June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SLES9 autoinstall error
by Ajay Mulwani 18 Jun '05

18 Jun '05

Hello, I am using the network installation method to install SLES9 and providing an nfs path to the autoinst.xml file. Now the two issues that I am facing with all/ any of my installations are: 1. The system displays the following error: "Your computer does not fulfill all requirements for a graphical installation.There is less than 96MB memory or the X server could not be started. As a fallback, the text found-end of YaST will guide you through the installation. This front-end offers the same functionality as the graphical one, but the screens differ from those in the manual." ... and the entire installation is in text mode. 2. After displaying the message in (1) above; when autoyast tries to read the control (autoinst.xml) file; it truncates the path to that file then asks for the same path again which was correctly defined at the PXE "boot:" prompt. Once the path to autoinst.xml is entered again the entire installation goes fine unattended in text mode and the system comes up with graphics/ video correctly configured. Any suggestions to resolve these issues will be highly appreciated. Thank you, Ajay

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This is very interesting
by James D. Parra 18 Jun '05

18 Jun '05

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/17/de_raadt_channels_ballmer/ ~James

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Clock and 9.1
by Steven Pasternak 18 Jun '05

18 Jun '05

Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks! -Steven

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Howto for connecting to an Epson Aculaser C900 on a XP box
by Sean Rima 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I have a Epson Aculaser C900 laser printer on a XP box which I want to print to from my linux laptop. Anyone know of an howto for this setup Sean

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High CPU usage for X
by Hamish 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Hello I am having some troubles with X and its CPU usage, it seems to spike every few seconds, this is causing other things to slow down a bit. Has anyone seen this? I remember someone saying something about suseplugger causing this, but even with it stopped, CPU usage is still spikey, with X spiking up to about 40% CPU usage. PS its SuSE9.3 ia386 Thanks, H

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Re: [SLE] Problems installing VMWare
by Stephen Carter 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

>Should be: >make cloneconfig && make prepare-all > >There is no need to actually make any part and make prepare-all runs >much faster than just plain make which actually does compile many >things. > >-- >Ken Schneider >UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 Ken, Thanks for the tip. SteveC

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install apache
by Roni Warken 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I have looked for some packages which I could install apache from the DVD disk (that one Novell submitted to all over the world last year). So, I saw there are 6 or 7 rpm files. Which one I must choose to install? Or where I found some docs about those rpm files? -- Roni Warken

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$KDEDIRS?
by Steven Pasternak 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Hi! I use SuSE 9.1 (kde 3.2.1) and want to compile kde 3.4.1. I have compiled kde 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 in the past on other distros, so I am not completely new to this procedure. I noticed tha SuSE installs kde in /opt/kde3, but has overriding icons and config files in /etc/opt/kde3. For example, /opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a kmenu.png icon, the kde default, and /etc/opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a kmenu.png, which is a lizard head, and is the kmenu icon. If I delete the lizard head, the icon goes back to the /opt/kde3/.../kmenu.png. I have seen the variable $KDEDIRS pop up in the past, but it isn't set in this case for me. How could I tell the kde I am going to compile to install in /opt/kde3, and look in but not write to /etc/opt/kde3 like SuSE has it? Do I need a patch for kde? Thanks! -Steven

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Make available off-line by Konqueror
by Colin Carter 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Hi folks, With M$ I.E. I used to go to a web site and do "Make available off-line" which would copy the current page plus pages linked down to as many levels as I wanted. Now that I have moved to Linux, can somebody please tell me how to do the same under Konqueror? Regards, Colin

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Default sound device setting?
by Sid Boyce 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I have an on-board card and a USB phone which come up from boot as /dev/dsp1 and /dev/dsp respectively. I've trawled through sysconfig, nothing found. Anyone knows how to fix this so that dsp1 is the default sound device? ... 9.3, but suppose it's applicable to any. 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 used for all Computing Tasks

