September 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Flash 9
by Chuck Payne 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Any time frame as to when Flash 9 will be out for openSUSE? I see Ubuntu has it. Payne -- -- Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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32-bit software on a 64-bit machine
by Martin Mielke 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hi all, on a previous post from me related to some YUM/Kyum problems when updating to KDE 3.5.4 (still not working, BTW), I found out there's some 32-bit software installed on my x86_64 system. Example: # rpm -qa | grep qt3 qt3-devel-tools-3.3.4-28 qt3-devel-3.3.4-28 qt3-32bit-3.3.4-28.5 qt3-3.3.4-28.5 qt3-devel-32bit-3.3.4-28 That was installed either by YaST or apt-get. I guess it's to keep some (backwards) compatibility for some applications. Am I right or is it safe to remove such 32-bit packages?? TIA, Martin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Mounting iso's (plural)
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Can a wildcard like *.iso be used in mounting iso images, or is there a way to mount a whole directory of iso's as individual cd's? Trying to replace an old nearly dead cd tower, and it seems cheaper to do it via harddrive and images. Thanks

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Re: [SLE] Suse's new competition: Paris Hilton(!!!)
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Nick LeRoy <nleroy(a)cs.wisc.edu> > On Thu August 31 2006 12:14 pm, stephan beal wrote: > > You're not going to believe this: > > > > http://bbspot.com/News/2006/08/paris-hilton-tinkerbell-linux.html > > > > "First," she [Paris] writes, "I think The Open Source Movement is, like, > > really hot. I've been dabbling with coding for ages, but it's taken me > > some time to find the courage to release it." > > > > i had to check the calendar to make sure it's not an April Fool's joke. > > In case anybody here doesn't get it, bbspot is a technical humor site. This > article *is* a joke, as is everything else there. To truly appreciate > bbspot, check out some of their older articles; this one is a classic: > http://www.bbspot.com/news/2000/4/MS_Buys_Evil.html . > > -Nick Unfortunately, my mind hit something that isn't a joke. They would have to design Linux so SHE could operate/install/use it, before it hits the desktop in mass. At least from my experiences with "typical" desktop users.

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[opensuse] openSUSE Mirrors and p2p for easier ISO distribution
by Anthony L. Bryan 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Hello, I thought you might be interested in the Metalinks for openSUSE, which are automatically generated by one of your mirrors (http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/) at http://download.packages.ro/metalink/opensuse/. Metalinks are really useful for large files like ISOs and contain all mirror and p2p locations along with checksums and other metadata. I've attached one (edited, doesn't contain all mirrors), its an XML file and is pretty self explanatory, but there are two good descriptions here: http://torrentfreak.com/metalinker-integrating-http-ftp-and-p2p/ 'We've all seen those download pages where a couple of http, ftp and bittorrent mirrors are listed. We often just pick one of these, but wouldn't it be great if you could use them all at the same time? Metalinker has the solution. It works like this, the .metalink file tells your download manager where it can get the file, and connects to these different sources at the same time.' http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/28/metalinks-integrated-bittorrent-http -and-ftp-downloads/ Right now, Metalinks are used by OpenOffice.org and a few smaller Linux distributions. I think they could be useful to you too. Metalinks are supported by a number of download managers on Unix, Mac, and Win. There are 2 for unix, a command line version (http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) and one with a GUI. If you have any questions, please contact me. Anthony Bryan Metalink [ www.metalinker.org ] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/" origin="http://metalink.packages.ro/download/download/opensuse/openSUSE-10.2 -Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso.metalink" type="static" pubdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09" generator="Metalink Gen - http://metalink.packages.ro" refreshdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09"> <publisher> <name>Package resources</name> <url>http://www.packages.ro</url> </publisher> <license> <name>GPL</name> <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</url> </license> <description>OpenSuSE</description> <tags>linux,suse,opensuse,distribution</tags> <identity>openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso</identity> <version>10.2-Alpha3</version> <files> <file name="openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso"> <os>Linux-x86</os> <size>682434560</size> <verification> <hash type="md5">e9ba3bd40e6393f18265c5096a81adf3</hash> </verification> <resources> <url type="http" location="jp" preference="10"> http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/o penSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="jp" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/op enSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="jp" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUS E-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="http" location="jp" preference="10"> http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSU SE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="http" location="id" preference="10"> http://suse.cbn.net.id/i386/10.0/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-A lpha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="ftp" location="tw" preference="10"> ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/Linux/SuSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-Al pha3-i386-CD1.iso </url> <url type="magnet" preference="90"> magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:DBWEPZSBBWHFE27JXM2LYMF7RYB63TOM&xt=urn:tree:tiger:S QKL5VHEGCPTWNOSAZO44CNQ6EDNUC6TYTWQMGI&xt=urn:ed2k:9b03d0fe271a1c3929795 0507141b997&xt=urn:kzhash:e8b5cc42cdc0aef78dda7d561b938b3d15166fa5c9bb33 8c33f8f5a3b6e7f37a1a90a23b&xl=682434560&dn=openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386 -CD1.iso </url> </resources> </file> </files> </metalink> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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SuSE-compatible Firefox RPMs
by Paul Abrahams 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

