March 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

What good is Failsafe?
by James Worrest 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Perhaps I haven't looked that carefully through my SuSE 7.3 Personal edition manuals, but when and why would you use the failsave mode? ---Jim

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xinetd and ipv6
by Alessandro Dotti Contra 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hi everybody, I've just replace inetd with xinetd on my suse 7.2 box. When I looked to the xinetd's log I found all ip address logged as ipv6. When I start xinetd it reports: ronin xinetd[4365]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with ronin xinetd[4365]: ipv6 ronin xinetd[4365]: libwrap ronin xinetd[4365]: loadavg ronin xinetd[4365]: options compiled in. How can I reconfigure xinetd to log ip address as ipv4? Thank you very much alex -- Alessandro Dotti Contra alessandro.dotti(a)libero.it http://digilander.iol.it/yellowjester/

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Install from HD with graphic Yast2??
by Shuohuan Chang 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hi, Is there any possible for me to install suse from Harddisk with the interface of graphical Yast2, just like the one on SuSE CD installation?? Or, where can I get it (linuxrc from cdrom boot)? Is it legistimate for people to hand out the linuxrc from the cost version of suse? For people who download suse from ftp are capabled to make their own version of suse installation ISO with graphical Yast2 installation possible. Thanks for answering / helping. jsc

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Hancom Office - fonts
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I installed the eval version of Hancom Office Pro 2.0 last night, and in general it looks really good. It opened a Word document w/ no problem (including a large table), but the font does not look good. The best I can describe it is that it looks "rough". I believe someone else on the list mentioned something like this before, and I'm wondering if they managed to fix this......? Ever since I upgraded to 7.3, fonts have been screwed up. Even my desktop fonts. I have true type fonts installed, I have turned anti-aliasing on and off, followed all the fonts discussions on the list, etc. The fonts just never seem to look as "crisp" and clear as before (i.e. w/ 7.2). If anyone has managed to find the magic fix, please pass it on................:) TIA, Mike -------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com -------------------------------------------------------------- You worry too much about your job. Stop it. You're not paid enough to worry.

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software Mesa (no hardware acceleration)
by Clayton Cornell 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

OK, I give in. I have searched the archives, and done a whack of Google-ing, and come up with nothing useful. I could have sworn there was a discussion about this on the SuSE list back around Christmas, but I cannot find it.... I am trying to get Wolfenstein to start up correctly (in SuSE7.3, nVidia GeForce2 video) and I am getting this error: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GL_RENDERER: Mesa X11 *********************************************************** You are using software Mesa (no hardware acceleration)! Driver DLL used: libGL.so If this is intentional, add "+set r_allowSoftwareGL 1" to the command line when starting the game. *********************************************************** ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) ...loading libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: QGL_Init: Can't load libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1 from /etc/ld.so.conf or current dir: /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory failed =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I remember something about the solution being a symbolic link - in /usr/lib???, but I cannot find any refernce to this. Anyone feel like pointing me in the right direction here so my nVidia card drops into the right mode? Clayton

