Re: [SuSE Linux] 5.3: NFS Server hangs

1999-04-22 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Hanspeter Roth Bsag wrote: we have an NFS Server running Suse 5.3. I had a 6.0 client mounting NFS drives from the Server. When shuttting down the 6.0 client it couldn't unmount the NFS drives. After that the server coudn't export any more NFS drives and showmount

[SuSE Linux] rexec command

1999-04-18 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, i can't seem to locate "rexec" in SuSE 6.0 does it exist? thanks, -alexm -- 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 archi

Re: [SuSE Linux] svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions

1999-04-17 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, # chmod 4555 squake -alexm On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, John Ericson wrote: I installed squake for a couple of days ago and notist that I can only run it as root. If I try to start is as an normal user I get a 'svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions' message at the console. How do I change so all

Re: [SuSE Linux] Command not found

1999-04-16 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, it looks like you are missing a library file. i've deleted a lib file before... S K SENTHIL VEL wrote: Hi Everybody, I had installed Sybase and I am not able to execute any of the commands. When i say dbisql dbisql: Command not found Also when I say : file

[SuSE Linux] [off topic] disk storage news

1999-04-14 Diskussionsfäden alexm
HOLE IN ONE Peter Vettiger and his team of researchers at IBM's micro and nanomechanics group in Zurich are in the process of creating the world's smallest data storage disks. With a certain number of cantilevers, Vettiger's new product, called the Millipede, can store more than 100 times

Re: [SuSE Linux] Network packets routing to lo

1999-04-13 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, did you restart inetd after updating the routing table? post output of: # ifconfig -a # netstat -rn On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, G'leth wrote: I've an ethernet connection between a SparcStation LX and my PC going through a hub, unfortunately when I try to get my SuSE 6.0 installation to talk to

Re: [SuSE Linux] Ethernet - pppd problems

1999-04-10 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, or better yet [ ;-) ], change your /etc/nsswitch.conf to look like this: ---start- alexm@quake:/tmp cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # passwd: db files nis # shadow: db files nis # group: db files nis passwd: compat group: compat hosts: files dns here networks

Re: [SuSE Linux] Which graphics board for OpenGL applications?

1999-04-07 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, There is a HOWTO on opengl in linux: http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/howto/3Dfx-HOWTO.html I have got a Diamond Viper v550 with 16M of RAM. GL screensavers and quake work excellently in Win98 ;-) I did not have time to try opengl in linux; however, X works quite well. -alexm On Wed

Re: [SuSE Linux] Cable Modem Question

1999-04-05 Diskussionsfäden alexm
. this ping times and a pcket loss is definitely not normal. i would complain to provider. try pinging your gateway and see if the stats are still that bad. traceroute to your destination host and see where the link is slow or bad. -alexm -- To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[SuSE Linux] ethernet BNC and TP

1999-04-05 Diskussionsfäden alexm
: Do you have to specify what connection you are using on an ethernet card: BNC or TP? If yes, then how? Also, why do you think this setup does not work? Thank you for your time and effort :-) -alexm -- To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body

[SuSE Linux] Linux Advocates Turn Violent, Go On Rampage

1999-04-01 Diskussionsfäden alexm
http://w3.one.net/~sunlion/linuxriot.html -- 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] Problem with rsh

1999-03-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, Change a line in /etc/rc.config to ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes" logout and log back in. -alexm On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Silvia Nieto wrote: I'd like to know how can I activate rsh to root user. I can write the remote machine in /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.equiv, and in /root/.rhosts, b

Re: [SuSE Linux] Problem with rsh

1999-03-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, you will need to reboot for the changes to take effect... -alexm On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, alexm wrote: Change a line in /etc/rc.config to ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes" logout and log back in. -alexm On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Silvia Nieto wrote: I'd like to know how can I ac

Re: [SuSE Linux] Printing with SuSE

1999-03-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, check out /etc/apsfilterrc there is an option there "2n". Change it to "1n" -alexm "Walker, Scott" wrote: Has anyone elso gotten a HP Dekjet to working properly with SuSE 6.0? I can print with mine, but it prints it in landscape mode an

[SuSE Linux] disk performance

1999-03-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
using mc. mc has a nice feature that shows you the transfer rate in MB. That indicated the transfers of ~3MB/sec... I have to note that I was going from a native linux partition to a fat32. But anyway, why is it so slow? thanks, -alexm -- To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL

