December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

OT - SA defeating thesauri
by Nick Selby 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hi, It seems that the latest spate of spam is loaded with seemingly arbitrary words to defeat the Baysian processes of SpamAssassin, such as "thayer earsplitting fatal scatterbrain landfill circumstance configuration dowling system smokescreen incompletion oscillatory burgeon boorish mallow repudiate elysee bermuda cohort upbring unix bitnet depressive enigma" I guess that they're doing this to increase the message size with un-spamlike words to decrease the ratio of spam-like words to non-spam-like words? Does this sound right? Anyone heard of this and/or have a sense of how to defeat this strategy with current available configurable settings on SA? Spastic? Anything? TIA

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What is this bootps message?
by Richard Atcheson 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

On SuSE 9.0 running the IP Traffic I see this message quite frequently: UDP (350 bytes) from 10.54.64.1 bootps to 255.255.255.255:bootpc on eth0. What is going on? Tnx, Richard

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you auto updates from private server
by nmayotte＠charter.net 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

I've been looking at the YOU auto updates in suse 8.2, and I'd like to make it so that my machine will automatically download updates from a server I specify (another one of my computers). Is this possible? I think it would work if I configure YAST2_LOADFTPSERVER="no" in the file /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate on the client machine. Then I'd have to like comment out all the entries in /var/lib/yast2/you/youservers (I'm assuming /etc/suseservers is obsolete since there is no reference to it in /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate) and then add my server to /etc/youservers. And on the server side. Do I just have to have a certain directory for the updates, does there have to be a certain tree format or can I just point the client to ftp://ftp.myserver.com/onlineupdates (or whatever I name the direcory). Also, would this work for a url as well or does it have to be ftp? Someone please let me know if I'm way off base here ;). Thanks, Nathan Mayotte

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Network Card setup problem
by ka1ifq 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Hello List, I am new to Suse, not new to linux but not an expert. I picked up a couple of ISA Fiber cards to use for a remote computer where cat5 run would be too long. The cards are Allied Telesyn AT-1500FT-PNP, Fiber and Twisted Pair. I checked and Suse V7.1 to V8.1 support these cards, I have installed V8.1 and the system can see the card (/proc/isapnp shows the card) but I cannot get it to come up and function. On boot I get the message " Could not get a valin interface name". Any help is appreciated.. Mike -- From the SuSe Desktop <ka1ifq(a)adelphia.net> Linux, Because rebooting is for new hardware!

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Updating to SpamAssassin 2.61 from sources (SuSE 8.2)
by Carlos E. R. 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

