January 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: Nvidia Drivers
by Felipe Leon 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

>As I said, I had the same problem with the 4496 driver, and the only >"solution" was to go back to an older version of the driver (which was the >4363 driver). After release of the 5328 driver I tried to upgrade to that >one, and luckily I appeared to belong to the happy few that have a good >working combination now (using a GeForce4 488Go card). I know that many other >people are suffering the same problem with the 5328 driver as you do. >I'm afraid the only solution for you is to try to use an older version of the >driver (so the 4496 or even the 4363) and wait till Nvidia releases a better >version of the driver. > >Cheers, Thanks a lot for the suggestion Jan but I had no luck. You were right I got this crappy screen with ctr-alt-f1. I tried the 4496 but no success and trying to install 4363 got an installation error that I think should not be bothered to get into. I think (don't know what you think) that trying to go to even older drivers won't be a solution. I'll try to live with this until a new driver comes. Regards, Felipe.

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OT - SA defeating thesauri
by Nick Selby 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hi, It seems that the latest spate of spam is loaded with seemingly arbitrary words to defeat the Baysian processes of SpamAssassin, such as "thayer earsplitting fatal scatterbrain landfill circumstance configuration dowling system smokescreen incompletion oscillatory burgeon boorish mallow repudiate elysee bermuda cohort upbring unix bitnet depressive enigma" I guess that they're doing this to increase the message size with un-spamlike words to decrease the ratio of spam-like words to non-spam-like words? Does this sound right? Anyone heard of this and/or have a sense of how to defeat this strategy with current available configurable settings on SA? Spastic? Anything? TIA

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Sound problems on Inspiron 2650
by Josh Poage 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hi all, I have some puzzling sound problems on my Dell Inspiron 2650. It was working fine using ALSA - then I installed the driver for the modem and now the sound is not working. (The modem seems to work fine on the rare occasions I use it.) There is a conflict somewhere, I suspect, but I am not knowledgeable enough to even find it, much less fix it. There does not appear to be an IRQ conflict, but that's all I know how to check for. I'm not sure exactly what I did with the modem install but I suspect that to be the cause of my problem. I don't know where to proceed from here, though. Thanks for any help!! Here's relevant information: modprobe error: # modprobe snd-card-0 /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod snd-card-0 failed Here's the error in /var/log/messages: Jan 1 18:24:48 feanor kernel: ALSA intel8x0.c:1986: codec_ready: codec is not ready [0x300000] Jan 1 18:24:48 feanor kernel: Intel ICH soundcard not found or device busy #lsmod # lsmod Module Size Used by Tainted: P snd-pcm-oss 45472 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-pcm 65092 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-page-alloc 6004 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-timer 15040 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-mixer-oss 13400 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd 35172 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mixer-oss] soundcore 3588 0 (autoclean) [snd] videodev 5696 0 (autoclean) agpgart 42040 3 (autoclean) nvidia 1628608 12 (autoclean) isa-pnp 30664 0 (unused) usbserial 18620 0 (autoclean) (unused) parport_pc 26248 1 (autoclean) lp 6208 0 (autoclean) parport 22888 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] speedstep-ich 1584 0 (unused) speedstep-lib 1408 0 [speedstep-ich] ipv6 209952 -1 (autoclean) key 63256 0 (autoclean) [ipv6] nls_cp437 4348 4 (autoclean) nls_iso8859-1 2812 4 (autoclean) thermal 6148 0 (unused) smbfs 36912 4 (autoclean) processor 8248 0 [thermal] fan 1472 0 (unused) button 2380 0 (unused) battery 5600 0 (unused) ac 1664 0 (unused) prism2_cs 61808 2 p80211 18404 0 [prism2_cs] ds 6668 1 [prism2_cs] yenta_socket 9760 1 pcmcia_core 43232 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket] keybdev 1996 0 (unused) mousedev 4084 0 (unused) joydev 5120 0 (unused) evdev 3584 0 (unused) input 3360 0 [keybdev mousedev joydev evdev] usb-uhci 22224 0 (unused) usbcore 58668 1 [usbserial usb-uhci] raw1394 16592 0 (unused) ieee1394 183364 0 [raw1394] ide-cd 29664 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26752 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd] dm-mod 42096 0 (unused) hsfich 95340 0 (autoclean) hsfserial 22516 0 (autoclean) hsfengine 868940 0 (autoclean) [hsfserial] hsfosspec 21984 0 (autoclean) [hsfich hsfserial hsfengine] reiserfs 199476 1 and /proc/interrupts: # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 7153905 XT-PIC timer 1: 10627 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 11732 XT-PIC prism2_cs 5: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc 9: 878 XT-PIC acpi 10: 429649 XT-PIC usb-uhci, O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller, nvidia 12: 90738 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 19033 XT-PIC ide0 15: 22589 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0

