March 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

pppd dies unexpectedly
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

I have just installed KDE 3.0b2 on a SuSE 7.1 partition. When I attempt to dial out using kppp I get the pppd died unexpectedly message. The end of /var/log/messages has: Mar 2 08:54:29 abnormal pppd[20623]: Plugin /usr/lib/passwordfd.so loaded. Mar 2 08:54:29 abnormal pppd[20623]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0 Mar 2 08:54:29 abnormal pppd[20623]: Perms of /dev/ttyS1 are ok, no 'mesg n' neccesary. Mar 2 08:54:29 abnormal pppd[20623]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument Mar 2 08:54:29 abnormal pppd[20623]: Exit. /var/log/messages lines 1061-1128/1128 (END) I commented out lock in /etc/ppp/options with no change in behavior. I can dial out from a console, but not from XWindows. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Kernel Hangs 2.4.16 on heay io on a reiserfs mounted on a lvm partition
by Oliver.Schersand＠BASF-IT-Services.com 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Hi i had know the next crash of the system in this case the system crashes direct after the start of oracle Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: wait_on_irq, CPU 1: Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: irq: 0 [ 0 0 ] Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: bh: 1 [ 1 0 ] Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack dumps: Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU 0: <unknown> Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU 1:c8e95e44 c0263d5d 00000001 00000020 00000000 c0108573 c0263d72 c8c64000 Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c032d560 c2768ae0 c0193671 c8c64000 c8e77000 c01938af c8c64000 00000000 Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c8c64000 c8e82000 c2768b04 c0190108 c8c64000 00000000 c032bfe0 c032bfe0 Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [__global_cli+195/304] [n_tty_set_termios+117/512] [n_tty_open+135/160] [init_dev+760/1056] [tty_open+269/948] Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: [dput+25/348] [get_chrfops+183/348] [permission+123/132] [chrdev_open+103/144] [dentry_open+228/400] [filp_open+74/84] Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: [sys_open+54/204] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 09:54:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: d51cff6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: d51cff64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: d51cff14 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3504, stackpage=d51cf000) Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 d51cff64 d51cff6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 d51cff6c d51cff64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff f4c97740 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: f1d8bf6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: f1d8bf64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: f1d8bf14 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3509, stackpage=f1d8b000) Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 f1d8bf64 f1d8bf6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 f1d8bf6c f1d8bf64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff c4067aa0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:01 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: f00cbf6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: f00cbf64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: f00cbf14 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3606, stackpage=f00cb000) Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 f00cbf64 f00cbf6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 f00cbf6c f00cbf64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff ce7737c0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:37 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: d85ebf6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: d85ebf64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: d85ebf14 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3720, stackpage=d85eb000) Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 d85ebf64 d85ebf6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 d85ebf6c d85ebf64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff d840aaa0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: d0feff6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: d0feff64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: d0feff14 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3747, stackpage=d0fef000) Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 d0feff64 d0feff6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 d0feff6c d0feff64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff de72bc40 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:46 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: e1823f6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: e1823f64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: e1823f14 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3853, stackpage=e1823000) Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 e1823f64 e1823f6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 e1823f6c e1823f64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff e02153e0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:52 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: e0e41f6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: e0e41f64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: e0e41f14 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3878, stackpage=e0e41000) Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 e0e41f64 e0e41f6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 e0e41f6c e0e41f64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff d840ab20 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:53 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: e02a9f6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: e02a9f64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: e02a9f14 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 3981, stackpage=e02a9000) Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 e02a9f64 e02a9f6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 e02a9f6c e02a9f64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff e475a5c0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000329a Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: printing eip: Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c0156cd0 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: CPU: 1 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: EIP: 0010:[collect_sigign_sigcatch+64/104] Tainted: PF Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: eax: 00003296 ebx: dfe1bf6c ecx: 0000329a edx: 00000001 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: esi: dfe1bf64 edi: c29a9c60 ebp: 000f0000 esp: dfe1bf14 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Process ps (pid: 4006, stackpage=dfe1b000) Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Stack: c018bc4a c8dc4000 c015723b c8dc4000 dfe1bf64 dfe1bf6c c8dc4000 c89c14a0 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: c8dc4000 000001ff 000001ff 00000053 dfe1bf6c dfe1bf64 c8dc4342 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: ffffffff f4c979c0 bffff4b4 08078fef 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Call Trace: [sys_msgrcv+718/908] [proc_pid_stat+335/716] [proc_info_read+86/276] [sys_read+146/200] [system_call+51/64] Mar 2 10:25:59 lxlu1213 kernel: Mar 2 10:32:17 lxlu1213 kernel: Code: 8b 01 83 f8 01 75 09 8d 42 ff 0f ab 06 eb 0b 90 85 c0 74 06 .... and so on