These days Firefox is being updated pretty often because of security threats. I've been using the tarballs on the Mozilla website, but I'd prefer to use SuSE RPMs if they are available. I'm running 10.0, not 10.1, so I need a source that doesn't work only for the latest release of SuSE. Is there a source for downloading the Firefox RPMs that is no more than a day behind the Mozilla tarballs? Paul

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[SLE] Suse's new competition: Paris Hilton(!!!)
by Doug McGarrett 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:26:17 -0400 >To: Cathy_Sottile-Ramos(a)ademco.com >From: Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> >Subject: Fwd: [SLE] Suse's new competition: Paris Hilton(!!!) > >>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:14:18 +0200 >>From: stephan beal <stephan(a)s11n.net> >>Subject: [SLE] Suse's new competition: Paris Hilton(!!!) >>To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >>Delivered-to: mailing list suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >>X-MIME-Notice: attachments may have been removed from this message >>X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e >>X-Message-Number-for-archive: 280881 >>X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse(a)kundenserver.de >> login:a434e7f2afa5e975595fda9f704b505e >>X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at Relay2.suse.de >>Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm >>List-Post: <mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com> >>List-Unsubscribe: >> <mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe-dmcgarrett=optonline.net@suse.com> >>List-Help: <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com> >>User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 >>Original-recipient: rfc822;dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net >>X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 tagged_above=-20.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, >> MY_LINUX, PLING_PLING >>X-Spam-Level: >> >> >>You're not going to believe this: >> >>http://bbspot.com/News/2006/08/paris-hilton-tinkerbell-linux.html >> /snip/ There seem to be 5 Hilton Hotels in Paris, one at each of the two airports, one at the Eifel Tower, one at the Champs Elysees, and one at the Arc de Triomph. I suppose they needed to create a database to keep track of which hotel the guests were staying at. I thought it was against French laws to use an English word like "Tinkerbell" anywhere in France. Besides, I thought there was already a French Linux--wasn't it called Mandrake? --dm

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DNS issues - Suse 10
by James D. Parra 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hello, Just set up Bind on Suse 10, to replace an MS DNS server, and everything appears to be working well except for the MX record; an MX entry was made for the domain in Bind. When I point a Linux workstation to the Bind server, I can ping everything and find entries via nslookup and dig, however when I try to use 'mail user(a)mydomain.com', I get the following error and the e-mail doesn't make it to its destination; Pointed to Linux DNS; Aug 29 17:30:42 Linux-server postfix/smtp[23619]: 7CB3EF3E0C: to=<jamesp(a)musicreports.com>, relay=none, delay=0, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=musicreports.com type=AAAA: Host found but no data record of requested type) ~~~ However, when I point the Linux workstation to the MS DNS server, the mail gets through; Pointed to MS DNS; Aug 29 17:48:27 Linux-server postfix/qmgr[6825]: 2DCADF3E0E: from=<root(a)musicreports.com>, size=435, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 29 17:48:27 Linux-server postfix/smtp[23686]: 2DCADF3E0E: to=<jamesp(a)musicreports.com>, relay=mail.musicreports.com[192.168.0.25], delay=0, status=sent (250 OK) ~~~ What is going wrong and how can I fix this? Many thanks in advance, ~James

