December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

oscommerce install
by Paul Constable 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hi All, I am attempting to install osCommerce on SuSE 10. I have never had a problem in the past. Anyway suffice it to say, this is not going well. The problem appears to be being caused by PHP, possibly permissions. The Apache is working OK and the PHP is working, but osCommerce is not an it fails with the following remarks:- # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning: main(includes/functions/general.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/www/htdocs/catalog/install/includes/application.php on line 22 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/functions/general.php' (include_path='/usr/share/php') in /srv/www/htdocs/catalog/install/includes/application.php on line 22 # -------------------------------------------------------------------- Any pointers as to where to start ??????? Something I've missed ?? No doubt it will be something simple, normally is....... Thanks in advance Paul

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Request attention from SUSE people - HAL automount page
by Shriramana Sharma 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2005/05/dkukawka_hal_mountpoints.html tells us ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mounting to Static Mount Points Applies to: SUSE LINUX 9.3 You do not like the automatic mounting of CDs, DVDs, or USB sticks to mount points corresponding to the label of the removable medium, which is performed by default with submount/subfs and HAL since 9.3 ... you prefer to mount to a static directory (under /media) without sacrificing the advantages of automounting. As root, create a file with a file name of your liking and the ending .fdi in in /usr/share/hal/fdi/95userpolicy/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- etc etc. Now I would like to know whether the same procedure applies to SUSE 10. SUSE 10 has a separate /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy folder which contains already two folders called 10osvendor and 20thirdparty which in turn the fdi files. Do I create a 95userpolicy under that and put my mountpoints.fdi under it? Also, please have this typo fixed: Mounting a CD-ROM drive and a CD/DVD writer: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>  <deviceinfo version="0.2" <device> The <deviceinfo> tag is missing the closing >. Thank you. -- Penguin #395953 resides at http://samvit.org subsisting on SUSE Linux 10.0 with KDE 3.5

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CDROM weirdness...
by Martin Mielke 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Dear list, once again I must waste some bandwidth because I'm unable to find my answers anywhere else... if this has been already discussed please bear with me... ;) Some CDROM related problems I'm facing recently under SuSE 9.3 Pro: a) eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device. as the subject says, I'm having problems ejecting the CDROM when issuing an 'eject' command... But it works fine from YaST ("Eject" button) when you need to swap CDROMs to install from the SuSE CDs... b) there's no way to play music CDs or DVDs as the device cannot be accessed by the players (XMMS, MPlayer, Kaffeine, Xine...). Everything was working fine until I did an online update... could be this the cause? hmmm... Any ideas are very welcomed! maybe I'm overseeing something obvious... TIA, Martin

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susefirewall2 and ftp
by wavesurf＠planet.nl 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hello, I have setup "vsftpd" and it works fine with the firewall off. The problem is, that there is no option, in the service, in the firewall-yast, for FTP? What am i missing? -- thanks, Gerrit Jan Eldering KDE-versie: 3.5.0 Level "a" Systeem: SuSELinux 10.0 Kernel: 2.6.13-15-default

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problem viewing inside mozilla
by Carlos E. R. 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Using the Mozilla 1.7.12 of the SuSE 9.3 install, when viewing a pdf file with the plugin, I do not have any of the acroread features: no icon bar, no context menu. I can not zoom into a page, can not search, select text, go to a random page in the file... the file shows alright, but I have no control. In fact, if I resize the mozilla window, it breaks, the pdf view window inside does not resize. My alternative is to force it to open with acrobat in another independent window. Looking with "ps afx" I see it is using the bonobo plugin: 20994 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mozilla 21000 ? Sl 0:11 \_ /opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-bin 21022 ? S 0:00 \_ mozilla-bonobo-viewer http://nimrodel.valinor/local/www.local/docs/firewall2-a4-0-9.pdf applicatiion/pdf 25165825 which in turn is calling "/opt/gnome/lib/gpdf/gnome-pdf-viewer". How can I disable it, to use instead the "nppdf.so" plugin? I don't want to disable the bonobo plugin entirely, only the pdf part. In "about:plugins" I can see it is enabled, but clicking in "yes" does not change it to "no". Perhaps I'm being naive O:-) I tried editing "/etc/opt/gnome/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/mozilla-bonobo/mime-types": it works (the nppdf.so plugin takes precedence), but it seems a complicated way, there must be a way using mozilla itself, no? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDms6WtTMYHG2NR9URAiuGAKCG+p/oHaPQewGXFouK/fgwdgk3sgCbB1M7 CT70pw00i45ghjF0eFnJA9Y= =aJmo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Gnome translucency and shadows
by Cameron Seader 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

