Running gOS Linux

[windows]

Yep tried all of those with no luck at all, and all the devices listed seem to be those on the mobo, and not the SoundBlaster Live card. So it looks like the system is not even seeing the right sound system.

[windows]

Well I've decided I hate Linux......

Reason(s) - I decided today to try and get around my two main problems.

1) Soundblaster Xfi drivers - it seems they exist, and I've downloaded and unarchived the file - but how on earth do I install the damned things? The installer seems to do nothing, and the only info I can find references opening shells and weird horrid obscure command lines (welcome to linux I guess).

2) Evolution and Exchange....... sigh......... Looks easy enough but when prompted to enter:

• username
• OWA url
• mailbox

I keep on getting authentication errors. I checked on More on 4SmartPhone - About US for the settings and I added the daa correctly - no go. I even spent half an hour trying every combination of username and mailbox variant I could think of. All with no luck.

I think I'll stick with Vista - unless anyoen has any tips?

[waveydavey]

I'll try and have a go with it later D. See how I get on.

[windows]

Best of luck mate - stumped firmly here!

[bruisah]

Originally Posted by windows

Well I've decided I hate Linux......

Reason(s) - I decided today to try and get around my two main problems.

1) Soundblaster Xfi drivers - it seems they exist, and I've downloaded and unarchived the file - but how on earth do I install the damned things? The installer seems to do nothing, and the only info I can find references opening shells and weird horrid obscure command lines (welcome to linux I guess).

2) Evolution and Exchange....... sigh......... Looks easy enough but when prompted to enter:

• username
• OWA url
• mailbox

I keep on getting authentication errors. I checked on More on 4SmartPhone - About US for the settings and I added the daa correctly - no go. I even spent half an hour trying every combination of username and mailbox variant I could think of. All with no luck.

I think I'll stick with Vista - unless anyoen has any tips?

Sorry to hear you're having such a bad experience...

Wrt problem 1. what format are the drivers in? I'm guessing that it's an archive (bzip2 or tar.Z or some such, or it could be an RPM or APT package?).

I'm afraid that Linux is an environment where you get limited mileage with the GUI. Many people will agree though that the real power of the system is to be found on the command line - but it does take a bit of learning...

I don't know anything about gOS, so I can only guess that your drivers need to either be installed using whatever install system gOS uses, or compiled, which probably means running three command in the unarchived folder:

./configure
./build
./build install

as the root user. There should be a README or an INSTALL file that gives you the details.

I know there is a steep learning curve, but the effort really is worth it in the long run!

Wrt problem 2:

Can you connect to your Outlook mail box using a standard web browser?

If not, then you probably cannot get Evolution to connect.

If so, then you should be able to get it working. Open up Evolution, go to the email configuration and under the 'Receiving Email' account enter the appropriate bits:

Server Type: Microsoft Exchange
Username: domain\username

(note the domain and backslash)

OWA URL: This should be exactly the same as the URL you use in the browser to get to your mailbox. Typically, the last part of the URL will be your mailbox name .../joe_blogs and is likely to be different from your username above.

Ultimately, try through the web browser. The URL should be the same, and the Username bit should be the same as the credentials the browser uses to authenticate.

Ultimately, if you think it should work, and you can't even get the web browser to conncet, contact the service provider and get them to help you...

Hope you have a bit more luck!

Regards,

Andy B.

[windows]

I'm actually running Ubuntu here if that helps?

1) The drivers are in a tar.z archive which I managed to open and extract into a directory on the desktop.

No read me at all unfortunately. So I assume from what you've said I ned to copy them into a special location and somehow access them as the root user at command line level?

What worries me I don't recall being asked to set a password for the root user and even if I had that how to get into a shell as that user?

2) Right in this Evolution wants three bits of information:

• Username
• OWA URL
• mailbox

So far I've tried entering:

• EXCH016\4sp_username
• OWA URL: https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/
• mailbox

Which gets me nowhere. Now the username is in the format of 'firstpart_lastpart' and the mailbox is a variant on an email adresss (including the @ character)

God knows if that makes any differenence. If I go to https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/ it resolves to https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/Login.aspx and I can login fine with my email address and password.

