December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Alcatel Speedtouch
by Owain Sutton 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

I've tried to set up my Speedtouch USB modem using the isntructions at http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/05/configSpeedTouch.html, although with Suse 8.2 and not 8.0. Everything was fine according to the instructions, but now on booting or hotplugging, the modem lights go through the normal sequence until I expect the ADSL light to start flashing (after which both lights go steady and it's ready to connect), and instead the ADSL light goes out. If I try to connect with it in this state, the log from KInternet is: SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.00 on linux. We are disconnected. trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd We are disconnected. Interface is . We are connecting. pppd: Plugin pppoatm.so loaded. pppd: PPPoATM plugin_init pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd: PPPoATM setdevname - remove unwanted options pppd: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS:0.38 pppd: Using interface ppp0 pppd: Connect: ppp0 <--> 0.38 Which i presume means that KInternet believes the connection to be a success? (which it isn't) Any ideas?

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kernel oops - SuSE 8.0
by SuSE Ground Zero 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

i got kernel oops after upgrading to the latest kernel. it seems to be related to loading reiserfs module.

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Re: [SLE] help! stupid question
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

James Ogley <james(a)usr-local-bin.org> wrote: > >> I use GRUB, not LILO, should I execute lilo? > >If you're sure you use GRUB, then no, don't execute lilo :) >-- >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 > Togan and James are right. The default boot loader with SuSE 8.1 is grub, and not lilo. Olaf when he put together the instructions, wanted to make sure that SuSe 7.3 and 8,0 people didn't forget to update lilo. This was just discussed on SuSE Serity list. http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security/2003-Dec/0076.html So, as Togan said forget it for your 8.1 machine. Gar __________________________________________________________________ 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] samba 3.0
by Ben Higginbottom 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

>Just wondering if anyone is runing samba 3 yet. if so how are things >running with it. We are, thanks to the previous IT manager sticking a prerelease on a production server. As a file server it works exactly as you would expect it to work. However as a print server, intergrated with CUPS, were having a few problems when its under a heavy load (20 -> 35 users all printing to the same printer at the same time),in which case about 5 of the users will be unable to print and the printer goes offline. The error in the logs comes back as: ERROR: NULL dest in safe_strcpy Apparenly it was fixed in 3.0.1pre2,but we havnt updated yet. >also are there any suse rpm's out for it yet. I have 9.0 installed on a >machine here at work for testing stages an would love to try it out on >our lan here. I know enough not to trust it yet for production. There are test rpms available from: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/gd/ Were planning on using it as a PDC when it becomes more stable - the previous manager was headhunted before he could implement that with beta software :) Regards, Ben

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Re: [SLE] SuSE's time keeping
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

Avtar Gill <av_gill(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: >Jerome Lyles wrote: >> I can't find the search function for suse-linux-e archives. >> Where is it? >> Thanks, >> Jerome > >The mailing list archives at lists.suse.com aren't searchable, try >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&r=1&w=2 > Errr, I often use google to search the SLE list. YMMV. (I also use http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&r=1&w=2 ) In addition, if you go to the SLE monthly archieves, eg http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2003-Dec/ and search using say "find", often you can have a hit. For example, if I wanted Carlos' solution for the time keeping problem, searching on "Carlos E. R." and then reading the "subject" will probably be fruitfull. (However, if the subject line is: "PLEASE HELP," I assume it is spam and ignore it.) Hope this helps, Gar (PS Carlos best write up on time is in the Nov archieves, but the following one is good too: Re: [SLE] CMOS clock being set incorrectly From: Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas_at_tiscali.es) Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 01:29:31 CET In reply to: Tag: "[SLE] CMOS clock being set incorrectly" Messages sorted by:[ date ][thread ][subject][ author][ attachment] X-Message-Number-for-archive: 169751 -- __________________________________________________________________ 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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smbfs problem after upgrading from 8.2 to 9.0
by Christopher Berthiaume 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

Hello, I recently upgraded my 8.2 installation to 9.0. When I was running 8.2 I could mount an NTFS share with a line like the following in fstab: //machine/share /mnt/mount-point smbfs user,noauto,username=username,workgroup=workgroup 0 0 After updating to 9.0 I get the following error (using the same fstab) when running 'mount /mnt/mount-point' after entering my password: mount error: Invalid argument Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page smbmnt failed: 255 /var/log/messages contains the following message: kernel: smbfs: Unrecognized mount option noexec If I remove the user and noauto option from the fstab entry I can mount the share. I would like regular users to be able to mount these shares though just like I could in 8.2. I've searched extensively for a solution online and I've found people describing the same problem but no solutions. Does anyone know why this happens, and how to fix it? Please :) Thanks a lot, Chris Berthiaume

