November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Possible boot ordering problem between ntp and dhcp
by Bruce A. Mallett 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

I think I'm seeing an ordering problem in that ntp won't set the system clock on boot because: 1) Yast stores the time server's name and not its IP address in /etc/ntp.conf 2) My system gets its IP via dhcpd 3) ntp fails to resolve the IP address via DNS for the ntp server named in /etc/ntp.conf because ... 4) dhcpd does not modify /etc/resolv.conf until *after* /etc/init.d/ntp is run FWIW: I've eth0 controlled by ifplugd. I believe that this is demonstrated by doing: egrep -i 'dhcp|ntp' /var/log/messages which yields the following: --- Nov 3 15:20:20 tornado ntpdate[5292]: can't find host louie.udel.edu Nov 3 15:20:20 tornado ntpdate[5292]: no servers can be used, exiting Nov 3 15:20:20 tornado ntpd[5365]: ntpd 4.2.0a(a)1.1191-r Fri Sep 9 17:17:17 UTC 2005 (1) Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: precision = 3.000 usec Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: Listening on interface wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: Listening on interface wildcard, ::#123 Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: kernel time sync status 0040 Nov 3 15:20:21 tornado ntpd[5365]: frequency initialized -1.291 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift Nov 3 15:20:25 tornado modify_resolvconf: Service dhcpcd modified /etc/resolv.conf. See info block in this file --- showing /etc/resolv.conf being modified *after* ntp runs.

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(OT) 64-bit Linux - THANKS
by Mike Roy 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hello everyone: Just a short note to say thank you to all of you who responded to my earlier request about 64-bit machines and Linux. I didn't realize just how many flavors of Linux are running on AMD 64 machines, it was an eye-opener. Again, many thanks. Cheers, Mike

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cpu throttling on Fujitsu Lifebook S7020
by Miroslav Ruda 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hello, I'm installing Opensuse 10.0 on Siemens Fujitsu Lifebook S7020 and I'm not able to setup CPU throttling. Looks like kernel doesn't support it: # cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling <not supported> I have tried modules acpi-cpufreq and speedstep-centrino with the same result - CPU frequency can be changed, but throttling is not supported. Processor is Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz, motherboard with intel 915 chipset. Any idea what's missing? -- Mirek Ruda

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Memory Details
by Jose A Medina 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Guess this question is not specific to SuSe but that is our flavor of Linux in house, so here goes. We are currently running SLES9 and we have one remote server that we will be upgrading the RAM on. The problem is we have no way of knowing what the current type/config of the system ram is. Is there a tool we can use to determine. The number of RAMM slots filled and what types of RAM fill these slots.. I'm assume there is a simple tool for this but I have never needed to use one prior to now. Thanks JAM

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Re: [SLE] Trouble with adding YAST installation sources
by Dan Abernathy 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Thank you for the replies. I did have the U.S. Packman mirror entered correctly, but it seems problematic, the downloads were constantly stalling even when it did manage to refresh the package list. I changed it to a different mirror and now all is well. Mplayer is working, which was my main goal. I do wish there were a way to close YAST when it's misbehaving, it doesn't respond to clicking "Abort" and whatnot.

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know-how question: cups
by Stephan Böni 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

I can hold a print job in his queue with the lp command, like "lp -i 3 -H hold" which holds the print job with id 3. But how can in verify, which jobs are held? Is there no command, who can display this information? Thanks for any help. Stephan

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VPS & Firewall problem
by Marek Mikuliszyn 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hello everyone! I've got a burning problem with my VPS running under SuSE with Plesk. Well... I've tried to configure firewall thru YaST tool and I configured sth badly cause I lost access to my server. No problem, I though cause I still could switch to Repair Mode with Plesk... so I did. But the problem is, that when I'm changing anything while under Repair Mode, after restart all changes are changing back to old/bad ones :/ I've tried to edit /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 or even delete firwall script from /init.d/ with no effect - files are returning after restart. My question is: Could someone please tell me how to turn off this damn SuSEfirewall and configure firewall in future only thru iptables ? -- greetings, Marek Mikuliszyn

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Where is DB.php ? Suse 10.0.
by Robert Rozman 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi, I'm trying to install PHP application and it complains : robi:/usr/src/AMP # ./install_amp Checking for PEAR DB..FAILED [FATAL] PEAR must be installed (requires DB.php). Include path: /usr/share/php I've installed php4-pear and I'm searching for file DB.php and it isn't there. Does anyone know in what package is this file included or is it missing from Suse rpm's ? Thanks in advance, regards, Rob.