How do you setup Translucency and Shadows in Gnome? -Cameron

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Delta-ISO: Building prozess howto?
by Andreas Mantke 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hello, for the SuSE-developer-versions there are Delta-ISO on the mirrors. I get them for the OpenSuSE 10.0 and felt, that this will be a good way for another CD-Project because it saves traffic. I hope You could point me to a howto. I need a documentation with more examples than the delta manpage. Regards, Andreas -- ## Content Developer OpenOffice.org: lang/DE ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris ## http://de.openoffice.org ## Meine Seite http://www.amantke.de

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gcc-g77 missing from SUSE10 DVD
by Terry Eck 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Am I blind or is the FORTRAN compiler missing from the latest 10.0 distribution. SuSE 9.3 contained the gcc-g77 rpm but I cannot seem to locate the similar rpm for SuSE 10.0. Can anyone help? I installed the ftp version and just purchased the boxed SuSE 10.0 hoping to install the FORTRAN compiler, no luck so far. Terry -- SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) -- 2.6.13-15-default -- Sat 11/26/05 11:30am up 1 day 1:07, 4 users, load average: 0.15, 0.05, 0.04

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Scanner on parallelport.
by Erik Jakobsen 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hi. Is it possible to get an old parallelsacnner to scan in SuSE 10.0 Eval ?. I have the impression, that its should be an USB or SCSC scanner. Erik Jakobsen

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Ati 8.20 & SuSE 9.3
by CorvusE 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Did anyone else have trouble compiling the new Ati drivers on 9.3? -- __________ CorvusE: Linux User #370082 live free. die free. use free software.

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Futuristic quotes
by H du Plooy 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hi guys, Sorry again for my futuristic quotes - having issues with the time on my box since replacing the motherboard. Hans

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Can't read directoris on CD's (there chinese)
by Chadley Wilson 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Greetings, AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! chadlap:/media # ls -la cdrecorder/ total 693 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2521 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ䙉塔?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3146 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ佅䴮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3013 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ佅䵅?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2757 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ佅䵇?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3079 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ佅䵒?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2757 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ佅䵔?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2802 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ卙匮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2969 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ卙卅?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2867 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ卙升?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3153 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ卙卒?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2809 Jul 26 2000 㠵ㄴ卙協?佟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3046 Jul 26 2000 㠵㜷㔮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3058 Jul 26 2000 㠵㠵㔮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2650 Jul 26 2000 㠵䘱㈵㜮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3028 Jul 26 2000 㠵匱㈵㜮䙏 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12604 Jul 26 2000 䅁䅁䵏丮䑌 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13657 Jul 26 2000 䅂倴㠰丵?奟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32745 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍅卓?䡟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 19441 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍅卓?偟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8845 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍅卓?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 18203 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍅卓䥂?䡟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5175 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍅卓佒?也 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2880 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍓䕒嘮䵉 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11092 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍔剅匮䑌 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32791 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍗䥚?塟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 17708 Jul 26 2000 䅃䍟䑉匮䍈 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 37942 Jul 26 2000 䅃䕌偄䕃?塟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 45550 Jul 26 2000 䅃䱅䑉吮䑌 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 26920 Jul 26 2000 䅃䱕䤮䍈 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 36294 Jul 26 2000 䅃䱕䤮䑌 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4498 Jul 26 2000 䅃䱕䤮䡌 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1259 Jul 26 2000 䅃偉?也 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 84227 Jul 26 2000 䅃偉?奟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6541 Jul 26 2000 䅃偉䕃?奟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2960 Jul 26 2000 䅃匮䵉 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1535 Jul 26 2000 䅃卅呕偃?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3599 Jul 26 2000 䅃卍䥂?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 72543 Jul 26 2000 䅃呉噅䑓?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27993 Jul 26 2000 䅃呉噅䑓?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9147 Jul 26 2000 䅃呍佖䥅?塟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34055 Jul 26 2000 䅃呓䅖䕒?䍟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 22945 Jul 26 2000 䅃员偒塙?䱟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 62805 Jul 26 2000 䅄䍁䑍䥎?䡟 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 365 Jul 26 2000 䅄䍊䅖䅓?也 chadlap:/media # All my cd's are in chinese,"I think" How do I fix it...

