October 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Favorite Cron Jobs
by Bob S. 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hello SuSE folk, I have discovered that my cron is not working since I installed 8.2 about two months ago. Trying to figure out how to make it startup at boot time. Looked through Yast but nothing was obvious to me. While we are on the subject, does anyone have any favorite scripts, suggestions, other than getting rid of all of the old (huge) log files? (assuming I get it running of course :-) Examples ? Nothing really fancy. Been following the cron threads on this list Bob S.

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faillog, not logging
by del-SLE 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

If a user, me, logs into root and fails an entry is made in /var/log/ messages. Why isn't /var/log/faillog also recording these? I purposely logged into root with a dodgy password and, as root, # faillog -u root displays Username Failures Maximum Latest root 0 0 Or am I missing the concept of faillog and all it should do is pass the login failure to messages? -- del suse-linux-e

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NVidia and DELL Inspiron 2650 Laptop questions
by Hemo 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hi all. I'm running SuSE 8.2 on a DELL Inspiron 2650 laptop. It had an NVidia GeForce 2 Go video chip. I've installed the NVidia binary drivers. I get fairly decent 3D performance out of it if you consider the age and genre of the system. There is something about refresh rates or modes that just *bugs* me sometimes. Let me lay out what I've seen: If using the SuSE supplied nvidia driver, which has no 3D and it a fairly generic driver, I am able to use Atl-Ctrl-F1 to switch to a _readable_ console from the XFree86 session. I can also switch back. I get the same results using framebuffer drivers. The display is quite viewable even on an external monitor. The Inspiron has a button I can press that will cycle display between LCD/Monitor;LCD Only;Monitor Only. When I use the NVidia driver, I get 3D performance in XFree86 screens just fine. If I try to Alt-Ctrl-F1 to switch to a console, the console on the LCD goes beserk, wavey lines and scrambled signals. Kinda like a TV tuned to 15 channels at once. If I have an external monitor plugged in, the monitor doesn't have this symptom at all. Not much of an issue when I am in my office, but when I am on the road and would like to switch to console, or even when shutting down and X halts, the console goes wild with goofy patterns and lines, et all. I'm pretty much done with trying experimentation with my X configuration to try and resolve this, but thought I would post this in case anyone else has run across this and either knows the answer or can now rest assured you are not suffering alone. The machine I am writing this message from has a GeForce4 and preforms flawlessly, but then it isn't a laptop suffering from a manufacturer messing with video chipsets. ---- John Hiemenz --- Pine v4.5.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #201684 Machine # 214067 Running Madly Into The Wind And Screaming

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WHERE IS linux kernel source code ???
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

I'm installing VPN. One of the questions the installation procedure is asking me is : "Directory containing linux kernel source code " It has no degfault for that. I have NO idea where SuSE 8.2 stores linux kernel source code ... Please, can you help? Thank you in advance, Maura

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RE: [SLE] SuSE 8.2 appears to be Junk.
by VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Helgi Örn Helgason <mailto:gnu4u@telia.com> wrote on Friday, October 03, 2003 11:19 AM: > I'm impressed! > My girl needs to buy a new computer and she wants to have it Linux > only. I'm going to hand her the cd's and make her do the job...:o) > Linux babes are cool! > > Cheers, > HÖ If I could only get my wife to stop using AOL and Frontpage (does anyone know if they work under WINE?) I'd be able to get her to start using Linux. Ah, such is life. She's an artist. At least she doesn't use a Mac! I can at least support the Win box for her, but I know NOTHING about Mac! Geordon

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Off Topic Discussion on the Computer industry
by David Johanson 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

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USB scanner, Device busy
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Working on the instalation of a HP 3400c flatbed scanner with a niash chip I can detect the scanner with sane-find-scanner and the result is backed up by scanimage -L. When I try to start the scanner I get following error message: failed to open device 'niash-libusb:001:002' Device busy Can somebody explain to me why a device is busy if I have not put it on, at least not knowingly and how and where to look for solutions? I am running SuSE 8.2 with the latest Sane 1.0.12

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YP/NIS Server Tutorial ?
by Andrei Verovski 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hi, Anyone is aware of YP/NIS server/client tutorial? The documentation bundled with these packages in SuSE is rather scarce. Basically, I am need to do the following: 1) Setup temporary YP/NIS server on old PC and transfer all user accounts to the new one. 2) Setup new PC as YP/NIS master server. 3) Synchronize user accounts with 3 new servers located in different offices, and linked with the master server via VPN. Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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modem recommendations
by Nate Mayotte 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Can anyone recommend modems that work reletively flawlessly and out of the box with SuSE 8.2? I know suse.com has a whole list of ones that will work, but most of those are brands I've never heard of. And I figure I'd ask on here to see which ones people have used and know work well. I'm looking at both internal and external modems.

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Mail missplaced or lost
by David Soltero-Lugo 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

I have a system running SuSE 7.3 with all updates, and I noticed that the old mail (readed) was moving to the Trash folder or there was another new folder instead with the old mail. I don't know when the problem started but it is happening on multiple accounts, if not in all. I am using imapd and sendmail? is someone else seen something like this? thanks David

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