February 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Telnet & German üöä etc....
by Jim Hatridge 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi all.. When my wife telnets from her dos machine to my Linux system she loses her German characters, üöäß. The odd thing is that in Pine she loses all her German characters, but at the command line she can use öäü, but not ß. Also using vi none of the German symbols work. What do you guys think is wrong? TIA! JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer

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New cups files
by James Bliss 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I know they have not sent out the announcement, but there are new cups files on the ftp server. Jim

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boot image for CD, initrd expanded
by Berge, Harry ten 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I have made an auto install bootable CD with SuSE 7.3. Therefore I use a SuSE boot floppy image as a 'eltorito' boot image. This works fine, however I want to add a module to the 'initrd' of the boot image. And then there is a problem. The initrd becomes to big for a standard floppy. It is not a problem to create a new bigger initrd with the wanted modules (SCSI, aic7xxx), but now I have to make a new, bigger bootflop. I tried 2.88m, but I can't get the image to be bootable. It sounds all 'fuzzy' so here it is: - create new 2.88m boot flop: dd if=/dev/zero of=bootdisk.new bs=1k count=2880 mkfs.msdos bootdisk.new - now mount this new image: mount -o loop bootdisk.new /mnt - copy old boot flop files: cp -a /floppy/* /mnt - add new (bigger) initrd: cp initrd /mnt umount /mnt But this image is not bootable. At least not from CD. Wat am I doing wrong? Met vriendelijke groet, Harry ten Berge Test Engineer Holland Institute of Traffic Technology HITT B.V. P.O. box 717 Apeldoorn email :berge@hitt.nl <http://www.hitt.nl> tel : +31 555432537 fax : +31 555432554

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Downloading update versions of SuSE Linux
by Roy Leembruggen 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I understand that the latest Red Hat linux upgrade versions can be downloaded in ISO image format, each image being that of one CD-ROM of the set. This apparently is very convenient, since each download can be written to a CD-R and one needs only 3 CD-ROMS to get the basic system running. Can anyone tell me whether this is also an option with SuSE ? This seems to be an easy and sure way to avoid the hassle of kernel re-compiling. Thanks in advance - Roy

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Help with Home Server Upgrade
by kbb0927＠cs.com 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello Lists, Would like suggestions for server upgrade. Currently have SuSE 7.2 on a dedicated Celeron 466, 256 MB, 40 GB HDD drive partitioned into: / - 19.5 G /homes - 5 G /public - 15 G /swap - 500 MB I am wanting to upgrade to SuSE 7.3 keeping the 40G drive and adding a 30G drive I have lying around. These are IDE/ATAPI drives. It is easy to preserver the /public and /swap as I plan to do a from scratch of 7.3 Pro. My dilemma is that I have mysql running impor- tant database files under /var/lib/mysql/iboms that I need to preserve and keep permissions. This is also a samba server for several users. Some of these are windows users and need to be kept after upgrade. This is a home net, but the database app using mysql is sorta mission critical. My backup solution will be a newly installed Bru PE 17.0. Prior to this I had used Perfect Backup 6.2 (had 7.0 but it got flaky) Any suggestions on partitioning, preserving file permissions, making sure I don't hose my mysql files and how others would backup and pursue this task are greatly appreciated. I have used linux now for about 2 yrs, I am a physician by training and not a trained computer professional, but feel fairly comfortable with hardware/software/linux. Regards, Keith B.

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iso
by Clinton Frans Aarts 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Does anybody know a good ftp server with SuSE 7.3 ISO images?

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Kernel for Athlon SMP systems
by Jonathan Delgado 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi, We have a couple of dual Athlon systems here: Tyan Thunder K7 w/2GB RAM and 3Ware 7410 controller (which serves up 2GB of swap). The person who purchased and set them up has them running off of the stock 2.4.10-64GB-SMP kernel, and things are running OK, but not as well as I would expect. How appropriate is this kernel in reality? I have tried to config & build my own more finely tuned (and set specifically for Athlon and SMP) kernel, but I have had poor results, the problems centering around getting the 3ware controller functioning properly. As a disclaimer, these are my first attempts ever at building a kernel under Linux (I have successfully built hundreds under FreeBSD in a past life). If anyone has any experience with similar systems, perhaps some functional sample kernel configs they would be willing to share, or other random tips they would be most appreciated. Thanks. -Jonathan -- Jonathan Delgado, Systems Manager Department of Molecular Biology: Bioinformatics Group & DNA Core Massachusetts General Hospital

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RE: [SLE] Darn Perl Modules
by Patrick Nelson 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Patrick Nelson wrote: ----------------->>>> Download the Net::SSH::Perl module yourself and install it manually. It's easy, make Makefile.pl make make test make install There is a test in "make test" that hangs on some systems, that is why CPAN install is probably hanging for you. ----------------->>>> Opps meant to drop it to my Linux system... Anyway, as I stated in my first email, I did attempt to manually install it, and yes the test hangs on all the systems (4 different makes) I tried it on. So I guess I can just continue and try not testing. Then try and utilize the module in a simple perl script.

