June 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Ovider?
by Carlos E. R. 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi, When I run (as user) wvdial on a console on SuSE 9.1, with the same configuration files as in SuSE 8.2, I get these messages (the connection works): --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. --> pid of pppd: 6840 --> pppd: ovider --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider --> pppd: ovider .... --> Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect --> pppd: ovider And a lot more of those "ovider" in between. What on earth are those "ovider" things? :-? I don't care about /etc/ppp/pap-secrets not been writeable - any way, pppd is suid: -rwsr-sr-- 1 root dialout 255044 2004-06-01 16:41 /usr/sbin/pppd* -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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while reading thru a prior email , discussing merits of linux vs that other company's software ...
by jfweber＠bellsouth.net 30 Jul '04

30 Jul '04

** I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we aint all there ** I happened to notice a mention of different versions putting various bits and pieces in different locations, and I wondered , w/ that little mental push.. Where do you guys who write all these lovely scripts in various languages and ?? Perl, python(?), bash , and so on keep all those things.. Since not reinventing the wheel seems to be a Perl mantra, and I suspect it's the same for all of Linux things, I'm guessing someone has a nice logical easy to remember way to do this stuff ( and remember to back them up once they are tidy and work well... ) otherwise, you must re-write them, no? I just started a book on shell scripts for various shells, and I'd like to know where one would expect to put them , once they work. And , I guess, where bash, for instance, expects to find such things. As must be painfully obvious, I've only got thru the first two chapters, which at this point mainly seem to deal w/ discussing what a script is for and how many different shells are available! TIA , y'all; -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : cat CRE|ME|NT|XP > /dev/nul

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Cups login
by Jerome Lyles 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

Kprinter is set up for anonymous login for the Cups server but I can't login with user name set to blank, anonymous or anything else. Anyone know why? Thanks, Jerome

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Zip Drives
by David Brenner 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

My recollection may be fuzzy due to age :-), but I seem to remember someone posting some time ago (2-3 years) that the partitioning on zip drives was done that way so that they are compatible with MACs. Windows/Linux only use one partition and that is set as the fourth one. The MAC file systems uses the first three for allocation tables or some such. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Was I on mushroom trip???

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Wvdial trouble
by Riccardo Facchini 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