[report and questions] Hi, I have just updated to Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61 from sources my SuSE 8.2 - previously, I had a look at ftp:.../people/mmj, but there was no rpm for 8.2; however, the process is very simple: Download and expand Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61.tar.bz2. Change to the directory, and run 'perl Makefile.PL' (or hit enter on 'mc'), then 'make' Using yast, uninstall spamassassin-2.50-12.i586.rpm and perl-spamassassin-2.50-12.i586.rpm - but first make a backup copy of files '/etc/init.d/spamd' and '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf' Then proceed with 'make install', or 'checkinstall' - the second will create an rpm, that I don't know if it is fully usable, but anyways, will keep the rpm database happy. Add options SPAMD_OPTS, SPAMD_AWL and SPAMD_NICE to file '/etc/sysconfig/spamd' - I have this: # SPAMD_OPTS="..." add these options to the spamd command line # (read `man spamd`). # SPAMD_AWL=yes Enable the autowhitelist. The same as adding # "-a" to SPAMD_OPTS. # SPAMD_NICE=<prio> Set the scheduling priority to <prio>; keeps # spamd from soaking up your system resources. # "yes" is equivalent to "5". #SPAMD_ARGS="-d -c -a" SPAMD_OPTS="-d -c" SPAMD_AWL=yes SPAMD_NICE=yes Interestingly, you can run the daemon "niced" :-) Copy '.../Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61/spamd/suse-rc-script.sh' to '/etc/init.d/spamd', and flag it as executable by root. Create a symlink: /usr/sbin/rcspamd -> /etc/init.d/spamd* Edit '/etc/init.d/spamd' as appropriate comparing it to the original file ow which we made a backup. There are some changes, some files that have different paths (I think some of it is pre-8.x) - here are the changes: Remove line '. /etc/rc.config' Comment out lines referencing 'base' and 'link' and the two tests; ie, code lines following "# Determine the base..." and "# Force execution if..." Insert this code instead (substitutes rc.config for >=8.x): # Check for existence of needed config file and read it # # Later, we may want to make startup behavior (user ID, firewalling, ...) # configurable, as there are security implications (read README.spamd). SPAMD_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/spamd test -r $SPAMD_CONFIG || exit 6 . $SPAMD_CONFIG In 'function my_getpid()' comment out the last test - this is a hack around a bug, about which I wanted to ask here: # is that a spamd or what? # test $cmd = $SPAMD_BIN || return 11 With that, test 'rcspamd start', 'rcspamd status' and 'rcspamd stop', and we are almost done - I am assuming your setup uses 'spamd' and 'spamc' instead of calling directly 'spamassassin': cd /etc/init.d/ chkconfig spamd on chkconfig (should respond "on") rcspamd start And finally, test the mail setup - which I assume was previously working. You probably want to edit '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf' with your old configurations; I have this: rewrite_subject 0 report_header 1 use_terse_report 1 defang_mime 0 User preferences will not be changed, except that I think the bayes database will be modified on the first run. Ok, here go my questions. The 'spamd' startup script uses a new code to see if the spamd daemon is running, instead of using SuSE's normal code; the author explanation is this: # Note: The SuSE {start,kill,check}proc utils can't handle perl scripts # which change there $0 -- like spamd. So I implemented my own # routines which rely on the existence of the pid file. # is there any process running at that pid? test -d /proc/$pid || return 10 cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1 test -n "$cmd" || return 1 # is that a spamd or what? test $cmd = $SPAMD_BIN || return 11 But this code fails. It tries to get the command line associated with the daemon PID, reading from '/proc/$PID/cmdline' this: /usr/bin/perl-T -w/usr/bin/spamd-d-r/var/run/spamd.pid-d-c-a Notice the absence of spaces between the program call and the parameters: is that a kernel bug, or a characteristic? The problem is that the output of "cut" is "/usr/bin/perl-T", so the comparison to "/usr/bin/spamd" fails. My hack was to remove that final test, but then if the daemon died previously I might kill an innocent program when closing the service. My second question is this; when a mail is detected, the spam mail is edited containing: a text informing this is spam a "Content preview" section a "Content analysis detail" section the original mail untouched, as a mime attach Previously I didn't have a "Content preview", and I don't want it. How do I remove it, if possible? -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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Continuous Boot Loop
by Russ 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Hi All, Me again. When I boot the computer, I choose SuSE and the screen goes blank (normal) then it returns to the GRUB screen. Anyone know why it does this? It did this when I was installing SuSE. I gave up and went to bed that time. When I woke up the next morning I booted the comp and it booted up normally. I booted to the install disk and chose to boot to installed system and it worked fine. Rebooted and it did the same thing (looped back to GRUB). So I booted to the install disk again and chose to reinstall GRUB (neat feature that). Rebooted, and same thing (looped back to GRUB). Why would it do this? I didn't do anything this time, honest. Well actually I just finished burning the SuSE live eval CD and booting to it (took forever). Any ideas. Thanks Russ

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Fwd: Re: [SLE] Configuring a Router
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

