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Bootable Iso CD
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 22 May '05

22 May '05

I am rapidly running out of blank CD's and I have run out of patience. I have been trying to burn an iso image of the Vigyaan bio/chemical software workbench and is designed to be a bootable iso image based on Knoppix v3.7 (www.vigyaancd.org/index.html) I now that it works because I have the earlier version on a bootable CD. I have tried both K3b and the gnome CD/DVD Creator. The both have written the iso numerous times, but when I attempt to boot the machine (which is set to boot from the CD as the first boot device. I also recently upgraded SuSE .0 to 9.3 booting form CD's with no problems) the boot process says Booting form CD and the goes on to grub and the normal linux boot. Finally, out of desperation, and a web search, I ran cdrecord for the command line. Here is the dialog: computation@abnormal:/data3/DownLoad/Vigyaan> cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=40 driveropts=burnfree -dao -eject VigyaanCD-v1.0-beta.iso Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J�g Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://www.suse.de/feedback Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. cdrecord: Warning: not running as root user, fs= option ignored. scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (okir(a)suse.de-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-resmgr-patch '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). Driveropts: 'burnfree' SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'ATAPI ' Identifikation : 'CD-RW 52X24 ' Revision : 'K.GC' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0009 (current) Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0002 (current) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1961344 = 1915 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 637 MB Total size: 732 MB (72:33.41) = 326506 sectors Lout start: 732 MB (72:35/31) = 326506 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3) ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66) ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71) Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 33340 Forcespeed is OFF. Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 40 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is OFF. Turning BURN-Free on Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 637 of 637 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 41.6x. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 668684288/668684288 (326506 sectors). Writing time: 146.185s Average write speed 30.6x. Min drive buffer fill was 29% Fixating... Fixating time: 7.482s BURN-Free was never needed. cdrecord: fifo had 10533 puts and 10533 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 5154 times full, min fill was 85%. computation@abnormal:/data3/DownLoad/Vigyaan> Absoultely, no errors (at least none that I recognized) and all of the files are on the CD, but it still won't boot from the CD. What am I failing to do? Any help will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry

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SOT> libasoli.de Junk Mail
by Donn Washburn 22 May '05

22 May '05

Sorry about the "Sort of Off Topic" email However, from somewhere I am getting a bunch of German junk mail from many different email sources. I think most of them have a URL that leads to > http://www.libasoli.de/2004/ethnoclans%20spiegel50_04.html Does anyone in Germany know of this site because it leads to _______________________________ Not Found The requested URL /2004/ethnoclans spiegel50_04.html was not found on this server. _______________________________ If you know of them you might tell them they are SPAMMING the World. domain: libasoli.de domain-ace: libasoli.de descr: Frank Borris descr: Bluetenstr. 22 descr: D-28217 Bremen descr: Germany nserver: ns01.bre.qsc.de nserver: ns02.bre.qsc.de status: connect changed: 2004-08-19T14:36:20+0200 source: DENIC -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. HAMs: " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316

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Re: [SLE] Installation of SuSE 9.2 on an older Box
by Martin Deppe 22 May '05

22 May '05

> Kevanf1 wrote: > >> On 4/30/05, Martin Deppe <Martin.Deppe(a)web.de> wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks Kevanf1, >>> >>> I forgot to mention that SuSE 7.3 AND 9.0 are installed on that machine >>> and are running well on it (or should I say walking? I never intended >>> it to be a GUI workstation!). >>> >>> I don't think 9.2 contains something that basically forbids it to >>> run on >>> that box. >>> >>> Martin >>> >> >> The only thing I have found is that it (9.2) takes appreciably longer >> to load at boot than 9.1 But, I do have a full system together with a >> load of stuff that I could really safely trim back But it really >> shoudl load on a 166 chip with that much RAM....I would have thought. >> >> > Yes, when I tried it first, I think I gave enough time to get up, but > I'll give it another try (tonight) will report then. > > But shouldn't it response to <Ctrl-Alt-F1/F2/F3 ...> or even <Enter>? > And it doesn't! So, I tried it now and waited for 45 minutes. I guess after that time it should have responded in some way or the other, but it didn't. Any further suggestions? Martin

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spam status
by B. Stia 22 May '05

22 May '05

Hello SuSE people, In kmail, at the bottom of the header, there is a white rectangular box labeled spamassassin. Sometimes messages from this list put varying degrees of color into this box, from yellow > red. I don't have spamassassin installed or running. Explanation ? Bob S.

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Tiny fonts again
by B. Stia 22 May '05

22 May '05

Hello SuSE people, Here we go again. Got a beautiful new 21" lcd monitor fron all of my children for the old guys's birthday. Installed jusr fine. (Samsung ) Of courae with higher resolutions I had to change icons and fonts in KDE. Not a problem. But when it comes to Firefox, GQview, Gimp, and the KDM logon screen, I end up with teeny tint fonts. Less than 1/8" high and almost impossibe for the old guy to read. Fixed the KDM logon screen by editing kdmrc. This happened a couple of years ago in 8.0? and I fixed it by running gnomecc. Don't have that anymore in 9.2. Suggestions on how to increase font sizes in X for the apps that KDE doesn't handle ?? Bob S.

