February 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RAID HTP 372 on-board
by Joni Hoppen 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

hi all, I have a mother soyo SY-KT 400 DRAGON ULTRA with RAID onboard HighPoint HPT 372 and I could not install suse linux 9.0 when the Raid controler is enable on the Bios. When its enable I could not start boot even safemode the falow massage apears "kernel panic " so, what can I do to solve this problem? I need use Raid 1 to make mirror for two hds IDEs 80 gb. Thanks a lot for any answer Joni

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help with IMAP
by linuxjim 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Hi, I'm completely new to imap. I'm running Suse 8.2 with KDE 3.2. I've installed imapd and have it running in xinetd, from the suse cd. I'm trying to get a mail client to connect, but have not been successful. I ran the openssl req..... as outlined in the suse help page and I think that worked fine. However I can't get a client to connect. I've tried both on internal IP address, and from external to IP domain. It advises that a connection could not be established. (I don't think this is relevant, but I've tried Outlook, Pegasus, and Thunderbird). I can telnet in from internal and external, and get OK [COMPATABILITY IMAP4REV1 STARTTLS LOGINDISABLED]..... From here I don't know what else to do or type. Any advice? Also, I don't know if the client should be configured to use direct SSL or StartTLS. Thanks for any advice. Jim Flanagan

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Encryption question
by C Hamel 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

An acquintance & I are attempting some encryption. I am able to decrypt his notes but he cannot decrypt mine. We both have keys and have signed each others' key; I am encrypting using the recipient's key, yet he cannot decrypt my note. I certainly could use some guidance. I have already RTFM on several occasions and there is something I am certain that is getting by me. Thanks... -- ...CH SuSE Is All U Need Linux user# 313696 Linux box# 199365

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Money Programs
by Rem P Roberti 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Having doggedly made the transition from Windoz, there are only a couple of things more that I need in apps, one of them is a basic accounting program that is a little more functional (ie flexibility with respect to online downloads from banking institutions) than either gnucash or kmoney. Previous to this all my basic needs were filled via Quicken. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Rem

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Is it possible to trace an email message routing?
by des 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Is it possible to trace an email message routing? MS Outlook had a useful feature where one could see whether a message had arrived at the recipient, if it had been read/rejected etc. Is it possible to do this? I am currently using KMail. Many thanks, Des Aubery... (www.adtherm.com - des(a)adtherm.com)

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kjots
by ellie philippen 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Thanks for the Yast help, and kjots works to a degree. Sometimes a new book will strangely dissapear. At startup from command line the following errors: Ellie@linux:~/dc> kjots QLayout "unnamed" added to QButtonGroup "ButtonGroup_2", which already has a layout kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::plugAccel(): call to deprecated action. kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::plugAccel(): call to deprecated action. I am close to uninstalling- but -any one have a better idea? Not crazy about knotes but it looks stable. Thanks ellie

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cdrecord stopped working
by Hans du Plooy 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Hi all, Suddenly, out of the blue, my stock standard cdrecord on SUSE 9.0 Pro stopped working. Yes, I have changed some things since the last time I used it - compiled and installed KDE 3.2 - I don't see that that should interfere. Either ways, I'm getting this error:cdrecord: Permission denied. Cannot open '/dev/pg1'. Cannot open SCSIdriver. Why cdrecord would like to use /dev/pg1 I don't know - as I understand pg1 is a parallel port device of sorts. I have searched the archives and found references to the problem, but no solution or at least an rough idea of *why* cdrecord would suddenly want to access /dev/pg1 instead of sr1/sg1 - same for google. Things I've tried: -reinstalled cdrecord from the SUSE DVD -messed around with the permissions of /dev/pg1 -messed aronnd with the permissions of the cdrecord binary -tried k3bwsetup2 (both stock and 0.11.5 I d/l and compiled yesterday) on the permissions- tried compiling vanilla cdrecord - couln't get it to compile, couln't get smake to compile to use that either. -reboot (shock horror :-) cdrecord does work as root though, but even setuid root on cdrecord doesn't helpcdrdao has no problem workin either as user or root. Any ideas why this is bugging me? Thanks -- Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za

