August 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ATI All-In-Wonder graphics card anyone?
by Derek Fountain 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Anyone on here using an ATI All-In-Wonder graphics card? In a private email exchange following my last post about transfering home video to hard disk, someone recommended these devices as being up to the job. The report came from Windows-based experience though. Anyone using one on Linux who can tell me how good video capture is?

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RE: [SLE] Which CD is the Live CD?
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

you should be able to mount the partition of interest eg, assuming root partition was on /dev/hda.. mount /dev/hda /mnt (assuming default ext2 fs) cd /mnt root filesystem as was should be there Tim Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Ron Cordell [mailto:roncordell@atl.mediaone.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:52 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Which CD is the Live CD? OK, I've got the rescue system going. From there I should be able to move the files of interest on the main drive elsewhere and then re-install SuSE. I can't seem to determine how to mount the filesystems of the old system and undo what I did. Any ideas here? -ronc On Wednesday 29 August 2001 09:23 am, Ron Cordell wrote: > I did a stupid thing and updated the kernel image on my fileserver without > thinking, from 2.4.0-4GB to 2.4.4-4GB. While this worked fine on two other > machines, I installed the wrong image on the fileserver, and now of course, > it won't boot, getting "Kernel Panic" messages. > > I think that the default kernel image on the SuSE 7.1 update/kernel ftp > directory is for i686 machines, while I needed to use the i386 image on > this machine - it is a Pentium 266. > > In any case, I can't seem to determine which CD out of the 7 is the Live > CD. I need to boot into Linux, mount the root file system, and install the > correct kernel. Which CD is it? > > Any other advice and name calling is welcome. > > -ronc -- 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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MySQL Network Server Setup
by kbb0927＠cs.com 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello All, I use eS3.1 as a linux-only server on a home lan with mixed Linux/windoze boxen. I have migrated from Delphi 5 to Kylix and am developing database applications as well as migrating an existing app. However I need to convert my dbf files to mysql. I run this as a sort-of client server app under Delphi, but not a true client-server app. I will need to be able to centrally access/update/manage the database files from the server. How do I set up MySQl so that each Linux box connects at boot up to the server? I have a /public directory for the mixed lan. I need to have "global" access (w/proper users/security) so that each box can run the app seamlessly connected to mysql on the server. Once I get this done, I can figure it out for the windoze boxen. I use SuSE 7.2 personal on the workstations. Can anyone give a Step By Step or point me to a site with this or a HowTO? I have read several books/mag articles, but they are just generic local setup and confusing to this newbie. Thanks in advance and regards, Keith B.

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RE: [SLE] Different NVidia Problem
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Curious, I would have thought there might be some option for specifying the graphics bus, like a toggle switch between PCI/AGP given that you can still buy GeForce, etc, PCI equivalents to the AGP cards. I've just bought a new mobo based of Via KT133A and I had to set it to AGP bus. But if you've checked the manual I guess not. What mobo are you using? Maybe you could check with the vendor what the Bios settings to enable AGP are? Are the AGP options selectable or greyed out? Driving Control should usually be set to Auto. Tim Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Forrest [mailto:leslie.forrest@btinternet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:54 PM To: Harrell, Tim Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Different NVidia Problem On Wednesday 29 August 2001 11:26, you wrote: > You still need to ensure you have AGP set in your Bios. > From your nv proc output it looks like you haven't done this. > It should be in the Advanced Chipset settings (assuming your KT133 bios > is similar to mean). > There'll be an option for the graphics card which can be set to either > AGP or PCI. > Once you've set to AGP you get the option to set the speed (set it to 2x > to start with for safety). I have checked my BIOS and the only options for AGP I have are :- AGP Aperture Size - ...16,32,64,128M AGP-4X Mode - Enabled/Disabled AGP Driving Control - Auto/Manual AGP Driving Value - 00...FF AGP Fast Write - Enabled/Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write - Enabled/Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read - Enabled/Disabled I have tried various different combinations of options with no luck. I even dug out my motherboard manual, just in case I had missed anything. <snip> Best regards, Les

