September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Linux kernel loading very slowly on an IBM A31p laptop
by Marco Teeuwen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hello everybody, I've been running SuSE since 6.0 on a lot of different desktops and laptops, but lately I noticed something very strange. When using SuSE 8.2 with an IBM A31p loading the kernel takes about 19 seconds (the part where it says Loading linux.............). On all other systems this takes just a few seconds at most. This is a P4 1.8 Ghz laptop, so it should load very fast. I'm using the stock 2.4.20-4GB kernel from SuSE with the following append line: acpi=off hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 showopts. Does anyone have an explanation for this? Could it be something in the kernelparameters? Regards, Marco Teeuwen

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how to find a pid
by steve 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

v4l2: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy How do I find the pid to kill it and try again? Thanks, Steve.

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Starting OPERA via KDE icon vs command line
by Peter B Van Campen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi ALL, Since updating OPERA to beta 7.2 my SuSE 8.2 sys won't start it via the KDE icon on the desktop or via the cmd line (see shell dialog)_: moses:~ # cd / moses:/ # cd /usr/bin moses:/usr/bin # opera Segmentation fault moses:/usr/bin # ./opera Segmentation fault moses:/usr/bin # But it starts properly when I click on the shell script "/usr/bin/opera" while in Konqi. What should I put in the 'properties' for the opera icon to get it to start properly? PeterB -- -- Proud to use SuSE Linux, since 5.2 Loving using SuSE Linux 8.2 MyBlog http://vancampen.org/blog/ Nothing is as perfect as a Cultured Diamond There was never any Blood on a Cultured Diamond --

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Virus Alert ( I'm getting all your junk! )
by Daniel Joyce 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Okay folks, please update your scanners and clean your PCs! http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html This guy is giving me lots of pain indirectly. It infects your computer, looks in your addressbook, forges a email from someone in said book. If said email bounces due to a virus scanner finding the virus, and it was forged to look like it came from me, I GET THE BOUNCED EMAIL from those damnable scanners! Please clean up your PCs, I've gotten 200+ copies today alone (direct infected emails, and mails bounced by the virus scanners ). Note that it IS a windows virus. I run Linux, I'm immune. If you see any virii supposedly coming from me, it DIDN'T. It forged the headers to make it look so. -Daniel -- The Meek shall inherit the Earth, for the Brave are among the Stars!

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ldap client problem
by Osman Demirhan 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi, I've configured SuSE 8.2 as LDAP client using yast. It is working well. But if network is down or ldap server is unavailable, local users aren't login in to system. Are there any way to login into system when network is down? Here is the nsswitch.conf and pam_unix2.conf files --- nsswitch.conf ---- passwd: compat ldap group: compat ldap hosts: files dns networks: files dns services: files protocols: files rpc: files ethers: files netmasks: files netgroup: files publickey: files bootparams: files automount: files nis aliases: files --- nsswitch.conf ---- ---/etc/security/pam_unix2.conf--- auth: use_ldap nullok account: use_ldap password: use_ldap nullok session: none ---/etc/security/pam_unix2.conf--- -- +----------------- | Osman Demirhan +-----------------

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Re: [SLE] K3B.
by Silviu Marin-Caea 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

eja(a)urbakken.dk wrote: >>You need to use >> >>--source-device 0,0,0 >>--source-driver generic-mmc or --source-driver generic-mmc-raw > > Which source do you then think its the best one for my drive ?. Ugh, you really need to do some reading on your own. man cdrdao "source" as the pair to "destination". You read from source and write to destination. /usr/bin/cdrdao read-cd --source-device 0,0,0 --source-driver generic-mmc --paranoia-mode 3 -n -v 2 --eject --remote 20 --datafile /tmp/kde-erik/k3b_0.img /tmp/kde-erik/k3b_0.toc Is this clear now?

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New Abiword question !!!...
by James Hatridge 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi all... About the WP filters. Can I import / export my wife's WP 4.2 files? She uses Drdos and a copy of WP 4.2 I got in 1987. She loves it. Thanks JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection

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floating applet for day of the year - with transparent background over the desktop
by Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hello SLE I wonder how put an floating applet (I think it is the correct name) on the right top corner of my desktop just to write the day of year: 19 de setembro de 2003. It should have a tranparent background; just the letters should have colors. Some tips? Thanks anyway a.

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Gnome Font Sizes
by Daniel Joyce 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I've used the font properties dialog, but except for the newest Gnome apps, the settings have no effect! How can I set the font size in Anjuta, or other Gnome apps? I've tried everything... >.< -Daniel -- The Meek shall inherit the Earth, for the Brave are among the Stars!

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Re: [SLE] NFS Help
by Mario Pesce 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi, I have continued my NFS tests, helped by the many useful mails received from the list (e.g the suggestion to update /etc/hosts.allow and the security considerations), and I have now another kind of problems. I can now use successfully the NFS by mount by using the local host, but I have problems when I try to use it from a remote client machine. I have tried to use the following command: mount -t nfs 198.162.1.2:/media/floppy /mnt/nfs The command works for a while and then terminates with the message: mount: RPC: times out I used ping to check that the two machines were communicating and ping worked without problems I checked the messages in /var/log/messages and I found the following message on the server machine: rpc mountd: authenticated mount request for 198.162.1.1:729 for /media/floppy However the mount did not terminate successfully on the client machine Please suggest possible corrective actions Thank you Mario Pesce >X-Original-To: mario(a)datamission.co.uk >Delivered-To: b200964(a)mail6.easyspace.com >Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:02:28 -0500 (CDT) >From: michael stone <mailguy(a)hpc.me.utexas.edu> >To: Mario Pesce <mario(a)datamission.co.uk> >Cc: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [SLE] NFS Help > >On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Mario Pesce wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > after a few attempts I finally managed to get it working. > > > > My entry in the /etc/exports file was: > > > > /home/mydir (ro,no_root_squash) > > > > I used the command exportfs -a that suggested to add an '*' for the hosts > > and therefore I changed the entry as follows: > > > > /home/mydir *(ro,no_root_squash) > > > > > > I tried again to mount the exported directory and it worked perfectly. > > > > Best Regards > > > > Mario Pesce > >A better way to do this is to actually specify the ip address of the >computer you want to be able to mount the nfs directory. With your >current setup, anyone in the world could mount the directory, and mount it >as root. This is might be OK if you are behind a good firewall, but it is >still not a very good practice. > >For example, instead of a star, try putting the domain name, ip address or >the ip/netmask combo of who you want to allow: > > /home/mydir 192.168.1.2(ro,no_root_squash) > >will only allow the computer with the ip 192.168.1.2 to connect, and: > > /home/mydir 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(ro,no_root_squash) > >will only allow the computers with ips ranging from 192.168.1.0 to >192.168.1.255 connect. > >For testing your export on the localhost you can use > > /home/mydir 127.0.0.1(ro,no_root_squash) >or > /home/mydir localhost(ro,no_root_squash) > >hth, >-- >Michael Stone >Linux / High Performance Computing Administrator > >The University of Texas at Austin >Mechanical Engineering Department >ETC 3.130 ph: 471.5951 >agentsmith[at]mail.utexas.edu > >http://hpc.me.utexas.edu > > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>thank you for the answer. I added the line to etc/hosts.allow as you > > >>suggested, but I still got the same error. > > >> > > >>I have then tried to start manually: > > >> > > >>portmap > > >>rpc.mountd > > >>rpc.nfsd > > >>rpc.lockd > > >> > > >>and, after that, I got another message: > > >> > > >>mount: localost:/home/mydir failed, reason given by the server: > > >>Permission denied > > >> > > >>Any suggestions are welcome > > >> > > >>Thank you and best regards > > >> > > >>Mario Pesce > > >> > > >> > > >>At 03:09 PM 9/16/03 +0200, you wrote: > > >>>Hi, > > >>> > > >>>When I installed NFS, I also added the following line in > /etc/hosts.allow : > > >>>rpc.mountd : ip.address.of.the.client > > >>> > > >>>Fred > > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Hello, > > >>> > > > > >>> > >I have tried to use NFS and I made some tests on a single machine as > > >>> > follows: > > >>> > > > > >>> > >a) I have added an entry to the /etc/exports file for my home > directory > > >>> > >b) I have created a new directory /mnt/nfs to test if I could > mount my > > >>> > export > > >>> > >c) I have tried the mount command as follows: > > >>> > > > > >>> > > mount - t nfs localhost:/home/mydir /mnt/nfs > > >>> > > > > >>> > >The command does not succed and I receive the following message: > > >>> > > > > >>> > >mount: RPC: Unable to receive : errno=Connection refused > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Can you please suggest what is the cause of the message and what I > > >>> > should > > >>> > >do to correct the problem ? > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Thank you and best regards > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Mario Pesce > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > -- > > >>> > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > > >>> > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > >>> > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > > >>> > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > >>> > > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Check the headers for your unsubscription address > > >>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > >>Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > > >>Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > >

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kate problem
by sjb 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi all, I use kate to edit files on an FTP server and it's always worked fine for me in the past .. including today. But about 5 minutes ago kate stopped saving files. Looking at the network traffic I can see that it's sending an anonymous logon instead of my username:password (despite me telling it to remember them). Shutting kate down and restarting didn't help. Removing all of kates config files didn't help. Manually typing ftp://username:password@server.domain.com/ doesn't work .. it keeps sending the anonymous logon. Anybody know what's up .. it was working one minute, and not the next. i didn't touch anything .. honest! ;-) sjb

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Suse Linux logo
by Tom Nielsen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Where can I find a logo to put on my website that says something like Powered by SuSE Linux? tom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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sudden printing problems in KDE
by Marian Routh 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi - OK, I'm stumped and I need your help. Everything has worked beautifully on my SuSE 8.2 installation for a long time until a few days ago when I tried to change the printing margins in the Kate editor because I wanted them to be larger. I looked at the margins that were set (I was doing this from within Kate), saw they were set for "centimeters", changed them to "inches" and clicked "save". It didn't seem to take, but since that time none of the KDE apps (except, oddly enough, Kedit) will print. If I try to print something in Kate or KNode etc. I get the usual Kprinter dialogue box but when I click Print, nothing happens. No error messages. Printing with Kprinter works perfectly as it always has in all non-KDE apps such as OpenOffice, Emacs, Mozilla, Evolution, etc. I'm using the default CUPS with my Epson Stylus 900. I logged into a different account and Kate prints OK, so it must be something in my own account, but I can't see what it is. Please point me in the right direction - I've been using SuSE exclusively since 8.0, but because it is so stable and works so well, I'm not that skilled in troubleshooting. TIA, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!

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Re: [SLE] Goodbye SuSE :-(
by Sid Boyce 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Ben Rosenberg wrote: > * Sid Boyce (sboyce(a)blueyonder.co.uk) [030918 22:52]: > >>>So a two hour turn around on OpenSSH wasn't good enough? I can say your >>>never going to get the blood red bleeding edge stuff out of SuSE..it >>>just won't happen. SuSE just isn't into that sort of thing. This would >>>be why they patched OpenSSH 3.5p1 instead of just making 3.7.1p1 >>>packages and letting the chips fall where they may. They know that >>>things break and that us long time SLE'ers get REALLY pissed off when >>>1000's of emails come through with blah, blah and blah is broken. So >>>they do try to keep that to a minimum. Thank God. >>> >> >>Fine if you are just using your box as an appliance, but if you want >>to make use of quite a few updated and special applications, then things >>can go totally doolally > > > Well, I can say categorically that I don't use my computer as an > appliance since I regularly play Quake3Arena, UT and other games. I use > it for Office related tasks (swriter, scalc..etc) and for quite a few > other tasks but I also know that upgrading without testing is a foolish > road to go down. SuSE has a policy of not breaking dependencies..so if > say something like a new version of OpenSSL comes out because a bug or > exploit was found then they will patch the existing version rather then > introduce that unknown into the equation and have to recompiled things > such as ALL of the KDE components that depend on ssl support among other > things. Some of us use our computers for work and have no time to play > around fixing this or that or some other thing because one block in the > pyramid has been changed to make the whole thing unstable. > > And again, if you "feel the need to bleed" compile it yourself or go to > one of the MANY sites that have SuSE packages or contact me off list if > you can't make it work and I'll give you my rate for RTFMing the INSTALL > files and knowing how things work so that I can get a pkg built. > > >>>Just do what I do..compile the src yourself and make rpm's. :) >>> >> >>Try doing that to scribus-1.1.0, it runs, but doesn't allow you to >>type anything alpha or numeric into a text box. > > > Well, I'm sorry that you couldn't build Scribus. And I'm sorry it didn't > let you type anything. I went looking at their site and I found "Latest > Developers Release: 1.1.0". So your complaining that an unstable > development version wouldn't behave correctly. Don't be silly and don't > complain about something that's marked unstable and for developers. If > your not testing it and reporting bugs or not working on it code wise > then this should be a hint it's not for end users and might not behave > all that well. I don't bitch when an unstable release screws up. I'm > using a nightly from a few days ago of Firebird and ya know what > ..earlier today it didn't like some PHP on a page..it grabbed all the > RAM and all the swap an locked the machine up tight as a drum. Did I > complain..a little...but I didn't get that upset that I had to hit the > power button. After all it was a "nightly, unstable release" an thems > the breaks. > > The last changelog entry for Scribus BTW is 06.09.2003 so the 1.1.0 > tarball of source would probably be from this date or around it. If you > want to truly get involved then pull from CVS ..the bugs that afflicted > your build may have been cured. Just as the build I was using of > Firebird that was built on Mozilla 1.5a had many things fixed in the nightly > from 09/17 which is build on Mozilla 1.5b. > I was mainly venting things I hope SuSE should get a grip on and I did say 8.2 was a vast improvement on earlier releases as far as currency of the software and I hope it wasn't a one off exercise. Mandrake and debian also had similar complaints. I don't quit that easily, needless to say, it compiles and works flawlessly on Mandrake 91 as it does on my SuSE 8.2 PIII 700 laptop. Version 1.0.1 from Lenz site allows numerics and special characters only. A friend has the SuSE 8.2 CD version running fine, but it doesn't here. We've found that we can install a SuSE distro on his machine and mine, then we'll have different problems - he has a PIII and I an Athlon, both with GEForce 4 cards, could be how the hardware handles things. > You have to understand that I don't say the things I say to make you run > screaming away from SuSE, but to warn you that the SuSE/German mentality > seems to be stability first..feature second. A lot of us long time SuSE > users like this and are very use to it. If you want newer versions of > packages that SuSE hasn't felt the need to upgrade then you can visit > such sites as packman's, usr-local-bin or funktronics. These sites have > new builds and "version numbers" then some of the SuSE software. You > could even just grab apt and add these directories to your sources.list > and you'll get the updates automatically when you run the "update then > upgrade". What I've said is quite simply how it is and SuSE isn't going > to change to supporting unstable developer releases...they simply don't > have the resources to do it nor do they want to do it. > I do use usr-local-bin etc., but they have gaps also, I don't see FlightGear 0.9.2 up anywhere. I reckon all software is unstable, that's why new releases are issued. There have been issues with kernels, apps, etc., NVidia-4496 e.g though there is an update HOWTO supplied on the SuSE site, gcc. More often than not the bugs in earlier software are fixed satisfactorily - that's why 8.2 has been a significant improvement over other releases. We need to air perceived shortcomings in the hope that our beloved distro will improve, better than keeping quiet until it boils over and be met by "NOBODY EVER SAID". > > And one small request. Please do not CC me. I've been on this list for > about 5.5 years and if you send to the list. I'm dead positive I'll get > it. An one more thing..when you indent your paragraphs like that..it > makes it awfully hard to read..it's not needed. > Request granted. Hmmmmmmmmm... some say indentation helps. Regards Sid.... Long time SuSE user by choice.

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RPM database failure
by eja＠urbakken.dk 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi. I had a mains fall out the other day, and since then if I want to run Synaptic, it claims about opening the RPM database. It the same if I want to rpm -e <an_rpm_file>. I use SuSE 8.2. What can be done ?. /Erik.

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Re: [SLE] K3B.
by Silviu Marin-Caea 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

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Re: [SLE] K3B.
by Silviu Marin-Caea 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Erik Jakobsen wrote: >> >> In the manual :-) Really, now. > > > Where can it be found ?. In the command line: man cdrdao Search for explanations for the --driver option. >> Try these, along with the other options you're using >> cdrdao --driver generic-mmc >> cdrdao --driver generic-mmc-raw > > What for instance is a name of a driver ?. In this particular case, all the stuff that "driver" notion reffers to is already included in cdrdao, you just need to specify which one to use. That's what the --driver option does. You don't have to install any piece of software, you already have everything you need.

