[opensuse] Test

[kbboykin]

This is being sent via Konqueror.  I have been unable to post replies to this 
list so this is a test using
Linux only.  Please ignore.   If this gets denied, I will have to choice but to 
unsub. as I can't post 
questions nor ask for help

--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Toshiba A135-S4427 Laptop

[kbboykin]

Hello List,
 
I just ordered this laptop.  Of course, it's preloaded w/Vista and other
bloatware. Any issues getting OS 10.2 installed?
 
I have use SuSE since version 6.4 and am very familiar with many
flavors of Linux, although I consider myself a casual user. I didn't
think of 10.2 under after I hit submit on the order form. Hopefully,
there will be no issue.
 
Thanks. Hope I haven't wasted any bandwidth.
 
--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Toshiba A135-S4427 Laptop

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Simon Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I just ordered this laptop.  Of course, it's preloaded w/Vista and
> > other
> > bloatware. Any issues getting OS 10.2 installed?
> ...
> 
> Not sure how relevant, but I have A105-4324. Dual core 64 bit. I have
> troubles with the video driver (X mode changes freeze the whole machine
> and force a power cycle--I just use hibernate instead of logout and I
> get by) I also have some troubles that I suspect might be due to
> dual-core nature (but can't prove, naturally enough). It dies randomly
> if it runs a guest OS under VMware workstation 5.5.
> 
> Hope your's is fun :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate 
> in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.
> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

I have discovered VirtualBox which I posted the original message in under 
OpenSuSE 10.2
in a virtualbox under Vista. (Using an Asus M3N< haven't got the Toshiba yet) 
It's free and
it looks very promising. This I am posting under Firefox 2.0.0.2 for Vista as 
IE7 gets immed-
iately denied
 
--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?

[kbboykin]

Hello All,

The title kinda sez it all.  I installed openSuSE 64 bit on a "homebrew"  with 
a 3.2 GHz P4  ECS P4M800PRO-M MB with 2 GB of ram, 80 G SATA drive.  It was 
installed as dualboot witth Vista Home premium.  I have used SuSE since 6.4 off 
and on and used it heavily from 7.1 to 9.3.  Then work forced me back to learn 
WinXP Pro and now Vista. I have installed 10.0, 10.2 on other machines prior to 
installing 10.2 default on this box.  Originally I was using the on-board 
Realtek NIC, wired.  I rarely used 10.2 and it sailed along effortless. I moved 
to a new residence and had to go wireless. My researched suggested RaLink 
RT2561 as compatible with both Linux and Vista, so I bought a card based on 
that chipset.  Vista worked right away.  It took some time to get it working 
under Linux. Then on Friday, I decided to try Linspire 2.0 LiveCD which failed 
on this box.  Every since then the RaLink wireless PCI appears removed to the 
Linux network under 10.2.  If I run lspci -v  the card is 
 there,
 so it is seen by the kernel.  I decided to go with driverloader and it helps 
but no cigar.

A long story to ask this simple question.   I want to go back to 32 bit.  How?  
Wipe it clean and start from scratch, realizing I still will have the Ralink 
PCI card  (RT61), and can the 64bit be downgraded to 32 bit?  Much help 
appreciated.  If this has already been answered in a thread somewhere, please 
forgive me.

Thanks in advance, 

--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Re: 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: "Cristian Rodriguez R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
> 
> > A long story to ask this simple question.   I want to go back to 32 bit.  
> > How?  
> 
> Why you think that doing the non-sense of switching back to 32 bit will
> fix your problem ?
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Nowhere did I state I thought it would solve my problem. I am going back to 32 
bit for a better chance at future drivers. 

The question was how and could I go back from my present install.  I have had 
better luck with32 bit SuSE in the past.

--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?

[kbboykin]

Thanks,  since I don't have much to loose, I agree, go back to clean install of 
32 bit.  I know I can use atheros card without problem.  I already have a box 
with a card based on it.  I choose the ralink for reported 64 bit usage.

