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[SuSE Linux] ESS1868 with Linux 2.2.5
by pallart＠nordnet.fr 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

I've succeded to have sound with SuSE 6.0 and a Linux 2.2.1 kernel. According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/ESS1868, here is the statements I've inserted in /sbin/init.d/boot.local: /sbin/modprobe sound /sbin/insmod uart401 /sbin/insmod sb io=0x240 irq=10 dma=0 dma16=-1 /sbin/insmod mpu401 io=0x300 irq=9 /sbin/insmod opl3 io=0x388 /sbin/insmod v_midi Now I'm trying to have sound with SuSE 6.1/linux 2.2.5. I've used the same .config file on top of the source tree, and now the second statement (uart401) output the following messages: Using /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol sound_unload_mididev /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_synth_hw_control /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_synth_panning /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol sound_alloc_mididev /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol sound_notifier_chain_regist er /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol conf_printf /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_synth_ioctl /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_synth_start_note /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_synth_kill_note /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol sequencer_init /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/uart401.o: unresolved symbol midi_devs and so on... Did I forgotten something? Thanks for any help. Ph. -- Philippe Allart <A HREF="http://www.iris.sgdg.org/"><A HREF="http://www.iris.sgdg.org/</A">http://www.iris.sgdg.org/</A</A>> pager: pallart-pager(a)cudl-lille.fr "Linux, un noyau sans pépins" -- 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] SuSE support does not function
by rclark＠virgosolutions.demon.co.uk 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

Michael Perry wrote: > Quoting Evil Linux on Sun, May 30, 1999 at 01:27:28PM -0700: > > > > I seemed to be one of the lucky ones. I sent three emails and three weeks > > later I received one reply back. I have also tried to call the tech support > > phone number, but with little success. Personally I do not feel I am getting > > my money's worth by paying for the package. > > Not to sound confrontational, but how much did you spend for the package and > what do you consider to be the requisite technical support you should get? > If you spend $40 on 5 cd's of software, what level of technical support do > you think you should get? I am just curious about what return on investment > you think would be adequate. Let me say, I rarely send technical support > email. I have used SuSE since 5.0 with some brief forays to the land of red > hats. My primary location for technical support and expertise with the > operating system is this mailing list and the mailing list archives. I > respect SuSE and I like what they do; I just do not depend on them to > provide tech support. If I did, perhaps I would feel that what they charge > should carry some quick response service level support. Then again, perhaps > not and I would do what I have done. Primarily experiment, make mistakes, > learn, make more mistakes, and learn more. Also drop a few emails to some > notable luminaries on this list. > > I'm not flaming or arguing. Just commenting... I have a lot of sympathy for this view and I hate it when people complain about not getting value for money when they only spent 40 bucks. OTOH, people like myself who are prepared to RTFM and search the list archives and the web for answers and even experiment to a degree sometimes still end up with no other recourse but to report the fault to the distributor and ask for their help. Given all the work you've put in by that point, it is extremely disturbing to find either that you are being completely ignored or that you are being given the brush off because they won't support the system once you've compiled your own kernel. For $40 we can expect only a limited amount of support, but some of us aren't even getting that. When you've taken the time to investigate the problem thoroughly and have documented it all for them with example input and output etc. it's only fair to expect a slightly more co-operative response. After all in doing this we are helping them to refine their product. SuSE must be prepared to stand behind their product if they expect to retain any credibility. If that means they have to charge a little more then so be it. But the current policy is certain to lose them customers. I for one will be looking very carefully at the support angle from now on when choosing distributions. -- rclark(a)virgosolutions.demon.co.uk Ralph Clark, Virgo Solutions Ltd (UK) __ _ / / (_)__ __ ____ __ * Powerful * Flexible * Compatible * Reliable * / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / *Well Supported * Thousands of New Users Every Day* /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ The Cost Effective Choice - Linux Means Business! -- 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] My mouse stopped working
by MrGuyX3＠aol.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

