July 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

merging postscript documents
by Carlos E. R. 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I want to merge three postscript pages (all generated with the same app, The Gimp) to a single document, for later conversion to a pdf. I have tried "psmerge", but 5 megs are converted to a mere 383 bytes, obviously useless. What else can I use? My normal procedure is importing to OO, and generate the ouput there. But that is clumsy! - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFC3+eFtTMYHG2NR9URAhUTAKCTwcpCzg8h0dIqgKhqSp+pCmt6pgCghiUK RvmBLAuaSsGRL9V90vz0KWU= =59C/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Copy-function in Canoscan N670U
by Kaare Rasmussen 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi I'm the happy owner of a Canoscan N670U, that outputs nice images. But there are some buttons in the front. I wonder if they can be used in Linux. It's the copy button in particular which I'd like to run a script to scan and print the document. Do anybody know if these buttons give some sort of signal that can be caught in, say, a Perl script?

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Buring 9.3 dvd - use cdrecord or growisofs??
by david rankin 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Alright you command line wizards, Should I use: cdrecord -v dev=ATA:1,1,0 -data SUSE-9.3-Eval-DVD.iso or growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=SUSE-9.3-Eval-DVD.iso to burn the 9.3 eval dvd from the command line?? Which has the best chance of being successful?? Can cdrecord even do it? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com --

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RE: [SLE] LDAP and new install with SP2
by mourik jan heupink 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

after a brand new sles9 sp2 install I have seen the following messages in /var/log/messages: Jul 16 02:41:08 servername slapd[4202]: bdb_db_init: Initializing BDB database Jul 16 02:41:08 servername slapd[4203]: bdb_db_open: dc=ourdomain,dc=edu Jul 16 02:41:08 servername slapd[4203]: bdb(dc=ourdomain,dc=edu): Program version 4.2 doesn't match environment version Jul 16 02:41:08 servername slapd[4203]: bdb_db_open: dbenv_open failed: Invalid argument (22) Jul 16 02:41:08 servername slapd[4203]: backend_startup: bi_db_open failed! (22) taking the openldap stuff off the machine and reinstalling solved this issue, but I guess this does not relate to your problem. (because here openldap didn't even want to start anymore) Just thought I'd share... (find it a strange issue, on a brand new sles9 stock install...) Mourik Jan > -----Original Message----- > From: lists(a)norrbring.se [mailto:lists@norrbring.se] > Sent: 21 July 2005 15:15 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] LDAP and new install with SP2 > > > On 2005-07-21 15:06 Markus Natter wrote: > > On 7/21/05, Anders Norrbring <lists(a)norrbring.se> wrote: > > > >>On 2005-07-21 14:19 Markus Natter wrote: > >> > >>>On 7/21/05, Anders Norrbring <lists(a)norrbring.se> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Sorry for x-posting, but someone here might have an idea? > There are > >>>>a lot more readers to this list.. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>On 2005-07-20 19:52 Anders Norrbring wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Hiya all.. > >>>>> > >>>>>I'm trying to do a new installation on i386 with SP2. I boot up > >>>>>from SP2 CD1, and go on as usual. Configuring the CA, choosing > >>>>>LDAP as auth backend, etc, etc.. > >>>>> > >>>>>So far, so good. But then I start configuring things, all well > >>>>>while doing it. But when I reboot, EVERYTHING in the > LDAP vanishes, > >>>>>there's not a trace of anything I've done! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Geez.. Is there something I'm missing in the picture? I > did a fresh > >>>>GA installation, modified just tha password settings in the LDAP > >>>>scheme (max length to 18 and hash blowfish), saved it, > rebooted and > >>>>fine, everything was there. > >>>> > >>>>Then I did a system update to SP2, and not a single LDAP > >>>>modification is saved anymore! I can set up users, groups, > >>>>mappings, etc. As long as I don't reboot, the data is in the > >>>>database when I check with slapcat. Then I reboot, and > every change > >>>>is gone. > >>>> > >>>>Is this just showing up on my system? If so, I must be doing > >>>>something seriously wrong... > >>>> > >>>>Anders. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Hello Anders, > >>> > >>>I do not have such an issue, or at least I haven't met yet > until the > >>>SLES9 SP2. But I just ask some things, which would lead to > an bad db > >>>almost every time if not set.. (I assume you are using > Berkeley DB as > >>>backend..) > >>> > >>>1. Do you have switched on the db_recover check on, when > starting up > >>>LDAP? This can be set in /etc/sysconfig/openldap setting the > >>>following option to yes: > >>> > >>>OPENLDAP_RUN_DB_RECOVER="yes" > >>> > >>> > >>>2. In your DB directory /var/lib/ldap, is there a > DB_CONFIG file? Its > >>>content should somehow look like this: > >>> > >>>set_cachesize 0 15000000 1 > >>>set_lg_bsize 2097152 > >>> > >>> > >>>A bit apart from DB stuff and just another idea, well I must admit > >>>really a bit far away, but if this just occurs on reboot.. are you > >>>using a journaled filesystem and maybe having troubles > with it, e.g. > >>>loosing other filechanges after reboot? > >> > >> > >>Actually I haven't edited anything from outside YaST, which > I presume > >>does take care of things like that for me. > > > > > > It should do, yes. But you are free to touch something manually > > and sometimes accidents happen.. > > ;) > > > > > >>I've reinstalled with SP1 > >>right now, just to verify things, and here the DB_CONFIG > looks alright. > >> There is no OPENLDAP_RUN_DB_RECOVER at all in the > sysconfig file > >>entry, I can't say if SP2 alters anything, I didn't look > there.. I'll > >>do it next time. > > > > > > well, I've got this option here since SLES9 RC5.. and > neither SP! nor > > SP2 changes something here.. but the openldap2 version (now 2.2.24, > > due to syncrepl problems) > > > > you could try it manually first, like this: > > > > db_recover -h /var/lib/ldap > > > > But I found another interesting list entry here, which deals with > > similar ldap cache saving > > problems: > > > > http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200412/msg00085.html > > Yeah.. I know all about accidents.. :) > > I'll take a look at the caching and recovering when I go SP2 > again.. The > weirdest thing is that I didn't notice anything like this during the > beta phases on SLES9 SP2.. Not even in the SP2RC4.. > > Anders. > > -- > 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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Subprocess fails on Yast Install
by John Bailo 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

