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Q
A while ago I took the Without information on specific
Whatever your question, we can plunge and installed configuration options, and the current
find an expert to answer it. From SUSE 8.2 with a Centrino state of the system, its difficult to put
installation and modem woes to wireless card on my Acer my finger on an individual cause of
network administrations, we can laptop. Ive since upgraded to 9.2 your network problems.
get the answer for you just fire
and have 9.1 Professional installed Samba on each host will need to
off a letter or email and it'll all be
taken care of. on my desktop. be configured via the etc/smb.conf
I expected all sorts of problems file, so theyll both belong to the same
with the laptop, but they didnt workgroup. Even without this change,
LXF Answers guy materialise, except for one major youll be able to access shares
David Coulson is
issue I cant get it to talk to permitted in etc/smb.conf by
a networking and
security guru with anything. Thats not quite true it specifying the IP address of the host
plenty of sysadmin will connect to the internet if I cable in the Samba client.
experience to boot. it into my Linksys router, but... Rather than using Samba, file
Neither of my Linux boxes can sharing on Linux is better done using
see one another (I set the Samba NFS, which can be configured using
server up on the desktop using the SUSE system configuration tools,
Nick Veitch is the YaST, and the laptop up as a or by editing etc/exports.
editor of the Configuring laptops can be tricky.
Samba client). With all laptops, its a good idea to
magazine, and Wed suggest you use NFS for
answers your easy The wireless card wont connect filesharing with your desktop. start over at www.linux-laptops.net,
questions! Or to the internet or see the other and see what success others have had
indeed anything to computer. Otherwise, I guess itll be back with Linux and specific configuration
do with Grub, LILO, netatalk, Vi... I cant get a connection via to Windows but using as much options used. Laptops are,
bluetooth to my T610 phone. open source as I can. Your unfortunately, rather strange beasts,
Infrared works according to magazine is excellent Ill probably and it can be difficult for developers
Hans Huberland
YaSTs Test button, but wont do still read it even if I have to say bye to get their hands on every single
is Rackspace anything beyond this. bye to Linux. variant out there.
Managed Hostings The inbuilt modem is recognised Richard Moore You may want to give a distribution
Linux expert and a and dials telephone numbers, but The simplest way to solve such as Mandrake or Fedora Core a
real-life system
administrator on
call for your questions.
Q
a techie but Im a very competent these are few and far between, and Ive got a good one for
Windows user. are generally limited to complex you. Im not sure that
If I could find someone to talk network configurations. this can be categorised
me through this, Id feel different, I You can verify the IP configuration as a technical question
expect. As it is, I only have limited and routing on the laptop using but the only other places I can find
time to trawl the internet and then ifconfig a and route n. Your answers are bound to be biased.
start tailoring dangerous-looking on-board Ethernet will be eth0, and Im a Linux business user. Most
configuration files. your wireless will be eth1 or wlan0, of our back-end servers and
I like Linux and I support depending on how the distribution services are Linux-based. Our users
open source software and make handles wireless access. dont care whether we use Red Hat,
donations but its just getting to be If you can access the wireless SUSE, Microsoft Windows or Baron
too much. If you can help me get router, but cant get out onto the Samedi-style voodoo they all
wireless and bluetooth operating Internet, then the fault is likely to be a have Windows desktops and
on my laptop and make my two routing issue on the device; either essentially just want to browse the
Linux boxes see one another, Id be because a default route is missing, or net and get their mail and files.
mighty pleased. the system is trying to send all traffic Were upgrading our server
Q
I have a D845WN Intel your woes is to change your
motherboard, which kernel. It is possible to go back to
(according to the Intel an earlier version, but before you try
website) has Hi-Speed that, check out http://download.
USB 2.0 ports. Unfortunately Ive fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/
USB 2.0 is provided using the EHCI capability in the Linux kernel, not been able to attain high speeds, linux/core/updates/3/ for updates to >>
allowing for high-speed data transfers. even after installing all the relevant the Fedora kernel. NV
FAQ IS MOZILLA
COMPARABLE TO
EVOLUTION?