I'm relatively new to Linux, and use SuSE. I have never been able to get sound to work, and I heard of a program called OSS. I tried it out, but when I played Quake, the sound would become choppy. I knew I could re-compile my kernel, but I didn't have any information about my sound card. OSS ended up being a giant help, as I got all my IRQ's, Hardware addresses, and DMA's from it. I recompiled my kernel and my sound works great. But there is a catch, my mouse doesn't work. I have run yast and set it up and I have run SaX and tried to set it up there too. It just doesn't want to work. I use a serial mouse, and seeing as I didn't touch anything else in the menuconfig program, I don't know how it could have gotten messed up. I don't know much about the boot process or anything but when my computer boots, it scrolls "modprobe: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4" quite a few times before continuing. I figured this might also have something to do with it. Your help is greatly appreciated. Ender -- 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] Problem with route and pppd
by gregt＠nadel.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

Hello, I have a couple of problems with my dial-up connection and routing. I have SuSE 6.1, a fairly minimal install, eth0 with ip of 10.0.0.100 submask 255.0.0.0, and I'm trying to use kppp. I think the problem is that my default gateway is set to eth0 and ip 10.0.0.1. But the main problem is that when I run the route command it takes a full minute before it shows all my routes, and it takes longer than that to add a route, but deleting a route seems to be done in a flash. Just to be sure, where do I check that I'm getting the defaultroute set to ppp0? Thanks, Greg -- 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] serious vim question
by dizzy73＠connix.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

All Im having a hell of a time trying to perform a simple task goal: add a simple macro to my vimrc ie: line wrap or a small macro problem: if I *touch* the vimrc it complains about NO MAPPING FOUND if I simply add a comment ' to the file it wiggs! vim unlike vi only seems to have one rc file where vi has .exrc for each user o how does one go about this? IVe scoured the vim pages... 8-/ nada! particullary what Im interested in doing is setting up my line wrap properly setting up "sigdashes" so sigs can be automaticaly be deleted when responding getting the command for underline as in ^^^^^^^^^^ oh Is that it ? <grin> (but you'd have to backspace around to underline?? why cant the vimrc be edited? here is my attempt at an .exrc et wm=3 set sm map V :w^M:!ispell%^M:e!^M^M map ,kqs G?^> -- $<CR>d} map ,kqs G?^> *-- $<CR>dG ,kqs = kill quoted sig unto start of own signature: map ,kqs G?^> *-- $<CR>d/^-- $/<C-M> ======================================== the V macro dosnt work to trigger ispell nor does the sigdash Ive posted to muttusers... but lets just say I havent found an answer hoping for better luck here thanks rob -- Linux Home Page <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A</A>> S.u.S.E Linux 5.3 -IRC- #suse efnet Home Linux Box S.u.S.E List Archive <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/dizzy73/suse/Index.Html"><A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/dizzy73/suse/Index.Html</A">http://members.xoom.com/dizzy73/suse/Index.Html</A</A>> >------------------------Mail via Mutt------------------------------< Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child -- if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. -- W. C. Fields -- 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] This is a test. Please ignore.
by jon_pennington＠excite.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

For your enjoyment, an excerpt from my personal chronicles... -- To kick things off, I found out that only kernel 2.0.34 and newer systems were *known* to run my SiiG SCSI card well, so I fired up my browser, called up the Caldera and SuSE web sites to get some more info. Caldera 1.3 uses 2.0.35 and SuSE 5.3/6.0 use 2.0.36. Cool. I called up LinuxMall (if you don't know about these guys, you must check out www.linuxmall.com *immediately* after you stop reading this), ordered COL 1.3 by LinuxMall and SuSE 6.0 by LinuxMall ($1.89 each! Don't spend six hours getting the ISO image and fiddle with trying to burn your own disc, call these guys!), and thought, "What the hell. Red Hat Power Tools sounds good..." I was right about those power tools, btw. Ever stay up until 4:30AM on a school night looking for that lib.so.obscure package? It's on those disks... Well, one complaint about LinuxMall, SuSE 6.0 is still four weeks out, but instead of automatically sending me 5.3 in it's place, I had to order it separately (I added a Slackware 3.6 disk set, for Bren, which made my SuSE 5.3 disk free). -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | SuSE Linux 6.0 jon_pennington(a)excite.com | Kernel 2.2.5 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | K6-2 350 _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at <A HREF="http://mail.excite.com/"><A HREF="http://mail.excite.com/</A">http://mail.excite.com/</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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[SuSE Linux] Printing
by ted.mason＠cableinet.co.uk 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

