August 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] glibc2 upgrade...now what?
by mwagnon＠ixpres.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

Hi all- I just spent the last four hours downloading the sources and compiling glibc2. I followed the Glibc2-HOWTO to the letter, and if the "hello world" test program in the howto is a litmus test, I now have glibc2 installed on my system as a test library. My primary goal was to get glibc2 installed so that I could compile gnome from the sources. I realize that SuSE 5.3 will ship with glibc (binary?) support, but I wanted to do things myself. Has anyone else done this? Anyone running gnome on their SuSE system? I'm going to head on over to the gnome site to see what I need to download. If anyone has any pointers. I'd be grateful. Thanks, Mark (with nothing better to do on a Saturday night) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] SB AWE64
by tayloma＠iafrica.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

Hi How do I get the above sound card to work with SuSE linux...I don't think it can be compiled into the kernel. There is a conf. file called something like isapnp.conf. Does anybody know? Thanks - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Printer question - which one to get
by schullersite＠worldnet.att.net 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

I use the Stylus Color 600 myself- I would think the 800 would work fine. Ken Ken Schuller Network Systems Specialist NovaNET Learning, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Samartha <samarthal(a)pobox.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 1:07 PM Subject: [SuSE Linux] Printer question - which one to get > >Hi, > >I need to get a printer going on my SUSE 5.2. > >Originally, I had an HP 720 but this is a braindead >Win$ horny peace which I will return and get another one. > >My options are: > >EPSON Stylus 800 >HP 890 CXI >Canon BJ 620 > >Has anyone had experience with those printers? > >I tried running a HP 870 on the SUSE box but it printed >in tiny tiny letters. > >Thanks, > >Samartha > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Printer question - which one to get & Epson 850
by jkrough＠mindspring.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

I've used the Epson Stylus 600 and it worked fairly well. There is a page devoted to setting up Epson printers in Linux <A HREF="http://www.eunuchs.org"><A HREF="http://www.eunuchs.org</A">http://www.eunuchs.org</A</A>> J. Krough At 07:41 AM 8/16/98 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, > >I need to get a printer going on my SUSE 5.2. > >Originally, I had an HP 720 but this is a braindead >Win$ horny peace which I will return and get another one. > >My options are: > >EPSON Stylus 800 >HP 890 CXI >Canon BJ 620 > >Has anyone had experience with those printers? > >I tried running a HP 870 on the SUSE box but it printed >in tiny tiny letters. > >Thanks, > >Samartha > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] JDK 1.1.4+ in SuSE5.2 or 5.3?
by punt＠gte.net 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

> > > I'd like to use it, but have only found it in RedHat/Glibc2 >versions. More appropriately, I'm looking to install it so that I can >run ICQ for Java. If there is another way to have full-featured ICQ in >SuSE until they get off thier buts and make the X version available, >that'd help me too! :) Thanks. I got this late, but are you trying to get the latest (1.116 ver2) JDK for Linux (libc5)? The ICQ page has a pointer to it when you download Java ICQ. <A HREF="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.cgi"><A HREF="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.cgi</A">http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.cgi</A</A>> They have both libraries, the glibc2 and libc5. Just untar this and change the symbolic link /usr/lib/java to point to this. SuSE puts the jdk in /usr/lib. So you could untar it there if you like. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Win98 & SuSE 5.2 coexisting ?
by deem＠wdm.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

Anyone dual-booting a Win98 box with SuSE 5.2 ? Are you you using Lilo ? Any problems with this combo ? thanks -Dee ---------------------------------- W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem(a)wdm.com No Claim to Fame, Saved by Grace ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] In Netscape, how do I.....
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

Sorry this isn't a SuSE Q:, but there's too many savvy users here for me to not ask: How do I DL and decode multipart files (ie: jpg/gif) from a Usenet news group with Netscape? I'm using NS 4.50b if it's relevant. TIA folks, andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% Microsoft Free S.u.S.E. Linux! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] JDK 1.1.4+ in SuSE5.2 or 5.3?
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

FYI another X windows Icq called gicq <A HREF="http://www.montana.com/gabriel/gicq/"><A HREF="http://www.montana.com/gabriel/gicq/</A">http://www.montana.com/gabriel/gicq/</A</A>> === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com "Some people have a life, others have Windows to tell them where they want to go today" -- Ronald C.F. Antony ---johnny bitar <cruel(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > 5.2 ships with JDK 1.1.5. And ICQ runs fine for me > using JDK 1.1.5. > > cr804147-a:/root # java -version > java version "Linux_JDK_1.1.5_v5" > cr804147-a:/root # > > Had to play with the ICQ install program to set some > paths other then that ran fine. > And about a Linux version of ICQ, I think ICQ is > working on it. > > >RedHat/Glibc2 > yah RedHat has Glibc2 and I gave RedHat a try because > of that. Wish I never wasted my time. > > > === > john bitar > cruel(a)rocketmail.com > > "Some people have a life, others have Windows to tell > them where they want to go today" > > -- Ronald C.F. Antony > > > > > ---"Art Coates Jr." <axis(a)aye.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to use it, but have only found > it in RedHat/Glibc2 > > versions. More appropriately, I'm looking to > install it so that I can > > run ICQ for Java. If there is another way to have > full-featured ICQ in > > SuSE until they get off thier buts and make the X > version available, > > that'd help me too! :) Thanks. > > > > > > -Art Coates Jr. > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] JDK 1.1.4+ in SuSE5.2 or 5.3?
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

5.2 ships with JDK 1.1.5. And ICQ runs fine for me using JDK 1.1.5. cr804147-a:/root # java -version java version "Linux_JDK_1.1.5_v5" cr804147-a:/root # Had to play with the ICQ install program to set some paths other then that ran fine. And about a Linux version of ICQ, I think ICQ is working on it. >RedHat/Glibc2 yah RedHat has Glibc2 and I gave RedHat a try because of that. Wish I never wasted my time. === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com "Some people have a life, others have Windows to tell them where they want to go today" -- Ronald C.F. Antony ---"Art Coates Jr." <axis(a)aye.net> wrote: > > > > > > I'd like to use it, but have only found it in RedHat/Glibc2 > versions. More appropriately, I'm looking to install it so that I can > run ICQ for Java. If there is another way to have full-featured ICQ in > SuSE until they get off thier buts and make the X version available, > that'd help me too! :) Thanks. > > > -Art Coates Jr. > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Win98 & SuSE 5.2 coexisting ?
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

That is what I have. I compiled a kernel and made boot disk with zdisk and thats what I use. I am sure you can use lilo, if Win 98 is on a fat 16 partition. === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com "Some people have a life, others have Windows to tell them where they want to go today" -- Ronald C.F. Antony ---"W.D.McKinney" <deem(a)wdm.com> wrote: > > > Anyone dual-booting a Win98 box with SuSE 5.2 ? > Are you you using Lilo ? Any problems with this combo ? > > thanks > > -Dee > > > ---------------------------------- > W.D.McKinney (Dee) > deem(a)wdm.com > No Claim to Fame, Saved by Grace > ---------------------------------- > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netware Shell Unavailable, Contact Network Administrator
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

In some cases, you have to switch on: LM announcing in your Windows 95 file and printer sharing service. (You've got that running apparently.) About dialing the internet, you are right Windows clients and servers rely on NetBios naming, first they try to find the names in - Via an DNS server (Within a Windows NT network when you enabled DNS lookup for WINS). - If fails via an Wins Server - If fails via LMHOSTS records (name and ip address) - then they start a networkbraodcast (this triggers your diald). I addmit that it is strange that even though you have an LMHOSTS with all ip addresses that it still uses networkbraodcasts. But you can easiliy solve this problem by letting SaMBa beeing the wins server. (I recall it is wins support = yes) then samba is a Wins name server. All you gotta do is tell windows 95 client were to find a wins server in IP configuration. I have done the same at my work, it works great. My primary Wins server is the NT server (yuk) and the secondary Wins server is the SaMBa Linux server (yeah). Goodluck ---------- > Van: Leon McClatchey <leonmcclatchey(a)homemail.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netware Shell Unavailable, Contact Network Administrator > Datum: donderdag 13 augustus 1998 4:22 > > > Hello Everyone:-) > > I've got one little nuisance problem, that I hope someone can help me with:-) > I've got a little network going between my Suse 5.1 Box and my Win95 box. I am > using the Samba suite with Linux currently my file server and internet gateway. > The problem that I've got is actually two-fold (I think). > > 1: I cannot see my Linux Box in the network neighborhood, but when I do a > search for it, then I can "find" it, and access all the file areas that I have > defined. It never does show up in the network neighborhood. > > 2: Everytime Win95 boots and/or someone logs in on the win95 machine, a > prompt comes up saying "Netware Compatible Shell unavailable, Please contact > your network administrator". Well, I'm the network administrator, and I am > unable to find anything on "creating a netware shell" between Linux and Win95? > > There are actually a couple of other minor bugs as well, for one, whenever I > activate "dial-on-demand", The win95 causes the linux box to keep dialing out on > the internet about every 5 to 15 minutes? From what I've read, that may have > something to do with the fact that I don't have a "nameserver" running in my > little network? Even though I have all the hosts, lmhosts, and network > configuration files on both hosts as identical as the operating systems allow? > > Thanx Loads:-) > > -- > cya l8r > Leon McClatchey > leonmcclatchey(a)homemail.com > Linux User 78912 (Win95 Box) > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] cdrom not recognized as block device
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

I screwed my up too. The one thing I had changed and finally realized was in my bois,I changed the setting: a plug and play OS, It should have been NON PNP OS. Chnaces you maded the same mistake as me is one in a million, I think. :-) === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com ---denis miller <scurran(a)aracnet.net> wrote: > > > I just found out that my cdrom and floppy are not recognized by my > kernel as block devices. > They worked before so I need advise: > 1)How do I get them to work again: and > 2)What did I do to screw them up? (So I don't do it again!) > Thanks > Denis Miller > SuSe Linux is the best thing since the microchip! > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Q: Adding a 2nd HD
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

I'm not well versed with the Linux file hierarchy and could use some advice. I have a new 4G HD that I want to add to my P-133, which presently has a single 2G HD. Is it possible with the new drive to add 'space' to the existing partitions (ie: /usr, /home, etc.)? Or do I start from scratch and reconfigure based upon the combined size? If there's a HOW TO or man page on this I'm not bright enough to have found it yet. TIA andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% Microsoft Free S.u.S.E. Linux! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] request-route, ppp-server for windows
by manticora_＠hotmail.com 16 Aug '98

