February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Remote desktop on 10.2
by Clint Tinsley 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

> Has anyone got this working? I'm trying to remote in using > windows/tighvnc client and I cannot get it working. I have gone > into sax2 and enabled remote management but it will not connect. > Is there somewhere else I need to enable something to make it work? > I have a server at work running suse enterprise server and it > works fine on there. This is probably a known bug (I have reported it and I am now getting emails that they are working on the problem). You probably only installed gnome. To get this to work, you need to have the KDE desktop manager installed/active instead of the gnome desktop manager. After installing KDE, even if you don't use it, then you have to make it the login/desktop manager. Clint -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Transfers from some websites stall -- but only under OpenSUSE 10.2?
by David Brodbeck 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

I'm running OpenSUSE 10.2, and I'm having an odd problem where I can access some web sites fine, but transfers from others stall. The problem happens on an intermittent basis with various sites, but it's most consistent with http://www.cyberspace.org/. Experimentation shows that I can use SSH or telnet to that site but transfering a file of any size stalls. Testing shows that the site loads fine from Windows 2000 on the problem machine, and from SUSE 10.1 on another machine on the same LAN. The problem happens both on my LAN at home *and* on the one at work, ruling out a routing issue. It sounded like a classic MTU problem to me, but experimenting with the MTU didn't really help. Also, I can send large pings to cyberspace.org and they come back, suggesting packet size is not the issue. System details: IBM Thinkpad T22, OpenSUSE 10.2, kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default. The on-board ethernet on the Thinkpad died a while back with a corrupt EEPROM, so I'm using a NetGear FA411 card. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] More 10.2 nightmares
by Dominique Leuenberger 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

>>> jdd <jdd(a)dodin.org> 02/13/07 7:03 PM >>> >Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: > > That would assume there is a detection that the repos are in fact the >same. > >given they are said to be mirrors, this could be acheived :-) - >usually the folder name is the same (SUSE/10.2/, for example - the >other part varies) That would cause many conflicts which in fact are none. Just one example: VLC. The repo is found at http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/10.2 (ok: seems we just had the *LUCK* to use a small *U*, otherwise YOUR mirror detector would warn me from adding this repo alredy ? I think the fact of having SUSE and 10.2 in the path does not qualify at all to recognize a mirror. It only qualifies to have a sanity check if we're putting a repo for the right version in our installation. >> I don't think this is realistic - this would mean a globally unique >> identification of a repository. A checksum might work out, or not. > >no, the problem arise when the two mirrors are not in sync, so the >checksum is to be different but should not :-( Exactly n the mirrors being out of sync lies the problem. What do you give them to be sure they are equal? There will always be a mirror not in sync with another one... every checksumming will lead to failures. For this I COULD see a solution though: having a media.dsc in the root of the repo, that is not dependent of the content but specifies the name. But then we come flux to the point: GUID. How can you make sure this will never ever conflict with another source? And in plus, it does not help you sort out mirrors that are not updating. >but, thinking, may be all this could be avoided using only >download.opensuse.org as a souce. I know this is not always the better >choice nowaday, but it could be (?) easier to fix >download.opensuse.org than any other mirror. For this to get any use for normal people, the speed has to improve drastically! I changed all my repos away from opensuse.org, as the redirector is way off regarding speed. I preferred looking around for some mirrors for the online source and also for the buildservice repos. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Aircards and Linux.
by Hans du Plooy 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

> So I am guessing it's safe to assume that virtually anycard will work as > long as > you set it up properly. No. You need a driver for it. *Some* cards simply show up the same as a 56k external modem and creates a normal serial port device. But that's only *some*. Most need some kind of driver to make a device for it. > I guess it's also safe to assume that the service > providers might just hang up on you when you mention Linux, lol. Yes. Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 dual onboard NICs not recognized
by Randall R Schulz 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Richard, [ Please form the habit of bottom- or interleaved posting when you reply to this list. ] On Tuesday 13 February 2007 08:00, Richard Cromi wrote: > Well, this isn't happening. > > Mainboard is DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D > From the manual, onboard NICs are Vitesse VSC8201 Gigabit Phy and > Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit PCI All I can tell you is that I know nothing of the Vitesse chip(s) and that the Marvell 88E8001 works fine in my system. > Numerous attempts with YaST trying various settings have failed to > enable either interface. Neither interface is displayed in output > from ifconfig -a. Eth0 is renamed to eth2 on boot up. Can you find an entry for it in the output of "hwinfo"? There may be a clue there. > I've searched for manual configuration procedures, but everything > says to use YaST, these days. I guess I can look at the other > features of SUSE, but will have to uninstall it if I can't find a > resolution to the network problem. > > Submitted a bug request to Novell about Yast2, as it's not enabling > devices regardless of configuration. > > Richard Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Flash Player for Linux Now Available for Download
by Fred A. Miller 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

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Re: [opensuse] Aircards and Linux.
by Jay Smith 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

So I am guessing it's safe to assume that virtually anycard will work as long as you set it up properly. I guess it's also safe to assume that the service providers might just hang up on you when you mention Linux, lol. THanks all for your help, I think I'll try this out. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] KDE Xorg error
by Jay Smith 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

>hhhmm.. do you remember the error message that you got? was it something >like "libgtk" ?? > Don't worry, I solved it, it was a small libc error but I got it. 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] Trouble with Amanda
by Neil Marjoram 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Can anyone help with Amanda? I am currently running an Amanda server, with patched version 2.4.5p1 on RHEL 4, it currently backs up around 30 clients with various Fedora and Redhat versions no problem. I have recently installed OpenSuse 10.2 on 2 of my boxes and cannot seem to get Amanda running. I have tried the latest version 2.5 from the OS 10.2 tree, and also 2.4.5 (inc case of version compatibility problems) from the 10.1 Suse tree, but neither of them seem to work. The server reports back selfcheck request timed out. Host down? I have made sure the firewall is off and that Amanda is on with checkconfig. I have denied the service on the firewall and seen the rejected connect in the firewall log so I know the server is contacting the client. One of the systems does not even have a firewall installed. Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks, Neil. -- Neil Marjoram Systems Manager Adastral Park Campus University College London Ross Building Adastral Park Martlesham Heath Ipswich - Suffolk IP5 3RE Tel: 01473 663711 Fax: 01473 635199 Reclaim Your Inbox! http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Bug added; bashrc script now calls login-profile script
by Linda Walsh 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

I'm not sure exactly when it was added, but someone thought it would be good to get rid of the system login script that is called for "interactive logins". I don't think this was intended and believe it to be a mistake. There is code in the system "bashrc" script, now, that calls the system "login" script (/etc/profile). The login specific scripts are supposed to be called for "interactive" logins -- not every time "/etc/bashrc.bashrc" is called. The login-specific bash scripts belong in "/etc/profile.d". The problem lines, added in /etc/bash.bashrc are: --------- # # Just in case the user excutes a command with ssh # if test -n "$SSH_CLIENT" -a -z "$PROFILEREAD" ; then . /etc/profile > /dev/null 2>&1 fi --------- This doesn't get called with "RSH" commands (insecure anyway, ssh usually substituted) but it does get called with "scp" and "rsync" (assuming config'ed to use with RSH). Please keep /etc/bashrc.bashrc as it's equivalence to .bashrc and use /etc/profile (and /etc/profile.d/) for login. Should I submit this somewhere as a bug? Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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