Dear All, I wonder if anyone can help. I am trying to print under SuSE 6.1, from Applix Words. A spool file is created in my axhome directory, but nothing else happens. (I have not chosen 'print to file'). The Print Shell command is set to the default in Applix Preferences 'lpr .-s -r P'. There is a message in my /var/spool/mail directory which says that 'my print job "spool10019b.ps was not printed because it was not linked to the original file'. I've used Applix on Linux for over a year, and nothing like this has happened until I installed SuSE 6.1. I am using Applix 4.4.1 (not the demo that comes with SuSE). I'd appreciate any help, many thanks in anticipation. Ted -- 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] Netscape can't Load Acrobad Reader Plugins, Help
by Leonard_Ong＠iname.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

[2] 5584 bash-2.02# ERROR: libc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Cant load plugin /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat3/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so. Ignored. Please help, I installed both.... -- 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] A networking question
by jander＠ml.com 04 Jun '99

04 Jun '99

I just installed 6.1, but I suspect I messed up part of the network config. The reason I think this is that I keep dropping connections when trying to download files over a lan via netscape. Could someone give me a checklist of things to look for to be sure lan (and ppp) connectivity are properly setup? Thanks, jim -- 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] [wm-user] Window Maker 0.60.0 Released! (fwd)
by hekate＠intergate.bc.ca 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

