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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