9.3: keyboard, zip disks, mounting encrypted FS, KDE Samba
Hello All, I'm a "beginner skilled" user of Linux and I recently installed the 9.3 distribution. Everything went fine during the installation, but a few things seem wrong or stuck me now the installation and online update is completed: - The keyboard does no more work properly (missing keys, like the "@") It appears that X keyboard cannot be configured properly and switch back to a default setting. Using SaX2, I got the following error message: (WW) MGA(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap And from a console, the command "setxkbmap -v 10" return this: Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Applied rules from xfree86: model: pc104 layout: be variant: basic Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: sfree86+aliases(azerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc/pc(104)+pc/be(basic) geometry: pc(pc104) Error loading new keyboard description This problem has been submitted to the Suse support team and is being investigated. Hopefully, this should be fixed soon. In the meantime (It's now a week I have to cut-and-paste the characters I can't produce with my keyboard), anyone has an idea ? (My keyboard is a Mitsumi 105 keys, Belgium layout, model KFKEA5SA) - Zip Disks (IOmega). Here is another request I sent to the Suse support team, but there will be no follow-up for this one (as "configuration of ZIP drives is not supported through the terms of the installation support"): As I understand, a (Iomega) ZIP disk is automatically mounted when you first access to it. But when I have finished using the disk, I cannot eject it. I tried to unmount it (as user), and got the error message that the device is probably mounted multiple time (?), and it failed. I have to unmount the ZIP drive as root to be able to eject the disk (then I can insert and eject other zip disks as normal). In fstab, here is the entry: /dev/hdd4 /media/zip auto noauto,user 0 0 but in mtab, there are two entries (after the ZIP disk is first mounted): /dev/hdd4 /media/zip subfs rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid 0 0 /dev/hdd4 /media/zip vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=amigaphil 0 0 Where should I look to find the origin of the "excessive" mounting ? What should I modify/remove to be able to use the ZIP disk like a floppy disk, or at least not having to unmount the drive as root to be able to eject it ? - Mounting an encrypted FS in a file (at a mouse click) I have successfully created a encrypted filesystem in a file and I can mount/unmount it from a console. I wonder if there is a way to configure e.g. KDiskFree to make it prompt for the password when I try to mount the encrypted file ? Or is there a better way to mount/unmount it using GUI ? An icon on the desktop ? - Samba / KDE I'm trying to access my second computer using the KDE Samba client, but I'm getting all sorts of errors like "connection timeout", ... Is KDE/Samba reliable or should I configure my Suse/Linux machine as a Samba server ? Note: When I was using the 8.0 distribution, I found that the best (stable) way to access my Amiga computer shares was to mount the shares using LinNeighborghood (which is no more part of the 9.3) I believe the Samba support has improve in recent distributions, so I think I should still be able to access my Amiga shares now. I would like to see the shares being mounted (if the remote computer is available) as I log in as user. That's all for now ;-) Thanks. AmigaPhil, world citizen. _No MS-HTML mail please_ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1
On 11 Jun 2005 21:29:47 +0100, AmigaPhil@ping.be
Hello All,
I'm a "beginner skilled" user of Linux and I recently installed the 9.3 distribution.