Thanks,

--Keith
 -- Original message --
From: joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 64-bit installs are great for generic server roles, on largish hardware. For
> desktop use, or any situation where you need to worry about 3rd party software
> or drivers, linux/32 is the way to go, based on my education in the school of
> hard knocks.
> 
> There's no easy way to convert a 64-bit install to 32-bit. Just save off the
> important stuff somewhere, and do a clean install. You're much more likely to
> have success resolving any driver issues on the 32-bit install.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > The title kinda sez it all.  I installed openSuSE 64 bit on a "homebrew"
> > with a 3.2 GHz P4  ECS P4M800PRO-M MB with 2 GB of ram, 80 G SATA drive.
> > It was installed as dualboot witth Vista Home premium.  I have used SuSE
> > since 6.4 off and on and used it heavily from 7.1 to 9.3.  Then work forced
> > me back to learn WinXP Pro and now Vista. I have installed 10.0, 10.2 on
> > other machines prior to installing 10.2 default on this box.  Originally I
> > was using the on-board Realtek NIC, wired.  I rarely used 10.2 and it
> > sailed along effortless. I moved to a new residence and had to go wireless.
> > My researched suggested RaLink RT2561 as compatible with both Linux and
> > Vista, so I bought a card based on that chipset.  Vista worked right away.
> > It took some time to get it working under Linux. Then on Friday, I decided
> > to try Linspire 2.0 LiveCD which failed on this box.  Every since then the
> > RaLink wireless PCI appears removed to the Linux network under 10.2.  If I
> > run lspci -v  the card is there, so it is seen by the kernel.  I decided to
> > go with driverloader and it helps but no cigar.
> > 
> > A long story to ask this simple question.   I want to go back to 32 bit.
> > How?  Wipe it clean and start from scratch, realizing I still will have the
> > Ralink PCI card  (RT61), and can the 64bit be downgraded to 32 bit?  Much
> > help appreciated.  If this has already been answered in a thread somewhere,
> > please forgive me.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > --Keith
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Philipp Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:43:53 -0700, joe wrote:
> 
> >You're much more likely to have success resolving any driver issues
> > on the 32-bit install.
> 
> That's just not true! The only case where a 64 bit Linux can be a
> problem is when you need to use a binary only driver and the
> manufacturer doesn't supply it. My experience shows that open source
> drivers are mostly just as bad or good on a 32 bit Linux as they are
> on a 64 bit one.
> 
> So if a driver doesn't work under 64 bit Linux chances are very low
> it'll suddenly start to work as a 32 bit version.
> 
> Philipp
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Thanks to all who responded so far.  I really want to try 64 bit again in the 
future.  I dont know enough about it to tell the difference right now. I don't 
run a lot of media apps or high graphics apps. 

BTW, i "re-installed - ran make, make install for the RT61-  one more time and 
it came back. Something was suddenly interfering with it. I am now responding o 
this email under 10.2 using the ralink card so Phillip appears to be right.

I am just no sure if down the road, I will encounter issues.  I know everyone 
has an opinion, so let's not go there. I just think I want to go back to 32 
bit, as most of my experience has been with it.  I am not a techie by training, 
I am a physician,  so I'm not as savvy as most.

Again, thanks to all.

--Keith

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] RT61 Problems with 10.3 RC1

[kbboykin]

Good morning to All,

I have downloaded OSS 10.3 RC1 and it will recognize my RaLink PCI Wireless 
Adapter in my desktop. However, 
when I set up everything, it will not work.  It wants to come up as wlan0 and 
fails everytime.  I can't send the mes-
sage, because I can't get to the internet when running 10.3 RC1.

In this same machine, I have OSS 10.2 and followed the links to set this up as 
ra0 from the ralinktech support site
and it works. (I am sending this email now from10.2 machine).

Has anyone gotten ralink RT61 to work under OSS 10.3 RC1?

Thanks in advance.
Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] RaLink Based Wireless card under 10.3

[kbboykin]

Good morning all.

