October 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] What is this nonsense?
by jfweber＠bellsouth.net 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

> > From: "Dennis J. Tuchler" <dennis.tuchler(a)earthlink.net> > Date: 2004/10/20 Wed PM 04:23:56 EDT > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] What is this nonsense? > > > Somebody wants me to send a confirmation to > > Dave Lists <lists(a)www.buy-stockings.com> (buy-stockings) > > in order to verify that I am subscribed to this mailing list. Has anyone else > received this notice? > yeah, me too ignore it, and the list sitter will fixor it soon

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No Login Prompt
by jdj 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

When I boot SUSE 9.1, I do not receive a login prompt. I go staight to the desk top. How to I get the login prompt back? Thanks,

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Re: [SLE] spam
by jfweber＠bellsouth.net 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

> > From: Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> > Date: 2004/10/20 Wed PM 07:08:20 EDT > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] spam > > I got a message from the following address: > > Dave Lists <lists(a)www.buy-stockings.com>, suse-linux-e(a)suse.com, > suse-linux-e-sc.1098304829.iliegnalfmipekmlgpjj-lists=www.buy-stockings.com@ > suse.com > > I think there should be some way that SuSE can prevent this > from ahppening, but I don't know whom to contact. This guy > has obviously penetrated the suse-linux-e system. I am certainly > not in the market for stockings, being a 67 year old man with no > wife or girl-friend. > > --doug poor baby ;^) BTW gang forgive the headers... I'm on a "complimentery business office computer" which has guess what on it ? I sure wish I'd brought a Knoppix disk or even one of the Xandros disks, since it apparenly could be replaced w/ an OS <sigh> another lost oppertuninty I guess <VBG>

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virtual host apache
by steve-ss 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Is yast>Network Services>HTTP Server>hosts>Edit>Add a way to add virtual hosts in 9.1? Surely it can't be that easy. Can anyone confirm before I leave google, the command line and /etc as I have to drive to and fro from my not so local Internet bar to confirm any changes? Cheers, Steve.

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YOU: Cannot fetch remote server list
by Paul W. Abrahams 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

When I try to do an online update (for suSE 9.1), I get the message "Cannot fetch remote server list". A google search reveals several fairly recent threads on this list on that subject but no solutions -- the threads seem just to have stopped. I do have a list of remote servers at /var/lib/YaST2/you/youservers and it seems plausible enough. Paul

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9.2 Upgrade (and a question about encryption)
by Dennis J. Tuchler 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

The Upgrade version of 9.2 sells for $59.99 at Amazon, but is priced at $59.95 at Novell! The difference is that you can order the upgrade version from Amazon buy, apparently, not from Novell. Question: The 9.2 on offer is advertised as 128 bit encryption. What is that all about, and what practical difference does it make to the buyer? Thanks dj tuchler

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Re: Stuck on boot
by G. Harman 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Disregard my first post. I was able to repair with install disk. Seems the boot loader was corrupted. Several attempts at the repair option on the "ftp" install got it working right. Thanks anyway. :-)

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kmid
by Mitja 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

I have a problem to run and configure program KMID. I read instruction in the User Guide and did too but still nothing. Program KMIDI works but KMID no. Also in Control Center - Sound System - Test MID doesn't work. I have SuSE 9.1, KDA 3.3.1, SB Live. Thank you, Mitja -------------------- lsmod | grep midi snd_seq_midi 25888 0 snd_seq_virmidi 24832 1 snd_emux_synth snd_seq_midi_event 24320 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul 24448 1 snd_emux_synth snd_seq 77456 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul snd_rawmidi 43300 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1 snd_seq_device 25224 7 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi snd 83300 21 snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep

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Re: [SLE] Simple questions No.2
by Bahram Alinezhad 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

(SuSE 9.1) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Bahram Alinezhad" (alineziad(a)yahoo.com) wrote: ---------- Hello, Please send solutions to these issues if possible: 1- Konqueror cannot remember its window size permanently, nor Nautilus. For Konqueror, as you know, there is an option, but, it doesn't work for ever. 2- In gnome, is there a way to mount and unmount floppies or CDs (other than mount command)? 3- In gnome, Mozilla "Preferences" menu cannot be moved further when its title-bar reaches to top of the screen. This problem prevents me to press OK button or access some settings (I use Alt+mouse to move). Is there some settings to solve this? 4- Can KDE menu go to transparency mode as well as its task-bar panel? What about Gnome? 5- I installed SuSE "Neverball" rpm in RedHat 9.0; It works well for all graphics, musics, and sound effects, except one: the woman's speeches. Can by some settings it appear or I have to find and compile the source code only? 6- (Too stupid question?!) Can I install YaST for RedHat? 7- Why the gnome menu icon is intact (unlike the KDE one which is altered to SuSE)? In RedHat, It is a red hat ;-) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Some questions have not been replied yet (1, 4, and 5). Thank you for your help in all other questions. Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] e2fsck command
by Carlos E. R. 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

El 2004-10-01 a las 18:54 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) escribió: (you forgot to email to the list) > > You do not need that. You only have to tune your partitions so that they > > "want" to be fsck-ed oftener. > Th st I did, but reading the fsck man page I see there is no option to > check for bad blocks, unlike e2fsck which does have tis option. I > initially thought along the lines of an alias for fsck as e2fsck but > realised that it could be more problematic. fsck does in fact pass options to fsck.ext3 > > Remember that suse scripts boot.rootfsck and > > boot.localfs check the filesystem when required. > I did remember that fsck will fsck the system when required, but wanted > additional safety nets. > > > Also, creating the file "/forcefsck" will force fsck of all partitions on > > every boot. > It doesn't need to be on every boot, but rather on a weekly or even > daily basis, no matter how many times the machine is rebooted. Well, you can create that file weekly using a cron job, then delete it after boot. > > >># e2fsck -pcfv </device>| > /home/hylton/e2fsckresult > > > > Remember that you can not check a mounted partition, so above you can not > > check home. > mmm, I saw that oops as I sent it. The reason for putting the location > in is that I do not know where to put system admin stuff. In retrospect > I would probably have the result mailed to a user. It doesn't matter, you can not email or save it at that time, because the filesystem is mounted read-only at the time of checking - unless you are checking manually some other partition. You have to "see" it, or invent some way to keep it memory and save later, kind of what SuSE does with the kernel booting messages. > > >>I know an ext3 fs is 'safe' but it is not the fs I am worried about but the > >>hardware deteriorating. Call me paranoid but rather safer than sorrier. :) > > > > > > Then, what you need is smartd instead. fsck will only tell about logical > > errors on the filesystem sctructure, not about the motor getting overhot, > > for example. SMART will, however. > mmm, I think that a more substantial backup method is needed. JIC SMART is quite good. It can quick test your HD at the same time you are using it, any time. It can check it thoroughly, in an hour or so, also transparently. When done, you read the result. It checks many things, including read errors, hardware, interfaces, temperatures, moving parts wear, voltages... read it up (smartctl). -- Saludos Carlos Robinson

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