16 Aug '98

As far as the part about dialing an NT server goes, I have a script that lets you log onto NT servers, like my own ISP. email me privatly and I will send it as an attatchment, its not a long script, and it should do what you need it to. >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:45:39 +0200 (MEST) >From: Herbert Betz <100330.153(a)compuserve.com> >To: David Efflandt <efflandt(a)xnet.com> >cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: [SuSE Linux] request-route, ppp-server for windows >Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > > >Thanks a lot, David, for your extensive comments on redialing via >request-route. > >I got 2 further problems in this respect, were I hope for your ideas: > >1) Problem using request-route: >I managed to get your dial-on-demand-recipe >(www.xnet.com/~efflandt/linux) via /sbin/request-route working only by >using the obsolescent pppd-Option '+ua /etc/ppp/kla.secret' within >request-route. When I delete this and put login and password into the >chat.XXX -file instead, it will dial, but switch the modem off immediately >after connection. /Var/log/messages will then say: >... >pppd[599]: Serial line is looped back. >... >pppd[599]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x6] >pppd[599]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x6] >pppd[599]: Connection terminated. > >I cannot use two chat.xxx -Scripts this way ... Any thoughts ? > >2) Linux-ppp-Server for Win95/NT4.0: > >My ppp-server-setup according to www.xnet.com/~efflandt/linux/dialin.txt >and SuSE's /usr/doc/support-db/sdb/ppp-server.html resulted in the >following deadlock: > >With LINUX-ppp-clients I can logon fine. > >WinNT4.0 as a client will establish the ppp-connection as well. The >windows DUN connect box as well as ifconfig on the linux server will show >the ppp0 interface with the correct IP-addresses of the other maschine. >However a ping on WinNT results only in timeouts, a ping on the linux >server seems to hang. Nonetheless I can observe the WinNT client count the >incoming bytes and the modem connection seems stable (although useless). > >Due to another problem with Win95 (modem dialing only working via direct >ATDT commands in HYPERTERM but not via DUN), I could not yet test the >situation using Win95 as client. > >Does this stable but useless PPP-connection hint to any missing >PPPD-Option on the server side ? Any ideas for diagnostics ? > >Thanks for any comment, >Herbert > _____________________________________________ >Herbert Betz - Landshut - herbertbetz(a)csi.com > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] request-route, ppp-server for windows
by 100330.153＠compuserve.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Thanks a lot, David, for your extensive comments on redialing via request-route. I got 2 further problems in this respect, were I hope for your ideas: 1) Problem using request-route: I managed to get your dial-on-demand-recipe (www.xnet.com/~efflandt/linux) via /sbin/request-route working only by using the obsolescent pppd-Option '+ua /etc/ppp/kla.secret' within request-route. When I delete this and put login and password into the chat.XXX -file instead, it will dial, but switch the modem off immediately after connection. /Var/log/messages will then say: ... pppd[599]: Serial line is looped back. ... pppd[599]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x6] pppd[599]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x6] pppd[599]: Connection terminated. I cannot use two chat.xxx -Scripts this way ... Any thoughts ? 2) Linux-ppp-Server for Win95/NT4.0: My ppp-server-setup according to www.xnet.com/~efflandt/linux/dialin.txt and SuSE's /usr/doc/support-db/sdb/ppp-server.html resulted in the following deadlock: With LINUX-ppp-clients I can logon fine. WinNT4.0 as a client will establish the ppp-connection as well. The windows DUN connect box as well as ifconfig on the linux server will show the ppp0 interface with the correct IP-addresses of the other maschine. However a ping on WinNT results only in timeouts, a ping on the linux server seems to hang. Nonetheless I can observe the WinNT client count the incoming bytes and the modem connection seems stable (although useless). Due to another problem with Win95 (modem dialing only working via direct ATDT commands in HYPERTERM but not via DUN), I could not yet test the situation using Win95 as client. Does this stable but useless PPP-connection hint to any missing PPPD-Option on the server side ? Any ideas for diagnostics ? Thanks for any comment, Herbert _____________________________________________ Herbert Betz - Landshut - herbertbetz(a)csi.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] SB AWE64
by manticora_＠hotmail.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

<A HREF="http://www.opensound.com"><A HREF="http://www.opensound.com</A">http://www.opensound.com</A</A>> download Open Sound system and you'll be on your way for OSS To work you dont need it compiled into the kernel hte installation is easy, and after you isntall, you just type sound-on and sound-off to do the respective things. >Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:30:20 +0200 >From: Mark <tayloma(a)iafrica.com> >To: "suse-linux-e(a)suse.com" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: [SuSE Linux] SB AWE64 >Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > >Hi > >How do I get the above sound card to work with SuSE linux...I don't >think it can be compiled into the kernel. There is a conf. file called >something like isapnp.conf. Does anybody know? > >Thanks > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] compiling errors
by manticora_＠hotmail.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

I recently tried to compile some software, particularly mICQ an icq clone for linux, but I kept getting errors it would tell me that header files are non-existant, although I have gone and checked and they are all there, and should work properly... mICQ(<A HREF="http://micq.home.ml.org"><A HREF="http://micq.home.ml.org</A">http://micq.home.ml.org</A</A>> I believe) Anyone have any thoughts as to why this wont compile? ps- its not only mICQ ,its also other things, that wont compile ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] KDE gimmick won't come off
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Ok, we are looking seriously at KDE. Installed it from the rpm's on SuSE web site. Went into YaST and set the KDE gimmick to blank (was originally the chamellia.xpm). But we still get the little chamellia when we open xterms. So, how do we get rid of it? (yes, we think they are cute too, but it doesn't fit our desire corporately to have them on our windows when we demo to customers). - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Diamon Stealth 3D 4000
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

>Best performance will be with the next version of AccelX, of course >4.1 supports that card now. I think that SuSE's X-servers support >AGP in some flavours. Have you checked <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html</A">http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html</A</A>> ? > By next release do you mean 4.2? I have 4.1 on order and of course there are patches to bring it up to 4.1. I didn't find the link real useful. The packages I downloaded from there are older then the ones available under SuSE 5.2 update directory on their ftp.suse.com site. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Win98 & SuSE 5.2 coexisting ?
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

>That's what I heard and prompted the first e-mail, thanks. So after every time >Win98 is used, you will need to boot off the disk ? Bummer. > NO!!! Just after the install, you need to boot off disk. Then goto your /etc/lilo.conf and add the win98 section, rerun LILO, and then you are set. No disks. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] S.u.S.E. FAQ - first draft
by grimmer＠suse.de 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Hi, this is the first preview of the FAQ, consider it a pre-Alpha version :) Many thanks to Michael Lankton, who kindly donated some entries to the FAQ. Note: This FAQ will not contain answers to installation problems! I see no reason to double the effort of our Support Database, which is available via the WWW. It's focus will be on general questions about the distribution and the company (and people?) behind it. I welcome your comments and contributions! If you would like to send something to me, that you consider being worth to put in this FAQ, please put the Word [FAQ] in the subject of your message and try to stick to the layout of the current Q+A's. That makes life a little easier for me :) This version is ASCII-only. As soon as I have some more material, I will probably switch to SGML and set up a homepage for it. OK, here we go: <----8<----8<----8<---- SNIP ----8<-----8<-----8<-----> The S.u.S.E. Linux FAQ (english version) ---------------------------------------- Date: 14/08/1998 Abstract -------- This document is a collection of frequently asked questions and answers from the mailing list suse-linux-e(a)suse.com, which is a forum for users of the S.u.S.E. Linux distribution. It is currently maintained by Lenz Grimmer <grimmer(a)suse.de>. If you would like to add an entry to this list, feel free to so! Please use the Phrase "[FAQ]" in the subject of your message. In addition to this FAQ, you will find plenty of information about S.u.S.E. Linux (and linux in general) in the support database (SDB), which S.u.S.E. provides as a free service to the Internet community: <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/</A">http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/</A</A>> The support database articles can also be found on the S.u.S.E. Linux CD, in the version available at production time. They are located in series "doc", package "sdb". The articles can be read with any html browser. 1. Questions about the Company ------------------------------ ? What does S.u.S.E. stand for? ! Gesellschaft für Software- und Systementwicklung mbH, which can be roughly translated as "Company for development of software and systems" ? Where does S.u.S.E. come from? ! Our sales and marketing division is located in Fürth, which is a town next to Nuremberg, Germany. The develoment and support department is currently located in Nuremberg. It is planned however, to join these departments in a new location in the center of Nuremberg. We also have an american division (S.u.S.E., Inc.), located in Oakland, CA, which is responsible for the non-European market. 2. Questions about the Distribution ----------------------------------- ? Is S.u.S.E. Linux libc5 or glibc2 based? ! S.u.S.E. Linux <= 5.3 is a libc5 based distribution. S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 added support for glibc2 binaries, and beginning with S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0, expected at the end of 1998, S.u.S.E. is making the move to glibc2. ? Is there an Alpha-specific version of the S.u.S.E. Linux distribution? ! Porting to the Alpha platform is done in parallel with the development of the 6.0 release. It is expected, that the Alpha port will be available quite shortly after the release of i386 6.0. ? What about other platforms, e.g. Sparc? ! As soon as the port to glibc2 has been finished, porting to other platforms will be much easier. There are no plans yet, if there will be ports to others than the Alpha. ? Why does S.u.S.E. ship with such an old gcc? ! gcc-2.7.2.1 is known to properly compile 2.0.x kernels. In fact, even Linus Torvalds is still using this version. When S.u.S.E. switches to glibc2 with S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0, it is expected that egcs will be the default C compiler included with S.u.S.E. Linux, although gcc-2.7.2.x may be included for kernel compilation. This depends on egcs, which is in active development, and may or may not be suitable for compiling 2.0.x kernels at the time of S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0 release. ? Can I use S.u.S.E. Linux as a DHCP or bootp client? ! Not yet, this feature is scheduled for the upcoming 6.0 release. It is possible to manually modify the init-scripts, however this is not a trivial task. 3. Credits ---------- Many thanks go out to the following people, who have kindly donated entries for this document: Hubert Mantel <mantel(a)suse.de> Michael Lankton <satan3(a)home.com> <----8<----8<----8<---- SNIP ----8<-----8<-----8<-----> Best regards, LenZ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer S.u.S.E. GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Gebhardtstrasse 2 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>> 90762 Fuerth, Germany - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Win98 & SuSE 5.2 coexisting ?
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

> >Anyone dual-booting a Win98 box with SuSE 5.2 ? >Are you you using Lilo ? Any problems with this combo ? Yes, we have that configuration on some. No issues here. Just remember that Win98 will overwrite the MBR, so make sure you have a boot disk so you can boot and reun LILO - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] .xserverrc.secure doesn't like me
by budr＠sirinet.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

If I copy .xserverrc.secure to .xserverrc as advised, X fails with these errors: _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running Needless to say, there is no X server already running. The .xserverrc that I used with my previous Slackware system was a simple one-liner: #!/bin/sh exec X :0 -auth $HOME/.Xauthority which fails with the same error. I suspect there is something wrong with the .Xauthority file generated by the .xserver.secure script, but I don't know enough to fix it. I'm not at all comfortable about putting this machine on the net with an open X server. I would appreciate any suggestions about how to fix this. -- Bud Rogers <budr(a)sirinet.net> formerly <budr(a)tanet.net> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Diamon Stealth 3D 4000
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Just got a machine in that has an AGP 4MB Diamond Stealth 3D 4000. Went ahead and set it up in XF86 as an Steal 3D 3000 (using SVGA) and it works ok in 8 bit color. However, we want it to run 1024x768 16 bit color. Setting it to 16 bit color results in black screen (the monitor never shows signal). Is there any native AGP support available? - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Script behaves differnt on boot
by punt＠gte.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

I have a script to mount a smb service (on an nt server) on boot. It is a public transfer area that needs all users to have read and write access. Ok, SAMBA is set and all works great if I run the script from root when I am logged in. All users can see it and all is well. If put it in rc2.d, the share gets mounted. But only root has write privilege. All users only get read. What changes on boot versus running from root? Any ideas? - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] whois
by gecko＠benham.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

How do I get whois to work?? ---------------------------------- <A HREF="http://benham.net/index.html"><A HREF="http://benham.net/index.html</A">http://benham.net/index.html</A</A>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++ E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] cdrom not recognized as block device
by scurran＠aracnet.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

I just found out that my cdrom and floppy are not recognized by my kernel as block devices. They worked before so I need advise: 1)How do I get them to work again: and 2)What did I do to screw them up? (So I don't do it again!) Thanks Denis Miller SuSe Linux is the best thing since the microchip! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] engineering and hubris
by phil＠servcom.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

