CrazyKillerMan

Well, I have two PC's as workstations and I have 2 monitors...this is only key if you have two monitors. Ir removes any need for having a kvm (I still have a cheap kb/mouse attached and plunked out of sight. X2VNC http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html It works so well. If you have two Linux boxes, then there is explanation on this page to use another software package. Two windows boxen? Ditto. I use it home and work, and it's sweet as all hell. It is slower than using a kvm or a dedicated kb/mouse. Depends how much bandwodth you need. Attach the kb to your 'powerful" workstation.

EDIT: mount -t smbfs 192.168.0.x/remote /mnt/local above Sorry, the above is for nfs, but with a : mount -t nfs 192.168.0.x:/remote /mnt/local But to use samba... smbmount //computer/remote /mnt/local -o ip=x.x.x.x You may need to supply credentials. Run "man smbmount" In a linux terminal for information. Wasn't paying attention this morning and grabbed the wrong line from my fstab.

What I do is have shares on my windows xp boxen, then using samba I mount the drives in Linux (its setup in my fstab). mount -t smbfs 192.168.0.x/remote /mnt/local change IP, remote, and local to match your configuration. If you open the Samba administration menu (somewhere in the menu, haven't used it for some time) you can add a share from your local machine to the workgroup or domain. If you have problems with that, install webmin with the samba client. apt-get webmin & apt-get webmin-samba (or something) I use a program called "Smb4k" - it's simply awesome. It can automatically mount SMB shares for you, and you can administer it yourself as well. It works rather well. I HIGHLY recommend it, esp for beginners.

Try unpacking as iamroot suggests. It should make a new folder called "flash_dealy" or something like that. Change directories into flash_dealy and then type: ./configure <enter> make <enter> (now switch to root using "su") make install <enter> If there is a special way to configure the program, it will be in a README or INSTALL text file. To look at this file, type: less README (when you are in the flash_dealy) directory. This will tell you what to type for the configure option ie: ./configure --usr=/home/blaa or something Hope this helps.

If you didn't like Gnome, dont bother with Ubuntu. Asking if you want to install the X Server with a desktop environment is somewhat wrong. There are a few x servers (although most should be now using Xorg). I prefer Gentoo as well. It's simply untouchable...although - to get it setup initially takes some work, the experience is worth it in the end. Gentoo has GREAT documentation and the most active user forum out there IMO. I have Ubuntu setup as my personal server, and I do like it, but my workstation running Gentoo is much better for what I use it for. With Gentoo you can pick defferent build levels of software, much like how changing your debian feeds goes. I prefer the command line for the package management tool, Portage, but it is simple to use. Porthole and Guitoo are available as a GUI frontend for Portage. If you DO decide to go with Gentoo, be prepared to have at least two days of down time while you complile Xorg and KDE (openoffice is a long one as well). I printed out the manual as well. Maybe toss out a pdf of the whole manual (installing gentoo) and take it to a Kinko's or something...probablly wont cost more than $5. It's worth it. Unless of course, you have another PC that is attached to the internet that you could reference. I am not a fan of Red Hat either...just a little to much in there...I'm sure its great once you have spent time with it, but - I used 7.2, 7.3, 9.0 and FC2 - wasnt a fan of any of them.

Hey all, I was wondering if someone could explain to me (or point me to an article on) fonts in a linux environment. I have fonts working on Xorg 6.7.0 but OpenOffice 1.1.3 does not see any of them. This is getting to be very frustrating, and I was wondering if anyone had any answers for me? Or ideas? I am running: KDE 3.3.1 Xorg 6.7.0 Fonts seem to be working in KDE just fine...just open office..there are like, 15 fonts in the list. Any ideas?

SOLVED: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=252149&highlight=openoffice+font http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=258903&highlight=openoffice+font The second link is sort of neat. I'm gonna emerge that sucker tonight (USE="-gnome +java" emerge openoffice-ximian)

PS: I have diddled around with google a bit, but I am unsure about the fonts, so I am a little unsure what to search for.