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Re: [SLE] CrossOver Office with SuSE Linux
by David Johanson 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Chad - Did as you instructed but during the setup of xover office, after completing the install of office 2000 (windows update finishes), I get the xover dialog which reads Installation Report. This is the dialogue where you set the associations of dozens of file types. After selecting the associations (I did this a second time after removing xover and 2000 started over) I pressed the OK button. Instead of it bouncing back up and the install proeeding, everything came to a full stop, nothing more worked, the computer started beeping every 2 seconds - just as it does during boot while trying to locate my SCSI controller - and I have to reboot to stop the beeping and get my system back. This is not a system crash as I can log out and back in but this process does not stop the 2 second interval beeping; only the reboot does that. I can also run other programs while in X but the install is completly hung. I looked at the faq page and thought that item 5.1.4 might be associated with the problem - bad font somewhere - but trying to run that script results in the cursor just sitting at the end of the command; pressing return resilts in a command not found reply as shown below. root@linux:/home/dcjohan > $ ~/cxoffice/bin/uninstaller --cx-log font.log --debugmsg +font -- cursor sits after the word font-- <cr> gives bash: $: command not found root@linux:/home/dcjohan > Any thoughts? dave Chad Whitten wrote: > > as root run > sh install-crossover-office-1.0.0.sh > > it will install and then after the crossover plugin is installed you can pop > your office cd in your drive, fire up the crossover plugin and install office. > > On Friday 29 March 2002 21:34, you wrote: > > Chad - > > > > How do you install this program. I'm dying to play with it to see how > > well it works but alas I'm not familiar with something that downloads as > > a shell script: install-crossover-office-1.0.0.sh. Advice please. > > > > dave > > > > Chad Whitten wrote: > > > http://store.yahoo.com/codeweavers-wine/crosof100dow.html > > > it cost $54.95. i have used their crossover plugin for a few months now > > > (supports realplayer, windows media player, quicktime, word and excel and > > > powerpoint viewer and a few other things) and didnt mind paying for the > > > office plugin (actually other than about 1 or 2 suse distros every year > > > its all i have spent on software in three years) so i could install > > > office and not have to go to the hassle of saving attachments to emails > > > and then going to a windows box and opening them via samba. > > > > > > the main web site is www.codeweavers.com > > > > > > when i ran the virus (i run a local mailserver on my linux box that the > > > codeweaver plugin is running on) i setup a few addresses in my outlook > > > address book (within linux using the plugin) then emailed the sexyfun > > > virus to myself. checked my email with outlook - got the message about > > > snow white, etc, clicked on the attachment which is supposed to be a > > > screen saver and then checked the mail queue on my linux box and there > > > were bounced messages in the mail spool to root that were the virus being > > > mailed to the dummy addresses i had setup. > > > > > > so it seems that the codeweavers folks captured all the essence of > > > Outlook with their plugin. wonder if macro viruses work for excel and > > > word? > > > > > > On Friday 29 March 2002 08:35 am, you wrote: > > > > Chad Whitten wrote: > > > > > i installed the cross-over plugin for office yesterday on suse 7.3 > > > > > and then installed office 2k. both went flawlessly. after about 15 > > > > > minutes, i could open word, excel, powerpoint, outlook (even tried > > > > > the hahaha(a)sexyfun.net virus and it worked) and internet explorer. > > > > > opened access but it crashed when i tried to create a new database. > > > > > but the other apps would open up and let me edit files, create new > > > > > files, etc just like i was using a windows machine. created icons on > > > > > my desktop for word and excel (would never use outlook for any reason > > > > > nor would i use access) and all i have to do is click the icon and > > > > > bam Word opens - just as fast as it does on a windows box to i might > > > > > add. > > > > > > > > > > I also installed adobe illustrator and if i can find a copy of > > > > > quicken lying around the office will try that. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > Chad - > > > > > > > > Where did you buy it and what was the cost? I think I would like > > > > to give this a run. What did the virus do when you ran it; I very > > > > curious? > > > > > > > > dave > > > > > > -- > > > Chad Whitten > > > Network/Systems Administrator > > > neXband Communications > > > cwhitten(a)nexband.com -- 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

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Re: [SLE] sound modules inserted twice
by Cincai Patron 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hi, yes, my comp. is a notebook. And the problem was: sometimes it happened, sometimes didn't. But most of the time it happened. I just upgrade to KDE 2.2.2, and so far it doesn't happen. But I'll just keep watching until I'm really sure the problem has disappeared. -- Verdi March -- --- scsijon-net2000 <scsijon(a)net2000.com.au> wrote: > I had that happen when built my current notebook and fixed when > deleted the > offending lines somewhere, they was "insmoding the sound card" TWICE > instead of just once (sorry I just don't remember where BUT IT WASN'T > this > file), there was a note in the linux-on-laptops website about this > problem > and the 2.4.x kernal I think and it wasn't just suse specific. > > scsijon > > At 09:19 PM 3/27/02 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >every time I logon to KDE, the xconsole display this: > >Mar 28 00:15:05 <machine_name> insmod: insmod: insmod > sound-service-0-0 > >failed > >Mar 28 10:36:30 <machine_name> insmod: insmod: insmod > sound-service-0-0 > >failed > > > >I've checked /etc/modules.conf, and it contains these entries: > >1. alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > >2. alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > >3. alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > >4. alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > >5. alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > >6. alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss > >7. alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > > > >I've tried to comment out line 5,6,7, but problem remains. The > sound, > >strangely, are perfectly run in KDE. > > > >This has happen since I installed suse (7.2) -- for several times. > >Anybody know what cause this problem? > > > >TIA. > > > >Verdi > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > >http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > >-- > >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 archives at http://lists.suse.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/

