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[SuSE Linux] Autostart programs question (sort of)?
by lsayre＠stratos.net 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

I'm using SuSE 5.3 and KDE. My computer has a Cyrix 6x86 CPU which requires that I activate certain registers for maximal performance and minimal power consumption (since my older BIOS does not do it for me). I've found a Linux program called 'set6x86' which must be run several times with trailing register locations and instructions to be placed in the register (as in 'set6x86 xxxx xxxx') to set power reduction on no CPU activity, and to set various speed enhancements, and to deactivate a known bug which causes Cyrix processor based computers to go into a dead loop hang, within my CPU. I've placed 'set6x86' in the /usr/bin directory. Every time Linux is shut down (and this happens often on my dual-boot set-up with a son who likes Win95 games) I loose the CPU register alterations and have to run all of the set6x86 xxxx xxxx's again. It's hard enough remembering all of the registers, and things to alter therein... Is there any way I can get Linux to run a series of 'set6x86' programs with register location and register alteration info automatically on booting Linux so I can benefit from it without all the hastle? --------------------------------------------- "Man's mind is his basic tool of survival!" (a quote from the famous 'John Galt' speech in the equally famous book "Atlas Shrugged") Lawrence Sayre <lsayre(a)stratos.net> --------------------------------------------- - 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] Nestscape goes crash boom even with glibc
by mperry＠basin.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Seems I am fated to have netscape not behave well here. I installed the glibc version and get a lot of plugin errors which it ignores but it still has problems with mailto: links which cause bus errors here. I have not tried the 4.08 stand alone version as of yet. I took 4.5 off and put 3.04 back on which does not crash. Do others find the glibc version to be more stable or well behaved? -- 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] SuSE 6.0 -- Where is StarOffice???
by shebell＠gis.net 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

I feel dumb asking this, but I just got SuSE 6.0. It says StarOffice "personal edition" is included, but I can't find it. Pointers would be much appreciated. TIA John (if I knew where to find what to read I would) Shebell - 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] Re: Poll: SuSE 6.0 - upgrade 5.3 or clean 5.3 offand install 6.0 from scratch?
by phil＠stokes.demon.co.uk 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Ralph Clark wrote: > Philip Stokes wrote: > > > I'd go for the upgrade. A couple of minor glitches as I've detailed in > > other posts to the list, but all in all it went remarkably smoothly, and > > certainly a lot less hassle than blowing everything away and starting > > again from scratch. > > I've always been wary of upgrades. What if they quietly screw up over some > subtle little misconfiguration on your system? When you do the full re-install > you blow away all those little misconfigurations you introduced over the > lifetine of the previous version. Then you can re-apply your customisations in > /etc and your home directory from a backup diskette by hand, one by one. Call it > revision. Well I backed up my whole system before I upgraded, just in case :) But in fact most of my configuration subtleties seem to have been carried over. Where I had altered files and they were replaced, the original files were kept in place with an .rpmsave extension, as well as being backed up to /var/adm/backup, and I was mailed notification of the changes as well, which made it easy to go through the new system checking that everything was as I want it. > Can someone who's already done it please mention whether we need to download any > patches _before_ installing/upgrading? You shouldn't need to. Anything that's been updated can be fetched from SuSE's server and replaced using YaST after you've upgraded. Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil(a)stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242 - 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] netatalk compilation problems
by kimon＠cornell.edu 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Hi all! Has anybody had any luck compiling netatalk? I tried 1.4b2+asun2.1.1 1.4b2 (the latest as far as I can tell), 1.4b2 and netatalk-990130. All seem to error out of compiling for different reasons too. The following is what I get with 1.4b2+asun2.1.1. I have commented out support for both DES, kerberos and PAM support (I was not sure, but I did not think SuSE used PAM) in the makefile: auth.o: In function `clrtxt_login': auth.o(.text+0x/4a): undefined reference to `crypt' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [afpd] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/downloads/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1/etc/afpd' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/downloads/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1/etc/afpd' make[2]: *** [afpd] Error 2 make[2] Leaving directory `/usr/downloads/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1/etc' make[1]: *** [../../etc] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/downloads/netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1/sys/linux' make: *** [all] Error 2 The only option that I have not commented out, is TCPWRAPDIR=/usr . Is this the path I want with SuSE? I am not sure what the problem is, but, I just switched back to SuSE from RedHat and it compiled without problems there. Thanks in advance, Kimon - 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] libqimgio.so
by phil＠stokes.demon.co.uk 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Firstly, apologies if someone has already answered this. My ISP suffered some fairly substantial network outages yesterday and it's possible some of the list mail didn't make it to me. On booting after updating to version 6.0, I got the warning: Started the SuSE-Configuration Tool. Running in full featured mode. Reading /etc/rc.config and updating the system... /sbin/ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/i486-linux-libc6/lib/libqimgio.so (No such file or directory), skipping /usr/i486-linux-libc6/lib/libqimgio.so exists, but is a broken symlink. Can anyone running v6.0 tell me what it should point to? Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil(a)stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242 - 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] YAST is broken in 6.0
by hattons＠CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

<pre>When I try to install new packages using YAST it attempts to install patches instead. It seems there is someting worng in the code. Am I alons?</pre> <pre></pre> <pre>Steve</pre> <pre></pre> <pre>-- The linux counter: <A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>> -Registered Linux User # 79059 S.u.S.E. Linux: <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> KDE: <A HREF="http://www.kde.org"><A HREF="http://www.kde.org</A">http://www.kde.org</A</A>> SaMBa: <A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au"><A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au</A">http://samba.anu.edu.au</A</A>> Mathematica: <A HREF="http://www.wri.com"><A HREF="http://www.wri.com</A">http://www.wri.com</A</A>> StarOffice: <A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com"><A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com</A">http://www.stardivision.com</A</A>> I think. I think I am, Therefore I am. I think? - Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues</pre> <PRE> begin:vcard n:Hatton;Steven T. tel;cell:(301)529-2957 tel;work:(703)681-2184 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Logicon, A Northrup Grumman Company;Enterprise Engineering Solutions adr:;;5600 Columbia Pike;Falls Church;VA;22041;United States version:2.1 email;internet:hattons@cpkwebser5.ncr.disa.mil title:Information Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Steven T. Hatton end:vcard </PRE>

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[SuSE Linux] Linux 'n USB?
by lyates＠cris.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Hello... ...anyone have any word about Linux support for USB? Thanks, -Larry RPM BRowser for Windows <A HREF="http://www.laysi.com/rpmbw/"><A HREF="http://www.laysi.com/rpmbw/</A">http://www.laysi.com/rpmbw/</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] SuSE 6.0 First Look
by deem＠wdm.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

Great job guys on 6.0 and many thanks for including wvdial, mfsm, etc. I noticed on the install that suse_lx was not found. Also the stock link to restart the desktop to WindowMaker is broken. It reads windowmaker instead of wmaker. Thanks again -Dee W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem(a)wdm.com Faith is acting on your passions & beliefs. - 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] UPS Shutdown Sofrtare
by samelash＠ix.netcom.com 14 Feb '99

14 Feb '99

I just got a PK Blackout Buster ups. It has a canle that hooks up to the pc to signal the pc that there is no power. Any one know ith there are drivers/software the can be used to take advantage of this ? thanks Samy - 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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