Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Aniruddha
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 22:43 -0400, Allen wrote: > Lol that's not what girls want, the actual geek girls I know want Slackware > or > SUSE ;) My Wife for example, can't stand Ubuntu and LOVES Sun stuff and > Slackware. > > -Allen You're my hero :) -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the

[opensuse] very disconcerting bug 10.2

2007-11-02 Thread l t
> > I've checked the most annoying bug list, and I may > have missed it, but I ran across something which is > kind of scary to me. > Now, I have been off of windows for three years > now, > but I still can't seem to shake the paranoia that OS > instills in its users. I, a simple, end user, r

[opensuse] Setting up a printer ?.

2007-11-02 Thread Erik Jakobsen
0Hi.. I have a HP C5280 All In One printer. It's connected to a NAS server. I want to have my opensuse computer to be able to print to it via the LAN I have. But I'm in doubt how I shall use to set it up. I have look at the HPLIP, and the printer is linuxcompatible. I got it set up to be used

Re: [opensuse] Updated Compiz - Still No Autostart

2007-11-02 Thread CyberOrg
On Nov 3, 2007 9:28 AM, David C. Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we're all out of answers on this one, I'll file it as a bug report. > To qualify as a bug everyone using the software should be facing it or there is a correct method to follow which duplicates it on other systems. Referenc

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 upgrade

2007-11-02 Thread Stan Goodman
** Reply to message from "Rajko M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 2 Nov 2007 18:54:03 -0500 > On Friday 02 November 2007 01:36:35 am Stan Goodman wrote: > > > It's very good to have options; thanks for all this information. I am very > > grateful for the helpfulness of this group. > > I guess it

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
HI Here is the menu.lst and fdisk -all: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Nov 1 21:55:54 EDT 2007 default 2 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.2 kerne

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
HI Here is the menu.lst and fdisk -all: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Nov 1 21:55:54 EDT 2007 default 2 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.2 kerne

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * mukul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-02-07 19:00]: > I now know that this list has its fair share of dickheads. You are fitting right in. Good post. :^) - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.o

Re: [opensuse] Updated Compiz - Still No Autostart

2007-11-02 Thread David C. Rankin
David C. Rankin wrote: > Mates, > > The only way I can explain this bizarre situation is just to show you > what it takes to get compiz started on my Toshiba P35 laptop and leave > it there. > > After logging in to kwin, first I try and start compiz with the same > command shown with

Re: [opensuse] Default Browser for Thunderbird (Didn't Work)

2007-11-02 Thread Billie Walsh
On 11/02/2007 Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > I clicked on a URL in a piece of e-mail and the hard drive light > acted up and then stopped and nothing happened. I wonder if it would > work better if I simply downloaded Firefox from the web and loaded it > into my home directory, rather than use the SUS

Re: [opensuse] Default Browser for Thunderbird (Didn't Work)

2007-11-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Dennis J. Tuchler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-02-07 21:22]: > > I clicked on a URL in a piece of e-mail and the hard drive light acted > up and then stopped and nothing happened. did you first close everything related to firefox? > I wonder if it w

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread primm
On Saturday 03 November 2007 03:43:57 Allen wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 7:11 pm, primm wrote: > > On Friday 02 November 2007 17:56:30 Allen wrote: > > > Ubuntu? Wow, unless OpenSUSE grabbed me by the head and punched me I > > > wouldn't touch Ubuntu again. > > > > But ubuntu just works righ

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Allen
On Friday 02 November 2007 7:11 pm, primm wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 17:56:30 Allen wrote: > > Ubuntu? Wow, unless OpenSUSE grabbed me by the head and punched me I > > wouldn't touch Ubuntu again. > > But ubuntu just works right from the cd. You can install it in 15 minutes. > It plays vid

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Allen
SUSE used to make Hardware, and it would be cool if they did again. Also I've seen SUSE bags as well. -Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Freetype autohinting issue

2007-11-02 Thread Eron Lloyd
Has anyone else noticed problems with the default autohinting in freetype2? Some fonts are using the embedded bitmaps instead, particularly the new Vista ClearType fonts. Ubuntu users have reported the same issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/145488. Is this a hard-co

