June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

APT
by its2am＠gmail.com 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hi, A few days ago someone suggested (in reply to a query about genealogy apps for SuSE) that the person use "apt" to obtain the new version of Gramps. I found some excellent tutorials for the Advanced Package Tool - but, none of them mentioned how to find an application once apt is installed. I have downloaded the apt pre-reqs and edited the sources file, everything is there. Now, how do I find Gramps? apt-get install gramps tells me gramps can't be found - is there a directory listing of available rpms somewhere? TIA, 2AM

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tg3 Drivers for Broadcom Network Cards on Dell 2650 and 6650 Servers.
by Ben Higginbottom 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hello all, Has anyone had any recent issues with the tg3 driver on the hardware of either of these servers (all running various revisions of the 2.4 kernel). specifically with auto negotiation and crashes caused by it. Or is the bcm5700 driver still the better option? Alternatively am I better off ripping out the cards and sticking in something that uses the e1000 driver. Thanks, Ben

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cups and lprng peacefully coexisting
by David Bear 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I am replacing an lprng server with a suse box. since cups has become the print spooling system, and I am not sure about running the cups-lpd server -- (there seem to be a lot of limitations) has anyone run both cups and lprng simultaneously. I would use lprng to listen on port 515 for the lpr print requests, then pass it throught to cups. Or, would I be better of just using lprng and getting rid of cups. I notices with suses 9.1 that not having cups be the spooling system resulted in a very unstable kde print system, so I don't want to break something else buy removing cups. Or has anyone used the cups-lpd server and found it to be stable, and as close to lprng as any client could tell... ie, you didn't have issues with lpr clients returning weird error messages, hacking agianst port 515, etc. -- 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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Getting K3b to recognize my dvd writer
by John Bailo 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I added a dvd r/w drive. I had to add the mount point and /etc/fstab entry myself. Now I want to burn some data to a dvd. K3b will not recognize it as a valid writing device. Here is my /etc/fstab table and mount points. Do I need to specify this dvd r/w drive differently? texeme:~ # cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/dvdrw /media/dvdrw subfs fs=cdfss,rw,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 texeme:~ # texeme:~ # mount /dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr) proc on /proc type proc (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/hda1 on /windows/C type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,gid=100,umask=0002,nls=utf8) /dev/hdc on /media/dvd type subfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8) /dev/fd0 on /media/floppy type subfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid) /dev/hdd on /media/dvdrw type subfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8)

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Re: [SLE] Wireless Internet at public hotspots -- update
by James Knott 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: >>I'm running it on a ThinkPad R31, with the built in Prism adapter. >>What happens, is that I click on "Connect" and it displays the message >>"Connecting. Please wait...", at which point, my keyboard is locked up. >> >> > > Did the scan show the access points and list them? > Yes. And it even works properly some times.

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cable modem
by James F. Pirtle 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hello List; My SuSE 9.1 thinks it is on a 56K dial up modem. It is really hooked up to Warner Cable's Road Runner service. Any suggestion on the best way to get the correct setup? The current modem is a Toshiba PCX 1000 and there is a Linksys cable DSL router between the box and the modem. Not married to either piece of equipment and could change if necessary. Thanks in advance. -- "God bless us everyone."

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language flags dissapeared after upgrade to KDE 3.4.1
by NSK 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

hey The language flags in the KDE panel dissapeared after I upgraded from SUSE 9.3 / KDE 3.4 to KDE 3.4.1. Where should I report this bug? Suse or KDE? -- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org

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KSCD cdda not working in 9.3
by Joe Morris (NTM) 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I am still trying to track down why cdda does not work in 9.3. I am hoping some of you more programmer types can help. Here are the relevant config.log entries, followed with the results. BTW, this is on a x86_64 computer, but I know it also affects i586 as well. configure:41058: checking if kscd can be compiled configure:41068: result: yes configure:41084: checking for CDDA configure:41119: checking pthread.h usability configure:41131: gcc -c -ansi -W -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT conftest.c >&5 configure:41137: $? = 0 configure:41141: test -z || test ! -s conftest.err configure:41144: $? = 0 configure:41147: test -s conftest.o configure:41150: $? = 0 configure:41160: result: yes configure:41164: checking pthread.h presence configure:41174: gcc -E -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT conftest.c configure:41180: $? = 0 configure:41200: result: yes configure:41235: checking for pthread.h configure:41242: result: yes configure:41281: gcc -c -ansi -W -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT conftest.c >&5 In file included from /usr/include/asm-x86_64/byteorder.h:31, from /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:4, from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14, from conftest.c:104: /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:43: error: syntax error before "__cpu_to_le64p" /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__cpu_to_le64p': /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:45: error: `__le64' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:45: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:45: error: for each function it appears in.) /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: At top level: /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:47: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__le64_to_cpup': /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:49: error: `p' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: At top level: /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:67: error: syntax error before "__cpu_to_be64p" /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__cpu_to_be64p': /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:69: error: `__be64' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:69: error: syntax error before "__swab64p" /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: At top level: /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:71: error: syntax error before '*' token /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__be64_to_cpup': /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:73: error: `p' undeclared (first use in this function) conftest.c: In function `main': conftest.c:111: warning: implicit declaration of function `ioctl' /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h: In function `__cpu_to_be64p': /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:67: warning: unused parameter `p' configure:41287: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ Result in config.h //* Define if you will CDDA support in kscd *// //* #undef BUILD_CDDA *// //* Define if you have cdparanoia installed *// #define CDDA_PARANOIA 1 Since it is not defined, it does not compile and therefore kscd is not compiled with cdda support, which is why digital extraction is not working in 9.3's kscd. The little_endian.h problems may be the problem as far as I can see, which is quite different than 9.2 little_endian.h, but that is perhaps the limit of my ability. Can anyone see something relevant? -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris(a)ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871

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Migration problems going from 9.2 to 9.3
by con 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi, Last night I migrated to 9.3 from 9.2. Due to the XServer crashing while trying to do the upgrade from the booting DVD, I had to use yast on the 9.2 system and choose the option "upgrade". During this I had no obvious problems. However afterwards /etc/issue nor was /etc/opt/kde..../kdmrc did not have the "9.2 string updated to "9.3". This by itself is not a big problem, but when I run online update the system still thinks that it is 9.2!! What do I need to change to tell the system that it is really 9.3 for YOU ? Thanks CPH

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User Permissions for /dev/cdrom
by Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

I have just upgraded K3b in SuSE 9.3 from the default installation to k3b-0.12beta2. When I run it as a user I get the following messages: Writing device ATAPI - CD-RW 52X24 is automounted. Automounting can cause problems with CD/DVD writing, especially with rewritable media. Although it might all work just fine it is recommended to disable automounting completely for now. Solution: Replace the automounting entries in /etc/fstab with old-fashioned ones. No write access to device /dev/cdrom K3b needs write access to all the devices to perform certain tasks. Without you might encounter problems with ATAPI - CD-RW 52X24 Solution: Make sure you have write access to /dev/cdrom. In case you are not using devfs or udev K3bSetup is able to do this for you. No write access to device /dev/cdrecorder K3b needs write access to all the devices to perform certain tasks. Without you might encounter problems with ATAPI - CD-RW 52X24 Solution: Make sure you have write access to /dev/cdrecorder. In case you are not using devfs or udev K3bSetup is able to do this for you. My current fstab entry is: /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,auto,fs=cdfss,unhide,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0 What should I change the entry to read in order to be able to burn CD's as a user. Thank in advance.

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