May 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Changing distributions
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi all, Would just like to find out if I can safely install Suse 8.2 over a Mandrake 9.0 installation and keep the email and auto-import it into the Mozilla/Phoenix mail client? I should hopefully get Suse 8.2 in the coming week and I cannot afford to lose email if I change distributions. Ideas/Comments? -- ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Registered Linux user # 229959 Using Linux Mandrake 9.0 with KDE 3 on a 2.4.19-16mdk kernel Licenced Windows user ========================================================================

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Autoconf & Bookcase
by Chris Herrnberger 04 May '03

04 May '03

Greetings: On my freshly installed 8.2 box, the best release ever (since 5.2) and kudo's to the crew at SuSE, I have noticed one abnormality. Compiling the first progi on this box after running all updates, I ran into the following issue: chris123@linux:~/Downloads/bookcase-0.6> make cd . && /bin/sh /home/chris123/Downloads/bookcase-0.6/admin/missing --run autoconf configure.in:129: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest /usr/src/packages/BUILD/autoconf-2.57/lib/autoconf/status.m4:844: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from... configure.in:129: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 make: *** [configure] Error 1 now running: chris123@linux:~/Downloads/bookcase-0.6> autoconf configure.in:129: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest /usr/src/packages/BUILD/autoconf-2.57/lib/autoconf/status.m4:844: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from... configure.in:129: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 Can anyone enlighten me as to what the issue is. I an not a developer so this is 'ginglish' to me. However it does seem that autoconf does have some issues. Most noticeably, there are no updates that I am aware of (or perhaps did not see when the box was updated) to autoconf. So in short, I was wondering is this a problem with autoconf or the source. Best and thanks chris H

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It's Official: SCO Declares IP Jihad on Linux
by Fred A. Miller 04 May '03

04 May '03

Well, it seems to be official. After more rumblings, denials of rumblings, rumblings about the denials of rumblings, SCO is now playing hardball (or is that harderball?). The beleagured Linux company formerly known as Caldera is now claiming that some UNIX code is hidden in the Linux kernel, but will not release the information Free Software developers need to try to fix the problem. Instead, SCO CEO Darl McBride refuses to release that information out of fear the community would "launder the evidence." http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=230 -- "DRM.. Digitally Retarded Media. That's exactly what it is - content that cannot reach its full potential because of artificial restraints." -Paul Rickard

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enabling php (newbie)
by oguzeren 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi, I installed apache and php4 from suse 8.1 cd's. http://localhost url retreives the home page successfully. I also tried the command : php index.php on the console; and it returned an html source; so i guess it also works. However, http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/phpinfo.php gives me a download dialog box only. httpd.conf consists the following lines: <IfModule mod_php4.c> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps </IfModule> i didn't do any further editing on this file. application/x-httpd-php mime type is listed on /etc/mime.types; but not on Konqueror's settings; but . Is that the problem? Any help? Version knowledge: suse 8.1 mod_php4 (4.2.2-82) mod_php4-core (4.2.2-82) phplib (7.2d-485) apache (1.3.26-39)

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klipper popups & kde tips
by oguzeren 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi, I'll ask about 3 things which really aren't problems; but they annoy me sometimes. - When i cut or copy some url; klipper starts giving popup windows periodically; asking me what to do with that url. Is it a bug? If not; can i switch this option off? - Again with clipper. When i copy a string; and select any other string to replace it with the copied one; and then click Ctrl-V; it pastes nothing. I have to choose what to paste from klipper menu. Is that; again; a bug? - Sometimes a tip stays still on the screen after i move the mouse cursor elsewhere. Is that a bug of KDE; and is it fixed in kde 3.1? Versions: suse 8.1, kde 3.0.3 Thanks,

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modprobe failures after 8.2 install
by nick＠runner.u-net.com 04 May '03

04 May '03

I've just moved from a fully-functional 8.1 to 8.2 (clean install) and am now experiencing some module-related weirdness. At boot time, modprobe issues numerous errors of the form modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/module/2.4.20-4GB/modules.dep (No such file or directory) leading to inaccessible soundcard, inability to start up PPP, failure to detect USB printer, etc. Looking in /lib/modules, I see a directory 2.4.20-4GB-athlon, rather than the 2.4.20-4GB that modprobe is clearly expecting. Anyone else experienced anything like this? Can anyone suggest a fix? I've tried reinstalling with acpi=off, in response to a suggestion from SuSE support, but the same problem occurs. Nick

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Spamassassin the "SuSE" way?
by David Krider 04 May '03

04 May '03

I've been using a self-compiled version of spamassassin on Other Distro for a long time now. Having just upgraded to SuSE 8.2, I'm wondering: What's the proper "SuSE" way of using spamassassin with postfix? I'm used to using a system-wide /etc/procmailrc that feeds all mail through spamassassin, but I wonder if the SuSE folks have set it up to uncomment a line somewhere that will automatically send all mail though `spamd'. I just don't even know where to start looking. Can anyone help me out? TIA, dk

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Running Illustrator 8.0 and Dreamweaver MX
by Tom Nielsen 04 May '03

04 May '03

I got Illustrator 8.0 and Dreamweaver MX working perfectly with the following: cd ~/cxoffice/support/dotwine/fake_windows/Program\ Files/Macromedia/Dreamweaver\ MX ~/cxoffice/bin/wine Dreamweaver.exe My question is, how can I make this into a script so that I can place a shortcut or script on my desktop rather than typing this in all the time? A step-by-step would be nice. Also, Photoshop 5.5 works perfectly from the menu. No need to run the above script. Thanks, Tom

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when will udate to 8.2 be free
by Marcus Schopen 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi, could someone explain Suse's update politics to me or in other word: is there a rule, when updates will be free for download? Thanks Marcus

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SuSE's support is a worthless piece of ...
by Avi Schwartz 04 May '03

04 May '03

My laptop's built-in ethernet card is not working under 8.2 Pro. It used to work with previous versions of SuSE and still works under different Linux distributions (Gentoo, for example). So I fill a support request and what answer do I get: "Please consider that our free installation support has a defined scope. Unfortunately, configuration of network cards is not covered within this scope, so please understand that we cannot answer the support requests you have submitted." So what now, I am just SOL? Thanks you SuSE, I guess in the future I will take my business somewhere else. -- Avi Schwartz avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com

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