OK, a Saturday off-topic post... I've spent most of my 42 years working with machines, hardware and software, from automobiles (1960s to early 70s) to computers (late 60s on and off to date). From my limited perspective, I've learned that there are certain rituals that one does well to observe; almost certain failure seems to follow statements like "everything is working well", and one can almost count on complications following a statement like "reconfiguration should be straightforward..." On a more somber note, I'm told that Christa McAuliffe (the schoolteacher on the unfortunate shuttle mission) had answered a question about safety with comments similar to "It's not like it's going to blow up or anything..." Do any of y'all follow rituals of this nature? For example, I will not attempt to try anything new with a working system (or to "make something better") after 1pm on Friday (unless it's spurting smoke) because doing so seems to guarantee that I'll be spending the rest of the weekend just making it work again. I try to avoid comments about a system's stability because saying that "such and such as system has been remarkably stable today/this week/this month," seems to be enough to drive an otherwise working system into severe oscillation-leading-to-crash. No reason to clog the SuSE list with off-topic stuff; send comments and stories to me at "<A HREF="mailto:phil@servcom.com">mailto:phil@servcom.com</A>" phil -- "The engineers saw that thick green run-off as sludge and were throwing out out; I saw it as filling and made "key lime-style" pies." - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] KDM stopped working
by suse_list＠hotmail.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Hi all, I have been running Suse5.2 now for about a month and I think it's just great. I've been running kdm so it starts at bootup. Anyway, I have somehow managed to bugger it up. I must have fiddled with something and now kdm doesn't work. It goes through all the boot-up stuff and then to the ascii login prompt where it tries to go into kdm. However the screen keeps flashing between blank and the login prompt really quickly (ie long blank, quick login prompt flash). I gather I've buggered it up and it repeatedly tries and fails to run kdm. I had to use my boot disk to run yast to go back to the ascii login and then rebooted. So now I can at least use linux without the graphical login. x-windows works fine using startx but I would like to get kdm running again. I tried it once again but it was still buggered. Does anyone know what I have done to bugger things up and how I might be able to fix it. I would like to avoid a re-install if possible. (I think a newbie's attitude is often if anything goes wrong then re-install. I am trying hard to get out of the Microshaft way of thinking so I want to avoid a reinstall). On another note, I want to thank all of the people that have helped me over the last few weeks. you have all been terrific. I am just curious as to the ettiquette of this mailing group with regards to thanking people. Should I post a thank-you note once I have got a problem fixed (what should I title it?). I have probably been a bit rude before not posting a thank-you but I thought it might be more kind to people not to waste the bandwidth. Any thoughts on this? Cheers, Brad. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Psion users?
by lframe＠post9.tele.dk 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Are there any Psion 3x/5/Siena users on this frequency? I have a Psion 3a, and I use it a lot. I think it is a great palmtop, and furthermore it is a product from Europe (UK). I have found a program that can (pseudo-)mount it on my Linux box, not a genuine mounting, but it enables me to address the filesystem on the s3a from Linux, copy, move etc. I can get files into StarOffice directly from the s3a (no conversion though, I have to save as txt/rtf on s3a). I would like to syncronize the s3a Agenda and Linux plan the same way that PsiWin does with Lotus Organizer/Scedule+. plan has the same features as Agenda, altlhough it has a rather altmodisch grafical interface. Does anybody know if there is a way to do this? Sincerely Vagn Bjoerno Jensen. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] JetDirect
by jonno＠printsters.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Hello, all. I recall someone on the list mentioning how to use HP's JetDirect card, but can't recall details. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Jon Snidal jonno(a)printsters.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] totem bestiary
by jep＠jephill.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

The penguin's fine (cool and benign), and I like SuSE's iguana. But, consider the humble piranha: Singly, none is imposing. Yet there are hordes of them and tens if not 100's of varieties, and remarkably, they collaborate to accomplish prodigious feats . . . even to the point of being able to consume (sacred) cows in short order. Now that sounds timely. Regards, Jep ----------------------------------- Penguin inside! Now THAT'S Cool! ----------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Triple booting
by satan3＠home.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

I spent the hours after dinner this evening ftp'ing a 500 meg install of FreeBSD-2.2.7. lilo works perfectly triple booting linux, freebsd, and win95 on my box, I was pleasantly surprised. FreeBSD is nice, although it made me realize how pampered we are as S.u.S.E. users. I have a copy of Solaris coming, and in the meantime I will probably try Openbsd and Debian 2.0 after I play with FreeBSD for a few days, and I will eventually get Openstep4.2(I love the NeXT gui), but I just can't imagine a nicer desktop os than S.u.S.E. S.u.S.E. seems _noticeably_ faster on my box as well, but that is a perception, not a benchmark. FreeBSD lovers please withold your flames :) FreeBSD-2.2.7 also comes with gcc-2.7.2.1, so S.u.S.E. aren't the only ones that feel that is the best current choice of compilers. I tried ftp'ing NetBSD first, and while NetBSD had a less cryptic install, it wouldn't detect my ethernet card :( I will say this, the kernel that booted off the NetBSD install floppy I made was WICKED fast. I would like to figure out the ethernet problem and try an install of NetBSD if that is any indication of it's efficiency. Oh, and speaking of installs, appreciate the lengths that the people at S.u.S.E. have gone to reduce the trauma a linux newbie encounters. Go install a free bsd, you'll see what I mean. Anyway, I just thought some of you might find this interesting. It's left me even more curious about trying more of the free, as well as commercial unices out there, and made me even more appreciative of my primary os, S.u.S.E. linux. -- .###. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A</A>> \# /## -==============================================- ###'---'#### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] usr x2 external modem
by roberto＠cbvcp.com 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

Does anyone have a working script using this modem (pap auth preffered)? I had a script for a bad 33.6 modem, and got this one, but I couldn't use my old script (the old pppd would die unexpectedly).it wasn't a problem with the at commands, because i can dial just fine with just ATDT using a setup tool, but not my script. if anyone has any ideas/solutions, they would be warmly welcomed. Aaron Seelye - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Running kdm with SuSE
by karcher＠idworld.net 15 Aug '98

15 Aug '98

In all the instructions I have seen on setting up kdm, I am supposed to change the run level in /etc/inittab to "5" and substitute kdm when it calls for xdm. The only trouble is that there is no "5" in the SuSE version of inittab. Multiple users with xdm is level "3" as I see it. Could someone give me specific instructions on setting up kdm in the SuSE version of /etc/inittab? Thanks in advance. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Solaris is FREEWARE!!!!!!!
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

One of the most Sold Unix implementations is a free ware product now for non-commercial use only. This way Microsoft NT might be having some commercial resitance. We as Linux users don't need to fear. Linux gives you access to source code, SUN Solaris doesn't! But anyway Sun Solaris is a NICE OS. ============================= In a World With Walls and Fences Who Needs Windows and Gates ============================= - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Native Netware 4.10 on Linux
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Caldera has a native port for Netware. I was a former Netware 3.12 and 4.11 SFTIII manager. And they are really fast and stable fileservers. But lowsy application servers. Now you can bundle the power of Linux application server and probably still a pretty fast fileserver. Only 50 dollars for a three user version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: Apache update and SDB problem
by phil＠stokes.demon.co.uk 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

It's OK, I've solved it. There were several entries in /etc/httpd/srm.conf that needed paths changing from /usr/lib/sdb to /usr/local/httpd. Phil -- Philip Stokes <phil(a)stokes.demon.co.uk> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: FAQ [Was: When will SusE make a Alpha distribution]
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I'm nit really interessted in a FAQ for Alpha, but in a SuSE distribution for Alpha. That is something else. ---------- > Van: Lenz Grimmer <grimmer(a)suse.de> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [SuSE Linux] Re: FAQ [Was: When will SusE make a Alpha distribution] > Datum: vrijdag 14 augustus 1998 11:59 > > > Hi, > > On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Michael Johnson wrote: > > > > I'd volunteer to do so, if you guys out there send me some contributions! > > > I will put them together, maybe even write some answers. > > > > > what kind of contributions? > > I was thinking of questions with answers that you consider to be a FAQ in > this group. I'd appreciate to have it in raw ASCII, so I can easily paste > it into the document :) > > > A SuSE faq would be very kewl, and would also give quick information to > > pass on to people/friend I talk to who are interesting in trying linux, > > when I do my usual 'get SuSE, it's an awesome distribution' thingie. > > Hmm, I'm not sure, if it will be suitable to pass on as a leaflet :^) > Let's see, where it will go. > > Greetings, > > LenZ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer S.u.S.E. GmbH > <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Gebhardtstrasse 2 > <A HREF="http://www.suse.de"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>> 90762 Fuerth, Germany > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Mail from Novell server
by s.seifert＠informatikbuero.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Does anyone know if it's possible to get access to my E-mails on a Novell server. The mailing system is Novell Groupwise 5.2. I tried kmail and it tries to connect to the server at 193.83.20.49:1677. This should be the adress of the mail- server. But after a while of connecting it says that the server is not responding. I tried a wrong TCP/IP-adress for testing purposes and the message came much faster. I don't know much about this mailserver but I think it is using the POP3-protocol (which I do not know anything about either) Propably anyone knows something about this. thanx Stefan Seifert E-mail: Stefan.Seifert(a)Informatikbuero.com home: www.ifb.at/stefan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Apache update and SDB problem
by phil＠stokes.demon.co.uk 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I've just installed the security fixed Apache upgrade "apache-1.3.0-10.i386.rpm" from the S.u.S.E. ftp site into S.u.S.E. 5.2 using YAST. According to YAST, everything installed fine. I stopped and restarted the server, but now whenever I try to access the local search function in the S.u.S.E. database, Netscape says: "The requested URL/cgi-bin/sdb-suche-e was not found on this server." /var/log/httpd.error_log contains the message: "[error] script not found or unable to stat: /usr/lib/sdb" for each attempt to access the database. Anyone have any ideas? Phil -- Philip Stokes <phil(a)stokes.demon.co.uk> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Mailing list FAQ
by satan3＠home.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Bodo, If you want to create a mailing list faq, here are some contributions: Q: Is S.u.S.E. libc5 or glibc2 based? A: S.u.S.E. linux <= 5.3 is a libc5 based distribution. S.u.S.E. 5.3 added support for glibc2 binaries, and beginning with S.u.S.E. 6.0, expected during the '98-'99 holiday season, S.u.S.E. is making the move to glibc2. Q: Is there an Alpha-specific version of the S.u.S.E. linux distribution? A: After S.u.S.E. 6.0 for x86 is final, the work will begin on porting S.u.S.E. linux to the Alpha platform. Q: After installation, every time I reboot, YaST starts again saying that there are scripts it has to run. What's the deal? A: After S.u.S.E. linux has finished installing, it needs to run some scripts to set up perl, your man page directories, etc.. Depending on the speed of your system this can take anywhere from a couple minutes to considerably longer. If you reboot before the process is finished, it will start again at your next boot, ad infinitum, until the process is allowed to complete itself. You can watch the progress of this process on tty9 (press alt+F9), and when the scripts have finished running, then you can safely reboot and begin using S.u.S.E. linux. Q: I set up my printer in YaST, but when I print something, it isn't in the traditional letter format. How do I change this? A: In /etc/apsfilterrc, change the value of line number 249 to 1n. Q: Why does S.u.S.E. ship with such an old gcc? A: gcc-2.7.2.1 is known to properly compile 2.0.x kernels. When S.u.S.E. switches to glibc2 with S.u.S.E. 6.0, it is expected that egcs will be the default c compiler included with S.u.S.E. linux, although gcc-2.7.2.x may be included for kernel compilation. This depends on egcs, which is in active development, and may or may not be suitable for compiling 2.0.x kernels at the time of S.u.S.E. 6.0's release. -- .###. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A</A>> \# /## -==============================================- ###'---'#### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] When will SusE make a Alpha distribution
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

