Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Registration Account
I would bight the bullet now and commit to Thunderbird. I went through this same process when 10.2 RC and Evolution were not compatible with major bug (blocker) issue. 1. The availability to write add-ons specific to your needs 2. Continual Clear Development Path 3. Not written or constrained now

Re: [opensuse] sound error

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Richard wrote: > No idea where to go from here.  Modules seem to be loaded, mixer and > programs are installed, sound works at install level, just no communication > betweent he two after that. See if it works as root. If so, its a permissions problem. Add your account to t

Re: [opensuse] sound error

2007-05-13 Thread Richard
My apologies if this seems to be hijacking a thread...but I have had similar issues with sound. Just did without. All modules below load, including specific ones for my sound card. Test sound plays in yast install so sound does work, but no program, including volume control can find a mixer

Re: [opensuse] ati drivers

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Monday 14 May 2007 00:35, William Biggs wrote: > I have a ati radeon 9550 how do I install the drivers ? Sorry about > spelling . You can read my update here: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-05/msg00376.html -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscr

Re: [opensuse] ati drivers

2007-05-13 Thread Andrew Burgess
http://en.opensuse.org/ATI That would be your best bet. On 5/14/07, William Biggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a ati radron 9550 how do I install the drivers ? Sorry about spelling . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- An

[opensuse] ati drivers

2007-05-13 Thread William Biggs
I have a ati radron 9550 how do I install the drivers ? Sorry about spelling . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread Curtis Rey
On Sunday 13 May 2007, John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 22:14 +0200, Michael Skiba wrote: > > > Simply click on it, without having any useable informations (who the > > > hell is Hans Reiser?) about it? > > > > You are kidding, no? > > W

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread Curtis Rey
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-13-07 22:18]: > > ehem, vindicated ... again ... Cool airshow photos! Cheers. > -- > Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo

Re: [opensuse] sound error

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Monday 14 May 2007 00:08, William Biggs wrote: > I have 10.2 installed it found the sound card and config it but I get > this error The volume control did not find any elements and/or device to > control . What do I need to do to get it to work ? More info would be helpful... which card

[opensuse] sound error

2007-05-13 Thread William Biggs
I have 10.2 installed it found the sound card and config it but I get this error The volume control did not find any elements and/or device to control . What do I need to do to get it to work ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:20, M Harris wrote: >  Well, the other shoe has dropped. The leopard in Redmond is really > desperate... http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=436 "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been telling anyone who'd listen for several months now that Microsoft did the deal with Nove

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:20, M Harris wrote: > Well, the other shoe has dropped. The leopard in Redmond is really > desperate... MICRO4OFT'S OPEN SOURCE FETISH This is another take on the same theme... this guy blogs that M$ will never sue because they can't afford it..

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
Philipp Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007 18:40:17 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > >> But I have yet to see Mr Frank Nelson weigh in on this. >> >> And since he claims authority on this subject I'm sure more denials of >> Microsoft's true intent are forthcoming >> > > If MSFT had t

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 13 May 2007 15:42, Vince L wrote: > I > am very bothered to see some positive argument that reiserfs is well > understood in the community and that should the worst happen for him > personally, the community is able to maintain it with good consensus. This need not be a convern.

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Philipp Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007 18:40:17 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > >But I have yet to see Mr Frank Nelson weigh in on this. > > > >And since he claims authority on this subject I'm sure more denials of > >Microsoft's true intent are forthcoming > > If MSF

Re: [opensuse] Problems with serial printer

2007-05-13 Thread James Knott
George Osvald wrote: > I have a serial receipt printer connected to my server. Printing System is > CUPS on SuSe 10.2. Until upgrade it was working OK. Since then how ever I > often get this message: > > "Unable to open serial port device file "/dev/ttyS0": Permission denied" > > from CUPS. I hav

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread Philipp Thomas
On Sun, 13 May 2007 18:40:17 -0800, John Andersen wrote: >But I have yet to see Mr Frank Nelson weigh in on this. > >And since he claims authority on this subject I'm sure more denials of >Microsoft's true intent are forthcoming If MSFT had that much *enforceable* patents, you think they w

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:44, Pueblo Native wrote: > I believe the term is bold faced liars, but in any case, if you look at > that article, by the way, MS seems to be trying to go after the Fortune > 500 companies.  Never mind the fact that they are some of their biggest > and best customers.