Re: [opensuse] Gnome screen saver turned off

2007-11-02 Thread Carl Hartung
On Fri November 2 2007 09:39:06 pm Carl Spitzer wrote: > Suse 10.0 under gnome. > Suddenly the screen savers do not run even if I click to a specific one > for testing. Under Gnome after a minute, setting is 4 minutes, I get a > black screen not a screensaver. > > > What config file do I hack to t

Re: [opensuse] experience with external usb 2.0 harddrive

2007-11-02 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 02 November 2007 13:40, Peter Harmsen wrote: > Has any anyone good experiences with external harddrives in > combination with OpenSuSE? > And if so what branch? I've had some very good experiences with external harddrives. I plug them in, they load up. Pretty simple. I have one 350GB

Re: [opensuse] SLES10 SP1 and PERC2

2007-11-02 Thread Chris Arnold
Detlef Reichelt wrote: > Hi Chris, > > which exact controler did you have: > > lspci > hwinfo --storage-ctrl > dmesg | grep raid > > Detlef Hi Detlef! I will not be able to run this command as of right now as this server does not have an OS on it yet. I do know it is an american megaraid card

[opensuse] Gnome screen saver turned off

2007-11-02 Thread Carl Spitzer
Suse 10.0 under gnome. Suddenly the screen savers do not run even if I click to a specific one for testing. Under Gnome after a minute, setting is 4 minutes, I get a black screen not a screensaver. What config file do I hack to turn them back on? ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ || | | [__ | | |

Re: [opensuse] Default Browser for Thunderbird (Didn't Work)

2007-11-02 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
Billie Walsh wrote: Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: I cannot call up Firefox with the appropriate URL when clicking on a URL in a message in Thunderbird. I am operating both applications under SUSE 10.3 and KDE. I selected Firefox and KDE entered "mozillafirefox" in the KDE Control Center / KDE Comp

Re: [opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
On Friday 02 November 2007 05:41:49 pm Joachim Schrod wrote: > Ben Kevan wrote: > > On Friday 02 November 2007 05:51:05 am Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> Ben Kevan wrote: > >> > On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> >> Coach-X wrote: > >> >> > If I wanted zypper

[opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Joachim Schrod
Ben Kevan wrote: On Friday 02 November 2007 05:51:05 am Joachim Schrod wrote: Ben Kevan wrote: > On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Coach-X wrote: >> > If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads when doing >> > an online update, how would

Re: [opensuse] Remote Desktop Question - krdc

2007-11-02 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 02 November 2007 11:33, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 19:08:36 Andreas wrote: > > Am Freitag, 2. November 2007 08:05:40 schrieb Kai Ponte: > > > Is there any way to imbed the username in krdc. I looked at the docs ( > > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/krd

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
HI Here is the menu.lst and fdisk -all: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Nov 1 21:55:54 EDT 2007 default 2 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.2 kerne

Re: [opensuse] how to get an anser (was: Re: hint hint - quit top posting on opensuse mailing list and you might receive help)

2007-11-02 Thread Rajko M.
On Friday 02 November 2007 06:37:34 am Eberhard Roloff wrote: > recommended reading > Howto ask questions the smart way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > Opensuse list netiquette > http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette First one is included in second, than

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Aniruddha
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 19:05 -0500, Kevin Dupuy wrote: > I agree SUSE needs to make some cool promotional material... any > community member that would help would be cool. > -- > Kevin Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yo.media Although I am a terrible designer (I a more a text writer) I think I'll p

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Kevin Dupuy
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:05 -0700, Sloan wrote: > Aniruddha wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:09 -0400, Jose wrote: > > > >> This is the closest I could find on their site: > >> > >> http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons > >> > >> > >> > >> Aniruddha wrote: > >> > >>> I am looking for things lik

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
HI Here is the menu.lst and fdisk -all: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Nov 1 21:55:54 EDT 2007 default 2 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.2 kerne

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 upgrade

2007-11-02 Thread Rajko M.
On Friday 02 November 2007 01:36:35 am Stan Goodman wrote: > It's very good to have options; thanks for all this information. I am very > grateful for the helpfulness of this group. I guess it is time for trip. I hope to hear from you when you are back. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe,

