March 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Backing up SuSE Personal 9.1
by martinb＠magma.ca 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Hi I have downloaded and installed and configured SuSE Personal 9.1 Amazing but I got it set up well. How can I now back it up? I have a CD burner on this PC, but I do not see any form of backup program. Is there an application, or simple method built into SuSE Personal 9.1? (preferably with the graphic interface as I am a newbee), to run a backup without installing a third party software? If I do need to use someones software, what would you recommend? Martin

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RE: [SLE] YAST >128Mb ?
by Harmen Schaap 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

> > > Add extra ram, install, remove extra ram. > > > > That works I know, but the whole idea is to have a > simple/fast install. > > Else it would go faster with a bootdisk, or external CD/DVD :-) > > > > > Or setup a swap partition before the install. You could > do this using > > > the "rescue" mode of the install procedure. Boot to the > DVD, select > > > rescue instead of install. > > > > I've tried that already (with AutoYast), and it does start > until it comes to the > > partitioning part. It figures out that /dev/hda1 is in use > (for swap), and > > a repartitioning doesn't work anymore. System wil be halted :-( > > > > Then use the "expert" form of partitioning so that it won't > "auto-partition" the disk. This should allow you to continue. Well the real problem is that when I install with a swap I have to tell it which partition to use for swap. And since the hdd isn't properly partitioned yet, I've to use /dev/hda1. And that's the only partition at that moment. After that Yast can't do a partitioning anymore, sice /dev/hda1 is in use :-( But I keep trying to find a way :-D Harmen Ps I noticed that some of other replies to other on the list did not get to the list....

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SDL_mixer-devel
by Bahram Alinezhad 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

SuSE 9.1 Where is SDL_mixer-devel package? Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Registered linux user #375283 (counter.li.org) Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] Mount CD-ROM
by James Wright 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Ken Schneider wrote: >First off, please fix either your clock or timezone. it is off by three >hours. > >On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 12:32 -0800, James Wright wrote: > > >>I am still learning the ins and outs of linux, and in the process of >>trying to get an external USB CD burner to work, I have somehow disabled >>my CD-ROM. When I click the icon in 'My Computer' (KDE 3.3, SuSE Linux >>9.2 Pro) it gives the following message: >> >>An error occurred while loading drives:/cdrom.desktop: >>The file or folder /media/cdrom does not exist. >> >> >> > This last entry is wrong. Either comment it out by putting an # as the > >first character or delete the line. This should fix the problem you are >also having with creating a dir under /media. > > > Thank you Ken and Joe. Removing that line from fstab did do the trick. Joe: I had tried to add the burner through Yast previously, but that line may have been added to fstab before I tried. I did not manually add that entry, at least not by adding through an editor. Thank you for your help, I afraid my 13 years in computer administration has been mostly Microsoft products, and I am trying very hard to make the transition not only for myself, but for the company I work for. - James PS: I fixed the timezone. Thanks for the heads up on that one.

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Mount CD-ROM
by James Wright 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

I am still learning the ins and outs of linux, and in the process of trying to get an external USB CD burner to work, I have somehow disabled my CD-ROM. When I click the icon in 'My Computer' (KDE 3.3, SuSE Linux 9.2 Pro) it gives the following message: An error occurred while loading drives:/cdrom.desktop: The file or folder /media/cdrom does not exist. It seemed obvious that I needed to create the directory /media/cdrom. That did not work. Here is what I have tried. As you will see I can use it by mounting to /mnt, but I would like my link in KDE to work correctly. (I had the SuSE 9.2 Disc 5 in the drive the entire time) linux:/home/james # cd /media linux:/media # ls /bin/ls: .: No medium found linux:/media # cd . linux:/media # cd .. linux:/ # mkdir /media/cdrom mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/cdrom': No medium found linux:/ # mound /dev/cdrom /mnt bash: mound: command not found linux:/ # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only linux:/ # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist linux:/ # mkdir /mnt/cdrom mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/cdrom': Read-only file system linux:/ # mkdir /mnt/cd mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/cd': Read-only file system linux:/ # cd /mnt linux:/mnt # ls . autorun.inf COPYING INDEX.gz media.5 SuSEgo.ico .. content COPYRIGHT ls-lR.gz suse linux:/mnt # And I also assume the fstab file is of interest: /dev/hda7 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda5 /windows/D ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda6 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/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs fs=cdfss,unhide,rw,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 /dev/ /media/ subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Thank you. - James