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IPC$ password error
by marcia 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Dear All, I have my Suse 8.2 distro setup with samba 2.28a and use webmin mostly for samba configuration. I have 3 computers networked using samba. I use a SpeedStream wireless/wired router which is directly wired into my Suse 8.2(samba server). My husband's computer is hooked up to the only printer(HP 940c deskjet) and has windows 98 SE . I , also, have a laptop that is wirelessly hooked up to this router. I can browse easily now through LinNeighborhood on my Suse 8.2, and I can see my linuxserver from windows 98 Network Neighborhood. I can browse and open the shared folders that are my husband's when I am using his win 98 computer, but whenever I try to open the linux computer from Network Neighborhood I get the IPC$ password box that does not accept any passwords. I have studied this for weeks and cannot get around it yet. I have share security setup and encrypted passwords. I did not want to change windows 98 to unencrypted but if that is the only way I will since this is only a home private network with 2 people using the computers-----certainly a trusted network. I believe this could be a permission problem or a password problem even though I did what I can to make sure all the passwords, users, etc are the same on both computers. I cannot figure this out. Here is my smb.conf which shows what a newbie I am at this I am sure. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much. Marcia # Global parameters [global] netbios name = LINUXSERVER security = SHARE encrypt passwords = Yes null passwords = Yes username map = /etc/samba/smbusers unix password sync = Yes log level = 1 syslog = 0 time server = Yes unix extensions = Yes socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY printcap name = CUPS os level = 62 preferred master = Yes local master = No domain master = Yes message command = /usr/bin/LinPopUp "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s guest account = pcguest valid users = root,marcia,marcialynn,kevin admin users = marcia,root,kevin read list = admin,root,marcia,kevin write list = admin,root,marcia,kevin printer admin = admin,marcia,kevin,root read only = No guest ok = Yes printing = cups veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/ [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S create mask = 0770 directory mask = 0750 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/tmp create mask = 0770 printable = Yes printer name = draft browseable = No [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/drivers valid users = root,marcia,marcialynn,Kevin,kevin,@ntadmin write list = root,@ntadmin,kevin,marcia force group = ntadmin create mask = 0770 directory mask = 0775 [zip] path = /dev/sda4 [AllPhotos] path = /home/marcia/Desktop/AllPhotos [GoVIdeodvd] path = /home/marcia/Desktop/GoVIdeodvd create mask = 0770 force create mode = 0755 [Recipes] path = /home/marcia/Recipes [Recipes2] path = /home/marcia/mnt/LINUXSERVER/Recipes [GoVIdeodvd2] path = /home/marcia/mnt/LINUXSERVER/GoVIdeodvd valid users = root,marcia,marcialynn,kevin,admin,+lp,+public,+ntadmin,+users admin users = read list = write list = admin map system = Yes

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Partitioning software
by Paul W. Abrahams 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

According to a couple of different partitioning programs (Partition Magic and Ranesh), something is seriously wrong with the partition table on my second hard drive. Partition Magic can't even list its contents. Nevertheless neither cfdisk nor Yast finds anything wrong with it. Are there any other Linux partitioning programs that might be able to diagnose and fix the problem? Paul Abrahams

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recommended DVD+/-RW
by Riccardo Facchini 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Hi! I'm trying to decide which DVD burner I should buy. I would like to ask for suggestions/experiences with some DVD+/-RW unit, possibly external USB. Does somebody have a fully-functioning DVD burner (by fully functioning I mean to have been able to start from the DVD, make more than one DVD burn, and possibly having been able to burn a DVD/Video from some film made from a digital camera with little or no trouble. New user to SuSE 9.0 Pro. thanks to the community. ===== Riccardo G. Facchini

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Mysql questions still
by Damon Register 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

I have been struggling with getting mysql running on both SuSE 8.0 and SuSE 9.0. The manual at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/index.html proved to be very helpful althouhg a bit confusing too. I found over 100 messages on that subject from this list and although they were somewhat helpful, there is one thing still missing. Mysql is running with a little tampering and I can access with -h localhost but not with -h myhost.com. This works mysqladmin -u root -h localhost version but this doesn't mysqladmin -u root -h 192.168.0.91 version but gives me an error saying that host "is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server" I don't find this issue in any of the documents that I found so far. Does anyone know why this happens? Damon Register

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grep
by N1UAN Bob 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

Hi Wonder if someone could give me the way to grep for an word within all files on my system like the filename would be XXXX.XX seems no matter what i been trying i am just not doing it right thanks in advance Bob

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subversion
by Glenn Holmer 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

I downloaded subversion 0.99 RPMs from SuSE, but when I go to install them, it tells me I need libneon 0.24 (0.23 is packaged with 9.0). Anybody know if it's safe to force the install (or either where to get 0.24 RPMs)? -- ================================================================== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ================================================================== We shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Y'ha-nthlei, and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever. ================================================================== -H. P. Lovecraft, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", 1931 ==================================================================

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compilar gaim en suse 8.2
by AG 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

