February 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

What package provides libOSSlib?
by Fraser Hanson 03 Mar '01

03 Mar '01

Last week I upgraded most packages on my SuSE 6.2 system with a SuSE 6.3 CD. I also uninstalled a few rpms I didn't think I was using. Along the way I lost my libOSSlib.so library. It was located at /usr/lib/oss/libOSSlib.so, and there was a symlink to it at /usr/lib/libOSSlib.so. I need this library back but I have so far been unable to find out which rpm provides this file. Could someone please do rpm -qf `locate libOSSlib` or something equivalent and let me know which SuSE rpm provides the libOSSlib library? Thanks, --Fraser Hanson

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SuSE 7.1 rocks!
by Ken Hughes 03 Mar '01

03 Mar '01

Well, I finally got my copy of 7.1 this morning! Yeeeeeehaaaawwwww! Okay....anyway, I just wanted to give mucho kudos to the folks at SuSE. You guys have really outdone yourselves this time. My first task with 7.1 was to install it on our new VA Linux 3500 for use as an Oracle server. I couldn't boot off of the CD but I'm pretty sure that was a BIOS prob. I stuck the boot floppy in, autoloaded the modules, and it found everything (Mylex RAID, nic, ncr53c8xx). From there it was a flawless install! I'm on to getting Oracle installed and configured now. Great job guys/girls....are there any female hacks working on SuSE? I'm taking this one home tonight for sure to upgrade my own box! Ken -- "We can build a better product than Linux..." -- Microsoft VP Jim Allchin

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Large file support (>2Gb)
by Rachel Greenham 03 Mar '01

03 Mar '01

As we've been playing with Broadcast 2000 on SuSE 7.0 over the weekend, we discovered we needed to make files over 2Gb in size. We couldn't get this going. We'd upgraded to kernel 2.4.2 already, but apparently it also needs a glibc 2.2 built against kernel 2.4, and that proved beyond us (we ended up nuking the machine after trying to install a Red Hat glibc2.2.x - not my idea, but we ended up doing that when glibc2.2.2, the current release, can't be compiled by gcc 2.95.2 - again the current release and the one in suse 7.0) So, any more information on how it can be done and - importantly, as mine should be arriving imminently - does SuSE 7.1 handle large files out of the box? -- Rachel

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script for the cover illustration?
by Victor R. Cardona 03 Mar '01

03 Mar '01

Hi everyone, Does anyone know where I may find the script used to generate the image on the SuSE 7.1 boxes? I know that surf is used to generate the images. Thanks, -- Victor R. Cardona vcardona(a)home.com "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!"

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SuSE 7.1 at BestBuy
by Timothy R. Butler 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Hi Everyone, I was just reading the Sunday electronic store ads, and BestBuy has SuSE 7.1 listed in their ad. If you haven't purchased 7.1 yet, you might be interested in this, Pro is priced at just $49 and Personal at $19. Great deal, huh? -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Web Services Since 1996 tbutler(a)uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ============== "AT&T: The pre-paid phone card. Jesus: The pre-paid life card."

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Anti-Aliasing: How do I do it?
by Timothy R. Butler 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Hi everyone, The SuSE 7.1 box advertises the fact that XFree86 4.02 has Anti-Aliasing, but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to work. I copied my collection of TrueType fonts over, set 'em up, but to my dismay the Renderer doesn't seem to engage and smooth the fonts. :-( What do I need to do (BTW, all of my TT fonts are in the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Managed directory that I setup to make KFontInstaller happy)? Do I need KDE 2.1 before this will work? Thanks, Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler(a)uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ==============

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Re: [SLE] samba
by Purple Shirt 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Hate to be picky but you seem to be approaching the entire issue from the wrong angle. Giving us error output does in itself not help with debugging your problems. We need to see your smb.conf and maybe your permissions on the directories. You haven't even said what you are trying to share if printer or drives and which way. I really suggest you read these chapters and follow them step by step. O'reilly has it all for you listed what you need to do: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html mk >From: Julia Maddocks <julia.maddocks(a)zoom.co.uk> >Reply-To: julia.maddocks(a)zoom.co.uk >To: "suse-linux-e(a)suse.com" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: [SLE] samba >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:26:04 +0000 > >I get the following error messgae when I try smbstatus: > >couldn't open status file /var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK > >why does this happen? Those microsoft shares are looking more and more >appealing... > >Julia > >-- >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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scsi emulation problem in 7.1
by FX Fraipont 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

I can't get scsi emulation to work in 7.1. I appended hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi in lilo, i added modprobe ide-scsi to /etc/rc.d/boot.local, as suggested in the book. Dmesg: <(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/13/0 <(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs <(scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 NO, Ext-50 NO) <(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded <scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.1/5.2.0 < <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> < Vendor: Model: Scanner Rev: 1.40 < Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 04 <scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices So the module is loaded, but cdrecord -scanbus only finds the scanner. Can anyone help? Thanks ps I've been using scsi emulation since suse 6.0, mostly without problems, so I don't understand why it should not work this time.

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Got it - believe it or not.
by Timothy R. Butler 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Hi everyone, Well, I went to BestBuy today (for reasons other than to buy SuSE 7.1), but even though I've complained numerous times about price, and has insisted I was going to wait for the ISO's - I bought 7.1. As I went in the store I told myself "Self: you aren't going to buy this, you should be economical, wait a few weeks, and get the ISO's", then a little later I told myself "Self: you are going to buy the personal edition, but you do not need the professional edition", needless to say, I walked out of the store with a shiny new copy of SuSE 7.1 _PROFESSIONAL_ edition. <g> Anyway, I haven't installed it yet, although I'm hoping to perhaps have time to try it tonight on my desktop, and on my Inspiron 5000e notebook later this week when my new PC Card NIC comes in. So far it looks good - I like the new manuals they look quite good, and I'm anxious to try the DVD install. Hey, and the stickers and pin are nice too. ;-) -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler(a)uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ==============

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OnStream DI30 15/30Gb Internal IDE tape drive OK with SuSE ?
by Sean Akers 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Anyone successfully using the OnStream DI30 15/30Gb Internal IDE tape drive successfully with Linux. I'm currently using SuSE 6.4 with 2.2.14 kernel and intend to use afio for my backups. I could upgrade to a newer SuSE if necessary. Cheers, Sean.

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