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Different NVidia Problem
by Leslie Forrest 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello all, I recently purchased a GeForce 2MX graphics card but I am having trouble getting it to work with the NVidia 1251 drivers. System :- QDI mainboard using the KT133 chipset from VIA 384Mb RAM CardExpert GeForce 2MX graphics card All other standard computer components OS - 7.2 Professional,standard 2.4.4-4GB kernel, XFree 4.1.0 First off, my system works perfectly using the SuSE supplied drivers, but as soon as I updated them, the X Server will not run. It reports "Failed to initialize AGP", "Failed to allocate a DMA push buffer context" and "Failed to allocate DMA push buffer". I have attached my XF86config and a XFree86.log files for reference. Also, the output of cat /proc/nv/card0. I thought the AGP port would automatically be initialised. I have noticed that the modules supplied by NVidia are for XFree 4.0.2. Will these work with 4.1.0 or will I need to remove 4.1.0 and install 4.0.2 ? I have, also recompiled the kernel module from source as standard and changing some values in os-registry.c, but again this has had no effect. Other thing I have tried is changing the NvAGP option. Any help would be much appreciated in getting this to work. Thanks in advance, Les

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KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

I have tried to upgrade my KDE 2.1.2 system to KDE 2.2 using all the base packages supplied on the SuSE KDE Update page. The problem is that the base packages don't seem to be self-contained. ie they require capabilities which are not present in the other (2.2) packages or installed on the existing system. An example is the kdelibs-artsd package which is one of the requirements of the 2.2 kdebase (libarts, etc). This package requires libmcop_mt.so.0. However none of the other 2.2 packages provide this and it is not on my system so where am I supposed to find it? The same is true of cups which requires libcups.so.2 There are lots more examples like this: I had to back out my last (forced upgrade attempt) by removing and reinstalling KDE 2.1.2 back onto the system. So what am I missing guys? (I'm running 7.2 and got the updates from the 7.2 KDE page). _________________________________________________________ Tim Harrell

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RE: [SLE] Different NVidia Problem
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

You still need to ensure you have AGP set in your Bios. >From your nv proc output it looks like you haven't done this. It should be in the Advanced Chipset settings (assuming your KT133 bios is similar to mean). There'll be an option for the graphics card which can be set to either AGP or PCI. Once you've set to AGP you get the option to set the speed (set it to 2x to start with for safety). The fact that the rates field is empty in the proc output suggests AGP is not set at all in the BIOS or that you have somehow disabled it in the driver by hacking os-registry.c. Rebuild an *unchanged* kernel source for the NV drivers and reinstall it just to get back to a sensible baseline. You don't have to set any AGP option in XF86Config as you get it by default, but make sure you aren't using the agppart module in the kernel (type 'lsmod'). You want to use the AGP support in the 251 drivers themselves so agppart will cause you difficulties if it's loaded. Tim Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Leslie Forrest [mailto:leslie.forrest@btinternet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:06 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] Different NVidia Problem Hello all, I recently purchased a GeForce 2MX graphics card but I am having trouble getting it to work with the NVidia 1251 drivers. System :- QDI mainboard using the KT133 chipset from VIA 384Mb RAM CardExpert GeForce 2MX graphics card All other standard computer components OS - 7.2 Professional,standard 2.4.4-4GB kernel, XFree 4.1.0 First off, my system works perfectly using the SuSE supplied drivers, but as soon as I updated them, the X Server will not run. It reports "Failed to initialize AGP", "Failed to allocate a DMA push buffer context" and "Failed to allocate DMA push buffer". I have attached my XF86config and a XFree86.log files for reference. Also, the output of cat /proc/nv/card0. I thought the AGP port would automatically be initialised. I have noticed that the modules supplied by NVidia are for XFree 4.0.2. Will these work with 4.1.0 or will I need to remove 4.1.0 and install 4.0.2 ? I have, also recompiled the kernel module from source as standard and changing some values in os-registry.c, but again this has had no effect. Other thing I have tried is changing the NvAGP option. Any help would be much appreciated in getting this to work. Thanks in advance, Les