[SuSE Linux] [off topic] viper v550 and glquake

1999-03-29 Diskussionsfäden alexm
to this brightness problem? -alexm -- 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 http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

Re: [SuSE Linux] Improving X Performance

1999-03-25 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Marshall Burke wrote: My X-windows (running Kde) take a long time to load, on a Pentium II 450 with 128MB memory, is there a solution or something I need to do, to optimize the performance. I have the swap partition at max (128mb) get scsi disks and U2W adapter ;-)

Re: [SuSE Linux] Block Devices

1999-03-24 Diskussionsfäden alexm
partition that does not have a file system on it (you can not mount it). A hard disk partition is a block device: # ls -l /dev/sda1 -- brw-rw 1 root disk 8, 1 Jan 19 22:27 /dev/sda1 "b" -- means that the file is a block device. -alexm On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Andrew Tuson wro

[SuSE Linux] [off topic] where to buy a laptop?

1999-03-20 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, sorry it is off topic... I am looking for a notebook to run linux on. anyone can recommend a place to look for it? Model recommendations are welcome. Please, remember it should be inexpensive ;-) thanks. p.s. please e-mail privately -- To get out of this list, please send email to

[SuSE Linux] Matrox G200 card. Opinions needed

1999-03-18 Diskussionsfäden alexm
? How does it compare to other cards (performance/$$value)? Is there any other video card that you would highly recommend? I am going to use it mostly for 3D gaming. Any pointers are welcome. Thank you, -alexm the bandwidthwaister P.S. you can e-mail me privately not to increase the list volume

Re: [SuSE Linux] Restarting Apache server

1999-03-18 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, # killall -HUP httpd On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Paul Kenneth Egell-Johnsen wrote: I am dumb. And lazy. When starting up Linux everything gets started, apache, mysql, and php. Sometimes I do some changes to the httpd.conf file and want to restart the server. How? If I kill all sessions

Re: [SuSE Linux] How to detect successful ppp connect in script?

1999-03-18 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, You can use something like this: --start- /etc/suseppp/scripts/ppp-up generic sleep 20 # wait 20 sec ping -c 3 your.gateway.numeric.ip.here if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "No connection established..." exit 1 else run the rest of your script here fi

[SuSE Linux] java rpm and libXm.so.2

1999-03-11 Diskussionsfäden alexm
... Thanks a lot, -alexm - 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 http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

[SuSE Linux] [off topic] ssh and socks

1999-03-11 Diskussionsfäden alexm
proxy to use during connect? For now, i tried: # ./configure --with-socks Is there anything else I need to specify? All tips are greatly appreciated. -alexm - 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

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

1999-03-09 Diskussionsfäden alexm
on the screen (backing up /etc directory) # tar -tvf /dev/tape -- should list files on the tape. To rewind: # mt rewind -alexm 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

[SuSE Linux] linux tax s/w?

1999-03-03 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, Is there a linux tax program (for USA)? :) -alexm - 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 http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists

[SuSE Linux] printing

1999-03-02 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, I erased the original post... but I found that if I have parport modules loaded, the printer would not print. "rmmod" them -- printer works. ---start--- quake:~ # lsmod Module Size Used by parport_probe 2884 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 5024 1

Re: [SuSE Linux] Can't create /var/spool printing error.

1999-03-01 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, 1. Do you have free space in /var? 2. Do you have a directory called /var/spool/lpd/ljet2p-letter-auto-mono-300? Most likely this is the second... -alexm On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, misc.word.corp wrote: After upgrading to 2.2.1, I discovered that I can't get my HP-compatible printer (on /dev

[SuSE Linux] banner command

1999-03-01 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, What package contains the banner command? I do not seem to be able to locate it... (: Thanks, -alexm - 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

Re: [SuSE Linux] X and SIS

1999-02-25 Diskussionsfäden alexm
palette is off, refresh rate too low ( = 56 ), edges of the image are distorted. Still 1152x768 flickers a lot. Sax crashes every time I test a mode and use "abort" to return to SaX. I have no problems on my other machines with "normal" videocards :) thanks, -alexm - To get out

Re: [SuSE Linux] Well, broke down and got 6.0...

