LinuxQuestions.org - Blogs - ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?u=5868 LinuxQuestions.org offers a free Linux forum where Linux newbies can ask questions and Linux experts can offer advice. Topics include security, installation, networking and much more. en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:11 GMT vBulletin 60 http://e1h7.simplecdn.net/lqcdn/images/questions/images/misc/rss.jpg LinuxQuestions.org - Blogs - ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?u=5868 Getting LinDVD (beta) to work with Mandriva 2007.1 (Spring) Free download edition http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=659 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:30:37 GMT I use Mandriva Linux 2007.1 (Spring) Free download edition here running on what is now getting to be an older system (ABIT KX7-333 MB, AMD Athlon... I use Mandriva Linux 2007.1 (Spring) Free download edition here running on what is now getting to be an older system (ABIT KX7-333 MB, AMD Athlon 1800+ CPU, 512 MB DDR RAM). I have an ATAPI CD-ROM drive connected to my secondary IDE bus and configured as the Master device. Mnadriva Linux identifies the CD-ROM as /dev/hdc. It is mounted at /media/cdrom. I also have an ATAPI DVD burner connected to my secondary IDE bus and configured as the Slave device. Mandriva Linux identifies the DVD burner as /dev/hdd. It is mounted at /media/cdrom2.

I installed LinDVD-1.2.6-5 (beta) from S.o.S.. After installing the package, I encountered two problems while attempting to use it:

Problem 1: LinDVD accesses the CD-ROM, not the DVD drive (confirmed by pressing the eject button in LinDVD).

Note: Ignore the LinDVD properties dialog which reports the DVD Drive as /mnt/cdrom. Changing the DVD's mount point has no effect. It appears that LinDVD accesses the device at /dev/hdc and reports it as /mnt/cdrom.

Solution for Problem 1: Shut down the system. Open the case. Swap the device assignments for the DVD and CD-ROM drives to make the DVD drive the secondary master device (/dev/hdc) and the CD-ROM drive the secondary slave device (/dev/hdd). Now LinDVD accesses the DVD drive.

Problem 2: DVD's play for a limited time (about 3 to 5 minutes) then stop.

Note: I remembered seeing a similar post here on LQ so I searched and found a solution Mandriva 2007 and LinDVD that works in post 14:
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copy usr/share/lindvd/libivimandriva.so to /usr/lib as root in a terminal window
Code:
cp /usr/share/lindvd/libivimandriva.so /usr/lib/
I prefer the creation of a symbolic link in /usr/lib that points to /usr/share/lindvd/libivimandriva.so because if LinDVD is updated or removed, the link may be broken, but I will not end up with orphaned copies of the library on my system. I do not recall running ldconfig after creating the link but all worked well.

Solution to problem 2:
Code:
ln -s -T /usr/share/lindvd/libivimandriva.so /usr/bin/libivimandriva.so
]]> ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=659 Configuring the Mandriva firewall http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=543 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:26:46 GMT Configuration > Configure your computer* in the menu system). Select *Security*...]]> Mandriva includes a firewall. To configure it, open MCC (System > Configuration > Configure your computer in the menu system).

Select Security in the Category list (left).

Select Set up a personal firewall in order to protect the computer and the network in the main pane.

The first screen lists services you may want to make available to other computers under special circumstances (e.g.: it is used as a server; it will share files or print services with Windows computers on a LAN). Clear the Everything (no firewall) check box to enable the firewall. Some packages may need to be installed so allow it. If this computer is NOT used as a server, or is NOT on a LAN, do not check mark any service in the list!

Click OK (bottom left).

The second screen lists activities which can be monitored by the firewall. Any service(s) check marked in the first screen should be listed here as well as Use Interactive firewall and Port scan detection. Check mark any activity you want to monitor. You should check mark all listed items, but at least interactive firewall and Port scan detection.

Click OK (bottom left).

