May 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Yast2 concerns
by Curtis Rey 01 May '02

01 May '02

I greatly miss the features that the older "YaST" provided. One was the single package installation from a local directory. The other is the ability to go to various SuSE ftp sites, such as the supplementary directory and "compare" the packages there with those installed on my machine. For instance, I could look at the KDE-Base dir and see if an updated package was there. This was extremely usefull in order to apply patched/fixed packages and stabilize KDE. Now I have to do an "rpm -qv foo" to see what version is installed on my system and compare this to the files on the SuSE ftp server. This can be very time consuming and labor intensive if one desires to check the ftp site package against installed package in the KDE-Apps directory for example. I would urge you to integrate some of these features in YaST2. I do understand you attempts at unifying these to programs. However, the aforemention features would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. Curtis Rey

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SSH and SuSE 8.0 not working
by Robert Paulsen 01 May '02

01 May '02

Hello, Just installed SuSE 8.0 and cannot get ssh to work. I can ssh *into* my new system, but not *out* to another system. I am using the very same configuration files and keys I have on my SuSE 7.3 system where it all works fine. This includes my ~/.ssh directory and the /etc/ssh directory -- all copied from the 7.3 system to the new 8.0 system. Here is what I get (from the new SuSE 8.0 system to another, unrelated, SuSE system): ssh thinkpad Permission denied (publickey). I get the same problem if I delete the .ssh directory. I must be connecting to the other system because if I try to ssh to a system that is not running sshd I get a different error: ssh windowsbox ssh: connect to address 192.168.0.3 port 22: Connection refused -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. robert(a)paulsenonline.net

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getting Wav and MP3 output working on SBlive value and Suse 8
by peter banks 01 May '02

01 May '02

I can get the Cdplayers to work through the sound card but not the Wav or MP3 players. Regards Peter Banks ( baldego )

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Re: [SLE] Upgrade Suse 7.2 to 8.0
by Philip Burness 01 May '02

01 May '02

I have read that a 7.2 -> 8.0 is not advised / supported by SuSE. For me this is dreadful, I thought the whole purpose of rpms is to allow successful upgrading. I would like to support SuSE financially by purchasing 8.0, (I don't mind paying for value, and SuSE has plenty of that), but I cannot afford to wipe out my existing installation and perform a fresh install. The potential for error is huge, not to mention the down-time. This is a real problem SuSE! I guess future releases will be based upon the 8.0 version which means I can't upgrade to any future releases either! What am I to do? Phil >Hello all, > >I'm running Suse 7.2 and some day I'll need to upgrade to 8.x . I have been >looking at the >mail list for informations and I'm getting mixed messages. I'm looking for >detail documentation >preferable from Suse shows all pre-install, install, and configuration of >the migration process >from 7.x - 8.0. I have a production system that runs critical apps and I >can't afford to make a mistake in OS upgrade. Here is my configuration : >/dev/hda1 / ext2 >/dev/hda2 /boot ext2 >/dev/hda3 /user ext2 >/dev/hdb1 /home ext2 >/dev/hdb2 swap swap >So if you have information on how to move to 8.0 without any loss of data >with the above configuration, Please send them my way............. > > >Thanks in advance >~mn -------------------------------------------------------

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8 on Inspiron 3500
by Francesco Scaglioni 01 May '02

01 May '02

Hi, Having decided that the drive on my 7000 had died I did a clean install on wife's 3500. Some thoughts: Make was not installed by default which seems odd. Try as moght I cannot get remote access allowed. Inetd is running with telnet ( in house network therefore safe ) enabled - portmap is not running but I cannot seem to get telnet in enabled in any run level ( presumably this is my lack of knowledge ) - otherwise 8 seems great - only shame is that my most used emacs package won't run under the version of emacs ( Not a SuSE issue ) and I don not know enough lisp to sort it. Easiest install since I started with 6.2 F

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Re: [SLE] using yast2 to update packages in 8.0
by David 01 May '02

01 May '02

>* David <suse-usr(a)bluescat.org> [Apr 29. 2002 14:52]: >> Since I have a slow link, i am in the habbit of downloading the >>complete >>> update tree for my distribution, then using yast to update the packages >Try changing the installationmedium to that directory you downloaded to >and do it not with YOU but just with update. hmm. I appreciate the speed of the reply and gave it a shot. I used "change source of installation" selected hard drive and entered the full path to the updates, when i hit "next" it comes up with a dialog box "No installation data found on medium." There is no "CD1" directory on my local hard drive, it is a mirror of the update tree, ie: .../ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/ /a1 /ap1 . . . Is there an easy way to make this work or do I have to glom all the updates under one directory named cd1?

