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Microsoft Word - Format Error - headers inserting into the document automatically in the wrong places

Format Error - headers inserting into the document automatically in the wrong places

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:17 PM PST

Hi

I have a word document that I edit in both word 2007 and word 2010 and somehow Word adds additional headers (which you can see in the outline view) to the document without user consent. That is header in the wrong place.

This is only happening to one of my documents and thought it was a word virus. Are there any tricks to get rid of this.

Thanks

Microsoft Word 2013

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:08 PM PST

I want to change settings for the program such as font size.  I have to change it every time I open the program now.

Page up/down buttons on vertical scrollbar - gone in Office 365??

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 02:15 PM PST

Hi, we used to be able to page up and down from the side scrollbar.  With the new Office package, there doesn't seem to be any option any more.  I always found it useful as I work in long documents.  Is there a way to recover these?

thanks

Nicola

Label error word 2013

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 01:25 PM PST

Hello,

Recently I have ran into this problem with Word 2013. When clicking the label button at the top it pauses and kicks out the error

"There is a problem with the label information you are trying to use.  You may be able to correct the problem by repairing office or reinstalling the label information"

This is happening on a HP elitepad 900 running windows 8. All windows updates have been installed with the exception of 8.1.

I have tried the pagefile fix that works for 2010.

I have repaired it (several times)

I have uninstalled it, ran the uninstall tool and rebooted it in between each step.

I made sure it is running service pack one

Additionally, the install is from the click to run, I don't know if that matters or not. I have done some searching and all the fixes I have found so far apply to 2010 and older.

I have spent a lot of hours on this one, and well it's driving me nuts. lol

Thanks in advance,

Justin G.

English-Hebrew PDF reflow bugs

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 12:38 PM PST

I discovered a PDF reflow bug. I converted a PDF that has English and Hebrew on it to a Word document with the office 2013 PDF reflow feature. But there's still some bugs in it. I'll show you what the PDF and the PDF I converted into a Word document looks like in the following screenshot:

Can I restrict editing to filling in forms, but still allow a macro to be run?

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:51 AM PST

I have several .dot templates from Word 2003 that contain a macro that the user may optionally run. The purpose of the macro is to prompt the user for some information, which invokes a database lookup, which then populates certain fields on the form. It is imperative that users are restricted to filling in form fields only; however, I noticed in Word 2010 when I create a document from this template, the Alt-F8 keyboard shortcut to invoke the macros dialog is unresponsive unless I unprotect the document. Also -- I tried to Save As the .dot to a .dotm to see if that helped, but it did not.

Can I not have it both ways in Word 2010 -- that is, limit to filling in fields, but allowing the macro to run?

Note this functionality worked in Word 2003 (and I believe even in Word 2007).

Microsoft Office not working

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:21 AM PST

something went wrong....Sorry we ran into a problem

what does this mean and how did I get my Office to work

Word Mail Merge - adding text to email body

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:31 AM PST

Hello,

I have vba email mail merge code that works without issues.
Using the code below, how would I add text to the bottom of the mail merge email message?

    Windows(DocName).Activate
   
    ' Do mailmerge
    ' Only send if an email address exists.
    With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
        .MainDocumentType = wdEMail

        'Specify the data source here
        .OpenDataSource Name:=strDataSource & "\" & DocNameCut & ".dbf", _
            ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
            AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="", _
            WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _
            Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:= _
            "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=" & strDataSource & ";" & _
            "Mode=Read;Extended Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="""";" & _
            "Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=18;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=0;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=" _
            , SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `" & DocNameCut & "` WHERE EMAIL > ''", SQLStatement1:="", SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
           
        If .DataSource.RecordCount > 0 Then

            .MailSubject = "Notice RE: " & .DataSource.DataFields("CLIENT").Value
            .MailFormat = wdMailFormatHTML
            .Destination = wdSendToEmail
            .MailAddressFieldName = "EMAIL"
            .SuppressBlankLines = True
           
            With .DataSource
                 .MappedDataFields(wdFirstName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DFNAME").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdLastName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DLNAME").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdUniqueIdentifier).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("CUSTNUM").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdAddress1).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DADDR1").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdCity).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DCITY").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdState).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DPROV").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdPostalCode).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DPCODE").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdCountryRegion).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DCOUNTRY").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdEmailAddress).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("EMAIL").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdSpouseFirstName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("SPOUSEFNAM").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdSpouseLastName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("SPOUSELNAM").Index
                 .FirstRecord = wdDefaultFirstRecord
                 .LastRecord = wdDefaultLastRecord
             End With
             .Execute Pause:=False
        End If
    End With

Thanks,

CJGibson

World 2010 crashes after installing grid32.ocx

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:20 AM PST

I have an old program that requires grid32.ocx to work at all. Now I have a fairly regular problem with Word crashing. Here are the steps I take that crash Word.

