R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Germano Rizzo
When I boot 2.2.2 I get the following message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4 How can I fix this? Me, too. the message repeats 30-40 times very quickly, and is followed by a green 'done'. However, it seems to work perfectly, so... Germano - To get out of this list, please

Re: [SuSE Linux] Gnome 1.01

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Perry
On 8 Mar, Arlen Carlson wrote: With all the talk of Gnome 1.01 (or is it just 1.0), I am curious as to what really is required to get it working under a newly installed copy of SuSE 6.0 Basically are there libraries (or other apps) that are required that happen to be newer than that

Re: [SuSE Linux] egcs on SuSE 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden lunaslide
zentara wrote: At 3/8/99 2:39:00 PM, you wrote: Hi, I'm a first time user of SuSE. YAST says it installed egcs. Tried compiling a project (not mine) and apparently egcs could not be found. What happened to egcs? put in 'front end' to gcc It is my understanding that the "front

Re: R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Mayo
Hi, I was getting the same message but was unable to determine the module it referred to. I solved it(not the way I wanted to) by removing the auto load modules when I recompiled the kernel. Of course I had to compile everything in rather than modularize :-(. Every thing seemed to work fine

Re: [SuSE Linux] DBI, DBD::Informix, datasource not accessed.

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Steven T. Hatton
FYI: This came off the DBI users group. I hope someone can make use of it. On Mon, 08 Mar 1999, Jonathan Leffler wrote: >Steven T. Hatton wrote: >> [snip big long plea for help] How do I define/access my data source? >SE has a couple of syntaxes for connecting to the database, and they

Re: [SuSE Linux] DBI, DBD::Informix, datasource not accessed.

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Steven T. Hatton
FYI: This came off the DBI users group. I hope someone can make use of it. On Mon, 08 Mar 1999, Jonathan Leffler wrote: >Steven T. Hatton wrote: >> [snip big long plea for help] How do I define/access my data source? >SE has a couple of syntaxes for connecting to the database, and they

Re: [SuSE Linux] How to pronounce SuSE

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Hagen
The absolute best was Alec Baldwin's onetime character on Saturday Night Live: Pronounced, he insisted, Mr. Ah-Swee-Pay. Spelled Mr. Asswipe. From: R S Fenwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] This discussion reminds me of the character played by W.C. Fields in many 1930's movies, a drunk by the name of Mr.

Re: [SuSE Linux] DBI, DBD::Informix, datasource not accessed.

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Steven T. Hatton
FYI: This came off the DBI users group. I hope someone can make use of it. On Mon, 08 Mar 1999, Jonathan Leffler wrote: >Steven T. Hatton wrote: >> [snip big long plea for help] How do I define/access my data source? >SE has a couple of syntaxes for connecting to the database, and they

[Fwd: R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2]

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Martin Jackson
I had the same problem with 2.2 a couple weeks ago. Here it is for the whole list. -- Martin Jackson: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Computer Information Science Major Minnesota State University, Mankato == Linuxthe penguins

[SuSE Linux] Slack 3.6 - SuSE 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden SuSE 6.0 user
TWIMC. In case anyone remembers, a while back I was kicking rocks about my system not running stable with 5.3, after a few days the harddrive light would light up and stay lit and then a few days later the system would just kinda lock up forcing a reboot. Anyway, I yanked my drive out (which

Re: [SuSE Linux] Nameserver

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Leon McClatchey
The only way I got it to work here was by making sure that my local address and host name was the first one in the server lookup. Had to do it through yast, but list your local name first and your address first. Martin Wind wrote: SuSE 6.0. with Bind 8. I Itried to install a nameserver, but

Re: [SuSE Linux] Kernel 2.2.0 pre 7

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden SuSE 6.0 user
Ruud de Bruin wrote: The first thing I would do is start yast, and reinstall your mouse. You probably have it listed as /dev/cua1 and the 2.2.0 kernels want it on /dev/ttyS1 Nope, the mouse is on /dev/ttyS1. It looks likes something in the program "serial". Ya know, that