I have a "home brew" machine that has a on-board Realtek NIC (disabled), a P4 
3.2 GHz process, nVidia Le-6200 PCI 
card, 2 G of ram, and I added a RT61-based wireless PCI nic.  10.3 can see the 
card, assigns it to wlan0 and I can 
set all the parameters (IP, WEP, ESSID, etc) and iwconfig show them all to be 
correct. However, I cannot get onto the
internet nor the local homenet. The card can ping itself, but nothing else on 
the network. I found a firmware for it and
it was installed to /lib/firmware, but no joy. I tried ndiswrapper, but no joy. 
 Has anyone got a working RT61 under
10.3 and if so, could you offer me some help.

Thanks
--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Rt61 module issues under 10.3

[kbboykin]

Hello,

I had challenges with my RT61 based PCI card working with  10.3 out of the box. 
 The card was seen but despite any
setup, my wireless didn't work.  So I found a site where it showed how to 
remove the rt61pci module that ships with
10.3 and install the CVS version from the Ralink Website.  With a simple issue 
of rcnetwork restart, it worked instantly.
However when I rebooted, all was lost.   I found that rt61pci was still being 
loaded, despite modprobe -r rt1pci and 
modprobe rt61.  I put alias wlan0 rt61 in /etc/modprobe.conf.local but it still 
did the same. So now,  if I have 
to reboot  (Dual Boot machine),  I have to do this sequence to get the wireless 
back:
1.  modprobe -r rt61
2. modprobe -r rt61pci
3. modprobe rt61

If I do this it works.  Where is and can I remove the rt61pci module or disable 
it so only the rt61 gets loaded.

Thanks in advance,

Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Rt61 module issues under 10.3

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: "Joe Morris (NTM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 10/07/2007 05:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I had challenges with my RT61 based PCI card working with  10.3 out of the 
> box.  The card was seen but despite any
> > setup, my wireless didn't work.  So I found a site where it showed how to 
> remove the rt61pci module that ships with
> > 10.3 and install the CVS version from the Ralink Website.  With a simple 
> > issue 
> of rcnetwork restart, it worked instantly.
> > However when I rebooted, all was lost. Where is and can I remove 
> > the 
> rt61pci module or disable it so only the rt61 gets loaded.
> >   
> Disable the rt61pci module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.  You should
> setup the wireless via Yast2, Network Devices, Network Card and tell it
> to use the rt61 module.  You could also load it via
> /etc/sysconfig/kernel MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT.  HTH.
> 
> -- 
> Joe Morris
> Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Thanks for someone finally answering. 

I got it to work by changing rt61pci.ko to rt61pci.ko.old in 
/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/updates.  I had already set the card up under 
Yast2.  I am not sure why rt61pci fails but rt61 (CVS) version works.  

Again,  thanks.

--Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Updater Applet

[kbboykin]

Hello All,

The updater applet is missing from the panel in my openSuSE 10.3 64 bit 
installation under KDE. It is there if I run gnome.  Where is it and how do I 
get back?

Thanks

Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Updater Applet

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Marcus Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 01:03:09AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > The updater applet is missing from the panel in my openSuSE 10.3 64 bit 
> installation under KDE. It is there if I run gnome.  Where is it and how do I 
> get back?
> 
> did you install the opensuse-updater-kde RPM?
> 
> Ciao, Marcus
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Yes,  after I sent the email. I ran software update and found that it was not 
installed. So I installed it and now all is well.

Thanks,

Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] KDE4 Preview - what's needed

[kbboykin]

Hello All,

I have successfully installed OSS 10.3 64bit on my machine and accepted the 
KDE4 libs, but when I boot into the KDE4 Preview desktop, I get an ugly 
background and klipper with a icon with ? on it where the main menu should be.  
What is needed to see the KDE4 preview under 10.3 or is this it?

Thanks,

Keith
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

Hello All,
 
I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz to a 
S775 MB with 1066 FSB.  
I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Is a Pentium D okay as a CPU for this or 
should I go with the next one up?  
Celeron not good either?

