August 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Installing a server - no GUI
by John Bennett 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Pierre Girard wrote: > Hello again, > Just happened to have to install a simple test server today and when > it asks for the window manager you want to use you can select « other » and > there you have to choice to select a basic no gui server. > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Pierre Girard [mailto:pierre.girard@gerad.ca] > Envoyé : 25 août 2008 08:59 > À : 'John Bennett' > Objet : RE: [opensuse] Installing a server - no GUI > > De : John Bennett [mailto:hornetster@gmail.com] > > >> Morning all. Need to install a basic Linux server ASAP and would like >> to use Suse, but can't figure out how to install the basics (no GUI) >> without installing all the crap - ie the DVD won't let you choose >> anything without a GUI. >> > > Depending on what you're trying to do, you can just install a GUI but run > the machine without it (i.e. in level 3 instead of level 5). You can change > that either at installation time or after in the /etc/inittab file. > > The other option would be to select a desktop, doesn't matter which one you > won't be using it, and when you get to the review of the configuration go to > the software manager. From there you can remove the gui and add the other > programs that you want if needed. I think all you need is core install. > > Good luck. > > Yep, thanks for that - sorted it out and have installed the base server, with some add-ons.... no GUI - great! I'm still really impressed with Webmin - an amazing product, and certainly a really handy tool, particularly if you aren't a 'command line guru!' And of Course - always forget to "reply all"!! - trying again..... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mouse stuttering on Dell Precision M4300
by Dominique Leuenberger 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, I have several Dell Precision M4300 Notebooks, they all suffer from the same problem: Once in a while (to frequent... normally after a short break, while reading something), the mouse stutters and only works again after about 30 seconds. Mostly it happens if the mouse was not used for a while. It is quiet annoying as you can imagine ;) My normal configuration is openSUSE 11.0, with the proprietary nVidia driver, compiz activated. In process of elimination, I disabled compiz, mouse continues stuttering. Next step was to use the nv driver instead of nvidia, mouse stutterig still happens. Does anybody know of a trick that's missing here? Thanks for all your suggestions, Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] xine backend not loaded
by Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, When ever I login to kde4.1 i get this error message. "Unable to use the Xine Multimedia Backend: The shared library was not found." and "Unable to use the GStreamer Multimedia Backend:The shared library was not found." One after another continuously. -- Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui (C++/C# Developer, IT Consultant) http://safknw.blogspot.com/ "Peace" is the Ultimate thing we want. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] hard drive pause when moving a laptop
by Sergey Mkrtchyan 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Guys, I was wondering if it is safe to move laptop around while turned on. When I first got it (with Vista) there was some software which was pausing the hard drive while moving. Well, after couple of days I fot rid of vista, so I was thinking if there is any similiar program for opensuse and if it is necessary. Thanks Sergey p.s. laptop is thinkpad t61 with opensuse 11.0 kde 3.5 -- Sergey Mkrtchyan, Graduate Student @ Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: hard drive pause when moving a laptop
by Joachim Schrod 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Brian K. White wrote: > > It's a Thinkpad, you can probably hammer nails with it. Then > again... > It's a Thinkpad, it was so expensive you probably want to encase > it in thick foam with silk lining and guarded by a large dog > every time you turn it off. Well, quite the other way round, IMHO: I spend the money for Thinkpads *because* they are stable systems and I do _not_ need to put them into silk lining. They are work horses, and good at it. (Lenovo just should start to produce one 15" variant again without that f"§$%ing wide screen. I don't watch TV or DVDs, I work with that damn ding, and for that I want more screen height!) I've got 6 of them, starting with the Butterfly, aka CS701 -- which is from 1996 -- and still runs(!) -- Linux of course, although an older Slackware distribution, current SUSE is much too large for it. Boys, the pains and struggles to get Linux running on a laptop in 1997, you won't even know about it. We're in heaven right now... Though this is for work. If I would pay these prices for a private laptop, I don't know; I've never bought a laptop privately. :-) Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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] sftp, howto chroot users to their home directories
by James D. Parra 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