1999-02-23 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, Same here, I updated to 6.0 -- now X is almost unusable because of HEAVY flickering. If I run any program and the disk starts to rattle (like kernel compile) the whole screen is covered with some irregular horizontal lines. Different resolutions and refresh rates do not seem to cure it. For

[SuSE Linux] screensaver

1999-02-18 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, How do you activate a random screensaver in wmaker? I have a bunch of them installed. I do not think "xset s" can do it (it just sets screen to either blank or grey + X logo). Any info is greatly appreciated. -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL

Re: [SuSE Linux] Story: Microsoft: We Feared Customers Would Choose Netscape

1999-02-12 Diskussionsfäden alexm
having to arrow down on sites with a million links on it (like netscape) to get to a link at the bottom of the page? Compare it to point and click in Netscape... I guess I am trying to say that some people need netscape ;-) -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SuSE Linux] Fell at last hurdle

1999-02-11 Diskussionsfäden alexm
with the kernel announce line and the login prompt: no password prompt, nothing, so I can't actually go in to check (and check what?). Suggestions welcome (preferably not a re-install!). Try ALT+F2 and see if you can login on tty2 I had similar tty lockups in 5.3 -alexm - To get out of this list

Re: [SuSE Linux] NE2000 problem with 5.3

1999-02-10 Diskussionsfäden alexm
:-) -alexm - 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 archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE 6 and /opt

1999-02-10 Diskussionsfäden alexm
and /usr/local. That way if my system becomes unusable due to whatever reason, I can reinstall it without formatting /opt, /usr/local or /home, thus preserving installed applications and user home dirs. Having a backup of /etc dir also helps. -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email

[SuSE Linux] mailer

1999-01-09 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, does anybody know which mail program creates that "trying to kill the keyboard "responder" produced:" message when replying? thanks, -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Ch

Re: [SuSE Linux] cd-rom opening

1999-01-05 Diskussionsfäden alexm
-alexm - 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 archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

Re: [SuSE Linux] Disable Telnet in Suse.

1999-01-04 Diskussionsfäden alexm
return netscape's numeric IP -alexm - 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 archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

Re: [SuSE Linux] Disable Telnet in Suse.

1999-01-04 Diskussionsfäden alexm
? Thanks in advance, -alexm - 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 archiv at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html

Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE locking-up after 4 days repeatedly

1999-01-04 Diskussionsfäden alexm
on the system. I tried to monitor swap -- numbers do not change (vmstat, free) This never happened in RedHat for example. This is Quantum SCSI disk on Tekram UW DC-390F adapter. System has 64M of RAM. Maybe this is a manifestation of sync daemon... Thanks, -alexm On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Ec|ipse wrote

Re: [SuSE Linux] PPP woes

1999-01-04 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, you probably have the sites in cache... empty cache and try connecting again... otherwise, i do not know... what do you mean you can connect to nothing else? do you get an error? On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Rick Chandler wrote: Ok, here's a strange one. Now I can connect to ftp and WWW, but

[SuSE Linux] xdm and console

1999-01-04 Diskussionsfäden alexm
at night :-) So, it is just interesting if you guys could replicate this. Thanks, -alexm - 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 archiv at http

[SuSE Linux] port

1998-12-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, Is there a way in TCP/IP to kill activity on a specific port (12257 for instance)? thank you, -alexm - 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

Re: [SuSE Linux] ports [off topic]

1998-12-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
a small program that monitors ports used by the quake server and if it spots "uconnected" -- "resets" the port. Thank you for help, everyone -alexm the bandwidthwaister - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscrib

Re: [SuSE Linux] double click speed

1998-12-31 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, just to make sure... :-) Not only do you need to restart the X server, but also log out and log back in or run: # . .Xdefaults -- for the changes to take place. -alexm On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, zentara wrote: alexm wrote: Hi, Sorry, but erased the original post... You can

[SuSE Linux] double click speed

1998-12-30 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, Sorry, but erased the original post... You can change the double click speed by inserting this line into .Xdefaults: wm_name*doubleClickTime: 500 and restarting the X 500 is just the number of millisecs. You can make it anything you want. I hope it will work... -alexm - To get out

[SuSE Linux] H/W support database

1998-12-29 Diskussionsfäden alexm
Hi, I could not make the S.U.S.E. hardware support database work today... Is it only me? :-) -alexm - 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