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RE: [SLE] DNS issues with 9.1, 9.2 and SLES 9
by DChristensen 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Ken, I'm well aware of the etiquette of responding to list messages. I replied in haste and inadvertently hit reply all rather than reply. I didn't notice the action until after I'd hit send. I apologize for that. Thanks again for the reply. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schneider [mailto:suse-list@bout-tyme.net] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 7:27 AM To: DChristensen Subject: RE: [SLE] DNS issues with 9.1, 9.2 and SLES 9 On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 13:54 -0500, DChristensen wrote: > Ken, > > I checked the /etc/resolve.conf file. The name server line is set to the new DNS server and the name search line has also been updated to follow the settings I made in YAST. I've not configured a DNS server with LINUX and I'll research doing that to see if it improves the situation. > > Thanks for your reply. > > Dave > Why did you send a reply to my personal address AND the list? Think about it, I am a member of the list and get a copy from there, right? So why would I also need another copy sent to my personal address? That make two copies of the SAME email. Unless instructed by the person trying to help you ONLY reply to the list. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

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Problems installing VMWare
by James Knott 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I'm trying to install VMWare Workstation for Linux, on my SuSE 9.3 system, but I'm getting errors, when it's trying to build new modules. I have the latest kernel and kernel-source. Here's the output of the relevant part. I've also shown the contents of the /usr/src/linux. Any ideas? tnx jk Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/dev/shm/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.7' Makefile:494: .config: No such file or directory WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.7/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no modversions. CC [M] /dev/shm/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [/dev/shm/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/dev/shm/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.7' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/dev/shm/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html". Execution aborted. thinkpad:~ # ls /usr/src/linux linux/ linux-2.6.11.4-21.7/ linux-obj/ linux-2.6.11.4-20a/ linux-2.6.11.4-21.7-obj/

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[SLE] Using Samba
by Greg Wallace 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 @5:02 PM, Jerome wrote: >On Monday 13 June 2005 01:25, Greg Wallace wrote: >> I share a linux directory with my Windows machine. Try adding -- >> >> wins support = yes >> security = share >> >> to your [global] section. >> >> Also, I have the following for my "share" (I called it Shareddocs just to >> have it stick out as a Windows share). I'm forcing the user to the Linux >> built-in nobody group. >> >> [SharedDocs] >> path = /etc/samba/smbusers >> guest ok = yes >> guest account = nobody >> force group = MYHOME >> >> Also, be sure the nobody user is set up as a member of the MYHOME group on >> your Linux machine. Whatever privileges you give it, that's what you'll be >> able to do from your Windows machine. Also, your Windows machine has to be >> using the MYHOME workgroup, which I assume it does. >> >> Greg Wallace >Greg, >I added 'wins support = yes' and 'security = share' as you suggested and now >all the default shares set up by Yast can be seen in 'My Network Places'. >The problem is when I enter the User name and password in the login window >Windows prepends the name of my Windows machine to my User name like this: >MYVIAO/MyUserName >and reopens the login window. Windows does give a hint: >Example: >User Name >username@domain >DOMAIN\username >How do I interpet this? I tried myusername@Linux\myusername and >myusername@LinuxLINUX\myusername . Nothing is prepended but hitting enter >reopens the login window. >I also have a question about adding a share the way you suggested above. Do I >create a folder called SharedDoc somewhere to hold the information I want to >share? >Thanks, >Jerome Jerome: I don't even get a Login Window. I click on My Network Places and there's a folder there with the pipeline under it that you see on a network share. I double click on it and I'm in my Linux folder. I don't need any security because of the guest account = nobody option I specified for [SharedDocs]. I also have the following line under [global] map to guest = bad user You probably have some additional setup work to do on Linux before you try to connect from the Windows machine. Here's an off the top of my head checklist -- *) Whatever workgroup you are using in Windows needs to be set up as a group on your Linux machine. *) Set up the folder in Linux that matches the path= name. Mine is shareddocs (and at the root level; i. e., /shareddocs on Linux). The owner of shareddocs is user nobody (built-in Linux user) and the group is the group I set up that matches my Windows workgroup name. *) Make sure any users that will access the share are assigned to that group on your Linux machine. I assigned the built-in "nobody" user to the group and, with the "guest account = nobody" option in Samba, that's the id that is in use when I'm working on my Linux machine from Windows (If I add a file, it shows up with that user when I look at the file over on Linux). I also added my Linux user id to that group and also root, giving me access to the folder on the Linux side. Once all of that was done, I went to "My Network Places" and added \\Linux\SharedDocs (yes, I named my Linux machine Linux -- lots of imagination at work there huh!). Now, if I double click on that folder, I'm looking at all of the files and directories in the Linux shareddocs directory from my Windows machine (sub-directories show up as folders). Hope this is enough to get you started. Greg