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-13-07 22:18]: > ehem, vindicated ... again ... Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by mlmmj X-Mailinglist: opensuse-offtopic List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Uns

Re: [opensuse] Problems with serial printer

2007-05-13 Thread George Osvald
On Monday 14 May 2007 12:17, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > George Osvald wrote: > > I have a serial receipt printer connected to my server. Printing System > > is CUPS on SuSe 10.2. Until upgrade it was working OK. Since then how > > ever I often get this message: > > > > "Unable to open serial port device

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
I believe the term is bold faced liars, but in any case, if you look at that article, by the way, MS seems to be trying to go after the Fortune 500 companies. Never mind the fact that they are some of their biggest and best customers. M Harris wrote: > ehem, vindicated ... again ... > > Wel

Re: [opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, M Harris wrote: > ehem, vindicated ... again ... > http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867 >/index.htm?section=money_latest But I have yet to see Mr Frank Nelson weigh in on this. And since he claims authority on this subject I'm sur

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 13 May 2007 09:54, George Osvald wrote: > I don't understand why anyone would pay any money for the > company. ReiserFS being open source anone can just take over the project > and not pay a dime. Namesys is currently a company (two full time developers, and a score of voluntee

Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

2007-05-13 Thread Andrew Burgess
Well that's good :). Keep plugging and let me know how it works out. It's always good to know this stuff since wireless can be tricky with Linux. On 5/13/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike McMullin wrote: > IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi. Go the the opensuse site >

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun May 13 2007, John Andersen scratched these words onto a coconut > > shell, hoping for an answer: > > On Sunday 13 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > > > Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain how > > > they're being infringed

Re: [opensuse] Problems with serial printer

2007-05-13 Thread Aaron Kulkis
George Osvald wrote: I have a serial receipt printer connected to my server. Printing System is CUPS on SuSe 10.2. Until upgrade it was working OK. Since then how ever I often get this message: "Unable to open serial port device file "/dev/ttyS0": Permission denied" from CUPS. I have to play

Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

2007-05-13 Thread Jerry Houston
Mike McMullin wrote: IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi. Go the the opensuse site and search for mad-wifi and/or Atheros. There is adequate info there to allow you to get it up and running under 10.2. Indeed, it seems so. Thanks to everyone for your help with this. And thanks to A

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread jfweber
On Sun May 13 2007, John Andersen scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > > Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain how > > they're being infringed, lest FOSS advocates start filing > > challenges to them."

[opensuse] The Leopard Shows its Spots

2007-05-13 Thread M Harris
ehem, vindicated ... again ... Well, the other shoe has dropped. The leopard in Redmond is really desperate... showing its final spots waaay too early. Those M$ yutz actually think they are going to get the cat(s) who have escaped the bag to not only get back into the bag on their own,

[opensuse] Problems with serial printer

2007-05-13 Thread George Osvald
I have a serial receipt printer connected to my server. Printing System is CUPS on SuSe 10.2. Until upgrade it was working OK. Since then how ever I often get this message: "Unable to open serial port device file "/dev/ttyS0": Permission denied" from CUPS. I have to play with it a little set up

Re: [opensuse] Re: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-05-14 at 02:15 +0200, Philipp Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:54:13 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > >It certainly wasn't done for technical reasons, seems like mostly a cost > >issue. > > It's not true, unless you count main

Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:30 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote: > I'm fairly new to Linux, but not quite a total novice. I've set up a > little Linux machine for my wife, using ndiswrapper to install a LinkSys > wireless NIC. I had very little trouble with that, and her machine > connects to our netwo

[opensuse] Re: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread Philipp Thomas
On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:54:13 -0800, John Andersen wrote: >It certainly wasn't done for technical reasons, seems like mostly a cost >issue. It's not true, unless you count maintainability as a cost issue. Plus there will be an update path from ext3 to ext4, something that reiserfs can't offer. An

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Sunday 13 May 2007 16:36, Pueblo Native wrote: > ... > > There is that, but is there a version of mail that works on Windows > applications exactly the way the linux version does? Cygwin has something. Once upon a time, when I was forced to do development on the beast that is Windows, I integr

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 22:14 +0200, Michael Skiba wrote: > > Simply click on it, without having any useable informations (who the hell > > is Hans Reiser?) about it? > > You are kidding, no? > Windows user, afraid of URLs perhaps? Welcome to Linux.

