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Starting sshd
by ahbaidg＠worldnet.att.net 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A249DBE.3CA89945(a)worldnet.att.net> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:10:06 -0600 From: Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg(a)worldnet.att.net> Subject: Starting sshd Where can I place a call to sshd so that any time the machine is rebooted it starts? thanks, Ahbaid.

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DSL proxy server
by nik＠cheddarcheese.de 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

From: Nik Gare <nik(a)cheddarcheese.de> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:11:27 +0100 Message-ID: <4a252912e8nik(a)cheddarcheese.de> Subject: DSL proxy server Hi, I will probaly have to try and set up a 486 box to act as a DSL proxy Server. 1stly, will the box be fast enough ( I mught want it to do mail & news too). 2ndly what software packages would be required? Presumably something like a DHCP server, but I am not too sure. 3rdly, presumably SuSE 7 contains the stuff that is needed (I am running 6.1 on it ATM) Any help would be greatly appreciated, nik -- Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.

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kernel 2.4 and devsfd problem
by toganm＠turk.net 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A253D6D.4D0C9E24(a)turk.net> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:31:25 +0200 From: Togan Muftuoglu <toganm(a)turk.net> Subject: kernel 2.4 and devsfd problem Hi everyone, I have downloaded kernel 2.4 test 11 and applied the patch for 12 . compiled ok with modular support. So far no problem. With the devfsd I have a problem. I installed it from SuSE CD. after reading the README file I copied mygrep to /sbin/init.d as said and while in /sbin/init.d directory I did patch -p0 < /usr/share/doc/packages/devfsd/boot.diff to get the boot script working with the devfsd as said. however the patch fails and the devfsd is not functioning. Am I patching wrong or the boot.diff file is broke Or is there other way to get my modules.conf working since none of my modules are locatable hereis the boot.rej file Thanks *************** *** 15,25 **** . /etc/rc.config echo "Running $0" ECHO_RETURN=$rc_done echo -n "Mounting /proc device" mount -n -t proc proc /proc || ECHO_RETURN=$rc_failed echo -e "$ECHO_RETURN" # # possibly there are file systems on devices, which need a kernel --- 15,30 ---- . /etc/rc.config echo "Running $0" + # Source mygrep helper + . /sbin/init.d/mygrep + ECHO_RETURN=$rc_done echo -n "Mounting /proc device" mount -n -t proc proc /proc || ECHO_RETURN=$rc_failed echo -e "$ECHO_RETURN" + # devfs support for 2.3/2.4 kernels (boot.devfs is in devfsd package) + test -e /sbin/init.d/boot.devfs && source /sbin/init.d/boot.devfs # # possibly there are file systems on devices, which need a kernel -- Togan Muftuoglu toganm(a)turk.net 100% MS FREE Absolutely no component of Microsoft was used in the generation or posting of this e-mail. So it is virus free

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lib c stuff (attempt 2)
by hoctopus＠netzero.net 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <006201c059e7$c0753c80$c6c6f5d1@barnes> From: "Jeff Barnes" <hoctopus(a)netzero.net> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 03:35:45 -0600 Subject: lib c stuff (attempt 2) I'm new to linux and submitted this question two days ago but no one responded. please help Using SusE 6.4 in the windows menues I'm trying to access use->documentation/reference->programming->libc info pages all i get is a temporary flicker of my harddrive address indicator bulb also suse->documentation/reference->unspecified->lib c manual all I get is a page called Xdvi gnu lib c manual .05 but I never see any actual documentation no matter what I click on. Does anyone know why I do not have any documentation available in these two cases? Is this future feature or require CD's or something? I did the "almost everything" option when loading the CD's and don't know how to view this libc stuff in suse 6.4 thanks, Jeff _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

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syslogd - ms
by dan＠younics 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <003401c05a0a$3f122360$d60130d9@lala> From: "dan@younics" <suse(a)dertext.de> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:20:32 +0100 Subject: syslogd - ms hi all, anyboy hear of some gadget to have ms-clients send to some remote syslogd on linux/un*x ? that would be useful tia dan

