February 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] kernel 2.0.36...!
by hagen＠labpar.fcfm.buap.mx 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hi!. im newbie at this!. And you are right!, i got a problem here!, while compiling the linux-2.0.36.suse.tgz! (released at jan 2# !), appear this: gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1' :No such file or directory cpp: output pipe has been closed the only thing near to "cc1" is "/usr/bin/cc" where "cc" is a link to "gcc"! If i need "cc1", where can i get it!? - 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] Cobol on linux
by zentara＠mindspring.com 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hi, I am looking at a the Fujitsu cobol compiler for PC's. They have a free version that will run on Solaris 2.X Hp-UX 9.0 Hp-UX 10.X Will any of these run under Linux, and if so which would run best? Thanks - 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] SATAN on SuSE Linux
by bparker＠dc.net 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hello: Has anyone successfully run SATAN on SuSE Linux? The O'Reilly book says there are problems running on Linux; *BSD will run it, tho. FYI: The SATAN website is here: <<A HREF="http://www.fish.com/~zen/satan/satan.html"><A HREF="http://www.fish.com/~zen/satan/satan.html</A">http://www.fish.com/~zen/satan/satan.html</A</A>>> Bill Parker, <bparker(a)dc.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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Re: [SuSE Linux] LSB project: succes or failure?
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

On 06-Feb-99 Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote: > (Ted Harding) wrote: >> And, above all, don't forget good documentation. SuSE has not done so >> well >> at this as it not only should, but could have done. >> Internationalisation >> applies to this area too. > > I disagree. SuSE's docs are as good as the best and better than any > others I've seen. What we are talking about here is the book that > comes with the commerical release. It is as good as the only other > commerical release book I've seen: Red Hat's. It is as good as if not > better than the book, "Learn Linux in 24 hours", by Bill Ball. The > rest of the documentation in Linux is centered around the LDP HOWTO's, > MAN and INFO pages and the book publishers. No one gets paid for > documenting the day-to-day changes in the kernel and apps and in the > volunteer based GPL movement that is a trade off that will always > exist. Publishers in each country handle their own needs. This is a moot point. SuSE's docs may be better than RH's, but IMO they could stand a lot of improvement (I only know the English version). For instance: I run 5.1, though I have a 5.2 box on the shelf. I wanted to get faxing going, so out came the 5.1 book. Not much help; very incomplete. I took the 5.2 book, and found it much better, though still incomplete and I had to fill in a lot of details by guesswork and manpage -- successfully as it happened. IMO the 5.1 description should have been at least as good as the 5.2 one in the first place, and even the 5.2 should have been better. When I first installed 5.1, I read through the SuSE book. It looked good, but again it was not laid out right for a "start here and work through" installation guide (in fact, the last Red Hat I installed, 4.1, had a book that was very good from this point of view). But I've done a good few Linux installations, so I just put the CD and the boot floppy in, and took things as they came. It worked (though not first time), and well, but what I found myself doing was not like the sequence the book described. FAQs, Howtos and man pages are OK once you're well into running the system and familiar with the general territory. But the way the information is dispersed over several places which are not necessarily coordinated is not at all helpful for new users, and can cause problems even for experienced and knowledgeable users. I'm not suggesting a complete set of printed documentation for the system. That would be like the 3-shelves-full of manuals that come with commercial UNIX distributions, the cost of maintaining which in proper order must be a perceptible fraction of what you pay for the software. But a thorough, accurate and comprehensible "beginners manual" which covers basic installation and setup in every detail, and goes on to "what every Linux(/UNIX) user/sysadmin needs to know for day-to-day work", would be a blessing for beginners. Of course, so long as Linux distributions are not tied to an LSB-like standard such a book may be difficult to keep up-to-date, which is yet another argument for laying down a solid base. Then you could usefully spend some time on getting the "basic book" right once and for all. The reason why generic Linux books are not universally useful is that unless they cover all the details which are different for every major distribution (and I have never seen one that even tries) they will be (possibly) accurate for one distribution (usually Red Hat), and will inevitably -- at some point -- leave the beginner with a different distribution lacking needed guidance somewhere along the line. Of course the unstructured world of GPL volunteers cannot be _expected_ to provide something like this in the first place, let alone keep it up to date, even though many of them in fact try very hard and often succeed very well. On the other hand, an organisation which creates and sells a Linux distribution is different. They can, in principle, afford to pay to get it done properly. This is an important point for the acceptability of Linux in the "paying world". These people could often pay for "real UNIX" if they wanted to. In fact many of them perceive the true benefits of Open Source software (ultimately: reliability, quality, functionality, rapid development and problem-fixing, source code availability and the possibility of controlling your own computing environment, the ever-helpful Internet community, etc). The fact that the software itself is free of cost at source is a bonus (and is a major factor in the worldwide uptake of Linux). Distribution on a relatively cheap CD set is "value added" and people are happy to pay for this (especially if the alternative is a solid week on-line by modem). A good reference manual is also value added, and it need only add say 50% to the cost of the CD set. It would save its cost many times over in the time-equivalent lost in getting to know the system in traditional ways (Howtos, FAQs, queries to mailing lists etc); and these people can also appreciate that. Sorry to argue at such length. I think Linux is "at the cusp" at this moment: if the moment is seized well, and timely, Linux will go from strength to strength. If the attitude remains (which I have often seen in replies to queries) "you're not paying for the software, you can't expect the sort of support you'd get if you were", then it will continue to have a bumpy ride. No-one, of course, will ever have to pay for the software as such. But a lot of people would be prepared to pay for the support encapsulated in _good_ documentation. Current Linux books are far from ideal, but people still buy them. They would even more readily buy a better one at the same price. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Date: 06-Feb-99 Time: 20:37:58 ------------------------------ 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] Kernel 2.2 and Penguin
by dag＠umr.edu 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

