August 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Problem deleting files
by Terry Milnes 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

I am having problems deleting files from my SuSE 8.2 system. If I do an rm on the command line it is deleted fine, however when I do a Shift+Delete in KDE 3.1.2 it does not delete no matter what I do. I have even checked to find where it may possibly save a file the same size as the file that was deleted. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! NeoFax

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SpamAssassin configuration problem I think
by Henry Harpending 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

I recently removed my old spamassassin installation and installed the SuSE rpm. Now I think that somehow it has quit working, or quit doing a real analysis. I am getting a lot of spam, and here are some headers from the last one: Subject: Turn back time on your body's biological clock! Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:03:45 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="1AB1D_A8CD_4._CB8_.2A" X-Priority: 3 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=3.0 tests=none version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Status: RO Content-Length: 331 Lines: 14 Notice the line "tests=none". And how does it get a score of 0 when it is pure spam? I have a suspicion that there is some switch or configuration file somewhere that I need to enable. Thanks, Henry Harpending

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Looking for File Manager - Super User Mode in 8.2
by Bryan Tyson 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

I recently installed 8.2, and I can't seem to find File Manager - Super User Mode which in the KDE menu of 8.1 was under System / Configuration. Is it still around, and if so, where? Thank you. ******************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional KDE 3.1.1 KMail 1.5.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ********************************************************

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Monitor Driver for Sampo Alphascan 712 ...
by Thinker 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

For those following my previous posts, I finally got SuSE 8.2 installed via FTP (the trick was to install it on my PIII 550/ 256MB RAM/ 13GB IDE and 2x9.2GB SCSI HDs - I got rid of the Mandrake 9.0 I was running. I think that Pentium 120 is headed for the closet floor.) During my attempts to install 8.2 I came across a document explaining how to install and run 2 monitors with two video cards using SaX2. I have two monitors installed and they are both running really well, only problem is.. my 17" Sampo Alphascan 712 (Monitor 1) will not go to 1024x768 as the 17" CTX (Monitor 0) will. I've looked and looked and I cannot find any Linux Drivers for the Sampo Alphascan 712, other than MS 98 drivers. Is there a trick to getting them both the same resolution or a location online that has Linux drivers for monitors. Thanks, -=Thinker

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Turning a partition AFTER SuSE into a DOS partition?
by Fred M. Sloniker 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

When I embarked on my project to install 8.2 entirely from FTP, I set up my partitions as follows, adjusted from their prior arrangement: HDA1 -- a 2-gig Windows partition for my brother. HDA5 -- my 256-meg swap partition. HDA6 -- a 3-gig SuSE 8.1 partition, from which I was WGetting 8.2. HDA7 -- the 7-gig partition I was downloading into. Now that the system's all installed and I've switched my installation source over to FTP, I've gone ahead and gotten rid of the contents of HDA7 so I can store downloads in it. However, it occured to me that it'd be handy to make it a DOS partition so my brother can use it too. Unfortunately, if I partition it as a DOS partition, Windows can see HDA6 too and tries to Scandisk it, which I imagine would be a bad thing if I let it. So, I guess my question is: is it possible for me to make this partition a DOS partition without Windows doing bad things to SuSE? If not, is it possible to set it up in some other way so that both OSes can access it as storage space?

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Fetchmail problem on some headers
by Carlos E. R. 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

Hi, My fetchmail is complaining of some incorrect headers: Aug 2 04:23:25 nimrodel fetchmail[15095]: incorrect header line found while scanning headers Aug 2 04:23:25 nimrodel last message repeated 3 times Aug 2 04:23:29 nimrodel fetchmail[15095]: retained Aug 2 04:23:29 nimrodel fetchmail[15095]: POP3> QUIT And that message remains there for ever. It has happened to me on two servers, and I retrieved them without problems using mozilla... to find they were both spams (viagra). I'm bothered because it's happened twice. In the second one the wrong header is that the subject line is several dozens lines long. Is somebody else aware of this? Could it be a security problem with fetchmail? New spam strategy? Ideas? -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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Weather programs
by Olle Viksten 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

Does anyone know if there is a weather program that uses the WMO Index Number as opposed to the ICAO Location Indicator used by the KDE and Gmome appletts? Olle -- War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left. Registered Linux User 61169 http://counter.li.org Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Olle

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Re:[SLE] device problems
by Erik Jakobsen 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

Hi. Now I'm so far, that I can mount/unmout the DVD drive and the writer drive from being root. But as far, as I enter KDE, I cannot mount the device from their Icons on the KDE desktop. I know it has something to do with permissions, but what the reason is, I must say, that I don't know. But any help are most welcome. TIA. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards. Erik Jakobsen - eja(a)urbakken.dk. Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK. SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff. Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.

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Configure RTL8139 NIC during boot
by John Sved 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

I have discovered the I can improve LAN performance from ~ 30 kB/s to ~3 Mb/s on file transfers by using the "ethtool" package. As root bash the command ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on turns on the autonegotiation of the RTL 8139 NIC chip. I could not find a command to do this via modprobe parameters but since ethtool works nicely all that I need to do now is have the ethtool command execute during the boot sequence. Where should the ethtool command string be placed for execution during boot ? - John

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bonding again
by Agi Subagio 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

Did someone have try to bonding two ethernet device in SuSE (SLES-8)? Where can I find any documentation about this?

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