December 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RAID MD version on Linux-2.2.16.SuSE-22?
by creimer＠rahul.net 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20001220041612.00a3d2b0(a)pop.rahul.net> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 04:31:48 -0800 From: "Christopher D. Reimer" <creimer(a)rahul.net> Subject: RAID MD version on Linux-2.2.16.SuSE-22? Greetings! Does anyone know off hand what the version number is for RAID MD under the Linux-2.2.16.SuSE-22 kernel? I read that most 2.2.x kernels has version 0.36, while there is a version 0.90 in patch form and that 2.4.x will have it in by default. If I were to upgrade from 0.36 to 0.90, would have to redo the RAID partitions and reload the data from a backup? Also, I noticed that every time I reboot my machine, even though the MD devices were properly shut down, the MD devices are re-syncing on boot up. This takes about over two hours to finish on my system for a three RAID-1 partitions (16GB total) on two drives. This was happening with both 2.2.14 and 2.2.16-22. Does anyone know why this would be happening? Thanks! Christopher Reimer creimer's FPS Design & Portfolio http://www.rahul.net/creimer/

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Re: USB suscriber list
by clive＠rockape.freeserve.co.uk 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <3A4082C0.1DDA42FF(a)rockape.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:58:24 +0000 From: Clive Rogers <clive(a)rockape.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: USB suscriber list Hi Listers, Sorry I should have put all the relevant info in the first email. I am running SuSE 6.3 with the kernel 2.2.16 downloaded from the SuSE site. I am trying to get my usb printer which is the Epson 670 usb printer running. At present it only runs in windows using usb. I would like to get usb up and running in SuSE so I can ditch windows altogether. I have been to several sites and done what they have recommended ie:- makeing sure the usb ochi and printer modules are loaded and putting the special string of characters in the stcany.upp and running the lprsetup etc. All without success. Can you help with the mail list for SuSE usb ? Clive.

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USB Mouse
by alfred＠alfsoft.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <004701c06a6a$c8ac8140$f2c7fea9@desktop> From: "Alfred Vink" <alfred(a)alfsoft.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:54:01 +0100 Subject: USB Mouse hi Guys, Just installed Suse Pro 7 without any major problems on my notebook, however I can't get my USB mouse working....... USB support seems to be installing fine during boot. My PS/2 mouse (built-in mousepad) works fine. However after bootup before logon the console log gives me: linux kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout linux kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address (errors = -110) The particular mouse is a logitech USB Wheel Mouse Anybody on how to get this thing working ? Alfred Vink http://www.alfsoft.com

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ISDN
by sklim＠elm-net.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <009501c06a56$106d3ca0$bb76a8c0(a)com.mail> From: "SKLIM" <sklim(a)elm-net.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:25:41 +0800 Subject: ISDN hI ! I still cannot get my DIVA T/A ISDN Modem work. I have an error " device not found ". Did someone use DIVA T/A Isdn modem before ... I need help for configuration my DIVA ISDN Modem..... I am getting no respone from minicom. Best Regards, SKLIM

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KDE 2.1 beta 1 from SuSE 7.0 RPMs: kpackage still does not recognize RPMs
by paul.c.leopardi＠accenture.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <OFA6D60C0C.C443691A-ONCA2569BB.001DC34C(a)accenture.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)accenture.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:27:14 +1000 Subject: KDE 2.1 beta 1 from SuSE 7.0 RPMs: kpackage still does not recognize RPMs Hi, Here is a copy of the KDE bug report for bug #17395 at http://bugs.kde.org//db/17/17395.html It is more likely a bug in packaging than a KDE bug as such. Best regards Package: kpackage Version: KDE 2.1 beta 1 Severity: grave Installed from: SuSE 7.0 RPMs on ftp.kde.org See #16778: Kpackage doesn't recognise RPMs This still occurs on KDE 2.1 beta 1 (submitted via bugs.kde.org) This message is intended solely for the designated recipient, may contain privileged or confidential information and may be subject to confidentiality agreement(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the original communication.