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Fwd: Useful links for mgetty/vgetty and some inofficial FAQ
by Graham Smith 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

This may prove usefull to anyone in search of information on mgetty/vgetty. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Useful links for mgetty/vgetty and some inofficial FAQ Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 18:08 From: "TOPMANN (Torben Pollmann)" <topmann(a)gmx.ch> To: "mgetty(a)muc.de" <mgetty(a)muc.de> Gerts page: http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ Latest version: ftp://alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/ ftp://alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/source/1.1/mgetty1.1.33-Apr10.tar.gz Examples/Scripts etc: http://tkvoice.netfirms.com/ Manual: http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/mgetty_toc.html Howto: http://www.freeos.com/articles/3715/ http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-Programming-HOWTO/index.html http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/answering_machine/ VGetty: http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/ http://alpha.greenie.net/mgetty/mgetty_26.html#SEC26 http://alpha.greenie.net/vgetty/ Patches: http://people.freenet.de/Juergen-Kosel/mgetty-duplex-patch Addons: ftp://alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/tools/ calcamp-0.1.tgz This program calculates with what factor an audio-sample should be amplified to get maximum volume. Usefull, for example, when used with the pvf-tools (included in the mgetty package). This program needs libSndFile. http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/ http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/calcamp-0.1.tgz Sending a voice message: Use the script message.sh $numbertocall modemspecificvoicefile.rmd This script is distributed with mgetty/vgetty source ( in mgetty/voice/scripts ) Fax Conversion: to pdf: high res faxes: cat ffXXXXX.YY | g32pbm | pbm2lps -dpi 204 > output.ps ps2pdf output.ps output.pdf low res fax: cat fnXXXXX.YY | g32pbm -s | pbm2lps -dpi 204 > output.jpg ps2pdf output.ps output.pdf to jpg: high res faxes: cat ffXXXXX.YY | g32pbm | ppmtojpg -quality=25 > output.jpg low res faxes: cat fnXXXXX.YY | g32pbm -s | ppmtojpg -quality=25 > output.jpg -quality: jpg compression quality, 1-100. 25 is sufficient for faxes, and keeps the image under 200 kB. -s: stretch low res fax, this doubles the lines. XXXXXX is the id number or whatever given to the fax name YY is the page number. raw G3 is produced with gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=faxg3 -r$res -sOutputFile=$NAME-%03d.fax -sNOPAUSE - (where $res is, configurable, 204x196 or 204x98) group 3 fax is produced with gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=dfaxhigh -sOutputFile=$NAME-%03d.fax -sNOPAUSE - (or replace dfaxhigh by dfaxlo) Scripts: gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=tiffg3 -sOutputFile=/home/gf/fax.tif %files; c2faxsend -vf TIFF -d %number /home/gf/fax.tif; mv /home/gf/fax.tif /home/gf/Documents/fax/send/fax$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).tif Der 1. Teil wandelt ein oder mehrere ps-Dateien, die du z.B. über den kprinter Druckdialog an diese Faxanwendung weitergeleitet hast in das vorgeschriebene TiffG3 Format um und speichert dies unter dem Namen Fax.tif in meinem (GF)! Homeverzeichnis. Der 2. Teil versendet genau diese Datei via AVM C2sendfax. Und Teil 3 (entbehrlich) verschiebt diese Date in das entsprechende Unterverzeichnis und versieht den Namen mit dem aktuellen Datumsstempel. The mailing list is archived on a WWW site, look at ttp://www.elilabs.com/mgarc/index.html' (many thanks to Robert J. Brown, rj(a)eli.elilabs.com) It's also archived by Marc Schaefer, on ttp://www-internal.alphanet.ch/recherche_ml.html'. T Faxserver.gz /usr/share/doc/packages/mgetty /usr/share/info > My application have to collect data from a modem and analyse it to > push information in databases. Are you sure you need mgetty functionality? I mean you can surely profit form looking it's source but it looks to me you can do this with a simple open(),read() and write() functions.All you need to do is initialize serial port for your comm parameters and start reading and sending data to it. -- Die unaufgeforderte Zusendung einer Werbemail an Privatleute verstoesst gegen §1 UWG und §823 I BGB (Beschluss des LG Berlin vom 2.8.1998, Az: 16 O 201/98).Jede kommerzielle Nutzung der uebermittelten persoenlichen Daten sowie deren Weitergabe an Dritte ist ausdruecklich untersagt! ------------------------------------------------------- -- Regards, Graham Smith

