Dapper Dan

Unless your cd says it has Linux drivers, you can't install Windows drivers to Linux. It's like trying to put a Hugo manifold on a Hummer engine.. I'm going from memory here since I no longer use Mdk, but first try running Xfdrake as root and choose the 3. something "drivers" rather than the 4. something. I got my ATI working that way. If that doesn't do it, try running xf86config from a terminal as root. The questions are pretty straight forward, and it'll give you a chance to choose your card and resolutions. Good luck!

I can't answer to your question specifically, but I will say you're very smart to ask theses questions before building a box you intend to install Linux on!

Never tried Debian as a work station but RH 9 works great as one...

Quote: Can anyone point me to a helpfull toshiba laptop tutorial and what i should install to get it running or a debian distro that i should try. I'm not sure if you would have the same luck on your Toshiba with Morphix as I did on our Toshiba Satellite, but it would be easy to find out, and it would only cost you one CDR if it doesn't. Morphix is Debian based and runs from CD. If you download, say, the Morphix-Gnome 4.1 iso's and burn to CD, you can boot it on your Toshiba and see what works. That way you don't run into a lot of trial and error time installing. If it DOES work to your satisfaction, you can then install it to HD. Morphix found and configured everything on our laptop except the winmodem, including my Orinoco Gold Card. Here's more if you want to consider it. See my post about 3/4 of the way down. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91054&highlight=Toshiba You can download the Morphix iso's here... http://morphix.sourceforge.net/modules/mydownloads/ Good luck, I hope this helps.

I download the iso's and run for a while. If I like the distro, and decide it suits my needs, I think it is important to support them by either buying the boxed set at regular price, or submitting bug reports or both. The meager cost of a boxed set of Linux cd's is well worth the freedom we enjoy. I still have an unopened box or Red Hat 9 lying around here somewhere...

I don't know a thing about pocket PCs. Do they have a cdrom? If so, try Morphix-Gnome 4.1, a cd based disro. if it works from the cd, It should work fine when installed to hd.

I would just re-install redhat 8. When you get to the partitioning part, tell it to erase the entire disk, and let it set up the partitions for you. If you know how though, I would set up my /home directory on a seperate partition. It makes things easier if you ever re-install or change distros.

Are you by any chance running ximian red-carpet? This breaks apt-get all to hell, and results in the need for a major deletion effort of x r-c or a total re-install! Also, you may want to try Morphix-Gnome 4.0 or 4.1. It's lineage is Debian-Knoppix-Morphix, and it's apt-get works fllawlessly for me, with Gnome...

I had similar problems with the Turtle Beach card that came with my Diminsion 4550. The card worked, but not that well and I had no surroundsound with my Altec Lansing system. I finally picked up a regular old Soundblaster 16 PCI which works really well on 2 speakers and the sub-woofer. I havn't tried it yet with the other 2 speakers.

Yes, Gentoo is intriguing! I too might give it a try on my experimental box. As far as your new box goes, I've never had a problem with any HP cd recorder I've ever used with Linux. They've always performed well for me.

Is anyone else other than me using IceWM with RedHat 9.0?

Well, thanks for at least answering..

(amend) open port 22 on router if you are trying to connect to it from outside a network. If you are inside a network, I don't you will need to open it, but I'm not completely sure on that.

Sounds like you need to install openssh server. I would go ahead and install openssh client to if it is not installed. Go to Mdk control center/install software and search "openssh" If it is not installed, install both and try "ssh-ing" again. Are you using a router? Also check that ssh port is open. I think it's 22. Not sure about telnet port.

LOL! sounds like you've already tried them all! I tried Slack for a while and like it alot, it's just I don't have the patience to build packages with tarballs. Damn small is damned amazing! Mandrake 9- a great Linux release! Mdk 9.1, a nightmare, Mdk 9.2, a nightmare in beta! RedHat 8 and 9- outstanding in every way except it's extremely difficult to run IceWM and one of the Ice configurators with it. At this moment I'm out on the deck typing from my wife's Toshiba Satellite laptop which works perfectly with Morphix Gnome installed. The Orinoco PCMCIA classic gold card works perfectly right out of the box, as does the Linksys Wireless-G router it's communicating with . I REALLY like Morphix, but it's a little scary to think about running it at work. There, it's Mandrake 9.0, and at home it's RedHat 9.0, and Morphix on the laptop!