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Saturday 27 October 2007 19:11:59 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz
> > to a S775 MB with 1066 FSB. I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Is a
> > Pentium D okay as a CPU for this or should I go with the next one up?
> > Celeron not good either?
> 
> What will you be using the server for?
> 
> If it's just file and print, just about any CPU will do just fine, you 
> shouldn't have to upgrade your P4 at all. You'd get more benefit from more 
> RAM and faster hard drives, probably RAIDed
> 
> Anders
> 
> -- 
> Madness takes its toll
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

I will be using it for storing and serving kids school projects, mysql, and my 
software Delphi 2006
source code.  One partition is Windows XP (data only) and the rest of the 
system is OSS 10.1 and
it is slow, quirky (was an upgrade from10.0).  I plan on going to SATA drives 
soon, thus the mobo
upgrade.  Mobo os P4M800PRO-M v2.0

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Rui Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> 
> Hi Uni :)
> 
> >  
> > I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz 
> > to 
> a S775 MB with 1066 FSB.  
> > I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Is a Pentium D okay as a CPU for 
> > this 
> or should I go with the next one up?  
> > Celeron not good either?
> 
> It depends on what you will server. What is home network server do ?
> 
> > 
> > --
> > Keith Boykin
> 
> Rui
> 
> > You are what you think - so always think positively!
> 
> -- 
> Rui Santos
> http://www.ruisantos.com/
> 
> Veni, vidi, Linux!
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

I will be using it for storing and serving kids school projects, mysql, and my 
software Delphi 2006
source code.  One partition is Windows XP (data only) and the rest of the 
system is OSS 10.1 and
it is slow, quirky (was an upgrade from10.0).  I plan on going to SATA drives 
soon, thus the mobo
upgrade.  Mobo os P4M800PRO-M v2.0

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Saturday 27 October 2007 19:32:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I will be using it for storing and serving kids school projects, mysql, and
> > my software Delphi 2006 source code.  One partition is Windows XP (data
> > only) and the rest of the system is OSS 10.1 and it is slow, quirky (was an
> > upgrade from10.0).  I plan on going to SATA drives soon, thus the mobo
> > upgrade.  Mobo os P4M800PRO-M v2.0
> 
> Well, I still say you will have more benefit from more RAM than from a new 
> CPU, and if you put your SATA drives in a RAID, that will also improve 
> things, in more ways than one
> 
> Anders
> 
> -- 
> Madness takes its toll
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Thanks for the advice

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Rui Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi,
> 
> You should really consider Anders advice.
> 
> If your MB/CPU are in good condition, and your RAM is enough, your
> should consider only increasing the number of disks ( should upgrade to
> SATA ) and build your system on a soft RAID device. The HD will serve
> you on a future upgrade but, if you need to acquire RAM, then you should
> put your money in a new machine.
> Currently I own a P4 1.7 and I'm not considering upgrading... It has
> SuSE9.3 with 512MB of RAM and 4-40GB HD with a soft RAID-5. I use it for
> apache, mysql, subversion, mail-server, firewall, ntp, dhcp, router,
> Samba PDC, bind, ftp-server, cups server, hylafax, Xvnc for azureus with
> java and BOINC 24/7.
> 
> But, since you wanted an advice on a motherboard, pick either a chipset
> with sava-nv out Intel WITH (WITH) AHCI. Also go for a PCI Express board
> instead of an PCI/AGP one.
> 
> Rui
> 
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >  -- Original message --
> > From: Rui Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> Hello All,
> >> Hi Uni :)
> >>
> >>>  
> >>> I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 
> >>> Mhz 
> to 
> >> a S775 MB with 1066 FSB.  
> >>> I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Is a Pentium D okay as a CPU for 
> >>> this 
> >> or should I go with the next one up?  
> >>> Celeron not good either?
> >> It depends on what you will server. What is home network server do ?
> >>
> >>> --
> >>> Keith Boykin
> >> Rui
> >>
> >>> You are what you think - so always think positively!
> >> -- 
> >> Rui Santos
> >> http://www.ruisantos.com/
> >>
> >> Veni, vidi, Linux!
> >> -- 
> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> > 
> > I will be using it for storing and serving kids school projects, mysql, and 
> > my 
> > software Delphi 2006
> > source code.  One partition is Windows XP (data only) and the rest of the 
> system is OSS 10.1 and
> > it is slow, quirky (was an upgrade from10.0).  I plan on going to SATA 
> > drives 
> > soon, thus the mobo
> > upgrade.  Mobo os P4M800PRO-M v2.0
> > 
> > --
> > Keith Boykin
> > You are what you think - so always think positively!
> 
> -- 
> Rui Santos
> http://www.ruisantos.com/
> 
> Veni, vidi, Linux!
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Thanks, I already have the mobo, thus the question about the CPU.
It doesn't have a CPU.  I have enough RAM to put 768 MB on it. I have
a 160 GB IDE HD - which for now I'll keep.  The CPU in there is a
PIII 2.0 Celeron.

