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I can't make an ISO copy because K3B produces an error just before it finishes reading the CD (same problem when using Windows).

I would like to make a copy of a CD using K3B. One of the folders on the CD is symlinked to another folder on that CD. If I drag and drop that link to the project, all the files move with it. As a result, I get two copies of the same folder rather than the folder and the link to it, and the project exceeds 700Mb. How can I create a folder on a CD and then link it to another folder on the CD? Since I have such CD on my desk, that should be possible to do... I know, I could have burn a disk copy.... Apparently, the original CD is scratched, K3B can't read a couple of files in the very end. I have to manually copy all the files to a new CD...

I'd like to disable ACPI in the BIOS, what setting do I need to change? Also, what's XP reaction to that? As for processor speed, you will need to load the module speedstep-centrino and start cpufreqd daemon. You can find an cpufreq rpm on a Mandrake contribs website. You may need to edit /etc/cpufreqd.conf before. Specify pm_type=apm (my rpm came with =acpi). Also, if you wish the processor speed to drop when switched to the powersafe mode, edit profile psave to reduce maxfreq from 100% to a lower percent value. I have 1.6Ghz processor, so I set maxfreq to 37.5%, which corresponds to 600Mhz. Just look at what frequency Windows runs when in powersave mode. I haven't worked out how the frequency can be checked afterwards.I can see that the laptop slowes down when the powercord is unplugged but that's all. What's gkx86?

Sounds very exciting, sirtaldon!

In regard to the system restoration CDs, you better check this with IBM. According to a letter published in the Australian PC magazine, IBM charges for those CDs. A followup to my post. Agere has a driver for the softmodem that IBM puts in their recent ThinkPads. You will have to compile it from the source, provided RPM are only good for RH8 and RH9, kernel 2.4.20. When using those drivers, the modem was detected and kppp was able to establish connection, but pppd failed to start and timed out. I think one of the modules was complaining about kernel unresolved symbols at boot. On the other hand, the same kppp script perfectly worked with a 3COM PCMCIA modem. I just pushed the card into the slot, and the kernel loaded the module right away. Also, I discovered that infrared was disabled in BIOS.

I own T41, dualboot XP+MDK9.2. My partitions are: Windows XP - NTFS, 11Gb (77% full, only software!) FAT32 (vfat) partition, 1.7GB, to exchange files between XP and Linux (10% full, I keep my stuff on /home), The rest are Linux ext3 partitions, / 2.4GB (17% full) /usr 4.8GB (74% full) /usr/local 2.9Gb (42.3% full) /home 9.6Gb /var 1 Gb (22.8% full) /swap 512Mb As you may know, MDK puts all software on /usr. I put non-MDK stuff on the separate partition /usr/local, in case I have to reinstall the system. I created /var as a separate partition, only to make diskdrake happy. Some suggest that for Hibernate to work, you will need to create a separate FAT16 partition roughly of the size of your RAM. I never tried that. My experience can be rated as Ok, but I wouldn't say I am 100% happy with 9.2 (not IBM's fault!). The main disappointment is Mandrake's ATI drivers for ATI Radeon 9000 (aka Radeon M9) that ship with the PowerPack. On the positive side, XFDrake recognises the videocard and installs the drivers, so you'll be able to use X right away. 3D works out of box, too. However.... Those drivers are kernel dependent, so if you upgrade the kernel (you may have to, on my T41 suspend/resume does not work well with kernel 2.4.22-10mdk included in PowerPack), you will have to upgrade the drivers as well unless, of course you don't care about 3D acceleration. Be aware that only Club members can upgrade. The upgrade didn't go smoothly for me, I ended up with anATI driver and ATI_GLX libraries that don't match each other (otherwise, I was losing 3D or couldn't start KDE at all). Surprisingly, the weird combination works! The ATI's configuration tool fglrxconfig is missing, I can't configure X to use an external monitor and/or lower resolution with a depth less than 24bpp (those things work under WinXP, so it's not a hardware related problem). Those on this forum who compiled their own ATI drivers don't have those problems, I suppose. The second disappointment is the power management. It turned out that some things work well with ACPI, some require APM for power management. Some things work well with kernel 2.4.22-26mdkenterprise, and some with with kernel 2.4.22-26mdk. It looks like some of the nuissances could be fixed by recompiling the kernel, but hey, that's not what I was paying for... The modem and infrared do not work. Rather than waste my time on tweaking, I will use WinXP, in case I need them in the future. Please post your experiences here, I will be glad to help if I can...

