January 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] buying a printer
by activex1＠one.net 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

I would like to get a printer that I can hook up to the Linux/Samba box and share it through out the house. I don't know a lot about printers, can folks bring me up to speed on which printers work with Linux/Samba and which don't? I am going to be doing normal printing, but being a photographer, also, I would like something that does coloer pretty good. Sam -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Print 1 page - Netscape?
by genz1968＠mtu-net.ru 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

Hello, How do you get Netscape to print just one page? I figure I need something after the lpr command. I'm looking in my Linux in a Nutshell book, and I don't see the command listed for lpr. Thanks George -- My personal website http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.htm -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] zip 250 quandry
by David Johanson 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

Evening Michael - I'll reply in-line as I find it easier. Michael George wrote: > Presumably you have it connected to an IDE controller. Of course, secondary slave; Perhaps this is the problem and if I move it to primary the problem might go away. I'll have to give that a go and see what happens.. The boot up display shows it as "zip 250 , ATAPI, floppy", but the bios setup shows it as "secondary slave [ IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI]" > When you booted, did you see where it was assigned? no > Do you perhaps have SCSI emulation on that drive? no > Which IDE controller is it connected to? Primary or secondary? Master or > Slave? Secondary slave If it helps, and I doubt it will, here is the fstab /dev/sdb3 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/sdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/cd-rw /cd-rw auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/dvd /dvd auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/hdd /dvd-r auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 /dev/fd1 /floppyold auto noauto,user 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 /dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc4 /zip vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/hde1 /hardcard auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/sde1 /mnt/MMC-SD auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdf1 /mnt/SmartMedia auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdg1 /mnt/CompactFlash auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/sdh1 /mnt/MemoryStick auto noauto,user,snyc 0 0 I switched the bios from "auto" to "zip 250" for the secondary slave tonight to see if that would make a difference; it didn't. Trying to mount the drive still gives the error message "mount: /dev/hdc4 is not a valid block device". dave > > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 08:50:01PM -0400, David Johanson wrote: > >>Moved the mobo, drives, controller and video card , and everything else >>from one box to another. In other words, the ONLY thing I changed was the >>case and power supply. The zip 250 worked perfectly in the original box and >>was identified in fstab as: >> >>/dev/hdc4 /zip vfat noauto, user, exec 0 0 and a mount point of >>/zip. >> >>In this new box trying to mount it gives a "mount: /dev/hdc4 is not a valid >>block device. If I alter /etc/fstab to change the zip identifier to the >>more common hdd4, I get "mount: /dev/hdd4: can't read superblock" >> >>Can anyone give me some advice as to what's going on? >> >>dave >>-- >>David C. Johanson >>Linux Counter # 116410 >>Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 >> >>People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond >>it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to >>think at all. -- Goethe >> >> >>-- >>Check the headers for your unsubscription address >>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >>Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >>Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com >> >> >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> > > -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe

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[SLE] xmcd and scsi emulation
by rdiazuri＠students.wisc.edu 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

Dear All, I've been using xmcd to play CD's. However, now that I'll enable scsi emulation and disable ide support for the CD-ROM I need to reconfigure xmcd, but I am unsure as to how to answer some of the configuration questions about the types of CD-ROM's I have (Toshiba XM-6202BH and HP-8100 --the CDwriter). a) When selecting the model, should I choose a SCSI or a non-SCSI model? b) The device interface method (if selecting non-SCSI), I assume should be "Linux ioctl method"? (If I were to select SCSI, then xmcd assuems that the cd-rom is SCSI-2 compliant). Any suggestions? Thanks, Ramon -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] sendmail host errors
by weberdr＠bellsouth.net 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

Ok this is probably simple. I don't use sendmail externaly. I have the smtp port closed, but I do use it localy of course for cron messages etc. I have a dhcp connection to the net and I don't have a real hostname from my ISP. I more or less make it up. I get errors like the following: Jan 6 23:26:21 cain sendmail[16041]: gethostbyaddr(208.61.xxx.xxx) failed: 1 I added the xxx for privacy of course. Now I understand that it is trying to poll my ISP, but how do I make it stop since I don't need it to do this? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw(a)linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] DHClient, continued
by jpennington＠atipa.com 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

