May 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

install-directory
by Jason Joines 01 May '01

01 May '01

I copied all the RPMs from all seven SuSE 7.1 cds into a single directory. I then went into the software area of YaST2 to change the Software Source Media to that directory. When I tell it to Save and Exit, it fails with, "Could not find SuSE installation-directory.". What is this looking for? Thanks, Jason Joines ---------------------------------------------

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Linux box as gateway
by Manuel Cardenas 01 May '01

01 May '01

Thanks to all for your help

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Zip and CDROM Install Questions
by David C. Johanson 01 May '01

01 May '01

I've been going through the SuSe Linux in 24 Hours tome by Bill Balland have a couple of questions. I've just installed SuSE 7.1 with both the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. Below is a copy of my fstab file with mods I've made #ed out. I've numbered the lines for ease of discussion. ----- 1 /dev/sdb3 / ext2 defaults 1 1 2 /dev/sdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 3 /dev/cdrom /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 4 # /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 5 devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 6 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 7 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 8 /dev/sda1 /windows/C vfat noauto,user 0 0 9 /dev/sdb2 swap swap defaults 0 2 10 # /dev/sdb4 /mnt/zip vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0 0 -------- In attempting to install my zip 250 IDE, I followed the instructions on pages 83 to make the directory and 84 load the kernel module support. The first two insmod (parport and parport_pc) instructions went O.K. but the third (ppa) returned a no such device error. The first two lines returned the info "using /lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB". I don't know if the failure of the third instruction has anything to do with it, I assuming it must, but nothing I try will mount the zip drive. My system has 2 SCSI hard drives, the IDE Zip 250, 2 SCSI CD-ROMS, and a SCM SwapBox (PCMCIA card cage) for data transfer. I tried sdd4, sda4, sdb4 (didn't try c) but nothing would mount the zip drive. Can someone assist me in getting it mounted? The line ( # 10 ) in fstab was copied from my Mandrake 7 install. Likewise, line #4 was copied from line #3 and modified from cdrom to cdrom2 (idea once again taken from my Mandrake 7 install). I first did a mkdir /mnt/cdrom2 prior to modifying the fstab file. Trying to do a mount "/dev/cdrom2 -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom2" returns the error "special device /dev/cdrom2 does not exist. Path is root/mnt/cdrom2 and zip. Again, can anyone provide direction on how to correct my errors. Finally, what is being identified in line 5? Thanks, dave johanson

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PCMCIA Networking & CD Rom Burner
by Shane A Broomhall 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hi All, I have just recently moved to Linux, currently Red Hat, but I will be moving to SUSE 7.1 over this weekend. Now that I have got a couple of minor problems fixed. I have purchased a D-link DFE-650TXD 10/100 Ethernet pc card and it has been sold as working with Linux. I have checked the Dlink website and there is no mention of Linux at all. I am hoping that someone might be able to help with some hints on where to get started with getting a PCMCIA network card to work with Linux. I have purchased the book "Linux on Laptops" but it mentions to use the provided drivers, alas there are none. Does someone have some idea of what drivers might work with this card and where to find them. I am also in the future hoping to get a PCMCIA HP cd burner working, is this possible, I am hoping that the answer is yes. if not it wont be such a problem as a network card. I have several PCMCIA network cards so if anyone has some hints they will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Shane Broomhall

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Re: [SLE] No IP from DHSP server.....
by Ricardo Rodriguez 01 May '01

01 May '01

how do I run the dhcp from a console? --- "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona(a)home.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:04:50AM -0700, Ricardo > Rodriguez wrote: > > I am really sorry, I mean, my network assign it > > dynamically. > > Try running dhcpcd from a console as root, and see > if there are any > error messages. > > > Will that bootpc work? > > No. > > Victor > -- > Victor R. Cardona > vcardona(a)home.com > > "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the > greatest Klingon > code warrior that ever lived!" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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Re: [SLE] No IP from DHCP server.....
by Sean Akers 01 May '01

01 May '01

DHCP seems fine on 7.0, both client and server. I'm using the client for my cable modem and a server for 1-3 machines on my LAN. Sean. >Humm, I've just tried Mandrake 8.0 on my laptop - first non-SuSE distro >I've tried in 3 years! The DHCP worked fine with my SMC Barricade, so >maybe there's something wrong with the DHCP support in SuSE 7.0/7.1? > >Jamie

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font settings in KDE2
by Corvin Russell 01 May '01

01 May '01

For some reason, KDE2 has decided to revert to an 8 pt. courier for fixed-width text, and it won't allow me to change this from the fonts module in the control centre -- I want 14pt. This is really annoying. Is this a known problem, and what can I do about it? TIA Corvin -- Corvin Russell <corvinr(a)sympatico.ca>

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launching script
by Charlie Ti 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hi everybody I want to start a script each time I start my computer. Do i have to do it with a daemon (maybe cron) or can i just add a line in a config file (if yes witch one?) Thank you Charlie ti

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RE: [SLE] launching script
by ESix 01 May '01

01 May '01

You could put it in your .bashrc or .cshrc depending on your shell environment. Those are executed every time a user logs in. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Ti [mailto:shadout@club-internet.fr] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:33 AM To: suse-linux-e Subject: [SLE] launching script Hi everybody I want to start a script each time I start my computer. Do i have to do it with a daemon (maybe cron) or can i just add a line in a config file (if yes witch one?) Thank you Charlie ti -- 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 and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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mozilla
by Charlie Ti 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hi everybody. sometimes mozilla crashes and all the mail that i delete reapear in the trash folder. does any of you already see that. that's anoying because the computer become slower because of the 2000 mail in the trash. is there a way to really delete them. thanks charlie ti

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