Open MS Word 2010

Open other program that requires grid32.ocx

In Word, highlight a line, copy with ctrl + c.

When I do this Word crashes, and restarts nicely, and my other program remains unaffected. This happens about once a day. What can I do to stop this crash? Is there a fix for windows, or word to prevent this? Or is there a way to register grid32.ocx for just one program?

I'm running Vista x64 up to date. And Office 2010.

Error: The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:49 AM PST

Hi.

Is there anyone who is able to help me recover this file?

This is the error message when I try to open it:

"The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Location: Part: /word/document.xml, Line: 2, Column: 28767952"

It is a 60+ page document I need to be studying for my exam (urgently).

I have no idea what to do about and would really appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.

Sasin

Fixing Microsoft Office Starter 2010 English

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:05 AM PST

Someone sent me a word document that would not open.  I went into programs and did a repair of Microsoft Office 2010 Starter English, and the document opened.  I did not check the box in the repair window.  This morning I attempted to open a document I needed from my files and a box popped up telling me that Microsoft Office 2010 Starter was installed on my computer but did I want to now purchase Office 2010. Clicked out of that.  Did another repair on the starter but document still would not open.  Then I noticed that Office starter had disappeared from my programs list at the start up menu.  So I went into the control panel and saw that it said Microsoft Office 2010 which I thought was the full program which I do not have, so I uninstalled that thinking that it might be somehow interfering with the starter program.  I then Googled info for a way to uninstall and reinstall the starter program and found a note that said "Do not uninstalll Microsoft Office 2010 which is also Office Manager and is apparently needed to uninstall and reinstall the starter program. Now when I try to open documents sometimes PSE (Picasa) pops up but of course they won't open with that.  I also get a message that Windows can't open the file and which program do I want to use to open it.

If I go back to the control panel and into programs for a repair to the starter program, I get a message that says Click-2-Run configuration failure.  If I highlight Click-2-run there is no option to repair it, only to uninstall.  I also get a message that Click-2-Run is updating in the background and an option to pause it which I did not do.

In summary:  I uninstalled Microsoft Office 2010 and apparently need it back.  Office Starter will not work and even though it's listed in programs in the control panel, it is no longer listed in the programs at the start up menu. 

I went into help and looked at recovery options but was not sure which one to choose so I decided to come here for help first.  I hope you can help me out.

Custom ribbon disappears

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:46 AM PST

I am using Word 2010 on Windows 7.  I have created a custom tab for the Ribbon so I have my frequently used commands in one place.  Periodically, however, this tab will disappear.  Fortunately, I have saved my custom settings and am able to import the customization file so I do not have to recreate the tab on the Ribbon, but I would like to know if anyone may have an answer as to why this happens.

Thanks.

Kathy

Creating a Word document from multiple Word or text files (Word 2010)

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 04:13 AM PST

Hi,

Where I work people need to create agreements and contracts. These don't tend to change a great deal, so invariably they will go back to old agreements and contracts and copy and paste clauses into new agreements and contracts.

We can create a slightly more elegant solution by using quick parts and autotext, but that's not much good when dealing with a large library of pre-determined text, many of which may only consist of a few lines. They can also only insert autotext or quick parts one at a time.

People can also use the Insert - Object - Text From File option, which also means they can search for clauses (great!). It also means they can select multiple files by pressing Ctrl or Shift to block select text, but I can't seem to choose which order the text gets inserted. If we can choose the order it would be a big help.

Of course there may be other funky ways of achieving the same thing. In essence the requirement is:

- Select multiple Word or text files

- Insert them in the order the user wants

Maybe there's a Word add-in or third party product that enables this?

WORD TABLE HYPERLINK C0RRUPTING ON UPDATING

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:23 AM PST

Sequence

  1. Created a cross reference to a table in Word
  2. Deleated the previous table to the cross referenced one
  3. Updated documented using 'F9'
  4. Issue: Hyperlink dreated in step 1 replaced with the actual Table!!!!
  5. Replaced table by ee inserting the cross reference to the table, All OK again

This happened on a 200 page + document requiring over 60 re-insertions.

