June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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