February 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Install problem - Video
by Ron Joffe 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

I tried with sax instead of sax2. It was also a real pain, but I did get a grphical environment that worked (640x480). This would have been ok, but when I try to access tty1-6 all I got was a screen full of different color squares. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks, Ron On Thursday 14 February 2002 14:01, Calinoiu Alexandru Nicolae wrote: > IDEEA > I hope it works > I say you instalit with a text interface and then you try to configure X > with sax not sax2 > > --------------------------------- > Hope I helped !! > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! -- Ron Joffe rjoffe(a)yahoo.com

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Kernel-compile tips or tricks?
by Gordon Pritchard 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

Hi, all: Does anyone have tips, tricks, pointers, suggestions or other help for someone about to compile their first (SuSE) kernel? I'm currently running SuSE 7.2 with the stock 2.4.4 kernel. I've read some RedHat docs. I've peered over a colleague's shoulder as he ('way too quickly!) compiled his Slackware kernel. My only other experience compiling a kernel was Slackware 1.3.something (long time ago...). Does SuSE have any How-To's, or do they have kernel-sources on their web-site? Are there SuSE-specific things I have to watch out for? Can I take my SuSE7.2 kernel configuration, and use 'make oldconfig' to produce a (hopefully-workable!) starting point for my own 'make xconfig'? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, -Gord -- Gordon Pritchard, P.Eng., Member IEEE Technical University of B.C. - Research Lab Engineer mailto:gordon.pritchard@techbc.ca direct phone: 604-586-6186

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RE: [SLE] Newbie building PC
by KMcLauchlan＠chrysalis-its.com 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

<rant> What IS the deal with low refresh rate and no 3D? ATI Radeon has been out for quite a while, now, and new releases in that card family are simply not going to be spectacularly different from each other at the driver level... are they? Or do they have to re-invent the chisel, to re-invent the wheel, to re-invent the video driver from the ground up, for each slight revision of ATI product line? Howcum Red Hat can figure it out? Better yet, howcum Red Hat could figure it out months ago, yet SuSE has since kicked out an interim update, and STILL can't figure it out?? My buddy in our IT department has Red Hat 7.2 and is using his Radeon card with 3D games, right out of the box. Does ATI have some kind of exclusive arrangement with Red Hat for timely support of ATI cards in the distro? I've got a Rage 128 Pro-something in one machine, a card that's FAR older than the Radeons (year-and-a-half old?), and it wasn't in the 7.3 distribution either. Neither was the ATI 128 Mobility in my DELL laptop, that was built at least two years ago. I checked the SuSE web site for video-card support in December both were still listed as unsupported. Could it be because ATI is too insignificant a player in the video-card market? Or maybe it's because all those video names that DO appear in the SuSE supported list represent whatever obscure card is owned by the person who wrote drivers for free? Does SuSE rely exclusively on donated drivers for their video support? </rant> But hey, I did notice that they are catching up with the world in support for sound... /kevin (wanting to be loyal, but feeling the pull to Red Hat...) > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Clark [mailto:m.j.c@strato.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:46 PM > To: Brian Durant; SuSe > Subject: Re: [SLE] Newbie building PC > > > On Thursday 14 February 2002 09:47, Brian Durant wrote, in part: > > > I have been looking at the ATI Radeon 7500 as a possibility but > > am unsure of support in SuSE. As a newbie, I am also concerned > > about ease of install. I would prefer if I didn't have to > > download and install drivers, not to mention that I can't imagine > > doing an install if I can't get the monitor to work at startup. > > Hi Brian. > > I have the 7500, and have been through this myself. > With the 7500 and 7.3 you have to do the following: > > 1. Install SuSE and configure the video as plain old VGA. > > 2. Download XFree86 4.2, and the sax2 update, from the SuSE site. > > 3. Install the downloads following SuSE's instructions. > > 4. Run sax2. It will detect your card and configure XFree86 4.2. > > Alternatively: > > Configure XFree86 4.1.x for the framebuffer device (instructions in > the 7.3 Pro manual). You will be able to enjoy high resolution, > but will also get some annoying flicker because of the low refresh > rate. You will not have any hardware acceleration. > > Or > > Wait for SuSE 7.4, which will include XFree86 4.2 from the getgo.

