March 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Exec's must be careful what they say ..
by ben＠whack.org 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hello all, I guess even with a clarified statement from SuSE about what their CEO meant when he said Linux wasn't ready for the desktop these so called journalists are still going to quote the original .. which hurts the Linux communities efforts. These journalists really irritate me. /Begin Quote Even some Linux executives are skeptical of their product's desktop future. Recently, SuSE CEO Roland Dyroff downplayed Linux's future on desktops. Dyroff said, "given the lack of applications available, we really can't claim it as being competitive on the desktop yet." /End Quote The article - http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/0313linux1.html laters, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org SuSE Linux 6.3 (2.2.14) ICQ UIN:49268667 ------------------------------------------------------------ " Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom " --Gen. George Patton -- 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 ericb＠UU.NET 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

>>>>> "msa" == MMTS System Administrator <sle(a)mmts.nsys.by> writes: 1 reason that the space is there is that if / fills up, the system can fail to boot. As long as some malicious user cannot prevent root from writing to the disk, you're still OK. However, there is another reason... The filesystem is structured such that there _must_ always be free space on the disk, to allow restructuring of inodes. Note that you've never had to defragment a linux partition. If the disk is full, files cannot be defragmented, inodes cannot be reallocated, and your kernel will panic. This is not good. Don't get rid of the super user space. 300 megs out of 6 gigs is little enough to pay. If your disks are that full, you need more disks, or delete some mp3s. ericb msa> Hello, Warrl! msa> The space is finished on "/dev/sdb1" partition, which is "/storage", but msa> not "/", thus I don`t need linux to reserve something there. msa> Is there another way? Or I should go Linux Kernel sources and patch them msa> myself? msa> P.S. I am logged not as root. msa> Thanks, msa> George. msa> 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...) >> msa> -- msa> To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com msa> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com msa> 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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[SLE] Re: failure notice
by JerryKreps＠alltel.net 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Lenz, I'm getting one of these for almost EVERY email I send. They make it to the list ok, but this trash appears later on. Is the suse email list software barfing a lung? JLK On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at suse.com. > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. > > <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com>: > This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line. (#5.4.6) > > --- Below this line is a copy of the message. > > Return-Path: <JerryKreps(a)alltel.net> > Received: (qmail 20306 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2000 12:09:48 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO 21cn.com) (202.98.183.3) > by home.suse.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2000 12:09:48 -0000 > Received: from 21cn.com([127.0.0.1]) by km169.net(JetMail 2.3.1.0) > with SMTP id /aimcque/jmail.rcv/9/jm038e10b4d; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:10:14 -0000 > Received: from lists.suse.com([209.144.167.132]) by km169.net(JetMail 2.3.1.0) > with SMTP id /aimcque/jmail.rcv/8/jm038e07f4c; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 02:04:17 -0000 > Received: (qmail 8966 invoked by alias); 28 Mar 2000 01:42:38 -0000 > Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm > Precedence: bulk > X-No-Archive: yes > list-help: <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com> > list-unsubscribe: <mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com> > list-post: <mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com> > X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e > Delivered-To: mailing list suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Received: (qmail 8959 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2000 01:42:38 -0000 > Delivered-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > From: Jerry L Kreps <JerryKreps(a)alltel.net> > Reply-To: JerryKreps(a)alltel.net > Organization: JLKreps.AtHome > To: SuSE listserve <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:40:21 -0600 > X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] > Content-Type: text/plain > References: <38DFF726.BC36ED14(a)valinet.com> > In-Reply-To: <38DFF726.BC36ED14(a)valinet.com> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Message-Id: <00032719413909.06598@JLKreps> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Subject: Re: [SLE] Netscape 4.72 download booby-trap > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > I've discovered a bit of misbehavior in Netscape 4.72 > > (probably in other versions also) that can cause a lot of > > futile downloads. I encountered it while picking up the > > various SuSE rpm's for Xfree 4.0. > > > > It seems that if you have a download in progress, Netscape > > is quite happy to let you start a second one. The first one > > will complete normally. But when the second one is done, > > the window won't go away even though it indicates that the > > download is 100% completed. The only way to make the window > > go away is to click on Stop. But when you do that, the file > > you so laboriously downloaded is deleted. > > > > Fortunately I also happened on a workaround. If you've > > downloaded foo.rpm and lost it because of Netscape's > > boorishness, download it again to the same location. The > > download will be almost instantaneous and the file will come > > back. Of course, you can only do this while no other > > download is in progress. > > > > Has anyone else encountered this misbehavior? > > > > Paul Abrahams > > I've encountered the exact same thing. I've started three downloads > and had to make a repeat of the one that finished last. > > It gives me an appreciation of the drag and drop feature of kfm, > which is also about 3 times faster than Netscape in downloading. > JLK > > __ _ > / / (_)__ __ ____ __ * Powerful * Flexible * Compatible * Reliable * > / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / *Well Supported * Thousands of New Users Every Day* > /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ The Cost Effective Choice - Linux Means Business! > > > > -- > 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/ -- __ _ / / (_)__ __ ____ __ * Powerful * Flexible * Compatible * Reliable * / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / *Well Supported * Thousands of New Users Every Day* /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ The Cost Effective Choice - Linux Means Business! -- 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] Help to a newbe
by ajmontero＠teleline.es 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hello, I'm a Linux newbe. I've a Suse 6.2 and iŽm installing all the hardware and have problems with my isa Sound Blaster 16 bit and isa modem Diamond Supraexpress 33.6i. I think that I can configure them with the isapnp utility but i canŽt find whatŽs the configuration file of both devices. Suse has found the modem but doesnŽt works properly. The pppd utility can comunicate with it but at connection with "AT" waits a lot of time for the "OK" and the modem doesnŽt send it. Can you help me, please? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, I'm a Linux newbe. I've a Suse 6.2 and iŽm installing all the hardware and have problems with my isa Sound Blaster 16 bit and isa modem Diamond Supraexpress 33.6i. I think that I can configure them with the isapnp utility but i canŽt find whatŽs the configuration file of both devices.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suse has found the modem but doesnŽt works properly. The pppd utility can comunicate with it but at connection with "AT" waits a lot of time for the "OK" and the modem doesnŽt send it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you help me, please?</FONT></DIV></BODY>