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trac and SuSE 10?
by Anders Norrbring 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Has anyone got trac up and running on SuSE 10? If so, how? I just can't get it to work at all... -- Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting

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no keyboard with KDE
by Vincente Aggrippino 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

SuSE 10.0. I recently switched from Fedora Core where I was used to Gnome. So, when I switched to SuSE, I made sure that all of the Gnome and GTK stuff was installed and Gnome was the default. I thought I'd give KDE a try, since it's SuSE's default and there are a lot of programs that I'm not using which are KDE based. After I switched, using the "Session" link at the bottom of the greeter, I can't use the keyboard. I know it works, I just can't use it from within KDE. I can't type in a Konsole terminal... I can't use CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to the actual console. I can't open the YaST Control Center properly because I can't type the root password when I'm prompted. If I use the mouse to log out, or end my session, I can type again... I can log in. Everything works fine in Gnome. I read something from an old message that seems to describe this problem in relation to upgrading KDE, but this is the first time I've run KDE. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Vince

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pine 4.64
by Aschwin Marsman 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi, As a pine user on SUSE 10.0 I have the following version installed: > rpm -q pine pine-4.63-9 On the pine site it states: Note: Install Pine 4.64, or later version, to fix a buffer overflow problem. Read iDEFENSE Security Advisory for full details. http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=313&type=vulnerabilities Will pine be upgraded to 4.64 or is this already solved in 4.63-9? Best regards from the Netherlands, Aschwin -- aschwin(a)marsman.org http://www.marsman.org

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Streaming & mplayer
by Erik Jakobsen 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi. I use SuSE 9.3. I want to be able to stream the programs from http://www.dr.dk. I have read this: I need to have mplayer and mplayerplug-in installed. For that dr.dk has this URL: http://www.dr.dk/hjaelp/html/netradio/0501.shtml Further on I also should have the "All in one packages". I have installed mplayer and the plugin for Mozilla from Packman, but have no luck with it. Does this include, that I have the "All in one packages" also ?. rpm -q MPlayer MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3 lajka3:~ # rpm -q mplayerplug-in mplayerplug-in-3.11-0.pm.0 Is installed here. Should that be ok ?. I also think on the Codeks Erik Jakobsen

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RE: [opensuse] Re: suse in a windows network (authentication)
by Daniel Hatfield 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

> For what it's worth, I've never gotten any distribution to communicate > well with active directory. I know it can be done and there are many > appliances and professionally built server products that work > flawlessly. For what it's worth We have now standardized on Suse servers with samba authenticating to Active Directory for our remote offices. I've been wanting to write a How-to for this, but I need some downtime to do it. But, as always I will try to help anyone who is stuck at a certain point. Cheers, Daniel

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Samba printer driver share
by hansdp-lists＠sagacit.com 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi guys, In what format/directory structure should the drivers be put in the print share? I my smb.conf I have: [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/drivers write list = @ntadmin root force group = ntadmin create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 and in /var/lib/samba/drivers there are a bunch of architecture directories. I put the driver files for the printer I'm working on (HP Laserjet 1200) in the W32X86 directory, but windows keeps saying "The server on which the printer resides does not have the correct printer driver installed." It doesn't work if I put it in the WIN40 directory (which I assume is NT). The clients are Windows 2000 Server. Is there a specific directory structure I have to adhere to? I looked at the print$ share on the Windows box - it had a "3" directory in - dunno what signifies, but I tried that without any luck too. Thanks Hans

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Re: [SLE] Trouble with adding YAST installation sources
by Kai Ponte 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

