January 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Edit/master a allready made ISO image?
by Rikard Johnels 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hello all! I have tried to find a way to edit/change a allready made ISO. There are a few files i need to remove, rename and/or add. I have no access to the original "sourcetree", so i have to use the ISO as original. mc can "mount" the ISO, but it complains as i try to edit or rename. I tried to loop mount (mount -o loop <image> <mount point> but that mounts it read only. How can i change the filesystem and remake the ISO? Tried google, but couldnt find anything but a few Win programs... -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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help cant login tomcat5
by Joe is No Body . 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

I can't login tomcat's manager page It's shown massege "HTTP Status 403 - Access to the requested resource has been denied" My tomcat-users.xml. red:/etc/tomcat5/base # cat tomcat-users.xml <tomcat-users> <user username="system" password="xxxpass" roles="manager,tomcat"/> <user name="tomcat" password="xxxpass" roles="tomcat" /> </tomcat-users> Any help? Thanks. Joe. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Re: [SLE] Earning from Internet
by Kai Ponte 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

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RE: [SLE] OO: If you can make it, I can break it!
by Patrick Freeman 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: Hans du Plooy [mailto:hansdp-lists@sagacit.com] <snip> > I mentioned the other office suites specifically for this reason. Even > with the quickstarted (which should give OOo the same advantage), it > still takes a good while longer than any other office suite to start. > Heck, Word/Excel even starts faster through Crossover Office than > OpenOffice does. Which pretty much eliminates the OS aspect of the > argument, doesn't it? I am not sure if crossover office would behave any differently than windows. Maybe a better comparison is how does OOo run on windows (there is a windows version isn't there?)? > > 2) Windows loads a lot of bloat (even right in the operating system > > kernel) -- which means a lot of stuff, libraries, etc ... is pre-loaded > > and all you are doing is starting a thin interface to it. > Doesn't change the fact that OOo starts slow. I really don't care what > they do to make it faster. True. The customer experience is the important thing. > On my notebook OOo takes 8 seconds to > display the spash screen, and another 5 seconds from there to bring up > the Writer interface. That is unacceptable. Also doesn't change the > fact that, once started, OOo *is* slower than any other office suite to > use. When I click on the file menu for the first time, for example, > there is a noticeable delay before the menu appears. I just checked, > after opening Writer, I click on the "open" button. 4 seconds before > the open dialog appears. It feels like working Windows 95 on a 486. Of > course, once it is open and running and you've used it a little, things > speed up a little. But that's no justification for the really slow > start up times. Hans, I stand corrected -- your numbers seem to indicate true slowness. I haven't been annoyed by the difference myself (except on occasion) and I haven't taken any numbers because of this. Either way, I am still trapped into keeping Windows on one machine because of one specific app anyway (two if I count tax software). You're reference to Windows 95 is interesting -- I've often said that Linux on the desktop is comparable to the 95 experience (although the OS is much better). I think that is an indicator of when we will see parity with the desktop -- as an upper bound: how long was it from launch of 95 to launch of XP (6 years I think). Linux has been in this state for 1.5 to 2 years, leaving 4 years-ish till parity (assuming windows does not make some incredible stride that people will just be unwilling to do without in the meantime -- however MS's new focus on security has them really playing a different game and I don't think they will respond well). > > *technologically* superior, per se -- the problem you complain about is > > about more about customer perception. > No it's not. A 12 second difference in starting time is way more than > can be blamed on perception. What I meant by perception here was not really what you perceive, but about the customer experience as different from the actual loading (which I think you addressed above). However, the 12s you mention -- that is not with a *tuned* OOo startup is it? I think the more concerning number is the difference you see in the already loaded app. How does it respond after you have used the tools (which you are comparing) once (on both)? > It's very difficult, for example, to > persuade my dad to try out linux on his PC, when I show him all the apps > on my computer and they're all much slower than what he's used to, > considering he's using a 400mhz celeron with 196mb Ram. There's no way > you can explain that kind of difference away. I think your Dad has to make a decision between his application startup time and your free tech support <grin>. > I don't mean to diss OOo in any way, it is a good product. But it's has > a long way to go to catch up with the commercial offerings, and they > keep improving to, so it keeps lagging behind. And saying "but > Microsoft cheats/does this or that" doesn't do anythign to excuse OOo's > shortcomings. I have to admit, I have neglected in this discussion to draw the point about OOo specifically. <snip> Regards, Patrick

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suse 10 & cd/dvd
by Serge Naggar 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Happy New 2006 to all and may it solve my problem quickly. I have lost the ability to use my cdrom and dvd drives. I can boot into the suse 10 dvd on the sony usb dvd but once in suse 10 the system cannot find the drives - dvd and internal cdrom. They are both listed in fstab as they were when the system recognized them. They are also listed in yast control center- cd drives and I can `add' the drives to /media/cdrecorder [internal] and /media/cdrom [usb-sr0] but /media/either one will NOT see the cd/dvd. I would appreciate all suggestions. Why has the functionality gone? -- Cheers, Serge

