April 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Linux on new Dell notebook computer
by Paul W. Abrahams 11 May '05

11 May '05

I've just ordered a Dell notebook computer, an Inspiron 1000 (looks like a bargain at $579 after all the rebates, with free shipping). Of course it comes with WinXP, and of course I want to set it up for dual boot with Linux (SuSE 9.1 for now, probably). I have several dual-boot machines, but none of them started out with a standalone Win system on them. I remember that the installation DVD has a procedure for this particular case, though. My question is: are there any gotchas I need to know about? I don't want to find out that I've hosed Win in the process of setting up Linux, and then be unable to do anything about it. As an example: is YaST able to cope with the filesystem that typically comes with a new Win system and shorten the partition without corrupting it? Paul

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9.1->9.3 breaks php/mysql?
by NSK 10 May '05

10 May '05

Hey, On my development laptop I had SuSE 9.1 (with KDE 3.4) and I upgraded it to SuSE 9.3. Everything was ok except PHP<->MySQL connections: PHP 4.3.10 could not connect to MySQL 4.1. I installed php4-mysql extension from yast but it was still broken. Then I removed all php4 packages from yast and installed php5 with mysqli extension. Now it's worse: Apache complains about syntax errors in its config files and serves my php code as text files, duh! What should I do? -- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org

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Apache2 Problem
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 10 May '05

10 May '05

I have just upgraded my linux distribution from SuSE 9.0 to 9.3 and am having a problem with Apache2. One of the applications that I use every day for my research is WebMO, a gui for a number of computational chemistry programs. It runs in a browser, specifically Firefox. Before the upgrade it ran without any complaints. Now when I attempt to login to WebMO I get the message: 'This is an executable Perl-based cgi script. If you can read this comment,# then your web server is not properly configured to execute cgi scripts in this directory. You must reconfigure your web server to allow cgi script execution in this directory before you can successfully run WebMO.' There is a diagnose perl script with WebMO that gives me the following message: 'Checking for UserDir enabled: Failed Uncomment the line 'UserDir public_html' ' That's the problem. Now, how have I attempted to solve it. First of all, let me admit that the apache.org web site has not been a great help. I found the file that the perl script wants to be uncommented by grepping the files in /etc/apache2 According to that the line is in mod_userdir.conf. Uncommenting that line did not solve the problem. The only things that are obvious to me at this point are that in addition to not knowing what I'm doing I am missing something. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry

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SuSE 9.3 XMMS compile problems
by Sudhir Anand 10 May '05

10 May '05

XMMS was installed from SuSE's dvd and all patches from YOU were applied. Whenever a cd is played, XMMS exits with a segmentation fault. I am now giving up with SuSE XMMS implementation and would like to compile it from source. At the moment, compiling XMMS gives libmikmid, libvorbis and libGL errors. It appears that the scripts cannot link with the right libraries and include files or cannot find them. Can anyone offer any assistance with compiling XMMS on a AMD64 computer? Thanks. Sudhir.

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Internet connection through modem in 9.1 is slow
by Carlos E. R. 09 May '05