> Hi all, > > I'm new to Suse (and Linux, for that matter) and was trying to follow > this great set of instructions to add support for things like Windows > media file formats. > http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/ Welcome to SuSE - the best distro on the block (IMHO). I'm a newbie too. I've been using it only for about a year and a half and am still learning much about this very cool linux thingy. > > I added the following RPM repositories to YAST: > > ftp://packman.unixheads.com/ > mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java > mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source > mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra > > That went fine, but when I opened Software Management in YAST, it said > "Reading package information..." which I assumed was normal - it has to > check what's available at the sites I added in order to build the list > I'll be searching. > > However, it's never gotten beyond that point. I let it go all night and > all day today, and it's still "Reading package information..." for, What that means, is that your connection didn't work. It is trying to update. I dunno about yast - you can't kill it like other processes. Anyway, all looked good except for the packman one. I found the yast sources at: ftp://packman.unixheads.com/suse/10.0/ Try that. Always try the links in a browser or ftp client prior to actually adding them as sources. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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SUSE 10.0 - XMMS, Kaffeine, xine
by Daniel Carvalho 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hey guys, Just before install SUSE 10.0, I spent one entire day trying to put XMMS to play MP3 and xine (with Keffeine) to play DVDs, without success!!! I did all procedures and hints that I found on the WEB about it. Before I start trying to do it again, I just want to know if some body is able to watch DVDs and play MP3 at SUSE. I have already done it in a very easy way with RedHat, Connectiva (Mandriva) and Kurumin (Knoppix). Thanks Daniel

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Re: [SLE] SUSE 10.0 - XMMS, Kaffeine, xine
by Kai Ponte 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

> Kevanf1 wrote: > >> > >>Yes.. Do it all the time. packman is your friend. > >> > >>http://packman.links2linux.org > >> > >>With the exception of libdvdcss everything is there. > While it may have been 'extensively covered' what was said does not get > me going re viewing DVDs on SuSE 10! I have followed Fred's list but it > doesn't tell the whole story so for a 'newbie' as Daniel whatever > suggestions he has received so far is not going to get him going re > viewing DVDs on SuSE 10. Saying to him, "With the exception of libdvdcss > everything is there [on packman.links2linux.org]" is simply a non-event Simple - mPlayer + Win32Codecs + libdvdcss = http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/laptop_desktop3.jpg -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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phpldapadmin
by jrabraga 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Hi I install the phpldapadmin, but don´t work. Fatal error: Call to undefined function: session_module_name() in /srv/www/htdocs/phpldapadmin/index.php on line 136 Same tip ? Thanks Renato

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Re: [SLE] ripping audio track from vcd
by Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Start with 'man mplayer'. The man page is long but has a lot of the necessary switches for audio ripping. Going the website has on-line help as well. Just dont expect high fidelity. Adam -----Original Message----- From: eddieleprince <eddie.howson(a)dsl.pipex.com> Subj: [SLE] ripping audio track from vcd Date: Thu Nov 3, 2005 6:04 pm Size: 517 bytes To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com I have a vcd that I want to rip just the audio track from. I guessing that it can be done by Mplayer. Does anyone know the correct syntax or perhaps can explain in "simple" steps how this can be done (with Mplayer or any other package). Would be extremely grateful. Thanks a million Eddie -- 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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network browsing in 9.3 KDE
by Mike McMullin 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I have two 9.3 systems that you cannot browse the network in, using KDE (updated to 3.4) Neither of them will find my server's nfs share and let the user mount it, though fstab has the info and will mount it from Gnome. Gnome is on one machine only. How can I resolve the network browsing problem, and the user finding the share to mount? Mike

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ripping audio track from vcd
by eddieleprince 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I have a vcd that I want to rip just the audio track from. I guessing that it can be done by Mplayer. Does anyone know the correct syntax or perhaps can explain in "simple" steps how this can be done (with Mplayer or any other package). Would be extremely grateful. Thanks a million Eddie

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Trouble with adding YAST installation sources
by Dan Abernathy 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi all, I'm new to Suse (and Linux, for that matter) and was trying to follow this great set of instructions to add support for things like Windows media file formats. http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/ I added the following RPM repositories to YAST: ftp://packman.unixheads.com/ mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra That went fine, but when I opened Software Management in YAST, it said "Reading package information..." which I assumed was normal - it has to check what's available at the sites I added in order to build the list I'll be searching. However, it's never gotten beyond that point. I let it go all night and all day today, and it's still "Reading package information..." for, well, coming up on 24 hours now. I think it's had plenty of time to do this, and it won't even let me close the window or abort it. Any suggestions? It did the same thing when I added just the Packman mirror, but I got to thinking it was hung and restarted the machine (forcefully). This time I added more sources and decided to let it take as long as it wanted, but this surely can't be correct. Or is it? Slap me gently if I'm doing something stupid, I'm new at this...:-)

