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Hello!

How do I create a multipart tar.gz archive?

I have a file at 1gb and I'd like to archive it as two 500mb part files.

I looked at tar --help, but didn't notice anything like what I need.

Or maybe I just missed it... :unsure:

p.s. Maybe it's possible to make it as multipart rar or zip archive instead?

Because I plan to maybe give those files over to a guy with Windows installed,

so it would be nice if those files could be unarchived in Windows

Thanks!

Or you can install KDE 3.5.1 from here -> http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/thac/kde2006.0.html

> Add the source to your urpmi as shown there,

> add all easy urpmi sources (contrib, both PLF)

> then go to some other Window manager (say Fluxbox or IceWM), uninstall all KDE from there,

> rename the old /home/username/.kde dir to .kde.old

> Install KDEbase (just the base packages)

> then install everything else

> voila!

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I have KDE 3.5.1 installed from Thac and Ze and there are no problems (stability problems too) with it (at least nothing has crashed on me).

There is no Windows system, just a FAT filesystem partition.

I now mounted it as user and everything is ok, thanks for advices.

Maybe I'll convert it to ext3 later.

Yep, just umount it, change your etc/fstab so it would be mounted at startup by user, and then remount it...

You cannot set file/folder ownership on vfat or ntfs filesystems.

How do I set it to be mounted by user?

This is my fstab entry

/dev/hdc1 /mnt/fat vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0

Thanks

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Is Firestarter more considered a more secure firewall? (I know now, it's all iptables, but I'm talking about configuration).

The thing is that I have our native Mandriva Shorewall running from MCC and everything is configured just fine with some ports open for filesharing. And I wasn't considering another firewall up to this discussion. But if Firestarter is better..

Would Firestarter be a better option for a home desktop computer?

Thanks for the suggestion,

I'll try mounting/unmounting it.

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That's strange, I get "error unmounting /mnt/fat

device or resource busy"

I'll try it sometime later after a restart.

If all fails I'll just backup my backups (meh_) and reformat the partition to ext3 (there's a long story why it's a fat)

No shit!

To clear things up you post a text which says "To complicate matters further". :P :D

p.s. yes, everything is clear

It's a mounted FAT filesystem partition with data (my backups) on it

Should Shorewall be uninstalled if Firestarter is installed, i.e., does Firestarter use iptables?

Hi!

I have a mounted FAT partition at /mnt/fat

and the ownership of that dir after a fresh Mandriva install is root

All would be good, but, when I try (as root) to change the ownership to user, it doesn't allow me that.

It doesn't even allow me to change permissions with chmod too!!

[root@localhost fat]# chown username /mnt/fat
chown: changing ownership of `/mnt/fat': Operation not permitted

When I try to do this through Konqueror I get this ->

Could not modify the ownership of file /mnt/fat. You have insufficient access to the file to perform the change.

If I copy a file from /mnt/fat to another partition, I can change the permissions and ownership with no problems then,

but I can not do that while the file is located in /mnt/fat

virii is a net slang word for viruses ;)

Grisoft now has a Free Edition of its AVG antivirus to download for Linux. Many of you may be familiar with it as a very popular free antivirus app for Windows. It updates daily. I use it in Windows XP. It's a lot better than its Windows competition...Norton and McAfee, among others.

 

Richard L.

Yes, but it is an e-mail server edition only,

no home client. http://www.grisoft.com/doc/26/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

Alas I think there is no need yet for a home desktop Linux antivirii software

I'm not sure ClamAV or similar would actually help if there was a sudden outbreak of a Linux virus anyway - surely you'd need some kind of definition file first.

True, but ClamAV downloads a new definition file each day.

Right now it's an overkill, I agree :D

Apart from that, yes, a virus can technically do damage to user data. However, for the really paranoid (who set their system up to be protected against realistically non-existing virus threads) it's easily possible to create an internet account (extra user) and use that within your regular account to do email stuff, read attachments and handle basically any non-trustable stuff.

We have su, chown, chmod, etc.

Actually I have done that :D

but I've never quite used it apart from some testruns,

alas it stands ready if there would appear a need to.

I think that it's sane to assume that I'd get a warning of a Linux virii at Slashdot or here first before.

p.s. For the reference -> I don't consider myself paranoid :P

and I've studied diagnostic psychiatry,

but because I also study law, I like to be prepared for all realistically possible outcomes I can think of if it doesn't require unreasonable preperation in time or in money.