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 11:52 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > Ext2 and 3 are equally candidates for dead-end-ism. > > The only reason suse re-emphasized ext2/3 is because > > RedHat does all the maintenance for them. > > Its more complex than that. SuSE

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 11:52 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > Ext2 and 3 are equally candidates for dead-end-ism. > The only reason suse re-emphasized ext2/3 is because > RedHat does all the maintenance for them. Its more complex than that. SuSE pe

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > >> John Andersen wrote: >> > > >> But I was thinking, why do you even need an _external_ mail program. >> Depending upon your system, wouldn't using a SMTP control or even >> library be easier, depending upon what you

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 22:14 +0200, Michael Skiba wrote: > Simply click on it, without having any useable informations (who the hell is > Hans Reiser?) about it? You are kidding, no? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [opensuse] Build Service Index or Search?

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-05-12 at 15:55 +0200, Stephan Binner wrote: > > > http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/ > > Why would anyone know about that? And why isn't it on the build service or > > It was linked from http://software.opensuse.org for a l

Re: [opensuse] Linux server company info

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Jerry Feldman wrote: > he bottom line with > both HP and IBM is that they have agreements directly with SuSE and Red > Hat so you have a single point of contact for support. Additionally, my > experience with Dell at the Boston Linux (one DEL Poweredge) is that it > likes to

Re: [opensuse] A very interesting Virtualization Theory article

2007-05-13 Thread John O'Gorman
I have installed the Xen kernel successfully on openSUSE 10.2 But my attempts to use Yast to create VMs have not worked as I expected. With the help of a friend I have been able to get VMs working and after quite a lot of fiddling about get all the GNOME graphical desktop stuff into working order.

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread George Osvald
On Monday 14 May 2007, John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, George Osvald wrote: > > >   Funny you mention this... 'cause I was just doing some on-line > > > research into the case... and found among other things (Hans' trial has > > > been delayed until May 29th due to Du Bois availab

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > But I was thinking, why do you even need an _external_ mail program. > Depending upon your system, wouldn't using a SMTP control or even > library be easier, depending upon what you needed to do exactly. As someone who has had

Re: [opensuse] Pidgin

2007-05-13 Thread Ben Kevan
http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME:/Community/openSUSE_10.2/ You can add that installation source or do wget http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME:/Community/openSUSE_10.2/i586/pidgin-2.0.0-40.1.i586.rpm rpm -ivh pidgin [tab complete] Ben On Sunday 13 May 2007 15:29, Sean Rim

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Pueblo Native wrote: > Gutierrez refuses to identify specific patents or explain how > they're being infringed, lest FOSS advocates start filing challenges to > them." Security by Obscurity takes a new twist. -- _ John Andersen -- T

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Vince L wrote: > But I > am very bothered to see some positive argument that reiserfs is well > understood in the community and that should the worst happen for him > personally, the community is able to maintain it with good consensus. Why does this bother you? -- ___

Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

2007-05-13 Thread Andrew Burgess
Ndiswrapper might or might not work with your card, but for Atheros cards, I think the software to use is MadWifi (http://madwifi.org/) On 5/13/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm fairly new to Linux, but not quite a total novice. I've set up a little Linux machine for my wife, usi

Re: [opensuse] Pidgin

2007-05-13 Thread Sean Rima
On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:20:46 -0600 Pueblo Native <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Does anybody know of a location for Pidgin RPMs. I tried running > >> the source, but when it installed, it complained about libpurple. > >> > > > > As root do ldconfig, will sort out the problem you hve > > > >

[opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

2007-05-13 Thread Jerry Houston
I'm fairly new to Linux, but not quite a total novice. I've set up a little Linux machine for my wife, using ndiswrapper to install a LinkSys wireless NIC. I had very little trouble with that, and her machine connects to our network without a problem. However, trying to do the same for my To

Re: [opensuse] Pidgin

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
Sean Rima wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:58:44 -0600 > Pueblo Native <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Does anybody know of a location for Pidgin RPMs. I tried running the >> source, but when it installed, it complained about libpurple. >> > > As root do ldconfig, will sort out the proble