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RE: [SLE] SuSE Menus in Ximain desktop
by KMcLauchlan＠chrysalis-its.com 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Maybe we should ask the question differently. Has ANYBODY used both SuSE 7.x and Ximian-Gnome and gotten their SuSE menus to properly integrate/appear within the desktop menu system? /kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Lecker [mailto:volvox@telusplanet.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:58 PM > > Has anyone heard anything yet? I have the same problem, and > it's rather > frustrating. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin McLauchlan [mailto:kmclauchlan@chrysalis-its.com] > Sent: February 26, 2002 7:42 AM > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 06:22, Dorin Titiriga wrote: > > > > > > HJow to put back in ximian desktop and in suse 7.3 the > original SuSE 7.3 > > menus ? > > I asked the same question on the Ximian user list. > > There's a FAQ on the Ximian website, but it is NOT > satisfactory for SuSE.... maybe it works for people > with Red Hat or Debian, I don't know. > > Anyway, they seem to think that it is sufficient > to just bring back the SuSE menu structure (into > the Ximian-Gnome structure), without > any of the applications and applets. > I thought that was kinda useless, and said so. > > As somebody on the Ximian user list mentioned, your > SuSE apps can still be run from command line, > but that's not much help when you are trying to > use a GUI. [snip]

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Re: [SLE] iso
by Bill Sheehan 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

"Will you stop talking about the war?" "Well, *you* started it!" "I did not start it!" "Yes you did, you invaded Poland!" (For non-Britcom fans, the foregoing exchange is from episode 6 ("The Germans") of "Fawlty Towers.") Bill Sheehan Postmaster 617-373-7927 Clinton Frans Aarts To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <cfaarts@xs4a cc: ll.nl> Subject: [SLE] iso 02/26/02 06:16 PM Does anybody know a good ftp server with SuSE 7.3 ISO images? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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yast2, sax2, yast1 on ximian desktop
by Dorin Titiriga 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi. I want to be able to start yast2, yast1 and sax 2 from my ximian desktop. So I am a user, and with original gnome from SuSE 7.3 I was able to start yast2 directly from my desktop (double click on yast2, I was ask for password), and then yast2 was on the screen.Now, when I try to start yast2 it is on the screen but I have no permissions so I am unable to select or change something. Question: Ho to make a link on my desktop to start Yast2 or yast1 like before? Second - It is something under gnome like Kinternet ? If yes, where .... Tanks

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Re: [SLE] tape I/O error => Error with sense data...
by mylinuxmails eccent 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

The OS before was a RedHat 5.1. The server is still the same but we now use SuSE 7.3 We do a mt rewind in the script before we start the tar command This is the output of mt status if it can be of any help: -------Begin extract mt status-------------------------------------------------- mail:/tmp # mt rewind mail:/tmp # mt -f /dev/tape status drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape drive status = 620756992 sense key error = 0 residue count = 0 file number = 0 block number = 0 Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (unknown). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_ENmail:/tmp # --------End extract mt status------------------------------------------------------ Filip scsijon-net2000 wrote: > for my 2 bits > > -sounds like your tape drive is being thought of as a basic tape drive > by the system, is it using the right driver and device? > -try doing a rewind command directly before starting to write, this > resets the storage tables for tape length (just in case the driver > being used hasn't) > -?you do have the switches on base of the drive set for unix (you > didn't say what the tape drive was used for before and I know that > both Novell and Microsoft's servers use different settings) > > scsijon > > At 11:26 AM 2/27/02 +0100, you wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We recently upgraded our office server to suse 7.3. Everything but >> one thing works fine and that is the tape drive. It is an HP C1537A. >> This is an extract from /proc/scsi/scsi >> --------Begin >> extract---------------------------------------------------- >> mail:/proc/scsi # cat scsi >> Attached devices: >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 >> Vendor: COMPAQ Model: BB00921B91 Rev: 3B07 >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 >> Vendor: COMPAQ Model: BD018635C4 Rev: B021 >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 >> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 >> Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L907 >> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 >> --------End extract >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This tape model in not documented in the hardware database, however >> HP C1533A is. I use DDS-3 tapes of 24 GB. >> >> >> _A description of the error:_ >> >> When trying to write our backup to /dev/tape we get this error after >> a few things have been writen: >> ------------Begin error ------------------------------------------------ >> mail:/tmp # tar -cvzf /dev/tape /boot /etc /home /lib >> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names >> boot/ >> boot/boot-menu.b >> boot/boot-text.b >> boot/boot.b >> boot/chain.b >> boot/memtest.bin >> boot/os2_d.b >> boot/message >> boot/System.map-2.4.10-4GB >> tar: /dev/tape: Cannot write: Input/output error >> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >> ------------End error >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> >> At the same time this error occures in the /var/log/messages: >> ------------Begin >> error--------------------------------------------------- >> Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current >> st09:00: sns = 70 b >> Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: ASC=4b ASCQ= 0 >> Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 >> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x4b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 >> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 >> ------------End error >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _What have I tried so far:_ >> - The strange this is that when I try to write less then +/- 100k to >> the tape it works (I can read it back in) eventhough the above error >> appears in the /var/log/messages. When the file is bigger then that >> is fails completely. >> This made me think it had something to do with the block size. So I >> used mt -f /dev/tape setblk 128, but that didn't help. I also tried >> to use -b 128 in the tar command, but that didn't help either. >> - I then tried to set the density. It is a DDS-3. I used mt >> setdensity 0x25. Did not work. >> - mt erase took an eternity (5h) I killed the process. >> - Searched google: found one japanese user with exact same error: >> They used debian and the problem was solved after upgrading. (from >> 2.1.34 to 2.1.35 if I remember well) >> - Some suggested it had to do with parity check errors (he/she >> deduced that from the line 'ASC=4b ASCQ= 0') and advised me to check >> the wires. I did without succes. >> - Used new tapes. >> - I have also posted this error at HP, waiting for the answer. >> >> I hope this is enough information for someone to be able to help me. >> >> Thank you very much in advance. >> >> Greetings >> >> Filip Sergeys. >> >

