December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

xserver-Signal 11
by Nikos Fraggogiannis 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

hello i use SuSE 8.1 my xserver restars unexpectedly!!! i looked the log files and i found this messages in the kdm.log (II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit QPixmap::convertToImage: Cannot convert a null pixmap QPixmap::convertToImage: Cannot convert a null pixmap Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to feedback(a)suse.de. My VGA is NVIDIA RVA TNT2 32MB i use NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123 NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123 does anybody have any idea? please help me!!!! -- Na xaireste to Linux kai ti Zwi! University of Thessaly Computer and Communications Engineering Dept. (C.C.E.)

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SuSE 8.1 - falconseye + nethack_data - incompatible?
by Andre Truter 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

Hi, I was looking at some of the games on SuSE 8.1 and I found Falcon's Eye. Looks like a very nice interface to nethack, so I tried it. It goes through the whole intro and then when it takes you into the dungeon, it segfaults. I once got it not to segfault and then it displayd an error message that says that the 'dungeon' map is for a wrong version. So I looked at the help files, etc. and I found that falconseye 1.9.3-418 that comes with SuSE 8.1 is meant for nethack 3.3.1. But the nethack and nethack_data versions that comes with SuSE 8.1 is 3.4.0 I had a look on the falconseye web site and there it is mentioned that falcon's eye will not work with nethack 3.4.0. You might get it to work if you compile nethack 3.4.0 with some modifications made to the source (from nethack 3.3.1 source). So, is it not a little pointless to include falcon's eye if the version of nethack that it needs is not included in the distro? Or am I missing something here? Is there a way to get the two to work together? Just a thought.... :-) -- Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net <-------------------------------------------------> < The box said: Requires Windows 95 or better... > < So I installed Linux > <------------------------------------------------->

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>>suse source
by Law 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

I am trying to build the network card driver for suse email server, the network card is Intel(R)PRO/1000 MT Network Connection. Where can I get the suse source rpm file? -Patrick

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Thumbnail viewer
by David Johanson 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

Does anyone have any ideas as to a good thumbnail viewer other than compupic. Since loading Staroffice / openoffice I can no longer get compupic to run and I have need of a viewer that will show all my graphics at a decent size. while konquerer will do it, the thumbnails are way to small to be of much use. tnx, dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe "Keeping an NT network running is fairly easy....if it dies, reboot it, and make sure it's behind a Linux firewall...."

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Next step? - The Linux gateway/router/firewall?
by John Blue 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

As I am recently new to Linux I have managed to get two Pc's running SuSE V8 KDE 3, & Samba 2.2.3a connected to my small network. The internet gateway has always been via my PC running NT4 (sp6a) which has two network cards, one connected to the internal network, the other to an ADSL modem. SuSE seems to do a good job of connecting to the net via the NT box, but I also run Sygate Home Network on that NT box to enable other windows PC's/notebook to share the internet connection. Unfortunately, I need to retain the NT4 box for some time yet as I run a couple of applications which as yet I have not got running under wine. However, I can move my gateway away from the NT box. I would love to be able to maintain my ADSL connection live for days on end without having a BSOD or reboot to update something and the consequent disconnection that goes on and on with windoze. I have available a couple of older PC's, and bits that I can us to build a gatway PC. Now I have read of Smoothwall, and IPCop, and I gather there are other similar solutions. Although I think that I would like to use SuSE if that was a not too difficult approach, apart from V8 I also have 6.3, 6.4 & 7.3 if they are of any use. I would appreciate some advice from the experienced readers here as to the best way to go. As I see it I want to have a linux PC that will serve as the gateway to the net through the present ADSL modem, and provide protection to the internal small network. After installation I would like to be able to remove any monitor and even keyboard/mouse etc, with access from any other PC on the network. I have a couple of smaller HDD's 450Mb + which I could use, or alternatively a CD-ROM or FDD. My preference would be for a solution that a newbie can reasonably setup and manage, and which would not require a lot of maintenance. Thanks for any advice or reading refences. John This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind. Please remember to maintain your own anti virus up to date with the latest reference files.

