November 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

copy music
by Baris Erbas 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

hi people, it is probably a very simple question: how do you copy CD's as mp3 files to your hard drive? cheers baris

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[Fwd: Re: [SLE] time & date problem]
by Eric Richards 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

Sorry, it is bit of a nut case, You set up the correct time in the BIOS, load to the log-on and the time is wrong, shut down to the BIOS again and the BIOS time is the same as what was seen at the log-on I think this is a problem. sound like a linux virus? . -- From Eric (Mozilla l.1 in Linux, SuSE 8.1) http://www.oh-bugger.net.nz http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/erichard/ NO ATTACHMENT WAS SENT WITH THIS EMAIL IF THERE IS ONE IT IS A UNDETECTED VIRUS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW ....

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YOU/Manual - what do the various text colors mean (red, blue, black), why are some boxes checked and some not, and what does YOU expect me to do next?
by DJ 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Hi, I ran Yast/YOU for the second time, but in "manual" mode this time. I wanted to see if the Samba security patch was downloaded and what else was going on, etc. But I'm lost as to what YOU wants me to do and I can't find any help for YOU. I've looked in the hard copy and online. Also, during this process, I wanted to do a multiple word search in SuSE Help and I can't even figure out how to do that. Shouldn't be difficult right. Argh! The doc in the hard copy Admin manual does not match what the SuSE Help application looks like, so that's no good. In the hard copy book it looks like there should be a separate text field to enter the additional search words, but when I look at the application I don't see any. I typed multiple search words in the one main text entry field and absolutely nothing happens. Regarding YOU, after the patches are downloaded and the screen is repainted, what do the various text colors mean (red, blue, black), why are some boxes checked and some not, and what does YOU expect me to do next? I'm staring at this screen which is very colorful with absolutely no available help. This is an awful end user application (imho). Is it documented anywhere what these colors mean? Is it documented anywhere what happens if you check something or uncheck something? It appears I can do a lot on this screen, but I have no clue what the ramifications might be from my actions. I really want to understand YOU. Is it documented anywhere what YOU expects the end user to do in manual mode? Is this why people use fou4s because YOU is, hhhmmmm, lacking? Thank you in advance. -- __________________________ DJ mailto: linux_programmer(a)hotmail.com

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EMERGENCY-my hd does no more boot
by ob_ok＠gmx.net 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Oh god, these Toshiba 10 GB drives really suck! Remember my long thread in April this year? I sent in the old drive and got the same back. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED???? I got the same type as new drive back. AND TODAY IT DIED AS WELL!!!! I cannot reboot (Linux says unrecoverable error) and hangs, I cannot even mount my windoze partition when I boot from CD. So what can I do now? I need my data on FAT32 partiotion back. (I have been SUCCESFULLY evacuating my Linux partitions the last couple of hours) ANY IDEAS WELCOME AND APPRECIATED! And: Has anyone reading this encountered problems with Toshiba Notebook harddrives as well? Best regards, writing this online at a friends place, off now I leave to try out more things... Olli -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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booting queries
by Rohit 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

Hi, I am in a hurry [for the presentation] and I request this much assistance.. q1 Can the /boot partition be on a logical partition, like /dev/hda6? q2 Can the / partition be on a logical partition? q3 Would using a different boot-loader affect the answers to these questions? Thanks, Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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Random freezes, barrier=none and SuSE-8.1
by Mark Gray 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

I just had a random freeze on my main server running 8.1 and I would like to get more information on the barrier=none problem. I just recently joined the list and have tried searching using google.com and manually searching the archive reading every 'crash', 'freeze', 'reiserfs' and 'hang' article that was posted to suse-linux-e, but was unable to find the original thread, or any discussion of the problem at all. Could someone point me to it. Also, I have several large reiserfs 3.5 partitions left over from 7.3, is there any risk to mixing reiserfs 3.5 and 3.6 filesystems in the same machine?