[SuSE Linux] init SIGPWR differences between SuSE 5.3 and 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Anthony Schlemmer
I just got SuSE 6.0 delivered today and have my primary 5.3 workstation upgraded. The upgrade went very smooth for the most part although I did have one problem. I run my system connected to an APC Back-UPS 650 and for the last few months I've have had the "backupsd" program from the UPS-HOWTO

Re: R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Hasenstein
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Michael Mayo wrote: When I boot 2.2.2 I get the following message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4 How can I fix this? from /etc/conf.modules (which is still used by 2.2): alias char-major-4serial So you either don't have a serial module, the

Re: R: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden SuSE 6.0 user
Germano Rizzo wrote: When I boot 2.2.2 I get the following message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4 How can I fix this? Me, too. the message repeats 30-40 times very quickly, and is followed by a green 'done'. However, it seems to work perfectly, so... Germano edit

Re: [SuSE Linux] how to load a minimal configuration with yast

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden SuSE 6.0 user
Wybo Dekker wrote: Hi, While trying to install a minimal system I selected in yast: load configuration and then minimum system (59-73M) But when I go on I get lots of unneeded stuff, including the Applixware demo with 67MB! Is there a better way to find out what is minimal?

Re: [SuSE Linux] Booting 2.2.2

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden SuSE 6.0 user
Yatsen Ng wrote: When I boot 2.2.2 I get the following message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-4 How can I fix this? I had the same problem, its related to the serial.o module, I added the off flag to the char-major-4 line in conf.modules and when restarted it nolonger

Re: Re(2): [SuSE Linux] SiS 6326 AGP

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Ian M. Moore wrote: I heard that the the latest kernel has better AGP support! Does it? I haven't heard about this. Is this true?Has anyone run this card with latest kernel. If this is true would adding the new kernel fix any of the problems with SIS 6326 AGP

Re: [SuSE Linux] Please Help: Vodoo Banshee

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Satpal Chander wrote: Has anyone managed to get X runing with this card . I am posting on behalf of a friend who can't even get Sax to run SVGA. Is there a beta X server out there anywhere ??? The actual Card is by Creative Labs ??? You must be talking about

Re: [SuSE Linux] 2NIC's DHCPclient

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jan Vercammen wrote: I have 2 NIC's installed on 1 PC. One NIC (eth0) is connected to an ISP using a cable modem. The ISP gives me a dynamic IP. The other NIC (eth1:192.168.0.1) is connected to a second PC(192.168.0.2) using static IP. 1. DHCP Client activated

Re: [SuSE Linux] I need some documentation. Please help!!!!!!!!!

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just installed Red Hat 5.2 on my machine and I'm having problems with the x-windows configuration. I have an AGP Viper 550 16Mb graphics card which is not supported. I was thinking about installing the latest xfree86 but I don't know

Re: [SuSE Linux] New version

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When new version of Suse with glibc 2.1, kernel 2.2 and gnome out ? As soon as it is ready :) No, seriously, we expect the german version to ship at the end of this month. But as you know, this might not be the last word on this subject... KDE

Re: [SuSE Linux] New version

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Kaare Rasmussen
KDE 1.1 will be included, as well. Another big"un" is Samba 2.0(x) - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archive at

Re: [SuSE Linux] Sounding out the SAMBA ground....

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, R.S.Fenwick wrote: Myself and the technician for a school in Northumberland, UK, are thinking of dumping our OS/2 network server in favour of Linux. I'd say: go for it! How easy is it to make a set of standalone Win95 workstations log on to the linux server as a

[SuSE Linux] Re: CDB-E: Graphic

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Lee Wai Lun wrote: I am using i740 8Mb display card but sax said it can't find the card what can i do I am using SuSE 6.0 i740 Cards are supported by the xi740 package. Have you tried to use the "Generic Server Selection"? Bye, LenZ --

[SuSE Linux] More on 9600 - 33600

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Germano Rizzo
Hi, thanks for everyone answering... alas, nothing worked! However, I noticed that kppp, in order to connect, gives the command 'connect 9600', which is probably the cause of the speed... Do you know if the given commands are taken by some scripts, in order to modify it? Thank you

[SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden raymondp
Hi, I have a Banshee display card and I saw a X-server for it but it is in glibc. Is 5.3 using libc or glibc? Thanks - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at

