September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Load ac and battery modules on boot
by Erik Dokic 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

I need to load ac and battery modules on SuSE 8.2 on boot. I can load them normally with modprobe, but if I put them in /etc/modules.conf, then I get a big mess during booting. Can anybody tell me exactly how to do this? Thanks!

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mantel kernel source
by Dave Howorth 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

I need to build a module for a Radeon 9000 for use with the Mantel k_smp-2.4.21-59.i586 kernel. kernel-source is not yet installed. In Mantel's directory there are several files and it's not clear to me which one(s) I need: README k_smp-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm k_athlon-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm k_smp-2.4.21-59.src.rpm k_athlon-2.4.21-59.src.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm k_deflt-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-59.src.rpm k_deflt-2.4.21-59.src.rpm kernel-source-um-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm The kernel I have installed was from k_smp-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm but I'm not sure which combination from k_smp-2.4.21-59.src.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-59.src.rpm kernel-source-um-2.4.21-59.i586.rpm contain the source to it. Apologies if this is a dumb question. It's all a new area for me. I'll be happy to RTFM, if somebody can tell me which one. Thanks, Dave

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kdegraphics3-scan
by BandiPat 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Can anyone shed any light on the fact that the new file, kdegraphics3-scan-3.1.1-177.i586.rpm, located on SuSE's ftp site, is 45mb in size and only contains kooka? The last one I downloaded was only 453kb big, so that seems to me to be quite a discrepancy in file size! Pat -- --- KMail v1.5.3-2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

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Problems with hotplugging PCMCIA wireless card
by The Wizard 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

All - I have recently upgraded to the 2.4.21-59 Mantel kernel, and now whenever I try to hotplug my wireless PCMCIA card (a Linksys WPC55AG) it panics the kernel. What I'd like to know is - is there something new in the kernel which would cause this - how can I capture the panic messages? I have tried the <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F10> but there is no response, the machine is locked up tight This is SuSE Pro 8.2, on a Sony VAIO laptop (P4M 1.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 30GBHD, DVD/CD-RW combo, ATI Radeon 7500 LW). I am using the madwifi driver for the wireless card, and it worked flawlessly hotplugging it under 2.4.21-4. Mark Almeida -- Powered by SuSE Linux Pro 8.2/Kmail 1.5.3

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MiniDV Capture Under Linux
by Turd Ferguson 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Hello, I'm trying to attatch my MiniDV camera to Linux via USB> Can someone tell me what module I need to load in order to make this happen? Thanks -- </Jared> -- "Turd Ferguson. Yeah, he's a funny guy." ~Burt Reynolds (As portrayed by Norm McDonald of SNL)

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Can't custimize K Menu
by Gregory Olds 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Hello all. I have a strange problem. I installed OpenOffice.org RC3 today and noticed that the menu entries won't show up. I also noticed that when I right click on a document such as a powerpoint presentation and select "Open With" I don't see open office in the list of programs to choose from. I then opend up the menu editor and saw that OpenOffice does indeed have a menu entry that is not hidden. I then tried removing and adding menu entires and found that nothing I did affected the contents of the K Menu whatsoever. I tried removing my .kde directory and that didn't work either. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? I'm using Suse 8.2 Pro and KDE 3.1.3. -Greg

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Installing NVidia drivers failing
by John Pettigrew 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

I have just tried to install the latest NVidia drivers and cannot - they don't contain a version for my kernel (k_athlon from 8.2, updated via YOU to 2.4.20-100) and installing the kernel sources from the DVD doesn't let them compile. I cannot connect to any servers using YOU (the msttfonts package is failing the signature check and aborting the update before I even get a package listing) and update the sources, so the NVidia installer can't even compile a module for me. How can I get the nvidia driver installed? John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john(a)headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank

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2nd Linux box: what can I do ..
by Thinker 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

I was just 'given' another box that I intend to turn into a plaything for files and such. I do not currently have the office space to set up another workstation. I've seen posts where people have been telneting or sshing into boxes within their own office. Is this correct? And if so, is there a way that I can set this machine up and then just leave the keyboard and mouse attached with the machine sitting in the corner (still on the network) and access everything on it? Even Gnome, OpenOffice, Evolution, and such? If this is possible, where would I go to find out more on how to do this? -=Thinker

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Mozilla's image block
by H du Plooy 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Hi all, The "block images from this site" option in Mozilla works wonderful. Except for one thing. Some sites make you pay for this luxury by loading a flash animation if the image can't be loaded. It seems. How do I go about blocking these, without disabling flash altogether? Thanks Hans

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3Ware raid card question....ya, another one.
by Tom Nielsen 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

I got my card in and working. I'm currently booting and running my system off the drive that is connected to the card. I have a second, blank drive connected to the card as well waiting to have a mirror image put on it. My problem is this, I go into the card bios on boot and see my two drives. I mark them both and then click on 'create array'. At this point a message pops up saying "creating an array will remove data from your drives." I get scared and abort. Am I wrong in thinking that creating an array (raid 1) should not remove my data from the drive on port 0 but should on port 1? Am I going to lose data on port 0 by creating this array? If so, why? That seems a bit silly. I ask because the manual does really say what's going to happen and appears to be a bit generic. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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