May 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Thanks (was "Building SuSE 8.0 with Unsupported Graphics Card" [GeForce2 MX 400])
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi, I'd just like to say thanks as it appears that I have resolved the problem ... of course 'I' is a bit of misnomer as I couldn't have done it without help! The problem was the installation of SuSE Linux 8.0 on a system with a GeForce 2 MX 400 (specifically a 64Mb ABIT Siluro) video card in it. The spec of my system is: * ASUSTek P4 motherboard with Promise Raid Lite * P4 1.7GHz CPU * 512Mb memory * 60Gb drive (Promise Raid Lite array on 2 x 30Gb drives ... documented in SuSES SDB) * ABIT Siluro GeForce 2 MX 400 64Mb Video However I had a TNT Ultra card in it when I purchased S8 a couple of weeks back ... incidentally I chose S8 on the strength that it supported (natively) the onboard Promise Raid Controller. In the event it turned out to be more complex but, hey, that's life :-) Back to the problem ... I configured it on the raid drive selecting the default with Office install but adding Gnome and the installation proceeded well until the system restarts when, during the graphics detection phase, the system locks (black screen, hard reset required. I got a lot of advice, where to get the drivers & various other solutions none of which, individually, seemed to work too well but yesterday I decided to approach it rationally and apply all the solutions: 1. I replaced my original video card and rebuilt the machine. 2. I edited /etc/inittab to force a max run level of 3 and restarted. 3. I applied the SMP P4 patch (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/fhassel_p4.html) 4. I applied the SAX2 detection patches (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_sax2-80.html) 5. I upgraded the nVidia GeForce drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux) 6. Powered down the unit and switched video cards 7. Powered up and ran the command "switch2nvidia_glx" 8. Ran Sax2 as per SuSE SDB (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_sax2.html) 9. Ran X and it worked! 10. Re-edited /etc/inittab to put the run level back to 3 and restarted. That's it. Of course it does beg the question that there may be a simpler method and that not all of those actions may have been necessary but I think the majority probably were. It was also beneficial (in the above) that I actually had a spare AGP card and I am not sure how others in my position would have handled the same problem. Being new to Linux a lot of it is a mystery to me but I'm learning ... one of the positive aspects of getting these kind of problems is that I do learn about how to handle an OS at a level I haven't experienced with Windows since way back in the Windows 3.xx days. Anyway I'd like to thank some people (not just here) for their help ... specifically I'd like to thank: Andrei (my personal Linux mentor <G>) for his invaluable help and encouragement. Peter Taylor, Jonas Helgi Palsson, Dale Kosan & Matthew Johnson of the Suse Linux 'E' maillist CarlyWarly & Thor4Linux of the LinuxNewbie forum Dagda of the LinuxBeginner forum and Black666, Schotty, Segfault & Tyr_7BE of the LinuxJunior forum. Thanks :-) James a.k.a. VampyreUK 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

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Re: [SLE] Cups ./configure and make for SuSE 7.3 Pro and Epson Stylus C80.
by Brian Durant 30 May '02

