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[SLE] XFree86-4.0 - Follow up (summary)
by novo＠uiuc.edu 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Here's a summary of the answers I got to my XFree86-4.0--related questions... and still asking for help. >> - Finally, I now get the following error message (not before, and I >> only >> installed XFree-4.0): >> >> Sorry, your X11 Server lacks DPMS Support > > In the section Module, try to add > > Load "dpms" I thought of this, but in sax2 there's no "dpms" in the section "modules". What can I do? If nothing else, how do I prevent KDE from trying to load/find dpms? > Yep, I now know that the wmlist is missing in the XFree86 4.0 rpm. > That'swhy no choice is possible in YaST. Will there be a fix soon (rpm), or is there anything I can do myself? >> > - YaST related, when I try to manage users and ask for a list of >> > users, it goes back to the menu, rather than give me the list. >> >> Hmm, this is odd? I do not see the relation to XFree86 4.0 here. > > He may be using an xterm and when he presses a function key it's > interpreted as an escape I think that this is the problem, can use YaST properly if I su within Konsole, but not xterm. Any fixes? Well, if you cannot help me at this point, at least I hope that my "findings" will help you providing a fully working version. TIA, Alvaro Novo -- 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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[SLE] Beos 5.0 linux version?
by steganos1＠home.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

i just got finished downloading the linux version...has anyone installed it yet? i figured for free i may as well try it out? thats kool they are giving it away free for download... ftp://ftp.be.com/pub/beos/BeOS5-DevTools.zip ftp://ftp.be.com/pub/beos/BeOS4Linux.tar.gz ftp://ftp.be.com/pub/beos/BeOS5-PersonalEdition.exe BeOS 5 Information and Download ÿ You are receiving this email because you signed up at free.be.com to be notified when BeOS 5 Personal Edition was available for download. BeOS 5 Personal Edition is now available, free, for download at the mirror sites listed below. omeone lemme know if you install the linux version please? http://regenbogen.as-net.de/media/windoof/fuckms.gif -- 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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Re: [SLE] Compiling several kernels on the same computer
by gaf＠blu.org 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

My suggestion is that you create multiple .config files, such as: .config.orig .config.myworkstation.2.2.13 .config.mailserver.2.2.13 Then create a couple of scripts which create a symlink, and then perform some operation, for example, the following (untested) script has the name of the config for its first argument, and the arguments to make as the remaining. #!/bin/sh CONFIGV=$1 if [ ! -f $CONFIGV ] then echo not $CONFIGV exit -1 fi shift rm .config ln -s $CONFIGV .config make $@ o, if we call the above script, build: ./build .config.mailserver.2.2.13 xconfig That will link .config.mailserver.2.2.13 as .config, and run xconfig. ./build .config.mailserver.2.2.13 clean dep bZimage On 29 Mar 00, at 20:03, Alain Didierjean wrote: > Any suggestion about how to organize in order to have a single source > directory (if achievable), two .configure files and be able to compile > upgrades of the kernel for any of the two computers in a practical way, > without messing around ? I have a few ideas about how to achieve this, > but no time to experiment. Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org -- 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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[SLE] XFree-4.0 - Questions
by novo＠uiuc.edu 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I installed XFree-4.0 and I am starting to feel the differences -- mostly good but some not so good. So, to the questions/problems: - YaST related, System Administration, Settings of susewm --> it tells me that: "System wide default window manager: NO WM found" Before I had several choices, e.g., kde. (probably related, my root account no longer uses kde, but twm...) - YaST related, when I try to manage users and ask for a list of users, it goes back to the menu, rather than give me the list. - Finally, I now get the following error message (not before, and I only installed XFree-4.0): Sorry, your X11 Server lacks DPMS Support Where can I fix this? Using sax2 (great product) and selecting dpms and shutdown time, suspend time and so on does not seem to solve the problem. TIA, Alvaro Novo -- 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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Re: [SLE] URGENT: Unable to login to FTP
