March 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ksendfax install -for others
by Brian Marr 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Suse 7.1 kde 2.4.17 kde 2.2.2 In my Office I use the ksendfax front end to the Hylafax fax server. This combo has served me well. Recently I came across the new version of ksendfax and was keen to make use of it. It can be found here. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17873 It is also also here -but I could not get the download to work. ftp://ftp.sad.it:/pub/kde/local/bin/Suse7.x/ After installing the rpm I came across this > /opt/kde2/bin/ksendfax: error while loading shared libraries: libptal.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Google provided a lead with references to libtal.so.O on the Suse german list. Not being able to read German I could just discern is location. It can be found in the /ap2 packages under Suse 7.3. It is in the hp-officejet-rpm. Once this rpm was installed, ksendfax 2.0.0 started ok. It has a new set up menu and looks impressive. Brian Marr

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Re: [SLE] Baffled newbie trying to reach NT LAN
by Brian Durant 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

On Wednesday 27 March 2002 06:29, Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM) wrote: > You are correct, it must not be the problem. But if it works when > booted to Win2K, but you can't even ping to the machine when in SuSE, > and it is not being blocked by a firewall, you are having much more > basic networking problems than Samba. Any ideas what the problem is? Brian

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Kernel log oddities in boot log (2).
by Brian Durant 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Here are some oddities that I have spotted in the kernel log, in my boot log. I am using SuSE 7.3 Pro on a box with an Award BIOS/Soyo Dragon Plus! motherboard. The first is regarding APIC, which is why I recompiled the kernel, i.e. I wanted to get the computer to shutdown when I tell SuSE to shutdown: <4>Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling. <4>Found and enabled local APIC! Another thing with APIC is: BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz enableapic vga=0x0317 disableapic ide=nodma apm=off Why enable apic and then disable apic and the reverse above? The second odditiy is more worrying seen with my eyes (or is it just me???): <4>FAT: bogus logical sector size 5376 <4>FAT: bogus logical sector size 5376 Any ideas from the list? Cheers, Brian

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Can anyone compile Kinkatta from CVS?
by JW 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Over the past 2 months I've tried to compile Kinkatta from CVS more times then I can count, on 7.2 and 7.3, in KDE2/QT2 and KDE3/QT3. it never works. I get different errors almost each time I try it. Most recent error (on KDE2, SuSE 7.3) is: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/opt/kde2/include -I/usr/lib/qt2//include -I/usr/X11R6/include -Iplugins/ -Iplugins/base/ -ImainWindow/ -Ioptions/ -Iaim/ -Inetwork/ -Ichatroom/ -Ichat/ -static -Wall -DDATADIR=\"/opt/kde2/share/apps/kinkatta\" -D_REENTRANT -O2 -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -c info.cpp info.cpp:11: kapplication.h: No such file or directory that is during make. Anyone have better success than I? JW ---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Clickpatrol.com Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com

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damn QTDIR and KDEDIR
by Tom Wesley 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi startkde in /opt/kde3 sets the above to kde3 and qt3 directories, but by the time i'm in kde they are back at the kde2 settings... What can change them between the two? Tom - -- Even though they raised the rate for first class mail in the United States we really shouldn't complain -- it's still only two cents a day. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8oMdMAEYnIVU7X9IRAo2eAJ9Xrz4fgp81KvQK/rlvIzYaPTWjKQCeLb3I W0SfTIUwrkl0sttVJT0vP7A= =C5Md -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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There is something up with my fonts
by Phil Shrimpton 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Hi, I have just installed SuSE 7.2 on my Dell Inspiron Laptop. SuSE reconised all the hardware (impressive), and all seams to work fine. But there is something wrong with my Fonts in both KDE and Gnome, that I can't put my finger on. They look too big, for instance a 10 Point font looks like a 14-16 point font would do, and if I reduce the size of the font to what I think a 10 point font size should look like, the font is unreadable. All the 'windows' and other things look OK, its just the fonts. The laptop has an in-built Intel 82815 display adaptor. Is this a driver problem or something in Sax that needs setting differently? Phil -- Linux 2.4.4-4GB 10:19am up 4 days, 17:17, 2 users, load average: 0.51, 0.14, 0.04

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RE: [SLE] commands through SSH - nohup
by Eric Carbone 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Here's what I tried: xhost +10.XXX.XXX.XXX (the REMOTE ip address that I am ssh'ing to) ssh -l <username> -X 10.XXX.XXX.XXX enter password for username export DISPLAY=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:0 cd ./bin/crushftp /usr/bin/nohup java -jar CrushFTP.jar then I see: "appending output to nohup.out" on the REMOTE pc, I see the app (CrushFTP) start up. NOW ... on my local machine, I close Konsole but the remote app dies with it. Am I using 'nohup' wrong? (I also tried the following): java -jar CrushFTP.jar -display remotehost:0 but I got the same result (i.e. when I closed Konsole on the local machine, the remote app died with it) :( --------------------------- Eric Carbone -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Mahmood [mailto:ckm@suse.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:53 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] commands through SSH - SOLVED (kinda) * Eric Carbone (ERIC(a)morprinting.com) [020326 10:43]: > I have one small problem though ... if I close the Konsole window on my > local machine, I see my app shuts down on my REMOTE machine! Then start it with nohup if you don't want it to die when it's parent does or use a shell (like zsh) that supports nohup automatically. > ... boy ... if someone can just port over pcAnywhere to linux, that would > make me very happy ... ;-p Use vnc if X doesn't do what you need. -- -ckm -- 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

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Security question
by Kevin McLauchlan 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

O' knowledgeable ones: I have Ximian-GNOME on my system (SuSE 7.3), and I use their Red Carpet updater service (a kind of "uber" RPM handler). It occurs to me to wonder about security. If I run the client as a user, I get prompted to provide my root password, or to run the RC client in unprivileged mode -- which means that I can look at available updates, but I can't have them installed. So, to get any useful work done, I need to provide the root password at the client prompt. This strikes me as dangerous, since the client could easily report my root password to Ximian (not that I think they are interested...) or to a third party (like a former employee who left a backdoor...ok, I'm reaching, but...). On the other hand, if I login to my system as root, and run Red Carpet from there, am I not offering a tremendous amount of access to an application that performs a bunch of transactions over the internet. What's the least-scary approach that retains the convenience of Ximian Red Carpet? Note, I would prefer not to change my root password after every time I run the utility. That way lies madness or the risk of forgetting the root pw... -- Kevin McLauchlan Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. "Ultimate Trust(TM)"

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how to test php script in 7.3
by steve 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Hi When I check a php script all I get is a listing of the script. I have the php stuff installed from 7.3 and tried it in the /usr/local/httpd/htdocs as localhost but still only text. Thanks, Steve.

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anyone willing to look at database?
by Tom Wesley 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, am just wondering if there are any linux database admins/developers that would be willing to look at a windows package that I have been trying to convince to work on linux. Was just after opinions of whether the project is worthwhile. Contact me either on here or by private email if you have a little spare time. Tom - -- How come wrong numbers are never busy? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8oMGhAEYnIVU7X9IRAl0sAJ4vm8pQSxQ3nC1updWxA3cT3rBSIQCff29Y AcGPZ1d9A5ntMQkXRslyF4M= =RrPs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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