A good distribution is RedHat. It has all the RedHat intel packages ported to RedHat Alpha. The Alpha workstation aren't really that more supperior for ISP,s then Intel cpu's. Because the IO is still based upon 33MHz and 100Mhz Pci slots. But for a lot of callculation work and specially floating points. The Alpha is supperior to any of the other CPU's. You might think about letting your Alpha be a search engine, or a heavy duty News server. (Some of the Intel variants can't cope with cleaning old news). That is a time consuming procedure based upon pure IO and CPU power. When you purchase a desktop/workstation Alpha, be sure you have at least the 21164 Mainboard. Goodluck and ALPHA'S ARE GREAT SPECIALLY WITH a 64BIT FREE OS!!!!!!!!!! ---------- > Van: Ted Maciag <tsm(a)wwnet.net> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: Re: [SuSE Linux] When will SusE make a Alpha distribution > Datum: vrijdag 14 augustus 1998 16:34 > > > Yep, > > Now that I've read this I'm wondering what to use for some of my ISP stuff. I > have some newly aquired Alpha's, so I'll have to continue to look myself. Any > suggestions? > > -ted > > > Jep Hill wrote: > > > ** Reply to note from Raymond Doetjes <raymond.doetjes(a)tip.nl> Thu, 13 > > Aug 1998 21:28:18 +0200 > > > > > > > Does any one know if and otherwise when SuSE will make an Alpha > > > distribution. > > > My colleque is running RedHat, but he has the same problems with RedHat > > > that I had before I switched to SuSE. > > > > Well, there are more than a few of us out here with machines ready when/if > > SuSE decides to go for it. So, SuSE, when will it be? . . .That's too long! > > > > Regards, > > > > Jep Hill > > jep(a)jephill.com > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Ted Maciag, C Programer / UNIX Admin. > * Page me <A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10417837"><A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10417837</A">http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10417837</A</A>> > * E-mail Express 104178370(a)pager.mirabilis.com > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] RE: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Serial Printing
by rodolfo＠linux.org.uy 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:48:55 +0100 (BST), (Ted Harding) wrote: >It may be worth trying to localise the problem as "hardware" vs "software". >In your printcap, make the temporary change of the entry :lp=/dev/ttyS1: >to, say, :lp=/homedir/testprint: which should have the effect that what >the system normally sends to /dev/ttyS1 gets saved in the file >/homedir/testprint instead. If that is truncated, then there is a software >problem (in /usr/sbin/epson9-filter ?); otherwise, if the file is complete, >then it is a hardware problem. I use a special configuration that maintain the job at the spooling directory after print it. If I see the file at the spooling directory the text is complete. >When you print by "cat", is it "cat ... > /dev/ttyS1" or to some other device? Of course, if I make "cat /var/spool/lpd/epson/dfA234.mymachine.org > /dev/ttyS1" the complete text is printed. For this reason, I feel that this is a problem with flow control from lpd to the /dev/ttySx. ----/ / _ Rodolfo Pilas ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ rodolfo(a)linux.org.uy --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ la oportunidad de dominar tu computadora ------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Official Web Page -> <A HREF="http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo"><A HREF="http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo</A">http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo</A</A>> Gente Como Uno BBS -> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838"><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838</A">http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838</A</A>> Grupo Usuarios Linux Uruguay [UYLUG] -> <A HREF="http://www.linux.org.uy"><A HREF="http://www.linux.org.uy</A">http://www.linux.org.uy</A</A>> PGP Public Key Fingerprint = EE 6C 76 53 2B D9 2F 53 7B CE E3 69 8C ED 84 09 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] access to internet
by pbrun＠sympatico.ca 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Isn't there any natural Network Address Translator which I can use with Linux? I use Sygate when I am in Windows, which doesn't require Proxy settings. Is there something in Linux which doesn't require Proxy settings? Please let me know and thanks for your help. Paul --------------------------------------------------------------- Pavel (Paul) Brun Carleton University, Canada Email: pbrun(a)sympatico.ca Internet Pager: <A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432"><A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432</A">http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432</A</A>> Internet: <A HREF="http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun"><A HREF="http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun</A">http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun</A</A>> --------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: History lesson
by peter＠datadok.no 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

At 02:00 14.08.98 -0500, you wrote: > >gee maybe a link would help ;) ><A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/part6/faq.h"><A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/part6/faq.h</A">http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/part6/faq.h</A</A>> tml Hm. looks suspiciously like the comp.unix.* faq, posted quite frequently to places like comp.unix.shell. - Peter -- Peter N. M. Hansteen peter(a)datadok.no <A HREF="http://www.datadok.no"><A HREF="http://www.datadok.no</A">http://www.datadok.no</A</A>> Datadokumentasjon A/S, Bredsgaarden 2, N-5003 Bergen, Norway Tel: +47 55 32 08 02 Fax: +47 55 32 14 95 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Setting up a CD-R system
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

There is a good howto about CD-R!!! With good hardware pointers, because Linux doesn't support them all. ---------- > Van: Andy Ford <andyford(a)nothnbut.net> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [SuSE Linux] Setting up a CD-R system > Datum: vrijdag 14 augustus 1998 2:55 > > > Call for comments, ideas, experiences: > I just got the go-ahead to start using linux in an official > capacity > at a major corporation. I need to set up a dedicated box to > archive > data on CDs for review by an outside regulatory agency. The > goal is to make a daily WORM drive archive CD that cannot be > tampered with. > The firm was going to spend US$6000 on a dedicated system, > but I > brought up the idea of using linux and they went for it! I > have the idea that I > could hang a CD-R off an old 486 running linux and attach > it to one of our many sparc-SunOS systems (maybe on a serial > port?). > If the 486 will do it, the cost would be that of the CD-R > drive, say $400-$600 > if I splurge on a SCSI external unit. > Soooo, if anyone has any recomendations on the CD drives, > the software, or the security aspect... > Yours, > Andy > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] WINE
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I found the performance on wabi pretty darn good. I never ran native Windows 3.1 on a P166 before. So I can't compare the performance. But Wabi and Linux on a P166 is alot faster then my old P60 with native Windows 3.1!!!! I can even run Electronic Workbench (a circuit emulator) and it doesn't stall !!!!!!! ---------- > Van: Michael Johnson <hekate(a)intergate.bc.ca> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] WINE > Datum: vrijdag 14 augustus 1998 2:21 > > > What's the performance like on Wabi? > I've gotten apps to run via Wine but they aren't very fast depending. > If one was running apps that run on both, which would be faster? > > On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Raymond Doetjes wrote: > > > I've been there and done it. > > The idea of Wine is pretty good even better than Wabi, because you > > can(should be able to run) Win 32 applications. But WINE is still in the > > Alpha state. So don't expect to much out of it. > > I am sure it will be a whole lot better next year. For now, you can better > > get Wabi 2.2. > > It runs only 16 bit applications, and is pretty stable. I run it for Word > > and Excel, and people run an x session doing WABI. Awsome... I know that > > you don't wanna pay 49 dollars to run old WIN16 applications. > > > > But here is a hint, goto: <A HREF="http://www.ftpsearch.com"><A HREF="http://www.ftpsearch.com</A">http://www.ftpsearch.com</A</A>> > > Type WABI, and set the number of hits to 100, and then with a ALT-F4 > > search for Linux. Then you will find it. (I am not pushing piracy here, > > this is for pure educational needs I purchased it after a long long test > > trial). > > > > Goodluck > > > > > > Steffen Wittum wrote: > > > > > alexm wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, everyone! > > > > > > > > Just wondering if anyone was successful with WINE. > > > > I can launch some programs but can do nothing with them: > > > > can't open/save files, or can't create a folder for example. > > > > > > > > Any info or pointers are cool, > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > alexm > > > > > > > > - > > > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > > > See the options for WINE, especially the ddl-loading ones. > > > > > > -- > > > Steffen Wittum > > > URL:<A HREF="http://mca.bv.tu-berlin.de/~stw"><A HREF="http://mca.bv.tu-berlin.de/~stw</A">http://mca.bv.tu-berlin.de/~stw</A</A>> > > > > > > <A HREF="mailto:stw@mca.bv.tu-berlin.de">mailto:stw@mca.bv.tu-berlin.de</A> > > > <A HREF="mailto:wittum@inge2.bv.tu-berlin.de">mailto:wittum@inge2.bv.tu-berlin.de</A> > > > - > > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > > -M > > One is most dishonest towards one's God; he is not _permitted_ to sin. > > mail: mjohnson(a)pop3.aebc.com > > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 !
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Hi, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to get in a BIOS. Specially when your from the SUN platform.... How to get in the BIOS (it is simple). At a certain point in starting your machine (before LIL.... comes, you have to press DEL to enter the setup.) If that does'nt work try F1 also a commonly used key. But nowadays with the award BIOS it is the del key. And you can't have the problem I thought it was with LBA, when your using SCSI. I use several AHA2940 without a problem. If you have a bootable CDROM/Emergency Recover Disk then you can use it to run a recover with the SuSE distribution. You can make a new lilo then and your Master Boot Record will be fine. Goodluck! ---------- Van: naceur <naceur(a)wanadoo.fr> Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Onderwerp: Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 ! Datum: donderdag 13 augustus 1998 22:28 Raymond, I think like you KDE 1 should have no thing to do with LILO,..Kernel, or any thing with LINUX heart system !!! I forgett to mention that after the Installation of KDE1.0 I Shutdown KDE and manually the machine ! may be some thing happened at that time and I have lost an image of the system, may be what Hubert call /boot/map file ! I do not know how to go the BIOS, do not laugh on me!, this is true. I have a very very limited knolwedge of PCs. However I am sure I have no IDE things, Every thing is SCSI. If you can let me know how to go the BIOS, I would see what happened in their. I would need to go to the bios and see what the assembler of my machine have done ! I know that my motherboard SCSI controler was not supported by LINUX, So the assembler desactived it and installed an AHA2940 Ultra wide (Adaptec) controler. Now SuSE have made available a kernel which would support my mainboard. So It will be interesting to test it. If I can do that, I will have a flying machine for my Fortran programs. Right now I gained more than 50% CPU time vs. Sun Ultrasparcs 1, 2, and even 30. But right now it is hard be without LINUX for a hole day. Thank you very much, Naceur ---------- > De : Raymond Doetjes <raymond.doetjes(a)tip.nl> > A : suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Objet : [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 ! > Date : jeudi 13 août 1998 21:25 > > > Oops a little problem..... > But this has nothing to do with KDE 1.0!!!! Because they don't manipulate > your lilo (It isn'y Microsoft!!!!). What probably happend is that: > You went into your BIOS, and did a auto-sence for your IDE harddisk > (YUK IDE Troubles all the way)..... > Anayway, you should, try switching that particallar harddisk type to LBA.. > ( or turn it off). > I had the same problem with my old P60, I could'nt install any of the Linux > distributions (and I have a whole lot of them). Every time I saw LIL and > the system hung. > I at first solved the problem by making a DOS track and running LOADLIN > with the parameters to my kernel. > Afterwards, I found out that my BIOS wasn't really capable of running 1.2GB > disk without LBA. After I switched that on it worked. And it still does! > > > naceur wrote: > > > Hi Susers ! > > > > I have installed KDE 1 from suse ftp site using : > > > > rpm -i ksupp.rpm > > rpm -i klib... > > rpm -i kbase.rpm > > rpm -i others > > > > and not the one named ''kdir.rpm'' because it was not listed in the CD's > > distribution SuSe 5.2. > > > > now I am in a real troubles : I can't even start the SuSe 5.2 O.S, > > The guy who construct my PC and installed NT, SuSe 5.2, > > and I think a small part of DOS, configure this in a way I can > > slect the NT or SUSE 5.2. > > > > Now when I select SUSE 5.2, I get : > > LIL...- > > and no thing else for nearly 1/2 an hour. > > > > How can I desinstall KDE 1 and recover some thing, > > > > If some one could help, I would appreciate. > > > > PS: I do not possess the floppy disck, I think the PC constructor > > kept it or lost it. > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e ---------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] X11, Logitech Mouseman+ and kernel 2.0.35
by svensjfm＠helios.aston.ac.uk 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Michael Lankton wrote: > > svensjfm(a)helios.aston.ac.uk wrote: > > > (v3.3.2), the mouse is configured as MouseManPlusPS/2. > > > > Any ideas, anyone? > > Yes, I have a logitech mouseman+ also. In XF86Setup, choose ps/2, not > logitech mouseman+, then it will work properly. But then the silly wheel won't work (at least not on my machine), and I've grown kind of attached to the silly wheel, after having used it under kernel 2.0.33.SuSE. The situation is actually even worse choosing ps/2 mouse, since X gets a bit of a nuclear fit (moves the mouse cursor, throws up menus, beeps, etc.) whenever the wheel is spun up or down. I thought wheel movements would simply be ignored, but no! I've had a look at these wheel triggered events using xev, and they look like nothing I've seen before (too long to repeat here, unless you're really dying for them). So (bottom line), I rather live with the old problem and give the mouse a free trip round the mouse mat to make X aware of its presence. But thanks anyway! /Markus Svensen - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Linux -> Win32 cross-compilers available (fwd)
by hekate＠intergate.bc.ca 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I thought there might be an odd chance some of you might be interested in this. Maybe not, if so, please send to /dev/null and don't be cross. :-) To: egcs(a)cygnus.com Subject: Linux -> Win32 cross-compilers available FYI, I've put these cross-compilers together to do Win32 development from Linux, using the mingw32 toolchain: <A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/index.html</A">http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/index.html</A</A>> Many thanks to everyone involved in the EGCS and MINGW32 projects!! :) See ya! -Sam Lantinga (slouken(a)devolution.com) -- Author of Simple DirectMedia Layer - <A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/"><A HREF="http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/</A">http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/</A</A>> -- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] History lesson
by satan3＠home.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

