Re: [opensuse-factory] meeting minutes of last dist meeting

2007-02-23 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-02-20 at 15:06 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Consider the people who typically use more than 15 partitions per disk: Really more than 15? Who has that? Currently, I have three disks, with 20, 13, and 16 partitions

[Fwd: Re: [opensuse-factory] meeting minutes of last dist meeting]

2007-02-23 Thread Hugo Oosterkamp
Carlos E. R. wrote: The Tuesday 2007-02-20 at 15:06 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: Consider the people who typically use more than 15 partitions per disk: Really more than 15? Who has that? Currently, I have three disks, with 20, 13, and 16 partitions respectively. Certainly, not scssi.

[opensuse-factory] Apt update - opinions needed

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Thomas
Hi folks, I've been asked by Richard Bos if I could update apt in factory to the version he has in the BS. This is based on a beta version of apt and offers repomd support but does *not* work with synaptic. So If I'd update apt, I'd drop synaptic. As I use neither of them, I need your input to

[opensuse-factory] Upgrading apt - your input is needed

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Thomas
Hi, I've been asked (by Richard Boes) to update apt to the one he's maintaining in the BS. This is based on a beta version of apt-rpm that supports repomd but does *not* work with synaptic. In deciding whether or not to update and drop synaptic I need your input, as I use neither apt nor

Re: [opensuse-factory] Upgrading apt - your input is needed

2007-02-23 Thread Edward Dunagin
On 2/23/07, Philipp Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been asked (by Richard Boes) to update apt to the one he's maintaining in the BS. This is based on a beta version of apt-rpm that supports repomd but does *not* work with synaptic. In deciding whether or not to update and drop

Re: [opensuse-factory] Upgrading apt - your input is needed

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Thomas
Hi Edward, * Edward Dunagin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20070223 16:45]: I am running 10.2 and I use apt. It is SO much better than yast2. Yast2 is unreliable and SLOW on my system. Other parts of Yast2 are fine. Just the software management part. Maybe I hadn't made myself clear enough

Re: [opensuse-factory] Upgrading apt - your input is needed

2007-02-23 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Philipp Thomas wrote: * Edward Dunagin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20070223 16:45]: I am running 10.2 and I use apt. It is SO much better than yast2. Yast2 is unreliable and SLOW on my system. Other parts of Yast2 are fine. Just the software management part. Maybe I

Re: [opensuse-factory] Apt update - opinions needed

2007-02-23 Thread Bernhard Walle
* Philipp Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-02-21 13:25]: [ ] Stay with stable apt and synaptic [X] Update to beta apt with repomd support and forgo synaptic Bernhard pgpUjhceK1bBF.pgp Description: PGP signature

[opensuse-factory] python-elementtree in Factory

2007-02-23 Thread James Oakley
I've noticed that python-elementtree was removed in Factory. Will it be returning? It's a very popular module that's used in a lot of Python projects, including osc. -- James Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [opensuse-factory] python-elementtree in Factory

2007-02-23 Thread andreas . hanke
Hi, I've noticed that python-elementtree was removed in Factory. Will it be returning? Probably not, as it's now part of the standard library. # rpm -ql python-xml | grep -i elementtree /usr/lib/python2.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.py /usr/lib/python2.5/xml/etree/ElementTree.pyc

Re: [opensuse-factory] python-elementtree in Factory

2007-02-23 Thread James Oakley
On Friday 23 February 2007 2:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've noticed that python-elementtree was removed in Factory. Will it be returning? Probably not, as it's now part of the standard library. # rpm -ql python-xml | grep -i elementtree

Re: [opensuse-factory] python-elementtree in Factory

2007-02-23 Thread Christoph Thiel
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 02:22:27PM -0400, James Oakley wrote: I've noticed that python-elementtree was removed in Factory. Will it be returning? No, most likely it won't. It's a very popular module that's used in a lot of Python projects, including osc. osc already has code in place to

Re: [opensuse-factory] Upgrading apt - your input is needed

2007-02-23 Thread Edward Dunagin
On 2/23/07, Richard Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Op vrijdag 23 februari 2007 13:33, schreef Philipp Thomas: Hi, I've been asked (by Richard Bos) to update apt to the one he's maintaining in the BS. This is based on a beta version of apt-rpm that supports repomd but does *not* work with

