CrazyKillerMan

Yup, so far its looking good! Ok, I see (maybe see PS below - it might not be a dir) a firefox directory...go into that and get a directory listing. Is there another plugin folder in there??? If not, try doing what I had mentioned above: Quote: ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so **crosses fingers** PS: Doing a "ls -l" instead of "dir" will give you WAY more info (if an entry is a file/dir/symlink, the permissions it has, etc).

I have a ~/.mozilla/plugins directory. In this, it has the so of my only installed plugin, the flashplayer. So, lets try this (do above mv command first - just for kicks): ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Well those two files in there are *not* really files. They *should* be symlinks pointing to where java is installed. Think of them as a shortcut like in windows - but are a bit different. If java is not working in firefox yet, we may not have placed the symlink in the correct location. The 'lib' in the directory we are looking at only reinforces this to me. I think first, we should try your ~/.mozilla directory. What are the contents of this directory??? Is there a plugins folder? Quote: I did go into the usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and see the following two files: libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so.bak I hope that helps answer...but if I can check something else, please let me know. What I meant was, to check and see if they are symlinks and where they are pointing to. The 'ls -l' command should do it all for you. Just look at the two files, and see if they point somewhere. I bet they dont. Maybe we got the wrong dir alltogether. Before we move any farther, I would feel more comfortable if we undid everything that we have done. Type in a terminal window: cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins mv ./libjavaplugin_oji.so.bak ./libjavaplugin_oji.so What this does, is it replaces the libjavaplugin_oji.so file with the original (that maybe shouldnt have been, or may not even be a symlink). Lets start fresh. Waiting on your reply for the contents of ~/.mozilla Thanks!

Don't mention it Happy to help. Note that as blackpage noted, this will be a global install of the java plugin. Just out of curiousity, was that .so file in the mozilla plugin dir the actual file (not a symlink)? If not, what was it pointing to if it was a symlink? If you remember... If you followed my instructions, check out the ".bak" file you made in the second step.

I see: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so Goto this dir, and do ls -l If the libjavaplugin_oji.so has an lrwxrwxrwx (note that the rwx's dont matter - l is important) it is already a symlink, and it should point to a location, if that location is one that you have found using the find command, try changing it with: Quote: Then, to do a symbolic link, goto the plugins folder (where ever it is the symlink needs to be) and type: ln -s /foo/java/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so In your case, for instance: cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ mv ./libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so.bak ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so For finding hidden files/folders, do a "ls -al" or, even try "cd ./." (then hit tab after you type the last .) The preceeding . is for current working directory. To see this, type in "pwd"

Check this out: Devshed tutorial on Kernel, Cron and User admin Part 1 Pretty decent article, and page I may add. Check out the whole article, and part 2. In fact, this has some decent articles on Linux admin.

I'm not totally sure I follow, but you might want to try looking for the plugins folder in your home dir. ~/.mozilla (the . means its hidden) and go from there. The ~ means current users home folder. I am not TOTALLY sure this is where the plugins folder is. Can someone confirm? To find libjavaplugin_oji.so do: find / -name libjavaplugin_oji.so This starts from / and searches for file libjavaplugin_oji.so Say it returns /foo/java/libjavaplugin_oji.so Then, to do a symbolic link, goto the plugins folder (where ever it is the symlink needs to be) and type: ln -s /foo/java/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so BUT - I dont know what the name of the symlink should be (in this case its libjavaplugin_oji.so) which points to /foo/java/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Also, the direct rendering thing may say "yes" but if there is a mesa stirng or something, you are using an open source kernel/module support - I really dont know to much about mesa. The whole driver thing in Linux is somewhat new to me (installing ati-drivers and loading fglrx module at boot, etc, etc)

I am thinking that you have no 3d acceleration. What kind of video card do you have? and what version of xorg are you running? I guess I could have looked at mepis's homepage lol...That would tell me. I can't remeber if its even Xorg. Maybe Xfree? I dunno /babble Xorg 6.8.0 has no support for ATi binary drivers. To test opengl performance type: "glxgears" in a command terminal. I get about 2000 fps using a radeon 8500. Another thing to test, is to use: glxinfo | grep direct The above will display "Direct Rendering: Yes" if it is enabled. Gentoo has a really cool guide (if you were building from scratch using Gentoo) but it's kind of a good way to show you what needs to be done...that is, if your using a radeon base card. gentoo-radeon-faq Thats a good page to check it out. Note the kernel stuffs, xorg and the supported cards.

