February 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

cable modem
by Doug Finch 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Has anyone out there had problems setting up a cable modem before? I thought that it would be pretty simple, just set it up to handle DHCP and away you go. No such luck. I am on Charter Communications cable system, if that helps. My modem is an RCA and I am running 7.0. I have 2 NIC cards and both are in there and working fine. I have the modem running in windows. I am also pretty new to all of this, so if you have any words of wisdom, make them pretty low-level. Thanks, Doug

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Beautiful KDE2.1
by Fergus Wilde 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Idling away the time before my copy of 7.1 appears, I have been installing kde2.1 for 6.4. It's ever so beautiful, what clever people the KDE gang are. Do have a look if you haven't already - I notice that there are rpms for SuSE 6.3 this time too, great stuff. Take care all, Fergus

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Same problem two years ago...
by Jerry Kreps 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

While looking for a solution to my zip drive problem I found this reference at http://www.linux.ie.archivne.msg03253.html 'lo all, I seem to be having a problem with my zip drive. I can't seem to mount the damn thing. This is what I'm getting: root@Cartman: /etc:>grep 'zip' fstab /dev/sda4 /zip vfat noauto, user 0 0 root@Cartman: /etc:>mount /zip mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device (maybe 'insmod driver'?) root@Cartman: /etc:>insmod ppa /lib/modules/preferred/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy" Interesting, but no replys leading to a solution were posted. JLK

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Now that I have 7.1 and this DVD?
by Steven T. Hatton 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

I looked on the hcdb and saw nothing regarding DVD players. SuSE must have some belief that DVD players/devices are supported. What should I buy? I remember someone saying there is a difference between DVD data and DVD video. I'm still not clear if that distinction is a hard ware issue. I'd like to buy a DVD that is compatable with SuSE Linux 7.1, and not spend too much on it. Any suggestions? TIA, Steve

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SuSE 7.0 Seeing Only 64MB of Memory
by Peter Vertes 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Hello All, I'm having some trouble with SuSE 7.0. I've just installed it on a machine that has 192MB of memory (64 in slot 0 and 128 in slot 1) and for some reason Linux is only seeing 64MB. I'm still using the stock kernel that comes with 7.0. I'm also planning on upgrading to Kernel 2.4.2 later on this week but I would like to fix this problem first. Has anyone experienced this before ? Thanks in advance... -Pete

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little story
by Purple Shirt 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

