Problem with authentication failure using su and when xscreensaver is locked
Solution: in the fstab remove user and exec as options for root partition
adding reiserfs to fstab
example: /dev/hdb3 / reiserfs noatime,notail,rw,auto 0 1
FA311 Netgear PCI card
Use driver at Device Drivers->Networking device support->National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support
When starting GNOME, the error "No volume control elements and/or devices found." displays on the screen. This error seems to be coming from the mixer applet. To remove this error it may be necessary to disable the mixer.
Autoloading modules on system boot
modify /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, also may need to run modules-update
Loopback device support
Device Drivers->Block devices->Loopback device support
In order to mount an iso image
- need the loopback device module loaded in the kernel(see above)
- mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro filename mount location
Useful script to copy kernel
Testing internet bandwidth
Interesting Processor Information
CD Recording in Linux
- cdrecord home page
- cdrecord speed=1 dev=/dev/cdrw2 livecd.iso
- to scan for available drives, use cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus
- NOTE: use ATA not ATAPI when possible since the ATAPI uses an old API with no DMA support
- check the drive with cdrecord dev=ATA:x,x,x -checkdrive
- probably the best way to run cdrecord on linux is to use cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc. This may cause some warnings, but at least the commands will go through the proper channels on their way to the device. This will allow the kernel to handle filtering, etc. The kernel will then know to some degree what the user is doing. You should not have to be root or have the suid bit set on cdrecord in order to burn a cd.
- BLANKING DVD: cdrecord -v dev=/dev/dvdrw blank=fast
- RECORDING:cdrecord -v dev=/dev/dvdrw driveropts=burnfree -dao livecd.iso
- using command line
- another reference
- cdrecord dev spec(forum)