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xpr: where to find?
by Cincai Patron 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hi, where can I find xpr (for printing portscript, not the one related with pocket radio)? Cause I've a program which relies on xpr to generate portscript? TIA. -- Verdi March -- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/

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copying a vcd with cdrecord
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Somebody has copied some of my videos (VHS Pal) on cd's which I now want to copy. I have finally been successful with burning a cd full with jpg files with cdrecord. KONCD and other gui programs all protested so much so that I worked over the console. How can I make a copy of the vcd? Do I need to copy the contents first on the hd? and what should the command for cdrecord be. I have used "cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=2 /target-dir/files.iso" for the transfer of the iso image to the cd.

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Re: [SLE] Welcome Back George !!!
by Uzo Kemdi Anyamele 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 00:41, David Johanson wrote: > Kemdi - > > Tell me about George. > Without knowing it, his pictorials/tutorials on Linux networks has been a help to me. I like pointing NT admins to : http://www.georgetoft.com/linux Cheers. -- Kemdi IN_SuSE_d Since 5.2 123792 of counter.li.org ICQ:112290572

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strange konsole problem
by Tom Wesley 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Just installed the newest of SuSE's rpm's for kde3 and now konsole doesnt work! It just sits there winking at me? Any ideas? xterm works fine though... Tom - -- Actors will happen even in the best-regulated families. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8pbsHAEYnIVU7X9IRAt/9AJ96h4R857KaUx+shbEoWaRNp8zjVwCfY65u fZE0TlDgMZu8Q5Q9chAzyiA= =lJtc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] MRTG on SuSE 7.3
by dan07 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Thomas Beauchamp wrote: >http://www.mrtg.org >http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ > >Good luck! > many tanx :) but I want to set MRTG on server; I want to control traffic of every PC in LAN in detail, but there are only large amounts of time to watch on (in example: minimal time that i can check with MRTG is 5 minutes, BUT NOT LESSER)!!! How can I change it to amount of 1 minute or lesser, for example? Many tnx for the answer!!! > >Thomas Beauchamp >No Problem Services Ltd >

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SuSE7.3, USB and OfficeJet printer problems
by Juan Rayas 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hello, I'm new to linux. I just installed SuSE7.3. Installation went very well. YaST2 correctly detected my USB OfficeJet printer; however, the printer doesn't respond to any print requests. I looked at SuSE's online database and added the two missing directories: /dev/ptal-mlcd and /dev/ptal-printd. I also modified /etc/rc.config to include the following line: INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs usbcore usb-uhci". So far, nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. P.S. does anyone know if this problem is corrected in version 8.0? Thanks.

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MRTG on SuSE 7.3
by dan 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Greetings to all! I want install MRTG on SuSE 7.3 - i need to control the internet traffic in graphic mode (iptraf is ok, but there are only numbers). Where can I find anything about installation and configuration (links etc.)? Best Regards, dan

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Changing username
by Jerry Van Brimmer 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Is there a way to chane my user account name from jerry to jerryvb without reinstalling? Thanks -- Rev. 1:7 ; Registered Linux User #153217

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kde3rc2
by Landy Roman 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

whats is the best way to install this release? does it goes in /opt/kde2? does it coexist with kde2? or does it overrides kde2

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Multiple Configurations
by John Higgins 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Hello Everyone, I've got a laptop and I have 3 pretty distinct situations that I would like to be able to deal with 1) The laptop running on my home network - X running at 1600x1200 at 85hZ with the laptop's built in ethernet running with an assigned address. 2) The laptop running at work - X running at 1600x1200 at 75hZ using the docking station's ethernet card running DHCP 3) The laptop in neither of the above - X running at 1024x768 and the built in ethernet card running under DHCP. I'm not asking what the config files for X or the ethernet card are. What I am looking for is some way to inform OS of where it is and to have the init scripts perform the proper functions for me. In other words - how can I make entries in the LILO list that I would be able to use in order to tell the init scripts what to run? The following are the three things I would like for LILO to offer as options when it starts up HOME OFFICE LAPTOP_ALONE Then upon selection I get the appropriate setup Any thoughts anyone??? John W Higgins john(a)wishdev.com