> If you want FTP use FTP. You actually have more > control with a typical ftp server. If you wouldn't trust them to ssh into > your server you shouldn't allow them to sftp into the server. What? Of course you can chroot an sftp user and of course you can make a user that can only sftp and nothing else, not even get a login via ssh. I've been doing so for years, and on several OS's let alone linux. It's merely easier with ftp since there are point and drool options right in yast. I've been doing this: http://chrootssh.sourceforge.net/docs/chrootedsftp.html for years and years, on sco open server, linux, freebsd, solaris But today you don't even have to do that. Just get the latest openssh from source (which means probably updated versions of several libraries it depends on too) and use the new built-in ChrootDirectory feature. I think there needs to be a new acronym RTFGR (... google results) A reasonable question for here would have been does anyone know of a pre-built opensuse rpm of openssh that's new enough to include the new feature, or does anyone have a simplified, opensuse specific recipe for updating openssh to the latest source version. Google again tells you in far less time nd with far more authority than waiting for responses from a mail list, that opensuse 11.0 uses openssh5.0 already, and so, no hackery required. Not only don't you need source, you don't even need to use a factory or build-service repo, just plain old stock opensuse 11.0 Then if the regular docs are't simple enough, this dude made a not exactly great, but, simple and working recipe to follow here. Install opensuse 11.0 or at least the openssh from opensuse 11.0, then go here and skip to step 7. http://adamsworld.name/chrootjail5.php Then run "rcsshd restart" before trying to test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you, Brian. That was exactly what I was looking for; an out-the-box solution. I had found several sites referring to downloading the latest openssh, but I was hoping that there was an rpm package out there that I could try beforehand. Thanks for the instructions and I'll post my results. Best, ~James -- 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] sftp, howto chroot users to their home directories
by James D. Parra 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:27 PM, James D. Parra <Jamesp(a)musicreports.com> wrote: > Outside clients want the security of sftp and I > would want them locked into their home directory without the ability of > 'cd'ing up the dir tree and into other client's home directories. Why would they have that ability to cd into other people's directories? If the machine is set up correctly they can't see other people's directories. You seem to be lobbying for a daemon to do the administrator's job of properly setting directory permissions. If the machine is set up in-securely adding another Kludge on top of that is just wrong. Use the tools at hand before you ask for new ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chrooting is the proper tool to achieve the goal of locking ftp users into their dir's. Since they also don't have a shell, that is yet another approach to security. Integrating ssh into file transfer, as I've mentioned, ensures that the data is secure during the file transfer. That's the beauty of Linux, many different ways of achieving a common goal. Finding an out-of-the-box solution and putting it into service is hardly kludging. ~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] e17 on openSuSE 11.0
by G T Smith 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All, Last time I looked support for e17 on openSuSE 11.0 had not been made available... However, the following script provides a method of updating e17 from the enlightment CVS with the automated installation of RPM dependancies for openSUSE 11.0 through a useful curses based front end... http://www.gurumeditation.it/blog/enlightenment/reasye17/ as e17 is a moving target this is rather useful.... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAki303wACgkQasN0sSnLmgJhgwCgqNQ5B3YNghorWsidP1cILq4s cqkAn1a+L2a/gKTzelWNy96CcebEnK4E =jgbP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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, Dual boot, installation problem
by Hakan Kocakulak 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello All, I am trying to install Suse 11 on a computer that has following configuration 64 bit Intel 9300 processor DP35DPBoard 4 GB Ram 500 GB (Raid 1, condigured from Bios) First, I installed 64 bit Vista to primary partition now I am trying to install Suse 11 64 bit. In Disk preperation stage, I select BIOS Raid and for installation I select my unassigned third partition. Installer proposes me partitioning. Then I pass to installation stage. At this stage installer makes partitions and format them then stops with the following error message: Failure occurred during following action: Mounting /dev sda1 to windows D System error code was: -3003 mount -r -t ntfs -ousers,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022 /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows/D: mount:/dev/sda1 already mounted or /mnt/windows/D busy I couldn't find solution to this problem, I tried several things but couldnt manage. Could you help me for this problem? Regards, Hakan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] AddOn USB Card
by Lucky Leavell 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

I am currently running 10.0 and wanting to upgrade to 11.0 but my old Dell 600SC apparently only has USB 1.1 which VMware does not even see let alone allowing guest OSes use. I am looking at a Rosewill RC-110-LX which uses Chipset: VIA VT6214L. NEC D72873GC. Does anyone have any experience using a PCI USB (and FireWire in this case though the FireWire part is not necessary)? Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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