December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Monitor refresh problem
by Rohit 24 Dec '03

24 Dec '03

Hi all, It snowed here yesterday morning. Writing from Ipswich, UK. Life's first snow for someone from a tropical climate can be a little exhilarating experience. Both me and my wife had a good time in the morning. For nearly five whole minutes. We had to go to work :-( However, here is a problem which is more like a five-day trouble to me. I have an IIyama 21" monitor [Visionmaster Pro502]. Refresh rates for this are 27-110 Hor and 50-120 Vert and it can do upto 100Hz at 1024x768. But this would have been a waste, so I tried to get something like 1400x1050 from it. With 0.28 mm dot pitch, this was the combination where physical limitations of the monitor would have closely matched the pixel size - and hence I would have been able to get the highest pixel count - without losing too much unnecessarily on contrast. The pixel size would have co-incided with the physically supported dot pitch. However, this is where the trouble started with my dual-boot system. In both windows and Linux, 1024x768 mode works fine at 100Hz. However, anywhere above 1024x768, I get 60Hz as the refresh rate. Not acceptable. When I manually set the refresh rate in Win98SE, although I am told that the card is sending 100Hz signal, I always get a pathetic display of 60Hz [this can be confirmed from the monitor's own menu]. No matter what settings I give for refresh, I always get a lousy refresh from Windows. Never mind. So I go to SuSE and faithfully replace the monitor's specs in my XF86Config. Out goes the old Samsung 55E and enter IIyama refresh rates. Officially it is supposed to be able to do 1600x1200 at 75 MHz and 1280x1024 at 85 Hz and I know from experience that it works at 100Hz for lower res. I start X. After a little bit of pain, I see 60 Hz. No matter what res, I see 60 Hz. Sax used to hang my system bad, so I generated a configfile from xf86config and used other entries from my old XF86Config file [to get all smart detection by SaX2 in place]. So here, all else is fine. Ball mouse works fine. Keyboard refresh rates are OK. And in the end, the refresh is still bad :-( I remember that I had to configure my Nvidia card as generic nvidia card while working with xf86config. But later I had enabled use of OpenGL and loading of nvidia.o module, which was on my system for a while now. GL applications were working fine, including gears, so we knew that nvidia.o was loaded. The log of X server tells that many modes are rejected, because of graphics card's memory bandwidth being too less. I kow that my GeForce2 MX [on board Asus A7N266 VM, sharing DDR RAM for video purposes] is fast enough. Should there be a problem? So I have the following info. * Card : Memory bandwidth on card 1.3 GHz at least. [Can be 2.7 GHz but not sure] * Card : Pixel clock on card = 350 MHz [= RAMDAC I think] * Card : Vert frequency = 60-85 Hz * Card : Controller clock speed = 175 MHz * Monitor : Video bandwidth = 240 MHz dot clock * Monitor : refresh rates 27-110 KHz horiz and 50-120 Hz vert. And the following questions : * The graphics card's clock is probably not being utilized to the fullest. How can I specify the clock speed for the graphics card in XF86Config? So that it does not reject modes for 1600x1200 or 1400x1050 for refresh rates higher than 60 Hz. * Another person on the net faced similar problem but they were all windows people and were either not reachable, or did not care to investigate deep enough. For my multisync monitor, I feel that it may be the card at this time. May be there is something [a lot of things] that sax2 does which xf86config can not. Can anyone tell me? Thanks and regards, Rohit PS - I know this is a long mail, and I hope you guys get how desperate I have grown over the last week. -- SDE, MBT, 52 Barrack SQ, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK 1473 667138 rohit.sharma(a)iitbombay.org rohitibsharma(a)yahoo.com ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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Re: [SLE] Crash has trashed init 5/startx
by Patrick Shanahan 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

* Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv(a)juno.com> [12-23-03 16:56]: > How old is your memory? Have you a place to test your memory? Memory tests good. > Does the MB have ACPI? If you use the wrong kernal your toast. yes, no > It could be a blown install. Most of us have done our magic 8 blown > installs. If you havent well your still paying your dues. Install was fine until the noted situation (over two weeks). Dues are paid up, purchased life-time membership when I hired on 45 years ago. Currently receiving check-stubs in the mail and noting matching electronic deposits. Please respond on the list. The original problem was posted and has been responded to on the list. thanks, -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

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Linux Karaoke Software?
by The Purple Tiger 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Two questions really: 1) What software do you know of that will read CDG discs under Linux [I have no discs at the moment to try :(] and will allow the normal "karaoke" function of such discs? 2) How can I create a CDG disk using OurFavouriteTools? :) What is required to get an mp3 [shall we say] beefed up with timed lyrics and burnt to a suitable CDR? What format *is* the disc? Can it be done? Any thoughts about this on a SuSE 8.2 / soon to be 9.0 I hope machine :) Thank you for your time. Happy holidays.

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RE: [SLE] Finding files on the SuSE ftp site
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

"Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams(a)acm.org> wrote: > > Assuming I'm already at the right subdirectory at the SuSE ftp site, > how can I find the package containing a specific file > (an executable program or a library, say)? > ----<text snipped>----- Paul, I am sure that there is an easier way to do it than the way I do, but what I do is go to: http://rpmfind.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/linux/RPM/SuSE_Linux_9.0_(i386).html then I use "find" guessing at the "rpm" I want, then selecting the guessed "rpm' I go to it's page where the files are listed by clicking on the "rpm". Once at that page, I go down the list and see if the "file" or "library" I want is there. If not I guesss again. if it is, then I can search for that "rpm" on the SuSE ftp sie, as "rpmfind.creatis.insa-lyon.fr" only has the base packages, and security patches, and not the "bleeding edge" stuff. If that fails, then I do a google searches. See also "man rpm", specifically: rpm -q --whatprovides "xyz" Hopefully somebody will have a better way, but this has worked for me when all else has failed. Friendly greetings, Gar __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.

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Re: [SLE] /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttys0 - What's the difference?
by Mark Gray 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Sid Boyce <sboyce(a)blueyonder.co.uk> writes: > scsijon wrote: >> From my 1970's memory >> >> ttys0 = tty0 without handshake lines (3wire) >> ttyS0 = tty0 WITH handshake (9 or 25wire) >> >> there were also a number of other matriixes such as ttyp0 for a serial >> printer >> >> regards >> scsijon >> > Not so, I have many hookups to /dev/ttyS0 and ttyS1 that use 3-wire, > hamradio transceivers hook up to /dev/ttyS1 and I have a Liebert UPS > currently hooked up and monitoring with 2--2, 3--3 and 5--5, I also use > a 3-wire crossover cable to hookup to Unix servers using kermit and GtkTerm. > ttys0 and ttyp0 are used as kernel pseudo ttys. ttyS0 and friends are > the serial ports, cua was used for modems, but was deprecated, though > they still exist in /dev and the last time I used ttys/cua was perhaps > in a late 1.x kernel and it always warned that they were deprecated and > you should use /dev/ttyS for both input and output. > barrabas:/ftp/dec03 # setserial /dev/cua0 > /dev/cua0: No such device > barrabas:/ftp/dec03 # setserial /dev/ttys0 > /dev/ttys0: Input/output error > Regards You should have mentioned that you were running 2.6.0 on that machine (they were only removed with the 2.5.* series): markgray@p2:~> setserial /dev/cua0 /dev/cua0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 markgray@p2:~> uname -a Linux p2 2.4.21-99-default #1 Wed Sep 24 13:30:51 UTC 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux markgray@p2:~> Like you, I was convinced they were long gone since they were first deprecated so long ago. (I only renoticed them when I was digging in Devices.txt and thought they had been resurrected by SuSE:-) I should also add that ttys0 and ttyp0 etc. are the old BSD style pseudo ttys, and any new code should use the Unix98 ptys. With the old BSD ptys your program has to find an unused pty by trial and error, whereas the Unix98 ptys are auto-magically created for you very simply (see man 4 pts)