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PHP 4.1.1 - until SuSE sees fit to come with their own :-)
by Tor Sigurdsson 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi list. I compiled a PHP-4.1.1 package for SuSE 7.3 i386. You can get it at http://svartur.rhi.hi.is/php.html There are some instructions there. Be sure you read the warning. All standard disclaimers apply. I have not messed with the source, and the source RPM is there as well. -tosi

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tape I/O error => Error with sense data...
by mylinuxmails eccent 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello, We recently upgraded our office server to suse 7.3. Everything but one thing works fine and that is the tape drive. It is an HP C1537A. This is an extract from /proc/scsi/scsi --------Begin extract---------------------------------------------------- mail:/proc/scsi # cat scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: COMPAQ Model: BB00921B91 Rev: 3B07 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: COMPAQ Model: BD018635C4 Rev: B021 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L907 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 --------End extract ------------------------------------------------------- This tape model in not documented in the hardware database, however HP C1533A is. I use DDS-3 tapes of 24 GB. _A description of the error:_ When trying to write our backup to /dev/tape we get this error after a few things have been writen: ------------Begin error ------------------------------------------------ mail:/tmp # tar -cvzf /dev/tape /boot /etc /home /lib tar: Removing leading `/' from member names boot/ boot/boot-menu.b boot/boot-text.b boot/boot.b boot/chain.b boot/memtest.bin boot/os2_d.b boot/message boot/System.map-2.4.10-4GB tar: /dev/tape: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now ------------End error ----------------------------------------------------- At the same time this error occures in the /var/log/messages: ------------Begin error--------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sns = 70 b Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: ASC=4b ASCQ= 0 Feb 25 17:38:27 office kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x4b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 ------------End error ----------------------------------------------------- _What have I tried so far:_ - The strange this is that when I try to write less then +/- 100k to the tape it works (I can read it back in) eventhough the above error appears in the /var/log/messages. When the file is bigger then that is fails completely. This made me think it had something to do with the block size. So I used mt -f /dev/tape setblk 128, but that didn't help. I also tried to use -b 128 in the tar command, but that didn't help either. - I then tried to set the density. It is a DDS-3. I used mt setdensity 0x25. Did not work. - mt erase took an eternity (5h) I killed the process. - Searched google: found one japanese user with exact same error: They used debian and the problem was solved after upgrading. (from 2.1.34 to 2.1.35 if I remember well) - Some suggested it had to do with parity check errors (he/she deduced that from the line 'ASC=4b ASCQ= 0') and advised me to check the wires. I did without succes. - Used new tapes. - I have also posted this error at HP, waiting for the answer. I hope this is enough information for someone to be able to help me. Thank you very much in advance. Greetings Filip Sergeys.

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It's Been A While
by brian 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Greetings, It's been a while since I have worked on any servers...almost 6 months or more now. I am working on setting up DNS on a small server tonight but I haven't had a chance to really research any recent bugs or security issues in the last six months. Anywho....I have SuSE 7.2 set up on the machine and I am setting up the default Bind 8 as my name server...anything I should know? should I go for Bind 9? So what's the haps people. :) Brian D.

