Re: [opensuse] Certificate troubles

2007-08-07 Thread Registration Account
Mike, Bingo The 3 certificates that have an expired date is the issue confronting you now. If we were dealing with MS we could inset the CD do an update and there is a option their to re-validate all root certificates - but this is Linux - don't know why I told you that. At this state I would be

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 07:59 +0100, koffiejunkie wrote: > J Sloan wrote: > > Clark Sann wrote: > >> > >> > >> Wifi still doesn't work as well as it should under Linux but it is > >> usable. (What it should do is let you be connected to a wired > >> connection at the same time you are connected v

Re: [opensuse] Certificate troubles

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> At this state I would be tempted to ask you to > uninstall FF and then re-install it from your CD's, I'm curious... how would this help correct this problem? Are the certificates stored with the program binaries? or in /home/$USER? I've always gone by the rule (with Linux) that if a program has

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread CyberOrg
On 8/7/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card? I recently bought Netgear WG511 v2 that has Marvel chip, DON'T BUY that one. It works only with ndiswrapper using windows drivers so you will not get benefit of kismet, airsnort/crack and other advance featu

Re: [opensuse] SLES9 and MySQL5

2007-08-07 Thread Michal Marek
Ciro Iriarte wrote: > 2007/8/5, Ciro Iriarte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 2007/8/5, Leo Eraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 08:06 -0400, Ciro Iriarte wrote: Hi, anybody update an stock MySQL4 from SLES9 with a live database to MySQL5 from Build Service (http://download.op

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread koffiejunkie
Hans van der Merwe wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 07:59 +0100, koffiejunkie wrote: J Sloan wrote: Clark Sann wrote: Wifi still doesn't work as well as it should under Linux but it is usable. (What it should do is let you be connected to a wired connection at the same time you are connected v

Re: [opensuse] SLES9 and MySQL5

2007-08-07 Thread Michal Marek
Ciro Iriarte wrote: > 2007/8/5, Leo Eraly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 08:06 -0400, Ciro Iriarte wrote: >>> Hi, anybody update an stock MySQL4 from SLES9 with a live database to >>> MySQL5 from Build Service >>> (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/SLES_9/x86

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread koffiejunkie
CyberOrg wrote: On 8/7/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card? I recently bought Netgear WG511 v2 that has Marvel chip, DON'T BUY that one. It works only with ndiswrapper using windows drivers so you will not get benefit of kismet, airsnort/crack and o

Re: [opensuse] Mouse not responsing

2007-08-07 Thread Rajko M.
On Monday 06 August 2007 11:56:10 pm John R. Sowden wrote: > When I went to /var/log/Xorg.0.log, this is what I found: > > II) LoadModule: "mouse" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o > (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > (**) Mouse[1]: Device: "/dev/mouse" > (**

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 koffiejunkie wrote: > J Sloan wrote: >> Clark Sann wrote: >>> >>> >>> Wifi still doesn't work as well as it should under Linux but it is >>> usable. (What it should do is let you be connected to a wired >>> connection at the same time you are connec

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 koffiejunkie wrote: > CyberOrg wrote: >> On 8/7/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card? >> >> I recently bought Netgear WG511 v2 that has Marvel chip, DON'T BUY >> that one. >> >> It works only with ndisw

[opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Registration Account
As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and all 4 folders were infected with Phishing.Heuristics.emal.spoofedDomain virus's.

