September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Updating KDE for SuSE 8.1
by jrn＠oregonhanggliding.com 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

How does one upgrade KDE for Suse 8.1? Just download all the RPM's and do an rpm -ivh rpm-file.rpm? Do they need to be installed in any particular order? Does the rpm command need to do an upgrade instead of an install of the RPM? -Thanks- Jim

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Can Linux be a Windows Log server?
by Greg Freemyer 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I know how to setup a UNIX/Linux log server and have the other boxes forward their logs to it. Can Windows boxes be setup to forward their logs to a Linux box? Does Windows even have the concept of configurable logging? Does my question even make sense? Greg -- Greg Freemyer

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SuSE 9.0 Pre-order is now available
by Bruce Marshall 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

'nuff said. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh(a)bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 09/30/03 15:02 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." - Frank Lloyd Wright

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[SLE] problems with SBC DSL Internet
by Casey Petersen 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I'm a linux newbie, and I've just signed up for SBC DSL Internet Access, and I'm having a world of trouble getting it to work with Linux. After speaking with the tech support idiots (they told me Linux doesn't support DSL), I've spent quite a bit of time trolling the internet for answers. I'm running Suse 8.2, I have a Speedstream DSL modem that SBC gave me, connected via Ethernet. I installed Roaring Penguin's RP-PPPOE but it still won't recognize the modem and the connection won't work. Does anyone use SBC or a similar service that can help me out getting it up and running? It already works on my windows computer, so I don't need to sign up with them, just get linux to recognize the connection. Also, as far as the Ethernet settings, should DHCP be turned on for this, or should I use a static IP address? Thanks, Casey Petersen

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apt-get through http proxy, anybody?
by Radule Soskic 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi list users! I followed the discussion on apt, and decided to give it a try using it. OK, I installed everything including synaptic, but I definitely have problem with proxy settings. I can not make apt-get nor synaptic work through an http proxy. I managed to make it with other programs (like wget, fou4s etc) but it doesn't work with apt and synaptic. When I try "update", it simply fail to connect to servers from sources.list file. I tried to search through apt users list, but no results while searching for "proxy" there. Or, I may be blind for something obvious here. Even though this might be a little OT for this list, I decided to ask SLE users for any advice for this problem. Thanks in advance, any answer is highly appreciated... Best regards, cikasole

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enigmail
by Tom Allison 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I was bumping around this enigmail thing and created a key. But I don't think I'm able to use it right now. Do I have to upload this to some public server or something? What I really wanted to be able to do is create signed email first and then look into doing encrypted email. But for encription is a public server really necessary? I thought I could just ship the recipient the public key.

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New to SuSe 8.2!!
by pseep＠mail.gr 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I have a problem concerning the Mail Managing. I use pine to send my emails. After Configuraing the Domain and Hostname I was able to send my emails but i couldn;t receive any of them. No i changed the Network Services a little through root account and i cannot send email either. Do you know what is going on? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mail.gr/ - Get Your Private Free Email Address! http://www.ringtone.gr/ - Ringtones & Logos for your mobile!

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Problem installing SuSE-8.2 on Laptop Toshiba Satellite 400
by Alain Barthélemy 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

0CDS Reply-To: X-OS: Linux portable 2.4.10-4GB Hi, 7 months ago I installed SuSE-8.1 on the same Laptop without problem. Installation cardbus Xircom and Usb connections: no problem. Last Sunday I tried with knowers to install Debian Woody with a 2.4 kernel: impossible to install the network and PCMCIA interfaces because Woody Debian did not have xircom_tulip_cb kernel module. No problem to initiate internet connection with Knoppix (how I found the needed kernel module). This morning I wanted to install SuSE-8.2 on the same Laptop (already did it on a box with 2000Gb Athlon-AMD): problems, problems, problems much alike the one I had with Woody Debian. At first reboot: It get stucked when trying to start the kernel pcmcia (solved when removing the cardbus) Impossible to mount an usb mass-storage device: everything get stucked when I type "mount /media/sda1", no messages, it get stucked Windows-like -> hard shutdown. Sometimes at boot I have "resource manager failed". eth-pcmcia is OK activating usb-devices: OK I only managed to boot the installed system by launching it from nr 1 install CDRom. What could be the problem? Sudden lack of the right kernel modules with the last kernels? -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre(a)bartydeux.be http://www.bartydeux.be Linux User #315631

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URGENTLY NEED HELP - Postfix and spam
by Adam Leach 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I've just noticed in the last two days something has gone horribly wrong with Postfix on SuSE 8.1. My machine has got a massive queue of emails that it is attempting to send to AOL customers that I never sent myself. AOL is refusing connections, so these emails are sitting in the queue. I've just quickly done a few mail relay tests and all passed. Now I'm not sure if it is due to the Spammer being on the same ISP as myself or due to some other problem with Postfix. I had configured it to "Soft Bounce" emails as I've been testing a few things. How can I remove all these emails from the queue, as it is sending hundreds of requests to AOLs mail servers, and this is probably not a good idea. Thanks Adam

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Dialup problems
by Carl William Spitzer IV 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Suse 7.3 Personal It works in root not as user User is in Dialout and uucp groups In help center "modem" --Configure Modem Anew this worked as root --Wvdial Permission Denied /dev/ttyS? all permissions 660 Root uucp --Netscape Unable to locate server tested with numeric address for Suse http://194.112.123.200 Error: "Connection refused" What is left to get user permission to access the internet and email? CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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