Jay in PA

Hi, After much googling, I found a site that had the solution. My extra 40GB hard drive module is now available upon boot. Here's the link: http://rtfm.dyndns.info/tips/2003/06/01/16.shtml

Hi, After much googling, I found a site that had the solution. My extra 40GB hard drive module is now available upon boot. Here's the link: http://rtfm.dyndns.info/tips/2003/06/01/16.shtml

Hi! I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop P3, 512 MB Memory. Primary Hard Drive Triple Boot:win 98, Win XP, Suse 8.2 Pro I also have a second hard drive module (40 GB formatted in FAT 32 and filled with data) that slides in one of the battery slots. The second hard drive and all the files are accessible in Win 98 and XP but not in Suse. My problem is in Suse 8.2. I can't seem to access this hard drive. It is not listed under the Disc Usage-KDiskFree. However, it does show up in both the Partitioner in Control Center and is listed under Hardware info in YaST2. It is listed as /dev/hdb/ It seems to me the only thing I have to do is mount this drive somehow to access the data in Suse. I tried everything short of reformatting this drive under the Expert Partitioner. I must have overlooked a simple thing. Can anybody tell me what I can do to acces this second hard drive module and all the files on the drive with Suse. Thanks in advance.

Hi! I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop P3, 512 MB Memory. Primary Hard Drive Triple Boot:win 98, Win XP, Suse 8.2 Pro I also have a second hard drive module (40 GB formatted in FAT 32 and filled with data) that slides in one of the battery slots. The second hard drive and all the files are accessible in Win 98 and XP but not in Suse. My problem is in Suse 8.2. I can't seem to access this hard drive. It is not listed under the Disc Usage-KDiskFree. However, it does show up in both the Partitioner in Control Center and is listed under Hardware info in YaST2. It is listed as /dev/hdb/ It seems to me the only thing I have to do is mount this drive somehow to access the data in Suse. I tried everything short of reformatting this drive under the Expert Partitioner. I must have overlooked a simple thing. Can anybody tell me what I can do to acces this second hard drive module and all the files on the drive with Suse. Thanks in advance.

Hello everybody, I just downloaded and installed Netscape 7.1 because Konqueror and Opera just did not load all Flash sites and pages properly. Netscape 7.1 is the best browser for SuSE I've found. I can't create a shortcut to my desktop to launch Netscape. The only way I launch it now is to Run the Netscape Installer with the run script: ./netscape-installer ./netscape Netscape loads after this process. How can I create a shortcut icon on my desktop to just click and then load Netscape 7.1 instaed of going through this process everytime? Thanks

I have NVidia GeForce 4 MX 420 Graphics Card. I have 3D Acceleration enabled. I downloaded the driver through Yast (online update). There was a disclaimer I had to agree to prior to installation of the updated driver. However, due to licensing issues between NVidia and Linux, there is no true support. Even though my card is configured to have 3D enabled, there are certain programs and games that display a pop up indicating 3D is not configured for my card. However, when I go ahead and open the program it sure looks 3D to me. My resolution and graphics are beautiful on my 18" Flat Panel monitor. Good enough for me anyway. Jay in PA

Thanks Berre and Blueworm for your replies. I got the sound and wireless networking resolved and purring like a kitten with my SuSE 8.2. See my October 27 post and/or my reply to Josua2311. I have a Dell Dimension 8250 with the hardware Berre described and the ONLY driver that powers front left and right speakers w/ subwoofer is the binary driver from Open Sound. Well worth the $15.00. Thanks again. Jay in PA

Josua, Glad it worked! You don't have an email address posted so I apologize to the board for this post. You asked,"Why do you stay in the PA?" No, I'm not a bum sleeping in the corner of the Port Authority lugging around a computer trying to figure out how to get everything to work with this new Linux operating system. PA.....That's not the Port Authority.... I live in PA (Pennsylvania) about 1 hour drive from New York City and 1 hour from Philadelphia. I am having a Hofbrau Octoberfest Beer as I am typing this post to salute your success in Germany!! Jay in PA

As you can see by my post below, I had the same problem. Geez, at least you got a couple of replies. Anyway, I did a lot of research and am happy to report I have the graphics card, soundcard and wireless networking all configured and working perfectly with SuSE 8.2 since my last post. I tried the driver that you are using and it would not even drive the front speakers and Subwoofer (not a peep of sound anywhere) so I got a driver (free Trial Version) from Open Sound. www.opensound.com I installed it easily and eventually bought the permanent driver and associated license for $15.00. The guys at Open Sound were very helpful. Here is the info they sent to me regarding my surround sound. They will have a driver for us sometime in 2004: The Windows Drivers use something called Creative CMSS that takes 2 channel standard stereo from MP3 players like Winamp or Windows Media player and converts it to a 6 channel surround sound. This feature is not supported by OSS. So when you play MP3s, you only get audio from the front speakers. If you have rear and center/lfe speakers you will not hear audio from these speakers when playing MP3s. If you have a Dolby Decoder hooked up the the Digital Output on the card and your 6 speakers are conneced to the dolby decoder and now when you use Xine to play a dvd, you'll need to do the following: rm /dev/dsp ln -s /dev/dsp3 /dev/dsp Now fire up Xine and press the Configuration icon (next to the power button icon on the left) and then under the Audio panel you will see AC3 passthrough. Enable it and then close down Xine and restart the Application. Now you should be able to play DVDs and hear full 5.1 surround audio from all the speakers. We are working on CMSS like features for OSS v4.0 and they will come out during next year and you will get a free upgrade. So in future when you play Mp3s you will get full surround audio. But right now you are limited to just the front speakers. If you want to play audio files on the rear and center/lfe you can try this: Find some wav file on your system save it to /tmp/sample.wav) and type: /usr/lib/oss/play -d/dev/dsp1 /tmp/sample.wav You will hear audio on the rear speakers If you disable spdif (edit /usr/lib/oss/options.cfg and add a line: emu10k1x_spdif_enable=0 and run soundoff and soundon) then you will be able to use /usr/lib/oss/play -d/dev/dsp2 /tmp/sample.wav and hear audio on the center/lfe speakers. Hope this helps. Jay in PA

Hello, I am new to the board and to Linux. I just installed SuSe 8.2 Professional and the automatic configuration did not work for my sound card, Modem and Network Adapter. The OS recognized (listed in YaST) my Soundblaster Live! Soundcard but when I tested it , it did not work. I also tried using other listed Soundblaster drivers in YaST but that did not help. I tried turning volume all the way up on all parameters. I am confused because on this board (under compatibilty) my soundcard is listed as compatible but when I went to both the Linux and Creative Labs Websites they both list it as not supported. Does anybody know if this soundcard will work with 8.2? If so, How the heck do I get this Altec Lansing Surround Sound 5.1 to work? If anybody can guide this Windows Wiz but Linux idiot through this dilemma, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!! Jay in PA