October 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] passwords expire by themselves
by Heupink, Mourik Jan C. 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

the only thing is: It's a default install, and I didn't install or turn on any password checking. does suse do this by default..? and where to setup this up? (or where to turn it off? don't find anything in yast, user and group module) so to answer your questions: 1. i don't know wether i use anything at all or not. 2. i have only isnatlled this machine a week or two ago. and it has happened since. 3. please inform how to. thanks for your fast reply so far. mj -----Original Message----- From: Leendert Meyer [mailto:leen.meyer@home.nl] Sent: 07 October 2004 11:56 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] passwords expire by themselves On Thursday 07 October 2004 11:02, Heupink, Mourik Jan C. wrote: > dear list. > > I've sent a mail, a few days ago, and did not receive any replies... > let me try again.. I'm sure some of know the issue, and are able to > shed some light on it. (i had tow questions, this time i'll split the > post in two seperate mails, maybe that's better..?) Yes, IMO it is. That way the subject is consistent with the message. :) > Anyway: I've just setup suse 9.1, ftp install. I've added some users, > and and somehow, every morning when i try to logon with my (normal, no > root) user id, it says: password has expired, and i have to change it. > (expiration date is set to somewhere in 2010... and yes, system time > is > current) (and it happened every morning for a week now) > > Could it have something to do with passwords being checked every > night, Without knowing the cause, that is a possibility. > and the system finding my password too weak? This is just a test > setup, don't want to have difficult passwords in a test setup... 1) What do you use to check the paswords? 2) Since when do you check the passwords? 3) Does (temporary?) turning off the password check help? Cheers, Leen -- 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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RE: [SLE] how to get mc and yast showing nice lines via putty
by Heupink, Mourik Jan C. 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

ok, I'll try that. thanks very much for your kind assistance. Mourik Jan -----Original Message----- From: Leendert Meyer [mailto:leen.meyer@home.nl] Sent: 07 October 2004 12:05 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] how to get mc and yast showing nice lines via putty On Thursday 07 October 2004 11:47, Heupink, Mourik Jan C. wrote: > Works! > > and how to make this default? Only for mc, or for the entire system? For the entire system, edit /etc/sysconfig/language, and set RC_LANG="C" (untested). Here is a patch for mc: --- /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh.orig 2004-09-09 18:30:10.000000000 +0200 +++ /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh 2004-10-07 11:59:43.093697268 +0200 @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ MC_PWD_FILE="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mc-$USER/mc.pwd.$$" +SAVE_LANG="$LANG" +export LANG="C" /usr/bin/mc -P "$MC_PWD_FILE" "$@" +export LANG="$SAVE_LANG" if test -r "$MC_PWD_FILE"; then MC_PWD="`cat $MC_PWD_FILE`" But you can also edit mc-wrapper.sh by hand. Cheers, Leen -- 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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RE: [SLE] how to get mc and yast showing nice lines via putty
by Heupink, Mourik Jan C. 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Works! and how to make this default? -----Original Message----- From: Harsh Busa [mailto:harsh.busa@gmail.com] Sent: 07 October 2004 11:28 To: Heupink, Mourik Jan C. Cc: SLE Subject: Re: [SLE] how to get mc and yast showing nice lines via putty try this argument before running mc export LANG=C On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:10:15 +0200, Heupink, Mourik Jan C. <heupink(a)intech.unu.edu> wrote: > dear list. > > I asked this before, but didn't get any solutions... I'm sure some of > you must know how to solve this. > > I've installed SuSE 9.1 ftp on a new server, and am having the > following > problem: > > I can't get yast and mc to show they 'graphic' lines correctly. If i > select utf8 in putty, mc works beautifully, and yast shows wrong > characters (qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq instead of horizontal line) and if I > select ISO-8859-1 (and "use unicode line drawing code points") shows > garbled characters, instead of nice lines. > > what to do? With older verions of SuSE this used to work, never had > this problem. What did I do wrong..? > > Yours, > Mourik Jan > > -- > 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 > > -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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how to get mc and yast showing nice lines via putty
by Heupink, Mourik Jan C. 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

dear list. I asked this before, but didn't get any solutions... I'm sure some of you must know how to solve this. I've installed SuSE 9.1 ftp on a new server, and am having the following problem: I can't get yast and mc to show they 'graphic' lines correctly. If i select utf8 in putty, mc works beautifully, and yast shows wrong characters (qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq instead of horizontal line) and if I select ISO-8859-1 (and "use unicode line drawing code points") shows garbled characters, instead of nice lines. what to do? With older verions of SuSE this used to work, never had this problem. What did I do wrong..? Yours, Mourik Jan