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FYI: KDE 2.1 beta 1 konqueror goes ballistic on dot.kde.org buttons: fixed in CVS
by paul.c.leopardi＠accenture.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <OF4567B46D.5849C279-ONCA2569BB.001D7D61(a)accenture.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)accenture.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:24:17 +1000 Subject: FYI: KDE 2.1 beta 1 konqueror goes ballistic on dot.kde.org buttons: fixed in CVS See bug #17396 @ http://bugs.kde.org//db/17/17396.html Am Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 2000 00:27 schrieb paul.c.leopardi(a)accenture.com: > Package: konqueror > Version: KDE 2.1 beta 1 > Severity: grave > Installed from: SuSE 7.0 RPMs on ftp.kde.org > > To reproduce: > 1. Navigate to http://dot.kde.org > 2. Reply to an existing comment. eg. > http://dot.kde.org/977039397/977182504/addPostingForm 3. Hit either Preview > or Add > 4. The relevant "konqueror --silent" process takes up 100% of CPU and eats > up memory until (1) physical memory is full then (2) swap is full (verified > by looking at System Guard) 5. Sometimes this results in an XWindows crash > which then takes me back to the kdm login window. > > I have not yet tried to reproduce this error with Java and Javascript > switched off. fixed in CVS after 2.1 beta 1 This message is intended solely for the designated recipient, may contain privileged or confidential information and may be subject to confidentiality agreement(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the original communication.

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Problems configuring Java 1.2 using IBM Java 2
by paul.c.leopardi＠accenture.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <OF08BEF99B.91055741-ONCA2569BB.001CF027(a)accenture.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)accenture.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:19:15 +1000 Subject: Problems configuring Java 1.2 using IBM Java 2 Hi, Here is a copy of the KDE bug report for bug #17398 at http://bugs.kde.org//db/17/17398.html It is more a deficiency in packaging and documentation than a KDE bug as such. Best regards Package: kjava Version: KDE 2.1 beta 1 Severity: normal Installed from: SuSE 7.0 RPMs on ftp.kde.org Out of the box, konqueror can't find Java 1.2. Java 1.2 does not install automatically in the SuSE 7.0 installation and it is not included in the SuSE 7.0 RPMs for KDE 2.1. After learning this, I then installed the IBM Java 2 JDK and JRE from the SuSE 7.0 CDs. Packages ibmjava2 ( http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/linux/Pakete_prof/paket_ibmjava2.ht… ) and ibmjre2 ( http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/linux/Pakete_prof/paket_ibmjre2.html ) Also, I had links in /usr/lib which were appropriate for my recent VisualAge Java installation which had used JDK 1.1.7 and JRE 1.1.7 and I needed to sort these out and update them to 1.3. The konqueror documentation for KDE 2.1 pointed me at the configuration screen for Java/JavaScript for konqueror. After some guessing, trial and error, I changed this to point Java to /usr/lib/jdk1.3/jre (and not /usr/lib/jdk1.3 or /usr/lib/jre1.3 ) I needed to guess because there is no documentation to say which is the appropriate directory, what the directory structure should be or what within the directory structure konqueror is looking for. This works except that the Java console launches even though I have not checked the box on the configuration screen. I will try again using package java2 ( http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/linux/Pakete_prof/paket_java2.html ) and will then report all details to feedback(a)suse.de The most likely results of this bug report are: (1) A change in the documentation to make it easier to configure Java 1.2 (2) A change in packaging on some distributions, especially those which will use KDE 2 as the default window manager, to make KDE 2 installation optionally work with Java "out of the box" without the user having to guess how to configure it. Also, the documentation at http://developer.kde.org/kde2arch/khtml/index.html seems to be out of date, in that it does not refer to the konqueror configuration screen but instead refers to CLASSPATH. Richard Moore:"Not installing a JVM is not a bug, it's a feature. Not all users want Java, and the JVMs are only available for a subset of the platforms supported by KDE. Add to this the huge size of a complete Java 2 run time and various licensing issues, and you can see why we leave it to the distribution. " See http://dot.kde.org/977039397/977182504/977185373/ This message is intended solely for the designated recipient, may contain privileged or confidential information and may be subject to confidentiality agreement(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the original communication.