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Using Samba
by Jerome Lyles 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I'm trying to use Samba to transfer some pictures on my local network from one of my Linux machines to my windows XP one. I set up the Samba Server using Yast. The output from 'testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf' is good. My Global parameters are: [global] workgroup = MYHOME netbios name = MYSAMBASERVER map to guest = Bad User username map = /etc/samba/smbusers printcap cache time = 750 printcap name = cups add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s When I run smbclient to list my shares I get this: # smbclient -L Linux Error connecting to 127.0.0.2 (Connection refused) Connection to Linux failed I get this as root and my normal self on the same machine the server is on. I turned the firewall off. My /etc/samba/smbusers file: # This file allows you to map usernames from the clients to the server. # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... # # See section 'username map' in the manual page of smb.conf for more # information. root = administrator ;nobody = guest pcguest smbguest Any ideas why my connection is being refused? Also, anyone know how to access this samba share from the windows side? Thanks, Jerome

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Two questions re. SuSE 9.3
by Hugh Taylor 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

First, since upgrading to 9.3 my laptop will only suspend to disk correctly when running on battery. If it's plugged in, it reboots immediately. Second, is there any way to get the audiocd feature of konqueror to show a directory with faac encoded files? I have faac installed and can encode them on the command line, but the audiocd feature in konqueror would make everything easier. I do see mp3 and ogg files, but I'd like to use acc for my ipod. Hugh Taylor hrtlist(a)cpia.jhu.edu

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9.3: Keyboard keymaps and xorg
by AmigaPhil＠ping.be 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

I'm still trying to fix the configuration problem of my keyboard (BE keymap). I'm now suspecting a mess in the xorg-x11 installation (file missing or such, as were the xorg docs and man pages), so I tried to re-install the xorg-x11 core package (using yast). This too failed (someting related to permission denied). Is this due because the x-server is already running ? How can I install the xorg-x11-6.8.2-30.i586.rpm from a command line (or prior the x-server is running) ? AmigaPhil, world citizen. _No MS-HTML mail please_ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1 -----BEGIN ECHELON TEASER----- The following garbage may or may not contain crypted message. At least you now know I'm an advocate for the respect of privacy. AppLyYkjvMcEpVvzByIS6ttFCOHOFaDObyHnpnyyVjREK3znMRHUlStROD5EMEtvzVTHFh1p aEOSlrcxOJIIAOplSxSIDVyaVPAvOAlFtVqDHDz1GtzKVDVJaDvHFqtHMyRvzdW0xtGVBy5t JM5JFWaOOzWFHlWOoIpvFTFIIqUU0EIxRJLLyUpUlb2VqRlIdMEtOHVtV5NMzfFHVIRqHuPv vM3tGO -----END ECHELON TEASER----- Don't look at me! I'm A Generic Tagline

