Re: [opensuse] Review of 10.3 Alpha 5?

2007-06-18 Thread Per Jessen
Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > Hi, > > Anybody knows of any good review of 10.3 Alpha 5? Some KDE (KDE4?) > screenshots? I was trying out Alpha5 just this weekend - it doesn't install over ssh, which was a bit annoying, but acceptable (for an Alpha). However, it also didn't work well with my IDE CDROM

Re: [opensuse] bugzilla.novell.com ?

2007-06-18 Thread Per Jessen
Moby wrote: >> > They had a notice up on the web site all week long prior to the > weekend about a weekend outage. It would perhaps have been appropriate to redirect all traffic to an "Out of order" page whilst works were ongoing. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your

Re: [opensuse] bugzilla.novell.com ?

2007-06-18 Thread frank nelson
--- Billie Erin Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/18/2007 Kenneth Schneider wrote: > > LOL. Good one James. Reminds of when I need to > call my ISP to report > > an > > outage and the on hold messages keep telling you > to report problems on > > their web site. You know the one you can't g

Re: [opensuse] Repo for Freetype with BCI/sub-pixel hinting enabled

2007-06-18 Thread Jan Tiggy
Pascal Bleser schrieb: > But it's not too difficult to build it yourself from the src.rpm, so, > you may chose to do so ;) That's true m8. wget http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/rpm/experimental/packages/freetype2/src/freetype2-2.3.4-0.1.guru.suse102.src.rpm TARGET_OPT=`case $(uname -m) in i*

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 10:54, Charles Obler wrote: > --- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel > > port scanner installation, > > but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to > > rescue information how to > > install them. Your experience can

Re: [opensuse] Testing pattern dependencies

2007-06-18 Thread Samuel Partida
Hi Patrick, isn't that like using rpm -q --whatprovides or -q --requires ? That's not what I'm searching for. I'm would like to make a pattern and check its dependencies against the media repository so I could add the needed packages. Thanks. 2007/6/19, Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: *

Re: [opensuse] Repo for Freetype with BCI/sub-pixel hinting enabled

2007-06-18 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael wrote: > Kevin Donnelly wrote: >> On Mon 18 June 2007 22:12:33 Michael wrote: >> >>> I'm thinking of trying out 10.2, but was wondering if there's a >>> repository that includes a freetype package with the bytecode >>> interpreter and sub-pix

Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 00:13, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Mon, June 18, 2007 10:15 pm, M Harris wrote: > > On Monday 18 June 2007 23:37, Rajko M. wrote: > >> all the way to discussion > >> about wind power plants :-) > > > > ... and motorcycles... > > And beer! > > I think we should change the SUSE

Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

2007-06-18 Thread M Harris
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 00:13, Kai Ponte wrote: > I think we should change the SUSE slogan to a beer keg. I can see it now... ... the user logs into a terminal and gets: Last login: Mon Jun 18 19:52:55 2007 from shire.castle.kingdom Have a lot of Beer... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>

Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

2007-06-18 Thread Kai Ponte
On Mon, June 18, 2007 10:15 pm, M Harris wrote: > On Monday 18 June 2007 23:37, Rajko M. wrote: >> all the way to discussion >> about wind power plants :-) > ... and motorcycles... > And beer! I think we should change the SUSE slogan to a beer keg. Takers? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMA

Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

2007-06-18 Thread M Harris
On Monday 18 June 2007 23:37, Rajko M. wrote: > all the way to discussion > about wind power plants :-) ... and motorcycles... :) -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Cyrus-IMAP and MySQL support

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Winkelmann
On Sunday 17 June 2007 19:16, Anders Johansson wrote: > > Cyrus-Imapd does not use (my)sql. For the used Databases you can choose > > ie. Berkeley-DB or skiplist, but not sql. > > What's wrong with LDAP? It is a database which is highly optimised for > reading, it seems to be best for authenticati

Re: [opensuse] Cyrus-IMAP and MySQL support

2007-06-18 Thread Andreas Winkelmann
On Sunday 17 June 2007 18:08, Stuart Murray-Smith wrote: > > Cyrus-Imapd does not use (my)sql. For the used Databases you can choose > > ie. Berkeley-DB or skiplist, but not sql. > > How to choose between BDB or skiplist? $ man imapd.conf ... annotation_db: ... duplicate_db: ... mboxlist_db: ...

Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 15:03, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > Novell/SuSE/openSUSE has graciously provided a list for postings not > fitting "technical and/or installation isues".  Its called > opensuse-offtopic.  You may subscribe and then discuss to your fill > all issues apart from this list's

Re: [opensuse] Assembly Language program

2007-06-18 Thread Carl Spitzer
On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 19:57 -0400, John Ross wrote: > John Ross wrote: > > Carl Spitzer wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 19:43 +0100, Vince L wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 03 June 2007 18:06, jdd wrote: > > > > > > > too many oldtimer, here :-))) > > > > > > > > > > > Punched cards, a

Will Somebody Rid Us Of These Rude Off Topic Posters (Was Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?))

2007-06-18 Thread Robert Smits
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 11:00, Dylan wrote: > Please, can't you people find something more important to worry about in > life? Dylan, you need to understand that those who make off-topic posts are just rude and inconsiderate people who waste everyone's time and goodwill. The simple way not to n

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 22:40, Clark Sann wrote: > Notice the "sda:sda1" right before I shutdown.   I am guessing  that > sda1 means a different format than sda4 but a quick google isn't telling > me much about the difference. It is a different partition, and as service disk it is probably bootabl

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Clark Sann
Rajko M. wrote: > On Monday 18 June 2007 21:38, Clark Sann wrote: > >> Just a couple further questions regarding everyones comments >> >> Regarding etc/modules. I don't have that file. Is that unusual? Can I >> just create it if I need it? >> > > etc/modules doesn't exist in openSUSE

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 21:38, Clark Sann wrote: > Just a couple further questions regarding everyones comments > > Regarding etc/modules.  I don't have that file.  Is that unusual?  Can I > just create it if I need it? etc/modules doesn't exist in openSUSE ls -w1 /etc/mod* modprobe.conf mo

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
Hi Ken, On Monday 18 June 2007 07:30, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 00:01 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > > On Sunday 17 June 2007 23:01, Rajko M. wrote: > > > init 3 > > > mkdir home1 > > > cp home home1 > > > > cp -R /home/* home1 ops cp -a /home/* /home1

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Clark Sann
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Monday 2007-06-18 at 18:25 -0500, Clark Sann wrote: > > > It turned out to be very easy to make my 100 MB Parallel port zip drive > > work. > > Here are 6 simple steps along with some comments > > > 1. From a root shell, run modprobe ppa and modprobe imm. > > That s

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition (solved and working!!!)

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 21:01, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Tuesday 2007-06-19 at 03:00 +0200, Fernando Costa wrote: > > Thank you all for your answers, i'm learning a lot with all guys and I > > appreciate a lot. I used the method suggested by Ed and let me say it > > works just great!!! > > Hey, did

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 10:54, Charles Obler wrote: > I HAVE a parallel port scanner with M$ driver > disk.  I tried to find a way to get the scanner to > work with Linux, but finally gave up.   > > When you write the article, it will be very helpful to > me!  Thanks! The article will cover one ve

Re: [opensuse] What is this problem?

2007-06-18 Thread Bob S
On Monday 18 June 2007 03:39, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 01:44:10AM -0400, Bob S wrote: > > Hello SuSE people, > > > > I recently added a KDE repo to my smart channels.(see thread smart > > channels disabled) after having it disappear somehow. Did my update and > > tried to

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition (solved and working!!!)

