May 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Suse 9.0 64 Bit installation /4xHDD Sata Raid Question
by Andrei Bintintan 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hi to all, Some questions about Suse 64 bit versions. We have bought recently an Econel 200 server(Dual Xeon 2.8 64 bit) and I want to install suse on it. We want also to install a Sata Raid controller (4 x SATA HDD), we would like to build a RAID 10 configuration. Now, I'm facing some questions. First I never installed a 64 bit system. I found this raid controller at a good price: http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=RAID%20HBAs&p… but it has drivers only for Suse 9.0. The support from promise told me that that driver won't work on suse 9.1 (because the kernel is 2.6) >From what I read Suse 9.0 has still the 2.4 kernel. Can I install 9.0 on this server? Does 9.0 know 64 bit Intel processors? Do I need a DVD or the CD's are enough. I ask this because I wanted to install 9.1 from the CD and there is only the 32 bit version. Can someone also suggest some raid controllers that work with 9.1/9.2? Best regards, Andy.

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Install SuSE 9.3 over FTP using the "mini" ISO
by Janus Sandsgaard 05 May '05

05 May '05

I downloaded the "SUSE-Linux-9.3-mini-installation.iso" image. Now, how do I install over FTP? I found a local mirros at http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/suse/i386/9.3/ But it looks as if I need a IP number to install via FTP, or do I misunderstand something (e.g. should the "mini" installer contain a mini system with YaST thatacn be used for installig the system?). Janus -- Roskilde University, Denmark. Department of Technology and Social Science. International Development Studies. ESST - Society, Science and Technology in Europe.

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UTF8 or ISO ?
by Laurent Renard 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hello everyone, i'm trying to display correctly french texts in my web server but the specific french "à è é ê ..." cannot be displayed ;{ I don't remember the needed configuration in sysconfig ... Could you help me please ? -- Laurent Renard

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D-Link DWL610
by Erik Jakobsen 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hi. On my notebook I have a D-LINK DWL610 PCMCIA card. Does SuSE 9.3 support this hardware ? -- Erik Jakobsen

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New SuSE Machine - Comments
by Paul Trevethan 05 May '05

05 May '05

I am about to embark on the purchase of a new machine (the current one is 6 years old). I do not need "state of the art"; nor can I afford it; but I want a little scope for upgrade in the next few years. I do little or no gaming but I do spend LONG hours at the machine compiling programs and editing documentation. Also, some quite complex and large database-to-spreadsheet work. Here are the specs I have come up with that are within my budget ($2500AUD). I have never used Athlon before and would appreciate comments from experienced users about things like extra cooling & the cpu capacity. Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra939 M/B Athlon64 3000+ E3 Venice core Socket939 1.0Gb Geil PC3200 400MHz DDR ram Maxtor 200Gb SATA DiamondMax 10 Hard drive Albatron GeForce PC6600GT 128M PCI-e Video Card Collermaster Wavemaster TAC -T01-BK Case 420 watt Topower TOP-526P6 power supply Samsung 710N 17" LCD monitor Samsung 16x/48x DVD-ROM LG DVD Burner GSA-4163BBK I want the extra dvd-rom drive as I play music all the time I am working and can still use & burn other cd's. My favoured supplier jumps to 3500+ cpu in "Venice" mode but does have cheaper models in between? The machine will need to run SuSE Linux v9.3 as it's primary os. I have not yet decided whether I will dual boot with Windows XP? There is very little flexibility in the budget, but I am happy to look at alternatives. Any guidance to optimise the purchase would be appreciated. Paul. -- Linux Registered User #313850

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Nvidia 1.0-7174 anyone?
by Sid Boyce 05 May '05

05 May '05

I'm particularly interested in FX5200 and FX5500 experiences on 9.3. The list has been so quiet on this topic that either everyone is waiting for me to try it first or you are all dumbstruck and saddened by it. The NVidia forum has lots of postings, GeForce2 MMX? cards seem to cause the most problems still. I'm on page 6 and there have been few successes reported, though many problems seem to be misconfigured stuff. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks

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wireless network
by James F. Pirtle 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hello List; I may have to set up a wireless home network in the very near future. Need guidance on wireless network cards and cable / DSL router. Currently using SuSE 9.1 although moving up to 9.3 isn't out of the question. Names and model numbers of suitable hardware appreciated. Personal horror stories appreciated. Driver guidelines too please. Still new to Linux but learning fast. Not afraid to jump off the edge. Thanks in advance. -- "God bless us everyone."

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Can't get DHCP address from cable modem
by Nick LeRoy 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my cable-modem firewall -- I'm currently running SuSE 8.2 on an old P5 box, and I'm upgrading to 9.3 on a K6-2/400. SuSE installed ok, I've verified that both NICs function properly when connected to my local LAN, etc. The problem is that when I connect the external NIC to the cable-modem hub, it doesn't seem to get a DHCP address back, and I'm at a loss to understand what's going wrong. Here's what I've been able to learn... eth0 is the external and eth1 is the internal (I wish that I could switch them, but that's how it seems to assign them no matter what I do). dhcpcd from eth1 (internal) works fine, gets an address from my internal DHCP server correctly, etc. At boot time, it give a message (I didn't write it down, but from memory) "no address... backgrounding" [for eth0]. After booting, when I run "ifup eth0", I get something like this: eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co, Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:40:33:52:4e:4e Running "dhcpcd -d" by hand gives me: dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:40:33:57:4e:4e From the logs, I see a lot of entries like these: Martian source 255.255.255.255 from 10.40.32.1, on dev eth0 ll header: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 04 9b eb c4 54 08 00 Finally, from ifconfig, I get this: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:33:57:4E:4E inet6 addr: fe80::240:33ff:fe57:4e:4e/64 Scope:Link Does anybody have any clues as to what could be going wrong here, and, hopefully, a solution? I really need to get this working soon because my old firewall box is dying rapidly, and I'm having a difficult time keeping it running. I greatly appreciate any help! -Nick -- <<< Welcome to the real world. >>> /`-_ Nicholas R. LeRoy The Condor Project { }/ http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~nleroy http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor \ / nleroy(a)cs.wisc.edu The University of Wisconsin |_*_| 608-265-5761 Department of Computer Sciences

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GNOME problem after upgrade 9.2 -> 9.3
by mikus＠bga.com 05 May '05

05 May '05

Solitaire (invoked from a KDE screen) will not start (nor will anything that uses GNOME). I get the message (all on one line): sol: symbol lookup error: /opt/gnome/lib/libglade-2.0.so.o: undefined symbol: gtk_about_dialog_get_type I've tried re-installing various (libglade, gtk) packages from the DVD. Made no difference. Suggestions ? mikus

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autofs error trying to enable it-SUSE 9.3
by Paul Cartwright 05 May '05

05 May '05

I just installed 9.3 and setup my /home and it is working. BUT my /home2, windows/E../F../G are not mounted I am not seeing all my mount points being loads at bootup, and I found that autofs was not enabled. When I try to enable it I get this error: /etc/init.d/autofs start returned 6 (program is not configured): Starting service automounter ("files nis" does not provide any mounts)..skipped what do I do now?? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc

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