December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SUSE 10.0 KDE 3.5 supplemental update - missing rpms?
by Roger Oberholtzer 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

My SUSE 10 system has been in the middle of updating to kde 3.5 for a few days. Seems the media tags have been changing these past few days, breaking updates in progress. At this point, the update is looking for kdebase3-3.5.0-15.i386.rpm. I have refreshed the install sources, but the error persists. I do not see that in the yast sources when I peek around in ftp.suse.com://pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_10.0 or any mirror. Has it gone missing? Am I blind? Until it is resolved, I will have a part 3.4 / part 3.5 install, which does not sound like a good idea. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB

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Re: [SLE] Installing PHP5 onto Apache (Suse 10.0)
by John Meyer 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Lester Caine wrote: > John Meyer wrote: > >> Lester Caine wrote: >> >>> John Meyer wrote: >>> >>>> I downloaded it from the web site onto CDs. This computer doesn't >>>> have a DVD player. >>> >>> >>> If it's on the DVD then I would expect to find it on the CD's or on >>> the FTP site. I've just updated to 5.0.4 via the Yast update so it >>> must be round somewhere :( >>> >> Probably right, hey, do you know if when you do the online update, by >> default does it just give you security updates or does it give you >> all of the updates? > > > All the updates that are available, but some you may have to enable > yourself. 5.0.4 update was not a 'security' one, but was selected > Hold on, I see it, but it's blacked out (the check box,) for some reason Do I have to uninstall php4 and install php5?

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Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLE] Fwd: [OT] Watch out for counterfeit eBay requests]
by Kai Ponte 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

> > >system. However, when I double-click on these files (they all seem to > > >end in .exe or .scr) KDE just asks what I want to do with the file. > > > > > >Something must be broken. > > Yeah, Windows. > > Those are windows applications, and I think the .scr denotes a screen > > saver. > There are a number of extensions that cause things to execute on Windows > such as .exe, .com, .scr, .bat, .vbs. Sorry to pollute the list with that comment. It seemed humorous at the time. Yes, .scr is another executable extension denoting a Win32 binary executable. Simply put most programmers just make the .scr extension to screen savers to Windows will put the file in the saver list. Other than that, they are exactly the same as the .exe files. The others listed all do similar things, though .com is an older 16-bit binary (Anyone remember edlin and debug?) and .bat/.vbs are scripting tools, similar to .sh When you get these in your spam email, they are designed for people running Windows as a local administrator who don't know any better. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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help restore my gui?
by Steve Lett 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Silly stuff... Trying to install a new video card and ran into a snag with the sound system dropping offline. ?? Still working on that issue when I had to go to the office today. While I was out the power dropped long enough that the system crashed. I think my shutdown software isn't working. But that and the video card business are other topics... I powered up a little while ago and it only gets to the text prompt, no more to the gui and I'm mostly lost at the command line. I've been poking around and trying to figure out what is hosed, but cannot. I know only a little bit and vi looks daunting. I must need to edit a config file, but ... which one? The messages I see on the screen just when it stops loading and hits the command prompts tells me what's wrong I think, just not what file to edit: Starting Sound Driver: emu10k1 done Restoring the previous Sound Setting: failed then Master Resource Control: Run Level 5 has been reached Failed Services in Runlevel 5: alsasound skipped services in runlevel 5: nfs smbfs I don't comprend the runlevel bit yet, but since I've acheived Runlevel 5, I should be able to get a gui but I don't know how to get there so.... 1. anyone know what file I need to edit to fix the problem with the sound? 2. can I get the bugger to a gui so I can use tools I know how to use instead of that god awful vi? I would probably corrupt the crap outta a config file trying to use that thing. Thanks for any help! Steve Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer '81 Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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file encryption in Linux
by Joe Burgess 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hello. I am looking for something like truecrypt. I want a program, that will have a encrypted file, and then mount that file as a virtual drive. Is this possible? If it isn't, I am just looking for a good file encrypter, that is easy too use. Thanks! -- --Joe Burgess RootSmart.com Administrator/Webmaster Skype: rootsmart Email: admin(a)rootsmart.com VoiceMail: (206)-202-ROOT(7668) http://www.rootsmart.com

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kernel-of-the-day ?
by Per Jessen 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

This isn't exactly opensuse specific, but I got no reply on suse-linux-e, so I'm trying here instead: I've never used the SUSE kotd before, so bear with me - I seem to have a problem finding the kernel source RPMs. Am I looking in the right place: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/10.0-i386/SL100_BRANCH/ I had expected to find a pile of RPMs with the vanilla kernel source and a stack of patches etc. /Per Jessen, Zürich

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RPM removal problems
by sargon 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

