March 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] Xfree 4.2 and KDE problem
by josef 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Thanks to all the people that were kind enough to advice me with my problem. I set the Display to 0 and tried to start kde with startkde as before, but it fails to initialise with "kdeinit"and the "ksmserver" not being able to connect to the x-server. I will try to to revert to the previous version of x ,since the suse rpm's did not perform.Thanks for your help. Josef

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Removing XMMS applet from task bar.
by Brian Durant 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

I have decided to remove the XMMS applet from my task bar. Unfortunately, the following instructions from the taskbar help doesn't seem to do the trick: "Applets can be removed by choosing Remove from the context menu, which appears when the right mouse button is clicked on the applet's handle (left or top side of the applet) or in some applets allover the applet." Nor do the general instructions for removing basically anything from the taskbar. Cheers, Brian

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problem using su
by Tom Nicholson 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

I lose the convenience of having executables and directories listed in color when I su to root. I log in as "tom" then do su. As tom I get color listings, but when I su, it's back to b/w. I've read the /etc/profile file and DIR_COLORS file, but don't know how to activate them when I do su. And why should aliases defined to user tom disappear when su'ing to root? User root doesn't have this problem. The color listings work fine. This is a SuSE 7.2 pro box where it's just me learning some C++ and Qt (and Linux). I basically don't have a firm concept of what all kicks in and in what order during Linux boot. And to make matters worse this varies by distro it seems.

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usb scanner and printer
by Peter Lewis 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi I have a 7.3 system with an Epson Perfection 1650 scanner and an Epson Stylus Photo 895 printer connected on the USB. Even though I have set up the scanner under YAST2, when the system is closed down and rebooted xsane is unable to see the scanner unless I execute: modprobe scanner as root. When I edit the rc-config file INITRD_MODULES entry to include the usbcore, uhci and scanner modules, the printer will not work! INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs" Printer but no scanner until I modprobe scanner. INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs usbcore uhci scanner" Scanner but no printer and no way of starting the printer. Can anyone help with this? Peter.

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Linux Free Mail IMAP Transfers.
by Brian Durant 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Anyone that uses Linux Free Mail know if they allow you to make IMAP transfers using your choice of e-mail client? I know that they don't allow sending e-mail from LFM using your own e-mail client, but to my way of thinking transferring is quite something else. I ask because I am trying to collect important e-mails that have been spread out over the Win 2k and Mac platforms under SuSE and have found that IMAP works best for me. Cheers, Brian

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Re: [SLE] Tape Backup problem
by Jon Biddell 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

At 13:22 25/03/02 +0200, Abdullah_Ozturk(a)Sentim.com.tr wrote: >Hello, > >How can I use SCSI tape backup device to backup data? >I can't see the backup device on Block device list. >I use suse 7.2 >If I have to install hardware driver how can I do this? Generally, the drive will be /dev/st0, so you could stick a tape in and try; mt -f /dev/st0 status On my system it returns; slave:~ # mt -f /dev/st0 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_ENslave:~ # mt -f /dev/st0 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_EN Then it's simply a matter (although not elegant) of; tar -Rcvzf /dev/st0 <insert filespec here> Jon

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Re: [SLE] Ports numbers
by Jon Biddell 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

At 01:41 25/03/02 +0000, Thomas Beauchamp wrote: >Hi! > >Where could I get a list of usual port numbers? >I know a ew by heart, but there must ba a full list somewhere! Try http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Jon

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Re: [SLE] Unpacking Divx
by Brian Marr 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

I tried :-) gringo:/home/gringo # gunzip divx4linux50-20020304.tar.gz gunzip: divx4linux50-20020304.tar.gz is a a multi-part gzip file -- get newer version of gzip gringo:/home/gringo # tar xvf divx4linux50-20020304.tar.gz tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: 369 garbage bytes ignored at end of archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Brian Marr On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:47, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Marr [mailto:cabernet@internode.on.net] > > Sent: Monday, 25 March, 2002 8:21 > > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > Subject: Re: [SLE] Unpacking Divx > > > > > > Suse 7.1 kernel 2.4.17 kde 2.2.2 > > > > I get the following when renaming the file tar.gz. > > > > gringo@gringo:~ $tar -zxvf divx4linux50-20020304.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin is a a multi-part gzip file -- get newer version of gzip > > tar: Child returned status 1 > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > > > I have had a look at the ftp.gnu.org site, but was hoping for > > a suse rpm > > package as my first choice. > > > > Brian Marr > > Hi Brian, > > Try 'step by step': > > gunzip divx4linux50-20020304.tar.gz > tar xvf divx4linux50-20020304.tar > > Cheers ... Wolfi