Re: [SuSE Linux] Re: CDB-E: Graphic

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Lenz Grimmer wrote: Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Lee Wai Lun wrote: I am using i740 8Mb display card but sax said it can't find the card what can i do I am using SuSE 6.0 i740 Cards are supported by the xi740 package. Have you tried to use the "Generic Server

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Banshee display card and I saw a X-server for it but it is in glibc. Is 5.3 using libc or glibc? S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 was libc5, but was capable of executing glibc2 binaries. You might be lucky... Give it a try. Bye, LenZ --

Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2.2 Upgrade Instructions for 6.0?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Hasenstein
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Gerry Doris wrote: I'm going to ask this again and I apologize if I missed the answer the first time but I've just upgrade to 6.0 and have been messing quite a bit with my system. What I did to get 2.2.2 running: - started with a plain SuSE 6.0 - configure (make config),

[SuSE Linux] Difference between Suse 6.0 and suse Jan 1999 snapshot??

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden anthony_Melia
I know this is documented on the SUSE site, but would I be missing a lot of SW if I just got the Suse snapshot CD and used that Suse 6.0 version? It is cheaper then the full install (I already have 5.3, so I do not need a manual) and seems to contain more ftp mirrors. The SW that is listed as

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden raymond
Hi, Then, can I compile it under 5.3 or do I have to use glibc2 binaries compiled from other glib linux box? Thanks At 11:47 AM 3/9/99 +0100, you wrote: Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Banshee display card and I saw a X-server for it but it is in glibc. Is

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Lenz Grimmer
Hi, On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, raymond wrote: Then, can I compile it under 5.3 or do I have to use glibc2 binaries compiled from other glib linux box? You can run precompiled glibc2 binaries, but you cannot compile them on 5.3. Bye, LenZ --

Re: [SuSE Linux] Fast Reply Needed With Great Thanks

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Arlen Carlson
On 09-Mar-99 Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote: Ammer, I am not "Saver" but I'll give you some help... Ammer Alsabbagh wrote: Hi "Saver", I want to know what is the big bomb Called "LINUX" and why are we sending our life to the trush while we are suffering too many problems with this new OS,

RE: [SuSE Linux] External modem setup - help needed

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Arlen Carlson
How about checking to make sure you have user permissions for the modem, either for /dev/modem or for /dev/ttyS0 or both. Changing your user to the "dialout" group also seems to solve the permissions problem for /dev/modem. But if the symbolic link is not done from that to the appropriate tty,

Re: [SuSE Linux] Missing default inbox--I give up

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Salmon
+- On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 04:41:27 GMT, writes: | | Thanks to everyone for advice. Sadly, nothing worked, so there must | be some flaw in my configuration. Since mail service via Netscape is | not essential, I'm just going to forget the whole thing. In every | other respect Netscape is very

Re: [SuSE Linux] Beginners question... tty

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael Salmon
+- On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 18:13:55 MST, zentara writes: [...] | You were lucky to get 2400 baudrate with them. One of my hobby horses is the use of baud where bits per second is intended. Baud rate is never of interest at the dte end of things. /Michael - To get out of this list, please

No Subject

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Papini Stefano
Title: Hi there, how manage different kernels? I actually work on 2.0.35 (Suse 5.3). How can I test zB 2.2.1? How can I make point to the new compiled kernel with the usual sequence of make(s)? Do I need a different boot disk? Thank you, Stefano

RE: [SuSE Linux] egcs on SuSE 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Geoff
OK tried your suggestion. get error message gcc:Installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus' : No such file or directory Geoff zentara wrote: At 3/8/99 2:39:00 PM, you wrote: Hi, I'm a first time user of SuSE. YAST says it installed egcs. Tried compiling a project (not mine)

Re: [SuSE Linux] 2NIC's DHCPclient

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Paul Hostetler
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Lenz Grimmer wrote: On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jan Vercammen wrote: How can obtain the following configuration ? eth0 dynamic IP and eth1 static IP AFAIK, this is not possible with the current package. Have a look at the init-script at /sbin/init.d/dhclient, maybe