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Per Jessen
Registration Account wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and > all 4 folders were infected with > Phishi

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
On 8/7/07, Registration Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and > all 4 folde

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 10:40 +0200, Clayton wrote: > On 8/7/07, Registration Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > > which

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Per Jessen
Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Why is it assumed that Linux is less prone to virus attacks? Primarily due to a better and much more ingrained security system. Do you normally run as root on your Linux desktop? Well, that what's a Windows user normally does on his Windows ditto. > I know to inst

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > If/When Linux makes it big-time on the desktop do you think it will also > be bogged down with virus attacks as MS is now. No. The reason windows is attacked is because its EASY, not JUST because its popular. Believing otherwise is swallowin

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 11:08 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > > Why is it assumed that Linux is less prone to virus attacks? > > Primarily due to a better and much more ingrained security system. Do > you normally run as root on your Linux desktop? Well, that what's a

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Registration Account wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails a

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 01:15 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > If/When Linux makes it big-time on the desktop do you think it will also > > be bogged down with virus attacks as MS is now. > > No. > The reason windows is attacked is because its

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 11:30 +0200, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 01:15 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > > If/When Linux makes it big-time on the desktop do you think it will also > > > be bogged down with virus attacks as

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > But my main concern is that dumb users usually make up most of the > desktop market out there - and preaching to them that Linux will make > there virus problem go away is setting them up for a fall. I fail to see how it sets them up for a fal

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 01:35 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > But my main concern is that dumb users usually make up most of the > > desktop market out there - and preaching to them that Linux will make > > there virus problem go away is setting

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Fergus Wilde
On Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:28, Registration Account wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and > all 4 fol

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
On 08/07/2007 05:49 PM, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Again - the SETUP will involve removing windows and installing a flavour > of linux to curb the effects of viruses. And it does help, not in the future but in the present. > The FALL will be when they > click yes to something they dont understan

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread jdd
Hans van der Merwe wrote: Why is it assumed that Linux is less prone to virus attacks? * Windows is stuck by it's history. Original windows (3.11, 95 or 98) had no idea of what security mind. So many application programmers used to store they user data in the application folder (for example)

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
G T Smith wrote: > > - From experience I would say when one can have as many problems with > non-embedded WiFi configurations with Windows as one can have with Linux > configurations generally. The manufacturers usually ensure that the > drivers work with the embedded chip set for Windows 32 on lap

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Registration Account wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and > all 4 folders were infected with > Phishin

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 18:24 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > On 08/07/2007 05:49 PM, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > Again - the SETUP will involve removing windows and installing a flavour > > of linux to curb the effects of viruses. > And it does help, not in the future but in the present. > > T

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Hans van der Merwe wrote: > On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 10:40 +0200, Clayton wrote: > >> On 8/7/07, Registration Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection >>> and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan >>> - Well I just performe

[opensuse] minor hiccup with openoffice install on 10.2

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Brian Bentley
I am trying to get OpenOffice to work again on my SuSE 10.2 installation. It appears to reinstall just fine, but when I start the app up it only flashes the splash dialog and the app doesn't really start. The error I get when I try to run one of the executables is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/bin> oow

[opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Dear everyone on the list I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I guess probably people on the list know better which in-expensiv

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Per Jessen
Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Well, that what I started with - a desktop environment - in desktop > environments there are basically only one user - so messing with > his/her docs/mail etc is just as bad as wiping the /lib dir? Not at all. If a user manages to screw up his/her home-directory, you

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Per Jessen
Hans van der Merwe wrote: > BUT telling users to install Linux because it will help > for viruses is IMHO irresponsible. Does anyone actually do that? I can see the above as an additional argument for someone who's about to switch to Linux, but surely it's not the main reason. /Per Jessen, Z

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread Nick Zentena
On Tuesday 07 August 2007 08:09, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new > mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on > the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I gu

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread David Bottrill
Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new > mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on > the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I guess > probably people on the lis

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread Tero Pesonen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new > mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on > the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I > guess

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Tero Pesonen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Per Jessen wrote: > Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > Well, that what I started with - a desktop environment - in desktop > > environments there are basically only one user - so messing with > > his/her docs/mail etc is just as bad as wiping the /lib dir? > > Not at all. If

