November 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Which kernel in 7.0
by jmiller＠itc.nrcs.usda.gov 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A0C3C53.1A8E7981(a)itc.nrcs.usda.gov> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:20:03 -0700 From: John Miller <jmiller(a)itc.nrcs.usda.gov> Subject: Which kernel in 7.0 <p><p>I have sent 2 emails to isupport and waited on hold for more then 20 minutes with their support without talking to anyone so I thought I would ask here. We loaded SuSE 7.0 on our Compaq with 4 processors and 3 RAID controllers. It installed the 2.2.16 SMP kernel which makes sense for the multiprocessing. When we boot we get a choice of two kernels the first is Linux and the other is suse. By default it boots the linux kernel. Is this correct? We tried booting the suse kernel and it couldn't see all of our RAID controllers. It could only see one. I would appreciate if someone could shed some light on this. I also noticed some patches for 7.0 in the kernel/compaq directory on the suse ftp site. Any clues what they are for? Thanks. John

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Newbie with network problems
by lists＠mostrom.pp.se 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:53:05 +0100 From: Jan Erik Moström <lists(a)mostrom.pp.se> Message-ID: <20001110205307-r01010600-fdcdb32b(a)195.100.75.179> Subject: Newbie with network problems I've just started to play with SuSE at home and have run into a problem: when I try to configure my network YAST says that it can't detect any card ... and I don't know what to do. Yes, I have a ethernet card installed which works (at least it did before I installed SuSE ... a friend tried to install Debian on the machine when I had it at work and he downloaded software from various places so it's there) but right now I don't know what to do. So if anyone have a suggestion I would appriciate to hear it (from previous experiences the card seems to be a Via Rhine but I don't know the exact model number). <p> jem -- Jan Erik Moström mailto:jem@mostrom.pp.se Free Elektron http://www.mostrom.pp.se/folk/jem/

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Soes SuSE 7.0 have this command ?
by deem＠wdm.com 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

From: Dee McKinney <deem(a)wdm.com> Message-Id: <200011110206.eAB26Q901880(a)wdm.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:06:26 -0900 (AKST) Subject: Soes SuSE 7.0 have this command ? Just wondering if SuSE 7.0 includes this command in any package ? "chkconfig" Thanks /Dee >>>>> Forwarded message from Alan Westhagen <alan(a)westhagen.com> No, chkconfig is a venerable unix command, present in many unix and unix-like systems. -- alan <p>Dee McKinney wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > Is the command referenced "chkconfig" specific top RH ? > > Thanks > /Dee > > Alan Westhagen <alanw(a)velodia.com> wrote: > > Patrick Nelson wrote: > > > > > > > Many of those services for which the listening function has been > > delegated > > to inetd, you should > > > > 1. Edit /etc/inetd.conf. Simply comment out the services that you > > don't want to support. > > > > 2. Restart inetd with the command > > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart > > > > Other services, such as sendmail, are daemons started at boot time and > > which do their listening themselves. Determine which these are with > > the command > > > > chkconfig --list > > > > You can then use chkconfig to change the configuration so that unwanted > > daemons won't be started at boot time. For example, to stop running > > sendmail, use the command > > > > chkconfig --level 0123456 sendmail off > > > > Using chkconfig does not actually stop these daemons. You can boot, > > and they won't be restarted. If you are not yet ready to boot, > > you can stop sendmail, for example, with the command > > > > /etc/rd.d/init.d/sendmail stop > > > > A useful HOWTO on this subject is the URL: > > > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO.html > > > > > > Regards, > > Alan Westhagen << End forwarded message

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Lexmark Z52 printer.
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A0CB0BC.3F6DEBF2(a)lightlink.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:36:44 -0500 From: "Fred A. Miller" <fmiller(a)lightlink.com> Subject: Lexmark Z52 printer. Well, as reported, since 6.4, I've NOT been able to print with my Okidata 6E. In installed the Lexmark Z52 today, after checking out the quality of this printer against Canon and HP, even though Lexmark HAS Linux drivers. Well, not only did the driver install properly but the results are STUNNING!! I printed a full color pic of a parrot on inkjet glossy photo stock. There's NO banding!! At 2400x1200 true DPI this is one of the finest printers I've seen to date...bar none!! Sometimes life is good! :) Fred -- If you listen on a quiet night, you can hear the sound of an NT Server reboot.