2007-06-18 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-06-19 at 03:00 +0200, Fernando Costa wrote: > Thank you all for your answers, i'm learning a lot with all guys and I > appreciate a lot. I used the method suggested by Ed and let me say it > works just great!!! Hey, did you know tha

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-06-18 at 19:50 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > > This is the safest way, I don't recommend doing it on a multi-user mode > > (init 3) > > It is safe as long as you are not logged in as normal user, and with init 3, > shutting down the GUI

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-06-18 at 18:25 -0500, Clark Sann wrote: > It turned out to be very easy to make my 100 MB Parallel port zip drive > work. > Here are 6 simple steps along with some comments > > 1. From a root shell, run modprobe ppa and modprob

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread James Knott
Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 19:57]: > >> Well, you can't be too sure with my cat! ;-) >> > > > I'll lend you my Jack Russell and you won't have to worry about the > cat :^) > > Compared to my cat, your dog's a wimp! ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.or

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 20:58]: [...] > One third of the cats in America are bigger than a Jack Russell and 95% > are fiercer. > > It hardly seems worthwhile to sacrifice your pet... But the Jack would give it a go. They are massifs in puppy body :^) Mine has killed t

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition (solved and working!!!)

2007-06-18 Thread Fernando Costa
Thank you all for your answers, i'm learning a lot with all guys and I appreciate a lot. I used the method suggested by Ed and let me say it works just great!!! With guys like you even a newbie like me can do anything in linux... For those who want to know, I'm installing different distros in my l

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Monday 18 June 2007 17:03, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 19:57]: > > Well, you can't be too sure with my cat! ;-) > > I'll lend you my Jack Russell and you won't have to worry about the > cat :^) Ah... Very funny. Half the cats in America are bigger tha

[opensuse] Re: Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread email . listen
On Tue, 19. June 2007 01:25:56 Clark Sann wrote: > Charles Obler wrote: > > --- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel > >> port scanner installation, > >> but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to > >> rescue information how to > >> insta

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 09:42, Gabriel wrote: > Gabriel escribió: > > Bob Kline escribió: > >> Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the > root partition without losing data, > > > > You should first go to init 1 (single us

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 18 June 2007 18:25, Clark Sann wrote: > Charles Obler wrote: > > --- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel > >> port scanner installation, > >> but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to > >> rescue information how to > >> instal

[opensuse] Review of 10.3 Alpha 5?

2007-06-18 Thread Mohammad Bhuyan
Hi, Anybody knows of any good review of 10.3 Alpha 5? Some KDE (KDE4?) screenshots? Regards, Mohammad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 19:57]: > Well, you can't be too sure with my cat! ;-) I'll lend you my Jack Russell and you won't have to worry about the cat :^) -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: h

Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

2007-06-18 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 06/18/2007 04:20 PM, Mike McMullin wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:54 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote: > >> >> >> Patch submitted >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/usb/2.6/2.6.20-rc3/usb-storage-unusual_devs-add-supertop-drives.patch >> >> I should not expect that the d

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread James Knott
Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 23:46 +0100, David Bolt wrote: > >> You can't guarantee that other users won't log in while you're busy >> doing the changes while in runlevel 3 or 5. >> > > You can when it's your home PC and you are the only one that uses it. > > Well, y

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 23:46 +0100, David Bolt wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, James Knott wrote:- > > >Bob Kline wrote: > >> Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > > I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the > root > partition without losing data, > >>>

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Clark Sann
Charles Obler wrote: > --- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel >> port scanner installation, >> but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to >> rescue information how to >> install them. Your experience can help to people >> lik

Re: [opensuse] Repo for Freetype with BCI/sub-pixel hinting enabled

2007-06-18 Thread Michael
Kevin Donnelly wrote: On Mon 18 June 2007 22:12:33 Michael wrote: I'm thinking of trying out 10.2, but was wondering if there's a repository that includes a freetype package with the bytecode interpreter and sub-pixel hinting already enabled. There is a very good page on this in opensu

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread David Bolt
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, James Knott wrote:- >Bob Kline wrote: >> Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root partition without losing data, >>> >>> I am not an expert but I was thinking if the following should work >>>

Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

2007-06-18 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:54 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote: > > BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in? > > Ahem, I bought off ebay - it seems to be made in China. Search "*NEW* > 120 GB 2.5" External HDD Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0" I didn't honestly know > it before now, but the ho