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D-Link DWL-G510 (RT61) looses ESSID
by Sylvester Lykkehus 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

*Hi For a couple of months ago, I bought a wireless network card for a stationary computer D-Link * *AirPlus G DWL-G510 (PCI) IIRC, there are several versions of this card, with different chipsets on them. I got the one with a RaLink chipset, and were happy to find out, that ralink provided drivers for this chipset. Afer downloading the driver for RT61 wireless cards from RaLink, i followed this very nice howto http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Setting_up_RT61_Wireless_Cards It was success at first hit, and I am currently running it together with a Linksys AP, set up with WPA-PSK. **After setting up my wireless interface, it connects just fine, and iwconfig shows something like (unimportant output removed):* *ra0 RT61 Wireless ESSID:"SolidAP" Mode:Managed Frequency:11 MHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:97:41:84 Link Quality=61/100 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-111 dBm 0 errors, 0 invalid etc. Now, to the problem: After a random amount of time (sometimes minutes, sometimes days), it looses the association with the ESSID, and never reconnects. iwconfig outputs: **ra0 RT61 Wireless ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:11 MHz Access Point: 00:16:B6:97:41:84 Link Quality=0/100 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-111 dBm **Why does it loose the association ? And even weirder, a simple /etc/init.d/network restart does NOT help, I have to do the following in order: stop network rmmod the driver module insmod it again start network before it gets the ESSID back. Any clue ? *

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[opensuse] UML kernel on opensuse 10.0
by Miguel Angel Alvarez 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hi, I'm trying to build a uml kernel in suse10, but either I'm doing something wrong or it is broken. Any hint? kernel is current 2.6.13-15.11 make menuconfig ARCH=um make linux ARCH=um CHK /usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.11/include/linux/version.h CHK arch/um/user-offsets.h make[1]: `arch/um/sys-i386/util/mk_sc' está actualizado. CHK arch/um/include/skas_ptregs.h CHK arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/sc.h CHK arch/um/include/user_constants.h gcc -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -fno-strict-alia sing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -g -D__arch_um __ -DSUBARCH=\"i386\" -Iarch/um/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15.11/arch/um/kernel/skas/include -Dvmap=k ernel_vmap -Derrno=kernel_errno -Dsigprocmask=kernel_sigprocmask -fno-unit-at-a-time -U__i386__ -Ui386 -D_ LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i586-su se-linux/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -S -o arch/um/kernel-offsets.s arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offse ts.c In file included from include/asm/thread_info.h:17, from include/linux/thread_info.h:21, from include/linux/spinlock.h:12, from include/linux/capability.h:45, from include/linux/sched.h:7, from arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c:3: include/asm/processor.h:69: error: ‘CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT’ undeclared here (not in a function) include/asm/processor.h:69: error: requested alignment is not a constant In file included from include/linux/sched.h:12, from arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c:3: include/linux/jiffies.h:27:5: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:29:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:31:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:33:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:35:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:37:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:39:7: warning: "CONFIG_HZ" is not defined include/linux/jiffies.h:42:3: error: #error You lose. .... nclude/linux/jiffies.h:416:6: error: division by zero in #if include/linux/jiffies.h: In function ‘jiffies_64_to_clock_t’: include/linux/jiffies.h:417: error: ‘CONFIG_HZ’ undeclared (first use in this function) In file included from include/linux/slab.h:88, from include/linux/percpu.h:4, from include/linux/sched.h:34, from arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c:3: include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h:5:5: warning: "CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT" is not defined include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h:9:5: warning: "CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT" is not defined arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c: In function ‘foo’: arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c:20: error: ‘struct thread_struct’ has no member named ‘arch’ In file included from arch/um/sys-i386/kernel-offsets.c:24: arch/um/include/common-offsets.h:3: error: ‘struct thread_struct’ has no member named ‘regs’ make: *** [arch/um/kernel-offsets.s] Error 1 -- Don't see the world through a window, be open{source}minded, and be free :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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