[SuSE Linux] RE:

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Michael . Bielicki
Try man lilo :)) or read the kernel howto. On 09-Mar-99 Papini Stefano wrote: Hi there, how manage different kernels? I actually work on 2.0.35 (Suse 5.3). How can I test zB 2.2.1? How can I make point to the new compiled kernel with the usual sequence of make(s)? Do I need a different

Re: [SuSE Linux] More on 9600 - 33600

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Brad Shelton
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 10:27:51AM +0100, Germano Rizzo wrote: Hi, thanks for everyone answering... alas, nothing worked! However, I noticed that kppp, in order to connect, gives the command 'connect 9600', which is probably the cause of the speed... Do you know if the given

Re: [SuSE Linux] Stupid netscape question

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/8/99 8:14:00 PM, you wrote: Ecerything is wonderful, and I've pretty well pounded my new laptop during the last two weeks, but I have this one nagging netscape question . . . How do I resize the netscape window? I seem to have two choices - full-screen, or about 60% of the screen -- which

Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2.2 Upgrade Instructions for 6.0?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 5:00:00 AM, you wrote: Are there instructions on the SuSE website for doing the kernel upgrade? I've been looking for them without success. I did the 6.0 upgrade yesterday but kept the 2.0.36 kernel. Feeling flush (foolish???) with success I'd like to give the kernel upgrade a go.

Re[2]: [SuSE Linux] How to pronounce SuSE

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Sergey Zhizhenkov
Friday, 05 March 1999, Joop wrote: JB If you pronouns SuSE in the German way it'll be like Suzy JB except for the y JB sound that will be replace by a the h sound that people JB pronounce when they JB imitate an Italian who is speaking English. That is more or JB less like it. JB joe lerch

Re: Re(2): [SuSE Linux] SiS 6326 AGP

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/8/99 3:34:00 PM, you wrote: I heard that the the latest kernel has better AGP support! Is this true?Has anyone run this card with latest kernel. If this is true would adding the new kernel fix any of the problems with SIS 6326 AGP Card. Thanx perpetually looking for a fix for this card

Re: Re: [SuSE Linux] Where to get ssh for linux 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 12:15:00 PM, you wrote: You can find the ssh rpm in the CD and install it with YAST but I don't know if it is the bugged version or not. Ciao, Alessio Bugged version Care to explain? - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body:

Re: [SuSE Linux] Difference between Suse 6.0 and suse Jan 1999 snapshot??

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 5:24:00 AM, you wrote: I know this is documented on the SUSE site, but would I be missing a lot of SW if I just got the Suse snapshot CD and used that Suse 6.0 version? It is cheaper then the full install (I already have 5.3, so I do not need a manual) and seems to contain more ftp

Re: [SuSE Linux] suseppp wvdial

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/8/99 5:18:00 PM, you wrote: Does anyone know if you have to have suseppp installed to run wvdial? Wvdial runs independently. - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at

Re: [SuSE Linux] External modem setup - help needed

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/8/99 11:17:00 PM, you wrote: I just bought an external modem today - a Diamond SupraExpress 56e. I set it up easily under windows and it works great. But the reason I connected to COM1 so I set the serial port to /dev/ttyS0. Next, I configured option E (Baud/Par/Bits) to match the modem's

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3 and Kernel 2.2.2?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 1:17:00 PM, you wrote: Hi all ! I have SuSE 5.3 in my system with kernel 2.0.36, and I've got kernel 2.2.2, after ungziped the file in /usr/src/linux (linux-2.0.35.SuSE), do make menuconfig and start compiling with : the compilation stops and shows me this message:

Re: [SuSE Linux] Beginners question... tty

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Brad Shelton
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 01:56:31PM +0100, Michael Salmon wrote: +- On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 18:13:55 MST, zentara writes: [...] | You were lucky to get 2400 baudrate with them. One of my hobby horses is the use of baud where bits per second is intended. Baud rate is never of interest at

[SuSE Linux] ISDN card configuration

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Paul Kenneth Egell-Johnsen
I'm on my way home from work to install a TeleS 16c ISDN card on my home computer. And I recall that the setup for ISDN cards (ion YaST) asked for an IP address, which I don't have. Do I have to set up DHCP before inserting my TeleS card? -- Paul Kenneth Egell-Johnsen Sales Support and System