Thanks, arthur. I decided to try a usb wheel mouse. To be safe, I connected it to the laptop directly. On boot, the mouse was detected and configured. I edited XF86Config-4 to point the wheel mouse to /dev/usbmouse, then started X - both mice worked!. Then I exited X, reconnected the USB mouse to the port replicator (the port replicator has its own USB port), started X - it worked again. Hot plugging works too... THANKS! :thumbs: :D The next thing will be to get a 3B usb mouse...

Sorry, arthur, I should have made myself more clear... Synaptics driver works just fine when XF86Config-4 contains only one mouse section (I called it Mouse1). The messages "no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device" and "Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware" are produced when the second mouse is configured in the XF86Config-4 (the evdev driver was loaded at that time). If the laptop is docked and hence the 2nd mouse is connected, X starts but the touchpad is dead. If the laptop is not docked and hence the external mouse is disconnected, then X fails to start. I get those messages no matter which mouse is the "CorePointer". I also tried using PS/2 on both mice in different order (the touchpad was Mouse1 and the other mouse was Mouse2, then swapped them around), priority (changed "CorePointer"). Usually, that resulted in both of them locked or locking them when docking/undocking. I am using a 2.4 kernel. Both /dev/mouse/ and /dev/psaux are symlinked to /dev/misc/psaux. I don't have /dev/input/mice at all. In BIOS, the touchpad set to AUTOMATIC. The comment says that connecting another pointer to the PS/2 port will disable the touchpad. Only other option available is DISABLE to disable the touchpad at all. Under Windows, hot docking works just fine...

Okay, I've tried again with modeprobe evdev. The module was there but needed to be modprobed: # more /proc/modules evdev 6112 0 (unused) input 6272 0 [evdev] ---snip------- Here is my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 # more /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 --- snip ---- Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse2" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "MaxTapTime" "20" Option "UpDownScrolling" "on" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "Edges" "1900 5400 1800 3900" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "MinSpeed" "0.02" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Finger" "25 30" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "CorePointer" "" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0007" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" EndSection ---snip----- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" Screen "screen1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection Now exit X and startx again.... The primary external 3B mouse works (at least, it worked untill I pulled the laptop off the port replicator). The touchpad is dead... Let's check /var/log/Xfree86.0.log: --- snip---- (**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "PS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" (**) Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" (**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.12.5 Mouse2 no synaptics event device found (checked 1 nodes) (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "20" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (**) Option "UpDownScrolling" "on" Query no Synaptics: 000064 (EE) Mouse2 no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device (EE) Mouse2 Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse2" (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) (II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded As you can see, loading evdev had no effect... I can only add that the synaptics driver works just fine for Mouse1, with or without evdev, no difference... Should I have used a protocol other than PS/2? Do I have to have the gpm service running? From my previous experience (with XFree86 3.x and older/other model laptops), the touchpad on /dev/psaux and a PS/2 mouse never worked together. But usually, the touchpad was taking over right away after the external mouse was disconnected, and vice versa. Well, another frustration...

Well, none of those works... I started with ac_dispatcher's suggestion. I had to compile the driver, that went through without any problem. Then I copied the synaptics driver to the directory where other drivers were, edited the XF86Config-4 as suggested (just cut-n-paste). Then I exited X, disconnected the laptop from the port replicator, reboot, startx - no mouse at all... Ctrl+Alt+F1 revealed the message "No synaptics device found" (or something similar). Ok, I removed the synapics driver and everything related to it from XF86Config-4, copied the exting section "Mouse1", called it "Mouse2" and edited to point to /dev/mouse. Started X - touchpad did not respond... Also, for some reasons, X took much longer to start... Now comes the "fun part": I removed the Mouse2 section from XF86Config-4 and reboot. Everything was working fine. But after I put the laptop back on the port replicator, the external keyboard and the external mouse remained dead, and I lost the touchpad as well. I restarted X, that did not change anything, except for the touchpad became operational again. It appears that I have to reboot every time I wish to switch the keyboard and mouse, that's no good... Any suggestions please?

I have a PS/2 keyboard and 3-button PS/2 mouse connected to the laptop through a port replicator. And of cousre, the laptop has a touchpad... I'd like to be able to use the touchpad when I am away from my desk and I want the external mouse to take over, when I drop the laptop on the port replicator. Currently, if I connect the laptop to the port replicator, the 3B mouse remains dead, and touchpad remains active. Apparently, this is because only one mouse is configured in XF86Config-4: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" EndSection How should I modify XF86Config-4 to make both mice work at the same time?