If you are interested in the evolution of unix, who the players were and are, commercial unices, etc, I found a brief unix faq you may find interesting. I mentioned Xenix a few months ago and got the impression I drew a lot of blank stares, so while this faq isn't the bible and is incomplete, it's worth a few minutes of your time to read through, unless you know this stuff already. -- .---. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A</A>> \# /## -==============================================- ####'---'#### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Palm Pilot Users?
by bb＠suse.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Hi, are any Palm Pilot Users on this list? I just got one of these toys, and it works great. However S.u.S.E. lacks of any tools supporting the connectivity between the Pilot and Linux. So I decided to create a WEB page to give my experience how to integrate the Pilot and our Linux to everybody who is willing to read it. If you are interested look at -> <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/~bb/Pilot"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/~bb/Pilot</A">http://www.suse.com/~bb/Pilot</A</A>> Everything is just in the beginning. i'm still looking for applications who work well togehter with the Pilot. My impression is, that there are a lot of tools but none features the hole thing. Plan syncs fine using PilotManager, but there you only have your datebook, where are notes todo and addresses. Kpilot syncs the address database fine, but the datebook is only implemented very raw using korganizer. Java-Pilot-Desktop seems to be a almost compltete rewrite of the M$ software, but it doesn't sync at all, you need to boot into W95 to do this... Please tell me that I'm wrong, and that there is a application, which handels the whole thing. I'm serious thinking of writing something like this on my own, using pilot-link for the communication and a WEB interface for accessing the data... Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., Inc fon +1-510-835 7873 bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> Oakland CA, 94610 USA - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netscape problem.
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I installed Netscape 4.5. Without any problems. But I installed it in the default path /opt/netscape you probabluy did not. Then you have to chance the patch to CLASSPATH=/your/netscape Goodluck ---------- > Van: Fred A. Miller <fmiller(a)lightlink.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netscape problem. > Datum: donderdag 13 augustus 1998 5:49 > > > I'm having a problem with Communicator 4.5. The error is: "Unable to > start a java applet: Can't find 'java40.jar' in your CLASSPATH. Read > the release notes and install 'java40.jar properly before restarting.' > > Then it shows the current CLASSPATH, which is not correct. I read all > the docs I could find, and still don't have a clue as to where and/or > how to change this. > > Thanks in advance, > > Fred > > -- > Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator > Cornell Univ. Press Services > fmiller(a)lightlink.com > fm(a)cupserv.org > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netscape problem.
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Fred, I have downloaded 4.5 pre-release yesterday. I had'nt had the time to install it. I will take a look at it tonight. And keep you infromed. DoDo ---------- > Van: Fred A. Miller <fmiller(a)lightlink.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Netscape problem. > Datum: donderdag 13 augustus 1998 5:49 > > > I'm having a problem with Communicator 4.5. The error is: "Unable to > start a java applet: Can't find 'java40.jar' in your CLASSPATH. Read > the release notes and install 'java40.jar properly before restarting.' > > Then it shows the current CLASSPATH, which is not correct. I read all > the docs I could find, and still don't have a clue as to where and/or > how to change this. > > Thanks in advance, > > Fred > > -- > Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator > Cornell Univ. Press Services > fmiller(a)lightlink.com > fm(a)cupserv.org > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Netscape problem.
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I'm having a problem with Communicator 4.5. The error is: "Unable to start a java applet: Can't find 'java40.jar' in your CLASSPATH. Read the release notes and install 'java40.jar properly before restarting.' Then it shows the current CLASSPATH, which is not correct. I read all the docs I could find, and still don't have a clue as to where and/or how to change this. Thanks in advance, Fred -- Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fmiller(a)lightlink.com fm(a)cupserv.org - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Canon BJC-250 in Colour mode
by don_stidwell＠bshsi.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Has anyone gotten a BJC-250 to print decently in colour? I've tried using the BJC-600 filter but the colour output was horrible. The BJC-200 filter works great for B/W but not for colour. I even downloaded the updated ghostscript from SuSE's ftp site, but the BJC-200 driver caused horrible output, so I went back to the original one on the CD. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. Don ------------------------------------------------------------- Donald E. Stidwell, CNA Network Technician Level II - Bon Secours Hampton Roads Home Care - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Thank you - please refrain
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I agree, also helpful when replying to include the original message and the solution. === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com ---"Steven T. Hatton" <hattons(a)CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil> wrote: > > > Robert, > > I strongly disagree. Not trying to start a flame war here, but I > believe that the acknowledgment that a solution worked is far more than > a common courtesy. It lets the person who made the suggestion know that > he understood the problem. It also lets others know that the solution > was valid. When someone references the mail archive, if they find a > "Thanks it worked" at the end, that would be very helpful. > > Steve > > Robert S. Mallozzi wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Since this list gets plenty of traffic, I would like to > > request that people refrain from posting messages that > > just contain things like "Thank you for the help", or > > "Thanks, your suggestion worked". > > > > It's not that I am generally a rude person :-) but these > > types of messages seem to be basically a waste of people's > > time, and other resources...sort of like this one ;-) > > > > -- > > Robert S. Mallozzi > > <A HREF="http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/"><A HREF="http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/</A">http://cspar.uah.edu/~mallozzir/</A</A>> > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > -- > > [<A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>>] S.u.S.E. Linux, www.suse.com > > I Think, > I think I am, > Therefore I am, > I think? - Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] my stability
by elw＠ellijay.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

I've got to have something wrong somewhere! My machine locks up tight and causes a reboot randomly. Now, the reboot doesn't bother me, but the corrupt filesystem after a reboot DOES. It forces a complete reinstall! I tried using the rescue options and no luck. It usually gives one of these two errors, Bad superblock...or bad magic number. Trying to read other superblocks to fix the others fails. my system is a p-133 primary drive -> fujitsu 3.2 gig(brand new) <all of linux resides on the drive above...including swap> econdary drive-> western-digital 1 gig Suse 5.2 Kde 1.0 It happens at random! Any clues? Please - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Palm Pilot Users?
by jep＠jephill.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

** Reply to note from Felton Mitchell <fmitch(a)acan.net> Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:40:05 -0500 > make that three!!! > > and kpilot is coming along very well. I am going to give you guys about 60 days, then buy my PPilot. So where's the LinuxPP list? Regards, Jep Hill jep(a)jephill.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Windows 95 Source Code
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Windows 95 Source Code This explains a lot Netscape already did it and now Microsoft has done it. The source code for Windows 95 is available for everybody. Have a good look at the code, you might learn something! // TOP SECRET Microsoft(c) Code // Project: Chicago(tm) // Projected release-date: Summer 1994 #include "win31.h" #include "win95.h" #include "evenmore.h" #include "oldstuff.h" #include "bill_rulz.h" #define INSTALL = HARD char make_prog_look_big[1600000]; void main() { while(!CRASHED) { display_copyright_message(); display_bill_rules_message(); do_nothing_loop(); if (first_time_installation) { make_50_megabyte_swapfile(); do_nothing_loop(); totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system(); search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2(); hang_system(); } write_something(anything); display_copyright_message(); do_nothing_loop(); do_some_stuff();å if (still_not_crashed) { display_copyright_message(); do_nothing_loop(); basically_run_windows_3.1(); do_nothing_loop(); do_nothing_loop(); } } if (detect_cache()) disable_cache(); if (fast_cpu()) { set_wait_states(lots); set_mouse(speed, very_slow); set_mouse(action, jumpy); set_mouse(reaction, sometimes); } /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */ printf("Welcome to Windows 98"); if (system_ok()) crash(to_dos_prompt); else system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE); while(something) { sleep(5); get_user_input(); sleep(5); act_on_user_input(); sleep(5); } create_general_protection_fault(); === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com "Some people have a life, others have Windows to tell them where they want to go today" -- Ronald C.F. Antony _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Thinkpad 600, SuSE 5.2
by punt＠gte.net 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

I earlier posted an issue installing SuSE on a thinkpad 500. Thought I would let anyone trying to do it the answer. The issue was, even with the thinkpad boot disk image, After it installed everything off the first CD, and wanted to do the initial reboot, when the boot process stated: decompressing image....., the screen would go black and you would be in endless reboot cycle.. The answer is to boot AGAIN off the thinkpad image boot disk, have it boot the installed system, and finish the installation. Then, recompile the image. I think the Thinkpad 600 is one of those that can't handle the BZimage files, but if you make zImage kernel and then reboot (after the make zlilo or your equivalent), it works fine. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] telnet as root
by punt＠gte.net 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

In Yast, in the system adminstrative options, the last selection in the sub menu is congiration file Go to that option and change the the telnet_root (or something like that, scroll the variables, near the end, after adding ./ to the root path) and set it to yes. - >over that option in yast. I also was interested in finding out which >configuration file that option was written to. Thanks for the info all. > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 !
by naceur＠wanadoo.fr 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Raymond, I think like you KDE 1 should have no thing to do with LILO,..Kernel, or any thing with LINUX heart system !!! I forgett to mention that after the Installation of KDE1.0 I Shutdown KDE and manually the machine ! may be some thing happened at that time and I have lost an image of the system, may be what Hubert call /boot/map file ! I do not know how to go the BIOS, do not laugh on me!, this is true. I have a very very limited knolwedge of PCs. However I am sure I have no IDE things, Every thing is SCSI. If you can let me know how to go the BIOS, I would see what happened in their. I would need to go to the bios and see what the assembler of my machine have done ! I know that my motherboard SCSI controler was not supported by LINUX, So the assembler desactived it and installed an AHA2940 Ultra wide (Adaptec) controler. Now SuSE have made available a kernel which would support my mainboard. So It will be interesting to test it. If I can do that, I will have a flying machine for my Fortran programs. Right now I gained more than 50% CPU time vs. Sun Ultrasparcs 1, 2, and even 30. But right now it is hard be without LINUX for a hole day. Thank you very much, Naceur ---------- > De : Raymond Doetjes <raymond.doetjes(a)tip.nl> > A : suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Objet : [SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 ! > Date : jeudi 13 août 1998 21:25 > > > Oops a little problem..... > But this has nothing to do with KDE 1.0!!!! Because they don't manipulate > your lilo (It isn'y Microsoft!!!!). What probably happend is that: > You went into your BIOS, and did a auto-sence for your IDE harddisk > (YUK IDE Troubles all the way)..... > Anayway, you should, try switching that particallar harddisk type to LBA.. > ( or turn it off). > I had the same problem with my old P60, I could'nt install any of the Linux > distributions (and I have a whole lot of them). Every time I saw LIL and > the system hung. > I at first solved the problem by making a DOS track and running LOADLIN > with the parameters to my kernel. > Afterwards, I found out that my BIOS wasn't really capable of running 1.2GB > disk without LBA. After I switched that on it worked. And it still does! > > > naceur wrote: > > > Hi Susers ! > > > > I have installed KDE 1 from suse ftp site using : > > > > rpm -i ksupp.rpm > > rpm -i klib... > > rpm -i kbase.rpm > > rpm -i others > > > > and not the one named ''kdir.rpm'' because it was not listed in the CD's > > distribution SuSe 5.2. > > > > now I am in a real troubles : I can't even start the SuSe 5.2 O.S, > > The guy who construct my PC and installed NT, SuSe 5.2, > > and I think a small part of DOS, configure this in a way I can > > slect the NT or SUSE 5.2. > > > > Now when I select SUSE 5.2, I get : > > LIL...- > > and no thing else for nearly 1/2 an hour. > > > > How can I desinstall KDE 1 and recover some thing, > > > > If some one could help, I would appreciate. > > > > PS: I do not possess the floppy disck, I think the PC constructor > > kept it or lost it. > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] If microsoft made cars
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

