July 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SuSE Linux] I'm defecting :)
by LinuxAdvocate＠iname.com 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Jon Pennington wrote: > > Hey, all. > > I picked up a copy of Linux Mandrake 6.0 (basically RH6 + a few > enhancements) at CompUSA tonight. I'm going to give it a spin, and let you > know what happens. Heck, I bet that I could upgrade this puppy to SuSE 6.1 > when I'm done... Alot of the packages seem older. I'm probably wrong... (muttering to himself again) He'll be back. -- George Toft http://gtoft.dynip.com/LinuxAdvocate/ -- 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 http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archive at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

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SCSI Disk Error
by TXDELBAE＠ctrl.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Hi, Last night I re-installed my Linux onto my new 17GB disk, and I made a swap file on my old 1Gb SCSI disk. I use this disk just to hold swap files in Windows, NT and now Linux. When I had finished the install, rebooted, I got an error and a system stop when it came to find the swap partition, and the boot procedure then hung. The error was 'unable to get major 8 for SCSI disk' I removed the Linux partition from that disk, and made another on the 17GB one and all is OK, apart from the above error on the SCSI disk. Once into Linux I can mount the SCSI no problem. Anyone got any idea's as to what this means. Thanks Tim Delbaere Environment & 0171 692 8024 ) EGH 603 <mailto:txdelbae@ctrl.co.uk>

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Looking for SysAdmins in the USA
by LinuxAdvocate＠iname.com 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Aloha, It's that time, and as promised, I need those of you who are sysadmins to participate in my study (see signature file). I need survey participants to take the survey at http://gtoft.dynip.com/thesis . I would appreciate any help you can lend, including taking the survey. Finally, could anyone point me in the right direction? I'm looking for some system administrators who use one or more of the following operating systems: UnixWare, Solaris, Netware, or Windows NT on one or more of the following hardware platforms: Intel, Alpha, or SPARC. These NT guys are pretty hard to find! Thank you. -- George Toft http://gtoft.dynip.com Hawaii Pacific University MSIS Graduate Student "Investigating the Relationship Between the Total Cost of Ownership, Organization Size, Industry, Workgroup Size, And the Perception of Value for Workgroup Servers."

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Re: [SLE] Re: [SuSE Linux] Hello! I've got problems.
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Derek <fountai(a)hursley.ibm.com> writes: > > > > I thought SuSE 6.1 was based on glibc2??? > > > > Yes, but glibc2.0, not glibc2.1. You may need another RPM. SuSE 6.2 will > > be based on glibc2.1. > > Is it correct to say that there is zero chance of a program linked > against glibc2.0 working when it is linked against glibc2.1? No --- almost all glibc2.0 compiled programs will work on a glibc2.1 system. The exceptions are programs which use undocumented features of glibc2.0 that went away. Programs compiled on a glibc2.1 system may not work on a glibc2.0 system if the person compiling has not installed a glibc2.0 compatability development library. > If so, how are we supposed to upgrade our libraries without upgrading > every single package on the machine? I thought the libc5 to libc6 (aka > glibc2) effort was going to be the last major upheaval... My opinion --- always install, never upgrade, and do not use software you do not have the source for. That said, I have three machines running glibc2.1 and one running glibc2.0 without a single problem or hastle.

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RE: [SLE] Differences Bin \ Source \ Versions - Oh My?
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

