October 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Evolution 1.4.5 issue
by Tom Nielsen 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Using 1.4.5 from ULB. This just started happening when I went from 1.4.4 to 1.4.5; when I attach a file or attachment to an email, it doesn't show up in attachment section of my compose window. It attaches and gets sent with the email, it just doesn't show up. Any thoughts? If this is my only problem with 1.4.5, then I'm rather happy since 1.4.5 was, in my opinion, much better than the 2 previous versions. Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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No route.
by Erik Jakobsen 06 Nov '03

06 Nov '03

Hi. I use a socalled Clarkconnect server based oh RH9.0. I very often have used the ssh command the a local machine running SuSE 8.2. If I enter ssh 192.168.1.xxx, I receive this: "ssh: connect to 192.168.1.xxx port 22: No route to host." What does this indicate, and what possible services are maybe not running ?. It came suddenly and so far I'll say, that I haven't touched anything, that could have done it. Advices are more than welcome. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards. Erik Jakobsen - eja(a)urbakken.dk. Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK. SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff. Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.

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SUSE 9.0 and SATA
by marcus 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Does SUSE 9.0 support SATA? To be more specific, I am thinking of purchasing a motherboard that uses the Promise 20376 controller. Will this work out of the box? Has anyone had experience with PCI Sata controllers? I have searched the SDB with no sucess. Any advice would be appreciated -- Regards Marcus

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5-button USB wheel mouse configuration for double click, SuSE 8.2
by expatriate 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Hello Two hours of Google and Linux websites and I can't find the answer. My wife has RSI and would like to use one of the buttons on her mouse for doubleclick. Here is how her XF86Config looks: Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Name" "Autodetection" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection After running xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1 6 7 4 5" ! note left-hand mouse Everything works OK except that the side buttons behave as buttons 1 and 2 (as reported by xev). Just like a three-button wheel mouse. Can the side buttons be differentiated? Is it possible to assign a doubleclick to one of them? Is it possible to assign a drag lock to the other one? TIA & cheers P.S. Kensington Optical Elite mouse.

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Extreme Newbie Question
by Donald Henson 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

I have been using Linux (SuSE 8.2) for about two months. I need to backup my data. I have looked everywhere I can think of and have not been able to find simple (newbie-level) instructions on how to back up anything. I did find tar and that will work, I suppose, but it has a LOT of options. I thought I saw a gui program either in KDE or Gnome when I first installed Linux but I can't find it now. Would anyone like to take this newbie under his wing and earn his eternal gratitude? :-) Don Henson

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NVIDIA 4496 driver woes
by Jan Elders 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Hi everybody, This my attempt to contribute some information for people who are struggling with the NVIDIA 4496 driver (like I have been doing for many weeks). THE PROBLEM : After installation of the new NVIDIA 4496 driver on my system (with an Nvidia GeForce4 488Go card), I only got a black screen when starting X. This could be solved by setting Option "NvAGP" "0" in the Device section of XF86Config, but ....... it was not possible anymore to go to a console with CTRL-ALT-F1 .... F6. When doing that, I only got a strange garbled multicolor screen without the system reacting to anything. It was only possible to go back to X again (with CTRL-ALT-F7). The same garbled screen was shown when shutting down the system. THE SOLUTION : After having tried in vain many things as suggested by helpful people in this discussion group, I followed the one and only useful advice (from Basil Chupin) : Throw away the 4496 driver !!!!! And install the older 4363 driver. After having done so everything worked perfect (without having changed anything else on my system), so the 4496 driver really must be incorrect. Now I could also set Option "NvAGP" "1" and all still works well. For those who want to know, here's what I did to move back to the 4363 : 1. Download the 4363 driver from www.nvidia.com 2. Goto runlevel 3 (or restart in Safe Mode) 3. Do the following : nvidia-installer --uninstall (to remove the 4496) cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig && make dep cd << your download directory >> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run 4. Goto runlevel 5 And .... you will be happy again. Cheers, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands

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Linuxprinting.org
by Old Sarge 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

To Patrick Shanahan, et al: I have been trying to get SuSe to work for several months, now and have been asking questions of several different people, to no avail. Linuxprinting.org is fine EXCEPT it does NOT give installation instructions that are understandable nor usable, by me!!!! Now, you get off your ego-centric high horse and put your alleged money where your mouth is and tell me which driver will work, and a clearcut installation instruction, leaving nothing out or to the imagination! I doubt you are any more up to the challenge than any of the rest of them. And, I got news for you, Mandrake works with the Canon BJC-2100 as I received a message from a person using them together!! I am not whining, but am tired of people like you who could do something positive to help Linux beat out Windows but won't!!!!! >:o -- Old Sarge, prefer using voice dictation because of my arthritis!

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fetchmail and Comcast
by E.F.Maurer 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

I just switched to comcast from sprynet and can't get fetchmail to set up correctly. Has anyone got this to work? I'm using mail.comcast.net as the pop server port 110 I can receive through kmail but fetchmail never completes when i test it here's my fetchmailrc # Configuration created Mon Oct 27 12:06:35 2003 by fetchmailconf set postmaster "framau" set bouncemail set no spambounce set properties "" poll pop.sprynet.com with proto APOP user 'nebbish(a)sprynet.com' there with password '*' is 'framau' here options fetchall poll mail.comcast.net user 'efmaurer' there with password '*' options fetchall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh I used to be nebbish(a)sprynet.com now I'm efmaurer(a)comcast.net

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1 meter SUSE Penguin Tux in the USA yet?
by Magnus Hagebris 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Do anyone know where I can buy it in the USA? http://www.edv-buchversand.de/suse/index2.html http://www.suse.com/en/company/press/services/images/merchandising/penguin_… /Magnus

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Using Remote Desktop connection
by Jose Sanchez 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hi, I have been trying to use Remote Desktop connection with my suse box 8.2, however, I haven't been able to connect neither to another suse box nor to a windows box. Could someone explain in detail how should I make that work. Thanks Jose

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