January 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] Sax-ual Healing?
by adairb＠it.postoffice.co.uk 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Dear All, I've loaded SUSE-linux 5.3 (previously running the 5.2 freebie from a UK magazine) and the X Server setup has changed to use Sax. Now when I set up the monitor I'm getting a screen desktop that "scrolls" i.e. if the mouse hits the left boundary the desktop scrolls left and if it hits the top it scrolls upwards. I hate this. How do I stop it as I can't see any settings in Sax for setting the virtual desktop size as opposed to the display size? Sax doesn't seem to work fully anyway as the window sizing screen (with the eight buttons) doesn't change size when I click on a button or shift position. TIA Bill - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] fetchmail crontab
by dizzy73＠connix.com 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Ok I figgured it out <grin> first I created a mini shell script vi getmail fetchmail connix.com chmod +x getmail <makes getmail executable> crontab -e <creates and edits a crontab in the users dir> 30 * * * * sh getmail<30 min,every month,day runs the shell script getmail> Im sure there are other methods using the full path rather than a shell script but it works for me. So now Ill tweek it so it gets the mail rite befor I get up in the am and have my coffee.. just fire up pine! any one have suggestions for downloading news ;-) seriously when its working.. fetchmail, procmail, diald, cron... its a beautifull thing!! rob -- Linux Home Page <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A</A>> Powered By ---> S.u.S.E 5.3 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] initial observations of redhat 5.2 (subjective - read it if youmust)
by mperry＠basin.com 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Greetings- If you got past the subject and want to read my decidedly subjective opinions of redhat 5.2 you are in the right place. I did a redhat install on /dev/hdb1 and am still wrestling with how to be able to compile a kernel and get it seen by lilo on /dev/hda. But thats not a redhat problem. I started by doing almost a complete custom installation and the install process was done in about 30 minutes. When I want to compile some things, it appears that some x devel things are missing. I dont understand why redhat would not include the xforms 88 libs since they are needed to compile things like xfmail or xisp. I dont particularly care for the netcfg thing. Its too big and clunky. SuSE did the xisp compile outa the box... The install was quite easy by anyone's standards and I was able to go into my suse distribution, mount the drive with redhat, find the kernel and copy it over, and then run lilo and go there directly. I have to admit that the installation was uneventful and went smoothly. Applications that come with redhat seem to be a mixed and varied bag but there are a lot. The cd rom set comes with 2 cd's and one cd of applications. Its a lot. Desktop standards. I boot into the fvwm2 desktop but I dont like it. There is no yast type tool to move .fvwm2rc files around. Got to go looking. Configuration of the X server was quite easy since the install packager identified everything for me. An odd thing was that it found my adaptec 2940 ultrawide card but did not give me this in the kernel. Oh well, got to read about how to compile a kernel next. Ease of use. Redhat 5.2 is quite easy to setup. I got sendmail.cf aliasing my email address immediately and got online after locating and building wvdial. What I like the best. I like suse; I like redhat. I like em both. I cannot seem to find the x development libraries in redhat and therefore cannot compile things too well. My favorite emailer, tkrat, fails even though the rpm succeeds. I could not compile it either even though redhat has the latest tcl/tk on board. Extremely subject recommendation. RedHat 5.2 is worth it. I enjoy using it and figuring things out about it. SuSE is quite worth it. Use both and be happy. Next chapter - next week. Turbolinux. Stay tuned. Michael Perry mperry(a)basin.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 Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] RAM ?
by hatridge＠straubing.baynet.de 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Hi All; I've a 486/33 that was built in 1992. I have 8mg Main Mem (ie 8x1mg). I want to upgrade it. My manual says that it can only use up to 8x4mg. Is this right? At the time all anyone had was 4mg chips. If I put 8 or 16mg chips in will the BIOS work, will Linux see them? TIA! J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!! Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] X and monitor modes definitions
by mcleod＠ssc.es 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Hello all, I also suffered long ago from havin' to tweak the mode definitions of the X window to be able to see anything, but since I'm a text mode user , only recently moved to gui's I never got a real problem. But this one thing that could frustate many users when they come to linux, there's no other way of doin'? I suspect there is , because sdd for linux doesn't use (at my knoledge) those definitions. Maybe we should follow this approach and do a similar system ?. Vicente Werner - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] could you help me, please ?
by zentara＠netfrog.net 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Ec|ipse wrote: > > Though another option, if you have used linux before, and want to > customize everything from start to finish and don't mind learning all > the minute details, then try Slakware. :) though I find SuSE to have > many similarities to Slak. > I got my first start with Slackware with release 1.1 about 4 years ago. I couldn't get X to run at all, but I did discover Midnight Commander. That was worth it. I did like the way they set it up to allow installation through a set of floppies. All .tgz files too, no rpm's. :-) I was reading somewhere on the suse web site about the history of it, and it seems that Suse is a "descendent" of Slackware. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] What to do: SuSE 6.0?
by camst65+＠pitt.edu 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Okay, So I have 5.3 running nicely. When 6.0 comes out (just a couple of weeks right?), what do I do. Will a complete upgrade (patch) to 6.0 be possible for a Linux neophyte? Will SuSE make available clean, clear docs on exactly how to do this? SHould I just buy 6.0 and start from scratch? Thanks, Chris (Most important to me in 6.0 is obvioulsy the glibc stuff) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] AMD Pocessor and EPOX mainboard
by wmmvdwee＠hawedo.com 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

hi all, Does anyone run SuSe 5.3 Linux with an AMD K6 -2 P400MHZ MMX 3D processor and/or an EPOX MVP3EM mainboard. The hardware support database of SuSe does mention AMD and EPOX but not the specific type. I'm upgrading my system and like to buy the above mentioned processor and mainboard. (cheaper than Aopen or Asus, and Intel) If somebody run one of these please give me your experience. Thanks Rgds Wil - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] send mail and dns
by dsiebert＠gate.net 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

I need to set up a mailserver for my network and I don't know where to start. The network does not have a domain name just in IP address. I have books on DNS and Sendmail but they are both overkill for what I want to do. Website <A HREF="http://www.eclipsecat.com"><A HREF="http://www.eclipsecat.com</A">http://www.eclipsecat.com</A</A>> The home of Advantage Software the makers of Eclipse - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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No Subject
by miguel.oliv＠mail.telepac.pt 16 Jan '99

16 Jan '99

Hi everybody, Does anyone know what does the message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-6 in the /var/log/messages file mean and how can it be fixed? Thanks, Miguel Afonso Oliveira - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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