January 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Do I have to drop Linux? [Was: SuSE as firewall/router for Windows]
by Kaare Rasmussen 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

Haven´t anobody tried to set up Linux as a Firewall / Router in a Windows environment? The problem as described in my mail here, is that the clients on the LAN cannot see the servers in the DMZ as part of the Windows network (in Windows Explorer e.g.). Do I have to drop Linux and set up another router? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: SuSE as firewall/router for Windows Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:57:02 +0100 From: Kaare Rasmussen <kar(a)webline.dk> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com I need to set up a SuSE Linux 7.0 as a firewall / router in a Windows environment. I have configured /etc/rc.config.d/firewall.rc.config very standard, I think where I have the clients on the local side as 192.168.1.x. In the DMZ I have some servers (with public IP adresses) that I need to see as a Windows client. What do I do to make network browsing and the like work? I thought that if I pointed to the external WINS server, it would work, but apparantly I need something else. Can anyone tell me what that is?

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Re: [SLE] New ftp server--Please test
by Daniel Casey 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

Just tried ftp2.suse.com server and it worked good for me. Decent throughput considering I'm on dial-up )-: One of these days we'll be able to get cable or DSL, but until then, I'll have to suffer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Mahmood <ckm(a)suse.com> Date: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:26 pm Subject: [SLE] New ftp server--Please test > Hi SLE, > > We'd really appreciate it if you'd use our new ftp server -- > ftp2.suse.com -- and let me know if you encounter any problems. > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Cheers, > > Christopher Mahmood > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > SuSE Inc., Tel: +1-510-628-3380, x5024 > 580 Second St., Suite 210 Fax: +1-510-628-3381 > Oakland CA 94607 Public Key: > USA http://www.suse.com/~ckm/key.gpg > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > 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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APC magazine has Netscape 6 & it goes on Suse 6.4
by Eric Richards 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

Hi I managed to install "netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar.gz" that came on "Australia Personnel Computer" CDROM January 2001 and I am very impressed dispute the three alert message that pop up while program is loading something about activation.netscape.com keyword.netscape.com info.netscape.com One thing that I found strange in Netscape 4.72 & 4.76 was when you disable the personnel toolbar the icons went off, but the function-less grey area remand viewable, so you may as well leave it on. Well some smart cookie has worked out how increase the viewing area when you turn that off, GREAT WORK One thing that Suse might like to put on there wish list is, the problem when you click onto something, and you do not hear the hard drive, and you think nothing has happened, and you click again .... and again THEN you can guess the rest (I like the spinning gear in the folders) But as I write this is it all a Suse problem, Could the program when it runs bring up a alert message saying "OK OK the program is starting and you clicked on it again and again...., do you wish to load this program ten times (just joking) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.226 / Virus Database: 108 - Release Date: 1-5-01

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KDE2, where are the menu icons?
by Avi Schwartz 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

I just installed the latest KDE2 update for SuSE 7.0 (downloaded from SuSE's ftp site) and to my surprise I found that most of the icons in the K menu are gone! I checked the message archive and found a short discussion on the subject but it is talking about compiling your own QT library, which is different then my case. How can I get my menu icons back? Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life, avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux!

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Tuning SCSI HD?
by Alex Daniloff 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

Hello Linux folkz, Is there any way to tune up SCSI HD parameters to make its transfer rate faster? I tuned up my WD IDE HD with hdparm like this. And it's running faster than SCSI HD. About 32.17 MB/sec IDE HD vs 21.15 MB/sec SCSI HD. What can be done to SCSI in this respect? Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Alex # Turn on 32 bit transfers on the IDE Hard Drive echo "Turn on 32 bit transfers on the Hard Drive" /sbin/hdparm -c3 /dev/hda # Set sector count for filesystem read-ahead. Default is -a8. /sbin/hdparm -a2 /dev/hda # Turn on IDE transfer: 16 sectors I/O per IRQ echo "Turn on IDE transfer: 16 sectors I/O per IRQ" /sbin/hdparm -m16 /dev/hda # Turn on DMA transfer echo "Turn on DMA transfer" /sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hda # Get/set interrupt-unmask flag for the HD. echo "Setting unmaskirq to 1" /sbin/hdparm -u1 /dev/hda # Enable the IDE drive's read-lookahead /sbin/hdparm -A1 /dev/hda # Enable the IDE drive's write-caching echo "Enable write-caching" /sbin/hdparm -W1 /dev/hda # Disable HD sleep mode echo "Disable sleep mode" /sbin/hdparm -S0 /dev/hda # Save the HDPARM settings over the HD reset /sbin/hdparm -k1 /dev/hda # Keep_features_over_reset /sbin/hdparm -K1 /dev/hda -- MS Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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New ftp server--Please test
by Christopher Mahmood 19 Jan '01

19 Jan '01

Hi SLE, We'd really appreciate it if you'd use our new ftp server -- ftp2.suse.com -- and let me know if you encounter any problems. Thanks in advance. -- Cheers, Christopher Mahmood --------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE Inc., Tel: +1-510-628-3380, x5024 580 Second St., Suite 210 Fax: +1-510-628-3381 Oakland CA 94607 Public Key: USA http://www.suse.com/~ckm/key.gpg ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Network Prob....
by Rick Meredith 18 Jan '01

18 Jan '01

This is probably a bumb question but here it goes... I have SuSE running. I have VmWare running with Win98 & Win2000 (puke (need it for work, unfortanatly :-)) What do I have to set up to where I can get onto the Network (Internet, SMTP, POP3 and so on...) with Windoze? Thanks for any awnsers. Mit freundlichem Gruss With best regards Using SuSE Linux 7.0 on a PII 233 SMP Kernel: 2.2.18 -- +--- Rick Meredith / System13 -------------------------------------+ | Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 48 Fon: +49 (0)6104-75549 | | 61379 Obertshausen Fax: +49 (0)6104-75549 | +--- Confucius say : He who play in root, eventually kill tree! ---+

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/usr/bin/stat
by MaD dUCK 18 Jan '01

18 Jan '01

i cannot find the very useful utility /usr/bin/stat on my new suse 7.0 system. which package does it come with if at all? thanks (and sorry for all my dumb questions), martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net -- no micro$oft components were used in the creation or posting of this email. therefore, it is 100% virus free and does not use html by default (yuck!).

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what difference ?
by New Star Service Company 18 Jan '01

18 Jan '01

If I use "mc" to install any package such as "wine.rpm", mc said : wine --> need xpm package to install (something like that) and stop installation. but if I use "yast" to install any package, yast not anyquestion,just install. WHY ? do yast installation make any problem if I run "wine" or "wine" need xpm on runing time which "mc" said ? WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR INSTALLATION OF PACKAGES ?

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suse 7.0 web html
by Phiboy171＠aol.com 18 Jan '01

18 Jan '01

Does anyone know if dreamweaver works well with apache. I am currenlty using frontpage 2000 on my apache suse 7.0 linux box. However, I'm thinking about converting it to dreamweaver does anyone have any input on this? Has anyone done this? I have not loaded frontpage ext. on my apache server yet. That is why I am considering this. Thanks Joe

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