Surely this is a code bug.

Thanks Tom

Can't create PDF

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 01:01 AM PST

Can't create PDF       
                Can't create PDF      

I am trying to convert a document to a PDF, using Vista SP2 and Word 2007. I can't find any way to do this by printing or exporting, so it has to be save as. When I try this, I get aessage saying

This file is in use by another application or user

Help explains that there may be a read lock on it. I am the only user and no other application was open.

I opened the file properties box and found it had been blocked. I pressed the Unblock button and tried again - same result. I also tried saving under a different name and copying the material into a new Word document, but got the same result on both occasions. I also tried to make a PDF from other Word documents, and the same occurred there.

I also have a laptop, and I find that will convert the same documents to PDF with great ease.

Headings for Table of Contents in Word 2013

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:30 PM PST

I need for format a document according to American Psychology Association 6th ed. guidelines which stipulate specific formatting for headings and the following paragraph text, which I am finding are not compatible with Word! Below is a sample of the requirements:

1 Level 1 Heading

Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

1.1 Level 2 Heading

Fusce est. Vivamus a tellus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames acturpis egestas.Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

1.1.1 Level 3 Heading. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

The Levels 1 & 2 Headings work fine for a Table of Contents; however, the Level 3 heading brought in all the text underneath it as well! I reformatted the text to the text Style of the document, and that worked for the TOC, but it takes on the bold format from the heading, and the only way I can see to do is it to 'unbold' it manually, which is going to take me quite a lot of time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Thank you.

Printing - Booklet Finishing page grayed out

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:00 PM PST

I am trying to print a folded booklet with staples in the middle (ie: where the fold is).

When I go "FILE" - "PRINT" - "PRINTER PROPERTIES" - "SELECT FINISHING - BOOKLET CREATION" the "BOOKLET FINISHING - Booklet fold and staple" option is grayed out and will not let me select it.

My printer does allow me to print documents with staples at the top, bottom etc.

I believe I have followed all the instructions required to create a booklet.

I have set the MARGINS section, with 'Multiple pages: Book fold" and "Sheets per booklet: All".

I have selected LANDSCAPE.

Any suggestions? Thanks Aveda.

Complex Mail Merge, bring in a differing number of fully formatted pages into a master document based on a flag inthe datasource.

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 07:40 PM PST

Hi 

First post here so hopefully I give you enough of an explanation.  

CURRENT SITUATION

I am in the process of trying to automate a manual end of year performance report to our customers.  The mail merge letter contains upto 5 seperate sections. (Covering letter, and then 4 seperate detail sections).  Each of the sections can be upto 3 pages and consists of formatted text and tables that are populated from the main datasource.  Depending on the flags in the main datasource a recipient can recieve any combination of the 5 sections.  The main datasource is populated from a single excel table.   In the past I have created upto 7 seperate Mail Merge templates, each with the appropriate combination of sections, and then run the different mailmerges.  When these are then "merged" and printed I use a macro to send each dcoument to the printer sperately so that I can get them stapled and colour inserts added.   

PROCESS ISSUE I AM TRYING TO RESOLVE

It becomes problematic when we make changes to wording and layouts and I need to update the same thing on upto 7 diferent documents.    In an ideal world this would be simple as I would create a master document and then when the layout is finalised, do my File Save As, and delete the irrelevant sections and filter the data source accordingly.  But history tells me we will always be making last minute changes.   We also have a number of customers that have a Parent Child relationship with accounts and we only want to send them the covering letter once, but they still need to see all of the individual deatiled sections for the "child" accounts

MY PROPOSED SOLUTION

This year I was thinking there had to be a bettwer way.  I have been researching this and thought I had found the solution using IF and IncludeText mergefields.    My problem is that I seem to lose the formatting, and page breaking in the new merged document.   Below is the code I am using for bring in  a particular section. a particular section.

{IF MERGEFIELD  Annual_Summary_NW_PS \*MERGEFORMAT} ="y" " {INCLUDETEXT  "V:\\Murray\\Feb2014_Eoy\\2014 Mail Merge Data\\1_CEO_Summary.docx" \* MERGEFORMAT} ""}

I also tried to use a Master Document view with Outlining, but could not find how to turn on or off the approriate sections.

