June 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

re: [SLE] module st
by Greg Freemyer 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Harry, Normally slow tape drives are caused by slow disk subsystems. And when tape drives slow down, it is an exponential slowdown, not linear. This is due to the little rewinds that occur. I'm sure you can hear the difference between a tape drive that is streaming vs. one that is in stop/start mode. The DDS2 with 2:1 compression runs at 3.6 GB/hr max. transfer rate. To keep it running a full speed, it should have a 3x feed rate. That is 10.8 GB/hr. Do a tar -cf /dev/null /your_data and calculate your feed speed. If 10 GB per hour or faster you have a tape problem. Either hardware or config. (A SCSI bus shared by the disk and tape is one of the possible problems. SCSI contention can slow things down even if the individual systems are fine.) If 5GB / hour or less, you definitely have a disk sub-system that is just too slow, and this causes the tape performance to degrade drastically. If between those numbers, it can be either. In this case, perhaps you could insert a small buffer between your backup program and the tape. for example with bfr: http://www.glines.org:8000/software/buffer.html This will be most useful when dealing with a large number of small files. Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com >> Hi, >> I have a DDS2 drive attached to 7.3 pro, but the performance is very poor. >> At least for restoring. What are the correct parameters for the 'st' >> module >> to have at least some decent performance? >> Now my colleagues are screaming that the tape drive works much faster >> under >> Windows :-( >> Regards, >> Harry ten Berge >> Test Engineer >> Holland Institute of Traffic Technology HITT B.V. >> P.O. box 717 >> Apeldoorn >> email :berge@hitt.nl >> <http://www.hitt.nl> >> tel : +31 555432537 >> fax : +31 555432554 >> -- >> 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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re: [SLE] ISO Images Again - Where are the AXP Images ?
by Greg Freemyer 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

It you can't find an answer here, you might want to try the Tru64 managers list. tru64-unix-managers(a)ornl.gov It is officially for Tru64 support, but a lot of generic Alpha questions come up, and a few Linux ones as well. I don't think you have to subscribe to be able to post to that list. == Rules of that list You send a question. Responses come directly to you. (Never to the list). You post a summary message for the archives. === FYI: I checked the archive for that list, and your question has not been asked. Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com >> Hello, everyone. >> I saw an earlier thread for ISO images and it reminded me that I still >> can't >> find the images for the AXP version of SuSE. >> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/README.iso-images.english states quite clearly that >> SuSE provides AXP ISO images, and though I can find the Sparc and S390 >> ones >> with no problems, the AXP ISOs continue to elude me. Does anyone know >> where >> these images are ? I did ask on the suse_axp list a while back, and >> nobody >> there seemed to know. >> It's not that we can't afford the $50 for the boxed set, but the target >> machine is very old, and we want to see if we can get it working first. >> If >> we can, then I'm sure we'll get the box set if only for the manuals. My >> current knowledge of the Alpha architecture is thin at best, but I'd like >> to >> change that. >> Thanks, >> Stuart. >> -- >> 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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Error message
by Diego Costa 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

I'm running a station with linux SuSE 7.2 and kernel 2.4.4. When i try to reboot it, it's goes freezed with a message "Saving random seedBUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: I'll appreciate your help! Thanks in advance Diego Costa

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ISO Images Again - Where are the AXP Images ?
by Stuart Powell 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hello, everyone. I saw an earlier thread for ISO images and it reminded me that I still can't find the images for the AXP version of SuSE. ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/README.iso-images.english states quite clearly that SuSE provides AXP ISO images, and though I can find the Sparc and S390 ones with no problems, the AXP ISOs continue to elude me. Does anyone know where these images are ? I did ask on the suse_axp list a while back, and nobody there seemed to know. It's not that we can't afford the $50 for the boxed set, but the target machine is very old, and we want to see if we can get it working first. If we can, then I'm sure we'll get the box set if only for the manuals. My current knowledge of the Alpha architecture is thin at best, but I'd like to change that. Thanks, Stuart.