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Odd spamassassin reports
by John Pettigrew 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I've been getting loads of these fake MS patches today (over 60 so far - I'm glad I'm on broadband!), and spamassassin isn't catching them all yet. I've been training it on them, but when looking at the reports on these, I noticed something odd. Spamassassin is using the bayesian method to identify messages but those with 90-99% probability of being spam are given a score of +4.0, whereas those with a probability of 80-90% are getting a score of +5.3 (both values are the bayesian component only - there are obviously other scores being used also). This seems wrong to me. Can anyone suggest why this is happening? Also, when training with spam, is it also important to train with ham, or can I just add to the spam corpus? 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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spamassassin question
by Tom Nielsen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

The other night I was fumbling through the internet looking for info on spamassassin. I came across something somewhere that talked about the user emailing spam, which spamassassin missed, to a spam server so that spamassassin could use the learning feature. It was something like spamserver(a)blah.blah. Bascially, if I get an email which was spam and I have spamassassin setup on my mail server, I could forward that email to the spamserver (or something like that) for it to learn. This would be lieu of saving the message, coping it to the server, then running sa-learn..... The other upside is that individual users can forward this email. Again, I just briefly saw it and can't remember where. Anyone have the foggest idea on what I'm talking about? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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Help installing Java Media Framework (JMF) on SuSE 8.2 - "JMF Classes not found"
by Rob Tow 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I've downloaded JMF from the Sun site - version 2.1.1e - but I'm having trouble getting it to run. I've set up my classpath to point to the jar file: CLASSPATH=/home/musashi/jv/JMF-2.1.1e/lib/jmf.jar and also set: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/musashi/jv/JMF-2.1.1e/lib when Iuse Konqueror to run the JMF Diagnostics Applet found at: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/jmfdiagnostics.html it says: JMF Diagnostics: Java 1.1 compliant browser.....Maybe JMF classes.....Not Found Has anyone succeeded in stalling JMF under SuSE 8.2??? What have I missed? -r- -- R o b T o w robtow(a)tauzero.com www.tauzero.com/Rob_Tow (408)-829-7407 * *ronin in the glade *swift katas slice the still air *...his own opponent

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[Somewhat OT] Getting the middle part of a file.
by The Purple Tiger 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hey all, This is a bit OT, but not so OT as to go to the OT list IMHO :) System is SuSE8.2 What I am trying to do: I have a large number of html files that have a segment in them I would like to copy out and save to another file. The segment I want is after a unique table tag [unique in that whilst there are other table tags, there are none like this one, and it is the same in each file]. I want to capture up until the closing table tag. ALSO I am trying to make sure that the first 4 lines [if you include the table tag] and the last 4 lines [if you include the closing tag] don't get copied to the file :) I don't ask for much, do I? ;) What I have discovered so far: I can use: grep -i "table tag stuff goes here" to get the first line, without case mattering [which isn't essential as I think they are all exactly the same, but just in case...]. I can even: grep -iA 10 "table tag stuff goes here" to get the 10 lines of output including the matching line. I can use -B instead to get the 10 lines preceding the table tag at the end, if it is unique [which the closing tag isn't]. Anyone have any good 1 or 2 liners that would help me out here? Or maybe something a bit longer :) Thanks for reading this :)

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RE: [SLE] [Somewhat OT] Getting the middle part of a file.
by Peer Stefan 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi, > From: The Purple Tiger [mailto:Jon@tigersden.demon.co.uk] > Hey all, > This is a bit OT, but not so OT as to go to the OT list IMHO :) I don't know if you already have a solution for this problem, but you can try this little script: ----ScriptStart #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $starttag="xxxx"; my $endtag="yyyy"; my $toggle=0; while (<STDIN>){ if ($_ =~ /$starttag/) { $toggle or $toggle=1; } elsif ($_ =~ /$endtag/){ $toggle and $toggle=0; } else { $toggle && print $_; } } exit 0; -----ScriptEnd cheers, Stefan > System is SuSE8.2 > > What I am trying to do: > I have a large number of html files that have a segment in > them I would > like to copy out and save to another file. > > The segment I want is after a unique table tag [unique in that whilst > there are other table tags, there are none like this one, and > it is the > same in each file]. I want to capture up until the closing table tag. > > ALSO I am trying to make sure that the first 4 lines [if you > include the > table tag] and the last 4 lines [if you include the closing > tag] don't > get copied to the file :) > > I don't ask for much, do I? ;) > > What I have discovered so far: > I can use: > grep -i "table tag stuff goes here" > > to get the first line, without case mattering [which isn't > essential as > I think they are all exactly the same, but just in case...]. I can > even: > grep -iA 10 "table tag stuff goes here" > > to get the 10 lines of output including the matching line. > > I can use -B instead to get the 10 lines preceding the table > tag at the > end, if it is unique [which the closing tag isn't]. > > Anyone have any good 1 or 2 liners that would help me out > here? Or maybe > something a bit longer :) > > Thanks for reading this :) > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > >

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K3B.
by Erik Jakobsen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi. Again I want to get K3B to work. I have had the subject discussed before, but so far no luck. If I want to run a test_copying, it complains about cdrdao. I use a SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612F drive to be read from, and it is working ok in all situations before this. I cannot find a driver for it on: http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt Here's the logfile: ystem ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.9 KDE Version: 3.1.1 QT Version: 3.1.1 cdrdao ----------------------- Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. ERROR: No driver found for 'SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612F', available drivers: the 'generic-mmc-raw' driver should work. ERROR: Cannot setup device 0,0,0. cdrdao comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/cdrdao read-cd --device 0,0,0 --paranoia-mode 3 -n -v 2 --eject --remote 20 --datafile /tmp/kde-erik/k3b_0.img /tmp/kde-erik/k3b_0.toc What and where is the generic-mmc-raw driver to be found ?. Any suggestions to get me up working with the K3B are more than welcome. -- 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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New SuSE site design
by Silviu Marin-Caea 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

http://www.suse.de/en It's slick and "trendy". There was nothing wrong with the old one, but it's nice to have something fresh.

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RE: [SLE] Goodbye SuSE :-(
by edwin 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Dear Gour; Have a nice journey then. I also wish a great success in taking over the land of Evil Empire. Be carefull there are too many evil out there. Don't forget to send a message, you always welcome here.;-) Regards, M. Edwin -----Original Message----- From: Gour [mailto:gour@mail.inet.hr] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:45 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Goodbye SuSE :-( Doug McGarrett (dmcgarrett(a)nyc.rr.com) wrote: > What does Gentoo have that SuSE doesn't, and why should one switch to > the relativley unknown Linux? What does is do (or not not do) > compared to SuSE? I can only say Gentoo has portage package management system, not a rpm-like as in SuSE. Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493 -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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mod_php with unixODBC
by Coy Krill 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I'm using the Apache2 update on 8.2 with mod_php4-4.3.1-101 and am having great difficulty in rebuilding mod_php4 with unixODBC instead of libiodbc. It has a TON of build requirements that I don't have space to meet. Any chance anyone else has had need to do this? I need to be able to use the IBM iSeries ODBC driver with php and it requires unixODBC. Thanks, Coy

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Bochs on SuSE 8.2 Pro
by Rich3800＠aol.com 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I'm following the html docs where there is mention of bximage, a utility to create a virtual hard drive. The problem is, I can't find that utility on my hard drive. Also, what settings should I give to the virtual interface xl0 so there will not be conflicts within the Bochs virtual machine or with other Bochs virtual machines? How do I create the virtual hard drive and install Linux to it?

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DNS & Hostname
by Örn Hansen 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

I'm using SuSE 8.2 Professional, and whenever I start the computer gets the IP address "127.0.0.2" on the working network address, that already has a DHCP address attached. There is an option in Yast, that allows the hostname to be changed via DHCP, but I'm using a simple router box for DHCP that doesn't have such nifty features. What I'd like, is for the IP address in /etc/hosts to change to the correct IP for the hostname and not set it to the second localhost IP (127.0.0.2). Anybody know a way to make this possible?

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RE: [SLE] Timely updated packages
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > >Hi! > >I'm new to SuSE Linux.. So welcome -- you didn't say how new... minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months... but welcome... You didn't say what version of SuSE you are running. I have both 8.0 and 8.1 My copy of 8.2 is not instalkled yet... Take a look at the archieves... http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2003-Sep/ and other lists... Beta testing is open... but you have to fill out a form... and if you just joined hang out SLE, or suse-security, or whatever... http://lists.suse.com/archive/ http://www.suse.com/index_us.html And Register your CD or DVD's, or whatever... HTH, Friendly Greetisngs, Gar -- In the Beginning was the Command Line ---Neal Stephenson -- __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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Problem with KDE 3.1.3
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Sorry about the paniced [sic] waste of bandwidth earlier, the problem was solved by reinstalling the nvidia drivers >SuSE8.1 was running KDE 3.0.1 without any problems. >Thuis evening I upgraded my laptop and my linux tower to KDE 3.1.3. No >problems with the laptop, but when I go to open X on the tower I get >the >error message: > could not start kdeinit > check your installation >What do I do? >Amy help will be much appreciated, as I really really prefer KDE over >Gnome. >Thanks in advance -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://web.jadeinc.com/FoundationChem

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Problem with KDE 3.1.3
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

SuSE8.1 was running KDE 3.0.1 without any problems. Thuis evening I upgraded my laptop and my linux tower to KDE 3.1.3. No problems with the laptop, but when I go to open X on the tower I get the error message: could not start kdeinit check your installation What do I do? Amy help will be much appreciated, as I really really prefer KDE over Gnome. Thanks in advance

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proxy user authentication
by pheonix1t 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

hello, I got an unusual request today. I site wants to control internet access for it's users (a school). They are having a lot of problems with microsoft viruses/worms as well as trying to stop P2P stuff like Kazaa. They would like to only let users who have been authenticated have internet access. They currently have routers doing DHCP for IP addresses, so anyone can plug into the network and get out. So...after thinking about this for a while, I started thinking about using a decent PC box running Suse with the Susefirewall, a few NICs and squid. The next thing became setting up squid so it can do user authentication before giving internet access, after some research I see that I'd have to use one of the mod_auth_db or mod_auth_mysql modules. Since it's a school with a bunch of kids, I started wondering about how to control user accounts and passwords. For sure, I'd have to use mysql or something like it for the ACL's and accounts/passwords. Then, I was wondering about an intranet management website for this system, I've seen some CGI scripts for this. So, the kids would come into school, sign in at the front desk, their info gets entered into the system - at this point so they can get a user account and password. The password would only last a few months and expire. The susefirewall would control what traffic is allowed in ( I have to also figure out a way to stop Kazaa or other P2P sharing), the squid running proxy authentication would give only authenticated users access to the internet. I don't want the internal machines to see each other (helps to reduce spread of viruses) so I block microsoft file sharing ports (135, 139, etc.). The kids have no rights or say over the network! My goal is to make it as fast and reliable as possible, if some microsoft windows functionality is lost, so be it. The last thing is monitoring of IP addresses....I have to come up with a log monitoring system that catches any IP addresses that are being used too much (being abused - either virus, worms, P2P file-sharing, etc) and stop them. The user account using that IP address would be emailed or called by the school and told that their account has been disabled. Of course, they'll know it's been disabled before the school will! So, the school just has to wait for them to call. I recall seeing pflog or some name like that which does log monitoring........is this correct? I'd have to figure out a way to parse the logs and if an IP address shows up too frequently within a period of time, that IP address needs to be blocked somehow. Basically...from what you see, am I on the right track? Any hints, advice, experiences trying to tame crazy microsoft windows machines are all welcome ! :) Oskar

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hmm. Abiword is disappointing ..
by Ben Rosenberg 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Wow. I started using Abiword 2.0 today since it appeared so nice. But when I opened this tiny (16 page) .doc file it snapped up 100% of the cpu just changing the font of the document and never recovered. I've just edited the hell out of the same document in OO 1.1rc4's writer and it just hummed along. :/ I guess abiword isn't that good with plain no macro word docs created in OpenOffice. :/ Anyway... /end rant of disappointment. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

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Envelope_from and normal header from.
by Carlos E. R. 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi, I'm thinking about how can I modify my "header from" (the one seen above), while at the same time leaving the "envelope from" intact - as this is the one used by the list software to post mail to the list and allow me in. I was told that mutt can do it - but the mutt interface pisses me: I simply do not know what to do there even to see my mail! q:Quit d:Del u:Undel s:Save m:Mail r:Reply g:Group ?:Help ... ---Mutt: /var/mail/cer [Msgs:0]---(reverse-date/date)-----------------(all)--- I know that mutt is a good program - it has to be. But my firs OS was, I confess, MsDos (and a bit of CP/M and a Vax). I Lent with programs like wordstar 3 and Turbo Pascal, with magnificent user interfaces, so... I'm not too used to spartan or user unfriendly interfaces. O:-) So... any other way to do the trick? I normally use Pine, but I also use sometimes (depending on to whom I write) balsa, kmail, and mozilla/netscape. Is there something that could be changed in postfix to do the trick? An intermediate filter? anything? Is there any "further reading" I could read to learn more about all this? Ideas out there? System is SuSE 8.2, not up full time, no full network connection, but a modem now and then, and no internet domain name. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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DVD Writer under SuSE
by Sparrox 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello, I would like to know if DVD writers (more precisely Plextor PX-708A or Sony DRU-510A) work under SuSE 8.1/8.2 ? With which software ? Thanks, Fred

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Audio cd ripping - permissions problem?
by Kenneth Payne 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I've got a problem in ripping audio tracks off my cd-rom that appears to be permissions related. Normally, I can work this sort of thing out myself, but this has got me stumped, so I thought I'd let the experts on this list set me straight. When I try to use k3b for ripping an audio cd, k3b sees all the tracks on the cd but fails when it tries to copy any to my hard drive. Thinking this was a problem with k3b, I tried another ripper - abcde. This again failed with the message that it had received an error from cdparanoia. So now I tried cdparanoia. And I got the following error. >>>>>> kmp@ravenclaw:~/italian/songs> cdparanoia 1 nevsky.wav cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) (C) 2001 Monty <monty(a)xiph.org> and Xiphophorus Report bugs to paranoia(a)xiph.org http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/ /dev/cdrom exists but isn't accessible. By default, cdparanoia stops searching for an accessible drive here. Consider using -sv to force a more complete autosense of the machine. More information about /dev/cdrom: Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom... Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface /dev/sr1 is not a cooked ioctl CDROM. Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface No generic SCSI device found to match CDROM device /dev/sr1 >>>>>>>>> So I now tried running the same command as root. Perfect success. No problem. So this made me think it was some kind of permissions problem (despite the odd error message from cdparanoia), but if it is I can't see it. Here's the current permissions kmp@ravenclaw:~> ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2003-09-09 13:51 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/sr1 kmp@ravenclaw:~> ls -l /dev/sr1 brw-r--r-- 1 root disk 11, 1 2002-09-09 20:24 /dev/sr1 kmp@ravenclaw:~> Is this a permissions problem? Or is it something to do with root's $PATH being different to my user $PATH? Anyone got any ideas? At the moment, I can rip audio cds as root, but not as myself. Best wishes - Ken

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OT: Editing PDF files
by LinuxMail 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi Everyone, Can anyone let me know how to edit (not create) pdf files in Linux? I have Star Office 5.2 installed and I am using SuSe 8.0 pro. I want to fill some forms (interactive and non-interactive) and also edit the text. regards Leo

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X error
by Nate Mayotte 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I have a machine running SuSE 8.2, when I type "startx" it comes up with and error saying "fatal server error: Caught signal 7. Server aborting" after a few lines it says parse error: line 1 of stdin Errors encountered in stdin; not compiled. X10: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with - events remaining. Anyone have an idea of whats going on with this machine?

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Fonts ( More Weirdness )
by Daniel Joyce 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Okay, if I go into the fonts directory, and run mkfontscale and mkfontdir Then restart X via switching to init 3, and back. Staroffice can see all the fonts again! Both type1 and TT. But... KDE can now only see TT fonts. They preview fine in the font installer, they show as activated in the X11 font directory, but KOFFICE apps and others can only see TrueType fonts... If I run SuSEConfig --module fonts, then.... KDE can see all the fonts, Type1 and TT But staroffice and anyone else can't see any fonts encoded as adobe-fontspecific, adobe-standard, or iso10646. So the bug is somewhere in SUSE's setup... -- The Meek shall inherit the Earth, for the Brave are among the Stars!

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mirror as a means to mirror machines
by jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello folks: I am running a single server hosting several domains, websites, email and email lists etc. I am a bit nervous about have a catastrophic failure that takes the service down for as long as it takes me to rebuild things from backups. I have a second box running the same version of SuSE. I thought it would be cool to be able to have an automated method that keeps the second box ( secondary backup box ) updated with the current files on the main server. Any suggestions how to achieve this? Could it be as simple as using the "mirror" program? Rsync? -Jim-

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(forw) SuSE Security Announcement: openssh (second release)
by Ben Rosenberg 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: openssh (second release) Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2003:039 Date: Thursday, Sep 18 2003 20:00 MEST Affected products: 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 SuSE Linux Database Server, SuSE eMail Server III, 3.1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, 8 SuSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host SuSE Linux Connectivity Server SuSE Linux Office Server SuSE Linux Standard Server 8 Vulnerability Type: potential remote privilege escalation Severity (1-10): 8 SuSE default package: yes Cross References: http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv CERTVU#333628 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628 CVE CAN-2003-0693 CVE CAN-2003-0695 CVE CAN-2003-0682 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: openssh problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - mysql 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

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audiocd in kde
by michael norman 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I have upgraded kde to 3.1.3 using apt. When I try to use the Audio CD browser function which worked before I get the error Protocol not supported. cdparanoia and grip still work. What can I do to put this right please ? Mike

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k_athlon 2.4.20-100 and NVIDIA
by Rohit 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi all, I updated my kernel through YOU last night and since then the NVIDIA driver for my system will not install. On failure to find a kernel api, it tries to compile on it's own. First time, the error is with gcc mismatch [used to compile kernel, and being used now]. So as I have it, I set "export IGNORE_GCC_MISMATCH=1" and retried. Now it compiles and build breaks telling me that the kernel sources are all different from the kernel being used. I know I updated those too. What I am yet to try is "make clean cloneconfig dep" in usr/src/linux and I am not sure whether that shall work, but I shall try. I need to ask you fellows if you know for sure that kernel 2.4.20-100 from YOU would ever work with NVIDIA driver 4363 or 4365 at all. Athlon-XP 2400 on Asus A7N266 Mobo with integrated nForce chipset. Thanks for your replies. -- Rohit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +9122 5692 2108 G9,Floor-1,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599(a)bplmobile.com The note below, if any, is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recipients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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No write access to $HOME
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Running SuSE 8.2 on my dual boot Pentium II I am quit happy with the setup of my system. I have three hard disks, two with 4 Meg, one with 1,2. On the small hd I have placed /home. On the first hd, half of it is used by DrDOS and the rest is taken up by /usr. On the second hd / is placed with a swap partition and a ext2 /boot partition. This setup worked fine until today. As I still do a lot with drdos, I regularly reboot, at least daily. During today reboot I got the message: The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE No write access to $HOME directory (/) KDE is unable to start Went in as root and had a look at /home which showed up empty. /home was mounted, /dev/hdd1 was seen so I decided to do a reiserfsck. Got a lot of readable and hopefully usable files back in the lost+found. Questions. 1) How could it happen that a complete /home directory went missing? It could not have been a virus or worm because they do not work under dos. I have a dialup and cannot remember to have seen any unexpected activity (on gkrellm) during my relatively short time on the net (pay by the minute). And I have a firewall running. Forgot though which of the two offered during setup. 2) How do I reinstall my personal /home/cons back. Yast shows my personal settings. Delete them and start again? 3) What are the chances that this happens again?

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RE: [SLE] Abiword 2.0 update :RESOLVED
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I did - thanks! :) Mike --------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Windows is better for games; otherwise, you're better off using an actual operating system. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:Joe_Morris@ntm.org] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:47 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Abiword 2.0 update On 09/18/2003 08:54 PM, Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com wrote: >>Can anyone tell me what this "scrollkeeper" is? >>ScrollKeeper is a cataloging system for documentation. ... >>It will also be able to communicate with catalog servers on the Net to >> >> >search for documents which are not on the local system. > > You could install it, It is on the 8.2 CD/DVD. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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RE: 9iDS installation on 8.2 Pro
by NOUTH, LENA R (CONTRACTOR) 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

All, I try to install 9iDS on 8.2 Pro. Installation completed sucessfully; however, linking produces error 'Error in invoking target install of makefile ins_reports.mk'. I found a note in melink suggesting installing xdevel-4.2.0-8.i386.rpm. I do not have the Suse CD w/ me. Anyone know where I can download this? Thanks, LN.

