June 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Keyboard LEDs (OT)
by BandiPat 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Greetings, I don't know if I saw something here or it was just me about the keyboards that don't have the LEDs on them. Maybe my inquiry into the matter came about by the mails concerning using the extra buttons on the new internet keyboards in Linux. Anyway, if you are missing LEDs on your keyboard and would like to have a SuSE 8.2 rpm applet to give those back to you onscreen, then I have one such rpm built! :o) Many other features built into the program as well. I can see how it would be useful even if you have LEDs on your keyboard. Very handy to be able to turn on Num Lock & Caps Lock with the mouse! Now I just need to figure out what to do with all these other buttons. What a quandry! ;o) Contact me off list if you would like the rpm. It is only about 300k, so should not hurt the modem users here either. Thank you for your time and remember, "Have a lot of fun!" Patrick -- --- KMail v1.5.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

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[SLE] YOU doesn't connect to master server
by Stanley Long 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Were does YOU keep the address of the SuSE page that lists system update sites? Is http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/suseservers.cgi the correct URL? After a clean DVD install of SuSE 8.2, then one online update w/ YOU, I can't do any more updates :-(( YaST2 gives an "Error": "Cannot connect to http://www.suse.de/cgi-bin/suseservers.cgi. Check your connection." There is no /var/lib/YaST/update.inf on my system. I don't know if it was there after the install. Would it help to do a DVD re-install of RPM and create an update.inf? There is a procedure for 8.0 shown at http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/jsj_no_update_inf.html The first install was done from a site with a really fast connection. Here the connection is 56k dialup, so I don't want to mess up and need a total restart. Thanks.

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Probs w/SuSEconfig in YaST
by The Wizard 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

All - I have a strange problem whenever SuSEconfig is run from wiithin YaST2. It reaches the "susewm" module and just hangs. I can leave it running for 30-40 minutes and the SuSEconfig screen stays at 91% and never returns. Yet if I run SuSEconfig from the command-line for the same module "SuSEconfig --module susewm" it seems to run fine: gryffindor:/home/markea 63> sudo SuSEconfig --module susewm Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool... Running module susewm only Reading /etc/sysconfig and updating the system... Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.susewm... Finished. this completes in 15 seconds or so. This has only happened since I upgraded to 8.2, and the 3.1.2 version of KDE. Any ideas about why SuSEconfig would behave differently under the YaST2 umbrella than from the command line? Mark Almeida

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CUPS question
by Tom Nielsen 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

I have an HP5000 in the office setup to an print server. I'm wondering if there's a way to setup either CUPS or KDE to let me know when my job is done printing. I hate getting up from my chair! Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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SuSE 8.2 rpm -hvU hangs
by Nick LeRoy 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

All.. I've recently installed SuSE 8.2 on a number of machines & love it. However, on an IBM Thinkpad 20, I'm seeing a behaviour I've never seen before. I'm trying to update KDE to 3.1.2 (by hand, using rpm -hvU), and rpm keeps hanging. It goes through the install "motions", draws the hash accross the screen, then hangs in what I'd have to guess is the post-install. It's not just a single RPM that's causing this problem; it seems to be doing it on all of them. rpm is using 100% of the CPU, and gdb seems completely confused about it's image. I've done an 'rpm --rebuild' to verify that my database is ok, I've rebooted in case there's some kind of file left open, etc., but nothing seems to solve this problem. Has anybody else every seen this? FWIW, rpm -q rpm shows rpm-3.0.6-470, and rpm --verify rpm seems happy. Also, according to 'ps', rpm doesn't have any child processes running at the time; it's rpm itself that's, I imagine, stuck in a loop somewhere. I'd appreciate any help that anybody can offer. Thanks -Nick

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OT braille
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Every time I make a new install I am wondering if scanning for braille is normal practice for other OS. Is that something only SuSE does? Does Windows has this kind of service? And has somebody an idea how often braille is used? Somebody on the list using it? Just wondering.