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PostgreSQL connection
by Michal Hlavac 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

hello, I installed PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on Suse 10 (x86_64). Firewall is down. telnet localhost 5432 result: xxxxx:/var # telnet localhost 5432 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. but telnet ip_address 5432 result: xxxxx: # telnet 158.195.xx.xx 5432 Trying 158.195.xx.xx... telnet: connect to address 158.195.xx.xx: Connection refused Why I cannot connect to ip address?????? I tried to add line to pg_hba.conf, then restart, but no change... thanks, miso

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smeg / alacarte for GNOME
by MJang 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Folks, Just wondering if there are any plans to incorporate smeg (Simple Menu Editor for GNOME) into SUSE (or maybe if it's already there in some other format). It's sometimes also known as alacarte. Thanks, Mike

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SendFax permission problem
by Carl William Spitzer IV 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

cwsiv@linux:~> ls /usr/sbin/se* -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root users 59104 2005-02-11 09:59 /usr/sbin/sendfax so what permissions do I need to enable fax use by ordinary users? only when I am in root does 'which' find sendfax. -- _______ _______ _______ __ / ____\ \ / / ____|_ _\ \ / / | | \ \ /\ / / (___ | | \ \ / / | | \ \/ \/ / \___ \ | | \ \/ / | |____ \ /\ / ____) |_| |_ \ / \_____| \/ \/ |_____/|_____| \/

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Re: [SLE] frequent hard disk failures - 9.3?
by Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hello from Adam in NYC The lifetime of a hard drive is pretty dependent of how well it was installed. After years of doing refits and running Linux, you notice a few things. Heat kills drives. Some drives like Maxtors like to run hot and loud. If you don't properly ventilate, some drives just either get sick or just quit. Reisefs likes to work best with drives with large caches. I have been running with laptopToshibas with 16M caches and does it run stable and fast. 9.3 Reiserfs is sensitive to flawed hard drives. Upgrading to Reiserfs on SuSE 10 seems to be a wise choice if you value your flying data. Don't trust fsck. Test the drive out thouroughly. Backup first and see for yourself. Good luck chasing the gremlins. Adam in NYC -----Original Message----- From: Carlos F Lange <carlos.lange(a)ualberta.ca> Subj: [SLE] frequent hard disk failures - 9.3? Date: Thu Nov 3, 2005 10:56 am Size: 1K To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Hi, Since I upgraded my 2 PCs at home and 9 PCs at the university to SuSE 9.3 (clean install, all partitions ReiserFS) I had 4 hard disks either crashing or showing bad sectors. In all cases the failure is (I still need to confirm one case) hardware related and there is no apparent pattern: they were Maxtor, Western Digital (2), and Seagate disks, EIDE and SATA, new and old, on Intel and on AMD boards, so I can't pin the blame on any particular brand or type. But I can say that it is definitely an unusually high number of hard disk failures. Since I am one of only 2 in the department running SuSE and my colleague also had a hard disk crash while running 9.3, whereas the rest of the MSerfs (and a couple of Mac addicts) in the department may have lost one HD in the same period, it is starting to look bad. :( I wonder if it is just here, or if someone else also noticed higher number of crashes. I remember a previous thread from July, where people tried to blame ReiserFS and others convinced them it was mainly hardware. Well, hardware seems to be the case here, but then again, SuSE and ReiserFS were the only things in common among the 4 failed HDs I had in the past 4 months. Am I seeing things, or what? Carlos -- Carlos Frederico Lange -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific Programmer: professional who loves to _find_ own errors. -- 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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desktop management issue SUSE 10.0
by Paul Cartwright 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I was trying to get xplanet working, and when I went to advanced background settings there were 2 entries existing that I had not put there. KDEworld and kwebdesktop. My entry for xplanet was below those 2. When I tried to remove kdeworld I got an error message saying: unable to remove the program: the program is global and can only be removed by the system administrator. any clue how to remove them??? I looked all over the YaST menus and I am unalbe to see where I can delete those entries. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-pcartwright/key.asc

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Postgresql login on 9.3
by Kevin Donnelly 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I'm looking at moving from mysql to postgresql, but (to my great shame!) I can find no way to log into the psql monitor. I'm assuming that it's similar to mysql, and that I should use something like: psql -U postgres but I can't figure out what SUSE's password for the postgres user is. Without logging in, I can't add other users. Can anyone give me the magic words to open this up? TIA -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD

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Re: [SLE] frequent hard disk failures - 9.3?
by Kai Ponte 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