by dwj＠aaronsrod.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Craig Sharp wrote: > I am able to login as anonymous. My normal user logins will not work. So, perhaps your firewall ruleset on your gateway machine is excluding ftp user logins, but allowing anonymous logins. > >>> Dwight Johnson <dwj(a)aaronsrod.com> 03/29/00 12:36PM >>> > On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Craig Sharp wrote: > > > 5. The only change that was made was the ip address was changed and the > > default gateway was change and then the system was shipped to our > > California office. > > You changed the default gateway. This new gateway, is it possibly a > firewall? > > Or if this system is also the firewall, look at the firewall configuration. > > Dwight > -- > Dwight Johnson > dwj(a)aaronsrod.com > > Dwight -- Dwight Johnson dwj(a)aaronsrod.com -- 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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RE: [SLE] How big is 6.4
by gregory.thomas＠nbc.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

> From: Col Wilson [mailto:colWilson@bigfoot.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:56 AM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] How big is 6.4 > > > Now okay, I've got a lot of hard disk, and I'm no fan of > Windows, but isn't > that a lot? > > Well, yes, but considering that it's all free and you don't have to install it all, it's pretty damned useful. Remember, "almost everything" means almost everything and there are 6 CDs. Greg > > > > * Col Wilson (colWilson(a)bigfoot.com) [20000329 15:36]: > > > > > okay, I've pre-ordered 6.4 and am tring to set up my > hard disks. How > much > > > space am I going to need for an "almost everything" install. > > > > If you're setting up, use ~10 Mb for boot, 128 Mb for swap > and roughly 8 > Gig > > for / AFAIR. > > > > Philipp > > > > -- > > Philipp Thomas <pthomas(a)suse.de> > > SuSE GmbH, Schanzaecker Str. 10, D-90443 Nuremberg, Germany > > > > #define NINODE 50 /* number of in core inodes */ > > #define NPROC 30 /* max number of processes */ > > -- Version 7 UNIX fuer PDP 11, /usr/include/sys/param.h > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > -- > 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/ > Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed. -- 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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[SLE] suse 6.4?
by dvalyou＠yahoo.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I'm currently using 6.1. Is 6.4 different enough to upgrade or should I wait for 7? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- 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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[SLE] URGENT!!Unable to login to ftp
by cashar＠Roushind.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hello, Here is more information.....Please help! I have an ftp server that was allowing logins to ftp but now will not allow any logins. Telnet works correctly but the same login to ftp is denied. Anonymous ftp logs in correctly. The ftpusers file is correct. Here is the ftpaccess file. # email of the responsible person for the %E-cookie email ftp-admin@localhost # # if you specify a list of hosts for the "local" class, only those # hosts will be allowed to login as "real". All other hosts can # only login as "anonymous". # class local real * class remote guest,anonymous * readme README* login readme README* cwd=* # limit of 20 connections limit local 20 Any /usr/local/ftp/msgs/msg.dead limit remote 20 Any /usr/local/ftp/msgs/msg.dead # # output /usr/local/ftp/msgs/welcome.msg on login # and all ".message" files in subdirectories # banner /usr/local/ftp/msgs/welcome.msg message .message cwd=* #message /msgs/welcome.msg login #message /usr/local/ftp/msgs/welcome.msg login local #message /msgs/welcome.msg login remote # do not check password for anonymous logins #passwd-check rfc822 warn passwd-check none # allow compression/tar for all users compress yes local remote tar yes local remote # log all transfers #log commands real log transfers anonymous,real inbound,outbound #shutdown /etc/shutmsg # do not give those files. do not give "core"-files in any directory. noretrieve /etc/passwd /etc/group core .notar noretrieve /usr/local/ftp/incoming # do not allow these commands for anonymous users chmod no guest,anonymous delete no guest,anonymous overwrite no guest,anonymous rename no guest,anonymous umask no guest,anonymous # # !! see documentation how to setup uploads for anonymous users !! # # specify the upload directory information upload /usr/local/ftp * no nobody nogroup 0000 nodirs upload /usr/local/ftp /bin no upload /usr/local/ftp /etc no #upload /usr/local/ftp /incoming yes root daemon 0600 nodirs # path-filter... #path-filter anonymous /msgs/pathmsg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$ ^\. ^- #path-filter guest /msgs/pathmsg ^[-A-Za-z0-9_\.]*$ ^\. ^- # specify which group of users will be treated as "guests". #guestgroup ftponly Thanks, Craig -- 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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RE: [SLE] Free space?