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Re: [SLE] samba and WinXp problems
by Andrei Verovski 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

>I configure samba on my linux machine SuSE 7.3 >when ever I try to connect to samba using WinXp it >failed saying That it can not logged I have created >the same user on samba and Xp but I still have the >same problems I can see the Samba machine but I can >not browse the file unable to connect How do I degug >this or what do I need to verify to solve the problem WinXP requires special setup for samba (share level security will not work). Do you want working samba.conf by e-mail? ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://homepage.mac.com/MacGuruHQ/ * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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brief loss of network connectivity during PPP up/down
by jon bird 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Using SuSE Linux 6.4, kernel 2.2.1x: I noticed that my analogue modem establishes a PPP connection (and conversely when the connection is terminated) there is a slight pause of network traffic on the internal network - noticeable if for example you are playing mp3 music of the Linux machine as a brief glitch in the music. I put this down to it being an internal modem as the relay switches over. To try and avoid this then I've been using an external modem but the 'glitch' is still there. Can anyone explain where/why this is happening - looking at the log it seems to be occurring during the ip-up script, the glitch seems to occur just before I see the line: Mar 29 18:46:43 toaster pppd[4073]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 4074), status = 0x200 pop up in the log. Using pretty much the SuSE basic setup with firewall & masquerading enabled. Thanks. -- == jon bird - software engineer == <reply to address _may_ be invalid, real mail below> == <reduce rsi, stop using the shift key> == posted as: news(a)onastick.clara.co.uk == email: jon(a)onasticksoftware.co.uk == web: www.onasticksoftware.co.uk

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syslog
by Chris Large 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

How do i change the parmeters for syslog? In the rc.d/syslog there is the following... echo -n "Starting syslog services" test -z "$KERNEL_LOGLEVEL" && KERNEL_LOGLEVEL=1 startproc /usr/sbin/syslogd $SYSLOGD_PARAMS || return=$rc_failed sleep 1 startproc /usr/sbin/klogd -c $KERNEL_LOGLEVEL || return=$rc_failed echo -e "$return" Where does this "$SYSLOGD_PARAMS" come from? Do i add my new parameters after "/usr/sbin/syslogd" but before "$SYSLOGD_PARAMS". I want syslog to be able to execpt connetions from a remote machine and ai think i have to add a "-r" to syslogd but not sure to add it. Thanks *--------------------------------* | Chris Large clarge(a)macn.bc.ca | | http://clarge.bc.ca | *--------------------------------*

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Which Flatbed scanner should I use?
by Jaap van Hennik 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I tried several flatbedscanners on linux, nothing works! What brand/type shouls I have to buy (again) so I can scan in Linux? (I have a USB, Parallel and PCI connection) greetz *jaap*

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Good, Compatible Web Cam
by propheci 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

hi, i'm trying to find a good, linux-compatible webcam. does anyone have any recommendations? i've been looking at the Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000. has anyone tried that out? thanks! -- xiaolei li

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evolution
by <> 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

anyone knows what features still don't work with evolution... Most of the popups not working; not sure if its an association issue also spell checkers(i dont see one)

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Default browser in Evolution
by Clayton Cornell 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Just got Evolution 1.0.3 up and running - really easy to meet the dependancies in SuSE7.3 BTW. I have only one complaint that I have not been able to solve... the default browser that is used when you click an HTML link. I keep getting Mozilla.... I woudl rather get Konqueror. I have done the Google search thing and came up with the suggestion that I opne the GNOME Control Center and change the URL handling option to Konqueror. Did that (from KDE) and I still get Mozilla. Any suggestions? What can I do to redirect Evolution to use Konqueror instead of Mozilla as the default HTML browser? C.

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Netscape 6.2.2 question
by Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

I have been trying to figure out which Mozilla version it is based on, and AFAICT it is still based on .9.4 (or .9.4.1 maybe. Does anyone know? I have it downloaded, but I would lose more than I want to switch from Mozilla .9.8. TIA for any info. -- 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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