November 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] SUSE taking over the World! Finally!
by Bahram Alinezhad 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "" (Rich3800(a)aol.com) wrote: ---------- As much as I love SuSE, I would be wary that ANY company would take over the world. SuSE is my favorite linux distribution, right up there with Debian. If I could, I would have bought stock in it but it wasn't publicly traded (at the time), contrarily to Red Hat, which was listed on the stock exchanges. I'm wary of a trait of the human psyche: the tendency to put all his/her eggs in the same basket and to play it safe. After all, that's how monopolies are born. Even though I love KDE, I still would fund Gnome just to keep an alternative going. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- Excellent comment! For the same reason, *dominance* of Microsoft is fought, not its *existence*. Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Printer won't print
by Kelly J. Morris 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

I am using SuSE Pro 9.0. I tried to print a document in oOo 1.1.1 and now the printer (HP Deskjet 990 Cxi USB) will not print anything at all, from any application. The icon on the 990 indicates the jobs are paused, but when I cancel the jobs, the "Paused" text remains and it still won't print. When I open the "Properties" window, it says: "Paused: Unable to open USB device "usb://HP/DeskJet%20990C": No such device" I'm puzzled as to why this happened and how to get things going again. Is there a kill command that I can use in a terminal that might get things unstuck? Any guidance would be appreciated. TIA. Kelly Morris

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Re: [SLE] SUSE taking over the World! Finally!
by Bahram Alinezhad 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Randall R Schulz" (rschulz(a)sonic.net) wrote: ---------- [...] So basically, by changing the file's extension, you've lied to the software about what the file contains. Randall Schulz <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- As for konqueror, It looks so decided that the browser should appoint the file-type only when there is no extension. Without any extension, the browser shows the correct type, while with presence of an extension, it follows it. Last but not least, when konqueror finds a mismatch between extension and the real content, adds a line in the file-properties tab which shows the actual content... may have you noticed it yet? I think once I said: "This has a disadvantage: The speed of checking file-formats by user becomes slow, because, you have to get properties of all suspicious files. I wish it was adjustable." Nautilus retains its extension-ignorance policy. Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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SCPM on 9.2
by Jeffrey L. Taylor 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

In Yast2, I enabled SCPM, added a resource with two files and clicked OK. An unnamed window popped up with "Analyzing System" and a progress bar. It has been analyzing the system for 30 minutes now with no progress so far. Should I kill it? What is the problem? TIA, Jeffrey

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file permission oddity
by Jeffrey L. Taylor 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

In /var/run/sysconfig there appears to be a file called if-eth1 with permissions such that root cannot list it, remove, or do anything else with it. Any attempt gives a "Permission denied" message. Any suggestions on how to move it out of the twilight zone? TIA, Jeffrey

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K3b and kernel 2.6.8 NOT SUSE specific
by Peter B Van Campen 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi, The 'owner' of K3b, Sabastian T. has this posted on the www.k3b.org page: "Do not use Kernel 2.6.8 A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8 release makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless run as root but that is not recommended). The very important GET CONFIGURATION MMC command is rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot see and writing commands like MODE SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect CD writers without it) even when the device is opened O_RDWR. Until this issue has been solved I strongly recommend to stick to kernel version 2.6.7. Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next kernel release should work again. :) Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1 Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which makes it impossible to write audio cds, even as root." Now this is Not Distro specific, so we don't know if the SUSE 2.6.8 in 9.2 has any in-house tweaks for this prob, but he certainly describes the "Need to run as root" prob. Also he stated that newer kernels will also have issues. Perhaps this is the reason Shilling at SUSE has modified 'cdrecord'? My advice == Follow the work-arounds as you have discussed here on the list and await more news. PeterB

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RE: [SLE] network interface not found
by Ricci Graham 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

