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Not that familiar with Macs, but believe you need something like the rEFIt boot manager to get around their EFI implentation.

Hi nightflier - I'm actually working with a hackintosh (Gateway m685-E).  I previously had dual boot up and running with OSX and Ubuntu but I think I did a MBR hack instead of using GPT (mac won't normally boot from MBR).

I'm working with Vector Linux Standard Gold 7 and having slightly more success.  Having issues getting LILO installed (I install VL and ask for me to choose a bootloader at the end).   GRUB won't work for me because it only lets me attempt to install to MBR (which doesn't exist for me) and LILO always does nothing when I select "bootsector" method and click next.  The window just freezes.  VL itself gets installed but can't install a bootloader.  I'm going to have to try and manually install a bootloader (using option "none").

I'll post my results if I can get this figured out.

As of right now, it seems the issue is that VL Light doesn't properly support GPT in order to run the setup against it.  Parted can be used to create the partitions but VL light setup never sees them.

Even in VL Standard Gold there are some qwerks.  If I try to do any gparted modifications to the partitions, the VL setup will never the ext2 / swap partitions - even if I just launch gparted and then quit.  If I launch setup and select "use existing partitions without running gparted", the setup sees my ext2 partition and I can do the installation.  Strange

Try the steps here. http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.ca/2012/05/how-to-connect-android-samsung-galaxy.html

Should also add that there are tons of hits on Google regarding this issue.

Not that familiar with Macs, but believe you need something like the rEFIt boot manager to get around their EFI implentation.

please notice  jre   7u21 was released  for security fixes,do upload latest version to tes repo asap

I just used Paragon ExtFS (in OSX) to format the linux and swap partitions as Ext2 and when I run VLL7 setup from CD, cfdisk sees all partitions except the Ext2.  Any reason why that would be?

From the way the cfdisk presents options for the partitions, it would let me modify OSX partitions and event NTFS but it can't see Ext2?

Help!

I'm trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy S2 to VL 7.0 Lite via USB to pull off some photos but it doesn't show up in 'Shotwell' (or anywhere else I can see). Do I need to install something else to make it accessible?

TIA

Paul

Hi:

Trying to install VL Light 7 on a GPT drive that has OSX and Windows installed and working.  All partitions are already sized correctly (including linux).

When I run the installer from CD for VLL7, fdisk doesn't support GPT.

I go to command line and use parted, which see's all my partitions.  I do mkfs to make my linux partitions ext2 and linux-swap.  All partitions look correct in parted.

After all partitions are configured, I go back to setup and select partitions for the install but I get "No Linux partition found.  Back to square one...".  The setup still does not see the linux partitions, even though they show up in parted.

Any thoughts?  Is this possible with VLL7 or any versions of Vector Linux?  Seems like it should work.  Do I need to do anything special with /etc/fstab or mounting?

Thanks.

Why not try HexChat instead and skip all this? It's based on Xchat2 code, is extremely similar, currently maintained, and SASL's easy to set up. Hata_ph has packaged it, and at the time of this post, it's in untested. I'm sure it'll make its way to the regular repo.
HexChat package info: http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=17546

If you still want to do SASL with Xchat, read on.

Xchat2 (we still call it "xchat") needs an SASL plugin. The plugins are scripted in either Perl or Python. By the time VL 7.0 came out, many of the libraries for those have been moved from where the older, compiled-in values in xchat2 expects them, so they don't work. Earlier versions of VL may not need a change. Later versions probably don't have the same Perl version, so the directory names will need to be changed from the below.

The workaround:
As root:

Code:

# cd /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3
# ln -s i586-linux-thread-multi i486-linux-thread-multi

Now Xchat's Perl interface can find the libs for the script.

Get the script: http://lwsitu.com/xchat/cap_sasl_xchat.pl . Put it in /home/$USER/.xchat2/ . That's <dot>xchat2 for those of us with tiny fonts.
Start xchat. When you connect, you should see "SASL loaded" if you look quickly enough. A server window is easiest, so go ahead and try to connect, then choose Server > disconnect from the menu bar. If you don't see a menu bar, press F9 to get one.

SASL needs to be configured for Freenode. Just type two commands into xchat. For this example, my nickname is "blllrk" and my password is "unguessable". The commands:
/sasl set freenode blllrk unguessable PLAIN              ("PLAIN" is the auth type available with this script)
/sasl save

That should do it. I suggest also opening a terminal and doing     chmod 600 ~/.xchat2/sasl.auth   so that, supposedly, you're the only one who can read that nick and pass. Not exactly high security, but one does what one can.

The next time you connect, you should see "SASL authentication successful".

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roarde:       To do an adequate test, you really need to  /join #vectorlinux.
fontguy:      No you don't

* roarde slaps fontguy around a bit with a wet trout.

Normally, you don't have to be registered to join #vectorlinux. But we're discussing needing SASL just to connect.

Your nick has to be registered with freenode's NickServ to use SASL. If you have a registered nick there, skip this post. Also, if you already know how to use NickServ, see the webchat URL below and skip the rest. Reminder:  /msg nickserv help register

Your nick has to be registered to connect, and you have to connect to register. Hmmm.

One way is to use Freenode's webchat for this. https://webchat.freenode.net/
Fill in a nickname. I suggest using something unusual no one would want and change it before registering (read on). Many, many nicks are already taken, and it'd be nice to connect the first time to start the process. Try "nicklessV3-6" or so.
Fill in the Captcha, hit "Connect". Once it connects, you'll be typing everything in the box at the bottom of the page.

To register a nick, you need to make up a password and have an email address.

Finding an open nick (by example):
To try "roarde":    /msg nickserv info roarde
You'll see info about my nick registration. It's taken.
I try:   /msg nickserv info blllrk .  It says "blllrk is not registered". I like it, I'll register it. And I choose "unguessable" as my password.

Registering:
/nick blllrk              (to change my current nick to "blllrk")
/msg nickserv register unguessable roarde@someserver.com

I wait a bit, check my someserver.com account, and follow the instructions in the email. Done.
Freenode's nick registration FAQ

You're welcome to type   /join #vectorlinux  in webchat and chat with us that way, but I'll move on to setting up SASL in Xchat.

[page on this]

First off, for those who didn't know there is an IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#VectorLinux  If your browser won't do it, start your IRC client, connect to irc.freenode.net, then   /join #VectorLinux .

The above usually works fine. If it worked for you, you don't need the rest of this.

Problem:
You try to connect to freenode, but get the message that SASL connection is required.
This doesn't happen to most, just when someone from your ISP or similar IP addresses has been disruptive in chat; usually the ISP is configured so that it's easy for those trolls to change their IP to evade bans. Freenode "bans" the addresses to protect chats, but allows those who let the server know who they are to join. One method for doing that is SASL. Most chat programs (clients) that have recent development do this fairly easily. Some others, most of them older, need a nudge.

Freenode has posted a page on this. Some of the info is repeated here because at least one client needs VL-specific changes.