Re: [opensuse-factory] Apt update - opinions needed

2007-02-23 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Philipp Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [02-23-07 10:21]: As I use neither of them, I need your input to decide whether to update or not. The choices are: [ ] Stay with stable apt and synaptic [x] Update to beta apt with repomd support and forgo synaptic tks, -- Patrick Shanahan

Re: [opensuse-factory] Apt update - opinions needed

2007-02-23 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/02/21 13:25 (GMT+0100) Philipp Thomas apparently typed: I've been asked by Richard Bos if I could update apt in factory to the version he has in the BS. This is based on a beta version of apt and offers repomd support but does *not* work with synaptic. So If I'd update apt, I'd drop

[opensuse-factory] improve boot time

2007-02-23 Thread Collin Marc
hi suse boot time is very slow, about 54 sec on my dual core 4200+, 1 gig of ram. I removed a lot of services. http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/91107/bootchart-png.html this kind of system should booted in less than 30 sec the optimisation could be change depending of the profile of the

Re: [opensuse-factory] improve boot time

2007-02-23 Thread Rajko M.
On Friday 23 February 2007 20:43, Collin Marc wrote: hi suse boot time is very slow, about 54 sec on my dual core 4200+, 1 gig of ram. I removed a lot of services. http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/91107/bootchart-png.html this kind of system should booted in less than 30 sec the

Re: [opensuse-factory] improve boot time

2007-02-23 Thread Alexey Eremenko
excuse me, but how do I download bootchart.png ? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot

2007-02-23 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
john wrote: Hey all I am wondering how could I load modules on boot, expect for /etc/sysconfig/kernel file. Just list them in that file in the variable of the same name. Even better is to use Yast, System, /etc Sysconfig editor., System, Kernel, modules_loaded_on_boot -- Joe Morris

Re: [opensuse] bind help

2007-02-23 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, J Sloan wrote: John Andersen wrote: Yes, but WHERE is this defined in bind, Carlos. In a zone file. Please look at the Yast DNS Server module. Not being a bind wizard, I was asking specifically how I might add a name such

Re: [opensuse] pathping

2007-02-23 Thread Dave Howorth
I wrote: Is there a Linux equivalent to pathping? http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-Pathping.html?printversion David Barker wrote: Try this http://calle.ioslo.net/professional/downloads/perl/pathping/ J Sloan wrote: At first glance, it just looks a lot like good old

[opensuse] UMPCs and opensuse

2007-02-23 Thread Chema
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: I'd like in the next future buy an UMPC like sansung Q1 or similar. I'd like use it with linux,of course. There are any opensuse group that work around this? Thanks and regards - -- Chema Ollés Usuario Linux: #198057 Linux 2.6.20-rc7-2-default

Re: [opensuse] MSworks (huh!)

2007-02-23 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 20:44 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: After extensive google searches and reading I have not been able to read the file under Linux. I tried AbiWord but that didn't do it either. I tried the latest OpenOffice and that gave the same error. The version of MSWorks that they

Re: [opensuse] bind help

2007-02-23 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-02-22 at 12:47 -0900, John Andersen wrote: No, they wont. Ever. The hosts file is private to the machine having it. Define it in bind files instead. Yes, but WHERE is this defined in bind, Carlos. Not being a bind

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-02-21 at 00:40 -, David Bolt wrote: ... And for the last few years, just to make sure my backups are going to be recoverable, I have a quite decent[2] backup system: 1, use tar to create an archive; 2, split the archive

Re: [opensuse] Smart.

2007-02-23 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Thursday 22 February 2007 4:09:02 am John Andersen wrote: On Wednesday 21 February 2007, Clayton wrote:  At least with Synaptic, the new users caught on within a couple minutes. Like i've said in other threads, the one thing that (k)(X)Ubuntu does right is make updates drop dead simple

Re: [opensuse] Smart.

2007-02-23 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Thursday 22 February 2007 7:38:45 am Patrick Shanahan wrote: rpm -ql smart  [...] /usr/lib/smart/distro.py cat /usr/lib/smart/distro.py # distro.py for SUSE Linux Thanks! Fred -- Remember, a consumer is a customer with no choice. DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail

Re: [opensuse] Smart.

