June 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

WINE problem on 8.2
by Andrei Verovski 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi, I have strange problem with WINE on stock 8.2 and WINE RPM. On SuSE 8.1, everything worked fine. However, on 8.2 whenever I am trying to luanch Win application I get the message "wine is already configured", and after that wine freezes with 100% of CPU usage. Reconfiguring wine with winesetup and update_win_registry do not help either. I have upgraded to the newer wine version from apt, but problem remains. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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Session Management Problem (XFC)
by Dennis Tuchler 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

This concerns an attempt to install and use XFce as a window/desktop manager. I downloaded and installed xfce 3.8.16 and added it to the KDE login menu (Control Center ->System Administration -> Login Manager ->Sessions -> Administrator Mode) and filled in the name xfce in the Session Types/New type window. I clicked on Add New, which added the command to the "available types" list. On logging in again and selecting xfce from the login manager, I was presented with a dark screen and the xfc tool bar at the bottom of the screen. However, none of the applications I called up had any way to be iconized, and when I clicked on a part of the window free of applications, I got no menu of commands. What did I do wrong? How can I fix it? Thanks -- Dennis Tuchler <dtuchler(a)earthlink.net>

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Nagging Zip Drive problem--will not mount
by Mike McCallister 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi folks! I have an old external Zip-100 Parallel Port drive that I cannot get mounted on my 8.0 system (Kernel 2.4.18-4GB). The other night I tried again. YaST2 hardware info shows the drive and gives it a mount point of /dev/sda. I edited fstab to point to /dev/sda and added a pointer to the /mnt directory. When I attempt to mount this (via KDE or bash), I get the following error: "mount: /dev/sda is not a valid block device." The help (more than a little dated, I suspect, since it was written for v6.3) suggests running modprobe for ppa. Here's what happens: /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: insmod ppa failed Any and all thoughts greatly appreciated. Many thanks! -- Mike McCallister ProTek Writing Services workingwriter(a)prodigy.net "Translation from the Geek a specialty" Phone: (262) 938-9505 Fax: (248) 282-0532 Notes from the Metaverse: http://radio.weblogs.com/0124049

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Goldfinger's Heirs(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

"I can see the movie trailer now: Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007 uncovers a secret slush fund that's being used to bribe world leaders and business execs so that they'll eschew Linux in favor of Windows -- software they don't want. Behind the scenes, Bill Gates (played by Mike Myers) secretly hands out piles of cash to greedy governments and corporate bigwigs, while his hairless cat Orlando plots to destroy Linux user groups by listening in on their meetings and trade shows. This might read like a Hollywood script gone sour, if not for a series of Microsoft deeds, beginning with a memo written last summer by a former Microsoft official named Orlando Ayala, then the head of worldwide sales. His missive put forth a corporate strategy to persuade governments not to forsake Windows for Linux. If deals were in jeopardy, Microsoft reps were to draw from a special slush fund to either discount or make Windows software available for free. "Under NO circumstances lose against Linux," Ayala wrote." http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,81664,… -- 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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Analysts To SCO: No Thanks To Code Review Offer(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Analysts To SCO: No Thanks To Code Review Offer One analyst called the idea a publicity stunt, while others said they fear the legal ramifications of getting involved in the intellectual property rights case. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,81695,00.html?nlid=OS -- 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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SCO's Chris Sontag On Linux, Unix And Brewing Legal Fights(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

SCO's Chris Sontag On Linux, Unix And Brewing Legal Fights The SCO Group Inc. plans to begin showing analysts where its Unix code has been illegally copied into the Linux kernel within two weeks, a SCO official promised. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,81613,00.html?nlid=OS -- 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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Can't find them
by Bob S. 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi Suse Folk, Planning on doing a clean install of 8.2 from my 8.0 How ever, do not want to lose all of my e-mails I have collected. (Mostly stuff from this list that I refer to) I have literally looked for hours and this is my last resort. I know that they are somewhere in my Home/Bob/.kde directory ??? I have found the kmailrc file but not the messages themselves. Help? Please! Bob S.

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fstab entry disappearing
by Jay Vollmer 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi Everybody! I'm hoping that someone might have an explanation for a strange occurance on my SuSE 8.2 system. Here's the story: I have a USB CompactFlash cardreader accessible via /dev/sda1. Of course, I have an entry in /etc/fstab to accomidate this. The problem is that periodically the system will decide to remove this entry from fstab so that when I insert a CFcard into the reader and attempt to mount the device, I'm informed that there is no such entry in /etc/fstab. If I add the line again, everything is fine, but I'd like to know why this line keeps disappearing. Is there some setting I can tweak to stop it from reccuring? -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER(a)CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE

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Routing - help required
by Basil Fowler 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

I have chain of three machines. 192.168.42.2 is connected by an ethernet link to the middle machine 10.0.0.1 which is connected in turn to a dialup internet connection through ppp0. >From machine 10.0.0.1 I can ping machine 192.168.42.2 and the IP server 195.92.65.96. >From machine 192.168.42.2 I can ping machine 1.0.0.1, but not the server 195.92.65.96. Running /sbin/route on machine 10.0.0.1 yields the following: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.42.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1 195.92.65.96 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 0.0.0.0 195.92.65.96 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 The first line is set by an entry in /etc/sysconfig/network/route. The value for /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is 1 There is no firewall and the output from iptables -L is: Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination What must I do to enable me to ping the IP server from machine 192.168.42.2 ? Basil Fowler

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YaST2 Software Install does not show uninstalled packages
by Sylvanus A. Currie 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I wish to install xsane but YaST2 does not show it. In fact it refuses to list any uninstalled packages. Any ideas, plaese? Regards, Syl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+z5WZRNQ96ZZBo4oRArqWAJ4z8t9/jvsAgrv74A8R6f36IRrGYACdEkxw 3trp1fuRMq/92N2cVf4obmM= =rQs4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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