I'm in strange territory again! Sorry kailinin, I keep trying to help but keep coming up empty for you! I've only been on "the red pill" since June 2002, so my experience is very limited. I know a Windows guy I'll ask and see what he says. In the meantime, hopefully a senior member here will step in and help you solve this problem. Sorry I couldn't do more, (again).

OK. I started to say something before but didn't want to jump the gun. I don't know what anyone elses experience has been, but when I tried to "upgrade" from 9.0 to 9.1 is was like going from heaven straight into hell! I found 9.1 so full of problems that after 2 weeks I felt it wasn't worth it and reinstalled 9.0 which is the best release of Mandrake in my experience. I'm now using RedHat 9.0 at home. If 9.1 is giving you other major problems as it did me, you may want to consider dropping back to 9.0, and eroaster will likely work without problems to boot! Don't go to 9.2 though! It's still in Beta and there are issues that need to be worked out with it as well. I presently run 9.0 on two of my work computers.

What boot loader are you using?

I'm not really sure how anyone is going to see the Linux partitions if they are in Windows. Once you split up your hard drive and have a dual boot system, to my knowledge, Windows doesn't know there is another operating system co-existing with it unless you run fdisk or whatever partitioning tool comes with the Windows installation. Not to say there isn't, but I am not aware of any program that comes with Windows that will allow write access to Linux partitions while in Windows GUI. You're in serious trouble though if those students click on the C drive and click "format." They wouldn't do that would they??

Is your eroaster the one that came on the Mandrake cd's or one you downloaded? I'm not saying this will work, but if it were me, I'd try going into Mdk control panel and deleting eroaster and cdrecord, then reinstall cdrecord first and eroaster second. Mandrake also comes with gnometoaster and xcdroast. Both are not as user friendly as eroaster, but you may want to try them to see if they give you the same errors since all three are frontends for cdrecord. Which Mandrake are you using? I used eroaster in Mandrake 9.0 which came with the cd's and everything worked perfectly.

Is your eroaster the one that came on the Mandrake cd's or one you downloaded? I'm not saying this will work, but if it were me, I'd try going into Mdk control panel and deleting eroaster and cdrecord, then reinstall cdrecord first and eroaster second. Mandrake also comes with gnometoaster and xcdroast. Both are not as user friendly as eroaster, but you may want to try them to see if they give you the same errors since all three are frontends for cdrecord. Which Mandrake are you using? I used eroaster in Mandrake 9.0 which came with the cd's and everything worked perfectly.

off subject akshunj, but I was reading what you have at the bottom of your post. Pretty cool! Have you checked out Morphix-Gnome? Their splash screen is baby tux in one of the Matrix type black suits and the logo reads "take the red pill."

If you do choose Mandrake, 9.0 was a great release. I would start there. Other's experiences may be different but I personally ran into a lot of problems with Mdk 9.1. I also worked with 9.2 some which is in beta, and not ready for prime time. Also consider Red Hat 9.0 which is very user friendly and has great support. You can also use a program with RH 9 called "apt-get rpm" that makes installing programs a breeze without getting into "dependancy hell." Another avenue you may want to explore is to download and burn Morphix Gnome 4.1, a complete Linux distro you can run from cd. That way you can check out Linux and see how you like it before doing anything that could potentially endanger you Windows partition. Morphix is Debian based, and also uses "apt-get" The Mandrake 9.0 installation will automatically mount your windows partition, both vfat and ntfs when dual booting. Red Hat doesn't do it automatically but it's not too hard to do if you follow their instructions.

Hmm. Well one thing's for sure, it's not going to work until it see's your reader/recorder. I'm no Linux expert, but you might want to try looking at the permissions and ownership of /dev/sg. Other than that I'm afraid I wouldn't know. Sorry I couldn't help more.

Quote: One important reason why I want to start using Linux is that I have been heavily attacked by viruses lately and lost a lot of time dealing with that. I don't think my computer is completely clean yet. In addition, there are some other problems with my pc - which may be related to viruses - or to windows being an unstable os.. So I am looking for an os with more security and dependability but if I can keep working with an interface that looks like the one I am used to ..that's great! This is EXACTLY why I moved away from Windows to Linux! I havn't looked back!