Not here..............

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Ah, at last found it!!!!!!!

under network....!!!!!!!

who would have guessed........

needless to say this inconsistency between various versions of KDE is irritating

one would have wished that they keep their menu structure simmilar if not the same at least in dotpoint releases :dry:

It's hard enough without this additional chaos variable to navigate their kcontrol

I checked and doublechecked - all kdeadmin packages are installed,

even ended up upgrading to the latest kdebase (3.5.1-8) mde subrelease.

I'm willing to suspect that they've just forgotten to compile that particular kdeadmin package!

Some of the generic rpm's work very well. I've used them for quite some cases when a Mandriva rpm was not around.

But then - some don't.

All would be swell,

just I don't have such an option as -storage media- under peripherals!

Hi!

A simple question, but I've wasted a lot of time trying to find where to switch this damn thing off

kde.. options... grumbles...

When I installed new MDV and KDE a few days ago

and when I attached my digicam I got prompted whether I'd like that from now on every time Konqueror opens a new window with that usb storage location.

I agreed, but I didn't know then that it will have problems with my usb digicam and that I'd have to use other programs accessing it (gtkam and digikam),

anyway - I want to switch that auto-opener off,

someone here knows how to do it?

thanks!

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oh, and a question: why wouldn't you install Clam AV if system resources allow it?

is it not a good anti virus? (not that there is a big choice for Linux)

I sometimes send or forward files to people using Windows, so checking if there's a windows virii for me is a good enough reason to use Klam (KDE client for Clam)

To me my user data is a lot more important than system files.

I can reinstall a fresh MDV setup in some 12 minutes or so, but restoring personal data would take a lot longer and a lot of fresh data would be lost too.

Anyway, thanks to this discussion I now remembered that I haven't yet installed Clam Anti Virus on my new MDV 2006 install :D

glad to hear :)

thanks for the info

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I installed the new 2.6.14 multimedia kernel from thac and ze and I don't know if it's from it, but now my connection speed using gtkam is fast, like it should be for usb

still no luck with the standart mandriva usb detector, it only spits out the beforementioned error nessages

There is no option for mode switching in the firmware menu,

but everything worked fine under 10.2 so it's not my camera that suddenly got defected

p.s. on 10.2 it worked in normal mode

Hi!

I have a problem with accessing my usb mounted digicam (Canon A85)

It is detected and when the autodetector of 2006 opens the system:/media/camera folder it shows my correct camera model (so it recognizes the cam) But when I try to further browse in the subdir where the camera folders with images should be located I get this output in Konqueror

An error occurred while loading system:/media/camera/camera/camera:
Unknown error
Bad parameters

In kcontrol in Peripherals->Digital camera when I press on the information or configure I get this message, although the 'test' button says all is ok.

But I can make a successful connection with GTKAM, but! it's awfully slow, very, very, very slow. It takes about 2,5h to get 100mb across.

None of this strange behaviour is there in 2005.

Please help

and better sooner than later, because I've got to publish one concert review.

Thanks!

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This I get from harddrake

Identification

Vendor: ‎Canon, Inc.

 

Description: ‎Powershot A85

 

Media class: ‎Imaging|Still Image Capture|Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15470)

 

Connection

Bus: ‎USB

 

Bus PCI #: ‎1

 

PCI device #: ‎11

 

Vendor ID: ‎1193

 

Device ID: ‎12473

 

Misc

Module: ‎unknown

and after I try to access it with GTKAM I get this

Identification

Vendor: ‎Canon, Inc.

 

Description: ‎Powershot A85

 

Media class: ‎Imaging|Still Image Capture|Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15470)

 

Connection

Bus: ‎USB

 

Bus PCI #: ‎1

 

PCI device #: ‎11

 

Vendor ID: ‎1193

 

Device ID: ‎12473

 

Misc

Module: ‎usbfs

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And this I just saw in terminal from which I had launched harddrake ->

# Warning: skip "name" field => "Powershot A85"

Warning: skip "location" field => "isa0060/serio1/input0"

Warning: skip "name" field => "Powershot A85"

modinfo: could not find module usbfs
Warning: skip "name" field => "Powershot A85"

Warning: skip "location" field => "isa0060/serio1/input0"

Warning: skip "name" field => "Powershot A85"

Warning: skip "name" field => "Powershot A85"

modinfo: could not find module usbfs