November 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Firewall !
by seana＠romaxtech.com 14 Jan '01

14 Jan '01

Sean Akers@ROMAX 23/10/2000 14:07 Go to www.pmfirewall.com and download PM Firewall. It is a shell script which asks questions about how you want firewalling/masquerading set up and generates all the appropriate ipchains stuff for you. It can even be set to start up automatically. It's very good. I've been using it on my SuSE 6.4 setup for a few months now with no problems. Hope this helps. Sean. -- 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] Boot Messages
by e.richards＠clear.net.nz 11 Jan '01

11 Jan '01

Could we not send all the text on screen with a command like ? >> all_screen_text.txt Now I am happy to test this out, but what is the '?' command, and what is the "Autoexec.bat" file equivalent in Linux, to insert the line. "Paul W. Abrahams" wrote: > > Landy Roman wrote: > > > > > > > I have a question. Is there a way to temporarily stop the boot up > > > process so that you can read/study the messages? I've looked at dmesg, > > > but not all of the messages are in there. like the error messages don't > > > show up. Weird! or, where are the error messages written? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jerry VB > > did u chk /var/log/boot.msg > > I believe dmesg simply gives the contents of /var/log/boot.msg, which records > only those actions taken by the kernel itself during bootup. The question > no one seems to have a good answer for is how to see the messages resulting > from the scripts in /sbin/init.d, e.g., the ones that mount the > filesystems. Shift-PgUp shows some of them, but not always all of them. > > Paul Abrahams > > -- > 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 -- 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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[SLE] printing in colour or color
by peter＠hargroves.screaming.net 07 Jan '01

07 Jan '01

Hello all readers, I have a epson stylus color 440 printer. I can print ok in Black but not in color any help appreciated. I'm using Suse 6.2 Peter -- 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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avi player
by afigueroa＠expressmail.net 25 Dec '00

25 Dec '00

From: Alfredo Figueroa <afigueroa(a)expressmail.net> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:57:17 -0600 Message-Id: <00092516582101.01449@linux> Subject: avi player hello where 's the avi player for linux? A Figueroa

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Adventure
by peterjmcm＠toad.net 18 Dec '00

18 Dec '00

From: Peter McMenamin <peterjmcm(a)toad.net>(by way of Peter McMenamin <peterjmcm(a)toad.net>) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:48:35 -0400 Message-Id: <00101817483500.00432@peter> Subject: Adventure Hi, I've been using Suse 6.4 for a few months now and I've been having a lot of fun. I've had to work out alot of problems with every thing from modems to netscape not working unless I'm logged on as root to the sound card that seemed to work it self out all with the help of the great people at Suse support.Before this I was not a computer user except for some magical times in the late '70's and early '80's when I got the chance to play Adventure at a terminal that was connected to a mainframe through a device that cradled the hand set of the telephone. Boy that was fun. Imagine how thrilled I was to find that /usr/games/bin contained a file called 'adventure' and the man pages indicated that it was infact the same game. Well I typed adventure into the shell terminal as fat as I could but instead of "You are standing at../" I was greeted with "unable to fine abcde in vocab" I am unable to find any identifiable source code for this game. Not that I would know what to do if I did find it. But what do I do? Pretend the game is not there? I guess this is the kind of thing people call a bug so I figure if I can solve this I might have a chance at approaching some of the other bugs that seem to be plagueing my system in a somwhat intellegent manner. Thank you for any suggestions, Peter

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ssh remote
by snieto＠sc.sas.cica.es 15 Dec '00

15 Dec '00

Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20001114122232.0069c238@sevi2> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:22:32 +0100 From: snieto(a)sc.sas.cica.es Subject: ssh remote Hello: I'd to know how can I use ssh client to execute a command in a remote machine but I don't have to write the password. I have created the file $HOME/.shosts and I have written in it the remote machine's name but when I execute ssh remote_machine command, always I have to write the password. Before, I use rsh, and when I wrote the remote machine's name I can execute rsh remote_machine command without write the password. Thank you very much

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Adaptec 2100S RAID
by joho＠webbplatsen.se 14 Dec '00

14 Dec '00

From: "Joaquim Homrighausen" <joho(a)webbplatsen.se> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:34:34 +0100 Message-Id: <20001123142324.848D0DF91B(a)ns1.suse.com> Subject: Adaptec 2100S RAID I want to install SUSE on a system with a 2100S RAID adapter from Adaptec. I've been told it's not possible with SUSE 6.4 which is what we're running here. I tried the 7.0 installation and it doesn't detect the adapter as a 2100S, nor do any of the modules disks have it as a module. (I downloaded the latest disks today) So.. am I.. sh*t out of luck? :: Who dares wins ::

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RE: Re[2]: [SLE] 3com 3c509b NIC
by michael.long＠erols.com 12 Dec '00

12 Dec '00

From: "michael long" <michael.long(a)erols.com> Message-Id: <271100332.27628(a)webbox.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:40:31 -0800 Subject: RE: Re[2]: [SLE] 3com 3c509b NIC This is a second card being installed in the machine. When I run yast2 it finds the first card but not the 3com. I can go to yast and configure eth0 and eth1 but eth1 (the 3com) is never activated. Are there any error logs that would record what is happening? >--- Original Message --- >From: Mark Robinson <mcr(a)reason-technology.com> >To: Jyry Kuukkanen <jyry(a)neutech.fi> >Date: 11/27/00 3:20:30 PM > >Hello Jyry, > >Monday, 27 November 2000, you wrote: > >>> Has anyone configured this card successfully with suse70? >JK> Works within 1min. >I have a 3c905x, and it was autodetected and runs fine >lsmod shows >3c90x 20240 1 (autoclean) > >What errors are you getting? > > > Mark mailto:mcr@reason-technology.com > > > ---------------- Sent from a WebBox - http://www.webbox.com FREE Web based Email, Files, Bookmarks, Calendar, People and Great Ways to Share them with Others!