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shared library error
by LinuxTyro 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem I am remotely administering a Suse linux server on an s/390.Everything seemed to be going okay till today.I am suddenly getting a wierd error when i try to install some programs.It says something like this- error in loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. I cannot run the man command also,it gives me the ame error. I thought that I may have accidently deleted the file and so I downloaded and installed the following rpm: zlib-1.1.3-5.src.rpm which has the required file.The installation of this rpm seems to go smoothly with the complementary ######### . However this didnt seem to help as i keep getting the same error. On doing a locate libz.so.1 it shows me that the file is in /usr/local.But on doing an ls on the directory i cant find it. I really cant figure out how to proceed next.Can anyone please help? thanks RS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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Galeon (Help, please)
by Dennis Tuchler 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I have ximian-gnome installed and want to use galeon as a web browser. I downloaded the galeon.rpm from the S.u.S.E.web site and tried to install it. The error message said that in order to install it (galeon -1.0-5) I must have Mozilla 0.9.5 installed. I have mozilla 0.9.8 installed. I have two questions: 1. Is galeon specifically designed for a particular mozilla version, or could it work with a later mozilla version? 2. If galeon could work with a later mozilla version, how do I force galeon to load? Thanks dj tuchler

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How-do-I << SuSE Linux 7.2 (i386): Patches, Updates, Bugfixes
by scsijon-net2000 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I have a Laptop with SuSE 7.2 from CD's on (as well as a lot of my own stuff). It works Ok so I don't want to play with what I don't have to. However as i'm about to take it on the road with me, I believe it would be wise to patch it up with at least the security patches. Questions: 1- I start at the oldest patch from the 7.2 list and move forward, or can I skip some? What command works as the "instruction of how to update rpm packages" frankly confuses the hell out of me, especially when taken with some of the message threads that have been floating around on RPM Update problems? Can I just use yast to do the updates instead? and 2- Do I need to, or would it be wise to also update the kernel from 2.4.4 to 2.4.16 or .19? Kernel update process as i understand it is:- A- # cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old # cp /boot/initrd /boot/initrd.old - I don't have this at present??????? This backs up your old stuff in case of ?major problems. B- Download the kernel and other relevant updated rpms (such as modutils, pcmcia, etc) from the relevant kernel directory C- rpm -Uvh kernal_new_version_you_just_downloaded.rpm - add --force if needed (Can't I use yast for this, I take it I do this to the other patch rpms before.) D- mk_initrd lilo Reboot and done. regards and thanks in advance for all help. scsijon acknowledgements to wolfi, jon, ben, joe, stewart, etc, and of course SuSE Masters Lenz and Hubert.

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standby and DHCP
by Kavau 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Dear All, there seem to be problems in SuSE 7.3 with the recovery from standby mode: As our system administrator told me, my computer sometimes stops updating its network address, so that address conflicts occur. I think this happens because the network connection doesn't get properly reinitialized after a suspend, so dhcp can't see eth0 (Never mind if this doesn't make any sense, I'm not an expert :-) Has anyone experienced similar problems, or is this a known issue? I'd be grateful for any input! My system is a Dell Inspiron 7500 with a Fritz PCMCIA ethernet card, running SuSE 7.3 with most of the updates installed. Please let me know if I should put any config/log files on the list. I don't even know where to start... TIA Klaus __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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RE: [SLE] Yast Can't find CD-ROM
by Chin Kwie Joe AJST (Armand) 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

# #I did setup ide-scsi emulation. I use the command ln -sf /dev/sr0 #/media/cdrecorder and I get a message back saying /dev/sr0 not #a valid block #(or something like that, I can't remember). Where do I go from here? # #YAST2 sees the drives as sr0 and sr1 (cd-rw and cd-rom). If I do a #"cdrecord -scanbus", I see them as scd0 and scd1. # How about ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrecorder etc.? Have a look at your /var/log/boot.msg file to see what they are named after activating ide-scsi. Armand Armand Deze e-mail en de inhoud daarvan is vertrouwelijk. Indien dit bericht niet voor u bestemd is, verzoeken wij u deze e-mail direct aan ons te retourneren en daarna te vernietigen. In dit geval is het ook niet toegestaan deze e-mail en de inhoud daarvan te gebruiken, kopiëren of openbaar te maken aan derden. Holland Railconsult B.V. sluit elke aansprakelijkheid uit in verband met het niet juist, onvolledig of niet tijdig overkomen van de informatie in deze e-mail. This e-mail and its contents are confidential and may be legally privileged. If this e-mail is not intended for you, please contact us immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the e-mail. In this case, please do neither use, nor copy or disclose the e-mail and its contents to anyone. Holland Railconsult B.V. is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information in this e-mail nor for any delay in its receipt.