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Which CD is the Live CD?
by Ron Cordell 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

I did a stupid thing and updated the kernel image on my fileserver without thinking, from 2.4.0-4GB to 2.4.4-4GB. While this worked fine on two other machines, I installed the wrong image on the fileserver, and now of course, it won't boot, getting "Kernel Panic" messages. I think that the default kernel image on the SuSE 7.1 update/kernel ftp directory is for i686 machines, while I needed to use the i386 image on this machine - it is a Pentium 266. In any case, I can't seem to determine which CD out of the 7 is the Live CD. I need to boot into Linux, mount the root file system, and install the correct kernel. Which CD is it? Any other advice and name calling is welcome. -ronc

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/var/log/mail
by Brandon Caudle 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Aug 28 20:12:16 linux popper[32452]: (v3.1.2) Unable to get canonical name of client 192.168.1.1: Unknown host (1) [pop_init.c:799] Aug 28 20:12:16 linux popper[32452]: Stats: julie 0 0 0 0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 [pop_updt.c:228] Aug 28 20:12:34 linux sendmail[32454]: f7T0CXO32454: from=<julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>, size=1155, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<001201c1301f$23d89340$6701a8c0(a)larkhavengolf.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[192.168.1.1] Aug 28 20:12:37 linux sendmail[32454]: f7T0CXO32454: to=<bcaudle(a)hotmail.com>, delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=31155, relay=mc1.law5.hotmail.com. [64.4.55.71], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Requested mail action okay, completed) Aug 28 22:57:45 linux sendmail[1000]: f7T2viO01000: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>, relay=oe18.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.122], reject=550 5.7.1 <julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>... Relaying denied Aug 28 22:57:45 linux sendmail[1000]: f7T2viO01000: from=<bcaudle(a)hotmail.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=oe18.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.122] Aug 28 22:57:45 linux sendmail[1001]: f7T2vjO01001: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>, relay=oe68.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.203], reject=550 5.7.1 <julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>... Relaying denied Aug 28 22:57:45 linux sendmail[1001]: f7T2vjO01001: from=<bcaudle(a)hotmail.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=oe68.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.203] Aug 28 22:57:49 linux sendmail[1003]: f7T2vmO01003: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>, relay=oe70.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.205], reject=550 5.7.1 <julie(a)larkhavengolf.com>... Relaying denied Aug 28 22:57:49 linux sendmail[1003]: f7T2vmO01003: from=<bcaudle(a)hotmail.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=oe70.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.14.205] What is all this crap? Brandon Caudle -------------- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger

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problems with teles.S0/pci isdn card
by aavula gautam 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

hi, hi have a problem configuring the isdn card it is teles.S0/pci has any one been able to configure it.....or is it supported. Gautam _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Reiserfs+NFS with raid
by Duane Kehoe 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

At my company we recently decided to upgrade one of our linux servers to a new box and current SuSE distro. The box is a compaq proliant 3000 with the built in compaq raid array controller. We are running 7.1 on a raid 5, 18gb reiser partition with the 2.4.0 kernel, also we are running NFS to a dozen or so clients. The setup is that 2 client machines mine, and a coworker are the only people allowed to write via nfs while the other clients have read only permission, We have moved most of our docs and developement branches to the server in order to get regular backups and what not. The problem is that atleast once every couple of days the NFS goes south, either we get stale nfs handles or permission denied errors(these occur on both client and server side as both user and root(imagine that root does not have permission?)) It seems that the only way to resolve this is to bounce both our machines and the server, this is obviously unacceptable as this is a production server used to host our home grown java apps for 50+ client machines either via read only nfs or samba. Does any one know if there are issues with Reiser + RAID 5(hardware) + NFS or do we have other unknown problems. -- ____________________________________________________________ Long live the Penguin!!! Duane Kehoe Phone # 414.908.1814 Programmer/Analyst Fax # 414.908.1814 Weyco Group, Inc. Email: dkehoe(a)weycogroup.com