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RE: [SLE] Complaints about 8.0
by Art Fore 01 May '02

01 May '02

Seems to me since Kinternet is written by SuSE and I am trying to install SuSE linux to work that it should be covered! Art -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Mahmood [mailto:ckm@suse.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:09 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Complaints about 8.0 * Art Fore (art_fore(a)3mts.com) [020430 19:17]: > I still have an issue with Kinternet not working, no one on > the list seems to know what the problem is (on two computers), have not > found any information in help or website. Sent email to suse support. No > answer. This was same as in 7.3. It's installation support...that means getting it installed on your computer. Applications aren't covered by isupport. -- -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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SuSE 8.0 and usbdrive
by Oyku Gencay 01 May '02

01 May '02

Hi folks, I recently bought a 32 MB usbdrive. There's no information about Linux support but when I pluged into a usb port, my plain freshly installed SuSE 8 recognized it as SCSI external storage and assigned it ot /dev/sda. After mounting everything went smoothly. It works great!! Regards, Oyku Gencay

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RE: [SLE] Complaints about 8.0
by Art Fore 01 May '02

01 May '02

Tech Support? What tech support? That is the one weakness of SuSE. The tech support is the list. Art -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Tuchler [mailto:dtuchler@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:31 PM To: S.u.S.E. mailing list Subject: [SLE] Complaints about 8.0 The large number of complaints about particular problems in 8.0 on listserv make me wonder whether there is doubt about the reliability of technical support at S.u.S.E. Is there such doubt? dj tuchler -- 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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routing problem with two Internet connections
by Ronald Wiplinger 01 May '02

01 May '02

I got two ADSL lines, one without pppoe, one with. The connections are: eth0 ISP-1 61.220.121.18/248 eth1 ISP-2 61.70.213.173 eth2 free eth3 internal LAN (private address space) ifconfig shows: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:B9:A1:A5 inet addr:61.220.121.18 Bcast:61.220.121.23 Mask:255.255.255.248 inet6 addr: fe80::280:c8ff:feb9:a1a5/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: 2001:238:f00:9::a000/128 Scope:Global UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14618682 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16239584 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:10 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:4197891829 (4003.4 Mb) TX bytes:3028376017 (2888.0 Mb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xa800 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:B9:A1:A6 inet addr:61.70.213.173 Bcast:61.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::280:c8ff:feb9:a1a6/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:685 errors:7 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3536 errors:21 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:21 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:61002 (59.5 Kb) TX bytes:432531 (422.3 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xa400 eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:B9:A1:A8 inet addr:192.168.250.254 Bcast:192.168.250.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::280:c8ff:feb9:a1a8/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: 2001:238:f00:9::a003/64 Scope:Global UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:17057250 errors:1005 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1530 TX packets:14575498 errors:2666 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2666 collisions:346724 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:2543992672 (2426.1 Mb) TX bytes:2918081677 (2782.8 Mb) Interrupt:15 Base address:0x9800 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:10.255.1.171 P-t-P:203.133.3.34 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:30 (30.0 b) TX bytes:26994 (26.3 Kb) The inet addr changes on ppp0 every time I logon, but the P-t-P address remains. route shows: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface dns.elmit.com * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 dummy0 TPNOC1-ERX-BRAS * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 NETWORK-1.ELMIT * 255.255.255.248 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.250.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth3 u213-0.u61-70.g * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 default ADSL-1.ELMIT.CO 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 default * 0.0.0.0 U 2 0 0 eth1 So far I could not see anything wrong. Watching my two ADSL ATU-R's I can ping: ping -I ppp0 www.hinet.net (the ATU-R flashes according to the ping), but 100% lost. ping -I eth1 www.hinet.net results in: (the ATU-R flashes according to the ping), but: From u213-173.u61-70.giga.net.tw (61.70.213.173) icmp_seq=xxx Destination Host Unreachable. What do I need to correct that? bye Ronald Ronald Wiplinger (ÃQ¤¯¯Ç), CEO, ELMIT - THE Internet Solution Provider Tel. +886 2 8809-7680, Fax. +886 2 2809-9158, Mobile: +886 915 653-452 Net2Phone:8869550066, ICQ: 111651169 http://www.elmit.com http://www.wiplinger.org

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