<PRE> This one of the many jokes on Microsoft. I hope you like it! </PRE> -- BEGIN included message <BLOCKQUOTE> <UL> <LI>To: <A HREF="mailto:raymond.doetjes@tip.nl">raymond.doetjes(a)tip.nl</A></LI> <LI>Subject: If microsoft made cars</LI> <LI>From: Jord Visser <<A HREF="mailto:invalid.recipient@mailserv.caiw.nl">invalid.recipient(a)mailserv.caiw.nl</A>></LI> <LI>Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 19:00:46 +0200</LI> </UL> <PRE> He doetjes, Hier weer een leuke.......... -- ============================== Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Rodin ============================== </PRE> <ADDRESS>Title: If Microsoft built cars</ADDRESS> <H1>If Microsoft built cars</H1> <HR> <OL> <LI>Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car. <LI>Occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason, and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this, restart and drive on. <LI>Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail to restart and you'd have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this too. <LI>You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought a "Car 95" or a "Car NT". But then you'd have to buy more seats. <LI>Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was twice as reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive - but it would only run on five percent of the roads. <LI>The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars which would make their cars go much slower. <LI>The oil, engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced with a single "General Car Fault" warning light. <LI>People would get excited about the "new" features in Microsoft cars, forgetting completely that they had been available in other cars for many years. <LI>We'd all have to switch to Microsoft gas and all auto fluids but the packaging would be superb. <LI>New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. <LI>The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. <LI>If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened. <LI>They wouldn't build their own engines, but form a cartel with their engine suppliers. The latest engine would have 16 cylinders, multi-point fuel injection and 4 turbos, but it would be a side-valve design so you could use Model-T Ford parts on it. <LI>There would be an "Engium Pro" with bigger turbos, but it would be slower on most existing roads. <LI>Microsoft cars would have a special radio/cassette player which would only be able to listen to Microsoft FM, and play Microsoft Cassettes. Unless of course, you buy the upgrade to use existing stuff. <LI>Microsoft would do so well, because even though they don't own any roads, all of the road manufacturers would give away Microsoft cars free, including IBM! <LI>If you still ran old versions of car (ie. CarDOS 6.22/CarWIN 3.11), then you would be called old fashioned, but you would be able to drive much faster, and on more roads! <LI>If you couldn't afford to buy a new car, then you could just borrow your friends, and then copy it. <LI>Whenever you bought a car, you would have to reorganize the ignition for a few days before it worked. <LI>You would need to buy an upgrade to run cars on a motorway next to each other. </OL> <HR> <A HREF="index.html">Back to index</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> -- END included message

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 !
by naceur＠wanadoo.fr 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Hi Susers ! I have installed KDE 1 from suse ftp site using : rpm -i ksupp.rpm rpm -i klib... rpm -i kbase.rpm rpm -i others and not the one named ''kdir.rpm'' because it was not listed in the CD's distribution SuSe 5.2. now I am in a real troubles : I can't even start the SuSe 5.2 O.S, The guy who construct my PC and installed NT, SuSe 5.2, and I think a small part of DOS, configure this in a way I can slect the NT or SUSE 5.2. Now when I select SUSE 5.2, I get : LIL...- and no thing else for nearly 1/2 an hour. How can I desinstall KDE 1 and recover some thing, If some one could help, I would appreciate. PS: I do not possess the floppy disck, I think the PC constructor kept it or lost it. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[SuSE Linux] Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 !
by naceur＠wanadoo.fr 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Thanks Hubert ! In ftp.suse.com, I found under pub/suse_update/S.u.S.E.-5.2/disks/, thinkpad, would this help me boot the system ! Naceur ---------- > De : Hubert Mantel <mantel(a)suse.de> > A : suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Objet : [S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: I lost my O.S SuSe 5.2 ! > Date : jeudi 13 août 1998 19:01 > > > Hi, > > On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, naceur wrote: > > > Now when I select SUSE 5.2, I get : > > LIL...- > > >From the LILO docu: > > LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a > geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map > installer. > > Do you have by any chance moved/copied/deleted the file /boot/map? > > Download some bootdisk from ftp.suse.com and boot your installed system. > Then just run "lilo" and things should work fine again. > > > and no thing else for nearly 1/2 an hour. > > > > How can I desinstall KDE 1 and recover some thing, > > > > If some one could help, I would appreciate. > > > > PS: I do not possess the floppy disck, I think the PC constructor > > kept it or lost it. > -o) > Hubert /\\ > _\_v > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 package descriptions
by bb＠suse.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Hi, I just uploaded the package descriptions of 5.3 on our WEB site. Who ever is interested can go to: <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/</A">http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/</A</A>> Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., Inc fon +1-510-835 7873 bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> Oakland CA, 94610 USA - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] xterm problem: unwanted highlighting in reverse video
by bresnan＠stanford.edu 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

I seem to have a problem with xterm in my new SuSE linux 5.2 installation that I can't solve. The problem is that when I run an xterm and use more/less, the first pageful of text is normal, and the second appears in reverse video. The reverse video disappears when I quit more/less and do "ls". This problem does not occur with rxvt. But I would like to be able to use xterm, so I've looked around for clues on the problem by reading the man pages and app-defaults for xterm and rxvt, looking at .Xresources, /etc/inputrc, etc., and reading the archives of the suse-linux-e list. Unfortunately, nothing I have tried seems to work. Can anyone suggest a clue or solution? Joan Bresnan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Yast freezes
by sina＠glue.umd.edu 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Hi all, Whenever I start yast (Suse 5.2), the computer starts to load the program and then the window freezes. Then I get the following processes (among others): 3168 p2 S 0:00 yast 3173 p2 S 0:00 /bin/sh -c fdisk -l >/tmp/stp3168_1_S 2>/tmp/stp3168_1_E 3174 p2 D 0:00 fdisk -l I can kill the first two. But the last one won't die! How can I kill the fdisk process (or anything else with status "D" for that matter)? I had heard of similar problems with fdisk when a removable disk was mounted or inserted. But the freeze in my case occures even without any removables. Is there a fix to this bug? Thanks Ramin - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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FW: RE: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Serial Printing
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

> It may be worth trying to localise the problem as "hardware" vs "software". > In your printcap, make the temporary change of the entry :lp=/dev/ttyS1: > to, say, :lp=/homedir/testprint: Re: what I said above. :lp=...: has to nominate a "special" device, and the above will not work as one might expect. However, it is a way to find out exactly what bytes lpr would have sent to /dev/printer ... the file that would have been sent sits in the printer spool directory and can be retrieved from there. Then re-instate the original :lp=...: entry, re-start lpd if necessary, etc. Sorry, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 13-Aug-98 Time: 16:42:34 -------------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Printing with Canon BJC-250
by root＠skylink.it 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Hi there, I've a big trouble about printing with my BJC-250 under SuSE Linux. I've well configurated it with YAST for the apsfilter, but is impossible to print ASCII text files or some others. Any Suggestion? Thank ------------------------- Antonio Esposito Linux User e-mail:antonio@skylink.it Varese - Italy ------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] telnet as root
by qlewis＠viaccess.net 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Can someone please tell me how to configure SuSE to allow root to telnet! Thanks in advance - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Serial Printing
by rodolfo＠linux.org.uy 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

I am trying to configure a serial printer on my linux box but I can not print trought lpr. I can print any file with cat, very well, but if I try to print with lpr, the first characters of the file are printing only. This is the printcap: lp|testprt|testprt|testprt:\ :lp=/dev/ttyS1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/testprt:\ :br#9600:\ :ty=ixon -imaxbel -ixany -ixoff -crtscts:\ :if=/usr/sbin/epson9-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: :mx#0:\ :sh:sf:\ In this printer I print text only. Then I do not need any filter. Any suggestion will be appreciated. ----/ / _ Rodolfo Pilas ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ rodolfo(a)linux.org.uy --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ la oportunidad de dominar tu computadora ------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Official Web Page -> <A HREF="http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo"><A HREF="http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo</A">http:///www.internet.com.uy/rodolfo</A</A>> Gente Como Uno BBS -> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838"><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838</A">http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4838</A</A>> Grupo Usuarios Linux Uruguay [UYLUG] -> <A HREF="http://www.linux.org.uy"><A HREF="http://www.linux.org.uy</A">http://www.linux.org.uy</A</A>> PGP Public Key Fingerprint = EE 6C 76 53 2B D9 2F 53 7B CE E3 69 8C ED 84 09 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] telnet as root
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Where can I get sshd from? And will it work with a windows client like telnet? I normally telnet into my machine from a windows client, looking for a more secure way of using telnet, after noticing the issues raised by people on this mailing list... I looked around on the SuSE ftp site for sshd, couldn't find it. === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com ---Raymond Doetjes <raymond.doetjes(a)tip.nl> wrote: > > > Dear Quincy, > > Somewhere in YaST (network administration) you can switch it on. > > But let me teach you a trick. > Login as your own account. > The type su <enter ofcourse> and then the root password > the you are root asswell. It is alot saver then allowing root for telnet! > > Even better is to download sshd (Secure Shell ) it gives you an encrypted > connection (telnet, X server, rlogin) all of the, And it is pretty easy to > install and configure. > > > Quincy G. Lewis wrote: > > > Can someone please tell me how to configure SuSE to allow root to telnet! > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: [SuSE] List Suggestion
by pbrun＠sympatico.ca 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

>I would also prefer if the header read simply [SuSE], however I've sunk >into the pit of using Netscape 4.5-pre1 for mail, and have simply set up >filters and folders to sort the SuSE listserv's I subscribe to. Seems to >work OK and I ignore the header-intro stuff since it's all in one folder >(they all look alike!) I do the same. I just filter the messages through Outlook Express. Yes, I know it is a Microsoft product, but my sole purpose for Linux is for programming and would like to have my email machine seperate from my programming machine since I do tend to crash my programming machine from time to time. About the headers, I don't mind them. Yes, it would look better if it just read [SuSE]. Paul --------------------------------------------------------------- Pavel (Paul) Brun Carleton University, Canada Email: pbrun(a)sympatico.ca Internet Pager: <A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432"><A HREF="http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432</A">http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3731432</A</A>> Internet: <A HREF="http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun"><A HREF="http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun</A">http://www.public.asu.edu/~pbrun</A</A>> --------------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 package descriptions
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Yes I agree what is the reason fo leaving ssh and ApacheSSL out of the English distribution. WE ARE BEEING DISCRIMANATED. Oooooo I know, officially these encryption are not allowed to distribute US encryption keys out off the bloody US.?! You here alot of those stories. And SuSE beeing a Then we will download them from the internet! ---------- > Van: Ted Harding <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 package descriptions > Datum: donderdag 13 augustus 1998 10:32 > > > On 13-Aug-98 Arun K. Khan wrote: > > At 10:48 AM 08/12/98 -0700, Bodo Bauer wrote: > >>Oh, I forgot one point, these are the contents of the german CD, > >>you won't find things like ssh, pgp, apache-ssl one the english > >>version. I'll replace the descriptions as soon, as I have a copy > >>of the english version. > > > > What is the reason for excluding above packages from the English CDs? > > > > -- Arun Khan > > My question too ... ! > > Ted. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> > Date: 13-Aug-98 Time: 09:32:00 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] rpm installing from suse ftp
by s.seifert＠informatikbuero.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Yesterday I noticed that I have a problem installing rpm's from suse ftp server. First I thought that it were only the KDE- packages but then I noticed that this problem occurs with every package I downloaded from suse's server. yast tells me invalid:PREIN for "packagename" I don't have any idea what can be wrong. I downloaded other packages from other servers and they functioned without any problem. Does anyone have any idea what can help me? thanx Stefan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] SuSEconfig.kdm goes where ?
by deem＠wdm.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