30 May '02

On Thursday 30 May 2002 01:55, John Lamb wrote: - Brian Durant wrote: - - I'm sure I've had exactly the same error. I had a look at the source - code for my last gimp-print build and I think I can recall the solution: - Install readline from series a of your 7.3 disks (disk 1). I certainly - seem to have done this during a gimp-print build on 7.3. Realine was installed, but I installed readline development kit as well and that seems to help. However, I still got errors with "make". Are any of these important errors? Unfortunately, I haven't got a clue: printdefy.y:107: warning: static declaration for `yyerror' follows non-static source='printdefl.c' object='printdefl.o' libtool=no \ lex.yy.c:645: warning: no previous prototype for `yylex' /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -o printdef printdefl.o printdefy.o mkdir .libs gcc -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -o printdef printdefl.o printdefy.o make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/brian/Downloads/Printer/gimp-print-4.3.0/src/printdef' depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-lexmark.lo `test -f print-lexmark.c || echo './'`print-lexmark.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-lexmark.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-lexmark.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-lexmark.lo source='print-canon.c' object='print-canon.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-canon.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-canon.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-canon.lo `test -f print-canon.c || echo './'`print-canon.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-canon.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-canon.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-canon.lo print-canon.c:2966: warning: `canon_shift_buffer2' defined but not used source='print-dither.c' object='print-dither.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-dither.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-dither.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-dither.lo `test -f print-dither.c || echo './'`print-dither.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-dither.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-dither.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-dither.lo source='print-escp2.c' object='print-escp2.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-escp2.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-escp2.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-escp2.lo `test -f print-escp2.c || echo './'`print-escp2.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-escp2.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-escp2.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-escp2.lo source='print-escp2-data.c' object='print-escp2-data.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-escp2-data.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-escp2-data.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-escp2-data.lo `test -f print-escp2-data.c || echo './'`print-escp2-data.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-escp2-data.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-escp2-data.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-escp2-data.lo source='print-pcl.c' object='print-pcl.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-pcl.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-pcl.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-pcl.lo `test -f print-pcl.c || echo './'`print-pcl.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-pcl.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-pcl.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-pcl.lo source='print-ps.c' object='print-ps.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-ps.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-ps.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-ps.lo `test -f print-ps.c || echo './'`print-ps.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-ps.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-ps.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-ps.lo ../printdef/printdef < ./printers.xml > print-printers.c source='print-util.c' object='print-util.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-util.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-util.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-util.lo `test -f print-util.c || echo './'`print-util.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-util.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-util.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-util.lo source='print-color.c' object='print-color.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-color.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-color.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-color.lo `test -f print-color.c || echo './'`print-color.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-color.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-color.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-color.lo source='print-weave.c' object='print-weave.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-weave.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-weave.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-weave.lo `test -f print-weave.c || echo './'`print-weave.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-weave.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-weave.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-weave.lo source='print-version.c' object='print-version.lo' libtool=yes \ depfile='.deps/print-version.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-version.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-version.lo `test -f print-version.c || echo './'`print-version.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-version.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-version.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-version.lo source='print-dither-matrices.c' object='print-dither-matrices.lo' libtool=yes \depfile='.deps/print-dither-matrices.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/print-dither-matrices.TPlo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c -o print-dither-matrices.lo `test -f print-dither-matrices.c || echo './'`print-dither-matrices.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c print-dither-matrices.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/print-dither-matrices.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o print-dither-matrices.lo /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -o libgimpprint.la -rpath /usr/lib -release 4.3.0 -rpath /usr/lib print-lexmark.lo print-canon.lo print-dither.lo print-escp2.lo print-escp2-data.lo print-pcl.lo print-ps.lo print-util.lo print-color.lo print-weave.lo print-version.lo print-dither-matrices.lo -lm mkdir .libs rm -fr .libs/libgimpprint.la .libs/libgimpprint.* .libs/libgimpprint-4.3.0.* echo './'`print.c print.c: In function `query': print.c:124: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:124: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:125: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:125: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:126: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:126: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:127: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:127: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:128: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:128: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:129: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:129: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:130: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:130: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:131: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:131: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:132: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:132: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:133: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:133: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:134: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:134: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:135: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:135: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:136: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:136: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:137: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:137: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:138: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:138: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:139: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:139: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:140: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:140: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:141: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:141: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:142: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:142: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:143: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:143: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:144: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:144: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:145: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:145: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:146: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:146: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:147: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:147: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:148: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:148: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:149: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:149: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:150: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:150: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:151: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:151: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:155: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:156: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:157: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:158: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:159: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:161: warning: passing arg 1 of `gimp_plugin_domain_register' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:161: warning: passing arg 2 of `gimp_plugin_domain_register' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:170: warning: passing arg 1 of `gimp_install_procedure' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:170: warning: passing arg 6 of `gimp_install_procedure' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:170: warning: passing arg 7 of `gimp_install_procedure' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c:170: warning: passing arg 12 of `gimp_install_procedure' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c: In function `run': print.c:258: warning: ANSI C forbids braced-groups within expressions print.c:571: warning: passing arg 1 of `gimp_procedural_db_set_data' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c: In function `printrc_load': print.c:815: warning: passing arg 1 of `gimp_personal_rc_file' discards qualifiers from pointer target type print.c: In function `printrc_save': print.c:1065: warning: passing arg 1 of `gimp_personal_rc_file' discards qualifiers from pointer target type source='gimp_color_window.c' object='gimp_color_window.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/gimp_color_window.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/gimp_color_window.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -I../../include -I../../intl -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -Wall -Wcast-align -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -g -O2 -O -c `test -f gimp_color_window.c || echo './'`gimp_color_window.c source='gimp_main_window.c' object='gimp_main_window.o' libtool=no \ depfile='.deps/gimp_main_window.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/gimp_main_window.TPo' \ depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../scripts/depcomp \ Sorry for the long posting, but there are a number of errors different places and I am not sure what is relevant and what isn't. If someone wans't the output in entireity, please let me know as the list daemon won't accept more. Cheers, Brian