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RE: [SLE] Yast Error
by kevin.jackson＠jhallpr.demon.co.uk 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

I'm totally guessing at this - but I hope this helps! Sounds like you need to specify where the index is... Go to Adjustments of Installation - Select Installation Medium. And select your CDROM. I vaguely remembering having this problem when I had 5.3. If its not that option it'll be on of the others in there. What was the last you did...? :o) Kev -----Original Message----- From: Phil Shrimpton [mailto:phil@shrimpton.co.uk] Sent: 28 March 2000 14:34 To: SuSE Subject: [SLE] Yast Error Hi, SuSE 6.3, Yast 1.03. Yast fires up ok, but when I try to install or change packages it bombs out with: String Error: invalid index Aborted I have tried a reboot, no joy. Cheers Phil -- 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] Where to find resources in NT?
by MDCleary＠imps0014.us.dg.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

He asked an NT question so he could find out what resources (i.e. IRQ, DMA, etc.) were assigned to his soundcard so that he could get his card to work under Linux. Seems reasonable to me......:) 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Greg Thomas [mailto:ethant@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:39 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Where to find resources in NT? On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Juergen Braukmann wrote: > Stefan Troeger wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Mar 27 2000 at 11:29 +0200, Jorn Verwey wrote: > > > > > My problem is that my soundcard does not work under Linux (it > > > works under NT). As I was given this machine I looked into NT > > > to tell me what I have. It says: Audio for ESS AudioDrive > > > ES1938/1941/1946 Version 4.05.21. I therefore assume I should > > > use the esssolo1.o module. I would also like to know the > > > resources NT uses, but (having no Windows/NT experience) I have > > > not been able to find these (often I get 'default' when I ask > > > for certain settings). Any help is appreciated. > > > > IIRC the information you're looking for should be in the Control > > Panel (don't know if that's the correct name, in German it's > > `Systemsteuerung'). Double click the multimedia icon. > > > For English editions in addition to the above: Start-Programs-Administrative Tools-Windows NT Diagnostics. Why someone would ask a pure NT question here is beyond. I think I'll go ask an NT mailing list why I haven't been able to use FreeBSD's Boot Easy to boot my Linux partition. :-) I wonder if anybody will be able to help. Greg -- 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] Intra Site Search Engine
by kevin.jackson＠jhallpr.demon.co.uk 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Go to: bignosebird.com and get a CGI script called: Xavatoria. It is a really good site search and indexing tool. but, searching within *.DOC isn't available. - just good ol' html/php, etc.- It can search the names of the docs, though. Kev -----Original Message----- From: Stefano Papini [mailto:stefano.papini@intercai.etnoteam.it] Sent: 28 March 2000 15:53 To: SuSE Subject: [SLE] Intra Site Search Engine Good evening, I'm looking for info on Apache: - Does Apache already contain a sort of intra-site search-engine? - if available, can this engine point to and also search within damned *.doc files? (I'm trying to avoid using M$ IIS...) Sorry for dummy questions, Thank you in advance, Stefano -- 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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[SLE] Free space?
by sle＠mmts.nsys.by 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hello there! 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). Thanks, George. -- 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] FetchMail
by moseley＠hank.org 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

At 06:32 PM 03/27/00 +0300, MMTS System Administrator wrote: > >It can not access /root/.fetchmailrc Then you might need to create such a file. >When setting chmod on that file, it goes with error, saying that chmod is >invalid. chmod 600 .fetchmailrc Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.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] hostfile names alowed or not?
by edg＠tri-angle.demon.nl 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hi, i have an linux system at home. the eth0 device is the system connected to the internal network 192.168.1.1 the ippp0 device is connected with an permanent ip adres to the internet provider 212.xxx.xxx.xxx at the ippp0 adres the systemname is tri-angle.demon.nl question: is it possible to use the same name at the 192.168.1.1 adres or do i get troubles then? Groeten, Eelco de Graaff http://www.tri-angle.demon.nl bezoek ook eens http://www.songwriter.nl <HR> <UL> <LI>application/ms-tnef attachment: winmail.dat </UL> N§²æìržzÇ§ué[h²ë)îÅë§²æìržzË¬yÊ&ÚuØÚÊ&©Ý²Ç§ué[h²ë)îÅè^.±ç([(rØ^¶m§ÿðÃ.±ç(ô®Š+·ðèïÅ

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