For you Window Maker fans. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:59:14 +0300 (EET DST) From: Dan Pascu <dan(a)services.iiruc.ro> To: Window Maker list <wm-user(a)windowmaker.org> Cc: Window Maker Development <wm-dev(a)windowmaker.org> Subject: [wm-user] Window Maker 0.60.0 Released! As I said, 0.60.0 is released, coming with many bug fixes, many new features, many new bugs, and many many other things all described in the attached Changelog and NEWS files. -- Dan </PRE> <PRE> Changes since version 0.53.0: ............................. - fixed a bug that caused icon overlaping in Clip, when icon was moved around. - this time really added libwmfun to distribution. - made deiconification not automatically focus window in sloppy focus - fixed crash with DisableMiniwindows and icon pixmap changes - fixed crash when changing icon of window without WM_CLASS - added hysteresys for offscreen menu scrollback - fixed bug with IgnoreFocusClick - fixed crash with windows with width == 1 (Alban Hertroys <dalroi(a)wit401310.student.utwente.nl>) - added SHEXEC command - fixed resizebarback for SHADOW_RESIZEBAR ( jim knoble jmknoble(a)pobox.com) - added balloon help everywhere - fixed bug with FullMaximize attribute - GNOME: button events not bound in wmaker are proxyized (to gmc) (Paul Warren <pdw(a)ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>) - fixed bug with restoration of maximized window after restart with --enable-kde - added high-quality filtered rescaling (smoothed rescaling) to wrlib/wmsetbg - added SmoothWorkspaceBack - fixed crash bug in Paths section of WPrefs - optimized image rendering for 15/16 bpp - user menus' paths were changed. See NEWS. - added a timeout for the workspace name fading - HP-UX compiler compatibility workarounds (Sebastien Bauer seb_bauer(a)bigfoot.com) - fixed crash with attributes panel - save state of all menus when exiting (Sebastien Bauer seb_bauer(a)bigfoot.com) - added GNUstep info panel (still needs beautification..) - made the paths selector in WPrefs.app use the open file panel - fixed crash bug with hiding apps without dock/clip - fixed a mem leak in superfluous mode caused by the ghost icon. - added possibility to set omnipresent icons in Clip. See NEWS. - fixed bug in WPrefs menu editor - fixed crash when moving internal window with kbd - fixed compilation problem on IRIX machines (Neil Muller <neil(a)octane.sun.ac.za>) - replace xde support drop on dock with xdnd. - added an (internal use) environment variable for telling WPrefs whats's the name of the wmaker binary being ran. - more elegant text entries in Clip's menu, regarding single/multiple selected icons. - fixed cosmetic bug in geom. dpy window for 8bpp - removed --enable-kanji and added MultiByteText option - rewrote font code to use WINGs - made autoraise only work for the active window - fixed compilation problem with OpenWindows and other non-X11R6 systems.. - fixed crash bug when iconsize=24 - fixed portability prob with raise() in SunOS - fixed icon placement bug (Markus Schoder <Markus.Schoder(a)online.de>) - added delete and floppy buttons in file panel. </PRE> <PRE> NEWS for veteran Window Maker users ----------------------------------- --- 0.60.0 User Menu --------- The user menu is now a compile time option disabled by default. Supply --enable-usermenu to configure to enable it. root menu INCOMPATIBLE changes ------------------------------ EXEC <program> will execute the named program SHEXEC <command> will execute the shell command. If you want to execute something like blabla > /dev/null, then use SHEXEC Dont forget to update your menus. New Option For setstyle ----------------------- The --ignore flag will tell setstyle to not change the option that is specified, when modifying the Window Maker configurations. For example: etstyle --ignore MenuStyle sometheme.themed will cause the MenuStyle option to not be changed. etstyle --ignore FTitleBack --ignore UTitleBack --ignore PTitleBack bla.themed will load the theme, but keep the titlebar background related options as before. MultiByte Text Support Changes ------------------------------ The --enable-kanji configure option is not needed anymore and was removed. To enable support for multibyte text, you must: - set the LANG environment variable to the appropriate value - change the font configurations to contain font sets in the appropriate encodings in both ~/G/D/WindowMaker and ~/G/D/WMGLOBAL (for WPrefs) - set the MultiByteText option to YES in both of the above files New Options ----------- WorkspaceNameDisplayPosition = none/center/top/bottom/topleft/topright/bottomleft/bottomright SmoothWorkspaceBack = YES/NO will enable smoothing of scaled workspace background images. Application User Menu Path Changes ---------------------------------- Default configuration for user specific menus installed in /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/UserMenus or $(datadir)/WindowMaker/UserMenus and ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/UserMenus. Omnipresent icons in Clip ------------------------- Added ability to set icons docked in Clip to be omnipresent on all workspaces. To set/reset this flag use the clip menu. The Clip menu changed in the following way: - if you bring up the menu from the Clip's main icon, it will contain as before the "Rename Workspace" entry in the second position. - however, if you bring up the menu from any other icon in clip, the "Rename Workspace" menu entry is replaced by "Omnipresent" or "Toggle Omnipresent" depending on the context. This entry will work in the following way, depending on the context: 1. If there is no icon selected in the clip, then the menu will contain the entry named "Omnipresent" which will be checked accordingly to the current state of the icon (omnipresent or not), and will let you change the omnipresent state of the icon you brought the menu from. 2. If one or more icons are already selected when the Clip menu is called, the entry will be named "Toggle Omnipresent" and will apply to all selected icons trying to toggle their omnipresent state. The icons which will be succesfully changed to their new state as requested, will be unselected, while the ones that will fail for some reason to gain their new state, will remain selected. In both cases if there is not success in setting what user requested a panel will inform user of the failure. (Note: trying to set an icon to not-omnipresent will never fail. Failures can be met only when trying to set omnipresent for an icon). The icons set to omnipresent will be marked with a triangle in the upper left corner, having the color of the IconTitleColor. An icon can be set to omnipresent, only if its position is free in all the workspaces, else you will be informed of the problem and asked to fix it first. Also when dragging an omnipresent icon around in Clip, all the icons docked in all the workspaces are shown while the dragging is done, to let one easily see where are free slots in all workspaces. For advanced users, there is also a shortcut to set/reset the omnipresent state of an icon: just use "Shift+MiddleButton" (button2) on the icon you want to change. In this case only the mark in the upper left corner will appear in case of success, or nothing will happen if icon cannot be made omnipresent (advanced users are expected to know why the icon failed to be made omnipresent, so they don't need a panel to explain them why ;) ). Now before you load your gun to start a flame war because this is against your principles you love so much, please sit down and think that this is a feature, which, if you don't use, the old behaviour of the Clip is totally preserved. It just adds some extra capabilities to the Clip for people who think that this is useful. XDND drop on dock support ------------------------- Support for XDE on dock is now replaced by XDND. To enable, edit src/wconfig.h

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