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Best CPU for OSS 10.3 Small Home Network Server

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >  
> > I am going to upgrade my home network server from a Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz 
> > to 
> a S775 MB with 1066 FSB.  
> > I don't want to spend a lot of money.  Is a Pentium D okay as a CPU for 
> > this 
> or should I go with the next one up?  
> > Celeron not good either?
> > 
> 
> I'm assuming that you're not going to use this as a "compute
> server" ... something that you submit computationally intensive
> tasks to from other machines.
> 
> On that assumption, to maximize your benefit/cost ratio, you
> want to use as cheap a CPU as you can find (because even slow
> CPU's are thousands of times faster than the fastest disk
> drives), and lots of memory.  Further improvement comes from
> having lots of small (in today's world) disk drives instead
> of one huge disk ... many disks = more track-seeks that can
> be performed simultaneously.
> 
> Don't buy into the propaganda that CPU speed is the primary
> determinant of system performance...and that a "server"
> needs the fastest thing out there.  File serving is NOT a
> CPU intensive task, and printing is a task which CAN BE
> CPU intensive but is also feeding to a tediously slow
> physical deviceand no CPU in the world is going to
> speed up your printer.
> 
> > --
> > Keith Boykin
> > You are what you think - so always think positively!
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

I'm sorry. I went and checked and it has a P3 S478 20 Celeron Processor. I have
had it so long, I forgot what was in there. No no CPU intensive task. Just to be
able to have the kids all connect simultaneously to store and retrieve their 
stored
work from their mobile laptops.  I already have the mobo (P4M800PRO-M v2.0),
but don't have a CPU. I have enough memory to put 768 MB RAM in it.  I also
have a P4 2.4 Ghz on a mobo that is _not_ SATA and could also put the 
RAM in it.  Before I start to swap out, which is better?

Thanks,

Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Update KDE4 to Beta4

[kbboykin]

How does one update OSS 10.3 KDE4 base to Beta4?  

Can it be done via one-click?

Will it override KDE 3.5.8 as the default?

Any help appreciated.  Thanks

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] KDE4 Beta4 Wallpaper

[kbboykin]

Hello,

I have dl'd KDE4 Beta4 from openSuSE Factory repo onto my 10.3 installation and 
have got it working pretty nicely.
Looks good!.  I had the Beta4 LiveCD and it had a nice desktop wallpaper.  The 
CD actually got me wanting to start
testing KDE4.  However, the desktop wallpaper is black.  How do you add 
wallpaper to this? I tried to dl an oxygen
theme from KDE-Look, but couldn't get it to install. 

Any help appreciated.

