June 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] PPP Woes
by punt＠mci2000.com 13 Jun '98

13 Jun '98

Its his default route!!!!! He must all ready have one and the PPP connection isn't overwriting it. It says so in hit "tail message". >> Jun 13 10:47:42 geek pppd[240]: ppp not replacing existing default route to -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] KDM and Xacellarator X server
by punt＠mci2000.com 13 Jun '98

13 Jun '98

Does anyone know why when using Xig X-accelerated X servers KDM/XDM wont start the xserver? Any idea where to look? Punt -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] AMD K-6 and SuSE
by deem＠wdm.com 13 Jun '98

13 Jun '98

I ordered a K-6 300Mhz and I'd thought I'd ask if anyone is running one under SuSE ? Thanks -Dee W.D.McKinney (Dee) -=- deem(a)wdm.com No claim to fame, just saved by Grace. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] PPP Woes
by schullersite＠worldnet.att.net 13 Jun '98

13 Jun '98

Hoping there's a SuSE guru that can help me with what seems to be the most common Linux configuration problem. My ISP, AT&T Worldnet, uses MS-CHAP authentication for PPP connnections. I downloaded a utility called eznet (<A HREF="http://www.hwaci.com/sw/eznet/"><A HREF="http://www.hwaci.com/sw/eznet/</A">http://www.hwaci.com/sw/eznet/</A</A>> ) that takes care of my authentication for me and works wonderfully. I can get connected to the Worldnet PPP server, and from what I can tell, I am indeed getting an IP assigned. However, I can't ping anything, not even the two domain name servers specified in /etc/resolv.conf. I copied the tail end of /var/log/message to a file on a shared partition. The output looks like this: ------begin /var/log/message------- Jun 13 10:35:14 geek login[131]: ROOT LOGIN on `tty1' Jun 13 10:41:54 geek kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Jun 13 10:41:54 geek kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Jun 13 10:41:54 geek kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Jun 13 10:41:54 geek kernel: registered device ppp0 Jun 13 10:43:54 geek kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered Jun 13 10:46:21 geek kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Jun 13 10:46:21 geek kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc. Jun 13 10:46:21 geek kernel: PPP line discipline registered. Jun 13 10:46:21 geek kernel: registered device ppp0 Jun 13 10:47:15 geek pppd[240]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Jun 13 10:47:38 geek pppd[240]: Serial connection established. Jun 13 10:47:39 geek pppd[240]: Using interface ppp0 Jun 13 10:47:39 geek pppd[240]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Jun 13 10:47:41 geek pppd[240]: Remote message: Pass Authentication Jun 13 10:47:42 geek pppd[240]: local IP address 12.65.164.21 Jun 13 10:47:42 geek pppd[240]: remote IP address 12.65.164.1 Jun 13 10:47:42 geek pppd[240]: ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[127.0.0.2] Jun 13 10:51:41 geek pppd[274]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 Jun 13 10:51:41 geek pppd[274]: Device modem is locked by pid 240 Jun 13 10:51:41 geek pppd[274]: Exit. Jun 13 10:52:39 geek pppd[240]: No IP frames received within idle time limit Jun 13 10:52:39 geek pppd[240]: Connection terminated. Jun 13 10:52:39 geek pppd[240]: Exit. Jun 13 10:54:20 geek kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully unregistered -----end /var/log/message------------ This line tells me something isn't right, but I'm too "new" to Linux to tell exactly what... "Jun 13 10:47:42 geek pppd[240]: ppp not replacing existing default route to sl0[127.0.0.2]" I've checked /etc/resolv.conf, and it looks like: -----begin /etc/resolv.conf------------ earch worldnet.att.net nameserver 204.127.129.1 nameserver 204.127.160.1 -----end /etc/resolv.conf------------- Likewise, /etc/hosts looks like this: (NOTE: Could this be the problem?) -----begin /etc/hosts------------------- 127.0.0.1 localhost -----end /etc/hosts--------------------- Finally, the /etc/HOSTNAME file looks lke: -----begin /etc/HOSTNAME------------ geek -----end /etc/HOSTNAME-------------- That's the bulk of it- if there's a kind soul that wants to help me, I'd appreciate it. If I'm not providing enough info, or if different info is needed, just let me know. One final "How do I?" question if you'll indulge me: Does Linux read the serial.rc file at boot time to assign IRQ's? I have an internal modem that "lives" on IRQ5. If I were to edit serial.rc to reflect that, will I be able to get out of doing a "setserial /dev/cua2 IRQ 5" every time I reboot? Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Ken Ken Schuller Network Systems Specialist NovaNET Learning, Inc. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] X and Mystique
by mps＠saargate.de 13 Jun '98

13 Jun '98

Hi Folks !!! I'm always used to have trouble with my matrox mystique . . .but now i have trouble with it under linux. and now i'm getting angry. how must xfree86 be configured, that it works with my fuckin mystique ? Bye, JaZZer -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] p2 mboards
by satan＠nfinity.com 12 Jun '98