R: Re[2]: [SuSE Linux] How to pronounce SuSE

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Papini Stefano
Title: R: Re[2]: [SuSE Linux] How to pronounce SuSE I know!!! in Italy SuSE sounds like soozae, can you hear it? Ciao, Stefano Papini -Messaggio originale- Da: Sergey Zhizhenkov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Inviato: martedì 9 marzo 1999 15.08 A: Joop Boonen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[SuSE Linux] sis6326 workable config

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
I finally got my Diamond A50 which uses the infamous sis6326 chip in the xf86config I used the standard sis6326 driver 5?? something , them manually changed /etc/XF86Config around lines 507 un commenting and editing the following vidioram 8192 //un comment and edit no_accell // un comment

[SuSE Linux] atape ide tape backup (hp/colorado 8 gig)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
I have a hp/colorodo 8 gig atape ide tape unit as /dev/hdd On boot up it comes up as /dev/hdd Do I need to do anything more to install or configure it for use ? What kind of software will work to use this for back ups ?? Right now I have the taper package installed , but keep getting input

Re: [SuSE Linux] Desktop Managers

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Martijn van den Burg
Hi, I don't want to start a 'Bandwidth wasting desktop holy war', but for many users customizing their work environment by editting fvwmnn configuration files is just not friendly enough. If Linux is to become a replacement for Windoze, the man in the street who does not know (and does not

[SuSE Linux] SuSE 5.3 and Kernel 2.2.2? compiling still stops ...

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all again ! I have SuSE 5.3 in my system with kernel 2.0.36, and I've got kernel 2.2.2, after ungziped the file in /usr/src/linux (linux-2.0.35.SuSE), do make menuconfig and start compiling with : make dep clean zImage modules modules_install the compilation stops

Re: [SuSE Linux] External modem setup - help needed

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Yatsen Ng
I have a P/S2 mouse. I disabled my winmodem but it's still in my pc. My modem works fine now; I just went through all the steps one more time (slowly and carefully!) and that did it. I disabled my winmodem but it's still in my pc. I'm starting to really like this external modem! Thanks for

Re: [SuSE Linux] atape ide tape backup (hp/colorado 8 gig)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Per Nielsen
Your tape drive is recognized as /dev/hdd on startup. Later on, however, it is redirected to /dev/ht0 Per On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Samy Elashmawy wrote: I have a hp/colorodo 8 gig atape ide tape unit as /dev/hdd On boot up it comes up as /dev/hdd Do I need to do anything more to install

Re: [SuSE Linux] Local network with occacional dial up connection

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Ren West
Paul Kenneth Egell-Johnsen wrote: I'm going to make a small network between my two computers at home. I don't have any static IP addresses, but I'm also not connected to any external network. That is true only part of the time though, so I wonder how do I set up my two computers so that the

RE: [SuSE Linux] Local network with occacional dial up connection

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Edmunds, Keith
Read the IP Masquerading and the Diald HOWTOs - they describe your situation exactly (or look up those topics in the SuSE manual). Keith (both HOWTOs are at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/INDEX.html) -Original Message- From: Paul Kenneth Egell-Johnsen [mailto:[EMAIL

[SuSE Linux] Ok, ok, done! (was 9600-33600)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Germano Rizzo
Ok, it is solved now, even if I couldn't say which one of the advices worked, for I have tried them all ;)... thanks to everybody, expecially to Alessio, Zentara, and Fred! By the way, I am amazed by you all! I had some problems (I think it's normal, since I first installed Linux only 6 days

R: [SuSE Linux] different kernels

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Germano Rizzo
Hi, Stefano! another italian, I suppose? Well, this is my experience: just compile the new kernel, then copy the directory /boot in another, i.e. /boot2. After this, overwrite the /boot2/vmlinuz file with the compiled one (you can find it in your kernel dir/arch/i386/boot, it is the file