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RE: [SLE] Abiword 2.0 update
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

> Can anyone tell me what this "scrollkeeper" is? >ScrollKeeper is a cataloging system for documentation. ... >It will also be able to communicate with catalog servers on the Net to search for documents which are not on the local system. >Don't worry about it -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk OK - THANKS! Mike ------------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ------------------------------------------------------- Time is an excellent teacher; but eventually it kills all its students

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FW: [suse-oracle] FW: 9iDS installation on 8.2 Pro
by NOUTH, LENA R (CONTRACTOR) 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello Again, Found note 215971.1 on metalink. Appear to fix this particular ins_plsql.mk problem. Please disregard. -----Original Message----- From: NOUTH, LENA R (CONTRACTOR) Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:00 AM To: suse-oracle(a)suse.com Subject: 9iDS installation on 8.2 Pro Importance: High All, I try to install 9iDS on 8.2 Pro. Installation completed sucessfully; however, linking produces error 'Error in invoking target install of makefile ins_plsql.mk'. I've been searching and trying what I found on google. Nothing has worked for me yet so far. Anyone know of solution to fix the problem? Thanks, LN. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-oracle-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-oracle-help(a)suse.com Please see http://www.suse.com/oracle/ before posting

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Re: [SLE] Real One player for SuSE 8.2 Professional i386?
by Rob Lanphier 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I tried sending this via gmane.org, but that doesn't appear to have worked. -----Forwarded Message----- From: Rob Lanphier <robla(a)real.com> To: Bob Pearson <gottadoit(a)mailsnare.net> Cc: robla(a)real.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Real One player for SuSE 8.2 Professional i386? Newsgroups: gmane.linux.suse.general,gmane.linux.suse.multimedia Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:52:22 -0700 Hi Bob, Comments inline: Bob Pearson wrote: > I seem to recall there being a beta Real One player in 8.1. I cannot find a > Real One player for Linux at www.real.com or anywhere else for that matter. We have a very well hidden alpha of the RealOne Player for Linux available. Here's the instructions for getting it: http://realforum.real.com/cgi-bin/unixplayer/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=announc… It's an o.k. player, but development halted on that version a couple of years ago, and it does have some basic installation issues that were never addressed, so I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have a high tolerance for tinkering. As someone else mentioned, we have a project that we've recently kicked off which is a new version of the GUI (Gtk based) on top of our latest engine. The project page is here: https://player.helixcommunity.org The version in CVS is actually shaping up nicely, and we're looking at publishing nightly builds soon, with a first alpha release shortly thereafter. The focus of the work right now is in getting the Mozilla plugin working well, since we have partners looking to do intranet deployments of this. Lemme know if you have questions on it, and certainly, if you would like to help out (dev, testing or documentation) please let me know. Thanks Rob -- Rob Lanphier, Helix Community Coordinator - RealNetworks http://helixcommunity.org http://rtsp.org http://realnetworks.com

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SuSE Setup and Webmin
by Elio Padoano 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello to everyone. I have version 8.1 of SuSE installed and I would like to install Webmin for a personal web site administration. I would like to know if there is any incompatibility between Webmin and SuSE; in particular in case I change something by means of Webmin is it necessary to update sysconfig using SuSEsetup? I am sorry if this is an old question, but I joined the list only recently and I am not a Linux expert..... Thank you for your kind attention! Elio - Italy

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Abiword 2.0 update
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

When updating to Abiword 2.0 (rpms from www.usr-local-bin.org ) I received the following errors: var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93081: line 1: scrollkeeper-update: command not found execution of libgda-1.0.0-SuSE.ulb.1 script failed, exit status 127 libgnomedb ################################################## var/tmp/rpm-tmp.58542: line 2: scrollkeeper-update: command not found execution of libgnomedb-1.0.0-SuSE.ulb.1 script failed, exit status 127 Can anyone tell me what this "scrollkeeper" is? TIA, Mike --------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Windows is better for games; otherwise, you're better off using an actual operating system.

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ALSA sound config
by Tom Allison 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I have an annoying problem with sound. I have a new Suse8.2 installation with Alsa sound installed on it. Mozilla supports the sound OK, but KDE doesn't do squat. In KDE or WindowMaker I have Mozilla sound working great. But I can't get anything else running. This is kind of backwards from problems I've seen with sound in the past. Though admittedly this is the first time I've tried ALSA. I'm not really sure what I should be trying to do next. Suggestions?

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RE: [SLE] Samba & Terminal Server
by Peer Stefan 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi, > From: N. Markovic [mailto:nedeljko.markovic@schlemmer-kabelschutz.de] > Hi everybody, > I have to change in Samba source smbd/conn.c: > #define MAX_CONNECTIONS 256 > How can I do this? I mean where is the source and how one can > do that. I know it has something to with make command and > configure but nothing else. > Thank you in advance. > Marko You can download the source tarball from www.samba.org or install the sourcepackage from the dvd (or download it from ftp.suse.com) If you have modified the source according to your needs then type ./configure --help and have a good look at all the switches and parameters. Pick the ones you need. After that a make && make install will install Samba. Cheers, Stefan

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Samba & Terminal Server
by N. Markovic 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi everybody, I have to change in Samba source smbd/conn.c: #define MAX_CONNECTIONS 256 How can I do this? I mean where is the source and how one can do that. I know it has something to with make command and configure but nothing else. Thank you in advance. Marko

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CRITICAL! OpenSSH exploit in the wild
by Silviu Marin-Caea 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010116.html Waiting for SuSE to issue a patch, I did this, on all my machines with a public IP: at 9:00 /etc/init.d/sshd restart [Ctrl+D] /etc/init.d/sshd stop So, no sshd over the night, until tomorrow when I'm back at the computer.

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X freezes in 8.2 on Dell inspiron 8200
by Ulrich Leopold 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Dear list, I have a Dell inspiron 8200 laptop with aradeon 9000 video card and SuSE 8.2 running. Whenever my system runs for a longer time the X-server freezes and keyboard and mouse are not operating anymore. Any ideas or experiences what is going wrong? Cheers, Ulrich

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Large scale linux mailserver with web frontend.
by subscribe 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi list, I'm about to install a linux mailserver for virtual domains and a couple of hundred users. I need Imap, POP3, auth smtp, webbased mail and all of these services to use a webbased tool for adminitration. I've looked at: * The QMail package with courier imap, http://www.inter7.com/ * Sendmail, Cyrus Imap and squirrelmail, but no frontends * The Postfix package with cyrus imap server and squirrelmail http://www.delouw.ch/linux/Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO/html * The ISP man frontend, http://www.ispman.org/. * The Xams frontend, http://www.xams.org * The php-cyradm frontend, http://freshmeat.net/projects/php-cyradm/?topic_id=28%2C35%2C96%2C253 But I can't decide on which package to use. Has anyone any experience with these packages, or any other tips? I know there are commercial products like plesk and others, but I hoped to use free software. --- Trond Kringstad trond(a)kringstad.net - www.kringstad.net "Linux IS user friendly...It's just selective about who its friends are."

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Kernel Modules for Mantel kernels
by Andrei Verovski 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi, Anyone knows where I can get kernel modules sources for Mantel kernels (inside people/mantel)? I am not sure they are inside k_deflt.src.rpm, I've got a lot of unresolved symbols after rebuild of k_smp.src.rpm. km_*.src.rpm from 8.2 may be outdated, and some (i.e. ferrari) simply are not there. Hubert, would you please be so kind to upload them in your dir? ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop with SuSE 8.2
by Alex Daniloff 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello SuSE folkz, Just tried to configure Xserver for Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop. YAST can't determine its Display properties. I've tried all LCD, VESA and Dell Flat Panel monitor options. Xserver can't find modes for its graphic chipset i845 using driver i810. So now it runs in VESA mode with that ugly 680x480 resolution. Could somebody please give me a hint if this laptop's graphic chipset is supported in Linux at all. How can I fix this issue? Many thanks in advance. Alex

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[markus@openbsd.org: OpenSSH 3.7.1 released]
by David Benfell 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hello all, Hopefully, this will clear up any confusion regarding OpenSSH versions 3.7 and 3.7.1... ----- Forwarded message from Markus Friedl <markus(a)openbsd.org> ----- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 01:13:14 +0200 From: Markus Friedl <markus(a)openbsd.org> To: secureshell(a)securityfocus.com Subject: OpenSSH 3.7.1 released OpenSSH 3.7.1 has just been released. It will be available from the mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/ shortly. OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support. We would like to thank the OpenSSH community for their continued support to the project, especially those who contributed source and bought T-shirts or posters. We have a new design of T-shirt available, more info on http://www.openbsd.org/tshirts.html#18 For international orders use https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order and for European orders, use https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order.eu Security Changes: ================= All versions of OpenSSH's sshd prior to 3.7.1 contain buffer management errors. It is uncertain whether these errors are potentially exploitable, however, we prefer to see bugs fixed proactively. OpenSSH 3.7 fixed one of these bugs. OpenSSH 3.7.1 fixes more similar bugs. Changes since OpenSSH 3.6.1: ============================ * The entire OpenSSH code-base has undergone a license review. As a result, all non-ssh1.x code is under a BSD-style license with no advertising requirement. Please refer to README in the source distribution for the exact license terms. * Rhosts authentication has been removed in ssh(1) and sshd(8). * Changes in Kerberos support: - KerberosV password support now uses a file cache instead of a memory cache. - KerberosIV and AFS support has been removed. - KerberosV support has been removed from SSH protocol 1. - KerberosV password authentication support remains for SSH protocols 1 and 2. - This release contains some GSSAPI user authentication support to replace legacy KerberosV authentication support. At present this code is still considered experimental and SHOULD NOT BE USED. * Changed order that keys are tried in public key authentication. The ssh(1) client tries the keys in the following order: 1. ssh-agent(1) keys that are found in the ssh_config(5) file 2. remaining ssh-agent(1) keys 3. keys that are only listed in the ssh_config(5) file This helps when an ssh-agent(1) has many keys, where the sshd(8) server might close the connection before the correct key is tried. * SOCKS5 support has been added to the dynamic forwarding mode in ssh(1). * Removed implementation barriers to operation of SSH over SCTP. * sftp(1) client can now transfer files with quote characters in their filenames. * Replaced sshd(8)'s VerifyReverseMapping with UseDNS option. When UseDNS option is on, reverse hostname lookups are always performed. * Fix a number of memory leaks. * Support for sending tty BREAK over SSH protocol 2. * Workaround for other vendor bugs in KEX guess handling. * Support for generating KEX-GEX groups (/etc/moduli) in ssh-keygen(1). * Automatic re-keying based on amount of data sent over connection. * New AddressFamily option on client to select protocol to use (IPv4 or IPv6). * Experimental support for the "aes128-ctr", "aes192-ctr", and "aes256-ctr" ciphers for SSH protocol 2. * Experimental support for host keys in DNS (draft-ietf-secsh-dns-xx.txt). Please see README.dns in the source distribution for details. * Portable OpenSSH: - Replace PAM password authentication kludge with a more correct PAM challenge-response module from FreeBSD. - PAM support may now be enabled/disabled at runtime using the UsePAM directive. - Many improvements to the OpenSC smartcard support. - Regression tests now work with portable OpenSSH. Please refer to regress/README.regress in the source distribution. - On platforms that support it, portable OpenSSH now honors the UMASK, PATH and SUPATH attributes set in /etc/default/login. - Deny access to locked accounts, regardless of authentication method in use. Checksums: ========== - MD5 (openssh-3.7.1.tgz) = 3d2f1644d6a3d3267e5e2421f1385129 - MD5 (openssh-3.7.1p1.tar.gz) = f54e574e606c08ef63ebb1ab2f7689dc Reporting Bugs: =============== - please read http://www.openssh.com/report.html and http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/ OpenSSH is brought to you by Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, Kevin Steves, Damien Miller, Ben Lindstrom, Darren Tucker and Tim Rice. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- David Benfell, LCP benfell(a)parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/resume.html

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Linksys cable/DSL router with 4 port hub?
by Curtis Rey 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ok I have to machines and I am having trouble getting the two boxes to talk to each other. I saw on the linksys that there was a firmware update that may address these or similar issues. What I was wondering is, is anyone using these and if so do you have any hints or comments about the router and about any potential need (or not) related to a firmware update? TIA. Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Z8AeiqnGhdjCOJsRAhqTAJ0SvaCh87PYiOYUU0WVL7Lo3FwiGQCfSmsG 5WgCRkFBoY1MwE4Rl8I2qRU= =QX3h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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braille.2.2:alva open
by Max 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi guys, my SuSeLive 8.2 bootable CD hangs at the stage indicated in the subject. Any idea for this behaviour ? thank you Max

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Acrobat won't print
by Jim Sabatke 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

I think this has been answered before, but my searches on the SuSE site don't come up with anything. Acrobat will not print. The printer lights just flash, then the printer does nothing. I do have cups installed and all other apps seem to work fine. I'm still running SuSE 6.3. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

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wifi card
by Gedi 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good PCMCIA Wi-Fi card to run on my Toshiba 5205 laptop. I am running SuSE 8.2. Thanks Ged

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command line to turn system sound off (mute)
by Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I just want to know how turn off and turn on the sound of my pc with command lines. As I am scheduling a CD to play at 6:00 AM I want make me sure that no sound will be played before this hour. It should be something like this: 1:00 AM $turn my sound mute 5:59 AM $enable sound again 6:00 AM $play CD I'm trying to learn somethin about Cron because Kcron doesn't work at my SuSE 8.0 distro (Kcron can open and be configured, but it doesn't execute the scheduled tasks) and build some bash files to turn on/off the pc sound. thanks for any help a.

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"anti-verisign" Patched BIND RPM's
by Radu Voicu 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi! Is there someone who has developed a RPM for BIND with the included patch (SuSE 8.1/8.2)? Regards, Radu

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SuSEeMailObject?
by Tarjei Huse 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi, Would someone please post the schema containing the SuSEeMailObject objectclass? Tarjei

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Abiword 2.0
by BandiPat 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

James, The new Abiword is nice, it seems they have been putting some effort into that program lately. I am not having the spellcheck problem someone else mentioned here, it works fine and is not ghosted at any time, when I tried using it. One question I do have though is about the libwpd filter. I understood it was to make loading Wordperfect files possible, yet all I seem to be able to do is save as WP only. All the files I tried from my WP folder failed to load into Abiword. Explanation please. Did I misunderstand the reason for the libwpd filter? Lee -- --- KMail v1.5.3-3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

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susefirewall and vpn
by Alberto Santana 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

A friend of mine has SuSEFirewall and needs to use a VPN client. What changes need to be done on the firewall in order to give access to the vpnclient. cheers, alberto BEST WISHES, Alberto MMM \|/ www __^__ (o o) @ @ (O-O) /(o o)\ +-----ooO-(_)-Ooo---oOO-(_)-OOo---oOO--(_)--OOo---oOO==(_)==OOo-----+ | Dr. Alberto Santana | | University of Florida Phone: (352) 392-3010 | | Quantum Theory Project Home: (352) 379-9938 | | 2301 NPB # 92, P.O. Box 118435 Fax: (352) 392-8722 | | Gainesville, Fl 32611-8435 http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~santana | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Black holes were created when God divided by 0.

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Upgrade GCC?
by jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hello all: I have the version of GCC that shipped with SuSE 8.1 ( 3.2 I beieve ). Is there any real reason to upgrade? If so, what is the easiest way to do so? Thanks, Jim

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Re: [suse-kde] Installing GNOME
by Tom Abazia 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Matei, Thanks for everyone's help so far... I am probably not getting it but my session selection drop down does not include gnome. Further when I go to control center --> Sys Admin --> Login Mgr. --> Sessions, the session type of gnone does not appear and selecting ADD yields no gnome availability. Thinking I need to install gnome I went to YaST2 clicked on GNOME, checked dependencies and clicked Accept. Still no GNOME! Any thoughts? PS: in YaST2 --> GNOME, should all the packages be checked on only those pre-selected? --- Matei Traistaru <mateitz(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > You can start a gnome session either by typing in a > console: "startx gnome" > (prior to that you should make sure that no > kdm/gdm/xdm is running or > basically that X isn't running) or - the easiest way > - by selecting gnome > from kdm menu (kdm is the default for SuSE). > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Email settings in yast fot SuSE V8.1
by Andy Bennett 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi, I try and use Yast for all settings where possible as it provides a unified method of system set-up, (I run several systems for other people), and there appears to be a problem. I am using a standard installation of postfix receiving mail for my network but am receiving mails from my ISP, (Demon), saying:- >'Demon Internet currently offers two ways of accessing email. > >In one, SMTP, the SMTP client running on the mail machines at Demon >sends email to a SMTP server (or "daemon") on your machine and then >deletes it on the Demon machines. > >In the other, POP3, the POP3 server offers the client a >list of files; the client then chooses which of these files >to retrive or to download. > >When both ways are used simultaneously, it can happen that >a message that was initially found and offered by the POP3 >server is then delivered and deleted by the SMTP client; >when the POP3 client then requests it, it is gone.' > >That has just happened. My email still seems to be delivered properly - however this message wasn't being received when I used postfix under 7.1 with the same settings. My SuSEfirewall2 settings only allow external connection from the internet from my ISP's email servers to connect for outgoing mail on port 25 as suggested. Any ideas TIA/Rgds Andy

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Lost spell check in Abiword2.0
by Keith Powell 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I have downloaded the new "usr-local-bin" Abiword2.0 using apt and Synaptic, but have lost spell checking. It was working with 1.99.5, which I did not uninstall before installing version2.0. The "ABC" Spell Check icon is greyed out. I still have Aspell in /usr/bin, the GB Aspell dictionaries in /usr/lib/aspell and the normal.awt template is set up for en-GB. I have also downloaded enchant and libwpd. The latter may not have anything to do with Abiword, as I have also downloaded the new Galeon. I have looked on the Abisource web site, but can't find any pointers to what may be wrong. Please James, or anyone else, can you help me? Many thanks Keith

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help, my home directory is gone
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Running SuSE 8.2 on my dual boot Pentium II I am quit happy with the setup of my system. I have three hard disks, two with 4 Meg, one with 1,2. On the small hd I have placed /home. On the first hd, half of it is used by DrDOS and the rest is taken up by /usr. On the second hd / is placed. This setup worked fine until today. As I still do a lot with drdos I regularly reboot, at least daily. During today reboot I got the message: that $HOME could not be used because it Went in as root and had a look at /home which showed up empty. /home was mounted, /dev/hdd1 was seen so I decided to do a reiserfsck. Got a lot of readable and hopefully usable files back in the lost+found. Questions. 1) How could it happen that a complete /home directory went missing? It could not have been a virus or worm because they do not work under dos. I have a dialup and cannot remember to have seen any unexpected activity (on gkrellm) during my relatively short time on the net (pay by the minute). And I have a firewall running. Forgot though which of the two offered during setup. 2) How do I reinstall my personal /home/cons back. Yast shows my personal settings. Delete them and start again? 3) What are the chances that this happens again? No big deal apart from some recoverable setup things but an annoyance. Would like to prevent another case ;-). -- NTReader v0.36w(P)/Beta (Registered) in conjunction with Net-Tamer.

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Problems with CPAN
by John Birkhead 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi, I'm a perl newbie and I'm having problems getting CPAN connecting and downloading on SuSE 8.2. I start with 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' but the urlist is undefined. The default of 'ftp.perl.org' doesn't work. If I 'o conf urlist push ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN' when I download this appears to be ignored and the downloads are attempted from the default. Does anyone have any guidance??? Thanks, John

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How can i use my libxpcom.so to install Java
by Ronny Schöniger 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi, i'd like to install the BlackdownJavaJRE. But it depends on installing a libxpcom.so. With `pin libxpcom.so` i learned that it is a file from Mozilla. I don't want to install a complete Mozilla for installing Java. In the directory of my Firebird i found a libxpcom.so. How can i integrate this file to my system, so that rpm will find it? thx

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Suse upgrading and configuration questions?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi all, I am currently using Mandrake 9.0 and while it has suffered a bit under my inexperienced hands, I have found that it is not user friendly in respect of software updates over a costly dial-up line. I am therefore looking at migrating to SuSe 9.0 (release is in October apparently), as I can't stand RH, and am wondering what good and bad experiences some of the curent users have had regarding the update process? Can I assume that I can restore the connection and continue updating my system to SuSe x.x at no extra cost other than the monopolistic telco cost of ZAR 58c pmin? Another issue I have is adding local and Windows printers and I do hope that even 8.2 came with some decent configuration tools. Comments appreciated, especially from South African Susians :) TIA

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Re: [SLE] HCF Modem Problem
by Basil Chupin 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Cuitláhuac Tomás Gómez Labougle wrote: > > > Also > > You can get the RPM in linuxant home page > > (if you as me are usin SuSE personal 8.2 only HSF modem driver is > available also from linuxant) > > > > > Best > ARC Cuitl?huac Tom?s G?mez Labougle Linuxant are the "they" I was referring to in my earlier message. Looks like I, and anyone else, will need to fork out the $US14.95 they want for the latest driver (for HCF and HSF) because it is kernel v2.6 compatible - and v2.6 is about to be made generally available. Cheers. -- Hire teenagers while they still know everything.

