I'm having this same exact issue trying to use the Synaptics tools. Has anyone found a resolution for this? By the way the "Leaking memory" (no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory) error in your log above, I solved this by using instructions from here... h...

Quick update, the answer was just to take the command line add sudo to the front and paste it into Putty "sudo mkfs -t ext3 -q /dev/Media1-vg/UserData"

Moving forward!

Thanks for all the help this far

Well, I found a work-around! I stole the command string that Webmin was trying to use and getting errors with, and pasted it into Putty. The first try I got an error so I added a "sudo" to the beginning and after typing in my PW, voila... took a few minutes but it configured it! here is th...

Hi Ian: Thanks for the response. I did hit a sticking spot and posted the question in the hardware discussion area (http://forum.havetheknowhow.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1273). No responses just yet, but it has only been 12 hrs :) For some reason all my drives return a read-only error when I try t...

Hi everyone: Total newbie to building a server, but I knoew I wanted one, and just happend to come across the HTKH site by chance. I'm cruising along so far and loving the empowerment I feel as I am able to complete each step. I'm running a box I built from mostly old parts I had laying around. AMD ...

Hi I'm pretty new at this, but love the how-to guide you've put together. Thanks so much. I'm running Precise Pangolin on a 500GB drive (using only 50GB for the OS) and attempting to set-up the "userData" LVM to utilize the rest of the drive. I can create the new LVM just fine, but when I ...