January 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] MLPPP and Linux
by jpennington＠atipa.com 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

Hi, everybody! :) I was talking to a friend about my cable modem the other day, and the subject of fast dialup connections came up. In the US, it's common knowledge that 53k/sec is the fastest connection allowed over a common POTS line, but Windows98 includes an implementation of the Multi-Link Point-to-Point Protocol, as do some third-party software packages. While you are still limited by seemingly random line anomalies, this would theoretically allow two bonded modems to move data at a rate of 106 compressed k per second over common analog lines. Diamond even sold a line of modems known as the Shotgun series, and some of them had two modems on one card. So my friend says to me, "Can you do that with Linux?" I couldn't answer him, so I'm asking y'all... -- -=|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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Re: [SLE] Running a daemon automatically at a runlevel
by ahenry＠cusa.dyndns.org 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

Hello, this appears to be a pretty old topic. Embedded comment follows: On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 07:25:43PM -0500, Bob Easton wrote: > On 14 Nov 99, at 14:42, Paul W. Abrahams wrote with subject > "Re: [SLE] Running a daemon automatically at a run": > > > "Argentium G. Tiger" wrote: > > > > > Hi folks, I was working out how to make the Linux glibc2.1 > > > version of the RC5DES client from distributed.net run > > > automatically upon entry to Runlevel 2, and exit automatically > > > on leaving Runlevel 2. > > > > > > For some of you this might be old news, for some who are coming > > > over from Windoze (as I am), this might make a nice example of > > > how to get your head wrapped around how to do "autoexec.bat" > > > like things in linux: > > > > etc. > > > > Your method works, 'tis true, but it can come back to kick you > > later on if you update your configuration. Problem is that Yast > > basically regards the stuff in /sbin/init.d as its property, to > > be changed at will if you update your system. So your changes to > > /sbin/init.d/rc2.d might be clobbered some day. > > > > I'd think it would be safer to put your code into > > /sbin/init.d/boot.local and do a runlevel test there (I'll admit > > I don't know what the right variable for that is, though). > > There's also a local shutdown file somewhere, though I don't know > > what it is. > > Pardon my ignorance, but is boot.local invoked for every > runlevel change? more... > > > > > I've concluded that if you're ever likely to update a SuSE > > system, it's a good idea to keep all your local changes under a > > local directory or in a recognizably local file like boot.local. > > If you set up your search paths to look at local stuff first, > > then you can override anything you want. > > > > Well, I guess that answers my last question although I don't > fully understand it, but it seems inelegant at any rate. Isn't > there a more seamless way to integrate such scripts into the > init sequence? more... > > > Any wiser heads around here have a different view? > > > > Paul > > > > This sounds like something that SuSE should offer an opinion on. > For example, I don't know how best to integrate dhcpcd into the > current scripts so that a) it will be started and stopped by the > appropriate runlevel change AND b) not be trampled by upgrades. > BTW, will SuSE offer dhcpcd as an option? It's much more full- > featured and well documented, in addition to having been tested > on several cable modem systems. It worked immediately by simply > issuing "dhcpcd eth0" from the command line whereas dhclient > only worked once for me in 6.1, and I'll be damned if I know why > it ever worked or didn't work as the case may be. > -Bob I would also like to know SuSE's recommendation for installing daemons that are not retrieved through YaST as RPM. Up until now, I have been creating sym-links by hand which is a real pain. Redhat put out a program called chkconfig, but I have had problems getting it to work correctly. I hear Debian also has a similar program, but was unable to find it. Concerning your stuff getting clobbered: Back it up. I think its silly that users are unable to this directory. Shouldn't there be another similar directory located in '/usr/local/sbin/init.d' that will remain untouched by YaST? Guess we could always turn off ENABLE_SUSECONFIG, but what other problems will that raise? Looks like in the meantime I will be using csh to create those sym-links. -- [-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- adam j henry =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=] | [http: www.heidelberg.edu/~ahenry] [pgp: 0x92B1EDF5] | | [mailto: ahenry(a)heidelberg.edu] [icq: 5794025] | [-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=] -- 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] sound blaster live install problems
by ronm＠cyrix.com 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

di I metion that I was new? oh ok Im a newbe and have not Idea what you mean when you say modprobe. what does modprobe stand for? thanks Ron Dan Schlichting wrote: > You might try putting a modprobe sound into your boot.local file. I can't > member the exact syntax but that is what I did. > > I think the file is /etc/boot.local > > for some reason suse won't put that into the startup scripts for you. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: ronm(a)cyrix.com [mailto:ronm@cyrix.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 1:42 PM > To: SUSE Discussions (E-mail) > Subject: [SLE] sound blaster live install problems > > I am running suse 6.3 on a > > dule boot system windoze98/suse > k62 450 > 198 meg of ram > 10 gig windows disk > 3.2 gig linux disk > > fresh install of 6.3 > > I can install the emu10k1 package then run the ./install script and > everything > seems to be working properly as far as I can tell. the cd player works at > least. > I do a cat /dev/sndstat and everything seems ok to me. > > the problem is I have to run the script every time I log in.. what am I > doing wrong? > > thanks > > -- > Ron Morgan jr. Cyrix Dallas Texas > //If you remain calm, You dont know all the facts! // > ronm(a)cyrix.com > gojoe(a)home.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/ -- Ron Morgan jr. Cyrix Dallas Texas //If you remain calm, You dont know all the facts! // ronm(a)cyrix.com gojoe(a)home.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] Re: FETCHMAIL-DAEMON replies annoying
by jimo＠eskimo.com 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

