December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SuSE 9.0 NTFS Read/Write
by Pacheco Jason NPRI 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

I thought SuSE 9.0 was supposed to allow Read/Write permission to NTFS partitions. It is only giving me read access to my NTFS partitions, is there something special I have to do besides mount it with the 'rw' option? Jason Pacheco Systems Developer Technology Center for Cables & Connectors Naval Undersea Warfare Center

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RE: [SLE] Suse 9.0 hangs on boot
by Sharpe, Richard 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

David I had this same problem when I got my Tungsten T, if you did what I did, after the pc hung you power cycled the pc and by doing this corrupted the filesystem, you will need to boot from a cd, I used a Knoppix cd and then mount you hard disk under Knoppix and perform a reiserfsck on the partition, if you have a different filesystem you will need to a fsck etc... After the reiserfsck is completed you can recycle your pc and all should boot just fine, if you are as lucky as I was. Rich Richard A Sharpe (DBA) Sqlserver/DB2 Amherst Technologies 40 Continental Blvd Merrimack, NH 03054 PHONE .......(603) 579-6180 / (800) 431-8031 Cell phone ..(603) 320-7785 FAX ...........(603) 578-1072 EMAIL .......rsharpe(a)amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith") > -----Original Message----- > From: David Moss [mailto:dmoss16@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:31 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Suse 9.0 hangs on boot > > > This system had been working fine until today. I was trying to > configure jpilot to sych Evolution to a new Palm Tungsten E. At one > point I restarted the system and it stopped at "Setting up loopback > interface" . After about ten minutes it continued with the error, > "_alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)" Booting > appeared to continue normally until it got to "Starting hotplugging > services" at which point it hung and never continued. All I > could do > was reset the computer with the same result. I tried to > unplug all usb > devices to no avail. > > Any ideas? > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to > suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Alcatel Speedtouch
by Owain Sutton 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

I'm trying to set up a Speedtouch modem using the instructions on http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/05/configSpeedTouch.html - but the link to the Alcatel site is just to the homepage, and I can't find any speedmgmt file ( http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=site%3Awww.alcatelds… ) Any suggestions?

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SuSE9.0 No sound on TECRA laptop
by Pep Serrano 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi guys, I used to have sound using ALSA on my TECRA 8000 laptop in previous SuSE version although configuring it manually. With the the 9.0 I lost sound. Even at the alsaconf and yast there is a choice named "TECRA 8000" in the group OPL3SA2... but it doesn't work. Even configuring manually with the address and irq values from the BIOS... No sound at all. Anyone has installed 9.0 on a tecra? share your battle please :-)

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Batch file renamer
by marcia 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Dear All, I am looking for an app that will rename alot of files at once. I downloaded krename, but cannot get it to install. It complains about not finding the qt headers but I have them installed, so I am not sure why that is not installing. Is there another app that I could use for batch file renaming that is simple with a gui? I have Suse 8.2. Thanks. Marcia

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[SLE] SuSE 9.0 ATI Radeon Drivers
by Pacheco Jason NPRI 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

I installed the new radeon drivers, which apparently don't come with a prebuilt module for my kernel. So I decided to build my own. I have only ever compiled kernel source on RedHat systems, and SuSE seems to be very different in its setup. Anyway, I completely failed in my attempt, X still will not boot, has anybody managed to build a custom module for this or any other application? Is there any help available on the net? My main problem is locating the DRM headers and kernel includes and all that. I think I have to modify the /lib/modules/fglrx/build_module/make.sh script that automates the building of the module. It does not seem to be looking in the right places for my headers and things. One last comment. `make cloneconfig'?!?!? Why don't all other distro's have this? This is wonderful! I just discovered this. Jason Pacheco Systems Developer Technology Center for Cables & Connectors Naval Undersea Warfare Center Code 2133 PH: (401) 832-6482 FAX: (401) 832-1042

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SUSE 8.1 + K^-II + help
by Robert Cunningham 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

>Hi All, > >I need help. >I have a box with SuSE 8.1 with this kernel (uname -a): 2.4.19-4GB #1 >Mon August 4 (i686) unknow >This kernel is k_deft (and i need it´s). It´s run Ok on Duron, Athlon >and Pentium II > processors but in K6-II no. >I found this because while the inittab is run; any errors occurs with >respawn too fast messages in inittab entry´s. Marcelo I would check your set up. I have been running 8.1 on several K-6 II and K-6 IIIs here with the deft kerrnal (right out of the box) with no problem. I have had trouble with the USB ports but using legacy hardware everything works. I memory seves me right, there was a BIOS patch for some motherboards to make K-6 II work correctly. You might have to try and search thoose out. BoB C

