November 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] downloadable manuals
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

>Rohit wrote: >| Hi all, >| >| Is there somewhere I can download help/documentation about SuSE Linux? >| A friend/novice in remote native area is struggling to learn. >| Is there some URL I can give him that you found worthy of newbies? >| >| Thanks, >| -- >| Rohit >| >- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Joe wrote: > Uh, why not let him explore /use/share/doc & read the man pages? Those are good if you have some vocab, but if it's a real "newbie", I would suggest doing a google search on "linux + newbie" Several sites will come up, including: "The Linux Cookbook," by Michael Stutz: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/ it's a place to start. HTH (The manual is downloadable or can buy it is softcover.) __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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Continued Authentication problems
by Tom Allison 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Last night I reinstalled SuSE 8.2. I didn't add anything as far as security / authentication in that I just picked what was there and did a minimal graphic installation. Then I installed pure-ftp and imap as xinetd run processes. I created a cram-md5.pwd file and set it's access to 0400. This is the same as an existing imap server set-up I'm trying to replace. When I attempt to make an imap connection I get refused. xinet does respond to the request and starts imapd But imap responds in the logs with: imapd: Login disabled user=tallison auth=tallison host=[192.168.1.103] But I can login/authentication under pure-ftpd (in xinet) and sshd (daemon) without any problems. There really aren't that many options for configuring imap. any suggestions on what to do at this point? I'm really at a loss. No matter what I do, I always get stuck on getting something or other to authenticate under SuSE, even after repeated rebuilds. I'm being very careful to try not to affect any of the pam/authentication set up, but this one has me completely stumped. I'm really stuck....

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9.0 and vmware
by Ken Schneider 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Well guys and gals, yes there are some very bright ladies on this list... Installed 9.0 on my laptop, my test machine, and can't get vmware to run. I followed the suggestion found at http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2003-Oct/3516.html and was not successful getting it to run. vmware will always seg-fault when starting the virtual machine. I installed km_vmware and always get an error about, this is from memory, expecting (something) 50 but got 10. The results are the same if I use 3.2.1 or 4.0.5. Follow the directions to a T will out luck. Even tried to start a fresh VM without luck. Back to the drawing board I guess. Any one else been able to get VMware to run? Ken Schneider

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Mozilla fonts
by jason pratt 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Is there a way to keep all the font sizes consistant in Mozilla? I'll visit a site and I have to resize the fonts up to be able to read it, visit another site and it'll be fine, visit another an I have to resize the fonts again. But in Windows this doesn't happen. Is there soemthing I"m missing? Shouldn't the 2 be the same? Thanks.. Jason

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Compiling on 9.0
by Donn aka n5xwb Washburn 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Hey Group; I guess the gcc problem found while building a SuSE 8.2 kernel problem has been fixed. I just did "make cloneconfig" in 9.0 and even the modules made correctly. Great News! It even booted correctly and seems faster with the correct CPU. NOTE: Remember to run "mkinitrd" Note to fvwm2 users Get the latest version (2.5.8) and themes + extras. They seem to work well and it allows background, button, pager and color change on th fly. Neat! -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " http://counter.li.org " #279316

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Mouse trouble
by Joe Dufresne 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm having trouble with the mouse on my laptop, a ibm 390x thinkpad. I have done nothing to any setting, which really makes it irritating. the problems are multiple: at the kdm screen, i can click on any user on the left, but not to change the desktop, "shutdown" or "go". also on neither text field I use XFce4, and i'm getting one left click, then that button stops working. button 2 & 3 do not work at all in "failsafe" I can load thunderbird, and teh left button works fine (again not 2 & 3) until I type something. if I open anew window in tb, the pointer is obviously on the window below, i must close the lower window (and then after the new window is closed reload tb) the pointer moves by it's self up to the upper left corner. I tried using the usb mouse from my desktop, but i can't get it to be recognized. uh...HELP! how can i either fix the onboard mouse, or failing that get a usb mouse/trackball to work (and any reccomdations for a trackball appropriate for a laptop? optical perfered, but it's a tight budget Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Dora ~ 11:19am up 0:58, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.32, 0.25 The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. -- Benjamin Franklin. nqs(a)tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/pVzzoS1S7SxfpzwRAhFsAKCj3dOhcX/IGB5x0b/AHsNe0LBMEgCfS0xx FGqEil52T/oLqH1FFSC9ceY= =ZJt4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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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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How do I use fsck????
by Tom Nielsen 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I just got 9.0 loaded and everything right where I wanted it when I just had to screw around and cause a problem. I was trying to transfer information from my CF card reader and I couldn't get it to stop so I hit the reset button on my computer. Ya, I know it was stupid, but something was locked up and I didn't know what. Well, upon rebooting, I had a ton of errors, which would be expected, including not being able to get my reiserfs systems mounted. / and /home wouldn't mount and during bootup, I got a message saying it couldn't fsck and that I would have to do it manually. I tried tweaking and playing and finally got to KDE. The problem was that it would reboot itself have way through loading. I managed to get into Gnome just fine. So, what is the correct way to fsck my / and /home partitions? I read the man page but it made about as much sense to me as reading it in a foreign language. So, any help would be great!! Thanks, Tom

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gzip ?
by stephen winners 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Trying to install FIREBIRD but get this message: gzip: MozillaFirebird-0.7-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated What does this mean and what do I do about it? StephenW Sarasota, FL __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/

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printing from mozilla in SuSE 9.0
by nick murphy 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Has anybody else had any problems printing from mozilla 1.5 in 9.0. It has not been a problem before. The printing system seems to be working in every other app I try. But mozilla will not print. Looking at the Kprint manager it says the job from STDIN was "aborted by the system" what ever that means. Nick

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