March 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] Firewall/Masq box
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

Hi, -----Original Message----- From: Jim Hoepner [SMTP:jhoepner@tvsw.org] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:19 AM >When I was working on IPCHAINS (a couple of weeks ago) I >created (I was following some HowTo - not sure which one) a >/sbin/init.d/packetfilter script to setup my IPCHAINS and made >a symbolic link to /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S39packetfilter. I was seeing >that this script was never being accessed on bootup. I forgot >about it until today when I I tried (for the first time ever) to >enter >LILO boot: linux single >I noticed that when booting it accessed my packetfilter script. >Can anyone tell me why this made a difference? Sure, You only set the symlink in that runlevel. You will notice there are other directories all having the form rc<X>.d. The <X> indicates the runlevel, S (single), 2 (console default), 3 (X default), etc. Also note that /etc/rc.d is also a symlink. Tim >Thanks! >jrh -- 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] Which Version?
by irisinc＠gci.net 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

Will some please tell me which version of Netscape 4.72 to download for SuSE 6.3. The Netscape download page list the following; Linux 1.2 Linux 2.0 Linux 2.0 glibc Thank you, Rusty -- 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] 40 GB IDE Hard Drive?
by jpennington＠atipa.com 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

Robert Wetzel <rw8(a)irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de> said: > I don't used the 40GB hd with Linux, but the (FAT32) partitions on it > were correctly detected. So I CAN'T say it works, but it MAY work. IIRC, 3ware had these disks in it's Linux-based workgroup server demonstration box at LWE in New York this year. I don't recall the number of disks or controllers, but it worked out to be 1/3 of a Terabyte for less than $4000 US ;). I don't see why it wouldn't work. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 -- 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] Corel cheated.
by mmnelson＠hewitt.com 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

---------------------- Forwarded by Matt Nelson/National/Hewitt Associates on 03/31/2000 02:25 PM --------------------------- From: Matt Nelson on 03/31/2000 02:16 PM Information Systems Lincolnshire/98-3S-1 Ext. 14000 To: suse-e-linux(a)suse.com cc: Client: Subject: RE: [SLE] Corel cheated. (Document link: Database 'Matt Nelson', View '($Sent)') I think we're jumping the gun here people. This is not news. Corel announced this when they announced their Office Suite would run on Linux. This isn't a bad thing either! Not only do we get YAOSFL (Yet Another Office Suite For Linux), but they contributed a lot of code to the Wine Project. They've said that this is only temporary and that WP Office would run on Linux natively by the next release. I can't imagine why everyone's getting so upset about this. I think they've been honest and upfront on this issue. Like I said, this is old news From: "Thomas, Gregory (NBC, KNBC)" <gregory.thomas(a)nbc.com> on 03/31/2000 11:48 AM To: "'Fred A. Miller'" <fm(a)cupserv.org> suse-linux-e <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> cc: (bcc: Matt Nelson/National/Hewitt Associates) Client: Subject: RE: [SLE] Corel cheated. > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred A. Miller [mailto:fm@cupserv.org] > > This has nothing to do with SuSE, directly, however, I think it's > important that everyone here knows what Corel is "up to." > > Their soon-to-be-released Office 20000 Suite is NOT a native Linux > Suite, and in fact, the code was NOT ported to Linux. It's a modified > 'Bloze version (all versions now have common code) that runs > under Wine, > which is shipped WITH the Suite. Now, for some this is fine...not a > problem. I guess for me, I object to Corel's giving all this "lip > service" to supporting Linux, and producing a LINUX VERSION of it's > office suite, then having to read a review of the product to find out > that it's NOT Linux code at all. I guess is an issue of honesty, if > nothing else. Are you serious? If that's the case I won't be buying it. Which review explains all this? Thanks, Greg 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/ -- 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] Mounting FAT32-Harddisks into ext2 (SuSE 6.0)
by gregory.thomas＠nbc.com 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Broekman [mailto:marcelbr@zap.a2000.nl] > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:19 PM > > On 3/31/00, 10:23:04 PM, "Gerrit Kaiser" <gerrit.kaiser(a)gmx.de> wrote > regarding [SLE] Mounting FAT32-Harddisks into ext2 (SuSE 6.0): > > > > Hello, > > > I?ve got a little problem setting up a fileserver with SuSE > Linux 6.0. > > The hard- and software ist installed properly, but all my important > data is > > on a 13GB-FAT32-harddisk which is currently located in one of my > > Win98-Workstations. > > Is there any possibility to mount this harddrive into my > Linux System? > > The computers are connected through a 100Mbit/s-Intranet. But the > network?s > > working fine, thats not the prob. > > Hi Gerrit, > > You could do two things: > 1.Make your Linux server a Samba server and transfer your files onto > to it > 2.Install the harddrive of your Windows machine physically in your > Linux machine and mount the FAT32 partitions and optionally transfer > the files to the Linux-partitions. > Since I'm almost positive that smbfs was included as a module in 6.0 I would say the easiest option would be to share your harddrive from Win98, create a /win98 directory on your Linux box, and use smbmount from the Linux box to mount it. Check man smbmount for the options as I'm not home on my Linux box at the moment. Greg 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] Benefits of RPMs
by moseley＠hank.org 31 Mar '00