I've tried entering the server directly: owa016.msoutlookonline.net but again that fails.

Does that take us any further along the path?

[waveydavey]

You could try https://domainname/owa for 2007 or https://domainname/exchange for 2003.

[bruisah]

Originally Posted by windows

I'm actually running Ubuntu here if that helps?

1) The drivers are in a tar.z archive which I managed to open and extract into a directory on the desktop.

No read me at all unfortunately. So I assume from what you've said I ned to copy them into a special location and somehow access them as the root user at command line level?

What worries me I don't recall being asked to set a password for the root user and even if I had that how to get into a shell as that user?

Ah - this is an Ubuntu 'funny' that I don't agree with! To get to root user, launch a shell then use the 'sudo' command. The following URL gives a good answer to your question:

Ubuntu Linux root password - default password

You can "sudo su -" to actually enter the root shell environment, but beware, you have the power to break the system in this mode!

If you can point me in the direction of the drivers you downloaded, I can have a look and see what you're supposed to do. I imagine that you either need to compile the drivers, or run an installation on them. Either way, it doesn't really matter where the file is stored, but you will need to be root to install them.

Originally Posted by windows

I'm actually running Ubuntu here if that helps?
2) Right in this Evolution wants three bits of information:

• Username
• OWA URL
• mailbox

So far I've tried entering:

• EXCH016\4sp_username
• OWA URL: https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/
• mailbox

Which gets me nowhere. Now the username is in the format of 'firstpart_lastpart' and the mailbox is a variant on an email adresss (including the @ character)

God knows if that makes any differenence. If I go to https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/ it resolves to https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/Login.aspx and I can login fine with my email address and password.

I've tried entering the server directly: owa016.msoutlookonline.net but again that fails.

Does that take us any further along the path?

When you log in over a web interface, try copying the URL you have *after* logging in as the OWA URL. I'd expect the OWA URL to look something like:

https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/firstpart_lastpart

[Obviously, firstpart_lastpart is your username]

Ultimately, if you can access it via a browser, you *can* get Evolution to do it...

A.

ps You have, of course, read the Evolution manual?

[windows]

Nope no good as the Domain name used is not a real domain name i.e. EXCH016.....

[windows]

Originally Posted by bruisah

Ah - this is an Ubuntu 'funny' that I don't agree with! To get to root user, launch a shell then use the 'sudo' command. The following URL gives a good answer to your question:

Ubuntu Linux root password - default password

You can "sudo su -" to actually enter the root shell environment, but beware, you have the power to break the system in this mode!

Right that solves that mystery!

Erm only one question how do you launch a shell, I could no see it on any of the menus anywhere?

Originally Posted by bruisah

If you can point me in the direction of the drivers you downloaded, I can have a look and see what you're supposed to do. I imagine that you either need to compile the drivers, or run an installation on them. Either way, it doesn't really matter where the file is stored, but you will need to be root to install them.

That took some finding again, but the page I found was:

Creative Linux Sound Card Support which linked to:

Open Source - SoundCard Support

I could not find a dowload link and googled for the drivers. Can't refind that exact link now ... sigh.

Just found this, but off to bed now:

[HOW-TO] X-fi beta driver - Ubuntu Forums

Originally Posted by bruisah

When you log in over a web interface, try copying the URL you have *after* logging in as the OWA URL. I'd expect the OWA URL to look something like:

https://owa.msoutlookonline.net/firstpart_lastpart

[Obviously, firstpart_lastpart is your username]

Ultimately, if you can access it via a browser, you *can* get Evolution to do it...

A.

ps You have, of course, read the Evolution manual?

The problem is when logged in it looks like this:

https://owa016.msoutlookonline.net/owa/

It may not help but I'll try it on the morrow.

Read the manual - erm no but I did read the help files!