November 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Should i run Squid ?
by a_jalan＠vsnl.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.1.20001129063013.0245be90(a)202.54.9.1> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:40:23 +0530 From: Anurag Jalan <a_jalan(a)vsnl.com> Subject: Should i run Squid ? Hi all, My Office Lan has 2 Linux Servers : Server 1 : Apache, Samba, MySQL etc + IP masq router 2 NICS : 192.168.1.254 and 192.168.32.254 Server 2: SuSE firewals and wvdial.dod ISDN gateway ( 64 kbps ) 1 NIC : 192.168.32.1 The bandwidth is shared by about 20 Win98s and a Linux workstation which are all on the 192.168.1.0 network Our portal website is hosted overseas ... Would it be a good idea to install a web proxy on Server 2 ? I have to run Apache on Server 1 for testing purposes ... I'd be grateful for any suggestions .. Best regards Anurag

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Getting KDE 2.0 kdm to work with SuSE Linux 7.0
by paul.c.leopardi＠ac.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <OF56AFEC58.02882D08-ONCA2569A6.003312DF(a)ac.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)ac.com Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:39:43 +1000 Subject: Getting KDE 2.0 kdm to work with SuSE Linux 7.0 Is SuSE planning to update /sbin/init.d/xdm , /sbin/SuSEconfig and /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm, and probably a few more, to make SuSE Linux 7.0 more aware of KDE 2.0? I installed KDE 2.0 over RC2, using YaST on SuSE Linux 7.0. The version I installed was from the KDE 2.0 RPMs for SuSE 7.0 on the KDE site: After much searching around for documentation, I came to the conclusion that there are a number of undocumented post-installation steps needed for KDE 2.0 on SuSE Linux. This is because SuSE is aware of old KDE but not KDE 2.0. In particular, xdm and SuSEconfig are set up for old KDE and old kdm. In particular, to get the new kdm to substitute for the old one, I needed to make the following changes to /sbin/init.d/xdm , /sbin/SuSEconfig and /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm Summary: 1. Change some instances of /opt/kde/bin to /opt/kde2/bin 2. Add /opt/kde2/bin to some paths before /opt/kde/bin 3. Change SuSEconfig.kdm to use "," as a delimiter rather than ";" See detailed diff output below. Please note that since I am a dumb user and not a SuSE developer, I probably have done something wrong. Is SuSE planning to update these three files, and probably a few more, to make SuSE Linux 7.0 more aware of KDE 2.0? I hope so. In fact, I hope that SuSE has updates for these files, as well as detailed post-installation steps, either as part of an updated FAQ at http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/kde2/faq.html , or at the very least, as part of the update package mentioned at http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/kde2/index.html Detailed diff output -------------------- /sbin/init.d/xdm: 35c35 < kdm|kde|KDM|KDE) DISPLAYMANAGER=/opt/kde/bin/kdm ;; --- > kdm|kde|KDM|KDE) DISPLAYMANAGER=/opt/kde2/bin/kdm ;; /sbin/SuSEconfig: 532a533,537 > if test -d $r/opt/kde2 ; then > echo "KDEDIR=/opt/kde2" >> $r/etc/SuSEconfig/profile.SuSEconfig > echo "export KDEDIR" >> $r/etc/SuSEconfig/profile.SuSEconfig > echo "setenv KDEDIR /opt/kde2" >> $r/etc/SuSEconfig/csh.cshrc.SuSEconfig > fi 616c621 < PATH =$PATH:$r/usr/X11R6/bin:$r/opt/kde/bin:$r/opt/gnome/bin:$r/usr/openwin/bin --- > PATH =$PATH:$r/usr/X11R6/bin:$r/opt/kde2/bin:$r/opt/kde/bin:$r/opt/gnome/bin:$r/usr/openwin/bin 618c623 < PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/openwin/bin --- > PATH =$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/usr/openwin/bin 623c628 < test -z "$WINDOWMANAGER" && WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde --- > test -z "$WINDOWMANAGER" && WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde2 /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm: 114c114 < KDEDIR="$r/opt/kde" --- > KDEDIR="$r/opt/kde2" 195,196c195,196 < type -p $wm &> /dev/null || continue < nWM="$nWM;$wm" --- > type -p $wm &> /dev/null || continue > nWM="$nWM,$wm" 199c199 < nWM="$nWM;failsafe" --- > nWM="$nWM,failsafe" 213c213 < KDM_NOUSERS="nobody;" --- > KDM_NOUSERS="nobody," 222c222 < KDM_NOUSERS="$KDM_NOUSERS$USER;" --- > KDM_NOUSERS="$KDM_NOUSERS$USER," 229c229 < USERSCMD="$USERSCMD$i;" --- > USERSCMD="$USERSCMD$i," 250,251c250,251 < fi < --- > fi > 261c261 < KDM_SHUTDOWN=None;; --- > KDM_SHUTDOWN=None;;

