March 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SuSE Linux] What DO you lose with Linux ???
by jlkreps＠navix.net 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

BENJAMIN FARRELL wrote: > > Heres a good point about linux, anyone found a good irc client for x (other > than Bitchx in a E-Term :) that doesn't crash everytime you click (yagirc I gave up on irc a long time ago, even while in WinXX. The S/N ratio was too low. -- 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 archive 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] HELP needed!
by ryanak＠thuntek.net 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Hello, I recently bought SuSE 6.0. I decided to upgrade to kernel 2.2.4. Anyway to cut to the point..... The kernel upgrade went fine, and everything works great except...... My modem is on COM 3 and IRQ 10, UART 16550 (all is set correctly via setserial at boot time). I can use the modem and it works fine. However when I try to connect to my ISP via PPP I get a LCP: Config-Request timeout. I did not have this problem before the upgrade. I went ahead and upgraded to the new pppd, but it did not fix the problem :-( And PPP support is built into the kernel, and it inits ok at boot time. Any help or suggestions would be great. I am wondering if maybe the new kernel changes some of the /dev/ settings and it is making the modem not connect. But like I said, I can use minicom to dialout. P.S. Going to Windows to check email or use the web is not fun.... P.P.S Going to Windows at ALL is not fun.... Any Help is greatly appreciated. -- 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 archive 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] Peculiar Boot problem and how to suspend to disk
by arjen＠technologist.com 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

I am quite new to Linux, but bought the package and dug in deep. I think I have mastered quite a lot in the last three weeks, trying out a lot of possibillities the SuSE distribution has to offer. There are two things that bother me though. I have installed it all on a partition on my laptop, and it all works like a charm. But I can not reboot "cleanly" from Linux to Win98 vv.

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[SuSE Linux] apps
by hmf＠softhome.net 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

hey all This should be easy for ya: how does one make all apps available from gnome/windowmaker? Also, I sort of installed filerunner to try (think I did the rpm) but I can't launch it. must not have the hang of tar yet, either, because extract operations are "not permitted". hmmm. -tf -- 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 archive 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] setserial
by ryanak＠thuntek.net 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Ned Rhudy wrote: Is there any way that I can set setserial up to automatically assign /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1 UARTs of 16550A on startup? I have to input it manually for some bizarre reason, and YaST doesn't change a thing. Thank you. I had to do this too. All you have to do is go into the /sbin/init.d/ directory. And add your setserial line at the end of the 'boot.local' file. Something like "setserial /dev/modem UART 16550A" -- If /dev/modem correctly points to /dev/ttyS1 (which YaST should have done for you) then it will automagically change /dev/ttyS1 to these UARTs as well. Have fun! Ryan Kelley PS) Anyone care to try and answer my previous question 'Connecting VIA PPP' -- I have had zero answers :-( Here is my question: I recently bought SuSE 6.0. I decided to upgrade to kernel 2.2.4. Anyway to cut to the point..... The kernel upgrade went fine, and everything works great except...... My modem is on COM 3 and IRQ 10, UART 16550 (all is set correctly via setserial at boot time). I can use the modem and it works fine. However when I try to connect to my ISP via PPP I get a LCP: Config-Request timeout. I did not have this problem before the upgrade. I went ahead and upgraded to the new pppd, but it did not fix the problem :-( And PPP support is built into the kernel, and it inits ok at boot time. Any help or suggestions would be great. I am wondering if maybe the new kernel changes some of the /dev/ settings and it is making the modem not connect. But like I said, I can use minicom to dialout. -- 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 archive 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] PPP problems
by mcurry＠io.com 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Hi all, Well, except for my disk partitioning problem (which is going to end up driving me to get Partition Magic so I can get this disk partitioned the way I want it, my thanks to all those who offered help) my installation went fairly smoothly, but now I've run into another problem that I'd appreciate some help with. I was able to get my modem working, but now I'm stuck on getting a PPP session to work properly. Using kppp, I entered all the needed information and made a connection to my ISP, but I don't seem to be able to actually do anything with that connection. I've tried using several applications, but none of them seem to be able to actually interact with the net, despite the fact that kpp claims that everything is working fine. I looked through the kppp help files, and thought that my problem had actually been addressed in the FAQ section, but the solution suggested there didn't appear to make any difference. Any suggestions? Mike -- 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 archive 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] setserial
by nrhudy＠pabus.com 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Is there any way that I can set setserial up to automatically assign /dev/modem and /dev/ttyS1 UARTs of 16550A on startup? I have to input it manually for some bizarre reason, and YaST doesn't change a thing. Thank you. -- 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 archive 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] Acer 24x CD-ROM under SuSE 6.0/Linux 2.2.4 -- FIXED!
by michael＠merrittpop.com 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Ok, I patched to 2.2.5, ran setup and took out SCSI emulation and added the CMD640 chipset fix support, added the BSD process accounting support, applied the patch to fix the errors with it, recompiled, ran lilo, rebooted, ran BIOS setup, set the secondary master to none, rebooted, and here's what I got: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX4: not 100ative mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A, ATA DISK drive hdb: FUJITSU M1636TAU, ATA DISK drive hdc: IRQ probe failed (0) hdc: no response (status = 0xd0), resetting drive hdc: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 24X MAXIMUM, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A, 4110MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=524/255/63, UDMA hdb: FUJITSU M1636TAU, 1226MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=622/64/63, DMA hdc: ATAPI 20X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache Thanks for the tip on the BIOS setting Craig. Craig Goodrich wrote: > > Michael, > > 1) What does dmesg look like? Here's the relevant portion from > mine (Triton HX, Award): > . > . > . > [009] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for > ftape driver .... > PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > PIIX3: not 100ative mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5.1A, ATA DISK drive > hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL1280A, ATA DISK drive > hdc: Maxtor 90648D5, ATA DISK drive > hdd: GCD-R580B, ATAPI CDROM drive > ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5.1A, 4892MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=623/255/63, > (U)DMA > hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL1280A, 1222MB w/83kB Cache, CHS=621/64/63, DMA > hdc: Maxtor 90648D5, 6179MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=12555/16/63, (U)DMA > hdd: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.53 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > scsi : 0 hosts. > scsi : detected total. > PPP: version 2.3.3 (demand dialling) > . > . > . > 2) Have you double-checked to make sure you have the updated > versions of system programs specified in the kernel CHANGES > file? It's possible that some changes either in mount or > modutils might be causing some confusion somewhere. > > - Kernel modutils 2.1.121 ; insmod -V > - Util-linux 2.9i ; chsh -v > > Michael Merritt wrote: > > Here is how the drives are set up: > > > > Primary Master: Quantum 4.3 GB UDMA > > Primary Slave: Fujitsu 1.2 GB EIDE > > Secondary Master: Acer 24x ATAPI CD-ROM > > Secondary Slave: -None- > > > > BIOS recognizes them all fine. I'm not sure I understand how setting > > the system with NO CD-ROM will help Linux pick it up? > > I am sure I _don't_ understand it; all I know is on my machine > it does. The BIOS boot messages (HX/Award) read out the > primary master, primary slave, and secondary master, then "None", > then the "None" is replaced by the CD identification string > about a second later. What chipset and BIOS do you have? > > > BTW, I've ruled out any problem with mount, so it has to be either > > kernel or hardware related. I tried booting from the CD-ROM drive, and > > that works fine, so I'm assuming that rules out hardware, leaving a > > kernel problem. I've checked every option seemingly half a million > > times in the kernel setup, and compiled about six times now, with no > > luck... > > > > In addition, mount now results in: > > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/hdc as a block device > > (maybe `insmod driver'?) > > That seems to me to indicate that a module for the driver is not loaded, > > but I didn't compile anything in the kernel as a module... > > > > > > > > I installed SuSE 6.0 a couple of weeks ago, and have been using the > > > > 2.0.36 bundled kernel. I finally got some time this weekend and > > > > compiled/installed the 2.2.4 kernel. However, now my CD-ROM doesn't > > > > work. > > > > # mount /mnt/cdrom > > > > results in: > > > > mount: fs type unknown not supported by kernel > > -- > Craig Goodrich > Rural Village Systems > somewhere in the woods near Huntsville, Alabama > > Politics for the Thinking Redneck -- <A HREF="http://airnet.net/craig/g4c"><A HREF="http://airnet.net/craig/g4c</A">http://airnet.net/craig/g4c</A</A>> > Linux miscellany -- <A HREF="http://airnet.net/craig/linux"><A HREF="http://airnet.net/craig/linux</A">http://airnet.net/craig/linux</A</A>> > > ---- > LUNA-LIST help: luna-list-help(a)luna.huntsville.al.us > To unsubscribe: luna-list-unsubscribe(a)luna.huntsville.al.us > To email the list keeper: tcstevens(a)luna.huntsville.al.us > LUNA-LIST Web Site: <URL:<A HREF="http://luna.huntsville.al.us/lunalist.htm"><A HREF="http://luna.huntsville.al.us/lunalist.htm</A">http://luna.huntsville.al.us/lunalist.htm</A</A>>> -- Michael Merritt michael(a)merrittpop.com | <A HREF="http://www.merrittpop.com/"><A HREF="http://www.merrittpop.com/</A">http://www.merrittpop.com/</A</A>> michaelmerritt(a)email.com | <A HREF="http://www.formax.net/jmm/"><A HREF="http://www.formax.net/jmm/</A">http://www.formax.net/jmm/</A</A>> ICQ: 21021306 -- 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 archive 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] Intel processors
by yatsen-ng＠cistron.nl 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