So it took a co-worker of mine two years to hop onto our train, the Linux ride. He tells me he got sick of the way Windows progresses and how the user has less and less rights with all the restrictions they put into software and hardware(see CPRM) these days. He knows I've been using SuSE for more than 2 years now successfully. He tells me he will buy 7.1 and I suggest to him he should get Pro because it is worth it as new user and he might appreciate the books in additiona to the wealth packaged on CD. He got it Saturday. (Yes the Best Buy in Okemos, MI has it too so y'all (ya'll?) come down =) He said he spend all Saturday installing and trying it out and he wasn't as happy as I thought he might be. He first installed it with 2.4 and it wouldn't recognize some hardware of his. He then switched to 2.2 and it recognized all his hardware. He had some trouble with TT fonts. He made a statement which gives me the creeps. It went something like this. "How can they put on the box 'With new kernel 2.4' if it is not working?" I realize that this person a nice and smart guy has a lot of Windows still in his blood but it also shows something else. Where has Linux come to? It is apparent that marketing is slowly taking over the business. I don't like to see it. It shows that promises you make on the front of a box better be true or people will be disappointed. I think we should scale back on touting the latest greatest. I did suggest to him before he bought it that he stick with 2.2.18 because it is probably more stable than the latest 2.4. He may have forgotten or accidentally chosen the other. It gave him a bad first impression. We all know how important those are. I know I hated 5.3 when I tried it out and let it sit in my room for two months before touching it again =) How did I resolve the issue. I simply said that I myself don't buy or use something simply because the box is pretty or makes promises. I buy it for the content. It was the best way to put it. I am still unsatisfied how Linux attracts more people by 'glamour & shine' and not what is characteristic for Linux, rock solid computing. In the end we have to guess that my colleague bought SuSE Pro simply because I used it successfully for two years, he knew about it and had no trouble believing me. I have not been around with Linux since it started but I consider myself a user of limited status and I am sad to see that we attract more people but forget to introduce them to the community and its values. It is not enough to have people use open source software if they don't understand what comes with it. The good, the bad and the ugly. My colleague basically didn't understand how (in his words) SuSE can ship a non-working instable 2.4. I had to tell him that there was probably nothing wrong with 7.1 (even though I haven't tried it) simply because it allows you to switch to 2.2.18 and that was stable and probably flawless. I said that SuSE is trying to appeal to the average user by having a stable release and to the adventurous by including latest kernels like 2.4 and supporting such projects as bringing Linux to the mainframe. I again and again mention that with time he will gain experience and it will allow him to make good judgements of what software is working for him and what he might not deploy because its hot out of the oven and he might burn his hands on. Let me finish my ramblings. I enjoy seeing more and more people pick up Linux but I got this bad feeling in my stomach that we lose out on educating them enough about the realm of open source; how users of it have to make a commitment to become active users, instead of button pushers, in exchange for freedom of software use as one sees fit. Mark my words =), mk _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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RE: [SLE] ultra dma 66 contollers
by Cleary, Mike 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Right now I am usually booting the stock 2.4 kernel (in 7.1), although I have also booted the 2.2.18 kernel. I installed Lilo in the /boot partition because I use Boot Magic on my machine. I have three hard drives on the machine plus a CD-ROM. I tried putting my Linux drive (Maxtor 20G 7200 RPM ATA 66) on one of the motherboard IDE controllers, but I had no end of problems. I think it was a problem with the motherboard BIOS (at least according to Maxtor it was), but the motherboard manufacturer has not updated their BIOS since 8/99! So that's when I decided to put it on the Promise Ultra66 card. I boot Linux off of this controller all the time - I just added Linux to the Boot Magic configuration, and told it which drive to use. So far it hasn't been a problem. Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com x6033 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- It said 'Requires Windows 95 or better". So I installed Linux... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Stragies [mailto:roast@studcs.uni-sb.de] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:45 AM To: Cleary, Mike Cc: 'suse-linux-e(a)suse.com' Subject: RE: [SLE] ultra dma 66 contollers Hi mike, and all, thanks alot for the verz fast reply, maz i inquire about your kernel version? I want to use this controller for mirroring and striping, if possible with the hardware support for these operations. Also, mike, do you install lilo in the MBR of hda? I would like the drives connected to the Promise to be the onlz drives in my system. So i was wondering, if i could easily boot of this controller... I know, it is possible to do mirroring and striping using linux software, but doing it in hardware would be alot nicer.... Anybody? And best regards, Alex On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Cleary, Mike wrote: > I'm using a Promise Ultra 66 PCI card for my Linux drive. > It seems to work fine - Linux recognizes the drive no prob. > However, I do get some funky lilo messages, but I'm not sure > if they are related to the promise card or not. Here's an example: > > linux:~ # lilo > Warning: /dev/hde3 is not on the first disk > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Added linux * > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Added linux_2.4 > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Added suse > Added windows > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Added memtest86 > > Anyway, it all seems to work....:) > > Mike > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com x6033 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > It said 'Requires Windows 95 or better". So I installed Linux... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Stragies [mailto:roast@studcs.uni-sb.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:22 AM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] ultra dma 66 contollers > > hello all, > > could somebody post experiences with ultra66 controllers available as pci > cards. > > I was opting for a promise fasttrack 66, but i read in the udma howto on > linuxhq.com, that it was problematic to install with *recent* 2.2 kernels. > As this document may be outdated, could somebody tell me (or point me to > info) if this problematic situation is still the case? > > any other recommendations or tips? > > best regards, > Alex > > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- 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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2.4.2, syslinux, loadlin - no problem
by amircea＠libertysurf.fr 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Forget about my previous message. The kernel did not boot because I misconfigured the CPU type. It works now (e.g. from syslinux floppy).

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THERE IS SOUND! AWE-64-GOLD!!!! YEEE-HAAAW!
by Steven T. Hatton 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

For some reason or another the speaker volume was turned all the way down. No, not the knob on the speaker. I'm slow, but not *that* slow. I went into alsamixer from the command line and found it. IIRC alsa used to turn up the volume for us. It looks as though all the modules are installed as well. Ya got it! This is good, good, good. Unfortunately this little idiosyncracies are not good for appearances sake. Steve

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custom suse install bootcd
by Robert Stragies 28 Feb '01

28 Feb '01

Hello all, I would like to know, where to find instructions on building a bootable install disk, containing a custom set of suse packages. The install would have to be without any user intervention. We have a large testbed of computers used to teach people linux. Most, if not all participants, tend to mess up the system at least once. Instead of troubleshooting each machine, i would just like to insert the cdrom and install over it. I just read the previous post about making such a ressource available on the intranet. Unfortuately, some of these computers do not have a network connection. The machines all have mostly the same hardware, the subtle differences i can easily detect with lspci and grep. My boss is giving me a free hand on this, and he would be *extremely* pleased, if this were to work. (he too is starting to feel sick about MS, but is not so easily convinced in linux beeing a good alterantive... im trying to prove him wrong... so please help) best regards, Alex btw, is there a squid howto available somewhere?

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