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Re: [SLE] Viewing DVD Movies
by Richard Atcheson 22 May '05

22 May '05

On Sunday 22 May 2005 12:44 am, Joseph Loo wrote: > I assume that the libddvdcss2 is loaded already. Nope, see first lines of the script: ># This script will: ># 1) download the sources needed to build libdvdcss2 RPM ># 2) Ask the root password ># 3) Build the binary RPM packages and install it. RA

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Recommendation for exterior hard drive
by Kevanf1 22 May '05

22 May '05

Some people seem to have had some problems with exterior hard drives on 9.3 I finally got round to trying my Maxtor exterior on 9.3 last week. Perfect. It's USB and connected without any fuss and set up an icon on the desktop (KDE). It installs as sda1 All permissions are set up fine. I hope this is of some help to anybody who is thinking of getting an exterior drive. If anybody needs more information I am more than happy to post them up :-) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Re: [SLE] Networking CUPS?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 22 May '05

22 May '05

Graham Smith wrote: > On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:16, you wrote: > >>Graham Smith wrote: >> > The easiest way to solve this problem would be for myself to look at >> >>your >> >> >>>settings in /etc/cups. >> >>Attached >> >>Server: >>IP Address 192.168.0.1 >>Hostname Umalusi >> >>Client: >>IP Address 192.168.0.2 >>Hostname Spy >> >>Printer: >>Epson Stylus 800+ with ESCP2 using the Linux module for the 800 as there >>was not one for 800+. >> >> >>>I will have a look at the settings and send back the files with any mods >>>required. >> >>Please comment the changes as then I can learn for next time. >> >>Very much appreciated!! > > > I have looked at the files. The client.conf is OK. I have added a number of > comments to the cupsd.conf. There were a few settings wrong which I have > fixed. Also there was a few lines right at the end of the file which were > definitely crap, which I have commented out. > > There are two main errors as far as I can tell, firstly the ServerName setting > looked incorrect, replaced it with its IP address. Secondly you had missed > the BrowseAddress setting. > > Just replace the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf with the one attached. You don't need to > replace the client.conf in the other machine as it has the correct settings. > > See how you go and get back to me if it still doesn't work. > > > For your information the security section in cupsd.conf has a certain syntax > which starts with > <Location / ........ > > and ends with > </Location> > > For example > <Location /> > Order Allow,Deny > Allow From 127.0.0.1 > Allow From 127.0.0.2 > Allow From @LOCAL > </Location> > > A large number of the security options are commented out and are only required > if you want to further limit access to certain functions. Thank you again Graham for looking at and editing the necessary files. I have reverted back to the list in case it helps others. I know, from Windows days, that the server must be booted first, ten the clients. I did this specifically making sure the printer initialized. I figured now, with the correct conf files, it would a simple matter of pressing print on the Mozilla GUI on the client and the page would automagically eject from the printer connected to the server. Alas I was wrong. :( I 'checked' the client settings via the Yast printer configuration but all was in place. I noticed that the test failed when I tested connectivity to the server in Yast. Assuming it was still going to work I soldiered on... ...When I did press 'Print' on the Mozilla GUI I was presented with a KPrinter GUI that said it was initialising and that it was connected to Umalusi:631. NO amount of clicking on the close option or even looking for kprinter under a terminal screen could get the KPrinter dialogs to disappear. I also tried the printer manager from the printer icon on the task bar with the same result. It actually took 2 reboots to rid myself of the Kprinter dialogs. So, now what needs tweaking? Especially since I get a 100msec ping reply from the server when I ping 192.168.0.1 on the client side. I assume that because I am getting a reply back on the ping that the machines are 'talking' to one another. Where should I check error messages after I have tried to print? Where to next? -- ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================

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SuSE Services(daemons)
by Marko 22 May '05

22 May '05

Hi all, I was wondering if someone can explain to me what all the SuSE services(daemons) are for? I understand most of them but theres a bunch that i dont know about. And i dont know what kind of service they provide and if i need them at all. So how about we make a list here for future reference to anyone else. For now im wondering what do thefollowing services provide and do i need them? boot.udev SuSEfirewall2_init dbus fbset xendomains uml splash splash_early raw random ptal postfix portmap fbset boot.crypto autoyast rsync named Thanx.

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Apps not shutting down
by John Bailo 22 May '05

22 May '05

I'm having trouble with apps shutting down fully in 9.2 Pro. One is the KNode newsreader. I constantly have to ps -ef | grep and kill -9 to make sure all copies have released before relaunching. This goes for Real Player as well -- there seem to be one copy in memory for each time I've loaded a streaming radio station. Then there's bzflag. If I press quit it just sits there...I have to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to launch a new terminal and kill -9 it. And, last but not least, the whole GUI won't shut down about 1 out of 3 times when I log off -- I have to do it at least 2 or 3 times before it actually ends the session or restarts.

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