September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Getting the latest software?
by Brian Kendig 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Hiya! I'm new to SuSE Linux, and I like it a lot! But I've got a couple of questions as I start out with it... (1) SuSE uses RedHat RPM's, right? Will any rpm file that works on RedHat also work on SuSE? It can't use Debian .deb files, correct? (2) SuSE comes with Gaim 0.59, but the latest version is 0.69. I see that the Gaim web site offers rpm's for RedHat and for Mandrake, but none specifically for SuSE. Will the RedHat version work on SuSE? Or is there somewhere I can obtain the latest version specifically for SuSE? (3) In general, is there a central place to go for SuSE software that's not part of the standard distribution yet? Like, SuSE comes with KDE 3.1.1, but is KDE 3.1.3 available in a way that SuSE can be easily upgraded to? (4) Where does the name 'SuSE' come from, and why is it capitalized weird like that? (5) Bonus question: anybody know how to change the behavior of the KDE Konqueror web browser, so that if I enter 'apple' into the location bar, it goes to 'www.apple.com' instead of doing a Google search on 'apple'?

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How to get camstream to ftp for 'user'?
by John 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi gang, I finally figured out why camstream isn't ftp'ing my snapshots to my webpage. I tried it as root, and it did just fine, but as 'user', I constantly get a message like 'url or domain name couldn't be found' or something like that. So my question is...how to I make it so that as 'user', I can ftp upload with camstream? If anyone remembers my last post, about being assaulted, now I've found out, that someone (I suspect the same person who assaulted me) is also coming and opening my doors and trying (my best guess, and truly believe is correct) to let my dogs out to either run off or so he can try to shoot them or run them over (luckily they are very well trained and stay in the house or in the yard). So, I really need this to work, so that I can use camstream to take snapshots while I'm gone from the house, and upload them to my webpage, in case the asshole (sorry) trashes my computer or steals it. I know locking the doors would be a good idea, but then I'm worried he'd just trash up something even worse trying to get in or a door open, and being disabled and not getting much money a month, there's just no way I can afford fixing something like that. I'm sort of in a lose-lose situation, and the damn law isn't helping me out one bit. Sorry for the sob story, but I'm in dire straits here, and really need *any* kind of help I can get. Thanks gang. John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/d9DZH5oDXyLKXKQRAtk1AJ4qo4JAaNYLfn7TyFPxwHHediiQYQCghB9u G7g5/vO0+7oLQeCdOxdmRGI= =v6Wd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Strange problems with Evolution
by Tom Nielsen 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

I'm having a really strange problem with Evolution 1.4.4 ULB. I use Evolution at work and home, basically for the same account - IMAP/smtp. The other day I wasn't able to send email. It just stuck in my inbox for the longest time. I clicked on send and receive and nothing happened. The progress bar just sat on the uploading section. I finally had to cancel. I sent a couple test emails and some would go and some would not, but they all stayed in my inbox. But I was able to send email from my Kmail, which is handles my linuxmail.org account (smtp/pop), without a problem. So today, Anders Johannson mentioned to me to try to setup my work account on Kmail and and setup my Linuxmail account on Evolution and run some tests. So I did. I can send and receive just fine from Kmail on both accounts. I switched over -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 ext.18 www.neuro-logic.com

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Installing samba
by Örn Hansen 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

I've been trying to use apt-rpm to install samba3, but I get version 3.0.0rc4 installed all the time. Using apt-cache to search, I see that both versions are available both at gwdg.de and and uni-bielefeld. But for some reason, version 3.0.0rc4 is treated as a higher version than 3.0.0. Anyone know of a way to force the issue, with apt?

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KMail filter question
by Bart Symons 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

I want to pipe all incoming messages with attachments through a virus scanner. How can I instruct a KMail filter to only work on e-mails with attachments?

