January 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] Video card upgrade suggestions?
by risch＠tir.com 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

I have a DiamondMM 3D 2000 w/4 Mb Ram and although it functions reasonably well I'd like to upgrade to something better, something that will serve for the near future primarily for graphics apps other than games. The Matrox G200 sounds very good, but there are others such as the Elsa Gloria, to name just one, I've heard of. I frankly do not understand the connection between the various 2-D and 3-D cards. Are there nay sites that might give me some insights into this subject? As I do not own a TV I hope to include that aspect on my Linux box, as well. So the Matrox Marvel G200 has sounded good. Anu suggestions would be appreciated. Currently I'm digging into The GIMP, Blender, and I may look at VariCAD. I do make my living with AutoCAD in Messy$oft. TIA Bob Powered by 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 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] Re: daily kernel core dumps
by mantel＠suse.de 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, Subba Rao wrote: > I have noticed that my system has daily core dump in the root / directory. The only binaries on / are the > kernels. This has happened with kernels SuSE 5.2 through 2.0.36 > > Is anyone experiencing the same problem? It is odd that a kernel core dumps on a daily basis. > What and how, do I look for in the core dump, to detect the error? I don't think the kernel dumps core on a daily basis. Some time a program dumped core. Now you get a warning every day from cron that it found a core file which is older than 7 days. Just remove it. > TIA. > > Subba Rao -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v - 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-terminal problems
by kpadgham＠kevp.demon.co.uk 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

I am using X-winPro V3.4 from LabTam, It is the best x-client I have found so far, but.... when I log into X-windows on Suse-5.2 the spacebar stops working in the session..!! This problem only happens with X installed on Suse, which leads me to beleive that this is a specific problem with the Suse-5.2 platform I am also running FreeBSD & Redhat, which both work fine... Does anyone know why? or can anyone recommend a good alternative to X-WinPro? Many Thanks Regards K.Padgham - 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] Database programing tools
by johnvv＠hotmail.com 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

>Perl hmmm. Perl is a sysadmin created improvement on various UNIX utilites such as awk and sh. Your perception that it is only for reports is common since only 3 years ago, that is what it was. It does provide interfaces to just about every dataserver out there, MySQl being the favorite. It uses a concept called "tie" to tie variables to elements inside the dataserver, when an variable gets changed the dataserver is triggered to mirror the perl change, hence its nickname - the glue language. For this reason, it is the most common back end language on the web, virtually all CGI is written in it. Perl is full functioning in every way, but my OO dataserver is possibly the only perl only solution out there, I think it is a significant step, but I am not getting the support I need to complete the project. Why, thats a long story. It is generally considered a good second best to C language, C is very likely where I will be going in parallel to Java though I may have to give up some other projects to make room, such as my paycheck :( Java is a well thought out approach and while it may have its faults it is the only long term escape from MicroSleaze, at least right now. The Java database I mentioned looks promising, as I said, OO databases can be very efficent. Have a nice vacation, John van V. ______________________________________________________ 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 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] Re: Postfix
by mantel＠suse.de 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

Hi, On Wed, Dec 30, Tom Torrance wrote: > Has anyone managed to get Weitse Venema's (sp?) Postfix mta > running under SuSE? Of course. Just look at the headers of _THIS_ mail. > <A HREF="http://www.postfix.org"><A HREF="http://www.postfix.org</A">http://www.postfix.org</A</A>> > > I understand that the FreeBSD folks have been using it > without problems for the past 4 months for their mailing > lists - they are planning to release it as an optional > replacement for sendmail. > > Tom -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v - 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] Re: Re: Compiling Kernet
by mantel＠suse.de 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

Hi, On Mon, Dec 28, millerd wrote: > > In order to be able to help you we need to know: > > > > - description of the hardware Is this processor and detailed m/b > > description? The most important thing is how your disks are attached. SCSI or EIDE?

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[SuSE Linux] New HD
by chris＠usma.demon.co.uk 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