I'm wondering maybe, if a person didnt know binary...or didnt relate it to this, how chmod 770 would not make sense. I havent read through the whole post to a tee to see if that may be a possibility, but imagine this: rwx where the letters are simply translators for an on (r|w|x) or off(-) state. With rwx, you would get 111 which in binary is 7. for r-x you would get 101 which in binary is 5 for rw- you would get 110 which in binary is 6 So, to string the three permissions together (I will use egorgry's example): |d|rwx||rwx||---| monkey bannana /folder1 It would be: d | 111 | 111 | 000 | Which would be "chmod 770 foo" You see? Sorry if I brought this to a level that may be way to low, but - hey you never know. Right?

Quote: So if I typed - chmod 774 filename - while logged in as root and aiming to give rwx access to the owner(user1),the owner's group(group1), and read permission to others, that command will only give rwx permissions to the user1 and group1? Or does it give access to the owner, group1, and every other group the owner(user1) belongs to, if he belongs to other groups? Maybe I'm making this more confusing than it really is, but I'm just not getting it. A file or dir has three permissions. An owner, a group, and other. To give someone group access to a folder/file, see above for instructions. The permissions for a folder/file's group parameter is for that group. In this case, everyone who is a member og group1, will have the permissions that you assign to the group parameter of the file/folder. Users that are not the owner, or not in group1 (the group you changed the perms on the file/folder to) then will have "other" permissions. So, with 774 - owner will have rwx, the members of group (group1) will have rwx, and everyone else (other) will have r. I hope this explains it. There isnt any correlation between a user's identity, or of what groups they are a member of and the permissions set ona file/folder.

For enabling SATA in the bios....look for something that is like "On-board Controller" My Asus A7V333 has IDE raid, but to enable it, I have to enable the on-board controller (the reg IDE channels work ok regardless of the settings).

ahhhh A name from the past! I used to troll @ ntcompatible in the past as well. In fact my forum mebership is from signing up at ntcompatible before linuxcompatible was a site!

http://www.tuxme.com/index.php?news=1098857108

Quote: What you suggest may be worth a try. It usually dies on me when I'm either making a post or going to a new web page. It seems to do it most often when I go to pages containing java or flash. The "new pages" part clicked when I read it. That has been happening to me as well. I tried wasting the ~/.mozilla and so far it seems ok - but time will tell.

I would like to add onto OldSpiceAP's info... Quote: From the command line these can be run with ./nameoffile . the ./ signifies the current working directory. Type "pwd"<enter> and the . will be that. ie: pwd = /usr/bin ./program = /usr/bin/program

I wonder if zapping ~/.mozilla would be a cure? Saving bookmarks and all of course...but could it be an issue? I will have to try later when I am at my workstation. Have any of you had a problem with FireFox at startup? ie: not being quick, or starting to load, then stops altogether. I wonder if I dig deep into the pref's if there is a preload option.

@Dapper Dan & OldSpiceAP & danleff I have been having the same problem you initially spoke of. I am running 1.0 PR. Sometimes it seems when I hit a button (maybe a form method thing) firefox completely closes! You have had good luck thus far with FireFox PR 1.0?

