September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Epson Perfection
by David Johanson 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I'm considering the purchase of an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo Scanner (USB 2.0) for use on my 8.2 box. Has anyone had any experience using this scanner and if so would you provide your thoughts on it. Thanks, dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe

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got to be a way
by Hans Krueger 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I want to have more than one gate way I've got 2 dial up boxes so if one fails I can use the other one I can have more than one in windows their got to be a way to do this in linux -- Hans hans007(a)prexar.com registered Linux user 289023 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

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ftp installation source
by fsanta 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I installed 8.2 from our 8.2 ftp server on a portable today. It works fine. But when I come to install additional items it asks for the roms from the CD set. The *only* installation media in Yast is our ftp server and it is marked as on. The same is true if we do a dvd install instead. It always asks fro the CD roms. Most annoying. Any ideas anyone? Thanks, Steve.

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keyboard does not respond
by Ulrich Leopold 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Hi, my keyboard is stopping randomly responding under X11. It does not matter which desktop I use. The mouse is usually still working. Does anyone know what could be the cause for it? Is there a possibility to log it? I am using a Dell Inspiron 8200 Notebook. I am not sure if this is a bad hardware support? Cheers, Ulrich

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Gaim/gLabels
by James Ogley 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Updated/new on www.usr-local-bin.org today: * Gaim - Multi-protocol instant messenger program - Updated to version 0.69 - Updated Yahoo! and MSN protocols - Note that Yahoo! have updated their protocol AGAIN, so this version of Gaim doesn't work with Yahoo! * gLabels - labels & business card application for GNOME - Version 1.92.0 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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SVGALIB RPM for SuSE 8.2
by George Reynolds 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I have been told it exists...where do you get it from? It's not on the ftp server :-( George -- George Reynolds *SuSE Linux 8.2/2.4.20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -HTML emails will not be read; so don't send them!- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *WARNING!* Have you received a virus from me? My computer will NEVER send a Windows virus! Emails without my signature and this warning are NOT from me! Please note that I am changing my email address. Emails sent to an !dodgybloke=co=uk address will be discontinued on 31/9/03. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/O d++@>-- s: a-- C++@>++++$ UC++++(++++)>$ P+ L+++ E W++@ N+ o K- w--- O+ M V- PS PE Y PGP+ t+ 5 X+ R tv++ b++ DI+++ D++ G e+++ h- r y?* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [CLUG-tech] Question about umask in fstab
by Steve Crane 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Hello, If I have to guess, the problem is this. The x bit (which corresponds to 1 in octal) means executable for files, but for directories it means accessible. By removing this bit from the permissions, you end up with files that are not executable, but you also end up with directories that are not accessible. But a quick peek in "man mount" shows there is a solution: dmask=value Set the umask applied to directories only. The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal. Present since 2.5.43. So make it umask=113,dmask=002 I see there is also an fmask, so you can also try fmask=113,dmask=002. Cheers, Izak On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Steve Crane wrote: > I have two FAT32 partitions mounted that are defined in /etc/fstab with > entries created when I installed SuSE 8.1. The umask option is set to > 0002, which gives the files permissions of rwxrwxr-x. This is fine in > most cases except that ROX-filer, the file manager I use does not > correctly handle the MIME-type association if files are executable. So > when viewing a folder on one of these partitions I am not able to launch > the associated application with a single click and all icons are shown > as a gear, which is the ROX icon for executable files. This also > prevents thumbnails from being displayed for image files. > > I need the file permissions on these partitions to be rw-rw-r-- and was > trying to adjust the umask value to provide this. I assumed I should > change the umask to 0113 to accomplish this but when I do I can't access > the files. When I run ls -l on the root of the mounted partition all > files report "permission denied". > > If I change the umask to 0013 and remount the partition the files now > have permissions of rwxrw-r-- but ROX still sees them as executable, > even though the gid option is set to the users group. So it seems that > root also needs not to have executable permission but how do I achieve > this without making all the files inaccessible? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > -- Man who speeds in town reaches red traffic light first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Izak Burger Email: iburger(a)cs.sun.ac.za Homepage: http://www.cs.sun.ac.za/~iburger/ Tel: +27 21 808 4863 Please avoid sending me Word attachments. See http://www.cs.sun.ac.za/~iburger/noword.html

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Question about umask in fstab
by Steve Crane 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

I have two FAT32 partitions mounted that are defined in /etc/fstab with entries created when I installed SuSE 8.1. The umask option is set to 0002, which gives the files permissions of rwxrwxr-x. This is fine in most cases except that ROX-filer, the file manager I use does not correctly handle the MIME-type association if files are executable. So when viewing a folder on one of these partitions I am not able to launch the associated application with a single click and all icons are shown as a gear, which is the ROX icon for executable files. This also prevents thumbnails from being displayed for image files. I need the file permissions on these partitions to be rw-rw-r-- and was trying to adjust the umask value to provide this. I assumed I should change the umask to 0113 to accomplish this but when I do I can't access the files. When I run ls -l on the root of the mounted partition all files report "permission denied". If I change the umask to 0013 and remount the partition the files now have permissions of rwxrw-r-- but ROX still sees them as executable, even though the gid option is set to the users group. So it seems that root also needs not to have executable permission but how do I achieve this without making all the files inaccessible? Any advice would be appreciated. -- Steve Crane http://craniac.afraid.org

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(Revisited) Works in Windoze, NOT in SuSE!?!?!?!?!?!?
by Bernd 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

On Sunday, 14 September, 2003 17:17, Lincoln Ramsay wrote: <snip> > If your modem is a top-of-the-line one, I would expect it to have no > problems. I'd guess Windows does stuff with the modem to prevent the > disconnection, perhaps it keeps the line busy with null/echo packets or > something. Try unplugging your phones though as that worked for me. Thanks, but... Removed the phones, rewired the phone lines, changed pci slots, changed IRQ's in BIOS so the modem would be on its' own IRQ, pinged, echoed, set idle time to indefinite, removed idle time, changed AT commands to match those in windoze exactly, added additional AT commands to allow flex in line noise, verified windoze com port is same as linux ttyS (com5=ttyS4), on and on and on.................. It is sooo scary to me that my modem (USR PCI 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)), which is fully supported in SuSE, works in windoze, yet I get a (SIGHUP) and get dumped in linux. <snip> Thanks again! Any other suggestions are greatfully appreciated!!! MTIA Bernd -- "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de St. Exupery

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test
by Tom Nielsen 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

test -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 ext.18 www.neuro-logic.com

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