"Darren R. Weber" <weberdr(a)bellsouth.net> writes: >Am I the only one getting these replies from someones fetchmail setup? > >It's very annoying to get one of these for every post I make. If the >offender is working to fix this I'd like to know so at least I can >take comfort in knowing it will end soon. This an all too common misconfig, sending the DNS to the From: addr rather than the list's envelope addr. As a list admin myself, I try to urge my subscribers to give me a heads up when they detect this sort of problem, because otherwise I don't know of the errors - they aren't going to the list server as they're supposed to. So, when you see this kind of thing, send a report to: suse-linux-e-owner(a)suse.com with full headers from the offender. This is a problem that requires actual human intervention. I've sent one for this incident, so there should be no need for followup. Of course, I don't know how often the owner gets to his mailbox... Cheers, Jim -- 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] Ethiopia School Project Advice
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

Hi, I'm with Lenz on the ram, bring them up to 32 MB. Consider making 3 moderately high powered servers and 3 small clients. New disks and cd-roms for the servers, double up the old disks in the clients. Any cash left over might best be spent on ram. Software...? My reasoning is that the clients will have access to the servers resources and a large single drive is cheaper than two smaller ones. (I'm making the assumption that the three schools are not going to be connected.) I think expanding is easier with this model, since you only need to clone the clients. The downside is that the clients can't do much on their own should the server go down. Good luck, Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Lenz Grimmer [SMTP:grimmer@suse.de] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:13 PM > On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Jim Bruer wrote: > > > I have 6 486Dx2 boxes that are going to be sent to 3 high schools in > > Ethiopia from the US. 16megs of 72pin ram, 200Mbytes hard drives, > no > > cd-roms. I do have a budget fo up to $150 per machine for upgrades. > > Seeking input from the group on what an ideal configuration, both > > hardware and software, might be for this use. The schools have > nothing > > at present. > > Depends, what theses boxes are supposed to do. More RAM and hard disk > space is what I would recommend. Have at least 32MB, if you want to > get > some serious work done. 200MB is also very tight, if you want to use > them > as workstations. -- 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] 2.2.14 is out!
by grimmer＠suse.de 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

See $SUBJECT. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- 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] who finger problem
by ahenry＠cusa.dyndns.org 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

I am using SuSE 6.2, and am having problems with the 'w' and 'finger' programs after a system uptime of >6 days. ahenry@cusa:~ > w 2:55pm up 7 days, 11:54, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT ahenry pts/0 ppp12.eshores.co 2:32pm 7days 1:44 0.09s mutt ahenry pts/2 ppp12.eshores.co 2:52pm 7days 1:44 0.09s mutt Why does the IDLE field report 7days? Why does mutt come up as the program I'm running for both of my logins? This is nothing more than an annoyance, but would like to know why this is happening. Thanks for any help. -- [-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- adam j henry =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=] | [http: www.heidelberg.edu/~ahenry] [pgp: 0x92B1EDF5] | | [mailto: ahenry(a)heidelberg.edu] [icq: 5794025] | [-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=] -- 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] sound blaster live install problems
by ronm＠cyrix.com 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

I am running suse 6.3 on a dule boot system windoze98/suse k62 450 198 meg of ram 10 gig windows disk 3.2 gig linux disk fresh install of 6.3 I can install the emu10k1 package then run the ./install script and everything seems to be working properly as far as I can tell. the cd player works at least. I do a cat /dev/sndstat and everything seems ok to me. the problem is I have to run the script every time I log in.. what am I doing wrong? thanks -- Ron Morgan jr. Cyrix Dallas Texas //If you remain calm, You dont know all the facts! // ronm(a)cyrix.com gojoe(a)home.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] Samba, 6.3, OfficeJet R40 Problem
by jim＠bruer.org 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

Trying to get "raw" printing to work from win98 box. OfficeJet R40 connected to parallel port on linux box. Printer share shows up on Win98, driver loaded on Win98 but getting "network error" message when attempting to print testpage. Printcap is plain vanilla raw printer. Samba.config also plain vanillia from the examples. "Homes" shares are all working fine. Any Ideas? This is one of the new all-in-one printers. My friend is ready to throw me and Linux out If I can't fix it tonight. : ( -- 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] FETCHMAIL-DAEMON replies annoying
by mflores＠midway.uchicago.edu 04 Jan '00

04 Jan '00

I started getting these daemons during the last days of 1999. Got them again this AM. -- 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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