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Dear Father Christmas SuSE
by vhf＠skynet.be 10 Dec '00

10 Dec '00

From: filip1 <vhf(a)skynet.be> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 21:43:00 +0100 Message-Id: <00112322432600.02490@suse> Subject: Dear Father Christmas SuSE Hi all, What about writing a little mail to Father Christmas SuSE asking him some nice presents for Christmas. If you all think I'm unsane, just tell me. I suggest some 20 -30 items to ask , so let us begin : Dear Father Christmas SuSE, In this time of the cold winter, we hear our little SuSE boxes cracking, coughing, kerneling, proxying, firewalling, clustering... Having "susied" very hard the whole year, we would really appreciate to FTP us the followings : ( the GURU Section ) 1. 2. 3. .. .. .. ( the normal section ) ( the beginner section ) Thank you very much Father Christmas SuSE. -- Powered by SUSE 7 vhf(a)skynet.be

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Re: [SLE] Printing problem after upgrade to 7.0
by tosi＠suse.starf.rhi.hi.is 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:54:16 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi(a)suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Message-ID: <20001118205416.B26233(a)dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Subject: Re: [SLE] Printing problem after upgrade to 7.0 Ehrm... SuSE does not use the /usr/spool link, it's only supplied for compatibility purposes. If you look at the correct location ( /var/lock and /var/spool/lock ) then you notice that the links are correct. ( /usr is by FHS not for spool files ) Also, a small typo by me, I meant /var/spool/lpd not /var/spool/lp :-) In /var/spool/lpd you should find one directory for each printer defined ( I'm using lprng but I assume lprold is the same - if in doubt, use lprng, it's in many aspects superior to lprold :-) The directories should look like this: /var/spool/lpd/remotehost-remoteprinter-remote: total 5 -rw-rw---- 1 lp lp 2084 Okt 30 17:19 acct -rw-r----- 1 lp lp 0 Okt 19 13:44 lock -rw-rw---- 1 lp lp 0 Okt 19 13:44 log -rw------- 1 lp lp 5 Okt 30 17:19 remote -rw-r----- 1 lp lp 0 Okt 19 13:44 status -rw------- 1 lp lp 5 Okt 30 17:19 unspooler.remote ( this is for a remote printer. the spooler mecanism should be similar or same for local printers ) Please, take my word for it, RedHat is in no way "better" and most certainly not better documented, as both of these are built frome the same sources. SuSE has done by far a superior job in documenting their distro, and for novice and intermediate users, SuSE is much more friendly than is RedHat. Being an RHCE and a long-time RedHat and SuSE user/manager/administrator/advocate, I'd like to think I know at least some of what I speak of ;-) If you have printer problems, and are using lprold, please consider un-installing lprold, installing lprng and give it another shot. A note to SuSE : PLEASE PLEASE stop making lprold the default ! Use lprng or license CUPS/ESP Regards, Tor Sigurdsson On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:05:53PM +0100, Guido Milanese wrote: > On 18-Nov-00 Tor Sigurdsson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > To solve your problem, send the output of the following: > > > > cat /etc/printcap cat > > > > and > > > > ls -lR /var/spool/lp > > Here is the output of cat /etc/printcap > > ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### ljet3 a4 mono 300 ### > # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels! > # apsfilter setup Sun Nov 12 23:34:03 CET 2000 > # > ascii|lp1|ljet3-a4-ascii-mono-300|ljet3 a4 ascii mb ono 300:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-ascii-mono-300:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-ascii-mono-300/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-ascii-mono-300/acct:\ > :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet3-a4-ascii-mono-300:\ > :la@:mx#0:\ > :tr=:cl:sh:sf: > # > lp|lp2|ljet3-a4-auto-mono-300|ljet3 a4 auto mono 300:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-auto-mono-300:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-auto-mono-300/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-auto-mono-300/acct:\ > :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet3-a4-auto-mono-300:\ > :la@:mx#0:\ > :tr=:cl:sh:sf: > # > raw|lp3|ljet3-a4-raw|ljet3 a4 raw:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-raw:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-raw/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-a4-raw/acct:\ > :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet3-a4-raw:\ > :la@:mx#0:\ > :tr=:cl:sh:sf: > # > ### END apsfilter: ### ljet3 a4 mono 300 ### > > > In my system I do not have any /var/spool/lp file. There is a > /var/spool/lp1, which is apparently empty. This is the output: > > /var/spool/lp1/: > total 0 > > This may be the result of my attempt to install the printer > again, as the SuSE support suggested me to do. > > I have also these permissions for the /usr/spool/locks: > > ls -lR spool/locks > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 feb 7 2000 > spool/locks -> ../lock > > that are wrong. > > Many thanks for your help. I am seriously considering to abandon > SuSE and install RedHat. It seems better documented. Besides > that, I tried to tell to these folks of SuSE-Italy that, as a > university professor, I have a remarkable influence in the > choice of OS, and i was suggesting SuSE -- but they are > apparently ignoring the point: one pays for support! > > Thanks again, > Guido, from Genova, Italy > > > ------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: Guido Milanese <gmilanese(a)mclink.it> > Homepage: http://fly.to/arsantiqua > 18-Nov-00 - XFMail on Linux > + + + + + + NON NOBIS DOMINE + + + + + + > ------------------------------------------- -- ______ /---------------------------------------\ \ | Þór Sigurðsson | Tor Sigurdsson | t | | Netmaður | Network Specialist | o | |-----------------------------------------| s | | tosi(a)rhi.hi.is | i | \---------------------------------------/_____/

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