April 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Configuring Soundblaster 16/AWE 32 ISA Card in v7.1
by Jerry Kreps 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

Rather than relying on my two remaining functional neurons it would be better to consult the kernel howto.... but as to your questions: On Wednesday 04 April 2001 17:46, Greg Lentz wrote: > Thanks for the response. I have several follow-up questions: > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 07:34:35 -0500, you wrote: > >On Wednesday 04 April 2001 07:03, Jerry Kreps wrote: > >> Read the kernel howto. Essentially the steps are: > >> 1) If you don't have your kernel source tree then install it. > >> 2) as root, at a console, "make menuconfig" and in the Sound > >> section select Alsa and your SB 16/AWE or use the OSS/free > >> section... > > I did not see ALSA listed as an option anywhere, so I used the > OSS/Free section. ALSA selections are just above the OSS/Free section, but OSS ok if it works. > > >> 3) make dep > >> 3) make clear > > When I type "make clear" I get the response "No rule to make target > 'clear'. Stop." You may have only some modules installed and not the entire tree. Check the various subdirectories under /usr/src/linux and see if you actually have code residing there. If not, pull the tree off your CD (for the kernel version you are running.). What out. I've noticed that SuSE will install the 2.2.18 kernel but the 2.4.0 tree. sheessh. > > >> 4) make bzImage > > > >oops! forgot: > >make modules > >make modules_install > >(A mind is a terrible thing to lose) > > > >> 5) cp bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz.yourinitials > > At this point, I have to stop, since for some reason "make bzImage" > doesn't leave a file called bzImage anywhere that I can see. > > I apologize if I'm asking totally stupid questions, but I am a > Windows refugee. I'm trying to change... So am I. I program professionally using WinXX all day and I get tired of the crashing (or, on my Win2K - phantom rebooting, etc.) I switched to dual booting Win95 and SuSE in 1997 and erased Win95 from my system 18 months ago. Never looked back, and never missed it. Save a ton of cash. Haven't had a crash since Sept of 1997, and that one was caused by my bad C code, as I played with C to learn it. Like I said, check out the kernel howto at: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html or look in the SuSE manual. JLK > > Greg Lentz

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Unknown Mail Received using our domain - How to trace?
by Jonathan Terbio 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

Hi guys, One of our user receives mail from unknown user from which it used our domain name. I've check its ip address from 206.142.244.24. using the kmail viel all headers. I've check in our server (mail server and internet server) no user exist. Even the nslookup doesn't know the DNS. Can you help me guys how to check the source of this mail? Thanks -- Jonathan J. Terbio = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

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Re: [SLE] execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or directory
by basslake 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

-- On Tue, Apr 03, basslake wrote: > Hi > This , and a couple of other error messages in /var/log/warn > since updating to 2.4.2-4GB kernel,modutils,and ppp suse-rpm's . > I'm trying to keep with my 7.0 stuff as much as is possable - while > trying to update only what is required by the new kernel series. > <>View of /var/log/warn <> > execv /usr/sbin/in.identd: No such file or directory > /usr/sbin/in.identd: exit status 0x1 > ident/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated > modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 > <> something to do with changes in archetecture of new kernels - modules - ppp - > ?? Sounds like the package pidentd is not installed, but the identd daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf. Disable the identd service in /etc/inetd.conf. -<> I don't have a inetd.conf in /etc maybe if I find the package pidentd on my suse7.0 cd's , and install it , then, uninstall it if it isn't needed . I just use ppp and a 33.3k modem - On the GPM mouse , I use that in console mode a lot but have no gpmctl device in /dev , if gpm needs gpmctl - I could reinstall the devices package off my 7.0 cd's . I hope that doesn't mess up anything with the new 2.4.2-4GB kernel , seem that it should'nt be a problem - at this point who knows anyway - guess I'll just go ahead and do it . I may have some quirks on this partition ,2gb , because I have updated on it since SuSE 5.0 - but have tried to keep things in order. Still there are things that do not turn out right for example, permissions differences - from time to time have left me wondering if a new distro pack will even install all the files correctly. It's definately better to save your important stuff to backup , and reformat for the new install . thanks for suggestions John W Mislan God does not play dice" -- Einstein "Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws them where they can't be seen." -- Stephen Hawking

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re: [SLE] 486 dx 33 under linux
by Kenneth J. Becker 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

