December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Linux Memory Problem, 4GB RAM
by Felix Koziol 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Hello, I have a linux computer with 4 GB RAM. And I want to start a job which allocates almost 4GB. But the maximum amout of memory that could be allocated for one job is about 2.3 GB. I tried already to compile a new kernel with the kernel/user space parameter changed. But no change occured. Does anyone know something about this kind of problem? Regards, Felix __________________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de Weihnachts-Eink�ufe ohne Stress! http://shopping.yahoo.de

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Nvidia troubles
by Bill Brothers 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

Carlos thanks for the response, but actually what I did was reinstall Suse. I'm not sure what went wrong on my first install, but it this problem and several other little nagging problems I had. Bill

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how neccessary is smpppd?
by Tom Emerson 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

as I was idly watching the bootup messages one day, the "starting smpppd" message finally caught my attention. as most of my SuSE installs have been "plain, w/specific packages", I don't recall selecting this one [but it may well have been an 'unavoidable dependancy' because there is a yast configurator for it...] so I got to wondering: do I really need it? For that matter, what is it in the first place? The fact that I don't know what it is [but could take a very well educated "guess" based on the letters 'ppp' appearing in the name] leads me to believe it may not be needed [especially for my installation(s)] -- I have DSL w/fixed IP; no "dial up"; no "pppoe", not even dhcp [with the possible exception of my laptop, but even then, I don't use the modem -- everywhere I've needed "net" access there is a lan cable handy, and as of recent, I've got a wireless card working...] so is this one I can safely disable in the majority of my "runlevel configurations"? [I suspect I cannot 'uninstall' the package as I'm willing to bet there is a yast dependancy upon it -- it wouldn't be the first I've run into...]

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Startup problem with all SuSE
by Marcelo Simon 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi all, I've got ASUS A7V133 mobo with onboard Promise FastTrack100 RAID 0 controller(http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7V133) and all SuSE 's Box do not boot if any HDD is attached to the RAID controller... (RAID is not configured in 0 or 1 mode but i use it to controller separately my HDD ok?), but if CDROM is attached work fine. I need to pass any parameter/module in lilo os linux prompt? Regards. []'s anckerDJ P.s.: no work in boot installed system or new installation ---> never work any situation.

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OT: ATI drivers
by PL O'Smith 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi all you ATI users, Well, I am curious about all those using the ATI 8500 or above cards here. Since ATI has now released their own binary drivers for those cards, how are they working for you? I know we have several users here with some of those, 8500, 9000, 9700, etc. Also, what about those people with the "powered by ATI" cards? Are the drivers fixed now to work those as well? Thought I read something from ATI that mentioned having fixed the drivers to take care of all the cards. Thanks for anyone's input as I am sure others here might like to know as well. Also, I have heard that the new ATI drivers allow the previously unplayable games to work nicely? --Patrick --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206

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Linux security question
by Clayton Cornell 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

A friend and I are having a rather long email discussion about security in Linux. He has raised some questions I don't know the answer to... maybe someone here on the list can help out. The discussion is centering around what happens if you are using Linux and someone sends you a malicious binary. If you save it to your /home/<user> and run it, not knowing it is something nasty, what can it do to your system? If you are running as <user> the worst I can imagine it could do is turf your files in /home/<user>. Is this possible assuming a compiled binary? If you can run application XYZ as <user> what is to stop that binary from running application XYZ as well (after you ran the binary and it is hovering in the background)? Can a program pretend to be <user> and execute applications as <user>? I am not talking about a simple text shell script that you can read... I am talking about a binary you cannot look at/into or see the source code.... essentially a Linux virus scenario. C.

