June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ssh agent in 9.3
by Hamish 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hello I have just upgraded to 9.3 and ive been really impressed so far, just a few bits to iron out now. In 9.2 I was able to run ssh-add and be asked for my passphrase for my key, once I put it in, I could open up konsoles to different servers without being asked for my key again. This seems to be broken now, as it only "remembers" the passphrase in the same konsole it was started in. Has anyone got this working properly? Any hints appreciated, Thanks, H

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MS Access MDB file useing from PHP
by Alexandr R. Ogurtzoff 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hey where! Does anybody know how I can to use M$ Access database file from PHP? I have SuSE 9.2 apache+MySQL+PHP installed and some additional packages: devel:/home/iscander # rpm -qa | grep -i odbc MyODBC-unixODBC-3.51.06-150 libgda-odbc-1.0.3-51 php4-unixODBC-4.3.4-26 perl-DBD-ODBC-1.06-225 unixODBC-devel-2.2.8-55 unixODBC-2.2.8-55 mdbtools-odbc-0.5-236 OK. I hope I'm right about useing ODBC, am I? But what is it my next step? How can I start these gears turns? I have a foo.mdb file, empty /etc/unixODBC/ entry, no GUI(remote server), user and root access. What do I need to do? I hope I don't need a Windows box only for working with one file. Could someone help to me? Thanks in advance, -- Best regards Alexandr R. Ogurtzoff { UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are }

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Installation cd cannot be mounted
by Jean-François Simon 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

Hi guys, I've just bought a AOPEN laptop (http://solution.aopen.com.tw/products/nb/1559-AS.htm) and I'm trying to install the suse 9.3 on it. The installation starts by detecting hardware and activating the usb, firewire, etc. Next, the installation stops and tells me that the installation CD was not found (or could not be mounted). Then I fall back on the linuxrc interface. The hardware panel gave theses informations on the dvd drive: /dev/sr0 and the ata_piix module loaded. I push on the eject cd button (in linuxrc) but it doesn't work. I decided to try the Ubuntu hoary live cd to see if it detects my dvd drive and the "installation" also end up with a "Installation cd cannot be mounted". So it seems that my dvd drive not supported I really don't know what to do. Do I have to upgrade the firmwire of the laptop or load a module ? If I perform a network installation, will the dvd drive be useable after ? Thanks in advance. Jean-François P.S : I don't know if this list is the most appropriate place for my question. If it is not the case, please redirect me.

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Changing runlevel priorities
by Thiago Vinhas de Moraes 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Does anyone knows how to change the order of the runlevel scripts? I have a particular init script that I would like to be executed before all other scripts?? I tried with yast and chkconfig, but it didn't work. Thanks -- Thiago Vinhas de Moraes CODIN - Cia. de Desenvolvimento Industrial do Estado RJ Departamento de Informática email: tvinhas(a)codin.rj.gov.br Tel: (21) 2517-5411 "Somos aquilo que fazemos consistentemente. Assim, a excelência não é um ato, mas sim um hábito."

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laptop battery and SuSE 9.3
by Kurt R. Rahlfs 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I made a clean install of SuSE 9.3 on my IBM thinkpad A20M laptop. It previously had 8.2. The battery drains unmercifully when in APM mode whenever I close the lid. It doesn't fully charge in ACPI mode. I use configure-thinkpad in APM mode and powersaved in ACPI mode. Currently the laptop is useless because it must be on AC all the thim or I have to shut it off so that the sleep mode dosn't drain the battery in a couple of hours. tia, KurtRR