MY QUESTIONS

  • My question is basically is there a better way........
  • Am I on the right track
  • My only thought was that I maybe bringing in too much of a document, and should I break it into smaller chunks. 
  • How do I handle the parent child realtionship, or does it soley rely on the flagging and sorting in the datasource
  • Do I have to resort to VBA to cycle through the datasource and create the merged documents on the fly instead of using the Mailmerge Functionailty.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments on this approach

Kind regards

Murray

Change printer number of copies setting

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:28 PM PST

I know that one can use code like:

    With oApp.Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint)
        .NumCopies = lQty
        .Display
    End With

but it brings up a dialog, which I do not want and removing the .Display breaks the code.

Is there a way, using VBA, to set up the no of copies without poping up a dialog to the user.  I simply want to set the default value, but they will decide when to open the print dialog since they first need to review the document in question.

Create a linked table of contents for documents in a zip file?

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:25 PM PST

This may not be possible but I wondered if anyone would have ideas. I am creating an encrypted zip file with multiple documents. There are several Word documents, several PDFs, and a few Excel documents. Is there any way to create a master document that would hyperlink to the other documents even when the file is unzipped? I am needing a way for a user to view a single document which gives a brief description of the other documents and provides a hyperlink that will open the applicable document. Can anyone provide any guidance? Thanks. (Side note: I looked for a more generic spot to post than one specific to Word but this was the closest I found. I will be glad to move this to a better spot if directed.)

Mircrosoft word and all other microsoft applications will not open

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:37 PM PST

Up until today all of my office applications worked fine and the today I try to open it up and I get a message that says "Sorry there was a problem" or "Something went wrong". I have followed the Repair office programs page step by step. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx

I had to also uninstall and reinstall the applications and the same thing happens...I cant open up my word application.....

What do I do now?

I can't use my microsoft word 2013 because of a error that is preventing it from working correctly...

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:26 PM PST

Hi could anyone help me to solve the error in my microsoft word 2013.I really badly need help because i have to write a term paper but can not do it because of this "Were sorry but word has a run into an error that is preventing it from working properly.Word will need to be closed as a result.This is really annoying me now. It took my time.i tried already to go to conrol panel and click online support.I even erase the Abby finereader in control panel.I need an asap answer please

Print to pdf from word mail merge document

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 02:31 PM PST

Following the mail merge of a word and excel document, I typically print to pdf to avoid the step of creating individual word documents, but now the it's stacking all the letters from the merge fields on top of one another and saving as such in the pdf. The body of the document is normal, but all the merge fields stack. When I close out and reopen the original word document, it too shows the fields stacked. What's going on?

Writes to STM file killing performance - Microsoft Exchange

Writes to STM file killing performance - Microsoft Exchange

Writes to STM file killing performance

Posted: 06 Apr 2006 05:56 PM PDT

=No other symptoms
=Nothing in the Application log
=We used a utility called Filmon that captures all disk i/o activity ... we
did create a new mailbox store (we have enterprise version) and moved one of
the MAC users mailbox to it. When they connect, the activity of creating the
stm file for the first time starts and that is expected what is not expected
is that that task seems to consume almost the entire server - the mailbox is
1.2 GB - and when it finishes the next time the user connects it starts all
over again!!!
= we have sp2 installed

"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:
 

Users double booking shared resources in public folders

Posted: 06 Apr 2006 03:28 PM PDT

Thanks John - I'll follow up your suggestions.

Ron
--
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IT Services Manager
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission


"John Chen [MSFT]" wrote:
 

Co-Location of Exchange Server

Posted: 06 Apr 2006 08:30 AM PDT


"Kris" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Hi - you have posted this message twice in this group, and also at least
once once in another group (I replied to that one). To make this experience
easier for everyone (including you) in the future, please don't "multipost."
If you need to post to multiple groups, it's best to *crosspost* instead, by
posting a single message to a handful of relevant groups (separate the group
names with commas) so that everyone can follow the thread.

This will also be a lot easier if you stop using the web interface to the
groups and start using a newsreader such as Outlook Express, Forte Agent,
etc. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way, including
searching, which is always a good idea to do before you post, as well as
mark messages to be watched, and filter based on replies to your posts.

The Microsoft public news server is news.microsoft.com and you can subscribe
to as many groups as you like.