Not at all. Evolution is a PIM, whereas
Mozilla is a web browser. Evolution is
more like Microsoft Outlook than
Mozilla. Of course, one can use both
Mozilla and Evolution, effectively
Mozilla is a great web browser and mail client for Linux systems, while replacing the need to have Internet
Firefox and Thunderbird provide individual components of the Mozilla suite. Explorer and Outlook available.
Q Q
I am a subscriber to LXF in the filename produces the same Im having trouble getting comes with SUSE. Any help would
and a newcomer to Linux message. What am I doing wrong? Samba to work on my be appreciated.
generally. Im having Howard Yates SUSE 9.2 box. I use a Jamie
problems trying to copy There doesnt seem to be Belkin 10/100 Ethernet Youll need to verify that
the Gambas application from this
months CD [LXF 64].
Using find /mnt/cdrom2
gambas-1.0.1.tar.bz2 -print
results in mnt/cdrom2/Magazine/
A
- try this:
anything wrong with the
steps you are trying, but the
error message suggests
your command isnt formated properly
card on my Linux box; a Via Rinefire
onboard 10/100 Ethernet card on
my Windows box; and a five-port
Belkin Ethernet switch.
The Belkin NIC is detected and
A Samba is running and that
the firewall is turned off
use YaST for this. If the
firewall is enabled, remote systems will
be unable to access the Samba
Gambas/gambas-1.0.1.tar.bz2; tar xvf --bzip2 /mnt/cdrom2/ configured by SUSE, but I cant service. As an alternative, you can
but adding this pathname to the Magazine/Gambas/gambas-1.0.1.tar.bz2 figure out how to get Samba to open up specific ports on the firewall
command tar xvf --bzip2 given You can also use the slightly work. It worked under my old to permit access to Samba:
in Essential Disc Info generates the shorter tar xvfj [filename] with system (Fedora Core 3) but I dont TCP: 137, 138, 139, 445
error message btar: --bzip2: most versions of tar. NV want to go back to this, as I want to UDP: 137, 138
Missing modem
Q
I have just installed SUSE
9.2 from the March 2005
issue [LXF64] as a dual
boot alongside Windows
XP Home, which I still use. I am
completely new to Linux, and the
installation couldnt have been
easier. There are, however, some
questions I cant easily find answers
for on the net.
YaST has recognised most of my
hardware, graphics, sound etc,
including the fact that I have a USB The popular Alcatel SpeedTouch DSL modem has extensive documentation, making it easy to run with Linux.
ADSL modem. But it doesnt
recognise the modem itself just can find it at http://lea-linux.org/ tried Mandrake, SUSE, Fedora and package available. I can see that
the fact that I have one. When I hardware/sagem.html?v=t. Youll Red Hat, all to no avail. a package is available from the
click on the modem entry in the be able to use the DSL modem from Can you please help me, or (if I MySQL site but Im worried that it
hardware list, the Configure button both Windows and SUSE as you need to purchase a different will break my server.
stays greyed out. dual-boot, although your ISP probably modem) recommend one that SUSE Can you give me any advice on
The modem is a Sagem Fast wont support the connection for Linux will recognise? I would be forever in this job? I know how to do the
800/840, which I have connected if it doesnt work, dont expect them your debt as would be my barber actual install of the RPM I just
via USB rather than Ethernet card. to help you. once I stop tearing my hair out. dont know what the consequences
There are instructions for Linux on Configuration for internet Brian W will be.
the modems install disc, but Im connectivity via supported devices in Lots of information on the From the Rackspace Forums
afraid its all a bit over my head. Is
there an easy way to install this
modem on SUSE? Are there simple
instructions in newbie terms?
