July 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Best usage of /dev/sdb
by a_jalan＠vsnl.com 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

Hi all, When i first decided to run Linux ( 2.2.14-5.0) on my server 2 months ago.. i bought a machine with 2 SCSI 9 Gb hard drives.. i meant to implement a software RAID system.. but being a newbie ... i thought i'd install Linux first and then setup RAID once i learnt a little bit more about the OS ...:-( I have 4 primary partitions on /dev/sda /dev/sda1 - /boot 50 Mb /dev/sda2 - swap 128 Mb /dev/sda3 - / 6.5 Gb /dev/sda4 - /home 2.5 Gb I don't need more space on this machine in the forseeable future ... How best can i use /dev/sdab for backing up purposes ? I already backup my system to tape using taper ......... Best Regards Anurag -- 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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[SLE] leafnode and fetchnews
by omicron＠pes.edu 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

hi i configured leafnode, and i started fetchnews. later after disconnecting from the net ( after a coupla hours) , i saw that the there was the downloaded list of newsgroups in /var/spool/news/some/directory. i need leafnode to download the news from select newsgroups to my comp, so that i can read it offline. how do i configure it? i'm using suse 6.3. cheers cheedu -- ******* Sridhar (cheedu) || mail: cheedu(a)grex.org II Sem, || page: http://www.geocities.com/sri_dhar_n B.E Info Tech || site: cheedu.dyndns.org PESIT || nick: omicron,cheedu Smile.. Tomorrow will be worse -- -- 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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[SLE] RAM filesystem
by omicron＠pes.edu 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

hi can i mount a part of the ram as a filesystem, just like another partition ? if so, should i "format" it into a ext2 fs ? thanx in advance cheedu -- ******* Sridhar (cheedu) || mail: cheedu(a)grex.org II Sem, || page: http://www.geocities.com/sri_dhar_n B.E Info Tech || site: cheedu.dyndns.org PESIT || nick: omicron,cheedu Smile.. Tomorrow will be worse -- -- 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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[SLE] ipchains
by omicron＠pes.edu 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

hi i am trying to setup ipchains by basics, with no extra config files.... the objectives are... 1. users from local can connect to anything 2. in case of any http connection, they go thru squid on 3128, which provides cache and proxy 3. users from outside, can connect only to the ports 20,21,22,23,25,80,119 i tried to configure it, but it is not working. the dns works , host name is resolved but after that nothing works. the output of ipchains -L is: Chain input (policy DENY): target prot opt source destination ports dns all ----l- anywhere anywhere n/a internal all ----l- localhost.localdomain anywhere n/a external all ----l- !localhost.localdomain anywhere n/a external all ----l- !localhost.localdomain anywhere n/a Chain forward (policy ACCEPT): target prot opt source destination ports dns all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a dns all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a Chain output (policy ACCEPT): target prot opt source destination ports dns all ----l- anywhere anywhere n/a Chain internal (1 references): target prot opt source destination ports ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere localhost.localdomain n/a int2ext all ----l- anywhere !localhost.localdomain n/a Chain external (2 references): target prot opt source destination ports ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> ftp-data ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> ftp ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> ssh ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> telnet ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> smtp ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> www ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> nntp ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> domain ACCEPT tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> nameserver Chain int2ext (1 references): target prot opt source destination ports REDIRECT tcp ------ localhost.localdomain anywhere any -> www => 3128 Chain dns (4 references): target prot opt source destination ports ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.54.12.17 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.54.12.17 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.54.12.47 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.54.12.47 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.54.1.30 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.54.1.30 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.86.135.21 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.86.135.21 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.140.149.28 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.140.149.28 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.144.95.4 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.144.95.4 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.144.66.6 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.144.66.6 anywhere n/a ACCEPT all ----l- anywhere 202.54.1.18 n/a ACCEPT all ----l- 202.54.1.18 anywhere n/a what's wrong? telnet, ping, web services are down. have i messed up something ? cheers cheedu -- ******* Sridhar (cheedu) || mail: cheedu(a)grex.org II Sem, || page: http://www.geocities.com/sri_dhar_n B.E Info Tech || site: cheedu.dyndns.org PESIT || nick: omicron,cheedu Smile.. Tomorrow will be worse -- -- 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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[SLE] x3d and X11
by Bernard.Uguen＠insa-rennes.fr 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

Hi everybody I have installed a Suse 6.3 distribution and I have the following problem I would like to use x3d but I get this error message : $ x3d /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/x3d/xwing.obj X error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 70 (X_PolyFillRectangle) Serial number of failed request: 234 Current serial number in output stream: 264 is there something wrong with X11 ? How can I fix that ? Thank you very much for any clue Bernard ~ ~ -- 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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[SLE] TEST MESSAGE
by kenhough＠compuserve.com 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

