May 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Ballmer to customers: DRM will rule (OT)
by Fred A. Miller 09 May '03

09 May '03

Ballmer to customers: DRM will rule Corporate data protection and antipiracy locks are at the core of Microsoft's future and are the future of business, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a Wednesday e-mail to customers. Open-source advocates worry that Microsoft's broader "Trustworthy Computing" campaign, which would involve authenticating software programs as well as documents and media files, is in part aimed at pushing software like Linux out of the market. > Read full story http://cl.com.com/Click?q=7c-7NWZIZW8-3byZhAOWBBo298vUqzJ > See also: Microsoft trusts business-security tool http://cl.com.com/Click?q=91-EZcpQAzgXQOnS0eLMGSLVo4on98E -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro & KMail 1.5.1 Never forget: At Microsoft, the engineering department are the Ferengi... The marketing and legal departments are the Borg!

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gtk apps and fonts in 8.2
by John LeMay 09 May '03

09 May '03

How do I change the default font my gtk apps are using? I use KDE, but a few of my apps (xchat, gaim, gftp) have awful fonts. I've tried setting GDK_USE_XFT=0 in /etc/profile.d/gnome2.sh which helped, but I'm still stuck with large fonts in the above apps. Actually, KDM's fonts are pretty large as well (14-16 point in KDM, 12-14 point in other apps). Very strange. Out of the two machines I upgraded to 8.2 from 8.1, only one has this issue. -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions

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How do I ftp into my computer?
by Tom Nielsen 09 May '03

09 May '03

I'm running 8.2 and wondering what I need to do to ftp into a specific folder on my system. I only want, say - "FTP" folder to be an option for someone...nothing else. What are the steps to set that up on my system? Here's the catch, I have a firewall on a separate computer which runs ipchains. How would I configure it to allow FTP to be passed thru to my computer? This is how most of the entries on my firewall.local are setup.... ipchains -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -p udp \ -s $EXTERNAL_IP $UNPRIVPORTS -d $ANYWHERE 4000 -j DENY -l ipchains -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -p udp \ -s $ANYWHERE 4000 -d $EXTERNAL_IP $UNPRIVPORTS -j DENY -l I would like ftp requests to be sent to 192.168.0.2. What would the entry look like? Thanks! Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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Microsoft, Best Buy accused of scam(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 09 May '03

09 May '03

Microsoft, Best Buy accused of scam http://cl.com.com/Click?q=e8-DO-MQfkcBQozm0uRTeCOdFIKtIGp -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro & KMail 1.5.1 Never forget: At Microsoft, the engineering department are the Ferengi... The marketing and legal departments are the Borg!

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RE: [SLE] New nvidia drivers on 8.2 > 6000 FPS in glxgears
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 09 May '03

09 May '03

Thanks - I'll have to check & see which ones I've got installed at the moment. It never hurts to raise the framerate a bit..:) Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ----------------------------------------------------- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -----Original Message----- From: John LeMay [mailto:jlemay@njmc.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:30 PM To: 'suse-linux-e(a)suse.com' Subject: Re: [SLE] New nvidia drivers on 8.2 > 6000 FPS in glxgears > Which NVIDIA drivers are these? > > Mike These are the 4363 drivers from nVidia's page. -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions -- 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

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RE: [SLE] Install media
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 09 May '03