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Different fonts in KDE
by Ron Cordell 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Can anyone tell me why I get a different font when I run KDE with an external monitor plugged into my laptop than when I use just the LCD display? Or better yet, where can I make adjustments for the two different display devices? Thanks, -ronc

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(Newbie alert) Successful install! Uhh, sort of (2).
by Brian Durant 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Hello again, I forgot to mention what the ethernet cards were listed in SuSE as: eth0 - tulip eth1 - via-rhine I found that it is possible to access a list in the network expert mode and tried to switch the listing order for eth0 and eth1 to see if that would work. I ended up with the following: eth0 - via-rhine eth1 - via-rhine The tulip driver wasn't on the list. Still no luck getting Internet or LAN access with eth0. DHCP is set to auto. -- Cheers, Brian mailto:durant@cbn.net.id

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Too many connections!
by Jasmine Davis 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Hi all, have a small question, on a Suse 7.1 system used as a single domain webserver / mailserver. The system has Mysql installed but at this stage, it is not utilised. On the console I get an error "Too many connections!", does anyone know what causes it? There is no reference to it in the system logs. Thanks in advance, Jasmine -- Jasmine Davis - Photo Girl www.photo-girl.com Registered Linux User 218292 -------------------------->> Welcome to Suse Linux 7.1 i686 - Kernel 2.4.2-4 hotgirls login: 10:02am up 3 days, 16:18, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.01

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(Newbie alert) Successful install! Uhh, sort of.
by Brian Durant 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Hello again, I have finally managed to install SuSE 7.3 Pro on my Win 2k box, with some help on monitor configuration, but there were a number of problems... 1) gcc - unpacking of archive failed: Bad Magic (does that make this ;-) Linux Voodoo?). 2) howtoenh - .754978 error. 3) /var/adm/mount/suse/doc1/sdb_en.rpm not found. 4) kdegames 545114 error 5) tcpd unpacking of archive failed:cpio - bad magic 6) icons-xpm 32.894321 error. Man, I have never seen so many errors in my life on a Linux install! I finally got SuSE up and running by doing a standard KDE Office install, but without Star Office. I added "idanish" for Danish spell check, as well as the Opera web browser, Quanta and KOffice. The result is the relatively few errors as you see above. On earlier attempts, it was a lot worse. Anyway, here are my problems: 1) How serious are the above errors, what can I do about them and are they the reason why the KDE Control Center crashes? 2) My ethernet cards are not listed correctly/do not have correct drivers or drivers are unavailable in SuSE. This prevents me from gaining access to my LAN or to the Internet via my router and cable modem. My 2 ethernet cards are listed in Win 2000 as: VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter PNIC2 Based Fast Ethernet Adapter (ACPI) I know that the second card is an Asante FriendlyNet card and in Mandrake Linux is provided with a Tulip driver that works. However, this is not being used at this time. It is the other card that I need to get configured properly to access the Internet. I have looked at the manuals that came with SuSE 7.3 Pro, but can't for the life of me figure out how to reconfigure the ethernet cards' drivers. Any ideas how to change this in SuSE? I do have to say that there are two things that really impressed me about the SuSE installation. The first is the ease with which a ReiserFS partition can be formatted in. I tried this in Mandrake 8 and never succeeded due to the complexity and me being a newbie ;-) THe other thing that impressed me was the automagical mounting of my Win 2000 partition on the desktop. I have never seen this in either Mandrake or Red Hat! -- Cheers, Brian mailto:durant@cbn.net.id

