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ndisgtk for ndiswrapper

3 hours 43 min ago
Hi,
I'm trying to get ndisgtk for Suse 11.3. I've downloaded and installed ndiswrapper. Even after adding the packman repositories, I still can't find ndisgtk. I've searched ndis-gtk and ndisgtk.
I found ndisgtk on an external site and tried to install it using a .rpm, but this failed. How can I get it installed.

Any help would be appreciated,

Tim


Encrypted mail client Blocks after QUIT

3 hours 52 min ago
Hello The Linux Community,

I am sorry that my posting was not detailed enough regarding encrypted
pop3 mail client.

My problem is that for an encrypted server my client blocks after
I send the QUIT command to the server and I do not know the reason
why my client blocks.

Language C, Library openssl, IP4.
Compiler: gcc.

Output:

send: STLS
receive: +Ok ssl handshake

send: USER XXXXX
receive: +OK

send: PASS ***
receive: +OK

Send: STAT
receive: +Ok 0 0

send: QUIT
receive: blocks
At this point I need to use crtl^C to exit the program.


For the non-encrypted mail client everything works fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely
bearkelowna.


Duplicate Portmap Process

3 hours 55 min ago
Hello All,

I have an issue that I have been trying to figure out this week. This issue started last Friday and I've been trying to track it down ever since. Basically what I have is there is something that is kicking off a portmap process. It's been driving me insistently mad because system monitoring keeps kicking out emails for duplicate processes.

Code: Event Class:    Proc_Dups
Message:        portmap: more than 1 running Below is what you can see. It seems to be starting a new portmap process about every minute. /var/log/messages doesn't give much of any help. I can't turn off the monitoring because I need to know when/if portmap fails due to services that depend upon it.

Code: linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11757  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11759  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11762  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11764  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11762  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11768  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11770  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11772  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11774  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11772  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11776  0.0  0.0  2896  752 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11772  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11779  0.0  0.0  2896  752 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11781  0.0  0.0  2896  752 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11785  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11786  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11789  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11786  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11791  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11807  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11809  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:18  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11812  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:18  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11815  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11818  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11821  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
bin      11823  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:19  0:00 /sbin/portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11823  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:19  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11825  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      11823  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:19  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    11828  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11832  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11834  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11852  0.0  0.0  2896  744 pts/2    R+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11866  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11878  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11886  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11888  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11892  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11894  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11897  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11899  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11901  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11920  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11923  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11925  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11928  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11931  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11933  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
root    11938  0.0  0.0  2900  756 pts/2    S+  14:19  0:00 grep portmap
linux01:~ # ps -aux | grep portmap
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
bin      27100  0.0  0.0  4632  504 ?        Ss  Sep07  0:14 /sbin/portmap
bin      12760  0.0  0.0  4632  356 ?        S    14:26  0:00 /sbin/portmap
root    12977  0.0  0.0  2904  756 pts/2    S+  14:26  0:00 grep portmap


LXer: 13 tuxtastic Linux Games

4 hours 12 min ago
Published at LXer:

Get on your tuxedo’s - MyGaming pays respect to our oft-forgotten PC gaming brother, the Linux user. MyGaming thought it was high time to do another Linux compatible gaming round-up. A lot of these games support multiple platforms, and not just Linux, because Linux programmers are cool like that.

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can't fetch latest debian updates

4 hours 19 min ago
HI-

I've got a problem when i try apt-get update I get the following in the report:
Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dist...86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dist...rce/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
R

Network is OK, what is going wrong?

Jonnas


cannot mount USB stick

4 hours 21 min ago
hi i am running Ubuntu 9.10. sometimes my USB device is auto detected and shows up on my desktop other time it is not detected?? anyway i am trying to figure how to Mount it. read about the ETC/FSTAB file and i may need an entry there. following is a copy
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=5aee3da3-8b83-4f79-b185-82a1b85f750e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=c0162b0f-c095-419a-b961-ae56b3cc4f0a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom2 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

i did try to update with an entry similar to the cdrom.
my fstab is read only so no update.
i have read other USB mount problems but not sure about any.

any ideas thanks ken


Windows driver installation error using wine

5 hours 2 min ago
Hi guys,
I'm trying to install a broadband internet USB stick from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E1552 (HSPA modem) using wine. The installation requires 2 processes first was the izap installation which was sucessful and then the iboost installation which failed with the following error:

Error Number:0x80040702
Description:Failed to load Dll:InstUtil
Setup will now terminate

I'm running fedora 13 and i installed wine via yum.Your assistances will be highly appreciated.
Thanks


Project

5 hours 5 min ago
hi, i have learned RHEL 5 recently and i m an engineering student, i want to make a project using RHEL 5, I have done mainly Servers so anyone can give me good suggestions for project


Project on RHEL 5

5 hours 7 min ago
hi, i have learned RHEL 5 recently and i m an engineering student, i want to make a project using RHEL 5, I have done mainly Servers so anyone can give me good suggestions for project


LXer: MirrorBrain - Download Redirector and generates Metalinks, Torrents and crypto-hashes

5 hours 12 min ago
Published at LXer:

MirrorBrain is an open source framework to run a content delivery network using mirror servers. It solves a challenge that many popular open source projects face - a flood of download requests, often magnitudes more than a single site could practically handle.