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Ximian Desktop on SuSE 9.0 -- broken GDM
by Mike Evans 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Last night I saw on http://ximian.com/ that Ximian Desktop 2 was released for SuSE 9. Being the inquisitive type, I logged into Gnome and installed it. Everything went well... there were a couple issues with permissions, but everything seemed to work fine. In the installation process I was asked if I wanted to replace kdm with gdm, and I said yes. Later, I ran Online Update through YaST. It notified me of a patch for gdm, so I went ahead and installed it. Upon reboot, I discovered that the Session Manager was completely scrambled. Trying to log into any non-kde wm actually brings me into kde. (for example, I click on "Session", select gnome (ximian) then log in and get put into KDE) The only way I can get back into gnome is by selecting "Fail Safe Gnome" So, how can I change this behavior? I'm guessing that there's a config file somewhere that's been scrambled, but so far I haven't been able to find it. Thanks, Mike

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2.6 kernal
by jfweber＠bellsouth.net 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

** I'm not as good as I was once, but I am as good once as I ever was.. "A nasty bit of rough" by David Feherty ** hiyas guys and gals, this is in the line of inquiry "do I want to get involved in this, or not"? IS anyone running the 2.6 kernal, from the suse 9.0 disks ? And, have you noticed anything specifically good or bad about it ? I *think* I should be able to install it along w/ the default 2.4.x .x etc. At least I think that is how we were able to play around w/ ( tinker w/, test , etc.) 2.4 when it came out but wasn't deemed stable enough to use for a production box... I am looking forward to the 2.6 kernal as many reports seem to indicate that things that make the penguins work even better , faster and w/ more muscle are included in it. I'd really like to hear any reports from someone who actually has the thing running and can make a comparison between the two kernals . TIA y'all -- j nemo me impune lacesset wwEd it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

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Sendmail Configuration Files
by Pete Durst 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hi Group, I have a couple of questions related to the setup of sendmail on SuSE 9.0. I am an old-time user of RedHat and with the recent changes in their distribution model, I decided to move over to SuSE. Having said that, I have been pleasantly surprised at the product and want to start switching some servers away from RH over to SuSE. Alas, I have run into a snag. It appears that SuSE has a custom system to look after configuring sendmail. I have found some of the files involved, and can see where Yast2 would be looking after these. The problem I have is that we have completely customized sendmail.mc files and there does not appear to be any way to integrate these into the system that SuSE uses. My questions would be; Is there a way to integrate a sendmail.mc file into the sendmail system on SuSE 9.0? All other systems use the sendmail.mc as a start point for creating the sendmail.cf, and as mentioned above, that is the way we have standardized our mail systems. Second, if there isn't a way to inetgrate the file into SuSE, is there a way to setup the files so that we can manually, or via scripts, generate the sendmail.cf file? I tried a couple of dry runs, and it appears that the directory structure being used for the files used in creation of sendmail.cf/submit.cf are not standard. Thanks in advanced for any help in this endeavor. Pete Durst =========================================================== Pete Durst Chief Engineer Senior Sun Consultant, Sun Certified System Administrator Sun Certified Network Administrator, Sun Certified Security Administrator, LPI Certified Instructor pete(a)exitcertified.com Tel:(613) 232-3948 x224 Fax:(613) 232-3949 85 Albert Street, Suite 1200, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6A4 =========================================================== ExitCertified - Excellence in IT Certified Education Authorized Sun, VERITAS, Guru Linux and Symantec Training Center Ottawa ~ Montreal ~ Quebec City ~ Calgary ~ Vancouver Sacramento ~ San Francisco ~ Las Vegas www.exitcertified.com USA (800) 803-3948 CAN (613) 232-3948 ===========================================================

