bvc Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 my fstab (cdrom) /dev/hdc /cdrom auto ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd /cdrw auto ro,user,noauto 0 0 One way that works for me is to rt-click the kde panel (kicker)>Add>Applet>Devices and configure for the desired devices. Then click them to u/mount/open. For gnome just rt-click (then I think)>Devices and click which you want to mount>then dbl-click the icon that appears on the desktop to open it. Let's see if I can create devices on the desktop/kde...... ....yep...rt-click the desktop>Create New>Device>choose type etc...>rt-click>mount>open it. pretty much the same for gnome except rt-click>New Launcher>choose type, or somehting. Doesn't work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted March 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Thanks again bvc! If I right click on kicker, add applet, 'decices' is not listed. But I changed my fstab as you show, so now I can access those devices, but an error window opens and says [mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab Almost there! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 (edited) add a new empty line at the end of fstab by moving the cursor to the very end of the very last line and hit Enter and save. Still get the error? Post it. Oh, post the file, I mean. Edited March 20, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted March 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Man. You're a genious! Now I need to add a floppy to fstab, and that should do it. Thanks again, bvc! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 (edited) ummm....I took mine out. Google? Anyone else? I know it had 'auto' in it. :unsure: Oh, and thx, but I am not a genious....I've just been around long enough to see and have done most things, is all. Google helps me a lot. Edited March 21, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 ooops...it is still there! shame on me! /dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted March 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Great! That did it, and thanks again! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) Just an update, I followed cyberjackle's link in this forum entitled 'debian installer -beta3' to get where I am now, with a fully functioning (almost) Debian install of Sarge, which I then upgraded to Sid. Risky, I know, but what the heck? It seems now that what the problem is, why I originally posted this topic, is that a Knoppix hd install won't upgrade to kde3.2 without that error I said at the beginning of this, (kdelibs-data) was the offending package, but when you just install with the Debian netinstall, it will upgrade fine. I have been playing with it for a couple days, and there is one more problem you guys will know about- when I type 'firestarter' as root (to try and start the firewall) I get this error: debian:/home/mike# firestarter Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified (firestarter:31109): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: debian:/home/mike# Is this a permissions thing, or what do ya think? update again, Found out that by typing xhost + before su'ing to root will manage this problem. Thanks. (Oh- the same thing happens when I try to start xcdroast) Edited March 23, 2004 by 83mercedes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowFoxLSU Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 1) When you do a Knoppix HDD install, always choose debian style. Knoppix style will not work when using apt-get 2) Knoppix is created from the debian "unstable" directory.... why are you fooling with testing? 3) Knoppix 3.4 is coming out real soon. Also Overclockix is a rip of Knoppix 3.4 ct. Unlike the normal knoppix it has gnome, but is missing some other software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83mercedes Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 1) When you do a Knoppix HDD install, always choose debian style. Knoppix style will not work when using apt-get Right, Igot that. 2) Knoppix is created from the debian "unstable" directory.... why are you fooling with testing? I remember hearing you should not upgrade 2 steps at a time, ie from stable to unstable, because you can get more errors that way? At any rate, the sources.list had listings for stable, testing and unstable; what I did was comment out stable and unsatble, so I could dist-upgrade one step at a time. Hope that makes sense....I didn't realize I was actually dist-upgrading "backwards", so to speak.. In any case, the Debian sarge netinst disk has worked for me as an alternate method of installing Debian, so I am grateful for that If you look around this forum for a post called "debian newbie can't get into x", you will be amazed at the rough time I was having trying to install the "old way". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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