January 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Trying to understanding Kerberos, gssapi etc.
by mendes 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hello Could someone explain me how all these crypto softs work? Are they free? Legal to use? Where can I download them? I am bit lost on this subject. Many thanks Eduardo

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Java 1.2 or 1.3
by Jan Erik Moström 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

I was trying to find a Suse packaged version of Java 1.2 or 1.3 at their site but I wasn't able to find anything ... I could be me? Does such a package exist or is it the one at blackdown that I should install? jem -- Jan Erik Moström mailto:jem@mostrom.pp.se Free Elektron http://www.mostrom.pp.se/folk/jem/

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Prehelp on first kernel compiling
by filip 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hi all, This will be the first time i'm compiling a kernel, on this box, scsi troubles me: PIII 800 mb asus p3c intel 820 chipset 258 MB Rimm memory 800Mhz scsi card 2940 U2W ( aic7*** i suppose ) sda = 18 GB disk 10000rpm full windows sdb = 18 GB disk 10000rpm full suse 7 ( stable ) ext2 sdc = 18 GB disk 10000rpm full RH7 sdd = 36 GB disk 10000rpm full SuSE 7 ( test ) rsfs sound = sb PCI 128 cdrom = plextor scsi 40x cdwriter = plextor 12/4/32 video = Geforce DDR scanner = snapscan 1212 U USB mouse = Intellieye KB = logitech ( french kb ) Being off computer world since university (+/- 25 years ), i've been working very hard to catch up my delay in the linux world ( one year (in my spare time)), having only used Win (word&excell) before. I test a lot of things on sdd and i have a SuSE for working on sdb The "last" thing to do now : compiling a kernel ( downloaded 2.4.0 + suse 24 patch.gz ). This is what I'm going to do : 1. upgrading to modutil 2.4.0 2. make cloneconfig of actual kernel ( 2.2.16 ) and print it out 3. cd /usr/src and rm linux 4. tar zxpvf linux-2.4.0.SuSE-14.tgz Question : can I apply the patch file from here; if yes how ? 5. mv linux linux-2.4.0.SuSE-14; ln -s linux-2.4.0.SuSE-14 linux 6. make xconfig, looking around and matching the previous cloneconfig file Question : including reiserfs in the kernel ?? I suppose so. 7. make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install 8. cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-SuSE-14 cp /usr/src/linux/Sy test a lot of things on sdd and i have a SuSE for working on sdb The last thing to do now : compiling a kernel ( downloaded 2.4.0 + suse 2.4.0-15.gz ). test a lot of things on sdd and i have a SuSE for working on sdb The last thing to do now : compiling a kernel ( downloaded 2.4.0 + suse 2.4.0-15.gz ).stem.map /boot/System.map-2.4.0-SuSE-14 9. yast ---> check if aic7xxx+usbcore is in INITRD_MODULES 10. mk_initrd-2.4.0-SuSE-14 ( is this correct ???? and will this put initrd..... in /boot/ ?????? 11. edit lilo.conf and adding the lines : image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-SuSE-14 root = /dev/sdd2 label = lin-2.4.0-SuSE-14 initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.0-SuSE-14 12 /sbin/lilo Any suggestions are really welcome, specially for the patch file, reiserfs and mk_initrd. Meanwhile, I'll read some more howtos. TIA Filip.

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KDE 2.0.1 problems
by JvdW 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

HI everyone I have this strange problem with KDE 2.0.1. Whenever I change my background and background settings and then log out of KDE and go back in, the settings are back to what it was before??? Why is that? Any help will be greatly appreciated. -- l8r ./JvdW

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SuSE annoyances (was: goodbye YaST!)
by MaD dUCK 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

splitting my previous email up into two threads, this is the second one... about annoyances with SuSE. my discussion was about my disliking of suse's automating everything - forcing YaST/SuSEconfig upon the user and centering everything around making pretty GUIs. yuck! i don't think i'll get around running debian again simply because suse's configuration stuff is getting on my balls. and another very annoying point is the SuSE vs. linux kernel approach. no, i don't want to always have to use SuSE's rpm package kernels instead of the kernel.org one simply because i like to patch kernels every now and then. SuSE voids warranty with another kernel and that's almost ridiculous. there exists a number of software products which require kernel patches, which SuSE either does not carry, or for which they have given alternate solutions - but if i spent 3 months learning one product and love it, i am not going to switch because it's not integrateable with SuSE's approach. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net -- de gustibus non est disputandum.