2007-02-23 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Thursday 22 February 2007 9:01:05 am Matthew Stringer wrote: smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false Thanks, Matthew..just did it! Fred -- Remember, a consumer is a customer with no choice. DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.' -- To unsubscribe,

Re: [opensuse] MSworks (huh!)

2007-02-23 Thread James Knott
Robert Lewis wrote: After extensive google searches and reading I have not been able to read the file under Linux. I tried AbiWord but that didn't do it either. I tried the latest OpenOffice and that gave the same error. The version of MSWorks that they are using is Version 8.0. I am

Re: [opensuse] Some more oil in the fire ...

2007-02-23 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Thursday 22 February 2007 9:56:22 am George Stoianov wrote: On 2/22/07, George Stoianov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you mean,something like running up and down a stage like a monkey on speed, yelling developers! developers! developers! all the time? I saw that after the interview with

[opensuse] latest subversion packages

2007-02-23 Thread Michal Hlavac
Hello, why there are no subversion packages at http://repos.opensuse.org/Subversion/. Latest version is (1.4.3) and suse 10.2 is shipped with 1.4.0 thanks, miso smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread David Bolt
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Carlos E. R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:- The Wednesday 2007-02-21 at 00:40 -, David Bolt wrote: ... And for the last few years, just to make sure my backups are going to be recoverable, I have a quite decent[2] backup system: 1, use tar to create an archive; 2,

[opensuse] UMPCs and opensuse

2007-02-23 Thread Chema
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: I'd like in the next future buy an UMPC like sansung Q1 or similar. I'd like use it with linux,of course. There are any opensuse group that work around this? Thanks and regards -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1rc1

[opensuse] Mailman on 10.2

2007-02-23 Thread Teemu Nikkilä
Hi, has anyone set up Mailman on OpenSuSE? I'd need a very simple configuration for one or two mailing lists on my mail and web server. I installed Mailman from official RPM and followed the README.SuSE but can't figure out how to set up the web interface. Cheers, Teemu -- To unsubscribe,

RE: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot

2007-02-23 Thread john
-Original Message- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:41 AM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot john wrote: Hey all I am wondering how could I load modules on boot, expect for

Re: [opensuse] How to connect to MSSQL database?

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Patton
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 21:39 -0300, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote: Cody Nelson escribió: At least with PHP, you cannot connect to MSSQL at the moment, since there is no official nor Buildservice only packages. (altough I already packaged the needed libraries, Im yet to enable mssql support in

Re: [opensuse] KNetworkManager Weirdness

2007-02-23 Thread Kai Ponte
On Thursday 22 February 2007 05:42:18 am Kai Ponte wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007 04:50:20 am Helmut Schaa wrote: Looking at /tail var log messages I got nothing about the etherweb or even anything about lost tokens in the ethernet: Have a look at /var/log/NetworkManager. Okay,

Re: [opensuse] KNetworkManager Weirdness

2007-02-23 Thread Helmut Schaa
Am Freitag, 23. Februar 2007 15:15 schrieb Kai Ponte: It appears the password isn't being kept for some reason. Could KWallet be failing? Is KWallet activated (kwalletmanager - configure)? Helmut -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot

2007-02-23 Thread john
-Original Message- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 3:41 PM To: john Subject: Re: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot john wrote: Well, I Did that but the scsi partition wasn't recongised at the beginning My module is qla2xx In the

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 20, 07 13:39:27 -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: Stevens wrote: Auto manufacturers try to predict how their interiors and their paints will last, too, but until both are subjected to the Texas sun they are only guessing. The North has salt that kills cars; in the South it is the sun.

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-23 Thread Carl William Spitzer IV
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 00:26 -0900, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 15 February 2007, Dave Howorth wrote: Clayton wrote: The BBC is asking if they should support Linux in the proposed on-demand media service they want to launch. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=17103

Re: [opensuse] K3B ??

2007-02-23 Thread Michael Skiba
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007 20:53 schrieb Erik Jakobsen: Hi. On my SuSE 10.2 I have something, that is not ok with k3b. I'm receiving this message: Unable to find growisofs executable K3b uses growisofs to actually write dvds. Without

Re: [opensuse] no graphics with IBM Netvista: solved

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 21, 07 12:44:36 +0100, Daniel Bauer wrote: I installed Suse 10.2 on an IBM Netvista (from 2003) with onBoard graphics. I have a 1280x1024 Monitor, but Suse only boots in text mode (it starts init 5, but that doesn't work then, I just get the text prompt). That is a sign that

Re: [opensuse] Autopackage ?