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RE: [SLE] Much too obvious
by Currie Sylvanus 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

have u tried KInternet together with smpppd? I found that /etc/resolv.conf is empty whereas /etc/ppp/resolv.conf contains the DNS entries for my ISP. Presumably this is put in effect when smpppd detects starts pppd following a dial-on-demand request such as starting a browser. I am a relative nebie myself but I seem to recall that I had to `chown -R root:dialout /etc/ppp` so that other users could use DoD. I hope this helps at least start you in the right direction. I'm sure someone out there can explain it much better/further :) Regards, Sylvanus A. Currie WMP Technical: Data Migration NETS: 777-2423 PSTN: +44 (0) 14 52 65 2423 O2: +44 (0) 77 5253 4452 Walk softly and carry a big stick > -----Original Message----- > From: R. Stia [mailto:rnr@sanctum.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2002 06.45 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Much too obvious > > > Hello SuSE folk; > > Too obvious for me I guess. Must be going right over my head. > Same topic different thread. SuSE 8.0 > > Still trying to get my apps, Konq, Kmail, FTP client, etc. > to run once I am connected to my ISP. KPPP is up and running > and connected - As a user when I try to connect any of these > apps I get the message....Host "YourISP" unknown.. When I am > running as root I can get Konq to connect. (Don't have the other > apps as root) > > WHAT am I missing here? Please help...... > > Bob S. > > > > -- > 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 > |* This message has been sent from the British Energy Group. |* |* British Energy plc |* |* Registered Office:- |* 3 Redwood Crescent, |* Peel Park |* East Kilbride |* G74 5PR |* United Kingdom |* |* Registered in Scotland (Number 162273). |* |* This email message and any attachments are confidential |* and are intended for the use of the addressee only. If you |* are not the addressee you should not copy or use them for |* any purpose, nor disclose their contents to anyone else. |* If you believe you have received this email by mistake please |* notify us immediately by telephoning +44 (0)1452 653113.

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DVD writing in 8.0?
by Nathan Fain 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

It is advertised that there is dvd writing support on SuSE 8.0. I have a Pioneer DVD writer and am interesting and testing this (have had trouble finding anything online concerning writing DVD's in Linux). Does anyone have any information on writing DVD's in SuSE 8.0 or in Linux in general? Thanks Nathan

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quickcam how-to setup
by MindBender 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hello ... I'm planing to buy a quickcam and I was wondering will it be supported on Linux .. and is there a how-to to set it up.... Thanks for any help ===== ,. \\|// - ? (o o) /======================oOOO=(_)OOo=====================\ email : ephlodur(a)rocketmail.com What we need is Awareness we can't get carelless. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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updatedb, how do I make it work
by Wojtek Malinski 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hi, I found that I can't make updadedb to work. I went to Yast2/Security and chose root in the updatedb window, but still no go. I also could not find either updatedb or locate anywhere in the system ... Can anyone help me with that. How do I make it work? BTW, I have suse 8.0 professional. Thanks, Wojtek

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module st
by Berge, Harry ten 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hi, I have a DDS2 drive attached to 7.3 pro, but the performance is very poor. At least for restoring. What are the correct parameters for the 'st' module to have at least some decent performance? Now my colleagues are screaming that the tape drive works much faster under Windows :-( Regards, Harry ten Berge Test Engineer Holland Institute of Traffic Technology HITT B.V. P.O. box 717 Apeldoorn email :berge@hitt.nl <http://www.hitt.nl> tel : +31 555432537 fax : +31 555432554

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Problem installing Netscape 6 with apt-get (SuSE 7.3/8.0)
by Eric Maryniak 26 Jun '02

26 Jun '02

Hello apt's, I don't understand why Netscape 6 does not install with apt-get (apt4rpm for SuSE): # apt-get -f install Netscape6 ... Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: Netscape6: Depends: libodbc.so but it is not installable Depends: libodbcinst.so but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages Whereas: # ls -l /usr/lib/libodbc.so /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 10 21:02 /usr/lib/libodbc.so -> libodbc.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 10 21:02 /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so -> libodbcinst.so.1.0.0 # rpm -qf /usr/lib/libodbc.so /usr/lib/libodbcinst.so unixODBC-2.1.1-190 unixODBC-2.1.1-190 Any ideas? Thanks, bye-bye, Eric -- Eric Maryniak <e.maryniak(a)pobox.com> WWW homepage: http://pobox.com/~e.maryniak/ Computer relationships: "it was love at first byte."

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