May 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

wget connection speed
by it clown 29 May '05

29 May '05

Hi All, How do you see what your connection speed is when using wvdial to connect to the internet? Thanks Regards _____________________________________________________________________ For super low premiums, click here http://www.dialdirect.co.za/quote

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Mozilla 1.4 Filters location?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 29 May '05

29 May '05

I have a large number of filters setup on my Mozilla Mail client and would like to backup the file containing them up. I have had a look under .mozilla in ~/ as well as /etc but have not been able to find it. Ideas? -- ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================

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/linuxrc: 312: Syntax error: Bad substitution
by Timo Nentwig 29 May '05

29 May '05

Hi! I upgraded 9.2 to 9.3 and got (note, I do have IDE drives): Loading kernel/driver/scsi/sata_nv.ko ... ata1: SATA max UDMA blahblahblah ata2: SATA max... ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000) scsi0: sata_nv ata2: dasselbe ... Loading kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.ko Waiting for device /dev/hda1 to appear: ....not found -- exiting to /bin/sh sh: can't access tty; job control turned off $ So I booted from CD, chroot'ed, mounted proc and did a mkinitrd -R -u which did look quite successful to me (except some proc problems). Now I get: /linuxrc: 312: Syntax error: Bad substitution VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Thanks a lot for any advice Timo

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Configure KNode
by John Bailo 29 May '05

29 May '05

Is there a way to configure the KNode newsreader so that: (1) It doesn't crosspost -- that is, it only posts to the newsgroup in which I respond. (2) It doesn't send email, even if the poster has requested email?

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CD Burning in GNOME
by Carl William Spitzer IV 29 May '05

29 May '05

In KDE K3b works fine for both CD and DVD but is there a program I can use in GNOME? Suse 9.1 Pro OEM edition no DVD's -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/

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Re: [SLE] 9.3 Pro Headless Install Possible?
by Stephen Carter 29 May '05

29 May '05

Actually I became a little more interested in this so I did a quick search, and found this article on Novell's webiste about headless installs using VNC. The crux is you need to have a network environment setup in the remote location to support this type of installation which needs a copy of the installation source, a tftp and dhcp server, and the server itself prepared for PXE boot. Sorry if it's already been mentioned, I only joined the list recently. http://support.novell.com/techcenter/articles/tp10009.html Stephen Carter Retrac Networking Limited Ph: +44 (0)7870 218 693 Fax: +44 (0)870 7060 056 CNA, CNE, CNS, CCNA, MCP >>> "Stephen Carter" <stephen(a)retnet.co.uk> 05/25/05 9:17 AM >>> >>> Mike Dewhirst <miked(a)dewhirst.com.au> 05/25/05 6:58 AM >>> Scott Leighton wrote: > On Tuesday 24 May 2005 9:39 pm, Chadley Wilson wrote: > >>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 14:06, David McMillan wrote: >> >>>Scott Leighton wrote: >>> >>>>I've done some googling on headless installs and have only >>>>been able to find references to SLES having that capability >>>>by using pxe and VNC. >>>> >>>>Does anyone know whether or not it is possible to do >>>>a headless install of 9.3 Pro, and if so, where there >>>>might be a howto on the subject? >>> >>> Or 9.1 Pro, if I may be forgiven for piggybacking.... >> >>Use remote administration in yast to configure server, and install rdesktop >>on client. >>Connect like you would in vnc, else use ssh for just the cammand line, and >>you can run yast in a terminal. > > > I can't see how that can possibly work. Enabling remote administration > in Yast would require that the headless machine have SuSE installed on it > so I could enable it. > > I know how to remotely administer, what I don't know is how to > remotely install a new install to a headless box that is 3000 miles > away from me in a datacenter that I have no physical access to. > If I'm misunderstanding what you are suggesting, please do > clear it up for me. > > Scott > > > WIthout the datacentre providing a method of remote access to the box at the bios level it's not possible. For example, HP servers commonly use Integrated Lights Out boards that let you re-direct the floppy & CD/DVD drive of your local PC to the remote server, at which point you hard remotely hard reset the box, and it will boot using installation disc in your PC. You can also hard reset the box and access the BIOS menu using this method. The nice part is you access their boxes through a web browser which makes is very easy to manage remote boxes ni any state. I've also used Avocent KVM's which will give you remote keyboard, mouse and screen access but not removable media re-direction which wouldn't be any good in this case. The datacenter may have some other method and many will install a base OS for you, although they usually specify what OS's they are willing to install. It may be worth asking them what options you have available, as this is not an OS issue if I understand correctly. -- 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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remastering suse 9.3 DVD
by Laurent Renard 28 May '05

28 May '05

Who's got the exact way to remaster the R9 DVD to R5 ? Thank you. ps : i did have the 9.2 version script ... -- Laurent Renard

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Thinkpad R31 Mouse Problems - 9.3
by James Wright 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hello, I did a fresh install of 9.3 on my IBM Thinkpad R31. I knew I would have problems with the trackpoint mouse, and I do. In KDE Control Center I go to System Administration -> IBM Thinkpad Laptop. There it tells me that it could not read /dev/nvram. It also tells me to load the nvram Linux module insmod nvram. My first (and only) thought was to open a terminal, su to root, and type in insmod nvram. I am told that insmod: can't read 'nvram' : no such file or directory. I though Yast may have a solution, so I looked at the hardware settings for the mouse. Nothing there for a Thinkpad. Then I went to Install and Remove Software, thinking I need to load nvram from CD. I did a search and it did not find any package named, described with, or referring to nvram. Can anyone point me in the right direction? - James W

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9.3 Install error
by Tim Grant 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi all - I'm trying to upgrade from 9.1 to 9.3. I downloaded the network install CD image, burnt it, booted up, started the network install the same way I did with 9.1. The boot image downloads, apparently completely, then I get a rather obscure error like, "...there was an error...". How can I get information at this point to find out what the error is? It happens the same way every time, whether I install direct from ftp.suse.com or if I go http to gatech.edu. Thanks, Tim Grant

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9.3 Live and adding firmware
by Sean Rima 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hello suse-linux-e, Is it possible to tell the 9.3 Live version to get firmware or at least use the firmware stored on a USB key. I know that I cannot write to the dvd but I cannot test some hardware. Finding it hard to get 9.3 in the west of ireland :( Sean -- ICQ: 679813 YAHOO: thecivvie Jabber: thecivvie(a)jabber.org AIM: tcobone Vodafone +353879120530 Winamp is stopped

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