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Imlib2
by Preston Kutzner 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Does anyone know if there is a pre-packaged version of imlib2 available for SuSE. I'd need the devel package also. I can't get it to compile on my machine for some reason, it keeps complaining about libjpeg, even though I have it installed. I have a program I would like to compile that needs imlib2. Thanks in advance. -- Preston Kutzner | IT Manager What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -- Ursula K. LeGuin

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Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux
by Sharpe, Richard 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Gloom and doom from Ziff-Davis, I hope this guy is not right. Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux The open-source community might be laughing it off, but this SCO -- IBM lawsuit is going to cause big problems. He anticipates everything from Linux dying slowly to a situation where IBM ends up with sole rights to key pieces of Linux. Don't miss his analysis, including a timeline of events and four possible outcomes. Linux May Die: http://eletters.wnn.ziffdavis.com/zd/cts?d=75-18-1-1-2642-502-1

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SCO to Reveal Allegedly Copied Code:
by Carl William Spitzer IV 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6877 -- If you missed the big gossip from last week, read Don Marti's coverage of SCO announcing they would provide evidence of the specific code that Linux allegedly copied from UnixSource. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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libttf.so
by Preston Kutzner 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

I have a couple of questions regarding FreeType. I'm currently trying to compile a program that needs libttf.so. From what I've gathered, it's part of the FreeType 1.x packages. However, I'm using SuSE 8.2 and have FreeType2 installed instead. It doesn't seem to have libttf.so. Now, is it possible to do parallel installs of FreeType? or is there a way to get the files I need to be able to compile this program? Thanks in advance. -- Preston Kutzner | IT Manager You should emulate your heros, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.

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Re: [SLE] Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux
by Dan Am 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Am Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2003 17:21 schrieb Dan Am: > Am Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2003 13:44 schrieb Ken Schneider: > > Give me a break. This guy is on M$ payroll. What do you expect him to > > say! > > Well I don't know, he's got some points. > Pretty hefty game...OpenSource should take a stance here. > > > Regards > Dan -- buddha 2.4.20-4GB 6:08pm up 8 days 5:32, 6

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KPPP
by Keith Powell 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

I have a slight kppp problem. The first time I try to connect using kppp after a boot, it gets a far as "Logging on to the network" and then I get the error message: The pppd daemon died unexpectedly. Exit status, 15, or 16, or even 3 Running kppp again, it connects OK. It then works each time I connect until the first time after the next boot, when I get the same error message. I have checked everything and can't find anything wrong; neither can I find anything about this in the docs or list archives. If I have missed the answer, apologies! Can anyone give me some help, please? I have a dial-up modem connection, and have no problems with KInternet. I am running SuSE8.2 Many thanks Keith

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RE: [SLE] More on SCO Morons
by Sharpe, Richard 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

And they also got a restaining order in Germany.. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/04/HNscosite_1.html -----Original Message----- From: Steve Miller [mailto:doctor_clyde@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:46 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] More on SCO Morons Included in this article is a direct quote from an SCO employee to the effect that SCO code wouldn't have passed review by the other Linux kernel hackers.... http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030529.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- 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] Galeon and Mozilla problems under Gnome
by Paul Geary 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

tried to start mozilla from command line but nothing is displayed to indicate any problem - no windows open just the processes start and then end. :( ___________________________________________________________ Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn gyfrinachol ac at sylw'r unigolyn neu'r sefydliad a enwir uchod. Bydd unrhyw farn neu sylwadau a fynegir yn perthyn i'r awdur yn unig ac ni chynrychiolant o anghenraid farn Coleg Sir G�r. Os ydych chi wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn ar gam, rhowch sylw i'r gweinyddwr ar y cyfeiriad canlynol: postmaster(a)colegsirgar.ac.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Coleg Sir G�r. If you have received this email in error please notify the administrator on the following address: postmaster(a)colegsirgar.ac.uk ___________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs.

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VMWare Install
by Turd Ferguson 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

I cannot get VMware to install. It's asking me to build a kernel module. I have pointed it to my kernel source directory, but still am having now luck. Has anyone had any experience with this? Please advise, -- "Turd Ferguson. Yeah, he's a funny guy." ~Burt Reynolds (As portrayed by Norm McDonald of SNL)

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AbiWord/gPDF
by James Ogley 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Updated on www.usr-local-bin.org yesterday and today: * AbiWord - Updated to new stable version 1.0.6 * gPDF - Updated to version 0.102 - libbonobo also updated to 2.2.2 James -- 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 8.2) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org

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Re: [SLE] Need sugestion on network sharing
by Verdi March 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

First, my apology if I break the threading since my local SMTP has problem, so I need to switch to web-based mail. On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:00, John Andersen wrote: > Since your url does not work, I have no idea if that is a modem or a > firewall/router or what. sorry, should be: http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html > But the short answer is that for $12 you can buy a second network > card for your linux box and turn it into a router/firewall for as > many machines as you wish. You will need only one public IP for > this. We're all using laptop. So, we prefer a "real" router. I've checked a little bit about the motorola modem, and it's FAQ says that it doesn't support NAT. So it seems that we need to purchase a router. Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences? -- -- Verdi March -- -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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Re: [SLE] KDE service releases via YOU?
by Stan Glasoe 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

