July 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Creating local YOU repository
by Richard Curtis 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Hi all, I am trying to figure out how to build a localised YOU repository for the Suse 9.1 patches.... I am constantly having to re-pull patches, so a local copy would benefit both myself, and I guess SuSE in general due to lower bandwidth use. Can anyone point me in the direction of help ? I have looked at /etc/youservers and have seen in Yast where I can set it to use an NFS directory, but I am stuck now... Where do I get the updates from ??? - ie, can I rsync a specific folder nightly to maintain the local copy ??? Where do the updates need storing ? (I guess this is irrelevant as if I have the local copy, I can export it via NFS and then specify that patch in Yast. Can anyone point me in the right direction please ?? Richard

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Re: [SLE] Ken Hughes and his accusations
by Ryan McCain 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Yes, Ken Hughes seem to have quite an attitude. I've seen it over and over again on this list. >>> John Boyle <jboyle(a)harbornet.com> 7/21/2004 11:25:36 AM >>> To All: I went to the LUG in question, one time, and left them very angrily. Whatever alleged "racial slur" I could have made, you would find everybody that knows me knows I could NOT have made! I did call them arrogant and useless, but I had gone to their meeting to get help in switching from Windows to Linux, and got nothing! Now, any alleged "racial slur" I can sincerely apologize for, but I will NOT apologize for calling him and others, arrogant! I have no idea where he gets off with this false accusation, as, for one thing, he and I are the same race, which means nothing. I went there with a sincere interest in learning, but, the only thing I learned was that they thought themselves perfect! -- 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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[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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