September 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] Linux File Size Limits
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

A question I've just been asked which I realise I don't have a definite answer to. What is the maximum file size limit on the Linux ext2 file system? (At one time, there was a 2GB limit on an ext2 filesystem as a whole. I gather this has now been raised to 4 terabytes -- is this definitively true?) Someone I know did test this question a while ago by doing cat /dev/zero > filename and it stopped when the size of "filename" hit 2GB, from which he inferred that the 2GB size limit still applies, but to files as opposed to filesystems. If there's a FAQ, HOWTO or other definitive documentation about this I'd be most obliged for a pointer. With thanks, and best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 07-Sep-98 Time: 11:40:10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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] ne2k-pci.o saga continues
by nick.bowling＠dial.pipex.com 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Hello, OK so the rule "If it ain't broke don't fix it," may have some basis in truth. Further to my previous weeping and wailing I have sort of sorted the problem. Zentara said and I agree that there is confusion in config.modules eth0 was loading ne.o instead of ne2k-pci.o. This is, I think caused by the initial set up program. Manually editing this file and setting options io= and irq= gets the right drivers loaded. However, the biggest Eureka goes to the discovery that a warm boot from Windoze really screws up the PCI bus. A clean DOS boot disk followed by a quicker loadlin saw the network card recognised and the drivers loaded, hooray! Unfortunately... two more problems now occur. 1. Pinging a Win98 box with it's IP number gets a "network unreachable..." 2. TKDesk in X now locks up the computer so bad I have to do a hard reset! I really want this Linux thing to work, I am attempting to set up a model Intranet to show my boss who quite rightly feels that Microsoft's bloatware offerings are overkill. One Linux box accessed by several Win 9x clients is a cost effective system; what am I doing wrong? Nick Bowling - 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] G++
by mik.olsson＠goteborg.mail.telia.com 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

IŽm little bit of a newbie on Linux so please donŽt flame me. I have tried to get wvdial-1.0 to work. In the README file it says that i need GCC 2.7.2 or higher.. I have SuSE 5.3 with 2.7.2.1. But when i type make it says that it canŽt find G++. ArenŽt it suppose to be installed with the gcc packet? I find it in the man pages. IŽm i stupid or what? - 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] Motorolla PNP modem and Linux 5.2
by Katt＠dsuper.net 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Hello, Well after countless rebootin, reading the F& manual and blind trying, I have SuSE Linux 5.2 working on my system, including X windows system. Now, if I could get my modem to work under it. <g> Using YaST I setup my modem, but it does not seem to work. Neither minicom nor Seyon, not to mention pppd seemt to be able to get it. My modem is a Motorola VoiceSurfer 56K PnP. Anyone can suggest something? Thanks. -- Katt Freyson Montreal, Canada Any order that can be misunderstood has been misunderstood. - 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] NE2000 ne2k-pcci.o problem
by nick.bowling＠dial.pipex.com 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Hello: I need help! I am trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2. I have found the installation generally straight forward except for one thing, I can't get my network card to work. It is a LinkSys EtherPCI LAN CARD II which is reported by the set up program as an ne2000 clone. This coresponds with the information given by LinkSys on their web site which recommends the ne2k-pci.o driver. Under Win98 the card works fine with TCP/IP and is reported at i/o 0xFCE0 - FCFF and irq=9, but seems undetectable under Linux, it is either reported as absent or "device busy" when atempting to load the correct module. Having tried every possible combination of settings I can find I am now at a loss. The following messages are displayed at boot time; Setting up network device eth0 SIOCSIFADDR: No such device SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device which I realise means the driver isn't installing despite being set up in YAST Can you please provide a step by step guide to setting this card up from the root prompt(I am a unix newbie)or point me in the right direction. I normally try to work things like this out for myself but this time I am completely confused. Thanks Nick Bowling nick.bowling(a)dial.pipex.com - 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] WindowMaker-0.19.1 RPMS
by sphilp＠ameritech.net 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Well, I've gone and done it! After many hours of smacking my head against .spec files, a few reads through the diff infopages, a bit more Diet Coke than the FDA would prefer me to ingest, and nearly a pack of smokes, I've finally created some rpms I can be proud of. My mother, on the other hand, would probably beat me senseless for at least a couple of the above offenses. WindowMaker 0.19.1 is now available for SuSE 5.3. Being new around here, I don't know where it's most appropriate to send these off to. I don't have any available web/ftp space, and none of you wants to suffer FTP attempts over this tiny 28.8k modem link. So, where should these be placed? I've got both binary and source rpms available for WindowMaker-0.19.1 and WindowMaker-data. -- 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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Re: [SuSE Linux] A weekend of frustration!
by chajj001＠leicester.gov.uk 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