Re: [opensuse] Pidgin

2007-05-13 Thread Sean Rima
On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:58:44 -0600 Pueblo Native <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody know of a location for Pidgin RPMs. I tried running the > source, but when it installed, it complained about libpurple. As root do ldconfig, will sort out the problem you hve Sean -- Thawte, GSWoT and C

[opensuse] Pidgin

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
Does anybody know of a location for Pidgin RPMs. I tried running the source, but when it installed, it complained about libpurple. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] A very interesting Virtualization Theory article

2007-05-13 Thread Teruel de Campo MD
Thxs Alexey -=terry(Denver)=- On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 21:18 +0100, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > A very interesting Virtualization Theory article: > http://www.violtan.com/ae/virtualization.html > > -- > -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comm

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread Stephan Binner
On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:25:13 James Knott wrote: > There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent > infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently. Microsoft also claims "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007." @ http://www.bangk

Re: [opensuse] Recording webradio

2007-05-13 Thread Teruel de Campo MD
Cristea, If you can listen to the radio you can record it. Follow the steps one by one and you should be able to record it. If you can not you are doing something wrong :-) Ciao -=terry(Denver)=- On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 18:39 +0300, Cristea Bogdan wrote: > With my mms stream it doesn't seem to wor

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, scsijon wrote: > > >> The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's >> functions (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a replacement >> that has a scriptable interface. He would like whichever is used to both >> h

Re: [opensuse] Linux server company info

2007-05-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 11 May 2007 13:47:52 -0500 "Jack Malone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the market for a new server for work here. I'm looking for some > company that builds server class machines that are pretty much certified to > run suse linux either version (enterprise or opensuse). I do not have

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
James Knott wrote: > There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent > infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently. > > >From the "Suse, M$ and Dell" thread. > > "Nope, I don't need recent cites. Until retracted > This might be completely irrelevant, but

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:25 -0400, James Knott wrote: > There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent > infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently. > > >From the "Suse, M$ and Dell" thread. > > "Nope, I don't need recent cites. Until retracted > > >>

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread Vince L
On Sunday 13 May 2007 20:52, John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007, Vince L wrote: > > I seem to remember reading something either by him or > > quoting him, which iirc in essence said that none of the distros people > > understood reiserfs properly, that suse's changes were wrong, and even

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 19:56 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 17:31 +0200, Rikard Johnels wrote: > > > > > > The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's > > > > > functions (currently Eudora) and I

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread Curtis Rey
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Michael Skiba wrote: > Am Sonntag, 13. Mai 2007 21:53 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/bizzare_turn_in.html > > > > . > > What do you expect people to do with this link? > Simply click on it, without having any useabl

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Michael Skiba wrote: > Am Sonntag, 13. Mai 2007 21:53 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/bizzare_turn_in.html > > > > . > > What do you expect people to do with this link? > Simply click on it, without having any useabl

[opensuse] A very interesting Virtualization Theory article

2007-05-13 Thread Alexey Eremenko
A very interesting Virtualization Theory article: http://www.violtan.com/ae/virtualization.html -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread Michael Skiba
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 13. Mai 2007 21:53 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/bizzare_turn_in.html > > . What do you expect people to do with this link? Simply click on it, without having any useable informati

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, scsijon wrote: > > The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's > functions (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a replacement > that has a scriptable interface. He would like whichever is used to both > have windows and linux versions s

[opensuse] Hans Reiser

2007-05-13 Thread riccardo35
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/bizzare_turn_in.html . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Vince L wrote: > I seem to remember reading something either by him or > quoting him, which iirc in essence said that none of the distros people > understood reiserfs properly, that suse's changes were wrong, and even his > developers don't fully understand it. Souce please.