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Fwd: FAT bogus (repeated : forgot attchd kword doc)
by usb 30 May '02

30 May '02

---------- Message transmis ---------- Subject: FAT bogus Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:24:28 +0200 From: usb <peterpaul(a)ya.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Hi ! This doesn't prevent my linux from starting neither from reading my DOS file systems from, for example, Konqueror. I even can write in them. In fact I got a w2000 (FAT32) and a w311/dos622 (DOS) partitions (+ reiserfs). Start thru LILO. No problem with w311. Since I added a scd hdd, cannot start w2000 any more, even reinstalling it. When starting linux I get the message as attchd. Kernel is 2.4.19pre8 all DOS and FAT options in the menuconfig are set on "Y". Any hint ? -------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [SLE] Onboard promise ata/raid ide interface?
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi Curtis, Dunno if this is the same problem as mine (I have an ASUSTek P4B-E with onboard Promise Raid Lite configured with 2 x 30Gb HD from which I run Linux) but, in the vague hope that it will help I'll repost it :-) Essentially they (their support documentation) explained to me that both the two drives AND the virtual (HW Raid) drive are seen by Linux as (hde/hdg and /dev/ataraid/d0 respectively) and that the work around is to go through YaST2 (using cfdisk or fdisk didn't seem to work), partition it manually (no joke for an aging windows techy ... haha) save that (which I did by starting the install & ignoring the generated errors), abort & restart and do it again and then it remembers. The restart is the essential aspect, the system needs to do this to accept the new partition changes and it can't do that via the normal YaST2 install. Hope this helps :-) 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

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Newbie can't mount CD-R on SuSE 8
by jpearson 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hello all, I have a PLEXTOR CD-R 12/10/32A and I can't access it under SuSE8. When I click on either of the two icons on my desktop (CDROM and CD Recorder -?). I get the following message: Could not mount the device. The reported error was /dev/cdrom Input/output error I am pretty sure that my problem is due to the fact that the CD ROM drive is a CD-R and that I need to create a soft link to CDROM =>/dev/sg0 or something like that. I have tried, unsucessfully, to mount my CDROM using various commands such as : mount /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom mount /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom, etc. I would greatly appreciate it if someone would give me a pointer on how I can I mount my PLEXTOR CD-R drive. Below is a "log" which shows SuSe attempts to mount the CDROM when I was trying to mount it.... Thanks in advance. Checking /dev/hdc for cdrom... Testing /dev/hdc for cooked ioctl() interface Device /dev/hdc is not a CDROM Testing /dev/hdc for SCSI interface /dev/hdc is not a SCSI device Checking /dev/hd3 for cdrom... Could not stat /dev/hd3: No such file or directory Checking /dev/hdd for cdrom... Testing /dev/hdd for cooked ioctl() interface Unable to open /dev/hdd: No such device or address Testing /dev/hdd for SCSI interface /dev/hdd is not a SCSI device Checking /dev/sg0 for cdrom... Testing /dev/sg0 for cooked ioctl() interface /dev/sg0 is not a cooked ioctl CDROM. Testing /dev/sg0 for SCSI interface generic device: /dev/sg0 ioctl device: /dev/scd0 Found an accessible SCSI CDROM drive. Looking at revision of the SG interface in use... SG interface version 3.1.22; OK. CDROM model sensed sensed: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A 1.01 Ciao James Pearson E mail (mai) : james.pearson(a)wanadoo.fr E mail (bur) : james.pearson(a)wanadoo.com Web page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/j.pearson/ What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need.

