February 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Interesting ppp issue
by Phantasm 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

I can not figure this out. When I use a dialup, the first attempt after booting works fine most times But on the second attempt, it normally fails to work, stopping at: password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) This is me...is this you? Exiting shell, and starting PPP session. ~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }8}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } }%}&a[18][16]D}'}"}(}"Gd~ --> PPP negotiation detected. --> Starting pppd at Sun Feb 24 20:29:22 2002 --> pid of pppd: 4093 --> pppd: Using interface ppp0 and thats it... Problem A. With that is that dialup uses PAP not PPP and wvdial fails to detect that. But thats what it does 99.9% of the time on me, and have no clue why, anyone have an idea? Rob -- ********************************************************************** This post is encrypted in the "english language method", any attempt to decipher meaning from these symbols is a violation of the DMCA. This includes, but is not limited to: interpreting the symbols through use of biological, visual decryption devices, translating the symbols into another language encryption scheme, and digital processing the symbols into a form conducive to oral intrepretation. Thank you for your time. **********************************************************************

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Linux partitioning
by Grové Erasmus 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Can Linux filesystems be made at the back of a hard disk ? Would creation of the filesystem at the back of the hard disk allow Linux to boot ? I have 40Gb hard disk, the first 32GB is allocted to NTFS and FAT32 . I am using Partion Magic Pro 7. This is on my main hard disk. I have a 2nd 20Gb hard disk that I use to play with so I wont mess up my hard disk. Grové Erasmus 53 Cottage street E14 0AA, UK +44 7949 051547

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netbooting ultrasparc
by parag agarwal 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Hi, I am trying to net boot my ultrasparc using a suse7.3 version. The problem is that the linux kernel gets loaded but not the root file system even after setting the NFS persmissions in the /etc/exports file. There is another method given using the initrd. I am laying my hands on it , but the problem is that i have to use mknbi command for tagging the initrd with it. And when i use the commnad mknbi-linux zImage.......as given in the doc provided with suse , zImage is not identified as linux kernel image. My question is : how do we get zImage out of vmlinuz64..since what i am sending to my client is a.out created after running a utility elftoaout on unzipped vmlinuz64. - the kernel on the client gives a message Kenrel Panic : cannot find the root and i wish to scream. Please Help, regards, Parag _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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online update failed (Why?)
by Dennis J.Tuchler 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Under SuSE 7.2, I tried to update my system setup using YAST2. I connected with the Internet, selected "on line update" and got: "initialization of ftp server failed (internal error)". What happened? How can I fix it? -- dj tuchler dtuchler(a)earthlink.net

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Evolution error quandry
by ZephyrQ 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

Question: Specifically what does " evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0)" refer to? I've gone through all the steps (dependency hell...) with the rpms and/or source. I'm still getting this error. The only "non-resolved" dependencies are libpisock.so.3 is needed by perl-PDA-Pilot-0.8.0-105 libpisock.so.3 is needed by kdepim-kpilot-2.2.1-25 libpisock.so.3 is needed by jpilot-0.99-108 but libpisock.so.3 **IS** on my system and **IN** the path. I tried installing with the --nodeps flag, but I still get this. Any and all help appreciated!

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Yast Can't find CD-ROM
by Tom Nielsen 25 Feb '02

25 Feb '02

I made some changes to my system to make my CD-ROM and CD-R work with my recording programs and desktop apps. Now when I start yast2 to install software, it can't locate my CD-ROM or CD-RW to install software from. How do I setup my CD-xxx to work with yast2???? Thanks, Tom

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HELPP!!!!!!!
by Calinoiu Alexandru Nicolae 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Thank you for startinfg to read this, please continue to read this is you know something about X server and old motherbords like Intel440LX. This probleme I have had eate all me night sleep I realllllllllly need some help. So here it comes: I have this configuration Cpu 300Mhz PII, mainbord Intel440Lx, 324Mb Ram, Geforce 2 Mx 400 graphics card. It all worked nice until I reseted my bios. After that my Pc complecty locks away when I try to switch from grphics mode to text mode. I can't turn off my computer from X because it can't get to the console and it stucks in the way. Please , I really need help I am going to start climing the walls if do not help me. help help help __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

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Embarrassing newbie-type questions
by Kenneth Payne 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

I want to upgrade my SuSE 7.3 system to kernel 2.4.16 in the hope of fixing a problem with my tape drive. I've downloaded the SuSE 2.4.16 kernel rpm : k_deflt-2.4.16-22.i386.rpm But I don't really know what to do with it. There are no instructions as far as I can see on the SuSE ftp server about how to install the new kernel. The README.XF86 file on the server only talks about how the new kernel will affect graphics cards. So my first embarrassing question is - how do I install the rpm? What options should I give the rpm command? And then do I just run lilo and reboot? Secondly, why is the rpm a mighty 12.5 MB when the current kernel is a mere 800k? What else is being installed? More importantly, if a lot of stuff is upgraded, how do I restore my old system if the new kernel screws everything up? I don't want to have to reinstall my entire SUSE system just to get rid of the new kernel. Finally, is this the right kernel for a pentium class machine? I'm running an Athlon XP and obviously want a kernel optimised for my processor. Any help would be appreciated. - Ken

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Re: [SLE] Fetchmail Configuration Was: Mutt configuration
by Jerry Van Brimmer 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Yep, you're right. I too out the @... and the ssl option, and then fetchmail downloaded all my mail. Now, if only I can find it! LOL On 23 Feb 2002 17:06:18 -0500 Michael Scottaline <mscottaline(a)mail.nbsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 16:54, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > > Yep, sure did. Here's my .fetchmailrc: > > > > poll pop3.ispwest.com proto pop3 user jerryvb(a)ispwest.com pass xxxxxx options > > ssl > ==================================== > For the "user" try jerryvb Leave out the @....... > HTH, > Mike > > > -- > "One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the mind, and > can search the stars with a telescope and not find God." > -- J. Gustav White > >

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Trying to build my own rpm ... don't laugh :-)
by wolfi 24 Feb '02

24 Feb '02

Hi, I am trying to build an rpm from cups-1.1.14 Problem is, when I run: # rpm -ba cups-1.1.14.spec I get the error: (...) + exit 0 Executing(%build): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93156 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD + cd cups-1.1.14 + make Makefile:25: Makedefs: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `Makedefs'. Stop. Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93156 (%build) In the /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cups-1.1.14 directory there is only a file Makedefs.in and no plain Makedefs (without any extension). In the Makefile there is: (...) # Voice: (301) 373-9603 # EMail: cups-info(a)cups.org # WWW: http://www.cups.org # include Makedefs # # Directories to make... # (...) Editing the Makefile and changing Makedefs to Makedefs.in first seems suspicious to me, and second doesn't help either, since when I run rpm -ba, the original tar.gz gets newly unpacked and these changes are overwritten. So if this would be the way, I would have to repack the tar.gz file. Is there something special which has to written to the spec file? I copy the spec file below, for your information. Maybe there are other errors as well, feel free to complain about them:-) Cheers and TiA ... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@yahoo.com # # Spec file for cups-1.1.14 # Summary: Common Unix Printing System Name: cups Version: 1.1.14 Release: 0 Copyright: GPL Group: Network Source: cups-1.1.14-source.tar.gz URL: http://www.cups.org Distribution: SuSE Linux Vendor: SuSE Inc. Packager: wolfi <wolfi_z(a)yahoo.com> %description cups is the common unix printing system used as a print spooler. It can handle numerous printers SuSE series: n %prep %setup %build make %install make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr install %files %doc README /usr/sbin/cupsd %clean rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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