June 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SuSE Linux] Suse 6.1.? kernels
by samelash＠ix.netcom.com 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Any one know what the fixes / changes that suse makes to the kernal as opesed to the stock linux kernal. At 06:04 PM 5/31/1999 -0400, David Bellows wrote: > >Geoff' Horn wrote: >> >> OK, so some may get 2.2.7 kernels. Where are the SuSE patches for >> the rest of us with 2.2.5. Can I use the updates from >> ftp.kernel.org, are they compatible with SuSE's? > >Since SuSE5.3 I have never used the SuSE supplied kernel. And when an >upgrade replaces my kernel with the SuSE stock version, my first task is >to install my own kernel kernel again. Last I checked the newest kernel >is 2.2.9 which I am presently using without problem. So yes, you can >use the kernels from ftp.kernel.org. > >David Bellows >-- >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>> > > -- 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] Dual Boot Machine using Netscape
by j.vermeulen＠hot.A2000.nl 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

I want to extend my internet machine that currently runs under W98 into a dual boot machine using Linux as the alternative OS and I want to use Netscape with both OSes. My question is: can I use the same netscape/users/ files under both Linux and W98 and if not so, how do I synchronize them? And do not tell me to ditch Windows, I'd like to but I can't ;-) JV -- 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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No Subject
by RJames＠altecmm.com 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>does anyone know where i can find information on how to setup the files from an FTP mirror onto a set of CD's?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>rami</FONT></DIV>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Hoorah for SuSE has updated boxed 6.1 set 2.2.5 -> 2.2.7!
by kester＠cwcom.net 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

SuSE Support Good, if sometimes slow. I've had two minor problems but essentailly my upgrade from 5.3 went without a problem. The two niggles I had I found answers to on the support database (history section) web site but which were answered fully by SuSE support. SuSE updating 6.1 Yes, this is great. Otherwise I would wait or recommend my friends wait until 6.2 comes out. When they ask for my advice, I can say go ahead, there were some bugs but the latest releases of 6.1 should be fine. Just check it has the 2.2.7 kernel on.... SuSE value Value for money is a choice the consumer makes. Before flaming SuSE, remember all the very fine work the do (the devil is in the detail as far as Linux goes) to get your basic stuff to work. Plus have you seen any other distro including StarOffice and stacks of other software for £24.99? StarOffice is probably worth that on its own. 6.1 is/was a great distro and SuSE have my full support. k. -- 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] permissions; root vs user; KDE
by kester＠cwcom.net 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Yes, I had this after I upgraded. :My point is, there are a lot of items on the default KDE menus which I :cannot access. Please :note that I have not modified the KDE installation at all (other than pick :background colors, etc.). :Logged on as a user, when I open the Menu Editor, most of the items on the :menu are grayed out so :all I can do is look at them. This is not very useful. If there are items :which should not be available I think you may need to log into KDE as root; remove all the system wide stuff you last put there as root and then add them back again. Remember if root makes mene changes to KDE, no user will be able to alter them. My advice to keep users happy, is to keep the default menu absolutely bare but for essentials and let users add their own applications (and then they can choose/modify the icons etc.). It's not so difficult for them if you send them a system wide email informing them of useful programs they might want to add (and there are many not installed as they ain't part of KDE). :I wouldn't want to remove them from the menus for 'root'. : :I am at a loss as to what to try next. Any assitance anyone could provide :would be greatly appreciated. : :Thanks! :Mike : :Michael Cleary :Software Engineer :Reciprocal, Inc. :mikecle@reciprocal.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 :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>> -- 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] Changes in 6.1
by kukuk＠suse.de 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Hello, Ok, since the most people never looked at our CDs (Or they would have seen the ChangeLog file with all of our changes), here is a short summary. As everybody could see, there are only some few real updates, the most are only minor bug fixes. There are a lot of new KDE programs, and a lot of new builds of packages comes from fixes for our Alpha version, or because of the libc update. That what I have written the last time. This list is the difference between the first german master and the current FTP-Version (diff over both Changelogs as everybody can do). This means, the most changes are already on the first international version. I doubt it is complete, I have ignored some packages, where we have fixed only typos in docu or so and which only for internal use. I hope now are all happy and see, that a lot of people cry for nothing. - StarOffice: Fixes in Documentation. - Update of documentation. - minicom: locale bug fix. - kernmod: disable scsi_logging - gimp: disable locale support - enlight: update to 0.15.5 (user requests) - econf: for enlight - openldap: new bugfix version 1.2.1 - webalize: Update with smaple configuration fixes - eterm: New. - sysvinit: killproc fix for multithreaded programs mingetty: reset also /dev/vcs* - snns: minor installation bug fix - gnuplot: fix bugs in summer time handling - man: remove one forgotten debug message - i4l: update databases - samba: Run umount on shutdown - nkitb: ping fixes (egcs), update routed for new kernel - dochost: fix possible security problem - ossdemo: Update for 2.2.7 kernel - aaa_base: Add more entries to /etc/conf.modules - lx_suse: Update kernel to 2.2.7 - susewm: add afgerstep, minor bug fixes - sax: add russian translations - nkita: Add more documentation, update bootpc for new kernel - ypserv: Use SIGHUP for reload, do not restart - ypclients: Likewise, wait until ypbind finds a server - ziptool: exclude PTS and AUTOFS filesystems - webalize: fix typo in sample config - mswordview: New. - YaST: add new printers, fix some descriptions, add more warnings, add more translations - wmaker: New - wmaconf: New - xf86: Small fix in Backarrow2Delete and Backarrow2BackSpace script - xtermset: New - pcf: Fix Y2K problem - apache: Update to new version - apassl: Likewise, use gdbm, not ndbm - ppa: Update to new version (GDI printer) - aps: Add support for new ppa - plan: Update to new version - kbase: bugfix for SuSEconfig.kdm - apmd: Don't start by default - libc: add more locale - ps (procinfo): Update for SMP - firewall: add moew documentation - x11amp: Update from alpha to beta version - mc: Update for security fixes - icewm: bugfixes - tuxeyes: New package - A lot of new KDE packages - there are packages with fixes for Alpha port (we build both from the same source tree, ignore this for intel) Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/</A">http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/</A</A>> kukuk(a)suse.de SuSE GmbH Schanzaeckerstr. 10 90443 Nuernberg Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse, cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background. -- 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 03 Jun '99

