October 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ssh connect problem
by Jack Malone 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I have openssh installed on new suse 9.0. I can not ssh into the box with my username. i put in login name an password for the user i have creatived on linux machine an it want connect. anyone else seen this problem an know the fix for it. thanks ssh worked out of box on past version with no setup at all. jack

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Re: [suse-kde] KWeather
by Fred Miller 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

On Thursday 30 October 2003 7:55 am, Manuel Balderrábano wrote: > What happened with kweather in SuSE 8.2? > It is mentioned in the ktoys 3.1.1-60, but does not come with it anymore. > Thanks. It's not in 9.0 either. Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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VIRUS AND DUAL BOOT
by BOWERSOX＠bucknell.edu 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I am new to linux. I am running suse 8.2 pro. I am running a dual boot with windows me. I use the linux for 99% of the time. I use kmail for all emailings. My question is with this set up, if a virus is sent to me can it seek out windows? Or since linux is running it will not work? And what anti virus do you folks think is the best to use? I get lots of emails as being the webmaster. I got hit with a virus a while back while running stright windows. Thanks.

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CDs not Playing again
by Thom Nuzum 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hi Folks, I just installed SuSE 9.0 and cannot play cds. In 8.2 it seemed to work with at least xmms player. It would like to play CDs with all the other players too of course. I have a LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B player. I installed the SuSE DVD with it no problems. Also my sound card is a blaster live I think. I removed the sound card and am using on board sound (soyo board) in the hopes that is was the lack of cable between DVD-ROM and sound card. CDs still don't play: i.e. I can see them playing, but hear nothing. I have both physically a dvd-rom and a cd-rw and icons for both. In dev/media there is cd-rom, dvd, and cd-rw. I have tried removing autodetect and changing to Alsa and playing with mixers and increasing sound. Still even xmms (which I assume does not need sound card cable) pplays but without sound. I've heard LG is crap and am thinking of buying a new dvd-rom that will play cd music in SuSe so any suggestions to that affect would be welcome. Thanks in advance. Everything else in 9.0 works great. Thom Nuzum thom(a)cavtel.net

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how to rescue /home
by Alberto Santana 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Ok this is the problem. My workstation died. I tried to boot another linux machine with the hard drive from the dead box and it does not work. At this moment, I just want to recover the data from the /home partition. How do I do that? Any help will be greatly appreciated. alberto ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Alberto Santana Center for Chemical Sensor Development for Explosives Department of Chemistry University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez P.O. Box 9019 Phone: (787) 832-4040 x2485 Mayaguez PR, 00681-9019 http://www.uprm.edu/~asantana

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Pysol
by Fred Miller 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Since SUSE didn't ship Pysol with 9.0, does it run fine with it, did SUSE just not include it, or has anyone here installed it from the Net. and gotten it to run? Thanks, Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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Can not make xntpd keep host time in sync ?
by Bo Jacobsen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I have installed xntpd but it will not keep the time as expected. When restarting it though, it resets the time correctly. Other hosts are able to get current time from this host. There is no log data when ntp is running, only when it's started and stopped. Following is my /etc/init.d/ntp.conf file: ------------------------------------------------- #server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) #fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized ## ## Outside source of synchronized time ## ## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server server ntp1.tele.dk prefer server ntp.tiscali.dk restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 #restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify nopeer driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift # path for drift file ------------------------------------------------- Any suggestions ? Thanks in advance Bo Jacobsen

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Disaster strikes
by Edward F. Howson 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Just had a crash on my system after trying to play a dvd. My home partition refuses to mount and reiserfsck reports an unrecoverable error, possibly bad block. Fortunately, I managed to backup my friend's files on CD today just before the crash. Unfortunately, my files have not been backed-up. Any ideas on 1) how I could possibly repair my drive. 2) retrieve some of my data. Is there a way using something like ddrescue? Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eddie

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DVD-Program conflict(returned DVD-player with SUSE PRo)
by Thom Nuzum 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi Folks, (thanks for all the hardware recommendations) My DVD-player plays CDs. Playing DVDs it locks-up and I cannot open the drive bay. I installed the latest xine build. I suppose xine is the only thing that will work. I did install all multimedia packages from professional initially and I did not uninstall anything including old crippled xine. Should I remove all mulimedia: sound and start from scratch? Very stupid me: returned the Pioneer DVD-Rom player thinking it was the culprit. I left my SuSE 9.0 Pro DVD in it. I have to get it today before some poor Windows users installs it from the discount bin. Happy Halloween! Thom Nuzum thom(a)cavtel.net

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Problem with backup after 9.0 install....need help!
by Tom Nielsen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Last night I did a fresh install of 9 from 8.2. Before I installed I backed up my /home directory to my windows drive (1.2GB in size). After the install I decided to get some stuff from my backup and when I tried to open it (I tar'd it), I got a notice saying the file doesn't exist. Now when I backed it up, I did the following "tar -czvf /mnt/windows/C/tmp/backup.zip /home/tom" When I look at my windows drive, I can see the file in there and the size is 1.2gb. I have another zip file which I did of my /srv directory and I can't access that either. My new fstab of the windows drive says it mounts to /windows/C while my old fstab has it at /mnt/windows/C. Could that be my problem? I also transfered a couple single files into the same location and those work fine...although they were not tar'd. Anyone have any thoughts????? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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