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AbiWord, Gnumeric, GNOME-DB, Galeon, gst-player
by James Ogley 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Updated over the last couple of days on www.usr-local-bin.org : GNOME Office 1.0 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This new release comprises: * AbiWord - Cross platform word processor - Updated to new, stable 2.0.0 release - With Enchant spell check infrastructure version 1.0.0 * Gnumeric - GNOME Spreadsheet - Updated to new, stable 1.2.0 release - libgsf also updated * GNOME-DB - Database access backend - New package, version 1.0.0 - Allows the use of a variety of databases and data sources within applications including AbiWord and Gnumeric - Use XML, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL... Also available: * Galeon - GNOME web browser based on Gecko - Updated to 1.3.9 - fixed a bug that affected stylesheets and form submissions * gst-player - video player based on GStreamer, part of ULB-GNOME - updated to new 0.6.0 release Sorry that some of these were on the site for a day or so without being announced, but I wanted to wait till the official GNOME Office press announcement. 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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Editor for StarOffice/OpenOffice XML?
by John Lamb 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I'd like to read and edit the raw XML from a StarOffice file that's causing me problems. Does anyone know of a good way to handle this? One problem is that the raw XML contains no linebreaks. Even something that formats it to something readable would help, a sort of html_tidy for XML. Another problem is that I can get even the simplest StarOffice XML file to parse through rxp. I want to check that the XML I've got is well formed. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.

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Upgrade 8.1 Pro
by Abraham Bloom 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi, I have a purchased copy of 8.1 pro. I love it. I would like to go to 8.2 but I have several questions. 1 - Can I do this on-line for free? 2 - Can the update go over my 8.1 installation or do I have to reload. 3 - Are there ISO images available for download? 4 - All this failing is it possible to purchase an upgrade at reduced price and where can I get it. 5 - When is the next version due out? Thanks Abraham Bloom -- Abraham Bloom, CISSP | The New Testament offers the basis for modern abrahambloom(a)comcast.net | computer coding theory, in the form of an X/motif/c/shell/perl | affirmation of the binary number system. Sys V/BSD/Linux/Sco | | But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, | nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh | of evil. -- Matthew 5:37

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Susewatcher problem
by Alan Civita 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

hi.. this morning i've opened my pc and susewatcher wasn't running.. i'v tryed to run it manually and: # susewatcher ERROR: Communication problem with susewatcher, it probably crashed. but as i can see the susewatcher icon now is present. I've rebooted the system many times..but the problem persist. i can see that the susewatcher comes from kdebase3-SuSE-8.2-102 package.. but i've installed the kdebase 3.1.3 .. what i can do? -- (@ @) -o00-(_)-00o- ****************************** * Alan Civita * * Datenquelle S.r.l. * * alan.civita(a)datenquelle.it * * tel: +390403721769 * ****************************** NOTICE *********************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, Please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ***********************************************

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printer quota?
by Bernd Gauweiler 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I use a raw lpd printer queue to a GDI USB printer from Win* clients, hosted on Suse 8.3 by Samba. Works a treat, except for very large print jobs (e.g. large high resolution color images) the printer stops about half way through. Quota is off, harddrive and memory plenty. I digged through doc and conf and fail to find any size limitation on queued print jobs. Any thoughts? TIA, Bernd

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Sound config
by Sergio Dominguez 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Hi all, How do I change my setup so that it does not uses ALSA but OSS as sound manager on boot? Thanks, Sergio

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Digikam
by Cuitláhuac Tomás Gómez Labougle 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

I have problems with my camera Kodak DX3500 and digikam give me error message and the aplication go to close suddenly Does somebody with that problems anywhere who could helpme? Best ARC Cuitláhuac Tomás Gómez Labougle _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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pcmcia problems
by Cuitláhuac Tomás Gómez Labougle 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

> >I am using SuSE 8.2 in a Compaq armada 1560DM pentium mmx laptop > >But I am trying to use an RT8139 ethernet pcmcia but is imposible for me to >reach network > >I inserted in my laptop before boot and is detected and I have the chance >of configuration but when in root shell i use: > >ping -c 2 192.168.0.1 > >I get > >Network not reachable. > > >in boot I can read > >eth-0 hotplug > >well do you know where I should compile it and how? How may I configure the driver as a module? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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shift+backspace now kills X..help. :(
by Ben Rosenberg 17 Sep '03

17 Sep '03

Ok. Some how some way "shift+backspace" has not been mapped to kill X. I didn't do this on purpose and I have no clue how to change it. Could some one explain it to me like I'm a 6 year old. I tend to fat finger the keyboard and I've accidently killed X/KDE 3 times. It's not a KDE thing because this behavior works in Blackbox, OpenBox, Gnome2 and WindowMaker..I've tested it. If anyone has a clue about this please post. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

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RE: [SLE] Upgrade 8.1 Pro
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Abraham Bloom <abrahambloom(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >Hi, > > I have a purchased copy of 8.1 pro. > I would like to go to 8.2 but I have several questions. > > 1 - Can I do this on-line for free? The downloads are available at the SuSE Site and several mirrors. The "free" part depends on how you value your time and connection speed. If you haven't read the "Terms of Use," I suggest you do so...as I can not give legal advice. (I am an "en-gan-near," an not a f@$%^& lawyer.") > > 2 - Can the update go over my 8.1 installation or do I have to reload. > It can go over the top, or run both on the same machine like I am doing, there was a lot of discusion on this list wheather a clean install is better, but if you decide to "download" If it were me I woould download all I think I needed and then start the install. Don't forget to back-up what you consider important. > > 3 - Are there ISO images available for download? > Yes, google is your friend. > 4 - All this failing, is it possible to purchase an upgrade at reduced price and where can I get it. "The workman is worthy of his hire." You can do a google search and find at Cheap bites, e-bay and other places the "real thing" as well as knock-0ffs... Let your Yea be yea.... (As an aside SuSE doesn't make much all things consider on the boxed set, I own 8.0 personal and pro, 8.1 and 8.2 and plan to buy 9.0; The Lord willing and the Creeks don't rise...) > > 5 - When is the next version due out? > Some time this fall or early winter, --- unless the second coming comes first. > > Thanks > Abraham Bloom ----<sig text removed>----- > Your welcome. Gar -- As for me and my House.... -- __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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HP Deskjet 3550 Drivers???
by Olipro 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Having been bought by a very kind relative, a new HP printer, which, might I add does work. The problem is that whilst it is fine in windoze (no surprise) I cannot get it working under SuSE, whilst the printer is being detected, there isn't a specific driver for it, and one of the other/generic drivers will get a response out of it. The connection is fine, but the printer won't respond to any attempts at a test print (there is success sending "hello world" but that is what I meant by a "fine connection") --------------------------------- Olipro - GTA Global <Olipro(a)GTAGlobal.net>

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Sybase 12.5.x and glibc i686 !
by Stefan Parvu 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi all, I have tried to run ASE 12.5.1 under SuSE 8.2 I have got lots of problem because I did not have installed the i686 glibc . From the sybase newsgroup I have got an email that I should add the i686 package of glibc instead of i386 ! Now how can I do this without to destroy my configuration ? stefan@jupiter:~> uname -a Linux jupiter 2.4.20-4GB #1 Wed Aug 6 18:26:21 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux > 'rpm -qa | grep glibc' stefan@jupiter:~> rpm -qa | grep glibc glibc-html-2.3.2-6 glibc-i18ndata-2.3.2-6 glibc-2.3.2-6 glibc-locale-2.3.2-6 glibc-profile-2.3.2-6 glibc-info-2.3.2-6 glibc-devel-2.3.2-6 > 'ls /lib/i686' stefan@jupiter:~> ls /lib/i686 ls: /lib/i686: No such file or directory If I try to install the i686 package I have lots of conflicts ! rpm -ihv glibc-2.3.2-5.i686.rpm package glibc-2.3.2-6 (which is newer than glibc-2.3.2-5) is already installed file /lib/ld-2.3.2.so from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2 .3.2-6 file /lib/libNoVersion.so.1 from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3. 2-6 file /lib/libSegFault.so from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 ... file /usr/sbin/nscd from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/sbin/nscd_nischeck from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3 .2-6 file /usr/sbin/rpcinfo from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/getconf.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/getent.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package g libc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/glibcbug.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/iconv.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package gl ibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/ldd.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glib c-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/locale.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package g libc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man1/localedef.1.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from packag e glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man5/locale.alias.5.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from pac kage glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man5/nscd.conf.5.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from packag e glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man8/nscd.8.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package gli bc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man8/nscd_nischeck.8.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from pa ckage glibc-2.3.2-6 file /usr/share/man/man8/rpcinfo.8.gz from install of glibc-2.3.2-5 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.3.2-6 jupiter:/media/dvd/suse/i686 # Any idea ? stefan

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spamassassin question
by Tom Nielsen 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Where do I set the rule to have emails deleted if they are found to be spam? Thanks -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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How to configure external monitor
by Per-Olof Litby 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Greetings, What is the correct way to configure and use an external monitor on a laptop? In my case, I would like to use an external 1280x1024 LCD display. How should I configure the monitor and color/resolution settings in Yast2 in order for the system to be able to handle connection/disconnection of the external monitor without the X settings being messed up? Thanks ahead, -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax: +46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: politby(a)sun.com Sun Microsystems --------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder/NameFinder?nfquery=-s+23213&view=calendar --------------------------------------------------------------- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Re: [SLE] NFS Help
by Mario Pesce 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi, after a few attempts I finally managed to get it working. My entry in the /etc/exports file was: /home/mydir (ro,no_root_squash) I used the command exportfs -a that suggested to add an '*' for the hosts and therefore I changed the entry as follows: /home/mydir *(ro,no_root_squash) I tried again to mount the exported directory and it worked perfectly. Best Regards Mario Pesce >>Hi, >> >>thank you for the answer. I added the line to etc/hosts.allow as you >>suggested, but I still got the same error. >> >>I have then tried to start manually: >> >>portmap >>rpc.mountd >>rpc.nfsd >>rpc.lockd >> >>and, after that, I got another message: >> >>mount: localost:/home/mydir failed, reason given by the server: >>Permission denied >> >>Any suggestions are welcome >> >>Thank you and best regards >> >>Mario Pesce >> >> >>At 03:09 PM 9/16/03 +0200, you wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>When I installed NFS, I also added the following line in /etc/hosts.allow : >>>rpc.mountd : ip.address.of.the.client >>> >>>Fred >>> >>> > >>> > > >>> > >Hello, >>> > > >>> > >I have tried to use NFS and I made some tests on a single machine as >>> > follows: >>> > > >>> > >a) I have added an entry to the /etc/exports file for my home directory >>> > >b) I have created a new directory /mnt/nfs to test if I could mount my >>> > export >>> > >c) I have tried the mount command as follows: >>> > > >>> > > mount - t nfs localhost:/home/mydir /mnt/nfs >>> > > >>> > >The command does not succed and I receive the following message: >>> > > >>> > >mount: RPC: Unable to receive : errno=Connection refused >>> > > >>> > >Can you please suggest what is the cause of the message and what I >>> > should >>> > >do to correct the problem ? >>> > > >>> > >Thank you and best regards >>> > > >>> > >Mario Pesce >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Check the headers for your unsubscription address >>> > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >>> > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >>> > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com >>> > >> >> >>-- >>Check the headers for your unsubscription address >>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >>Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >>Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com >> >>

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NFS Help
by Mario Pesce 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

> >Hello, > >I have tried to use NFS and I made some tests on a single machine as follows: > >a) I have added an entry to the /etc/exports file for my home directory >b) I have created a new directory /mnt/nfs to test if I could mount my export >c) I have tried the mount command as follows: > > mount - t nfs localhost:/home/mydir /mnt/nfs > >The command does not succed and I receive the following message: > >mount: RPC: Unable to receive : errno=Connection refused > >Can you please suggest what is the cause of the message and what I should >do to correct the problem ? > >Thank you and best regards > >Mario Pesce

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Making Backups
by Koenraad Lelong 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hello, Maybe a little off-topic, but what are essential files to backup a Suse-machine, besides user-files ? The whole /etc ? Anything else ? B.T.W. it's running 8.1-pro, DNS, DHCP, Samba (with Winbind). TIA. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v.

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virus cure-low level format?
by Chuck Naugle 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

I am utilizing a dual boot system with win2000 on the primary drive and SuSe8.2 on the slave. I believe that my windows system has a virus that is damaging my Linux drive. I have formatted the primary drive several times using the M$ install disks and within a few minutes of use the M$ drive slows to a crawl. I have also formatted and reinstalled Suse. Once i reboot and utilize SuSe the root system appears to have been damaged which causes a reduced performance. All hardware except the hard drives is new and has been tested 4x for problems at a reliable shop... the tech stated that the primary drive appears to have a problem with data loss(he had trouble loading drivers on the M$ drive). All other hardware appears normal to extensive tests. Dose Suse have a disc scan program? Can i perform a low level format using Suse? Any suggestions? Note: Suse performance does not degrade unless i boot into Windoze (i foolishly tried to download M$ patches). I am not a programmer and have not been able to check the data base to see if these questions have been asked before. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chuck __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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anyone use orborus?
by Michael George 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

I have Max OSX systems here at home, and I'm curious about Oroborus as a window manager. I'm having trouble building it, though. I thought I'd check here to see if anyone on this list uses it. Thanks! -Michael

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Re: [SLE] Radeon 9200
by Dave Howorth 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi all, I'm having problems configuring my graphics. The card came with the machine and I thought I'd bought a 9000 but when I opened the box the card says Radeon 9200 (should be better, right :) The card runs fine in text mode and will run X at 640x480 and at 800x600 but I haven't persuaded it to run at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 yet and would welcome any help. I'm running SuSE 8.2 with a Mantel kernel (k_smp-2.4.21-59 - I know there's a more recent one but I'm reluctant to upgrade every other day!). I've obtained the ATI driver (fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5) and rebuilt the kernel and driver. I'm currently running with the XF86Config-4 file generated by fglrxconfig. I've previously tried to use sax2 but it seems less than helpful - it doesn't recognize either the graphics card or my monitor (a Hitachi CML174SXW LCD) and forgets the monitor details every time I type them in. I've also played a bit with modelines generated by <http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl> but I don't really understand what I'm doing and suspect I shouldn't need to do that. Whatever I do, it seems to run OK at lower resolutions but not at the higher ones. I've run X -probeonly and the output is at the bottom of this message (snipped because the list server won't take it all). I'm a bit worried by the message: (--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party grafics adapter - NOT original ATI especially given what people have said about problematic clones, but when I run it up in windows (at 1280x1024 incidentally!) the system information report says: PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5961&SUBSYS_280117EE&REV_01\4&1A99067F&0&0008 which I believe indicates an ATI board. Why they can't at least print their name on the board is beyond me. > ATI better clamp down on this problem or it will be the last ATI card > I will ever buy. Agreed. Their support also seems pretty flaky; they answered a query by saying that all questions about linux had to be submitted via another web page, and that page explicitly says not to expect any response! Anyway, I'll be grateful for any suggestions as to what I need to do to enable 1280x1024. Cheers, Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Build Date: 28 March 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Sep 10 13:18:15 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "Server Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "ATI Graphics Adapter" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1" (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc102" (**) XKB: model: "pc102" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb" (**) XKB: layout: "gb" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2578 card 8086,2578 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,2579 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 8086,257b card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,24d2 card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,24d4 card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,24d7 card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,24de card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,24dd card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev c2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,24d0 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,24d1 card 8086,425a rev 02 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,24d3 card 8086,425a rev 02 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,5961 card 17ee,2801 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:01:0: chip 8086,1019 card 8086,3025 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan <snip> (II) FireGL8700/8800: Driver for chipset: ATI RV250 Id (R9000), ATI RV250 Ie (R9000), ATI RV250 If (R9000), ATI RV250 Ig (R9000), ATI RV250 Ld (M9), ATI RV250 Le (M9), ATI RV250 Lf (M9), ATI RV250 Lg (M9), ATI RV280 5960 (R9200 PRO), ATI RV280 Ya (R9200), ATI RV250 5C61 (M9+), ATI RV250 5C63 (M9+), ATI R200 QH (R8500), ATI R200 QL (R8500), ATI R200 QM (R9100), ATI R200 QT (R8500), ATI R200 QU (R9100), ATI R200 BB (R8500), ATI RV350 AP (R9600), ATI RV350 AR (R9600 PRO), ATI RV350 NP (M10), ATI R300 AD (R9500), ATI R300 AE (R9500), ATI R300 AF (R9500), ATI R300 AG (Fire GL Z1/X1), ATI R300 ND (R9700 PRO), ATI R300 NE (R9700/R9500 PRO), ATI R300 NF (R9600 TX), ATI R300 NG (Fire GL X1), ATI R350 AK (Fire GL unknown), ATI RV350 AT (Fire GL T2), ATI RV350 AU (Fire GL T2), ATI RV350 AV (Fire GL T2), ATI RV350 AW (Fire GL T2), ATI R350 NH (R9800), ATI R350 NK (Fire GL unknown) (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Chipset ATI RV280 Ya (R9200) found <snip> (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) fglrx(0): === [R200PreInit] === begin, [s] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw" (II) LoadModule: "vgahw" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0 (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps) (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor <snip> (II) Loading sub module "int10" (II) LoadModule: "int10" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) fglrx(0): initializing int10 (II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI RV280 Ya (R9200)" (Chipset = 0x5961) (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x17ee, PciSubDevice = 0x2801) (--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party grafics adapter - NOT original ATI(--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000 (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xff8f0000 (--) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0xff8c0000 (--) fglrx(0): ChipRevID = 0x00 (--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kByte (64-bit DDR SDRAM) (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported (II) Loading sub module "ddc" (II) LoadModule: "ddc" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) Loading sub module "i2c" (II) LoadModule: "i2c" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a (II) Module i2c: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.2.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) fglrx(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized. (II) fglrx(0): Connector Layout from BIOS -------- (II) fglrx(0): Connector1: DDCType-3, DACType-0, TMDSType--1, ConnectorType-2 (II) fglrx(0): Connector0: DDCType-2, DACType-1, TMDSType-0, ConnectorType-3 (**) fglrx(0): MonitorLayout Option: Monitor1--Type AUTO, Monitor2--Type AUTO (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) fglrx(0): DDC detected on DDCType 2 with Monitor Type 3 (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0. (II) fglrx(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) fglrx(0): DDC detected on DDCType 3 with Monitor Type 0 (II) fglrx(0): Primary head: Monitor -- TMDS Connector -- DVI-I DAC Type -- TVDAC/ExtDAC TMDS Type -- Internal DDC Type -- DVI_DDC (II) fglrx(0): Secondary head: Monitor -- NONE Connector -- VGA DAC Type -- Primary TMDS Type -- NONE DDC Type -- VGA_DDC (II) fglrx(0): EDID data from the display on Primary head ---------------- (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: HTC Model: 178c Serial#: 6721 (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2003 Week: 10 (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3 (II) fglrx(0): Digital Display Input (II) fglrx(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34 vert.: 27 (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20 (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.340 greenX: 0.280 greenY: 0.620 (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.140 blueY: 0.070 whiteX: 0.310 whiteY: 0.330 (II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: (II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@67Hz (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz (II) fglrx(0): 832x624@75Hz (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz (II) fglrx(0): 1280x1024@75Hz (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 (II) fglrx(0): Supported Future Video Modes: (II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897 (II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) fglrx(0): clock: 108.0 MHz Image Size: 338 x 270 mm (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1328 h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end 1688 h_border: 0 (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1024 v_sync: 1025 v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: 1066 v_border: 0 (II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 24 H max: 80 kHz, PixClock max 140 MHz (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: CML174SX (II) fglrx(0): Serial No: H3C006721 (II) fglrx(0): (II) fglrx(0): DesktopSetup 0x0000 (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled (==) fglrx(0): Overlay disabled (**) fglrx(0): Overlay disabled (II) fglrx(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=12 min=20000 max=50000; xclk=20000 (==) fglrx(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled (==) fglrx(0): TMDS coherent mode is enabled (II) fglrx(0): Panel size found from DDC: 1280x1024 (II) fglrx(0): Total 5 valid mode(s) found. (--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) (**) fglrx(0): *Default mode "1280x1024": 135.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (**) fglrx(0): *Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768" 78.80 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (**) fglrx(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "832x624" 57.28 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (**) fglrx(0): *Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600" 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (**) fglrx(0): *Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (--) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (340, 270) mm (--) fglrx(0): DPI set to (95, 96) (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a (II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2 (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a (II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (**) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO (II) Loading sub module "xaa" (II) LoadModule: "xaa" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a (II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (**) fglrx(0): FSAAScale=1 (**) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm" (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.a (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="Fire GL - ATI Research GmbH, Germany" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 3.2.5 ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) fglrx(0): Depth moves disabled by default (**) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000 (**) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x8000001d (**) fglrx(0): cpuSpeedMHz: 0x00000ae9 (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so" (**) fglrx(0): using built in AGPGART module: yes (**) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0 (**) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1 (==) fglrx(0): EnablePrivateBackZ = NO (II) fglrx(0): using CAIL version [ATI LIB=CAIL.LIB,IA32,2.0024]