[SuSE Linux] Netscape freezes when offline

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Tina
Hi, all I have a small but still annoying problem. I have a dial-up (expensive) connection to my ISP. The ideal situation is this: I download my mail, close the internetconnection and read through my mail (a lot!). However, when I shut down ppp, netscape completely freezes and I'm unable to do

Re: [SuSE Linux] Gnome 1.01

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Rachel Greenham
Arlen Carlson wrote: With all the talk of Gnome 1.01 (or is it just 1.0), I am curious as to what really is required to get it working under a newly installed copy of SuSE 6.0 Basically are there libraries (or other apps) that are required that happen to be newer than that included with

[SuSE Linux] sis6326 workable config

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
opps , left out some info , xfree86 3.3.3(comes with suse 6.0) and used the SVGS server , ans suse 6.0 I finally got my Diamond A50 which uses the infamous sis6326 chip in the xf86config I used the standard sis6326 driver 5?? something , them manually changed /etc/XF86Config around lines 507

[SuSE Linux] 2.2.x kernels and cdrom failure ?.

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Keith White
Well after whats seems weeks of trial and error,i`m now very,very,stuck !!. I have a fully working 2.0.37 kernel,with modules that load. All hardware works. However when i compile a 2.2.x kernel all works,execpt that the cdrom and its filesystem fail. I`ve tried everything,building it in,as

Re: [SuSE Linux] Accessing my msdos partition

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Paul W. Abrahams
Maurizio Firmani wrote: This subject has been already discussed on this list, but... I can access my msdos partition only as root, even if in the fstab there is a line like this: /dev/hda1 /mnt/msdos/ vfat user,noauto 0 0 where: /dev/hda1 - device name /mnt/msdos - mount point vfat -

Re: [SuSE Linux] atape ide tape backup (hp/colorado 8 gig)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
At 05:18 PM 3/9/1999 +0100, you wrote: Your tape drive is recognized as /dev/hdd on startup. Later on, however, it is redirected to /dev/ht0 ok , then what ??? (see below) Sorry , brand new to linux. So bear with me. Per On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Samy Elashmawy wrote: I have a

[SuSE Linux] Big hard disk problem during installation

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Tao Zeng
Hello, there: I am newbie in linux. I just bought a suse linux 6.0. I have two harddisks, 6.4 and 17.2G win98 is installed, c:6.4G d:10G e:6G f:1g which are all fat32 I want to change e:to linux partition, so I begin installation using cd1 for booting. After I have choose partitioning,

Re: [SuSE Linux] atape ide tape backup (hp/colorado 8 gig)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, I never dealt with Atapi tape drives, only scsi... You can try these and see if it works... Create a link /dev/tape -- /dev/hdd # ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/tape then put the tape in and run: # mt offline -- should eject the tape. # tar -cvf /dev/tape /etc -- you should see the files scrolling on

[SuSE Linux] man segfaults

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Howard Arons
The subject says it all. All of a sudden I get the message "Segmentation Fault" when I enter man command. I'm sorry to say that this has arisen since I started screwing around with the Netscape-freeze patch '/usr/local/lib/libnspipepatch.so'. I thought that this patch had to be loaded with

[SuSE Linux] 6.0 Questions

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Gerry Doris
OK, I need some pointers... 1. I downloaded the updated SuSEconfig file from SuSE's website. This thing is a binary about 6k in size. It showed up without an extension but on the website I believe it had a .gz on it. In any case, I've tried .gz, .tz, .rpm. I can't find any way to uncompress

Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2.2 Upgrade Instructions for 6.0?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Gerry Doris
I believe there is a warning NOT to use egcs on 2.0 kernels. Gerry On 09-Mar-99 Juergen Braukmann wrote: zentara wrote: ... Basically: 1. You need egcs to compile the 2.2.* kernal, so remove package "gcc front" if you installed it. Wasn´t it the otherway round? As far as I remember,

Re: [SuSE Linux] atape ide tape backup (hp/colorado 8 gig)

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
Per thanks for the detials. It is now working under tar using /dev/ht0. Does Tar compress files?? and can you tell it to restore filed to a diffrent directory ?? Man tar came up as no entry avialable. Your tape drive is recognized as /dev/hdd on startup. Later on, however, it is