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KDE2 won't start....or stop...
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <6335CBB2F69AD411AD3100D0B7BA38E370E204@CORPUSMX2> From: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:12:23 -0500 Subject: KDE2 won't start....or stop... {SuSE 6.4, kernel 2.2.14, Xfree86 4.01} Last night I installed KDE2 for SuSE 6.4 using the rpms from the SuSE web site. I installed them individually using kpackage and experienced no apparent problems (except a minor conflict w/ qtdevel2 & a previous version of qtdevel which is not needed anyway). So, I logged out & tried "startx kde2". This did not work which kinda surprised me since it used to work when I had tried one of the KDE2 beta versions (build 94 I believe). BTW, I had already uninstalled the beta version. So next I tried "WINDOWMANAGER=KDE2 startx", and this did not work either. Please note that this method apparently no longer works for other windowmanagers either ( i.e. for starting gnome). I don't know why, because the last time I tried it, it worked just fine. Anyway, what happens when I try this is that I end up with a uniformly gray screen, with the large 'X' mouse cursor in the middle. As it turns out I find that I am in a TWM session. ????? I started an xterm (in TWM) and just on a whim one time I typed in "kde2" in the xterm. Much to my surprise, KDE2 started. It looked a little funky, but everything I tried seemed to work. It even kept most of my kde1 icons, and played the kde1 sounds I had set up, - even on startup! However, I can't log out of KDE2. The only way I can get it to shut down is to kill X. I remember reading on this list that it could take a while for KDE2 to shut down, so I tried waiting for about 10 minutes once (after choosing "logout"). It never shut down. Anway, this is really bizarre behavior and it obviously isn't working the way it should. Obviously I've got something screwed up somewhere, but I don't know where. Can anyone shed a little light on all this mess? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!! {By the way, in case you're wondering, I don't use the the drop-down menu on the graphical login screen, because the only thing that will start from the graphical login drop-down menu is kde. It's been that way ever since I installed Xfree86 4.01. I didn't really care because I always use the console login anyway.} Thanks!, Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cleary UNIX Qualification and Commands Data General, a Division of EMC2 62 T.W. Alexander Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC mdcleary(a)dg-rtp.dg.com (919) 248-6033 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SuSE 7.0 - boot problems
by adrian＠halodule.tamu.edu 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:58:33 -0600 (CST) From: Adrian Burd <adrian(a)halodule.tamu.edu> Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10011271250370.22228-100000(a)halodule.tamu.edu> Subject: SuSE 7.0 - boot problems My system is: 300MHz PII, ASUS Motherboard, 10Gb IDE drive, 256Mb RAM - it also has Windows95 on a 2Mb SCSI drive via an Adaptec 2940. I've previously had SuSE 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.3 on this machine. Rather than simply upgrading, I did a fresh install of SuSE 7.0 Professional using Yast-1. Everything went fine until I attempted to reboot after removing the boot CD at the end of the installation. I got the LILO prompt as usual, and after typing Linux got the normal Loading Linux message followed by 14 periods (.). Then the cursor flipped to a new line and froze. Nothing happened at all. I can boot the installed version from the boot floppy or CD, but it doesn't seem to want to boot on its own, and I can't seen any error mesages in any of the logs (at least in the usual ones). It's almost as if the machine isn't uncompressing the kernel for some reason. To make sure that I hadn't screwed up the hardware or anything, I did a complete re-install of 6.3 using as near as possible the same settings as with the 7.0 installation. Works like a dream. Does anyone have any ideas? I've been beating my head on this one for a few days now without any joy. Thanks, Adrian Adrian Burd, Dpt. Oceanography, Texas A&M University http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/~ecomodel

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Re: [SLE] Don't panic!
by sienix＠flashmail.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

A small help maybe, but look at this (from freshmeat.net) --------------------------------------------------------- unrm Octavian Popescu <tiger at art.ro> - June 10th 2000, 13:57 EDT unrm is a small shell utility which can, under some circumstances, recover almost 99% of your erased data (similar to DOS's undelete). Read carefully the FAQ file and preferably the Linux Ext2fs Undeletion Mini-HOWTO before using it. http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrm/download/unrm-0.2.tar.gz http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrm/homepage/ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!! -- 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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tv cards
by clarge＠macn.bc.ca 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:34:41 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Large <clarge(a)macn.bc.ca> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10011221532210.3784-100000(a)mojoe.macn.bc.ca> Subject: tv cards What is a good tv card to use? is good to just get a tv card or get a all-in-wounder type card? I find the suse hardware data base seems to be a bit out dated. *--------------------------------* | Chris Large clarge(a)macn.bc.ca | | http://gone for now | *--------------------------------*

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Seeking Alternatives
by Rik.Dunphy＠motorola.com 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Message-ID: <496E31A690F7D311B93C0008C789494C0EABF2(a)zei02exm01.cork.cig.mot.com> From: Dunphy Richard-rdunph01 <Rik.Dunphy(a)motorola.com> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:09:00 -0000 Subject: Seeking Alternatives A bit OT, but need to start somewhere.... We're in the process of looking at moving some development over from Solaris to Linux for a number of reasons. But in doing so we need to come up with an alternative development/test environment which would involve little change for the developers... We're not sure of platform atm, maybe Sparc, PowerPC, or x86. The following need alternative solutions as the vendors don't have (or have limited versions of) these products: Rational Purify Rational Quantify Geodesic Systems Great Circle Parasoft Code Wizard IPL Cantata++ Sun Workshop (now Forte) Not seeking an alternative for these, but looking for experience stories of these products on linux: ACE+TAO 1.1.4 Rational Clearcase TIA RikD.

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