December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Suse 10.0 Tomcat 5.0.40 on AMD64
by efbiei 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hello suse-linux-e, I have trouble starting tomcat 5.0.30 on an X86-64 Suse 10.0 server. I get this error in catalina.out when I try starting the server: at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:208) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:402) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/digester/Digester at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:1618) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:1930) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:278) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:261) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:208) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:402) Any suggestions why Tomcat does not start? (I hope this is the right mailing list?) -- Best regards, Karsten

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help cant login tomcat5
by Joe is No Body . 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

I can't login tomcat's manager page It's shown massege "HTTP Status 403 - Access to the requested resource has been denied" My tomcat-users.xml. red:/etc/tomcat5/base # cat tomcat-users.xml <tomcat-users> <user username="system" password="xxxpass" roles="manager,tomcat"/> <user name="tomcat" password="xxxpass" roles="tomcat" /> </tomcat-users> Any help? Thanks. Joe. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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RE: [SLE] OO: If you can make it, I can break it!
by Patrick Freeman 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: Hans du Plooy [mailto:hansdp-lists@sagacit.com] <snip> > I mentioned the other office suites specifically for this reason. Even > with the quickstarted (which should give OOo the same advantage), it > still takes a good while longer than any other office suite to start. > Heck, Word/Excel even starts faster through Crossover Office than > OpenOffice does. Which pretty much eliminates the OS aspect of the > argument, doesn't it? I am not sure if crossover office would behave any differently than windows. Maybe a better comparison is how does OOo run on windows (there is a windows version isn't there?)? > > 2) Windows loads a lot of bloat (even right in the operating system > > kernel) -- which means a lot of stuff, libraries, etc ... is pre-loaded > > and all you are doing is starting a thin interface to it. > Doesn't change the fact that OOo starts slow. I really don't care what > they do to make it faster. True. The customer experience is the important thing. > On my notebook OOo takes 8 seconds to > display the spash screen, and another 5 seconds from there to bring up > the Writer interface. That is unacceptable. Also doesn't change the > fact that, once started, OOo *is* slower than any other office suite to > use. When I click on the file menu for the first time, for example, > there is a noticeable delay before the menu appears. I just checked, > after opening Writer, I click on the "open" button. 4 seconds before > the open dialog appears. It feels like working Windows 95 on a 486. Of > course, once it is open and running and you've used it a little, things > speed up a little. But that's no justification for the really slow > start up times. Hans, I stand corrected -- your numbers seem to indicate true slowness. I haven't been annoyed by the difference myself (except on occasion) and I haven't taken any numbers because of this. Either way, I am still trapped into keeping Windows on one machine because of one specific app anyway (two if I count tax software). You're reference to Windows 95 is interesting -- I've often said that Linux on the desktop is comparable to the 95 experience (although the OS is much better). I think that is an indicator of when we will see parity with the desktop -- as an upper bound: how long was it from launch of 95 to launch of XP (6 years I think). Linux has been in this state for 1.5 to 2 years, leaving 4 years-ish till parity (assuming windows does not make some incredible stride that people will just be unwilling to do without in the meantime -- however MS's new focus on security has them really playing a different game and I don't think they will respond well). > > *technologically* superior, per se -- the problem you complain about is > > about more about customer perception. > No it's not. A 12 second difference in starting time is way more than > can be blamed on perception. What I meant by perception here was not really what you perceive, but about the customer experience as different from the actual loading (which I think you addressed above). However, the 12s you mention -- that is not with a *tuned* OOo startup is it? I think the more concerning number is the difference you see in the already loaded app. How does it respond after you have used the tools (which you are comparing) once (on both)? > It's very difficult, for example, to > persuade my dad to try out linux on his PC, when I show him all the apps > on my computer and they're all much slower than what he's used to, > considering he's using a 400mhz celeron with 196mb Ram. There's no way > you can explain that kind of difference away. I think your Dad has to make a decision between his application startup time and your free tech support <grin>. > I don't mean to diss OOo in any way, it is a good product. But it's has > a long way to go to catch up with the commercial offerings, and they > keep improving to, so it keeps lagging behind. And saying "but > Microsoft cheats/does this or that" doesn't do anythign to excuse OOo's > shortcomings. I have to admit, I have neglected in this discussion to draw the point about OOo specifically. <snip> Regards, Patrick

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RE: Re[2]: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution
by Christensen, David 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

I have Kylix running on SuSE 10.0. In addition to the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL variable, I had to set LANG="en_US". Dave -----Original Message----- From: Roland Turcan [mailto:konf@rotursoft.sk] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 2:28 AM To: Ken Schneider Cc: suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net Subject: Re[2]: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution << 30.12.2005 9:18 - Ken Schneider "suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net" >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roland Turcan" <konf(a)rotursoft.sk> >> To: "suse-linux-e" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >> Subject: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution >> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:49:50 +0100 >> >> > >> > Hello suse-linux-e! >> > >> > I have to install and use Kylix 2, but it isn't working on Suse 9.2 >> > or 10.0. I would like to install "certified" distribution of Linux, >> > which are recommended by Borland. >> > >> > * Red Hat 7.1 >> > * SuSE 7.2 >> > * Mandrake 8.0 >> > >> > Where can I find these distributions for download? >> > >> > Thanks a lot. >> > KS> Why not run it SuSE 9.0? This link talks about a possible work around. KS> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jun/0727.html Thanks for your reply, but I know about this variable, but I got this result. See attachment. -- Best regards, TRoland http://www.rotursoft.sk http://exekutor.rotursoft.sk

