December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Special Errors backing up
by Jerome Lyles 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

Should I be concerned about any of this?: # rdiff-backup --exclude /data2 --exclude /tmp --exclude /proc --exclude /mnt --exclude /data1 / /mnt/Cosmos3Backup2 SpecialFileError var/run/ptal-mlcd/usb:OfficeJet_V40xi Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/bounce Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/defer Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/error Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/local Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/procmail Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/relay Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/smtp Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/uucp Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/virtual Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/private/vscan Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/public/flush Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long SpecialFileError var/spool/postfix/public/showq Socket error: AF_UNIX path too long This is my second backup using rdiff-backup. I don't remember any error messages for the first backup. Can I correct these errors? (Just curious: how does an AF_UNIX path get to be too long:-)) Thanks, Jerome

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Looking for webcam recommendations
by Tom Nielsen 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

I want to get a webcam (up to $50) for my system. I have cable internet, so speed isn't an issue. My brother (Mac) and my Dad (XP) will also use the same kind. Any thoughts? Thanks, Tom

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Synaptic Crashes
by Jerome Lyles 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

When I try to upgrade gabber using synaptic I get this error message: /usr/sbin/synaptic: relocation error: /usr/sbin/synaptic: undefined symbol: _ZN15pkgVersionMatchC1ESsNS_9MatchTypeEi This undefined symbol causes synaptic to crash. Anyone know why? The command line says: # apt install gabber Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gabber: Depends: libgal.so.21 E: Broken packages Why would Synaptic crash over this?

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Sharing Local Folder in Mozilla
by Simon Taplin 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

Is there a way to share my Local folders for Mozilla Mail. My Suse 9.0 is Mozilla 1.4 and Win2k Pro is Mozilla 1.5. I've set it so that the Local Folders are on a FAT32 Partition but as far as I can see, there is no way to import the settings/local folders between the two different Mails. Am I missing something? Simon

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lftp chokes on empty directories
by David Krider 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

I've emailed the list a couple times about not being able to fully sync with the update mirrors, but I finally figured out why. I run the following command to do this: lftp -c 'mirror -e -vvv ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/SuSE/i386/update/8.2/ /data/suse/8.2/updates/i386/update/' The problem is that it always chokes when it hits the rpm/i686 directory, which is empty. I can lftp to it by hand just fine, but when it's running in mirror mode, it thinks the fact that it doesn't see anything in the directory means that it got disconnected, and keeps trying to reconnect. This looks like a plain-and-simple BUG in lftp, and I guess there's nothing to do about it. It's only started doing this in the past month or so, so I'm guessing that the latest update broke this for me. I guess the question I have now is: How do people script wget to do the same thing? Thanks, dk

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Re: [SLE] intel 865 video card and kde control center SIGSEGV problems
by Robert P. J. Day 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

-----Original Message----- From: Franky Ostyn <franky.ostyn(a)skynet.be> Sent: Dec 21, 2003 1:33 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] intel 865 video card and kde control center SIGSEGV problems boot in the BIOS: under Integrated Devices -> OnBoard Video Buffer, change the setting from 1M to 8M or higher if possible. That's all. -------------------------------------------------------------------- been there, done that. i'm allowed to toggle only between two values -- 1M and 8M -- and it's currently set to 8M. and just basic math tells me that, if this is all the RAM available to video, i can't do better than 1024x768 at 256 colors. so *something* is thoroughly strange here. rday

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intel 865 video card and kde control center SIGSEGV problems
by Robert P. J. Day 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

as someone who just did his very first suse 9 personal edition install, i have two issues. first, this system is a standard dell with an intel 865 (i810) video card, and dell E772p monitor that absolutely refuses to support a fairly standard 1024x768 at 16 colors. i can get 640x480 at 16 colors, or 1024x768 at 8 colors (which looks horrible with smudges all over the screen). i find it hard to believe that a fairly new system would be incapable of supporting a basic 1024x768 at 16 colors. has anyone else set up a system with this combination of video card/monitor? (i've already gone into the BIOS and given 8M to video, so that's not an apparent problem.) second problem: when i run the KDE control center, i get the ubiquitous SIGSEGV (11), which i normally associate with actual HW memory problems. during the install, i did download and install all of the updates that were available. is this a known issue? i'm about to start going through the mailing list archives, but if anyone can give me some pointers, that would be great. rday

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SuSEconfig Manual Entries Sync
by Peter A. Solomon 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

SuSE Professional Ver 9.0 Current Fixes/Patches/Updates I understand that when I make a manual entry into a config file maintained by SuSEconfig, it will skip this configuration file in the future and leave a file called whatever.SuSEconfig. I would like to re-sync SuSEconfig so that It again checks and configures a file that was adjusted outside SuSEconfig. I've tried to delete the whatever.SuSEconfig file and run SuSEconfig, which restores the file and reports that the original has been modified. I've also tried copying the modified file to the whatever.SuSEconfig file, with no joy. I've looked at file permissions and didn't see any obvious differences. What am I missing, how do I sync these again so that SuSEconfig will take back ownership and maint? Thank you for any assistance. Peter Whatever.SuSEconfig = any file that might have a SuSEconfig alternate file placed, like postfix.SuSEconfig etc.

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Tripwire on 9.0
by Tim Nicholson 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

I am failing miserably to get tripwire set up and initialised on 9.0. The problem is with twadmin, which I cannot get to create a configuration file. I have tried on several systems but all behave identically. Working through the cookbook found at /usr/share/doc/packages/tripwire/README.SuSE as root. Step 1, create local and site keys, no problem Step 2, fails as follows:- smc:/etc/tripwire # twadmin -m F -v -S site.key twcfg.txt Tripwire(R) 2.3.1.2 for Linux Tripwire 2.3 Portions copyright 2000 Tripwire, Inc. Tripwire is a registered trademark of Tripwire, Inc. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --version. This is free software which may be redistributed or modified only under certain conditions; see COPYING for details. All rights reserved. Using plaintext config file: /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt Opening key file: /etc/tripwire/site.key Opening key file: /etc/tripwire/site.key Please enter your site passphrase: Software interrupt forced exit: Segmentation Fault Abort The segmentation fault occurs after a pause for calculation. If I try the no encryption option, it falls over immediately with the same segmentation fault:- smc:/etc/tripwire # twadmin -m F -v -e twcfg.txt Tripwire(R) 2.3.1.2 for Linux Tripwire 2.3 Portions copyright 2000 Tripwire, Inc. Tripwire is a registered trademark of Tripwire, Inc. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --version. This is free software which may be redistributed or modified only under certain conditions; see COPYING for details. All rights reserved. Using plaintext config file: /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt Opening key file: /etc/tripwire/site.key Software interrupt forced exit: Segmentation Fault Abort I have tried changing the line LOCALKEYFILE = /etc/tripwire/$(HOSTNAME)-local.key and replaced $(HOSTNAME) with a fixed string, in case of errors in parsing or assigning the HOSTNAME, but this does not affect the outcome. I have run out of things to try now! Any suggestions would be appreciated! -- Tim Nicholson BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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Control "R" for Reverse Search [ in bash ]
by pinto 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

Dear SuSErs, In SuSE 9.0 , Control "R" for Reverse Search does not seem to be working correctly ~ please, any ideas on How to correct this feature ? thanks best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________

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