December 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Happy New Year
by tgdcuro1＠gd2.swissptt.ch 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

Happy New Year to all at SuSE (even though I haven't received 6.3 which I ordered at the beginning of December last century!) and everyone who makes this a great mailing list. SuSE is the best Linux distribution by far!!!!!! Best regards, Roy -- 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] Using KRN with Earthlink.COM
by joelerch＠earthlink.net 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, you wrote > I have been on earthlink since summer. I couldn't get krn to work > either with it. > I tried krn before with another isp and it worked (kde-1.1.1-pre2 I > think). I think the kde-1.1.2 krn might have a problem. You could > check the bug reports at kde-user group or archivesand they may have an > answer for you. It's not perfect, but I have KRN working now. I had to edit the newsrc file that Netscape downloaded, name it active and place it in my /.kde/share/apps/krn. KRN doesn't like anything after the newsgroup name, whereas Earthlink sends numbers as well, my guess is that Earthlink does not understand the command that KRN sends for the list, therefore doesn't send anything.. I also found that the newsrc is just too big for KRN to handle well on my system, so I will just manually edit the file: /home/.kde/share/apps/krn/subscribed and restart KRN to find the new group I added. That seems to work ok, and I like it much better than using Netscape. I tried a few other newsreaders, but could not get them to allow me to set up a different name and password than my linux login. I don't do a lot of subscribing to newsgroups so it's not a big deal for me to use mcedit to search for the exact name of the groups and manually add it to the subscribe file. I hope Earthlink will be a good ISP, but it doesn't take too much for me to quit one ISP and try another. I was pleasantly surprised that Earthlink now has setup directions online for people that don't use Microsoft products, the last time I checked with Earthlink it appeared to be a Windows/Mac only ISP. joe -- 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] backup, repartition, and restore
by activex1＠one.net 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

Folks, I have SuSE 6.2 running on a box that I am using as a web server, dhcp server, samba server, firewall, NIS server, NFS server, and to IP Masquerade. It has a 10 gig HD in it... The first question, what is the ideal way to partation the drive? How much space should each partition have and how should each partition be mounted? The second question: (I have a DAT drive) what is the best way to back the whole box? --> tar cvf /dev/st0 / How do I restore the box once I have created the partitions and formated them? How do I boot the machine and what should the command line be to extract from the tape? Sam -- 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] Lilo config
by RYagatich＠csn1.com 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

if my memory serves me correctly (usually it doesn't) you can try installing LILO on the MBR of the drive, and then config it to route to your WIN98 machine. by the way, why is your /boot so big? mine is about 5M -----Original Message----- From: Justin To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Sent: 12/31/99 9:57 AM Subject: [SLE] Lilo config Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me a little help. I've run into a problem, and can't seem to figure out exactly, what I need to do. Here's my setup: Adaptec 7880(same as 2940UW if I remember correctly) SCSI ID#0 - 9.1gig IBM w/ 1 partition of win98 fat32. SCSI ID#2 - 4.5gig Seagate w/ Partition 1: /boot 100MB Partition 2: / 3700MB Partition 3: /home 500MB Partition 4: Swap 128MB SCSI ID#5 - Plextor 40X SCSI ID#6 - Panasonic CDR 4x8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IDE Channel 1 Master - 11.5gig Maxtor Channel 1 Slave - 11.5gig Maxtor Channel 2 Master - Creative DVD 5x Channel 2 Slave - 12.7gig Quantum Bigfoot Basically my ibm is used for 98, my seagate is used for linux. My other harddrives are only used for holding information. What I'd like? I'd like to use lilo to be able to boot win98 and linux. I'm lost when I have to think of where to put it. I'd like it to be on a harddrive so I can choose at boottime. I'd rather not use a floppy for linux. I'd really like to see a config for this. I understand the idea, but when ever I try to install lilo, it says "warning 0x83 is not accessable" or something to that idea. thanks, Justin -- 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/ -- 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] SuSE Spam Filters
by grtoft＠yahoo.com 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

1. If anyone is using SuSE's spam filters, can you see this message? 2. Does anyone know how to write an exception? Apparently, SuSE's filters are blocking my mail because the machine sending the mail has a name that is not resolvable outside of my LAN (kahoolawe.gtoft.penguinpowered.com, or molokai.gtoft.penguinpowered.com). I've tried using an alias in Sendmail, but I end up with molokai.yahoo.com, which won't resolve either, and I really DON'T want to rename my machine to "mail", which would then send out e-mail from mail.yahoo.com (spoofing). Any ideas on this one? Aloha! and Happy 2000. -- George Toft http://www.georgetoft.com "Windows [2000] introduces the Command Line Interface. How could Linux ever hope to compete?" - Dean Pannell -- 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] Using KRN with Earthlink.COM
by joelerch＠earthlink.net 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