Hi all, I'm having a lot of trouble to connect to my dialup service using wvdial, I submit the logs for both my wvdial dialup attempts, and kinternet (that connects flawlessly). for obvious reasons, I've removed usernames, passwords, dialup numbers, and IP addresses. if somebody can help me, I'll be most glad. regards, Riccardo G. Facchini P.S. if it is of some help, the internet provider I'm trying to connect is ARSYS in Spain. --**-- /etc/wvdial.conf (stupid mode ON) [Dialer Defaults] Init2 = AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Init1 = ATZ ISDN = 0 Modem = /dev/modem DialMessage2 = DialMessage1 = Force Address = New PPPD = 1 Ask Password = 0 Stupid Mode = off Baud = 57600 Compuserve = 0 Idle Seconds = 300 Area Code = Dial Command = ATDT [Dialer <my_dialup_service>] Password = <password> Inherits = Dialer Defaults Remote Name = * Phone = <telephone_number> Username = <username> --**-- /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/provider0 ASKPASSWORD='no' AUTODNS='yes' DEMAND='no' DSLSUPPORTED='no' FIREWALL='yes' IDLETIME='300' ISDNSUPPORTED='no' MODEMSUPPORTED='yes' MODIFYDNS='yes' PASSWORD='<password>' PHONE='<telephone_number>' PROVIDER='<my_dialup_service>' STUPIDMODE='no' USERNAME='<username>' -- /etc/ppp/pap-secrets <username> * <password> -- etc/ppp/chap-secrets <username> * <password> --**-- wvdial dialup log (stupid mode off) command line is wvdial <my_dialup_service> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Idle Seconds = 300, disabling automatic reconnect. --> Sending: ATDT<telephone_number> --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT<telephone_number> CONNECT 57600 --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. ~[7f]}#@!}!R} }9}"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&[1e][12][0f].}'}"}(}"K_~ --> PPP negotiation detected. --> Starting pppd at Sat Jun 26 08:32:24 2004 --> pid of pppd: 5827 --> Terminating on signal 15. --> pppd: odem --> pppd: odem --> Disconnecting at Sat Jun 26 08:32:48 2004 --**-- and here the line hangs and I have to end manually the wvdial. --**-- wvdial dialup log (stupid mode on) command line is wvdial <my_dialup_service> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Idle Seconds = 300, disabling automatic reconnect. --> Sending: ATDT<telephone_number> --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT<telephone_number> CONNECT 57600 --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Sat Jun 26 08:35:45 2004 --> pid of pppd: 6290 --**-- and here the line hangs and I have to end manually the wvdial --**-- kinternet log SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.16 on httpd. Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd[0]: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 pppd[0]: --> Initializing modem. pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATZ pppd[0]: ATZ pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd[0]: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd[0]: ATM1 pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Modem initialized. pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATDT<telephone_number> pppd[0]: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd[0]: ATDT<telephone_number> pppd[0]: CONNECT 57600 pppd[0]: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. pppd[0]: ~[7f]}#@!}!}:} }9}"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&vB},8}'}"}(}"`8~ pppd[0]: --> PPP negotiation detected. pppd[0]: Serial connection established. pppd[0]: Using interface ppp0 Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem pppd[0]: CHAP authentication succeeded pppd[0]: local IP address <local_IP_address> pppd[0]: remote IP address <remote_IP_address> pppd[0]: primary DNS address <primary_DNS_IP_address> pppd[0]: secondary DNS address <secondary_DNS_IP_address> pppd[0]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 6356), status = 0x0 Status is: connected

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kdm doesn't allow root to login
by steve-ss 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

Only users can login via kdm setup under 9.1. Trying to login as root dumps me back at the login screen. How can root login? Can anyone help? Thanks, Steve.

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Web Browser Problem
by Donald D Henson 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

(SuSE 9.1, Gnome 2.4, kde 3.2.1) You guys did such a nice job on my last problem, let me try another one. This is more of an annoyance than a real problem but... I like to use the galeon web browser. No good reason. I just like it. Everywhere I can invoke a web browser, I've set it to invoke galeon. Except for embedded URLs in Kmail. Kmail insists on using Konqueror. I've looked everyplace I can think of, including the KDE Control Center, but I can't find anywhere to specify the default browser for Kmail. Can anyone point me in the correct direction here? Again, I'd appreciate it although my firstborn is now off the table. :-) -- Donald D Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Aggression Principle" Rules

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Mahjong
by Carl William Spitzer IV 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

in 8.2 I could use this game full screen not now in 9.1. Is this a bug or new feature? How can i change it. CWSIV

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dynamic resolution change
by Carl William Spitzer IV 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

In Suse 8.2 as long as XF86Config was setup correctly <ctrl><alt> - or + would change the screen resolution. In 9.1 they dont work. is this left out of x.org?? is there a new command. CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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Keyboard misconfiguration
by Michael Fischer 07 Jul '04

07 Jul '04

Hi. Just installed 9.0 on a new system. A few glitches though, and one I'd ask about is this: On startup, the keyboard is in a wrong setting. That is to say, it should be a standard 104 key "us english" keyboard, but it has a number of keys switched around -- 'z' and 'y' are swapped, and '/' prints a '-', for example. I've no idea which keyboard SuSE has given me at that point. The quick cure so far has been to launch the yast->system->keyboard and agree to the pre-selected us-english keyboard. Once I have done that, all is fine but that's a pain to have to do each boot. /etc/sysconfig/keyboard looks correct (or at least sensible) before and after doing the adjustment with yast. Suggestions? TIA Michael -- Michael Fischer Happiness is a config option. michael(a)visv.net Recompile and be happy.

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