January 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

New Linux Box
by Manuel Cardenas Grandio 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Hi everybody I am on the processing on assembling a new computer for Linux, I am planning to use a Microstar MS-6321 / 694D Pro Dual 370 Socket 133Mhz with VIA 694X chipset. (510 BGA) Does anybody has experience with this Mobo TIA Manuel Cardenas

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Re: [SLE] Is there a 'Page maker' clon for linux?
by Moller Erland 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

It's not really the same, but Adobe has ported Framemaker under Linux Greets, Erland. ------------------------ Adinda Praditya <adind(a)link.net.id> wrote: ------------------------ >The subject tells everything, >-- >Abdulmalik bin Hilman bin Mahyuddin >----------------------------------- >Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away from their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is noe one that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving. (Al-Fathir : 41) > >a Black Hole? > >-- >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] swap signature no valid
by Cliff Sarginson 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Swap devices have to be prepared with mkswap (i think that is the name) Cliff > hello > > I've recently changed my HD and can't get back any valid swap partition. > > with fdisk (and yast1) I've chosen a swap type on a logical partition of > my 30Go HD.(I don't think a primary partition is needed for swap) > During the boot a /dev/hda5 swapon gives a "swap signature not valid" > error. > I don't think I have to format it and even yet this option is not valid > in yast for this partition. > my /etc/fstab files is (as far as I remember, I'm not in front of my > computer) > /dev/hda1 10Mo /boot (primary) > /dev/hda2 5Go /mnt/windows (primary) > /dev/hda3 17Go / (primary) > /dev/hda4 (extended) > /dev/hda5 180Mo swap (logical) > > Is there any options I've forgoten ? > > I've got another question : I'm thinking of buying a network card. Are > NetGear card ok ? (Any point to the suse supported hardware database > would be appreciated) > > Thanks > > Yann > > > > > > > -- > 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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swap signature no valid
by Yann Fusero 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

hello I've recently changed my HD and can't get back any valid swap partition. with fdisk (and yast1) I've chosen a swap type on a logical partition of my 30Go HD.(I don't think a primary partition is needed for swap) During the boot a /dev/hda5 swapon gives a "swap signature not valid" error. I don't think I have to format it and even yet this option is not valid in yast for this partition. my /etc/fstab files is (as far as I remember, I'm not in front of my computer) /dev/hda1 10Mo /boot (primary) /dev/hda2 5Go /mnt/windows (primary) /dev/hda3 17Go / (primary) /dev/hda4 (extended) /dev/hda5 180Mo swap (logical) Is there any options I've forgoten ? I've got another question : I'm thinking of buying a network card. Are NetGear card ok ? (Any point to the suse supported hardware database would be appreciated) Thanks Yann

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yast2 and alsa and lots of angry ranting
by Purple Shirt 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Don't take the following too serious because I am losing my mind. Ok so I use SuSe since 5.3. Great product and it has come along nicely. Once in a while you cross a problem though where you think: what a fucking shit. yast2 is such problem. I read others here complain about yast2. I mean who to fuck needs this graphics crap? all I want is a working utility which assists in setup. yast1 used to be this tool and keeps being handy for my work. yast2 never really crosses my mind. previous to suse 6.4 getting sound was a bit difficult. You had to usually compile it yourself. I remember spending months in 5.3 to get my sound to work. Once I finally did it worked perfectly. until 6.4 rolled around and with it yast2 and the fact that SuSe started trying to include sound setup with its distro. From there on sound setup may have become easy for people who like yast2 and think it does a good job. For me yast2 makes sound almost impossible to enjoy. I got opl3sa2 card. The problem is that if I use the alsa.rpm and alsadev.rpm and use yast2 to set sound up it gives me sound but loops forever. it's not sound its noise. So there I tell myself that I just don't use yast2 and compile my sound like in the past myself. The problem is ever since suse created this automatic sound setup its impossible to compile alsa yourself. I constantly get this stupid error: amixer: Mixer 0/0 open error: Invalid argument So now I spend 3 hours on trying to get my sound back. I had it achieved once under 6.4 and 7.0 but it took me hours and now where I put new HD in my box I came to the same problem again. The sound is harder to configure than it was before suse tried to do it for me. The problem now isn;t even that I don't have sound. The mixer 0/0 problem will not even vanish if I uninstall and reinstall packages freshly. what a junk. I wish we all go back to good old text file setup and none of this yast2 junk. sorry for the rant. mk PS: I noticed there was now a conf.modules and modules.conf file in the distro. Maybe I slept but since when did this happen? It's not even symlinked. They are separate files. is SuSE so special that it needs it both ways? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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reiserfs
by MaD dUCK 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

hey all, reiserfs sounds awesome so i want it. but somehow i don't trust in it fully and i know that there are some partitions that cannot be reiserfs - /boot for instance. take the following mount points: / /boot /usr /usr/local /var /tmp /home /opt which one of them are safe to be reiserfs and which ones absolutely should not be? also, is there a way to convert a partition to reiserfs once it is ext2fs and contains data? thanks, martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net -- your fly might be open (but don't check it just now).

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software suggestion for suse ....
by Christian Klippel 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

hi all at suse, have you missed the gpl-going of jmax ?? you should take a look at it: http://www.ircam.fr/jmax its a great audio/midi software linke max/msp for mac's. its over a year ago that they gone gpl with jmax. i strongly suggest you to include this in further suse distributions. its the most excellent piece of music-software for linux i know. and i guess it will be this for a long time. the newest versions (source and binary rpms) could be found on my page. the version at ircam is rather old, only the cvs versions there are actual. i heard a lot of people who want to have this included in a distro, since it could be a hazle to get it working out of the cvs-sources as alot people are not so familiar java/swing/etc installing to get it running. greetings, christian -- visit me at http://mamalala.de

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Re: [SLE] 2 copies of emails ?
by Roger Wassell 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

>I believe the problem is that people are replying to all. >This sends a copy >to the original post author as well as to the list. This >was only sent to >the list. Did you get two? Yes,I got two,again,David.So I think it is something wrong with the mailservers.I can't much,about this,but I guess! Maybe could it be some setting,which makes the differens? Maybe could we have a word from the listowner,what he think the problem is!!! Roger

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Re: [SLE] SERVER QUESTION
by Cliff Sarginson 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

> I'm a little slow on servers. Is it correct to assume that > with my apache server someone can view a webpage going through > my IP address to my box while I'm using my computer to do something else? > > How would this be done if it is possible? > If they have a route to your IP address, and you have open access to the HTTP port (normally port 80) then yes.. If your IP address is not static then presumably your ISP will sort the DNS side of it out.. Cliff

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Re: [SLE] HP OmniBook 6000: A Disaster Report
by Avi Schwartz 08 Jan '01

08 Jan '01

Did you send me a message earlier today? I thought I saw one from you, but due to some problems with my email program, it was deleted before I managed to read it. Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux

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