October 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

USB scanner help
by Lewis E. Wolfgang 30 Dec '02

30 Dec '02

Hi Folks, Does anyone have experience with USB scanners and SuSE 8.0? I've been trying to connect a Canon "Canoscan N670U" for the past few days with no success. I even downloaded and installed the latest sane/xsane which are reported to work with the Canon using the plustek backend. The scanner is seen by the kernel and is reported in /proc/bus/usb/devices. I set the vendor and product id's to match in the plustek backend, but still no joy. Yast2 finds the scanner's name, but doesn't recognize it. sane-find-scanner finds nothing. Is there something obvious that I'm overlooking? Thanks, Lew Wolfgang

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how to mount a vfat filesystem with mod 777 ?
by Ulrich Schneider 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Imagine the following situation: - computer 1 has linux running and there is a vfat partition mounted - computer 1 is running samba on that vfat partition (i.e. the vfat partition is a share of samba) - computer 2 wants to have write acces on the samba share The problem is, that computer 2 has no write acces, because the vfat partition is mounted 755. The samba.conf file is the following: [public] comment = Schreibbares Verzeichnis path=/home/sure/netzwerk/public public=yes readonly=no browseable=yes create mask=777 How can I make the partition mounted as mod 777 ? Thanks in advance ! Ulrich Schneider

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copy music
by Baris Erbas 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

hi people, it is probably a very simple question: how do you copy CD's as mp3 files to your hard drive? cheers baris

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SuSE 8.1 Download?
by Alex 28 Nov '02

28 Nov '02

Hey guys i'm sorta new to Linux here, I noticed none of the SuSE FTP mirrors currently have 8.1 on them. Am i to understand they haven't been released yet? If they have been, where might i find them? Alex

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Font installation
by Baris Erbas 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

Hi People, I have been trying to install fonts from my Windows partition using KDE Control Center (I had done it before but then had to remove linux for some reason) but I get the message "ERROR: Could not open font" What may be the reason? thx alot -- Baris Erbas p.s. what is the easiest way of reinstalling all the fonts?

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Suse 8.1 download file count?
by Robert van der Kamp 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

Hi all, I'm currently downloading Suse 8.1, but before I install my PC I'd like to be sure that the download is complete. Is the number of files of this distro known? Or any other way to check? Thanks, Robert

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splash picture : restrictions
by Rohit 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

Hi all, Does anyone have a ready reckoner with the splash on 8.0 ? I tried changing the images for splash - and yes, sure, there is a Laetitia Casta at my console [plus top running at tty1, the same, in a corner. Moved it too - so that she looks good.]. But seems that not all images can be used. I was able to determine that jpg images version 1.01 with aspect 1x1 were most likely to succeed - else you would get an error<9> at splash time and all the splash would produce is tux - which has a bit less charisma and charm compared to Laetitia for me :-) although my chances of landing at Antarctica are more than my chances of landing Laetitia :8 So has anyone else tried it too? Are there any guidelines for as to WHAT may be used for splash, and what not? [I admit I have not googled on it yet.] Thanks, Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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Emergency need lilo su command I've been hacked
by Rowan Reid 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Sorry for the cross post All of a sudden my root password doesn't work. Looks like I've been hacked (though the last time I ran YOU was three weeks ago) it's a Firewall/Web system with ports 80,22,postgres open. Anyways I need to know the command to boot lilo to super user mode. Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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help desk software
by kathee 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Hi, Can someone recommend a good Help Desk Software package for SuSE -- (8.0) -- Isn't there one on the professional? But are there others? thanks Kat

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Moneydance & the 100 Transaction Limit
by lee 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

hello.. Using Moneydance off the 8.0 cd's. I may have screwed up by updating the thing, now it won't let me enter any more transactions. Or perhaps it doesn't make any difference that I upgraded..either way..do I really have to buy a license to continue ? Thank you for your time. Lee

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