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mountd problem
by Julie Xu 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Greeting, I have tried to use nfs mount and have the following error in /var/log/messages: Mounted[1861]: access from host 10.10.1.151 rejected I thought it may be caused by host.allow, so I added: Portman: ALL : ALLOW Rcp.mountd: ALL : ALLOW Rcp.nfsd: ALL : ALLOW And keep host.allow to: ALL:ALL But, it is still not work? Am I still missing something? Any comments will be appreciated Thanks in advance Julie Xu Data Communication Team Information Technology Directorate University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC NSW 1797

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Re: [SLE] (Revisited) Works in Windoze, NOT in SuSE!?!?!?!?!?!?
by bernd＠covenantmail.net 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

<snip> Here's an addendum to the previous e-mail I just sent. > > Regarding the name servers, all I have ever done is yast/modem (for use with >kinternet), wvdial.conf (for use with wvdial), options (used by pppd), and >kppp. My dns settings are always auto, as my ISP provides them during the >connect sequence. I have not messed with dhcp as John suggested that I do. I >wouldn't know what to do there. Here's the output from the shell when I use wvdial to connect: --> Starting pppd at Sun Sep 28 16:38:29 2003 --> pid of pppd: 1514 --> pppd: Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: local IP address xx.xxx.xxx.xx --> pppd: remote IP address xx.xxx.xxx.xx --> pppd: primary DNS address xxx.x.xxx.xxx --> pppd: secondary DNS address xxx.x.x.xxx --> pppd: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up run successful --> Default route Ok. --> warning, can't find address for `www.suse.de' --> warning, address lookup does not work --> Nameserver (DNS) failure, the connection may not work. --> Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect ***Also, the primary and secondary DNS addresses are not changing at all. They are the same each time I try to connect. Usually, I get new DNS addresses each time I connect. I have checked in yast/modem, and wvdial.conf and all are set to auto. > I have dumped all my yast modem settings, wvdial.conf, and started fresh with system defaults (which has worked in the past, except for connection length problems). Yet the dns problem still remains. > > What on earth have I screwed with to mess up the auto dns settings outside of wvdial.conf and yast/modem??? > > I'm about ready to backup /home, toast it all, and reinstall SuSE from scratch!!!!! Maybe that would take care of everything!?! > > Sorry! Bernd

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Tech Tip iptables
by Carl William Spitzer IV 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

If you have a problem with your firewall rules, you can return iptables to its default state without rebooting with the command: iptables --flush && iptables --delete-chain This flushes the three built-in chains and deletes any you may have added. Doing this leaves your system without firewalling, though, so use this command only when troubleshooting your firewall configuration disconnected from the Internet or with services disabled. _________________________________________________________________ To remove yourself from this list, see www.ssc.com/mailing-lists: http://www.ssc.com/mailing-lists. _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 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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CLI tool to attach a txt file to an existing e-mail
by Bart Symons 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

From KMail I want to pipe e-mails through a script that uses antivir to scan the e-mail (now a tem file in disk) for virusses. If a virus is found I'ld like to include the result of the scan in the mail, either as a text in the mail body or as a "virusfound.txt" attachment. I had a look at some tools but I didn't find what I was looking for. Any suggestions anyone?

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fetchmail
by Bob Stanfield 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Folks, I had been using <fetchmail> to collect and distribute my mail to 2 users and various mail folders using cron jobs in SuSE 8.0. Upgraded to SuSE 8.1. <fetchmail> stopped working. Symptoms SuSE 8.1 # fetchmail -f /etc/fetchmailrc fetchmail: Repoll immediately on stanassc(a)mail.eclipse.net fetchmail: 112 messages for stanassc at mail.eclipse.net (346970 octets). fetchmail: reading message stanassc@mail.eclipse.net:1 of 112 (6218 octets) ......fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 4.7.1 Please try again later fetchmail: not flushed etc Not the above collection, but typical from /var/log/mail Sep 22 15:36:48 stanassc sendmail[30902]: h8MJa6wr030902: from=<owner-GRASSLIST(a)baylor.edu>, size=4107, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<16238.13507.716125.406873(a)cerise.nosuchdomain.co.uk>, bodytype=7BIT, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] Sep 22 15:36:49 stanassc poll.tcpip: Done mail and news send/fetch Sep 22 15:36:50 stanassc sendmail[30902]: h8MJa6wr030902: Milter: data, reject=451 4.7.1 Please try again later Doing a trace on "fetchmail", I find the program is looking for /root/.fetchids, but can't find it because I don't have such a file. I find several elusive references to this file, but nothing as to whether it is essential, what its function might be nor what its format might be. What else might it be? I can collect the mail using mozilla and formail -s promail < Inbox manually. Very inconvenient. Many thanks for what ever help you can give me. Bob Stanfield 29 Ledge Lane Pipersville, PA 18947 Voice 610-294-9884 FAX 610-294-8119

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