February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Opensuse Mirror
by Matt Standish 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I am currently on a team which operates a large linux ftp mirror. We currently mirror the opensuse.org ftp site. We are interested in mirroring software.opensuse.org, guru and packman repositories. If someone would like to contact me off list I will respond with my work email and maybe we could work something out. We have ample disk space and bandwidth. I apologize if this is in the wrong list. If it is could you please forward it or let me know which list to use. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KNetworkManager: Such a tramp!
by John Andersen 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

My KNetworkManager seems to find networks (especially un-secured ones) in the neighborhood and connect to these at random each time I power up. Is there a way to get it to stay home, and always connect to my router (which does use security) in preference to what ever it finds? And whats up with that Signal Strength output when you hover over the icon in the tray? What scale is that based on, and why isn't the signal to noise ratio printed. It tends to always just say 100. 100 What? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen

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[opensuse] PC won't boot from SuSE 10.2 DVD
by Damon Register 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I have an IBM NetVista PC with a 866 MHz Pentium 3. I just upgraded to a new Samsumg DVD writer drive. The bios is configured to have the DVD drive before the hard drive in the boot order. The PC is able to boot with CD1 of the OpenSuSE 10.2 CD set but it does not boot from the OpenSuSE 10.2 DVD. If SuSE is installed from CD and the PC is running, it is able to read from that 10.2 DVD. The PC bios is updated with the latest available from IBM. I have attempted to search this list and OpenSuSE for answers to this problem. I have found a few related threads about DVD booting issues but so far have not been able to get any answers that really explain the issue and the solution. Can anyone please explain just how is a DVD boot image different from a CD one that makes older PCs not boot from them? The reason I am trying to install from a DVD instead of just using the CDs is because I want to install JAD from http://jacklab.org/ with is currently only available as a DVD iso. I tried using mkbootdisk but the resulting floppy didn't boot correctly so that was a dead end. I tried putting the DVD on another PC and using install from ftp but I think I didn't have the host setup correctly so that didn't get far either. What I ended up doing is booting from the regular SuSE CD1 then after it was booted, I replaced the CD with the JAD DVD and proceeded with the install. It appears to have worked and as far as I can tell the system is operating ok. Is this method of booting from CD and swapping to DVD a valid approach? Would there be issues with the boot CD being plain SuSE 10.2 and the DVD being the JAD customized 10.2? Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] NTFS-3G driver and boot time project
by Rasto 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hello. I´ve got two question. My first question is about the ntfs-3g driver. Now, when is in a stable version will be the ntfs-3g driver available in openSUSE 10.3 default?Will it be possible to write to NTFS partition? And my second question is about boot time project(http://en.opensuse.org/Boot_time). The plan is to boot in 5 seconds. This means, from the grub screen until gdm loads there should be no more than 5 seconds. How does it look like?It will be boot time in openSUSE 10.3 faster than openSUSE 10.2. Anybody knows? Thanks. Rasto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wireless setup [OT]
by Koenraad Lelong 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Sorry for the off-topic post, but I don't know where to ask, so any pointers are welcome. At home I'm trying to set up a wireless accesspoint (connected to a Suse sever, that's why I ask here ;-) ). If the accesspoint is placed inside the house it's impossible to get access to it. I tried with two different products (Linksys and D-Link). Those accesspoints do work fine elsewhere, even in my gagage, which is a different building than my home, max. 20m away, but from inside my home I can't connect. I tried all channels, with no luck. So, has anyone of you some hints what to try next to get connected ? P.S. as far as I know there are no other transmitters in that band (2.4GHz ?) at home. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong R&D Manager ACE electronics n.v. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.2 package management
by Ross Davis 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3: 1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server 3) All client machines have a single installation source: an NFS share on the file server 4) All client machines have a single update source: an NFS share on the file server Is this same setup possible under 10.2? Thanks, Ross -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] AD and OpenSuSE10.2 (Identity Manager for Unix)
by Verner Kjærsgaard 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi list, - has anyone tried using MS-Win2003R2 AD as authentication/authorisation for SuSE10.2 users? if so, is there a how-to somewhere? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SMART and SUSE Config
by Kai Ponte 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Someone asked a few days ago if SMART ran SUSEConfig. I didn't know or care at the time. It apparently does, because I was doing a bunch of updates on one of my desktops and saw the following in the logs... Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool... Running module fonts only Reading /etc/sysconfig and updating the system... Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.fonts... Creating fonts.{scale,dir} files .............. /etc/fonts/suse-font-dirs.conf unchanged /etc/fonts/suse-hinting.conf unchanged /etc/fonts/suse-bitmaps.conf unchanged Creating cache files for fontconfig ....................................... generating java font setup Finished. Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool... Running module pango only Reading /etc/sysconfig and updating the system... Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.pango... Finished. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Create files owned by non-default group
by Sylvester Lykkehus 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, Say, I have a directory chowned to: owner "zly" (me) group "hosted" with chmod 770. This directory also have an acl wich allows user "johndoe" (u:johndoe:rwx) zly's default group is "users" and is a member of group "www-project" johndoes default group is "www-project" (and not a member of "users") Now, it it possible to define, when both of us works in this directory, and zly creates a new file, that it would be (ch)owned by the non-default group, "www-project", instead of the default group "users"? The reason for this, is that currently when zly creates a new file, johndoe does not have access to it. Perhaps a combination of umask, chmod/acl (can you set a umask for a specific directory btw) ? Or do they have to change their current working group by the command "sg" ? Maybe the question has come up before, but i couldn't find it in the archives (or, i did not use the correct keywords). Best regards Sylvester -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kerberos auth in 10.2
by Hans van der Merwe 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Im in a AD world and need Kerberos for user auth to my laptop etc. In 10.0 and 10.1 this worked great. After upgrading to 10.2 I cant login it I enable Kerberos auth in Yast. Not even with root priv. It tries to auth root against the AD and fails. So somewhere between the 10.1 and 10.2 upgrade (as in NOT format and reinstall) something broke in user auth. Any way I can "reset" all the auth config files to default. (someone email them to me directly) E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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