> Hola: > No se si me dirijo a la lista adecuada, por favor si es asi > comentadlo. > El caso es q estoy intentado compilar gaim-0.75(desde el > paquete > gaim-0.75-tar.bz2) en mi suse 8.2(kde) y me resultan los > mismos > errores ejecutando ./configure dandole distintos paths con > --prefix=/usr > --prefix=/opt/gnome > --prefix=/opt/gnome2 > ###### > checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no > *** A new enough version of pkg-config was not found. > *** See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/ > configure: error: > *** GLib 2.0 is required to build Gaim; please make sure you > have the GLib > *** development headers installed. The latest version of GLib > is > *** always available at http://www.gtk.org/. > ############## > > > Por defecto se complia en /usr/local pero me lanza el mismo > error > He mirado mis librerias GTK y estan instaladas ambas (gtk1.2 y > gtk2). > Tambien he comprobado donde se instala el gaim(v 0.59) q viene > con la distro y lo hace en /opt/gnome. > Alguna idea? > Gracias > > > > > ___________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS > Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... > http://messenger.yahoo.es > ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es

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fsck!!!
by Rh Conacher 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

Today I was unable to get my Suse 9.0 system to boot as each time I Ctrl-D'd it rebooted and told me to run fsck manually. I thought GREAT :( but having asked before on the list I booted with my boot diskette and was presented with the options of boot from harddisk, installation, safe mode, manual install and rescue etc. I tried the rescue to no avail and even entered the command fsck -VAa / into the additional options with NO luck. How the hell do I get my system back by completing the fsck!! Desperate Hylton

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SuSE Help System and Apache2
by Steven T. Hatton 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Does the SuSE Help System work on Apache2? I don't know why YaST installed Apache2 on my system, but after it did, I get the Apache default index.html, not the SuSE page that points to the documentation. I use that documentation, and I use the url to get to it. I want that functionality back. Do I simply need to uninstall apache2 (and perhaps reinstall apache 1.3), or can I do something to make it work with apache2? The latter option is more attractive, if it's straightforward. STH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOZopH2SF0i7rrGwRAmrIAKCYT4wlKXsNENzuxoeItHJk6KNgaQCgoIlZ 6M+kfafxqRaqYiEhgqD8pzY= =Adkh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] Restart your X after YOU X patch or ...
by Steven T. Hatton 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 February 2004 10:50 pm, Fred Miller wrote: > On Thursday 26 February 2004 10:40 pm, Steven T. Hatton wrote: > > I just had an interesting experience with my system. There is a YOU > > patch for X, if you haven't noticed. After I applied it, I continued to > > work in what I had opened (XEmacs). I went to close one of the XEmacs > > windows (frames for purists) and wham! My X restarted all by itself. I > > will therefore advise that you close your apps before applying the patch, > > and restart X for yourself. > > It also mandates that you reinstall the nVidia driver, which I did, and now > I don't have 3D. Wonderfull. Well, now you go run SaX2 which will add a DisplaySize setting to the /etc/X11/XF86Configure making your fonts as big as your thumb. Either that, or find what setting need to be in the XF86Config and put them there yourself. There should/might be an XF86Config.rmpsave. I haven't tried my 3D. Hold on a second.... /usr/lib/qt3/doc/examples/demo/demo& No errors about not having 3D DRI. I never know exactly how to test that it's working correctly. It shows 3D, and runs the animation (a bit jerky). > Fred STH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAPuqlwX61+IL0QsMRAuk9AJ9ejPK7ywfYwBU1jgHnDlFg34nB/wCgplRU J0qm9GdjR+zwAaCwuKW+CpQ= =zI1V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: FedEx Shipment Notification
by Hamid 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

------- Forwarded message ------- From: sysdeliv(a)fn3a.prod.fedex.com, FedEx <donotreply(a)fedex.com> To: HRG27H(a)HOTMAIL.COM Subject: FedEx Shipment Notification Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:31:54 -0600 (CST) > Faith LoBianco of Fleeman Anderson & Bird Corp sent HAMID GHADYANI 1 > FedEx Priority Overnight package(s). > > This shipment is scheduled to be sent on February 26, 2004. > > The tracking number is 643469789912. > > > To track the status of this shipment online, use the following: > http://www.fedex.com/cgi-bin/tracking?tracknumbers=643469789912&action=trac… > > > Disclaimer > ------------------------------------------------------------- > FedEx has not validated the authenticity of any email address. > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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OT: What Perl Modules are installed?
by Ahbaid Gaffoor 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hello all, how do you test to see what perl modules are installed? Is there a quick command that does this for Perl? Something like how we can do "rpm -qa" to see all rpm's installed... many thanks, Ahbaid