I saw it in the updates and am wondering where it goes ? -Dee ---------------------------------- W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem(a)wdm.com No Claim to Fame, Saved by Grace ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Problems with Boot/Recovery Disk [was Re: Rescue disk]
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Why don't you let suse create a recoverdisk for you. Then it contains your current kernel. (You should have done that before a crash ofcourse). ---------- > Van: Howard Arons <hlarons(a)ComCAT.COM> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Problems with Boot/Recovery Disk [was Re: Rescue disk] > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 18:28 > > > On Aug 11, 1998, Hubert Mantel wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Howard Arons wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > I tried a dd of the SuSE CD /disks/scsi11, which is supposed to be for > > > the FD 16xx card, but it won't boot. It says "Loading initdisk.gz" > > > followed by "Boot failed; press any key to retry". Bummer. Maybe scsi11 > > > contains no IDE/EIDE drivers? > > > > No, this normally is caused by a defective floppy. It's very early in the > > boot process and the kernel has not yet been loaded. Another reason > > _could_ be a corrupted disk image on the CD. > > Right you are. I ran 'badblocks -v -w /dev/fd0 1440' to test the floppy. > No errors. I ran 'dd if=/cdrom/disks/scsi11 of=/dev/fd0'. Boots fine if > 'linux fdomain=<addr>,<irq>'is entered at the boot prompt. > > > Well, I think your self-compiled kernel lacks some needed options. > > You need: > > > > CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y (for size reasons, linuxrc is a.out) > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y > > CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y > > You caught me there! In my newbie ignorance, I compiled with > CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m > CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m > "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD" is _not_ present in either my new OR my original > .config file. Based on the SuSE manual I assumed I didn't need it. > > > > -o) > > Hubert /\\ > > _\_v > > > > Thanks again for your help. > Howard Arons > -- > Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33 > Communications by Mutt 0.89 > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Good program for editing xpm's
by jkrough＠mindspring.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Can anybody recommend a good program for editing pixmaps? Jerome K. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] telnet as root
by cruel＠rocketmail.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

In the yast menu under _System administration _security settings In security settings give you the option. I recommend the su command myself. === john bitar cruel(a)rocketmail.com ---"Quincy G. Lewis" <qlewis(a)viaccess.net> wrote: > > > Can someone please tell me how to configure SuSE to allow root to telnet! > > Thanks in advance > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Linux box as RAS with PPP
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Letting people connect to your system using ppp is easy. (I don't have any experience with DHCP but that must be just as easy). In the rc.config you look for the line #mo:respawn:mgetty....etc you remove the # and fill in your /dev/modem (forinstance /dev/cua1). De modem is ready to receive calls. When user dials in, the only thing they have do is enter the following line pppd /dev/modem serveraddress:pppsessionadres (can't remember it completly) But is is in the SuSE handbook asswell. And then they have a ppp session. If you cant find it in the book. Post another e-mail and I will get the script. (I am not home at this moment I'm at work no Linux dialin here (a shame though)) I have build a script called ppp to do just that I only have one modem for dialin. ---------- > Van: Arun K. Khan <arunkhan(a)xnet.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Linux box as RAS with PPP > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 18:37 > > > I want to set up one of my SERIAL ports as a RAS connection with PPP > (supporting dynamic IP and TCP/IP). A quick look at the PPP how-to talks > mainly about Linux box accessing a PPP server at the ISP. > > I was wondering if anyone has done this and request them to share their > ideas. > > TIA > > -- Arun Khan > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Rescue disk
by satan3＠home.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Boy am I glad SuSE has rescue from floppy. I was experimenting with different versions of ncurses yesterday, and one time after installing the august9 patchlevel of 4.2 to /usr/lib, I had rm'ed libncurses from /lib without moving the new so's to /lib. As a result, I had a system that would hang at boot. My SuSE cd + rescue floppy let me mount my root partition and cp libncurses from the floppy to /lib. It was the first time I needed my rescue disk, and boy, was I glad to have it. Make one today if you don't have one! Actually, I think you can rescue via the cd alone too. Phew!!! -- .---. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A</A>> \# /## -==============================================- ####'---'#### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] KDE upgrading
by maurizio＠adriatico.ced.rm.cnr.it 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

I just installed SUSE 5.1 I would like to upgrade the KDE version included in SUSE 5.1 to the latest version of KDE namely KDE Beta 4. Is such a version compatible with SUSE 5.1 ? In case it is not, to which version sshould I upgrade or what are your suggestion ? TIA Maurizio - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] MiX X-Server for Windows and connecting SuSE Linux 5.2?
by brian＠zba.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Hello, I downloaded the MiX X-Server for Windows and am now trying to connect to my SuSE Linux X-Server, but can't seem to figure it out. I followed the instructions for the MiX setup but it doesn't connect. It just comes up with it's default Window Manager. Has anybody experience with this software, and if they got it going can they share their secrets? I basically want to use a free version of an X-Server for Windows, so that I can do remote management from my Windows machine and the MiX server allowed me this luxury (although I don't call working under Windows a luxury). Is there any other X-Servers for Windows that come as free? (I guess I get what I paid for if it doesn't work! ;-) ). Thanks. Brian Armstrong. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] dead networking
by sina＠glue.umd.edu 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Hi all, I have suddenly lost networking and since I am very inexperinced in these sort of things, I thought maybe you can give me some clues. I am running SuSE 5.2 I can ping my machine from outside, but I can not telnet or ftp to it. I don't think there is a server problem because I can ping it. Right? I can not ping, telnet, or ftp from my machine to anywhere else (They get hung). I tried to nslookup another machine and it complained that nameservers could not be reached. I had noticed that last night someone had more than 20 login sessions on my machine. Could this possibly kill an ethernet card (Tulip)? As a side note, when I try to open a window, I don't get a prompt until I do a ^C. This probably doesn't have anything to do with my networking problem. But then again, it started at the same time the networking problem started. Is it possible that they are related? Thanks, Ramin Sina - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] X11, Logitech Mouseman+ and kernel 2.0.35
by svensjfm＠helios.aston.ac.uk 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Hello I have a minor problem with my Logitech Mouseman+ mouse and X, since I upgraded from kernel 2.0.33.SuSE (an intermediate between 2.0.33 and 2.0.34) to 2.0.35. I'm using text based login whereafter I start X, and X does indeed start, but after a while it hangs, showing the initial X background and the X-shaped mouse cursor. As soon as I touch the mouse it gets going again, and soon my Linux workstation (P-II, Award BIOS, 9-pin PS/2 connection for the mouse on the motherboard) is happily up and running. This problem did not exist with the 2.0.33.SuSE kernel. Unfortunately, I didn't check the intermediate 2.0.34, so there I don't know. As I said, this is a minor, strange, but also somewhat annoying problem. The mouse support in the kernel is configured for a PS/2 mouse, and there are no complaints anywhere during the compilation or booting. For XFree86 (v3.3.2), the mouse is configured as MouseManPlusPS/2. Any ideas, anyone? Markus Svensen - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: BT problem
by hettar＠teleport.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Marcus Metzler wrote: > Hi, I got this mail forwarded from usr rusch. I will try to answer > some of your questions. *After thought: I will be posting this to the mail list *of SuSE so if anything gets solved it will be there for *others as this mail list gets archived. Sorry about lenght *least its intresting :P Greetings Marcus, Thanks for the reply. I did notice after hours upon hours my post was kinda pushy but I was dead tired. And I was begging and urs rusch noticed me, and forwarded my post that was on the SuSE mailing list to you. As you might be of help. Thanks. > As far as I know the bttv drivers also work with the 2.0.3x kernels. > You just don`t have the driver included in the kernel, but you need to > compile the module in the bttv sources (can be found at: > <A HREF="http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html"><A HREF="http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html</A">http://www.thp.Uni-Koeln.DE/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html</A</A>> ) I have the standard out of the box kernel sources and SuSE sources(which include various things from the dev kernels that you just don't get with the standard kernels.) I did try the compile with the bttv sources with the 2.0.35 kernels and I got the missing : bttv.c:49: linux/vmalloc.h: No such file or directory and it didn't wana compile w/out errors. To put it bluntly, I forget which bttv I tried. So to start me off in the right direction: 1) which bttv driver should I try to compile for my happauge 401 TV/tuner w/radio (stereo) with use with a 2.0.35 kernel ? bttv-0.5.8.tar.gz bttv-current.tar.gz or 2) What should I do if I get that missing "vmalloc.h" header file again? or am I missing the point on what to do? Got that page :) > > > I am attempting to get a Hauppague Win/TV model 401 > > > with FM Radio and dbx-TV stereo going :P -snip- of config > > > # 6: Temic NTSC tuner > > > # 7: Temic PAL tuner > > > #TUNER=0 > > > #Do not select the tuner type here! > > > # Edit the type argument for the tuner module in "update"! I looked at update and could not make heads or tails of it. -snip- > > > bttv.c:49: linux/vmalloc.h: No such file or directory > > > make[3]: *** [bttv.o] Error 1 > > > make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/bttv/driver' > > > make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.35-suse' > > > make[1]: *** [here] Error 2 > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/bttv/driver' > > > make: *** [bttv] Error 2 > > > warhammer:/tmp/bttv # Arrrgh :P -snip- > I see they use the 2.0.35 kernel. I haven`t asked my brother if the > driver works with that kernel yet. Did you complain to suse about it? > Marcus Yea, that was part of my fustration, no one has replyed about it yet on the SuSE email list. Tho I know prob 20f people have TV/Radio tuner cards. To tell you what SuSE has included of bttv on thier current distro is this: <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/paket_bttv.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/paket_bttv.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Product/lx53/pak_e/paket_bttv.html</A</A>> and click on Contents. .... **I got alot of docs when installing thier package all that are on that Contents list. That is what I have to deal with If I install the bttv from thier distro. Can you look at the contents and see what I would do about what they installed "for me" thing is I dunno where to begin with it..as its differnet than just grabbing the sources from the normal bttv pages. To me anyways..As the files SuSE installed don't look to me as if they are ment to be compiled like the DOCs that are on my system for it. They look like the normal docs you get with the bttv driver. The files that are not "DOCS" are on my syetem are: /usr/bin/bttvgrab /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/bttv-0.4.3.dif /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/bttv-0.4.3.tgz /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/bttvgrab-0.3b.tgz /usr/src/packages/SPECS/bttv.spec bttv.spec looks special..I will attach it are these the instuctions I should follow? and there is a line in there about needing # neededforbuild mmbase mmcore mmslib xpm gpp libgpp I got xpm, gpp, libgpp but I have no clue what mmbase mmcore or mmslibs are.. and what directory to start all this in. Maybe you can help? Steve Udell hettar(a)teleport.com Last thing, the Dev kernels are kinda neat..I'll have to look more into it. As right now I can't hack it. basicly dunno what I am doing exactly with it.</PRE> <PRE> # # spec file for package bttv (Version 0.4.3) # # Copyright (c) 1998 S.u.S.E. GmbH Fuerth, Germany. # # please send bugfixes or comments to feedback(a)suse.de. # # neededforbuild mmbase mmcore mmslib xpm gpp libgpp Vendor: S.u.S.E. GmbH, Fuerth, Germany Distribution: S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 (i386) Name: bttv Release: 2 Copyright: (C) 1996,97 Ralph Metzler Copyright: Marcus Metzler Group: Provides: bttv xtvscreen Requires: Conflicts: Autoreqprov: on Packager: feedback(a)suse.de Summary: BTTV - BT848 frame grabber driver Version: 0.4.3 Source: bttv-0.4.3.tgz Source1: bttvgrab-0.3b.tgz Patch: bttv-0.4.3.dif #BuildRoot: /tmp/bttv 0escription Driver for TV cards with a X11/Motifprogram for cards with the Bt848 chipset: Miro PCTV, Hauppauge Win/TV pci, STB PCI TV, Intel Smart Video III and the Diamond DTV2000. The driver may be allready stable, but it is a early version, so use it carefull, please! Have a lot fun with watching TV! ;-) 0rep # driver etup -n bttv # grab tool etup -T -D -a 1 -n bttv 0atch %build test -x /usr/sbin/switch_motif_linking && \ /usr/sbin/switch_motif_linking dynamic make -f Makefile.Linux compile \ RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" RPM_BUILD_ROOT="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" mv XTV/xtvscreen xtvscreen.SuSE-dynamic test -x /usr/sbin/switch_motif_linking && \ /usr/sbin/switch_motif_linking static make -f Makefile.Linux compile \ RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" RPM_BUILD_ROOT="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" mv XTV/xtvscreen xtvscreen.SuSE-static 0nstall make -f Makefile.Linux install \ RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" RPM_BUILD_ROOT="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" install -c -s -m755 xtvscreen.SuSE-static $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/X11R6/bin/ install -c -s -m755 xtvscreen.SuSE-dynamic $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/X11R6/bin/ ln -sf xtvscreen.SuSE-static $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/X11R6/bin/xtvscreen Check 0.000000iles 0oc WinTV 0oc XTVscreen 0oc Grab 0oc README 0oc README.Hauppauge 0oc README.MIRO 0oc README.PCI 0oc README.RADIO 0oc README.SuSE 0oc THANKS 0oc PROBLEMS 0oc CHANGES 0oc COPYING 0oc CONTRIBUTORS 0oc ICs 0oc INSTALL 0oc SuSE.xtvrc-1 /usr/X11R6/bin/xtvscreen1 /usr/X11R6/bin/xtvscreen /usr/X11R6/bin/xtvscreen.SuSE-dynamic /usr/X11R6/bin/xtvscreen.SuSE-static /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTvscreen /usr/bin/bttvgrab