The third screen lists network interfaces that can be protected by the firewall. There will be one network interface listed for each network card installed on the computer. Check mark the interfaces you want to protect.

Click OK (bottom left).

That's it. The firewall is configured. Close MCC.
]]> ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=543 Setting up Mandriva Linux Internet Software Media Sources http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=509 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:55:07 GMT If you installed Mandriva using Mandriva One, the four CD set, or the DVD the available software selection will be limited by disk space. To make the... If you installed Mandriva using Mandriva One, the four CD set, or the DVD the available software selection will be limited by disk space. To make the full range of software packaged for use with Mandriva Linux available for installation with the Software Package Manager (and urpmi) or Smart set up the Internet Software Media Sources by following the directions on the WEB site at Easy URPMI. These (official) Internet Software Media Sources are located in the various Mandriva Linux ftp mirrors located on servers around the world. The plf sources are repositories of non-GPL'd or proprietary software which has been packaged for use with Mandriva Linux.

All users should set up at least the following (official) Internet Software Media Sources:
Quote:
contrib
contrib_updates
main
main_updates
If you have no objection to the use of non-GPL'd or proprietary software add the following (Official) Internet Software Media Sources:
Quote:
non-free
non-free updates
You may also wish to add the following (Penguin Liberation Front) Internet Software Media Sources:
Quote:
plf-free
plf-nonfree
If you must have the latest available versions, and you are willing to take the chance that the software has not undergone the high degree of testing found in the above stable sources, you can add the following (official) Internet Software Media Sources:
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contrib_backports
main_backports
non-free backports
If you must have the latest available versions, have no objection to the use of non-GPL'd or proprietary software, and you are willing to take the chance that the software has not undergone the high degree of testing found in the stable sources above, you can add the following (Penguin Liberation Front) sources:
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plf-free_backports
plf-nonfree_backports
Use the backports sources at your own risk. The software packages in these sources has not received the thorough testing the regular (stable) sources have, and may not perform as expected when used on some hardware. I use these sources here with no trouble, but you may not have the same experience.

HTH,
]]> ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=509 Setting up an analog Joystick with SB Live! Gameport in Mandriva 2007.0 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=488 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:14:49 GMT I have an SB Live! sound card which includes a MIDI / Game port. A generic analog joystick is connected to the game port. I run Mandriva 2007.0... I have an SB Live! sound card which includes a MIDI / Game port. A generic analog joystick is connected to the game port. I run Mandriva 2007.0 (Official), although the following procedure should work for any distribution with a 2.6 kernel. I calibrated the joystick with KDE's joystick component (KCC / Peripherals / Joystick).
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My first step was to identify the module needed for my game port. I opened MCC / Hardware / Look at and Configure the Hardware - Game Port Controllers / SB Live! (joystick) which reports:

Module: ?emu10k1-gp

If you use a different Sound Card, you will have a different module.

Research informed me I need the joystick package. For Mandriva it is joystick-1.2.15-4mdk. If you use another distribution, use your distribution's package manager to search for joystick in the name. Use your package manager to install the joystick package.

Open a terminal window and su to root.
Run the following three commands:

modprobe analog
modprobe ?emu10k1-gp
lsmod

In the second command, replace 'emu10k1-gp' with the module name for your game port if yours is not an SB Live!

The first two commands install the emu10k1-gp, analog, joydev, and gameport modules needed to make the analog joystick work.
The third command lists installed modules so you can confirm installation.

Now open the KDE control center and run the joystick applet. Click the 'calibrate' bar to calibrate your joystick. I had to do the calibration a few times to get it right. If you do not use the KDE desktop, you can use the jscal application included with the joystick package.

To make the Joystick work after a reboot you must edit (as root) /etc/modprobe.preload. Add the following two lines to the end of the file:

analog
emu10k1-gp

/etc/modprobe.preload provides the following information:

# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules

After a restart, you should still have a working joystick. ]]> ernie http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog.php?b=488