Quote: Not exactly... Maybe if you guys would not think of it how MTV would show you. Maybe if you guys would not think of it as society taking a dump on you. STFU and live. I do. I have bills, I've been frigged over. I know I would be ashamed to steal a video card, and if I did I certainly would not talk about how "it isnt just a candybar - thats how leet I am!" Quote: I thought some of these people where my friends and tell me that it was wrong, and to take it back or something. You should know that stealing is wrong. How is it our responsibility to tell you to take it back. Besides, would you? Quote: How much do you know about any of our lives??? Not valid. How much do you know about mine? Quote: Not that I really care what you guys think. Most of you are probably fat hairy people that spend more time on the computer then on your girlfriends/Wifes. If you have any. Pretty high and mighty, man. Pretty high. I hope you get to see how this is totally childish from re-reading it in my post. Quote: P.S. Does anyone know why the underline, bold, etc. commands dont work?? You missed the / in the last u tag. It's kinda like HTML. Quote: One more thing... This whole topic was about thanking you guys... haha. Understood. If I re-read all the posts again, I seem to see a string of text from DapperDan inviting you back and to post more often. And more welcome's ReFoRMaT as well. Hmmm....let's see. ReFoRMaT didnt confess to commiting a crime, and he certainly didnt call us all "fat and hairy" Welcome ReFoRMaT. See you later somethingotherthenwindows. Nice discussing with you.

Quote: ...because people like you are making people like me feel bad. People like you make me feel bad. Ever think of that? You steal something and admit it, look for attention, then you lash out at those who give you attention because it is negative. So I should change my post to: Good work on stealing! I hope your stay in jail is everything you wanted it to be! Best wishes for the future! -crazykillerman

The New and Shiny option. After installing Gentoo on my system awhile ago I have not looked back. Once I went through some things, I was able to get a productive environment running flawlessly. After this, its all gravy. Linux has re-kindled my love for computers. Using mainly Windows at work, I have a hard time fixing all the computers in the office, or using the computers in the office - then going home and doing the exact same thing. I have 3 computers at home, all of them running a variant of linux. I plan on getting one more cheap P3 for a windows print server, but I really do like Linux alot. It is hard to setup, and hard to use, and hard to learn. But cripes - thats all the fun! It's awesome setting up cron jobs and seeing the glsa's that matter to you logged to a file on the desktop! It's awesome having the ability to change the color of your taskbar to any color (aside from the four colors, grey, green, blue and silver) without having to add third party software. And finally...but may be most important...I am using Linux at home for my skills. After putting my Linux experience on my resume, I have had alot of responses (no jobs yet, but thats due to diploma in Comp Eng Tech over Comp Sci Degree...damn universities always take 'graduates of the faculty'). Regardless, I think that any IT person (MS Certified/only included) would gain from using Linux at home/work. Hell - look at clutch. Back when I was visiting ntcompatible he was THEE man to talk to, and most likely still is....but read his post above. If he did not get into Linux, things would have been different.

The swap partition is just that, a partition. To change it, you need to disable the swap, resize the swap partition (if there is any available resources ie: unformatted space), then re-enable the swap. ie: swap may be /dev/hda1 243 MB boot may be /dev/hda2 32 MB root may be /dev/hda3 HDD Size - 243MB - 32MB If the partitions are setup in this fashion, I dont know how much luck you will have. Most of the articles/forums I have seen on this topic suggest backing up root to another disk and then 'fdisk' and delete root and swap and resize them both. Docs: GNU Parted (wont help - but check it out) http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html#features http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1610988 A quick guide for use of fdisk if you have spare unpartitioned space or a spare HDD: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4

Try creating .xinitrc file in your home directory. Enter this in a terminal window: "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc that <i>should</I> do it as I believe this is one of the first files it checks. Apologies for the inittab comment above...was at work, brain wasnt working well. inittab is for changing run levels, not default window managers.

Look in /etc/inittab and change stuff. Sorry for the short reply, but I dont know what is going on with your computer...ie: are you currently using gnome? PS: Make certain to make a backup copy of inittab, and if you gunk things up use a livecd/terminal to fix the changes you made.

I had the same issue with my Audigy. Everything was set up correctly (kernel) and alsa and its tools were working. After I played around I found that the digital outputs were enabled. If the soundcard has digital output, ensure that this option is disabled.