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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