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gnutella firewalled on 6346
by fsanta 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

I have SuSEfirewall2 configured with port 6346 open but gtk-gnutella tells me that I'm firewalled and no one can connect to me nor can I connect to anyone else. Can someone help? Thanks. SuSe 8.2. Here is my firewall: grep -v '#' /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 FW_QUICKMODE="no" FW_DEV_EXT="eth0" FW_DEV_INT="" FW_DEV_DMZ="" FW_ROUTE="yes" FW_MASQUERADE="" FW_MASQ_DEV="$FW_DEV_EXT" FW_MASQ_NETS="" FW_PROTECT_FROM_INTERNAL="no" FW_AUTOPROTECT_SERVICES="no" FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="6346 9192 http https ssh" FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP="" FW_SERVICES_EXT_IP="" FW_SERVICES_DMZ_TCP="" FW_SERVICES_DMZ_UDP="" FW_SERVICES_DMZ_IP="" FW_SERVICES_INT_TCP="" FW_SERVICES_INT_UDP="" FW_SERVICES_INT_IP="" FW_SERVICES_QUICK_TCP="" FW_SERVICES_QUICK_UDP="" FW_SERVICES_QUICK_IP="" FW_TRUSTED_NETS="192.168.1.0/24" FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_TCP="yes" FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_UDP="DNS" FW_SERVICE_AUTODETECT="yes" FW_SERVICE_DNS="no" FW_SERVICE_DHCLIENT="no" FW_SERVICE_DHCPD="no" FW_SERVICE_SQUID="yes" FW_SERVICE_SAMBA="no" FW_FORWARD="" FW_FORWARD_MASQ="" FW_REDIRECT="192.168.1/24,0/0,tcp,80,3128" FW_LOG_DROP_CRIT="yes" FW_LOG_DROP_ALL="no" FW_LOG_ACCEPT_CRIT="yes" FW_LOG_ACCEPT_ALL="no" FW_LOG="--log-level warning --log-tcp-options --log-ip-option --log-prefix SuSE-FW" FW_KERNEL_SECURITY="yes" FW_STOP_KEEP_ROUTING_STATE="no" FW_ALLOW_PING_FW="yes" FW_ALLOW_PING_DMZ="no" FW_ALLOW_PING_EXT="no" FW_ALLOW_FW_TRACEROUTE="yes" FW_ALLOW_FW_SOURCEQUENCH="yes" FW_ALLOW_FW_BROADCAST="no" FW_IGNORE_FW_BROADCAST="yes" FW_ALLOW_CLASS_ROUTING="no" FW_CUSTOMRULES="" FW_REJECT="no" FW_HTB_TUNE_DEV=""

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Re: [SLE] install suse 8.0 and have an puzzled desktop interface KDE forever (REVISITED)
by Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hello friends, I set my *shared memory size* to just 4 MB and the "shadows" is gone. THE PROBLEM: I have *just 4 MB* (from 256 available) for my video card (onboard — I´m using a pcchis m598lmr). My BIOS can't reserve more than 8MB. Although, 8 MB left "shadows over my desktop" (artifacts according Silviu, see: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2003-07/1032.html and to see how it was with 8MB: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Adagilson/shadowsOfAppsOverMydesktop.png ...How could I solve this question? thanks for any help a. As I can't free more > Adagilson B B da Silva wrote: > > Hello Silviu, good-morning > > You're right: i meant it is leaving "puzzled" shadows over my desktop. > > sorry, for my portuguenglish :) > > I have an onboard mobo (m598lmr pcchips) with SIS530. It works fine for > > win98, winme, winxp, etc. > > Hmm, it doesn't have any reason not to work with XFree too... Perform > that upgrade, and if that doesn't solve it, try with another vertical > refresh. Or try relaxing the memory parameters in BIOS, considering > your video chip uses a part of the main system memory, maybe it's not > fast enough. > >-- >Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro >Phone +40723-267961 >

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