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  4. Firefox vs Konqueror

    in Software

    Posted

    I was using both browsers earlier today to compare them. I was looking at the same page through both browsers and noticed that Konqueror displayed images and links that Firefox didn't. I also had some trouble with Firefox last night. I was trying to upload pictures to ebay on my Win2K machine using Firefox and for some reason, it wouldn't upload them, so I had to use IE to do it instead. Firefox also had a rougher looking interface and didn't even display some of the options I had on ebay. I noticed that when I switched over to IE. Anyway, I'm trying to find a good browser for Mandrake which brings me to my question...why do the browsers display things so differently? Firefox enlarges fonts and hides links and images, while Konqueror has a nicer interface, but reduces font on webpages to the point you need glasses to read it.

  7. Linux vs windows

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    I am also neither a "MS basher" or "penguin hater", but I think MS is getting a bad wrap here. Everyone keeps saying that upgrades or installations, or virtually anything to do with Windows results in crashes or problems. I've built 5 computers by hand, all running different versions of Windows (98, 2000, and XP) and never had any problems. As far as adding new hardware or drivers, no problems there either. I've seen my Windows 2000 system crash a few times, but that's because my RAM went bad. After I replaced it, all was good. I've just recently started using Mandrake Linux, and I like it, but my experience with it has been lukewarm so far. I had to install twice just to get it running and once it was installed, I found out I had to get several updates to get some of the software working (GAIM, Kopete). Sometimes it locks up multiple times during the boot process and I have to keep hard restarting until I can get to the login screen. It took me two days to get K3b to work. I've had less trouble and frustration in the 7 years of using Windows than the 2 weeks of using Linux. True, Windows has its flaws, but so does any version of Linux. When I read that Mandrake is supposed to be the most hardware compatible distro, I shudder to think what the other ones must be like! :D I like Mandrake Linux very much and hope to one day be able to completely migrate over to Linux, but until then I will have to have my Windows crutch close by.

  8. Problem with SAMBA

    in Networking

    Posted

    that only works for ADSL, not for for cable (with my isp anyway)

     

     

    I have cable and it works for me. It should work that way for everyone unless your ISP tracks the MAC addresses of all machines connected to your network.

  9. Sound card works...I guess??

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by axel_2078

    Ok, I've tried Kmix and Alsamixer. I've made sure every channel is unmuted and turned up the 3D channels all the way. Still, sound only comes from the front two speakers. I also noticed that if I turn the bass up, it does not come through the subwoofer. Instead, it tries to force it to the front speakers, causing distortion. Does anyone have a Soundblaster Audigy card with a 4.1 or 5.1 speaker setup? If so, how do you get sound through all your speakers? I am perplexed by this mystery. :juggle:

  14. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

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    Are you talking to me, Arctic? If so, my problem has already been solved. (see above) After I restarted my machine after a couple days of making changes, and several hard restarts till I finally got to the login prompt, it started working. Strange.

  17. how do I log in to GUI interface?

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    For some reason unknown to me, Mandrake has decided to switch to the text based login screen. Every time I restart the system, this happens and I have to log in and type startx to load the GUI. It was loading the GUI login screen until this afternoon. How do I set Mandrake to load the GUI login screen?

     

    [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

  20. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

    Posted

    Now it works for some strange reason. I'm thinking it may be because I never restarted my machine after making change k3b, adding a group and then users to the group, removing k3b, adding it, removing it, adding it, etc. My computer locked up, so I had to restart. After the computer freezing during bootup 4 times, I was finally able to get to the login screen on the 5th hard restart. I logged in, tried burning a data cd with k3b and it worked. Then I burned an audio cd and it worked too. WTF??? Is this all because I never restarted my machine after I created the cd_burning group?? I thought Linux didn't require restarts after every little change you make (like Windows)??

  21. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by axel_2078

    I reinstalled the original version and it still doesn't work. AHHHHHHHH!!!! :wall:

     

    This is what comes up in the debugging log after the failure.

     

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    Error trying to open /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: Device or resource busy. Cannot open '/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd'. Cannot open SCSI driver.

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

     

    Why would the burner be busy?

     

    EDIT:

     

    I saw this same problem and here's what someone suggested.

     

    You should probably use dev=ATAPI:0,0,0

    If you don't have SCSI drive

    Code:

     

    cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso

     

    And the reply was "Thanks. Now it works like a new BMW".

     

    Could this be what is wrong?

  22. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by axel_2078

    As far as the group thing goes, I created a group called cd_burning and added myself, my wife, and root as members. Then I went into k3b setup and checked the box to use the cd_burning group. That didn't fix anything. I can't even burn if I log in as root.

     

    Now for the songs...yes they are in mp3 format. However, I've tried burning numerous data CDs and they fail as well. K3b seems to detect my burner just fine. It sees it as a TDKCDRW5200B, which it is and it sees that it has a maximum speed of 52X.

     

    This is what is displayed on the screen after I tell K3b to burn something:

     

    Writing image file to /temp/kde-kevin K3b data project.iso

    Image successfully created in /temp/kde-kevin K3b data project.iso

    Using cdrecord 2.1a27 - dvd

    Starting DAO writing at 52X

    X cdrecord returned an unknown error (code 255)

    X unknown error 255

    X Please send me an email with the last output

    removed imaged file /tem/kde-kevin K3b data project.iso

     

    I don't think my particular burner supports the DAO type writing. I supports TAO, SAO, SAO/R16, RAW/R96P and RAW/R96R. However, I've already tried those also and that didn't work either. I'm hitting a brick wall here. :wall:

     

    Also, I can no longer enter K3b setup. I removed the version of k3b from my computer and downloaded the latest version from the k3b site. Ever since, I can't go into k3b setup. When I click on it, nothing happens, as if the button weren't even there.

     

    THIS JUST IN:

     

    I also have Mandrake 10.0 installed on my laptop. I tried burning a data cd using the original version of k3b and it worked just fine. I don't understand. Why would my TDK not work?

  23. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

    Posted

    This is what's in the file. I didn't see that line anywhere.

     

    # File generated by DrakX/drakboot

    # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

     

    boot=/dev/hde

    map=/boot/map

    default="linux"

    keytable=/boot/us.klt

    prompt

    nowarn

    timeout=100

    message=/boot/message

    menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

    disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80

    disk=/dev/hdh bios=0x81

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="linux"

    root=/dev/hde1

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    vga=788

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="linux-nonfb"

    root=/dev/hde1

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk

    label="263-7"

    root=/dev/hde1

    initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img

    append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent"

    read-only

    image=/boot/vmlinuz

    label="failsafe"

    root=/dev/hde1

    initrd=/boot/initrd.img

    append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount"

    read-only

    other=/dev/hdh1

    label="windows"

    table=/dev/hdh

    map-drive=0x80

    to=0x81

    map-drive=0x81

    to=0x80

    other=/dev/fd0

    label="floppy"

    unsafe

  24. K3B won't burn CDs :(

    in Software

    Posted

    Well, it still doesn't work. I tried burning as root and that didn't work. I tried uninstalling k3b and then reinstalling it and that didn't work. The burn process fails every time. The burner still doesn't seem to initialize. Here is what the debugging log said:

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: Device or resource busy. Cannot open '/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd'. Cannot open SCSI driver.

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

    /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

    Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright © 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling

    Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support

    Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.

    Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@mandrakesoft.com>.

    Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.

    TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

     

    cdrecord comand:

    -----------------------

    /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/cd speed=52 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /tmp/kde-kevin/k3b_0.iso

     

    So I have a bad version? What version do you guys have?

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