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Re: [SLE] Booting with GRUB
by Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Start here: http://www.google.com/pda?q=linux+grub+boot+floppy&hl=en&lr=&btnG=Search&si… There are enough variations there that you can choose what you want to do. My personal suggestion: put a cd burner there and create a multi-session bootdisk for best results. Floppy disk media flakes out at the most important part of any software project. Ditto with any Flash based USB KEY. adam -----Original Message----- From: Roland Turcan <konf(a)rotursoft.sk> Subj: [SLE] Booting with GRUB Date: Sun Jan 1, 2006 6:55 pm Size: 2K To: suse-linux-e <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Hello suse-linux-e! I would like to have only one floppy disk for booting all Linuxes I have got on my computer. I am using Suse 9.2 for developing, but I have to test at full fart distributions. I don't like to change MBR on harddisks and FDD solution is better for me. Later I will make USB flash disk bootable, but booting for floppy is enougth. I have secondary slave disk which contains: hdd1: Linux swap hdd2: Suse 9.2 hdd3: Suse 10.0 hdd4: extended partition hdd5: Mandriva 2005 hdd6: Slax 5.0.6 hdd7: Fedora Core 4 Menu.lst contains these settings: --------------------------------- title SUSE LINUX 9.2 Devel (/dev/hdd2) kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=792 selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/hdd1 desktop elevator=as showopts initrd (hd1,1)/boot/initrd title SUSE LINUX 10.0 (/dev/hdd3) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 resume=/dev/hdd1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd title Mandriva 2005 kernel (hd1,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd5 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdd1 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd1,4)/boot/initrd.img title Slax kernel (hd1,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd6 #initrd (hd1,5)/boot/initrd title Fedora 4 kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd7 initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ First two Suse linuxes are booting without problems. Settings were copied from /boot/.../menu.lst Mandriva section was copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst from its partition, but it cannot start with this setting. I haven't found any solution how to start Slax or Fedora, these settings are only test. I cannot start Fedora, because there wasn't option for storing GRUB to floppy I have chossen "without boot loader". I made symlinks to "initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img" and "vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4" with names "vmlinuz" and "initrd" What am I doing wrong? Thanks for all replies. -- Best regards, TRoland http://www.rotursoft.sk http://exekutor.rotursoft.sk -- 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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Problems with amaroK, part II
by John Meyer 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Has anybody else had the problem of amaroK not pulling down lyrics on songs, when it had done so before?

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Booting with GRUB
by Roland Turcan 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Hello suse-linux-e! I would like to have only one floppy disk for booting all Linuxes I have got on my computer. I am using Suse 9.2 for developing, but I have to test at full fart distributions. I don't like to change MBR on harddisks and FDD solution is better for me. Later I will make USB flash disk bootable, but booting for floppy is enougth. I have secondary slave disk which contains: hdd1: Linux swap hdd2: Suse 9.2 hdd3: Suse 10.0 hdd4: extended partition hdd5: Mandriva 2005 hdd6: Slax 5.0.6 hdd7: Fedora Core 4 Menu.lst contains these settings: --------------------------------- title SUSE LINUX 9.2 Devel (/dev/hdd2) kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=792 selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/hdd1 desktop elevator=as showopts initrd (hd1,1)/boot/initrd title SUSE LINUX 10.0 (/dev/hdd3) root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 resume=/dev/hdd1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd title Mandriva 2005 kernel (hd1,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd5 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdd1 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd1,4)/boot/initrd.img title Slax kernel (hd1,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd6 #initrd (hd1,5)/boot/initrd title Fedora 4 kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd7 initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ First two Suse linuxes are booting without problems. Settings were copied from /boot/.../menu.lst Mandriva section was copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst from its partition, but it cannot start with this setting. I haven't found any solution how to start Slax or Fedora, these settings are only test. I cannot start Fedora, because there wasn't option for storing GRUB to floppy I have chossen "without boot loader". I made symlinks to "initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img" and "vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4" with names "vmlinuz" and "initrd" What am I doing wrong? Thanks for all replies. -- Best regards, TRoland http://www.rotursoft.sk http://exekutor.rotursoft.sk

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RE: Re[2]: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution
by Christensen, David 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

I have Kylix running on SuSE 10.0. In addition to the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL variable, I had to set LANG="en_US". Dave -----Original Message----- From: Roland Turcan [mailto:konf@rotursoft.sk] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 2:28 AM To: Ken Schneider Cc: suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net Subject: Re[2]: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution << 30.12.2005 9:18 - Ken Schneider "suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net" >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roland Turcan" <konf(a)rotursoft.sk> >> To: "suse-linux-e" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >> Subject: [SLE] Old versions of Linux distribution >> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:49:50 +0100 >> >> > >> > Hello suse-linux-e! >> > >> > I have to install and use Kylix 2, but it isn't working on Suse 9.2 >> > or 10.0. I would like to install "certified" distribution of Linux, >> > which are recommended by Borland. >> > >> > * Red Hat 7.1 >> > * SuSE 7.2 >> > * Mandrake 8.0 >> > >> > Where can I find these distributions for download? >> > >> > Thanks a lot. >> > KS> Why not run it SuSE 9.0? This link talks about a possible work around. KS> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jun/0727.html Thanks for your reply, but I know about this variable, but I got this result. See attachment. -- Best regards, TRoland http://www.rotursoft.sk http://exekutor.rotursoft.sk

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Re: [SLE] cannot play commercial DVD's with open SUSE 10 - more info
by Bryan S. Tyson 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

On Sunday 01 January 2006 2:05 pm, you wrote: > If anyone has any advice on how to proceed with trying to get Xine to play > DVD's once my new install is complete I would be very grateful. In my opinion the best way is to not install SuSE's xine at all. Do your SuSE installation with no xine and no kaffeine. Then go to http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ and work your way through step by step. For each step determine which file you need and download it from the bottom of the page. I usually create a directory and download all the rpms into it. Once you have them all, enter this directory and type as root: rpm -Uvh *rpm Verify that xine is working (in my case it always is at this point). Then install kaffeine (in my case using the SuSE kaffeine was fine). Through several versions of SuSE this always gave me a perfectly working xine and kaffeine, including commercial DVDs. Some other helpful ideas are included in this article: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/ Bryan **************************************** Powered by Mepis Linux 3.3.1 KDE 3.3.2 KMail 1.7.2 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ****************************************

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