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hi, I am running a 2.4.21 kernel, only slightly modified, and I have tried many times and may different ways to install CDFS (2.4.20) support. I can mount a cd using: mount -r -t cdfs /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom I get the correct output from 'cat /proc/cdfs' or 'df'. But if I try to do anything...

Dang.... I just noticed the 'bring' that should read 'burning' in the subject... I guess thats gonna make the question seem even lamer :(

Hi, I have an optical mouse (one of the microsoft flavors) and it appears to be buring small holes in my (cheeply laminated) desk ??? I didnt think it would be possible until I saw it my self ... and my work colegues dont belive me at all ... I can not find any articles relating to this ... can...

Hi all, just wondering if anyone can help out - i want to create a raw disk image of various CDs. The 'raw' command seems to bind to the cdrom okay but am wondering (if this is the correct first step) what the next step would be. The 'dd' command is noted on...

Thanks, thats gotten rid of the printers & faxes comming back... now I have another issue :( when I restart samba (either via webmin or killing from a shell) it makes all the other computers in the workgroup dissapear for a minute or two! I dont think this is normal.. well atleast I hope not...

Still no good :( now all I have in my smb.conf is : [global] log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log load printers = no show add printers wizard = no smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd encrypt passwords = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u dns proxy = no netbios name = TestDIS...

Hi, Im running Samba on a red hat 9 install. My problem is I dont want to see the 'Printers and Faxes' share on my linux box from my windows XP box ? Is this even possible ? I have commented out all the references to printers in my smb.conf file, except for : show add printer wizard = no...

thanks... didnt even know that it existed... Its hard setting up stupid home networks when all u do all day is active dir... but enough rant thanks again I'll give it a go tomorrow. Nick

hi, I have a small workgroup network all running xp pro and I want to share the entire contents of one machine over the network. Normal share doesnt give permission for the WINDOWS, Programe files and the users documents directories. Ive tried mapping the network drive and using the...

Hey all, Well, basically the subject is the question - is it possible to automatically run a script when a CD is inserted ? Thanks in advance for any replies, Mark

hi all, I know a lot of people stick with there CRT monitors becuse of the inability of LCD's pixels to go from colored to black in a decent amount of time, giving a ghosting affect. My question is does this apply to plasma screens as well? Thanks for any ideas or answers, Nick

What type of mother board are you using? There have been some weak CMOS batteries floating around, your solution might just be a new (quality brand name) battery. These batteries are rated at 3v but a good quality one will keep at about 3.4v for a few years. Some newer mobo's are just chewing...

OK have had this problem for a few weeks, spend the last few days web tralling for an answer, looks like its the battery. The MoBo batterys shipped are pretty weak, only put out about 3v (the speced value) but most batteries of this type put out about 3.3v. If you have a multi meter check your...

Its the battery !!! OK have had this problem for a few weeks, spend the last few days web tralling for an answer. The MoBo batterys shipped are pretty weak, only put out about 3v (the speced value) but most batteries of this type put out about 3.3v. If you have a multi meter check your battery...

Hi, I am trying to do some EMI testing on a device that needs a laptop computer to control it (the device is attached via USB 2.0). What I am after is a laptop with low EMI so that its effects are minimal to my testing. Any thoughts or comments are welcome. Nick

Im using a DSL router to connect a buch of machines to the internet, xp and linux. The latest being a xp machine (relpaced a 2000 machine), it seemed to be working fine, just used to browse the internet and email. Then just this morning it wouldn't bring up any pages that people wanted to look...

When using fetchmail I check some accounts with the keep option - in my .fetchmailrc file I have the account: poll mail.server.net with proto POP3 user 'user@mail.server.net' there with pass 'passsword' is 'user' here options keep I run fechmail using the command line: fecthmail -f...

Is there a sendmail option or method for forwarding mail for unknown users to a different host? I have to do this without forwarding everyones mail to this other host.

Is there an option for sendmail to forward mail for unknown users onto a different server?

I made a user 'fetchmaster' with a .fetchmailrc file in its home directory. The file looks something like this: poll mail.myexternalmailserver.net with proto POP3 user 'user1@myexternalmailserver.net' there with pass 'somepassword' is 'user1' here user 'user2@myexternalmailserver.net'...