March 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Kernel 2.4.2 Modules problem
by Steven T. Hatton 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Has anybody else had problems with modules in the 2.4.2 on the SuSE site? Just when I thought I had a clue, I realize I'm lost. I compiled the kernel with 3c59x as a module. I can see the 3c59x.o, and I have alias eth0 3c59x in the /etc/modules.conf. This works in the 2.4.0 kernel, but not in the 2.4.2 kernel. Is it possible that we need to upgrade the modutils to get this to work? TIA, Steve

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Re: [SLE] Anti-Aliasing: How do I do it?
by James Oakley 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On February 28, 2001 05:58 pm, you wrote: > I can't wait to try it. Hopefully by the time the next SuSE comes out it > will be the default. Three brief questions for you: > > 1.) Were you able to find a RPM of qt-experimental, or did you have to > compile the CVS version (I always hate to over write packages with source > code)? SuSE has an RPM included with the latest X release on their ftp site. > 2.) Do you have a noticeable speed decrease? I was able to notice it on my Matrox G200 8MB AGP running at 1280x1024. I tend to have a lot of windows on my screen at one time. What slowed down most was window movement. While it looked nice and all, there were a couple of annoyances that made me drop it: 1) I was only able to use MS fonts. That meant I had to download them using fetchmsttfonts. I don't have Windows and couldn't copy them. The biggest thing, of course is that I was unable to use any of the plethora of X fonts that I have. A problem for me... 2) The display of the "Courier New" font left a lot to be desired. 'O' and 'C' look the same. This made using KWrite unbearable, and I use KWrite for programming... You can see a screenshot at: http://www.funktronics.ca/images/Why_Anti-Aliasing_Sucks.png You'll notice that I have KWord open showing a drop box with most of the few fonts I had to choose from. I also have written the words 'TOP' and 'TCP' to show the problem with displaying the 'O' character. There are also a couple of GTK apps without AA, showing that AA doesn't make *that* much difference. The Adobe Helvetica is very nice without having to AA it. If I could AA the X fonts, I might try it again, but I currently cannot. Oh well. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley(a)solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6nnFOHYysNB5h3fIRAiCmAKDHhdhhJmB0pfC1evUSyZ2ZG3FCsACgxtjk RDVPdUsTeQMwJyMKzipuK6w= =ZBbA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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eth0: XMT status: 0xffff80e0
by Joost Kremers 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

hi all, i have SuSE6.4 running on my machine, which is connected to my employer's network via an ethernet card (intel etherexpress pro 10+). most of the time, things are running fine. every now and then, however, the ethernet driver (eepro) gives the following message: eth0: XMT status: 0xffff80e0 (the actual number differs.) when this happens, i lose my connection. so far, the only way i've found to get it back again is to reboot. but that can be a problem, because i often have a network drive mounted (via samba), which (apparently) cannot be unmounted when the connection is down. result: i have to press the reset button, which is something i do not like doing, since i always tell my friends (most of whom think i'm nuts running linux anyway... :-) that you can usually recover nicely when something crashes, unlike some operating system we know... does anybody know what happens when the driver spits out this message? and does anybody know a way to get the connection back again without rebooting? i guess it would be enough if i could shut down eth0 manually and then start it again. any tips? TIA joost -- Joost Kremers, M.A. University of Nijmegen Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East PO Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen tel: 024-3612996 fax: 024-3611972 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [SLE] TV Card
by Webillo Disperso 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

> The European and US tv systems are fundamentally incompatible. NTSC stands > for National Television Standards Committee, or, by many Euoropeans, > Never The Same Color. I knew it as Never Transmit Same Color. PAL ("Phase Alternating Line") introduces phase inversions from frame to next frame, so as to minimize the effects of phase delay, which is what produces color change and to which generic NTSC is sensitive.

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How to make php3 works?
by Patrick Silva 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hello I have installed apache with suse 7.0 and mod.php but when I try the = test page I only can see=20 <? phpinfo(); ?> I don't understand that cause module are in the httpd.conf It seems correct is someone can help me? many thanks

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Windows LAN, how to access shared modem
by Jethro Cramp 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

I'm working for awile at a company that has a small peer to peer windows network. Everyone logs on to the net accessing a shared modem on a Windows 98 machine. Can anyone give me some pointers as to what to read to get this set up so that I can access the modem. I'm using SuSE 7.0 (until 7.1 arrives of course). I don't have my manual in the same country so I can't read that<grin>. Also what should I read to setup access to shared folders on the LAN. I don't need to give access to directories on my computer. TIA, Jethro

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ATA100 & Linux
by Franky Goethals 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hi guys, Does anyone know when Linux will support ATA100 ? I would like to get the maximum out of my hardware. If it's allready supported, can somebody point my to the right links ? Tnx in advance, Franky. -- =================================== GOETHALS Franky Driegaaienstraat 104 B-9100 SINT-NIKLAAS B E L G I E Systeemingenieur Mainframe Tel./Fax : 32 - (0)3 / 776.10.09 GSM : 32 - (0)478 / 21.40.94 franky.goethals(a)pandora.be ===================================

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SuSE maintainers: A problem with compiling programs with LFS
by Avi Schwartz 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hi, I am trying to build KDE 2.1 for the first time under 7.1. I built the beta version under 7.0 and had no problem. The problem seems to do with the Large File support under the new kernels. Now the description of the problem: When I try to build kdeadmin I get the following error: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/opt/kde2.1/include -I/usr/local/qt-2.3.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/rpm -O2 -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -Wnon-virtual-dtor -fno-builtin -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -c main.cpp In file included from /usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h:8, from rpmInterface.h:14, from main.cpp:32: /usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h:22: type specifier omitted for parameter /usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h:22: parse error before `*' Looking at rpmio.h I find the following in line 22: typedef int fdio_seek_function_t (void *cookie, off64_t *offset, int whence); The only non primitive type specifier here is 'off64_t'. Well, I was trying to find where is this type defined and the only place I found it is in /usr/src/linux/include/asm-parisc/stat.h So, is there a problem with the rpmio.h file? Should the above line be using __off64_t instead of off64_t? Thanks, Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life, avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux!

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Which qt for KDE2.1 on 7.1?
by Fergus Wilde 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

I was wondering which version of qt we want for kde2.1 on 7.1 ... By which I mean there aren't currently any qt rpms at http://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/2.1/distribution/rpm/SuSE… There are in ../6.4-i386 - qt2.2.4-4 and in ../7.0-i386 - qt 2.2.4-2 Which, if either, should be used in putting kde2.1 onto SuSE 7.1, which I will do, when I see it. Anyone with a 'fast delivery' option who pre-ordered in the UK got theirs yet? Sorry if I've missed an obvious point with this query (I mean the qt one) as no-one else has asked - or does 7.1 come with its own up-to-date qt? Thanks all Fergus

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Connect,connect,connect revisited
by Tom Bishop 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hello list, Many thanks to all who responded. I have since re-installed and am using the 2.2.18 kernel. All (so far) is well. Guess 2.4 is not quite ready for prime time? Too many goofy errors, but hey, I am glad to have KDE2 even if I can't use 2.4. Time to get on to the fun stuff. I will try 2.4 again later. BTW, has anyone gotten root-tail to work with KDE2? I get no errors, but also no messages displayed to my screen. Tom

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