March 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Where has the (patched) kernel soruces gone
by Bo Jacobsen 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

They are normally present in ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/next, but it's no longer possible to access this directory. ------------------------------------------------- Bo Jacobsen e-mail: bjc(a)image.dk

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xcdroast tapi/scsi problem.... can I be dumber?
by PR 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

Don't be to harsh on me! I am just a user of a computer and not a whiz... I have a plextor (scsi) cd burner stupid enough some time ago I typed something which changed my kernel 2.4-16 to believe I have a atapi device I want to use as scsi (or something like that) but I don't need that how can I reverse this? piet

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Running Mozilla
by Sjoerd Hiemstra 02 Apr '02

02 Apr '02

Hi, probably something very simple, but I just don't see it. I just installed Mozilla 0.9.9, but when I start it: ~> /opt/mozilla/run-mozilla.sh I get this message: run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute . I get the same message after su'ing to root first, or after experimenting with permissions. However! If I cd to /opt/mozilla (as user) and then execute ./run-mozilla.sh then Mozilla does start. What am I missing? The point is that I can't get a desktop icon working, because /opt/mozilla/run-mozilla.sh cannot be executed from it. TIA, SH

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OpenOffice 641D
by Ron Cordell 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

In light of the recent discussions about reading/writing MS docs and general office/prodctivity suites, I thought that I would report on the latest OpenOffice release, 641D. This is the last release before OpenOffice 1.0, and was just made available Friday. One of the biggest complaints has been how long it takes OpenOffice to start up. That situation has been greatly improved. Total time to startup the Word processor for OpenOffice has decreased from 20 seconds to 8 seconds on my machine. Until MS opens up their doc formats and conforms fully to an open XML document specification, OpenOffice remains the best means of working with complex MS docs that I have. It does very well at PowerPoint and Excel; it is quite useable with complex Word docs as well. This is you last chance to use OO and submit requests for the 1.0 release. I encourage you to do so. -ronc

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Fetchnews doesn't fetch news
by frankh＠terra.com.br 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

I installed leafnode and it seams to work, just that fetchnews doesn't work. I activated the debug mode and the log file below shows that the upstream server requires a password ("<381 PASS required") and within the same second emits an Authentication error ("<502 Authentication error"). I would interpret it as an error of the upstream server to expect a response within less than a second from a dialup connection, but with Netscape I can access newsgroups. Any idea, link, help? The fetchnews debug log follows. Mar 24 18:41:44 office fetchnews[395]: 1.9.18: verbosity level is 4 Mar 24 18:41:44 office fetchnews[395]: config: debugmode is 1 Mar 24 18:41:44 office fetchnews[395]: Last LIST ACTIVE done 4939862 seconds ago: NEWGROUPS Mar 24 18:41:44 office fetchnews[395]: <200 news.terra.com.br DNEWS Version 5.5b5, S0, posting OK Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: <381 PASS required Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: <502 Authentication error Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: >MODE READER^M Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: <200 DNews is in reader mode - posting ok. Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: >NEWGROUPS 020324 213900 GMT^M Mar 24 18:41:45 office fetchnews[395]: <480 User and password still required, authinfo command Mar 24 18:41:46 office fetchnews[395]: <381 PASS required Mar 24 18:41:46 office fetchnews[395]: <502 Too many attempts in 4 seconds - try later Mar 24 18:41:46 office fetchnews[395]: >QUIT^M Mar 24 18:41:46 office fetchnews[396]: Process forked. ------------------------------------------------- Frank Hrebabetzky Tel./Fax: +55 / 48 / 235 1106 Florianopolis email: frankh(a)terra.com.br Brazil

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zaurus pda
by RR 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

can someone explain the reasoning for sharp to have a windows driver to link the a linux pda and not have a linux driver? was it easier to write a windows driver? I am not critizing shapr, hey it looks like the best linux pda for the next 2 + years.... but i am curious for the decision making

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kernel modules... question
by PR 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

command lsmod gives a list of modules /size/ used by Is it save to say: if used is 0 (read: zero) the module can be removed by the command: rmmod? piet

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the sux sh script has left the building.
by Ben Rosenberg 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Anyone have any idea how installing the new fileutils, 2.4.16-36 and the -31 kernel sources could have screwed up the sux shell script. When it's excuted it just hangs..it didn't prior to these updates which I did lastnight. -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- "I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad thing." -JC --=====-----=====--

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Reading & Writing M$ Office Docs via Linux
by John Blue 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

I am using SuSE 7.3 and still learning basics at the beginning of a move of a small home/office network from M$ NT4 / 2K to Linux (or at least as far as I can go). I have used Star Office 5.1, 5.2, and 6 beta as well as Open Office on Windows NT, but have not as yet stated using applications in a Linux environment. That will come but I am still learning and playing around. One significant problem we have is that my wife receives a lot of word processing documents and occasional spreadsheet files, and the odd presentation file from members of an organisation in which she has an executive role. These files invariably originate from an M$ Office version from 95 to XP. In most cases she has success with reading them in SO5.2 and then edits, or creates documents and saves them in M$ Office 97 format to send out. Her recipients often have difficulty in reading these files. Has anyone suggestions on the best way of dealing with this problem? Which software would do the best job, presently under M$ NT4, but subsequently under Linux? My preference is not to have to run M$Office...! All advice appreciated. Also thanks to all the list contributors, I have already found a lot of valuable information on the list. John John Blue, PO Box 542 Mawson ACT 2607 Australia email: jblue(a)bestpond.com Fax: +61 2 6291 1119 Thought for the day: Daddy, what does FORMATTING DRIVE C mean?.

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Evolution 1.0.3
by James Ogley 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Ximian have released version 1.0.3 of Evolution. If you want to try it out, I've put RPMs of it, and dependencies gtkhtml and bonobo-conf on www.usr-local-bin.org James -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley(a)pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 1.0.2 NEW: Advogato diary at www.advogato.org/person/riggwelter *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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