May 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

7.1 +wp8
by Chris Herrnberger 09 May '01

09 May '01

Needed to install wp8 after a long absence. Installed shlibs but still complains about missing libXpm.so.4. Anyone have any suggestions which SuSE package will address this requirement? Thanks in advance Chris

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need help upgrading...
by Daniel Casey 09 May '01

09 May '01

I just finished upgrading to xfree4.0.3 on SuSE 7.0 running kernel 2.2.16-SMP. I'm also running KDE2.0pre. I would like some help on upgrading to the 2.4.x kernel. Where can I get the latest kernel from SuSE's ftp site? And, what else is needed? And, one more question, where do I get the latest RPM's for KDE2.x? Thanks!

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buy new 'puter need advice
by b stephen harding 09 May '01

09 May '01

I'm buying a new computer this week and it will be running: Epox 8K7A with the AMD-761 + VIA 686B AGPset. 256MB DDR 2100 Memory Thunderbird 1.333 CPU Geforce 2 MX These are my major components. So will this work under Linux/SuSE? b stephen harding Black & White Rhino Press ----------------------------------------------- "A man is involved in life, leaves his impression on it, and outside of that there is nothing." Jean-Paul Satre The Contemporary World

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booting a modular kernel
by Jim Osborn 09 May '01

09 May '01

I tried compiling a kernel from source---I know SuSE officially discourages anything but the standard distro kernel, but I've enjoyed kernels compiled specifically for the machine in the past, and if I want to patch a kernel for whatever reason, I'll need to compile, etc. This machine runs from a scsi bus, so it needs to use initrd during boot if the scsi driver is configured as a module. That's the way the SuSE 6.3 2.2.13 kernel is configured, and that's the way I configured the new one. Naturally, I want to keep my old, working kernel in place as a backup. I need to know how to use mk_initrd, if necessary, to make the ramdisk image for the new kernel, but I need also to know what to do to preserve the /boot/initrd image for my old kernel. SuSE 6.3 came with no documentation on mk_initrd; there's an ancient man page for initrd, from 1997, but it doesn't provide any real help for mk_initrd. Invoking mk_initrd with --help gives "usage: mk_initrd [root_dir]" which doesn't give me much help in supporting two kernels. RedHat's version, called mkinitrd, is significantly different from SuSE's mk_initrd. Maybe it's possible I can use the same /boot/initrd image for all kernels, but so far, I can't seem to make it work---every configuration I've tried ends with a kernel panic: "VFS: Cannot open root device 08:02" which is the root partition on the scsi hard disk. rdev gives the same info for both the old and new kernels. Has anyone successfully compiled (and run) a kernel on a SuSE system? Have you done it in a situation where initrd was necessary? Does anyone have any documentation on mk_initrd? TIA, Jim

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[SLE] Wish list for SuSE 7.2 (what I see in Mandrake 8.0)
by Dennis 09 May '01

09 May '01

It may be too early, but I hope my wish list can come true. : ) a. Kernel 2.4.3 or later b. Auto config IDE burner (ML8 has done it, impressive) c. CUPS or better printing solution (ML8 got my HP710c to printer perfectly, this is the first time under Linux) d. Auto X configuration? (ML8 setup my 815 mobo graphic automatically) e. latest KDE f. latest Samba g. Galeon? nice to have it : ) h. Any other nice 'things'.... Sorry but ML8 is impressive at the first look, of course it also carry some problems: 1. no flash plug-in? 2. the file system look very different?? 3. mozilla crash! IMHO, it is worth taking a look but I am not going to use it for real work : ) SuSE is still my love. Dennis/sg

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Converting from M$ Exchange to SuSE email
by Mark Knecht 08 May '01

08 May '01

Hi all, Does anyone know where to find specific information required to convert my mail server from M$ Exchange to SuSE Email Server II? I've got the server installed and running, but not configured. Under the Postfix section, it requires a 'Name of Relay host'. I presume the same information must be in Exchange somewhere, but I can't find it. There are numerous other parameters that I presume must be set up for this to work. Any help is very welcome. Thanks, Mark

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RE: [SLE] Email Server
by Mark Knecht 08 May '01

08 May '01

Michael, Thanks for the pointer. It looks like it will work pretty well for me. The only thing I can't find is a statement that I can handle some form of a 'Global Contact List' like we're able to do with the Exchange Server. We have a corporate HR person that's responsible for keeping names, email and phone numbers updated online. these are accessible to us users as a Contact List in Outlook. Is there a way to do that in this product? (It doesn't need to be perfect UI or extremely easy, as long as it's do-able!) Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hasenstein [mailto:mha@suse.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:08 AM To: Mark Knecht Cc: Suse-Linux-E (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SLE] Email Server Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi all, > thinking about purchasing the Email Server package for a small office > setup. Is anyone using this package? If so, can you tell me how well it > integrates with Microsoft Outlook clients? http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/2001-May/0820.html -- 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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Exit code 16. Help please
by Ricardo Rodriguez 08 May '01

08 May '01

I just installed with no prob my new PCMCIA modem but Kinternet is disconnecting after handshaking. It gives error: "exit code 16" it says: "Dont know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best" Can someone please help me? ===== Ricardo A. Rodriguez www.RicardoRodriguez.net OKC, OK - USA Knowledge is power, and you are powerless without it!!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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[OT] Microsoft shared Source
by Togan Muftuoglu 08 May '01

08 May '01

Hi everyone Before Fred Miller posts the following let me be the first to annouce the Shared Source idea. I think Open Source oriented companies can develop business startegies out of this article http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/craig/05-03sharedsource.asp -- Togan Muftuoglu

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Tapedrive ? what /dev ?
by Gerhard den Hollander 08 May '01

08 May '01

If I hook a (scsi) tapedrive to a Suse box (7.1 2.4 kernel) with a scsi disk and scsi CD player. And the scsi ID of the tapedrive is 5 (disks are at 0 and 2, cd is at 6). What will the device name of the tapedrive be ? According to the 6.4 Suse book uit's /dev/st0 /dev/nst0 (rewind and non-rewind resp.). Is this still true for 7.1 ? (I only have the upgrades for 7.0 and 7.1 so I don't ahve ``the book'' for 7.1 ) Currently listening to: The Tea Party - One () Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O Van zwart haar moet ik huilen =`\<, van blond krijg ik't benauwd (=)/(=) Ach! Vind je't erg als jij vannacht je bromfietshelm ophoudt. -- Levi Weemoedt

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