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SuSE kernels
by Chris 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello, Anyone know where I can download the latest "customized" rpm kernels from SuSE for 7.2 and 7.3? thanks, chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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CSV??
by Dennis Tuchler 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

What is CSV?? Thanks dj tuchler

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Change CD setup.
by Fred A. Miller 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

On Tuesday 26 February 2002 12:46 pm, you wrote: > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: RE: [SLE] Yast Can't find CD-ROM > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:33:54 -0800 > From: "Tom Nielsen" <tom(a)neuro-logic.com> > To: "Chin Kwie Joe AJST (Armand)" <ajstchinkwiejoe(a)hr.nl>, > <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> > > Boot.msg says the drives are scd0 and scd1, which are working > fine...for cd burning programs. YAST2 uses sr0 and sr1, and that's > what I'm having a hard time with. When I try a ln -sf /dev/sr0 > /dev/cdrecorder is gives me a error that the device is not located. I'd be happy just to get SuSE to "see" my drive as scd0!! It's a Plextor, was working FINE, till I added an IDE drive (have 2 SCSI) on the 2nd IDE channel. Boot.msg says the drive is hdc. Once again, I'm bitten by the lack of a utility to find the drive and set it up properly. My fstab and lilo.conf haven't changed. Fred -- "The only secure Microsoft software is what's still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..." (Forno)

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Solving my constant lockups problem
by Michael Coan 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Previously I was running SuSE 7.3 Pro on a Gateway computer. Pentium II 350, 256 meg ram, ide drive, STB Velocity graphics card (riva 128zx chipset). also had VMWare 3.0 running Windows NT 4.0 and accessing a Novell server. system was very stable, no problems. Decided to upgrade as another user in the office needed an upgraded machine so I gave them mine. New system is the following: ECS K7SEM motherboard, Athlon 1.4 GZ CPU 512M PC 133 SDRAM Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller IBM 10K 18 G hard drive (DDYS or something, I forget) Jaton TNT2 AGP 32M video card Seagate 22000A tape drive Legato CD-RW noname dvd-rom This is used for business, so no fancy graphics are needed. I am using KDE 2.2.2, but kept QT at 2.2.x. i am using the nv video driver that comes with SuSE7.3, with 3d accleration not enabled. I previously tried the nvidia drivers, but had lockups with those as well. using XFree86 4.2. currently using 2.4.10. Have used 2.4.16 and also had lockups. I am interested in a methodolgy that will help me determine the cause of the lockups. i suspect it is the combnation of the motherboard and the 1.4 Ghz Athlon. The motherboard is inexpensive adn includes integrated sound, lan, and video. Based on the SiS 730 chipset. Not sure it was designed for the 1.4 Ghz Athlon. Gives errors if I enable dma I boot in Linux safe mode, and have the following items in lilo.conf ide=nodma disableapic apm=off hdc=ide-scsi mem=nopentium I have used google to search the web for problem reports, but can't find anything conclusive. I can lock up the machine hard jsut using the find files tool in Konqueror. Copying large files from one partion to another on hard drive will also lock it up. Starting vmware is problematic at best. Sometimes it loads and runs, sometimes it locks up hard. If I use taper from a terminal window within kde it will lock up. I switch to a separate non X console it will run fine. Should I just get a new motherboard? Should i get a new video card? I get sevral hard lockups every day, and I used to get none at all. If I get a new motherboard or video, recommendations would be appreciated. I could get an ASUS A7V133 and use the same RAM. Mike -- Michael A. Coan Woodlawn Foundation 524 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801-3410 tel 914-632-3778 fax 914-632-5502 ration en

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for mutters
by Landy Roman 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

hi all; i normally use sylpheed as my MUA but when i ssh into my machine i would like to use mutt, i srt mboxto MH and spoolfile to ~/Mail/inbox i put a .mh_sequences in /inbox... my inbox is ok but none of the other mh folders are readable, any hints?

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Heartbeat
by Márcio Lermen - SICREDI Servicos 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I tried to install heartbeat after a minimum installation of SuSE Linux 7.3 and when I try to start heartbeat the following message apear: Starting High-Availability services: Heartbeat failure [rc=1]. failed No log is generated in any kind of file (/var/log, etc.). May be a problem with configuration files or packages not installed or other type of problem. Who can help me ?

