July 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] YaST keeps asking about dual monitors on every system restart.
by Magr 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

> Video settings are done in SAX2. Make sure you're not forgetting > something there. Thanks for your answer, but no saving/resaving helped. Everything was done properly during SAX2. Helped SysVInit application, where you have to set services that will start, or will not, during different init levels. It allowed to remove "hwscan" service from rc5.d level - and everyhting going now very nice. (Restart keeps going till Autologon, without asking anything)

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Re: [SLE] Help with NFS
by Donald D Henson 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

Dylan wrote: > Please reply on list so others with similar problems can read the > solutions... I thought I did. I guess I forgot the strange way this list is configured. > On Sunday 24 Jul 2005 22:57, you wrote: >>Using your comments and the reference provided by Paul, I was able to >>set up an NIS server and export a directory. It all appeared to be >>working correctly. > > OK, what are you using the NIS server for? I mistyped. I meant that I was able to set up an NFS server, not an NIS server. >>I entered the host name of a client machine, >>linux. > > Where did you enter this? I used YaST to set up a client machine. That's where I entered the host name. >>When I try to access the exported directory, I get an error >>message that the host cannot be found. I'm sure that what I've said >>above is insufficient data. Can you either see what I'm doing wrong >>or ask some clarifying questions? > > Can you send the contents of /etc/exports from the server and > either /etc/fstab from the client or the command you typed to mount the > nfs export? /etc/exports: /home/dhenson/Documents/UOP/ linux(ro,root_squash,sync) /etc/fstab: /dev/hda3 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0$/dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid$/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid$ > Dylan > -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules

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Desktop files
by Carl William Spitzer IV 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

Is there no one here who understands these files in the desktop directory? Are they just constructed hit or miss? I dont find anything in a borrowed set of 9.2 books. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/

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Re: [SLE] Gnumeric not works - SuSE 9.3
by Audrius 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

On 7/26/05, Stan Goodman <sgood(a)hashkedim.com> wrote: > ** Reply to message from Audrius <audver(a)gmail.com> on Tue, 26 Jul 2005 > 10:42:17 +0300 > > > > Hi, > > > > I like to use Gnumeric when do simple calculations. But in SuSE 9.3 in > > default installation Gnumeric acts strange. When I input integer > > number like 10 or 12 it does calculation. If I input 1,2 or 10,23 > > numbers in calculations it refuses stating that this is "Invalid > > expression". If I input in cell 1,2 or any non integer number it > > rounds it down to integer, i.e., 1,2->1,00 , 2,8->2,00 etc. > > > > From where I can get normally working Gnumeric? > > > > My locale is Lithuanian, but I do not think that it is problem... > > > > Audrius > > Audrius... > > Excuse me for taking an ignorant shot in the dark: Is it possible that, for > your locale settings, or some desktop setting, it wants to see "1,2" rather > than "1.2"? > :-) no, that is not a case... > More probable: There must be a setting in Gnumeric for the number of decimal > places allowed. Is it possible that it is set to 0? > No. Cell is set to General. Even if I set cell to Number with 3 Decimal places, when I input 1,3 Gnumeric rounds it to 1,000. > Do you live in Vilnius? I spent two weeks there a few years ago, and > was enchanted by it. > Yes. I live in Vilnius... And it keeps to change very quickly and now looks even more beautiful!!! If you get another chance to visit us - do it! Audrius PS: I suggest you to travel in whole country - Lithuania is amazing!

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VNC -- it is impressive -- A quick Guide
by david rankin 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

Mates, I hadn't played with tightVNC until now, opting to do all remote administration via ssh. After going through the learning process, I got to say "it's pretty cool." Now mind you, I still prefer ssh and the CLI from a speed standpoint, but if you want your whole desktop in front of you, VNC is the way to go. It's really not that bad on speed either. Now for what it is worth here is the lowdown: First, I wanted to get my local Suse 9.0 headless server's kde display up on my Win XP laptop. My server is named 'skyline'. Didn't seem like a tough thing to do. And it really wasn't. The steps were: (1) make sure you have vncserver installed; then start the server for the first time to set passwords and create initial config files (2) skyline:~> vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 :1 (this creates the initial ~/.vnc/xstartup file and sets the password) kill the server and set the default display manager to kde or your preferred manager (3) vncserver -kill :1 (4) the default display manager is twm, so you need to edit ~/.vnc/xstartup and replace 'twm' with 'startkde'. Interestingly on mandriva, you get kde as default. now just restart the server (5) skyline:~> vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 :1 next, go get a windows based vnc viewer (Realvnc or tightvnc will both work) (6) start realvnc, enter 'host:display' or 'host::port' in the box ( 'skyline:1' in my case), you will be prompted for the password, and you are done! If your not prompted for a password, revisit 1-5 above, try killing vncserver, and check with ps ax for any stray X process, kill them, restart vncserver again and try again. Now for the fun. At home I had basically a direct connection to the vnc connection. I wanted to try and tunnel this over ssh to the 3 linux boxes at work and get their displays up as well. At work, the router forwards ssh to 'nemesis' an old mdk 7.2 box (no X) from which I can then get to 'bonza' a mandriva 2005LE box and 'rankin-xp' a Suse 9.3 box. Getting there required a little thought and a few tricks from ssh, but is all works. With my basic set up at home, display 1 was already running, so port 5901 was in use in 'skyline'. To get around this problem ssh allows you to forward a remote port to a different local port - say 5902 which allowed a second vnc connection to display 2 on 'skyline' that was actually a local forward of display 1 on 'bonza' or 'rankin-xp' at work. The trick to get ssh to do this was to ssh into 'skyline' and then create a tunnel to 'nemesis' and tell 'nemesis' for forward port 5901 from either 'bonza' or 'rankin-xp' back to 'skyline' on port 5902 over ssh so it could be viewed as 'skyline:2' (display 2) on my XP laptop. After setting up vncserver on 'bonza' and 'rankin-xp' it actually worked. All it took was an ssh session via putty to skyline from windows. Then from skyline: skyline:~> ssh -g -L 5902:bonza:5901 nemesis and then in XP simply start another realvnc session and point it to skyline:2, and your there. For grins, and in theory, you can set another display at 5903 and have 3 active vnc connections and 3 linux desktops on your XP box at the same time. (Now that's a great use of windows.....) So for what it is worth, I thought I would share the information in hopes that it helps some other poor soul -- before I forgot what it was I did to get it working! Useful links were: http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/sshvnc.html http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/sshwin.html http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/xvnc.html -- 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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APT update - anti aliasing problem maybe...
by Audrius 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