There are several online patches ready for me to install on Suse 9.3 When I try to install several of them an error is thrown. The detail view of the dialog says: ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed) Is there any fix?

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need some help from mouse experts
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

After my PS2 mouse was the cause of a system break down I have installed an old serial trackball. The trackball works (only as Microsoft compatible serial mouse) on my first serial port. What I would like to get to work though is to have all three buttons to work. Right now only the right and left button work. The middle is not reacting to anything. Some mouse experts around?

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Using Samba
by Jerome Lyles 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '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 ps: Output from /var/log/samba/log.nmbd: [2005/07/20 23:06:54, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(353) find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name MYHOME<1b> for the workgroup MYHOME. Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. Jerome

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suse professional 9.0 and proliant ml310
by Cristian Del Carlo 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi list, i have one server hp proliant ml310 with suse 9.0 professional. If i use partitions ( reiserfs or ext3 ) with external usb pen or with iomega zip i have frequently i/o errors. I don't know if these is a compatibility problem. I have a lot of similar configuration with others machines and i haven't this type of problem. Thanks, Cristian Del Carlo

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LDAP and new install with SP2
by Anders Norrbring 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Sorry for x-posting, but someone here might have an idea? There are a lot more readers to this list.. On 2005-07-20 19:52 Anders Norrbring wrote: > > Hiya all.. > > I'm trying to do a new installation on i386 with SP2. I boot up from > SP2 CD1, and go on as usual. Configuring the CA, choosing LDAP as auth > backend, etc, etc.. > > So far, so good. But then I start configuring things, all well while > doing it. > But when I reboot, EVERYTHING in the LDAP vanishes, there's not a trace > of anything I've done! Geez.. Is there something I'm missing in the picture? I did a fresh GA installation, modified just tha password settings in the LDAP scheme (max length to 18 and hash blowfish), saved it, rebooted and fine, everything was there. Then I did a system update to SP2, and not a single LDAP modification is saved anymore! I can set up users, groups, mappings, etc. As long as I don't reboot, the data is in the database when I check with slapcat. Then I reboot, and every change is gone. Is this just showing up on my system? If so, I must be doing something seriously wrong... Anders.

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alsasound fails at startup with SuSE 9.1
by Jonathan Brooks 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi, I am trying to get sound working on a SuSE 9.1 box, the motherboard has the dreaded via82xx chipset - so I'm not surprised that I'm having difficulties :( So far I have tried installing precompiled ALSA RPMs from packman, and when that made no difference, I tried downloading and compiling the latest ALSA code. Still no joy. This is the error message I see when I have configured the soundcard through yast and then tried to start alsa manually: /etc/init.d # ./alsasound start Starting sound driver: via82xx done Restoring the previous sound setting failed However, if I then type: /etc/init.d # ./alsasound stop Shutting down sound driver/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1163: No soundcards found... Does this indicate that the module is not being loaded (despite it saying "done")? If I then go into yast2->hardware->sound, I see that a device has already been configured (called "Sound card", configured as sound-card-0). However, if I click the button to change the settings for that card I get an error: "The number of running cards does not match the number of cards configured in your configuration files, do you want me to restart the soundsystem?" If I let yast do this, I can then go to the volume setting page, and play the test sample (which sounds fine, no rice crispies "snap, crackle or pop") The problem is that when I restart the machine, I get the same problem when the loader runs alsasound start, and consequently no sound in Linux. I have tried playing around with alsamixer, and set all the volumes to max (for the things that should be on). I guess the only other relevant info is the contents of /etc/modprobe.d/sound: options snd-via82xx ac97_quirk=-1 dxs_support=4 enable=1 index=0 joystick=0 # uniq.virtual:Sound card alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 The other really strange thing is that I have no dsp, mixer, sequencer of midi devlinks in /dev!! I am really stuck here, please can you help?? Cheers, Jon.

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