I'd like to know how much the prices of the PII's dropped in the US since Intel introduced the PIII. Here in the Netherlands a PII 450 goes for around $650 (more or less). Also, doe anyone know what kind of price-drop we can expect the coming month(s)? I know this is a bit off-topic but I'm just curious. -- 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 archive 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] Letter to editor.... keeps Linux on the badlist
by ksaj＠xoommail.com 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

"Vicente A.S. Werner" wrote: > > There's a great economic point in using free software, you certainly don't > get any guarantees but what can give you more guarantee > that a great pool of developers and web sites using linux?. I am amazed at how Bill Gates discounts Linux. His argument is that having so many fingers in the pie menas Linux will never be stable. *This* is great marketing. Windows users never experience incorrect this statement is, and therefor fall hook-line-and-sinker for it. It *sounds* realistic. Tell a bunch of people who are used to paying for a company to create and build software that Linux is created by a chaotic slew of unrelated people who never even talk to each other and live in different countries all over the world, and this seems like logic to unknowing ears. Alas, this is exactly what makes Linux so strong. It is a huge network of unrelated individuals working on different aspects of the whole. And that whole is assembled by companies like SLS (once), RedHat, SuSE and whoever else. It is somewhat equivalent to Microsoft buying out companies instead investing in training new divisions of people for the next internet fad. To a Linuxy or Free-BSDer, this makes total sense. To a Microsoft enthusiast, this is complete malarky. Laters, Karsten ______________________________________________________ Get your free web-based email at <A HREF="http://www.xoom.com"><A HREF="http://www.xoom.com</A">http://www.xoom.com</A</A>> SPECIAL OFFER: 250 Web Site Templates, Only $29.95! - <A HREF="http://orders.xoom.com/email"><A HREF="http://orders.xoom.com/email</A">http://orders.xoom.com/email</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 archive 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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