2007-02-23 Thread Carl William Spitzer IV
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 01:52 -0300, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote: Joop Boonen escribió: Hello All, It seems an autopackage system exists. I'd like to know how people especially the people @ Novell/SuSE think about this? Will it be added to openSuSE? http://autopackage.org/ An

Re: [opensuse] Beryl and xgl

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 21, 07 16:01:44 +0200, Hans van der Merwe wrote: Before I run gnome-xgl-switch, glxinfo indicates direct rendering: Yes, X nice and fast After gnome-xgl-switch --enable-xgl and X restart I get direct rendering: No, and X is really slow, unusable (before even starting beryl) - Direct

Re: [opensuse] Beryl and xgl

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 21, 07 16:21:09 +0200, Hans van der Merwe wrote: My home PC, nvidia 6600, rocks with aiglx enabled. Never ever compare low-end intel i945 with mid-to-high-end nvidia 6600. The hardware is *much* more capable, and the drivers are much better (they have a *much* larger development team, and

Re: [opensuse] X weirdness in 10.2

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 22, 07 21:36:46 -0700, Michael Folsom wrote: Thanks but no, that doesn't appear to be the issue - Take a look at this thread: http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=51056hl=800x600 It turns out that after I set the video aperature in the bios to the amount of memory

Re: [opensuse] no space left on / device

2007-02-23 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2007-02-20 19:49, Felix Miata wrote: snip OK, I missed this on first look in /var/log. /var/log/acpid was 981518K. Why did this happen, and how do I prevent it from happening again? As Brian suggested, put /var on a separate partition. There are also a couple of other directories in

RE: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot

2007-02-23 Thread john
-Original Message- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:54 PM To: john Subject: Re: [opensuse] Loading modlues on Boot john wrote: -Original Message- From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23,

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread David Bolt
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, David Bolt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:- snip par2 c -s 1024000 -c 535 -l basename.for.par2.archives * ^ ^ I must be going blind because I didn't notice those spaces. The correct command is: par2 c -s1024000 -c535 -l basename.for.par2.archives * Regards,

[opensuse] make cloneconfig failure

2007-02-23 Thread Dave Cotton
Using:- Linux RobinHood 2.6.20-211-default #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 17:00:21 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I get:- RobinHood:/usr/src/linux # make cloneconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153, from

Re: [opensuse] Google Earth OT

2007-02-23 Thread A. den Oudsten
John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, A. den Oudsten wrote: John Andersen wrote: On Wednesday 21 February 2007, A. den Oudsten wrote: So, what is the output of glxgears? Joe Nice running blue red and green gears!! Andre Andre, he meant you should launch it from a shell

Re: [opensuse] Subversion 1.4 RPMs for SuSE Linux 10.0

2007-02-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
Sunny, On Friday 23 February 2007 05:15, Sunny wrote: On 2/22/07, Randall R Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone have or know where I can find Subversion 1.4 RPMs for SuSE Linux 10.0? ... Hmmm, for some unknown reason they are here:

Re: [opensuse] Subversion 1.4 RPMs for SuSE Linux 10.0

2007-02-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 23 February 2007 07:59, Randall R Schulz wrote: Sunny, On Friday 23 February 2007 05:15, Sunny wrote: On 2/22/07, Randall R Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone have or know where I can find Subversion 1.4 RPMs for SuSE Linux 10.0? ... Hmmm, for some

[opensuse] Create files owned by non-default group

2007-02-23 Thread Sylvester Lykkehus
Hi, Say, I have a directory chowned to: owner zly (me) group hosted with chmod 770. This directory also have an acl wich allows user johndoe (u:johndoe:rwx) zly's default group is users and is a member of group www-project johndoes default group is www-project (and not a member of users) Now,

Re: [opensuse] MSworks (huh!)

2007-02-23 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 23 February 2007 08:15:18 am Robert Lewis wrote: For now, I will try to get her to send in a different file type that I can read or ship the file over to an XP machine and convert it myself and send it back to my wife. Well, good luck! My wife works part-time as a university

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Jose
James Knott wrote: Carl Hartung wrote: On Thu February 22 2007 23:44, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, Jose wrote: connected to the box using a usb to ps2 convertor There's your problem. PS2 was never intended for hotplug.

