December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

CD-RW/DVD supported?
by Richard Bos 16 Jan '03

16 Jan '03

Hello, can anyone confirm that the 2 devices (cd-rw/dvd) listed below are supported by linux. CDRW: LITE-ON LTR-48125W DVD: LG GCC-4320B ATAPI I searched the internet (CD-RW howto, google, suse hw database and so on) but there are no real references that these devices are supported. I found 2 email messages that listed parts of "dmesg" and that reported the succesfull detection of the above listed devices. Does that mean that they actually operate fine? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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Re: CDRW Drive problems
by Franklin Maurer 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

I got my drive to work thanks to the archives and those of you who went through it before me, but now I see this in the xconsole, or the window under the login screen. It's also in the warn log... Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 64 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 66 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 68 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 70 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 72 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 74 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 76 Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) Dec 30 11:04:12 linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 78 Any idea what's happening? Did I set the drive up wrong? I added ide-scsi(and cdrom, and ide-cd) to /etc/sysconfig/kernel, ran mkinitrd. Added hdd=ide-scsi(andhdc=ide-cd) to grub. Fixed the links, and now this message repeats about 50 - 75 times when i log in. -- Franklin Maurer <nebbish(a)sprynet.com> Using SuSE 8.1.

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xcdroast non-root mode
by David List 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Has anyone here got the xcdroast non-root mode working with the xcdroast that is included in SuSE Linux 8.1? I have tried to activate non-root mode several times now, but I still cannot start xcdroast as a regular user. Best regards, David List

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digital camera & linux woes
by Rick Reumann 08 Jan '03

08 Jan '03

I'd love to get my Canon G2 working with Linux. I'm yet to find a simple dummies guide to "Here are the first things to do to using your digital camera under linux." (I'm using suse 8.1, Kde 3.0.5). I'm very disappointed with the suse help knowledge base as all it does is send me to an outdated version of gphoto. I went and installed the latest libgphoto2 but don't know if that did anything that I need. I then saw that I should probably get kio_kamera for KDE, and it seems like I should have that already installed yet I can't find "kamera" anywhere yet when I search through my YaST I see that I do have a checkbox next to kdegraphics3-camera so I'm assuming somewhere I have that program yet I don't see it in any of my menus. I have a very difficult time in Linux figuring out what and where I have things installed (i find this aspect much easier in Windows). I do notice that if plug the camera in the USB port and turn it on I can go to control panel - hardware - digital cameras and my camera is listed there. Oddly it isn't until I right click on my camera icon does the lcd on my camera switch to "PC" which it supposedly needs to do to recognize that it's connected. Basically I'm needing some help on what I need to install and what I need to do so that I can pull pictures of my camera. I have searched around google but I seem to get conflicting information as to what I need to do and some of the stuff I try to do doesn't even work. Like this site for instance says http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/linux/jump/0,24331,3389056,00.html Yet when I do tail -f /var/log/messages like they mention I don't get the type of information that is mentioned (nothing mentioning my type of camera etc). Anyway, I'd appreciate any help. I'm tempted to just do all of this on my XP box since it is a piece of cake there. I'd like to just stick to linux though so any info is much appreciated. Thanks, -- Rick

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Need help getting CD RW Working
by Ralph De Witt 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi: I have done a fresh install of SuSE 8.1 on a MSI KT3 ULTRA2 MOBO with a ATHALON 2200XP cpu. out errors. I have noticed some errors in the CD R/W and scsi emulation part of the system. For some reason I see the DVD and CD R/W listed about 6 times during start up. And for some reason scsi emulation seems to not start and seems to error on bad commands around line 70 etc. I have been unable to correct these problems. Fstab, and Mtab seem to be correct. I have attached the startup log and the system log in the hope that some one could help me correct these problems. The system has been stable with the exception of these two problems. Thanks for your help. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 7:39, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+EXV+mmsm1DCXO8QRArXaAJ0f0J5DiBPmhxqxDWUIWcEt2jN98QCfdcM1 eWNKJWN3ktb7h/QrucQ6CVk= =mkGH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SiPix StyleCam Blink
by James Ogley 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Hi all, I got one of these little babies for Christmas, and I can access it using the latest version of gPhoto (which is now available at www.usr-local-bin.org) however, I can't figure out what format it uses for it's images. The user guide, and SiPix's website both say it's JPEG, but it seems that what is actually the case is that the Windows drivers convert whatever it actually is (they have the suffix .raw) to JPEG. Has anyone had any success with one of these cams, or knows what the format is, and of a Free Software utility that can either view it, or convert into something sensible? Neither EOG or the GIMP recognize it... Cheers 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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SuSEfirewall2 anti-spoofing
by fsanta 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

