February 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] Some problems after the upgrade from 5.3 to 6.0
by jlkreps＠navix.net 15 Feb '99

15 Feb '99

I decided to upgrade 5.3 rather than scratch it and install 6.0 fresh. Time will tell if I have to do the latter. Seems I've encountered some of the usual problems: 1) during bootup the insmod line can't find "char-major-4" 2) KDE "wrong character set message" 3) pppd stopped working. The 4774 --> 4776 change in /etc/permissions didn't prevent YaST from changing the permissions of pppd. I changed them back with a+sx, but the pppd always died just as it tried to connect to the ISP. Turns out that the /etc/ppp/options file had a bunch of stuff in it, so I removed everthing but "#lock" and I can connect again. 4) Do a "su" from my user login and the root prompt character remains as ">", but when I log into root the prompt is "#" 5) Netscape died, so I installed the Netscape (4.5) from the 6.0 disks. Some say it's buggy. 6) Somehow the ApplixDemo overwrote my commercial copy. I think it happened when some dependencies were selected automatically. Will have to reinstall it. 7) My OSS sound program only partly works: the synthesizer won't play wav files, but my CD Player still sounds great. OSS now detects more than one PCI card (I have an PCI NCR53c810 scsi card which soundconf also detects. It recommends "pnp_server=1" in options.cfg, but I already have that line in that file. OSS requires glibc5, which I installed. 8) PostgreSQL stopped working, so I deleted and reinstalled it. 9) WordPerfect8 came through ok, and runs nicely. More later, Jerry - 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] PCMCIA trouble with Toshiba 4000 CDS
by miguel.oliv＠mail.telepac.pt 15 Feb '99

15 Feb '99

Dear all, After instaled SuSE 6.0 I lost PCMCIA funcionality. I have read the howto but I still get hangs at boot. Does anyone of you know how to get around this??? I have a Toshiba 4000CDS. 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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[SuSE Linux] INFORMATION FOR MY WEB SITE
by craig＠cpr.prestel.co.uk 15 Feb '99

15 Feb '99

<DIV><FONT size=2>HELLO THERE,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I AM LOOKING FOR IDEAS FOR STUFF TO PUT ON MY WEB SITE EG YOUR LINKS, LINUX LINKS, LINUX INFO AND OTHER STUFF IF YOU COULD HELP ME ALONG IT WOULD BE SO HELPFULL.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>CRAIG RYAN</FONT></DIV>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] WVDIAL Log In
by medavid＠ix.netcom.com 15 Feb '99

15 Feb '99

One thing to note... Mindspring bought (in January) Netcom's customer base (ISP customers). See <A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/whatsnew/press/mindspring_announce.html"><A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/whatsnew/press/mindspring_announce.html</A">http://www.netcom.com/whatsnew/press/mindspring_announce.html</A</A>> Mark -----Original Message----- From: Michael Perry <mperry(a)basin.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] WVDIAL Log In > >Thanks for the information about mindspring. If I ever want to read the >warez groups, I will be sure to consider them as an ISP. You have an >interesting perspective on software; not one that I agree with. But >interesting. I won't tred those waters though. > >Good luck with mindspring. > >-- >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>> > - 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] Kedit Question
by bob100＠ibm.net 15 Feb '99

15 Feb '99

I'm tired of seeing the message: KCharset: Wrong charset! every time I open kedit in KDE 1.0. How do you fix this? Thanx, Bob ---------------------------------- E-Mail: bob gordon <bob100(a)ibm.net> Date: 14-Feb-99 Time: 19:08:20 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- - 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] No "symbol table" and "map file" with SuSE6.0 & 2.2.1 kernel
by apeerand＠pacbell.net 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:11:46 -0100, Carl Johnson wrote: >When you compiled the kernel the compile made a new System.map located at >/usr/src/linux/System.map place that file at / tarting with suse 6.0 both vmliuz and system.map need to be in /boot/ andy ent by andy peerand using recyled protons ... This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway. This is the road to hell. - 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] WVDIAL Log In
by samelash＠ix.netcom.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

<BIG>Trying to set up my internet connection ect...<BR> <BR> Installed the modem in yast (com 3) Internal modem<BR> ran wvdialconfig , and it went successfull<BR> <BR> running wvdial<BR> Modem dials up. <BR> Makes all kins of nioses<BR> wvdial states<BR> carrier detected<BR> Starting pppd at time/date ect.....<BR> Continues to make noise , and will then recycly and redial out agien.<BR> <BR> Used minicom to dial in , it dialed out , and tried to log in.<BR> <BR> I could only log in by placing a # before my user name. I have to dothis in winsdows , something about telling the isp hardware that I am dialing in with a regular browser ? With out the # , it will not get to the log in prompts.<BR> <BR> After log in it does nothing , something to do with hand shaking ppp I think.<BR> <BR> BTW , where do you put all your isp data , ie ipaddress , sntp address , nntp adrress ect.....<BR> <BR> wvdial.conf as follows.<BR> <BR> [Dialer Defaults]<BR> Modem = /dev/ttyS2<BR> Baud = 115200<BR> Init1 = ATZ<BR> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0<BR> Phone = 882820700<BR> Username = My Username goes here<BR> Password = My password ges here<BR> </BIG><BR> <BR> <BR> - 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 http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