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Tape Backup problem
by Abdullah_Ozturk＠Sentim.com.tr 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hello, How can I use SCSI tape backup device to backup data? I can't see the backup device on Block device list. I use suse 7.2 If I have to install hardware driver how can I do this? Thanks & regards Abdullah Tansel OZTURK Sentim Destek Co. TURKEY Tel : +90 216 528 33 33 Ext : 1340

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SuSE7.3 Postfix (pop) connection refused
by Alain Barthélemy 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hello, My problem is the following I hope there is a guru of SuSE7.3 that can help me On my servor Postfix I upgraded SuSE7.2 => SuSE7.3 I installed the same /etc/postfix/main.cf config file after upgrading I do then telnet localhost 25 : OK connected telnet localhost 110 : connection refused The /spool/mail/mailboxes are filling up without problems Bur impossible to retrive the mail port 110 seems to be unacessible SuSEfirewall and personal-firewall are not started => thus normally no firewall on the Postfix servor In /etc/inetd.conf I uncommented the two lines with pop2 and pop3 I had the same problem with Postfix installed on a PPP G3 with SuSE7.3PPC Thus it seems to be a particular problem of SuSE7.3 Is there a line I must uncomment somewhere in hidden-firewall.conf? Is there something new in SuSE7.3 that blocks port 110? What must I do apart from reinstalling SuSE7.2? There is nothing in ./var/log/mail and /var/log/messages apart from "connection refused" I repeat: the mailboxes are filling up OK and no firewall on the servor and Posfix worked without problem on SuSE7.2 -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre(a)gminformatique.com bartydeux(a)gminformatique.com http://bartydeux.gminformatique.com

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Sound module
by Harry G 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Below is a copy of the end of my boot log. How do I make it find the sound modules again?If I run /usr/sbin/rcalsasound status, I get a return stating that it is running. Is this something different or what? Harry G Mar 23 13:47:55 linux kernel: Switching off penguin. Mar 23 13:48:07 linux PAM-unix2[762]: session started for user harrycg, service xdm Mar 23 13:48:27 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Mar 23 13:48:28 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Mar 23 13:48:28 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Mar 23 13:48:28 linux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Mar 23 13:48:43 linux smpppd[587]: connected on local socket PS: What does "Switching off penguin in the first line mean?

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RE: [SLE] apt-get for SuSE
by Berge, Harry ten 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

As a former Debian user this pleases me very well... > -----Original Message----- > From: Togan Muftuoglu [SMTP:toganm@dinamizm.com] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:27 AM > To: SLE > Subject: [SLE] apt-get for SuSE > > Hi, > > Looks like SuSE has the apt-get functionality integrated (ftp.gwdg.de > has a directory apt) > > Has anyone used apt-get for SuSE/apt and if so comments are appreciated > > > -- > Togan Muftuoglu > > > -- > 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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Unpacking Divx
by Brian Marr 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

When I try ..............tar -zxvf divx4linux50-20020304.tgz I get .....................is a multi part gzip file --get newer version of gzip I have had a look in the Suse ftp site but cannot find the appropriate package. Can anyone suggest what I need and where to find this ? Brian Marr

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Re: [SLE] There is something up with my fonts
by Cincai Patron 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi, I think you'll need most of them (sorry I'm not bringing my laptop right now, I'm using winbox). Just: 1. Download everything in the ftp site. 2. Type "rpm -qa|grep x|sort > xlist.txt". Find each entry in xlist.txt that match with rpm-binary you download. On my system, I think there're 7 or 8 packages (I didn't install rpm for x print server). Then just update each packages with "rpm --nodeps --force -Uvh <package_name>". 3. In addition, you need to install the rpm with "compat" word. 4. restart x. Hope that helps. -- Verdi March -- --- Phil Shrimpton <phil(a)shrimpton.co.uk> wrote: > On Sunday 24 March 2002 18:13, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > I had problems with font also. On certain size, they're not > renderred > > well (too big, ziggy). But once I upgrade xfree86 to 4.2, all fonts > > are looked good. Could not guarantee it'll solve your problem, but > > you may want to try.. > > I will give it a try. There are a lot of RPM's for 4.2 on the SuSE > FTP, do I > need all of them? (Or should I wait for SuSE 8?) > > Phil > -- > Linux 2.4.4-4GB > 11:00pm up 5 days, 5:57, 2 users, load average: 0.32, 0.15, 0.07 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

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Kernel log oddities in boot log.
by Brian Durant 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi again, I spotted some oddities in the kernel log after having recompiled my kernel for ACPI support. Here are the changes I made to the kernel: Start up menuconfig or xconfig. In General Setup Power management ACPI Support set Y ACPI Bus management set Y System set Y Processor set Y Is there a kind soul out there that has the patience to look through my kernel log (at boot) to help a SuSE newbie to understand what is going on?? Cheers, Brian

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blackbox autostart?
by Jon Doe 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

How do I get a program to autostart at login to blackbox?

