (unreadable)

    Aug 19 06:39:29 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/pcf_drakfont:unscaled (unreadable)

     

    I checked these directories, the files are there....

     

    I boot to CLI (init 3). The very last line displayed AFTER I log in and hit enter is:

    Error opening display.

     

    Everything seems to work fine, I use MDK10 official, any ideas?

     

    TIA

  9. usb camera

    in Hardware

    Posted

    I have a Canon A60 camera. I am trying to get gtkam (gphoto2) to start when I plug in

    the camera (usb). Here is the output:

     

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Module setup usbcam for USB product 4a9/3074/1

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost su(pam_unix)[2385]: session opened for user xxxxxx by (uid=0)

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost gconfd (xxxxx-2376): starting (version 1.2.1), pid 2376 user 'xxxxxx'

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost gconfd (xxxxxx-2376): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost gconfd (xxxxxxx-2376): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/tony/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost gconfd (xxxx-2376): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost gconfd (xxxxxx-2376): Failed to write byte to pipe fd 5 so client program may hang: Broken pipe

    Aug 1 14:21:28 localhost su(pam_unix)[2385]: session closed for user xxxxxxxx

     

    I don't understand this error. GConf is not started at the beginning.

     

    Mandrake9.0

    gphoto2 (newest)

    no updates

     

     

    TIA

  11. wireless upgrade

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by retiredff

    Hello,

    I now live in a home that I have strung cable to share our cable connection. In our new home

    I DON'T want to do this! My current router is an asante 4 port. My boxes are:

     

    Home built pc with mdk10 (This will be the base unit w/router & wifi)

    imac = (no slot for wifi) has USB and NIC

    ibook = USB and NIC

     

    what are my options? I want reliability above all!

     

    TIA

  16. cp command

    in Command Line, Kernel and Programming

    Posted

    tyme,

    Yes I want to move all of /home/me/ from hdb > hda. Would both drives be mounted at boot?

    Both are linux drives, no windoze on this computer or 'vfat' systems. Could I backup to a CD, then restore to the new drive? Hda is a 20g that at one time was win98se, and will be used now for a test of mdk10. After I see if everything works, I will remove the 20g hda(master) and move the 80g hdb

    (slave) > as master hda and install a faster 40g as hdb. Then install mdk10 on hda. Hdb will be for pics/mp3's and backups....

     

     

    TIA

  21. Mdk10 + lilo

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by retiredff

    bvc,

    thanks for the reply. here is my current lilo.conf:

     

    boot=/dev/hda

    map=/boot/map

    vga=normal

    default=linux

    keytable=/boot/us.klt

    prompt

    nowarn

    timeout=100

    message=/boot/message

    menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

    ignore-table

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label=linux

    root=/dev/hdb1

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label=failsafe

    root=/dev/hdb1

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi"

    read-only

    other=/dev/hda1

    label=windows

    table=/dev/hda

    other=/dev/fd0

    label=floppy

    unsafe

     

    The 'other=/dev/hda1' would be changed to something similar to the default only using hda instead of hdb, correct?

     

    Thanks

  23. Mdk10 + lilo

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted · Edited by retiredff

    Hello,

    My setup is:

     

    hda=win98 20g

    hdb=mdk9.0 80g

     

    I want to install mdk10 on hda and remove win98. Will the install program see mdk9.0 on hdb

    and configure lilo properly, or is there something I should do so I can boot into either OS?

     

    TIA

  25. mdk 10 official + alsa

    in Hardware

    Posted

    did you check alsamixer and made sure the rear speakers are not muted?

     

    try here : http://www.alsa-project.org/documentation.php

     

    then

    Sound Card Matrix & INSTALL documentation > choose Creative labs 'click Go'

     

    find your card click 'details.'

     

    I remember somewhere there is the code for turning on the rear speakers. It is placed in the

    .asoundrc file in your home directory. This is where I am coming to if/when I have problems.

     

    Hope this helps

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