November 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Catch 22 in KDE setup.
by jerrykreps＠jlkreps.net 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps(a)jlkreps.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:52:42 -0600 Message-Id: <00112309524201.13503@JLKreps> Subject: Catch 22 in KDE setup. My box was setup to run both kde and kde2. A few days ago I decided to try and compile some KDE2 specific apps. I kept running into crossfooting problems qt and kde libraries. So, since KDE is moving to qt-2.x I decided to remove kde and qt-1.x from my box. After having done so I noticed that KDEDIR was still /opt/kde and QTDIR was still /usr/lib/qt (which used to point to qt-1.x but which I have redirected to qt-2.2.2). I checked boot.local, /etc/profile, /etc/profile.local, and the .bashrc files. No joy. A search for 'profile' revealed one setting in the /etc/SuSEConfig directory. THAT is where the KDEDIR=/opt/kde and QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt were being set. BUT, the header warning says NOT to change any of the vars in there but to change them in /etc/rc.config. I WISH I COULD. It seems that rc.config does NOT contain the KDEDIR and QTDIR vars. So, I'm setting them in profile.local and/or .bashrc, but if the header warning says to set a var in another script then that var should be in that script. JLK

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nNvidia Geforce2 MX -
by peter.mitchell2＠virgin.net 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A1D3BA7.71FA89EF(a)virgin.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:45:43 +0000 From: Peter Mitchell <peter.mitchell2(a)virgin.net> Subject: nNvidia Geforce2 MX - On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Des Aubery wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone assist me to set this card up on a new machine, I have just > bought in? > > I guess that this card is so new that neither Sax, nor Sax2 manage to > recognise it... > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated... > > -- > Best regards, > > Des Aubery... > _________________________ > ^^^^^ ---> > East London ^^^^^ ---> Advanced Automotive... > E.Cape, 5257 ^^^^^ ---> Heat-Transfer > South Africa ^^^^^ ---> CFD > email: daubery(a)mweb.co.za ^^^^^ ---> FEA > ______________________________^^^^^ ---> > > -- Des I have just this second completed the configuration of the very same card. There is a good howto on the Mandrake site: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/mandrake/mdk_nvidia.html You will however need XFRee86 4.01 to configurethis card. Hope this helps <p>Pete <p>> 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/faq

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Re: [SLE] SuSE 6.1 installation question ...
by skidmarx＠att.net 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

