February 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Still troubled by NFS
by John 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I still don't seem to be able to get my computer connecting, as an NFS client, to itself, my NFS server. (Or a second computer acting as NFS client) (both machines on SuSE9.2 Pro) Any ideas on what configurations to check or should I just revert to micro$haft?

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[Fwd: Re: [SLE] Please Desperate Help to recover.]
by slaza＠xs4all.nl 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

John, Don't try to enter into KDE or any X-stuff, if the system is corrupt. Boor into init level 3 and try to do everything from the terminal. I would still recommend to make a backup and reinstall the whole thing, it will save you a lot of time... Regards, Sandor ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [SLE] Please Desperate Help to recover. From: "John Proctor" <jproctor0(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon, February 21, 2005 12:16 pm To: marktaff(a)comcast.net Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Mark thanks for the great advice I will try and perform these actions to-day( when I get to the college), all though I think I tried to run yast from the text prompt and when I choose software install it started to work but then just hang having said that I may not have been in init 3, is it possible to run yast from the installation cd I have the whole set( 7 cds) also the problem is that if I boot up using the installation cd (via boot system from disk) I can log into the KDE or text mode but cant run any software or commands such as top, telnet, ftp etc again I am extremely grateful for your kind help John Proctor. ps if I try to boot from HD it gets so far and hangs ( I think there is a few files missing) >From: "Mark A. Taff" <marktaff(a)comcast.net> >To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [SLE] Please Desparate Help to recover. >Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:22:54 -0800 > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 13:12, Chris H wrote: > > Mark A. Taff wrote: > > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 12:20, John Proctor wrote: > > >>I wonder if any body could please give me some advice, I have SuSE 8, >and > > >>via the system disk I can boot up from the hard disk but when I try to >go > > >>into Yast it just hangs, > > > > Remember having a similar problem in the 8 series as well. One thing you can do is as follows: > > > > 1. Boot into the system in any manner you can and access the command line shell via cntrl-alt-F3 for example. > > 2. enter the root credentials and enter init 3 at the prompt, this will drop you into singel user mode with no X > > 3. If you have the install discs available, then enter yast at the command prompt and re-install all yast components > > 4. If you dont have the install discs available, set the installation source to a known ftp (remote) installation source and proceed with instruction (3) above. > > 5. Prior to leaving yast, run the update to get the latest updates to yast for your release. > > 6. Exist yast, and run SuSEconfig manually just to be sure. > > 7. enter init 5 and this will bring you back to your X session prompt. 8. test yast to see if it works for you. > > 9. if it fails, then just repost with the tail error log in line as text. The log can be found in /var/log/y2log and tail in a terminal as follows; > > $ tail /var/log/y2log > > $ ----> lots of output (copy to email via cut and paste) > > > > This should get you working again however without the last items...:) > > > > /ch >Chris, > You sent this to me, not to the list. ;-) John might find it more >valuable >on the list. >-- >Mark A. Taff ><< attach3 >> -- 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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[Fwd: [SLE] Please Desparate Help to recover.]
by slaza＠xs4all.nl 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

John, Why don't you boot the PC from a rescue disk, make a backup of some kind (on CD or on a different HD or partition) then re-install SuSE 8.0 from scratch? I use SuSE since version 7 and the repair/update never worked 100%. Regards, Sandor ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [SLE] Please Desparate Help to recover. From: "John Proctor" <jproctor0(a)hotmail.com> Date: Sun, February 20, 2005 9:20 pm To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder if any body could please give me some advice, I have SuSE 8, and via the system disk I can boot up from the hard disk but when I try to go into Yast it just hangs, I know on version 9.2 I can run yast repair from the CD to check and replace damaged system files or re-install missing files, is there any way that I can perform a system check and perform the same sort operation on version 8. I have been through the manual but it only offers mounting the files system via rescue cd which I can do any way, any help would be greatly appreciated John Proctor. Ps I have been trying to solve this problem for over two weeks but with no success. -- 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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Re: [SLE] Please Desperate Help to recover.
by John Proctor 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi Mark thanks for the great advice I will try and perform these actions to-day( when I get to the college), all though I think I tried to run yast from the text prompt and when I choose software install it started to work but then just hang having said that I may not have been in init 3, is it possible to run yast from the installation cd I have the whole set( 7 cds) also the problem is that if I boot up using the installation cd (via boot system from disk) I can log into the KDE or text mode but cant run any software or commands such as top, telnet, ftp etc again I am extremely grateful for your kind help John Proctor. ps if I try to boot from HD it gets so far and hangs ( I think there is a few files missing) >From: "Mark A. Taff" <marktaff(a)comcast.net> >To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [SLE] Please Desparate Help to recover. >Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:22:54 -0800 > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 13:12, Chris H wrote: > > Mark A. Taff wrote: > > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 12:20, John Proctor wrote: > > >>I wonder if any body could please give me some advice, I have SuSE 8, >and > > >>via the system disk I can boot up from the hard disk but when I try to >go > > >>into Yast it just hangs, > > > > Remember having a similar problem in the 8 series as well. One thing you > > can do is as follows: > > > > 1. Boot into the system in any manner you can and access the command > > line shell via cntrl-alt-F3 for example. > > 2. enter the root credentials and enter init 3 at the prompt, this will > > drop you into singel user mode with no X > > 3. If you have the install discs available, then enter yast at the > > command prompt and re-install all yast components > > 4. If you dont have the install discs available, set the installation > > source to a known ftp (remote) installation source and proceed with > > instruction (3) above. > > 5. Prior to leaving yast, run the update to get the latest updates to > > yast for your release. > > 6. Exist yast, and run SuSEconfig manually just to be sure. > > 7. enter init 5 and this will bring you back to your X session prompt. > > 8. test yast to see if it works for you. > > 9. if it fails, then just repost with the tail error log in line as > > text. The log can be found in /var/log/y2log and tail in a terminal as > > follows; > > $ tail /var/log/y2log > > $ ----> lots of output (copy to email via cut and paste) > > > > This should get you working again however without the last items...:) > > > > /ch >Chris, > You sent this to me, not to the list. ;-) John might find it more >valuable >on the list. >-- >Mark A. Taff ><< attach3 >>