Please ignore KH -- 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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Re: [SLE] sound card troubles
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

Jim Pharis <binarybrain(a)yahoo.com> writes: > I need help getting my sound card to work on my SuSE > 6.3. > > The history.. > > I found my card on SuSE hardware support database, it > is supported. It is a Creative Labs Ensonic and it > uses driver ES1371. I followed the "step by step > guide" to getting it configured and loaded as a module > and it didnt work. I tested it by using the lsmod > command and it wasnt listed, so I assumed I didnt do > something right, even though I am pretty sure I > followed the instructions well. > > I decided then to make xconfig and build the driver > right into my kernel. No go..ie, I know the new kernel > works becuase I also configured it for a network card > and that worked when I used the new kernel. However I > still have no sound. > > ps. The tried testing the sound in both KDE and GNOME. > I did configure KDE for sound. > > Why no sound when the driver is right in the kernel? > > I hate to to admit this but I know the sound card > works becuase it works in Windows 98 on my duel boot > machine. > > Im running out of ideas here, any ideas. If it is an isa pnp card you are going to have to configure /etc/isapnp.conf Use pnpdump to get a template, then modify it to match where you want to place the irq's io addresses and dma numbers (you can get these from Window$ 98) Then you will have to build the driver as a module and feed those numbers into /etc/conf.modules as options for the driver and see that isapnp is run doing boot (using yast or modifying the line in /etc/rc.config by hand to be: # # Should isapnp be used to initialize your PNP at bootup? (yes/no) # START_ISAPNP=yes If it is either a PCI card or an isa non-pnp card, you can just feed the settings into /etc/conf.modules and it should work. See man isapnp and man pnpdump Hope this helps. -- 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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[SLE] Re: Taylor UUCP [was: Re: SuSE 4.3 - `uustat -p']
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

I'm replying to the whole list to a message, in case some more feedback would pop up (for KDE, in particular :-). [Helgi Örn] > [...] and here you are thanking SuSE for Lilypond > running right out of the box! Moreover, this has been my first try with Lilypond in many years. Being lazy, I used Denemo as an interactive bitmapped score editor, compiled it from sources and installed it very easily, using nothing but standard SuSE 6.4 packages. However, Denemo segfaulted a few times on me, and I had to stunt a little to get it to do my job nevertheless. I also wrote to the Denemo maintainer and got no reply yet, I wish he will be responsive. I quite understand delays, after having imposed so many to my own users. > Lilypond is one thing i've more or less given up on because it 'never > even opens up', i've only seen it in the form of different files. And > i know that i am not the only one who hasn't been able to get it to run. I know, only because I've read it, that Lilypond had the reputation of not being usable in earlier SuSE's. So, I was not sure what to expect while installing it, a few days ago. That's why I was rather happy to see that it worked for me. > Right now when i run the command lilypond in a terminal (it doesn't put > itself on the KDE menu either) it says: I do not know KDE. I quickly tried it two or three times, but failed to understand the advantages. Because so many people seem to enjoy it, I feel I'm just wholly missing something. Maybe I'm intellectually blind? I'm currently using IceWM, which is very sober, and effective to my needs. > GNU LilyPond 1.2.17. > [/usr/share/lilypond/scm/lily.scm] > Parsing... > And then there's a long list of different files locations and then it > just stops! Nothing more happens, i don't even get the prompt back! > I've read a lot on the LilyPond program and i know that it is just what > i need so that i can free myself entirely from Windows so please, if > there's someone out there who is able to give me some help on this, i'd > be very grateful. Maybe I've been lucky? If your file is simple, send it to me: I'll try Lilypond on it, and report if it failed on me as well. I'm curious to know, before really starting to invest real energy in Lilypond (I mean, from a user standpoint, not as a developer), how stable things are. Han-Wen gives me the impression of being rather responsive. Did you try collaborating with him? I would surely try reporting problems, in your place. On the other hand, sustaining subsequent actions after bug reports might require non-negligible availability, which not everybody has. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- 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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[SLE] ifconfig
by landie＠concentric.net 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

when i run ifconfig i see lots of ppp's why? -- Rolando Roman icq=3783184 -- 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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Re: [SLE] suse file list
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 29 Jul '00

29 Jul '00

"S.Toms" <tomas(a)primenet.com> writes: > Is there a current list of ALL files installed from ALL packages based > on a 6.4 distribution? I'm working with the new tripwire and have been in > talks with them in regards to making the policy file compatible with the > SuSE distribution itself. If theres a list like this, then it would make > it that much easier for them to make it compatible. rpm -qal -- 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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