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What is this bootps message?
by Richard Atcheson 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

On SuSE 9.0 running the IP Traffic I see this message quite frequently: UDP (350 bytes) from 10.54.64.1 bootps to 255.255.255.255:bootpc on eth0. What is going on? Tnx, Richard

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you auto updates from private server
by nmayotte＠charter.net 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

I've been looking at the YOU auto updates in suse 8.2, and I'd like to make it so that my machine will automatically download updates from a server I specify (another one of my computers). Is this possible? I think it would work if I configure YAST2_LOADFTPSERVER="no" in the file /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate on the client machine. Then I'd have to like comment out all the entries in /var/lib/yast2/you/youservers (I'm assuming /etc/suseservers is obsolete since there is no reference to it in /etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate) and then add my server to /etc/youservers. And on the server side. Do I just have to have a certain directory for the updates, does there have to be a certain tree format or can I just point the client to ftp://ftp.myserver.com/onlineupdates (or whatever I name the direcory). Also, would this work for a url as well or does it have to be ftp? Someone please let me know if I'm way off base here ;). Thanks, Nathan Mayotte

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Mail Client Storing messages in a MySql Database?
by Nick Selby 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Does anyone know of a Mail client for Linux that stores messages in a MySql database and not as text files? Apparently it allows wicked fast searches of the gillions of messages you might have. I'd love to have it. Thanks in advance, Nick

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Network Card setup problem
by ka1ifq 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Hello List, I am new to Suse, not new to linux but not an expert. I picked up a couple of ISA Fiber cards to use for a remote computer where cat5 run would be too long. The cards are Allied Telesyn AT-1500FT-PNP, Fiber and Twisted Pair. I checked and Suse V7.1 to V8.1 support these cards, I have installed V8.1 and the system can see the card (/proc/isapnp shows the card) but I cannot get it to come up and function. On boot I get the message " Could not get a valin interface name". Any help is appreciated.. Mike -- From the SuSe Desktop <ka1ifq(a)adelphia.net> Linux, Because rebooting is for new hardware!

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Logitech Wingman Precision Gamepad
by David Durst 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

I was wondering if anyone had this piece of hardware working under SuSE 9 or any previous version. If so what are the steps to get it functioning.

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shutting down at failsafe login
by Russ 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Hi All, I enabled my Nvidia 3D. It was pretty cool. I was playing Tux Racer and the keys actually responded. Anyway, I went back into TaST to center the screen but when I clicked on the icon for Graphics Cards or Monitors under the Hardware section, the screen went blank. I finally just shut the computer off. As I suspected, it wouldn't boot. So I went into failsafe mode. At the login prompt, I logged in as me. then startx and went into YaST to fix it (don't think it did anything though). Anyway, logged out of KDE and back to the login screen. Now how do I shut down? Exit logs me out, halt does nothing, I'm stuck. Can anyone recommend a good SuSE 9.0 book I can buy? Thanks Russ

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Updating to SpamAssassin 2.61 from sources (SuSE 8.2)
by Carlos E. R. 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