[opensuse] Re: Recording webradio

2007-05-13 Thread Jonathan Arnold
Cristea Bogdan wrote: > With my mms stream it doesn't seem to work. However interesting > solution. Thanks anyway. > Bogdan Check out Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.am

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, George Osvald wrote: > >   Funny you mention this... 'cause I was just doing some on-line > > research into the case... and found among other things (Hans' trial has > > been delayed until May 29th due to Du Bois availability) that the Namesys > > company is being offered

Re: [opensuse] slow usb-writting

2007-05-13 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Carlos F Lange wrote: > On Sun May 13 2007 05:56, James Knott wrote: > > > Well ... the USB pendrive is 2.0 fo sure (written on it). On the > > > other hand (I do not know much about hardware) I have look in YAST > > > and I have 4 USB Contollers - 3 are 1.0 and 1 is 2.0.  As

[opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

2007-05-13 Thread James Knott
There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently. >From the "Suse, M$ and Dell" thread. "Nope, I don't need recent cites. Until retracted >> Ballmers >> statments stand as official Microsoft Policy. >> >> Ther

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 20:10 +0200, jdd wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > | > ... that has a scriptable interface. > > why not use "mail" ?? We'll have to wait till "scsijon" clarifies what they need. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BE

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 08:17 +1000, Registration Account wrote: > I have raised a bug because the current system back in yast only offers > an incremental backup - so if you loose the first achieve your stuffed. I don't understand this sentence...

Re: [opensuse] About Backing Up

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-05-10 at 16:34 +0100, David Bolt wrote: > >and it is the version I compiled, too. Curious! > > Very interesting. > > ># change according to you need > >PAR=par2 > > > > > >I did not touch that, it is dated "2006-11-25". Funny tha

[opensuse] [Fwd: Boston Linux Installfest XXV Saturday, May 19, 2007]

2007-05-13 Thread Jonathan Arnold
Original Message Subject: Boston Linux Installfest XXV Saturday, May 19, 2007 Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 07:57:30 -0400 From: Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Boston Linux and Unix To: BLU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,BUG Members <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CONE <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [opensuse] red prompt for root user

2007-05-13 Thread Carl Spitzer
I checked several of the links on: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html many are down. export PS1="$PWD/\w\[\e[0;34m\]\u:)> \[\e[0m\]" /home/cwsiv/~/mp3/KennyG/GreatestHitscwsiv:)> As you can see it keeps up with the depth of the directory but there is an extra tilde and fo

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread jdd
Carlos E. R. wrote: |> ... that has a scriptable interface. why not use "mail" ?? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 17:31 +0200, Rikard Johnels wrote: > > > > The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's > > > > functions (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a > > > > replacement that has a scriptable i

Re: [opensuse] corrupt beryl on nvidia

2007-05-13 Thread primm
On Sunday 13 May 2007 06:33, Joseph Loo wrote: > primm wrote: > > On Saturday 12 May 2007 03:59, you wrote: > >>> It was the stable version hat gave me the problems in the first place. > >>> It was opensuse wiki gave me the lead to the snapshot. The results are > >>> identical. > >>> > Also yo

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread Vince L
On Sunday 13 May 2007 04:14, M Harris wrote: > At any rate (as you might have guessed) I'm > really hoping that openSUSE will reconsider on making reiserfs the > default... and I hope that a good group will take the namesys folks on and > help them get the Reiser4 fs into the mainline kernel soon.

Re: [opensuse] Recording webradio

2007-05-13 Thread Cristea Bogdan
With my mms stream it doesn't seem to work. However interesting solution. Thanks anyway. Bogdan On 5/13/07, Teruel de Campo MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:25 +0300, Cristea Bogdan wrote: > What suggestions could you give for an application who can record > radio while lis

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Rikard Johnels
On Sunday 13 May 2007 17:05, Mike McMullin wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:39 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:43 +1000, scsijon wrote: > > > I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport > > > firm. > > > > > > They have no problem with it being

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:39 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:43 +1000, scsijon wrote: > > I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport > > firm. > > > > They have no problem with it being linux providing everything they have now, > > they will have

Re: [opensuse] RE: Suitable File Systems

2007-05-13 Thread George Osvald
On Sunday 13 May 2007, M Harris wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007 00:47, John Andersen wrote: > > Of course Namesys = Hans Reiser. > > I'm personally not aware of any other players, and Hans is not available > > and rumored to be difficult to work with when he is available. > > Funny you mention

Re: [opensuse] XGL +compiz, +Nvidia Geforce 7300GT

2007-05-13 Thread Art Fore
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 06:34 -0700, Joseph Loo wrote: > Art Fore wrote: > > I am running suse 10.2 where I updated the kernel to 2.6.21-6 and, xorg > > to 7.2.12 and latest XGL and Compiz files. (This is on X86_64) I have > > tried the Nvidia 1.0-9629, which worked previously, 1.0-9631, and > > 1.0-