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Converting VOB to avi/mpeg
by Rich G 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

I am using my Tivo to digitize my old VHS tapes - VHS video out to Tivo video in .... (This is a Humax Tivo which includes a DVD burner and these are personal videos so _I_ am the copyright owner!). To edit things down and make useful videos, I need to convert the VOB files to avi/raw for editing using MainActor (Linuc based NLE). I know transcode will convert some formats but VOB is not one. In googling, I'm coming up blank. Any suggestions as how to convert the VOBs?? Rich

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Ruby 1.8.3
by Greg Freemyer 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I'd like to get Ruby 1.8.3 as a SUSE 10.0 rpm. 1.8.2 is included in the Distro. Anyone know where to find it? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century

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Yast2 FTP access to rpms and SUSE 10.0
by Greg Freemyer 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

With earlier SUSE versions I have added the online FTP server to my list of install servers and downloaded individual RPMs from there. I find this easier than having to get out the CDs/DVD. With 10.0, I have not figured out how to do this. Specifically, I want to add xfsdump and any dependencies to one of my machines. What online repository has the full set of normal rpms in it? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century

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FTP mount
by Kum Gábor 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi! Is everybody using FTP mount or similar software on SuSE to mount FTP directories to the local filesystem? How is it possible? Only with FTPFS or LUFS? Another way is it not possible? -- Kum Gábor www.kumgabor.hu kumgabor(a)kumgabor.hu

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GTK-QT Interface.
by Fernando Lujan 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi, How can I access the gtk-qt interface in suse? I did'nt find it in the control panel. Thanks. Fernando Lujan

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Kernel headers
by Kum Gábor 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi all! I tried to compile LUFS, but it needs the kernel-headers package. How can I install it? I haven't found it on the CD. (SuSE 10.0) Can anybody help me? -- Kum Gábor www.kumgabor.hu kumgabor(a)kumgabor.hu

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HP Laserjet 1022
by H du Plooy 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi guys, Has anyone had good experiences with the HP Laserjet 1022 under SUSE 10? Possibly on a USB 1.1 interface? I have replace a LJ1200 for a client. The setup is somewhat complex, she logs into a Windows terminal server. Her PC runs SUSE 10.0, the printer is connected and shared through samba, and the share in return is mapped on the TS. The Laserjet 1020 apparently is similar to the 1005, which doesn't really work under linux, and doesn't even work properly when connected to a USB printserver. It seems like some or other command sent by the driver to the printer doesn't make it through the printserver (a little Netgear one, but I've tried a number of other brands). Anyway, according to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1022 the Laserjet 1022 works perfectly, but the user comments on that page is not encouraging. Thanks Hans

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help for sight impaired people
by Doug McGarrett 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Some weeks ago I inquired here about assistance for those who have difficulty seeing, as I am one, at present. I am effectively blind in the left eye and have cataract in the right. Some of this may be ameliorated in the future, some will probably not be. Nothing came back at all. The font in K-Mail out-going is about 8 point on my 17" screen, as is the font on the message names for the incoming mail. I have not been able to change this, altho the actual incoming message font I was successful in changing. I do not have access to my Windows machine at present, due to mechanical failure, and this is the only way I have to communicate. Is there no way to make SuSE Linux friendly to optically-challenged users? Please, someone, reply. --doug

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How to nest a yp netgroup
by Chiu, PCM (Peter) 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Does anyone know the correct syntax to form a nesting YP netgroup for use with NFS exports? I have tried: group1 (machineA,,) (machineB,,) (machineC,,) group2 (machineD,,) (machineE,,) (machineF,,) group3 (machineG,,) (machineH,,) (machineI,,) group_all (group1) (group2) (group3) and in exports on the file-server file_system @group_all(ro,root_squash,sync) The file-server will reject the requests, but accept the individual groups: file_system @group1(ro,root_squash,sync) ... I have also tried other combinations but without joy. Looking into the GUN manual on http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Netgroup-Data.html#Net group-Data I would have thought the above syntax should work...

