March 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Name of an update tool for Suse?
by Eric Jackson 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi, I'm looking for some software for Suse that is used to update and install software. I don't remember the name but I'm pretty sure it begins with the letter "K" I'm not talking about Kyum but another package. Eric Jackson

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HP Photosmart 8700
by Fred A. Miller 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Is anyone using this printer with SUSE 10.0? If so, your impressions? Problems? Thanks, Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x

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auto login in gdm under 9.3
by Mike McMullin 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Sorry about breaking the thread, but I killed the articles. Would the OP mind checking out the following links? http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2039.html and also http://www.bellevuelinux.org/automatic_login.html note the use of gdmsetup

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SuSE 10 won't start after update with apt-get on 24 feb.
by GJE 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hello, I have a problem with starting SuSE, yesterday I did a update with apt/get and after that the problems where there. When starting up it hangs on the point ""starting powersaved" or after that point. I have put back a image and did al the update's again, with the same problems after that. So there is a package that gave this problem, but witch one??? Are there more people with this problem?? And how to solve it? Thanks Gerrit Jan

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wget bug or dumb user?
by Carlos E. R. 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm trying to download the whole 9.3 update tree for a friend without internet access. I'm doing it this way (mind: some very long lines): #!/bin/bash wget --continue --timestamping --quota=1800m -r -l3 --limit-rate=90k \ --no-remove-listing -nH --cut-dirs=5 --output-file=LOGFILE \ --reject "OpenOffice*-af-*rpm,OpenOffice*-ar-*rpm,OpenOffice*-be-*rpm,OpenOffice*-bg-*rpm,OpenOffice*-ca-*rpm,OpenOffice*-cs-*rpm,OpenOffice*-cy-*rpm,OpenOffice*-da-*rpm,OpenOffice*-de-*rpm,OpenOffice*-el-*rpm,OpenOffice*-et-*rpm,OpenOffice*-fi-*rpm,OpenOffice*-gu-*rpm,OpenOffice*-hr-*rpm,OpenOffice*-hu-*rpm,OpenOffice*-it-*rpm,OpenOffice*-ja-*rpm,OpenOffice*-ko-*rpm,OpenOffice*-nb-*rpm,OpenOffice*-nl-*rpm,OpenOffice*-nn-*rpm,OpenOffice*-pa-*rpm,OpenOffice*-pl-*rpm,OpenOffice*-pt-*rpm,OpenOffice*-ru-*rpm,OpenOffice*-sk-*rpm,OpenOffice*-sl-*rpm,OpenOffice*-sv-*rpm,OpenOffice*-xh-*rpm,OpenOffice*-tr-*rpm,OpenOffice*-zh-*rpm,OpenOffice*-zu-*rpm" \ --exclude-directories=/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64 \ "ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/9.3/" It is the "--exclude-directories" option that is causing me the biggest problem: after I added it, it never stops, it goes round and round downloading (skipping, actually) the same files. I had to make it log to a file to make sure, it was flipping by so fast. I track the download marking the ".listing" entries in the log (trimmed for clarity): - --20:30:58-- ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/9.3/ => `i386/update/9.3/.listing' 20:31:01 (14.83 MB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/.listing' saved [5412] 20:31:06 (71.81 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/deltas/.listing' saved [2574208] 20:31:16 (27.28 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/patches/.listing' saved [241797] 20:31:24 (27.75 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/patches.obsolete/.listing' saved [121069] 20:31:26 (18.86 MB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/.listing' saved [5655] 20:31:30 (69.83 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [6910062] 20:32:02 (46.33 MB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i686/.listing' saved [34980] 20:32:04 (22.74 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/noarch/.listing' saved [426240] 20:32:07 (50.95 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/.listing' saved [2124577] ... Not descending to `pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64' as it is excluded/not-included. ... 20:32:13 (70.47 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [7107435] 20:32:38 (79.04 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i686/.listing' saved [36146] Notice that it has gone round again to download the same i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/ directory again! And it continued... ... 20:32:48 (72.20 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [7304808] 20:33:25 (72.53 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [7502181] 20:33:57 (70.83 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [7699554] 20:34:33 (71.51 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [7896927] 20:35:14 (70.25 KB/s) - `i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/.listing' saved [8094300] Before I killed it, it had gone round 7 times in 5 minutes - fortunately, it only really downloads the ".listing" files, due to the "--continue" switch. What is happening? :-O [...] Those ".listing" files were increasing in size... yeap, the server was syncing. A while later retried, downloaded some files related to ethereal, and finished normally. Then I tried some hours later, and it also worked normally. Weird... The problem is solved, but... why the fact that the server was adding some new files caused wget to get into a never ending loop? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFEBMfntTMYHG2NR9URAinRAJ9KoVoidmQXcmAe53w77lS08bHvOACgj2LF tCluItIMup07DXQ3gY2gb0c= =5pZi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] How to allow ftp and telnet
by James Knott 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Tue February 28 2006 7:30 am, James Knott wrote: >> Randall R Schulz wrote: >>> Cygwin is quite good and the only way to make Windows usable to >>> those of the Unix / Linux ilk such as myself. I immediately >>> install it on every Windows computer I must use on an ongoing >>> basis. >> I installed Cygwin/x on the "evil" side of my ThinkPad. It's a >> strange feeling to be able to instantly switch between Windows and >> Linux desktops. ;-) > > and cygwin has been downloading.... and running... and installing... > now, for TWO HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > I'd imagine this would take a week or so over dialup! > all I did was take the defaults. What do you have for an internet connection? When I installed, it took a few minutes. I have a 5 Mb/s cable modem.