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 01:35 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > What would YOU SUGGEST we "preach" to them? > > Hans, we preach Braaivleis, Boerewors, Biltong & Chevrolet; i.e. don't worry, be happy ... :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 11:42 +, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > I'm just "preaching" caution - just as I don't tell people to use > Linux > because its free, money wise or as in freedom, most of them are > skeptical about "free stuff", and the other really not care about tech > freedom (wrongly so,

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Kai Ponte
On Tue, August 7, 2007 1:28 am, Registration Account wrote: > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > which a year or so stored and catagorised emails and > all 4 fold

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new > mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on > the market and over-wheelming number of features to ch

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Hans van der Merwe
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 07:27 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Tue, August 7, 2007 1:28 am, Registration Account wrote: > > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > > wh

Re: [opensuse] Repositories question

2007-08-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Rajko, Rajko M. wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2007 01:30:08 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When Linux is mentioned the word, and possibly its biggest benefit, >> repositories Beautifully explained, and thankfully how I understood it. > Mirrors are usually better than orig

Re: [opensuse] Displaying ink levels on a printer

2007-08-07 Thread Adam Jimerson
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 03:08:57 pm taharka wrote: > How do, > > On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:10 -0400, Adam Jimerson wrote: > > > > Sadly I am to poor to be able to buy a network printer and so I have to > > work with what I can get, but thanks for the advice. > > It's summertime now. No yard sales i

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Mike
On Tuesday 07 August 2007 16:50, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > > > She was all freaked out about some phishing emails she got and > > thought for sure she was infected. (My son had launched AMOR and > > had dropped her wireless mouse receiver behind the desk. As a > > result, her mouse movements w

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Tero Pesonen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Tue, August 7, 2007 1:28 am, Registration Account wrote: > > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > > which a yea

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Hans van der Merwe wrote: Again, Im only talking about Desktop Linux, not servers - web users dont have logons, email and web-browsing on arb webservers - so it remains dumb user proof. But my main concern is that dumb users usually make up most of the desktop market out there - and preaching to

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Hans van der Merwe wrote: And... desktop users install all kinds of insane apps - when desktop linux is popular - more apps will appear - increasing the risk of installing a malicious one. Any malware capable of causing significant damage i.e. beyond the users files etc., will require ro

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Hans van der Merwe wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 01:35 -0800, John Andersen wrote: On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: But my main concern is that dumb users usually make up most of the desktop market out there - and preaching to them that Linux will make there virus pro

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread jdd
Tero Pesonen wrote: Not necessarily. I believe there were macro viruses for MS Excell in approx 25 years of computing, I _never_ had data corrupted by a virus, even on windows. This don't mean I never got virus, but I always see it before any damage done. I have seen many computer destruc

[opensuse] just an info about outlook express

2007-08-07 Thread jdd
This is not OT because it's about sending openoffice documents to outlook express users. OE is smart enough to prevent windows users to read openoffice documents... believe it or not. It refuses opening these documents saying thay are "unknown, probably viruses" :-(((. - they can even not sav

Re: [opensuse] updates/bugfixes from KDE and GNOME and Mozilla - vs - Version Control

2007-08-07 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 04:33:28PM +1000, Registration Account wrote: > I very very seldom ever see a bug fix or an enhancement > of a KDE or GNOME specific application or feature. > Does KDE and GNOME publish their updates to SUSE or do > we have to put up with solved errors until KDE or GNOME >

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Tero Pesonen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, jdd wrote: > Tero Pesonen wrote: > > Not necessarily. I believe there were macro viruses for MS Excell > > in approx 25 years of computing, I _never_ had data corrupted by a > virus, even on windows. Sure, but you're not an average user either. Regards, Tero Pesonen --

Re: [opensuse] cardbus PCI adaptor

2007-08-07 Thread Tim Nicholson
Rajko M. wrote: On Monday 06 August 2007 10:01:45 am Tim Nicholson wrote: I have bought a cheapo cardbus to PCI adaptor for my desktop system running 10.1 so I can use some memory cards that I share with the laptop. Kinfo centre lists the adaptor in the PCI section, and an inserted memory card