> Hi, > > Since I upgraded my 2 PCs at home and 9 PCs at the university > to SuSE 9.3 (clean install, all partitions ReiserFS) I had 4 hard > disks either crashing or showing bad sectors. In all cases the <snip> > But I can say that it is definitely an unusually high number of > hard disk failures. Since I am one of only 2 in the department > running SuSE and my colleague also had a hard disk crash > while running 9.3, whereas the rest of the MSerfs (and a couple > of Mac addicts) in the department may have lost one HD in I had a similar issue. My laptop was bought new in July. From then until October I ran 9.3 - I had three occasions where my system would go down and require a fsck -rebuild. I never lost data, and keep a KDAR DVD handy anyway, but it was wierd. So far I haven't had the issue at all after re-formatting and upgrading to 10.0. HTH! -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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10.0: nfsd deadlocks kernel
by Janne Karhunen 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

G'd day everyone, Just found interesting bug from 10.0. Don't know yet why, but seems that on this system kernel nfsd deadlocks kernel right after system has been booted. Latest thing seen in syslog from nfsd: kernel: NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory kernel: NFSD: recovery directory /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery doesn't exist kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period WTF? Was this defaulting to highly broken NFSv4? Well that most certainly would explain it. There was nothing on console about this and once the system locks up, it does not even respond to sysRq. So not even interrupts are running anymore. Deadlocking from atomic context? -- // Janne

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Re: [SLE] Floppy drive vs. SUSE 10.0
by Kai Ponte 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

> > I very quickly moved on to my cool new Apple IIe, with a roarin' 128MB RAM. > > That's where I picked up some Pascal, which only served to help me write > > games. > > > You got an Apple II to use 128 MBs of RAM?????? Um.... ...yeah. Didn't you know about the "special" model Apple IIe? They came with the extra shed and 220v power supply to store the 50,000 or so memory chips and air conditioning units. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Ehere else to download OpenOffice 2.0
by Robert Paulsen 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi, I am trying to download SuSE's version of OpeOffice 2.0 from the dollowing site: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/OpenOffice.org/9.3-i386/2.0.0-0.2/OpenOffic… I've been trying for several days now but never got past about 25% before getting disconnected. What I do get comes very slowly, often just stopping for a few minutes. Is there another place to get this? I looked at several mirrors but none have this directory. I do have the official version from Open Office to install but I was hoping to get SUSE's version. Bob

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Re: [SLE] Floppy drive vs. SUSE 10.0
by James Knott 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Kai Ponte wrote: >> Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> On Wednesday 02 November 2005 1:44 pm, Kai Ponte wrote: >>> >>>> Right now, the laptop is hooked up to my corporate LAN and sharing my >>>> local comptuer's hard drive, thanks to Samba. (Let's hope the new CIFS >>>> doesn't cause all heck to break lose, when that gets released.) >>> Most systems are coming through today with no floppies. My desktop > system at >>> work does not have a floppy, but does run SuSE 9.3 Professional. I just >>> have not installed 10 on it. >>> >> Anyone here remember 8" floppies? Hard sectors? CP/M? > > Got to use those on a display writer. As for the cp/m, I still have my > TRS-80, Model I. > > > (didn't send to the list)

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(OT) 64-bit linux
by Mike Roy 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hello everyone: I'm currently working on a presentation and need your help. Is there anyone running a Linux distribution in 64-bit mode on an AMD 64 machine. Now, I already know about SuSE - what I'm looking for is other, non-SuSE Linux distributions. So, if you're actually running such a system, could you please tell me: 1) which distribution (name and version number e.g.: SuSE v10.0 / 64-bit), and 2) if purchased, what's in the package (e.g.: SuSE 5 CDs, 1 dual-layer DVD [32 & 64 bit] plus a paper manual), and 3) how long you've been running a 64-bit system. You may reply directly to me but, please don't guess. If you've 'only heard' that such a distribution is 64-bit, don't reply. If you're running such a system (other than SuSE), then I'd like to hear from you. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Mike

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Setting up a local apt repository
by pburness 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I'd like to set up a local apt repository to allow other machines to upgrade internally on my network. Is this possible? Also the machine I would use as the apt server would be a windows XP box - is this possible? Phil