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Novell server with Suse
by Mike Dewhirst 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I'm looking for some comprehensive advice, study materials or book titles so I can figure out how to migrate my company to Linux file servers. We have two Novell 5.1 and one 5.0 servers which are going really well. They have performed flawlessly for years. It is time to think about putting them out to pasture and replacing them with something bigger. Sort of reward them. The 5.0 machine is in another LAN in another office totally unconnected. I would like to put a monster SuSE server alongside the Novell 5.1 servers and another alongside the 5.0 chappie and somehow slide them into place and remove the old boxes without the users noticing. I'm not being devious - I just don't want to disturb their work patterns. We also have a Windows 2000 Terminal Server machine to permit remote Novell login to the LAN. We don't store anything on the WTS it is just used as a terminal. I'm not very experienced with Linux. I've had a SuSE 9.1 box under my desk for few months and that's it. I live and work in the Windows world and that ain't gunna change overnight. Any advice will be very much appreciated. Thanks mike

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RE: [SLE] Little_endian.h errors
by Khanh Tran 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:Joe_Morris@ntm.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:54 AM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] Little_endian.h errors *snip* > Thanks for that feedback, but it does confuse me some, and I > am hoping > you could 'unconfuse' me. How is glibc not involved? I > mean, and I am > just trying to understand, > joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h > glibc-devel-2.3.4-23 > joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/include/linux/types.h > glibc-devel-2.3.4-23 > joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h > glibc-devel-2.3.4-23 > joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h > glibc-devel-2.3.4-23 > All the files seemingly involved are from glibc-devel. How > is glibc not > involved here at all. BTW, the kscd author said and I quote, " *snip* Agreed! Furthermore, this exact same source compiled fine under SuSE 9.0. So, it is related to the version of glibc given in at least 9.2, and 9.3 as you've pointed out. -Khanh

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OO & bub buddy
by Mike Roy 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hello everyone: I'm having a real problem with something called Bug Buddy. If I create or open an older OpenOffice (OO) document - no problem. However, if I open a MS Word doc, everything seems to be fine until I try and 'save' the document. It doesn't seem to matter if I want to retain the original file type or use the OO default file type. Quite often the Bug Buddy appears and, after a series of menus, offers to 'recover' the document. The problem is that the recovery does not include the changes. So, this means that the automatic backup inside OO is not working nor is the 'save' command in OO. Bug Buddy does return me to the original document but I lose all the changes. Any ideas? cheers, Mike

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Re: [SLE] ssh agent in 9.3
by Bruce Marshall 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

On Wednesday 15 June 2005 11:22 am, Hamish wrote: > On Wednesday 15 June 2005 16:15, Bruce Marshall wrote: > > Maybe this is a better method: > > > > Once you have a key generated: > > > > ssh-copy-id -i <keyname.pub> user@machinename > > > > Once you do the above, you can login to <machinename> as <user> without > > needing the password. > > This is *exactly* what i am tryng to do. The thing about this is, that you > need to type a passphrase to unlock the key every time you connect, so it > is not very useful. With ssh agent, it "remembers" your key passphrase, so > you dont have to type it in every time. > Thanks, > H Not in my case.... I hit enter for the passphrase when I make the key. Maybe that's your problem. I never, ever have been asked for the passphrase. (Please reply only to the list)

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Media Errors
by Jesse L. Purdom 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hi. I am running into difficulty while installing software via YAST. Applications appear to install correctly but at the end I get a window saying that errors were reported during the install and listing which applications failed. A look at /var/log/messages shows the following: kernal: hdg: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error} kernal: hdg: cdrom_decode_status: error=0xb0LastFailedSense 0x0b kernal: Buffer I/O error on device hdg, logical block 91941 kernal: hdg: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error} kernal: hdg: media error (bad sector): status=0x30 kernal: hdg: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error} kernal: hdg: media error (bad sector): status=0x30 kernal: end_request: I/O error, dev hdg, sector 367824 I get several iterations of the above. I am getting this on two identical workstations, both brand new. I have tried replaing the IDE cable and verified the CDROM drives are jumped properly. I know that my SUSE cd's are in good condition and I do not have any problems with them on other systems. I am wondering if the problem could lie somewhere else in the system. Any ideas? Thanks! Jesse

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