More importantly, if I configure
SUSE is performed through YaST, so if
you have any internal Ethernet
connections, or a dial-up modem, you
can set them up this way.
You have quite a choice of mail
A Alcatel SpeedTouch USB
modem (otherwise known
as the frog), can be found
at http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/
SpeedTouch/. This includes open
A
The upgrade itself should
pose no problems. However,
please bear in mind that
the RPM from MySQL will
probably have a different username to
the modem for SUSE, will it still clients we would recommend source versions of the drivers, as well those used by the Red Hat version, as
work when I switch to Windows to Thunderbird from www.mozilla.org, as setup documentation to get you well as some different paths. Any
go online from there? Can it be which is a great client with an easy to onto the internet using the modem. third-party programs you have that go
used on both OSs without problems? use interface. DC As you are running SUSE 9.2, you into the MySQL 3.23 libraries may also
My ISP is Tiscali, and I connect can follow the instructions at need to be updated.
on a 512k broadband connection. More SUSE stuff http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/ The table structure between 3.23
Q
Are there any problems from Ive just installed SpeedTouch/suse/index.html to get and 4.x is totally compatible, but the
Tiscalis side if I connect with both SUSE 9.2 from your it up and running. Wanadoo gives you MySQL table has a few extra columns
Linux and Windows? latest DVD. I religiously the option of using either PPP over that will need to be added. There is a
Also, where do I find the options installed each of the Ethernet, or PPP over ATM (PPPoA); script included in MySQL called
for setting up an internet main distros as you published them, but the SpeedTouch USB mysql_fix_privilege_tables which
connection in SUSE? (ie is it as hoping against hope that I would documentation suggests that using should resolve any issues with this.
simple as it is in Windows?) And is eventually have a Linux platform PPPoA is a better option. In either One thing to think about before
email set-up similarly pain-free? which would allow me to connect case, youll need to follow the specific you go through with the upgrade is
With anticipation of some help to the internet. I have a broadband instructions for the PPP method used that Red Hat does not officially
for a helpless Linux new boy, thanks connection via Wanadoo using an to connect to your ISP. DC support MySQL 4 so youll lose all
very much. Alcatel SpeedTouch USB modem, support for this aspect of your
Rick Mark which looks rather like a green, Unsupported operating system. Ive seen this
Q
We were able to find some limbless crab. I would like to upgrade combination work many times, but if
A documentation on the
configuration of this modem
with Linux, although it is
fairly complex and in French. You
I was able to connect with this
modem back in the days of
Mandrake 8, but have been unable
to connect since upgrading. Ive
from MySQL 3.23 to
MySQL 4, but my Red
Hat Enterprise Linux ES
server does not have the relevant
you decide to go ahead dont forget
to add MySQL to the up2date ignore
list, or you will automatically downgrade
to 3.23 next time up2date runs. HH
>>
Q
USB 2.0, etc. I finally have a
Maxtor broadband connection
40GB HDD. thanks to a USB
Bearpaw SpeedTouch 330 modem,
1200Cu scanner. which, according to a multitude of
Epson 810 Colour pages on the internet, can be used
Stylus photo printer. with Linux.
Compaq Presario 1425 monitor. Here is the problem: they all
Stuart Lonnen mention that I need to download
The ASRock K7VT2 firmware and perform several steps
The VIA chipsets are all fairly similar, and support for sound and network
capabilities are ready to go in the Linux kernel.
A motherboard uses a VIA
chipset, which has onboard
AC97 compatible audio. If
you are running a 2.6 version of Linux
you can add the following to your
with the firmware in order to get
the modem working.