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] KDE-Installation
by s.seifert＠informatikbuero.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

I took the order of install from Suse homepage. it says: 1. kdesupport 2. kdelibs 3. kdebase 4. other The order doesn't affect my problem. I tried other orders but it doesn't matter what I try. (Kde Beta 4 used Qt 1.33, too) A friend told me that I have to install another packet before installing KDE and it could be that it's name starts with 'p' but he doesn't remember any more. Can be that he ment Qt but I don't know. I would be glad if someone here knows anybody who could solve my problem and asks him. :) thanks to all :-) Stefan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] I need help and NO ONE CARES
by hettar＠teleport.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

I need help and NO one CARES ALL I WANT is a standard kernel w/"vmalloc.h" in it that works..it would help if some of the dreaded development kernel things for the bttv and radio were in the standard kernel sources.. as a Development kernel is a killer..to make work right..no sound..isp hangs up on all attempts of the new ppp-2.33.. Please help on the thread Hauppauge winTV/Radio bttv (problems) (long) I wont go away.. Steven Udell hettar(a)teleport.com Seriously: Dev Kernels look really cool..but..I can't hack it. So I need to get some exact instructions on how to get the bttv drivers suse 5.2 to work and install it correctly, as the normal sources for bttv wont compile with out "vmalloc.h" and only the dev kernels have it. Please help..I'm so fustrated.. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Libraries from Digital Unix?
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Hi folks this is a strange question but: Me and my colleque are looking for the libraries of Digital Unix. We want to port Cache (a database server) from Digital Unix to Linux on the Alpha. But it is all statically linked. Assoon as we have the libraries it is working fine. Because Alpha Linux is fully OSF-1 compliant. This way (statically linked software) for Digital UNIX runs out of the box on Alpha Linux. The same goes for ApplixWare does sombody know if there is a Alpha Linux version? ============================= In a World With Walls and Fences Who Needs Windows and Gates ============================= - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] MiX X-Server for Windows and connecting SuSE Linux 5.2?
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Nope, I did found out that x-Win 32 is quiet good, and the Chammelion X-server is superb. Try ordering or downloading one of them for a trial version. (No hassle configuration, that is what we want). ---------- > Van: Brian Armstrong <brian(a)zba.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: [S.u.S.E. Linux] MiX X-Server for Windows and connecting SuSE Linux 5.2? > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 0:45 > > > Hello, > > I downloaded the MiX X-Server for Windows and am now trying to connect to my > SuSE Linux X-Server, but can't seem to figure it out. I followed the > instructions for the MiX setup but it doesn't connect. It just comes up with > it's default Window Manager. > > Has anybody experience with this software, and if they got it going can they > share their secrets? > > I basically want to use a free version of an X-Server for Windows, so that I > can do remote management from my Windows machine and the MiX server allowed > me this luxury (although I don't call working under Windows a luxury). Is > there any other X-Servers for Windows that come as free? (I guess I get what > I paid for if it doesn't work! ;-) ). > > Thanks. > > Brian Armstrong. > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] pppd 2.3.5
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Thanx Brian. ---------- > Van: Brian Armstrong <brian(a)zba.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: RE: [S.u.S.E. Linux] pppd 2.3.5 > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 0:52 > > > Hello Raymond, > > I downloaded it from this ftp site: > > <A HREF="ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp"><A HREF="ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp</A">ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp</A</A>> > > I also recommend using the FTP Search Engine at: > > <A HREF="http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/"><A HREF="http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/</A">http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/</A</A>> > > Which was highly valuable for me even being able to find the ftp link. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Brian Armstrong. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On">mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On</A> > > Behalf Of Raymond Doetjes > > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 3:21 PM > > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] pppd 2.3.5 > > > > And I thought that diald was already a pain in the ass. So I > > see I don't need > > to try out pppd 2.2.3. > > (Besides were did you find pppd 2.2.3) I looked for it but I > > couldn't find it? > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] mail problem
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Well go figure, at least it works now?! At least it works now. ---------- > Van: chiodi <chiodi(a)usaor.net> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] mail problem > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 1:07 > > > I wasn't completely clear, when I delete the mail the next message in > the box would do the same thing until the all the mail was cleared. > the strange thing is it isn't doing it any more and I had no large > mail. > > thanks for the suggestion. > > > > > You hav eprobably an e-mail in your inbox that isn't quit SMTP compliant > > (or was to big for the mailbox, and as an reantrant header and footer). > > Login to that e-mail server (from your ISP) and delete that e-mail by > > using pine. > > (Pine is an easy to use e-mail program). > > > > chiodi wrote: > > > > > I have problem with mail. I have fetchmail retrieving my mail > > > periodically and today it is only getting the first message over and > > > over again. I added nis to my machine. would this break my > > > fetchmail or sendmail? > > > > > > ___________________ > > > > > > Jt > > > > > > - > > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > > > ___________________ > > Jt > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] MiX X-Server for Windows and connecting SuSE Linux 5.2?
by raymond.doetjes＠tip.nl 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

How primitive. Those times are over, use sshd. It is alot easier to configure and a whole lot saver. You have to download sshd first! ---------- > Van: Tony Schlemmer <tschlemmer(a)gmswireless.com> > Aan: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Onderwerp: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] MiX X-Server for Windows and connecting SuSE Linux 5.2? > Datum: woensdag 12 augustus 1998 1:49 > > > I was going to try that server when I got a chance. A couple of items > come to mind with regard to X in general. These were the two most common > problems I've seen users experience. > > 1) Did run the xhost problem to enable X connections your Linux box? > > Something like "xhost +<hostname>" or simply "xhost +" to allow any > client to connect to your SuSE box. > > 2) Do you need to set a DISPLAY environment variable so the X server on > your SuSE box knows where to send X packets to when your using your > Windows client? Something like so for bash: > > DISPLAY=<hostname>:0.0 > export DISPLAY > > csh: > > setenv DISPLAY <hostname>:0.0 > > Substitute <hostname> for whatever is appropriate for your environment. > > Brian Armstrong wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I downloaded the MiX X-Server for Windows and am now trying to connect to my > > SuSE Linux X-Server, but can't seem to figure it out. I followed the > > instructions for the MiX setup but it doesn't connect. It just comes up with > > it's default Window Manager. > > > > Has anybody experience with this software, and if they got it going can they > > share their secrets? > > > > I basically want to use a free version of an X-Server for Windows, so that I > > can do remote management from my Windows machine and the MiX server allowed > > me this luxury (although I don't call working under Windows a luxury). Is > > there any other X-Servers for Windows that come as free? (I guess I get what > > I paid for if it doesn't work! ;-) ). > > > > Thanks. > > > > Brian Armstrong. > > > > - > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > -- > Tony Schlemmer | Phone : 425-372-2246 > Software Developer | Fax : 425-372-2222 > Global Mobility Systems, Inc. | Mobile: 425-503-8544 > 11201 SE 8th Street, Suite 110 | <A HREF="mailto:tschlemmer@gmswireless.com">mailto:tschlemmer@gmswireless.com</A> > Bellevue, WA 98004 | <A HREF="http://www.gmswireless.com"><A HREF="http://www.gmswireless.com</A">http://www.gmswireless.com</A</A>> > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Minimum for Install
by kcsmart＠microlink.net 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

I just subscribed to this ML today. I'm currently running RH5.1 (have been since 4.2). I've been interested in SuSE since I found it's X-server to work better with my video board. But, I'm not familiar with it beyond that. I'm planning on getting a new hard drive soon. At that time, I wanted to give SuSE a test run. So, the questions? 1. What does it take to install it? I get the ftp site but, without knowing the layout of the diectories I can't be sure of what I really need and what I don't. RH puts all of the necessary files in the RPMS directory, except for a few in dosutils. How does SuSe lay it all out? 2. Since this is only going to be a test to determine whether or not to buy a cd in the future, how much of which directory(s) do I need to get ppp, mail, news, etc? I already found the X stuff. 3. Is there someplace where it's documented about the install process? 4. What configuration tools (X and console) are required to add users, set up ppp, tweak the system, etc? I guess that's it for now. Thanks for any help (list or private) anyone can give. -- We all be gwine upta hebbin! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Re: 'diald' setup
by deem＠wdm.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

"David J. Pfaltzgraff" <davepfz(a)fred.net> wrote: > I am trying to bring up diald under SuSE 5.2. The manual implies that it > should run "out of the box." However, I have not had any success. It says > I need diald.defs and diald.conf files. > > Does anyone know where I may be able to find example files and/or a recent > HOW-TO? > > Thanks in advance, > try: locate diald.defs /usr/doc/packages/diald/config/diald.defs -Dee ---------------------------------- W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem(a)wdm.com No Claim to Fame, Saved by Grace ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 package descriptions (Old cpp compilier?)
by punt＠gte.net 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Well, I just looked it over. So it is still shipping with gpp 2.72 ? Not 2.8.1 or something of the gnu c++ compiler. Also didn't see egcs included yet? Did I miss it? >I just uploaded the package descriptions of 5.3 on our WEB site. > >Who ever is interested can go to: > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Where's the ascii!?!?
by satan＠home.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Holding down alt and entering a series of numbers produced ascii characters on my old dos box, and the guys I talk to in irc say the same goes for linux. Well, not on my SuSE 5.2 box. I need the ansi characters for a script I'm writing, how can I access them? alt + 254 at the console in bash gives me (arg: 254) instead of the ascii character. I REALLY need help on this please. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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