October 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

DNS server
by Chris Roubekas 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

I have been trying to get Firewall2 up and running. I cannot ping any addresses from the LAN PCs to the internet. I checked the output of SuSEfirewall2 and it says that WARNING: Found Named running, trying to execute DNS but there is no DNS server currently running. Can someone please tell me how can I tell if DNS is running on my Linux-Box? How can I get named to stop executing? Chris

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SuSE 8.1 Pro (Update) just arrived in UK
by Steve Cobrin 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Just had delivery in the UK, of SuSE 8.1 Pro Update It gets its own box, rather than reusing the full versions box Contents: Administration Guide Quick Install Poster Advert for Linux Magazine Support leaflet Exclusion of liability leaflet SuSE brochure. 7 CD's + 1 DVD, in square folded cardboard case, no instructions printed on case (I preferred rectangular case, with quick-install guide on it) 4 sticky labels No badge £29.59 (incl post & packing) ordered from www.pcbooks.com with 20% discount for a preorder :-) -- Steve

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Please Help. Cannot boot SuSe.
by Paul Sprakes 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

I'm new to linux and have run into a problem while I was trying to get my mouse wheel working. I followed an article I found on a linux site and changed the mose settings in XF86Config to use IMPS/2 protocol. I then restarted but now I get loads of gibberish (looks like a memory dump) scrolling extremely fast during the boot process and continues forever. I have booted using the boot cd -> rescue system, managed to mount my / partition and renamed the backup XF86Config. But now the system gets as far as "configuring serial devices" and then hangs. Could anybody shed any light on this and help me get SuSe booting again? Cheers, Paul.

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vsftpd and symlinks to directory
by Verdi March 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Hi, how to enable anonymous users to change directory into a symlinks? My anonymous user's ftp root is /usr/local/ftp. I create a symlink to another directory, say "source". But when I tried using the anonymous users to cd to "source", I got message "Fail to change directory". Any helps are appreciated. Regards, Verdi

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Talking clock and background symmetry
by Steven T. Hatton 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

There were a few nice features of the old KDE 1 which seem to have fallen away in the latter version. Does anybody recall the talking clock? I actually liked that. My system beeps everytime I get an email, and every time I get a font fault in Mathematica, and for lots of other reasons. A beep on the hour is just another beep to me. Is that talking clock feature still around? Another feature was the ability to display the background antisymmetrically about the vertical and horizontal axes. I don't believe we still have that in the recent KDE do we? STH

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Coupling on BBC2
by Derek Fountain 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Did any UK based readers see the sitcom "Coupling" on BBC2 last night? And of those that did, did anyone spot what was on the shelf behind Jane in the stationary cupboard scene? Looked suspiciously like a SuSE Linux box to me! Nice placement ad actually - in the background just above her shoulder for a good minute or two. :o) -- 8:06am up 68 days, 22:33, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.09, 0.09

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xwindows word processor recommendations
by Joe Baptista 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Hi: I'm looking for a nice word processor which operates under xwindows and supports microsoft *.doc and *.rtf files. Any recommendations? Our organization is fed up with microsoft - we are running a test platform under xwindows and we love it. No more crashes no more blue screen dirty looks ;) Cheers Joe Baptista -- Planet Communications & Computing Facility a division of The dot.GOD Registry, Limited

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SuSE 8.0 freeze after some time
by Pär Högberg/Elicon 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Hello After upgrade from 7.3 to 8.0 the computer compleatly freeze after som time. 12-20 hours. The keyboard /mouse are dead, caps/num lock dosent change lights. It dosent matter if i logged in or not. Info: CPU: AMD K6 300MHz RAM: 256 MB HD: IDE 10GB Network: 2 cards, Realtek ATI Card. Kernel 2.4.18 (upgraded to 2.4.19, the freeze continues). Any idea what to look after ? Pär Högberg

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Kernel Error
by Brian Marr 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Suse 8.0 kernel 2.4.18 AMD 1530Mhz cpu Can anyone enlighten me on the possible cause of this problem ? The system continues to run ok but any feedback and suggestions would be valued. NB I had to drop the Nividia NForce Sound Driver because of a similar problem i.e. a kernel fault. I am beggining to wonder about the Nvidia drivers. : ( NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960.suse80.i386.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.suse80.i386.rpm Brian Marr Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: invalid operand: 0000 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: CPU: 0 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: EIP: 0010:[__free_pages_ok+43/660] Tainted: P <<<<<<here Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: EFLAGS: 00210286 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: eax: c02a95e0 ebx: c11192c0 ecx: c02a9440 edx: c02a93c0 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: esi: c11192c0 edi: 00000000 ebp: 000001d0 esp: cdfd9f28 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, stackpage=cdfd9000) Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: Stack: c52817e0 c11192c0 00000015 000001d0 c11192c0 000001d0 c52817e0 c11192c0 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: c012c503 c012d6f9 c012c53c 0000001f c02a9510 000001d0 c02a9510 cdfd8000 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: 00000c80 00016f33 c02a9510 c012c859 cdfd9fa8 00000014 000001d0 00000020 Sep 29 11:27:18 linux kernel: Call Trace: [shrink_cache+475/816] [__free_pages+29/32] [shrink_cache+532/816] [shrink_caches+93/104] [try_to_free_pages+92/240]

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No action with "Help/<kde_app> handbook"
by Verdi March 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Hi, for those using kde 3.0.3, have you tried to click menu "Help/<app> handbook" in any KDE applications? I've tried this on 2 machines, one with 8.0 and the other is 7.2. On both machines, this menu triggers no action, no help window is displayed. Also, in dialog boxes (e.g, setting preferences), the "help" button -- which is supposed to perform same action as Help/<app> hadnbook -- does not trigger any action. Regards, Verdi

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