October 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

YOU Updates failing, how can I tell why?
by Steve Kratz 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

I tried to install the new kernel update that showed up on YOU today. It appeared to chew on it awhile, and then popped up an ambiguous message that "kernel-[blah] could not be installed" - Nothing else. How can I tell what died where? Steve

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adjtime doesn't adjust system clock
by Eva Dominguez 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hi everybody! I have been reading a lot of old mails in this list about hour adjustment. But I see thay are based on adjusting hardware-clock and system-clock and my problem is diferent. I have a C program that receives the hour from a gps device (connected through a serial port) and tries to adjust the system-clock to that gps-hour. This is possible with a C function called "adjtime". So, the only thing I get using adjtime function is the system-clock is more and more far away each time. Adjtime DOESN'T adjust anything!! I have tested it using "settimeofday" instead of adjtime. Settimeofday changes the time more abruptly and there are more problems with files date. So, is not a good option. My distro is Suse 9.0. I have tested it in Suse 9.1 and it doesn't work. But, I have tested the same program in RedHat 7.2 and 8.0 and adjtime works right!!. The only diference I have seen between Suse and RedHat machines is when I run the command "adjtimex --p". At Suse I got: TICK = 1000 FREQUENCY = 0 And RedHat: TICK = 10000 FREQUENCY = 0 I have tried to change the tick in Suse machines to 10000 but it doesn't let me (it says: "invalid argument") I hope somebody has any idea. In any case, thanks a lot. Eva ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo!: ¡100 MB GRATIS! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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technical help please
by Zoltan Szecsei 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hi Ppl, Please can someone point me to a (more/different?) technical list or resource I can use to get help on this issue. I posted this here a few days back and no one seems to be able to help from this list. TIA, Zoltan X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 145 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage) Serial number of failed request: 194 Current serial number in output stream: 195

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Re: [SLE] Replying Via Mutt
by C Hamel 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

On 14:34 Tue 19 Oct , Danny Sauer wrote: > C wrote regarding '[SLE] Replying Via Mutt' on Tue, Oct 05 at 16:25: > > I wondering if there is a way to get mutt's editor to auto-scroll all the way > > down for replies to posts. > > You could probably do something like this by setting the pager to some > other viewer rather than the internal pager (maybe vim). If you used > vim, you could then also probably use vim's "folding" abilities to collapse > quoted text down to a line or two. That would effectively get the result > you're after. I think. :) > > There are disadvantages to setting "pager", though. The biggest of which, > IMHO, is that you have to exit the pager each time you quite reading a > message. You'd get real good at typing ":q" if you set it to vim... > > --Danny That is why I use pico. <G> I got really weary of the hand springs required to operate vim. -- "Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio

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Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs or unknown-block(0,0)
by Alan Civita 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hello i've installed Suse 9.1 Personal on an HP Netserver.. In order to install i've started manually installation and load megaraid-old scsi driver for the disk controller..after that the installation started..copyed all the files to the system..untill the firsr system reboot... after the reboot...the system hangs with this error: scsio: sym.2.1.18i Vendor Hp Model C5683A Loading kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko Waiting for device /dev/sda3 to appear:...not found..device/nodes: warning: can't open /etc/mtab: no such file or directory VFS: Cannot open root device "sda3" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs or unknown-block(0,0) What Can i do? It seems that the modules for the scsi disk are not loaded Any tips -- Alan Civita

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I need info on usage trends (unix/mac/linux/windows)
by Deep Thinker 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hello all, I need to find a good source for stats on usage. I would like to get a comparison between 1994 and 2004 on what percentage of market share MS had/has over the other OS's. I really just need the numbers but I would like to show a trend as to how users, after becoming more knowledgeable are migrating away from MS products. Thanks, d33p th1nk3r

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Re: [SLE] Epson Sytlist 880 USB printer config in SUSE 9.1
by Paul Cartwright 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

On Friday 22 October 2004 2:24 pm, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thursday 21 October 2004 10:03 pm, BandiPat wrote: > > Ok, then you may want to clear out your queue. Usually in KDE I use the > > KJobViewer for print jobs waiting. You can also go to the queue > > directory to remove them. I believe you can look in /var/spool/cups > > for those files. You will have to be root to visit that directory. > DING !!! I was doing lpstat -t and deleting those print jobs, but the cips directory still has all the files and 2 directories! those do look like jobs that have printed though, there were 7 from today, and I just finished printing 7 documents, on my Panasonix KX-P1124 parallel printer. but it must have worked, because I went to yor message in Kmail and printed it on the Epson USB printer! I'll try to remember to clear out that cups queue, tmp folder.. thanks! > > -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800

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Server slow on authentication process
by Julio Cesar Reitor 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hi, I have installed SLES 8. It’s my mail server. After some time, the authentication process and some commands, like useradd, are very slow. I did a lot of test and perceived that when I stopped the network service, the time to execute the commands return to normal, so I reinstalled the iproute2 and sysconfig packets. This action solved my problem, but after some days the problem happened again. I tried reinstalling the iproute2 packet, but the problem was not solved this time. Any idea? Thanks, Julio Cesar Reitor PS: Sorry my bad English. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 10/22/2004

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RE: [SLE] 9.2 at Amazon
by Mike Katz 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

"Usually ships in 1-2 weeks". So you dont get it any sooner. >>> <Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com> 10/22/2004 10:32:24 AM >>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00065GQ0C/qid=1098449279/sr=8 -9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i9_xgl65/002-7295079-7963237?v=glance&s=software&n=507846 Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- cleary_mike(a)emc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. -----Original Message----- From: Dutta-Roy, Monosij [mailto:TZD0@CDC.GOV] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:01 AM To: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com Subject: RE: [SLE] 9.2 at Amazon Could not find it. On Amazon. -----Original Message----- From: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com [mailto:Cleary_Mike@emc.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:51 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] 9.2 at Amazon SuSE 9.2 Pro is now available on amazon.com w/ free shipping... :-) Mike ------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ------------------------------- A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. -- 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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pppd automation
by sjb 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hi all .. .. I have an ADSL modem on a SuSE 9.1 box and am using pppd to manage the connection. My ISP seems to have some problems and I often have to try several times to get authenticated (with CHAP) and logged in. Sitting at the teminal repeatedly sending "pppd call speedtch" can be kind of tiresome, so is there a way to get pppd to keep trying to authenticate until it succeeds? The pppd man page lists chap-interval, chap-max-challenge and (maybe) chap-restart as options that might do what I need, but doesn't offer any practical advice beyond that. Ideally I'd like pppd to try to connect at 5 second intervals until it succeeds. Ccan somebody give me a pointer? Cheers! sjb

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