Everything went fine during the installation, but a few things seem wrong or stuck me now the installation and online update is completed:
- The keyboard does no more work properly (missing keys, like the "@") It appears that X keyboard cannot be configured properly and switch back to a default setting. Using SaX2, I got the following error message:
(WW) MGA(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
And from a console, the command "setxkbmap -v 10" return this:
Setting verbose level to 10 locale is C Applied rules from xfree86: model: pc104 layout: be variant: basic Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: sfree86+aliases(azerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc/pc(104)+pc/be(basic) geometry: pc(pc104) Error loading new keyboard description
This problem has been submitted to the Suse support team and is being investigated. Hopefully, this should be fixed soon. In the meantime (It's now a week I have to cut-and-paste the characters I can't produce with my keyboard), anyone has an idea ? (My keyboard is a Mitsumi 105 keys, Belgium layout, model KFKEA5SA)
- Zip Disks (IOmega). Here is another request I sent to the Suse support team, but there will be no follow-up for this one (as "configuration of ZIP drives is not supported through the terms of the installation support"):
As I understand, a (Iomega) ZIP disk is automatically mounted when you first access to it. But when I have finished using the disk, I cannot eject it. I tried to unmount it (as user), and got the error message that the device is probably mounted multiple time (?), and it failed. I have to unmount the ZIP drive as root to be able to eject the disk (then I can insert and eject other zip disks as normal). In fstab, here is the entry:
/dev/hdd4 /media/zip auto noauto,user 0 0
but in mtab, there are two entries (after the ZIP disk is first mounted):
/dev/hdd4 /media/zip subfs rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid 0 0 /dev/hdd4 /media/zip vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=amigaphil 0 0
Where should I look to find the origin of the "excessive" mounting ? What should I modify/remove to be able to use the ZIP disk like a floppy disk, or at least not having to unmount the drive as root to be able to eject it ?
- Mounting an encrypted FS in a file (at a mouse click) I have successfully created a encrypted filesystem in a file and I can mount/unmount it from a console.
I wonder if there is a way to configure e.g. KDiskFree to make it prompt for the password when I try to mount the encrypted file ? Or is there a better way to mount/unmount it using GUI ? An icon on the desktop ?
- Samba / KDE I'm trying to access my second computer using the KDE Samba client, but I'm getting all sorts of errors like "connection timeout", ...
Is KDE/Samba reliable or should I configure my Suse/Linux machine as a Samba server ?
Note: When I was using the 8.0 distribution, I found that the best (stable) way to access my Amiga computer shares was to mount the shares using LinNeighborghood (which is no more part of the 9.3) I believe the Samba support has improve in recent distributions, so I think I should still be able to access my Amiga shares now. I would like to see the shares being mounted (if the remote computer is available) as I log in as user.
That's all for now ;-)
Thanks.
AmigaPhil, world citizen. _No MS-HTML mail please_ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1
I can't help with any of the other stuff but the Samba one...If you just want to access drives etc on another PC (MS Windows) you don't need to configure a Samba server just a Samba client. The server bit is if you want to be able to share stuff from your Linux PC onto the Windows one. It should set up automaitcally. It did with my 9.3 tin. Or was I just lucky? Take a look in YaST :-) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
Kevanf1 (kevanf1@gmail.com) wrote something I wish to comment : (news:<7bca46c505061115361596728b@mail.gmail.com> posted on 11-juin-05 23:36:14)
- Samba / KDE I'm trying to access my second computer using the KDE Samba client, but I'm getting all sorts of errors like "connection timeout", ...
Is KDE/Samba reliable or should I configure my Suse/Linux machine as a Samba server ?
Note: When I was using the 8.0 distribution, I found that the best (stable) way to access my Amiga computer shares was to mount the shares using LinNeighborghood (which is no more part of the 9.3) I believe the Samba support has improve in recent distributions, so I think I should still be able to access my Amiga shares now. I would like to see the shares being mounted (if the remote computer is available) as I log in as user.
I can't help with any of the other stuff but the Samba one...If you just want to access drives etc on another PC (MS Windows) you don't need to configure a Samba server just a Samba client. The server bit is if you want to be able to share stuff from your Linux PC onto the Windows one. It should set up automaitcally. It did with my 9.3 tin. Or was I just lucky? Take a look in YaST :-)
Thanks for trying to help. I suspect the Suse firewall is preventing me to successufully access the remote computer, as when I disable it completely, I can see the workgroup and the computer (but not yet the shares). Using Yast, I see that my network card is configured in the "external zone", and I can from there allow access to "Samba server" for that zone. But it seems it's not enough. I think I need to open some ports "by hands", but which ones (nmb ? smb ?) ? And how to limit that access for a specific IP ? (Then, I still have to write a script (?) to mount the share and place it somewhere in /home/ (?) ) AmigaPhil, world citizen. /No MS-HTML mail please/ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1
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