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Re: [SLE] Reboot - an update
by Clayton Cornell 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

On Saturday 02 March 2002 12:22, Ewan Leith wrote: > Sorry ive not been following this thread, so I may have missed it - is > the 3rd IDE port supplied by a highpoint controller of some kind? If so > are you running an up to date kernel, as I used to have problems with my > highpoint controller until more recent kernels. <snip> I am running the default kernel in SuSE7.3... and as far as I know, no highpoint controller on my IDE. Hardware is fairly up-to-date - ABIT KT7-Raid MB (about a year old), AMD Athalon 1Ghz (about a year old), 700+ MB RAM, hda is 8Gig and running Win2K, hdb is 60Gig and a network share drive, hdc is a 40 Gig Linux drive. LILO written to the MBR. Basically, I started the thread with a question about the Reboot dropdown menu not working. Anders Johansson suggested that I look at the LILO config. lilo -q reports back: Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible linux * failsafe nt memtest86 I thought maybe the warning was due to a problem I have been having with my 60Gig network share drive (not being able to mount the partitions). I re-fdisked it this morning, and that fixed the mounting problems, and I thought also the DMA errors as well. Back to LILO.... David Herman suggested that having Linux on a 3rd or 4th disk may generate the warning in lilo... If I run lilo without options, I get this: =-=-=-=-=-=-= Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Added linux * Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Added failsafe Added nt Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible Added memtest86 -=-=-=-=-=-=-= lilo -T geom gives me: =-=-=-=-=- bios=0x00, cylinders=80, heads=2, sectors=18 bios=0x80, cylinders=1027, heads=255, sectors=63 EDD packet calls allowed bios=0x81, cylinders=7299, heads=255, sectors=63 EDD packet calls allowed bios=0x82, cylinders=4865, heads=255, sectors=63 EDD packet calls allowed =-=-=-=-=- 0x82 is the 40 Gig drive I have Linux installed on. It is definitely accessable, since I am using it to run Linux pretty much 24/7. So... does this mean there is a real problem with 0x82 (hdc)? Is LILO just being over-cautious because I have Linux on my 3rd drive? Is all this linked to my original question about why the dropdown menu for Reboot in the X-login screen is empty? C.

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Reboot
by Clayton Cornell 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

This is something I have not been able to find much info on so far - maybe I am searching on the wrong keywords... anyway.... I am using SuSE7.3, vanilla full install. When I want to reboot the system, I logout, and click the Shutdown button. That presents me two options - Shutdown or Reboot. To the right of Reboot is a dropdown box. In previous versions of SuSE Linux I could click that dropdown and select one of my LILO options such as WinNT or SuSE Safe mode. Well now in 7.3 that box is still there, but there is nothing in it. I cannot pre-select how I want the system to restart... I have to wait and pick it from the boot menu after the BIOS has doen it's thing. What option have I missed (messed with?) to empty this menu out? How can I enable it or fill it back up with the LILO options? C.

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staroffice 6.0 beta and openoffice 641c
by scc 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

Hi everyone. Has anyone tried both of these like us? Both seem unstable but openoffice deals with html files correctly and staroffice truncates them and staroffice can deal with inserting graphics and frames whereas openoffice can't. Is there a stable alternative that does everything correctly that will run under 7.3? Or are we asking for too much too soon. Thanks, Steve.

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Hanging sessions
by rms 02 Mar '02

02 Mar '02

I have experienced this several times by now: 1. I start a ssh connection from a Win box to SuSE 7.2 using win ssh client (puTTY, if that's of any importance. 2. Then (surprisingly) my win box dies - I just try to do something and win doesn't agree :-) (This is not part of the question) 3. After restarting my win box, and doing ssh reconnect, I try "who" command and see old ssh users as they are still there, alive, but I know they're not. Now, I want to get rid of them. I killed all the old bashs and other processes I know were started in previous session, but when I try "who" I still see previous user (me) there... Which process I have to kill in order to "get clean" again? I know reboot helps (I tried), but I need another way... TIA RMS

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