December 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

(Newbie alert) Zip drive confusion.
by Brian Durant 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

Hi all, I have just tried to access my USB 250 Zip drive in SUSE 7.3 Pro, only to receive the following message: "Could not mount device. The reported error was mount /dev/sda4: unknown device." I have checked and ziptool is installed, I have a Zip icon on my desktop, but obviously, something needs to be configured somewhere. I read /usr/share/doc/packages/ziptool/README, but there wasn't any help as far as I could decipher. Any ideas? Cheers, Brian

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Linux type Download Accelerator Plus utility?
by Brian Durant 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

Hello again, Is there a download utility in the Linux world that works like Download Accelerator Plus? -- Cheers, Brian mailto:durant@cbn.net.id

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ReiserFS questions
by Tim Harrell 06 Mar '02

06 Mar '02

I'm planning to give the Reiser FS a run-in (or should that be ruin?) and I have a few questions I'd be grateful to get advice on: 1) Is the reiser support in 7.2 (2.4.4-4GB) safe? I'm not intending to upgrade my kernel anytime soon. 2) How does it get set up in /etc/fstab? Is it just a matter of changing ext2 to reiserfs? 3) What's this I hear about tail and notail modes? I notice that mkreiserfs has a '-v format' option which can be either 1 or 2 but it explains nothing about what these mean. Thanks, -- Tim Harrell <tim.harrell(a)ntlworld.com>

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1720 smart
by Landy Roman 20 Jan '02

20 Jan '02

when i boot i see a msg saying "1720 smart hard drive test immenent hd ffailure has been detected savge data and replace your hd" where is this check coming from and why does it not tell me which hd it is??

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Re: [SLE] Slow.
by Alexandr Malusek 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

erik(a)urbakken.dk writes: > I have downloaded a diagnostic software from Seagate to test my > new 40GB Seagate harddisk. > > It really is defective: > > DST - Errors - Status: 07 > Short test Failed: > > What does that mean ??. I don't know about this particular error but, in general, it means that you will get the disk replacement without much trouble. Don't waste your time and get a new one. If the problem is somewhere else (cables, the motherboard) then you'll observe the same symptoms with the new disk ... -- Alexandr.Malusek(a)imv.liu.se

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Slow.
by Erik Jakobsen 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

Hi. My suse 7.3 has been slow if I want to shutdown, or at boot up. It came after, that I have had several main power drop outs during 2 days. What can I do to increase the speed ?. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards /vy73 de oz4kk. Erik Jakobsen - erik(a)urbakken.dk SuSE Linux 7.3.

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Slow.
by erik＠urbakken.dk 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

Hi. I have downloaded a diagnostic software from Seagate to test my new 40GB Seagate harddisk. It really is defective: DST - Errors - Status: 07 Short test Failed: What does that mean ??. Erik Jakobsen - erik(a)urbakken.dk

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Re: [SLE] directtv dsl and linux
by Michael Fischer 14 Jan '02

14 Jan '02

On Sun, Jan 13, Jon Pennington wrote: > On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 09:43, Steven Hatfield wrote: > > > The support staff knows Linux. I called them up with a problem once, and > > the level 1 support person was having me run ifconfig, look at > > /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf, trying to track down a connection > > issue.. it was pretty amazing that they even knew these configuration > > files exist. > > Color me flabberghasted. :D Well, I use them now as well, and am reasonably happy with the service. I wouldn't actually say the support staff "knows" linux. Times I've had to call, (which was only because I IpTabled myself out of the router -- idiot) the service people were friendly and sympathetic, but with NO experience of *nix. The fellows I talked to tried their best, and actually took notes from what I said I was trying out (ifconfig, route and friends), but actually told me that their boss was giving them dirty looks for trying to "support" one of those Linux people. Their manual, interestingly enough has sections on UNIX installations, which basically back out of it all by saying that typical *nix users are smarter about all this stuff, and should make it all come out fine by setting up their own flavor of DHCP. If you know of genuinely *nix-savvy tech support folks there, could you mention names? I'd ask for them by name at need, and send kudos-type emails to their managers commending them for their Linux expertise. Cheers. Michael -- Michael Fischer Happiness is a config option. michael(a)visv.net Recompile and be happy.

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CUPS: Printer works, but does not work (Another mistery history!)
by Francisco Manuel Marzoa Alonso 12 Jan '02

12 Jan '02

Hi there, This is the environment under that such paranormal success occurs: - Epson Stylus Color 440 plugged to pararell port - SuSE 7.2 proffesional - Cups 1.1.6-52 (*) (*) The one which mentioned distribution carries. I've configured the printer under CUPS with the Epson Stylus Color filter. Test page is printed perfectly. Any other file are not printed. (What a testpage!!!) I've tried to print a file from StarOffice and it did NOT work. Yes, I've configured StarOffice printer previously to use the one cups serves. I've then used "print to a file" StarOffice feature and obtain a postscript file that I've tried to print by 'lpr file.ps' but it has not work. I've tried also to send the file through "kups" to the printer, but nothing happens. In cups log I've seen the following: I [17/Dec/2001:11:40:08 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 809) for job 15. I [17/Dec/2001:11:40:08 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 810) for job 15. I [17/Dec/2001:11:40:08 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoepson (PID 811) for job 15. I [17/Dec/2001:11:40:08 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 812) for job 15.I So I think the trouble may be in some of these filtering processes, but cannot say where. I've tried changing printer parameters randomly, but I've no obtain right results (it does NOT print or it does print trash). The strange thing is that Test page is perfectly printed... Any hint? TIA

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Supported digital cameras.
by Fred A. Miller 12 Jan '02

12 Jan '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just checked the SuSE hardware compat. database, and it was of NO use at all! 'Can't even do a search on "digital cameras." Well, I can but the search provides no data. Does anyone know where there's a list of digital cameras (USB) that DO work with SuSE 7.3? Thanks, Fred - -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm(a)cupserv.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Hl3+IhTtc6nTZIIRAsBuAJ9pZ0DcPVG3TrnflZmu1c3jnF2D6wCeMyHs P+ft59CJDpOooaEQU+mXaiY= =l+lA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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