From: "Gregory L. Marx" <skidmarx(a)att.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:38:16 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20001123153512.TKFY25510.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net(a)253.pittsburgh-06-07rs.pa.dial-access.att.net> Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE 6.1 installation question ... On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:09:38 -0500 (EST), klcroxen wrote: Kevin, Thanks for the info ... much appreciated !!! Do you know if there are updated SuSE boot floppies that would contain the updated LILO ??? I even wonder if at this point I should just say screw it and pick up another copy of SuSE ... the 7.0 release ... The absolute last thing I want to do is in any way mess up my current system ... I'm already having trouble with Windows 2000 (actually this is the primary reason I decided to retry Linux) ... The Adaptec software I was using for burning cds decided rather rudely that I no longer had a burner attached ... So I deleted the software and tried a few things ... one which was to run a REG file from Adaptec that would supposingly reset ALL cdrom drives to a default pre-ez cdrom install state ... well I did it and *boom* now Windows can't access my cdrom drives at all ... oh they are listed under Device Manager - with question marks ... no amount of uninstalling/reinstalling seems to work ... Windows 2000 keeps giving me a "Hardware error code 31" ... So even with Windows 2000 it seems the only way out is to once again completely install Windows 2000 from the ground up ... which was something that wasn't supposed to happen anymore with this latest release ... Anyway, enough ranting for one day ... Thanksgiving is supposed to be about giving thanks ... which I'm doing right now ... I'm thankful I have the option of using Warp, and installing and using Linux ... Greg PS - I tried doing a simple reply to your message but it was returned as unknown address so I'm sending it to the list instead ... >For 6.1, which has a much older version of LILO, the kernel and /boot >hierarchy must be kept within 1024. However, this can be as small as 10 >Meg, while everything else pertaining to Suse can be in another partition >or partitions configured as you wish regardless of 1024. The currentmost >Lilo doesn't have this limitation. > >Small warning about OS/2's cranky fdisk & Linux --do absolutely all your >partitioning work from within OS/2, rather than Linux. In particular don't >split a single partition created in OS/2 into multiple Linux partitions >using Linx's fdisk --Linux manipulations of the partition table frequently >confuse OS/2's fdisk so much, that it decides the partition table is >corrupt and becomes helpless to make any further changes on the disk, >including partition deletions. Normally, this makes no difference at all >for those of us who use Linux fdisk for everything anyway (and who boot >OS/2 using Lilo in the mbr), but if OS/2's fdisk gets frozen, so does >OS/2's bootmangler. > >Otherwise, have fun. > >--Kevin > > >On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Gregory L. Marx wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> The last time I installed SuSE was when version 6.1 first came out for retail sale ... >> That was a new motherboard, CPU, and two IDE hard drives ago ... >> >> Since then the cds have been collecting dust ... but I want to give it another try ... My current setup is as follows: >> >> AMD K62-400 >> 128meg DIMM >> 2 Maxtor IDE DiamondMax drives >> 2 IDE CDROMs - 1 52x cdrom & 1 Memorex CDRW >> >> I'm running a dual-boot setup using IBMs boot manager to select between Windows 2000 and OS/2 Warp 4 ... >> IDE Port 0: drive 1 >> ~ 4gig Win2k NTFS boot partition - C: >> ~ 16gig Win2k NTFS data partition - D: >> IDE Port 0: drive 2 >> ~ 4gig OS2 HPFS boot partition - E: >> ~ 2gig FAT16 warp/win data partition - F: >> ~ 8gig OS2 HPFS data partition - G: >> ~ 16gig Win2k NTFS data partition - (F: in Windows 2000) >> IDE Port 1: drive 1 >> ~ 52x cdrom >> IDE Port 1: drive 2 >> ~ Memorex CD-RW4224 >> >> What I want to do is use Partition Magic 5.x and shrink the 16gig NTFS partition on drive 1 for installing SuSE and shrink the 16gig partition on >> drive 2 to use for the swap partition for SuSE ... I figure I'll install LILO on the install partition and add it to the boot manager ... So to boot Linux >> I'd select SuSE 6.x from the bm which in turn would dump me into LILO where I'd do the actual loading of Linux ... >> >> Does this sound viable ??? >> >> The only concern I have at this point is whether SuSE Linux can be booted from a partition outside the 1024 cylinder boundry ... >> >> Any help, ideas, or comments would be very much appreciated !!! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Greg >> skidmarx(a)att.net >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/faq >> >

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SuSE 6.1 installation question ...
by skidmarx＠att.net 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

From: "Gregory L. Marx" <skidmarx(a)att.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:01:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20001123135758.STZC25510.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net(a)253.pittsburgh-06-07rs.pa.dial-access.att.net> Subject: SuSE 6.1 installation question ... Hello, The last time I installed SuSE was when version 6.1 first came out for retail sale ... That was a new motherboard, CPU, and two IDE hard drives ago ... Since then the cds have been collecting dust ... but I want to give it another try ... My current setup is as follows: AMD K62-400 128meg DIMM 2 Maxtor IDE DiamondMax drives 2 IDE CDROMs - 1 52x cdrom & 1 Memorex CDRW I'm running a dual-boot setup using IBMs boot manager to select between Windows 2000 and OS/2 Warp 4 ... IDE Port 0: drive 1 ~ 4gig Win2k NTFS boot partition - C: ~ 16gig Win2k NTFS data partition - D: IDE Port 0: drive 2 ~ 4gig OS2 HPFS boot partition - E: ~ 2gig FAT16 warp/win data partition - F: ~ 8gig OS2 HPFS data partition - G: ~ 16gig Win2k NTFS data partition - (F: in Windows 2000) IDE Port 1: drive 1 ~ 52x cdrom IDE Port 1: drive 2 ~ Memorex CD-RW4224 What I want to do is use Partition Magic 5.x and shrink the 16gig NTFS partition on drive 1 for installing SuSE and shrink the 16gig partition on drive 2 to use for the swap partition for SuSE ... I figure I'll install LILO on the install partition and add it to the boot manager ... So to boot Linux I'd select SuSE 6.x from the bm which in turn would dump me into LILO where I'd do the actual loading of Linux ... Does this sound viable ??? The only concern I have at this point is whether SuSE Linux can be booted from a partition outside the 1024 cylinder boundry ... Any help, ideas, or comments would be very much appreciated !!! Thanks in advance, Greg skidmarx(a)att.net

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iso?
by mgx＠ornl.gov 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:39:21 -0500 From: Michael Galloway <mgx(a)ornl.gov> Message-ID: <20001123083921.B16068(a)sif.lsd.ornl.gov> Subject: iso? good day all ... are iso's for the full distribution (i386) available? thanks! -- michael

