July 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SOLVED] SuSE 9.1 K3B burn cd as User
by burgeke＠HQ.VerizonWireless.com 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

I know we have been going back and forth about how some can't burn CDs as a normal user but rather, only as root. I did post a workaround in an earlier thread some weeks ago. It was to simply upgrade cdrecord from packman's site and set perms on cdrecord and cdrdao to run as root. That solved all my problems... Anyway, thought I would dig into the root of the problem instead of taking that route on this new install I just did. Same external Iomega CDRW (predator) USB drive. I had the same problem with a fresh SuSE 9.1 pro install with all patches from YOU applied; I could only burn as root. Here was my fix: ** In /etc/fstab add "users" to the options for /dev/cdrom ** In /etc/resmgr.conf add "scsi" to the "add /dev/cdrom" line to look like this "add /dev/cdrom desktop paride scsi" Worked like a champ after that. Note: Not sure if the fstab mods were needed or not. The modification of fstab alone did not resolve the problem. It wasn't until I fixed up resmgr.conf and booted that I was able to burn as a user. Hope this helps someone else with external USB burners. Regards, Keith Burgess P.S. I dug the net like crazy for documentation on resmgr and came up empty. Might look at the source shortly to see if I can understand the options in resmgr.conf and what they do.

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Ximian2 - Need the monkey out
by Alfredo Cole 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Hi: I am running SuSE 8.2 Pro, and installed Ximian 2 using instructions posted on Novel's site. The install went fine, and Ximian runs fine also. The problem is that installing any new software using Yast results in numerous dependency problems, to the point that I can not install nor update any packages now. Is there a way to uninstall Ximian and get my system the way it was before? Thank you. -- Alfredo J. Cole Grupo ACyC www.acyc.com - www.clshonduras.com

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The strangest thing....
by Chris Roubekas 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Dear Suser's I found this in my /var/log/messages this morning. Not only is it strange that the nic was recorded as down (why?? I don't know..) the biggest wonder is that noone complained of a network problem although the system was down for a full 4 seconds (as you can see). Can anyone give me a clue of what I am reading here?? This is a SuSE 8.1 box. Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.19-4GB Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: Loaded 14329 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.4.19-4GB. Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.19. Jul 30 09:45:21 mp3 kernel: Loaded 903 symbols from 26 modules. Jul 30 09:45:25 mp3 kernel: e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex Thank you Chris

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Fonts in SuSE 9.1
by Chris Purcell 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

I just upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1 on my home machine, and did some clean installs of 9.1 on some machines at work. On all the machines, the fonts look really bad, specifically in Opera. I was able to fix this problem in 9.0 by simply running YOU and installing the MS True Type Fonts. It doesn't seem to work in 9.1. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, Chris

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xine
by mulawarman raja 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Hi, I want to see DVD movies, and download newest xine from here: cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ install it with --install --force but I still can't watch DVD. The DVD were 'played', I can hear the sound, but no picture... only 'blue screen' any help apriciated. thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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New improved skype is available
by Sid Boyce 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

skype-0.90.0.14-suse.i386.rpm includes the ability to dial any number worldwide. I guess this feature is a subscription service, I've been waiting on their server to chuck some details back to konqueror, it's a store directory in the URL, so I shall hopefully be getting details back some time, it's been about 10 minutes waiting so far. May be I caught the rush hour for Antipodean users. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====

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Resizing Linux Partition v. 9.1. prof.
by hwm＠onetel.net.uk 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Linux Suse 9.1. Partition Resizing ---------------------------------- Is it true that once linux partitions have been created they cannot be resized unless there is still some free space at the bottom of the last partition? The scenario: Partitions have been created for 'swap', 'root', and 'home' (for programs and data). Later it turned out that there is not enough space for 'home' but more than necessary for 'root'. Obviously, one would want to reduce the 'root' partition and increase the 'home' to accommodate more programs. There is no space left below 'home'. According to literature this is not possible. It is only possible to make 2 partitions out of one. Also it does not appear possible to reduce the WIN98 partition which occupy the first cylinders and use the space for Linux. This of course is possible before installing Linux. Magic Partition v. 8 only creates or resizes partitions 'Ext2', 'Ext3', 'swap' but not 'Reiser' If this is true I am more than surprised because even Windows allows it. Conclusion: Linux allows to resize Window partions but not its own??!! -

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Fetchmail Daemon Problem
by C Hamel 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

I have now gotten seven e-mails from Fetchmail Daemon with the following text, therein: Received: from lists.suse.de (195.135.221.131) by mail01j.rapidsite.net (RS ver 1.0.94vs) with SMTP id 4-0350368368 for <sist.mex(a)ovoplus.com>; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:59:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 11809 invoked by alias); 30 Jul 2004 15:47:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com> list-unsubscribe: <mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe-sist.mex=ovoplus.com@suse.com> list-post: <mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com> X-MIME-Notice: attachments may have been removed from this message X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e X-Message-Number-for-archive: 201285 Delivered-To: mailing list suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Received: (qmail 11792 invoked from network); 30 Jul 2004 15:47:25 -0000 From: C Hamel <vgm2(a)sc2000.net> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:45:26 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200407292116.38033.vgm2(a)sc2000.net> <20040730134450.GI22496(a)bristol.st.com> <410A5938.3050104(a)sandiego420.com> In-Reply-To: <410A5938.3050104(a)sandiego420.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200407301045.26735.vgm2(a)sc2000.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at scanhost.suse.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 tagged_above=-20.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_44, MY_LINUX X-Spam-Level: Subject: Re: [SLE] Think I've been cracked... not certain X-Loop-Detect:1 How do I put a stop to it!? -- ...CH "The more they over-think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." Scotty

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"... not enough memory to load all data" during HTTP installation of SUSE on Dell Lat CPIa
by J.N. SUsE Lists 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

( 6G drive, 258M-500M swap partition(s) ) "There is not enough memory to load all data; To continue, activate some swap space." ( It appears to recognize the 258M swap space, because then it has me choose hda1 ) And then: "Error activating swap space." I get the message above when trying to install SuSE 9.1 on a hard drive with a single partition (Linux Swap) on it, or with 2 swap partitions on the drive, with one of them formatted and the other not formatted -- I was trying to figure out how to get the install program to sucessfully . Partitions and formatting done by System Commander. (Because I can boot into it, partition, and format without installing an OS.) I've got 128M of RAM and 256K of cache. Can't seem to get far enough in the install to be able to access fdisk / cfdisk, and wouldn't really be sure how to do it, anyway... Hopefully, that's clearer than it sounds... Any help is appreciated. Thanks, -- J.

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(fwd) Re: [SLE] NFS mount not working
by Michael W Cocke 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:03:22 +0100, Dylan <dylan(a)dylan.me.uk> wrote: >On Friday 30 Jul 2004 16:31 pm, Jesse Pretorius wrote: ><SNIP> >> >> > Which filesystem are you using on the server? >> >> ReiserFS > >I'm sorry to say this may well lie at the root of your problem. No >matter how much the reiserfs proponents may protest otherwise the fs is >not fully compatible with nfs. Oh My GOD! Is this an opinion or authoritative? No. I'm not trolling or joking. I decided (on the last rebuild, relatively recently) to try Reiser on my primary file server. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,

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