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 Beta4 Wallpaper

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Ben Kevan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Saturday 03 November 2007 04:19:43 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have dl'd KDE4 Beta4 from openSuSE Factory repo onto my 10.3 installation
> > and have got it working pretty nicely. Looks good!.  I had the Beta4 LiveCD
> > and it had a nice desktop wallpaper.  The CD actually got me wanting to
> > start testing KDE4.  However, the desktop wallpaper is black.  How do you
> > add wallpaper to this? I tried to dl an oxygen theme from KDE-Look, but
> > couldn't get it to install.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Keith Boykin
> > You are what you think - so always think positively!
> 
> 
> Do you have the kde4-wallpaper package installed? Doesn't seem to be. 
> 
> Install it, and they will come. 
> 
> Ben
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 


Duh,  didn't think of that. Thanks!

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 Beta4 Wallpaper

[kbboykin]

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!

 -- Original message --
From: Ben Kevan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Saturday 03 November 2007 04:19:43 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have dl'd KDE4 Beta4 from openSuSE Factory repo onto my 10.3 installation
> > and have got it working pretty nicely. Looks good!.  I had the Beta4 LiveCD
> > and it had a nice desktop wallpaper.  The CD actually got me wanting to
> > start testing KDE4.  However, the desktop wallpaper is black.  How do you
> > add wallpaper to this? I tried to dl an oxygen theme from KDE-Look, but
> > couldn't get it to install.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Keith Boykin
> > You are what you think - so always think positively!
> 
> 
> Do you have the kde4-wallpaper package installed? Doesn't seem to be. 
> 
> Install it, and they will come. 
> 
> Ben
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Okay, I was only able to install kde4art-wallpapers. KDE4base-wallpaper give 
warnings about tons of conflicts. Other than
"ignoring the conflicts" is it just out of luck for now? Or can one install 
this anyway since kde4 goes into /usr, right?
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Screen Saver Stopped Automatically Running under Compiz

[kbboykin]

Hello All

The subject says it all.  I have finally after much tinkering, googling got 
Compiz (compiz-fusion)
running under OSS 10.3 64 bit.  However, now the screen saver no longer runs 
automatically
as it is supposed to after 4 mins of inactivity.  What do I need to set?, fix?. 
 I am running
Emerald Theme Manager, Emerald window manager.

Thanks

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] How I installed OSS 10.3 to USB external HD for my Toshiba Laptop

[kbboykin]

Hello to All,

After many hours of frustration, I was able to install openSuSE 10.3 to a USB 
drive for my Toshiba Laptop. I had followed the information on the Wiki to no 
avail, it would never boot. So here's how I got it to work for me. First, I 
don't know if you will have the same challenge or success.

LAPTOP - Toshiba A135-S4427,  1.73  Ghz Centrino Core Duo CPU (T2250), 1 GB 
RAM, 120 GB SATA internal HD
   SuperMulti DVD, 15.4" TruBrite widescreen, Intel 
Pro/Wireless 3945ABG network card.  Vista Home Prem
   pre-installed.

USB - 60 GB  WD IDE Drive

1.  I entered SETUP and disabled the internal SATA drive  (Shift + 1)
2.  Used 32 bit 10.3 GM DVD (downloaded) to install the software to the USB 
drive
3.  Set the bootloader to /boot (not /root as was in the Wiki instructions)(and 
not to MBR of USB drive)
4.  Completed the initial phase installation and when reboot, told it to "Boot 
from Harddrive"
5.  It booted the USB drive flawlessly and completed the installation
6.  Rebooted without DVD, it again booted the USB drive (sata still disable)
7.  Entered setup and enabled the internal SATA drive (Shift + 1)
8.  Rebooted and chose each drive to test for booting and all works.

What I should note is that I choose the OS to boot by hitting F12 at the boot 
up prompt and then select which
drive I want to boot.  Works flawlessly.

Then only issues I have are that the Intel 82801 sound card does not work, but 
works with OSS 10.3 Live CD 
so I have to work on that.

YMMV

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

Hello All,

I have checked and turned off every power saving app under KDE3 on my desktop:  
openSuSE 10,3.  I have set up my screen saver and all works well except, 
somewhere my LCD monitor is being turned off.  I only want my screensaver to 
come on after 5 mins of inactivity.  Are there other places besides KDE Control 
Center that I need to disable? I am not well versed in this.  

