March 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] bind suddenly refusing queries
by James D. Parra 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hello, Don't know how this happened, but all of a sudden our internal name server is now rejecting lookups of our domains (internal use, not public) c:\>nslookup smtp Server: bind.ourdomain.com Address: 192.168.2.50 *** bind.ourdomain.com can't find smtp: Query refused 'named' is running. How can I fix this? Thank you, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Make gampepad stop screensaver
by Jason Craig 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make input from a gamepad keep the screensaver from turning on? I have a KPowersave scheme that the screen saving features that I use when I'm going to play a game, but it would be far more convenient if KPowersave or whatever it is that controls this could recognize the gamepad input as something to delay the screensaver. thanks, --Jason -- 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] howto - Read Data from Serial Port?
by David C. Rankin 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Curt Grimley wrote: > Hi David - taking this "off list", while I was turning in last night I > thought I shouldn't have assumed you knew what a "named pipe" is - it is > a file node called a FIFO (First In First Out). So here is some pseudo > code: > > mknod phonedata p # creates a FIFO file, see man mknod > php processPhoneData.php < phonedata & # or maybe mysql, whatever > works for you. It will read data from the named pipe until another > process closes it. > minicom ... -C phonedata # see man minicom for all parameters. > > Then minicom would just read the port and write to "phonedata" all day > long, all week long or whatever. > > Hope that helps, and good luck with your project. > Curt > > Thank you for thinking about it and posting. I would not have gotten the named pipe right. I have run across them before when setting up dhcpd in a chroot environment, but that was years ago. Now I have my starting point. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- 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] bind suddenly refusing queries
by James D. Parra 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

# dig ourdomain.com Have you tried these nameservers? They are responsible for ourdomain.com. In case of bad obfuscation: please use "example.com|example.net" etc., they are reserved for that purpose. > > 'named' is running. How can I fix this? What did you change? Something must have been changed to deny the queries. In /etc/named.conf: options { # [...] allow-query { 192.168.0/24; 127.0.0.0/8; } ; # [...] }; ~~~~~~~~ Thanks Sandy, Something did change; made a change over month ago using Webmin to make a entry for a domain. All was well. Today, via Yast, changed an IP address on one name and after Yast restarted named and the denials started. After comparing named.conf file with a backed-up version noticed that... allow-query { }: ...was added to only one of our domain entries, but still requests to all of our domains were being rejected. Removed this entry and restarted named and all is working as expected. As a side note, dig gave results while 'nslookup' on Linux & Windows boxes were rejected. This is an internal name server only. Many thanks, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Editing Text Retrieved via HTTP GET & Saved via HTTP POST?
by Randall R Schulz 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hi, I have a Web service with a REST interface that allows retrieval and update of some text held in a persistent storage system (DBMS-based). I discovered (somehow) that Vim will, when invoked on an HTTP URL, retrieve the bytes from that URL and load them into the editing buffer. However, it has no way of saving them back using HTTP POST. Some digging led me to the "netrw" Vim extension script that provides the sort of remote file read/write I'd like except that HTTP is not supported. So, my question is: Does anyone know of an editor that can do this? Apart from the URL the only parameter required to POST the new data back to the server is the name of the HTTP parameter name with which to associate the uploaded data. That value is under my control, if it would be helpful to pick some specific value instead of the one I chose. In the interim, I wrote a simple script that uses CURL to send the file and bound it to a key combination in ~/.vimrc, but I'm wondering if there's something a little more direct available. While I personally need a solution that is _other_ than Emacs, I also have a user for this Web service who _is_ an Emacs user, so I'd be interested in solutions for Emacs, too. Thanks. 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] Is yum my problem?
by James Pifer 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Reinstalling my system using 64 bit has fixed many of many performance issues. Coming from the redhat line I'm used to using yum and like using yum. I've installed yum on opensuse 10.3 and added the videolan and packman repos. I'm having a lot of problems with things getting broken. For example, if I install vlc it installs a bunch of packages, but does not remove any. It wants to install both 64 and 32 bit. I don't know why it's doing that. After installing vlc yum and rpm are broken because libpopt.so.0 is missing. Actually it's libpopt.so.0.0.0 or something. I may be off slightly there, but the point is the same. Anyway, I reinstalled from scratch and made sure I did NOT install the 32bit support as part of the install. Installing vlc did the same thing. I'm reinstalling again because I don't know what else got broken even if I fix popt. I'll try using just yast for the installations and see if that goes better. Just to be clear, it's not just vlc causing this, that was just an example. Any suggestions? Thanks, James -- 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, wireless, I'm going nuts :-)
by Verner Kjærsgaard 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hi list, SuSE10.3, plain vanilla. Linksys 311 wireless PCcard, old ThinkPad. I install the wireless Linksys PCcard, I configure it using YaST, type in the WEP code and I'm airborne. Just fine. I leave the office, go home. I fire up Suse and Knetwork manager doesn't give me any wireless to see and connect to. I reconfigure (YaST) the Linksys. Nothing still. I reconfigure Linksys again, nothing in Knetworkmanager. I reboot. Nothing. I reconfigure. Nothing. I reboot. Nothing. I swear at the box and kick it. I switch it off and leave it. 3 Hours later I get back, switch it on - and I'm airborne. Just fine. Me not understand. Switch off. This morning, switch on..no wireless to see in Knetworkmanager. I reconfiure (YaST always says "not configured" to the wireless). I reboot, I kick it, I swear at it. No wireless. A wifi0 is to be found nowhere. The Linksys PCcard is on all the time, leds are fine. Anyone know what's going on? If the wireless signal is weak, this should not lead Knetworkmanager not to show it, am I right? Any hints? Mantras to say ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] RAID 1
by Robert W Best 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hi, I want to install SuSE Linux on a system with Windows XP on 2 HDs in RAID 1 (mirror) and the 3rd HD for back-up. It is possible to make room on the 3rd HD for SuSE, but the MBR seems write protected. So no dual boot menu. Any tips? Robert -- http://rwbest.no.sapo.pt/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BlueRay Supported?
by Jerry Houston 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

BlueRay DVD burners are finally getting almost affordable, and I expect the media to be reasonably priced before long as well. So I'm considering buying a BlueRay burner for my home server, but I have no idea if existing applications will deal with it. I think it would be a great way to do backups. Does anyone know if the burners are already supported by applications like K3B in 64-bit SuSE 10.3? Will the burner identify itself as a device that the software can write to, or will I need to wait for another application that knows about BlueRay? And if they're already supported, will it be possible to write multiple sessions until the disc is full, or will it need to be "finalized" after the first batch of data is written? Thanks in advance, Jerry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: [opensuse] vmware server and sound
by Alain Leblanc 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Sorry if it's a duplicate. Not sure I had the right address the first time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alain Leblanc <aalebl(a)gmail.com> Date: 1 mars 2008 11:28 Subject: Re: [opensuse] vmware server and sound To: jdd <jdd(a)opensuse.org> There should be a tab at the top of the wmware window for the sound, along with (possibly) ethernet and CD-ROM. Can you see it? a 2008/3/1, jdd <jdd(a)opensuse.org>: > do you now you one can have sound in vmware? > > from vmwre doc, should be in settings, but it's not > > complete vmware with vmtools, 10.3 > > thanks > jdd > -- > http://www.dodin.net > http://clairedodin.voices.com/ > http://www.clairedodin.com/ > http://claire.dodin.net/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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