megiddo_99

Hello, basically, I want to know how I can access shared files/folders on my windows computers from my linux computer... is this possible? EDIT: Never mind, looks like smb4k takes care of this issue nicely [moved from Software by spinynorman]

What I want to do: give myself access to a folder named 'megiddo' in the home directory Why I want to do it: because it's the way my other server is set up, this way I could test things out before I upload to the server ( the absolute path has to be the same ) Why I can't do it: Linux has something that checks securtiy settings periodically or something... chmods aren't permanent. Is there any way that I can make this work? Moved from Software forum to Security forum by Artificial Intrelligence

that's what I did, it said permission denied... but never mind, I just logged in as root and emptied it.

Thank you all so much for your help... another question... :P How do I delete stuff from my trash? it says permission denied and now my HD is full....

Another ( I'm sure, simple ) task that I need to ask how to do... how do I get a list of the apps that are running, and then kill it? Thanks for your help!

Sorry that I had to ask this, but I'm still trying to get the gist of Linux... I'm trying to install the NVIDIA driver update, but how do I shut down the gui in Linux? I set it to automatically start it at boot-up. I've tried using killall XFree86 and killall gdm, but it says killed zero processes...

[root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# rpm -qa | grep gnome-vfs libgnome-vfs0-1.0.5-10mdk gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.11-2mdk gnome-vfs-1.0.5-10mdk libgnome-vfs0-devel-1.0.5-10mdk libgnome-vfs2_0-2.4.2-4mdk gnome-vfs2-2.4.2-4mdk [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# urpmi libgnome-vfs2_0-2.4.2-4mdk Everything already installed [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# urpmi gnome-vfs2-2.4.2-4mdk Everything already installed Why isn't this working?!

[root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e FireFox]# urpmi gnome-vfs-module-2.0 no package named gnome-vfs-module-2.0 [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e FireFox]# urpmi gnome-vfs-module-2.0-devel no package named gnome-vfs-module-2.0-devel

I did all that, did urpmi gnome-vfs-devel, and I still get the same error! Is the type of stuff I'll get with Linux all the time? Windows's installs went a lot smoother.... Thank you so much for your help thus far

how do I remove my CD4 source? Once again, I appologize for my newb-ness

I'm sorry, it's still not working for me for some reason.... I tried urpmi gnome-vfs, ran config, same error.... so I tried urpmi gnome-vfs-devel, but it asks me for CD 4! There is no CD 4, right? :unsure: [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# urpmi gnome-vfs installing /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2/gnome-vfs-1.0.5-10mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## 1:gnome-vfs ################################################## [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# '/home/megiddo/Desktop/captive-1.1.5/configure' checking for gnome-vfs-module-2.0... Package gnome-vfs-module-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gnome-vfs-module-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'gnome-vfs-module-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (gnome-vfs-module-2.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. [root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# urpmi gnome-vfs-devel To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (11 MB): indent-2.2.9-3mdk.i586 libGConf1-devel-1.0.9-15mdk.i586 libORBit0-devel-0.5.17-7mdk.i586 libglib1.2-devel-1.2.10-11mdk.i586 libgnome-vfs0-1.0.5-10mdk.i586 libgnome-vfs0-devel-1.0.5-10mdk.i586 libgtk+1.2-devel-1.2.10-38mdk.i586 liboaf0-devel-0.6.10-9mdk.i586 libxml1-devel-1.8.17-6mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) y Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 3 (x86) " on device [/dev/hdc] Press Enter when ready... Please insert the medium named "Installation CD 4 (x86) " on device [/dev/hdc] Press Enter when ready..

I ran that, installed it ( it shoulda been installed already if the rpm said so though, right? ). Ran configure again.... checking for gnome-vfs-module-2.0... Package gnome-vfs-module-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gnome-vfs-module-2.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'gnome-vfs-module-2.0' found configure: error: Library requirements (gnome-vfs-module-2.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. How do I do that environment variable? I'm sorry, I'm completely new to Linux...

[root@x1-6-00-0c-6e-ff-27-6e megiddo]# urpmi libpopt no package named libpopt I tried running the popt RPM but it said it was already installed.... what's going on?

when I tried that, I got this compiling error... checking for poptParseArgvString in -lpopt... no configure: error: Captive requires popt library. It seems like nothing I do works, lol

oops, lol

I'd really like to avoid making another fat32 partition, since I already have an NTFS partition. And yes, I am reinstalling the stuff. Is there any way I can get write permissions for an NTFS partition?

I'm trying to get Wine to work on Mandrake, but I can't get my old Win XP NTFS partition with write permissions... I've set the permissions, and I set the option umask=0, tried restarting, but I still don't have write access ( I check the perms via properties and they aren't what I set! ) I really would like to be able to run win programs with Wine! Please help me.... moved from Software by LiquidZoo

when I do the locate, I get this... warning: locate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directory warning: You need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the database so I've run updateb cmd from the root account, and it says unknown command...

It still won't let me shutdown, I followed your steps, but the button 'shutdown' is greyed out.... New question... I installed firefox... where did it install to? I didn't see it under usr/bin, and my search program crashes when searching...

Sorry for asking these questions, but I'm completely new to linux 1. I can't get my CD player to eject.... either with the button or with the eject thing in KsCD. What's wrong? 2. How do I restart or shut down? ( I've had to do it manually! ) 3. Is there a way to stop the screen from scrolling? I want to be able to see the top of the screen and the bottom at the same time! 4. Is there a Windows Media Player port for Linux?

Whenever I try to install the program 'RealVNC' from realvnc.com, my mandrake-linux installation says it needs to install something for a dependency. I click install, but then it asks for installation disk 4! i don't have an installation disk 4, what's the problem? BTW, I'm new to linux, if you can't tell.