31 Mar '00

I was just looking at a site that offered a .gz version of a package and a RPM package. My preference is to almost always build from source with the .gz package. I feel (somewhat) like I have a better understanding what's going on. For example, a common source of problems with using mod_perl (on RedHat) is building mod_perl from source while using the Perl from RPM. The solution is to build all from source. Does anyone have any rules when to use the RPM instead of building from source? How does installing from RPM differ from building from source? Thanks, 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] Adjusting time
by jeroen＠jota.nl 31 Mar '00

31 Mar '00

Hi all, I used to have a daemon (or was it a cronjob?) that made my linuxbox connect to a special site on the internet once in a while (everyday i think) and adjust it's time. I've lost it somehow and I can't find it anymore. I don't think it was xntp, but maybe it was. Where do I have to look? thanx, Jeroen Verstegen jeroen(a)jota.nl www.jota.nl -- 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] Adding color names to rgb.txt
by abrahams＠valinet.com 31 Mar '00

31 Mar '00

Is there any reason not to add my own colors to the list in rgb.txt? I can see the hazard in removing colors: the names might be embedded in programs that I'm using. Also, does anyone have a recommendation for a good program for viewing a chart of the colors in rgb.txt? I've tried xcolors, and it's pretty bad. Among other things, the display is too long for the screen. Paul Abrahams -- 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] Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 in hand.... but....
by JerryKreps＠alltel.net 31 Mar '00

31 Mar '00

The list of compatible Linux OSs includes SuSE, BUT, I can't install it! The instructions are easy enough. 0. Login as root, 1. Put CD1 (of 3) in your cdrom, 2. mount your cdrom 3. change to the root of the cdrom 4. type './setup' and press enter... The first time I did that I got a 'permission denied' error. So, I mounted the cdrom manually as 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom'. After this I retried the './setup/ command from the root of the cdrom. It fired, gave the message 'Can't find glibc 2' appeared and stopped. Now I thought that SuSE 6.3 WAS glibc... ???? I went out to the rpmfind site and located the most recent glibc I could find, which was for RH 6.2, BlueSky build: http://niteowl.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/glib… which was compiled on March 27, 2000 and is 33MB... wow! I am afraid that IF I install this version of glibc I will blow my SuSE installtion off my HDs. So, Lenz, what do you recommend? Other observations: About a year ago I purchased a WordPerfect 8 package from Corel. It came on a single CD and included a manual with 790 pages! How many pages would you guess the manual that came with Corel WordPerfect 9 Office 2000 Delux Edition? Try 393. I hope there is extensive online documentation. A full installation will take 450MB of HD. The package also comes with a 9 cm tall Penquin 'beanie baby', a polyester toy filled with plastic beans. It also includes a Libraries Catalog manual of 62 pages of font examples and about 100 pages of clipart and icon thumbnails, 100 per page. Also included is a CD with the Corel LINUX OS, Netscape, Adobe Acrobat Reader, XMMS, enhanced KDE desktop and who know what else. Another CD contains a limited Gold Edition of Railroad Tycoon II. Besides the Corel LINUX OS, Corel Office 2000 Delux Edition contains: Wordperfect 9, What you think it is Quattro Pro 9, Imports/exports Excel 97 and 2000 files Paradox 9, Imports Excel, 1-2-3, Quattro ss to db Presentations 9, slide shows, graphics, web publisher, Central 9. Scheduler, organizer, contacts, etc... The box says it is compatible with Debian, RH, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake and other major Linux. But, we now know that it doesn't work on my SuSE 6.3, which is an almost everthing install. Jerry -- __ _ / / (_)__ __ ____ __ * 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] lynx frustration
by gdoris＠home.com 31 Mar '00

31 Mar '00

I feel really stupid but I have to admit I need help getting lynx to work. I've installed it from the rpm included with 6.3. It went in just fine. When I start the program it comes up and I can read the help files and look at the lynx.cfg file. However, I can't access any website. If I enter "lynx www.suse.com" I get a message that it is unable to access the document. Once that message disappears I get the following verbage... Looking up www.suse.com first. Can't Access `http://www.suse.com/' Alert!: Unable to access document. lynx: Can't access startfile Gerry "The lyf so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- 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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