My understanding of the
meaning of firmware is that it is the
software that sits on the modem
/etc/modules.conf file: itself; so if I carry out the
Q
Ive been running alias char-major-116* snd SpeedTouch/fedora/index.html for
Mandrake Linux 8.2 with alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx Fedora Core 3 I should end up with
Windows 98 SE on my # (sound-card-0 is probably not a working modem for my Fedora
PC. After five months of needed, but just in case) Core 3 system.
running both, Ive decided to get rid alias sound-card-0 snd-card-0 If I have to update the software
of Windows and the partitions, and #--- OSS ---# on the modem to get it to work with
use Linux full-time. I have just alias char-major-14* soundcore Linux, will it stop the modem from
bought your Complete Linux alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 working with my existing Windows
Handbook 2, and intend to install #--- ALSA - CARD ---# XP installation?
Mandrake 9.2 from the DVD. options snd cards_limit=1 I really dont want to proceed
Ive ordered 2MB broadband #--- ALSA - OSS ---# any further until I find this out as
(without tech support) from alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer- flashing things like BIOS/firmware
Madasafish, who cater for Linux, oss scare the living daylights out of me!
and I want to use a wireless alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss Kan Yuen
connection to my PC as it will not provides wired Ethernet access to your alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm- As the firmware is distributed
be staying where it is. Can you
advise me on a wireless modem/
router? Would I be better off with
two separate units, and will I need
some sort of a card in my PC? Im
device, or a PCI card which has a
wireless adaptor built in. Many
manufacturers (including D-Link and
Netgear) make DSL and wireless
devices, so you have quite a selection
oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-
oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-
oss
A by SpeedTouch, you
shouldnt encounter any
problems when you use the
modem under Windows XP.
As always when doing any firmware
not having any luck finding to pick from. #--- ALSA - /dev (OSS) ---# or BIOS upgrades, you should ensure
something suitable on my own (not There are also a number of alias /dev/sequencer* snd-seq-oss that you have a backup of the existing
knowing what Im looking at low-cost vendors we recommend alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss image in fact, this should be at the
doesnt help). The products need to that you avoid these, otherwise trying alias /dev/mixer* snd-mixer-oss top of your to-do list. Most likely, if
be reasonably simple for someone to find support from a LUG or on the alias /dev/midi* snd-seq-oss something goes wrong when you try
as ignorant as me to set up. Any internet is going to be quite a trial. DC #--- END ALSA ---# to update, youll have to send the
help you can give me would be Once the audio device is accessed,
gratefully appreciated. Say what? it will automatically load the modules Athlon chip on an ASUS
Q
Sean Im a newbie with regards for you. DC motherboard: ready for SUSE.
LXF would recommend you to Linux, but with the
WIN!
www.rackspace.co.uk
What a mate VNC server service. refused (10061). Even stranger is launched by redirecting the output
Q
I have been trying to echo n Do you want to the fact that when I try to kill the to dev/nul using I/O redirection. The
set up a Linux box continue(Y/N) VNC session by using the mistake is in the syntax of the
running Fedora Core 3 read Decision vncserver kill:1 command, I get command instead of >/dev/null
for my friends to play if [ $Decision = Y ]; then the following error: Killing Xvnc 2&>1, you should have typed
with. Theyre mostly Windows guys echo Starting your process ID 4790, Kill 4790: No >/dev/null 2>&1.
and dont have a lot of VNC Session. such process. The strange thing is The 2>&1 is actually a neat piece
command-line experience, so Im echo Please wait that when I run the VNC server of code which is used to send
trying to help them into the vncserver :1 name service manually, I manage to standard error to the same place as
wonderful world of open source by $USER >/dev/null 2&>1 connect. the standard output. Youve sent your
setting up VNC on the Linux box so echo VNC Session Loaded! Please help me make this work. standard output (1) to /dev/null, and
they can log in and play around on else Paddy Tillman so standard error (2) also goes to
separate X session. echo Then why did you You seem to have a nice /dev/null. The & in 2>&1 is simply to
I have created a script called
vnclogon to start a VNC server
session but am having a lot of
trouble making it work. The script
is as follows:
run the script?
fi
The strange thing is that the
script seems to execute correctly
but when someone tries to
A script going and I admit that
I was a bit puzzled by the
error you got when you
tried to kill the VNC session generated
by the script.
put the job in the background so that
you get your shell prompt back.
