May 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

missing ppp-async.o ?
by Rick Green 01 May '01

01 May '01

I've got a strange one here. I've got two laptops. On one, I did a 'clean' install of SuSE 7.1 personal. On the second, I had SuSE 6.4 running, which I updated with the 7.1 personal CDs, then updated again from the SuSE FTP server (over 500 packages which I had installed from 6.4, which were not included in the 'personal' package) Now the problem: On the system which I 'updated' twice, I now can't dialout from a user account. I got 'permission denied', and I noticed that /dev/modem wasn't owned by group 'dialout', so I changed that, but I continued to get the same error. The user is in group 'dialout'. I tried kppp, and it returned an error 'can't create modem lock file', which also sounds like a permission problem. Checking the logs, I see a note about 'can't find module char-major-108', which upon checking /etc/modules.conf, I find is an alias for ppp-async.o . A 'locate ppp-async.o' turns up no hits on the upgraded system, but is present on the 'clean' 7.1 install. Checking rpm -qf, I find it was part of the k_deflt package. Now here's where it gets strange - I can't find that package anywhere on the 7.1 personal CDs! I looked thru the base packages, and the net packages, and even browsed thru the 'index of all packages' (in yast1), and I find no packages beginning 'k_' at all! But I know that it must be there, since I only used those CD's when installing 7.1 on the other laptop. Anyone with an idea where I should look next? -- Rick Green "I have the heart of a little child, and the brain of a genius. ... and I keep them in a jar under my bed"

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Re: [SLE] Sync'in Time.
by Volker Kuhlmann 01 May '01

01 May '01

> Volker and Steven, > Thanks for the tip! Can either of you advice me on how to configure xntp to > sync the time on a regular basis? I can't seem to find any useful tips on > configuration. It's in a set of HTML manuals, but canbe a bit of a pain to understand (well, it was for me). Edit /etc/ntp.conf It should contain server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized (though I think that should be stratum 15, I think there was some trouble with that years ago and it should make no practical difference) Then you need to find a time server. If you don't know of one nearby, try any of ## ***stratum 1*** #server bitsy.mit.edu #server ntp.colby.edu #server tick.usno.navy.mil #server tock.usno.navy.mil ## ***stratum 2*** #server dominator.eecs.harvard.edu #server sundial.columbia.edu #server time.nrc.ca #server www2.cmc.ec.gc.ca xntpd will sync to all configured servers, but have a primary lock on the one with the lowest stratum number and the lowest jitter. Use ntpdate -q to find out whether anything is available, you may also have to use -u with it depending on your network setup. If ntpdate returns a stratum 0, it means the time server isn't one, or your firewall is blocking the ntp port, or a timeserver runs old software on VMS which is compatible with NTP version 3, and should be compatible with NTP version 4 but isn't (don't laugh, I have that here). On top of that, you can play with logging, but there doesn't seem to be much benefit in that (other than for checking time errors). Once the daemon is running, get its status with ntpq -c pe. The 3rd column is the current stratum number for each server, 16 means N/A, it doesn't get better than 1. Volker

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Sync'in Time.
by Timothy R.Butler 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hi everyone, I was just curious, is there an app included in SuSE that I could use (with the help of Cron) to sync my time with the atmoic clock every few hours? 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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New PCMCIA?
by Timothy R.Butler 01 May '01

01 May '01

Does anyone know if SuSE has a newer version of the PCMCIA services package than the release included with the 7.1 release? Otherwise I guess I'll go compile the latest... but, I thought I'd try this first. 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] Win machine doesn't see Samba machine
by Martin Mielke 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hello, first off, this is just a hint, don't take it personal: there is a more appropiated list for such an issue (http://www.samba.org/) If you still insist in doing cross-posting, at least include a "[OT]" (Off Topic) or the like in your subjects... Well, as for your problem, there are some places in your smb.conf file you might want to take a look at: local master domain master -- if you already have a PDC in your Windoze domain, it will conflict domain controller preferred master interfaces wins server (if used) wins proxy dns proxy For further info, see 'man smb.conf' :-) HTH, Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Abrahams [mailto:abrahams@acm.org] > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 7:51 PM > To: SuSE listserve > Subject: [SLE] Win machine doesn't see Samba machine > > > Here's a problem that may be Windows-related or > Samba-related -- I don't know. > > I have Samba set up on my Linux machine. One of my > Windows machines (a different box, but on the same LAN) > usually does not include the Linux machine in Network > Neighborhood. However, once in a while the Linux machine > does show up in Network Neighborhood. Furthermore, Find > Computer on the Windows machine is able to see the Linux > machine consistently. The Windows machine seems to be able > to see other Windows machines just fine. > > This may have something to do with browse masters, but > that's a subject I've been able to find hardly any > information on. > > Paul Abrahams

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Re: Segmentation Fault
by Th3 Hav3n's Keeper 01 May '01

01 May '01

hello all. i am using SuSE 7.1 Kernel 2.4.0-4GB which runs well except for the following problem i have encountered. the system boots up fine and is generally smooth untill after some time, when i try to run a command like 'ls' or 'cp', it returns 'Segmentation Fault' and from then on i cant do anything.( eg if i try to login it refreshes back to the "Login:" prompt after inputing a username) and i am forced to reboot. when i run 'top' i find a process called 'kapm-idled' taking up a lot of CPU usage .. upto 90+ % ! and i cant kill it. any one got any ideas on how i can over come this problem? i would really appreciate it. thanks. George.

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Fwd: How to display tty# in KDE Login Manager
by Alex Daniloff 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hello SuSE folkz, I'm running two sessions of X with different color depths on tty7 and tty8. I'm wondering how to display which tty is this in KDE Login Manager. I know that KDE Login Manager accepts parameter HOSTNAME to display my system host name at login. Could somebody tell me please what should I enter into KDE Login Manager in order to display which tty is this at login. Thank you in advance Alex -- MS Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act! --------------> Try Linux and you'll understand why <--------------

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Fwd: KDE Start up Warning?
by Alex Daniloff 01 May '01

01 May '01

Hello SuSE folkz, I just upgraded my KDE 2.0.1 to 2.1.1 Now every time I log in I see this warning: You are running KDE as root. You have not the default desktop. Please log out and login as user "I don't care about my data. Do not warn me again" Could somebody tell me please how to disable this darn thing. Thank you in advance. Alex -- MS Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act! --------------> Try Linux and you'll understand why <--------------

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merging partitions
by Corvin Russell 01 May '01

01 May '01

I seem to recall someone saying that if you can't merge partitions (because you want to preserve data, e.g.), you can create a link pointing to the new partition. How does this work exactly? I have deleted an old partition and would like to have that space available to my home directory. What should I do? TIA Corvin -- Corvin Russell <corvinr(a)sympatico.ca>

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