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Can we post suggestions anywhere (Was: Re: [SLE] SuSE 7.1 timeline?)
by Chris.Smith＠raytheon.co.uk 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

From: Chris.Smith(a)raytheon.co.uk Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:41:13 +0000 Message-Id: <OF35CC3291.F7E987F9-ON80256992.004ADAC5(a)raytheon.co.uk> Subject: Can we post suggestions anywhere (Was: Re: [SLE] SuSE 7.1 timeline?) Hi, Is there anywhere where we can suggest solutions and apps/drivers that are missing? I'd personally like to see the following in 7.1:- - Official Intel EtherExpress drivers (at least as an option) - Better UDMA/ATA documentation (does it support ATA100 for example???) - More stickers :) Thanks, - Chris

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xfree86v4
by landie＠concentric.net 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:49:39 -0500 From: Landy Roman <landie(a)concentric.net> Message-ID: <20001110204939.A1039(a)concentric.net> Subject: xfree86v4 trying to install XFree86 v4.01 in suse 6.4 i followed all instructions and all i get is a blank screen during configuration.... during installation i answer mostly with defaults when asked do you want to overwrite a bunch of config files the default was no should that be the case see attachment .... -- Rolando Roman SuSe 6.4 Linux virtuoso 2.2.16 #1 Sun Jul 9 17:51:02 GMT 2000 i586 unknown

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.config file
by ve1drg＠fox.nstn.ca 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

From: Ted Gervais <ve1drg(a)fox.nstn.ca> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:19:03 +0000 Message-Id: <00110916190300.00713@suse> Subject: .config file I lost my directory containing the kernel I compiled for SuSE64 which includes the .config file. Is there anyway to find out what my settings were. In other words, is there a way to get that file back? -- Ted Gervais Coldbrook, Nova Scotia Canada Email: ve1drg(a)fox.nstn.ca Phone: 902.679.2253

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ENabling color in /etc/issue.net
by ccarson＠ebuilt.com 11 Nov '00

11 Nov '00

Message-ID: <AA1E32BC8A58D411A2CB0050DACEDA43010CB0A9@raptor> From: "Carson, Chuck" <ccarson(a)ebuilt.com> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:52:22 -0800 Subject: ENabling color in /etc/issue.net I want to print a message in color at the login prompt. Using 'echo -en' you can use ANSI escape codes to accomplish this, but I cannot get Suse to display this message using 'echo -en' nor can I figure out how SuSe is printing /etc/issue.net. I looked through the getty and login man pages and do not see a hack that I can get to work. This functionaity is possible in Red Hat. Can anyone give me any insight? Thanks, Chuck

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Perl and GD
by joris.verboomen＠chello.be 10 Nov '00

10 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A0C8406.23F926E1(a)chello.be> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:25:58 +0100 From: Joris Verboomen <joris.verboomen(a)chello.be> Subject: Perl and GD I am running SuSE 7.0 and am using the Perl interpreter that comes with it (5.005_03). The GD module seems to be installed (at least use GD; gives no errors) but when I try to install GD::Text from CPAN I get the errors below. Does anybody know whether I need to install additional SuSE packages in order for it to work ? Joris. ... /usr/bin/make -- OK Running make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i586-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 -e 'use Test::Harness qw(&runtests $verbose); $verbose=0; runtests @ARGV;' t/*.t t/align.............Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i586-linux/auto/GD/GD.so' for module GD: /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i586-linux/auto/GD/GD.so: undefined symbol: gdImageJpegPtr at /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i586-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 169. at t/align.t line 6 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/align.t line 6. dubious Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200) Undefined subroutine &Test::Harness::WCOREDUMP called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/Test/Harness.pm line 288. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2 /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK Running make install make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

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Re: [SLE] Kde2 and xmms
by praisetazio＠tiscalinet.it 10 Nov '00

10 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A0CA6D7.7E7BBF4E(a)tiscalinet.it> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:54:31 -0200 From: Tazio Ceri <praisetazio(a)tiscalinet.it> Subject: Re: [SLE] Kde2 and xmms Lenz Grimmer wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Tazio Ceri wrote: > > > I have successfully installed kde2. The weird thing is that xmms > > always crashes, while it just works with kde. Anybody found a solution > > to this problem? > > Define "crashes". Do you get an error message, if you start it from an > xterm? > > LenZ I press Alt+F2 and write "xmms" It pops up good... but when I try to listen to any mp3 it freezes. On xmms page I have found that there is a "syncronization buffer" problem with xmms and kde2. I have downloaded the source of the plugin which claims to be the solution to my prob, but I cant compile it because when I run ./configure it says it does not find xmms. I have specified the path of xmms with the correct option (as it's written in the README). Any idea? Tazio

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