Make sure to add the #!/bin/sh at the top as well. This tells the PC what to use to truck on through it. Quote: #!/bin/sh mkdir ./temp touch ./temp/file.txt echo "something" >> ./temp/file.txt

the ** is to give commands to the ftp program. In a file, type in Quote: mkdir ./temp touch ./temp/file.txt echo "something" >> ./temp/file.txt That should run in order...make sure to make it executable, though.

I'm a little unsure what you mean. A script file will run from top to bottom and execute commands as it runs from the starting of line 1 to the end of line x. Here is a snippet from some of my code from home: Quote: read $remote_dir ftp -v -i $i <<** put "./$file_extension.$date.$month.$year.tar.gz" bye ** rm ~/ftp_$file_extension.tar.gz ncpumount ~/comptek This will execute the rm command right after the ftp command...does this help?

The text based grub should go as follows (if your grub.conf is setup correctly - the partitions and what-not): Type: kernel /kernel-that-youwanttoboot (tab completion is present) For me it is: kernel /kernel-2.6.9-r4 <enter> then type: boot <enter>

Quote: More when I get home (about 30-60 mins) from work. I have some documentation printed that I cannot seem to find quickly online. OK. First off - when you compiled your kernel, did you select: Loadable Module Support -> Enable loadable module support: Enabled Loadable Module Support -> Module unloading: Enabled Loadable Module Support -> Automatic Kernel Module Loading: Enabled To check this, jsut run "make menuconfig" again and see if it is enabled (the .config file should have been saved as such, unless you renamed it). The menuconfig looks for a .config to set everything that WAS set the last time it was ran before compiling (exactly why you want to save it and add revision numbers, etc). If so, it might just be that the module is not loading on start-up. Look at and edit /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to ensure its loaded everytime you boot. Put the module name for your nic card in. Is it e100??? I have fglrx loaded at startup (for direct rendering) and I place "fglrx" into the kernel-2.6 file.

Quote: The directions at the Gentoo site for installing the 2.6 kernel that taeuler linked mentioned checking for several things when running menuconfig, but didn't mention about checking to see if modules were set to initiate at boot. Is there a way to check this before recompiling another kernel? Is there no way to fix it after compiling? More when I get home (about 30-60 mins) from work. I have some documentation printed that I cannot seem to find quickly online. Quote: I downloaded the Gentoo universal live cd in case I can't sort this out. Am I right in believing this is pretty much like the other live Linux CD's in that I can install to HD and have a Gentoo system I can configure? Having not tried any other livecd's, I cannot comment on the install. The livecd install is outlined in the handbook. It is really quite simple to do if you have the handbook available (either print it out, or use alt-f2 and links) Quote: I know the optimal way is to do a stage 1 install from scratch, but I just don't feel comfortable enough with all this to go there right now. Once I have a stable working Gentoo, I can then get familiar enough to consider a stage 2 or stage 1 install later. Having no regards for large amounts of down time, I opt for stage 2 or stage 3 (depending if it is a weekend or not ;-) ) I dont think that my time is worth a stage 1 install. Seriously...you know?

genkernel is for those who do not want to manually compile thier kernel (as it detects hardware). Personally, I dont use genkernel. I think that using emerge gentoo sources are just as easy. See the handbook for a description of each of the gentoo kernels. emerge -pv gentoo-dev-sources This will (pretend to - remove the p to commit) download and unpack the kernel source into /usr/src/ Then, you must change the symlink "linux" in /usr/src/ to the newest kernel (in my case 2.6.9-r4). From there, cd to /usr/src/linux and "make menuconfig" This will bring up an easy to use text menu system. Compile drivers (CPU type, mobo chipset, agp chipset (if you do not want 3d accel - see the two links I gave above). After that go "make && make modules_install" then: cp /usr/src/linux/arch.i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.9-r4 cp ./System.map /boot/System-2.6.9-r4.map cp ./.config /boot/.config-2.6.9-4r Then make changes to grub.conf (sometimes in /boot/grub/ ) then reboot and cross fingers. Note to keep the existing kernel in case something bad happens (so have two entries in grub.conf 1 for your existing kernel, and the other for the 'experimental') See the gentoo handbook for more info. It gives some examples on what you SHOULD have loaded by default. When you emerge gentoo-dev-sources it will enable the most common tweaks/additions to the kernel that you need. However, practice makes perfect. Make sure to enable module loading/unloading, chech out the video card stuffs, mobo chipset, nic, usb stuffs, etc, etc, etc, etc.... In the gentoo handbook there are install guides for both manual and genkernel installs. Substitute 'install' with 'upgrade' and rock &| roll Gentoo Handbook See chapter 7.c and 7.d

You could also make an alias to the command. That could be kinda neat as I see you use the --user switch.