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Current Opera with anti-aliasing?
by Joe Sullivan 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hey, SuSE 8.2, latest "supplementary" RPMs of QT/KDE... Has anyone gotten Opera 7.11 (or the current 7.2 beta) to work so it has anti-aliasing on the fonts, both on websites and on the browser itself? It's been a while since I used opera (Moz user), and thought I'd test it. But it seems to not want to anti-alias anything and looks horrid. If you've got it anti-aliased, can you please say which RPM/tgz you downloaded, and if you had to do anything to get it to work with anti-aliasing? Thanks, Joe

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lockd question
by Rikard Johnels 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi all. I have a 8.2 with NIS running on my server and workstation. I get the users as expected. (even tho it wants to mount the /home/<username> via NFS, and i havent figured out how to get a local copy) BUT! I get a LOT of the followiong in my logs. Sep 16 16:08:27 sparhawk kernel: nsm_mon_unmon: rpc failed, status=-13 Sep 16 16:08:27 sparhawk kernel: lockd: cannot monitor 192.168.1.2 Sep 16 16:08:27 sparhawk kernel: lockd: failed to monitor 192.168.1.2 sparhawk is my workstation. 192.168.1.2 is the server. What goes? -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh(a)norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 70 464 99 39 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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[FIX] Fonts Problem Fixed!
by Daniel Joyce 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Well, I figured it out, it appears to be a bug issue with freetype. If you have a font with adobe-fontspecific encoding.... Then, when mkfontscale is called, it generates both a line for font 'foo.. (1) foo-iso10646-1 foo-adobe-fontspecific In that order, then mkfontdir simply copies that into fonts.dir, and it works in staroffice, etc. Buuut, SuSEconfig -module fonts calls fonts-config, a perl script, that calls mkfontscale, reads in the fonts.scale file, parses it, SORTS it, and writes it back out as... (2) foo-adobe-fontspecific foo-iso10646-1 And when mkfontsdir is called, the lines are in the same order in fonts.dir And nothing works in staroffice. KDE seems to be okay though, as it uses it's own built-in Freetype2 library. So apparently, the freetype X font server is choking If I go into fonts.dir, and change the lines for font 'foo' so they look like (1), and do a "xset fp rehash", then the fonts work again! My belief is that 1) There is no "adobe-fontspecific" encoding for linux 2) X Freetype server thus gives up when it encounters that line first, rather than look for another encoding. Since scanning stops at that line, it never sees the "10646" encoding for the same font 3) X does know how to handle 10646. So, how do I ensure that for a given font, iso10646/iso8859 always come before adobe-fontspecific? Well the mkfont(scale/dir) already do that properly. But whenever I install fonts, the SuSEconfig file would get called, and knacker it all up. So I edited fonts-config, and changed... ###################################################################### # write final result to fonts.scale: $file = "$dir/fonts.scale"; open (FONTS_SCALE, ">$file") || die "can't open file $file: $!"; if ($VERBOSITY >= $VERBOSITY_DEBUG) { print "writing $dir/$file ...\n"; } printf FONTS_SCALE "%d\n", scalar(keys %fonts_scale_entries); for my $xlfd (sort (keys %fonts_scale_entries)) { print FONTS_SCALE "$fonts_scale_entries{$xlfd} $xlfd\n"; } close (FONTS_SCALE); } To ###################################################################### # write final result to fonts.scale: $file = "$dir/fonts.scale"; open (FONTS_SCALE, ">$file") || die "can't open file $file: $!"; if ($VERBOSITY >= $VERBOSITY_DEBUG) { print "writing $dir/$file ...\n"; } printf FONTS_SCALE "%d\n", scalar(keys %fonts_scale_entries); for my $xlfd (sort {$b cmp $a} (keys %fonts_scale_entries)) { print FONTS_SCALE "$fonts_scale_entries{$xlfd} $xlfd\n"; } close (FONTS_SCALE); } I reversed the order of the sort, so that iso encodings will always come before adobe encodings, problem solved! So what's the easiest way to tell SuSE this? The Meek shall inherit the Earth, for the Brave are among the Stars!

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LiLo configuration for 3 OS-es on the same machine.
by Prabu Subroto 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Dear my friends... I have 3 Operating System on my machine : SuSE Linux, Mandrake Linux and Windows. I have 2 harddisks. First harddisk has Windows and Mandrake linux and the second HD has SuSE Linux. I want that I can start each of the OS-es from LiLo (I love comfortable life) easily. But I am confious how the lilo config file should be. Please tell my.... Thank you very much in advance. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Serail ATA controller from Adaptec
by Werner Guttmann 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi, does anybopy have any experience with SuSe 8.1/8.2 and S-ATA controllers from e.g. Adaptec and/or Promise ? Any concerns/pitfalls/problems, or are things seamless ? Ideally, I'd love to stay on 8.1 if possible ... Thanks Werner

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Re: [SLE] Serail ATA controller from Adaptec
by Dave Howorth 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Werner Guttmann wrote: >>>does anybopy have any experience with SuSe 8.1/8.2 and S-ATA controllers from e.g. Adaptec and/or Promise ? >>I'm using a 2.4.21 kernel because I had hangs when I enabled SATA with >>the 2.4.20 that comes with 8.2. > Can I assume that you had to compile this kernel yourself ? Yes but you may not need to. I had to recompile it because of my video driver (and perhaps I didn't need to do that but it seemed the safest way to ensure the source matched the running kernel when I built the driver). There are various kernels at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/next/RPM and one may suit you (but I'm not an expert so you'll need to get advice from someone else :). Be aware, they're development versions and change every few days. I'd guess that 2.4.21 will be the kernel in 8.3 (does anybody know?). It might be better to wait for that if you're nervous. Cheers, Dave

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YOU - messed up Postfix
by jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Can anybody tell me why simply upgrading Postfix via YOU would end up creating a new main.cf file that is mostly correct but deleted a few configuration lines that broke my mailman virtual domained lists? Seems like YOU should leave the existing main.cf pretty much alone and not delete stuff.

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Fetchmail, amavis, spamassassin....can it be done
by Tom Nielsen 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

I've got the three programs above including cyrus and I'm wondering if spamassassin will work with my mail server? Thanks, Tom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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Xvid and MPlayer
by António Rafael Paiva 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi everyone! I tried to recompile mplayer with xvid support according to the indications in DOCS/en/codecs.html but the mplayer configure doesn't detect the xvid installation. Does anyone know how to do this? ---------------------------------------------------- António Rafael C. Paiva Electronics and Telecommunications Dep. Aveiro University

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Re: [SLE] HELP : installing SuSE 8.1 pro with RAID controller SA-642
by Vincent Propice 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

the array is initialised, the problem is the cciss driver : SuSE 8.1 install cciss driver don't work with SA 642 (the SuSE 8.2 do) compaq get driver and driver diskette image for SLES7 and UnitedLinux 1.0. how can i build a driver diskette image for SuSE 8.1 ? At 15:17 15/09/2003 -0300, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Monday 15 September 2003 02:25 pm, Vincent Propice wrote: > > > I can't install SuSE 8.1 pro on COMPAQ ML 350 G3 with Smart Array 642 > > controller > > no hard drive found !!! > >I've installed to an ML 350 before. > >Did you initialise the array with the SmartStart CD first? If you don't, then >it won't detect any drives. > >- -- >James Oakley >Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. >joakley(a)solutioninc.com >http://www.solutioninc.com >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQE/ZgJN+FOexA3koIgRAkRMAKCJWbjPajs7zg003s/r/3HT/L2dDQCeL44J >v9VrXIcefUk/kgm7HpbAxBA= >=xkMq >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >-- >Check the headers for your unsubscription address >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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RE: [SLE] virus cure-low level format?
by Crowe, Alan X SITI-ITDLE314 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Yes. Formatting the drive with the windows format command does the same thing. Did the RMA tools report anything? Also, check that you have UltraDMA enabled in Windows - it may be defaulting to PIO mode. To do this, open the devcie manager, and look at the primary IDE controller properties. There's probably an advanced settings tab, on which you can choose whether you want to use UDMA or PIO. Finally, when troubleshooting windows patches, install them one at a time, and then reboot. First off, install SP4, then restart. If performance drops, uninstall it and go back to SP3. Wash, rinse, repeat. Alan Crowe NT Systems Manager Shell Information Technology International Ltd. Seafield House, Hill of Rubislaw Aberdeen. AB15 6GZ. Tel.: +44 (0) 1224 81 8489 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 81 7516 Mobile: +44 (0) 780 240 6942 Email: Alan.X.Crowe(a)is.shell.com -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Naugle [mailto:drchuckn@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:27 AM To: Crowe, Alan X SITI-ITDLE314 Subject: RE: [SLE] virus cure-low level format? I had downloaded the tools earlier and will attempt to test drive again. The Problem(s) usually start when i attempt to dwonload windows patches. Would formatting drive with Suse destroy all data on drive including viruses? Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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RE: [SLE] virus cure-low level format?
by Crowe, Alan X SITI-ITDLE314 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Sounds like a faulty disk to me. See if you can get hold of some diagnostic tools from the disk manufacturer - they usually haver some low-level testing tools that customers can use for RMAs. The manufacturer website should have details. If you've formatted (and presumably repartitioned) the Win2K disk, the likelihood of a virus is fairly remote - but you're running up-to-date antivirus software, right? And the system should be patched to the latest service pack and patch-level (as should be the case with any OS, not just Windows). Alan Crowe NT Systems Manager Shell Information Technology International Ltd. Seafield House, Hill of Rubislaw Aberdeen. AB15 6GZ. Tel.: +44 (0) 1224 81 8489 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 81 7516 Mobile: +44 (0) 780 240 6942 Email: Alan.X.Crowe(a)is.shell.com -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Naugle [mailto:drchuckn@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:48 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] virus cure-low level format? I am utilizing a dual boot system with win2000 on the primary drive and SuSe8.2 on the slave. I believe that my windows system has a virus that is damaging my Linux drive. I have formatted the primary drive several times using the M$ install disks and within a few minutes of use the M$ drive slows to a crawl. I have also formatted and reinstalled Suse. Once i reboot and utilize SuSe the root system appears to have been damaged which causes a reduced performance. All hardware except the hard drives is new and has been tested 4x for problems at a reliable shop... the tech stated that the primary drive appears to have a problem with data loss(he had trouble loading drivers on the M$ drive). All other hardware appears normal to extensive tests. Dose Suse have a disc scan program? Can i perform a low level format using Suse? Any suggestions? Note: Suse performance does not degrade unless i boot into Windoze (i foolishly tried to download M$ patches). I am not a programmer and have not been able to check the data base to see if these questions have been asked before. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chuck __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Penguin in Provincetown
by Rich3800＠aol.com 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

During checking out of a certain Provincetown inn, a glance behind the office counter revealed a monitor on which a nice "TUX" screensaver was running.

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fstab question
by Tom Allison 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Suse 8.2 What is /dev/shm? I'm pretty sure I didn't ask for anything to go there. the fstab entry looks like: shmfs 63180 0 63180 0% /dev/shm What the heck is this thing? I've never seen it before, but I haven't done too many installations in the past. -- You definitely intend to start living sometime soon.

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Re: [SLE] New gcc 3.3.1 packages released
by stefan 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Can you just download all rpms and rpm -Uhv from that directory ? stefan --- Philipp Thomas <pthomas(a)suse.de> wrote: >I've uploaded new gcc 3.3.1 packages that incorporate a number of bug fixes. >These new 3.3.1-16 packages have replaced the previous 3.3.1-0 ones in >ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/gcc/8.2 . > >If you've had problems with the previous gcc 3.3.1 packages, please give >these a try. > >Feedback, as always, to http://www.suse.de/feedback . > >Have fun > Philipp > >-- >Philipp Thomas <pthomas(a)suse.de> >SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nuremberg, Germany > >-- >Check the headers for your unsubscription address >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Can doubleclick be programmed into a single mouse button press?
by expatriate 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Has anyone done this? Regardless of a particular window manager? TIA & cheers

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mouse troubles
by Clayton Cornell 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

OK, this is wierd. Everything has been working fine on my system until about 15 minutes ago. I rebooted to Windows for a few minutes to run an app... booted back to Linux, and now my mouse pointer is invisible. The pointer is still there and mouse events are being recognized (I can see buttons raise etc as the invisible pointer moves across them) but the pointer is not being drawn. I've tried a few things like poking around in the mouse config file, and running Sax2 (just in case). Everything looks OK though. I have the same config file that's been working since day 1 with SuSE8.2... Nothing's changed that I know of... Anyone have an idea - or can point me at the obvious - what can I do to restore my mouse pointer? C.

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spamassassin help needed
by Tom Nielsen 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I'm trying to setup my office mail server with spamassissin. Basically I use fetchmail to get the email from our webhost then pull it down and distribute it with postfix. My question is what do I need to run spamassassin on my server and what would I set it up with???? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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OT: Editing PDF files
by LinuxMail 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi Everyone, Can anyone let me know how to edit (not create) pdf files in Linux? I have Star Office 5.2 installed and I am using SuSe 8.0 pro. I want to fill some forms (interactive and non-interactive) and also edit the text. regards Leo

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upgrading question
by Tom Allison 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I have SuSE8.2 Professional. When the time comes, what does one have to do in order to upgrade to SuSE 9.X? Am I required to go shopping for a full version again? Do i purchase a Patch? Can I just download whatever I need seemlessly and continue on with my existence? What happens if I don't want to upgrade for an additional 2-4 years? Obviously I'm rather new to SuSE.... -- It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered. -- Larry Wall in <199709041935.MAA27136(a)wall.org>

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Can't get updates
by Tom Allison 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I'm trying to do an installation from the 8.2 CD. the network interface works fine, I can ping, DNS lookups... I can't download any updates/patches. From this end, it looks as though the default SuSE server has either changed or gone offline. help? -- There's small choice in rotten apples. -- William Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew"

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SuSE 8.2 - Resize ReiserFS Partition
by Olipro 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Since I have just discovered 500MB of unused available space on my drive and would like to allocate that to my Linux partition, I would like some instructions as to how I should go about it. I have tried using YaST2 but as I expected it failed because the partition is mounted, how can I get around this? --------------------------------- Olipro - GTA Global <Olipro(a)GTAGlobal.net>

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HELP : installing SuSE 8.1 pro with RAID controller SA-642
by Vincent Propice 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hello, I can't install SuSE 8.1 pro on COMPAQ ML 350 G3 with Smart Array 642 controller no hard drive found !!! Thanks for help, Vincent

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arp troubles
by jim barnes 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Greetings, I have a box set up as a gateway, running: SuSe 8.2, iptables, squid 2.5s1, dansguardian 2.6.1-3 I'm getting logged errors such: <snip> Sep 11 17:04:03 gateway kernel: NET: 39 messages suppressed. Sep 11 17:04:03 gateway kernel: Neighbour table overflow. <snip> Which can go on for hours. And /proc/net/arp is filled to the max of 1024 lines, of which 18 or so are valid. The remainder are all pointing to the same netblock, which happens to belong to IANA: <snip> 74.82.44.202 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.167 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.131 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.124 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.88 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.53 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.44.17 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.41.207 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.41.162 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.41.134 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 74.82.41.121 0x1 0x2 00:E0:1E:5F:D1:B1 * eth1 <snip> This just started on Sept 08 after being stable for months, and is not constant. But it sure has me in a bind, as it is affecting internet access of attached hosts. I can't tie its occurence to an event, either the arp cache is normal (<30), or it's overflowing. Any ideas on where to start on this is greatly appreciated, I've Googled all I can think of. Jim

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Firewall musings
by Carlos E. R. 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I'm curious O:-) Is there some kind of script or program that takes the output from the firewall logs, and makes out a nice report? Like resolving hostnames, replacing the local ip by "local" (separating this incoming from outgoing), the port numbers by services (including those used by edonkey and the lot), etc? And then, statistics? -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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Linksys Router & USB ADSL Modem
by Currie Sylvanus 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hello list. Can you please suggest how I should set about installing SuSE Pro 8.2 and setting it up so that I can share my ADSL connection (USB modem) with my son's WinXP Home laptop. Can I use the Linksys router? Does this invlove setting up SuSE as a router/gateway (possibly over-riding certain dhcp settings on the Linksys)? Or should I just use a x-over cable between the to computers Any pointers to straightforward how-tos or other documentation would be very gratefully received PS please don't suggest replacing my USB modem with an ethernet one, as my budget will not stretch to that as yet TIA -- Sylvanus A. Currie WMP Technical: Data Migration Barnwood British Energy Generation Ltd., Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS * 777-2423 * 777-3231 * +44(0) 1452-652423 * +44 (0) 1452-653231 * +44 (0) 77-5253-4452 * Email <sylvanus.currie(a)british-energy.com> |* This message has been sent from the British Energy Group. |* |* British Energy plc |* Registered Office:- |* Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR, United Kingdom |* Registered in Scotland (Number 162273). |* |* This email message and any attachments are for the use of the addressee only. If you are not |* the addressee you may not copy or use or disclose the contents of this email to anyone else. |* British Energy's communications systems may be monitored and recorded by the company. |* |* If you believe you have received this email in error please notify us by telephoning +44 (0)1452 653113. |*

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HELP: Installing Suse 8.2 hangs and freezes the machine
by Nenad Ukropina 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi, When I try to install SUSE 8.2 Pro no matter which installation I run it loads kernel, goes trough about one and a half screen of normal Linux booting stuff and then it hangs at this line >>> SuSE Linux Installation Program v1.4 (c) .... <<< I've tried all possible installation options: Installation . . Installation Safe Settings Manual Installation I've tried them all also in the Text Mode. It always hangs at the same line. Here are the system details Motherboard: MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R CPU: Intel P4 2.6 GHz 800MHz MEMORY: 2x516 MB GEIL 3500 HARD DRIVE 1: Seagate Barracuda SATA 120 GB HARD DRIVE 2: WDC ULTRA ATA 60 GB VIDEO CARD: Radeon AIW 8500 The motherboard has two raid controllers, but no raid has been set up. I've installed Windows XP Professional without any problems and system seams to be very stable. I've run few stress testing programs under xp everything seams to be fine. Any idea what might be causing SUSE 8.2 installation to freeze computer ? Any idea how to fix it ? Thank you very much. Nenad

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RPM4 SuSE rpm
by Lukacs Zsolt 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hello everybody Does anybody know an address from where I can download the rpm4 for SuSE? Where can I find the source for it? Thanks, Zsolt

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WinWAP on Linux ('cos there's no LinWAP)
by Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

or is there? I wonder if I can't forget opening Windows XP just to edit and view my wap websites if I can do this on Linux. Thanks for any help a.