Re: [opensuse] just an info about outlook express

2007-08-07 Thread Tero Pesonen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, jdd wrote: > This is not OT because it's about sending openoffice documents to > outlook express users. > > OE is smart enough to prevent windows users to read openoffice > documents... believe it or not. It refuses opening these documents > saying thay are "unknown, prob

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread J Sloan
koffiejunkie wrote: J Sloan wrote: Clark Sann wrote: Wifi still doesn't work as well as it should under Linux but it is usable. (What it should do is let you be connected to a wired connection at the same time you are connected via wifi, just like windoze does.) If you get one of these

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread jdd
Tero Pesonen wrote: On Tuesday 07 August 2007, jdd wrote: Tero Pesonen wrote: Not necessarily. I believe there were macro viruses for MS Excell in approx 25 years of computing, I _never_ had data corrupted by a virus, even on windows. Sure, but you're not an average user either. may be, I

[opensuse] Re: Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Cristian Rodriguez R.
Registration Account escribió: > Phishing.Heuristics.emal.spoofedDomain virus's. http://bofhinc.com/images/cluepon.jpg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
I have a new sound problem... I have a Logitech USB 250 Headset that has been working perfectly up until today. I have been able to adjust the volume using KMix... Today the volume dropped to about 20% and stayed there. If I turn on absolute values in KMix (shows value between 0 and 100) and mov

[opensuse] Virtual machine with Windows

2007-08-07 Thread alex
Hello guys, i want to run virtual machine with windows some time from my current Linux Suse 10.2 desktop. In windows i use "Bank client" software. This software can be used only in windows + IE ;) Right now i use VMware player. What other soft can be used for create and run of VM with Windows?

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Hans van der Merwe wrote: Why is this not an issue with anyone? Deleting a normal users data is a big thing. They consider the PC broken if their files disappear. That's a minor issue, compared to some of the other things malware can do. Stuff such as stealing passwords and other person

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Letourneau
James Knott wrote: > Bottom line, you're ignoring all the technical differences that make > Windows a wide open target, in comparison to Linux or Unix. No amount > of dumb users will overcome that fact. Then, good practices will go > further to reduce that risk and also it is virtually impossible

Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly PCMCIA Wireless Card?

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
J Sloan wrote: koffiejunkie wrote: J Sloan wrote: Clark Sann wrote: Wifi still doesn't work as well as it should under Linux but it is usable. (What it should do is let you be connected to a wired connection at the same time you are connected via wifi, just like windoze does.) If you g

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
Michael Letourneau wrote: I think people are confusing virus with Trojan. From my old PC support days, most of the virii that were in the wild were tied to Office documents, or existed on boot sectors of floppies and hard drives. Nothing to "execute" there. I think it would be pretty easy for

Re: [opensuse] just an info about outlook express

2007-08-07 Thread Leen de Braal
> On Tuesday 07 August 2007, jdd wrote: >> This is not OT because it's about sending openoffice documents to >> outlook express users. >> >> OE is smart enough to prevent windows users to read openoffice >> documents... believe it or not. It refuses opening these documents >> saying thay are "unkn

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread jdd
James Knott wrote: A boot sector virus is executed every time the computer is booted. Any OS can be vulnerable to a boot sector virus during booting my old thunderbyte anti-vir software replaced the boot sector by it's own and kept an md5sum of it, preventing such attack. I hope moderns sy

[opensuse] Re: Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
On 8/7/07, Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a new sound problem... I have a Logitech USB 250 Headset that > has been working perfectly up until today. I have been able to adjust > the volume using KMix... > > Today the volume dropped to about 20% and stayed there. If I turn on > absolu

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Letourneau
James Knott wrote: > Michael Letourneau wrote: >> I think people are confusing virus with Trojan. From my old PC support >> days, most of the virii that were in the wild were tied to Office >> documents, or existed on boot sectors of floppies and hard drives. >> Nothing to "execute" there. I thin