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Motorola SM56 (have you any ideea) !!!!
by Calinoiu Alexandru Nicolae 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

I just both a new modem, unfortunetly a a winmodem (i hate my self for this sily think) but live goes on. So can anybody help, or at least tell me how to instalit in a SuSE 7.3 box PLEASE --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games

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squid doesn't allow ftp
by scc 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hi everyone. SuSE 7.3 with squid on a samba lan. Can anyone give us a reference for what to change in /etc/squid.conf so that the clients can perform ftp? Only the server seems alloed to do it at the moment. Thanks, Steve.

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Netscape Upgrade
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

SuSE v7.1. The default Netscpe, v4.76, opens without any problems. I've installed v6.2.1 in /usr//local/netsscape. When I open 6.2.1 I get the message 'activation.netscape.com couldn't be found Please check the name and try again' When I close the message window 6.2.1 opens. I've found seven entries in the SuSE database, none of which discuss this problem. What is the solution? Thanks in advance.

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RE: [SLE] Darn Perl Modules
by Patrick Nelson 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

-----Original Message----- From: zentara [mailto:zentara@gypsyfarm.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:14 PM Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Darn Perl Modules On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:48:45 -0800 Patrick Nelson <pnelson(a)neatech.com> wrote: > Kind of at a loss on where to look. RH72 systems trying to install the perl > module Net::SSH::Perl with little success. Don't really know where to turn > for help after scouring cpan site. Anyone have any suggestions one a place > to turn for information. What is happening is while trying to install the > module using perl -MCPAN shell and then install Net::SSH::Perl a very very > long process begins. I've isolated a slow part of the process to when the > dependency (of course after it's sub dependencies are installed) of > Download the Net::SSH::Perl module yourself and install it manually. It's easy, make Makefile.pl make make test make install There is a test in "make test" that hangs on some systems, that is why CPAN install is probably hanging for you. -- $|=1;while(1){print pack("h*",'75861647f302d4560275f6272797f3');sleep(1); for(1..16){for(8,32,8,7){print chr($_);}select(undef,undef,undef,.05);}} -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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gdbm fatal: read error - SuSEconfig
by Oxiel Contreras 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hello everybody. SuSE 7.2 Professional, Spanish version. Getting this message when executing SuSEconfig "gdbm fatal: read error ", i reinstalled all yast packages and gdbm and nothing changes: i get the same error. What is going wrong. Thanks in advance. Greetings. Oxiel. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Darn Perl Modules
by Patrick Nelson 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Kind of at a loss on where to look. RH72 systems trying to install the perl module Net::SSH::Perl with little success. Don't really know where to turn for help after scouring cpan site. Anyone have any suggestions one a place to turn for information. What is happening is while trying to install the module using perl -MCPAN shell and then install Net::SSH::Perl a very very long process begins. I've isolated a slow part of the process to when the dependency (of course after it's sub dependencies are installed) of Math::Pari is made and then during testing it gets to a point where it seems to stop, but having left it overnight... some 12 hours it got a little further. I went through the process of trying to manually install each of the dependant modules (there is like 25 of them) and everything goes along pretty good until I get to the 7th one (Math::Pari) which makes fine, but the test of it gets to a certain point and slows, so I just skipped the test and installed it. Again every module just loads up fine until module 20 (Crypt::Primes) which builds fine but then fails each and every test. Seeing it is a dependency of Crypt::RSA the testing of it fails. Hope that is descriptive enough. Anyone know more about this than me please chime on in. Wish I had an rpm that had with all perl modules in it...

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Lexmark Z53 - printing cuts off top part of page
by Dave Yorke 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

I've running Suse 7.3 (kernel 2.4.10) with the Lexmark Z53 drivers right off the Lexmark website, using standard lpr printing. The problem I'm running into is that when I print from KMail or the Konqueror browser, it cuts off the top part of the image when it prints it. I have no problems printing in any other applications, just these KDE apps. I did a print preview and gs opened up, displaying a perfectly normally printout--however, when I selected the "letter" paper size from the menu, I saw the top part of the printout was cut off, just like my printout was exhibiting! It's almost as if it starts printing before the page is fed underneath the print cartridge. I can't find any printing options within either program or "gs" to adjust this. I've verified with the "lexmarkz53" utility that the correct papersize is selected. I'm reasonably new to Linux, but I'm learning very quickly. This doesn't appear to me to be a printer driver issue, but has anyone else experienced this and perhaps shed some light? Let me know if any further information is needed to help troubleshoot. TIA. Dave (running Linux-only 2 weeks now) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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Still not working CUPS after upgrade
by Dorin Titiriga 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

I have try your steps, but cups stop responding after I have been selecting the printer (HP LaserJet 1100). My steps are Administration - Add printer - I selected my model, and the my CUPs stop, and no configuration files are saved . Maybe I need to to chec some permision ?