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How to avoid copying/scanning printed paper ?
by Franky Goethals 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, I remember some years ago, when i published something under windhoze, that i didn't want to see copied or scanned, that i used a sort of watermark, to avoid this. Does anybody has any knowledge if this exists under Linux, or how to avoid this another way ? Printing on special paper is out of the scope, too expensive. Thanks in advance, Franky. -- _________________________________________________________ GOETHALS Franky Driegaaienstraat 104 B-9100 SINT-NIKLAAS B E L G I E Verantwoordelijke MVS Support voor Euroclear Bank Secretaris GSE Z/OS Systems Working Group Privaat doeleinden & GSE Workgroup : Tel. : 32 - (0)3 / 776.65.17 GSM : 32 - (0)473 / 98.90.24 Mail & MSN : franky.goethals(a)telenet.be http://gsezos.dyns.cx Professionele doeleinden : Tel. Werk : 32 - (0)2 / 224.15.92 Mail werk : goethals_franky(a)euroclear.com http://www.euroclear.com Registered linux user #378931 (counter.li.org) _________________________________________________________

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Question for KDE 3.4 beta users
by Trey Sizemore 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

KDE 3.4 looks nice and appears to run well for me so far with one exception...I can't launch gnome apps from the KDE menu. What I mean is that since upgrading, I continue to be able to launch KDE apps like Kopete and Kontact from the KDE menu, but gnome apps like Evolution and Firefox do not launch when selected from the menu. I *can* launch them from the Konsole, but not from the menu. Is anyone else seeing this? Any ideas how I might fix this behavior? Thanks.

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Yast online update
by Joe Zitnik 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I'm trying to run Yast Online Update, and every time I do, it tells me it can't download the list of servers. I take the url it lists in the error, and put it in a browser and it gets the list fine. I can get anywhere on the internet from a browser, but it's like yast doesn't know how to get out on the internet. It tells me to check my network connection. I have even FTPd to one of the servers from the console prompt just to test. If I enter a server in to the list manually, it tells me it can't cd in to i386. Once again, I go to a browser and get there fine. Can anyone help before I beat this server to death with a hammer?

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SuSE 9.0 bandwidth filter
by Ronald Wiplinger 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Is there a bandwidth filter available for SuSE 9.0 ? thanks! bye Ronald

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Atapi Combo52xMax won't write
by Regis Matejcik 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I recently installed Suse 9.2 Professional on my AMD Atholon2400 machine (512 ram). I'm generally pleased with the performance, but have one nagging issue: The cd drive an ATAPI COMBO52XMAX will not write to a cd. (it reads data and plays music CD's fine) I've checked the SuSe knowledge base, and tried the support email, neither with any luck. I searched the archives of this list in "Aims", and it seems that several others reported similar difficulties in 9.2 - but none of the suggested solutions did the trick. Here is the situation: -When I click on the "cdrecorder" icon I get an error message in a dialog box: The folder contents could not be displayed. Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of "cdrecorder". -When I attempt to use K3b to make a data cd I get the following debugging output: System ----------------------- K3b Version:0.11.15cvs KDE Version: 3.3.0 QT Version: 3.3.3 cdrdao ----------------------- Cdrdao version 1.1.9 - (C) Andreas Mueller <andreas(a)daneb.de> SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. WARNING: Track 1: Length is shorter than 4 seconds. ERROR: The toc check function detected at least one warning. ERROR: If you record this toc the resulting CD might be unusable ERROR: or the recording process might abort with error. ERROR: Use option --force to ignore the warnings. ERROR: Toc file "/tmp/kde-regis/k3bbrXNqctoc" is inconsistent. cdrdao comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/cdrdao write --device /dev/hdb --driver generic-mmc:0x00000010 --speed 2 -n -v 2 --eject --remote 19 /tmp/kde-regis/k3bbrXNqctoc mkisofs ----------------------- 181 INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings. Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem, use -input-charset to override. mkisofs comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR VERSION 0.11.15cvs (C) 2003 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer K3b - Version 0.11.15cvs -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-regis/k3bRmqxza.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-regis/k3b6k0Osb.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-regis/k3bRdAEZb.tmp /home/regis/.kde/share/apps/k3b/temp/dummydir0/ Apparently the "current driver" list is rather old. Nothing on it newer than 2 years old, and nothing for listed for this device. fstab looks like this: /dev/hdc2 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hdc1 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 mtab looks like this: /dev/hdc2 / reiserfs rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder subfs ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 If anyone has any helpful suggestions - it would be greatly appreciated. thanks Regis Matejcik

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Re: [SLE] Firefox X display problem--Start Again
by Jeff Pohlmeyer 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

> nsExtensionManager::_disableObsoleteExtensions - failure... Possibly you have some old incompatible FF extensions installed somewhere. Maybe try: mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-OLD Also check to see if you have any extensions in the old firefox install directory. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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