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A Puzzling Problem
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I have encountered a very puzzling problems with one of the applications that I use on a regular basis for my research. It involves compiling the current version of the Tinker Molecular Mechanics set of programs and the gui for the applications. The system is the SuSE v 8.1 lixux distribution and using the Intel FORTRAN and C compilers (they give executables with better performance that the GNU FORTRAN and C compilers). My normal practice is to compile new software in /usr/src and then copy it to a working directory once the bugs have been fixed and the program is executing properly. I do this as root on a stand-alone platform and the relog on as a user to use the sortware. Now for the problem. I thought that I would compile the newest version of Tinker in the working directory, rather than root, as this version is 4.1 and the compilation procedures have been well worked out by the author of the program. Everything went well, without even any warning errors, until I went to execute the gui. Oh yes, the gui is written in java and I have the proper java applications installed on my system and working properly. So when I attempt to run the java application I get: abnormal:/usr/local/lib/CompChem/tinker # csh CompChem/tinker# source tinker.csh CompChem/tinker# ffe Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:127) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:65) CompChem/tinker# Which means that java isn't executing. At this point, I said to myself 'Ah Ha! I go back to the old protocol' and compile the software in /usr/scr and then move it to the working directory. Same result. However, if I run the gui in /usr/src it works flawlessly (same compiled software that doesn't work in the working directory.) I am perplexed, and would appreciate any insights that anyone may have. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://web.jadeinc.com/FoundationChem

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Yast2 crashes during Suse 8.2 instalation - 1404 Segmentation fault
by Tomas Kuchta 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all, I am having quite a problem with installing Suse 8.2 on my old Pentium MMX 200 1996 box. During the installation Yast2 crashes after root password setup. The machine sort of works after that as all user groups and special users are not created properly (I guess), network is not configured and random (from my opinion) configuration files are not created. I have tried to restart installation by various ways suggested on SDB, but none of these worked for me. I have tried Manual, Safe Settings, text mode installations with all sorts of additional parameters like noapi (disableapi), ide=nodma, apm=off, aspi=off, nosmp and various vga modes. I can run hwinfo no problem and I have set up ISA modem (hopefully) correctly after the initial boot (prior to the crash). Yast can detect network card and sort of set up modem (not properly because there are some config files missing) in an independent run after the installation failed. Would anybody know how to fix Yast in order to fix this or perhaps how to complete the installation after the crash? The error message: /sbin/yast: line 166: 1404 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" ncurses Can anybody help please? Thanks, Tomas PS: And a bit of hwinfo: ============ start debug info ============ libhd version 6.19 (ia32) kernel version is 2.4 ----- /proc/cmdline ----- splash=silent root=/dev/hda3 ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off disableapic vga=0x0317 splash=silent ----- /proc/cmdline end ----- debug = 0xff7ffff7 probe = 0x003ee3effffedfffe6 (+memory +pci -pci.range -pci.ext +isapnp +cdrom +cdrom.info +net +floppy +misc +misc.serial +misc.par +misc.floppy +serial +cpu +bios +monitor +mouse +ide +scsi -scsi.geo +scsi.cache +usb -usb.mods +adb +modem +modem.usb +parallel +parallel.lp +parallel.zip +isa +isa.isdn +dac960 +smart +isdn +kbd +prom +sbus +int +braille +braille.alva +braille.fhp +braille.ht -ignx11 +sys +dasd +i2o +cciss +bios.vbe -isapnp.old -isapnp.new -isapnp.mod +braille.baum +manual +fb -bios.vbe2 +veth +partition +disk +ataraid +pppoe -scan -max -lxrc) >> floppy.1: get nvram ----- /proc/nvram ----- Checksum status: valid # floppies : 1 Floppy 0 type : 3.5'' 1.44M Floppy 1 type : none HD 0 type : 2e HD 1 type : 2e HD type 48 data: 65296/255/52 C/H/S, precomp 4185, lz 4159 HD type 49 data: 21821/170/147 C/H/S, precomp 43605, lz 1877 DOS base memory: 640 kB Extended memory: 65472 kB (configured), 65472 kB (tested) Gfx adapter : EGA, VGA, ... (with BIOS) FPU : installed ----- /proc/nvram end ----- >> floppy.2: nvram info >> bios.1: cmdline >> bios.1.1: apm >> bios.2: ram bios: 2 disks bios: EBDA 0x00400 bytes at 0x9fc00 >> bios.2: rom >> bios.3: smp ----- BIOS data 0x00400 - 0x004ff ----- . ----- EBDA end ----- >> bios.4: vbe >> bios.4.1: vbe info >> bios.4.2: mode info version = 2.0, oem version = 1.0 memory = 4096k oem name [0x07f00] = "ATI MACH64" vendor name [0x07f0b] = "ATI Technologies Inc." product name [0x07f21] = "MACH64GT" product revision [0x07f2a] = "01.00" ----- kernel log ----- <4>Linux version 2.4.20-4GB (root(a)Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)) #1 Mon Mar 17 17:54:44 UTC 2003 <6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map: <4> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) <4> BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) <4> BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) <4> BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000b000000 (usable) <4> BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) <4>Scanning bios EBDA for MXT signature <5>0MB HIGHMEM available. <5>176MB LOWMEM available. <7>ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000 <4>On node 0 totalpages: 45056 <4>zone(0): 4096 pages. <4>zone(1): 40960 pages. <4>zone(2): 0 pages. <4>Building zonelist for node : 0 <4>Kernel command line: splash=silent root=/dev/hda3 ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off disableapic vga=0x0317 splash=silent <6>bootsplash: silent mode. <6>ide_setup: ide=nodma : Prevented DMA <6>bootsplash: silent mode. <6>Initializing CPU#0 <4>Detected 200.456 MHz processor. <4>Console: colour dummy device 80x25 <4>Calibrating delay loop... 399.76 BogoMIPS <6>Memory: 174416k/180224k available (1569k kernel code, 5420k reserved, 574k data, 160k init, 0k highmem) <6>Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) <6>Inode cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) <6>Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) <4>Buffer-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) <4>Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) <5>Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled. <7>CPU: After generic, caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 <7>CPU: Common caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 <4>CPU: Intel Pentium MMX stepping 04 <6>Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. <4>POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX <4>mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch(a)atnf.csiro.au) <4>mtrr: detected mtrr type: none <6>ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030228 <6>ACPI: Disabled via command line (acpi=off) <6>PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb460, last bus=0 <6>PCI: Using configuration type 1 <6>PCI: Probing PCI hardware <4>PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries <4>PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) <6>Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. <6>Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds. <6>Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 . . <6>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled <6>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A <6>ttyS03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A <6>Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e <6>Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M <6>FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 <4>RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 64000K size 1024 blocksize <6>loop: loaded (max 16 devices) <6>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta-2.4 <6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx <6>PIIX3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1 <6>PIIX3: chipset revision 0 <6>PIIX3: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later <6> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio <6> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio <4>hda: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive <4>hdb: SAMSUNG WINNER-3 WN32163A (2.1GB), ATA DISK drive <4>hdc: BCD 16X CD-ROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 <4>hda: attached ide-disk driver. . . <6>Partition check: <6> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 <6> hdb: hdb1 hdb2 <4>ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide <6>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 <3>kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 <6>md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 . . <5>Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed <5>Unmounting old root . <6>00:0b.0: 3Com PCI 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0x6300. Vers LK1.1.16 . <6>isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... <6>isapnp: Card 'U.S. Robotics 56K Voice INT' <6>isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total . <4>ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide <4>hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver. <4>hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache <6>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 <6>cdrom: open failed. <4>i8253 count too high! resetting.. <4>i8253 count too high! resetting.. <6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] <6>lp0: using parport0 (polling). <6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] <6>parport0: irq 7 detected <4>imm: Version 2.05 (for Linux 2.4.0) <4>ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) <4>WARNING - no ppa compatible devices found. <4> As of 31/Aug/1998 Iomega started shipping parallel <4> port ZIP drives with a different interface which is <4> supported by the imm (ZIP Plus) driver. If the <4> cable is marked with "AutoDetect", this is what has <4> happened. <6>lp0: using parport0 (polling). <6>cdrom: open failed. <4>i8253 count too high! resetting.. ----- kernel log end ----- The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications(a)s3group.com. Thank You.

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No eth0
by David 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Please help; When Logging on I get the msg that eth0 failed in 8.0. I do not no what is wrong as the ethernet card works fine on another SuSE running 8.2 and duel booted to windows. David

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grub and windows 2000
by Dave Howorth 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I have a machine with w2000 on a PATA disk and SuSE on a SATA disk. I set SuSE up by configuring the BIOS to show the SATA disk as the first drive in 'legacy' mode. I now want to set it up so I can multiple boot. FWIW, it's an Intel D875PBZ m/b and there's no floppy. I can boot w2000 and also knoppix which is on the same disk using the w2000 loader. I've now set the BIOS to 'enhanced' mode so that all the drives show under knoppix as: hda - PATA 1 pri - w2000 on first partition, knoppix on 3rd hdb - PATA 1 sec - no device hdc - PATA 2 pri - DVD drive hdd - PATA 2 sec - no device hde - SATA 1 - suse 8.2 + Mantel kernel on 3rd partition hdf - ? hdg - SATA 2 - presently unused hdh - ? I'm now trying to configure grub to be chain-loaded by the w2000 loader to boot SuSE, but it's the first time I've used grub and my brain is frying. So far I copied grub ?stage1? from the suse partition, put it in the w2000 root directory and put a line in boot.ini that calls it. When I choose it at boot time, grub starts but doesn't get anywhere. This doesn't surprise me because it has no idea of which disk to look at. So the questions I think I should ask are: - how do I tell grub where to discover it's menu.lst file? Can it find it from the SuSE disk or do I put it somewhere on the w2000 disk? - what is grub's name for the disk/partition? Is it just (hd4,2)? But perhaps there's a better/right way to configure it. Thanks, Dave

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Aztech (UM9800-U) USB modem
by Robin Hood 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi - sorry to bother you. I am a Linux Newbie running SuSE 8.1 (i386) kernel 2.4.16-4G I have a USB modem manufactured by Aztech (UM9800-U) which I would like to get working. I have looked at www.suse.com and apparently this modem is supported under SuSE 8.2 but not SuSE 8.1 I have access to the internet through my windows partition. So I can download .rpm's or kernel patches or whatever onto my windows partition then mount it under linux and copy it over to LInux and do whatever has to be done.... but I don't really know what I should be downloading. I don't really need a full upgrade, just enough of an upgrade to get my modem working. Is there an .rpm package I should download? or a kernel patch? If I just download the newest kernel, compile it and make it and configure it and link it and god knows whatever else then reboot (as described in the kernel HOW TO), would that seriously break anything?

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AGP Gart
by Rohit 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all, What is AGP Gart setting? And is it relevant if I have a graphics card which is not planted on an AG port? But is integrated instead. Googling meanwhile, but enlightened comments are always more than welcome. -- Rohit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +9122 5692 2108 G9,Floor-1,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599(a)bplmobile.com The note below, if any, is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recipients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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netware volume
by Leen de Braal 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hello list, I am having big troubles with a netware volume on a mirrored drive. One of the drives in the mirror is dead, and I cannot reach the data on the SYS volume on the other drive. Netware itself seems to be severely damaged too, SYS volume cannot be mounted. I was wondering if there is a possibility to hang the drive in a linux machine, and mount the volume under linux, in that way being able to read the drive and copy the data? Is it possible to mount and read netware disks? TIA L1

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NVIDIA framerate
by Rohit 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all, Different problem, hence different thread. I have my setup as follows. CPU - Athlon-xp 2400 2 GHz RAM - 256 MB DDR SDRAM Mobo - Asus A7N266 Mobo [without lan card!] Chipset - Nvidia nForce VGA Card - Nvidia GeForce2 Integrated GPU Running X at 16 bpp and at 1024x768 with my 15" Samsung Samtron 55E monitor. In the best of my days with nvidia.o enabled, I am able to get a maximum framerate of 1100 or so FPS with "gears". Can a gentleman tell me if this is the best I should get. -- Rohit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +9122 5692 2108 G9,Floor-1,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599(a)bplmobile.com The note below, if any, is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recipients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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kernel APM support
by Tom Allison 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I'm just trying to confirm a few things for SuSE 8.2 It does not support APM in the kernel as shipped. It does not provide a module to load and get said support. In order to get APM support (old notebook) I will have to create my own kernel. What's the recommended way of doing this so that you don't get your customized kernel overwritten by the next SUSE update (or something else automated)? -- If God is One, what is bad? -- Charles Manson

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Alsa driver won't make install
by John Willby 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi all I prepared the kernel and am now trying to install the alsa driver however I get this at make install: make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6/pcmcia' /sbin/depmod -a 2.4.20-4GB -F /lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/build/System.map depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/kernel/drivers/media/radio/miropcm20.o if [ -L /usr/include/sound ]; then \ rm -f /usr/include/sound; \ ln -sf /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6/include/sound /usr/include/sound; \ else \ rm -rf /usr/include/sound; \ install -d -m 755 -g root -o root /usr/include/sound; \ for f in include/sound/*.h; do \ install -m 644 -g root -o root $f /usr/include/sound; \ done \ fi install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' install: invalid group `root' <snip> install: invalid group `root' make: *** [install-headers] Error 1 Anybody got any ideas what this means and how I sort it out? If I was to stab in the dark I would say its a problem with a media/radio module in the kernel config. Cheers -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: vicarofwibley(a)jabber.org YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 7:30am up 11:48, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.17, 0.08

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RE: [SLE] HCF Modem Problem
by Mohammad Fattahian 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Yes I did but it doesn't work yet. Mohammad Fattahian Eedé Business Solution -----Original Message----- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:Joe_Morris@ntm.org] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 2:03 PM To: Mohammad Fattahian Subject: Re: [SLE] HCF Modem Problem On 09/14/2003 01:47 PM, Mohammad Fattahian wrote: >Thanks for your reply > >Yast2 > Hardware info > PCI section finds HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice modem >but > >Both of minicom and wvdial tells "cannot open /dev/ttySHCF0: No such >device" > > Did you change the group to uucp. Also, remove the world rw, i.e "chmod 660 /dev/ttySHCF0". That just might be your problem. Did you also run ldconfig and SuSEconfig after install? After all rpm package install on a SuSE system, those 2 commands are a good idea. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.

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upgrading aaa_base and k_deflt ...
by Thinker 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Synaptic is showing me an update for aaa_base (from 2003.3.18-2 to 2003.8.16-0). When I tell it to update I get the message that this will require the removal of k_deflt. When I look at the description for k_deflt it says (Installed verson 2.4.20-62 Available version 2.4.20-100 Description... the standard kernel. Seems pretty scary to me. I suppose the question is.. is this something I should mess with? Should I upgrade k_deflt before attempting to upgrade aaa_base? Is there a special procedure for this? Thanks in advance, -=Thinker

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Help with Fonts!
by Daniel Joyce 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

I upgraded ( Well, backed up my stuff, including fonts, blew it all away, then installed 8.2, and dumped the fonts in ). The fonts are all type1 from www.apostrophiclabs.com. Very cool and nice fonts. Under 8.0, in staroffice, they all worked. I could even get them in SodiPodi. Now, it is a ROYAL mess. I can see them, I can use them in some programs. But whereas in 8.0, using Staroffice 6, I could use all my fonts, under 8.2, Staroffice seems to think that some fonts are now ugly white-boxes. The drop down list shows no more previews for these fonts, and when you type, you get the little annoying boxes. It sounds like an encoding problem, but I am at my wits end! -Daniel -- The Meek shall inherit the Earth, for the Brave are among the Stars!

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mouse wheel
by landy 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

change video cards and wheel stoped working however config file looks ok from etc/X11/XF86config Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "Name" "Autodetection" Option "Option" "AutoSoft" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" EndSection

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quick help newbie root permissions
by mark bannister 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Somehow I have made my root directory read only -- I think that is what I did. When I reboot I get all kinds of error messages saying root is readonly. What's the best way to fix this? Mark Bannister

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Kernel configuration
by John Willby 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi I need to check out and possibly even change some of the modules in the kernel on my 8.2 box (no sound output). I have done this on other machines running Gentoo but I realise that SuSE is nothing like Gentoo. On Gentoo to do this I would: cd /usr/src/linux cp .config ~/ make mrproper cp ~/.config . make menuconfig make dep clean make modules modules_install Is any of this relevent not relevent on SuSE? and what other things might I need to do that are specialist to SuSE? Cheers -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: vicarofwibley(a)jabber.org YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 9:07am up 1 day 0:45, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00

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ATI drivers and gatos files
by Richard 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I almost hate to ask this, opening myself up to some explanations that I may well not understand: I currently have an ATI 8500 which is running. 3Ddiag seems to give ok results, no errors, but at least the 3D games I have tried report no 3D support (AlephOne, Racer). Others from Loki will install but not run in any usable way: QuakeIII, HeroesIII, Heavy Gear II,Soldier of Fortune, Descent3, Heretic II. Sheepishly, I have to admit I am not a major gamer, but bought these to support the Linux and game community. Big heart. I also installed the ATI driver files from the Gatos video site in order to get xawtv and similar programs working. They do now. Will there be a conflict with the new ATI drivers? Should I uninstall the Gatos files and if so, will xawtv and such still run? I noticed in the long ATI readme file something about xv not working with the ATI drivers. I am not clear whether this is the program that xawtv runs from or is just an adjunct program in the Gatos file group. Thanks for any simplified advice. Richard

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Menu editor flaw.
by Fred A. Miller 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I can't make any permanant changes in meny editor. Anyone know how to fix it? Thanks, Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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RE: Can't kdm login as a user
by Sid Boyce 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I found the problem. barrabas:~ # less /home/lancelot/.xsession-errors /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 184: xmodmap: command not found /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 186: xrdb: command not found /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession: line 187: xrdb: command not found Error: Unable to find a window manager. Please make sure you installed one! Exiting... /home/lancelot/.xinitrc: line 53: xmessage: command not found /home/lancelot/.xinitrc: line 1: exec: xterm: not found ls -ld /usr/X11R6 and /usr/X11R6/bin both had permissions -drx------. Somehow they got scrambled when I updated XFree86. Regards Sid.