On Tue June 3 2003 1:50 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote: > On Tuesday June 03 2003 9:25 am, Stan Glasoe wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Apt-get for SuSE would update KDE to 3.1.2 from what I understand. > > > > > > Stan > > > > The real answer is in the README.txt at 'pick your favorite mirror' > > /pub/comp/os/unix/linux/suse/suse/i386/supplementary/. > > How about posting the answer, as I coldn't get the file. > > Thanks, > > Fred And I quote: README.txt in directory /pub/suse/<arch>/supplementary/ on ftp.suse.com or mirrors, dated Wed Sep 18 17:49:27 MEST 2002, draht@. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear SuSE Linux user, Generally, we do not provide update packages with newer versions in the official update tree. Our high quality standard forces us to keep to the versions originally published with a product to maintain the overall system in a consistent state with regards to cross-dependent packages (think of a linux system like a building, built with packages like bricks one on top of another). Fixing a problem in a package with a new version (some openssl library for example) will most certainly bring about malfunctions in other parts of the system. After all, you will definitely not be satisfied if you install a security fix that renders your system unusable. The directory /pub/suse/<arch>/supplementary/ contains RPM packages that originate from SuSE build engines and that are built for the specific distribution as visible in the directory path that leads to the package. Some of the packages have been built by their respective package maintainer at SuSE in his/her spare time. The packages are usually signed with the SuSE build key build(a)suse.de, or at least by the personal key of a SuSE employee so that you can verify that the packages really are from SuSE sources. We publish these packages as a service to the community (you) because many users of the SuSE Linux operating system wish to use newer versions of specific packages due to feature or hardware support constraints in older SuSE Linux versions without the obligation to upgrade the entire system. Even though these packages have been built for the specific SuSE Linux version, there is no warranty that these packages seamlessly interoperate with the rest of the system. The packages have been made with "best effort" and _should_ work as described in the README files contained in the respective directories. We make no claim about their fitness for a specific purpose, so you might as well experience that the package you have chosen does not work properly on your system. In addition to this, there is no warranty about the fitness of the packages in security matters: There are no updates for these packages unless the maintainer decides to refresh the trees with new builds. To make it short: If you wish to use a newer version of a package and if you insist on having properly working updates at hand if there is a security update, then please use a newer SuSE Linux version. If you feel a little bit adventurous, then these packages will suit your needs. Regards, Roman Drahtmüller, SuSE Security <security(a)suse.de>, ftp.suse.com ftpadmin <ftpadmin(a)suse.de>. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iQEVAwUBPYig7Hey5gA9JdPZAQF2ZwgAjCDXkEETnZDsrB7+o63L6iGediH4LYDS u5T/SXBYlFbV3MeFeQCWlQByUi2LGkDuRFSu4go2i3ihcolwKxcuHRv3jkdDpQON WCJIDhSeWuaehilfubmPzAqRvouqfYluEGEKiNeFWf0Y6Bx3V2T74rfSAXPL2yfR WcplAQvIqZOGOgwQyg/GoVZL8D+3w/j017nZ5p65c4QWfzwdJa6QqjbkBrBdoX2Y cFQx/8MMK/BKhqzOW9o8IExMImFqyiOrMugr+Hj/e59wJ6C/mL1s6Hs/Q3G2UGdt pSNOoYvyfxipnXLnbHnGecxBY2sjOWiFIRMRhbfcnFVguGMlNvyYwQ== =uWbS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- end quote Stan

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date change and system crash
by Olivier Hislaire 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Hi, By two times (begining of April and end of May), I found a machine crashed in the 60 seconds following an unexpected system date change. Both machines ar PC running SuSE 7.2 Pro with vtun (vtun.sourceforge.net), but that's probably the only things they share with each other. One is a P4 with much memory which runs heavy java stuff while the other is an old PII that just filters traffic with iptables. And in both cases, the system log shows that the system date changed backwards: first case: lun. avr. 07 08:28:09 CEST 2003 -> jeu. avr. 03 16:29:31 CEST 2003 second case: May 27 13:47:16 -> Mar 18 11:22:00 less than 1 minute later, the machine hangs. Nothing to do but power it off and on again. Any idea, anybody ? Thanks, Olivier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Olivier Hislaire MSG International Email: O.Hislaire(a)msg-i.net 97 Avenue de Tervuren Phone: +32 (0)2 737.90.39 1040 Brussels Fax: +32 (0)2 732.12.19 Belgium Gsm: +32 (0)472 87.84.11 http://www.msg-i.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Multiplatform script interpreter/language
by Stanislav Valasek 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Hi all, I want to learn a new scripting language and now considering witch one. I have following requirements on it: - one which is ported on more platforms - Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows - easy to create a simple GUI - easy to parse a text files - easy to work with directories and files - easy to work with XML - even possible to make OS native API calls - ... - easy to learn ! I know that awk exist, something about Perl and Tcl. Perl and Tcl are ported on both Linux and W2K. Is Java Script M$ only? Do you know some URL where these languages are compared? Also with target OSs? Thanks a lot. Stanislav