[opensuse] Icons on the Desktop

2007-08-07 Thread A. den Oudsten
I use 10.2 and have Audacity and Lyx on the Desktop. When I adjust the right icon for one of them, the other changes too. Anybody knows how to solve this little problem? Thanks, André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread James Knott
jdd wrote: James Knott wrote: A boot sector virus is executed every time the computer is booted. Any OS can be vulnerable to a boot sector virus during booting my old thunderbyte anti-vir software replaced the boot sector by it's own and kept an md5sum of it, preventing such attack. I hope

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> But again, in either of those cases not being root does not necessarily > prevent your machine from being infected and/or the possible results > thereof. Everyone remembers Melissa, > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1999-04.html, if that were designed for > a Linux system, not being root would

[opensuse] kmail rare crash troubleshooting help needed

2007-08-07 Thread kanenas
Been using kmail as long as I have been using suse, in general i am very happy with it. I have never lost an email and I have always been able to transfer it to a new home partition when i changed suse versions, kmail versions, kde versions, drives or partitions. But this changed lately. In the

[opensuse] Re: has anybody installed AWN svn on his openSUSE?

2007-08-07 Thread Philipp Thomas
On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:24:44 +0300, Munkii wrote: >even better, i just installed alpha7 yesterday, i haven't been able to >even install the basic dependencies for AWN, they're either not in the >factory repos or yast/zypper is acting out on me, i just got smart up, >and i'll see what i can do.. M

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread David Bolt
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Clayton wrote:- >This does not account for buffer overflow exploits etc...I seem to >remember one recently (in the past year) that would give you root >access to a remote machine... scary except that you had to be root >already to get into the state where the exploit could be

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Letourneau
David Bolt wrote: > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Clayton wrote:- > > > >>This does not account for buffer overflow exploits etc...I seem to >>remember one recently (in the past year) that would give you root >>access to a remote machine... scary except that you had to be root >>already to get into the stat

Re: [opensuse] Virtual machine with Windows

2007-08-07 Thread Ken Schneider
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 22:09 +0500, alex wrote: > Hello guys, > > i want to run virtual machine with windows some time from my current > Linux Suse 10.2 desktop. > > In windows i use "Bank client" software. This software can be used only > in windows + IE ;) > > If you are talking about using Q

Re: [opensuse] Virtual machine with Windows

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> i want to run virtual machine with windows some time from my current > Linux Suse 10.2 desktop. > > In windows i use "Bank client" software. This software can be used only > in windows + IE ;) > > Right now i use VMware player. > > What other soft can be used for create and run of VM with Windows

Re: [opensuse] Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

2007-08-07 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 19:08 +0200, Clayton wrote: > I have a new sound problem... I have a Logitech USB 250 Headset that > has been working perfectly up until today. I have been able to adjust > the volume using KMix... > > Today the volume dropped to about 20% and stayed there. If I turn on > a

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
> On Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:28, Registration Account wrote: > > > As you know clamAV provides NO realtime virus detection > > > and from time to time we all need to execute a clamscan > > > - Well I just performed a clamscan and found 4 folder > > > which a year or so stored and catagorised emai

[opensuse] domain and email forwarding

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Howorth
I have a domain that I use to forward email. So I'm subscribed to this list as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it is forwarded to my real ISP. The company that provides this service has decided to try to get extra money for the same service so I'm looking for somewhere else. They also host the DNS for that d

Re: [opensuse] domain and email forwarding

2007-08-07 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Dave Howorth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-07-07 20:09]: > Or how much of this could I do for myself? Are there any good howtos? All of it. Get a static ip or subscribe to a service at dydns.com or no-ip.com and setup your own mail to your own computer. or get a gmail account and only use it for lis