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Re: [SLE] New nVidia driver.
by Fred A. Miller 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

On Sunday September 14 2003 7:23 am, you wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: [snip] > Just to be on the safe side, I downloaded the file a short while ago > and compared it byte-for-byte with the one I downloaded on 14/9 when > 4496 was released - and the files are identical. > > However, and I don't know if this is what you are talking about, wen > 4496 was released there WAS a small problem in it and it was > fixed/recompiled "within hours" and the new file was placed in their > download are with "...4496-pkg2.run" in its name. And it is this pkg2 > that I am having troubles with (and others). Wonderfull. Maybe they fixed one problem and introduced another. I couldn't even get the puppy to install before, but it runs fine now. Sorry you're having problems. Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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nVidia driver #4496 - reason for problems found?
by Basil Chupin 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Let me start by saying that I realy don't have a clue what I am talking about, but let me say it anyway. I am having problems with the latest driver 4496 - and some other people as well, but not all. I suspect that those not having a problem are *not* using the Athlon-built kernel; or they are not using the very latest patched Athlon kernel *-20-100 but probably *-20-98 or earlier. If one looks inside the nVidia's 4496 driver-file one will see a list of distros for which it has been precompiled and for SuSE 8.2 it states that it has precompiled interface for the Athlon kernel which has been updated to *-20-98, but NOT *-20-100 which is the latest patched one from SuSE. When one looks inside the earlier (and the first *.run) 4363 driver, there are no such statements - and by happy coincidence it works perfectly with the lastest patched (#100) Athlon kernel. OK, now you can tell me where I have off the rails in my deductions :-). Cheers. -- Indecision is the key to flexibility.

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Music downloads & File Sharing
by lee 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

for you guys that actually do this, does security not keep you awake at night? If not, how do you "CYA" in say, SUSE Firewall 2..the default in my 8.0 I'm about to install some program, don't know which yet, that will allow a 13 y o to do this, but man..opening up his box gives me the bigtime willies..lol.. Hava great week :-) Lee

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Buffer Overflow in MySQL (PASSWORD)
by Radu Voicu 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5MP0C0AB5Q.html Watch your MySQL servers!!!

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A Puzzling Problem
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

that I use on a regular basis for my research. It involves compiling the current version of the Tinker Molecular Mechanics set of programs and the gui for the applications. The system is the SuSE v 8.1 lixux distribution and using the Intel FORTRAN and C compilers (they give executables with better performance that the GNU FORTRAN and C compilers). My normal practice is to compile new software in /usr/src and then copy it to a working directory once the bugs have been fixed and the program is executing properly. I do this as root on a stand-alone platform and the relog on as a user to use the sortware. Now for the problem. I thought that I would compile the newest version of Tinker in the working directory, rather than root, as this version is 4.1 and the compilation procedures have been well worked out by the author of the program. Everything went well, without even any warning errors, until I went to execute the gui. Oh yes, the gui is written in java and I have the proper java applications installed on my system and working properly. So when I attempt to run the java application I get: abnormal:/usr/local/lib/CompChem/tinker # csh CompChem/tinker# source tinker.csh CompChem/tinker# ffe Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:127) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:65) CompChem/tinker# Which means that java isn't executing. At this point, I said to myself 'Ah Ha! I go back to the old protocol' and compile the software in /usr/scr and then move it to the working directory. Same result. However, if I run the gui in /usr/src it works flawlessly (same compiled software that doesn't work in the working directory.) I am perplexed, and would appreciate any insights that anyone may have. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://web.jadeinc.com/FoundationChem

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SuSE NIX + MD5
by Tom Allison 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

For SuSE Can I use MD5 passwords and get NIS Support? LDAP Authentication Support? -- FORTH IF HONK THEN

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KPilot and SuSE 8.2
by Greg Engel 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I have very poor luck with this program. I am syncing a Clie via USB. Every so often I can get it to sync, but 90% of the time I only get that the device is linked in the log and then nothing happens after that and the hotsync icon in the KDE tray is frozen. Has anyone tried KitchenSync? Is it any more reliable? Greg Engel

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motherboards going to germany
by Joe Dufresne 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've just suffered a DOS attack (3,000,000 junk messages all from the same location), and am finally catching up after the cleanup. a list member had sent me off list asking about some motherboards I have, but i ~ lost the e-mail. if he's send again, i'll see if i can help him Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Miverna ~ 10:53am up 46 days 14:02, 1 user, load average: 2.90, 2.77, 2.40 ~ the VAX's C-compiler Improve its object code. And even as we speak does it Increase the system load. How patiently it seems to run And spit out error flags, While users, with frustration, all Tear all their clothes to rags. nqs(a)tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ZKvyoS1S7SxfpzwRAhvFAJ9DleIivk7vjKc6eI5GLd/phrDvDQCfWXIt 6ieKupkr7d149zpn86IEZxA= =O8YD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: journaling
by fsanta 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

On Sunday 14 September 2003 14:46, you wrote: > fsanta wrote: > >Hi > >I was reading your FAQ but didn't understand this: > > > >'Full data journaling is considered by many to be a good > > way to achieve file data integrity across system > > crashes.' > > > >Does this mean that I don't lose my files when the > > system crashes or does 'file data integrity' have a > > deeper meaning? I'm considering going Reiser for our > > lan which is currently ext3 with SuSE 8.2 > > > >Thanks. Steve. > > metadata journaling ensures that you don't need to run > fsck after a crash. data journaling ensures that even if > there is a crash during a write, all of the data pointed > to is data that was written to the file. data journaling > offers performance advantages in v3 for workloads with > lots of fsyncs, and performance disadvantages for other > workloads. > > V4 performs fully atomic writes, that is, a write either > occurs in its entirety, or it does not. data journaling > (for any fs) does not guarantee this. v4 does this > without significant performance cost due to its > architecture (actually v4 is much higher performance than > v3). v4 however is beta code. Hi Hans and thanks for your time. We are a small international school with a 21 node Linux only network via NIS under SuSE 8.2. Our server, a PIV with 1024 RAM and ide disk seems to be more and more crippled the as /home grows. We use KDE on all clients and the server disk is around 90% full most of the time. Would Reiser help with this? Or do you think our hardware is inadequate for the task. Thanks, Steve.

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K3b not working
by John Willby 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi all Can't get K3b to work. Won't let me add my cdrecorder in setup. When I send it to /dev/cdrecorder it just complains that it can't find an additional device there. Any ideas people? -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: vicarofwibley(a)jabber.org YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 10:37am up 14:28, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.28, 0.19

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Ymessenger.
by Erik Jakobsen 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi. I have had Ymessenger up running here, but uninstalled it again. Now I want to install it again, but it claims, that it wanted a file. lajka:/usr/lib # rpm -i /home/erik/ymessenger-0.99.19-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: libcrypto.so.0 is needed by ymessenger-0.99.19-1 lajka:/usr/lib # ls -al libcrypto.so.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jun 26 10:30 libcrypto.so.0 -> libcrypto.so.0.9.6 There is the following symlink, that Yhaoo tells to make to get Ymessenger up running: lajka:/usr/lib # ls -al libcrypto.so.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Sep 11 13:41 libcrypto.so.2 -> /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6 Where can the culprit be found ?. -- 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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Re: [SLE] SVGALIB RPM for SuSE 8.2
by George Reynolds 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hehehe. I am trying to get advancemenu to work. thanks George On Sunday 14 September 2003 13:35, you wrote: > > I have been told it exists...where do you get it from? > > It's not on the ftp server :-( > > Amazing how you beat me to this by just a few minutes. :) I was just about > to post the same question. > > Regards, > > Pieter Hulshoff -- 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: [SLE] Black screen after NVidia update - 2nd posting
by Jan Elders 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

On Sunday 14 September 2003 02:30, you wrote: > You ought to check out the nvidia forums. > Many many people have the same problem as you (if that is any > consellation). It took me ages to get my xf86config file to work. The one > generated by Sax2 just *doesn't* work. If you had a laptop, maybe I could > help you, Well, I do have these problems on a laptop ! > but as you have a different video card, I can't, sorry. Too bad (for me). > Try: > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 > > Is the link to the linux/nvidia forum I'll take a look there (although I'm getting tired of this after 9 contiguous days of struggling; I'd like to do something more satisfying with my Linux). -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands

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weird log message.
by Ben Rosenberg 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Does anyone know what this is...I've never seen it before. But today I've seen it quite a few times (between the port 135 denials ;). Is it something to worry about? or Is it something from the -100 build of the .20 kernel that's new? hmm. Thanks for any insight. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

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Where is httpd.conf in Suse 8.2?
by Bombadil 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi, Where can I find the httpd.conf file in Suse 8.2? I've looked for it with whereis command but it only found /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.rpmsave. I've installed Apache 2. Thanks.

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Why in the consola appear bash-2.05$
by Juan Ponce R 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I open the console in kde3.... the normal was linux:/home/juan # but now appear bash-2.05$ and the ls command not show directories and files in color.... why?? this only happen with users, root works fine. if i execute (with the console) the command: export "PS1=\H:\w #" appear OK (linux:/~) and the ls --color show this colors the dir and files.. i put i the file: .~/bashrc the command: PS1="\H:\w # " export PS1 alias ls="ls --color" but not work.... help me please... =(

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HCF Modem Problem
by Mohammad Fattahian 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi list I have a PCI modem (Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp (w/Handset) Modem (rev 01)) with Vendor ID: 127A and Device ID:1025 Ive checked this by lspci command, and downloaded its RPM driver this is end of my installation log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Your HCF modem should now be accessible as /dev/ttySHCF0 or through the symbolic link /dev/modem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- Now when I try to echo ATZ > /dev/modem or try to run wvdial it generates an error: Cannot open /dev/ttySHCF0: No such device Any idea? Mohammad Fattahian Eedé Business Solution

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apt-get install hell
by Mike 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

I finally got apt-get to run and proceded to do an upgrade. It said there was a confilct with an earlier version of tcl so I removed it and reran. It seemed to work OK. Now there is a new uglier version of kmail, and an even uglkier version of kvirc, and knode is still not the way I want it. I tried using yast to clean these up but it it gives an error. How can I revert to a previous version. How can I get the header view, group view and article view all together in knode? At the moment the header and article appear together and the group view and tool bar appear in another window. Just noticed that spell check, and gpg plugins got lost during the upgrade too.

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RE: [SLE] HCF Modem Problem
by Mohammad Fattahian 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Thanks for your reply Yast2 > Hardware info > PCI section finds HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice modem but Both of minicom and wvdial tells "cannot open /dev/ttySHCF0: No such device" This isoutput of lsmod: Module Size Used by Tainted: P lp 5600 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 25448 1 parport 22656 1 [lp parport_pc] acm 5248 0 (autoclean) (unused) ircomm-tty 19072 0 (autoclean) ircomm 7100 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty] irda 86796 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty ircomm] af_packet 12936 0 (autoclean) nvram 3976 0 (autoclean) ipv6 156928 -1 (autoclean) isa-pnp 27656 0 (unused) joydev 5792 0 (unused) evdev 4000 0 (unused) input 3168 0 [joydev evdev] st 26452 0 (autoclean) (unused) sg 24356 0 (autoclean) usb-ohci 19552 0 (unused) usbcore 57184 1 [acm usb-ohci] e100 70520 2 ipt_REDIRECT 736 3 (autoclean) ipt_REJECT 2752 6 (autoclean) ipt_limit 1056 2 (autoclean) ipt_state 608 56 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3200 18 (autoclean) iptable_nat 13620 1 (autoclean) [ipt_REDIRECT] ip_conntrack 14220 2 (autoclean) [ipt_REDIRECT ipt_state iptable_nat] iptable_filter 1728 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 10720 9 [ipt_REDIRECT ipt_REJECT ipt_limit ipt_state ipt_LOG iptable_nat iptable_filter] ext3 62400 4 (autoclean) jbd 44692 4 (autoclean) [ext3] lvm-mod 58944 14 (autoclean) raid5 17280 1 (autoclean) xor 8660 0 (autoclean) [raid5] reiserfs 160576 4 sym53c8xx 61848 8 Mohammad Fattahian Eedé Business Solution -----Original Message----- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:Joe_Morris@ntm.org] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:18 PM To: Mohammad Fattahian Subject: Re: [SLE] HCF Modem Problem On 09/13/2003 08:06 PM, Mohammad Fattahian wrote: >Ls -l /dev/modem : >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 13 15:14 /dev/modem -> >/dev/ttySHCF0 > > >ls -v /dev/ttyHSCF* >crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 241, 64 Sep 13 15:14 /dev/ttySHCF0 > >On 09/13/2003 07:12 PM, Mohammad Fattahian wrote: > > >>Now when I try to echo ATZ > /dev/modem or try to run wvdial it >>generates an error: >> >>Cannot open /dev/ttySHCF0: No such device >> >>Any idea? >> >send the output of ls -l /dev/modem and ls -l /dev/ttySHCF* > > OK, you definitely DO have the device. Did you try Yast now to see if it can see the modem, or maybe use minicom to test it out, or wvdial. What is the output of lsmod, to see if it is loading a kernel module? -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.

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Wireless Netgear MA401RA
by arawak＠blueyonder.co.uk 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Here's my problem trying to get the card to work in IBM TP600e I can see that the card light is on permanently... But even after a check of the config files the route command shows as blank . Anyone can help if they have a similar working configuration & tell me how they did it ? Tia Dre please see logs & files dmesg output.cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean. init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Loaded init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0180-0x01bf ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7 ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.6 MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4 STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9 PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000 linkstatus=CONNECTED prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Unloaded unloading Kernel Card Services Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:02.0 PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:02.1 Yenta IRQ list 0498, PCI irq11 Socket status: 30000006 Yenta IRQ list 0498, PCI irq11 Socket status: 30000010 cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0820-0x08ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean. init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Loaded init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0180-0x01bf ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7 ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.6 MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4 STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9 PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000 linkstatus=CONNECTED hfa384x_docmd_wait: hfa384x_cmd timeout(1), reg=0xffff. prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Unloaded init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Loaded init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0180-0x01bf ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7 ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.6 MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4 STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9 PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000 linkstatus=CONNECTED -------------------------- ifcfg-etc-pcmcia BOOTPROTO='static' DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK='yes' MTU='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='hotplug' UNIQUE='' WIRELESS='yes' WIRELESS_ESSID='xxxxxxxx' WIRELESS_KEY='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='' WIRELESS_NWID='' BROADCAST='192.168.0.255' IPADDR='192.168.0.2' NETMASK='255.255.255.0' NETWORK='192.168.0.0' ------------------- routes 192.168.0.0 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 eth-pcmcia default 192.168.0.1 - -

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Boot/install from 2nd HDD
by Ceruti, Gerard G 14 Sep '03

14 Sep '03

Hi Folks Perhaps someone has a simple solution to my problem, I have a new T40 and 2 HDD's, one attached as normal the other fit's in the UltraBay (but to do that you have to remove the CD , so I replace the 1st and install Linux , all cool boots OK, I then replace the HDD and try to Boot off the Linux HDD that is now in the Ultrabay , I get a kernel panic because Linux cannot find any of the files on this drive as it's been called HDC , it's looking for the files to be on HDA which of course has the MS stuff on it. Is it possible to change the Boot so that it is happy been on HDC ?, if not and a reinstall is required how do I do a network install ???. Regards Gerard Ceruti __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For information about the Standard Bank group visit our web site <www.standardbank.co.za> __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relating to the official business of Standard Bank Group Limited is proprietary to the group. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Standard Bank does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of the group. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Standard Bank can not assure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Can't kdm login as user
by Sid Boyce 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I've just upgraded the XFree86-server for the security problem and from the kdm login screen, I can't login as a user, but root is OK with either KDE or GNOME. I moved the user directory and copied the original in from a backup copy -- no good. Used YaST2 to create a new user -- still no good. I can successfully login from a terminal via "xterm -e login lancelot". From /var/log/messages when I am up as root, START NEW SESSION and try logging in on the session as user on either KDE or GNOME. The screen goes blank and throws me back into the root session. Sep 13 22:48:31 barrabas kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000 Sep 13 22:50:36 barrabas kdm[2462]: pam_unix2: session started for user gaffer, service xdm Sep 13 22:50:37 barrabas resmgr[1418]: accepted connection from user root Sep 13 22:50:37 barrabas resmgr[1418]: disconnect from root Sep 13 22:50:37 barrabas kdm[2462]: pam_unix2: session finished for user gaffer, service xdm Sep 13 22:50:37 barrabas resmgr[1418]: accepted connection from user root Sep 13 22:50:37 barrabas resmgr[1418]: disconnect from root Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas kdm[2524]: pam_unix2: session started for user lancelot, service xdm Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas resmgr[1418]: accepted connection from user root Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas resmgr[1418]: disconnect from root Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas kdm[2524]: pam_unix2: session finished for user lancelot, service xdm Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas resmgr[1418]: accepted connection from user root Sep 13 22:50:50 barrabas resmgr[1418]: disconnect from root Sep 13 22:51:10 barrabas kdm[2584]: pam_unix2: session started for user root, service xdm Sep 13 22:51:10 barrabas resmgr[1418]: accepted connection from user root Sep 13 22:51:10 barrabas resmgr[1418]: disconnect from root kdm.log:Caught signal 11. Server aborting (when I try user login). I would suspect bad memory with sig 11's, but kernel compiles etc. work fine. Any ideas appreciated. Regards Sid.

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NTP time servers
by Joe Morris (NTM) 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I am discovering that I can't find an available stratum 2 time server, after trying all the closest ntp servers physically near (and some not close but open access). This has been happening for maybe 2 weeks or so. Has something changed, or is this related to all the worms/viruses running around wasting bandwidth? "ntpdate -b <time server>" used to work. I just looked through the update messages and noticed there may have been an xntp update a couple of weeks ago (message date is Aug 28). Could the update have broken ntp? I doubt this as I have Windows clients that can no longer sync as well. Strange... Any ideas? Is it working for anyone now? -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.

