May 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

The Source of the SCO Source (OT)
by James Mohr 31 May '03

31 May '03

Hi All! It just hit me that there are other places where the UNIX source could have made it's way into Linux. I did tech support for SCO for four years (1990-1994, when it *really* was SCO). All the engineers and tech support people had access to the source code. When Caldera bought out their UNIX business, a lot of people lost their jobs. Knowing that they were about to loose their jobs, its possible that someone was really pissed off and passed the source code off to some Linux developer who was then tainted by the Caldera code, adding things to the Linux code unintentionally (maybe even intentionally). So, if the code that Caldera claims is their's is the original AT&T code and nothing they added after the acquisition, then there are dozens (if not hundreds) of people who had motive, opportunity and means to get that source code into the hand of someone who then tainted the Linux code. If Caldera's argument has any validity at all, then that sounds like a more plausable explanation than IBM passing it along. Also, since the Linux code is available in all of its incarnations, it would be very easy to figure out when the code in question was added to the Linux source. If there is propriatary code and it comes from a time before the Caldera-IBM agreement, then there is no way it came from IBM. Just a thought. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups, mailing lists or forums are subject to reposting.

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Header Files
by Dale 31 May '03

31 May '03

Has anyone successfully got the kernel source installed on a 8.2 Personal install? If so, how? and where are the files? I have been unsuccesful with this matter. I select the option for the source files in Yast2 and it appears to install. But when I look in /usr/src the only directory I see listed is packages. Trying to run vmware-config.pl as root fails. I've tried pointed it to every directory that I can think of that the C header files that match the running kernel might be. "rpm -qa | grep kernel" reports no information, so it leads me to beleive that no source is even installed. I'm very puzzled! Could someone shed some light on this for me? Thanx!

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Re: [SLE] OpenOffice segmentation fault
by David Robertson 31 May '03

31 May '03

On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 23:00, Fred A. Miller wrote: > > You COULD try, before that, remove yourself as user, DELETING all files, then > create yourself again. I've heard from 1 person that it did work. > > Fred Didn't work for me, unfortunately. Reinstall it is! Thanks for your help anyway, Fred. David -- Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

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Indian president in favor of Linux
by Vishal Khanna 31 May '03

31 May '03

Check this out...coming from India it feels gr8.. Also the blow to MS on the linux front from Munich is also gr8 ... we got gr8 coverage on it in India... http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1011255.html -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disparate Needs ------ One Solution --- INETBOX http://www.aitpl.com phone +91 (0)11 / 26318821 fax +91 (0)11 / 2632 2980 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message (including any attachments)is confidential and may be legally privileged. AITPL makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this message and hereby excludes any liability of any kind for the information contained herein or for the transmission, reception, storage or use of such information in any way whatsoever. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of AITPL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SysV editor wont start after upgrade to kde 3.1.2
by Richard 31 May '03

31 May '03

I just upgraded to the latest qt, kde, and all via apt. Now the Sysv-init editor will not come up. I have tried to reinstall it but still it wont fire up. I get the kdesu login but after the password is typed it simply goes away. Anyone else with this problem? Richard

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what is a good list management software?
by Oskar Teran 31 May '03

31 May '03

hello, I have a friend that has a real estate marketing business. He has huge lists of emails that he sends out newsletters to on a regular basis. He basically needs a list manager to help with the checking or verifying of the email accounts, automating list management when emails get returned as bad or unknown emails, also to automate when a person wants to unsubscribe. I looked at a few websites like lsoft.com and ima.com majordomo doesn't seem like it's suited to this...or at least that's my impression. Is this correct? Thanks, Oskar ps. sorry for being a bit off topic...but I do regard this list as having very knowledgeable people ...so I am interested to see what recommendations come from this.

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NFS causing network lockups on 8.1 (pro)
by Pagan 31 May '03

31 May '03

I'm noticing a problem with NFS on my SuSE 8.1 Pro server. Seems she's locking up network functions. Now system isn't hard locked. I do have some (very very slow) keyboard use. However attempts to shell in timeout, http, ftp, smtp, and pop3 all time out. At first I thought perhaps it was a faulty chipset and disabled DMA. THen I figured perhaps it's fragged filesystem. So I've re-installed and restored from backups the files needed and set her off again. No go. Now, I've disabled DMA and let her run. She's just locked up AGAIN! Anyone else out there having this trouble? Network card is fine (new) tests well and was running great in other box. I'm using the kernel NFS server exporting two directory trees /home /storage Yes I have updated it via YOU... Any thoughts? I LOVE NFS but I ain't gonna run it if she's gonna hard lock during heavy use. I'm using sftp to get/put files till I get this resolved... Frustrated Pagan -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harold AKA Pagan pagan(a)nordaki.net http://www.nordaki.net/~pagan (L)ICQ Number: 171264067 Distro: SuSE Linux Professional Registered Linux User:216397 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+jaC29EKgVX3zIJ4RAruoAJ4y5n3hDQvllEJUSnz1TjQE3hiSowCffBCD 5qAiHHITN6Vt79bX+T2zHyA= =xP18 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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kdeinit could not launch...
by David Herman 31 May '03

31 May '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 suse 8.1, xfree86 4.2.0, kde 3.1.2 (same problems in 3.1.1) Occasionally while messing around with my system I'll run kfilemanager su (kdesu konqueror). Usually things work great but sometimes when I select a file (say /etc/fstab) in order to edit it, an error requestor will pop up stating "kdeinit could not launch kwrite" Is there some way to get around this, whats really happening. The system isn't under great load, I'm the only user, cpu use is low. It's really frustrating. Sometimes (given enough time) the problem will fix itself. Other times I don't feel like waiting so I end up restarting X. I did try starting another session and logging in as root and everything worked as I wanted there. But I'd rather not be doing a full login as root just to edit a couple of files. Ideas?, Where to look? As a diversionary question, why doesn't kde remember my password for programs run "kdesu" any more? Thanks alot - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+2DJjBwgxlylUsJARArMiAJ41Qs1MonR/huEzTQPDmzYZ60oywQCgnAbj 2h+p9K/wFKSYD6EIYlv4Ytg= =lvum -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Setting up X on a Dell CPx Laptop
by Peter Nunn 31 May '03

31 May '03

Hi folks, wondering if anyone can help me. I have just got a Dell CPx laptop and have tried to get 8.2 setup on it (worked fine on an older laptop), but I can't get X working. The machine has an ATI M1 card in it, but the default installation wouldn't make it work at anything over 800x600 and as a VESA monitor. I've scoured the net and not come up with anything of much help. I've booted inetd 3 and tried running SaX2, but that just gives me a blank screen until I kill it. HELP please, this is very frustrating. Thanks in advance. Peter Nunn. CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.

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Kmail
by JXR 31 May '03

31 May '03

Hello, Does anybody know how to save multiple file attachments all at once, instead of saving one at a time. I use KDE 3.0.5 Thanks, Joe.

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