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Script doing tons of scp jobs.
by pelibali 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi, I have a working, but extremely user-annoying bash-script, consis- ting of 20-25 scp lines combined with few "ssh hostname 'command'" -type commands. Is there please an easier way to achieve the above scp/ssh jobs without to be asked for the password several (=many) times? I wouldn't like to change ssh's default behaviour for asking pass- word(s), even for root; but started to be very annoyed by my own idea to make such a script to "accelerate" my todos. Please help:) Thanks, Pelibali

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Re: SuSE 10 - Recording sound only on one speaker?
by Carl Beech 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Ok thanks - I'll see if I can get the issue onto the list properly - it's really strange..... Carl. On 11/3/05, David Walton <david.walton(a)prodigy.net> wrote: > > I found your original post via Google, and there > wasn't an option to post back to the list. > > I recorded several LP's using Krecord and definately > got both channels. I started qamix, and then Krecord. > Previously I had run "alsaconf" from the root prompt > and used that utility to re-initialize the sound card. > I think that it messed up my X settings, because now > I have to run it during any session that I want sound. > But qamix seems to have done the trick. I didn't have > this problem with Suse 9.1. Only 10.0 seems to have > the issue. > > dave > > > > --- Carl Beech <carl.beech(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok had a try - had a fiddle with the check-boxes and > > used krecord - it might > > be me, but I'm thinking that it sounded like krecord > > 'realised' only one > > channel was playing, and recorded that on both > > channels? > > > > I used Myth and audacity and both only recorded the > > left hand channel - so > > not sure it's a cure...? > > > > Carl. > > > > PS: any idea how to show this conversation on the > > suse lists - in case other > > people want to get the information and try it out? > > > > On 11/2/05, Carl Beech <carl.beech(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Bril! > > > > > > I'll try this out tonight and come back to you! > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Carl. > > > > > > On 11/1/05, David Walton > > <david.walton(a)prodigy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Carl, > > > > > > > > I think I found the solution. > > > > > > > > I installed QAMIX (which is on the Suse 10.0 > > > > distribution DVD) and ran that instead of KMIX. > > On > > > > the mixer window, there's a couple of check > > boxes over > > > > "capture" and I unchecked the "mix" box. Then I > > was > > > > able to record both channels with Krecord and > > see both > > > > channels on the meter. > > > > > > > > To install, I searched for QAMIX in Yaast and it > > told > > > > me to insert the 10.0 disk in the drive to > > install. > > > > That was it. > > > > > > > > dave > > > > > > > > --- Carl Beech <carl.beech(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Glad to see that I'm not the only one seeing > > this > > > > > (and that I'm not going > > > > > mad!) > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I've already tried using different > > recording > > > > > programs - as mentioned I > > > > > actually spotted this problem originally as I > > use > > > > > MythTV as a PVR, and > > > > > spotted the problem - I used audacity to > > confirm it > > > > > was the OS and not Myth. > > > > > > > > > > I havn't tried to change to OSS - but I did > > try to > > > > > re-install the audio card > > > > > through Yast. Interesting that I'm using a > > Turtle > > > > > Beach Montego II, and this > > > > > doesn't appear on the list and isn't > > automatically > > > > > recognised..... > > > > > > > > > > At the moment, I've reverted back to the > > trusty SuSE > > > > > 9.3. - Must admit, I'm > > > > > fairly new to the suse web lists, and I've not > > been > > > > > able to post back some > > > > > of the conversations that I've had with other > > people > > > > > on the subject - that > > > > > may at least spark more interest as a > > recognised > > > > > problem..... have you any > > > > > ideas how to do it? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Carl. > > > > > > > > > > On 10/30/05, David Walton > > <david.walton(a)prodigy.net> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you ever find a solution to this > > problem? I am > > > > > > having exactly the same problem with Suse > > 10.0. > > > > > The > > > > > > problem did not occur with Suse 9.1, nor > > does it > > > > > occur > > > > > > when running Knoppix from a CD. > > > > > > > > > > > > Things to try: switching sound driver to OSS > > (if I > > > > > > can figure out how to do it). Trying a > > different > > > > > > sound recording program. (Audacity has too > > many > > > > > > reported problems with Suse 10, though.) > > Trying a > > > > > > different mixer program. > > > > > > > > > > > > dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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SUSE 10, IOMEGA REV and hotplug permissions
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I have a 35 GB IOMEGA REV (SCSI) removable disk in a SUSE 10 box. The system finds the device, makes a nice "/media/REV 35" access point, and lets me see the files. However, it insists on mounting the device read-only. Seems that it thinks the device is a CD-ROM. In fact. "/media/REV 35" is a link to /media/cdrecorder. How can I make it get mounted RW when it is hotplugged? I can mount it by hand with RW. But hotplug always makes it RO. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB

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Reboot breaks things
by Jan Karjalainen 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi! My SUSE 10.0 won't work properly when I do a reboot. USB keyboard and mouse won't work, My PCMCIA network adapter lights up but won't do much else... When I reboot from WinXP to SUSE or WinXP, everything works. Rebooting from SUSE to XP or SUSE doesn't work. SUSE -> SUSE = failure SUSE -> XP = failure XP -> SUSE = success XP -> XP = success I have tried both with Grub and lilo, with the same results. I have attached "boot.msg" from a "good" and a "bad" boot. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Kind regards, Jan K. -- Just because you are a character, doesn't mean you have character... http://www.fmbv.nu ------------------------------------------------------- -- Just because you are a character, doesn't mean you have character... http://www.fmbv.nu

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lost root password with lvm root fs
by daniel parkes 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hy people, I have a server with sles8 i dont have any user or root password, i need to reset the root password, i use the usual method of inserting the boot cd and choosing rescue system but once i am in a shell as root i cant mount the lvm root partition, any idea how do u do this?? Thnx

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Linuxant driverloader
by Corvin Russell 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

I've also switched my office machine over to linux after years of enduring Windows. Simultaneously, I've moved to a new office where the internet connection is through a wireless access point. We're all given US Robotics USR5420 802.11g wireless USB adapters. I managed to get this thing going with Linuxant's driverloader software, but there are a few issues. One that seems obviously related to driverloader is that everytime I shut the system down, the shutdown stops at trying to unload the driverloader module, and I have to do a hard reset, which I'm not happy about. I've verified that the driverloader rpm is for the correct kernel version, etc. The other problem is of unknown origin, but basically the connection drops from time to time. The hardware seems to be communicating with the access point fine, but I lose my IP lease and routing information, and nothing I do (except rebooting, which then entails a hard reset) can bring it up again. I'm using WPA-PSK to encrypt the wireless signal, but all the XP computers are using a protocol that SuSE 9.3 doesn't support. Are there any bright ideas as to what the problem here might be? I'm thinking of just going out and getting a wireless card that is better supported. Any recommendations? Corvin __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Kontact in 10.0
by Francesco Scaglioni 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi, Am trying to configure Kontact to talk to a groupwise server. Error message is simply "canot connect to server". Where would I find a log file that might contain a little more information so that I can begin to troubleshoot this? TIA F

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bash hangs on xterm startup about 1/50 times.
by Steven T. Hatton 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Every once in a while, when I start a new xterm, bash will not give me a prompt. This has happened on different machines, and under the last few SuSE distributions. It's a very minor annoyance, but it's so fundamental to the very concept of Linux/Unix (http://www.unix.org/) that it needs to be addressed. Have other's noticed this? STH

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mount smbfs from smbfstab
by Chadley Wilson 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Greetings, mount -t smbfs -o username=xxxxxxx,password=xxxxxx //CHADWIN/hotshare /home/chadley/hotshare/ works just fine, but only root can read and write to the share. I have added a variety of different lines to the fstab and smbfstab. I have also switch off my firewall, yet I get the same error every time I try. Does anyone here know why I can't automount this share? ======================================================================== chadlap:/home/chadley # rcsmbfs start Mount SMB/ CIFS File Systems from /etc/samba/smbfstab //chadwin/hotshare on /home/chadley/hotshare type smbfs .Password: ...failed Error: timeout while mount. ========================================================================= chadlap:/home/chadley # mount hotshare/ mount: special device //chadwin/hotshare does not exist ========================================================================= TIA Chadley

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Fonts in Firefox and others
by Mark Panen 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hi The body of firefox i have adjusted the fonts according to my liking but the taskbar and search part are horribly small. So is gkrellm, i can't read the temps. I have tried all the settings in kcontrol to no avail. Any help please ? Mark

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10.0: no 3D support, nvidia driver update unsuccessful?
by Kostas Georgokitsos 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Hiall, After updating to SUSE 10.0 I tried to reinstall the nvidia driver from YOU. However as there were lots of updates going on and the internet connection rather slow, I did not pay particular attention to wether the nvidia update was successful or not. I do assume it was successful as starting YOU again does not show the installation script as a possiblity anymore and /etc/X11/XFConfig86 shows "nvidia" as the driver (as opposed to "nv" for the generic X11 driver,as far as I remember). In yast->card and monitor properties, however, I cannot select Activate 3D acceleration as it is greyed out. How can I determine if the installation script was successful? If not, how can I run it again, as it does not show up in YOU? Kostas