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Scripts, and other such critters
by John 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi gang, I need only some clarification and some pointers in the right direction. A friend has sent me a script that they use in an RPG with their client, which is Zmud. It came as an attachment, but there is no extension on it, it's just plaintext. I use Kmuddy, and would like to try this script out, but don't know what extension to add to the script to make it recognizable to kmuddy 'as a script'. Does anyone have any idea what extension I should use for scripts? Also, I've another very short script from another friend who uses Zmud (which is M$ by the way, and Kmuddy is, of course, Linux) also. Is there anyone here who wouldn't mind looking at it and telling me if it would work in linux? The script itself is only about 20 lines long, but I would have to send her explanation of what it's meant to do, along with the script, but it's still nothing huge, I just don't have any clue about writing scripts, or languages or programming. A million thanks for any help with this. Take care and be well, John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/y0ozH5oDXyLKXKQRAoEJAJ9mBJu63Jgcgt64Puth1Bt/dFM66ACfQs48 YvCwIYQ6tEUon79J9QAK6rA= =51yw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSe 8.0 and SAS 9.0 install (LDT Threads?)
by Steve Owens 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hiya, I am trying to install SAS 9.0 on SuSe 8 and am told that I need a glibc with LDT threads for it to install correctly. Currently I have kernel 2.4.18 and glibc 2.2.5-38 and I do not have a /lib/i686 directory. I have tried to install the rpm glibc-2.2.5-163.i686.rpm but recieved the error message: error: failed dependencies: filesystem is needed by glibc-2.2.5-163 If someone could point me to the correct libc install package, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Owens Software Analyst Reebie Associates, Cambridge, MA

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grub entry to boot Win2k on hdh1
by Thinker 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Now that I have installed SuSE 9.0 on my new machine, I would like to see if I can boot into windows (Win2k) on the old hard disk. The disk is hdh. It is formatted NTFS and there are no partitions. What would I add to grub to make this disk/os an option to boot to when the machine starts. Is there a way to autodetect this as a bootable option. Thanks, -=Thinker

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Re: [SLE] defrag for linux-answered at TLDP
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Sid Boyce <sboyce(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >John Andersen wrote: > >>On Saturday 29 November 2003 14:06, Stephen W wrote: >> >>> Users of the ext2 file system can probably do without >>>d efrag, because ext2 contains extra code to keep fragmentation reduced ---(test snipped)--- >> >> So what avout Reiserfs? Does it do defragging too? >> ---<text snipped>--- Sid wrote a very nice reply reminding us that defrag: "..it's like taking ski gear on an African safari" and how Linux is not M$. Sid's comments reminds me of that old joke which is sometimes attributed to Kevin Wilcox, namely: "Windows - A thirty two bit extension and gui shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." Whereas, when I started many years ago running fortran and cobol programs on IBM 360, and "Unix" was still being developed at AT&T, I was very concerned about "how long" my program ran because I was charged by the second. (and I had a limited budget). I would arrange data so program would go as fast as possible. When we were doing work on the Soil Data Bank in the '70's for Alyeska we had the some of the same worries, and would have programs which presorted the data, etc.to cut down run times. However, "Defragging" of the disk or tape was notnever anissue, and to my small mind it has to do with how Unix / Linux uses it "swap space" and how it "delays writing to tape / disk, and thus how it runs the data in and out of memory and in and out of backup medium. That's why Linux has "sync". I am sure M$ has a similar command, however, i don't remember what it is... And I am sure people who understand files system better than I do are LOL at my simplistic reasoning. Gar -- "The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information." - Aahz' Law -- __________________________________________________________________ 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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GNOME-DB/gLabels
by James Ogley 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Updated on www.usr-local-bin.org today: * GNOME-DB - database backend for GNOME applications - libgda and libgnomedb updated to version 1.0.2 - bugfix release * gLabels - label and business card software - Updated to version 1.93.0 - Interface improvements - Feature set for 2.0.0 now complete James -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter(a)myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 9.0) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org