Re: [opensuse] kdepim3 patch update crashes KNotes

2007-06-18 Thread Ken Jennings
On Monday 2007-06-18 15:03, drek wrote: > On 06/18/2007 11:59 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:55:18AM +0200, Philippe Andersson wrote: > >> I installed the following patch through YOU last Friday: > >> > >> - kdepim3-3.5.5-36_39.i586 > >> > >> After rebooting my laptop, th

Re: [opensuse] Testing pattern dependencies

2007-06-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Samuel Partida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 17:35]: > Hello, I'm trying to make my own patterns for add them on the DVD. I'm > resolving the dependencies by hand but I would like to know if there > is some way to test a pattern (with zypper or something else) before > adding it to the openSUSE

[opensuse] Testing pattern dependencies

2007-06-18 Thread Samuel Partida
Hello, I'm trying to make my own patterns for add them on the DVD. I'm resolving the dependencies by hand but I would like to know if there is some way to test a pattern (with zypper or something else) before adding it to the openSUSE installation source. Thanks. -- Samuel Partida Amores --

Re: [opensuse] Repo for Freetype with BCI/sub-pixel hinting enabled

2007-06-18 Thread Kevin Donnelly
On Mon 18 June 2007 22:12:33 Michael wrote: > I'm thinking of trying out 10.2, but was wondering if there's a > repository that includes a freetype package with the bytecode > interpreter and sub-pixel hinting already enabled. There is a very good page on this in opensuse-community.org: http://ope

[opensuse] Repo for Freetype with BCI/sub-pixel hinting enabled

2007-06-18 Thread Michael
Hi, I'm thinking of trying out 10.2, but was wondering if there's a repository that includes a freetype package with the bytecode interpreter and sub-pixel hinting already enabled. Regards, Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

[opensuse] Re: USB device error

2007-06-18 Thread Philip Kisloff
> BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in? Ahem, I bought off ebay - it seems to be made in China. Search "*NEW* 120 GB 2.5" External HDD Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0" I didn't honestly know it before now, but the housing seems to be rip-off of a SONY label. Investigating as far

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread James Knott
Bob Kline wrote: Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: Hi, I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root partition without losing data, I am not an expert but I was thinking if the following should work 1. To be on the safe side get out of x (ex: init 3) Wouldn't it be

Re: [opensuse] Mouse "scroll gone wild" crashes 10.2, no problem in 9.0; YAST setting ignored

2007-06-18 Thread John Ross
John Ross wrote with an electric tatoo needlee on a toasted coconut shell::-) Charles Obler wrote: I've just installed 10.2. I experienced erratic (wild, unstable) scrolling during and after installation. As soon as the mouse pointer enters a text or panel area, the area starts to scroll

Re: [opensuse] Change default search option on opensuse?

2007-06-18 Thread Francis Giannaros
On 6/18/07, Kevin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At the minute, if you enter something into the search box, and press Return, you get the page that fits your search entry, eg enter "apache", and you get http://en.opensuse.org/Apache. This "title search" is the default option. However, ther

[opensuse] dhcpd changes address on a static IP nic

2007-06-18 Thread James D. Parra
Hello, Somehow dhcpd tried to update the IP of a nic that had a static IP address. After restarting the nic/network to reset the IP correctly I noticed the following in the logs; Jun 17 08:50:16 dns-server named[7523]: FORMERR resolving 'ns.eunet.es//IN': 82.194.64.26#53 Jun 17 08:52:54 dns

Re: [opensuse] kdepim3 patch update crashes KNotes

2007-06-18 Thread drek
On 06/18/2007 11:59 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:55:18AM +0200, Philippe Andersson wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I installed the following patch through YOU last Friday: >> >> - kdepim3-3.5.5-36_39.i586 >> >> After rebooting my laptop, the KNotes application always cra

Re: [opensuse] Linux/CUPS/Samba Printer Configuration - again

2007-06-18 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2007-06-18 08:35, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > Hello! > > This issue has been done to death on the Web, but I'm not sure where the > following derivative problem belongs: > > I have an openSUSE 10.2 "vanilla" installation with Samba set up as a > server for my Windows work group, with all Win 2K clie

