January 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] newbie, intrigued
by fgs＠epulse.net 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Have been following the list for a couple of months using Kmail under 6.2. Yestersay evening I had a look a Xemacs' mail program. It reported a thousand or so messges in the folder for the suse-list (although I thought I had deleted as I went and emptied the trash along the way). This morning Xemacs mail says no folders in inbox and Kmail shows a 1000+ messages in the suse-list folder. Where have they all been? Why did they come back? And where do I look to get a better understanding of this area? Thanks Francesco. -- 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: Tab stops - a historical note
by ke＠suse.de 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

"Alvaro A. Novo" <novo(a)uiuc.edu> writes: | According to "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline, studies | have shown that 4 space tabs produce better "readable" code... A good reading on this subject is /usr/src/linux/Documentation/CodingStyle :) -- work : ke(a)suse.de Karl Eichwalder home : ke(a)gnu.franken.de -- 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] linux on CD
by sjackson＠stratmarkcorp.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

How can I create a CD that contains a copy of a linux partition and boot to it. I realize that it would have to mount ro and all that, but can I just dd the partition and burn it on CD? I am trying to create a diskless linux machine. Is there any info on how to do this available? Jackson -- 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] LT pci modem works
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

-----Original Message----- From: Jon Pennington [SMTP:jpennington@atipa.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 10:29 AM >On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Tim Duggan wrote: >> For anyone here who has a Lucent LT pci modem (commonly found in >> laptops) this is to let you know that it works quite well using the >> lucent module. The install script works, with the exception that it >> writes the insmod line to rc.local file which is the equivalent to >> boot.local so some hand editing of that file may be required. > >A coworker just suggested to me that rc.local be a symlink to >/sbin/init.d/boot.local. Is there a reason that this wouldn't work? Sounds good to me, why didn't I think of that :-) Tim -- 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: Real Man page for tar?
by jimo＠eskimo.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Lenz Grimmer <grimmer(a)suse.de> writes: >"tar --help" or "info tar" are also very helpful. tar --help does provide concise, useful output. Thanks, Lenz! "info tar" is not so useful. I know it's not SuSE's fault; the tar developers seem to have a political problem with the classic man pages. But the "info" page for tar on SuSE 5.3 is no substitute for a real man page (how can you print out the whole thing, for example). Maybe it's all better on SuSE 6.3, but from the responses to my initial query, I doubt it. A consideration is that often the tar user in search of information is in the midst of a crisis, trying to restore a damaged system or complete an installation, and the last thing they want is to confront a cryptic "info" system. Give the poor user a simple, single file to read with a pager like less. I've received some promising pointers; when I sort them out, maybe I'll post some tar info here and on my ftp site. 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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[SLE] LT pci modem works [was kernel-module mismatch--solved]
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Hi, Thanks, I did the recompile and have to use the -f option with insmod, but it works. For anyone here who has a Lucent LT pci modem (commonly found in laptops) this is to let you know that it works quite well using the lucent module. The install script works, with the exception that it writes the insmod line to rc.local file which is the equivalent to boot.local so some hand editing of that file may be required. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: zentara [SMTP:zentara@gnat.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:54 PM > > Tim Duggan wrote: > > > > Hi gang, > > > > I downloaded the lucent modem driver from linmodems.org. When I do > > # insmod ltmodem.o > > I get an error indicating that it was compiled for kernel 2.2.12-20 > and > > the current kernel is 2.2.13. > > > > modprobe reports that it can't find the module. > > > > The laptop list reports that it works with RH6.1 (I'd rather not > resort > > to that). This is a fresh 6.3 install (stock pentium kernel). The > module > > is binary only :-( > > I'm sure this can be resolved, but am uncertain of the particulars. > Does > > anyone know what the proceedure is to get binary only modules > working > > across kernel versions? No, I don't want to edit the makefile and > change > > the kernel version there :-P > > > > Anyone? > > I can't remember which kernel compile option it is, but there is > a way to compile the kernel, so that it accepts modules from other > kernels. Recompile your kernel to include this feature. -- 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] Mulimedia
by daniel＠easi.soft.net 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Hi, I have no idea in configuring mulimedia. I have a system COMPAQ deskpro with sound card running suse 6.2 with kde. So please help me to configure the sound card. Thanks Regards S. Daniel -- 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] SuSEFax PhoneBook?
by genz1968＠mtu-net.ru 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Hello, I'm trying to add more Phone Books to SuSEFax. I don't know what a JDBC-Driver or what is a Database-URL. When I created a Phone Book, I literally typed in postgresql.Driver jdbc:postgresql:susephonedb root (and the password that I use to login to root upon bootup) Just like in the README.SuSE file. Documentation on this program is pathetic. But I am getting this error when I try to use these new phone books. "SuSEFax.action Performed (): java.lang.IllegalArguementException" What do you type in for the jdbc driver and URL? Any ideas? 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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[SLE] X Problem
by fountai＠hursley.ibm.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

I'm running XFree86-3.3.4 on SuSE-6.2 on a Compaq Deskpro. I've a problem with X, or specifically, a problem with VT consoles after I've started X. I'm using the XF86_S3V Xserver for my S3 ViRGE/DXGX graphics card and X works fine. But when I hit Ctrl-Alt-Fn to switch to a VT it's all corrupted: the whole text screen seems shifted to the right by a few inches and the text is a jumbled mess. This didn't bother me as I don't use VTs much, but my X is unstable. After a few days it'll just crash, locking the display and keyboard completely (no num/caps lock even). I haven't seen a pattern to what causes the crash. I can get in across the network to reboot, but it's not an ideal position. I've tried using the XF86_SVGA server which is supposd to support my chipset, but that does the same thing, plus has corruptions and artifacts in X. I've twiddled with acceleration, bit depths, and other such things but I can't stop it corrupting the VTs. Has anyone seen this, or does anyone know if a later XFree solves the problem? -- 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] Netscape
by Lysiane.Dumont＠ebr.ericsson.se 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Hello world, I have a problem with some Word documents when I use Netscape. In fact, I have installed SuSE 6.2 and we use it for our intranet. But before whole documents were on a NT server and the used browser was Internet Explorer. Now, some people work on Linux with Netscape and cannot open *.doc (some other use Netscape under NT and they have the same problem). Someone can help me ? In advance many thanks. Lysiane -- 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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