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compiling with gnome.h
by David Blomber 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Okay I did some searching and installed all the gtk libs and gnome-config then I tried compiling a very basic program: //gnomeshow.c #include<gnome.h> int main(int argc, char argv[]) { gprint("gchar: %d\n",sizeof(gchar)); exit(0); } //make CC=gcc LDLIBS=`gnome-config --libs gnomeui` CFLAGS=-Wall -g `gnome-config --cflags gnomeui` gshow:gshow.o //end anyway this used to work a long time ago but now all I get is gnome.h unknown.....Anyone know what I am doing wrong or whats different these days in SuSE (8.2 Pro---all Gnome libs and gnome-config loaded in fact /opt/gnome/include/gnome-1.0/gnome.h is where the header exist) Or is this something I am not supposed to use anymore now that we are much laterin the GTK tree?? Thanks in advance David Blomberg

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Bluetooth & Pam
by sjb 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi all, I bought a USB Bluetooth adapter for my laptop (SuSE 8.2) at the weekend and I'd like to use it to transfer files to and from my Clie. The two devices can see each other (I can l2ping the Clie from the laptop), but I'm not sure how I can transfer files between the two devices .. sending files from the Clie doesn't seem to invoke any kind of response from the laptop. I've searched about and am a bit confused about exactly what I can do over bluetooth. Can anybody point me somewhere that might help? Cheers, sjb

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EXT3 -> EXT2
by Yuriy Chumak 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Is there a possibility to return from EXT3 file system to the EXT2 ? I use SuSE 7.3, after updating of kernel to 2.4.18 my server randomly freeze until I disable using AMAVIS in POSTFIX. On the original 2.4.10 there is no any sympthomps. ---- -> http://torg.alkar.net -> Nokia 6610 - $30 -> Nokia 3310 - $7 -> SDRAM 256 Mb - $5 -> http://torg.alkar.net

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SuSE 8.1 + K6-II + Help
by Marcelo Simon 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi All, I need help. I have a box with SuSE 8.1 with this kernel (uname -a): 2.4.19-4GB #1 Mon August 4 (i686) unknow This kernel is k_deft (and i need it´s). It´s run Ok on Duron, Athlon and Pentium II > processors but in K6-II no. I found this because while the inittab is run; any errors occurs with respawn too fast messages in inittab entry´s. I search in web and found various articles but none solve my problem. In SuSE sdb Site i found this article http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/1999/07/amd.html , but my processor not in this range. I recompiled the kernel with unsynced TSC option marked but no solve my problem.... And now.... in SuSE FTP exists a kernel for my problem. In SuSE kernel source documentation, this problem it´s libc related, but i swap original libc to http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/updates/8.1/i386/rpm/i686/glibc-2.2.5-184… but no solve. The lines below show my based doc: "Unsynced TSC support CONFIG_X86_TSC_DISABLE This option is used for getting Linux to run on a NUMA multi-node boxes, laptops and other systems suffering from unsynced TSCs or TSC drift, which can cause gettimeofday to return non-monotonic values. Choosing this option will disable the CONFIG_X86_TSC optimization, and allows you to then specify "notsc" as a boot option regardless of which processor you have compiled for. NOTE: If your system hangs when init should run, you are probably using a i686 compiled glibc which reads the TSC wihout checking for avaliability. Boot without "notsc" and install a i386 compiled glibc to solve the problem." thanks in advance. []´s anckerDJ

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802.1q and SuSE 7.3
by Yuriy Chumak 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Is there a patch for kernel of SuSE 7.3 (2.4.10) for using 802.1q interfaces ? ---- -> http://torg.alkar.net -> Nokia 6610 - $30 -> Nokia 3310 - $7 -> SDRAM 256 Mb - $5 -> http://torg.alkar.net

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MainActor and vcd
by marcia 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Dear All, I have the Main Actor 3.5 on my Suse 8.2 and made a mpeg that I was hoping to change into vcd so that I may burn it on cd. My question is this. Can it be done through Main Actor? I thought someone did it with Main Actor here but I cannot figure out how. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marcia

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installing SUSE 9.0 on existing Mandrake installation
by Brett A. Taylor 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi folks, I'm currently running Mandrake 9.1 but I want to switch to SUSE. I have 3 partitions on my current hard drive: my main partition (hda1), mounted at / as ext3; swap (hda5); and hda6, which is mounted as /home. I have downloaded SUSE and it exists on hda6. What I want to do is format the Mandrake partition on hda1, but *keep* (this is the most important part) without loosing *any* data on hda6, and set SUSE to mount it as /home. Is this going to work? I don't really understand how Linux partitions work very well -- but part of what I'm most concerned about is how SUSE is going to tie together the existing owners/groups on the hda6 partition with new users created by SUSE. thanks! Brett