[report and questions] Hi, I have just updated to Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61 from sources my SuSE 8.2 - previously, I had a look at ftp:.../people/mmj, but there was no rpm for 8.2; however, the process is very simple: Download and expand Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61.tar.bz2. Change to the directory, and run 'perl Makefile.PL' (or hit enter on 'mc'), then 'make' Using yast, uninstall spamassassin-2.50-12.i586.rpm and perl-spamassassin-2.50-12.i586.rpm - but first make a backup copy of files '/etc/init.d/spamd' and '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf' Then proceed with 'make install', or 'checkinstall' - the second will create an rpm, that I don't know if it is fully usable, but anyways, will keep the rpm database happy. Add options SPAMD_OPTS, SPAMD_AWL and SPAMD_NICE to file '/etc/sysconfig/spamd' - I have this: # SPAMD_OPTS="..." add these options to the spamd command line # (read `man spamd`). # SPAMD_AWL=yes Enable the autowhitelist. The same as adding # "-a" to SPAMD_OPTS. # SPAMD_NICE=<prio> Set the scheduling priority to <prio>; keeps # spamd from soaking up your system resources. # "yes" is equivalent to "5". #SPAMD_ARGS="-d -c -a" SPAMD_OPTS="-d -c" SPAMD_AWL=yes SPAMD_NICE=yes Interestingly, you can run the daemon "niced" :-) Copy '.../Mail-SpamAssassin-2.61/spamd/suse-rc-script.sh' to '/etc/init.d/spamd', and flag it as executable by root. Create a symlink: /usr/sbin/rcspamd -> /etc/init.d/spamd* Edit '/etc/init.d/spamd' as appropriate comparing it to the original file ow which we made a backup. There are some changes, some files that have different paths (I think some of it is pre-8.x) - here are the changes: Remove line '. /etc/rc.config' Comment out lines referencing 'base' and 'link' and the two tests; ie, code lines following "# Determine the base..." and "# Force execution if..." Insert this code instead (substitutes rc.config for >=8.x): # Check for existence of needed config file and read it # # Later, we may want to make startup behavior (user ID, firewalling, ...) # configurable, as there are security implications (read README.spamd). SPAMD_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/spamd test -r $SPAMD_CONFIG || exit 6 . $SPAMD_CONFIG In 'function my_getpid()' comment out the last test - this is a hack around a bug, about which I wanted to ask here: # is that a spamd or what? # test $cmd = $SPAMD_BIN || return 11 With that, test 'rcspamd start', 'rcspamd status' and 'rcspamd stop', and we are almost done - I am assuming your setup uses 'spamd' and 'spamc' instead of calling directly 'spamassassin': cd /etc/init.d/ chkconfig spamd on chkconfig (should respond "on") rcspamd start And finally, test the mail setup - which I assume was previously working. You probably want to edit '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf' with your old configurations; I have this: rewrite_subject 0 report_header 1 use_terse_report 1 defang_mime 0 User preferences will not be changed, except that I think the bayes database will be modified on the first run. Ok, here go my questions. The 'spamd' startup script uses a new code to see if the spamd daemon is running, instead of using SuSE's normal code; the author explanation is this: # Note: The SuSE {start,kill,check}proc utils can't handle perl scripts # which change there $0 -- like spamd. So I implemented my own # routines which rely on the existence of the pid file. # is there any process running at that pid? test -d /proc/$pid || return 10 cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1 test -n "$cmd" || return 1 # is that a spamd or what? test $cmd = $SPAMD_BIN || return 11 But this code fails. It tries to get the command line associated with the daemon PID, reading from '/proc/$PID/cmdline' this: /usr/bin/perl-T -w/usr/bin/spamd-d-r/var/run/spamd.pid-d-c-a Notice the absence of spaces between the program call and the parameters: is that a kernel bug, or a characteristic? The problem is that the output of "cut" is "/usr/bin/perl-T", so the comparison to "/usr/bin/spamd" fails. My hack was to remove that final test, but then if the daemon died previously I might kill an innocent program when closing the service. My second question is this; when a mail is detected, the spam mail is edited containing: a text informing this is spam a "Content preview" section a "Content analysis detail" section the original mail untouched, as a mime attach Previously I didn't have a "Content preview", and I don't want it. How do I remove it, if possible? -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson

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