I've done some googling. Toshiba says that this drive is capable of # 16X Record CD-R # 10X Rewrite CD-RW # 24X CD-ROM Read # 8X DVD-ROM Read # 1X DVD-RAM Read So do I just use 16X speed for CD-R, 10X for CD-RW?

Thanks, guys... It's a combo drive (Laptop), I don't have a reader... Cdrdao was there, it just didn't pick the right driver. I used generic-mmc as suggested, but was not sure that was a right choice. There was toshiba driver on the list. Should I have used it? Also, what *is* the correct setting for the default speed? By the way, how do I check whether the burnt CD is Okay? It's a data CD, can I do a checksum test or something?

I tried to copy a CD with k3b last night. Step by step, I figured out how to burn a CD in general. There were a copule of nuisances though... 1. My DVD/CD-RW was correctly recognised by MDK, but cdrdao was producing an error saying it did not have a driver for it. That wasweird since the driver called 'toshiba' was on the list. Where can I find if it works with my particular DVD/CD-RW? 2. Suggested speed was 1x, it took ages to burn the CD at this speed. The burner is capable of doing up to 16x (need to check that). How do I find a right speed? Thanks.

Maybe some time in the future, when I have free time on my hands... Thanks anyway.

Enterprise kernel was Mdk installer's choice, not mine... I would try 2.6 kernel, but one thing scares me... How do you, kernel 2.6.x guys, get around setting a video adaptor? I mean, I stuck with 2.4.22-26 'cause mandrake had matching ATI drivers for my Radeon M9 videocard. With a 2.6.x kernel those drivers will likely be unusable. On the other hand, I've heard so much frustration with compiling those ati closed source drivers. Frankly, it's a bit scary...

Well, done that and also checked rpm database (kpackage->find file), fglrxconfig is not there... they removed it!

G'day Dave, You can get PowerPack from linux systems lab www.lsl.com.au at around $100 AUS. That includes 1 month club membership and 60 days support from Mandrake. They may have MDK 10 CDs as well.

I should have mentioned that I am using apm. I tried acpi but the laptop was turning quite hot. Also, acpi did not show the battery status at all... There could be some other issues, I don't remember now...

Thanks, arthur. I found those lines in /boot/config-2.4.22-26mdk but not in /boot/config-2.4.22-26mdkenterprise. Is there any particular reason for that? I have 1 Gb RAM, if I use plain 2.4.22-26, suspend/resume does not work well. After I boot into 2.4.22-26 kernel, I was able to load the module speedstep-centrino and start cpufreqd.. Nonetheless, /proc/cpuinfo does not change when I plug/unplug the power cord. How do I check that the CPU frequency has changed?

Does anybody know, is frequency trottling enabled in the MDK-supplied kernel (2.4.22-26)? AFAIK, speedstep_centrino should be loadable as a module, but I get this # modprobe speedstep_centrino modprobe: Can't locate module speedstep_centrino # service cpufreqd start Starting cpufreqd : Unable to find a cpufreq interface, please ensure to have cpufreq enabled in the running kernel. Exiting. [FAILED]

It turned out that XF86Config-4 did not have AutoRepeat option set... Adding Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" fixed the problem...

Configuration->KDE->Periferials->Keyboard contains the following checkboxes: Keboard repeat - checked Use sticky keys - unchecked Use slow keys - unchecked Use bounce keys - unchecked Numlock on KDE startup - this one is a button - self-explanatiry The Help button takes me to a page which does not contain any mention of `sticky keys', `slow keys', or `bounce keys'... Instead it talks about options such as keyboard layout - options, i don't see but would find it useful - it's a laptop...

I would like my keyboard keys (mainly arrows) respond a bit faster... I know that this can be done using xset xset r rate 200 40 Where should I put this line to make sure that KDE does not overwrite xset? I tried adding this line to statrtx, /etc/X11/Xsession, but after KDE starts, my keyboard is slow again - I have to run xset from the konsole...

I use ATI drivers from MDK Club. Neither fglrxconfig nor opengl-update are installed... #which fglrxconfig which: no fglrxconfig in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin) # which opengl-update which: no opengl-update in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin) Where do I get those?