Re: [opensuse] simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Verner Kjærsgaard
Lørdag 16 juni 2007 11:45 skrev Robert Best: > On Saturday 16 June 2007 10:21, jpff wrote: > > Just a minor suggestion; use SSH/SCP and/or rsync to transfer files. > > Much easier than ftp transfers > > ==John ffitch > > Sorry John, I don't know SSH/SCP and/or rsync. Please explain. > Robert > -- >

Re: [opensuse] Installing openSUSE from Windows - new discussion

2007-06-18 Thread Charles Obler
--- Mark Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/17/07, G T Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The concept of having a Linux on the same File > System as Windows is not > > new (it used to be an option with some distros). > However where you start > > hitting issues is with fundamental >

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Charles Obler
--- Bob Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> > >> I have the /home on its own partition, but I need > to move it to the root > >> partition without losing data, > > > > I am not an expert but I was thinking if the > following should work > > > > 1. To be on t

[opensuse] Change default search option on opensuse?

2007-06-18 Thread Kevin Donnelly
At the minute, if you enter something into the search box, and press Return, you get the page that fits your search entry, eg enter "apache", and you get http://en.opensuse.org/Apache. This "title search" is the default option. However, there may be more pages on the wiki that deal with Apache,

Re: [opensuse] Linux supports parallel port scanner!

2007-06-18 Thread Charles Obler
--- "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll write article on openSUSE wiki about parallel > port scanner installation, > but I have no ZIP drive and I can't do much to > rescue information how to > install them. Your experience can help to people > like you to give second life > to thei

[opensuse] end to this OT, was: Maybe OT: Upgrade problem

2007-06-18 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-18-07 00:30]: > OK, so now that I have been thoroughly chastised for violating Proper > Procedures on this list AND given a tutorial on list threading, how > about someone stepping up to the plate and trying to address the > original problem, which is how to undo a

Re: [opensuse] bugzilla.novell.com ?

2007-06-18 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
On 06/18/2007 Kenneth Schneider wrote: > LOL. Good one James. Reminds of when I need to call my ISP to report > an > outage and the on hold messages keep telling you to report problems on > their web site. You know the one you can't get to because you have an > outage. It isn't "hold", it's ignore

[opensuse] gphoto2/Digikam: need sunplus spca533 driver for Sakar 99479

2007-06-18 Thread Charles Obler
Besides being patient, what can I do with a somewhat unsupported digital camera? I say "somewhat" because Digikam and Gwenview do display thumbnails correctly. However, the downloaded jpg's are somewhat scrambled -- the image breaks into wide horizontal tinted shifted bands. I'm wondering whethe

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Dave Howorth
Fernando Costa wrote: > I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root > partition without losing data, which is the safest way to do that? My > root partition is about 20G and the /home partition is about 8G and less > than 1G is used because I store my data in a differen

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Gabriel
Gabriel escribió: > Bob Kline escribió: >> Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root partition without losing data, > > You should first go to init 1 (single user), unmount /home, move the > data to the new location, modif

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Gabriel
Bob Kline escribió: > Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: >> Hi, >> >>> >>> I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root >>> partition without losing data, >> You should first go to init 1 (single user), unmount /home, move the data to the new location, modify fstab with the new set

[opensuse] Linux/CUPS/Samba Printer Configuration - again

2007-06-18 Thread Daniel Feiglin
Hello! This issue has been done to death on the Web, but I'm not sure where the following derivative problem belongs: I have an openSUSE 10.2 "vanilla" installation with Samba set up as a server for my Windows work group, with all Win 2K clients. The Linux system is fully patched. I have a parall

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Bob Kline
Mohammad Bhuyan wrote: Hi, I have the /home on its own partition, but I need to move it to the root partition without losing data, I am not an expert but I was thinking if the following should work 1. To be on the safe side get out of x (ex: init 3) Wouldn't it be even safer to boot

Re: [opensuse] US Patent, Subpixel Hinting and Liberation fonts

2007-06-18 Thread Dave Howorth
John Andersen wrote: > Except I believe that now days, there are several patent treaties where > signatories agree to honor the patents of other countries. Some of these > are bilateral, but others cover large numbers of countries. > > > http://www.bitlaw.com/source/treaties/pct.html link is a tr