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Dillo v0.8.5-rc1 Lightweight web browser
by Patrick Shanahan 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

NOTE: this is a release candidate.... dillo-0.8.5-rc1.ssl.i686.rpm is available for download: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/dillo-0.8.5-rc1.ssl.i686.rpm http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/dillo-0.8.5-rc1.tar.bz2 http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/dillo-0.8.5-rc1.ssl.src.rpm What's Dillo? * Dillo is a web browser project completely written in C. * Dillo is small: source is less than 365 KB, and the binary is around 265 KB! * Dillo aims to be a multi-platform browser alternative that's small, stable, developer-friendly, usable, fast, and extensible. * Dillo is mainly based on GTK+ (GNOME is NOT required!) * Dillo is a free-SW project in the terms of the GNU general public license. * Current code uses gzilla-0.2.2's html-parser, and almost everything else was rewritten from scratch! * Dillo is very fast! I have enabled the experimental ssl. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos -- 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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FireWire PCMCIA adapter
by Glenn Holmer 17 Jun '05

17 Jun '05

Which FireWire PCMCIA card is a good choice on a ThinkPad T40? -- ====================================================== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ====================================================== "Greater coherence cannot be achieved. Not even the Netherlanders have managed this." -Anton Webern ======================================================

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kerberos logins
by David Bear 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

has anyone used kerberos authentication for suse 9.3 pro logons? Anyone know of a step by step guide to implement it? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"

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Hardware issue with SuSE 9.3 Pro
by DChristensen 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

I have several servers that have various Adaptec I2O RAID controllers installed. SuSE 9.3 Pro doesn't detect those controllers, though I should also note that SuSE 9.2 Pro detected them without problem. I've installed SLES 9 on servers using those controllers using the manual install method which worked, though a little cumbersome. I tried that same method with the 9.3 install and could not make it happen. I've tried to use the driver disk using the drivers I downloaded from the Adaptec site, but they were for much earlier releases and that did not work. Does anyone have any idea of how I can perform the install and have it recognize my controllers? Thanks in advance for your time and trouble. David Christensen IT Manager Brokers International, Ltd 1200 E Main St Panora, IA 50216 Phone: 641-755-2775 Ext: 1032 Toll-Free: 800-362-1097 Fax: 641-755-2381 Email: dchristensen(a)theimg.net

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infinite loop in /usr/bin/find ?
by Dave Howorth 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

I have a weird problem and am wondering if anybody has seen it before - find seems to be in an infinite loop. I ran a Perl script, which in turn ran find. The Perl code is this line: open(FIND, "find $destree -ls|") or seppuku 21, "dirvish $vault:$image cannot build index"; The Perl script belongs to a package called dirvish and this job has previously worked fine every night. Here's what I can see on the system. From ps, here are the commands: root 5042 4820 0 Jun15 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/sbin/dirvish --vault pcx36-var --image-time 22:00 root 5106 5042 99 Jun15 ? 1-05:49:36 find /backup/pcx36/pcx36-var/2005-06-14/tree -ls From top, find seems to be very busy doing something: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 5106 root 39 15 2928 528 2752 R 99.9 0.0 1792:15 find From strace, find isn't interacting with the system. In particular it's not examining files or directories :( suse1:~ # strace -p 5042 Process 5042 attached - interrupt to quit read(11, suse1:~ # strace -p 5106 Process 5106 attached - interrupt to quit (no output despite leaving it for quite a while, so my conclusion is that find is in an infinite loop) From lsof, to be sure it really is /usr/bin/find: suse1:~ # lsof -p 5106 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME find 5106 root cwd DIR 253,5 744 793554 /backup/pcx36/pcx36-var/2005-06-14/tree/www find 5106 root rtd DIR 3,1 680 2 / find 5106 root txt REG 3,1 66216 36947 /usr/bin/find find 5106 root mem REG 3,1 106608 20736 /lib64/ld-2.3.3.so find 5106 root mem REG 3,1 217016 164645 /var/run/nscd/passwd find 5106 root mem REG 3,1 217016 164652 /var/run/nscd/group find 5106 root mem REG 3,1 1412174 20761 /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 find 5106 root 0r FIFO 0,7 32522573 pipe find 5106 root 1w FIFO 0,7 33987450 pipe find 5106 root 2w REG 3,1 2256 164546 /tmp/run-crons.ZY4693/run-crons.daily.4691 find 5106 root 3r DIR 3,1 848 13368 /root Has anyone seen anything like this? To me it looks like find is in an infinite loop, and that seems like it must be a bug in find (it's on Suse9.2, BTW. 2.6.8-24.14-smp, x86_64) Any ideas on how to extract more information before I finally give up and kill the process? Is there a better place to ask this question? Thanks, Dave