I switched to using Earthlink, while Netscape news works fine, I can get anything new with KRN. KRN reports that it is connected, but whenever I subscribe to a group, it show 0/0 messages. Is anyone using Earthlink with KRN ? I am not sure why my KRN setup does not want to work with Earthlink and looking for some possible answers. KRN worked ok with other news servers. My guess is I messed up something but not sure what... thanks in advance.. joe -- 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] Loading the agpgart module
by jpennington＠atipa.com 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: > Thank you for posting this message. It answers a question I had been trying > to find the answer to by reading the SuSE manual. Since I found no help > there, I am curious to know where I should have looked to find the answer. > I had examined modules.conf, but I had no idea what agpgart would be an > alias for. Where would I learn that the formula is alias char-major-10-175 > and not (say) alias block-major-10-260? I'm referring this back to the list, because the answer to that is somewhat complicated. I'll *try* to explain it as best I can (keep in mind that I'm not a kernel hacker :) : b l o c k - m a j o r - 1 0 - 2 6 0 | | | | dev type sub type major minor Most devices are of two basic device types; char (keyboard, serial port, sound card), and block (disk, ram). char devices are for I/O, block devices are mostly storage devices. The SCSI card is a char, the SCSI disk is block...right? K. There are major devices and minor devices, /dev/hda is a major, /dev/hda1 is a minor (IIRC). As far as the numbers (-10-260, in our example), I haven't the foggiest idea. These are all deeply imbeded in kernel documentation. PLEASE correct me, since I'm mostly talking out of my ass right now. :] -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 _\_V -- 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] Linux driver petition
by fxf＠penguinpowered.com 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

Found this on slashdot. Link to www.libranet.com/petition.html Sounds like a good idea fx We, members of the Linux community and the computing population in general, believe that you, the manufacturers of pc computing devices, should make available to Linux developers full specifications of your devices, so that Linux compatible device drivers can be produced for your products. If you feel this information is confidential, then we ask you to write, and make freely available, drivers for your products. We believe that Linux is not a second class operating system and that your focus on providing drivers for the Microsoft operating system only is misguided and disregards the many millions of Linux users. We ask you to take notice of companies who recognize the Linux community and who provide versions of their programs for both Microsoft and Linux. We feel that you cannot ignore the enormous and growing popularity of Linux and that efforts on your part to provide drivers and/or specifications will enhance your own sales efforts. Thank you for your attention. -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux Kernel 2.2.13 (but who cares?) -- 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] Comments on Jim's rejected message :-)
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

Hi, people. Jim comments on his message which got rejected: It looks like I couldn't help by replying to all recipients after all... This was rejected because I'm not a subscriber. IMHO, they'd be better served if they relaxed the rules a little and allowed replies from non-subscribers as long as they have references to accepted messages. It could be an interesting idea, indeed. But looking at the reject more closely, I had a sudden cold feeling in the spinal chord (:-): Hi. This is the qmail-send program at suse.com. I have the humble opinion that software freedom goes much further than mere availability of sources. It goes with mutual respect, pleasurable relationship, and the feeling of being in a better world. When a piece of software is maintained by abusive people, it is much less free than it appears to be. Consequently, to my judgement, `qmail' is not really free software. I'm not at all disputing `qmail' technical merit, nor the technical skills of its author. But those who accept being verbally abused, just to spare a few bucks, do not share some human values I praise[1]. I admire many of SuSE's choice, but probably not this one! :-) P.S. - Just for the record, I never had any kind of problem, myself, with Daniel Bernstein. But for a lot of years, I saw how he addresses others, and this is just plain not acceptable. I'm fully avoiding his software. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- 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] Re: Diskcopy question
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 31 Dec '99

31 Dec '99

[Jim wrote me his message was rejected by the mailing list manager, as he is not subscribed to it. Let me forward it in his name.] From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)ascend.com> Date: 30 Dec 1999 23:59:17 +0100 Message-ID: <ury1z84m3wa.fsf(a)ixi.eng.ascend.com> François Pinard <pinard(a)iro.umontreal.ca> writes: | "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams(a)mbs.valinet.com> écrit: | | > Shows that there's more than one way to skin a cat <groan>. | | I've read the following, somewhere. An old Unixer was chatting with an | adolescent about their working habits. The youth was explaining how it | could not imagine working without the mouse, and qualified himself as | a mouse-type. The Unixer replied that himself was more of a cat-type! :-) | | > - cp copies a set of files from one place to another but does not in | > any way modify them in transit. | | For the record, GNU `cp' did not always copy a file without modification. | There was a time it was automatically sparsifying files (that is, replacing | long sequences of zeroes by "holes"). According to current documentation, | it does not do that anymore, unless the original file is already sparse, | or `--sparse=always' is used. I would guess that sparsification is never | done when the output is a device. (Jim, if easy, would you confirm?) Hi, François! If --sparse=auto is in effect (the default), then holes are introduced IFF the input file is determined to be sparse and the output file (which has been opened, and possibly created by the time this test is performed) is a `regular' file. If --sparse=always is specified, then GNU cp makes holes in the output file, regardless of its type. Happy holidays! Jim -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- 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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