...oh yeah, welcome guys to the very exciting world of Gentoo. I love it! It really takes time to get rolling, but once you start rolling, its all downhill.

Quote: I've got the 2.6 kernel booting and everything works ok except I suspect I've screwed up the part about loading modules. When I do lsmod there are no modules listed, consequently I cant modprobe e100 so my NIC will go on the Internet. When you emerged the 2.6 kernel, did you manually compile it? If so there is a section that has a spot for module loading/unloading. Ensure that this is compiled into your kernel, then boot from that new kernel. Quote: i learned out an issue i tried emergeing kde and its doing it right now but it wont emerge anything gnome based i.e gnumeric or the such heres what i get when i type anything gnome based emerge there are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy virtual/fam so its halfway working [Edited by SoulNothing on 2004-11-22 10:42:15] There are USE flags that you need to be aware of. /etc/make.conf contains the USE flags. What I would suggest to you and Dapper Dan is to roll over to gentoo.org and check out this and this. USE variables are documented, for isntance, having "gnome" and "gtk" for a use variable may make it easier to emerge gnome based products. The USE variables are what portage looks to for assistance in emerging packages. Do a "emerge -pv package" and the USE variables that that particular ebuild will use will be displayed (from the -v switch). For instance: root@wedgie ~ # emerge -pv world These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 [1.5.2-r5] (-uclibc) 0 kB [ebuild N ] dev-perl/Time-Duration-1.02 8 kB [ebuild UD] app-portage/genlop-0.20.2 [0.30.2] 13 kB [ebuild U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 [2.14.90.0.8-r1] -bootstrap* -build -debug -multitarget +nls 10,874 kB Total size of downloads: 10,896 kB root@wedgie ~ # See how the USE flags are displayed? The + means that the USE flag is set to be used, the - means its not set.

Gnice

Pretty standard. Gentoo w/ Kde 3.3.1 & Xorg 6.7.0 Screenshot Nothing fancy...I would really like to get a decent ID3 program - anyone know of one? egorgry: What kind of video card do you have? I only hit ~2000 fps w/ glxgears!

Could this be a problem with module loading??? We should ensure that kernel loading is compiled in the kernel.

Good stuff, zenarcher! I'm somewhat unimpressed with my last reply! I wonder why that file wasnt there? When using the command line, tab-completion is your best friend. Open a terminal window and type: "cd /e" without hitting enter, then hit tab. It should complete to /etc (or if it doesnt, hit tab twice and it will list all directories/files starting from / starting with e - ie: If you have /earth it would list that along with /etc). When typing in a command like: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so ...hit tab all the time. If the file shows up, its there, if a lsit shows up, continue typing to better "match" so tab completion can do its job. If it doesnt match, or it isnt in the list, its either a) not there or check your path. Note: doing cd usr/java is not the same as cd /usr/java Good luck with realplayer, but what Dapper Dan suggested should work great!

Quote: When you install java plugins to ~/.mozilla/plugins, or any plugin for that matter, Firefox will look for those plugins and use them for itself. I always think it's a good idea to install to ~/.mozilla/plugins, so it will already be there in my home directory if I do a re-install or something. Good point!

OK! It seems that we are on the right track. The only thing I can think of is this: Remember: Quote: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so i think it should be (according to step 3 below that you defined): ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so " 3. When the installation has completed, run this command in the plugins directory of your Firefox installation: ln -s /path/to/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin.so"

Hmmmm I just ssh'd into my box and went into ~/.mozilla/firefox/ There was a "pluginreg.dat" and I viewed it using: less ./pluginred.dat I see that firefox generates this file, and generates it most likely depending on the plugins that you install with the gui (in this case the firefox browser). I am unsure if a manual install will work? Again, I have never done this, I am just taking you through the process's that I would follow if I was stuck in a rutt. I am VERY interested in the outcome!