09 May '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Since I updated, a month ago, from SuSE 8.2 to SuSE 9.1 I had the feeling that the modem connection was slower than previously. Previously I saw comments on this list to that effect, but they seemed to be related to winmodems. It could be just an unjustified feeling, therefore I started to pay more attention, and finally I ran some test to confirm it. Thus, I can now confirm it: there is something in SuSE 9.1 that makes Internet connection using a modem definitely slower than previous versions of SuSE. ** System ** SuSE 9.1 on a P-IV at 1.8 Ghz, with 700Mb ram. Internet connection through external serial modem (3COM US Robotics, V90 type) - no winmodem involved. I have tried reducing the TCP window to 8Kb, as recommended on the SDB: no noticeably change. Patches (YOU) are almost up to date - at 2K/s a kernel update is... fearsome :-( Connection is started using wvdial on an xterm (same definitions as in SuSE 8.2 previously). Desktop is gnome. Running susefirewall2 and DNS locally. More info: just ask for it :-) ** Symptoms ** Mail fetching (fetchmail) runs jerkily, it runs and stops, seldom reaching 5Kb/s. It may stop for as long as 1 minute, timing out. But connectivity is not lost: pings to the same server from which I'm downloading works; one provider yields 20% packet loss, another 1% - so packet loss is probably not the main issue. YOU takes seemingly for ever. Ftp downloads are slow. Browsing of large pages is also slow. ** Tests done ** 1) Plug the modem on my old Pentium 120 machine, running SuSE 7.3, text only. Route through intranet (one ethernet cable, direct, 100 Mb/s). Change default route in main computer (SuSE 9.1) to eth0, and do the downloading, name solving, etc, on this "fast" machine - no software is changed at all - except that wvdial and pppd runs on the other 7.3 machine. +----------+ +-----------+ +------+ | P-120 | | P-IV 1.8Gh| ---phone---|modem |---rs232---| SuSE 7.3 |--eth--| SuSE 9.1 | line +------+ | | | (fetch) | +----------+ +-----------+ Run and time a single download of 738442 bytes. During this download no other Internet activity is running (no fetchmail, no browsing, no email sending). There is the local firewall (Susefirewall2) and a local dns server. No high load tasks are running (no updatedb, for example), only the xterms on which I see the logs and enter the commands. 2), 3) Plug the modem back on my P-IV machine running SuSE 9.1. Remove default route to eth0. Repeat the download, using two different providers, to make sure. Everything else is the same. ** Conclusion of the 3 tests, in brief ** When routed through the old computer running SuSE 7.3, throughput is 5.04 KB/s (on previous, non meticulous tests, I saw speed peeks up to 8Kb when downloading email - surely due to compression). When using the fast, Pentium IV machine, with SuSE 9.1, average speed is between 1 - 2 Kbytes per second! (even less, in fact). This is a disgrace :-// I see a lot of ppp "decompression error" in the kernel logs: Jul 23 21:22:39 nimrodel kernel: PPP: VJ decompression error I count 37 of them during test #2 (none during test #3) - compared with 560 during 4 months usage of SuSE 8.2 on this same machine. ** Wild non-educated guess ** The kernel is loosing ACK packets, so the servers waits. ** Detailed results ** *********** TEST #1: teleline - routed through P120, SuSE 7.3 ************** cer@nimrodel:~> date ; time wget --timeout=45 --waitretry=10 --continue "http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2" Fri Jul 23 20:52:39 CEST 2004 - --20:52:39-- http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 => `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2' Resolving old.spamassassin.org... 64.142.3.173 Connecting to old.spamassassin.org[64.142.3.173]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 738,442 [application/x-bzip2] 100%[==============================================================================>] 738,442 5.10K/s ETA 00:00 20:55:03 (5.04 KB/s) - `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2' saved [738442/738442] real 2m24.400s user 0m0.043s sys 0m0.065s cer@nimrodel:~> l Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 - -rw-r--r-- 1 cer users 738442 2004-01-20 23:06 Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 cer@nimrodel:~> rm Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 *********** TEST #2: teleline, direct, PIV - SuSE 9.1 ************** cer@nimrodel:~> date ; time wget --timeout=45 --waitretry=10 --continue "http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2" Fri Jul 23 21:04:31 CEST 2004 - --21:04:31-- http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 => `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2' Resolving old.spamassassin.org... 64.142.3.173 Connecting to old.spamassassin.org[64.142.3.173]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 738,442 [application/x-bzip2] 5% [==> ] 37,314 541.56B/s ETA 23:15 21:06:27 (541.46 B/s) - Read error at byte 37314/738442 (Connection timed out). Retrying. - --21:06:28-- http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 (try: 2) => `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2' Connecting to old.spamassassin.org[64.142.3.173]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Continued download failed on this file, which conflicts with `-c'. Refusing to truncate existing file `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2'. real 1m57.632s user 0m0.005s sys 0m0.008s So, I remove the "continue" and increase the timeout value, and try again. cer@nimrodel:~> date ; time wget --timeout=90 --waitretry=10 "http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2" Fri Jul 23 21:08:13 CEST 2004 - --21:08:13-- http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 => `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2.2' Resolving old.spamassassin.org... 64.142.3.173 Connecting to old.spamassassin.org[64.142.3.173]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 738,442 [application/x-bzip2] 10% [=======> ] 76,410 2.16K/s ETA 05:15 12% [=========> ] 95,234 601.24B/s ETA 10:52 22% [================> ] 166,186 694.98B/s ETA 10:40 29% [======================> ] 219,762 896.54B/s ETA 10:49 {xterm resize} 41% [=====================> ] 305,194 496.80B/s ETA 10:03 {xterm resize} 43% [================> ] 321,122 412.63B/s ETA 10:49 96% [======================================> ] 709,186 538.58B/s ETA 00:37 100%[========================================>] 738,442 2.21K/s ETA 00:00 21:23:27 (809.97 B/s) - `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2.2' saved [738442/738442] real 15m13.735s user 0m0.006s sys 0m0.016s Connectivity was not lost during pauses: cer@nimrodel:~> ping old.spamassassin.org PING bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=319 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=286 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=289 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=7 ttl=46 time=307 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=9 ttl=46 time=306 ms - --- bugzilla.spamassassin.org ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 5 received, 50% packet loss, time 9003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 286.976/302.200/319.884/12.398 ms cer@nimrodel:~> But you see a "50% packet loss" - although not always: cer@nimrodel:~> ping old.spamassassin.org PING bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=306 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=286 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=280 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=282 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=5 ttl=46 time=282 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=6 ttl=46 time=279 ms 64 bytes from bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173): icmp_seq=7 ttl=46 time=278 ms - --- bugzilla.spamassassin.org ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 278.978/285.684/306.956/9.035 ms cer@nimrodel:~> The round trip increases notably when the download resumes. I tend to leave a terminal pinging something continuously, else my wvdial session timeouts at 60" (local phone is charged by the minute here), so I do know the server from which I'm downloading is not down. cer@nimrodel:~> ping -a -A old.spamassassin.org PING bugzilla.spamassassin.org (64.142.3.173) 56(84) bytes of data. ... - --- bugzilla.spamassassin.org ping statistics --- 208 packets transmitted, 167 received, 19% packet loss, time 82875ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 277.933/412.677/1731.743/272.088 ms, pipe 4, ipg/ewma 400.366/677.842 ms *********** TEST #3: tiscali, direct, PIV - SuSE 9.1 ************** Test done using an alternate provider; everything else is the same as test number 2. cer@nimrodel:~> date ; time wget --timeout=90 --waitretry=10 "http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2" Fri Jul 23 21:27:25 CEST 2004 - --21:27:25-- http://old.spamassassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2 => `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2.3' Resolving old.spamassassin.org... 64.142.3.173 Connecting to old.spamassassin.org[64.142.3.173]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 738,442 [application/x-bzip2] 2% [ ] 15,609 1.27K/s ETA 12:10 86% [==================================> ] 636,801 1.59K/s ETA 01:05 100%[========================================>] 738,442 885.09B/s ETA 00:00 21:36:03 (1.40 KB/s) - `Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63.tar.bz2.3' saved [738442/738442] real 8m37.800s user 0m0.006s sys 0m0.008s Pings during this download: - --- bugzilla.spamassassin.org ping statistics --- 714 packets transmitted, 705 received, 1% packet loss, time 444595ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 298.668/650.054/4098.931/515.073 ms, pipe 7, ipg/ewma 623.555/301.994 ms - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFBAnkdtTMYHG2NR9URAr2VAJ9lYUrntn4LwO74A160NqRfTHmfRACfZoZ6 2Mza1LzuBsEZwy/ccQAGQvA= =C0UE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Catalan localization files for OpenOffice
by Agustí Dosaiguas Falcó 06 May '05