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ide - dma problem...
by Marc Collin 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

hi dma is on and something linux set it to off i have a maxtor drive and a via chipset (athlon xp 1800+) don't know why but sometime i get: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ide: failed opcode was: unknown ide0: reset: success hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } ide: failed opcode was: unknown collinm@linux:~> su Password: linux:/home/collinm # hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hda: multcount = 0 (off) IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 0 (off) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 78198750, start = 0 thanks

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How to? - separate one application from a package -
by Shriramana Sharma 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

If I use only one app from a package - say only KCharSelect from kdeutils-extra, then how do I separate it from the package and install it only? Will I have to compile? -- Penguin #395953 resides at http://samvit.org subsisting on SUSE Linux 10.0 with KDE 3.5

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Re: No sound in gnome with 10.0 after reboot
by Johannes Nohl 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi again! > - rcalsasound will do it, too. BUT (and that's strange) rcalsasound > stop && rcalsasound start won't bring sound. I discovered the differenz between the parameters in /usr/bin/rcalsasound. It's the function for unloading modules. What does this have to do with running gnome? It seems that this reload has to happen after the gdm is started. Why? btw

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Linux USB Headset 350 on SUSE 9.3/10.0
by Luca Gerli 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hello forumers, I need your help in trying to make my Logitech USB Headset 350 to work with SUSE Linux. I've got a desktop (with SUSE 9.3) and a Laptop (Dell Latitude D610, with SUSE 10.0), but in both cases I can't make the headset to work, i.e. I don't hear anything and can't record anything from the mike. Here are the steps I've currently done, following the suggestions I've found around on the net (Note: I'm using Gnome): a) in "Applications->System->Configuration->Multimedia Systems Selector" I chose ALSA. b) in YAST2->Hardware->Sound, I configured an USB Audio device (snd_usb_audio). The device number is 1 (0 is the built-in sound card), and it is tested successfully by YAST, i.e. I can hear sound from the headset. c) /etc/modprobe.d/sound is: options snd-ens1371 enable=1 index=0 options snd-usb-audio enable=1 index=1 # gZD2.F2uWXyTiEa3:Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI128 alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371 # uniq.virtual:USB Audio alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio d) the mixer (Multimedia->Volume Control->Volume Control) shows the USB Audio device and allows me to change the volume levels. I made sure the device is enabled and volume is up. With this, I still can't hear any sound from the USB Headset, no matter what application I use to play sounds and/or music. Both the laptop and the desktop (two different machines, with two different versions of SUSE) can't make the USB Headset to work. Does anybody have any experience with this device on SUSE? Thanks very much in advance for your help, Luca.

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wireless cards with SUSE ?
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

can anyone recommend a good wireless card and which packages, software, etc to get wireless working with SUSE 10 ?

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How to start kontact without korganizer in KDE 3.5 ?
by lof 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

hi ,all a question about kdepim. the default kde in SuSE 10.0 could start kontact without korganizer . But after I updated it to 3.5, when I start kontact , korganizer always started, even if I deselect the korganizer-related componet in kontact ( only keep the kmail and kaddressbook componet now ). Anyone can give some help ? Thank you ! -- Regards lof

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Trouble installing src.rpm
by Susemail 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I'm have trouble installing this package: # rpm -i /home/myhome/bin/MySQL-5.0.16-0.src.rpm warning: /home/myhome/bin/MySQL-5.0.16-0.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5 warning: user mysqldev does not exist - using root warning: user mysqldev does not exist - using root # I installed '/home/myhome/bin' as the first installation source in Yast. When I install using Yast I get the message 'MySQL not found on medium'. I'm using a clean install of Suse 10.0 How do I use rpm and/or Yast to install this package? Thanks, Jerome

