January 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RAID software problem under unitedlinux
by kbonasia＠mclink.net 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

I'm try to install Suse linux standard server 8 on a IBM x205 with two ide disks ultra ata 133 and I try to setup a software raid configuration (level 5) by Yast. When I reboot the machine, the raid software is not recognized and I don't understand where is my wrong!! Can anyone was tested raid software support under unitedlinux 1.0 from suse or/and in a ibm x205? -- Calogero Bonasia LinuxUser #301822

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RE: [SLE] Top posting and Outlook Express
by VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Patrick Shanahan <mailto:paka@wahoo.no-ip.org> wrote on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 3:20 PM: > * VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) <gv2385(a)sbc.com> [01-27-04 16:00]: >> >> While it certainly is in the "rights" of the list creators, it's >> rather stupid to ban someone merely based on the color of their >> skin... Er, I mean, by the mail client they use. Not everyone has >> options, particularly in a corporate environment. > > Perhaps they should not be using company software and company time to > converse on the mail list ???? Everyone has options. They do not > have to participate. They can do it at home. and on and on .... -- > Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org Seeing as SUSE-LINUX-E is essentially a support forum (as opposed to OT, where this whole damned conversation SHOULD be going on) and part of my job is helping the company to run a few SuSE servers... Your point is...? Seriously, though, Pat, it really sounds like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Relax. We're all in this together. WE DON'T NEED TO TURN THIS INTO THE GAZA STRIP!

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RE: [SLE] Top posting and Outlook Express
by VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Gary <mailto:gv-dated-5130434.kcpch@mygirlfriday.info> wrote on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:45 PM: > f you are using and must continue to use an MS MUA (Outhouse or > Outhouse Express), these free add-on packages can apparently fix them > for you: http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ > > -- > Gary Outlook-Quotefix works like a charm for me, with Outlook 2002. I can't praise it high enough.

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Yast and GnomeSU error "dev/fd/62"
by John Doe 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Hello, Thanks for the help on my last post. I've switched over to Gnome and when I went to run YAST I got an error about can't find host...I logged back into KDE and it worked fine. (crazy!) I figured it out though I went and told the dhcpcd options not to get a hostname and to use my own. Then I edited the /etc/hosts file and added my host name etc.. It then worked. Now the next time and ever since I can't run Yast, I know get this error. "Gnome SuperUser: matches found authority file "dev/fd/62" not written. Thanks for any help. I don't want to reload Suse yet again (Yikes!) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/

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Re: [SLE] GRUB Error 15 on installation
by bab13510＠comcast.net 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

The /boot/boot self-symlynk is there... > On Tuesday 27 January 2004 19.18, bab13510(a)comcast.net wrote: > > --- Error message detail > > GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072 upper memory) > > [Minimal BASH-like editing ...... device/filename] > > grub> root (hd0,1) > > Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83 > > grub> install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 d (hd0) /grub/stage2 > > 0x8000 (hd0,1)/grub/menu.lst > > > > Error 15: File not found > > grub> quit > > If you can get to a console on the machine (if you're in the installation, try > switching to one of the virtual consoles, I forget which one has a command > prompt, but try ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F2 etc.) and check that you > have /boot/boot as a symlink to . (itself). This is required when /boot is on > a partition of its own, maybe yast failed to create it?! >

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Testing files for existence in /proc
by Alex Daniloff 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Hello SuSE folkz, I need to test for existence files in /proc: /proc/pid_num/cmdline /proc/pid_num/exe /proc/pid_num/stat The unary file test operators in perl (-r -w -l -z and so on) don't work in this case. I believe 'cause these files are not real. Could somebody please advise me a better way to check these files for existence. Many thanks in advance, Alex.

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Re: [SLE] Top posting (WAS: Re: [SLE] Printing quality)
by Paul W. Abrahams 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 2:57 pm, Charles Philip Chan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:37:52 -0500 > "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams(a)acm.org> wrote: > > > "Inclusion practice is still evolving, and disputes over the > > ___correct___ inclusion style occasionally lead to holy wars." > > Yes I know, but the prefered inclusion style that is advocated in that > chapter (still evolving) have been: (1) used on and off the Net for a > long time (before the invasion of AOL'ers), and (2) tried and tested. I > have personally used that style since the early BBS days and later, > Usenet. > > > If this is to be a newbie-friendly list, it seems unwise to presume > > that people are intimately familiar with several thousand RFCs. > > No I don't presume that they have read any- that is why I am always > polite and point to the source material for readinng. Before one goes > out driving, one should know the rules of the road- same with the > Internet. Charles, I assume your post (lowering the quotation level in the above by one) is an example of what you consider to be correct practice -- right? Personally, I think it's a good example. It flows naturally and is easy to understand. Paul Abrahams

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ftpd configuration?
by Damon Register 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Yesterday my father was trying to ftp to my SuSE 9.0 PC to get some files but couldn't connect. I discoverd that I just got bit by Comcast starting to filter ports 21 and 80. It was easy enough to figure how to tamper with Apache since it is in YaST so I was able to use another port with no trouble. In looking into ftpd, I can't figure out how to change to listen on another port. I tried man ftpd but didn't find any mention of ports or a configuration file. I tried visiting SuSE support and Google search but no luck so far. Is there a configuration file for ftpd? can the port be changed from 21 to something else? If ftpd is too limited, can anyone suggest a favorite alternate? Damon Register

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Re: SUSE 9.0 keyboard not working
by seana＠romaxtech.com 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

I tried downloading and installing the latest NVidia drivers to no avail I'm afraid. Any other suggestions ? Cheers, Sean. >> I have just installed SUSE 9.0 on my trusty AMD K6-2/500 which has been >> running lots of versions of SUSE from 6.4 up and including 7.3 quite >> happily. The install for 9.0 goes well. However when I reboot the machine >> and it gets to the graphical logon screen the keyboard doesn't work. The >> mouse works OK though. If I boot failsafe the keyboard works perfectly in >> text mode. Anyone got any suggestions ? >I had the same problem on a totally diffirent setup that included a Nvidia >graphics card and concerned the nvidia driver that comes with Suse 9. When I >downloaded the real Nvidia driver from Suse the problem was solved. Not >supposed to work that way but it did. Hope this helps. Rich >> My system is as follows: >> >> FIC VA-503+ Mb >> AMD K6-2/500 CPU >> 512Mb RAM >> Creative TNT1 Video card 16Mb >> Promise Ultra 66 controller >> 1x17Gb Maxtor (onboard controller - boot) >> 1x8.4Gb IBM (onboard controller) >> 1x120Gb Seagate (promise) >> 1x40Gb IBM (promise) >> 1x60Gb Maxtor (promise) >> 1x30Gb IBM (promise) >> 1xAOpen DVD-ROM (onboard controller) >> 1xMicrosoft Natural Keyboard Pro (PS2 connector) >> 1xMicrosoft Intellimouse (COM 1) >> >> Keyboard and mouse connected via an Adderview GEM KVM >> >> As I said, all previous versions of SUSE Linux up to 7.3 have worked >> perfectly on this machine so I'm stumped by why 9.0 doesn't work properly.

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Re: [SLE] Top posting (WAS: Re: [SLE] Printing quality)
by Kenneth Schneider 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 13:57, Michael Galloway wrote: > Hi Kenneth! > > could you please keep this off list? > > -- michael And who made you the list admin? -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)

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