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Re: probleme MEGA RAID
by Emmanuel ESCARABAJAL 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Le Mercredi 29 Août 2001 14:33, vous avez écrit : > Bonjour, > > J'ai le même problème que vous avec le le driver MEGARAID. Aucune > réponse a votre message n'apparait sur la liste de SuSE. Est-ce que vous > avez trouvé une solution, à part rester en version 7.1? > > Bien sincèrement, > > Philippe Allart > > -- > "Internet et Logiciels Libres dans les Collectivités Territoriales" > http://www.illico.org/ > tel: [0-9]3 20 21 24 88 Bonjour, je n'ai d'autre solution à ce problème : la machine fonctionne bien avec une 7.1 et un noyau 2.2.18 - smp. En fait je n'ai plus la possibilité de continuer mes investigations, la machine est en production chez un client. Aucune nouvelle de la part de SuSE ... je suis fort déçu :-((( Salutations -- Emmanuel ESCARABAJAL SysAdmin TEAMLOG - Montbonnot

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Whats wrong with a (16 bit) NIC???
by Ricardo Rodriguez 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Is it speed?, is SuSE 7.1 32bits? Im not sure about what inconvenience will I have using a 16 bit network card. ===== Ricardo A. Rodriguez __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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/bin/login
by Brandon Caudle 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

what should bin in /bin/login? Brandon Caudle -------------- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Soundblaster Live! & IBM ViaVoice
by geno 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Has anyone used this particular combination of soundcard and dictation software? If so, did you have to do anything special to get the software to hear you well enough to train? Merely adjusting microphone level via a mixer does not seem to be adequate. geno

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Problems with CUPS printer and new print-framework
by Nash Hoogwater 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi all, I'm having trouble with the Printing manager. I'm using a CUPS printer on a (print-)server and I want to print via that printer. OK, printer is a HP Laserjet 6P. It uses A4 paper. It is also configured for this kinda papersize. My big problem is that everything I print is, I think formatted, for the Letter papersize so text is falling of at the bottom. This is with al the apps that use the new kdeprint-framework. Can somebody help me? Greetings, Nash

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RE: [SLE] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