 

Maybe this is a silly question.

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 01:58 PM PDT

Dear Ky,

please refer to the following Microsoft Technet Article which answers your
question:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/E2k3AdminGuide/913718cc-6728-4b93-a242-284b07fea241.mspx?mfr=true

please fell free to contact me if you needed more information about this
issue.

Regards

Alaa Al-Ankar
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Arabesque Group.
com.kw



"Ky IT Guy" wrote:
 

Info Adress fo Everyone

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 01:36 PM PDT

Thanks for the advice - and the virus/spam threat...

Nicolas


"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <dk> wrote in message
news:%phx.gbl... 
the 
to 
copy 

Address Lists

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 01:32 PM PDT

Dear Nicolas,

in order to add these non-AD External Address to your GAL, the best way
which based on Best Practices is to add them as contacts under one OU , lets
say External Email OU under Active Directory and then create an Address Book
View under All Address List from Exchange System Manager Console.

you can find more information under microsoft site on how to create address
book views under Exchange System Manager, i advice you to download the
Deployment and Administration Guide of Exchange Server 2003 and have a look
on them, the will help you alot.

i hope i answered your question and i could provide a useful information to
you.

please let me know if the information was useful or you need more help on
this issue.

Regards

Alaa Al-Ankar
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Arabesque Group.
com.kw

 

Intermittent Relay problems

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 06:43 AM PDT

There are too many domains that this affects for it to be the destinations
issue. One thing I did find out is that we are running fixup smtp protocol
on the PIX. I'm going to see about getting it disabled

"Ed" wrote:
 

public folder read/reply icon not showing

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 06:26 AM PDT

Hi,

Done this, still not showing as replied to or read in favorites PF or the
main PF..

"Ed" wrote:
 

system manager error rpc server unavailable

Posted: 05 Apr 2006 06:23 AM PDT

All in order still no joy. will trry EsM on another client see what happens,
Thanks

"Michael A" wrote:
 

Flash/jump drive support for Linux - Forums Linux

Flash/jump drive support for Linux - Forums Linux

Flash/jump drive support for Linux

Posted: 08 Dec 2005 06:22 AM PST

On 2005-12-08, ray <com> wrote: 

On most "modern" distros there's some sort of media-monitor
auto-mounter thingy that eliminates the need for step 2).

NB: There are some older flash-drives that don't get along with
the new USB 2.0 controllers under Linux. They worked fine
with older controllers (UHCI), but fail if you're using the
new (EHCI?) controllers. Reportedly, they work with both
controllers under Windows, but whoever wrote the EHCI stuff
for Linux depends on features that don't work in some older
flash devices.

--
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at telex number if you show
visi.com me YOURS...

Debian - netinst - security

Posted: 08 Dec 2005 02:14 AM PST

Chankama wrote: 
 

The release files on the mirrors are signed just as they are on the CD.
--
John Hasler
gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

Dialogue with newsgroup Megalomaniacs (change of Subject...)

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 07:06 PM PST

Oh, you "mean it" - <g>

well, I normally don't pay attention until someone "Really means it" -
<G>

JimA


==========
com wrote: 
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Fedora Core 3: Kernel Panic: Unable to open initial console

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 06:34 PM PST

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Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
I copied the i586 config from the configs dir onto .config at the top of
the build dir & then customized it a bit more (took out various items
not supported on the laptop such as USB, I2C, SCSI, etc., then ran "make
oldconfig" on that file to distribute its settings into the various
subdirs ( a paranoid procedure my embedded linux friend suggested) then
make all, make modules_install & finally make install.

Evan
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iD8DBQFDmGD0pxCQXwV2bJARAoeTAKCP5yvHvi79nV4KTyutq9 10SNhJ0wCgsL2I
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Can't detect a new Scsi Travan tape drive

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 06:26 PM PST

Could someone help with a quick question, I just installed a new
Adaptec Scsi card and a new Seagate Scsi Travan TapeStor 20 GB tape
drive. I was wondering if there is something special that I need to do
to get Centos Linux to detect the drive. The tape drive is set to scsi
4 and the card is set to it's default. All I did was install the card
and drive and install a scsi cable from one to the other. The drive
has power and reacts when a tape is added, just can't acces it yet!

My /var/log/dmesg file states the following

scsi0 : sata_via
ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
scsi1 : sata_via

Does the scsi0 and scsi1 stuff mean that linux detected the drive. I
don't have any /dev/st* files in my /dev directory and I can't access
the drive.