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Copy/Paste in KDE3 Konqueror problem
by Rodd Ahrenstorff 30 May '02

30 May '02

I must be missing something here with Konqueror. Why can't I simply highlight text and rightclick to copy then past into Kate for example? There is no option given to simply 'copy'. Seems to work fine in Mozilla. Thanks...

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Onboard promise ata/raid ide interface?
by Curtis Rey 30 May '02

30 May '02

I have just bought a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP mobo with a AMD XP 1800+ cpu that runs ddr 233 ram. It has a promise onboard ide ata133/raid chipset, meaning that I have 2 additional ide inputs on the mobo - similair to the HPT series chipset/ide config. The problem I'm having, unlike the HPT370 which SuSE recognized and allow as "/" root partition, is that it isn't recognized during install. It did ask me if I wanted to install to modules. One being the ataraid and the other being the pdcraid. The ataraid is loaded autoclean but unused. The pdcraid gives the following message. Crusher-1:/home/crrey # modprobe pdcraid /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/ide/pdcraid.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/ide/pdcraid.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/ide/pdcraid.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/ide/pdcraid.o: insmod pdcraid failed I have tried to give it the IO and IRQ but it gives a similiar message. I am hoping that someone will know the answer or point be to an archive or FAQ about how to enable this chipset. I do remember having similiar problems about a year and a half ago with the HPT366/370 but that seems to have been solved. I'm hoping this is a learning curve and not a path to unsupported hardware. TIA. Curtis

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Yast2
by Harry G 30 May '02

30 May '02

Where can I go to find out how Yast 2 works? For example, does it upgrade packages from the origional install only? Does it upgrade items from the Suse disks only? Or does it update any RPM that is on the system? Does it read the RPM database first? And things like that. TIA Harry G

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FW: [SLE] Installation woes
by Phil Bridges 30 May '02

30 May '02

anyone? -----Original Message----- From: Phil Bridges [mailto:phil.bridges@acm.org] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 10:34 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] Installation woes Hello, all... For some reason, I can't even start to install SuSE 8.0 on my system. Currently, I am running Debian 2.2(?). I have a 2x P-233 board. The drives I have are as follows: hda: 20GB Maxtor hdb: 60GB Maxtor hdc: 80GB Western Digital hdd: 24x CD-ROM The problem, apparently, is hdc. Prior to today, I have had a 27GB Maxtor in that slot. In both cases, Debian will access the drive. When trying to install SuSE 8.0, though, the install script hangs at the point of the parition check for hdc. If I reboot and unplug the power from the drive, it will boot fine, just without the 80GB drive (of course). If I replug the power, Debian will reboot. The drive reads at the proper capacity during the install log (79999999 KB), so I don't think it's a BIOS issue. What could have changed in the kernel, and how can I get SuSE installed? Thanks in advance for the help. -- 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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[Fwd: [JaxLUG] printing/kde3.0/hp psc 950/usb/SuSE8.0]
by Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. 30 May '02

30 May '02

Hi all, I'm forwarding this to help a friend in our LUG who is also a newbie with Linux. Maybe someone who has more knowledge than I do can help solve his problem. Besides, he uses KDE 3.0 on SuSE 8.0 and I use Gnome on 7.2Pro. Thanks, in advance. Tom, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's First Coast. ><> <>< Air conditioners and computers are alike. Once you open windows they're both useless. ><> <>< This message originated from a Unix computer using Open Source software: SuSE Linux 7.2 Pro, Galeon 1.2.0-9 Browser, AbiWord 1.0.1 Word Processor, Ximian Gnome 1.4.0.8 and Evolution 1.0.5-1 Groupware Suite. Have a lot of fun!!! (Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) _____________________________________________________________________________________

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