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Re: [SLE] Making KDE2 the default wm
by paul.c.leopardi＠ac.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <OFCB1FFA5E.F7F99213-ONCA2569A6.0030CDAB(a)ac.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)ac.com Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:58:57 +1000 Subject: Re: [SLE] Making KDE2 the default wm Jonathan, Are you running using kdm? If so, in the "old" KDE, you can configure the "old" kdm to add "kde2" as a window manager choice on login. I've tried this on SuSE 6.4 and 7.0 using KDE1.93 through 2.0 and it works: 0. Using kdm, login as root using kde (ie old KDE) 1. In KDE, in kcontrol, go to Applications -> Login Manager 2. In Login Manager, add the choice kde2 and leave choice kde as is. 3. Log out. 4. You should now be able to log in using kde, kde2 or other window managers. Note that you will still be running the old kdm and not the new one. I am about to post a message on this subject. Best regards

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popper
by dan＠younics 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <000701c0597d$9041f680$c6f2f3c3@lala> From: "dan@younics" <suse(a)dertext.de> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:55:33 +0100 Subject: popper hello folks, popper is just messiing up my syslog with one senseless message in syslog and on in the maillog, and theres a lot of them. How can I separate the pop messages out? /etc/syslog.conf does not seem to do it, as pop does not come under mail tia dan

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Linux Today - SuSE Linux 6.x 7.0 Ident buffer overflow
by phthor＠isat.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A24A0EC.D791C643(a)isat.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:23:40 -0800 From: nevada <phthor(a)isat.com> Subject: Linux Today - SuSE Linux 6.x 7.0 Ident buffer overflow Some of the readers of this newsgroup may be interested in reading about this Ident buffer overflow bug concerning SuSE 6.x and 7.0. http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-11-28-024-04-SC-SS Nevada

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SAX2 bug
by avi＠CFFtechnologies.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A249097.2F7A449E(a)CFFtechnologies.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:13:59 -0600 From: Avi Schwartz <avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com> Subject: SAX2 bug Hi, For the last 2 days I was trying to get Xfree86 4.0.1 to run on my voodoo3 machine without any luck. SAX2 was no help since would come up with the screen totally garbled. Today I noticed the -a option to automatically generate the XF86Config file without a graphical display. When I started xfree86 I had the same garbled display. When I checked the generated config file I found that SAX2 selected the wrong HorizSync and VertRefresh values for my monitor. Luckily /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/api/data/cdb/Monitors contained the correct settings for my NEC MultiSync XV17. After editing the XF86Config file manually, X started working properly. -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux

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Making KDE2 the default wm
by wilson＠claborn.net 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20001128221905.01f124a8(a)claborn.net> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:26:27 -0600 From: wilson(a)claborn.net (Jonathan Wilson) Subject: Making KDE2 the default wm Howdy, The short story is: I have just installed SuSE 7 Pro and it ended up with regular old kde(1) as the default wm. I did indeed select "KDE2" in the "Load configurations". No problem, but I"m wwondering what to enter into yast's 'DEFAULT_WM" config option to make kde2 start? I tried just "kde2"? but the next time I did "startx" it started old kde again. Thanks JW

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Re: [SLE] How to unlock ATAPI CDRW?
by bbcat＠linuxstart.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:42:24 -0500 Message-Id: <200011290142.eAT1gOE06119(a)tbird.iworld.com> From: Michel Catudal <bbcat(a)linuxstart.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] How to unlock ATAPI CDRW? Alex Daniloff <alex(a)daniloff.com> wrote: >Hello Linux folkz, >I'm using IDE ITAPI CDRW emulated as a SCSI device /dev/sr2 to write CDs. >Sometimes especially when I'm writing music CDs it gets locked. >I can't unlatch it with eject -r /dev/sr2 command and SCSI bus just keeps >resetting itself infinitely. So I'm rebooting the whole Linux box just to open >this damned CDRW tray. Isn't it weird? >Does somebody know any method of unlocking IDE CDRW without rebooting the whole >box or I should just go and buy true SCSI CDRW? >Thanks in advance for any ideas. >Alex <p>I once had this problem before I upgraded from Mandrake to SuSE. I had corrected it by disabling the automount and not use certain kde cdwriter program. XCDROAST is another one that locks the cd quite well in certain circumstances. gcombust works better when it doesn't do frisbies. cdrecord off the command line works best. Vous en avez plein l'casse du plantage de Ti-Mou? alors il est temps d'essayer Linux http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat ---------------------- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com

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Re: [SLE] Make Question (Network Card)
by norman＠suse.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A245E84.FDC32F2A(a)suse.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:40:20 -0800 From: Norman Pancner <norman(a)suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] Make Question (Network Card) You might look at: http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/ashley_linksys-tulip.html for info and drivers for cards requiring a newer tulip driver -- Yours sincerely, <p>Norman Pancner (norman(a)suse.com) <p>------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE Inc., Tel: +1-510-835-7879 Mo/Th 11a - 5p (PST) 580 Second St., Suite 210 Fax: +1-510-835-7875 Oakland CA 94607 Email: norman(a)suse.com USA WWW: http://www.suse.com -------------------------------------------------------------------

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Microsoft grease...
by jerrykreps＠jlkreps.net 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps(a)jlkreps.net> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:26:53 -0600 Message-Id: <00112818265300.28235@JLKreps> Subject: Microsoft grease... http://www.opensecrets.org/pressreleases/microsoft/microsoft.htm -- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.

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