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how to force shotting down
by evaristo250＠netscape.net 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

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apcupsd configuration
by Dave Howorth 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

I've just installed apcupsd using YaST on a SUSE 9.3 system and am confused by what I need to do to get it to work. YaST didn't give me any prompts or errors and I haven't found any SUSE README files or anything. Is there a SUSE way to activate the system or do I need to follow the apcupsd generic instructions? The source of the apctest man page is in the packages doc area for example, but neither the man page nor the program itself are installed. It looks like a half-installed package? I've got a Back-UPS CS 350 with a USB connection and the apcupsd config file needs me to specify something like /dev/usb/hiddev[0-15] but I've no idea how to determine the device number. Thanks, Dave

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Re: Update on Thread : Just installed 9.3 and having some problems with video card and monitor -- any ideas?
by Gil Weber 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

> On Tuesday 28 February 2006 21:46, you wrote: > > I just spent the better part of an afternoon reading this marvelous thread > > about Gil & his SuSE 9.3 box & a PNY GeForce Fx5500 PCI video card that was > > have the same errors my GeForce Fx5500 PCI video card is giving me on > > Novell Linux Desktop 9..... > > > > Then it all stopped on August 16, 2005. How could you do this to me? > > All hope is LOST!!!! You can't just leave me Hangin' !!!! How does the > > story end? What was the resolution? I am Dyin' here! Help a geek out!! > > :) > > Hi James, > > Sorry about that, but what else can you do when a system refuses to cooperate > with a graphics card under Linux? We had *everybody* on the list chipping in > their ideas and suggestions, too, all to no avail. Yes, we gave up. More > importantly, so did Gil. > > The core problem was Intel's built-in memory management functions in the > chipset on that mainboard that dynamically allocates memory to-and-from video > on an as-needed basis. Of course there's a driver in Windows to track demand > for graphics memory that works with that chipset but nothing is available in > Linux, at least yet. So it wasn't so much a problem with the graphics card > but with the mainboard itself. In the end, Gil upgraded his entire system to > something completely different, including a different graphics card. > > I highly recommend that you subscribe to suse-linux-e and even some of the > other SUSE lists... a lot of fun and very informative. If your problem isn't > the same mainboard, maybe we (myself, the group you mailed or others on the > list) can help you get it sorted out. > > regards, > > Carl James, Gil here reporting in. As Carl mentioned, I had an enormous amount of help from **many** folks on the SuSE list. Sadly, the problem could not be resolved and I had to scrap any idea of using that video card with the motherboard in the pooter (an e-Machine). Definitely become part of this list. It is a resource of incredible value. I am a relative newb and I have learned so much from the great folks who contribute here. Gil

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Setting Samba up on SuSE 10.0
by SOTL 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi All I am attempting to set Samba up on a SuSE 10.0 system. I have SuSE Linux 10 Bible, SuSE installed and I have managed to setup Samba up on a SuSE 10 system I have in another box but I am unclear as to exactly how I did it as I played with the box numerous times over a period of days. SuSE 10 has icons for setting up both a server and a client. The SuSE 10 books describes setting up both a server and a client. What I am unclear on is if one wants to transfer files to and from an existing Windows network does one set up BOTH the server and client or just one or the other. Thanks SOTL

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