03 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. One last thing that may help to know, is that when I started xwindows, I sent it's output to a file. A line in that file read: "Cannot open mouse (Operation not supported by device) - Continuing...". If you have any idea of what is wrong, or how to fix it, please tell me. 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] We need a faq
by merdler＠isdn.net.il 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Hi I think it is obvious that a lot of question repeat themselves. We need a FAQ(frequently asked questions) ,so who wants to volunteer :-) Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------- "You do not have to be smart in order to think, but in order to be smart you have to think" Efi Merdler -- 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 Linux 6.1 and PPPIOCGUNIT Operation not permitted
by peter.pilgrim＠db.com 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

northsky(a)ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jun 1999, you wrote: > > I recently upgraded my laptop computer from Slackware 3.4 to > > SuSE Linux 6.1. I am trying to get SuSE Linux to > > connect to Demon Internet, but I keep getting errors > > from `pppd' where it said `operation not permitted' > > in the file `/var/log/messages'. I have also downloaded > > latest `pppd' 2.5.8 and it still did not work. Here are the > > messages: > > > > pppd[345]: pppd 2.3.8 started by root, uid 0 > > pppd[345]: kernel tty_io.c process (345) pppd used obsolete > > `/dev/cua2' up date software to use `/dev/ttyS2' > > .... > > pppd[345]: Serial connection established > > pppd[345]: ioctl(PPPIOCGUNIT): Operation not permitted > > pppd[345]: tcsetattr: Operation not permitted > > pppd[345]: Exit > > And you were using the same hardware before on Slack 3.4? and it worked? Yes I am using the same AJP 6200 laptop (circa 1997) that had Slackware 3.4. I probably am going to go buy a Dell Inspiron 7000 Laptop 366Mhz P-II, 128MB Ram, 10MB HDD, Rage AGP, 8MB 15" TFT soonish and probably not the AJP 8500PD. Any one out there experienced? ;-) -- Cheers Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------- import std.disclaimer; // More Lava for ya Java, mate! "Who -- Cheers Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------- import std.disclaimer; // More Lava for ya Java, mate! "Who put the ball in the Munich net? Ollie Gunnar Solkjaer!" -- 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] [SuSE Linux 6.0 ] networking - DHCP conf
by f5tmz＠leradome.com 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Hi all, I've set up successfully a DHCP server under the 6.0 everything's running well. But could someone tell me how to configure the conf script file to enable WINS used under samba ? tnx regards ------------------------------------------------- Guess What, THE ... ------------------------------------------------- REAL PORTION of Microsoft Windows code: while (memory_available) { eat_major_portion_of_memory (no_real_reason); if (feel_like_it) make_user_THINK (this_is_an_OS); gates_bank_balance++; ; while (memory_microsofted) { system_response; cout blow_this_OS_away; cout install linux++; ------------------------------------------------- regards de Pierre-Yves PARANTHOEN - F5TMZ - AMPR : 44.151.22.1 f5tmz(a)f5tmzleradome.com f5tmz(a)f5tmz.ampr.org f5tmz(a)tcp.#22.f5tmz.fbre.fra.euro -- 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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