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OT - Mail Servers
by Jerry Van Brimmer 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

If an ISP has "mail.ispxxx.com" for it's POP server, and "mail.isp.xxxx.com" for it's SMTP server, does that mean they only have ONE server for all mail, incoming and outgoing? That sounds a little dangerous to me; the cheap way out. -- Rev. 1:7 ; Registered Linux User #153217

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Linux Today - ZDNet: Mandrake Linux Policy Angers Members
by Fred A. Miller 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

<http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-03-22-014-26-NW-DT-MD> -- "The only secure Microsoft software is what's still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..." (Forno)

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Mozilla .0.9.9 problems
by Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Is it just me or my setup, or is .9.9 worse than .9.8? I have found so many problems with .9.9's mail program I decided to go back to .9.8. It was more stable for me. Not a comforting thought as we near 1.0. :-( -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871

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usb zip drive
by mysiar 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

hi guys I wonder if any one of you made working USB zip drive 250MB? -- Pozdrawiam/Regards Piotr GG 1957588 ICQ 148575640

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Re: [SLE] SuSE and MAC OS and Doze and MAC software
by Sascha Andres 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

In-Reply-To: <qpmp9ukdvvacsfc1v0lvpbe6g68kqkpd5f(a)4ax.com> hi, On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:45:05PM -0600, schuetzen - RKBA! wrote: > CAN I install MAC OS X on the system and then install SuSE 8.0 over it ? I do not think you can install MAC OS X on a x86 compatible system. As it is native to Apple's Mac computers and their a PowerPC (I think) is used you won't have a chance to install it. > will this run? See above. No. > will this combo run both MAC and Doze software? If that combo *would* be possible you could boot to MAC OS to run MAC software. ut: SuSE 8.0 is not a DOS variant. without an emulator you is is not possible to run software intended to run on DOS. > Point is, I really want to get all possible M$ software off of it to include > the OS and yet, still be able to run certain s/w that has not yet been ported to > either MAC or Linux. Try some emulatores like wine, but know noteverything will run on them. ciao Sascha -- Sascha Andres linux(a)programmers-world.com http://www.programmers-world.com

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Setting up a 'real' Domain
by Phil Shrimpton 24 Mar '02

24 Mar '02

Hi, Now I have got a static IP on my DSL connection, I was thinking about transfering my Domain name (currently held by my ISP) to my machines. My ISP said that is no problem to transfer the Domain, they just need the IP addresses of my Primary and secondary DNS servers. This is my first problem, as I only have one DNS server, do I need to set up another one? Has anyone done this, or are there any how-tos around? Phil -- Linux 2.4.4-4GB 12:35am up 1 day, 7:33, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.17, 0.12

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disabling virtual desktop
by John Scott 24 Mar '02

24 Mar '02

I have a game I want to run but it wants a 640x480x16-bit screen. Normally I just ctl-alt-- to lower the resolution but it doesn't like that since it keeps the virtual resolution at 1280x1024. I can move the mouse over the entire 1280x1024 and the screen pans with the mouse. How do I disable that? I know the old way by editing the XF86Config file in /etc/X11/ but that doesn't work. In fact, sax2 does some funky stuff editing the files and changing the XF86Config doesn't seem to do anything. Any thought on how I can fix this? John

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lan:/ LISa setup
by John Scott 24 Mar '02

24 Mar '02

Anyone got the network neighborhood setup working with lisa? If so, can you point me to some docs on how to set it up? I've never had any luck with this thing. John

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Re: [SLE] STAROFFICE GOES COMMERCIAL, AND STAYS OPEN-SOURCE
by Philipp Thomas 24 Mar '02

24 Mar '02

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 22:55:41 -0500, you wrote: >Really?!! I've been using the binaries WITHOUT any incident, and I've >been "hammering" on it quite hard! ROCK solid. OpenOffice itself might be stable, but as long I can't compile it myself, I won't call it stable. Philipp

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