I forgot to say, you'll also find an collection of archaic rubbish of interest to PDP-11 aficianados & green-screen terminal users only.... However, if you want a kosher SuSE rpm, SuSE is the place to go.... > On 29 Jul 1999, Mark Gray wrote: > > > James <bond225(a)shell2.tiac.net> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, SIMS, Paul, LCTL wrote: > > > > > > > Sorce is fine if you're happy compiling & installing the package. > Try SuSE's > > > > ftp site for packages & updates. > > > > > > > > You may be able to use rpms for other distribs - bear it in mind > that you > > > > may need to install other packages to satisfy broken dependencies > (eg, > > > > libraries) if you do. This can get rapidly out of hand. You'll > usually find > > > > anything useful is already on the SuSE site. > > > > > > Really now? oh yeah, do they have that BSD selection of classic unix > games > > > that comes with Slack? (i got used to playing Hack on at least 1 > virtual > > > terminal at a time) > > > > ./CD4/suse/fun1/nethack.rpm ? > > > Cool. I did not know that was there. ::smack self:: duh > sorry. :) > Hey, is there a catalogue somewhere in the book or something? Never mind, > I'm sure it's on the FTP, I'm just really lazy ;) > > James > bond225(a)tiac.net > >

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Re: [SLE] Differences Bin \ Source \ Versions - Oh My?
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

James <bond225(a)shell2.tiac.net> writes: > > > > On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, SIMS, Paul, LCTL wrote: > > > Sorce is fine if you're happy compiling & installing the package. Try SuSE's > > ftp site for packages & updates. > > > > You may be able to use rpms for other distribs - bear it in mind that you > > may need to install other packages to satisfy broken dependencies (eg, > > libraries) if you do. This can get rapidly out of hand. You'll usually find > > anything useful is already on the SuSE site. > > Really now? oh yeah, do they have that BSD selection of classic unix games > that comes with Slack? (i got used to playing Hack on at least 1 virtual > terminal at a time) ./CD4/suse/fun1/nethack.rpm ?

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RE: [SLE] About VMWare...
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

You'll never get native performance.....as long as you can use nt4 running native on a 64Mb P75 you'll be fine (many users here on that spec). Use raw disk partitions rather than virtual ide's for a more sprightly performance. You'll really need a graphics card with hardware acceleration useable by X as well for peak perkiness. > Yeah, how would it run on the new box I'm putting together-- pIII-450 > with 256 MB RAM? :) > > Cheers, > Dennis > "

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RE: [SLE] Differences Bin \ Source \ Versions - Oh My?
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Sorce is fine if you're happy compiling & installing the package. Try SuSE's ftp site for packages & updates. You may be able to use rpms for other distribs - bear it in mind that you may need to install other packages to satisfy broken dependencies (eg, libraries) if you do. This can get rapidly out of hand. You'll usually find anything useful is already on the SuSE site. > Here's one for ya, > > If I wanted to install a new program in Suse, and I had multiple download > choices, which do I choose? > > I guess I should get the source, and compile it myself, unless there is a > precompiled binary version already availiable that is the same as my > current > distribution version. > > Or will the binary for RedHat 5.0 work just fine? > > I know it's a stupid question, but there are plenty of newbies on this > list. > > Help > > Ex. > > Version: Stable 1.5 ddt-src-1.5.tar.gz <-- example only > Binaries: Generic ddt-bin-1.5.tgz > Binaries: RedHat 4.2 ddt-1.5-2.i386.rh42.rpm > Binaries: RedHat 5.0 ddt-1.5-2.i386.rh50.rpm > > Thanks, > > Michael >

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Differences
by hijeudheqo＠HotPOP.com 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

I dunno where to find this on the net, but perhaps someone can help me with this: What's exactly the difference between the common (Suse/RedHat/...) versions of Linux (now for sale in the stores). This 'coz I wanna buy a Linux version, be subscribed on several mailing-lists and the questions looks all the same. And so did the answers. Thx in advance KaReL

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Hello! I've got problems.
by grimmer＠suse.de 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Hi, better a late reply than none :) On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, michael schwager wrote: > - When I try to update, here's what happens: > rpm -U arkeia-server-shareware-4.0.9-f.i386.rpm > failed dependencies: > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by arkeia-server-shareware-4.0.9-f > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by arkeia-server-shareware-4.0.9-f > > I thought SuSE 6.1 was based on glibc2??? Yes, but glibc2.0, not glibc2.1. You may need another RPM. SuSE 6.2 will be based on glibc2.1. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany

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