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scp and sftp question
by tompoe 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hi, all: I want to use secure ftp to log into a hosting server, and get and put files. To find out how to do this, and get set up, I looked around, but didn't see anything obvious. I checked the manual for SuSE7.0, the HOWTO's, and even surfed a little at google. Still not clear. I browsed the Yast2 list and didn't see what I thought I wanted to see. So, my question is, do I install an SSH module, set up PGP or Gpgp, or just what is suggested? I'm in Reno, NV, if that makes a difference. TIA Tom

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SSH / OpenSSH 2.3 compatibilities
by Fergus Wilde 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hello everyone. Apologies if this has come up before ... I have some machines with SSH2.3 and some with OpenSSH2.3, and am finding that while they are largely compatible, there are problems in connecting the two. Scp, for example, doesn not seem to be working properly in copying from an SSH2.3 machine (SuSE 6.4 in this case) to an OpenSSH 2.3 machine (OpenBSD 2.7); but if the same copy is performed in the same direction but issuing the command from the OpenSSH machine, the copy works fine. But an SSH login works both ways. Another SSH2.3 machine will not connect to the OpenSSH machine at all, however the two machines connect fine if the call is made from the OpenSSH machine as client. >From the various errors, it seems that they are trying to fall back to SSH1 compatibility for reasons I can't work out, given that they are supposed to talk together at SSH2 level. Anyone seen anything similar / have a clue what to do to put things right? Eliminating one or the other and settling on one is not an option, unfortunately Best to all Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Manchester M3 1SB UK Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797

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script help again
by Togan Muftuoglu 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hi everyone, Although as promised I started learning scripts and (I am doing my best to learn gawk as fast as possible) I am still fighting with scripts. So could you agin show me a way to do this. I have a text file with words and paragraphs (similar to this email) I want to get all words printed like list word1 word2 word3 TIA -- Togan Muftuoglu

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UPS and auto shutdown
by Grant Walton 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Hi On our small network is a file/print server and a mail server, both running 6.3. The file server is connected to a UPS via a serial cable and monitoring software initiates the shutdown process in event of a power failure. The mail server is connected to a simple UPS without any monitoring capabilities, in another part of the building. Is is possible to write a script (or something!) that will be triggered on the file server in event of a power failure and that can telnet into the mail server across the network and initiate the shutdown sequence before the file server shuts itself down? What would such a script look like? I am trying to avoid purchasing another smart UPS just for the mail server. Thanks Grant. Grant R Walton New Creation Family Church PO Box 1638 Cresta South Africa 2118 Tel. +27-11-792-1151 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 00/12/22

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Why Linux kicks butt (OT, but I can do that ;)
by Ben Rosenberg 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Just an FYI to everyone...I upgraded my personal K6-III 400 to a AMD Duron on an ASUS A7V and it went so smooth I almost pinched myself. Linux doesn't bitch at all. This is why Linux rocks and why I went to work for this company. No driver installs and reboots.. :) FYI ... anyone going for an upgrade should check out the Duron on the ASUS board damn it's nice and fast...and w/ the 512M of RAM in this box now..all I can say is "It's good to be the king " (History of the World Pt1 quote). ;) Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:brosenb@suse.com *************************************** SuSE Inc. 580 Second St Suite 210 Oakland CA 94607 U.S.A Tel: 1-510-628-3380 EXT:5086 Fax: 1-510-628-3381 *************************************** "My opinions are not a reflection of the opinions of SuSE Inc."

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