January 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Grub Lilo
by Mark Panen 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Hi On installating Suse 9.2, i forget now is there an option to install no boot loader or is one installed anyway. Mark

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Installation of Suse 9.2 stops after formating HD
by James Mohr 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Hi All! This problem was submitted to SuSE support over a month ago and they have not come very far. I posted a message about the problems I was having with Suse support and people suggested to try the list. So, here I am. During the installation of Suse 9.2, when I use the standard installation, Yast seems to freeze, but switching to VC4, I see what appears to be repeated messages scrolling across the screen. Ctrl-S does not appear to stop the output, so I cannot read what it says. If I used "Installation - Safe Settings", Yast seems to stop as soon as it has completed the creation of the filesystem. However, only if I use either ext3fs or reiserfs. If I used ext2fs it installs correctly. During the installation I did not use the default options for the keyboard language, time zone and the partitioning options. The default was to completely delete the partition /dev/hdg1 and install a single root filesystem there. Instead, I told Yast to install root on /dev/hda12. During the installation with the reiserfs I tried to mount /dev/hda9 (a data FS on my working system) in order to store various log files and other info. However, the mount command hung. I tried to run fdisk -l to see what partitions it sees. The fdisk command hung as well. Running ps -ef I could see that there were actually two running mount commands. One looked like this: root 4184 4183 1 13:06 tty1 00:00:01 /bin/mount -t reiserfs /dev/ hda12 /mnt/ I though that maybe my mount command had caused problems, so I rebooted and tried the installation again. It hung as well. Running ps -ef again, I saw the same mount command. It seems that for whatever reason the mount is hanging and thus Yast cannot continue. I can provide the y2log, as well as the output of dmesg and ps, if people are interested. The hardware I have is: Asus A7S333 /PA Sockel A/SIS AMD Athlon XP 2400+; 2000 MHz 512 MB DDR-RAM PC-400 Infineon Elsa Erazor - Nvidia GeForce2 MX 100/200 Maxtor 6Y080L0 80 GB (/dev/hda) Maxtor 6Y120L0 120 GB (/dev/hdb) LG 4160B Double Layer DVD Brenner (/dev/hdc) SAMSUNG SP1604N 160 GB (/dev/hdd) Maxtor 7Y250P0 250 GB (/dev/hde) Maxtor 6Y120L0 120 GB(/dev/hdg) PROMISE TX2 Ultra U-DMA133 Any help is grealy appreaciated. Regards, Jim Mohr -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting.

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Intel Chipset graphics?
by Thom Nuzum 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Having spent hours now trying to get a decent graphics resolution on a Toshiba M-45. The graphics are the Intel Graphic media Accelerator 900. I have selected i810 ( as instructed) and cannot get a resolution of 1280X800 to work with the LCD. It defaulted back to vesa freamebuffer at 800x600. I have tried editing xorg.conf and adding i810 and the proper resolution and modes also. Sax2 will not let me use anything other than framebuffer. Does anyone know if I need the Intel drivers? I thought they are already part of SuSE. Thanks

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SuSE 9.2 and networking using 2.4.x kernels
by Mark Hounschell 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Is there possibly a HOW-TO somewhere that tells one how to make networking work on SuSE 9.2 while running a 2.4 version of the kernel? Thanks Mark

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mdnmsg files?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Decided to open a file via the quick browser today, and noticed that there were lots(42) of the above text files. I have looked into a couple of them and they seem to be read receipts for mail that people have sent me where they have requested a read receipt ie Return Receipt for the mail that you sent to hylton(a)global.co.za. How come these are saved as plain text in my home directory? Sure I keep my local POP mail in my own mail reader for ever but still, it intrigues me. I would assume they can just be deleted. Permissions on them are all rw-r--r-- or 0644 and they are owned by me and the users group. File sizes are an average of around 3k. I'd be even more interested if a few people could all send me a message requesting a read receipt from me over the next few days to see if the number received increases for each one I receive. Below is a bit for bit paste of the mdnmsg file: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:37:21 +0200 From: hylton(a)global.co.za Message-ID: <400C23E1.70003(a)global.co.za> Subject: Return Receipt (displayed) - Fw: from Hazel To: "Hazel Conacher" <hazelc(a)global.co.za> References: <003e01c3de94$af8d6070$647cef9b@computer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=disposition-notification; boundary="------------mdn020805010700070606070904" --------------mdn020805010700070606070904 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is a Return Receipt for the mail that you sent to hylton(a)global.co.za. Note: This Return Receipt only acknowledges that the message was displayed on the recipient's computer. There is no guarantee that the recipient has read or understood the message contents. --------------mdn020805010700070606070904 -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================

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Newbee-Eagle-usb driver for adsl modem
by Evaristo Ferrari 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Hi, does anyone have instaled Eagle-usb adsl modem drivers inside suse 9.2 with success? What are the right steps? I installed them for my usr 9000 as I did for Mandrake distro by "untar and make make install" commands with ver. 2.0 of Eagle-usb driver but I can't browse to any directions and virtual eth01 haven't any ip address even if adsl usb modem seems to works. Thanks in advince for any help Evaristo

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How to Keep User Info from 9.1 to 9.2
by Synthetic Cartoonz 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

At some point I am going to need to update my PC running SuSE 9.1 Pro to 9.2. Since I plan to repartition, too, I will end up blowing away the /home partitions. What files do I need to backup to preserve the most important user settings -- namely the logins/password saved by the KDE wallet and Mozilla?

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I want RAID
by Mirko Perak 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

HI, before a manth I've installed suse 9.2 on this: hda1 30GB (Windows) and hda2 50GB (suse) now I have second hard disk that is formated like this: hdb1 50GB and hdb2 10GB I would like to make RAID1 of hda2 and hdb1. Can I do that with YaST? There is an option "make raid", but I don't want to screw my suse instalation wich works like charm. Does anybady made RAID1 after installation of suse on one hard disk? How can I make RAID1 and keep my nice installation? -- Mirko

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suse 9.2 large fonts
by jab＠muskokatech.ca 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

I am just trying out Suse Pro 9.2. Everything is working well, except the fonts in the Firefox menus and bookmarks list are way too big. Gaim has a similar problem. All of the KDE apps look fine. I never had this problem with fedora, so it is very frustrating. I am very impressed with suse overall, and want to continue using it. Any help would be appreciated. Jeremy Baker

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net-snmp-utils
by matice＠nic.fi 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

hello stupid question, is net-snmp-utils included in suse 9.1 net-snmp package or do i need to find it from elsewhere?? Matice

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