Kubuntu questions

[James Gray]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:33 am, Ben Hayes wrote:

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> 1)  My windows partition isn't mounted by default.  Is there a way in
> which I can auto mount it (say via the fstab file) whereby ALL users
> have read access to it?  (It's NTFS formatted so it will have to be
> read-only).  When I try and mount it, only root has access to it and my
> account cannot access it.

Simple answer:
Add "umask=0" to the options in fstab.

"Better" answer:
Add a "gid=XXX" where XXX is the group ID for a group that can access the NTFS 
partition.  This way, to give a user access to that partition, you simply 
need to add them to the group.

man mount.

> 2)  I want to use Kontact as my PIM.  Currently, I use Thunderbird on
> Windows.  But for Linux, I would prefer the Kontact system.  Can Kontact
> import Thunderbird emails and contact?  I've seen the import option in
> Kontact but was unsure if there were any issues on importing.

In Kontact, "Tools -> Import Messages..." and follow the prompts.  I've never 
tried this as I've been a Kmail die-hard for years, but from reports I've 
seen, it works well.  Yes - there is a "Thunderbird" import filter :)

> 3)  By default, the root account is denied access to log onto the
> computer.  How do I change this so root can log onto the computer? I've
> already enabled the root account and given it a password.

Don't do that.  There's been many discussions on both the Kubuntu and Ubuntu 
user lists about why this is a "Bad Idea"(tm).  Just use "sudo".  If you want 
a root shell, "sudo bash" voila!

> 4)  SOUND!  :(  Currently, I have a Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
> 5.1/6.1/7.1 pci card.  Does anyone have this type of card and have they
> also got it to work on Kubuntu (well, Linux period).  While I am sure
> that in time, the Alsa Project Team will get this working, it would be
> nice to have some sound on my system.  (I guess this serves me right for
> not fully researching this prior to buying the card.)

I've got a SB Live! Value (5.1) which is an older incarnation of your card 
IIRC.  I believe they both use the "emu10k1" module which is part of OSS.
sudo modprobe emu10k1

should do the trick.  If it does, add "emu10k1" to /etc/modules

> 5) F-Spot.  Is there a compiled Kubuntu/Debian release of F-spot yet?
> If so, where can I get this from?

No idea.  But what about this?

>apt-cache search f-spot
f-spot - personal photo management application

Look about right??

> Thanks to anyone out there who can help me on these.

No problem!  Welcome to [K]Ubuntu! :)

HTH,

James
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