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rainer Brinkmann wrote: > Am Montag, 18. Juni 2007 14:31 schrieb G T Smith: >> Rainer Brinkmann wrote: > >>> But to finalize the multisession DVD maintaining maximum compatibility >>> try growisofs -M /dev/dvd=/dev/zero >>> To use growisofs to write a

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread Rainer Brinkmann
Am Montag, 18. Juni 2007 14:31 schrieb G T Smith: > Rainer Brinkmann wrote: > > But to finalize the multisession DVD maintaining maximum compatibility > > try growisofs -M /dev/dvd=/dev/zero > > To use growisofs to write a pre-mastered ISO-image to a DVD: > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/

[opensuse] Verizon EVDO USB 720 Modem - OpenSuSE 10.2

2007-06-18 Thread David Dulong
Has anyone actually got this device to work in OpenSUSE 10.2? When I inserted the device, this is what showed up in /var/log/messages Jun 18 08:47:29 lnx3lytk81102 kernel: usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 3 Jun 18 08:48:08 lnx3lytk81102 kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd a

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Ed Harrison
James Knott wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> The Monday 2007-06-18 at 07:13 +0200, Jon Clausen wrote: >> >> >>> cp -a /mnt/* /home/ >>> >> I prefer rsync: >> >> rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ >> >> It maintains stamps. It can be halted and restarted without copying what >> already exists. >

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rainer Brinkmann wrote: > Am Montag, 18. Juni 2007 12:40 schrieb G T Smith: Snipp >> I know you are not a CLI fan but if all else fails :-) >> >> try >> >> wodim dev= blank=all >> >> wodim -v dev= >> >> to burn an extant iso.image ... >> > Hello,

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 00:01 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > On Sunday 17 June 2007 23:01, Rajko M. wrote: > > > > init 3 > > mkdir home1 > > cp home home1 > cp -R /home/* home1 > > umount /home > > mv home1 home > mv /home1/* /home mv /home1 /home is correct. This is the rename inca

Re: [opensuse] bugzilla.novell.com ?

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 20:52 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: > > Has anyone succeeded in accessing bugzilla this weekend? I've been > > trying all afternoon, and it's not really responding. > > > > > > > > Submit a report to bugzilla. ;-) > LOL. Good one James. Reminds of when

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread Rainer Brinkmann
Am Montag, 18. Juni 2007 12:40 schrieb G T Smith: >>> Snipp > I know you are not a CLI fan but if all else fails :-) > > try > > wodim dev= blank=all > > wodim -v dev= > > to burn an extant iso.image ... > Hello, I got not probs with k3b, using version K3b 1.01 on KDE 3.5.5 "release 45.4" openSUS

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 -- manually edit Yast configs?

2007-06-18 Thread Stanislav Visnovsky
Dňa So 16. Jún 2007 09:21 Bill-Schoolcraft napísal: > Hello Family, > > I have 10.2 installed and have no idea what happend for I cannot > either change the "installation_source" or get the "software_update" > screen to appear. > > Years ago I recall being able to manually edit the YAST config > op

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: > > > > > > It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall > > > capabilities. The "firewall capabilities" used by most of these modems is called NAT which stands for Network Address Translation ( there are other features available ).

[opensuse] Re: Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Joachim Schrod
Carlos E. R. wrote: cp -a /mnt/* /home/ I prefer rsync: rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ If you do so, you should add the -H option as well; otherwise your hard links are gone. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-06-18 at 07:23 -0400, James Knott wrote: > > I prefer rsync: > > > > rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ > > > > It maintains stamps. It can be halted and restarted without copying what > > already exists. > > > I thought "cp -a" preserved time st

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread James Knott
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Monday 2007-06-18 at 07:13 +0200, Jon Clausen wrote: > > > cp -a /mnt/* /home/ > > I prefer rsync: > > rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ > > It maintains stamps. It can be halted and restarted without copying what > already exists. > I thought "cp -a" preserved time stamps. Take a

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread James Knott
Registration Account wrote: > Thank you all for your support and I am very pleased > that mostly all user have no issues with KB3... > > I would like someone to try something out for me on > another KB3 install that has no problems. > > This is going to sound really weird please bear with me > > 1.

