August 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Boot problem - Suse 9.1
by linuxjim 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi, I did a fresh install of Suse 9.1. Ever since I have a problem with booting up. Sometimes the startup screen says Grub error...., sometimes it dosen't get that far, the bios reports that the hard drive can't be found. (I have two physical drives, suse on hdb). Most of the time it gets to the selection/countdown screen with no problem then when it gets to the suse screen where you can select F2 for verbose, it hangs there for about 5 minutes before the boot process continues. It runs normally after that. I should clarify this new install was on a newly configured box, with an Abit NF7 mobo with a 2500 Athlon. The only hardware I reused were the 2 hard drives. I have the bios set for both drives on automatic. The suse drive (hdb) is a newer WD 100G drive and did not have problems with it in a previous box. Both drives are ATA, I don't have SATA configured. Any suggestions welcome. Jim Flanagan linuxjim(a)jjfiii.com

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Setup SUSE install source on Samba
by Hans du Plooy 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Hi guys, We're preparing a linux course using SUSE. There's a samba install option. How do I setup the source for this? The installer complains about not finding the image. I'm working off the contents copied from the DVD. Is there anywhere where this is documented? My searches only turn up info on samba itself, not installing SUSE from a samba share Thank you -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za

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Mail Server purchasing decision
by Henry Standing 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

I have just secured funding to replace our (somewhat-tired) mail server. Currently we are using a recycled HP NetServer E800 running RedHat 7.2 (with no X), Squirell Mail, SpamAssassin and Sendmail to serve c. 70 POP boxes (SMTP is provided by an external ISP for numerous reasons). I have been using SuSE/SUSE on the desktop since 8.2 and am tempted to run SUSE on the new server. We have 95% IBM hardware - so I would like to buy IBM, with this in mind I have my eye on xSeries rack-mountable. 1. Has anybody got any advice on which model I should go for (budget of GBP 2000 ex VAT)? 2. Has anybody got any advice on which version of SUSE would be most appropriate? Many thanks in advance. H - Henry Standing (\o/) Systems Engineer /_\ Oxford Policy Management

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[SLE] LILO - files
by sander.van.vugt＠azlan.nl 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

Hi, I'dd like to know what the following files in the directory /boot are about. Can anyone give me a clue or point me to some documentation? - boot.b - chain.b - map - System.map-2.2.14 - chos.* Thanks in advance, Sander ********************************************************************** Disclaimer This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is adressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do do not necessarily represent those of the Azlan Holdings bv and/or subsidairy. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited If you have received this email in error please notify Azlan Holdings MIS Helpdesk by telephone on +31 (0) 79 3443200. ********************************************************************* -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq

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How do I install a tar.gz file that begins with "install"
by John Boyle 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

To All: For Mozilla 1.7, I have found a plug-in that must be installed. Even though I was able, with a great deal of help from my SIG, in figuring out a regular tar.gz, this one starts out really differently. File: install_flash_player_7_Linux.tar.gz. ????? :-)

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SuSE 8.1 Install hangs during package installation
by Michael Young 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

Greetings SuSErs, After scouring the archives of several lists and coming up with nothing, I am looking for some help. I have problems installing SuSE 8.1 on an older PC I want to set up as a home file server. The hard drive is a brand new Seagate 120GB IDE connected to a HighPoint Rocket100 IDE card. It has Win98 installed and running properly on the first primary partition (other h/w details below). After starting YaST, I insert the IDE controller card driver into the kernel from a floppy before selecting the setup options (partitioning, software, boot, ...). No problems getting YaST to run in text or 640x480 mode. Once I have the setup configured as detailed below, I accept the install warning message and start installing. The system moves along, installing the packages and reporting progress for a random amount of time and then hangs (I made several attempts and it is a different package each time). The keyboard and mouse are locked up, so I cannot change to a different terminal window to check for possible error messages. I tried 8.2 previously and became fed up with the continuous stream of file dependency warnings and failed RPM installs (with little to know detail in the error messages). I am using 8.1 as a fallback with the intention of attempting an upgrade to 8.2 once the system is up and running. I used the same 8.1 media on a brand new machine with no problems whatsoever. 9.X is out of the question as HighPoint does not support the 2.6 kernel on the Rocket100. Any help is greatly appreciated. Michael Other possibly useful details/clues- H/W: AMD K6-2 356 MB RAM MS-5169 mainboard HighPoint Rocket100 IDE card Seagate Barracuda 7200 120GB HD - master Fujitsu 6GB HD - slave (legacy data) ATAPI 32X CDROM - master on IDE0 MadDog 56X CDRW - slave on IDE0 kernel params: no-hlt ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 ide1=Ox170,0x376,15 hda=cdrom hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdh=noprobe (also tried apm=off, apci=off; the noprobes are necessary only until the OS is loaded) Setup: Partitioning - 10GB ReiserFS for /, 96GB ReiserFS for /home, the balance for swap (mount the Win98 partitions as /c and /d) Software Options - Base Graphics, KDE, Web Server, File Server, C/C++ devtools -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Young email: michael.young(a)thermoanalytics.com Research Engineer www: http://www.thermoanalytics.com ThermoAnalytics, Inc. voice: 906.482.9560 X206 P.O. Box 66 fax: 906.482.9755 Calumet, MI 49913 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providers of engineering services and software for advanced thermal and infrared signature analysis

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KDE locking the whole box on SuSE 9.1
by Rikard Johnels 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi all! Tried a fresh install of 9.1 today (for the third time) No frills, just a clean from scratch install of the standard system. And i've gotten the same problem EVERYTIME! KDE locks up randomly after a few minutes. No keyboard, no network no nothing but the button-on-the-front can unluck it. I cant seem to find the answer to why or what causes the lockup. Thought it to be YAS, but even if i dont run it it locks. Thought it was a number of other things, none applied. It just wont run. It looses keyboard, CAPS and NUM toggles, but you cant shift to another terminal to kill X, and you cant even bail out with ctrl-alt-backspace. YOu cant access the box via keyboard at all. It also kills network connections, i cant ping let alone ssh to the box as it hangs. What am i to do??? -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh(a)norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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BASH History
by Randall R Schulz 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi, The BASH history question reminded of a small problem I have with this function that perhaps someone can help me with. I always keep a Konsole window open in which I have four regular interactive BASH shells and one root shell running. When I log out or shut down, it seems that the four shells running under my user ID clash somehow or fail to coordinate in the way they write the history file, and I end up with only one of those shells' history. Does anyone know of a way to get all four shells' worth of history saved? Randall Schulz

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bind 9
by it clown 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi All Im running bind 9 on 9.1 pro with a forwarder to my isp. options { directory "/var/lib/named"; forwarders { x.x.x.x; y.y.y.y; }; allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0/24; }; listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.1; }; notify no; }; zone "." in { type hint; file "root.hint"; }; zone "localhost" { type master; file "localhost.zone"; }; zone "fbi.net" { type master; file "test.zone"; }; zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "0.168.192.zone"; }; will this work as caching dns aswell. At the moment its working 100% as a internal and forwarder dns.If it works as a caching dns server were will i see the caching ( in what file )? Regards _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums ,click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote

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Anyone using OpenGroupware?
by Tom Nielsen 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

I installed it on my home machine for testing and while everything will start up, I can't connect to http://localhost:20000/OpenGroupware/. I keep getting connection refused. I set it up with no security. I followed these directions: http://www.thievingmagpie.org/ogosuse82-en.html Any thoughts on where to start looking? Also, will this work on 64-bit SuSE? Thanks, Tom -- ---------------------------- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com ----------------------------

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