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RE: [SLE] How to trigger yp update
by Chiu, PCM (Peter) 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Thanks, Joachim, The answer is on the last suggestion - almost. The account was once set up as a local user account on C. I thought I have removed the account, but later found there is an entry in shadow. By removing this entry in shadow, then the issue is resolved. Many thanks. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Joachim Schrod [mailto:jschrod@acm.org] Sent: 06 December 2005 15:12 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] How to trigger yp update Chiu, PCM (Peter) wrote: > I have a yp master on a 9.3 box (machine M), and a yp slave server on > a 9.2 box (machine S). > > A normal user log on yet another 9.2 box using a NIS account (machine > C). > > If he then uses yppasswd to change his password on machine C, he can > use the new password to log on M and S, but not on C. > > He has to use the old password to log on machine C. Most probable cause: Is nscd running? nscd caches account-information. If you also have a reliable local DNS infrastructure, turn it off. (rcnscd stop; chkconfig -d nscd) It leads to more problems than it's worth. If you don't have a local DNS infrastructure, configure it in /etc/nscd.conf to not cache password information. If you don't have nscd running: Does ypmatch <user> passwd give differences on M, S, and C? What does ypwhich output on C? Is the user account on C also in /etc/passwd? Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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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AMD64 freezes on an exported filesystem
by Joseph Loo 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I have a amd 64 running nfs under 10.0 I have exported a file system using the standard nfs. Whenever I use a 32 bit Suse automount ls /net/crab Crab my amd64 will freeze up. If I do the same thing with the 32 bit version, there is no problem. It seems that is is related to the 64 system. Has anyone been able to get the exported nfs file system to work on AMD 64? -- Joseph Loo jloo(a)acm.org

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Optical S/PDIF Output Silent After KDE 3.5 Upgrade
by Randall R Schulz 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi, The subject pretty much says it all. Since I've upgraded to KDE 3.5, my audio card's optical output is no longer producing any signals (though the pretty red light remains on). Two of the fancier audio control applications (gamix and ALSA Mixer) have an IEC958 output control section and both indicate that output channel is active (gamix's very confusing means of displaying on/off status notwithstanding). The hardware is displayed as Sound Fusion CS46xxx and the chip identified as Cirrus Logic CS 4294 rev. 5. If anyone has encountered this and solved it or might have some clues to offer on diagnosing or solving the problem, I'd appreciating hearing. Thanks. Randall Schulz

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Re: [SLE] Optical S/PDIF Output Silent After KDE 3.5 Upgrade
by Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Why don't you do a lsmod to see if you got the right module installed and/or invoke the util you use to turn on the S/PDIF? When you save it, the S/PDIF state should stay. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz(a)sonic.net> Subj: Re: [SLE] Optical S/PDIF Output Silent After KDE 3.5 Upgrade Date: Thu Dec 8, 2005 12:00 pm Size: 1K To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Hello again, I had a "duh" (or perhaps a D'Oh!) moment about this. I upgraded to the new kernel at the same time I upgraded my KDE 3.5.0, so it's probably even more likely that the reason I cannot get optical S/PDIF output to work is the kernel or one of its modules than it is a KDE-related thing. Randall Schulz On Wednesday 07 December 2005 08:42, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > The subject pretty much says it all. Since I've upgraded to KDE 3.5, > my audio card's optical output is no longer producing any signals > (though the pretty red light remains on). Two of the fancier audio > control applications (gamix and ALSA Mixer) have an IEC958 output > control section and both indicate that output channel is active > (gamix's very confusing means of displaying on/off status > notwithstanding). > > The hardware is displayed as Sound Fusion CS46xxx and the chip > identified as Cirrus Logic CS 4294 rev. 5. > > > If anyone has encountered this and solved it or might have some clues > to offer on diagnosing or solving the problem, I'd appreciating > hearing. -- 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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problem with kaffeine to watch a movie...
by Marc Collin 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