All in all the script seems quite
good and I believe that this correction
should help solve your problem and
#!/bin/bash connect using a VNC viewer they It appears that youve tried to allow your friends to make better
echo Hello There $USER get the following error: Unable to suppress the output generated by acquaintance with Fedora Cores
echo You are about to run the connect to host: Connection VNC when a VNC server session is X front-end. HH
Q
Weve rarely had problems I have been SUSE Professional 9.2, in dual boot Windows XP OS, the installation
ourselves with flashing devices, other experimenting with Linux mode with the pre-installed procedure advised me to disable
than if there is a hardware issue on for the past two years Windows XP. the hardware RAID 1+0 array and
the device which corrupts the image. and would consider This is where the problems to create a software RAID 1+0
We think it would be fine to flash the myself to be an enthusiast if only started. The motherboard has an array within SUSE using YaST. I was
modem, although you may wish to at quite a basic level. I recently on-board Promise FastTrak 378 concerned that if I did this I would
check with the nice people in purchased a new computer from controller, which the 200GB SATA not be able to use the Windows XP
SpeedTouchs technical support MESH and decided to opt for an hard drive was configured to use in OS installed and therefore have not
department first to verify that the AMD 3200 Athlon 64-bit processor a RAID 1+0 array. When I tried to been able to install the SUSE >>
image will work. DC on an ASUS K8VSE Deluxe install SUSE Professional 9.2, distribution. The ironic thing is that
A
Please be sure to include any relevant
I would be grateful for any confused when SATA is available. DC that the Zip drive actually details of your system. I can't get X to
advice you could give me. exists by running dmesg. work doesn't really mean anything to us if
Michael Zip it This will output a whole slew we dont know things like what version of
X you are trying to run or what hardware
Q
Were rather confused as to Thank you for SUSE 9.2 of information, which should hopefully
A
you are running on.
why the Promise FastTrack on the LXF64 DVD. include IDE devices located during the
controller would let you However, Ive had to boot process Assuming the device Be specific about your problem. Things like
create a RAID device with a revert to 9.1 as I couldnt really exists on /dev/hdb, you need to it doesn't work or I get an error arent all
that helpful. In what way does something
single disk, much less a RAID 1+0 get my Zip drive to run on 9.2 the mount /dev/hdb4, which can be done not work? What were you expecting to
array, which requires at least four disks. Iomega Zip drive wasnt even manually with the following: happen? What does the error message
You can try to disable any RAID identified. I give below the entries mount t vfat /dev/hdb4 /media/zip actually say?
capabilities in the FastTrack BIOS, and I made in /etc/fstab: If this fails to mount the Zip drive, Please remember that the people who
as youve only got a single disk, the /dev/hdb the error output should indicate what write this magazine are NOT the authors
BIOS should boot from it quite happily. hdb4 /media/zip subfs causes the problem fairly quickly. or developers of Linux, any particular
SUSE will detect the RAID array as a auto auto Should it work, you can add it to package or distro. Sometimes the people
responsible for software have more
device, and allow you to partition and noauto,fs=floppyfss fstab with the following:
information available on websites etc. Try
write information to it. {nothing},procuid,exec, user /dev/hbd4 /media/zip auto reading the documentation!
As a test, you can boot using a nouser,dev\nodev,rw defaults 0 0
We will try to answer all questions. If we don't
Knoppix 3.7 CD, or attempt to install I think youll agree I tried all You can then manually mount the
answer yours specifically, you'll probably find
Mandrake 10.1 or Fedora Core 3 which reasonable combinations. Some of device with the command: we've answered one just like it. We can't
may have better support for the SATA them merely echoed SUSEs entries mount /media/zip really reply to all your questions.
controller on your board. for /dev/fd0 (floppy disk). Good luck! DC