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diplay all lines before a match is found

5 hours 32 min ago
Hi all,

my problem is as follow...

I have a file, and I have to display all the lines from the beginning of the file till a matching string is found.

I know grep with "-a", "-b" as option does exist, but it needs the number of lines to be printed in advance.
eg grep -b 10 "search_string" file
so it will print 10 lines before a match is found.


seeking "tablet aware" features and applications

5 hours 49 min ago
Every "laptop" has features and applications that happily work with a mouse pointer and a keyboard.

Some laptops are also considered a "tablet". They may have a mouse and keyboard, but they also have a stylus-pointer and might even have a touchScreen-pointer.

One clear "tablet" feature involves digital ink. One drags the stylus around an application. The app collects the dots as if one were writing on paper. xournal is a fine example of a digital ink application. While one can use a mouse to make the dots, the stylus feels exactly like pen&paper and thus is uniquely "tablet."

Given the digital ink paradigm, most of the drawing and sketching applications are then candidates as "tablet" applications.

Another clear "tablet" feature, when touch is available is movement from page to page with the flick of a finger. One might also do this with a stylus. This gesture lends itself to a "turn the page" behavior within book reader applications.
(I'm still looking for a good book-reader application.)

Please add your ideas about (1) tablet features, and (2) applications that use those features.

Merci d'avance,
~~~ 0;-Dan


Microsoft .chm file and wine on Linux

5 hours 52 min ago
Hi guys,
I'm trying to open Microsoft .chm file with wine on Linux but when it opens its only the content tab on the left pane that the text gets displayed i.e the table of content but the right pane where the content of the pages are meant to be displayed is blank.I will appreciate any assistance that can help in getting Microsoft .chm working on Linux. I'm running fedora 13 and i installed wine via yum. Thanks guys


so.... do you know girl(s) who use linux?

5 hours 54 min ago
yes I know - extremely stupid question. But I'm just curious.
I haven't come across a single female (online or in actual) who uses linux.

Are there females on this forum?


Which is lighter : LXDE or fluxbox?

5 hours 58 min ago
I have an old computer : 800 MHz / 384 MB RAM
Which GUI would be more suited (in terms of speed) for this machine?


LXer: Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition beta review

6 hours 2 min ago
Published at LXer:

Ubuntu Unity is a bold step for Ubuntu caretaker Canonical and its Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook remix. It offers a completely new user interface built on the backbone of key features due in GNOME 3 including Mutter and Zeitgeist. Russell Barnes tests it to breaking point (and found that it did. Regularly.)…

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Evertyhing indicates that bind sec. dns is working but it is not!

6 hours 2 min ago
Hi all,

I had this strange and quite stressy situation today. I change something in the config of the NS1 (primary nameserver) and because of that BIND9 went down. Seemed that, unfortunately, the sec. NS, NS2, did not took over.

When I first did /etc/init.d/bind9 reload I got this error:
Code: Stopping named: rndc: connection to remote host closed
This may indicate that
* the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol,
* this host is not authorized to connect,
* the clocks are not syncronized, or
* the key is invalid.
[FAILED] I was able to fix this. I guess I was because now the error has gone. I found the solution on some blog (I remember it has something to do with 'pkill lwresd' and restart bind a couple times.

Anyway, to test the NS1, on my local computer I set up the NS1 as primary and only nameserver. This works fine to test NSs.
This way I can surf the internet and ping the domains that are on the nameserver.

Now when I do the same with my NS2 I can't do nothing. Cannot ping to anything, surf of course works neither.
But from my server ifself, NS2, I can ping everything. Every NSlookup is done via an external nameserver thus logical.

Furthermore everything looks normal on the NS2. No errors, I can change, add, delete, apply, restart, reload without any problem.

I was thinking it had something to do with the rndc key (signing) maybe...

Thanks in advance!


Restore drive's HDparm factory parameters

6 hours 13 min ago
Hi people! I have a little question as I have been testing hdparm's functions to see what it can do.
I'm using ubuntu 10.04 and I found out that the APM disk parameter to save power changes automatically when you change your power profile on ubuntu (128 and 253 are the values for battery and no battery respectively).
Surprisingly, I found out that these values remained after reboot (I checked this by showing the parameter values with hdparm from windows), and I have the feeling that those aren't the factory defaults.

So the question is if there is any way to restore this setting to it's default with hdparm or, if I have to ask the manufacturer about it's factory value.

Thanks in advance!


cannot login via ssh on a single, non root account - telnet ok

6 hours 25 min ago
a user called, cannot login - forgot the password - common case ( 200 user system )- but this one seems to be a bit different:

user tries to log in via ssh - login/passwd incorrect,
via telnet - no problem

tried a few different users on ssh - no problem...

It seems the access denied applies to just a single, standard user account - only via ssh, all other users are able to login...

tried also to change the passwd, no difference.

beside re-creating the account, can you think about anything else?

system: RHEL AS3, 2.4.21-51ELsmp


Thanks!


Can't play audio CD in latest Ubunu

6 hours 32 min ago
All,

K, here's a hardware problem (I think). When I pop an audio CD into my external USB DVD drive, the GUI finds it no problem, but if I pop it into my old internal CD drive, it is not found, however a data disk in the internal drive is found without trouble. Places>Computer> shows "CD drive" and "CD/DVD drive", however I have two old internal CD's, not just one.

What gives?