hi i use suse 10 and kde 3.5 i put a dvd movie into my dvd player (pc) suse open a windows to ask me what to do.... kde open a windows to ask me what to do... i choose: Play dvd with kaffeine i get some error: (french message) La source ne peut être lue. Vous n'avez sûrement pas les droits nécessaires pour cela, ou bien la source ne contient aucune donnée (ex : aucun disque dans le lecteur). (system:/media/hdd) and after Aucun module trouvé pour prendre en charge cette ressource (dvd:/) xine: cannot find input plugin for MRL [dvd:/] xine: input plugin cannot open MRL [dvd:/] xine: found input plugin : DVD Navigator demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "demux_avi: invalid avi chunk "xine: found demuxer plugin: AVI/RIFF demux plugin xine: found input plugin : file input plugin in kaffeine option: dvd.device device used for dvd playback i have system:/media/hdd if i put /dev/dvdram, i stop kaffeine, open the dvd player, put a movie... restart kaffeine system:/media/hdd is still there... 0 drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2005-12-08 02:31 dvdram 0 drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2005-12-07 10:53 floppy 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-12-08 02:31 _THE_DUKES_OF_HAZZARD -> /media/dvdram after theses message, if i close kaffeine, restart it (without open the dvd player) i can listen the movie without problem... thanks

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Promise Software RAID
by Andreas Madritsch 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hello In June 2005 I bought an ASUS P4C800 Delux main board with a Promise TX4000 chip on it. I downloaded the driver for SuSE Linux 9.1 from www.promise.com and all worked fine. For security reasons I have to update to SuSE Linux 10.0 now, but I cannot find a driver. I tried to compile the source, which can be downloaded from www.promise.com, but this source is for kernel 2.4. How can I install SuSE Linux 10.0 using the Promise Software RAID controller? Thanks in advance -- Informatikdienste Universitaet Zuerich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zuerich Tel: 044 635 67 89 Fax: 044 635 45 05

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pppd doesn't always call ip-down
by Carlos E. R. 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have observed that, sometimes, when the modem connection goes down, the pppd daemon doesn't always call ip-down - or rather, not /etc/ppp/ip-down.local. The pppd daemon calls /etc/ppp/ip-up when the connection goes up, and /etc/ppp/ip-down when it goes down. Those scripts, written by SuSE, call in turn /etc/ppp/ip-up.local and /etc/ppp/ip-down.local, where we can place our customization. I employ those scripts (.local) to launch mail fetch/send cycles and a few things more, like clock sync. In fact, ip-down is a symlink to ip-up: there is only one script, but with two different sections based on the basename. The "down" section code of ip-down contains this: ip-down) restore_nameservers isdn_restartinterface start_firewall # call ip-down.local if it exists and is executable: if test -x /etc/ppp/ip-down.local ; then /etc/ppp/ip-down.local "$@" | logger -p security.notice -t ip-down.local > /dev/null & fi ... For example, tonight it failed. I can see that the pppd daemon calls ip-down: Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Terminating connection due to lack of activity. Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Connect time 4.4 minutes. Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Sent 29179 bytes, received 144156 bytes. Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid 9097) Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x6 "Link inactive"] Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x6] Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Connection terminated. Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Waiting for 1 child processes... Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel pppd[7913]: script /etc/ppp/ip-down, pid 9097 * Nov 7 23:58:30 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Terminating on signal 15 * Nov 7 23:58:30 nimrodel pppd[7913]: sending SIGTERM to process 9097 * Nov 7 23:58:30 nimrodel pppd[7913]: Exit. Nov 7 23:58:29 nimrodel snort: pcap_loop: recvfrom: Network is down But ip-down does not run, it doesn't print anything. Normally, it would print something like this, at least: Nov 4 03:27:39 nimrodel ip-down: SuSEfirewall2: Warning: ip6tables does not support state matching. Extended IPv6 support disabled. _________________________^^^^^^^ but sometimes, like tonight, it doesn't print. Some times it runs, sometimes it doesn't. An intermittent failure... In fact, looking again at it, I think pppd is killing the script ip-down ("sending sigterm..."). Why? When it works, the log is somewhat different (the differences are marked with an *): Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Terminating connection due to lack of activity. Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Connect time 3.5 minutes. Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Sent 42882 bytes, received 86405 bytes. Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid 649) Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x6 "Link inactive"] Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x6] Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Connection terminated. Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Waiting for 1 child processes... Nov 7 21:52:41 nimrodel pppd[32132]: script /etc/ppp/ip-down, pid 649 * Nov 7 21:52:44 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 649), status = 0x0 Nov 7 21:52:44 nimrodel pppd[32132]: Exit. Where should I loot at? Ideas? (I have SuSE 9.3, but I have seen this behavior previously, I think). - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDb+wqtTMYHG2NR9URAgKIAKCTtA0+45JphEBe0igV5gCQpwbOBgCfajcd Qsq5AMZf/w4UQn1SFf4XNQs= =SAVJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mailman help... solved.
by David Crouch 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I changed nothing... and now it's working. Go figure :P Thanks anyways. -- David Crouch