Re: [opensuse] no graphics with IBM Netvista: solved

2007-02-23 Thread Daniel Bauer
Thank you, Matthias, for your answer. Meanwhile it runs perfect: I just had to set something in the Bios to 8MB for Video. I was then even able to enable 3D and can run google earth on that PC without any problems. As you are from Suse it might interest you that (except of this BIOS thing)

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-23 Thread Robert Smits
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 13:40, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: Do they still broadcast Dr Who? Both the BBC and the CBC still have Dr Who. Series 3 of the programme, starring David Tennant as the Doctor and Freema Agyeman as his companion Martha Jones, will follow in March 2007 on BBC

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-23 Thread Robert Smits
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 13:41, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: rganization should be outlawed. Harumph! Hey, give credit where credit is due here. They are still dreaming up sitcoms for American TV to copy. AND they DID bring back Dr. Who! Now if we can get it back on public TV

[opensuse] 10.2 package management

2007-02-23 Thread Ross Davis
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3: 1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server 3) All client machines have a single installation source: an

Re: [opensuse] Blackberry 7100 Series (openSuSE) Linux 10.2

2007-02-23 Thread Sandy Drobic
Randall R Schulz wrote: So far, all we've tried was to access the device from Windows running in VMware, which led us to the whole issue about VMware USB access not working at all under openSuSE 10.2. I think there was a how-to already posted on the list to solve that issue. KitchenSync

Re: [opensuse] bind help

2007-02-23 Thread J Sloan
John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, J Sloan wrote: John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Wednesday 2007-02-21 at 01:12 -0900, John Andersen wrote: ... All the windows machines on the network get their dns

Re: [opensuse] Blackberry 7100 Series (openSuSE) Linux 10.2

2007-02-23 Thread Randall R Schulz
Sandy, On Friday 23 February 2007 11:19, Sandy Drobic wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: So far, all we've tried was to access the device from Windows running in VMware, which led us to the whole issue about VMware USB access not working at all under openSuSE 10.2. I think there was a how-to

Re: [opensuse] Google Earth OT

2007-02-23 Thread J Sloan
A. den Oudsten wrote: Next to the running gears this is what appeared on the screen after 'glxgears' 762 frames in 5.0 seconds = 152.330 FPS 749 frames in 5.0 seconds = 149.599 FPS 611 frames in 5.0 seconds = 122.001 FPS 654 frames in 5.0 seconds = 130.662 FPS 665 frames in 5.0 seconds =

[opensuse] xgl not working for 10.1 (Gnome)

2007-02-23 Thread Jonathan Puthoff
Hi! I am trying to get the 3D desktop working on a brand-new install of 10.1. The installation of xgl and compiz packages (fresh ones!) worked fine and so I did Control Center - Desktop Effects - Enable Desktop Effects. The display informs me that my card is supported, but when I restart the

Re: [opensuse] Blackberry 7100 Series (openSuSE) Linux 10.2

2007-02-23 Thread Kai Ponte
On Thursday 22 February 2007 12:07:00 pm Randall R Schulz wrote: Hi, I have a friend whom I'm helping make the transition to Linux (openSuSE 10.2). He has a 7100-series Blackberry he'd like to sync with that system. Well, the first thing I found was that - apparently - USB under Linux is

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:35:14 -0500 Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The box is a cheap KVM 4 port switch ,model kys-104, box says it does support Linux, so I don't know wher is the problem. I used to have a 4 port Linksys (low end) PS/2 KVM, and recently I switched to a Belkin 2-port USB that I

[opensuse] Microsoft ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 bln in patent case - MarketWatch

2007-02-23 Thread Richard Bos
Be carefull with illegal MP3 codecs, you might be fined: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A federal court jury in San Diego on Thursday returned a $1.52 billion verdict against Microsoft Corp. after finding it infringed on two digital audio patents owned by Alcatel-Lucent.