12 Jun '98

Review of std and o/c'ed performance for p2 bx mboards: <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/bx_comparison/"><A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/bx_comparison/</A">http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/bx_comparison/</A</A>> Granted, these are winstone benchmarks, but poor performance is poor performance. I've been saving for an Abit BX6 + p2-400 this fall, if anyone else is in the market for a motherboard upgrade I hope this will be useful to you. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Mirrormagic.
by martin_moeller＠technologist.com 12 Jun '98

12 Jun '98

Hey! In regards to the upcoming 5.3 version, I just remembered that I have never got MirrorMagic working under S.u.S.E. 5.2? I install it from YaST at the initial installation, but when I a few reboots later want to use it, I only get 'empty' levels, and the level-counter starts at 50??! It seems the good folks at S.u.S.E. *can* run MirrorMagic (seen in their commercials), so I wonder what my problem is... If this is more than a simple problem, it should be thoroughly tested for the 5.3 release, please. It's an awesome game! -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] Printer problem
by kenh＠linux.ast-inc.com 12 Jun '98

12 Jun '98

I just got through installing an HP laserjet (through YaST), but whenever I print something, it prints two pages per sheet and in landscape mode! What am I doing wrong here? Ken Hughes -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] SuSE 5.2g DAY TWO
by satan＠nfinity.com 12 Jun '98

12 Jun '98

Ok, picking up where I left off last night, I set up all the necessary symlinks and installed my fresh glibc2. Compiling a small c program and checking it with ldd, I verified that my compiler (still gcc-2.7.2.1) was indeed now linked to glibc. I left libc5 and libm5 in /lib, just so the few things I had built against libc5 (binaries from my "Minimal" install) wouldn't be broken, until I was sure I could live completely libc5-free. Everything I was building from this point on was glibc, but I still had X and the bare necessities linked against libc5. I built a fresh kernel, rebuilt some of the basics now with glibc like bash and things I would need for compiling stuff (bison, flex, make, guile, termcap, blah ad infinitum; I essentially compiled stuff all day long), and built egcs-1.0.3a. All of this went off without a hitch, so I booted my fresh kernel. Everything came back on line, I verified the versions of all the programs I had compiled under glibc, and oddly enough I wasn't running into any problems. None. I set up networking and spent a brief time doing everyday stuff like web browsing and irc. I spent some more time compiling libs and apps, and I've come to some conclusions. Originally my intention was to produce a 100 0libc based system. A) That is a really ambitious project, and it makes you appreciate the work the people at SuSE, RedHat, Debian, Stampede, etc. do. B) The more I worked in my new glibc based system I saw no reason to eliminate libc5. The integration between my newly built glibc based apps and libs and my existing libc5 based apps and libs was pretty seamless. C) I noticed that some things that built fine under SuSE 5.2 didn't build under SuSE 5.2g. This was consistent with my brief RedHat 5.0 experience (Donnie, you know I don't mean that as an assault on RedHat, so don't get bent ;) ). I am not discounting operator error by any means, but regardless, I feel that glibc DOES choke on some source code that doesn't pose problems for libc5. In all fairness, this is probably because the development boxes were libc5 based, much the same way that Gnome doesn't like libc5 much because it is being developed (primarily) on glibc (although I saw one Gnome developer proclaim on the Gnome mailing list that he uses a libc5 box for development). D) Gnome _does_build_better_ in a glibc environment, but a couple of packages still gave my box the hiccups. I had as much luck getting mc to compile in glibc as I did in libc5. Is Gnome ready for the desktops of America's linux users? Not really. Is Gnome something we should all be keeping a watchful eye on? You bet. I think it's a popular misconception to think of Gnome as a gtk-based kde. This is developing technology (gnome and gtk) that is window manager independent and in the case of gtk we have a rapidly maturing interface that in time will allow the user to custom tailor the look to a degree that motif and qt simply aren't capable of. I was really surprised how painless the whole glibc thing was. I expected several days and many set backs getting things functioning. What I didn't expect was how peacefully libc5 would coexist with glibc. I could spend several more days converting to a solely glibc based system, but I don't really see the point now. I am going to reformat, do my regular SuSE install and then install glibc as a secondary c library so that I can link it for apps that, well who am I kidding, so I can keep compiling Gnome snapshots ;). But I am going to keep libc5 as my primary c library, because, for now, it seems to be more reliable/predictable for compiling source, something we all do a lot of. I'll let you know if I run into any problems, any apps or libs getting broken somehow, but libc5 and glibc seem to do all right together, something I wouldn't have expected. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] More on Netscape Lockup
by hlarons＠ComCAT.COM 12 Jun '98

12 Jun '98

Dwight Johnson posted a "sendmail" answer to my Netscape lockup problem which I have misplaced, so I cannot quote it. I replied that I could never get sendmail to send outgoing SMTP messages. With Dwight's suggestion and a lot of time with man smail, I have gotten smail to send messages, but only by the following: cat <message file name> | smail -t The -t option fetches the To address from the message itself. When the message is in smail's outgoing queue file, which is /var/spool/smail/input (I think), smail -t -q doesn't send the message, nor are any errors logged. What's going on? Is it required that the queued nail have some standard style filename like a message ID? I think that Dwight's solution will work out fine for me if I can get past this. Howard Arons Howard A Please reply to hlarons(a)rice.edu -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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