August 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

How do I get on a faster bus?
by Darren Harmon 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hi; While reading the boot.msg file I discovered this line: <4>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx I have an ATA 66MHz bus. How do I change it so it runs at 66MHz rather than 33 MHz? -- ---------- Darren Harmon http://users.breathemail.net//darren.harmon1/

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MySQL
by m.roeterdink＠kpn.com 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Why do I get the following error when I want to start MySQL with the command mysqld: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server throug socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) I'm using SuSE 7.1 and just installed MySQL with YaST2 and updated MySQL with the YaST OnLine Update Tool. -- Michael Roeterdink Hansenkamp 16 9315 TH Roderwolde The Netherlands Homepage: http://www.greensocks.demon.nl

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PCMCIA & kernel 2.4.x
by Rick Green 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

After a default install of 7.2pro, I deleted the pcmcia package, since this machine is a desktop system with no pcmcia slots. As yast2 was removing the package, a message flashed by "...also needed by kernel 2.4.x". I fear that I may have pulled the rug out from under myself. The machine still boots and runs, so I haven't found a problem yet. Should I put that package back in? What might I expect to happen if I don't? -- 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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questions about YOU
by Patrick Hsieh 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello list, I run YOU once a week manually. When I enter the YOU menu, I tab to the expert mode and specify my local ftp mirror hostname and path. Is it possible to save the preference in YaST2? And, is it possible to run cron script to check the update patch and notify someone if there is any new patch?

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Limits on a Linux systems
by Tazio Ceri 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

I am just looking for an easy way to limit what my users can do in my system. I have already set up disk quotas, and I would like to limit their use of CPU time, system memory and how many files the can open at once. What should I look for? Tazio

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RE: [SLE] ATI All-In-Wonder graphics card anyone?
by Milnes Terry SSgt 52 OSS/OSOMS 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

I am using a ATI All in Wonder Pro w/ a Rage 3D Pro chipset. If you are using Xfree86 4.1.0, this card is fabulous. All you have to do to get the TV card to work is go to the livid website and get the GATOS binaries. I have not tried to do PVR usage w/ it. Also, any Hauppauge card works well. However, ATI does double duty. -----Original Message----- From: Derek Fountain [mailto:fountai@hursley.ibm.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:50 PM To: SuSE English Subject: Re: [SLE] ATI All-In-Wonder graphics card anyone? > is in a word BAD. in linux, but works great under win. Ah, right! Thanks! That's saved me a pile of money! But does anyone have any other recommendations on how I can get decent quality videotape to hard disk capture under Linux? Do I really have a get a Win2K partition on my machine just to do this one job? > > report came from Windows-based experience though. Anyone using one on > > Linux who can tell me how good video capture is? -- 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] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Ok chaps I tried this but if I run anything that starts up the Arts soundserver (artsd) then my X system locks up and has to be killed from a virtual console. I can reproduce this at will. I guess this missing libmcop_mt.so.0 that kdelibs-artsd.2.2.4 requires is an issue after all. :-( Tim Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Jaakko Tamminen [mailto:jtamminen@satabaana.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:29 PM To: Fergus Wilde; SuSE list Subject: Re: [SLE] KDE 2-2 Dependency Hell Hi I did the same.. dowloaded everything from SuSE, and then did rpm -i --nodeps --force <package> for every package, and it has been working ever since. Jaska. Viestissä Keskiviikko 29. Elokuuta 2001 13:30, Fergus Wilde kirjoitti: > 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 att > > empt) 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] Whats wrong with a (16 bit) NIC???
by Ricardo Rodriguez 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Well this is a pcmcia device, does it actually refers to isa or pci architecture?, I thought pcmcia refers to a different architecture or bus channels (Im not sure about that, will apreciate it if you can clarify me). Now, my NIC will definitelly have a high activity (even when is my home network that card will be serving a web server that will be between my ISP and my router - internall lan) so if that is definitely an issue please let me know. Thanks for your help. Rik. --- Craig Sampson <craig(a)psi-aus.com> wrote: > If by '16 bit' you mean ISA, well, the only > inconvenience you are > likely to face is a much higher CPU load under heavy > network > activity and the added trouble of having to manage > IRQ's etc > manually rather than PnP (unless you have a > supported PnP ISA NIC of > course). > > Is SuSE 32 bit? Yes, it is, but I suspect this is > not what you > actually meant (I could be wrong however). > > Best regards, > Craig > > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:50:27 -0700 (PDT), Ricardo > Rodriguez wrote: > > >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/ > > > >-- > >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 > > > > > > > > ===== 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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RE: [SLE] Which CD is the Live CD?
by Harrell, Tim 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hmmm. It should be able to find them from the scsi directory. Boot up in the Rescue system and select either aic7xxx or aic7xxx_old and see if you can then boot off that (ie find out which one works). If you can boot off aic7xxx_old then make sure aic7xxx is *NOT* in INITRD_MODULES - just have aic7xxx_old and whatever else you previously had. Run SuSEconfig, mk_initrd again (and lilo). You should then be able to boot off that without going from the live cd. As I am about to click the send button I notice someone else has posted the SDB article I was just about to give the hyperlink to! Tim Harrell -----Original Message----- From: Ron Cordell [mailto:roncordell@atl.mediaone.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:55 PM To: Harrell, Tim; 'SuseLinux' Subject: Re: [SLE] Which CD is the Live CD? I did that, but it still can't find it. What specifies the path to aic7xxx? It appears that the kernel is looking in a different place than the 2.4.4-4GB/drivers tree. -ronc On Wednesday 29 August 2001 10:50 am, Harrell, Tim wrote: > add aic7xxx to INITRD_MODULES in /etc/rc.config. > Run SuSEconfig and mk_initrd (and lilo) just to make sure. > > If that doesn't work when you reboot, try the old one instead. > > > Tim Harrell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Cordell [mailto:roncordell@atl.mediaone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:42 PM > To: 'SuseLinux' > Subject: Re: [SLE] Which CD is the Live CD? > > > The problem isn't as grave as I thought. Since this machine used an > Adaptec > SCSI adapter card, the issue is that when the kernel boots, it is > attempting > to load the module "aic7xxx" and can't find it. I looked in the > /lib/modules/linux-2.4.4-4GB/drivers/scsi directory and see that there > is an > aic7xxx driver there, one called aic7xxx_old, and another called > aic7xxx/aic7xxx. So, where do one of these need to be placed so that > kernel > finds it when loading? > > -ronc > > On Wednesday 29 August 2001 10:29 am, Harrell, Tim wrote: > > 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

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Quicktime. Shockwave et al in Linux today
by dids 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

As much as it hurts my wallet, I paid up for the codeweavers Windows-Plugin enabler. The installer is excellent. Not at all like using vanilla wine. Hooray Quicktime in Linux. Now Apple may have to release a proper version themselves. Some Linux software I have paid for Suse, Kylix, CodeWeavers Some Linux software I would pay for Dreamweaver dids

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