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:21:00 -0500 Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all of the responses, I think I would return the item and get a usb switch instead, or get a Link Sys switch, I heard those are better. I would probably recommend that approach. One of the things I preferred about the

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-23 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 06:48 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: John Andersen wrote: Given the quality of the BBC these last few years the whole organization should be outlawed. Harumph! Hey, give credit where credit is due here. They are

Re: [opensuse] 10.0 to 10.2 Upgrade experience

2007-02-23 Thread Jose
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got around to downloading OpenSuSE 10.2, and upgrading my machine at work (old Dell Optiplex GX-150). The following are just a few comments on my upgrade experience (which was a lot better than some of the other stories I've seen on this list over the past

RE: [opensuse] 10.0 to 10.2 Upgrade experience

2007-02-23 Thread Cleary_Mike
-Original Message- From: Jose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:45 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [opensuse] 10.0 to 10.2 Upgrade experience [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got around to downloading OpenSuSE 10.2, and upgrading my machine at

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Greg Freemyer
On 2/23/07, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:21:00 -0500 Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all of the responses, I think I would return the item and get a usb switch instead, or get a Link Sys switch, I heard those are better. I would probably recommend

[opensuse] Problem with mounting usb-storage device

2007-02-23 Thread Herbert Graeber
I need to automatically mount a usb-storage device on plugin on a server (openSUSE 10.2). I have installed ivman for this an let it run by init. I added a hal policy to merge storage.policy.should_mount=true for usb storage devices (Shouldn't this be standard behaviour?). Now ivman tries to

[opensuse] CPU reviews or comparisons for the average Linux user?

2007-02-23 Thread Jonathan Wilson
Hey all, I'm trying to find some useful reviews comparing CPUs (hopefully a broad selection, not just the 3 latest out of any given factory) for the average Linux office-progam desktop user. Reviews that take the 2 very latest Intel and AMD DualCores and compre them to each other are pretty

Re: [opensuse] MTBF was: Re: About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Friday 23 February 2007 01:48, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: I just bought some maxtor 320 GB thingy at fry's. I have no idea what warranty it has. Maxtor is Seagate's Crap line IMHO. I don't think the maxtor label carries 5 years warranty. --

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Friday 23 February 2007 07:14, James Knott wrote: Jose wrote: Hi List, I just got one of those switch boxes to change from computer to computer, and when I hop from server to another I loose the mouse, keyboard is ok, but how to avoid/fix this problem? The box is a cheap KVM 4

Re: [opensuse] MTBF was: Re: About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread Greg Freemyer
On 2/23/07, Doug McGarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 23 February 2007 01:48, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: I just bought some maxtor 320 GB thingy at fry's. I have no idea what warranty it has. Maxtor is Seagate's Crap line IMHO. I don't

Re: [opensuse] Switch box problem

2007-02-23 Thread Clint Tinsley
On Friday 23 February 2007 07:14, James Knott wrote: Jose wrote: Hi List, I just got one of those switch boxes to change from computer to computer, and when I hop from server to another I loose the mouse, keyboard is ok, but how to avoid/fix this problem? The box is a cheap

Re: [opensuse] Hardware check

2007-02-23 Thread John Pierce
For whatever reasons this messages hit my spam box rather than my suse mail box. Anyway, two things I see one a pos one a neg. The positive, PCI X, you are right that is the coming wave. The negative, only using DDR SDRAM rather than DDR2. If I had a 940 pin, instead of a 939 I would want

[opensuse] SMART and SUSE Config

2007-02-23 Thread Kai Ponte
Someone asked a few days ago if SMART ran SUSEConfig. I didn't know or care at the time. It apparently does, because I was doing a bunch of updates on one of my desktops and saw the following in the logs... Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool... Running module fonts only Reading

Re: [opensuse] SMART and SUSE Config

2007-02-23 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
Kai Ponte wrote: Someone asked a few days ago if SMART ran SUSEConfig. It doesn't. I didn't know or care at the time. It apparently does, because I was doing a bunch of updates on one of my desktops and saw the following in the logs... Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool...

[opensuse] Flash plug-in; Timezone

2007-02-23 Thread Doug McGarrett
Hello, all-- Re: 9.3 I have Flash version 7.x, and I can't get rid of it to try and get the latest version, which I seem to need on a regular basis. When I go to YaST and select Add or Remove Programs, I can get Flash to come up on the right hand window, but when I select one of the two top

Re: [opensuse] Flash plug-in; Timezone

2007-02-23 Thread BandiPat
On Friday 23 February 2007, Doug McGarrett wrote: Hello, all-- Re: 9.3 I have Flash version 7.x, and I can't get rid of it to try and get the latest version, which I seem to need on a regular basis. When I go to YaST and select Add or Remove Programs, I can get Flash to come up on the

Re: [opensuse] MTBF was: Re: About Backing Up

2007-02-23 Thread Robert Lewis
Greg Freemyer wrote: On 2/23/07, Doug McGarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 23 February 2007 01:48, John Andersen wrote: On Thursday 22 February 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: I just bought some maxtor 320 GB thingy at fry's. I have no idea what warranty it has. Maxtor is Seagate's

Re: [opensuse] MSworks (huh!)