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:43 +1000, scsijon wrote: > I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport firm. > > They have no problem with it being linux providing everything they have now, > they will have afterwards as they are expanding from the current four depots > and tw

Re: [opensuse] slow usb-writting

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Sun May 13 2007 05:56, James Knott wrote: > > Well ... the USB pendrive is 2.0 fo sure (written on it). On the > > other hand (I do not know much about hardware) I have look in YAST > > and I have 4 USB Contollers - 3 are 1.0 and 1 is 2.0.  As a test, I > > tryed to write on pendrive using all o

Re: [opensuse] Missing timezone for Canberra, Australia

2007-05-13 Thread Mike
On Friday 02 March 2007 12:29 am, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > at the zone.tab in the timezone package -- amongst other things, > Canberra is not there. > > One hastens to ask, why not? Why does KDE use its own, truncated, > version of the zone.tab file, instead of using the one provided by the > sys

Re: [opensuse] slow usb-writting

2007-05-13 Thread Joseph Loo
Vince Oliver wrote: > > > On Sun, 13 May 2007, John Andersen wrote: > >> On Sunday 13 May 2007, Vince Oliver wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> >>> I have SuSE10. and writting to an USB pendrive is very slow (~35 >>> KB/s). I >>> s it posible to change this somehow? >> >> Is your drive USB 2.0 but your Compu

Re: [opensuse] XGL +compiz, +Nvidia Geforce 7300GT

2007-05-13 Thread Joseph Loo
Art Fore wrote: > I am running suse 10.2 where I updated the kernel to 2.6.21-6 and, xorg > to 7.2.12 and latest XGL and Compiz files. (This is on X86_64) I have > tried the Nvidia 1.0-9629, which worked previously, 1.0-9631, and > 1.0-9755 Nvida driver, all do the same, and that is, I get a cube t

Re: [opensuse] Why are Novell guys closing perfectly valid bugs as WONTFIX due to their laziness ?

2007-05-13 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
Geez! I wish all I had to worry about in life were a few icons on my desktop. I think someone needs to get a life. -- (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU" Pass them on! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

[opensuse] reiserfs journal on a separate device.

2007-05-13 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I want to experiment placing the journal for a reiserfs on a separate device (the disk is on slow USB). What I see in "man mkreiserfs" is this: -j | --journal-device FILE FILE is the name of the block device on which is t

Re: [opensuse] RE Processors

2007-05-13 Thread Ken Jennings
On Sunday 2007-05-13 07:55, Benji Weber wrote: [...] > 4gb ram is not going to be > sufficient for much longer, it's already the normal amount to get in > new machines. If you need more ram (which games will require in a year > or so's time) you'll need 64bit. 4G is "normal"? Where do you shop fo

Re: [opensuse] slow usb-writting

2007-05-13 Thread James Knott
Vince Oliver wrote: > > > On Sun, 13 May 2007, John Andersen wrote: > >> On Sunday 13 May 2007, Vince Oliver wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> >>> I have SuSE10. and writting to an USB pendrive is very slow (~35 >>> KB/s). I >>> s it posible to change this somehow? >> >> Is your drive USB 2.0 but your Computer

Re: [opensuse] RE Processors

2007-05-13 Thread Benji Weber
On 5/13/07, M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... and I'll tell you why--- because the hardware and software markets have not converged (IMO) for 64 bit processors. To put this differently... its still bleeding edge. To be frank about it... the 64bit linux stuff just isn't ready yet.

Re: [opensuse] slow usb-writting

2007-05-13 Thread Benji Weber
On 5/13/07, Vince Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi I have SuSE10. and writting to an USB pendrive is very slow (~35 KB/s). I s it posible to change this somehow? http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Automounting_without_the_sync_Option _ Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Pueblo Native
scsijon wrote: > The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's > functions > (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a replacement that > has a > scriptable interface. He would like whichever is used to both have > windows > and linux versions so he only has to crea

[opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread scsijon
I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport firm. They have no problem with it being linux providing everything they have now, they will have afterwards as they are expanding from the current four depots and twelve staff and have planned to have fifteen depots and abou

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