Hi Oliver, There are distributions of Linux which boot from a single floppy disk and run on quite modest hardware. Please check out: FloppyFW Linux at http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/ and Coyote Linux at http://www.coyotelinux.com/ I run FloppyFW on a 486 with 16 Mb of memory and am quite happy with it. The author is quite helpful and willing to assist new users. Will tell you of my experiences off line if you wish. Respectfully, Ken Becker ------------------ Original text From: Oliver Ob <ob_ok(a)gmx.net>, on 1/8/01 12:01 AM: Hi mates, after again more and more differences oon the german list, on trustfully come to you and ask you... I got some old 486dx33-isa computer as a present. it has 2400 baud internal, optics at 8000 cdrom, 2x 200 mb at hdd, isa ne2000 included. Now the question: As we write 2001 already, what use has one still got for such an old thing to be used under linux console environment. hope you don't treat this as a joke-question. I shall today give you more information as I did before to rise possibility of adequate answers: 486 runs with 4 mb - is that enough for gateway-firewall-routing purposes? -- *��., ��,.��*��*�Oliver@home*��., ��,.��*��*� -- 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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Match kernel sources and binaries for latest SuSE version.
by Rafael E. Herrera 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

The latest release of the suse kernel and sources for 7.1 are: kernel/k_deflt.rpm (rpm -qip ==> k_deflt-2.2.18-42.i386.rpm) from March 12 d2/lx_sus22-2.2.18.SuSE-23.i386.rpm from March 2 located in ftp.suse.com. There are no release notes on either of them. Are these the sources used to produce the kernel binaries? Same applies to the other kernel RPMs in the site. Could they be more documented? -- Rafael

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Starting MySQL at boot
by Albert Wagner 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

Most recently from Slackware, I am unfamiliar with Suse boot sequence. I have placed mysql start/stop script in /etc/init.d and linked it to K14mysql and S20mysql in rc3.d. But it still doesn't start at bootup. Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

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Re: [SLE] 486 dx 33 under linux
by Tor Sigurdsson 05 Apr '01

05 Apr '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, >Hi mates, > >after again more and more differences oon the german list, on trustfully >come to you and ask you... > >I got some old 486dx33-isa computer as a present. it has 2400 baud >internal, >optics at 8000 cdrom, 2x 200 mb at hdd, isa ne2000 included. > >Now the question: > >As we write 2001 already, what use has one still got for such an old >thing to be used under linux console environment. > I have a 486DX33, 24Mb RAM, 800Mb hdd, 2 3c509 network cards, no monitor nor keyboard. I use this machine, running on it SuSE 6.4, as an ADSL firewall and a mailserver. It also used to be a webserver as well !! ( I moved that service to a P100 when I started to experiment with PHP and Postgres ;-) >hope you don't treat this as a joke-question. I think it's no joke :-) > >I shall today give you more information as I did before to rise >possibility of adequate answers: > >486 runs with 4 mb - is that enough for gateway-firewall-routing >purposes? 4 Mb is barely enough for simple floppy-based firewalls. I would if I was you, try to find more memory. 16+ Mb is good. Good for most. 32 is brilliant. Enjoy. - -tosi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6y7hW6mRH+PEpr2YRAo69AJ0V6UyMfNgt1l/e2ER/TMFskMpBewCdHlvE 3HWqquFwyqK27b2dALBsHQA= =kUaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Python IDLE missing from 7.1?
by Jethro Cramp 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

Is IDLE missing from the python installation on 7.1? I can't find it anywhere. Obviously I've got python installed. Checked in all the places it should be and tried using locate - no luck. Anyone know anything about this. TIA, Jethro

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Aaaargh! Package Management frustration
by Charles Marcus 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

Hi all, Is there any way to prevent YaST from going to SuSE's ftp site and downloading all of the .../setup/descr description files every flippin time I want to install a package from a local directory? This has been driving me crazy. I've looked everywhere, but can find nothing on how to change this behaviour. Thanks VERY much in advance if anyone can tell me how to only have it load these when I want to go to their ftp site. Charles

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Script for archiving old mail
by Alessandro Dotti 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

Hi everybody, this is the first email I post to this list. I'm Suse and RedHat linux user... recently I fall in love with perl, so I decided to do something useful... I wrote a simple script I use to remove messages from my mailboxes. This is my first attemp to do something and release it; if anyone would like to try it, the script can be downloaded from the url in the signature. I will very apprecciate any kind of suggestion :-) Bye. Alex -- Alessandro Dotti Bologna Italy alessandro.dotti(a)libero.it http://digilander.iol.it/yellowjester/

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