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updating parameters in version 7.0
by Urey, Dawn 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hello, I am very new to Linux. We are running SuSe 7.0. I need to modify the SHMAX and SEMOP parameters for an oracle install. Unfortunately, I am stumped as to how to re-compile the kernel with seemingly no source code on the system. The only thing under /usr/src/linux is include files. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks Dawn Urey This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Personal views and opinions expressed in this communication are those of the originator and may not necessarily reflect those of PGI. If you are NOT the original recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error, and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited.

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Re: [SLE] CSV??
by Bill Sheehan 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Dennis - CVS distributions are usually development source code. The CVS system allows developers to "check out" the code and keeps track of changes made. There's nothing special about the downloads. Best regards Bill Sheehan Postmaster 617-373-7927

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netboot error
by parag agarwal 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

HI, I am getting the following error while netbooting suse linux 7.3 over a untrasparc , kernel panic : cannot mount root and i wish to scream. Can anyone help ! parag _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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RE: [SLE] Galeon (Help, please)
by KMcLauchlan＠chrysalis-its.com 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

The error message that Dennis got... did it mean that Mozilla 0.9.5 was the **only** dependency? Or just that the checking had stopped at the first broken dependency that it discovered? If the latter, then is there a way to make RPM ignore just one dependency at a time, so that you can go "Hmmm" over each one, and decide if you wish to chance forcing installation after each new dependency is discovered? Or is your only option an all-or-nothing choice of: "Consider all dependencies, or ignore all dependencies"? /kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Oliver [mailto:aolive1@umbc.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:59 PM > To: S.u.S.E. mailing list > Subject: Re: [SLE] Galeon (Help, please) > > > I think rpm with the --nodeps option would make it not check. Might > be --no-deps.

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Amacom Baby DVD, cardbus version under Linux?
by David Bartlett 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hi all, Has anyone managed to get the Amacom Baby DVD drive to work under linux, the PC cardbus version? I have SuSE 7.3 installed on the laptop and no matter what I do I can't seem to get it to recognise the cardbus adaptor, which Amacom claims is a standard cardbus IDE interface. They say that it _should_ work under linux, but admit that they have never tried it. I've tried manually probing the slot and a device is recognised as being present but no ID is reported at all. I'm afraid PCMCIA is a new area to me, so I'm really not sure what to try next. Anyone else using this external drive? David.

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ximian desktop + kde 3
by Dorin Titiriga 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

HJow to put back in ximian desktop and in suse 7.3 the original SuSE 7.3 menus ?

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[OT] Virtual Memory ?
by Mark Hounschell 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Can anyone tell me where to find info on Virtual Memory size limitations. By Virtual Memory I'm talking about the VIrtual Memory that is used when mapping physical pci controller memory to Virtual Memory space. What and where are the limitations of how much a system can use and so forth. I am running out of it and need to find out why and how I can (if possible) increase the amount available. I'm using 2.4.16-SuSE kernel. Sorry if this it WAY OFF TOPIC but I am using SuSE and I know there are lots of very knowledgeable people on this list. Thanks in advance Mark

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Re: [SLE] CSV??
by Bill Sheehan 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hi Dennis, What is the context? CSV is comma separated values (a universally understood database format in which each record is separated by a comma), circuit switched voice, common services verbs (thank you, Microsoft), cash surrender value, and probably three or four other things. There's also CVS , which is either Concurrent Version System or a chain of pharmacies. Best regards, Bill Sheehan Postmaster 617-373-7927 Dennis Tuchler <dtuchler@eart To: "S.u.S.E. mailing list" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> hlink.net> cc: Subject: [SLE] CSV?? 02/26/02 12:32 PM What is CSV?? Thanks dj tuchler -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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Automatically adding users and passwords to smbpasswd
by Ray Booysen 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

How can I automaticly add the users that I create to the smbpasswd stuff. Also if I have already created users how can I transfer their login passwords to smb. Thanks Appreciate the help! Ray Booysen

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Adobe acrobat printing with CUPS
by Harry G 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

I just changed to CUPS, and it works great except I can't get Adobe Reader to print. I know I need to change the print command /usr/bin/lpr, but to what? I cna't find it in the CUPS docs. Harry G

