December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Support for 100 Mb/s Wireless adapters
by Pieter Hulshoff 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hello all, Does anyone have any experience with the Linux (SuSE?) support for 100 Mb/s wireless adapaters, like the Sitecom WL121, or the U.S. Robotics cards (both available as Cardbus and PCI)? I'm considering the purchase of some 100 Mb/s wireless network equipment, but would like to know if the cards will work with Linux (SuSE). Regards, Pieter Hulshoff

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http://www.suse.com/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi is broken
by Bob Pearson 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Anyone know who to contact? http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi is broken as well. -- _/_/_/ Bob Pearson gottadoit(a)mailsnare.net _/_/_/ "The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a _/_/_/ question, but to post the wrong information." - Aahz' Law

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External USB 6 gig hard drive
by Old Sarge 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

To ALL: I had installed a USB hard drive, which only came with a Windows driver, and was a little frustrated by not being able to use it for Linux. Lo and behold, I monkeyed around with SuSe and partitioning and then , basically, ignored the drive for awhile. Well, today I went in to my Windows side and wanted to see what my Partition Magic would say about my 3 hard drives, and there it was; one C:drive 40 gig, , one internal 20gig hard drive for SuSe 9.0 and one USB 6gig hard drive also formatted for Linux. I could not duplicate it if I tried and only credit this and my being able to print on a Canon printer in SuSe 9. to God and to SuSe. Now, all I have to figure out is how to use it. :-) =-O -- Old Sarge, prefer using voice dictation because of my arthritis!

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Speed of 9.0 vs. 8.2
by knesbitt 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

What is the general consensus regarding the overall speed of 9.0 vs. 8.2? I have read that there may be a speed hit in upgrading to 9.0? I have 8.2 running at a level I'm comfortable with on a P-III 1000 Mhz but only after upgrading to 512 Mb of RAM. What are the implications of moving to 9 if any? Cheers! K. Nesbitt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/2003

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rsync log
by Tom Nielsen 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

I've been running rsync via kcron with the -v tag to get a list of what is copied, but I can't find the log. From what I understand, there should be a rsync.log under /var/log but it's not there. Any thoughts? Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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RE: [SLE] Downloaded 9.0 install from harddrive problem
by Pacheco Jason NPRI 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

> Cannot read package data from installation media. Media error? > * ERROR: No proposal I installed from Hard Drive so maybe this will help. Burn the boot.iso to CD and boot from that. When you reach the boot loader there is two ways to install. The technically correct way to do it did not work for me, but this is what the manual said to do: 1. Give boot parameter of: install=/dev/hda1 (replace with whatever partition you want to install from) 2. Select Manual Installation This is supposed to load the install program linuxrc. But it did not work for me for some reason. Whenever I did that it had problems loading the kernel. So here was my workaround. 1. Give boot parameter of: install= (leave blank!) 2. Select Install option This will look at the boot parameter and realize "Wait a minute, he forgot to give the rest of the argument". It will then freak out and dump you into linuxrc with a menu asking what you with to do. Select the option that says (I think) "Install / Repair" I forget the exact wording, but whatever it is it is saying install. Next it will give you the option to select your installation medium, you have 3 options, CD-ROM, Hard Drive, Network (3 guesses as to which one you want). Next all you have to do is give it your partition device name /dev/hd(alpha)(number) then give the relative path to the file folder. That should do it.

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VNC Connection not working
by olly 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi All, I have installed Suse 9.0 with the remote administration option at install time, which enabled VNC. VNC was was working for the first couple of days, then it stopped, with seemingly no change to any configuration. When connecting from a remote computer to vnc the X display appears (with the black n white checks, and a mouse cursor), but xdm/kdm does not start as it has done before. You can still login in though the pc, rather then vnc. Being originally from a Windows background, I rebooted, but to no avail. Then I uninstalled tightvnc package and reinstalled it, but to no avail. All seems correct in xinetd.log. I tried to install tightvnc through yast on another box, and VNC did not show KDM ever. Please help me with debugging my VNC problem, as I am stuck! Thanks in advance, Olly

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RE: [SLE] SuSE 9.0 NTFS Read/Write
by Pacheco Jason NPRI 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

> Correct. SUSE 9.0 only supports READ to NTFS partitions. > Write support isn't > supported - yet. SUSE is using the latest NTFS driver. for > more info check > out http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ for FAQs, etc. > > Stan > SuSE 9.0 uses v2.4.20 of the linux kernel with 2.6 optimizations. Read/write NTFS support is built into the 2.6 kernel. Check here under "Filesystems" http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html . And I was almost positive that NTFS read/write support was one of the 2.6 optimizations that SuSE added to the kernel. Everywhere I have been reading says that SuSE 9.0 has full NTFS support and I believe it even stated so in the Changelog that was displayed after the installation was complete. But I don't know why it isn't working.

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How to set up a HP LaserJet 5M in 9.0 ?
by W.D.McKinney 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hello, I have a small LAN with a networked HP LJ 5M, and I with previous versions of SuSE it was a breeze to print. Having some hiccups trying to get anything working now in 9.0. What worked best was cups and ghostscript before but how does one set up printing in 9.0 Personal ? Thanks, Dee

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Downloaded 9.0 install from harddrive problem
by James D. Ivey 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Just a brief reminder of what my original question was: Here's the error I'm getting installing from a harddrive: > > > Cannot read package data from installation media. Media error? > > > * ERROR: No proposal I'll give up on this and burn CDs. I've already burned the boot.iso CD. But the suse/i586 directory has no subdirectories and 3.0GB of rpms. How do I get the appropriate files on to the appropriate CDs such that I can insert "Setup CD 1" or whatever when prompted? Or, more generally, how can I burn these files (3.0GB in a single directory) onto a collection of CDs so that I can install properly. Many thanks to any helpful hints, Jim

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