September 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] 5.3
by mlankton＠home.com 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

I have recieved a rather overwhelming number of responses from list members expressing their regret over my leaving the list. That's very gratifying, thanks to all of you who wrote. I did give 5.3 another shot this morning/afternoon. Modularized sound via the kernel drivers is broken, period. I thought, well, I'll swallow my pride and use OSS if that means I'll be able to use 5.3. OSS does work properly, but then it breaks my joystick. I can use isapnp _just_ to initialize my joystick, then I have sound working via OSS and a very broken joystick driver. If you don't want to use a gamepad/joystick, and you don't mind using OSS for sound, then 5.3 is probably an excellent dist. I am _not_ going to give up sound, or my joystick, so I can't use 5.3. I am not giving up any functionality just to have new versions of software I already have. I'm still pissed, but I'll get over it. Sorry about my reaction on the list yesterday, but I probably take my S.u.S.E. more seriously than anyone, and when 5.3 was a wash it was like my puppy had been hit by a car. I really was disappointed beyond words. Thanks again to those who wrote me. -- .###. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</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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[SuSE Linux] /root # gcc glibc.c, ../bin/ld: no input files
by hattons＠CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

Ok, now I broke it! I went through the How-To on glibc 2. When I was finished I tried to compile the glibc.c and this is what I get: nariana:/root # gcc glibc.c /usr/i486-linux/bin/ld: no input files Any clues? TIA, Steve -- The linux counter: <A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>> -Registered Linux User # 79059 S.u.S.E. Linux: <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> KDE: <A HREF="http://www.kde.org"><A HREF="http://www.kde.org</A">http://www.kde.org</A</A>> SaMBa: <A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au"><A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au</A">http://samba.anu.edu.au</A</A>> Mathematica: <A HREF="http://wri.com"><A HREF="http://wri.com</A">http://wri.com</A</A>> StarOffice: <A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com"><A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com</A">http://www.stardivision.com</A</A>> I think. I think I am, Therefore I am. I think? - Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues - 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] Goodbye Micheal
by alfiesty＠chaffee.net 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

Michael Lankton wrote: > Well, I'm pretty much heartbroken over 5.3. I cancelled my subscription > to S.u.S.E. and I am cancelling my mailing list subscription after I > make this post, so I wanted to say goodbye, and that I had fun with you > guys the last 9 months or so. I wish everyone at S.u.S.E. success, and > best wishes to all of you on the mailing list. > Cya It seems to me there was a real dichotomy with ML? On one hand he was a fountain of good advise. On the other he seemed to "fly off the handle" REAL easy(see above). I don't know whether to be sad or happy over his exit. Jim - 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] 5.3
by jwaalkes＠edge.net 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

Hi all, I have a IBM 755CX thinkpad with PCMCIA slots, and using Suse 5.2 they don't work. I've tried cardmgr and have looked in '/proc/devices' (nothing there) and lsmod shows nothing either. With RH 5.1, it just came up working. So I know they *should* work. I d'led the latest PCMCIA driver and installed it, but it's still not working. In fact, cardmgr doesn't give out any messages whatsoever and as far as I can tell, doesn't do anything. The how-to and the man page (other than the need to install the latest-n-greatest driver) didn't really point me anywhere. Can anybody help? Thanks, John - 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] backup
by jonahy＠hotmail.com 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

i have perfectbackup on my machine, new to backup. does one has to mount the floppy before backing up files. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.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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[SuSE Linux] S.u.S.E. Linux Y2K compliant?
by kar＠webline.dk 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

There's a lot of talk about Y2K now. Some companies are looking into changing their server to one that is Y2K compliant. This is a chance for Linux. Some companies even made a statement about their systems, software or distribution. Shouldn't S.u.S.E. do the same? Look for example at <A HREF="http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/year2000.html"><A HREF="http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/year2000.html</A">http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/year2000.html</A</A>> The following web sites discuss Linux and the Year 2000: Linux and Year 2000 (Christopher Browne) Linux and Year 2000 (UK.Linux.Org) GNU Software in the Year 2000 List of GNU Software and 1999/2000 Problems Year 2000 Compliance: Lawyers, Liars, and Perl Open Group Desktop Technologies in the Year 2000 Apache Year 2000 Statement Apache and the Year 2000 Caldera Year 2000 Project Redhat Year 2000 Statement Debian and the Millennium Bug Year 2000 FAQ /Ole -- There _is_ an alternative - Linux. - 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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No Subject
by jonahy＠hotmail.com 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

i have perfectbackup on my machine, new to backup. does one has to mount the floppy before backing up files. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.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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Re: [SuSE Linux] partition 5g hd help!!
by Drow＠Blazenet.net 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

-----Original Message----- From: Robert Metelsky <reefkeep(a)connix.com> >Apparently suse 5.3 sees the harddisk geometry as 4092/16/63 > >I've had to add a bios update card by Micro firmware >the bios IDE adapter config menu reads as follows >ISA Legacy Interface Assignments >ISA Primary 1F0h autotype IRQ:14 >ISA Secondary 170h autotype IRQ:15 >ISA Tertiary 1E8h autotype IRQ:11 >ISA Quaternary 168h autotype IRQ 10 > Seems to me like you have a spanking new EIDE/UDMA drive connected to a rather old machine..... ( IDE adapters running on an ISA bus instead of EIDE on a PCI bus ) If this is the case your machine(bios) doesn't support LBA mode EIDE which would remap the drive to something like 675cyl/255heads/16sectors..... if this is the case... I THINK that the old isa buses can't handle more that 1024/63/16 or something like that which would account for only being about to get 1meg. I don't see this a being a Linux related prob, but more like a hardware/bios issue. Just my uneducated guess on the matter. Glad to give you more if you like..... >Device configuration >ISA Primary 1F0h Device 0 (master) [Maxtor 90576D4] > >BIOS version 1.61 >BIOS feature codes AHM > - 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] �lp offline
by jclaude＠bow.intnet.mu 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

My Canon BJC250 is online and connected to the parallel port. I am not using GhostScript. lpq states that the printer is offline while it is physically online. lprm cannot remove the print job. I have changed the configuration of the printer from /devlp0 to /dev/lp1 and /dev/lp2. No change. Is there anyone who can help? J C

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[SuSE Linux] slashdot dist poll
by roberto＠cbvcp.com 05 Sep '98

05 Sep '98

hey y'all :) There's a poll at /. , so let's have a good showing. -- Aaron Seelye Running S.u.S.E. 5.2 <A HREF="http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto"><A HREF="http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto</A">http://revolution.3-cities.com/~roberto</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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