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Mailman configuration help
by David Crouch 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

I'm trying to set up Mailman on my system and I followed the directions in the mailman docs, but apache gives forbidden access to the /mailman folder. I verified the cgi-bin directives in /etc/apache2/conf.d/mailman are correct according to the docs... so what am I missing? Anyone know? Thanks in advance. -- David Crouch

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What does CONSOLE_MAGIC actually do?
by Dylan 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi All, Well, I think the subject says it all... Dylan -- "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." (Chinese Proverb)

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The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly
by Paul W. Abrahams 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

I've occasionally been getting the message "The process for the file protocol died unexpectely" under SuSE 10.0 and KDE. There's no obvious pattern as to when it happens, but when it does, all the icons are cleared from my desktop. I can still initiate programs from the taskbar at the bottom, however. Anyone know what's causing this and how I can make it go away? Paul

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Crash recovery tool
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

I just had a SUSE 10 system go bad. I ran the SUSE install CD's repair stuff and the system is back. I was impressed at the repair tool. It only installed the packages with files that had gone missing or bad. So, after they were sorted, I could boot with pretty much all my original settings. However (you just knew there would be one), I see that not all packages were checked. I would imagine that only those needed for system sanity were considered. Makes sense. I think it checked 200 or so of the 1072 packages installed. But I see that there are still some problematic packages with a missing file. Seems /usr/lib was where my problem was. Is there a tool that can check all the installed packages and see that there are no missing or corrupt files? A list would be fine. I can do the grunt work to locate the packages. But I am unsure how to generate such a list. Especially if I want to check bad files as well as missing ones. Any pointers? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB

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Banshee helix-engine removed from new build 0.9.11.1
by Cameron Seader 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Why was the Helix-engine removed from the new build of Banshee on x86_64 version 0.9.11.1? -Cameron

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screen+zsh+less weirdness on suse-10.0...
by Josef Wolf 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hello! When I set "shell zsh" in my .screenrc, any invocations of "less filename" from screen/zsh fails with strange error messages like "What are you searching for?: No file or directory" The part in front of the colon is a joke that changes on every invocation. Strace shows that less tries to open a file named "What are you searching for?". When I unset the LESSOPEN env-var, everything behaves as usual. I can not reproduce this problem on an old suse-9.0 box. Any ideas? -- No software patents in Europe -- http://nosoftwarepatents.com -- Josef Wolf -- jw(a)raven.inka.de --

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User switching on a locked desktop
by Mike McMullin 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Has anyone else had a problem switching users from a locked desktop in KDE? My desktop was licked and when I tried to to switch users it went back to asking for the password, not giving me a new log-in screen. It's a stock install of 10-GM. Mike

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General questions to 'dd'.
by pelibali 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi, I have few important partitions I decided to backup with a Knoppix or alike life-CD. I found, that for a 4Gb partition in fact there is no problem, but for 10G I could find the only way to dd into 2-3 files then burn DVD with them... But how to save space and remove somehow the 'empty' disk-areas from the end of such image files?! Can I do it during dd-ing or somehow later on? Please any idea? Extra question is that how to compress (e.g. bzip2) the resulted image _on the fly_; do I win something this case (guessing not!) if I'm imaging on a p2-class comp?! I mean while restoring the archived stuff, it would really take an eternity to decompress and copy back to its respective place. Thanks a lot, Pelibali Ps. I don't know about problems on the partitions I would like to save, but when I chose between dd and dd_rescue, I took the first one, which would die by default, indicating a possible error...