Would anyone have any suggestions?


Thanks

Dave.

Problem detecting new scsi tape drive.

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 05:44 PM PST

On 7 Dec 2005 18:46:26 -0800 "Scooby" <net> wrote:
 

I guess you've figured no one saw your previous FOUR duplicate posts ?!?!??!


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Really simple (???) newbie question about dual booting...

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 01:25 PM PST

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:25:38 -0800, blerer wrote:
 
<snip> 
The grub instructions /* were */ accurate for a generic grub install.
Redhat/Fedora move things around to wherever they want in their
filesystem. They also have the habit of introducing extra confusion with
things like grub.conf instead of menu.lst. Also, I hate their use of disc
"labels" in /etc/fstab. Some things should be left in *nix form.
Thanks for the nice reminder of why life's easier if you're a /* slacker. */

For Fedora/Redhat, add an extra last step before burning the CD: duplicate
grub's configuration file to grub.conf.

# cd /iso/boot/grub
# cp menu.lst grub.conf

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just suppose everyone thought the same way you do.
Yossarian: Then I'd be a damn fool to think any different.
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A message to Self-Appointed-NewsGroup-Netiquette-Enforcers... PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE!

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 07:17 AM PST

"PC Datasheet" <spam> wrote in message
news:0BOlf.1044$news.atl.earthlink.net... 
Are you finally following the rules now that some of your "class acts" have
ended their silence and come out against you?

How can I open a .pub file under Linux ?

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 06:37 AM PST

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:37:49 +0100, Bernard wrote:
 

Bernard,

This is the filetype of Microsoft Publisher, an application that most
people receiving this file will not have. Stunning stupidity on the part
of the sender. I know of no other application including legitimate
professional desktop publishing programs that will open this.

Contact the sender and request the information be sent in a standard file
format. This is at least politically important and I'll leave it up to
you exactly how you word it. However, just to get it off my chest let
me say that I'd go on a little and say something like:

The document you have sent is not in any standard file format. It cannot
be read by any application other than the particular one you created it in
and many people do not have that program. Please resend as a standard
Postscript (.ps) or Acrobat (.pdf) file. Doing so would ensure that
anyone receiving it could read its contents.

Frank

ISA PNP broken in 2.6?

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 06:05 AM PST

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:07:01 -0800, linnix wrote:
 

????

I ran mine with 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, from Mandrake 6.0 to SuSE 9.1.
Linux never had problems with it. I only changed it in the end, because my
son wanted to run Win2K with sound, on the same machine, and it wouldn't
work with the ISA card. He paid for an Ensoniq PCI card, that worked with
both OSs. The card's still good, and usable, I just don't have any ISA
slots to put it in anymore.
 

It is not PnP. That is why the IRQ has to be reserved as "Legacy ISA". If
it isn't, than any PnP device that wants the same IRQ gets it, leaving the
non PnP non-working.

--
imotgm
"Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a
month or two, but never lost."

runlevel 5 but no xfce

Posted: 07 Dec 2005 05:03 AM PST

Bill Marcum wrote:
... 
...

Heh, pardon, that was a typo, should've been "Windows" or, more
specifically, "win2k."

I got XFCE working, but not by the preferred method. First, I made the
faulty assumption that "yum groupinstall XFCE" would install everything
required to run XFCE, which isn't the case. First, "yum groupinstall
'X Window System'" must be run. This was the source of my original
confusion, which explains why "startx" wasn't doing anything, there not
being an X to start.

When I tried to install X, however, I kept getting an error about
encryption. As the error message was long and I didn't want to write
it down and couldn't work out how to mount a floppy it seemed more
expediant to re-install, selecting "X Window System" from anaconda (nor
could I figure out how attach a file to an e-mail).

What I wanted to do was to do a "minimal" Fedora install and then
select a few things with yum. I suppose at the end of the day it works
out, but not in the way I wanted it to.


thanks for the help,


Thufir

Inconsistencies between Linux and DOS/Windows fdisk versions

Posted: 05 Dec 2005 12:33 PM PST

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 

So, which of the many fdisk's would you use to install a multiboot
system containing Windows and Unix/Linux-like OSs?

otf

NFS export

Posted: 05 Dec 2005 04:30 AM PST

Hi,

What does your /etc/exports file contain?
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