November 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] lost colors from momitor , its now only monochrome
by samelash＠ix.netcom.com 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Hi folks, Screwed up my firewall machine , It now only displays in monochrome , no more colors. I know there must be a simple setting that need to be reset to color , in yast some where (cant find it and doint want to reinstall at this juncture) How do I get color settings back ?? Startx works in color , proiblems ar in normal/terminal mode Thanks Samy -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] KMail: segfault
by koos.pol＠nl.compuware.com 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

With the new KDE update from SuSE, my KMail segfaults. Anyone having this experience and nows what the problem is? (Using 6.0. Added libc's from 6.1 /usr/local/lib _NOT_ in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.) Koos Pol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S.C. Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol(a)nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] AGP graphics boards
by colWilson＠bigfoot.com 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

I would like to go buy a new AGP board because my Win98(not linux) falls over due to a unspecified problem which I suspect this might cure. I'm trying to work out if a ATI expert@work AGP will work with linux if I do. Can anyone help? or even advise? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] bug in init on SuSE 6.2
by wsandman＠tool.net 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Greetings all, I'm working to integrate my UPS with my SUSE 6.2 system. At present I'm using Tom Webster's genpowerd package, which I've used successfully on SuSE distributions in the past. I've got the whole thing successfully installed except for one problem. The concept is this: genpowerd runs as a daemon monitoring a serial port. When the ups goes on batteries (since the power failed) it signals the serial port and consequently genpowerd. genpowerd writes to the file /etc/powerstatus FAIL and sends kill -s SIGPWR to init. init them executes the script defined inittab. Simple enough eh? This is marked in inittab by the marker powerfail or powerwait with an entry like: pf::powerfail:/sbin/init.d/genpowerfail start If the power returns genpowerd rewrites /etc/powerstatus to OK and init again gets the kill -s SIGPWR. This time since the powerstatus file is "OK" init executes the scipt in inittab defined by the marker powerokwait. In my case: po::powerokwiat:/sbin/init.d/genpowerd stop Note the difference in the arguments being passed to genpowerd in each case. "start" is sent under power fail conditions and stop should be sent when power is restored. Under SuSE 6.2 however the stop argument is never sent to genpowerd. init, it appears, never checks the file /etc/powerstattus, or if it does, it fails to respond properly by executing the command associated with powerwait in inittab. Has anyone else noticed this behavior? Is this FEBCAC, or time for a bug report? If it's FEBCAC, help this lowly hacker with the fix you found, since I'm pulling out what precious little hair I have trying to figure out why my results are not as advertised. I did notice in the man page for init that this method of communication with is "discouraged" and I expect will eventually be deprecated. For the time being (and until I can get time to rewrite the interface for genpowerd) I'd like to make sure that there is a problem with init before I file a bug report. Any help, observations, ideas or suggestions will be happily received. Thanks in advance. best, __ Wm. J. Sandman III Need Win95 or BETTER? Systems Programmer MacOs crashed your new G3? Internet Tool & Die Try Linux... wsandman(a)tool.net It's not just for breakfast anymore. PGP Key fingerprint = 7C C5 22 45 07 62 4C D9 94 CA C7 C1 44 FF BA D4 <HR> <UL> <LI>application/pgp-signature attachment: stored </UL> -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] SuSE6.3 evaluation iso??
by suse_list＠hotmail.com 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Will the new SuSE 6.3 be uploaded to the ftp site as an evaluation version with possibly an iso image? The older versions use to be available in this way, but 6.2 was not. Does anyone know why this is? Will it change for the next version? Cheers, Brad. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Test for hacker attack weakness on your PC....
by jlkreps＠navix.net 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Checks your PC against hacker attack while you are connected to the web... http://www.grc.com/default.htm -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] deleting failed print jobs from queue.
by imagicra＠azstarnet.com 28 Nov '99

28 Nov '99

my bjc1000 was working fine for 2 days, then for no explicable reason, does nothing. no matter what i try to do to get rid of failed printjobs in the queue they keep popping back up. i try uninstalling plp, aps disconnecting printer cable, shutting down, restarting, reinstalling plp & aps, then make new printer settings in yast, shutting down, reconnect cable, restarting... the printjobs still stay. tried that several times, doing something different every time. never had the problems of deleting the failed printjobs with my old bjc250, now using bjc1000. any alternative ideas to wiping out the old queues? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Upgrading glibc
by rachel＠linuxgrrls.org 28 Nov '99

28 Nov '99

So, does anyone have any pointers as to how to upgrade an existing installation (ie: SuSE 6.2) to glibc2.1.2 so I can run the new JDK? -- Rachel -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] [Fwd: Re: NEW JDK RELEASE!]
by rachel＠linuxgrrls.org 28 Nov '99

28 Nov '99

And I'm fed up of Netscape putting my replies to the poster not the list. Sorry Jan... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: NEW JDK RELEASE! Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 18:21:26 +0000 From: Rachel Greenham <rachel(a)linuxgrrls.org> Organization: LinuxGrrls.Org To: Jan Buchmann <buchmann(a)stud.uni-frankfurt.de> References: <383F77B4.E2039945(a)u.arizona.edu> <943706253-23752(a)pluto.camelot.de> <19991127180401.A419(a)hendrix.inet.de> Jan Buchmann wrote: > > Hi Ekkehard, > > I get the same error in SuSE 6.2. SuSE 6.2 has glibc2.1.1 iinstead of the supported glibc2.1.2 so maybe it's the same problem on your box (installation). If not, I would be interested to get some information about running JDK1.2.2 on a glibc2.1.1 system. This is pissing me off. This is why source distribution of applications are the only worthwhile ones, we can't be having with all these bloody binary incompatibilities because someone can't be arsed to type make. Think I might give Debian a spin in VMWare... Anyone have any insights into putting glibc2.1.2 onto SuSE 6.2? I know it's already running multiple libcs - eg: support for libc5 still, so something should be possible to stick 2.1.2 on the other end. -- Rachel -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Fw: samba overhead comparing to other file server
by mircea.andrei＠wanadoo.fr 28 Nov '99

28 Nov '99

On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 05:42:06PM +0800, Philip Chan wrote: > The hardware involved are identical, the same client and server machine were > used throughout the test. For the Win98-to-Win98 trial, the 80 MB directory > sum up to 87,450,775 send bytes over 89107 frames, these number look > reasonable to me as the extra 7 MB seem to be packet overheads introduced by What tools do you use to look into this matter (e.g., counting the frames, finding their size..) I'm not an expert. Using, e.g., ftp within Midnight Commander's virtual file system, I have an indication about the average transfer rate. It is approximately 5.7-6 kB/sec when I transfer my own files between two computers linked with an ISDN link (max 8 kB/sec). Using ftp programs in Windows over the same link consistently gives me figures around 7.7 kB/sec. So, I tend to agree that there is more overhead in Linux than in Windows. But again, I am no expert. -- # \\\|/// # (-@-@-) # ====oOO==(_)==OOo========================================== # Andrei Mircea <mircea.andrei(a)wanadoo.fr> # .oooO Oooo. Yerres (91) FRANCE # ====( )==( )=========================================== # \ ( ) / # \_) (_/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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