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Re: [SLE] Speed of 9.0 vs. 8.2
by steve-ss 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

On Monday 01 December 2003 09:52, you wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2003 03:08, David Krider wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 18:02, knesbitt wrote: > > > 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 think there's a noticeable hit. I got frustrated with > > several niggling things on 9.0 -- including the speed > > issue -- and went back to 8.2. I have to say that I > > feel that things sped back up. I don't have any > > quantifications, but I would like to point out that > > after spending $70 (including shipping) for 9.0, I was > > predisposed to like it, so it's not like I was looking > > for things that would annoy me. > > > > Regards, > > dk > 9.0 is too slow on our lan with PII 450 clients with 128 RAM. We have had to stick with 8.2. On fast boxes like our server, it's fine. Steve. (sorry david, forgot to post to list)

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Cronjob - revisited
by darryl penny 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi all. To this day I still can't get the following to work from a cron job: mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 32768 && tar -cSPf /dev/st0 -b 64 /store/bkup && mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl It returns the following error: tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 32768 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The job runs without complaining on a root konsole. If anyone can help sort this out once and for all I *really* will be chuffed. TIA Best regards, Darryl ---- Edgemead High School (Northern Suburbs, Cape Town) Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 ----

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Just Forwarding...
by Chris Roubekas 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Hi all, I have a SuSE8.1 box. I just want to forward any requests of my lan PCs to the internet. Can someone please tell me how to do this? I have no need for SuSEfirewall. Thank you!! Chris

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RE: [SLE] change partitioning?
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Stephen W <winstephen(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Have been testing learning linux and so install a > small harddrive to receive linux. That disk is now > 90% full and I want to move part to the C drive (MS > single partition and it is 93% unused...) How can I > partition that drive and give some of it to linux? > > What do I need to move to that partition -- etc? > > Thanks > Stephen, On my Win2K box, I used SuSE 8.0 to carve out a linux partition.... it was part of the install process. Once you have Linux on new partition you can copy the files, or do it from your working copy of Linux. If you have been following this list (SLE) long, you know that your questions gets asked frequesntly, so do a little googling. Similar questions were very common as 9.0 was comming out. However, you didn't say what Linux you are using. Is it SuSE 9.0? Also is your Windows XP ??? Win2K ??? or what ??? Is the Windows partition NTFS ??? Although I have not used it, SuSE 9.0 apparently now can partition NTFS partitions whereas 8.2 and down can't. There are also commercial programs (such as Partition Magic ) which can be used to create partitions. Remember, google is your friend. HAND, Gar -- "There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self." -- John Gay -- __________________________________________________________________ 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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RE: [SLE] PLEASE HELP
by Jason Tesser 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

HI > I to am having the same problem am got the boxed version > what do you have for hardware ? > I'v got PA Titan motherboard with intel 845GL chip set > if I run it without X it work fine. I have an Asus P4c800 intel 875 chipset On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 09:36, Jason Tesser wrote: > I have download suse 9.0 I gave had to install twice now. Here is what is happening. I get everything > up and going. I get into KDE update Suse and play around for a while. everthing seems fine and then all of > a sudden something happens that causes me to reboot. This last time Konqueror was not responding. > When I reboot the login screen is all gray with a concole log window in the corner and when I log in I don't > goto KDE I have an all gray screen. The login screen doesn't have any options and I don't know what > happened. > > Is it something with X?? I did download and install the latest Nvidia driver for Linux which seemed to work > fine. I installed that so I could enable 3d acceleration. But if it was that how come it worked for hours > after I restarted. I played games and browsed and stuff np. >

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Building KDevelop 3
by Michael Satterwhite 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm trying to build KDevelop 3 beta 1 on my SuSE 8.2 Pro for the first time. When I run .configure, I get an error message that it can't find Berkely DB > 3. I have installed Berkely DB 4, and it is present in /usr/local/BerkelyDB.4.2/ I've looked at the archives for KDevelop, and I can see that various people have been hitting this since last May. I've tried using --extra-includes and - --extra-libs on the .configure line, but it still doesn't find my BerkelyDB I'm pretty sure some of the people here have installed KDevelop 3. As you're on the same distro I have, you probably hit the same problem. Can any of you give me an idea of how to continue? tia - ---Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yjevjeziQOokQnARArcPAKCvgW7dcMgnUT7ItCLC4GoIvEnqNACeKVyD tN8BnykL0t5cCFd4QfIQ4zo= =96Mm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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