[SuSE Linux] taper / backup software

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
I am having trouble getting taper to read write to the tape drive. tar works , sees and writes to it /dev/ht0. I must be missing somthing on setting it up ? Have any of you used it and know how to set it up ? Is there any other tape backup software ?? any pros cons ect... any way to start5 it

Re: [SuSE Linux] removing gtk/glib self compiled libs

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Martin Miszczyk
Well, The best means for the moment is to do it manually, though it is not as easy to do it, I suppose, for voluminous libraries as gtk/glib. Once compiled with *make*, the libraries are to be installed with *make install*. While the latter is running you see all the procedures on your screen.

[SuSE Linux] Config file for taper / backup software

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Samy Elashmawy
Sorry folks , forgot the taper config file , its below . I am having trouble getting taper to read write to the tape drive. tar works , sees and writes to it /dev/ht0. I must be missing somthing on setting it up ? Have any of you used it and know how to set it up ? Is there any other tape

Re: [SuSE Linux] Celeron

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Martin Miszczyk
Arlen Carlson wrote: I'm curious as to how well the Celeron processors work with Linux. Does anyone have any comments on this? -- I installed linux on my brother's computer (Celeron 450MHz). I can't tell if it works better than with non-Celeron, but it works perfecty fine.

Re: [SuSE Linux] Accessing my msdos partition

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Paul W. Abrahams
Avi Schwartz wrote: I have this 'umask=0' in my fstab file and as a user I can write, delete and read from the vfat partition with no problem. Only 'cp' is behaving very strangely. Trying to copy a file from the ext2 partition to the vfat partition generates an error as can be seen in the

[SuSE Linux]What's an Admin to do?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Yates, Larry
In reply to the infamous question, "Forget your LINUX root password???", the reply is: "The best way to fix this is to start Linux in single user mode (runlevel 1). You can do this by typing linux single at the lilo prompt. After the kernel loads you will be left at a bash prompt logged in as

Re: [SuSE Linux] Fast Reply Needed With Great Thanks

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Jerry Lynn Kreps
Arlen Carlson wrote: Arlen Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't abandon hope: your Tom Mix decoder ring arrives tomorrow. Ooo! Do you bring back fond memories. And when you were given the secret message to decode what did it say? "Drink Ovaltine. It is good for you." That dates me,

Re: [SuSE Linux] Accessing my msdos partition

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Paul M. Foster
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Avi Schwartz wrote: I have this 'umask=0' in my fstab file and as a user I can write, delete and read from the vfat partition with no problem. Only 'cp' is behaving very strangely. Trying to copy a file from the ext2 partition to the vfat partition generates an

Re: [SuSE Linux]What's an Admin to do?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Tom Kauffman
If you're serious about security, you control physical access to the machine. If it's only being used for the local monitor/keyboard/mouse, and you have multiple users, you need to lock the system unit up *and* reconfigure CTL-ALT-DEL to be ignored. TomK At 02:19 PM 3/9/99 -0800, you wrote:

Re: [SuSE Linux]What's an Admin to do?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Greg Thomas
In reply to the infamous question, "Forget your LINUX root password???", the reply is: "The best way to fix this is to start Linux in single user mode (runlevel 1). You can do this by typing linux single at the lilo prompt. After the kernel loads you will be left at a bash prompt logged

Re: Re: [SuSE Linux] Desktop Managers

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 4:27:00 PM, you wrote: Hi, I don't want to start a 'Bandwidth wasting desktop holy war', but for many users customizing their work environment by editting fvwmnn configuration files is just not friendly enough. Hi, I use fvwm2 exclusively. I start everything in an xterm that is not

Re: [SuSE Linux] Netscape freezes when offline

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 7:09:00 PM, you wrote: Hi, all I have a small but still annoying problem. I have a dial-up (expensive) connection to my ISP. The ideal situation is this: I download my mail, close the internetconnection and read through my mail (a lot!). However, when I shut down ppp, netscape

Re: [SuSE Linux] Big hard disk problem during installation

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 2:40:00 PM, you wrote: I just bought a suse linux 6.0. I have two harddisks, 6.4 and 17.2G win98 is installed, c:6.4G d:10G e:6G f:1g which are all fat32 After I have choose partitioning, there are two harddisks for me to choose, I choose second one, after a long time waiting, pop up

Re: Re: [SuSE Linux] 2.2.2 Upgrade Instructions for 6.0?