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SuSE advantages
by Marcel Lecker 15 Feb '02

15 Feb '02

Greetings everyone, I'm doing a short little presentation (on behalf of our Linux user's group) on SuSE Linux to a local Unix Users Group. I'm looking for points specific to SuSE that might be of interest to Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc.) users. In your replies, please consider me relatively novice in most regards. I've dabbled a bit with OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris. I've been a SuSE user for about 6 happy months now (and not turning back), and have used Linux for about 2-3 years now. If you have any ideas for good points to mention, please fire them off. Marcel

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suid and xfree
by Clinton Frans Aarts 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Ok nobody replied on my question but I still managed to start xfree as a user by starting up xdm instead. Bt still I have no idea what's wrong with my su password, under user I can't login (says it's the wrong password) but it's the same as my root password.

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More scanner questions
by Patrick 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Hi all, Ok, I have my new Epson Perfection 1650 Photo scanner running and doing it's job now! By the way, a great little scanner to have. I want to leave the power on, but I want the lamp to turn off after say 5 minutes of non-use. I think I can do such a thing with a "lampoff=" command somewhere? Where do I need to place this command and how or what else do I need to specify with that command? Details please! Do I add something to my modules.conf file for this? Thanks, Patrick -- ---KMail 1.3.2--- SuSE Linux v7.3 Pro--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* Amiga-Sales & Service-http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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[SLE] Recover Boot Partition
by Rickey Ingrassia 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Hello List, Is it possible to recover a corrupted boot partition/sector. If so any links to detailed instruction or info would be much appreciated. I'm running SuSE 7.3/Kernel 2.4.10. I'd like to get the boot sector repaired without formating the drive. Currently the system is back up, booted from LiLO on a floppy. -rickey

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Samba suddenly stops working
by jaakko tamminen 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Hi My samba-server suddenly stopped working, and now the smpd is not loading.... When I run "rcsmb restart", i get: Shutting down SAMBA nmbd : done Shutting down SAMBA smbd : Warning: smbd not running! When I look at the samba-log, I can see following: [2002/02/14 23:52:38, 3] smbd/server.c:main(727) Becoming a daemon. [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 5] smbd/connection.c:claim_connection(91) claiming 100000 [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(858) bind failed on port 139 socket_addr=0.0.0.0 (Address already in use) [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(310) setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0 [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 5] smbd/uid.c:unbecome_user(217) unbecome_user now uid=(0,0) gid=(0,0) [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(440) Closing connections [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 3] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(54) Yielding connection to [2002/02/14 23:52:39, 3] smbd/server.c:exit_server(473) Server exit (caught signal) So the only error that I can see, is that the "address 0.0.0.0 is already in use" Where can this come from??? I haven't changed anything as I can remember that could affect samba, and I don't find any fault anywhere. I have installed samba client/server RPM again, and also packages for printer, and then ran the printer setup with Yast2. But printing just won't work! Jaska.

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re: [SLE] VMware and registration number...help
by Skip 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Tom, Just go to the help menu and select Enter Serial Number. I agree that support has been slow these days. I've had great support from the VMware team in the past. I'm a little concerned that they haven't been more responsive. I have a feeling the new version is encountering more problems than they expected, which isn't unexpected considering that they are now supporting more guest operating systems. Hope this helps, Skip >> I don't know how to install the reg number VMware gave me to test out the >> program that came with Suse 7.3. >> How do I do it??? >> (rant)Their support is, so far, really poor. (/rant) >> Thanks for the help!! >> Tom ================================= Skip Haak Natural Resource Solutions 950 Lloyd Center, Suite 48 Portland, OR 97232 Office: (503) 460-3198 Mobile: (503) 998-3267 Facsimile: (503) 460-3230 E-mail: skip(a)nrs-net.com Website: www.nrs-net.com

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Postgres
by Bob Rea 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

I installed postgres to take a look at it and play with and learn. But I cant get it started. Heres what happens: bob@sfpetard:~> psql -h localhost template1 psql: FATAL 1: user "bob" does not exist How do I set up users etc for postgres? Help me get started. -- Bob Rea ************************************************** "On the side of the box, under 'System Requirements', it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." ************************************************** sfpetard(a)earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~sfpetard/

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