06 May '05

Hi all, Does anyone in the SuSE team knows if the package OpenOffice_org-ca will be available for SuSE 9.1? Or if i want it i need to upgrade to 9.2? Thanks, Agustí

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SuSE 9.3 - Is it really that bad?
by eddieleprince 05 May '05

05 May '05

I have ripped most of my CD's to mp3. I got a rude awakening when I tried to play some this morning. The only way I can play them is through realplayer!!! How sad! I usually play music in the background while at work. To do that now would be so tedious. Does anyone know of a quick fix or should I be looking for a different distro.? Eddie

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CPU dies at 55C; time to change CPU, cooler or both?
by Pieter Hulshoff 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hello all, As mentioned in the thread about my glorious cooling problems: I seem to be in a posession of a CPU that dies when it reaches 53-55C. Is it time to buy myself a new CPU, should I just get a better cooler, or should I change both while I'm at it? Any suggestions on a brand/type for the cooler? Regards, Pieter

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autofs error trying to enable it-SUSE 9.3
by Paul Cartwright 05 May '05

05 May '05

I just installed 9.3 and setup my /home and it is working. BUT my /home2, windows/E../F../G are not mounted I am not seeing all my mount points being loads at bootup, and I found that autofs was not enabled. When I try to enable it I get this error: /etc/init.d/autofs start returned 6 (program is not configured): Starting service automounter ("files nis" does not provide any mounts)..skipped what do I do now?? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc

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SUSEplugger crashing/hanging in 9.3
by Luca 04 May '05

04 May '05

Hello everyone, I've just installed 9.3 after a brief experience with 9.2. I've noticed a strange behavior of SUSEplugger in Gnome: if I have my USB DVD-RW (LACIE DVD DL, with id=_NEC-DVD_RW_ND-3520A) plugged at startup, SUSEplugger hangs and does not show up in the tray (it shows up as a small window in the dekstop, and the "pci card" icon does not show up); if instead the USB DVD-RW is unplugged, SUSEplugger starts up correctly and quitely goes in the tray, then I can later plug my DVD-RW and it is recognized correctly. Also, from time to time SUSEplugger stays in the desktop with its tiny window instead of going in the Tray. If I ask to not start it at startup at next login, it basically ignores that (even if I set the Autostart=false statement in ~/.kde/share/config/susepluggerrc). Any ideas on this strange behavior of SUSEplugger? (this did not happen with 9.2, btw). Is this due to something not going on correctly with my USB drive? Thanks for any insight, Luca.

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