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Hardware question...
by James Hatridge 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hi all... I've got a hub and the transformer burned up. So as a replacement I got the type that has multi-value for the volts, ie from 0 to 12v. My hub uses 5v, but the transformer has only 4.5 and 6v. I put the dial about between the two. It works, but is this good? It also works when I set it at 6v, but could this be too much? Any ideas? Thanks JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection

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Unofficial SuSEFAQ project needs your help
by Togan Muftuoglu 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hi everyone, As the subject header says the project needs your help in adding new content. While I am still unpacking the big part is finished and I can play with my projects again. However, while I was away SuSE 9.0 came lots of new comers joined etc. etc . As a result I was not able to follow the current threads since October and that is in a few days two months time. So I need FAQ entries the question and the answer just in simple text format (yes putting url links so that I can follow the thread will help) Any mini howto's are also welcomed send it to my direct attention note: my mail server does not like spam at all so make sure you have your reverse address delegated. If that becomes a problem please post it to the http://sf.net/projects/susefaq Thanks in advance. -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://susefaq.sf.net

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KDE gone cracy
by jteg＠gmx.de 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hello there, it seems I have a severe problem with my SuSE 9.0 KDE (not upgraded!). For some time now (I do not know if this a coincidence with the online upgrade I did) KDE applications have severe problems: - the konqueror needs about 2-3 minutes to start (I start it via console or icon, the cursor shows the symbol for loading, in the task bar a sign appears, then all this disappears and I have the impression that konqueror will not start....then after a longer time the window pops up out of nowhere) - kmail crashes regularly when I start a new Email and type the first letter for the recipient (the cursor becomes a clock and that's it; although if I type the email text, there is no such problem - kprinter locks up: when I send a job to kprinter, I see the kprinter window and another smaller status window saying initializing printer system, and then nothing happens When I lock out after one of those incidents I can no longer log in to KDE, as it stops while initializing system services. If this is not strange enough, sometimes I could print, sometimes I could write an email and sometimes konqueror starts straight away! I made a new user, but there the printer problem remains (the email problem not, but as this seems to be a problem with auto completion this is easy to understand). I know these problems are queer, but perhaps someone had the same problems or at least has a idea where the error is to be found. Thanks in advance, JE -- GMX ProMail (250 MB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS, Virenschutz, 2,99 EUR/Monat...) jetzt 3 Monate GRATIS + 3x DER SPIEGEL +++ http://www.gmx.net/derspiegel +++

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sa-learn refuses to learn.
by Bob S. 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hello SuSE people. Originally set up spamassassin and had it learn from my mailboxes in Kmail. worked fine. I set up a special spam mailbox with a sub-mailbox named MissedSpam in which I placed spam that was slipping through. Now I want sa-learn to check on that mailbox and learn from it. What I do is, cd into: '/home/bob/Mail' and then do a: "# sa-learn --spam --mbox -f /spam/MissedSpam" Then I get this strange message. "No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/CmdLearn.pm line 120." Can somebody, please, tell me what I am doing wrong here? Bob S.

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Apache2 config with SuSE 9.0 secure Directory
by MindBender 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hello all, For days now I have been tryiong to configure my Apache2 server I have read the How-to and donc from apache.. but I cant get to work the directory with password protection. there is 2 config file in SuSE 9.0 for apache2... when in the directives : if I put <Directory /path_to_directory/restricted_directory> with AllowOverride AuthConfig and other config param </Directory> it does not work. but if I put <Directory /> with AllowOverride AuthConfig and other config param </Directory> it work .. when a user connect to the web page he get ask for user_name & passwd.. but that is not what I want.. I only want to protect some directory.. I have also try putting the .htpasswd & .htaccess in the directory that I want to protect but they are ignore by the server.. can anybody point me to what might be the problem..what do I need to look for in order to resolve this issue. Thanks for any help. ===== \\|// - ? (o o) / =======oOOO=(_)OOo=====================\ email : ephlodur(a)rocketmail.com What we need is Awareness we can't get carelless. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

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mod_ssl connection refused error
by steve-ss 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Is there anything else I must do under 9.0 to add ssl to a running apache setup other than install mod_ssl? Thanks, Steve. ---------------------------------- Here is the error from konq: While trying to retrieve the URL: 192.168.1.2:443 The following error was encountered: Connection Failed The system returned: (111) Connection refused The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again. Your cache administrator is webmaster. Generated Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:40:53 GMT by polop.polop.com (squid/2.5.STABLE3)

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