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SuSE 9.1 on Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC
by Riccardo Facchini 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Hi all, I know this is probably a little OT, but I would like to know if there is somebody out there with a real-life experience on setting up and using this config: Apple Powerbook G4 + Virtual PC running a SuSE (or other linux) distribution in the virtual machine. Using this setup for development, using the SuSE Virtual PC as server box, and the same Apple Powerbook G4 as client, and maybe a second Virtual PC with a Window$ 200x for other uses. regards, Riccardo

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RE: [SLE] new v9.2 is out
by Vince Negri 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

> > > > According to the web site 128 required, 256 recommended. > > > And anyone determined enough can get it running in 64. Yes, the typical issue is that the installer is memory-hungry (particularly when resolving dependencies between the packages) so that running the install in low RAM takes ages (frenzied swapping) or fails altogether. But I have set up more than one system where I've borrowed extra RAM from another machine purely for the installation, then after the installation set the machine to boot to runlevel 3 and return it to 64MB or whatever. It may even be possible to creatively abuse the "install into directory" feature to set up a hard disk in advance, then put it into the low RAM machine and use the rescue disk to fix up the bootloader. All good clean fun! Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of Application Solutions Ltd. Information in this e-mail may be confidential and is for the use of the intended recipient only, no mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege. Please advise the sender if you receive this e-mail by mistake.

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Running SLES 9 with a 2.4 Kernel?
by Patrick Webster 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Hello list, I have a server currently running SLES 8 on a 2.4 kernel. I'd like to upgrade to SLES 9, however due to some kernel modules (Tivoli) I can't use kernels above 2.4.19-340. Can anyone confirm if you are able to install the 2.4 series (YaST?), and does SLES 9 operate happily on it? Thanks! -Patrick

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Maybe OT: HP R3000 Expansion Base
by Jim Sabatke 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Is this base compatible with Linux? I've searched the web and not found much. There were one or two reports on the ZD7000 Forums that say not compatible, but those were from very early in the year when all kinds of problem were reported for wifi and modem, etc. Is there any experience with this? If not, what would be a good wireless keyboard / mouse combo. My goals are to keep the unit away from environmental hazards (coffee) and not overuse the keyboard / touchpad (now that I finally have the touchpad under control and working nicely). I also want to attach a larger external monitor for graphics editing, but that's another story for another day. Thanks, Jim

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Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out
by Web Developer 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Does anyone know factually about another post where 9.2 requires at least 256 MB RAM? I'm also curious about NVidia drivers - I've got a TNT2 chipset. Morphix is running on that box, due to my inability to figure out the right settings for SUSE 8.0 Pro Thanks, Don ---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:39:26 +0100 From: Dylan <dylan(a)dylan.me.uk> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com On Wednesday 06 Oct 2004 20:58 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Anthony, Folks, > > On Wednesday 06 October 2004 12:37, Anthony Edwards wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 12:27:25PM -0700, Matthew wrote: > > > Deleted a lot of messages, but anyone else notice this? > > > > > > X.Org 6.8.1 > > > > Indeed. x.org rocks, and is a delight to use on FreeBSD. I am > > looking forward to this release with eager anticipation. > > What's the big deal about this new implementation of X? IIUC, there is a philosophical (and maybe practical commercial) problem with the licence for the new XFree86. X.Org is backed by Sun, IBM, HP, SGI, and others; whereas XFree86 is a community based project. Thus, X.org has clout with OEMs for obtaining hardware info, clear development goals, and credibility with (potential) corporate users. X.Org is also the body responsible for maintaining the X11 standard, their implementation is, therefore, most likely to implement it correctly and accurately. Dylan > > Aside from knowing that X underlies all the GUIs on Linux, I'm not > aware, on a day-to-day or moment-by-moment basis, of its effects on > my "user experience." On the other hand, KDE vs. Gnome, e.g. (or any > other choice of desktop environment or simple window manager) is > something one is quite aware of and cannot really fail to notice or > ignore. > > > -- > > Anthony Edwards > > Randall Schulz -- "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine" -Dark Helmet -- 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 -- Web Developer Matheteuo Christian Fellowship webdev(a)matheteuo.org http://matheteuo.org/ Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime!

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New or secondhand laptop question
by John Pettigrew 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

I am thinking of buying a laptop to use as a second computer round the house - for my young son to play with, for my wife to check email while I'm working, and very occasional trips away, that sort of thing. What I want, therefore, is something that will run SUSE 9.1 fairly well, probably using XFce4 or ROX as the desktop rather than KDE, I'd guess. It needs to have enough grunt to cope with playing Flash games for my son, and other multimedia tasks, and it requires wireless networking. That being so, what sort of spec am I looking at? The thing is that a new laptop is about GBP650 for a basic model, but even GBP500 seems to buy a very poor second-hand machine by comparison (such as a P3-650, when the GBP650 could get a Celeron 2.4 GHz). Are there any dangers I need to be aware of when buying a laptop on which to run linux? TiA John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john(a)headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards

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