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HELP: Bandwidth Accounting using RADIUS?
by Luke Loh 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Dear List I've been a SuSE user since 6.2. Recently, my boss presented me with a problem that has me completely stumped and I'm not sure what is the best way to go about things. Basically, we are in the early stages of setting up a simple ISP and we need: 1. An accounting system that will be able to track bandwidth usage (amount downloaded) by username / ip address. 2. Clients will be connecting to us via ethernet (they are in the same building), and later, wireless. 3. Clients need to authenticate against a server (can be RADIUS or some other) so that we can do proper accounting. I have tried: a. Setting up a RADIUS server (which seems to work) but all the example scripts I have from SuSE and the how-tos at linuxdoc.org all deal with setting RADIUS up with a modem server, but our clients will be connecting to us over ethernet. b. I'm not sure if RADIUS requires ppp to function (it seems to, but I might be wrong) and I am now stumped as to how to set up the radiusclient and pppd to dial-out using eth0 to request a static ip address and authenticate against RADIUS. I have how-tos that detail how to use radiusclient and pppd to dialout using a serial modem, but not eth0, and I have been unsuccessful in getting rp-pppoe to work with radiusclient. My questions: 1. Am I going about this the right way? Is there perhaps another accounting package that tracks bandwidth usage that is better than RADIUS for this particular scenario? I am happy with any solution that allows authentication and accounting. 2. Has anyone been successful in getting RADIUS to work with clients authenticating over an ethernet connection? Hoping that someone on this list will be able to lend me the benefit of their experience. Thank you and regards Luke Loh Senior Network Engineer Nicholls Price Pty Ltd Mb: 0412 022 311 Ph : 61 2 9222 9155 Fx : 61 2 9222 9166 www.nph.com.au Level 1, 70 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000

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Re: [SLE] screenlock in KDE
by Eddie Howson 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Thanks very much. I much appreciate your response however, I am not using screensavers and therefore the password field is blank anyway. The solution needs to be such that it cannot be reset by the user. Our situation is that our machines (xterminals) are multi-user. If someone uses the KDE screenlock, others are not able to use the machine without rebooting it. We have setup xlock with a timeout function which we encourage our people to use, however (much to our annoyance) some people are still using the KDE "embedded" screenlock. Any help or advice would be most welcomed. TIA Eddie On Tuesday 26 February 2002 10:15 am, you wrote: > --- Eddie Howson <eddie(a)cs.rhul.ac.uk> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to disable to screenlock in > > KDE? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Eddie > > That's 'very complicated' but I will tell you the > short version. > You go in KDE Control Center -> Look and Fell -> > ScreenSavers -> and deselect the password fild. > > I hope I helped you. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com

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passwords
by Daniel Gustavo Prez 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

I want to update a mail server but i don´t have the passwords of my users, anybody can tell me how i could to obtain this passwords ??? Daniel Gustavo Prez

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SAX2 & XFine
by Milnes Terry SSgt 52 LG/LGO 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

I am having problems using Xfree86 4.2.0 from the SuSE Supplementary ftp. When I ran sax2 I get an error. When I check the log file that it makes there is no error just some warnings. So I just use my old Xfree86 4.1.0 config file and it works fine. I just want to be able to use Xfine or Xfine2. When I try to use either I get an error of getsavedclock for Xfine and something different for Xfine2. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! NeoFax

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Problems with Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 & SuSE 7.3
by James Ogley 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hi, I have a Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000, a USB device which uses the pwc.o module. I was previously using a SuSE7.1 box, to which I had subsequently added the cam, in that case, simply adding modprobe pwc to boot.local did the trick, the cam was accessible as /dev/video0 However, it doesn't seem to work with 7.3. Again, I have added the modprobe line to boot.local, and when it loads the module at boot, it says that it is registering the cam, but I can't access it at all. /dev/video* have the major number 81, and I've changed char-major-81 to pwc in modules.conf and run depmod -a I've tried using vgrabbj and camstream (which is produced by the author of the pwc module), vgrabbj gives the following output: (Tue 26 Feb 2002 13:41) ogley@jogley:pts/0 ~> vgrabbj Can't open "/dev/video0" as VideoDevice! Fatal Error (non-daemon), exiting... There was no map allocated to be freed... Device /dev/video0 was already closed... (Tue 26 Feb 2002 13:41) ogley@jogley:pts/0 ~> camstream is a GUI app, and when I try to add a cam to view, where previously I had a pull-down menu with the one cam I have listed, I now have an empty pull-down menu, which would seem to indicate that no Video4Linux devices are available. Also, I've had to use the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file to prevent the hotplug service from loading audio.o for the cam's microphone, as if this is loaded, I get no sound output from my onboard CS 4231 sound card. Has anyone else had these problems, and hopefully resolved them? Cheers James -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley(a)pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 1.0.2 NEW: Advogato diary at www.advogato.org/person/riggwelter *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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modules floppy along with suse email server II
by Neeraj Manral 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Dear friends, I have sese Email server II and suse linux enterprise edn 7.0 for IA 32 . Actually i had recieved a bootable floppy and a modules floppy .I have misplaced my modules floppy . Cold some one help me in rebuilding up the modules floppy ...or could some one mail it to me at neeraj(a)cgl.co.in Regards ... neeraj ...

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