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Why doesnt SuSE install the ftp directory structure anymore??
by Rikard Johnels 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

Trying to set up vs-ftpd on my 10.0 (and also tried on a older 9.3) But neither of them has the ftpdir package. I cant seem to find them at all. I would have thought that that package was loaded by default if you installed any of the ftp-servers that comes with the release??? -- -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ 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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More SuSe10 and networking issues.
by Tim Nicholson 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

What have Suse done? There seem to be all sorts of issues over networking that didn't exist in previous versions judging by the posts here and elsewhere. I have just tried upgrading my Thinkpad to 10. Install goes fine, then I plug in the cardbus network card(Realtek chipset), autodetection works fine, and it gets configured as per previous versions of SuSE, but then... nothing! ifconfig shows its details, but no IP addresses and no bytes in/out. Check to see if its DHCP, the server has an entry saying its dished one out to the system, but its never been received. Try static IP. Still no connection! I notice then under DHCP, whenever the IF light blinks to show activity and I do another ifconfig -all, the byte count stays at zero *but* the loopback byte count goes up.... Reboot the system with a knoppix 4.02 disc in and the IF works perfectly. Bizzzarely, reboot with KUbuntu live DVD and that has the same problem with the IF. Methinks that there is a kernel module problem somewhere.... Unfortunately, I have also found that my USB pen drive won't mount under 10 either, so I have no easy way of getting patches onto the system. I only upgraded because I hoped that the WiFI would work (3Com) but that still isn't detected, and the ndiswrapper supplied is still woefully out of date so it wont play ball that way either..... So far one step forward five steps back -- Tim Nicholson http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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SUSE 10.0, evolution and the address book
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

SUSE 10.0 installed a new version of evolution than the one I have been using. On startup, evolution imported things into it's new layout. But I do not have my address book. There is a file called ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/system/addressbook.db that seems to contain my addresses. But evolution seems not to be using this. Anyone else have problems when updating evolution as part of the SUSE 10 install? -- Roger

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Re: [SLE] Yast Error
by B. Stia 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

On Wednesday 02 November 2005 08:49 am, Paul wrote: > hi, > > > > Tonight I went to install the package sharutils from the 9.2 > > > disks. It would not install and gave me the following error. I > > > have no idea what it means. Anybody can explain/rectify this??? > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >---- ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed) > > > --- > > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not > > > permitted (1) > > > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >---- Thanks for any help/guidance. > > > > Adam, > > > > I was root. You have to be root to install software with Yast. > > > > Bob S. > > There should be more messages in the file /var/log/YaST2/y2log which > may shed more light on the problem, for example the rpm database is > corrupt and needs rebuilding. > > Also check the permissions of the directory /var/lib/rpm (ls -ld) and > the files contained within it (ls -l). Root should be able to > read/write these files. > Paul, The y2log is a huge file so I chose an excerpt which appears to be pertinent. From looking at that it seems that yast could not get a lock on that directory. Why ??? Here is the excerpt" -------------------------------------------------- RpmDb::installPackage(/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/x86_64/sharutils-4.2c-721.x86_64.rpm,156) 2005-10-31 21:56:31 <1> EasyStreet(7757) [liby2util++] ExternalProgram.cc(start_program):163 Executing 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/var/lib/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--nosignature' '--force' '--nodeps' '--ignoresize' '/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/x86_64/sharutils-4.2c-721.x86_64.rpm' 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <1> EasyStreet(7757) [liby2util++] ExternalProgram.cc(checkStatus):322 pid 7773 exited with status 1 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <3> EasyStreet(7757) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(installPackage):1637 rpm failed, message was: warning: waiting for exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <3> EasyStreet(7757) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(installPackage):1637 error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <3> EasyStreet(7757) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(installPackage):1637 error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <3> EasyStreet(7757) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(installPackage):1637 error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm 2005-10-31 21:59:35 <3> EasyStreet(7757) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(installPackage):1637 2005-10-31 22:01:13 <1> EasyStreet(7757) [YCP] PackageCallbacks.ycp:283 DonePackage `abort ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Bob S.

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