>X-pair-Authenticated: 217.235.114.54 >From: Nick Selby <ns(a)nickselby.com> >Organization: Flyguides.com >To: "Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." <smolnar(a)jadeinc.com> >Subject: Re: [SLE] Configuring a Router >Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:21:10 +0100 >User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 >X-RCPT-TO: <smolnar(a)jadeinc.com> > > >Hi, >This will seem rude but it's not - you really need to post this reply to me >(thanks for it) to the list itself. The reason is that people use the list >archives as learning tools and reference material, so making this a private >conversation deprives future users of the benefits of the thread. > >So how about resending everything below to the list and then I'll reply there? > >FYI, there are separate issues here: > >The router seems to be routing so that's actually a SOLVED issue. > >The telnet into the MS workstation is a second issue; someone on the list >will >be able to help with configuring your windows box to allow this. > >Having your machines truly networked and each others drives available is >another issue, which will involve your sharing the drives on your windows >machines, setting up SAMBA on the Linux machine, mapping the network drives >on your windows box (to allow your windows machines to see the hard disk of >the linux machine) and mounting your windows shared drives on the Linux >machine via Samba (which amounts to the same thing as mapping a network >drive). > >Those last issues are all separate, but rather straightforward. SAMBA has a >browser based configuration tool. > >So go ahead and re post and I;ll give the same response and add to it, as >will >other users more expert than me (I have just described most users). > >Nick > > > >On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:13, you wrote: > > WOW! Let me say that backwards !WOW > > > > Many, many thanks for your quick reply to my query. > > > > Amazingly simple, at least so far > > > > At 08:52 AM 12/31/2003, you wrote: > > >On Wednesday 31 December 2003 14:44, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote: > > > > I have just installed a Linksys router on my LAN. As I am functionally > > > > illiterate with regard to such things (it took me three days and many > > > > hours on the telephone to get my Win2000 box working with the router) > > > > what is the simplest way for me to get the linux machine on my LAN to > > > > communicate with the router? > > > > > > > > Oh yes, I have a DSL connection to the internet. > > > > > >Should be rather trivial. > > > > > >1. Plug the router into the wall, into the DSL modem and plug your linux > > >machine into it. > > > > > >2. I assume you already have the router on speaking terms with your DSL > > >provider; if not you can do it after you get it on speaking terms with the > > >Linux machine. > > > > > >3. Go into Yast and configure the ethernet device you will use to speak > > > with the router to be DHCP everything - IP, host name, etc. Click okay > > > and let it run suse config > > > > OK, it's at this point that I don't know what I'm doing. I have > > reconfigured the nic to accept a dynamic IP via DHCP and that seems to > > work. I can log on to 192.168.1.1/Index.htm and that gets me to the > > Linksys page via my browser, I assume that is on my router. The routing > > table shows me that I have local and internet interfaces. > > > > I can ping my Win 2000 box at 192.168.1.100, but when I attempt to telnet > > in my connection is rejected. LinNeighborhood AddMachine gives me a query > > error when I attempt to access the machine via that route. > > > > I am totally intimidated by the plethora of choices that yast give me for > > configuring things - and there lies the continuation of the problem. > > > > >4. You should be able now to ping the router; look in the quick set up > > >instructions in the box it came in for the router IP address. Open a > > > browser window and type in the IP address, something like > > > > > >http://192.168.123.100 > > > > > >5. You should now be looking at the router's configuration page. Enter > > > your ISP's user name and password and other information it wants and have > > > the router try connecting. It should be that simple. > > > > > >HTH! > > > > > >-- > > >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 > > > > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set > > Foundation for Chemistry Multivariant and stochastic > > http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry > >-- >---------------------------- >Nick Selby > >US Mobile: +1 347 804 4410 >Germany: +49 89 2737 4527 >Germany Fax: +49 89 2737 4529 >*Currently in: MUNICH*

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SuSE 9 Pro Symlink Missing?
by Colburn 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

I am trying to get Sync to work with my Kyocera 6035 cellphone/PDA via a USB-Serial adapter from sewelldev.com All of the USB ports seem to be set up OK as I tried mknod /dev/usb/ttyUSBx x 188 x on 1 through 10 and was informed that they were already present. Sync is looking for dev/pilot so I tried symlink /dev/usb/ttyUSB4 /dev/pilot and discovered that symlink doesn't exist. How please, do I make this happen? Thanks! doc -- "Wars and rumors of wars, disasters, and social decay, yet undaunted for love and peace we pray." dmc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Matrox G550 3D acceleration activated on Suse Linux 9.0
by Jörg 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Just a quick note on my successful installation of 3D acceleration on my MATROX G550 dual head graphics card. Allows me to play the arcade game Armagetron on SUSE Linux 9.0. see also ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/linux/2003/lnx30notes.txt 1. get mgadrivers-3.0.tgz from www.matrox.com 2. tar xvzf mgadrivers-3.0.tgz 3. cd mgadrivers 4. su 5. sh install.sh 6. change in /etc/sysconfig/kernel MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=" cdrom ide-cd ide-scsi" to MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=" cdrom ide-cd ide-scsi mga agpgart" 7. cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config_bac 8. change in /etc/X11/XF86Config Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "speedo" Load "v4l" Load "extmod" EndSection to Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "speedo" Load "v4l" Load "extmod" EndSection and save in /etc/X11/XF86Config_with_3D You can leave Multihead activated. To use 3D and one monitor, do cp /etc/X11/XF86Config_with_3D /etc/X11/XF86Config to use both monitors and no 3D, do cp /etc/X11/XF86Config_bac /etc/X11/XF86Config and reboot.

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Synaptic question...
by Tom Nielsen 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

I'm using synaptic to update programs. A few weeks ago I installed zenity to use with a program someone made for me, but it had some dependency problems. It works, but without some other stuff. Now synaptic wants to delete it everytime I try to update something. Anyone know a way to get around this? I mean other than to install Zenity correctly....which I don't think will happen. Tom

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