09 May '03

I didn't copy the CDs to the hard drive. I was hoping I didn't have to do that for space considerations. If you install from CD, I guess that some sort of index is generated so that Yast knows which CD is required when you want to install packages later. I guess since I upgraded using the DVDs, Yast only knows where the packages are on the DVDs. Since I don't have a DVD burner....... Thanks, Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ----------------------------------------------------- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -----Original Message----- From: VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) [mailto:gv2385@sbc.com] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:43 PM To: 'Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com'; suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] Install media -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com [mailto:Cleary_Mike@emc.com] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:40 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Install media > > > I upgraded my 8.1 box at work to 8.2 using the dvds. As this > was my personal copy of 8.2 I keep the media at home. But I > copied the CDs to keep in my office. I wanted to install > something from the CD's today, and Yast2 of course wanted the > dvd at first. I changed the installation source to CD, but > didn't notice that this entry in the source list was for the > 8.1 CDs. You can't edit these entries - just add or delete. > So I tried to add a new CD source, and it worked - after a > fashion. I put in CD1 and added the source > /media/cdrom/suse/i586. But when I do a search for certain > packages, it of course only looks on CD 1. If a package > isn't on CD1, I'll have to > set up a new source for CD2, CD3, etc... Mide, Did you point the "new" source to the CD1 *itself* or did you point it to the directory that has cd1, cd2, etc in it? When I copied all of the CDs to my HD, I just pointed the new installation source to the parent directory where all of the CDs were copied. Does that make sense? HTH, Geordon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: This message signed to ensure authenticity. iQA/AwUBPrv2ABnDT1v4QosXEQI0xwCffMsRtpn7R+bX0K2ETiLXwIBxMqAAn1P+ KdJDY5ORQeQhF74B3OQ4hNVe =V1O2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Cluster FTP
by Martin Guillen 09 May '03

09 May '03

Hi all: Is there a solution to get Linux in cluster for the FTP service? Thank You, Martin.

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extra comm ports
by N1UAN Bob 09 May '03

09 May '03

Hi I am having an bit of trouble with setings up two other serial ports within suse 7.1 i have an siig i/o 4s expander and just want to use com 3 and com 4 on it have it set as com 3 0x3e8 irq 5 com 4 0x2e8 irq 7 and when i run setserial and then do dmesg | more they are listed all 4 coms but com 3 and 4 have irq's listed as 3 and 4 like com 1 and 2 does i have try auto config and manual config but seems com 3 and 4 still wont work can someone maybe tell me what i am doing wrong and how i am suppose to do it thanks in advance Bob

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Major YaST2 Issue Post Upgrade to 8.2
by John LeMay 09 May '03

09 May '03

Ok, so two upgraded machines, both show the same problem. When I start the YaST2 install/remove software tool, I am presented with a dialog with a few conflicts and dependency issues. It seems that no matter how I try to exit this dialog - ignore, cancel, etc. I end up in a loop. I get a new dialog box that says "Abandon all changes?" and my choices are "Ok" and "Cancel". Clicking on either of the choices brings the same "Abandon all changes?" dialog right back. Trying to close the Abandon dialog with the "X" keeps the dialog and brings up an identical one (only with a "2" in the title bar). Continuing to try and close with the "X" brings more and more of these dialogs up. Anyone have any suggestions? thanks! -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions

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RE: [SLE] Install media
by VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) 09 May '03

09 May '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com [mailto:Cleary_Mike@emc.com] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:40 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Install media > > > I upgraded my 8.1 box at work to 8.2 using the dvds. As this > was my personal copy of 8.2 I keep the media at home. But I > copied the CDs to keep in my office. I wanted to install > something from the CD's today, and Yast2 of course wanted the > dvd at first. I changed the installation source to CD, but > didn't notice that this entry in the source list was for the > 8.1 CDs. You can't edit these entries - just add or delete. > So I tried to add a new CD source, and it worked - after a > fashion. I put in CD1 and added the source > /media/cdrom/suse/i586. But when I do a search for certain > packages, it of course only looks on CD 1. If a package > isn't on CD1, I'll have to > set up a new source for CD2, CD3, etc... Mide, Did you point the "new" source to the CD1 *itself* or did you point it to the directory that has cd1, cd2, etc in it? When I copied all of the CDs to my HD, I just pointed the new installation source to the parent directory where all of the CDs were copied. Does that make sense? HTH, Geordon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: This message signed to ensure authenticity. iQA/AwUBPrv2ABnDT1v4QosXEQI0xwCffMsRtpn7R+bX0K2ETiLXwIBxMqAAn1P+ KdJDY5ORQeQhF74B3OQ4hNVe =V1O2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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