2007-02-23 Thread M Harris
On Friday 23 February 2007 11:23, Kai Ponte wrote: Works is an abomination and should have been canned years ago - along with Gnome.  :P ... along with windoze... :) -- Kind regards, M Harris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 package management

2007-02-23 Thread M Harris
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote: I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is running, does what you want, isn't having any trouble, and you

Re: [opensuse] Create files owned by non-default group

2007-02-23 Thread M Harris
On Friday 23 February 2007 10:55, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote: The reason for this, is that currently when zly creates a new file, johndoe does not have access to it. Is read access ok? Try making the directorychmod 0774 -- Kind regards, M Harris -- To

[opensuse] SLES9 ethtool options

2007-02-23 Thread Gabriel O'Brien
Hi there, Can anybody point me at a document which clarifies the proper method of passing ethtool options to the network init scripts in SLES9? From what I can tell setting either the SLES10/OpenSUSE format 'ETHTOOL_OPTIONS' or the RedHat format 'ETHTOOL_OPTS' variables in

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 package management

2007-02-23 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 23 February 2007 08:15:56 pm M Harris wrote: On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote: I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 package management

2007-02-23 Thread Rajko M.
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote: I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3: 1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server 3)

[opensuse] How to setup TUN/TAP networking adapter?

2007-02-23 Thread Alexey Eremenko
hi all ! Anyone has an idea how-to setup TAP adapter on SUSE? I have heard, that I need tunctl utility to do this, but were unable to find an RPM for this. Please help. -Alexey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Flash plug-in; Timezone

2007-02-23 Thread Ben Kevan
I would probably recommend removing the SuSE Flash package, and not Upgrading the SuSE version to the Adobe version found on their website. On Friday 23 February 2007 18:57, BandiPat wrote: On Friday 23 February 2007, Doug McGarrett wrote: Hello, all-- Re: 9.3 I have Flash version

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Remove project Xgl

2007-02-23 Thread Matthias Hopf
On Feb 22, 07 15:27:36 +, James Ogley wrote: This belongs on the build service list, the appropriate people may not see it here. Right. Sorry. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [EMAIL

[opensuse-packaging] Re: .la files and dependencies, again

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Thomas
* Richard Guenther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20070220 13:37]: .la files necessary at runtime to make ltdlopen work should be packaged in the regular library package. AFAIR, ltdlopen happily works without .la files. Philipp - To

Re: [opensuse-packaging] Re: .la files and dependencies, again

2007-02-23 Thread Philipp Thomas
* Michael Matz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20070223 16:37]: And then there are some packages (libgcj for instance), which try to find the .la find by hand, before using ltdlopen, and that breaks in hard to find ways then :-( Oh, wonderful :-( That's one class of bugs I don't want to have to hunt

Re: [opensuse-packaging] mingw cross-toolchain

2007-02-23 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2007-02-23 19:14:34 +0100, Robert Schiele wrote: On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:40:32PM +0100, Robert Schiele wrote: On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 03:42:20PM +0100, Ludwig Nussel wrote: Robert Schiele wrote: I have packaged a cross-toolchain for Windows machines based on the latest

[opensuse-doc] updated articles on LfL

2007-02-23 Thread Alexey Eremenko
hi all ! I have updated 2 of my articles on LfL: VirtualBox (more troubleshooting tips, plus addition of SUSE RPMs) and Accessing your COM port (this has added RS-232 server configuration) -Alexey - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[opensuse-doc] Updated article of VirtualBox for openSUSE !

2007-02-23 Thread Alexey Eremenko
hi all ! I have released an updated article, that deals with setting up VirtualBox on openSUSE, with step-by-step explanation, general explanation, external links and some troubleshooting tips. It is released in both DocBook XML format for LfL, and HTML format for all users. HTML article link:

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