Re: [opensuse] RE: CD Data Burning application

2007-06-18 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Registration Account wrote: > Thank you all for your support and I am very pleased > that mostly all user have no issues with KB3... > > I would like someone to try something out for me on > another KB3 install that has no problems. > > This is going

Re: [opensuse] US Patent, Subpixel Hinting and Liberation fonts

2007-06-18 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 17 June 2007, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > Somewhere on the net a read that the MS patents (in that regards all > > US patents) does not apply outside US. Is that true?!!? > > It is true. For example, that is how Swedish Ericsson was able to make > telephones without paying any royalties

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Robert Best
Eberhard, my complaint ("not easy") refers mainly to Ch 21.4 Basic Networking in the SuSE documentation. It's really too long and complicated to set up a simple LAN, and it asks to enter IP addresses but never mentions ifconfig or ip commands to find them. Regards, Robert On Sunday 17 June 2

Re: [opensuse] Moving /home to root partition

2007-06-18 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-06-18 at 07:13 +0200, Jon Clausen wrote: > cp -a /mnt/* /home/ I prefer rsync: rsync -av /mnt/ /home/ It maintains stamps. It can be halted and restarted without copying what already exists. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. ---

Re: [opensuse] kdepim3 patch update crashes KNotes

2007-06-18 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:55:18AM +0200, Philippe Andersson wrote: > Hello list, > > I installed the following patch through YOU last Friday: > > - kdepim3-3.5.5-36_39.i586 > > After rebooting my laptop, the KNotes application always crashed when a > segfault. I've discarded the backtrace, but

[opensuse] kdepim3 patch update crashes KNotes

2007-06-18 Thread Philippe Andersson
Hello list, I installed the following patch through YOU last Friday: - kdepim3-3.5.5-36_39.i586 After rebooting my laptop, the KNotes application always crashed when a segfault. I've discarded the backtrace, but could regenerate it if needed. Reverting the kdepim3 package to its default version

Re: [opensuse] Installing openSUSE from Windows - new discussion

2007-06-18 Thread Jordi Massaguer i Pla
or write an implementation and submit it as a patch :) jordi El lun, 18-06-2007 a las 11:49 +0200, Jordi Massaguer i Pla escribió: > It looks like a good idea. Open a feature request at the > instlux-sourceforge site. > > thanks, > > jordi > > El dom, 17-06-2007 a las 01:42 +0300, Alexey Ereme

Re: [opensuse] Installing openSUSE from Windows - new discussion

2007-06-18 Thread Jordi Massaguer i Pla
It looks like a good idea. Open a feature request at the instlux-sourceforge site. thanks, jordi El dom, 17-06-2007 a las 01:42 +0300, Alexey Eremenko escribió: > On 6/17/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a resize function within the install process to resize the > >

Re: [opensuse] RE: DNS caching only server setup issues request for help and patience

2007-06-18 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Registration Account wrote: > I have not really achieved anything as I am asking my > own ISP to resolve DNS enquiries which it already does? > > Without freaking me out with editing config files all > over the place, can someone walk me through cr

[opensuse] Membership Administration Software Solution for suse

2007-06-18 Thread Tommy Lim KW
Hi all, Can someone provide me a software name that can do Membership Administration in suse/linux? Regards, Tommy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Robert Best wrote: > On Sunday 17 June 2007 13:16, Kenneth Schneider wrote: >> As far as the ADSL Speedtouch it should suffice as a firewall for >> you. > Really? Firewall software on the computers connected to the router are > superfluous? > > Robert Hi Robert, well not directly superfluos. For

Re: [opensuse] What is this problem?

2007-06-18 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 01:44:10AM -0400, Bob S wrote: > Hello SuSE people, > > I recently added a KDE repo to my smart channels.(see thread smart channels > disabled) after having it disappear somehow. Did my update and tried to > upgrade. Got the following message. (partial)(excuse the wrappi