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SuSEfirewall2 logging
by David Krider 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

How do I _NOT_ log the SuSE-FW-ACCEPT packets? And, while I'm at it, what's the point of doing that in the first place? Thanks, dk

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Problem with gnome-settings-daemon
by Ronny Schöniger 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi, i've got a problem with gnome-settings-daemon. I'd like to change the font-size of gkt2-apps. I'm using KDE 3.1.1. After i started gnome-settings-daemon the background of my KDE-Desktop was set to the gnome-setting. Does somebody knows how i can start gnome-settings-daemon so that it only changes the font settings. mfg

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Leafnode and Suse 8.2
by Glenn Pedersen 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I have only just upgraded to 8.2 in the last week or so and am still in the process of setting everything up as I had in 8.0. I am trying to get leafnode setup for newsgroups but have come up against a problem that I hope someone can help me with. Apparently I need a fully-qualified domain name or FQDN where as before with 8.0 I didnt. Can someone please explain to me what this is and how I make and set up one. I have read the Readme-FQDN but i can't really make much sense out of it :) Cheers, Glenn

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Linux & Music Downloads
by lee 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

No doubt way to generic a question, but what is the hot setup these days in regards to downloading music, I don't mind paying a little..I had in mind a membership of sorts as a birthday gift for my 13 y o son, further, are mp3's worth a darn ? better than burning them to a cd ?are they the way to go, as long as ya have a portable player? thank you all very much for your time, I don't feel like I contribute my fair share to this list..the vast majority of what I see here everyday is over my head, but trying to change that a little everyday.. I'm on 8.0 if it helps.. Lee

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3ware 3DM - Buggy rc script
by Andrei Verovski 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi, Hi. I have SuSE Linux 8.2 and Escalade 7545. There is a problem installing and running 3dm utility v7.6.3. Running install.3dm results following errors: 1) This error msg always displayed no matter of dir I am enetering: Please enter the location of the help documentation. [/usr/local/doc/3dm] /usr/share/doc/packages/3dm Bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? 2) 3ware rc script is buggy. Trying to start it throws this: Starting 3dmd using configuration found in /etc/3dmd.conf **** /etc/init.d/3dm: line 7: /etc/rc.config: No such file or directory Anyone have solved these problems? Thanks in advance. Andrei. ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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Re: [SLE] 3ware 3DM - Buggy rc script
by Frederic Gautier 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

At 13/09/03 18:17, you wrote: >Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) <andreil1(a)mail.starlett.lv> > >>2) 3ware rc script is buggy. Trying to start it throws this: >>Starting 3dmd using configuration found in /etc/3dmd.conf **** >>/etc/init.d/3dm: line 7: /etc/rc.config: No such file or directory > >rc.config doesn't exist in 8.2. It was replaced by the files in >/etc/sysconfig. Seems that 3ware hasn't adapted their stuff :( >If you'd send me the script, I could give it a try to adapt it. Just put an # in front of the . rc.config line in /etc/3dmd.conf and the script works. Fred

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Remote Booting using SuSE AMD64 Enterprise Server 8
by Manu Bhardwaj 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi This is a PXELinux problem that I'm facing. The problem, in brief, is that I have a set of diskless nodes (AMD Athlon XP 1800+ with 256MB RAM) connected via an internal 172.20.0.0/24 network to a dual AMD Opteron running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64. (This question is more relevant to this mailing list than suse-amd64.) I want the remote machines to diskless boot off the main server and run independently. The diskless machines have a PXE-compliant BIOS for booting off the network. Details of absolutely everything I did has been written down at the end of this email. I will briefly summarize what I did here, and ask the questions here. For further details, please read the rest of this email and/or ask me specific questions. Summary: I got the right linux kernel, I set up DHCP and the right TFTP (without blksize enabled) and NFSD on the server. I switched on the remote diskless machine, and everytime I switch it on, I get the same RPC error which has something to do with being unable to mount NFS as root. I have even tried using an intermediate ramdisk, but it hasn't worked (possibly because my ramdisk wasn't ideal). My questions thus are: - What specifically does one do to remote-mount a root partition over NFS while using such a setup? - Would I even require a ramdisk in such a case, or is there a way to get the remote machines working after bypassing the ramdisk? - I do not have much experience with creating ramdisks. If one is required, what does it need to contain to work properly? - Will an option of using a floppy to mount a very basic root partition, followed by an NFS mount of root and a 'chroot' command, be an effective solution? Or will it be too slow/a stopgap approach? ANY suggestions will help. Thanks in advance, Manu -- Manu Bhardwaj <http://manubhardwaj.net> <PGP: 0x7EF46A88> -- Details: I have searched the web and spent some days trying to get the system up and running. (Server address = 172.20.0.1, netmask 255.255.255.0). The server has been different at different points of time (sometimes TurboLinux for the AMD64, sometimes Debian Woody 32bit, and now SuSE for the AMD64. The errors are ALWAYS THE SAME.) These are the steps I followed: - Get ISC's DHCPD up and running off the server. It broadcasts addresses in the range 172.20.0.11 to 172.20.0.19. The relevant entries in /etc/dhcpd.conf for the subnet are: range 172.20.0.11 172.20.0.13; filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0"; #root-path "/"; - The diskless nodes, on startup, immediately obtain an address from the range. Typically, the first machine ALWAYS chooses the address 172.20.0.13. It also shows the correct netmask 255.255.255.0. - TFTP then starts up on the client machine. (I use the inetd tftpd standalone server with the command line # in.tftpd -l -s /tftpboot -v -r blksize ) - TFTP downloads the 11kb pxelinux.0 kernel, and then reads the file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default (which is the only file in that directory). The contents of this file are: DEFAULT vmlinuz_32bit_remote root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=172.20.0.1:/ ip=dhcp #ipappend 1 The kernel vmlinuz_32bit_remote is a linux 2.4.18 kernel compiled on an Athlon XP machine. It has IP: kernel level autoconfiguration (DHCP, BOOTP, RARP) enabled; it also has NFS server and NFS as root options enabled. It also has ramdisk option enabled (4096kb). None of them are modules. Sometimes, I have tried passing another static IP address to - I have enabled NFS on the server. I tried using Knoppix and Gentoo Live on the diskless node, and tried remote mounting. It works perfectly and flawlessly. The contents of /etc/exports have been, at different points in time, one of these: /tftpboot/remote 172.20.0.11(rw,no_root_squash) /tftpboot/remote 172.20.0.12(rw,no_root_squash) /tftpboot/remote 172.20.0.13(rw,no_root_squash) or /tftpboot/remote 172.20.0.0/24(rw,no_root_squash) or /tftpboot/remote 172.20.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash) or /tftpboot/remote (rw,no_root_squash) but have made no difference at any point in time. /tftpboot/remote has a complete Debian Woody 3.0r0 32-bit tree on it (got by using a hard drive on the remote machine, compiling a kernel for it and scp'ing it to the server before removing the hard drive from the remote machine). - The contents of hosts.allow have been: ALL : ALL@ALL : ALLOW or ALL : ALL(a)172.20.0.0/24 : ALLOW etc. etc. Basically, everybody gets every permission. At other times, I have tried manual selection, such as portmap : ALL(a)172.20.0.13 : ALLOW rpc.mountd : ALL(a)172.20.0.13 : ALLOW rpc.statd : ALL(a)172.20.0.13 : ALLOW and all combinations of variations of these lines for the network, and for other IP addresses. (When this is the case, the remote machine searches every ASCII file from 01-00-00-0a-0b-0c and from A0ABCDEF (eg.) to A, before finally settling on the file 'default'. This takes 30 seconds when hosts.allow is set to "all all all all", but takes about 1 second when hosts.allow only allows portmap, mountd, etc. etc. selectively. Why? But that's beside the point.) -The remote machine then easily downloads the linux kernel image via the network using TFTP, and then seems to work for about 10 seconds. I cannot actually type out all the contents of what is displayed (I grepped all files on the server but couldn't find where the remote machine's kernel logs go), but here is the jist of the output - 1. The kernel seems to identify hda and hdb from the SERVER rather than from itself. Obviously, it should not identify more than one device (the CDROM on its own machine - hdc - Secondary Master), but it identifies three drives - clearly the server's drives. 2. Most importantly, it stops at this point: Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 172.20.0.1 RPC: sendmsg returned error 101 Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number from server, using default Lookingup port of RPC 100005/1 on 172.20.0.1 RPC: sendmsg returned error 101 Root-NFS: Unable to get mountd port number from server, using default RPC sendmsg returned error 101 Mount: RPC call returned error 101 Root-NFS: Server returned error -101 while mounting / VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER So I assumed it was an NFS error (though, as I mentioned before, a clean NFS mount using Knoppix works perfectly). So when I try # rpcinfo -p on the server, I get references to 100005/1 and 100005/2 (tcp and udp) mountd as also references to 100003/something (tcp and udp) portmapper, along with some others. Obviously, they are working on the server. I then created a ramdisk image, and modified pxelinux.cfg/default and appended the lines root=/dev/ram0 initrd=image.gz to the kernel. But no difference - RPC errors still thrown up. End.

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View fonts without installing them?
by Joe Sullivan 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hey all, Wondering if anyone could recommend a program for viewing fonts without actually installing the fonts? Got thousands of them on several CDs, and would like to browse them to find the ones I actually want to install. Thanks, Joe -- Now Playing: Ugly Kid Joe - Would You Like To Be There [From Motel California (1996)] (0:24/3:18) Powered by XMMS and SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro

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RE: [SLE] Boot problem after accidental poweroff
by Sharpe, Richard 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Sorry was in a hurry Richard A Sharpe (DBA) Sqlserver/DB2 Amherst Technologies 40 Continental Blvd Merrimack, NH 03054 PHONE .......(603) 579-6180 / (800) 431-8031 Cell phone ..(603) 320-7785 FAX ...........(603) 578-1072 EMAIL .......rsharpe(a)amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith") -----Original Message----- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:robin1.listas@tiscali.es] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 10:11 AM To: SLE Subject: Re: [SLE] Boot problem after accidental poweroff The 03.09.12 at 07:42, Sharpe, Richard wrote: > to get my pc back up and running. I tried to boot from the cd and do > the rescue option but I can't mount the partition on the hard disk. Why? what does it say? Did you run a fsck on it? Ah, please, don't do that! (below). It is thread hijacking, and you haven't even removed the useless text of the original poster (meself, in this case). > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:**********@tiscali.es] > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 7:27 AM > To: SLE > Subject: [SLE] Firewall musings -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Linear flash pcmcia card
by david stevenson 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Has any one used a linear flash pcmcia card under suse? Googling has told me far more than I understand, but I see 2 conflicting stories about whether I can use the 2.4.20 kernel pcmcia services or whether I need to rebuild the kernel to use the external sourceforge package. On a standard SuSE 8.2 installation I find I have built in kernel services and also memory_cs.o module but when I tried to change /etc/pcmcia/memory.opts and insert the Pretec FA2008 card I get the following dmesg: iflash2_mtd: Card Services release does not match! memory_cs: Card Services release does not match! So is this a SuSE packaging mismatch, or have I misconfigured? If any of this means anything to you I would be very grateful for your reply. David

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/dev/fb0 doesn't exist
by George Reynolds 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I am having problems trying to get an application to run, it says that it cannot find /dev/fb0. At the moment I have vga=normal in my grub, because if I change this, I get the corruption. (see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=182203#post182203) Is there anyway to convince the linux system I do have a frame buffer? Incidentally I am getting similar problems on my old linux box, which I am hoping to turn into a mame machine. I get errors identical to my nvivida laptop. I cannot find a vga= parameter which will turn on the fb. I have even tried setting the device to vesa->framebuffer device in Sax2 but it doesn't test it properly - comes back with the same error above. Maybe you have to do this, then restart? I'm not sure, but I don't want to muck my configuration up. Many thanks for your suggestions 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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cannot access modem
by John Sowden 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I have an existing 100mhz 48mb ram suse 8.0 machine with an isa usr 56k modem. all works fine-using it now. I just bought a 1.2ghz motherboard, 256mb ram, installed suse 8.2 pro. runs fine, but: when I moved the isa usr modem to the new board, suse cannot find the modem. I set the irq to 3, com to 1, used the ln -s /dev/ttyS0 modem command to create the link, no help. I disabled the com2 on the mb and tried it, changing the device link and the jumpers on the modem, no help. using wvdial I get the modem not responding error. I have tried multiple com/irq tries, checking with the setserial -g command. my concern is the buss speed is too great for the isa modem. I also tried a new usr pci modem (not a win, per the dealer), no jumpers, windows only driver disk. suse cannot find it either. John Sowden American Sentry Systems. Inc. 1221 Andersen Drive San Rafael, CA 94901 U.L. Listed Central Station Alarm Service Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail(a)americansentry.net http://www.americansentry.net

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Automatic network config at home and office
by Sid Boyce 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

I can't find the post, but someone needed a utility to allow automatic configuration of their network setup at home and at the office. I've just spotted it on http://freshmeat.net --- it's ifplugd. Regards Sid.

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Re: [SLE] Suse 8.2 kernel recompile
by r.maurizzi＠digitalpha.it 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

> > after a while the kernel seems to be ok > > but a depmod -a told me that raiser-fs module cannot be found.. > > but i DON'T remove raiser-fs modules!!! > > > > mk_initrd :) >From what I've understood, since the reiserfs module didn't get build, mk_initrd can at best give you an error... Andrea, try to check if the kernel build gives you some errors. Also, I'd advise you to try with the latest/newest kernel source RPM, not with the ones on the CDs. You can find them in SuSE ftp mirrors, in the updates directory. Ciao, Roberto!

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Problem 2.4.21 Mantel kernel (to fix Intel 875WP m/b problem)
by Andrei Verovski 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi, I have posted 2 days ago a question how to solve problem with Intel Server m/b WD-875-WP1 (on-board Ethernet did not worked). One person suggested me to upgrade to 2.4.21 kernel from /people/mantel dir. However, there is RPM dependency problem - "unsatisfied dependency on rpmlib(PartialHardlinkSets) <= 4.04". Of course, I can force installation, and possibly, it will work. But this will break my apt system installed on this machine. Anyone found a solution for this problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). ********************************************* * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * Personal Home Page * http://snow.prohosting.com/guru4mac * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site *********************************************

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New nVidia driver.
by Fred A. Miller 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Apparently, nVidia compiled their driver properly, so that it works with the update driver from SuSE - have 3D now. Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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oo RC4 now available!
by Fred A. Miller 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

What does OpenOffice.org 1.1 RC4 include? The same as RC3: Tested features such as export to PDF, SWF, DocBook, and improved on-line Help, but also: Many bugs fixed Existing single-user installation update capability Integrated Bitstream Vera fonts Built-in proofing tools and hyphenation for many languages Better Microsoft Office filters -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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GUI Fax programs
by Donn aka n5xwb Washburn 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hey Group: I have setup hylafax as a test bed program. I see where "susefax" is a GUI/X fax program. It does seem to have some irritating problems dealing with the top of the image over shooting the top. Does anyone know of a good Fax GUI program? Or is ther a fix for susefax. SuSE 82 and susefax "susefax-1.0beta3-427" -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org Info: http://www.knoppix.net

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/mnt /media
by David Blomber 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

This may seem like a rant but its not. (by claiming so it must be a rant right) anyway. Is SuSE planing on sticking to non-LSB /media or will it be moving to /mnt-I have a few things I am looking at that could be affected. Thank You Dave B

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installing gnome 2.4 as 'its own gnome'
by Thinker 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hello all, Now that Gnome 2.4 is out (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/) my questions is ... How does one go about downloading and installing this as its own Gnome on SuSE 8.2 (ie... I would like to have the option of either using the gnome I am using now, or logging in and using gnome2.4)?

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dd over ethernet?
by jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hello, Perhaps a stupid question or two. #1 - How does backup an entire installation using dd? #2 - And is it possible to pipe the dd output to an ethernet connection to another Linux box so that 'backup' can be on a drive on another machine? Would NFS work with dd? -Jim-

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How do start GNOME
by Tom Abazia 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

I need a bit of help. I just successfully installed the personal edition 8.2 on my Intel laptop (Fujit su S-Series). KDE desktop is cool but I want to try GNOME. The documentation is not clear to me how do switch to GNOME. Can someone provide me some info on this? Thanks...Tom __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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clock stops on laptop
by p s 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

I noticed just today, that if I close the lid of my laptop, the clock on kde stops, and is started some how after I open the lid again.. This leads to the clock being not on time.. Ideas where/what to configure? P_s

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.config kernel file. ¿where is it?
by Oscar Curero Sastre 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi! I'm using SuSE 8.2 and I'm tring to install the emu10k1 sound driver. I have installed the kernel sources form the suse cd but for any reason that i don't know, I can't find the .config file (in usr/src/linux/ doesn't seems to be). Any ideas where I can find this file? Thanks, Oscar

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Legacy free computers and SUSE?
by charles.tilbury＠comcast.net 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Has anyone out there tried to use SUSE 8.2 with a "legacy free" computer that uses ACPI? I am trying to find out if the stock kernel has the required patches to make ACPI battery monitoring work. If you just apply the ACPI patches from source forge, you still have to go in and modify the kernel or else the keventd process takes up 99% of the CPU time. Has anyone else (besides me) fought this battle? Cheers, Charles Tilbury

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Optimizing ADSL connection
by Jose Thadeu Cavalcante 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi, Today I going to a site (speedguide.net) that to do a checkin of my ADSL connection. It reports that my MTU=1452 is not optimized and it suggested to change it to 1500, so I was to yast2 to edit sysconfig and change MTU value. Then I reboot the Linux and repeat the checkin, but the it also repeat the report about MTU=1452 value. What is this? Thanks Thadeu

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a question on cyrus imap/pop
by Robert J.Fenney 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

I have a standard (if there is such a thing) cyrus imapd/pop3d install working with postfix on SuSE 8.2 and I get the following message in the logs: pop3d[#####]: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or directory The email system is up and working but i work like to fix this . Does anyone have any idea what I am missing? Thanks, Robert

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AMD+ASUS experiment
by Rohit 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi fellows, I am finally buying the system detailed below. CPU : AMD Athlon xp-2400 ; Bus=266 MHz Mobo : ASUS N7 V266 Mobo : Bus=266 MHz : Integrated 5.1 sound and GeForce2MX sitting on NForce chipset from Nvidia LAN/Modem etc separate. 300 Watt power supply. I have a feeling that I shall have to sort some things out by hand while dealing with install of SuSE 8.2 on this system. If any of you have had any issues, please state them now. Else I shall report my success/failure tomorrow. In the end, hope to compile my own kernel. And I wonder whether my compiled kernel will be able to load/use other modules - like NVIDIA itself? Any insight? -- Rohit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +9122 5692 2108 G9,Floor-1,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599(a)bplmobile.com The note below, if any, is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recipients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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SuSE lists SPAM
by Radu Voicu 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi! I was wondering, why on the SuSE Lists archives people can find our EXACT e-mail adress??? A simple scan of the messages on that page will return our real e-mail addresses - there's only one step away from "enlarge your penis" or "rich nigerians" e-mails... Please, SuSE people, can you do something to transform our e-mail addresses on the archives (remove them, if you cannot transform them into, for instance, suse at ploiesti dot rdsnet dot ro - instead of showing suse(a)ploiesti.rdsnet.ro) Best regards, Radu Voicu

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SuSE and Ensim Serverxchange
by Gideon Hallett 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Sorry, folks; a bit of an odd one, this. Has anyone got the above to work? - Ensim ServerXchange is a virtual-hosting app for Linux boxes; but, according to Ensim, the only version of Linux that exists is Deadrat. Speaking personally, I'd rather eat my own toes than use deadrat on servers (having 100 Cobalts to look after is bad enough) - all of our core servers use SuSE; I've been using SuSE for 5 years, and I'd rather standardize on SuSE. I've been told the Ensim install relies on redhat-specific rpms; and will look for stuff in the usual redhat places (LSB? what's that!?) - has anyone a) installed Ensim on SuSE and b) gotten it to work successfully? Any advice people can give would be much appreciated - I *really* don't want to use redhat if I can avoid it; and I don't want to encourage the growth of a monoculture in Linux. cheers, Gideon Hallett.

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Re: [SLE] YaST and security updates...
by r.maurizzi＠digitalpha.it 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

> Sometimes when I run YaST I will see no items in the updates frame that are > checked. However, when I have nothing checked and hit the accept button, I > might still get a patch. You should select "Include already installed patches" (back-translated from Italian ;-) There were other pine patches in the past months, and the base config of YOU is to show you only the patches you never applied. It's a little bug, but it's mostly harmless, and I'm sure I'll be fixed for the next release :-) Ciao, Rob!

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