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Truetype fonts to graphic file format conversion utiltiy?
by Bob Pearson 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

Hi, Does anyone know a batch utility that will take a text string and format a truetype font at a specic point size with a specific foreground and background color doing anti-aliasing and dump the results into a GIF, JPEG or PNG file? I am looking at display(1) but any pointers would be much appreciated. Best Regards. -- _/_/_/ 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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Booting from Raid1 device
by postmaster 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

I tried to install Suse 9.0 using the following raid1 setup and the Suse 9.0 installer said I could not boot from a raid device. I have a server with 2 9.1 scsi drives. The scsi controller does not have hardware raid support. I tried to setup software raid1 support. I selected the grub bootloader, as I am familar with it from redhat. On a related note, I setup a similar disk configuration on a Redhat 8.0 server and it can boot fine from a raid1 device. I'd really like to get this config to work, since redhat is no longer supported, and fedora is rather experiemental for servers imho. Since I was on a time schedule, I had to put the server back into production without raid, but I may have a possiblitity of reloading the whole thing in the future if I need to. I would rather to a raidhotadd if possible. How do I fix this? /dev/sda1 /boot 128mb linuxraid type fd /dev/sda2 swap 256mb type swap /dev/sda3 /tmp 1gb linuxraid type fd /dev/sda4 / 6gb linuxraid type fd /dev/sda5 /home 1.2gb linuxraid type fd /dev/sdb1 /boot 128mb linuxraid type fd /dev/sdb2 swap 256mb type swap /dev/sdb3 /tmp 1gb linuxraid type fd /dev/sdb4 / 6gb linuxraid type fd /dev/sdb5 /home 1.2gb linuxraid type fd /dev/md0 /boot 128mb /dev/sda1/dev/sdb1 ext3 /dev/md1 /tmp 1gb /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 reisferfs /dev/md2 / 6gb /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb4 reisferfs /dev/md3 /home 1.2gb /dev/sda5 /dev/sdb5 reisferfs Thanks for any help. And my apologies for any spelling mistakes.

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Mouse Problem
by Dennis J. Tuchler 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

Occasionally, my mouse won't work after I boot up and I must reboot using my keyboard. It is an optical whell mouse by Logitech. Any way I can redo something in my setup to avoid this irritating problem? Thanks dj tuchler --

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RE: [SLE] First Sun JDS Review Out
by Pacheco Jason NPRI 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

> Sun for obvious reasons have always touched Linux with the > tips of two fingers and a clothes peg across the nose, so > they had to use the name Java for a desktop that is a pretty > standard Linux distro. I think their end game is to try to > devise a version of Solaris with all the good stuff from > Linux and see if it will fly with customers and if successful > will propagate Solaris in place of Linux as better, more > robust, secure and the full gamut of buzzwords that Corporations > like to see. I'm sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree. I know it may be off-topic for this list, so I do not wish to start a debate, merely to state my views and observations. Sun has never needed to be careful about Linux in any way. The only reasons it took them so long to get on the bandwagon was because they were completely committed to Solaris, being the #1 Unix flavor. Also, Linux, until as of late, was merely not mature enough to take over the reigns of Solaris for Sun's core market. Solaris was simply, until now, a better OS for the type of work that Sun products were meant to do. But as Bob Dylan once said "times are a changin'". And times are a changing indeed. Sun has openly pulled a complete "about face". They have slowed development on Solaris to a halt and have become completely dedicated to the Gnu/Linux OS. This is why Solaris 9 is freely available for download (for SPARC platform, and only like a $20 fee for x86). Sun now sells it's Sun ONE product family which includes: "Java technology, x86-based hardware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and soon SuSE Linux Enterprise Server along with the Sun ONE product family--all supported by Sun services" - http://wwws.sun.com/software/linux/index.html And of course, Java is first on the list, I bet you picked up on that too. Times definitely are a changing. The company behind the #1 Unix flavor is now completely dedicated to Linux. People are opening their eyes.

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