-----Original Message----- From: Harrell, Tim Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:40 AM To: 'Fergus Wilde' Subject: RE: [SLE] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell Hi Fergus, Yeah I got all those other packages d/l'ed into the same place. The only one I haven't bothered with yet is qt as I'm happy to stick with 2.3.0 for now(especially as this correctly supports AA). None of the capability issues are with QT anyway (which is just a couple of libraries). The one dep. I can't get rid of is libmcop_mt.so.0. There is no equivalent on my system or in any of the 2.2 packages. kdelibs-artsd is not in KDE 2.1 but comes with 2.2. I've been told by another list user that libmcop_mt is in kdelibs-artsd version 2.2.0, but the version on the Suse site I d/l'ed from is 2.2.4. I can't have got 2.2.0 as that must have been from an older version of KDE 2.2 and I'm still on 2.1 All very confusing.. -----Original Message----- From: Fergus Wilde [mailto:fwilde@chethams.org.uk] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:30 AM To: SuSE list Subject: Re: [SLE] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell I had good luck by simply forcing the install using --nodeps and --force arguments to rpm. I used rpm -Fvh or -Uvh to upgrade all the packages, starting with libwhatever, qt, then kdelibs, kdebase, and the rest. Did you put on those funny little libogg, libvorbis, libdoodliesquat library collections found on the SuSE site? The dependencies all appear to sort themselves out once you've got all the packages on. Then ran SuSEconfig, and the job was done. What's more, I did the upgrading from within kde 2.1. It didn't seem to care. Why not give it a whizz? Best Fergus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harrell, Tim" <HarrelT1(a)Midas-Kapiti.com> To: "'SuseLinux'" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: [SLE] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell > I have tried to upgrade my KDE 2.1.2 system to KDE 2.2 using all the > base packages supplied on the SuSE KDE Update page. > > The problem is that the base packages don't seem to be self-contained. > ie they require capabilities which are not present in the other (2.2) > packages or installed on the existing system. > > An example is the kdelibs-artsd package which is one of the requirements > of the 2.2 kdebase (libarts, etc). > This package requires libmcop_mt.so.0. > However none of the other 2.2 packages provide this and it is not on my > system so where am I supposed to find it? > > The same is true of cups which requires libcups.so.2 > > There are lots more examples like this: I had to back out my last > (forced upgrade attempt) by removing and reinstalling KDE 2.1.2 back > onto the system. > > So what am I missing guys? (I'm running 7.2 and got the updates from the > 7.2 KDE page). > > _________________________________________________________ > Tim Harrell > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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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Re: [SLE] SuSE CTO and President Steps Down
by Dave Smith 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:45:44AM +0100, harrelt1(a)midas-kapiti.com wrote: > Nonsense, I've bought updates for 6.x and 7.x versions from LinuxIT > (www.linuxit.com) OK, maybe the situation's changed - the last time I knew (when update versions first came out), SuSE wouldn't supply update versions through retailers. I still prefer to use Linux Emporium, since they've always provided excellent service and support the community, and I think they should be rewarded for that (same for SuSE). I'll ask them to try again with SuSE to see if they can get hold of the update versions. -- David Smith Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 (direct) STMicroelectronics Fax: +44 (0)1454 617910 1000 Aztec West TINA (ST only): (065) 2380 Almondsbury Home: 01454 616963 BRISTOL Mobile: 07932 642724 BS32 4SQ Work Email: Dave.Smith(a)st.com Home Email: David.Smith(a)ds-electronics.co.uk

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Re: [SLE] The size of SuSE 7.2 CD's ?
by Volker Kuhlmann 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

> So how does SuSE get 741 MB's on a CD ? > Specifically CD #4 of 7.2 Where did you get that number from? Reading the CDs with susegrep, I get ~> cat /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd4.info CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: LINUX Volume id: SU7200.004 Volume set id: Publisher id: SuSE GmbH, suse(a)suse.de Data preparer id: CD-Team, feedback(a)suse.de Application id: SuSE-Linux-Professional-INT-i386-7.2.0#0 Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set seqence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 330884 which is well within a 650MB CD (333000 sectors). None of the CDs exceed 650MB: ~> grep "e size" /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.*o /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd1.info:Volume size is: 326604 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd2.info:Volume size is: 331693 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd3.info:Volume size is: 331937 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd4.info:Volume size is: 330884 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd5.info:Volume size is: 331610 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd6.info:Volume size is: 332534 /usr/local/doc/SuSE/.cd7.info:Volume size is: 328850 Volker

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[SOLVED] CUPS problems!
by Dunphy Richard-rdunph01 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