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connection failed
by Adagilson B B da Silva 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Yesterday I tryed to connect as "root" (I logged in as root and tryed to call my dial-up ISP using Kppp) but the following message appeared: --Connecting to: BOL-- "Looking for modem... Sorry, can't open modem" After this I tryed again logging in as user "adagilson" and this appeared: --Connecting to: BOL-- "Modem ready Sorry, the modem doesn't respond." Connection on Windows is fine! I need help. a. -- Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva Bibliotecário FIOCRUZ-Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães Fone 81 3302-6524

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DVD playback
by John Pettigrew 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

I've changed the DVD drive on my SuSE 8.1 system to be IDE instead of SCSI emulated, and enabled DMA. Now, the system doesn't lock when I try to access the drive with DMA turned on :-) However, even though I can mount data CDs and even DVD movie discs in this drive, I can't play movies - even the same disk I've just mounted (when it's not mounted, of course!). MPlayer complains "Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd", and xine just does nothing. I've linked /dev/hdc (the DVD drive) explicitly to /dev/dvd ("ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/dvd") but the same thing happens. (It was linked to /dev/sr0 before I got rid of ide-scsi on this drive.) Why might this be? TiA John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john(a)headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!

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RE: [SLE] REPOST: log rotate suse 6.2 stopped working
by Heupink, Mourik Jan C. 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

thanks for your reply. i'm well aware of the fact that this suse verion is really too old, but as we're having a major upgrade round in half a year, i want to wait until then. and, besides that: it has always been running perfectly, so why change a winning team..? (apache is upgraded to the latest version, btw...) anyway: thanks for you suggestions, but they did not solve the problem. any other suggestions? (otherwise, i guess that maybe i should manually compress the files then every now and then.) thanks for having taken the time to reply. yours, mourik jan > -----Original Message----- > From: Togan Muftuoglu [mailto:toganm@dinamizm.com] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:06 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] REPOST: log rotate suse 6.2 stopped working > > > * Heupink, Mourik Jan C.; <Heupink(a)INTECH.UNU.EDU> on 25 Nov, > 2002 wrote: > >I have posted this same question last week, and did not get > any responses. I > >wonder if i missed something really obvious that nobody > cares to share with > >me, or if really nobody knows the answer, or has any ideas > how to solve this > >issue... > > IMHO the SuSE version you are using far too old and hence no response > > >yet, it does not compress. Even when I run the > /etc/cron.daily/aaa_base > >by hand, it does not display any errors, yet the file has not been > >compressed. root also doesn't get any messages from the > script. though > >it does seem to be running for a while, and the system is quite buzy, > >while the script runs. > > > >What could be wrong? Any ideas? > > Two options > > a) add a "-x" parameter to aaa_base and capture the output to > a file so > you can have a look what is going on > > b) restart cron and see if it does work > > -- > > Togan Muftuoglu > Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer > http://dinamizm.ath.cx > > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > >

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Re: [SLE] Too Difficult
by Howard Coles Jr. 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

On Saturday 30 November 2002 01:17 pm, Ali Naddaf wrote: > Howard, > > If you feel more comfortable with Windows, please consider switching back. > After all, variety is the spice of life and some prefer Windows to Linux > and some Linux to Windows and neither is right nor wrong; these are > personal preferences. If Linux is not working for you, the right thing for > you is to go back and use Windows. > > This mailing list is for asking technical questions and finding answers and > has served well for many users. If you have particular technical questions > about SuSE Linux, feel free to post them and the kind people on this list > will try to help you as much as they can; I doubt anything can be achived > by the type of complaints that you had in your mail; those questions belong > somewhere else. > > Have fun and enjoy life. 1. How do I straighten out the mess that has some how screwed up my ability to use the two cdroms I have (DVD and HP CD-RW)? I have a DVD player, and an HP CD burner. Both on the second channel of the ide controller. The DVD ROM is the master, which would make it /dev/hdc and the burner slave, /dev/hdd. the burner shows up as /dev/sr0 ( which I believe is ide-scsi channel 1) But, for some reason if I manually set me CD player to use /dev/sr0 and put a CD in the dvd ROM it plays!!! So I change the cdrecorder to point to sr1, now I can't burn CDs!!! -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! "The act of faith is the obedience of the understanding to God revealing, and the product of that is the obedience of the will to God commanding." Matthew Henry, on Romans 1:5

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