[LUGSB] Re: some questions

[John R. Hover]

No problem. Here are some brief answers. I'll look into them and give
you more complete answers a little later.

1. This is from Gnome. Basically gnome is doing an internet
lookup on you IP address and if it doesn't get an answer it produces the
message. Just add an entry for your normaly IP address to /etc/hosts e.g.:

192.168.0.101		myhostname

2. One of the apt repositories should have the mp3 plugin for xmms. Red 
Hat doesn't include it by default because the mp3 format is proprietary 
and the owners are charging hefty licensing fees. The repository at
rpm.livna.org definitely has it. If it isn't already there add the line

    rpm http://rpm.livna.org/ fedora/1/i386 stable unstable testing

to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, then update your package lists, then 
install xmms-mp3. You can also add repositories through the GUI if you want.

Any plugin for Netscape 6/6.1 should work with Mozilla. As a user you 
can install them to ~/.mozilla/plugins and they should work. Ask if you 
have problems with a specific plugin. I'm not sure how many RPM packaged 
plugins you'll find--those tend to require manual installation because 
of licensing issues with repackaging.

3. You should probably do some Google lookups and read the man page for 
the 'mount' command ('man mount') so you'll be more comfortable with it, 
but in general to mount another filesystem you:

a. Create a mount point for it. e.g. mkdir /mnt/windows_c
b. Add an entry for it in /etc/fstab, e.g.:
     /dev/hda1   /mnt/windows_c   ntfs   defaults,ro 0 0

where /dev/hda is the device for your first hard disk and XP is on the 
first partition, /mnt/windows_c is the mountpoint, ntfs is the 
filesystem type , and the other entries specify particular preferences 
about how you want to mount it. The 'ro' is important here--it means 
read-only.
c. Type ' mount /mnt/windows_c' whenever you want to access it.

Again, RedHat or Gnome may have a graphic tool to do the same thing, but 
I'm not familiar with it.

4. Ignore it. I've seen it too. It's something the programmer is putting 
out for debugging, but as long as Synaptic is working OK you can ignore it.

You can sign up for the mailing list at the club website:

http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Clubs/lugsb

I've posted this message to the mailing list so others may benefit as well.

Let us know if you have any questions, and we'll see you at the meetings.

Cheers,

--john



Jiansheng Huang wrote:
> Hi John, 
> 
> I have installed the synaptic. Thank you for your
> instructions. I have some questions/problems. In
> future, which mailing list I can use for my further
> questions. I don't want to keep bugging a nice guy
> like you. :-)
> 
> 1. there is an error during log in about internet
> address. I clicked "log in anyway". Any way to get rid
> of this error? 
> 
> 2. Where can I find and how to install mp3 player or
> plug in for mozilla
> 
> 3. how to see files on windows xp's drive from linux?
> and vice versa.
> 
> 4. AFter starting synaptic: there are three lines of
> the following on terminal:
> strange things are going on in the world.
> 
> Thank you 
> 
> Jason
>