I recently upgraded my MPlayer-athlon1 via Jan Engelhardt's APT repository. He had a problems with the RPMs from a couple of days ago, as those RPMs did not properly upgrade the RPM database (I was left with two different versions). After fighting this for half an hour (I ended up removing everything which needed MPlayer-athlon1, then removing MPlayer-athlon1, installing the older RPM, then re-installing all those apps), I thought I had a clean RPM database. However, after upgrading to the new version in his repository, I still have the older version in the database, meaning I now have two versions of MPlayer-athlon1, MPlayer-athlon1-1.0pre7try2-28 and MPlayer-athlon1-1.0pre7try2-29. When I try to remove the old one, I get this error: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24859: line 1: DEFINE_FLAVOR_DEL: command not found /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.24859: line 2: flavor_del: command not found error: %preun(MPlayer-athlon1-1.0pre7try2-28) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 I have rebuilt the RPM database numerous times, both before and after trying to remove MPlayer-athlon1-1.0pre7try2-28. Howe can I get a clean database, with only one version of MPlayer-athlon1, without completely rebuilding my laptop? All suggestions are greatlyappreciated. Thanks. Sargon

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Strange behavior on connecting to DHCP network
by David McMillan 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hello, list. I've got another oddball one for the network gurus in the house. I've been able to work around it, so it's not a problem I need *help* with, but I would dearly like to understand what causes it. Here's the summary: I was working at a new job site, and was told that there was a WiFi network available to connect to the internet. Everyone around me was able to connect using XP and W2k laptops, with *no* special settings or software, but I couldn't send or receive any network traffic, even though my connection *looked* fine. After a few days of banging and rattling, I eventually borrowed an XP machine and did a complete cross-comparison the all the network settings received from the DHCP server. After that, I was able to manually change my SuSE 9.1 laptop setup and successfully connect to the internet through this WiFi gateway. Details: 1: Both my SuSE machine and the XP machine were connected to the same WiFi access point. ESSID and MAC IDs matched. Plus, there were *no* other WiFi networks active in the area -- I checked using XP and SuSE wireless tools. 2: Both machines received IP addresses, gateways, and nameserver settings from the DHCP server. 2a: However, these settings did not match: the XP machine was given a 10... IP, and a 10... gateway. My SuSE machine received addresses on a 192... IP subnet. DNS IPs also did not match. 3: When I was on the 192... subnet, I could ping 192...1 (I'm assuming this was the wireless router), and Ethereal picked up traffic, including DNS requests and other internet traffic on the 10... subnet. This was my first clue that something was not right with my received settings, since I could see local DNS traffic routing to nameserver IPs that did not match what the local DHCP server had put into my /etc/resolv.conf. Resolution: 1: ifconfig'd eth1 to a 10... IP that, judging from Ethereal's traffic pickup, was not occupied (I got lucky, here), and matched the subnet mask. 2: Edited /etc/resolv.conf and manually inserted the same DNS IPs that the XP machines were receiving. 3: Manually added the gateway using 'route add default gw 10...' Once I'd done that, everything worked fine. I had complete internet access, just like the Windows machines. I don't beleive that this was a WiFi related issue, since I didn't have to change any WiFi settings to correct for it. I suspect the root problem is somewhere in the local network setup 'above' the wireless router. What I can't understand is *why* the DHCP server treated my SuSE machine differently than all the Windoze machines. My first thought was that the XP/2k machines were using some special client-side software, but this turned out not to be the case. They were running on nothing but stock Windows Wireless Zero Configuration, using the same settings that they used to connect to public WiFi hotspots. There were no special settings or software involved. Related to this, I've just recently started having some trouble using certain public WiFi hotspots with my SuSE laptop -- hotspots that I've used a great deal in the past w/o any trouble. But in just the past two weeks, suddenly I'm not getting a default gateway set up when I connect to the network. I *do* get IP and DNS settings, but I have to add the gateway manually. And again, I've noticed that none of the other people around using Windows laptops are having any trouble. Other WiFi hotspots run by other providers, however, don't give me this trouble. It's all very puzzling.

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Seagate buying Maxtor
by Greg Wallace 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Maybe this is the wrong forum for this, but I just saw the news about this in the paper and thought it was interesting. Greg Wallace

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Error on virusscanning
by Erik Jakobsen 23 Dec '05

23 Dec '05

Hi. I use the f-prot free virusscanner on mu SuSE 10.0 Eval version. There are some errors on the virusscanning. What could be the reason for that ?: Error on scanning /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan (access denied) Error on scanning /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan (access denied) Error on scanning /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_adapter/bind (access denied) Error on scanning /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_adapter/unbind (access denied) Error on scanning /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/bind (access denied) Error on scanning /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbind (access denied) -- Venlig hilsen - Best regards - Erik Jakobsen Licensed HAM-RADIO with the callsign OZ4KK http://www.urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 with http://counter.li.org

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