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Re: [SLE] PROBLEM - gcc 3.2x segfault with 8.1/AthlonXP/VIAKT266A
by Andrei Verovski 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi, Thanks for suggestions. Hard drive is OK, I am sure, other components seem to be, too, because Win XP works without problem. I even disabled some options in the BIOS (like PnP OS Installed, ACPI. etc.), disabled some extra features in the kernel, updated glibc and reinstalled gcc, but random gcc segfaults still randomly occur. gcc segfaults even occur even if I boot in safe mode. Strange enough, other Linux software and Linux itself work OK, I have put the whole system under heavy CPU and disk load for the whole night, it did not crash or freeze, and components like CPU or HD have not been overheated. PS. I am already completely disassembled my PC twice, replaced RAM, CPU fan and all cables, gcc still randomly aborts with segfault. > Just a suggestion, try to 'secure' all the component as your cooling > fans or other stuff may create too much vibration to the contact > points. Also, clean all the contact points with a pencil soft eraser. > > Good luck. > Dennis > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 00:44, Karol Pietrzak wrote: > On Monday 16 December 2002 04:11, Andrei Verovski wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> I am continuosly have gcc segmentation fault problems with SuSE 8.1 >> (updated with latest RPMs from SuSE update ftp), latest SuSE kernel >> which contains fix for buggy VIA South Bridge (also from mentioned >> location), and gcc 3.2-46 from /projects. >> >> Small packages usually compile fine, but larger ones (e.g. quanta and >> especially kernel) randomly abort with message "internal error - >> segmentation fault". However, it is possible to continue compilation >> further with random success. > > So the segfaults are random...? > >> I did all type of troubleshooting (I have even replaced RAM and >> reinstalled SuSE from scratch). Unfortunately, it did not help. >> Everything else seem to work fine (XFree in linux, WinXP with games, >> etc.), except gcc. >> >> I have this hardware: >> Athlon XP 1600, 512 MB DDR RAM (Kingston), Chaintech 7VJDA m/b (VIA >> KT 266A chipset), latest BIOS update, 40 GB 7200 rpm Maxtor HD. CPU >> temperature is very low, I have checked it. >> >> May be I have missed some packages which gcc would like to be >> installed, and which are not listed in RPM dependency? > > If you installed gcc using YaST2, dependencies should not be a problem. > Also, as you yourself said, compiling small packages is fine. > > It appears to me that your problem is definitely hardware-, not > software-, based. I have a similar setup to yours: AthlonXP 1800, > 256MB DDR333 Crucial RAM, EPoX 8K5A2 (KT333 chipset), but none of the > problems. > > Usually random segfaults (in any app) are caused by bad RAM, but you > said you replaced yours. The only thing left to do is to replace other > components... > > Start with the hard drive (make sure it's not over-heating). Then the > CPU. > > Anecdote: I had a really old Pentium MMX that ran for days without a > fan. Later on, I noticed that gcc crapped out at random points. ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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Re: [SLE] Using TR to produce Initial Caps in bash script
by Mark Gray 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

"Chris Goodnough" <chris(a)eclipsecat.com> writes: > Good day all, > > I'm working on a bash script and need some help. Can someone please tell me > what the syntax is for using the "tr" command to produce an initial capped > word, or if it's possible to accomplish this without shaving the initial > variable down to the first letter? > > I've tried what looked obvious without any luck, though I can translate to > all upper or all lower cases no problem. I'm using the following command to > test: > > echo sometext | tr CHAR1 '[A-Z]' > > Expected results "Sometext", returned "sometext". > > Am I missing an option or is SET1 just completely wrong? Thanks in advance. You cannot do this using just tr -- you need to 'escalate' to sed, awk or perl. In perl: markgray@soyo:~> echo sometext and some more text| perl -pe 's/\b(\w)/\u$1/g' Sometext And Some More Text

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<From: >substitution in mailing lists?
by Alex Daniloff 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hello SuSE folkz, Could somebody tell me please how to substitute <From:> header content on something different when it's being sent through the mailing list. I'm using majordomo and sendmail. Generally I want to achieve this: When mailing list recipient is getting mail from the list he/she should see in the header <From: > the mailing list name and e-mail address but not the name and address of the sender. Thank you very much in advance. Alex

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Slow PPP in X
by Fred Noltie 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hello, I've been a Linux user for five years. I recently switched to SuSE, and I've encountered a problem that has completely confounded me. It's a bit convoluted for me to describe, so please bear with me. This is SuSE 8.0. I'm having problems with the speed of my PPP connections - but only in X. At the console, my download speeds are normal, but in X things slow to a crawl and nearly stop. As far as I can tell, this affects all services: fetching my mail, doing ftp or http - all are affected. It also occurs regardless of the tool I use for initiating the connection: wvdial and KPPP both give the same bizarre results. Here is something even more bizarre. This appears to happen *only* with windowing environments that I've compiled myself. I first remember noticing it after building and installing WindowMaker for myself. When I switched back to the SuSE-provided Gnome setup, things worked perfectly! So I decided that I had made some poor configuration choice when building WindowMaker, and I didn't worry about it. FWIW, the modem is an external serial modem connected to a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop - and obviously I know the hardware's fine since it works normally at the console. Now, yesterday I finished compiling and installing Gnome 2. And the first thing I noticed when I started it up and connected to the Internet was that things were slow again! So - there appears to be some issue or other with X on SuSE that affects PPP/network speed when running a custom window manager/GUI. Any suggestions? I'm baffled. I've googled this, but apparently my problem is unusual. Thanks in advance, Fred Noltie

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