Hi, after update with APT I cannot get anti aliasing fonts to work again. I think that problem is in anti aliasing. Fonts were beautiful and now they look very ugly. What could happen? I update frequently so it was about 5 or 6 packages update. Someone with same result? Audrius

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Installed SUSE v9.3 -- Good News and Disaster
by Stan Goodman 28 Jul '05

28 Jul '05

As the subject line says, I've installed v9.3 -- I repartitioned the disk and installed from scratch, rather than on top of the v9.1. The Good News is that v9.3 is much snappier than v9.1; one can live with it. I still intend to replace the 350MHz CPU with 800MHz, because some apps I want to install need a bit more speed, but I think I will be happy without crossing the 1GHz barrier, or getting more modern HD. I have gone on line with it, using Firefox, and am pleased. The only changes I made were in some Firefox preferences, and changing the mouse to the left-handed persuasion and a different cursor.. Whatever I did or didn't do, the system is now inoperable. When it boots, the mouse is not frozen in the center of the screen. Its buttons also do nothing. The only way I could shut the system down (twice) was with the Reset button. Perhaps there was a way with the keyboard, but I don't know it. I was able to bring up a Process List (but I'm not sure how I did that; repeatedly pressing the Tab key moved the focus from field to field, so apparently the keyboard was operational. How do I get out of this fix? The last time it booted, I watched the detailed progress on the screen. I saw nothing tht looked suspicious, except one Warning at the time when the network was being set up. I couldn't read it, and of course I can't look at the boot log. I assume that I need to boot to the Fail Safe option, which I understand to be a command-line mode. I am very new at this OS, and would much appreciate some pointers about how to go about diagnosing what is hanging the mouse and how to repair it. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel "When your enemy falls, do not rejoice." -- Proverbs 24:17 Now that European currencies are superceded by the Euro, will all European banks become Eurinals?

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Real Player 10 - No sound??
by david rankin 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Mates, Trying to watch Nasa TV on my 9.3 box with Real Player 10. I can't get any sound. Anybody else having this problem. The link is: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram I get the video, but no audio. I've check the kmix setting and everything looks OK. Let me know what you get... -- 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] File/Directory Permissions.
by Marlier, Ian 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

`chmod g+s /path/to/dir` -----Original Message----- From: Jay Paulson [mailto:jpaulson@sedl.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:29 PM To: James Knott Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] File/Directory Permissions. > Jay Paulson wrote: >> Quick question about file permissions. I was wondering what the >> command >> line was for setting a directory so that users of the same group can >> read, write, and execute a file. Also, I was wondering what the >> command >> line was for when setting a directory permission/ownership was so that >> anyone in the group can write to the directory. I thought it had >> something to do with the sticky bit however, I'm not sure what the >> sticky bit does. > man chmod, chown & chgrp I've read those and I'm still asking. eek! :) What I'm trying to do is have 2 users in the same group able to edit files of other users in the same group or write files in other user's directories as long as they are in the same group. For example... I have user A in group users and www. User B is in only group www. I have a directory who's owner is user B with a group ownership of www. However, when user A tries to move files into that directory or edit any files in that directory they can't. They can only see the files because the global permission on the directory and files are set to read only. I really want to figure out how to get user A and user B to be able to work in the same directory as long as they are in the same group. It shouldn't matter who owns the file as long as the users are in the same group. I hope that explains what I'm trying to do. Thanks! -- 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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Automake ...
by Steven Pasternak 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Hi All. I have been using linux for about 2 1/2 years now, and wanted to start C programming. I made the .c and .h files, and I want to know how to make a configure and Makefile.in. I know that kdevelop does this, but I just want to know how the old-fashoned way. Thanks! -Steven

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