Any help would be appreciated. 

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wednesday 05 December 2007 18:37, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > The Wednesday 2007-12-05 at 23:25 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I have checked and turned off every power saving app under KDE3 on my
> > > desktop:  openSuSE 10,3.  I have set up my screen saver and all works
> > > well except, somewhere my LCD monitor is being turned off.  I only want
> > > my screensaver to come on after 5 mins of inactivity.  Are there other
> > > places besides KDE Control Center that I need to disable? I am not well
> > > versed in this.
> >
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > For instance:
> >
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> >  Option  "AllowMouseOpenFail"
> >  Option  "RandR" "on"
> > #   Option  "BlankTime" "10"
> >  Option  "StandbyTime"   "20"
> >  Option  "SuspendTime"   "25"
> >  Option  "OffTime"   "30"
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Carlos E. R.
> 
> Have you checked your monitor?  Some are programmed to turn off
> after a certain time, or at least to go black. Maybe the problem is not
> in your computer at all.  This may be alterable.
> 
> --doug
> 
> -- 
> Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides.
> --A.M. Greeley
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Hi,

As much as I hate to admit it, I don't get this behavior with Windows Vista or 
XP on this same machine. I will check the BIOS as Randall suggested now with a 
reboot.

Thanks


--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: "Carlos E. R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> 
> The Wednesday 2007-12-05 at 23:25 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > I have checked and turned off every power saving app under KDE3 on my 
> > desktop:  openSuSE 10,3.  I have set up my screen saver and all works 
> > well except, somewhere my LCD monitor is being turned off.  I only want 
> > my screensaver to come on after 5 mins of inactivity.  Are there other 
> > places besides KDE Control Center that I need to disable? I am not well 
> > versed in this.
> 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> 
> For instance:
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>  Option  "AllowMouseOpenFail"
>  Option  "RandR" "on"
> #   Option  "BlankTime" "10"
>  Option  "StandbyTime"   "20"
>  Option  "SuspendTime"   "25"
>  Option  "OffTime"   "30"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> - -- 
> Cheers,
> Carlos E. R.
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
> Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux)
> 
> iD8DBQFHVzZktTMYHG2NR9URAuNtAJ4x5OFGQLwaQna1V0eh3mNxbtT1bgCfcVbD
> RU+WkzBmuCD13RDaejCraP8=
> =L+6z
> -END PGP SIGNATURE-
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Hi,

My xorg.conf only has this in that section:

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"   "on"
EndSection

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Carl Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wed December 5 2007 06:25:32 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have checked and turned off every power saving app under KDE3 on my
> > desktop:  openSuSE 10,3.  I have set up my screen saver and all works well
> > except, somewhere my LCD monitor is being turned off.  I only want my
> > screensaver to come on after 5 mins of inactivity.  Are there other places
> > besides KDE Control Center that I need to disable? I am not well versed in
> > this.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> From a recent thread on this very topic:
> 
> "start kpowersave from Applications > System >Desktop Applet and disable 
> blanking there."
> 
> Thanks to Rajko if it works! ;-)
> 
> regards,
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

I did this and everything was disabled, but I enabled and turned all the  
numbers to zero. Will have to wait now and see.

Thanks,

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-05-07 20:26]:
> > As much as I hate to admit it, I don't get this behavior with Windows
> > Vista or XP on this same machine. I will check the BIOS as Randall
> > suggested now with a reboot.
> 
> We will ignore your indiscretion (wondoz).
> 
> Randall ???
> 

Sorry,  I meant Patrick8 ^ )E)

I did reboot to check the BIOS and turned of Power Management,  I and running 
and writing this under KDE4 3.96.3. I log off
and log back into KDE3 and see what gives.

Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-05-07 18:27]:
> > I have checked and turned off every power saving app under KDE3 on my
> > desktop: openSuSE 10,3.  I have set up my screen saver and all works
> > well except, somewhere my LCD monitor is being turned off.  I only
> > want my screensaver to come on after 5 mins of inactivity.  Are there
> > other places besides KDE Control Center that I need to disable? I am
> > not well versed in this.  
> 
> BIOS
> 
> - -- 
> Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711
> http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album:  http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
> Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)
> 
> iD8DBQFHV0DpClSjbQz1U5oRAqA7AJ9oNNofM7P9jNM9emRS1V0Jjw3VfgCgmDKo
> lCYC84cWpx0LzcYo1ILFlmE=
> =W5Tk
> -END PGP SIGNATURE-
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Hi,

I will check this at next reboot.

Thanks.

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FW: Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?

[kbboykin]

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!

-- Forwarded Message: --
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, opensuse@opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [opensuse] How to turn off screen blanking?
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:47:32 +
> 
>  -- Original message --
> From: Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> > 
> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-05-07 20:26]:
> > > As much as I hate to admit it, I don't get this behavior with Windows
> > > Vista or XP on this same machine. I will check the BIOS as Randall
> > > suggested now with a reboot.
> > 
> > We will ignore your indiscretion (wondoz).
> > 
> > Randall ???
> > 
> 
> Sorry,  I meant Patrick8 ^ )E)
> 
> I did reboot to check the BIOS and turned of Power Management,  I and running 
> and writing this under KDE4 3.96.3. I log off
> and log back into KDE3 and see what gives.
> 
> Keith Boykin
> You are what you think - so always think positively!

-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] will pay for wireless help

[kbboykin]

 -- Original message --
From: Hans Krueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Joseph Loo wrote:
> > Hans Krueger wrote:
> >> Joseph Loo wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Hans Krueger wrote:
> >>>
>  Rajko M. wrote:
>   
>   
> > On Sunday 23 December 2007 08:54:11 am Hans Krueger wrote:
> >
> > 
> >> hey I have that card if it's the one I have
> >> save your self the trouble it's not supported yet
> >> their working on it
> >> 
> > What card Hans? There is no reference to any specific model in post
> > that you are replaying to.
> >
> >   
>  Atheros AR5BXB63
>  
>  http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros#AtherosAR5BXB63
>  this is what I have in my acer travelmate 2480-2968
>  it's a mini pci-e card not what it was spec out to be
>  using a rt2500 card in it's card slot
>  had to use the serialmonkey latest rt2500 (PCI/PCMCIA cvs one
>  to get it to work
>  then use the RutilT utility to control the card
>  using 10.3 now 10 worked real good stuck the card in and worked right
>  out of the box
>  not so with 10.2 or 10.3
>  didn't try with 10.1 it was a dog
>  hope this helps
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> >>> Are you sure it is an atheros card? It sounds like a ralink card not
> >>> atheros.
> >>> 
> >> I have a atheros card in the laptop no support for the card
> >> I  have a rt2500 card for wireless
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> > The reason I mention that, my laptop has a rt2500 chip set from ralink
> > within my laptop, mini-pci.. The kernel has builtin support for it as
> > rt2x000 module. Unless it is one of the newer atheros chip set, the
> > madwifi seems to work okay. I have it running it in my desktop. Do you
> > mean, you have a rt2500 for the mini-pci and atheros pcmia card? or is
> > it the new express slot?
> the mini pci-e is the atheros
> rt2500 is the pcmia card
> the rt2x00 in suse 10.3 didn't work
> had to use the rt2500 from serialmonkey the rt2x00 won,t work ether  from
> serialmonkey
> 
> -- 
> Hans Krueger
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> registered Linux user 289023
> 
> 411024
> 
> -- 
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Hans,

Follow this link.  I used it to get my RaLink PCI (rt6100) working in my 
desktop.  Maybe it could help with your
pcmcia card.

http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/opensuse-103-and-ralink-rt2x00-based-wireless-cards/

It is specific for SuSE 10.3 as their native rtpci would not work, no how, no 
way!

HTH,

--
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]