May 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Samba/Linux permissions on SUSE 8
by Jon San Juan 31 May '02

31 May '02

I have a public folder called "public". User 1 is putting folders there to share but it seems that other users cannot have access to the newly created folder be user 1. The smb.conf portion is defined as: [Public] path = /home/Public read only = No guest ok = Yes The folder on the linux side of it gives rights for access for everyone. Any advice? and problems on the Samba or Linux side?

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Linux and Main - ''UnitedLinux'' announced by industry consortium
by Fred A. Miller 31 May '02

31 May '02

<http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=81> -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm(a)cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org --- SuSE Linux v8.0 Pro, Netscape 7.0---

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Dynalink wireless
by Clinton F. Aarts 31 May '02

31 May '02

Hello list, has anybody bought one of those Dynalink wireless pro cards and got it to work with SuSE 8.0?

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Realplayer, howto install it
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 30 May '02

30 May '02

Using Mozilla on my SuSe 7.3 I have downloaded realplayer from Netscape. I have run the rpm and according to my info it is there. But if I try to use it on any movie I am every time and again told that I have to download the plugin. Must have missed something. Can somebody tell me howto get the realplayer been recognised?

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SuSE on Compaq ProLiant 850R with 2 CPUs?
by Daryl Biberdorf 30 May '02

30 May '02

I've recently acquired a Compaq Proliant 850R with dual Pentium Pro CPUs. I tried to bring up SuSE 7.1 Professional on it. It installed OK, but it hangs during the boot process. Has anyone else had success with this machine and any version of SuSE (which one)? I'll consider a newer release, but I'd like to know if if anyone has had success/failure before I give it a go. Thanks in advance for any pointers. Daryl

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CD writing freeze box - even after latest updates
by Andre Truter 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi All, I have some problems with CD writing on SuSE 8.0. I have an internal HP CD Writer 7500 Plus. It has been working fine (and still is) under RedHat. Now I have the machine with dual-boot SuSE 8.0 and the original RH 7.2 When I write a CD under SuSE, the machine freeze at some stage. Sometimes ist is right at the beginning, other times it is later on, after it has been busy for a while. Normally the keyboard lights will start to flash, and the HDD light stays on. Then everything freeze. I have to switch the machine off. I have the latest patches for cdrecord, cdda2wav, imlib and xcdroast installed. Could this be some settings with the ide-scsi emulation? I noted that in the fstab file, /media/cdrom is mounted to /dev/cdrom (which is /dev/hdd) and /media/cdredorder is mounted to /dev/cdrecorder (/dev/sr0) I changed the media/cdrom to also mount on /dev/cdrecorder Could this be the problem? That /dev/hdd and /dev/sr0 is used? (under RH my modules.conf files states to ignore hdd) I will test later again with this when I have time. Here is the relevant entries of my RH modules.conf file. I see that SuSE use a slightly different format - using char_major aliases for everything. I don't understand this yet, so I don't know if and how to change my modules.conf file. --<snip>-- options ide-cd ignore=hdd # tell the ide-cd module to ignore hdd alias scd0 sg pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg --<snip>-- Will it help to add this options file into my SuSE modules.conf file? Thanks -- Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net <-------------------------------------------------> < The box said: Requires Windows 95 or better... > < So I installed Linux > <------------------------------------------------->

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Online update not working (Fresh SuSe 8 install)
by nate 30 May '02

30 May '02

this is weird. is it that SuSE just doesn't like running on servers? on this server, SuSE 8 installed ok, no errors, I did a pretty large install, however online update complains about every package description saying either gpg is not installed(according to rpm, yast, and running 'gpg' on command line it is) or the package description is curropted. This happens on both the default ftp site(ftp.d<something>.de) and ftp.suse.com. It is real annoying to me to have to click "don't install" about 40 times while it fails on each package description. Online update won't let me abort the process either until everything is done and it is 'disconnected'. a couple days ago I had the same problem and got pissed at online update so killed it with -12. i guess that was a mistake as even removing all of yast (rpm -qa | grep -i yast | xargs rpm -e --nodeps) and reinstalling it by hand(took about 20 minutes) still did not fix online update(it would launch and immediately exit before showing me any options, which was the same before i tried to remove yast, I also tried to use Yast to re-install itself(overwrite) and the result was the same too). so i reinstalled the system from scratch since it was a fresh install and it would be faster then trying to debug it further. I expected a more graceful recovery for Online update. I have killed apt-get(debian) many many times even with -9 and it has never so much as hiccuped on me because of it. anyways ........i would like to update this system, would like to fix this 'problem' with online update complaining the descriptions are curropted. maybe they are ? i would of expected a flood of emails to the list talking about it if they were but i didn't notice one. there is also a 'gpg suse key' or something that is installed(i forget the exact name but it came up when i ran a search for gpg inside of yast2) server - SuperMicro S370DLE (i think thats it) Dual P3-866Mhz processors 512MB ECC ram Onboard Ultra160 SCSI 3 x 9.1GB IBM Ultra160 SCSI drives configured in software raid5 IDE CDROM Nvidia TNT video(pci) onboard NIC(eepro100) this system(hardware wise) has been running debian 2.2 for just over a year now processing thousands of emails a day ..so i know the hardware is solid. this is a brand new installation of suse 8, haven't done anything to it yet ..... i am really hoping to get suse 8 going on a decently fast machine to test out, this is the 2nd attempt on another server to try to get it workin. thanks nate

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[Way OT] Does anyone know c callable API for converting from ascii to ebcdic?
by Greg Freemyer 30 May '02

30 May '02

Guys, The subject speaks for itself. i.e. Does anyone know C callable API for converting from ascii to ebcdic? And I know "dd" can do this, but I need to be able to do it from C, or possibly Java. I just need to be able to convert one char at a time, so I guess I can write my own easily enough once I find an ebcdic chart. Thanks, Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com

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temperature on gkrellm
by steve 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi. Ha anyone managed to get the cpu temperature readout to work with gkrellm under 8.0? Or any alternative? Thanks, Steve.

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Re: [SLE] SuSE 90 Day Installation Support?
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi Bill, > It is describe on an insert or on the box, I forget. > It is VERY limited. Hmmm ... guess that's a bit difficult to check on Amazon :-) James James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.

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