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[SuSE Linux] Question on E-Mail Addressing
by skoper＠mediaone.net 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Hi, My internet access is through cable modem (Mediaone) and I have a five-machine LAN behind a SuSE box, with IP forwarding and a firewall. One of my reasons for setting up a home LAN, aside from being able to surf the net without having to kick someone off of the only computer, was to be able to give everyone in my house their own e-mail address. I was told that this could be done, but I'm not yet sure how. Mail addressed to me at skoper(a)mediaone.net gets to me the same as mail addressed to skoper(a)ne.mediaone.net, and I think maybe even skoper(a)alembic.ne.mediaone.net, which is the name Mediaone assigned my computer (me?), although I haven't tested that lately as an e-mail address. I think I understand the basic process, that the basic translation of e-mail domains is is a function of various DNS's, and that each message is passed along until it reaches its destination (or not). So I expect that somewhere along the line Mediaone's mail servers do some sort of "translation" of e-mail addresses to get my e-mail to me. But they aren't able to translate any messages beyond that "point". So the question in my mind at the moment is where and how would the translation be done for, say, janedoe(a)alembic.ne.mediaone.net, or some variant of that. I have a feeling that I need to set up my own DNS to do the final translation. Is that true? And if it is, how do I do that, and what would the configuration file look like. Would I have to run sendmail as well? And if I did, how do I protect myself from spammers using my address/domain to bounce spam onto the internet. Thanks. Stan Koper - 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] Kppp configuration archive (Your help is requested)
by oms101＠clara.co.uk 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Hi everyone, We plan to publish on the web an archive of kppp configuration settings for all ISPs in the UK. The eventual aim is to give easy to follow instructions to enable kde users, no matter how inexperienced, to connect to their ISP as simply and easily as possible. Our first attempt is at: <A HREF="http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk"><A HREF="http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk</A">http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk</A</A>> How can you help? It won't take you a minute! If you have a reliable connection to your ISP using kppp please send us you kppprc file. The definition of reliable is: make sure you have connected at least 10 times in a row with no unexpected deaths of daemons! What is it? kppprc is the configuration file for kppp. There is one for each user. Where is it? /home/your_login_id_here/.kde/share/config/kppprc Caution! This file contains your password for your ISP account so make sure you blank it out first before you send it to us. Martin wrote a perl script which strips these from your configuration file to save you the effort. The script is attached to this posting So far we have kppprc files for BT Internet, Claranet, Demon, Freeserve and Pipex. Owen & Martin -- My Email address is permanent(a)altavista.net My top search engine is <A HREF="http://www.phoaks.com"><A HREF="http://www.phoaks.com</A">http://www.phoaks.com</A</A>> My web site <A HREF="http://home.clara.net/oms101/"><A HREF="http://home.clara.net/oms101/</A">http://home.clara.net/oms101/</A</A>></PRE> <PRE> $file=glob("~/.kde/share/config/kppprc"); $file2="./kppprc_safe"; print"This perl script outputs a copy of $file to $file2 with all passwords in the kppprc file replaced by xxxxxx.\n\n"; open(FILE, $file)||die"can't open $file: $!"; while (defined ($line = <FILE>)) { chomp($line); if ($line=~ /^NumberOfAccounts=.*/) { $pos_eq= index($line, "="); $num_acct=substr($line,$pos_eq+1); } } close(FILE)||die"can't close $file: $!"; open(OUTPUT,">$file2") || die "can't open $file2:$!"; print"Number of accounts=$num_acct\n"; open(FILE, $file)||die"can't open $file: $!"; $index="0"; while (defined ($line = <FILE>)) { chomp($line); if ($line=~ /^Password=.*/) { $index++; print"Password $index="; $pos_eq= index($line, "="); @password[$index]=substr($line,$pos_eq+1); print"@password[$index]\n" } } print"\nSearching for passwords. Here are the lines changed\n\n"; close(FILE)||die"can't close $file: $!"; open(FILE, $file)||die"can't open $file: $!"; while (defined ($line = <FILE>)) { if ($line=~ /=/) { $index="0"; while ($index < $num_acct) { $index++; $pos_eq=index($line, "="); $after_eq=substr($line,$pos_eq+1); $before_eq=substr($line,"0",$pos_eq+1); if ($after_eq=~ /(a)password[$index].*/) { print"$line"; $after_eq=~ s/@password[$index]/xxxxxx/g; $line="$before_eq$after_eq"; print"$line\n"; $index=num_acct; } } print OUTPUT $line; } } close(FILE)||die"can't close $file: $!";

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[SuSE Linux] X header (include) files
by mikeg＠soonernet.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Well, I got my problem with the c++ stuff solved, now the ./configure script is saying it can't find the X includes or header files. What package is that in? Thanks again, Mike ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn...." Mike Gorsuch aka Wulfgang ICQ UIN 670820 email: mikeg(a)soonernet.com Web Page: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/6071"><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/6071</A">http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/6071</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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