LenZ, I suspected that there may be a good reason why scripts should not be run from root, after all I guess a lot of damage can be done - hence the security precautions. However, I could not find any info in the Howto's about this. Thanks for this suggestion. I will give it a try. I'm only trying to run a ppp-on script so that shouldn't cause me too much trouble should it? > Hi, > > On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, John Chajecki wrote: > > > Scripts don't run. Neither shell scripts nor perl scripts run despite > > the '#!/bin/sh' and '#!/usr/bin/perl' lines being present. I just get > > 'Command not found'. I accidentally found that I *could* execute > > scripts while logged in as a user other then root so it appears that > > only root cannot execute scripts. > > > > In both cases I have been working as root because I want to set > > things up. I am aware of the rule 'use root only for administrative > > tasks'. Once I am sure everything is working OK I will use > > a standard user account. > > How did you attempt to start these scripts? For security reasons, root > does not have the current directory in his PATH environment variable by > default. If you want to run a script or executable from the current > directory, you have to prefix it with "./". Hope that helps. > > LenZ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer S.u.S.E. GmbH > <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Gebhardtstrasse 2 > <A HREF="http://www.suse.de"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>> 90762 Fuerth, Germany > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > 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] CAD programs...
by alan＠abstraction.compulink.co.uk 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Not really SuSE related... But, Does anyone know of a CAD program for Linux that can at least read, if not write, AutoCAD .DWG files? Thanks. -- Cheers! Alan. alan(a)abstraction.compulink.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] A weekend of frustration!
by chajj001＠leicester.gov.uk 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

Hi there, I have just spent virtualy the whole weekend trying to get certain things to get working under my new SuSE Linux 5.2 installation and got very little accomplished. I got the soundcard to work, and printing to my Epson Stylus 600 works OK, but at a snail's pace. I still have the following problems: Problem 1: Can't get serial comms to work. Have tried minicom, seyon, ezppp and wvdial. None of these work. Basically, I can get my modem to dial and establish a connection to either of my ISP's but get no data throughput which means that I never get to the login prompt no matter how many times I tap the return key. I have only one option at this point: hangup - which also works fine!. Problem 2: Scripts don't run. Neither shell scripts nor perl scripts run despite the '#!/bin/sh' and '#!/usr/bin/perl' lines being present. I just get 'Command not found'. I accidentally found that I *could* execute scripts while logged in as a user other then root so it appears that only root cannot execute scripts. In both cases I have been working as root because I want to set things up. I am aware of the rule 'use root only for administrative tasks'. Once I am sure everything is working OK I will use a standard user account. Has anyone experienced or can help me resolve these proplems? I ended up doing a complete re-install twice to try and get these problems (particularly the comms one) resolved but no joy. At the moment my opinion of SuSE Linux is very low. I should not have to spend two full days installing and doing a basic config of an operating system! I would appreciate having my confidence in it restored! Regards. 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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SV: [SuSE Linux] Problem with ppp-up generic
by mik.olsson＠goteborg.mail.telia.com 07 Sep '98

07 Sep '98

I digged up an old manual for my modem and found an initstring, that was good for datakommunication. A little bit long and i donŽt know what it really does,but it works now :) AT&C1&D2S0=0S7=60V1X4Z ---------- > Från: Michael Salmon <Michael.Salmon(a)uab.ericsson.se> > Till: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Ämne: Re: [SuSE Linux] Problem with ppp-up generic > Datum: den 7 september 1998 10:48 > > > +----- On Sun, 06 Sep 1998 15:20:43 +0200, "Mikael Olsson" writes: > | > | I have set up my modem and made a generic ppp script for my ISP. > | After i type in ppp-up generic > | I get a message a about the init string > | +++ATZ > | Then the whole thing freezes. > | Anyone else got a simular problem? > > I recently changed modems and although it didn't freeze it didn't work > with +++ATZ either. I checked the man page and changed the string to > +\d+\d+\dATZ which is much more correct. A modem shouldn't respond to > +++ as that string could occur normally. The acceptable delay is in one > of the S registers but IIRC 3 seconds is the default value. > > /Michael > > - > 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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