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for James Knott - khrono 2.1
by Per Jessen 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

I needed to do something to take my mind of things this afternoon, so I took up James Knotts challenge of getting khrono to work. I picked up khrono-2.0 (from Axel von Arnims website) and made it compile with KDE3. I've sent Axel an email at vonarnim(a)club-internet.fr, but as it's not clear if he's still using that address, I've also put up a tarball here: http://jessen.ch/files/khrono-2.1.tar.gz I am by no stretch of imagination a KDE programmer nor packager, so there's room for improvement. For one thing, I couldn't get it to package right, for another there's something not quite right with how the .moc files are built. Input much appreciated. To build the current tarball, same procedure as always: ./configure make (I haven't tried a "make install", so ...) If I don't hear back from Axel, I might think about putting up a page with this tarball and an RPM. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Let us analyse your spam- and virus-threat - up to 2 months for free.

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Complicated CPU frequency problem
by Alistair 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

Hello I have two Centrino laptops that exhibit similar problems with 10.0 If I start the machine on power, and then query the cpu, I get this... alistair@juno:~> cpufreq-info cpufrequtils 0.3: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004 Report errors and bugs to linux(a)brodo.de, please. analyzing CPU 0: driver: centrino CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 hardware limits: 600 MHz - 1.10 GHz available frequency steps: 1.10 GHz, 800 MHz, 600 MHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance current policy: frequency should be within 600 MHz and 1.10 GHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 600 MHz. ...which is correct. Unplugging from AC to battery, gives me: alistair@juno:~> cpufreq-infopo [snip] current policy: frequency should be within 600 MHz and 600 MHz. The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 600 MHz. Which is also correct for power saving. However, I plug the machine back in again to AC, it sticks with the restricted speed range policy, and does not revert to the full range shown first. I have to do something like... juno:/home/alistair # cpufreq-set -u 1.1GHz ... to sort this. It is similar with my other laptop, except replace 1.1GHz with 1.5GHz. This seems wrong to me. Is it a known problem or a user failure? Otherwise, I will file a bug. Regards A

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XP strange behaviour after SUSE install
by ferdybassi＠tin.it 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

Hi all. I have a toshiba laptop with a 60 GB HD which I have partitioned as follows: - hda1 14 GB NTFS Windows XP - hda5 16 GB NTFS Windows XP Data - hda6 4 GB FAT32 to share files between WinXP and SUSE - hda7 400 MB Reiser /boot - hda8 16 GB Reiser / - hda9 10 GB Reiser /home I first installed Windows XP on its primary partition, then installed SUSE 10 and set up Grub to boot both. Now SUSE 10 can boot w/out any problem, but when I boot Windows XP I get this strange behaviour: it boots, it lets me CTRL+ALT+DEL, it lets me log in with my username/password... then it loads my desktop settings and suddenly freeze. I got "busy mouse pointer" and I can't do anything. By entering Task manager it seems that the problem is caused by AVG Free antivirus (it freezes and I can't stop it) or by ConfigFree, a Toshiba tool to easily switch between different LANs. I can't even CTRL+ALT+DEL again to reboot: I just have to press shutdown button... Never happened with SUSE 9.2... Both Windows XP and SUSE 10 are fresh installations. I just updated them, without installing any other software, except AVG antivirus My hypothesis: - AVG Free detects some change into the reisers partitions or into the MBR and it just goes crazy - SUSE 10 has some bugs into partition handling - Windows XP SP2 doesn't like that someone manages partitions after its installation Any hints? TIA, Ferdinando

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Linux and USB WebCam suggestion
by MindBender 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

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DLink wireless card support?
by Simon Roberts 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

Hi all, I'm rebuilding a friend's kid's computer, currently running W-98, and I'd really like to get it running SuSE 10 (convert 'em while they're young and impressionable). Unfortunately, this thing depends on a D-Link DWL-520 wireless (PCI) card for its networking, and I can't seem to make it work. It's not listed at all on the hardware support database, but it's an old 802.11b only device, so I was hoping it had been around long enough to be supported. When I run Yast, it sees the device, and lets me put in the WEP configuration and all that, but if I run ifconfig, the device doesn't show up at all. Running iwconfig shows nothing wireless either. Any suggestions? Am I missing something obvious? If this is not a supported device, did I read something a while ago about now being able to use Windows drivers under Linux in some way? I'm anxious to make this work, as the only alternative will be to put whindoze back on it :( TIA Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Linksys linux gurus?!?
by bernd 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

I saw recently that someone had been in contact with the people at linksys that actually knew something about linux, but I toasted the message. I've been going round robin with linksys regarding my setup and need to find someone there who has some linux smarts. Anyone have any linux contact info at Linksys? Bernd

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