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hi, You can adjust the amount of space reserved for root with tune2fs (provided it's an ext2 partition, obviously). The default is 5%, use the -m option to set a different percentage or -r for the number of blocks. I'd recommend reserving 2 or 3 meg just in case. See "man tune2fs" for more details. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: MMTS System Administrator [SMTP:sle@mmts.nsys.by] > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 8:06 AM > > Hello, Warrl! > > The space is finished on "/dev/sdb1" partition, which is "/storage", > but > not "/", thus I don`t need linux to reserve something there. > > Is there another way? Or I should go Linux Kernel sources and patch > them > myself? > > P.S. I am logged not as root. > > Thanks, > George. > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Warrl wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, MMTS System Administrator wrote: > > > > > My disk is 6.2Gb, > > > midnight commander shows 307Mb free > > > other programs, such as df, smbserver, etc. reports 0 free space > > > > > > But the very thing is, that the disk has REALLY 307 MEG FREE, and > files go > > > ok there. > > > > > > How to make the system report normal freespace? > > > (Some of programs, such as Netscape/Win on Workstations, fail to > perform > > > things, when seen Samba Server report 0 bytes free). > > > > Linux normally reserves a bit of disk space - 300 meg out of 6 gig > > sounds about right - that can only be used by root. > > > > The idea is that if you "run out" of disk space, you can go in as > > root and clean things up - and still have enough room to work with. > > > > Now I note that you are tagged "MMTS System Administrator". This > > makes me think that perhaps you are routinely logging in as root. > > Which is a bad idea for many reasons, one of them being that you > lose > > this recovery workspace. Another being that a clumsily typed > > rm -rf / > > is a lot less destructive when someone other than root does it... > > (Although, when done as root, it *will* fix your shortage of disk > > space... guaranteed...) > > > > > -- > 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/ -- 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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Re: [SLE] root denied
by eilert＠informatik.uni-bremen.de 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Francesco <fgs(a)epulse.net> wrote: > I thought this was impossible but it now seems that if I su to root in an > xterm and then try and run emacs I am denied permission. I can run emacs ok > from an xterm as just me (also from kde's alt+F2) Yes, this is possible and very normal. It has to do with the way access control is done by the X server, not with normal file permissions that are irrelevant for root. > Here is the error message: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0. > Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'. > Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit > connections from your machine. Usually the access control should be done based on the secret values in the file ~/.Xauthority. Since root uses it's own .Xauthority file and not the user's one (which is used by the X server), the access is denied. You can solve this problem by setting the environment variable XAUTHORITY in the root shell to the user's .Xauthority like this: export XAUTHORITY=~username/.Xauthority This way root uses the user's .Xauthority (which is possible -- unless the user's home directory is mounted via NFS -- because the permissions of this file are not effective against root :-) ) and can connect to the X server. If you have installed an ssh server which allows root login and X11 forwarding, you can use ssh -l root localhost instead of su and don't need to take any other measures. There are some other possible solutions, but IMHO these are the cleanest ones. Eilert -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eilert Brinkmann -- Universitaet Bremen -- FB 3, Informatik eilert(a)informatik.uni-bremen.de - eilert(a)tzi.org - eilert(a)linuxfreak.com http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~eilert/ -- 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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