May 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

NIC "speed"
by Radule Soskic 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hello, SuSE users, I have a question for you: - How can I tell whether a NIC (eth0) on a computer is actually configured to operate at 10Mbps or at 100Mbps ??? The card is declared by vendor as autosense 10/100Mbps and self-configurable, (exactly as the switch port to which it is attached), and it works - but I would like to know how can one be exact about the actual speed in any case. Is there a command or a program in Linux that can tell me this? TIA Radule Soskic

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RSH permissions
by jfuchser 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hello, I am building a small two computer cluster on the Suse OS and i'm having troubles with the networking. The two computers are connected on a LAN and are able to communicate with each other properly. I can also access a remote shell with rsh cpu2, however when i try to add a command "rsh cpu2 ll" for example, it gives an error message "cpu2 connection refused". Does any one have any basic trouble shooting type ideas to set me on the right path? Any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers, Jonathan Fuchser

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man page problem
by jack malone 30 May '02

30 May '02

I'm trying to view some man pages on my suse 8.0 box. I get the following error message : man: can't resolve /usr/share/man/man1/tar.1.gz: Permission denied No manual entry for tar. this is on my box at work but at home it works. anyone else had this problem. thanks jack

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Errors when installing packages
by emir limar 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi everyone, I am getting the following error message whenever i try to install any rpm package through red-carpet, Yast. Basically the message is " error getting libXext .so.6 from // var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm ... With error" i made a file search and libXext.so.6 is in my computer. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance emin my system is suse 7.2 pro kernel 2.4.4 GB compaq presario labtop 1800 T ________________________________________________________ Outgrown your current e-mail service? Get a 25MB Inbox, POP3 Access, No Ads and No Taglines with LYCOS MAIL PLUS. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus

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XCD-Roast working again
by John Lamb 30 May '02

30 May '02

XCD-Roast works again after the latest online update. JDL -- Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.

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Hercules 3D Prophet FDX 8500LE
by Kaare Rasmussen 30 May '02

30 May '02

I can't find this card in SuSE's hardware DB. Radeon 8500 is listed as supported (acceleration included) on www.xfree86.org. Is the Hercules 3D Prophet FDX 8500LE a good choice for a Linux machine? It will be used by my kids for games. -- Kaare Rasmussen --Linux, spil,-- Tlf: 3816 2582 Kaki Data tshirts, merchandize Fax: 3816 2501 Howitzvej 75 Åben 14.00-18.00 Web: www.suse.dk 2000 Frederiksberg Lørdag 11.00-17.00 Email: kar(a)kakidata.dk

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Yast Online Update (YOU) : Saving Update Packages
by neal mcdermott 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi All Another beginner's question. One of the things I hated about Windows 2000 was that everytime you reinstalled you had to download the huge service patch 2. Either that or pay 20 dollars to get it on a cd. I noticed that when I used Yast Online Update (YOU) that when it downloads the packages, and I am not talking about selecting indvidual packages, but just accepting what Yast tells me -- that should tell you about the level of Suse mastery I have -- anyway, I have noticed that after you download and install the packages, it gives you the option to delete them or not. I select not to, and I was wondering where those packages have ended up if they have not been deleted. What I am hoping is that you can burn them to cd and then later, when you mess up your machine and have to reinstall, you can update from your backup and only use the online update to get things you don't have yet. I am trying to avoid having to make ever larger downloads to keep things up to date. So, specifically, my question is: Can you save online update packages to a cd and then install them from the cd, and if so, how do you do it? I know how to make an iso image and burn it to disk, so that doesn't need to be explained unless there are some tricks to it, but I would appreciate instruction in how to do the rest if it is possible, and, as beginners before me have said, the long version please, if you don't mind. Thank you

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Which Package 7.3 or 8.0
by Anthony W. Marino 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi, I have a installation of SuSE 7.3 with the Mantel 2.4.18 kernel update which I assume is what SuSE 8.0 has. My question has to do with when a site has 2 packages for SuSE, one for 7.3 and another for 8.0, which one should I use? Thank You, Anthony

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mplayer2
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 30 May '02

30 May '02

There is a news information service which is offering some videos. If I want to see such a video with my mozilla on SuSe 7.3 I get everytime the information that I am missing a mplayer2 player. Can those videos be looked at with something else because according to my info thsi is a Windows format. Could I trick this site into believing that my viewers is a mplayer2?

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Re: [SLE] Compressing folders for backup
by tabanna 30 May '02

30 May '02

eric.linux(a)t-online.de discussed ~ Hi as root, on console, just tried < info tar > & it works ok { but am using an old version of SuSE } tar is great ~ use it all the time ~ small backup scripts, in my /root directory, run by cron like : .............. #!/bin/sh # # use tar to clone /home/tabanna to /dev/hdb3 # mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt df cd /home/tabanna tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /mnt; tar xvf - ) cd df umount /mnt cd ................ #!/bin/sh # backup /etc /root /boot /usr/local # exec tar czvf /bup/etc`date +%y%m%d`.tar.gz /etc /root /boot /usr/local ................. #!/bin/sh # backup /home # exec tar czvf /bup/home`date +%y%m%d`.tar.gz /home .................... #!/bin/sh # backup /var # exec tar czvf /bup/var`date +%y%m%d`.tar.gz /var/named /var/cron/tabs /var/spool/mail /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/greek ..................... # great to clone a hard disk # tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /mnt; tar xvf - ) ........................ best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________

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