Simple 2 computer home setup: Server eth0 192.168.1.2 (connected to adsl router) eth1 192.168.2.1 (connected via crossover cable to. . . Client: eth0 192.168.2.2 But. . . /var/log/messages has thousands of messages like: Dec 30 20:31:58 altea1 kernel: SuSE-FW-DROP-ANTI-SPOOFING IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.2.1 DST=192.168.2.255 LEN=164 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=460 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=144 What is anti-spoofing? Cheers, Steve.

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Audio CD.
by Erik Jakobsen 03 Jan '03

03 Jan '03

Hi. I'm running here the SuSE linux 8.1. Due to a reason I cannot remember, I have changed the cdrecorder to be my DVD drive, and my cdrom drive to be my cd-rw drive. It works. I can burn cd's, and I can access data cd's in the DVD drive. The only thing I cannot do is play audio cd's. There's read or access errors, or maybe permissions to /DEV/CDROM. I think in my case its the /DEV/CDROM, and that audio cd's will not play, as my DVD that should have been my CDROM in fact IS called my CDRECORDER. How can I fix that problem ?. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards - Vy 73 de OZ4KK. Erik Jakobsen - eja(a)urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 - http://counter.li.org SuSE Linux 8.1

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Kover printing
by Keith Powell 03 Jan '03

03 Jan '03

I have been trying to print CD covers using Kover. If I set Kover options to "Print all on one page", printing starts half way down the page. So it prints the front cover and the rear cover only gets half printed. If I set the options to "Print inlet and booklet", although the printer driver is set to print landscape, it prints in portrait. So most of the cover is printed off the paper. I am using SuSE8.1 with cups. I have used Kover with Libranet, without any problems. It prints perfectly. That distribution uses the lpd printing system, not cups - if that's of any help. Has anyone else tried, and successfully used, Kover with SuSE8.1? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Keith

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How much memory/disk is required during YOU?
by Hahnsson Henrik 03 Jan '03

03 Jan '03

My Firewall is an "old" Pentium 166 w/ 2GB disk (some 670M free after I removed all extras) and 64M RAM. It's running 7.3 and SuSEFirewall2. I'm trying to update the packages using YOU. When YOU is trying to load the list of packages, i.e. before I can select which patches to install, it goes through to about 96%, but then it ends up exercising the hard disk (swapping?) continuously. Yesterday I let it go on for a couple of hours, but it didn't get out so I had to interrupt the process. All other processes are slowed down: window updates takes almost forever, the DHPC-server stops responding and so on. Even interrupting the YOU-process (without hitting the reset-button) takes at least 15 minutes. Seems that some more resources are needed, probably space - I just don't know what kind: HD, RAM or Swap? Of course I could update packages one by one, but I find the YOU so much more convenient. The firewall is running firewall2 (masquerading and routing - everything blocked from the outside), dhcpd and apache 1.3.x (just for the intra - I wrote a small utility that extracts some interesting details from various system and firewall log files to a text file that I can watch using a browser). I'm using X to talk to the guy. He is screen-/keyboard- and mouseless as he's standing far down in the darkest corner. Do I need to close down some of these to free more resources? Do I need to boot up in single user mode? Any ideas? /Henrik

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