I'm starting to think that I have a real problem with my SuSE 6.3 installation. I haven't purchased the full product yet (waiting for DVD release), so I'm not entitled to any genuine support (yet). I have purchased and registered every single retail Linux product since 6.0 however, and I haven't excersized my privelage to support since 6.0. I've seen all of the rants about how dhclient is ineffective, and that dhclient should be replaced by $package available from $server, but I really don't think that this will work. I've done what's necessary to install $package, and made symlinks so that the current scripts point to the new utilities, but this has had no impact on the behavior of my system. The problem appears to be the way 6.3 implements dhclient. In /etc/rc.config, there is a new setting that asks for a period of time between when eth0 stabilizes and dhclient is actually called. I have no idea if this is the cause of my problem, but the bottom line is that it doesn't work anymore. With 6.0-6.2, dhclient was called immediately after eth0 was configured, and they all worked. Now, I see `waiting for eth0 to stabilize ; done', which is clearly not the case. What bothers me the most is that it reports that the operation has been completed, and there wasn't any network traffic. I can see the router that the NIC was supposed to have polled, and the data light on said router doesn't blink once. If I call `dhclient eth0' manually after a runlevel change or reboot, I see the light blink a few times, and then I am handed an IP address as requested. This would say to me that there is something wrong with the init script, and the init script isn't verbose enough or smart enough to recognize that there is a problem. Am I getting out of line, here? Is there any chance that someone can help me, or are you just going to gripe and moan that dhclient is broken, and offer me no useful advice? Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] glx.so and q3demo
by cbeers＠bu.edu 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

I just recently downloaded the q3demo and have install the mesa-3.0-69 and glxriva-990819-14 packages. I have configured the XF86Config file to load the glx.so and it tests out fine with other OpenGL(glut, xlock) applications. However, I cannot seems to get q3demo to work. It will come up with a jumbled graphic, which should be the id software logo if it is like windows, in the upper 1/3 of the screen. It then procedes to enter another screen, which I imagine is the setup screen, but this is jumbled as well. This graphic is displayed in the middle 2/3 or the screen. When this happens my only choice is to kill the xserver, which restarts xdm. I am not sure what is going on here but any help would be appreciated. I have a Canopus Spectra 2500(riva TNT) chipset card with 16M or RAM. I have attached the screen section of the XF86Config file if that helps. Thanks in advance. /etc/XF86Config Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" Device "Primary-Card" Monitor "Primary-Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" Virtual 1152 864 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Christopher T. Beers Systems Analyst Administrator I Office of Information Technology - Boston University 111 Cummington Street (617)353-8248 Boston, MA 02215 (617)353-6260 fax -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] DHCPCD, DCHP and DSL Not Working -- Help Please!!!
by jeffery_norman＠usa.net 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

I recently got Telocity DSL service and love it -- at least from Windows 98 where I get SDSL speeds approaching 1MB/sec (yes, thats right, synchronous as in upload and download are each 1MB!!!). I am very happy but unfortunately am using Windows 98 as I cannot after 18 hours of trying get SUSE 6.3 to work correctly with my network connection. Please help if you can!!! Regardless of whether I use the dhclient, or instead dhcpcd, I get the same result -- nothing. When I use dhcpcd, I can actually see the dsl modem's LAN and PC lights light up (which is what happens in Windows when the lease is obtained) but no lease is ever obtained. It just sits there for 60 seconds and then quits with a timeout. My ethernet card is configured properly as eth0 and ifconfig shows eth0 up. Route gives me a blank line. I am getting very frsutrated by the lack of documentation for both dhclient and dhcpcd (I have read the docs at isc.org and the man pages, as well as the short blurb in the SuSE help). I am told by Telocity, which makes the modem and provides the DSL service, that Red Hat works "out of the box" with their service. Why not SuSE??!!! This should be a challenge to anyone interested in keeping Telocity customers on SuSE -- fix the problem please!!! In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas about what to try? Note that I have actually been assigned a static ip address and the dsl modem has a static gateway address. I have also tried configuring SuSE for a straight static TCP/IP connection (by using Yast to enter the ip address, gateway address, and netmask all as reported by winipcfg) instead of dhclient or dhpcdp. To no avail .... I get the same result (I see the lights go on, but no connection ... I can't even ping the gateway or any of the three nameservers (ping just hangs -- note though it doesn't say network is unreachable ... interesting)!!!). TIA ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] IP masq on bootup?
by crowbite＠yahoo.com 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

How do you get IP masquerading to start on bootup? I have IP_FORWARD=YES in rc.config and I edited rc.firewall. I type: ipchains -P forward DENY ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ Is this the correct way to start it? If so how do I get it to start on bootup? It works when I type this but stops after disconnecting or rebooting. Thanks for any help. -- B. L. Jilek <crowbite(a)bigfoot.com> | ICQ: 10733954 PGP: DSS 0x800B3A69 RSA 0x3F1963C5 --------------------------------- "Best file compression around: "DEL *.*" =3D 100% compression __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] HTML editor
by fountai＠hursley.ibm.com 07 Jan '00

07 Jan '00

I'm running a SuSE-6.2 system. I recently stumbled across an HTML editor (it started automatically when I hit the wrong key on some app I think). I had a quick look, thought "That might be useful one day" and closed it. I now need an HTML editor and I can't find the application. What HTML editors are on the SuSE distribution, and which do people recommend? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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