December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

suse 7.2 glibc-2.2.3
by alois blasbichler 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

hello list i have running suse 7.2 kernel 2.2.4 with glibc-2.2.2-38 to get running openldap 2.1.4 i need glibc-2.2.3 where i can get this package and how i install it, together with the old glibc- 2.2.2-38 wath problems can i get ?` thank you for a help luis

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usr local bin updates (X-Chat, Mozilla)
by James Ogley 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi all, As you will have noticed, Mozilla 1.2[.1] is now available, I just did my first successful GTK2 build of it's source, and hopefully by the end of tomorrow, I'll have it built with as many options enabled as possible, and will be posting it, and the beta of Galeon2 (1.3.0) on www.usr-local-bin.org In the meantime, the latest version of X-Chat, 1.9.6 is out, and available from the site, have a lot of fun with it. James -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter(a)myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.1) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org

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why reboots my system spontaneous?
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

On my Pentium II running SuSe 8.0 I have a problem. I am using KDE and have not made many changes to my setup since installation. Whenever I use find, whether in KDe or in console, as find or in such things as in midnight commander, my system will or freeze or does a spontaneous reboot. And not working all the time in Linux, I find that after a reboot there is sometimes a hefty activity which includes the use of find. I used top to find that out. On Gkrellm I see a 100% use of my cpu some disc activity followed by the symptoms described above. Find seems to be activated by root and I could only come up with a cron job. But crontab -l informed me that there where no cron jobs for me and or root. I have now two things to solve. 1. get rid of the find activity in KDE and secondly 2. to get rid of the reboot or freeze symptom. Anybody ideas how to tackle the problems? -- NTReader v0.36w(P)/Beta (Registered) in conjunction with Net-Tamer.

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mk_initrd problems and kernel update on SuSE 6.4 box
by Michael Ryan 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi list, I'm having a problem upgrading the kernel on an old SuSE 6.4 disto to kernel 2.2.19 using the SuSE supplied k_deflt_22-2.2.19-162.i386.rpm. I have followed the SuSE kernel update instructions carefully but am having the following problem creating a new ram disk for my scsi and network device drivers: ****:/ # mk_initrd using "/dev/sda1" as root device (mounted on "/") creating initrd "//boot/initrd" for kernel "//boot/vmlinuz" (2.2.19) mount: Could not find any loop device, and, according to /proc/devices, this kernel does not know about the loop device. (If so, then recompile or `insmod loop.o'.) failed to mount image ****:/ # The file loop.o does not (or no longer) exists on my system :( Any help VERY much appreciated. Thanks - Michael

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RE: [SLE] Strange Pausing!
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi Jon, > Strange - I have an old Olivetti Netstrada 7000 (quad PPRO 200 > with 256Mb RAM and 6 x 4.3Gb SCSI drives and a DDS2 tape), > and SuSE 8.0 SCREAMS on it.... > You havae to use a decent video card, though... How decent a video card? I have replaced the VID but only with a SiS PCI 8Mb card ... not good but better than what was onboard. SCREAMING would be nice :-) James James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com

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Read configuration on install
by Maarten Sneep 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi, During installation, just after you've worked your way through the package selection, there is an option to save the currently selected packages to a floppy disk. This is nice, and it implies that you could use this disk to quickly configure your installation, should you want to repeat the installation, because you have a new bigger hard-drive or because you have a few more machines that you want to configure in the same way. Can anyone enlighten me how to read teh configuration I've just saved to floppy as a means of package selection? Kind regards, Maarten Sneep Murphy's Law, supplemental: Beaty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone.

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Opera.
by Erik Jakobsen 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi. I have just installed Opera from the dvd that follows SuSE 8.1. I comes up, but a couple of seconds after, it is closing down again. Are there any that have had the same, and have solved that problem ?. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards - vy73 de OZ4KK. Erik Jakobsen - erik(a)urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 - http://counter.li.org

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Update approach (Base System + KDE)
by Ian Perry 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi *, How do I upgrade from 7.3 to 8.1 by using ftp (or YAST or YOU)??? I don't have a clue which one to use - and how and what updates the Base system and what kde???. Generally: Would you recommend an new installation via ftp (how long would this take using TDSL?) or an update of the existing system? I upgraded my 7.3/kde 2 installation with the kde303 packages ("manually"; some difficulties and now everything is messed up between kde 2 and kde 3 folders and apps :-() and thought about upgrading the whole base system. Any help/comments are appreciated Cheers Ian

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RE: [SLE] How To Build A Server?
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi Paul, > Do not forget 'Webmin' as an admin tool, available at > http://www.webmin.com. Then you do not have to use the > SuSE tools via the GUI on VNC. > I use webmin via a dial up to maintain a database & file/print > servers that is 800 km away. Yes, someone somewhere else metioned but said it was on the HP web site (which I couldn't find) ... I'm d/loading it as I type :-) Thanks James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087

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What device file is a FireWire CF media reader?
by JW 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Does anyone know what device file (/dev/whatever) a FireWire compact-flash reader would show up as? -- ---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com

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