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Thread ID: 40288	2003-12-03 18:16:00	Mandrake 9.2 Networking With Windows XP	Jaguar (4442)	Press F1

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197109	2003-12-26 05:03:00	> As for the network drives, its name is OLDDESKTOP; which I can clearly see there in the HOME workgroup. When I double-click on it, it says that I don't have the permission, though there is no password and when I was under XP, I could access it OK. You might need to add yourself as a samba user. Open up a terminal window and type su - to change to root. Then enter: smbpasswd -a your_username. See if this helps. Otherwise you will have to wait for the samba guru's to return :) > Also: I have two hard drives, neither of which I can see. Are you just wanting to view the hard drives stats? Have a look under Control Panel (might be found under Preferences > Control Panel in gnome), and then under Information > Storage devices. > And, logging out and logging in again doesn't seem to change the resolution: Hmm ... that is strange. Did you use redhat-config-xfree86 to change the resolution?	Jen C (20)
197110	2003-12-26 05:39:00	>You might need to add yourself as a samba user. Open up a terminal window and type su - to change to root. Then enter: smbpasswd -a your_username. See if this helps. Well, that isn't recognised as a command. >Are you just wanting to view the hard drives stats? Have a look under Control Panel (might be found under Preferences > Control Panel in gnome), and then under Information > Storage devices No, I actually want to access them, save files onto them, use them! Want to access them via the desktop if that's possible. >Hmm ... that is strange. Did you use redhat-config-xfree86 to change the resolution? Yes, I am using that to change the resolution.	Jaguar (4442)
197111	2003-12-26 06:09:00	OK, resolution changed (the monitor wasn't installed, so I instaled a Generic one) Now I need to enlarge the text... any ideas?	Jaguar (4442)
197112	2003-12-26 06:31:00	>>smbpasswd -a your_username. See if this helps. >Well, that isn't recognised as a command. Where it said "your_username" did you replace that with your linux user account name? (Just thought I better clarify that). I just ran that same command again myself and it is valid. Did you change to root first with the su - command and then enter in the root password? The $ prompt should change to a # character. Not sure whether it will fix your permission denied message though :) >Now I need to enlarge the text... any ideas? Go back to Control Centre and look for Fonts. I use KDE so if you use Gnome, they might be under a different heading - but look for Appearance & Themes for starters. You should be able to change the various components fonts sizes eg Desktop, Menu, Toolbar etc.	Jen C (20)
197113	2003-12-26 07:02:00	>Where it said "your_username" did you replace that with your linux user account name? (Just thought I better clarify that). I just ran that same command again myself and it is valid. Did you change to root first with the su - command and then enter in the root password? The $ prompt should change to a # character. Not sure whether it will fix your permission denied message though Yes, I type in: >smbpasswd -a root and it doesn't recognise it. Do I need to have Samba installed? I'm not sure if I do... And also wondering: Is there a MSN Messenger equivelant for Linux? If so, could you give me a link and explain to me how to install it. There's a first time for everything!	Jaguar (4442)
197114	2003-12-26 07:16:00	> and it doesn't recognise it. Do I need to have Samba > installed? I'm not sure if I do... Crikey - well that could be the problem :D. No idea where I got it from that you already had samba installed, I think reading over the previous posts it was a little confusing what stage you were up to (and what distro now) :p. Will leave that issue alone for the time being then. Moving right along ...... > And also wondering: Is there a MSN Messenger > equivelant for Linux? If so, could you give me a link > and explain to me how to install it. There's a first > time for everything! Yes, there is a IM program called Gaim which you should find hiding under the Internet options under the Gnome or KDE menu. As you are using RH 9, you should really download the latest Gaim so that the MSN login will work since MSN changed its protocols since your version was released. You can find an updated Gaim here (gaim.sourceforge.net) - just grab the rpm for Red Hat 9 (don't worry about the gaim-devel one). Gaim is similar to the Windows Trillian IM program, it will do MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber etc as an all-in-one package. Or, you could grab the MSN Linux clone called aMSN (http://amsn.sourceforge.net/). I haven't used it myself, but others say it is quite nice :)	Jen C (20)
197115	2003-12-26 07:43:00	OK, so just to sum up want we're aiming to achieve here: 1.) Get access to hard drives (I can see them in Device Browser) 2.) Wait a minute... that's it!!	Jaguar (4442)
197116	2003-12-26 07:46:00	And this Gaim that I've downloaded... when I open it... it just opens with a flash and then disappears...	Jaguar (4442)
197117	2003-12-26 08:19:00	Well first of all, I think you need to start a new thread on "Red Hat 9 and XP" as this one started off with Mandrake and XP and has since digressed even further :). Post what your current status is and what you can or cannot do at this stage. That way you should get the help you need without them having to wade through all these posts. OK that said, back to the gaim rpm ... Go into the directory where you have saved the gaim rpm and right-click to open up a Terminal Window. Then just su (no - this time) and enter in the root password. This way you will remain in the current directory but with root status. Now enter in: rpm -Uvh gaim-0.74-1rh9.i386.rpm --test Note: in the terminal window you can use the tab key to autocomplete file names, so after you have typed in the gai part of the file name, try hitting tab to have it autocomplete the rest of the file name, then enter a space followed by the --test This command says to use the rpm program to U=update, v=verbose, h=hash marks the following file. The --test switch at the end only performs a dummy install and will show if it will work OK. I suspect you have a missing dependency which is why the installation GUI flashed open and then disappeared. This test switch will show up any likely problems. If the --test switch passes with 100% OK message, then just repeat that original command, but leave off the end --test. This will then update and install the package. Post back with any error messages that you do get.	Jen C (20)
197118	2003-12-26 08:40:00	Well, when I do it, it says that -test unknown option. Secondly, when I do it without test it can't find the file. Thirdly, when I push tab, I get some internal speaker noises!! I also installed Opera (my saviour) and the toolbars font is far too small and I can't read it!! Any help would be appreciated. Will head off for the night, be back tomorrow with a new thread. Cheers. Jag.	Jaguar (4442)
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