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Getting KDE 2.0 kdm to work with SuSE Linux 7.0
by paul.c.leopardi＠accenture.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-ID: <OFEBE8BDAB.3D5653BF-ONCA2569BB.001C7B80(a)accenture.com> From: paul.c.leopardi(a)accenture.com Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:15:53 +1000 Subject: Getting KDE 2.0 kdm to work with SuSE Linux 7.0 I have installed the SuSE RPMs for KDE 2.1 and noticed that there is now a SuSEconfig.kdm2, so I reverted my changes to SuSEconfig and SuSEconfig.kdm. kdm for KDE 2.1 now works properly. I have yet to check whether my changes to /sbin/init.d/xdm are still needed. Thank you. Accenture is the new name for Andersen Consulting as of January 1, 2001. Our web address is http://www.accenture.com Paul C. Leopardi To: feedback(a)suse.de, 29/11/2000 08:39 PM kde-user(a)lists.netcentral.net, suse-linux-e(a)suse.com cc: 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 -------------------- [deleted] This message is intended solely for the designated recipient, may contain privileged or confidential information and may be subject to confidentiality agreement(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the original communication.

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Fwd: X has reverted to the wrong version
by stcanard＠canada.com 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Date: 19 Dec 2000 19:08:47 -0800 Message-ID: <20001220030847.9306.cpmta(a)c008.sfo.cp.net> From: stcanard(a)canada.com Subject: Fwd: X has reverted to the wrong version Apologies if this is received twice, I got a strange bounce message when I tried sending it the first time© Hi, I'm running a 6?4 system, which for quite some time now has been running happily on X 4?0?1 with the nvidia glx drivers? This morning, I did a stupid thing and decided to touch my configuration, to add a video mode for 640x480? I used sax ?which I now realize was wrong?, configured and saved the mode? When I tried to exit sax, though, my screen went blank, and I ended up having to do a hard reset? When the system rebooted it was only configured for 640x480, so I grabbed my backup XF86Config and put that in? Then X wouldn't start because it didn't recognize the version 4 syntax? When I checked the startup messages I discovered that it was using the 3?3?6 server, and I couldn't figure out how to reset it to the new server? Finally, I have uninstalled X from my system, and reinstalled the 3?3?6 version from my cd, so that is working perfectly? I then downloaded the 4?0?1 rpms from suse ?mget *i386?rpm from the 4?0?1 directory?, and installed them according to the readme? However, sax 2 will not start, and even after installing the rpms my system is still bringing up the version 3 server! What do I do now? 3 hours ago this computer was running X4 without a hitch? I've gone back to scratch, reinstalled using the instructions ?which jive with what I remember doing? and it still isn't working! Chris. __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com

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XFree86 diffs 401>402 HOW???
by ED.TMAN＠verizon.net 20 Dec '00

20 Dec '00

Message-Id: <200012200059.SAA38866928(a)smtppop1pub.verizon.net> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:05:27 -0500 From: Ed Harrison <ED.TMAN(a)verizon.net> Subject: XFree86 diffs 401>402 HOW??? I have downloaded the diff files for XFree 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. How does one patch a pristine tree of XFree with these files? Does SuSE have the files on their site (I couldn't find any)? Mine came from XFree86.org. Ed Harrison SuSE 6.4, Kernel 2.2.17, IBM JDK 1.1.8 (20000713) or Warp 4, FP12 or Windows98 (running in vmware 2.0.3 for fun) PolarBarMailer 1.1.19

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