No sooner had I sent it, I thought of something else... I had set up the printer with YAST2, and assumed that it would do everything for me. When it didn't work I played around with the settings in the CUPS admin interface on port 631. To no avail.. Then it occurred to be to check that the smb backend was valid. Guess what!? Yep, no smb backend! Reading the CUPS admin manual I needed to did the following: ln -s 'which smbspool' /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb And it worked! Hope others find this useful RikD. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dunphy Richard-rdunph01 > [mailto:Richard_Dunphy-RDUNPH01@email.mot.com] > Sent: 29 August 2001 10:22 > To: SuSE Linux (E-mail) > Subject: [SLE] CUPS problems! > > > Hi, > > I'm having problems printing with CUPS. > > The setup: > Windows NT Server with a shared printer. > Linux Client running CUPS. > > I've setup the cups with the correct URI > smb:user:pass@server//zei02prt02/hp12duplex > > I've also ensured the following in my /etc/smb.conf > printers=smb > > Samba is started. > > But nothing comes out at the printer, yet CUPS reports all is well! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > RikD. > > -- > 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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CUPS problems!
by Dunphy Richard-rdunph01 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi, I'm having problems printing with CUPS. The setup: Windows NT Server with a shared printer. Linux Client running CUPS. I've setup the cups with the correct URI smb:user:pass@server//zei02prt02/hp12duplex I've also ensured the following in my /etc/smb.conf printers=smb Samba is started. But nothing comes out at the printer, yet CUPS reports all is well! Any help would be greatly appreciated. RikD.

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RE: [SLE] xdm breaks virtual consoles in 7.2 + a curious 3D glitc h
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Support told me how to fix this: I needed to update the pam packages (pam_devperm I believe). I did it with YOU and it's now fine. Tim Harrell > -----Original Message----- > From: Harrell, Tim [mailto:HarrelT1@Midas-Kapiti.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:02 PM > To: 'SuseLinux' > Subject: [SLE] xdm breaks virtual consoles in 7.2 + a curious > 3D glitch > > > If I boot up and login with xdm as the display manager (level > 5), I find > that I cannot switch to the virtual consoles in the usual way > (CTRL_ALT_F<1-6>). > This is bad news because if for any reason X hangs > irreparably (ie, even > CTRL_ALT_Backspace does nothing) then you cannot switch to another > console to kill it off and restore sanity. > Having to reboot a linux system because the windowing system > freezes is > pretty sad. > I've checked the config/startup scripts for xdm and > everything seems ok: > GiveDevices has successfully given over tty0 + xconsole to the user > logging in to X. > > However, a simple fix is to use kdm as the default display > manager (set > it in rc.config). > kdm looks better as well. > > Another curious thing I found as a result of this is that > when I boot up > to login without a window manager (level 3) and run startx instead of > getting there via xdm/kdm, I cannot run anything which uses 3D > acceleration (any GL apps). It just segfaults. Considering that > .xsession basically execs .xinitrc I cannot find any > conceivable reason > as to why GL stuff doesn't work when starting kde manually from the > console. > > _________________________________________________________ > Tim Harrell > > -- > 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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RE: [SLE] Weird Source RPM build problem
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Cheers Lenz, I'd lost the spec file afterwards so I couldn't answer Mads request to post it to the group. Now that I have my CM connection back I may d/l the source rpm to check it. Tim Harrell > -----Original Message----- > From: Lenz Grimmer [mailto:grimmer@suse.de] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:45 AM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] Weird Source RPM build problem > > > On Tue, Aug 21, Harrell, Tim wrote: > > > I have built the RPM for 'plugger' from the source rpm. > > However, when I do a rebuild it doesn't complete the final stage of > > processing because of a bizarre problem with checking the man page. > > > > This is what happens: > > >>>> last line of make install does this > > cp plugger.7 /usr/local/man/man7/ > > >>>> now start the rpm processing > > + test -x /usr/sbin/Check -a 0 = 0 > > + echo 'I call /usr/sbin/Check...' > > I call /usr/sbin/Check... > > + /usr/sbin/Check > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2377 Aug 16 21:26 > > /usr/local/man/man7/plugger.7.gz > > + /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress > > Processing files: plugger-3.2-1 > > File not found: /usr/local/man/man7/plugger.7 > > > > The RPM rebuild processing compresses the man page and then > bombs out > > because the original non-compressed page cannot be found. > Little wonder! > > > > What can I do to make rpm to process this correctly so it > checks for the > > .gz file after compressing it? Other source rpms seem to > be ok (ie they > > compress the man page but check for the .gz version). > > /usr/sbin/Check compresses the man page. So either remove the > Check call in > the spec file, or adjust the file name in the %files section. > > Bye, > LenZ > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH > mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 > http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany > The flogging will continue until the morale improves. > > -- > 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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Re: [SLE] 7.2 install woes...more errors than you can shake a stick at
by Richard Booth 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi Thanks everyone, I am getting somewhere now. But I have still have not solved these two errors. The machine has been up six hours and I have 70,000 lines of this in /var/log/messages. Directory sread (sector 0x14eff37) failed attempt to access beyond end of device 03:01: rw=0, want=10977180, limit=7341673 Directory sread (sector 0x14eff37) failed attempt to access beyond end of device 03:01: rw=0, want=10977180, limit=7341673 Directory sread (sector 0x14eff37) failed The partitions used seem fine, lots of space left over. I thought at first it might be a problem accessing the DVD during install, but now the majority of these messages have been added after install without using the DVD, so I guess the device mentioned must be the hard disk? Also, when YaST2 runs SuSEconfig after installing packages it shows grep: writing output: Broken pipe many times when switching to a text console [ctrl]+[atl] then [atl] + F4 Is my hard disk the problem, or is it SuSE 7.2 DVD, anybody else have these messages? I do not want to re-install just yet, it took 6 hours to get this far. I assume if YaST2 is dodgy and I need to install with YaST1 that I have to use the CDroms? Oh, something completely different, I do not get any sound running Xawtv, picture is fine. I tried KwinTV too but that just crashes. Rich > > 3. attempt to access beyond end of device...? > > don't know, honestly, but my guess would be that a partition is > misconfigured. if i were you, i'd go ahead and run yast (1) and redo your > partition setup. that should take care of your swap problem as well. > > > 4. Installing packages, many errors - grep broken pipe etc. > > was this before or after the above message? if after, it probably means > that some packages aren't getting installed (no space?) -- Powered by SuSE Linux Richie Rich