I am having the same problem with a Compaq 1850R with an integrated NIC. I had originally installed Compaq interface for the NIC and that one wasn't working. A co-worker said he has Linux working on another machine with the same NIC using an Intel EE Pro 100 so I am trying to install that interface, but no matter what I do, it still sees the old interface and then gives the same message as below. So I guess my question would be how do I get it to recognize a new NIC interface??? Ricci -----Original Message----- From: Taavi Dovnar [mailto:taavid@luunja.edu.ee] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:06 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] network interface not found Suse 9.1 Pro. While booting, very often network card (integrated) is not found. Usually "few" restarts helps. Messages from log file are below. There is another computer with same configuration, usually no problems there. And same problem occur sometimes with other computers also... What could be reason & solution? MB: Epox 4PLAI 848P <notice>start services (network) Setting up network interfaces: lo lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 doneWaiting for mandatory devices: eth-id-00:04:61:4e:bb:5b 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 eth-id-00:04:61:4e:bb:5b No interface found failedSetting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .failed <notice>exit status of (network) is (7) -- 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE - The information (both of the message and any attachments) contained in this message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient or has received this message in error, you are hereby notified that we do not consent to any reading, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any such actions are strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the transmitted information.

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DOSEMU & AMD64 issues
by Greg Macek 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi, Does anyone have a system successfully running DOSEMU (or any other comparable DOS emulator) working under a 64-bit version of SuSE? Whenever I've tried running DOSEMU I get the following error message: vm86plus service not available in your kernel Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Greg

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No wlan0 conectivity
by Glenn Williams 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hello, all: I mentioned in a previous e-mail, that I was able to get my PCMCIA wireless network card working by using YAST to configure the card. I had previously neglected to choose DHCP to assign the IP addresses. Once I had Internet connectivity, the YOU online update feature offered to update SuSE 9.1, so I allowed to do so. Included in the update, was an ACX100 module for the D-Link DWL 650 plus wireless network card I use in the laptop. Ater the online update completed, and after rebooting the laptop, I can no longer connect to the Internet. I used YAST to configure the D-Link card, first using the commercial driver I had purchased back in May, and which was working prior to the update, and then, when that failed, I used the new module as the basis for the configuration. This failed also. I have no idea where to go with this. Can someone help me find a way out of this quagmire? I have no idea where to begin. Kindest regards, Glenn (running SuSE 9.1 on a 3 year old HP pavilion ze5170 laptop)

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ServerRAID driver version number in SUSE kernel (Suse 9.1 Pro)
by Christophe Sahut 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hello all, I have this config : PRODUCT: SuSE Linux I386 9.1 Professional Hardware : Ibm xSeries 235 Bios version : 7.10.18 Hardrive : IBM 32P0731 (6 disks, 2 with raid 1 and 3 with raid 5) with hardware raid controller ( IBM ServeRAID-6M firmware version : 7.10.18) I get this error in my logs : ----------- Error : -------------------- Nov 22 12:32:16 dumbo kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.5. Nov 22 12:32:16 dumbo kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. Nov 22 12:37:16 dumbo kernel: mptscsih: ioc0: >> Attempting task abort! (sc=c5731380) Nov 22 12:37:16 dumbo kernel: mptscsih: ioc0: >> Attempting target reset! (sc=c5731380) Nov 22 12:37:16 dumbo kernel: mptscsih: ioc0: >> Attempting bus reset! (sc=c5731380) Nov 22 12:37:26 dumbo kernel: mptscsih: ioc0: >> Attempting host reset! (sc=c5731380) Nov 22 12:37:26 dumbo kernel: mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery Nov 22 12:39:50 dumbo kernel: SCSI Error: (0:0:0) Status=02h (CHECK CONDITION) Nov 22 12:39:50 dumbo kernel: Key=8h (BLANK CHECK); FRU=00h Nov 22 12:39:50 dumbo kernel: ASC/ASCQ=00h/05h "" Nov 22 12:39:50 dumbo kernel: CDB: 08 01 00 00 01 00 - "READ(6)" Nov 22 12:39:50 dumbo kernel: Nov 22 12:57:50 dumbo -- MARK -- Nov 22 12:59:00 dumbo /USR/SBIN/CRON[8842]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) --- End of error ---------- I think I have a problem because the firmware version of the RAID controller is newer than the version of the driver of the kernel. How can I check which version of the serverraid driver is in the kernel ? Should I wait for the next kernel upgrade ? The IBM tool told me that versions mismatch. I don't know if it is the cause of the scsi errors but it could be. Someone has any hint about this ? Thank you -- Christophe

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