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread John E. Perry
David Bolt wrote: > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Clayton wrote:- > > > >> This does not account for buffer overflow exploits etc... > > Of course, there's also those infections that occur without user > intervention, but those tend to come in through security holes in server > daemons which are unlikely

Re: [opensuse] Certificate troubles

2007-08-07 Thread Mike
On August 7, 2007 3:06 am, Registration Account wrote: > Mike, Bingo > > The 3 certificates that have an expired date is the > issue confronting you now. If we were dealing with MS > we could inset the CD do an update and there is a > option their to re-validate all root certificates - but > this i

Re: [opensuse] Repositories question

2007-08-07 Thread Rajko M.
On Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:57:31 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> What if a repo isn't available, due to network problems, can another > >> repo be added and used as a fallback repo? > > > > Yes, but search "mirrors" on htpp://en.opensuse.org there is plenty of > > explanations. > > I did

Re: [opensuse] Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> At this point I would look into Yast, Sound Card, and tweak the Master > volume. Well... I would except that none of my USB sound devices show up there as sound devices (the USB headset, and the USB webcam both have adjustable volume settings in KMix and are recognized as sound devices by appl

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Thank you for all of you providing helpful suggestions and ideas. Especially information about openmoko which I am very interested in:) Maybe I'd try with some Nokia products. Will need a weekend to browse the product categories and try a few of them in shopping center but thanks a lot for all inp

Re: [opensuse] Certificate troubles

2007-08-07 Thread Registration Account
Mike you will have to backup "your Certificates" using the backup button. When you back them up jut make sure that you recall the password you will be asked for up to 3 times. You can use the same password to help not getting lost. The backup file will be created and you can copy that file to a new

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Why is this not an issue with anyone?  Deleting a normal users data is a > big thing.   Obviously because any normal backup scheme will prevent such incidents. This problem is already taken care of by your normal backup. You do have a routine

Re: [opensuse] Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They said it makes no difference, > it costs the same with or without Vista. You need to ask more forcefully. I get them without any os all the time. Well they actually come with freedos but even that is simply in the package, not on the

Re: [opensuse] Virtual machine with Windows

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Clayton wrote: > > i want to run virtual machine with windows some time from my current > > Linux Suse 10.2 desktop. > > > > In windows i use "Bank client" software. This software can be used only > > in windows + IE ;) > > > > Right now i use VMware player. > > > > What

Re: [opensuse] probably off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?

2007-08-07 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear everyone on the list > > I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: Almost everything you asked for is available on the run of the mill Razr, Krazr, or several other motorola phones that I am familiar with. You need a data plan, preferably unl

[opensuse] Which version of Openoffice to install on 10.2?

2007-08-07 Thread Michael Brian Bentley
Sorry about the repetition, I had to switch accounts and didn't see any responses crop up. On my Opensuse 10.2 machine, Opensuse suggests installing a certain version of OpenOffice. However, it appears that this version requires gcc 4.2.0 to build a necessary component, libstdc++. Is this corr

Re: [opensuse] Virtual machine with Windows

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> Since he has Vmware player, I can be fairly certain he will not be > happy with virtualbox. Its Vastly inferior with regard to hardware and > networking options. He asked what other software he could use to setup a VM so... While the hardware and networking options may be more limited with

[opensuse] Software.opensuse.org search feature?

2007-08-07 Thread Leo Eraly
Hi, First of all: I really like the new search interface on software.o.o Would it be possible to add a small feature to this search to save all the searches for suse packages that don't return a result. (Offcourse with the necessary security in mind) Afterwards we can make a top 10 from this 'w

Re: [opensuse] Which version of Openoffice to install on 10.2?

2007-08-07 Thread Clayton
> On my Opensuse 10.2 machine, Opensuse suggests installing a certain > version of OpenOffice. However, it appears that this version requires > gcc 4.2.0 to build a necessary component, libstdc++. Is this correct? > My problem is that Yast2 doesn't appear to recognize that version of > gcc, so how