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RE: [SLE] SuSE CTO and President Steps Down
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

In order to flourish, Distro sellers like SuSE need to be able to make high-margin revenue from Consultancy. The danger is that IBM is going to suck up all that business for itself and choke off the income potential for companies like SuSE and RedHat, with disastrous consequences for the health of Linux in the commercial sector. IBM is a Big Blue Elephant, it may not desire to deliberately destroy linux, but it could end up trampling on the essential distro producers and killing them off all the same. Tim Harrell > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Webster [mailto:mwebster@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:47 PM > To: Steven Hatfield; SLE > Cc: Linux Talk > Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE CTO and President Steps Down > > > On Tuesday 28 August 2001 6:44 pm, Steven Hatfield wrote: > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/28/1422230&mode=thread > > http://www.suse.com/us/suse/news/PressReleases/hohndel.html > > > > It appears that SuSE is in trouble. > > Anyone from SuSE care to comment? > > It's true that SuSE has been downsizing over the past 12 > months or so. But > this is essentially a 10% reduction in administrative staff; > I don't see > Dyroff's departure is necessarily anything to do with their > restructuring > programme though. > > SuSE is arguably the World's most popular distribution today. > However, SuSE > has been more successful in the retail sector and is very > popular as a > workstation solution. For SuSE to maintain its success they > need to make > inroads in the corporate sector, i.e. enterprise computing. > No doubt there > will be new developments in the service area in the near > future. That's why > I'm not that surprised to see their finance director taking the helm. > > In general, I think that the Linux/Open Source community is > going to see some > change in the next twelve months (particularly with Apple > MacOS X for the > PPC). How long can companies continue providing free (i.e. no charge) > software vis-a-vis free (i.e. at liberty) Linux > distributions? I think the > time has come for us to buy our favorite distro (or rather the media, > handbook, and support that comes with it) to help secure its future. > > M > > -- > 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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