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Installing new version of gal in 8.1 Pro
by Mark Burling 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi, Has anyone installed gal-0.21? I am currently running 8.1 Pro and have gal-0.19.3-100 installed. I want to update Gnucash to 1.7.5, but need gal-0.21 which I plan on building from source. I was wondering if anyone had noticed any problems or had any suggestions before I proceed? TIA -- Mark Registered Linux User #287233 http://counter.li.org "The kind of person who always insists on his way of seeing things can never learn anything from anyone." Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Cups 1.1.17 update question
by Mark Lucier 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hello list. I would like to update my version of SuSE 8.1 pro's version of CUPS to CUPS 1.1.17. I have downloaded the tar file and followed the accompanying installation instructions. Version 1.1.17 has some fixes that I think that would help in solving some of the printing problems our computing labs have been having. I have tried to get CUPS up and running but I have failed. I am not sure how to start the scheduler after doing a make install. I have checked etc/rc.d and "cups" does not exist for a ./cups start command. Totally without a clue for the moment. A majority of our school district printers are currently being served up to PC and Mac clients by a SMP linux box running SuSE 7.0 pro and CUPS 1.1.14, netatalk 1.4b2 and samba 2.2.6 and has held up fairly well other than a few odd things happening now and then. I took the jump from 7.0 to 8.1 and there sure is a world of difference. 8.1 is an experiment for the moment so I have some time. One thing that kind of caught me off guard was that I had to keep my install CDs around of making changes to things. Reminds me of Windows/options/cabs which by the way makes me think of another question for another time. Sorry for rambling on. Any input would be appreciated. -- Hey dad, I smell clowns. --Sydney Lucier Black holes are where God divided by zero. Silly God! --Dale L. Houston The factory of the future will have only two employees: a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. --Warren Bennis As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I really wish he'd go away. --Hughes Mearns A hill is just a straightaway with a vertical dimension. --Andy Grosser ----------------- Mark Lucier Public Schools of CLK 57070 Mine Street Calumet, MI 49913 Phn 906-337-0311 Ext 1110 Fax 906-337-3848 mlucier(a)clk.k12.mi.us

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Re: [SLE][OT] Office apps
by DB Troll 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Fred A. Miller wrote: > On Monday 09 December 2002 3:59 pm, DB Troll wrote: > > Which office app would anyone suggest? I have tried OO and Koffice but > they both seem hard to use. I only recently switch to linux and have a > problem with the office apps, in M$OS I used Corels Office 2000 and > Print Office, esp print office because it had tons of templates. I > would appreciate any suggestions. > > > David, I'd either get used to OO or StarOffice, or KOffice. There > really isn't > any better available. 99% of ALL user preferences are TOTALLY what > they are > used to......period. I've been teaching users how to use software for too > many years, and this is true NO MATTER what platform they use. It's > normal to > not like change, but work with the software awhile and I'd bet you'l > find 1 > of these 3 that you like. > > Fred Thanks Fred, I will continue to use OO and KOffice, I think they are both great programs. As a tech for the last eight years I know what you mean about not liking to change. I switched to linux on my personnal unit because I was tired of M$ BS which is the same reason I did not use thier office apps. The only thing I miss on linux is an app like corel print office, as to wordperfect I feel that OO and KO are just as good if not better. I have several customers willing to switch to linux but most are using M$ Office for most things an CPO for all there form generation so until I can find a way to get at least the templates converted to an linux app I am going to have a hard time converting them. Once again thanks to you and all the help I have recieved from this list. David Barrow > >

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Fwd: [potentially OT] Technologists
by Tom Emerson 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

This was posted to another list I frequent (the HP3000-L mailing list) and I thought the web page referenced was great -- it is rather long, but entertaining piece and covers just about every imaginable bit of "technology" that has been produced for the last 100 years or more. Most of it may seem "off topic" for a linux user group, but if you think that way, you're only seeing the surface [2 dimensions] and not seeing "underneath" to how it COULD apply to you as a linux enthusiast [3 dimensions -- made clear in the writeup itself...] Enjoy, Tom ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [HP3000-L] Technologists Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:51:19 -0500 From: Douglas Becker <dbecker(a)CO.PIERCE.WA.US> To: HP3000-L(a)RAVEN.UTC.EDU Bust a gut... but I suggest you not be drinking water while you read: http://www.all2true.org/techno.htm * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * -------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [SLE] Read NTFS
by Stuart Powell 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hello, everyone. Silviu, do your commands below mount the NTFS partition as read-only ? Last I heard, writing to NTFS partitions is "A VERY BAD THING", and can potentially mess up the whole partition. Don't we need an 'ro' in the commands somewhere ? I'm not somewhere where I can check the docs to find out where, but maybe someone else can clarify. Bye for now, Stuart. >>> Silviu Marin-Caea <silviu(a)genesys.ro> 12/13/02 07:27AM >>> Hangga wrote: > Hello linuxer, > > My system right now is dual booting, winXP and suse8.0. The winXP use > NTFS partition. How can I set suse8.0, so it can read the ntfs partition > from windows. I've tried to mounting the ntfs partition, but failed. > I've heard that another new released distro - like mandrake 9.0 - could > read ntfs partition. > > Please, give me step by step information, because I'm still newbie on > linux Cross-posting is bad netiquette. The fast way: su - ** input root password fdisk -l ** identify what partition is windows/ntfs; will call it /dev/hdaX mount -t ntfs /dev/hdaX /mnt ls /mnt The elegant way: mkdir /mnt/ntfs add to /etc/fstab /dev/hdaX /mnt/ntfs ntfs noauto,user,mode=0777 0 0 I'm not sure that mode=0777 will be exactly what you want, but try it. -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961 -- 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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