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Do I need Tex
by fountai＠hursley.ibm.com 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A1D0AE3.2E97AB5E(a)hursley.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:17:39 +0000 From: Derek Fountain <fountai(a)hursley.ibm.com> Subject: Do I need Tex Disk space is getting a bit tight on my laptop these days and I was looking for packages I don't use which I could delete to free up some space. I came across TeX - all 75MB of it. I never use TeX and I don't know anything about it. I understnd the file format is a standard, but not for me! I wouldn't know a TeX document if it bit me. The question is, is TeX important for other tools? If I delete it will I hit problems later when other utilites I do use suddenly want it but can't use it? I ask because many years ago I deleted Ghostscript thinking I didn't use it. The result was not funny. What, in short, assumes TeX is on the disk?

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IP adress
by vhf＠skynet.be 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

From: filip1 <vhf(a)skynet.be> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:02:07 +0100 Message-Id: <00112115055200.01127@suse> Subject: IP adress Hi all, Does anyone know a command or a little script giving you only the ip adress of your card ? I mean by this : command ----> gives you only ---> aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd Thanks a lot, Filip. <p><p> -- Powered by SUSE 7 vhf(a)skynet.be

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XFree 4.0 + Matrox MGA G200 AGP
by rudysm＠linuxstart.com 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:00:24 -0500 Message-Id: <200011231200.eANC0OY03094(a)tbird.iworld.com> From: rudysm <rudysm(a)linuxstart.com> Subject: XFree 4.0 + Matrox MGA G200 AGP Hello, I installed on my pc Suse 7.0 (french version) with XFree 4.0. I have a display problem: when I use KDE 1.1.2 with Suse theme (or other themes with gradient colors), I have some black area on the control bar (I can see buttons anc icons but not the date and the hour neither the free space on that bar). I tried with windowmaker and I have the same problem with the menu (unreadable black menu) when using some available themes (the themes which use gradient colors too). I tried different resolutions (size and colors) but allways the same. I never got this problem with Xfree 3.3 on a mandrake 7.0. My card is a Matrox MGA G200 AGP. I installed Xfree 4.0 and Reiserfs. Maybe an update to 4.0.1 could resolve this problem? I tried with Xfree 3.3.6 and no problem. Thank you Rudy Smets ---------------------- Avec LinuxStart, obtenez une adresse email gratuitement sur http://fr.linuxstart.com ! Et pour rester à la page, lisez les infos de LinuxToday Edition Francophone sur http://france.linuxtoday.com

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Probably the first flame of many - SuSE Review
by stuart＠yorkshirepudding.com 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

From: "Stuart Powell" <stuart(a)yorkshirepudding.com> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:59:19 -0600 Message-ID: <HAEAICFGOEPNHBCFMHKPGEFBCKAA.stuart(a)yorkshirepudding.com> Subject: Probably the first flame of many - SuSE Review Dear Poor-Misguided-Editor-of-Linux-Magazine, Ooh, are you guys going to get some grief over this one. Your main complaint about SuSE in the review in your December 2000 issue, seems to be the lack of a network update function. Did your reviewer not care to look at old YaST ? It still does an update from the ftp mirror of your choice as it has done for the last few versions that I am aware of. YaST2 is still very incomplete, and trusty old YaST is still the tool of choice for most admin tasks under SuSE. I once heard SuSE described as "The BMW of Linices", and have yet to find anything to make me disbelieve it. Stuart Powell Minnetonka, MN.

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Creative 3D Blaster GeForce2 MX graphics card
by daubery＠mweb.co.za 23 Nov '00

23 Nov '00

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:23:42 +0200 From: Des Aubery <daubery(a)mweb.co.za> Message-id: <3A1C395E.5F3B4626(a)mweb.co.za> Subject: Creative 3D Blaster GeForce2 MX graphics card Hi all, Can anyone assist me to set this card up on a new machine, I have just bought in? I guess that this card is so new that neither Sax, nor Sax2 manage to recognise it... Any assistance would be greatly appreciated... -- Best regards, Des Aubery... _________________________ ^^^^^ ---> East London ^^^^^ ---> Advanced Automotive... E.Cape, 5257 ^^^^^ ---> Heat-Transfer South Africa ^^^^^ ---> CFD email: daubery(a)mweb.co.za ^^^^^ ---> FEA ______________________________^^^^^ --->

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