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Cannot convert from ANSI_X3.4-1968 to iso-8859-1
by Chantal Rosmuller 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hi everyone, On a Suse 8.2 server I installed logwatch 6.1.2 but when I start it I get the following error: Cannot convert from ANSI_X3.4-1968 to iso-8859-1 Invalid argument . . . message not sent. Does anyone know what to do about that? -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Chantal Rosmuller Systeembeheerder Site4u support(a)site4u.nl

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RE: [SLE] 9.3 iso
by Greg Wallace 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

On Monday, July 11, 2005 @ 3:56 AM, Jie Li wrote: >On 7/11/05, Greg Wallace <jgregw(a)acsalaska.net> wrote: >> On Monday, July 11, 2005 @ 2:02 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote: >> >> >>[...] >> >> Thanks. I'm saving this note off to my suse linux notes directory in >> case I >> >> get confused again later (knowing me, not entirely unlikely). >> >> >Try to get it on the suse wiki ;-) and then ask me to proof read it... >> >> >Andreas >> >-- >> > Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj >> > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany >> > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 >> >> Duh, what's the suse wiki? >> >> Greg Wallace >> >> >> >> -- >try wikipedia.org >kind of online free encrypedia(?).... So is there a specific place I should put it out there? Is there a link to someplace in Wikipedia from the SuSE web site so it would automatically show up there? Greg Wallace

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xfs / lvm filesystem corruption
by mourik jan c heupink 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

dear list. I was just wondering, is there anyone here using sles9 with xfs in an lvm? We had severe filesystem corruption on a server today, and only two things were changed: I updated via yast online update (lot's of updates, strange enough, including an lvm update) and I had to replace a drive in my hardware 6 disk raid array. (IBM 5i, raid 5) Now I was wondering what caused the corruption: the lvm updates, or the disk change... (or even something else..?) therefore I'm asking here... Anyone having xfs/lvm problems/corruption after the updates? Mourik Jan

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Firefox and WMV
by Frederic 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hi, I'm quiet a newbie using Suse (previously I was a Mandrakian). With Suse what's the simplest way to play WMV files within Firefox ? Thanks, Fred

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Start menu links for OpenOffice.org 1.1 in Suse 9.3
by Gabor Istvan 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear list members: I realized that SuSE 9.3 installation offers not only the new (beta) OpenOffice.org 2 prerelease but the old 1.1.3 version too. So I have deleted OOo 2 and installed 1.1.3. My problem is that this version of the office package does not show up in the start menu. I have manually run the office from a console hoping that this would fix the problem but it hasn´t. I even logged out and in with no effect. How could I have SuSE adding the OpenOffice 1.1 to the start menu? These are the OpenOffice 1.1 pacgages I have installed: OpenOffice_org1-en-help-1.1.3-4.3 OpenOffice_org1-en-1.1.3-4.3 OpenOffice_org1-gnome-1.1.3-4.3 OpenOffice_org1-1.1.3-4.3 OpenOffice_org1-kde-1.1.3-4.3 TIA, IG ________________________________________________________________________________ [freemail] extra 1GB-os postafiókkal, Önnek már van? http://freemail.hu

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Re: [SLE] Question: VNC
by Michael Marion 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

On 12 Jul, Jay Paulson wrote: > I have multiple times. She won't do it. :( Talk to her supervisor if it's effecting work. Though, if you really need more connectivity, you can even do something more drastic, like do a ppp in ssh tunnel and have full routing to your home box/net that way. Any ports you want. I used to do something similar back before our company had a VPN solution. I just made sure it was only able to be started from inside (so I had to ssh into a company host and authenticate first) and closed it down when I wasn't actively using it. Of course, that might break some kind of security guidelines where you work and get you fired.. so check first. :) -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com [Talking about web page "design"] "I think my standards have lowered enough that now I think ``good design'' is when the page doesn't irritate the living #$*% out of me." ==>jwz (http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/design.html)

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Standard Apache Virtual Hosts problem
by Rob Brandt 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

I am getting a new server setup using SuSE 9.2 and mostly standard components from the suse distro, including apache2. I am trying to get virtual hosts set up, using the standard method, not automatic virtual hosts. Sites need to be identified by host, not IP. In other words, I need to be able to designate a site path anywhere on the system, not necessarily only subdirectories within one directory. I've read through the docs here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/name-based.html Originally, mod_vhost_alias was enabled; my understanding is that's for the automatic virtual hosts, and I've disabled it. UseCanonicalName is off. NameVirtualHost is set to my only IP address. The default server's path is: DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs virtual host 1 is: <VirtualHost *> DocumentRoot /home/vhost1/public_html ServerName "vhost1.amd64.csd-bes.net" <Directory "/home/vhost1/public_html"> allow from all Options +Indexes UseCanonicalName off </Directory> </VirtualHost> virtual host 2 is: <VirtualHost *> DocumentRoot /home/vhost2/public_html ServerName "vhost2.amd64.csd-bes.net" <Directory "/home/vhost2/public_html"> allow from all Options +Indexes UseCanonicalName off </Directory> </VirtualHost> In this configuration, all sites resolve to the vhost1 path. If I supply the specific IP address for vhost1 in the config above, all sites resolve to the vhost2 path. If I supply the IP address to both vhosts, all sites resolve to the default path. What's going on here? Rob

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Installing software via YaST
by Jay Paulson 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

I installed FreeNX on my SuSE 9.3 installation using YaST. My question is what do I do after I install it this way? I've gone to the terminal and ran nxserver and added a user and tried to start the server but this didn't work. This leads me to believe that I didn't finish the installation some how. Does anyone know what else one has to do after downloading and installing a package to finsih the installation? Thanks.

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Amiga (FFS) filesystem ?
by AmigaPhil＠ping.be 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

I would like to be able to read Amiga formatted floppies (and later, hard disk too), but I think the FFS filesystem is no more included in the Suse 9.3 Pro distribution (it used to be). Is there a command that allow to check which filesystem are available ? Where can I get, and how do I install the FFS filesystem without choking with the Suse configuration ? How about UAE (Unix Amiga Emulator) which also used to be included in Suse distributions ? AmigaPhil, world citizen. /No MS-HTML mail please/ PGP key: 0x9C07F6C1 -----BEGIN PRIVATE MESSAGE----- The following garbage may or may not contain crypted message. At least you now know I'm an advocate for the respect of privacy. FUlYDdHDvORDAtEISSo1BWIEpFOva2qDMlkIyyUTnvV3AySKFJ6MVVpvJRtlAajvOPTOhxCR zptMyRaHxVHnHqBVznOMlJIzytjOpRI0tdLttHyrxz0pvGzGqbzclVatEUISDLpEAWMpDEV1 HpEFzM5LWHSOOtHnFIHFq5VVyvOyFlOVvyIJVDHMyOIVtRxcFSIpt5WK5OJbUcHqRFuMOGNP lOEf3vt== -----END PRIVATE MESSAGE----- For some Reason, reality is an illusion.

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where to get a 'reply to' address for suse-linux-e messages?
by Gabor Istvan 12 Jul '05

12 Jul '05

Dear list members: Where can I get the reply to address if I want to reply to a specific message on this list? I have deleted the original postings from my mailbox already. Looking through the messages on the online-version of the list I found a message I wanted to reply to. How can I have my reply sent to the right thread if I don't want to open a new thread? Thanks, IG ________________________________________________________________________________ [freemail] extra 1GB-os postafiókkal, Önnek már van? http://freemail.hu

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