I have the penguin when i boot up. All i did was when i installed kernel version 2.1.130 with slackware 3.6, it had a place for my Matrox Millennium g200 card. It didn't ever ask me if i wanted the Penguin, just if i wanted to enable all of the features for my video card. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the video settings of your card, the buffering that was mentioned before is a good guess. > >On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Yates, Larry wrote: >> Seriously, I had other reasons for checking out >> the 2.2 kernel, but I 'really' wanted to see >> that penguin... >> What did I do wrong? >You have to check out the docs..I am probably forgetting..but I _believe_ >you have to enable it when you run make config/make menuconfig or >whatever. Then you have to set it up in lilo. It won't just show the >penguin by default just because you have the new kernel. Also your mobo >has to support it. This is what I recall: > >configure vesafb into the kernel, add vga=ask to /etc/lilo.conf, press 305 >when asked for the mode. If you get invalid mode it's due to the mobo, I >_think_. > >Now I could be dead wrong on this. I don't run the penguin so your >mileage may vary. Happy penguining (sic) . >-M > > >- >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] Leafnode
by copernico＠tin.it 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

I wish to thank all who helped me to make leafnode work. It does work fine now. Bye. AS - 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] ORACLE 8.0.5 and SuSE 6
by dieguillo＠usa.net 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hi, I had ORACLE 8.0.5. p.e. running on my SuSE 5.3 box. Now I have upgraded to SuSE 6, do I need opatch.rmp? I suppose I don't. But maybe the file oracle.patch included in that rmp is still needed for installing the Oracle Intelligent Agent. I say this because Oracle Intelligent Agent didn't install completely until I patched it with oracle.patch. After doing this, svrmgrl seems to work, I can do a "connect internal" but when I try to create a new database, the script (which worked with SuSE 5.3) hangs. Can this be related with the fact of using oracle.patch over SuSE 6? -- Diego Berea Cabaleiro Dieguillo(a)usa.net Diego(a)fadesa.es UIN: 17297138 Powered by SuSE Linux 5.3 kernel 2.2.1 - 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] ATI
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Well, the Adaptec 7890 controller may be supported in 6.0, now if only the ATI Rage Pro 3D which is imbedded on Dell Poweredge 2300s is supported, because it sure isn't in 5.3. Anyone know? Thanks, Fred - 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] Interbase 4 and TCP_NO_DELAY
by dieguillo＠usa.net 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hi, We have a SuSE 5.3 server with Borland Interbase 4 When we use the TCP_NO_DELAY option, Interbase is much faster, it works as fast as ORACLE 8. But clients using windows 95 hang and crash lots of times. Someone told us that win98 clients don't have this problem, and also told us that win 95 clients have the same problem with Interbase 5. Have you heard about this? -- Diego Berea Cabaleiro Dieguillo(a)usa.net Diego(a)fadesa.es UIN: 17297138 Powered by SuSE Linux 5.3 kernel 2.2.1 - 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] Recomended laptops
by lunaslyd＠pacbell.net 06 Feb '99

06 Feb '99

Hi all. I am seriously looking into a laptop and I'd like to ask for recommendations. I want something with at least a PII 266, 64MB and *at least* a 6GB drive. Linux compatablility is of the utmost importance and FreeBSD compatability would be a bonus. Thanks in advance. -- lunaslide * PGP key->pgpkeys.mit.edu port 11371 * * * * * * In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is * getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. * -Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas * * * * * * - 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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