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Choosing an "Audio Device"
by Randall R Schulz 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi, In the KDE Control Center there's a pop-up labelled "Select the audio device:" The choices presented are: - Autodetect - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Jack Audio Connection Kit - No Audio Input/Output - Open Sound System - Threaded Open Sound System Apart from "No Audio Input/Output," of course, what are the consequences and tradeoffs of the various options I have here? How do I choose? How does "Autodetect" make a selection? I was surprised (and perhaps a little suspicious) that when I changed the selection, clicked "Apply" and the "Restarting sound system" alert w/ progress bar appeared and completed, ongoing sound playback was not interrupted even for a tiny moment. I'm only looking at this because I've still go no output from the optical S/PDIF port of my sound card (and got not a single reply to my request for suggestions why that might be or approaches to diagnosing the problem -- Subject: "Optical S/PDIF Output Silent After KDE 3.5 Upgrade") and I really need to get it working again. Thanks. Randall Schulz

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e2fsck to lost+found
by Mark Hounschell 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Yesterday I had a hard drive crash (SuSE-10.0). It was the master in a master/slave IDE pair. I replaced the master drive. No biggie. However I was back up I could no longer to an e2fsck on the slave drive. I went ahead and did "e2fsck -y" on it. When it was done "fixing" things, all my files were gone and the lost+found directory had what appears to be all my files/dirs renamed to numbers? Can anyone tell me how I might be able to get this disk back in order? Thanks Mark

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Re: [SLE] susefirewall2 and ftp
by wavesurf＠planet.nl 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

> Looks good... make sure you don't have some DROP rules, recheck your > directory permissions, recheck your configuration files. here a part off the iptables, there are some DROP rules in it. this is high stuff for me, so a need help . -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 20 -j ACCEPT -A input_ext -p tcp -m limit --limit 3/min -m tcp --dport 21 --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-ACC-TCP " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT -A input_ext -p tcp -m limit --limit 3/min -m tcp --dport 22 --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-ACC-TCP " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A input_ext -p udp -m udp --dport 20 -j ACCEPT -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 113 -m state --state NEW -j reject_func -A input_ext -p tcp -m limit --limit 3/min -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -p icmp -m limit --limit 3/min -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -p udp -m limit --limit 3/min -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -m limit --limit 3/min -m state --state INVALID -j LOG --log-prefix "SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -A input_ext -j DROP -A input_int -j ACCEPT -A reject_func -p tcp -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset -A reject_func -p udp -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable -A reject_func -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-proto-unreachable COMMIT # Completed on Thu Dec 8 14:55:03 2005 -- Gerrit Jan Eldering KDE-versie: 3.5.0 Level "a" Systeem: SuSELinux 10.0 Kernel: 2.6.13-15.7-default

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Problems loading suse onto ibm p710
by Martin Whitfield 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi I am trying to install suse enterprise linux power on an ibm p710. This server does not have a graphics card, I am using an IBM 3153 terminal set to emulate a vt100 I can boot to the sms menu and then select the cd device to boot from. I then get the boot prompt and type install. The server loads the kernel from the cd into ram and then states that it is starting yast. At this point the screen goes blank. I cannot therefore continue the install; I thought the server might be trying to output yast as an x windows application instead of ncurses. I therefore tried to install using the following string to enable connection to eth0 using VNC. install vnc=1 vnc_password=abc. The screen then prompts me to select eth0 or eth1. I select eth0 and the kernel panics with the following error kernel panic: hvsi_recv_control: service processor closed HVSI connection Any help is much appreciated Thanks Martin This e-mail contains information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please note that any copying, use, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this e-mail is prohibited and unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail immediately. Any opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Syan Ltd. This e-mail does not constitute either offer or acceptance of any contractually binding agreement; such offer or acceptance can only be communicated in writing. Syan reserves the right to monitor and intercept e-mails sent and received on our network. In accordance with good computing practice the recipient is advised to ensure that this e-mail is virus free.

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Service for automounting media
by Chadley Wilson 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Greetings, I went Rambo and disabled a whole bunch of services, one of which it would seem , was important for auto-mounting media, It used to popup a window to notify me of new media detected, what is that service called again. I would really like to re-enable it. TIA Chadley

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list recursive package dependencies
by Roman Sommer 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

hi, I need all the dependencies (all the rpm files) of a KDE installation.. how would I get that listing? (substitute kde by any other application - i know apt-get (-s) install 'application' would give me that list quite easily) and what's the corresponding command to dpkg -l? (show all installed packages) :) probably there's a tool out there for .rpms I don't know of yet, right? -- Roman

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