September 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] KDM won't start
by steve＠millsphoto.com 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

I had this thing working on a previous install. Now when I try to start a config I get the notice that there is no type line in the config file. If I click on kdmrc I get a shutdown. Any clues? It's really nice to have options on the login. -- Steve Mills steve(a)millsphoto.com <A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com"><A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com</A">http://www.millsphoto.com</A</A>> Great wallpapers live here. - 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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Re: [SuSE Linux] ppp server--HELP
by ingi＠elit.se 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

Hi, I got this working and I tried to document it. You can find this document (dont expect to much!) on my homepage "<A HREF="http://elvis.elit.se/~ingi"><A HREF="http://elvis.elit.se/~ingi</A">http://elvis.elit.se/~ingi</A</A>>", which is a temporary homepage (we just changed from using IIS 4.0 to Lotus Domino 4.6 and they haven't fixed the homepages yet...). Follow the Linux... link. Good luck. - Ingvaldur > >Has anyone got linux to work as a ppp >server for >win NT 4.0 and/or win 98. I've been >beating my >head against a wall on this one. PPP >dials out >OK and I can get the win box to login >using mgetty >and PAP but I can't pass packets. Who on >Linux >tells me I'm logged in and on the >correct ttyS0 >--win 98 says connected via PAP and tcp >up-- >BUT, NO ping or tcpip?? >Getting very aggravated since I had this >working >on an old slackware system with win 95. >Len >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e - 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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[SuSE Linux] Serial configuration
by chajj001＠leicester.gov.uk 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

Hello, Does anyone know how to configure serial ports in Linux? How can you tell if your serial irq' etc are OK? I've tried stty but can't make much sense of it. How do you recompile serial.o? Tried all sorts but can't get it to work but commes back with 'No such rule in Rules.make'. I'm still desperately trying to get my serial comms to work so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. John Chajecki, Network Consultant (CNE4) LAN/Wan Team, IT Services, C&TS Town Clerk's Dept., Leicester City Council E-mail: chajj001(a)leicester.gov.uk, Tel:44 116 252 7661 - 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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[SuSE Linux] Maelstrom
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

I tried Maelstrom again today.....it's still "busted." It will NOT work with the OSS drivers. I'm surprised a fixed version didn't ship with 5.3. Fred -- - Windows 98 supports real multitasking - it can boot and crash simultaneously - Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fmiller(a)lightlink.com fm(a)cupserv.org - 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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[SuSE Linux] Expert HELP! libncurses.so.3.0/4.0?
by hattons＠CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

I had the kde up and running under libc2, qt4, compiled with egcs with two exceptions, I could not log on using KDM and I could not launch kvt. When I ldd /opt/kde/bin/kvt I saw that it was looking for libncurses.so.4.0. I looked and all I had on my system was 3.0 so I ran YAST to install the libncurses rpm and kvt started working. YAST gave me a warning that i4.0 conflicted with 3.0. Well now the system won't boot. Says it can't find libncurses.3.0. I mounted from the S.u.S.E. disk and did a find /usr -name libncurses* and found only libncurses.so.3.0 -> /lib/libncurses.so.4.0.1. I did not see libncurses.so.4.0.1 under /lib. I then tried to ln -s /lib/libncurses.so.3.0.980228 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.3.0 and rebooted. I still get an error that the system can open libncurses. I then went and looked at the /lib again and there is no libncurses.so.3.0.980228 in lib. The symlink is still there, so I know the file had to be there when I made the symlink. Even stranger there is a libncurses.so.4.0.1 in /lib now. I baffled. Does anyone have any suggestion? What I am most interested in is, will libncurses.so.3.0 cause the system not to boot? TIA, Steve - 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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[SuSE Linux] dump and a boot disk
by chiodi＠home.com 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

I am using dump to backup my suse 5.3 server. I want to be able to restore if a total failure occurs. My question is how to I make a root disk that contains the program restore on a floppy so I can my entire setup from one boot and one root floppies and the tapes? ___________________ Jt - 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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Re: [SuSE Linux] how to mount readonly using YaST ?
by katt＠dsuper.net 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

On Mon, 07 Sep 1998, you wrote: >Hi! > >Trying to kill the keyboard, morgad(a)mail.eclipse.co.uk produced: >> how would i use YaST to mount partitions (say my win95 ones) >> readonly ? - i have done it by editing /etc/fstab by hand, but was >> wondering if i could have done it more easily. Well, Iknow that when I installed SuSE Linux 5.2 I was able to mount my Win98 partition at the same time I created my Linux and Swap partitions using YaST, so I'd imagine you can. But, as was said, if you know what you are doing, editing fstab is faster. Try the mount command, I believe you can mount a dos/Win9x partition that way too. Katt - 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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[SuSE Linux] Permissions
by sphilp＠ameritech.net 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Hello, I'm a long-time Linux user, but extremely new to SuSE. I'm having a bit of a problem that I'm not sure how to solve cleanly. I'd like my normal users to be able to start a PPP connection to my ISP. In order to do that, I added the users to the dialout group (per a set of instructions that I read somewhere -- Users' Manual maybe?). They are still unable to start PPP, being given an error reading: /etc/suseppp/generic.options: access denied Now, if I change the permissions on /etc/suseppp/generic.* to 660, all is fine. Unfortunately, anytime SuSEconfig runs, it resets the perms on that file. I've grep'ed through the /etc/permissions* stuff, but didn't see anything in those to point out where the permissions are being reset from. Anyone have an idea? Finally, am I going about this incorrectly? Is there something I should be using instead? Thanks for the help! -- Steve Philp sphilp(a)ameritech.net "The Internet is like crack for smart people" --Arsenio Hall - 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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[SuSE Linux] X-Server problem?
by phil＠stokes.demon.co.uk 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

I've just upgraded from 5.2 to 5.3 and come across a small problem. Previously, when logged in as myself, I could su to root and start an application from within an xterm, for example tkdesk. This is handy for browsing and selecting system files that require me to be root to examine or edit them. Since upgrading however, when I su to root and try to run an application from an xterm I get: stokes:/home/phil # Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server application-specific initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" I seem to remember this cropped up when I first installed linux, but I can't for the life of me recall what I did to overcome it. I guess it must be a setting in an X related config file somewhere. Can anyone help please? Phil -- Philip Stokes <phil(a)stokes.demon.co.uk> - 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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[SuSE Linux] Off topic...Oregonians unite
by steve＠millsphoto.com 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Looks like we have quite a contingency who have 1)either lived in heaven previously or 2)do now or 3)wish they still did. Apologies for those who don't know why Oregon is so great. <A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com"><A HREF="http://www.millsphoto.com</A">http://www.millsphoto.com</A</A>> - 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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