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Keypad problem
by David Johanson 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

For some reason I don't understand, the keypad doesn't work for me in 9.3. Not a mechanical problem as it works in win2k and mempis 3.3. It's not a numlock problem either, or so I'm lead to believe, as cycling the numlock key makes no difference. Don't find any help with google, so I thought I'd inquire if anyone else has had this same problem. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe

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Need to know how to install rpm type packages
by OldSarge 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

To ALL: First, I use SuSe 9.2 Pro on its own 20gig disc with a 1.7mhz cpu and 700+megs of ram. I have 3 rpm packages that I have tried to install, to no avail, the error readings show the conflicts and need for different libraries that I do no have on my 9.2! I will now list the 3 packages and ask if anyone can tell me if they are installable on my computer. First, Kmymoney-0.6-1.FC2.i386.rpm; second,mozilla-1.7.8-0.1.i586.rpm and third,mozilla-1.7.8-0.1.i586.rpm. :-[

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HOW TO INSTALL KMYMONEY
by Bruce Marshall 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

This is for OldSarge........... Ok, here's what I did to install Kmymoney on 9.3 (should be exactly the same on 9.2) 1) Downloaded the kmymoney....... ......tar.bz2 file from sourceforge.net 2) cd to /usr/local (this is where I install all tar files that I get. 3) Since the filename ends in .bz2 I know that it is a bzip file, and this requires one of the *three* possible options for tar... the 'j' option tar.gz === the 'z' option just .tar == neither 'j' nor 'z' 4) I downloaded the .tar.bz2 file to /ftparea which is where I download everything. So my command to untar is: tar xjvf /ftparea/mymoney2-0.7.2.tar.bz2 5) cd into the newly created /usr/local/kmymoney2-0.7.2 directory 6) Looking around, I see a configure command so I issue it: ./configure It does a lot of checking and completes with the message: Good - your configure finished. Start make now If you got an error message from the ./configure, then you are probably missing something. 7) I then issue the make command. make This compiles a whole bunch of stuff and completes without error. 8) Then I ran: make install which also completed without error. I should now have an installed version of kmymoney on my 9.3 system. 9) But where is it? Since it is a kde program, it is probably in /opt/kde3/bin ls /opt/kde3/bin/kmy* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2005-06-15 20:07 /opt/kde3/bin/kmymoney -> ./kmymoney2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5264508 2005-06-15 19:37 /opt/kde3/bin/kmymoney2 Amazing!! I did not find an entry in the kde START set, but there might be one. In any event, I can make an icon for it on the desktop. Now this is *all* it took. No big deal assuming you have all the pieces on your system and that's not hard to do. This is a very stock 9.3 system but I do have a lot of things loaded on it. C compiler for one. And..... if any of the above steps had failed, it would in NO WAY be the fault of SuSE. They didn't write the program, or provide it to me. The TAR command was the easiest part of the whole deal but the above is how you deal with NINETY-FIVE PERCENT of tar files. (my estimate) Enjoy....

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