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Thanks, mac57. Please forgive me for being a total newbie. How do I implement these scripts? Do I save the text as a file? What file extention should I use? Where does the file go? I hope these requests help other noobs like me learn a bit about the linux system. TIA Don

I'm running Community 10.1 as well. The ZIP disk is in the drive all the time unless I need data on another PC. I have 2 drives and about 10 or so 100Mb disks that aren't being used at present. Would you please post the scripts you made along with instructions on how to implement them? Otherwise, I've all but given up on the ZIP until the next Mandrake release. :unsure:

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Gnomemeeting recognized my cam right away. Cam is working fine (for a cheapo crappy cam!) but I can't get the sound to work. That's a different problem though. Problem solved! Thanks!! Don

should the mount point be set at /mnt/zip/ or at /mnt/hdb4/ Currently it is set at /mnt/zip/ I've tried the changes suggested by mac57, bruno_p and Darkelve to no avail. Please help. TIA Don

Best Data external serial modem. select retail box option and deselect all other options. Less than $19 includes cables and shipping. Great deal. http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info....roducts_id=3464

I don't know if this makes a difference but the zip is the master drive to a dvd writer slave on the second ide cable. The first ide id the master hard drive & slave cdrw. Is this the best layout? UPDATE: First IDE cable is hard drive=master, zip=slave. Second IDE cable has CD-RW=master, DVD-RW=slave. Hard drive and CDs work fine; ZIP still no working .

Thanks, Darkelve. Did as told but still no go. When I double click on the zip icon a blank konqueror window opens. I know the disk has files on it. When I try to copy a .txt file to the zip window, I get the error mssg "Could not write to /mnt/zip/test.txt". This is the end of my edited rc.local file: (truncated file info) elif [ -f /etc/security/msec/issue.net ]; then cat /etc/security/msec/issue.net > /etc/issue.net else rm -f /etc/issue.net fi modprobe ide-floppy fi touch /var/lock/subsys/local Do I have the line in the correct place? Is my zip icon linked to the right mount point? Am I crazy?

Is the normal way double-clicking on the zip icon? I'm a TOTAL noob here. could you explain in english, as in: in (program name or console) type ab c 123 <enter>

Although I never figured out how to solve the venus chipset modem installation, I did get up and running on the Best Data external serial modem. Does this count as "problem solved"? (It does for me!) Thanks to all who helped. Don

Thanks Steve. I have installed G*meeting and will report back on my results.

HardDrake lists it as follows: Identification Vendor: Iomega Media class: fd Connection Bus: ide Device ID: 0 Misc Old device file: /dev/hdb4 Model: ZIP 100 ATAPI Disk controller: 0 New devfs device: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part4 The file system is set for automatic, the mount point is /mnt/zip/ and the device is set for supermount. There is a ZIP icon on the desktop, but when I double click on it, konquerer opens with an empty window. I'd really like to use my ZIP drive. It's a fast and easy way to transfer files that won't fit on a floppy without the time involved in burning a CDRW. Please help me troubleshoot/configure my drive. TIA Don My PC: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ PCChips MB, SiS650 GUI 2D/3D Accelerator, SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator, SiS900 10/100 Ethernet, SiS 740 Host-to-PCI Bridge, 5591/5592 AGP, SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO], SiS 5513 [iDE], SiS 7001 USB, SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Controller, SiS961/962 SMBus Controller. Fujitsu‎MPC3064AT Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI Lite-On Technology Corp.‎LTR-16101B CDRW TDK DVDRW0404N DVD-RW H1440 floppy PS/2 optical mouse HP psc 1310 series all-in one printer/scanner Best Data 56SX-92 external serial modem KDS Visual Sensations VS195

gqcam & camstream are not yet at a 1.0 release. Do you have any experience using them, kristi? I'd like to avoid progs that will freeze or crash my system. Do I have to be using the Gnome desktop in order to use Gnomemeeting or can I use it while running KDE (my preferred window mgr.)

When I plug my USB webcam in, HardDrake recognizes it as follows: Identification Vendor: VLSI Vision Ltd. Description: CPiA WebCam Media class: Connection Bus: USB Bus PCI #: 1 PCI device #: 2 Vendor ID: 1363 Device ID: 2 Misc Module: cpia_usb According to http://webcam.sourceforge.net/ the CPiA driver is in the kernel since 2.5.x The cam came with windoze software on the driver disk. What software program do I need to run to utilize my cam under Mandrake 10.1 Community? My PC: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ PCChips MB, SiS650 GUI 2D/3D Accelerator, SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator, SiS900 10/100 Ethernet, SiS 740 Host-to-PCI Bridge, 5591/5592 AGP, SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO], SiS 5513 [iDE], SiS 7001 USB, SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Controller, SiS961/962 SMBus Controller. Fujitsu‎MPC3064AT Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI Lite-On Technology Corp.‎LTR-16101B CDRW TDK DVDRW0404N DVD-RW H1440 floppy PS/2 optical mouse HP psc 1310 series all-in one printer/scanner Best Data 56SX-92 external serial modem KDS Visual Sensations VS195