I've just bought a new 3.2GB HD in addition to my 1.6GB. The latter currently has Win95 (spread over 1 primary partition and several virtual partitions) and a single Linux ext2 plus Linux swap. I would welcome recommendations for how to partition the Linux parts of my existing disk, and the new HD. I'd like to keep my existing dual-boot options on HD1 as they are, but just keep the bare minimum Linux 'system' files on there (to give back a bit more space to Win95 - it will be a while before I can dump it!), with the bulk (plus StarOffice and other apps) on HD2. Your thoughts would be appreciated (BTW, I've only got a 'small' 5.2 installation at present, as I'm waiting for 6.0 to appear to get the full package). Regards, -- Chris Keenan - 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] Re: Limit to the maximum number of files that can be opened?
by mantel＠suse.de 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, Robert Goley wrote: > I am having trouble with an application that we recently ported to suse > linux. We are getting errors when running reports that open more that > 24-28 database files. We are using Faircom Ctree local database. It > does not seem to be a database problem but a file limit problem. Is > there a way to specify the maximum number of files that can be opened at > a system or user level. We use other unix flavors also that we have had > to do this to but I am at a loss as for where to start in linux(having > already checked the kernel and yast and other files in the /etc dir). > Any suggestions? The maximum number of open files for the whole system can be tuned at runtime using: echo "4096" > /proc/sys/kernel/file-max echo "12288" > /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max This sets the number of open files to 4096 The number of open files per program is 256. If this is not enough for your application, you need to use a patched kernel (see ftp.suse.com:/pub/SuSE-Linux/suse_update/kernel/Informix) and recompile the application with a redefined value of NR_OPEN. A pre-patched kernel for large fds will be contained in SuSE Linux 6.0 -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v - 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] Video RAM vs. System RAM and Ifconfig reporting 10mps on 100mps NIC's
by daleg＠preferred.com 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

(I'm reposting this message in hopes someone with th answers will find it.) Hi everyone, Well, I just upgraded my network to 100baseTx. WOW! What a difference it made! I used all Linksys products: 8 port dual speed hub; 10/100 PCI NIC's. I have set up one system as an X-Server using KDM login and two systems as X-Terminals. The server runs on a 266 Mhz AMD K-6 with 128 Megs and two WD Caviar 6.4's. The terminals are AMD P-90 and Cyrix PR-200 with 16 and 32 Megs, Seagate 1 Gig and Caviar 2 Gigs. Video is S3 Virge and Riva 128, each with 4 Megs. The server runs the onboard SiS, and using the latest SVGA from XFree86 3.3.3, it works fairly well. All machines run at 1280x1024 16 Bit. I am also running X-WinPro 5.0 on top of "98" on another machine. Nice package. -- The X-WinPro, that is. ;-) The server also provides SAMBA disk services to the "98" machine as well as makes use of its NEC (Windows only --GAK!) laser, and intranet web services via APACHE. Linux is the best thing since sliced bread! And, SuSE is the butter on that bread! Having worked with Linux regularly for only about a year, I know I have lots yet to learn. But, I hope to make the terminals completely diskless, or at least only with a floppy, in the near future. As it stands, they have a roughly minimal SuSE installation. Setting up the terminals via the server's CD-ROM using NFS was a snap. I have experimented with trying to find the optimal amount of RAM for the terminals using DIMM's I had handy. I started with 8 Megs which proved too little -- lots of swapping. Now, one has 16 and the other 32. Both seem to work fine. I suppose I was under the mistaken impression that system RAM was not that important once X was loaded. I would greatly appreciate someone explaining to me why? Would, for instance, more RAM on the video cards make less system RAM be needed since we are dealing with only terminals which run nothing but the X server locally? Being diskless excludes, of course, using a swap partition. Now all of that said, here is my main question. Why does ifconfig report the NIC's as running at only 10mps? There is no doubt that the cards are linked at 100mps. Their greatly increased performance over 10mps is obvious. And, of course, the indicator lights on the cards and the hub show they are linked at 100mps. I downloaded and made the latest tulip module from Donald Becker's NASA CEDIS site. It is v.90 and is definitely being loaded on bootup. I have tried several different options in modules.conf -"100baseTx" etc. Valid options are listed in the the makefile. Where does the 100mps actually take place? Is it solely on the, what I would call, hardware side? I mean from NIC > hub > NIC. Or, does the module driver play a role in actual data throughput? Simply put, does the module influence performance and if it does, how do I get it to run at 100mps? Thanks a Million for any Help! :-) -- D. R. Grindstaff MACROSHAFT Corp. has Performed an Illegal Operation and Will be Shut Down !!!!! Powered by SuSE 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] Suse Linux
by brawnius＠satlink.com 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

I 'm using SAMBA in a linux SERVER (suse 5.3) , and having some problems with the velocity of execution of a program DOS from a win95 client (TCP/IP protocol) . Checking the NET with "PING" the time for a packet of 64 bytes is 0.5 ms from any terminal . which implicates a net velocity of 600 Kb/s Question? Is there , a protocol , for example IPX/SPX of NOVELL NET faster than others ???? How can I improve the perfomance of my NET with linux and samba , or must I install other SERVER software with other protocoll ??? Thanks for your answers , and have a good new year............. - 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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