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 5:45:00 PM, you wrote: zentara wrote: ... Basically: 1. You need egcs to compile the 2.2.* kernal, so remove package "gcc front" if you installed it. Wasn´t it the otherway round? As far as I remember, you needed gcc to compile the kernel. Or did you *definately* need gcc for the

Re: Re: [SuSE Linux] Accessing my msdos partition

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden zentara
At 3/9/99 3:28:00 PM, you wrote: I have this 'umask=0' in my fstab file and as a user I can write, delete and read from the vfat partition with no problem. Only 'cp' is behaving very strangely. Trying to copy a file from the ext2 partition to the vfat partition generates an error as can be

[SuSE Linux] New Install ??

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Joe Alan Mackey
Help I have just received my copy of 6.0 and did a clean new install rather than update my 5.3 I am unable to use YAST to install network devices. It sees my ethernet card but the Network Base Configeration is white and I am unable to configure the modem as a PPP device?? I have reinstalled 4

Re: [SuSE Linux] Accessing my msdos partition

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Maurizio Firmani
On mar, 09 mar 1999, Paul W. Abrahams wrote: Ah!!! You need to know the magical incantation to put into the fstab entry. It's "umask=0". If you want to access it over a LAN, you need even more magic: uid=65534,gid=65534. (It took me quite a while to guess that one.) As they used to

Re: [SuSE Linux] library problem

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Andy Ford
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 04:47:16AM -0600, Andy Ford wrote: Hi All I did another 5.3 to 6.0 upgrade this weekend and really wrecked my main machine. The upgrade crashed (space problems I think), and even though I've tried to reinstall everything several times, a lot of basic utilities are

Re: [SuSE Linux] Help with wu.ftpd

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Sotiris Tsimbonis
At 23:34 06/03/99 -0800, Jeff Holliman wrote: I am trying to configure wu.ftpd so that when a user logs in, they will not be able to go above their home directory and that their home directory will look as /. I am not allowing any anonymous users to be able to login. Everything still

[SuSE Linux] Where to get ssh for linux 6.0

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Joop Boonen
Dear all, I have the following question. I'd like to know where i can get a shh rpm package for suse 6.0? Or is it even on one of the cd's? Regards, Joop Boonen. - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out

RE: NDN: RE: httpd(apache): DBROOT ???

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden OliverL
On 08-Mar-99 Mailer-Daemon wrote: Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: SuSE [Conference] (Mailbox or Conference is full.) so einen unsinn mag ich gar nicht. solche aktionen solltet ihr auf euren rechnern intern organisieren und nicht in alle welt verschicken. --- gruß oliver

RE: Druckerempfehlung

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Carsten Armbruster
On 05-Mar-99 Jan Tim Schueszler wrote: Hallo, ich spiele mit dem Gedanken, mir einen Laserdrucker zuzulegen. Folgende Geräte sind bisher in die engere Wahl gekommen: - Brother HL-1050 - HP Laserjet 1100 - Kyocera FS-600 - NEC SuperScript 870 - Xerox DocuPrint P8e - Minolta

Re:germany.net

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Carsten Armbruster
Christopher Lösch wrote: stimmt, ich als Windows User versuche noch immer mein germanynet-Zugang Online zu bringen. Hi, bei mir läuft germany.net online unter Linux und Windows. Schreib mir wo es nicht geht und ich kann Dir evtl. helfen. Ich kann germany.net und T-online jetzt(gerade seit

RE: 2 x ATI 3D RAge Pro

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden Dauter, Oliver
Die Suse-Supportdatenbank schldgt vor, unter /etc/XF86Config per Hand die ChipId und ChipRev einzutragen. Das wuerde ich ja gerne, nur exisitert dieses File noch gar nicht, da der ABbruch vorher stattfindet.! Erstell XF86Config mit xf86config und editiere die dann nach Deinen Vorstellungen.

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