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MySQL Table Locked?
by Andy Choens 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Just joined the list because of this really bizarre problem. I'm using 9.2 on a laptop. I'll describe the basic structure of my database, and what's going on. If I leave out any important details, tell me, and I'll do my best to fill them in. I am using the default mysql rpm that came with 9.2 + any updates that YAST told me to do. The only thing not stock on this machine is the upgraded KDE (3.4) that I'm using, but I don't think that has anything to do with this. I don have a couple of other programs installed, like tora, but I don't think they are the problem either. I have a database called tlp. Within TLP I have a number of actual tables. I can edit, update, delete, etc. all of the tables but one. For instance, if I go into the table "participants" via konqueror, and edit a row, everything works just fine. In fact, I do this several times a week as I update the information on my participants. But, enrollement is pretty stable. Now I need to update the information in one row in this table, and I can't. Tora gets errors, mysqlcc gets errors, konqueror, and OpenOffice.org all get errors. But, they don't get ANY errors on any other table in the database. The others work just like they should. This table used to work like it should. I can't figure out what I've done, or how to undo it. I have the mysql-administrator installed, and don't see anything to change with it, and I looked through the documentation with mysql, and tried to unlock my tables, thinking some program had thrown a lock on it, but no dice. I still can't update my table. If you have any ideas, suggestions, of kludges to get me up and running, I'd appreciate it! -- Alex Lowe's 3 Rules for Climbing: 1 - Come Back Alive! 2 - Come Back Still Friends With Your Partners! 3 - Get To The Top!

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Re: [SLE] Puzzle PCI sound-card
by Bahram Alinezhad 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Bryan Tyson" (bryantyson(a)earthlink.net) wrote: ---------- I happen to have a Linux system running right now with a Creative AWE64. This is an ISA sound card. I did not try it with Windows. With Linux I tried Fedora Core 2, which did not recognize it. Then I tried Knoppix 3.4, and it recognized it. The AWE64 works great with Knoppix 3.4. Bryan <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- Thank you Bryan. You are right; AWE64 is ISA and probably both Windows and Linux have its driver. But, as I read in the links, AWE64D is totally different (it is PCI) and unfortunately it has not linux drivers. Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Registered linux user #375283 (counter.li.org) Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] Puzzle PCI sound-card
by Bahram Alinezhad 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Matt Gibson" (gothick(a)gothick.org.uk) wrote: ---------- The AWE64D is different from the AWE64, which as you say, is ISA. I don't think many were produced. I have a vague recollection that it came along a little while after Creative bought out Ensoniq, and was probably one of the cards that Creative developed based on Ensoniq's technology. The little note about it on this page would seem to bear that out: http://www.pcbuyersguide.com/audiobuyersguide/hardware/soundcards/sblive.ht… I use what according to that page is one of your card's ancestors, the Ensoniq Audo PCI128 (well, the PCI64 would have been your card's predecessor.) Luckily plenty of those were made by both Ensoniq and Creative, so it's well supported. Other people have had similar problems, apparently. See: http://www.ebabble.net/html/awe64d.html That has a link to Widows drivers, apparently. For Linux, Given what I know about SB cards of that era, I can't see any standard kernel driver (OSS or ALSA) that would work with the AWE64D. IMHO, given the quality, age, unsupportedness and general oddness of the card, and the price of good soundcards these days, if I were you, I'd probably just buy something more modern and standard instead. Matt <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- Great help! Alas, a linux driver is not available for it. Thank you for your answer and help, Bahram Alinezhad, Registered linux user #375283 (counter.li.org) Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Re: [SLE] Puzzle PCI sound-card
by Bahram Alinezhad 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Bryan Tyson" (bryantyson(a)earthlink.net) wrote: ---------- I happen to have a Linux system running right now with a Creative AWE64. This is an ISA sound card. I did not try it with Windows. With Linux I tried Fedora Core 2, which did not recognize it. Then I tried Knoppix 3.4, and it recognized it. The AWE64 works great with Knoppix 3.4. Bryan <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- Thank you Bryan. You are right; AWE64 is ISA and probably both Windows and Linux have its driver. But, as I read in the links, AWE64D is totally different (it is PCI) and unfortunately it has not linux drivers. Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Registered linux user #375283 (counter.li.org) Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [SLE] YAST >128Mb ?
by Harmen Schaap 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Hi, > > > Then use the "expert" form of partitioning so that it won't > > > "auto-partition" the disk. This should allow you to continue. > > > > Well the real problem is that when I install with a swap I have > > to tell it which partition to use for swap. And since the hdd isn't > > properly partitioned yet, I've to use /dev/hda1. And that's the only > > partition at that moment. After that Yast can't do a partitioning > > anymore, sice /dev/hda1 is in use :-( > > But I keep trying to find a way :-D > > Use the rescue boot first to create a swap partition of a approx. 200 > meg as hda1. The install should then then allow you to partition the > rest of the disk. Don't touch the existing swap partition, > don't format > it. That's an idea, why didn't I think of that yet :-) Must be a way to automate that as well.... hhmmm gonna play with that tomorrow... > > Ps I noticed that some of other replies to other on the > list did not > > get to the list.... > > > > Probably because you use "reply" instead of "reply to list". Aarggghhhhh that's what you get if you have to use Outlook. My router at home crashed, so I had to use Outlook for the moment. And I didn't even look at the TO: part.... You see how much a person can learn in a day ! :-D Harmen

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