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Can't add ftp installation source in yast2
by Martin Kloss 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

hi there, I just installed 8.1 from the cd set and now I wanted to add the suse ftp server (or one of its mirrors) as an installation source in yast2. but no matter which server I try, adding the ftp installation source always returns the error: "Unable to create installation source from url: ftp:/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse... Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media)" I already deleted the local installation source (cd), so now there are no installation sources in the list. what can I do? any help would be very much appreciated. I searched the suse support db and mailing lists already, but all technotes where about not finding the dvd-rom as installation source or some other problem. Martin. Martin Kloss martin.kloss(a)triquart.de Technische Direktion ************************ Triquart Neue Medien Bellealliancestr.17 20259 Hamburg Germany Tel.+49 (40)432 923-0 Fax +49 (40)432 923-23 www.triquart.de www.triquart-humor.de ************************* "Lingo objektorientiert" Das Buch zum Autor jetzt bestellen unter: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3898422194/lingmmugd

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soulseek never connects
by rampx＠ya.com 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

In the last days soulseek never connects. Does anybody know what happens with soulseek server?-

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my fonts broke
by sjb 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

I used KDE Control Centre's Font Installer to add the MS Tahoma font. Sadly, it crashed and restarted KDE - thereafter one particular font caused an error whenever I tried to use the installer, so I removed it. Everything is back to normal now, including the new Tahoma font, except when using a Konsole. Previously I had it set to use a "Custom" setting, but that's now displaying characters d o u b l e s p a c e d which isn't very helpful. I'm pretty sure the font I deleted was not the one I was using. If I try to change the Konsole font I get a choice of 3 rough looking fonts, none of which are any use. Can somebody tell me how to convince the Konsole to let me choose a proper font?? Please??! Cheers! sjb

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portmap, and another ...
by John 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi gang, I ran lsat a few days ago, and finally stumbled on the output log. It's suggesting I rid myself of portmap. I did a 'man portmap' and a 'man rpc', and they both might as well have been written in latin. But I think I picked up on enough to guess that if I'm not running any kind of server for the internet (a server being something someone from 'outside' my own home can use?), then I really don't need portmap...is this correct? When I tried 'rpcinfo -p' , I got back portmap on 111, twice, so I guess it's the only thing 'open'? Next quicky question...when I did a nanoprobe test of all services ports <http://nanoprobe.grc.com/>, I have port 113 'closed' instead of 'stealth'. Okay, this one I'll need to ask the tech guys at my ISP if I can actually stealth this, am I correct? Since it's the ident port? All other ports were 'stealth', but I also failed the ping test (icmp echo). Is there a way to make it so that my machine doesn't answer 'pings'? This is just a plain ol' everyday machine, not running anything special, I use it for mail, surfin', and not a whole lot else. Steve talked about how ZoneAlarm "adaptively stealths" port 113, is there some way to get SuSEFirewall2 to do this also? Thanks for the help as always. John - -- I needed fresh bugs for my SuSE gecko, and Linux penguin. So I went out and caught this huge ugly blue and red and green and yellow butterfly. They won't need fresh food for 3 months now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+0404H5oDXyLKXKQRAqg0AJ9cUwF5MCPtcMnrjgEiCvwnRbidWwCfWYfG uvf+Xo/7F7SIJPoVLUxKg14= =C/UT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [SLE] One helping of crow - Please! (had been Re: [SLE] libncurses.5 )
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Donn Washburn <n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org> wrote: >Hey Group: > > I made a mistake. The problem (chroot) I mentioned earlier > (Re; [SLE] libncurses.5) was a mistake I made. The drive was not clean. > fsck.reiser fixed it. > The error message coming from bash about libncurses got me. > Again sorry! > >-- >73 de Donn Washburn Thanks for letting us know -- __________________________________________________________________ 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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