[opensuse] ALSA and NI Audio Kontrol 1

2007-11-02 Thread Eron Lloyd
Hi everyone, I'm trying to get my Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 external USB sound card to work with OpenSUSE 10.3, but I cannot find the drivers for it, specifically the snd_usb_caiaq module. It doesn't show up in YaST, but I remember reading that this version of ALSA includes those drive

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread primm
On Friday 02 November 2007 17:56:30 Allen wrote: > Ubuntu? Wow, unless OpenSUSE grabbed me by the head and punched me I > wouldn't touch Ubuntu again. But ubuntu just works right from the cd. You can install it in 15 minutes. It plays videos and mp3's and stuff I have on my ipod. That's what gir

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread mukul
peter nikolic wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007, Mukul Singh wrote: > >> yeah yeah... heard of pine. So what? If it is there does that mean I >> have to use it as well? I have two desktops and one of them runs windows. >> >> M >> >> Kai Ponte wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 01 November 2007 21:

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Hans Witvliet
> On Friday 02 November 2007 18:18:48 chika wrote: > > just curious openSUSE always loads or uses 90% of my 1 gig RAM, but > > ubuntu just 25% of it. what's that mean? > How/what did you install? If you installed "default kde/gnome ore even minimal X" there is a fair chance that a truck load

Re: [opensuse] What happend to the suse-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:31:47PM +0100, Robert Scheck wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > It might just be that the machine is down. > > Depends on the meaning of "down": http://lists.suse.com/archive/ - that > overview page already changed too and now only contains openSUSE

Re: [opensuse] What happend to the suse-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Robert Scheck
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007, Marcus Meissner wrote: > It might just be that the machine is down. Depends on the meaning of "down": http://lists.suse.com/archive/ - that overview page already changed too and now only contains openSUSE related stuff... :-( Greetings, Robert -- Robert Scheck Web: http:

Re: [opensuse] Default Browser for Thunderbird

2007-11-02 Thread Billie Walsh
Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > I cannot call up Firefox with the appropriate URL when clicking on a > URL in a message in Thunderbird. I am operating both applications > under SUSE 10.3 and KDE. I selected Firefox and KDE entered > "mozillafirefox" in the KDE Control Center / KDE Components / > Comp

Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.3: Unable to boot anymore

2007-11-02 Thread Martin Byttebier
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:29:20 -0400 Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Martin Byttebier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-02-07 17:21]: > > I did try the repair option and indeed is badly broken. Too bad :-( > > the new Live cd may be used, bo

Re: [opensuse] experience with external usb 2.0 harddrive

2007-11-02 Thread Sloan
Peter Harmsen wrote: > Has any anyone good experiences with external harddrives in > combination with OpenSuSE? > And if so what branch? > I've got a western digital 200 GB external usb drive that I use for my nightly backups. I reformatted the disk, replacing the peecee filesystem with reiser

Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.3: Unable to boot anymore

2007-11-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Martin Byttebier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-02-07 17:21]: > I did try the repair option and indeed is badly broken. Too bad :-( the new Live cd may be used, boot the cd and use it's yast http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/iso/cd/openSUSE-1

Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.3: Unable to boot anymore

2007-11-02 Thread Martin Byttebier
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:43:47 -0400 Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Byttebier wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This morning my desktop pc running in dualboot XP/OpenSuse 10.3 refused > > to boot up under openSuse. The boot goes as far as: > > ... > > /dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xa

Re: [opensuse] experience with external usb 2.0 harddrive

2007-11-02 Thread jfweber
On Fri November 2 2007, Peter Harmsen scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > Has any anyone good experiences with external harddrives in > combination with OpenSuSE? > And if so what branch? If you mean Brand I've got a Lacie 250 GB ; firewire; external.. it's great.

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 02 November 2007 12:46, Aniruddha wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 12:29 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Friday 02 November 2007 12:17, Aniruddha wrote: > > > I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. > > > Any ideas where I can find these? > > > >

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Bryen
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 22:01 +0100, Peter Harmsen wrote: > Would be nice to chair some experiences regarding opensuse via instant > message. > My ym is "phaceton" http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate Use the openSUSE IRC chat room. Better than a splintered conversation via YM. -- ---Bryen--- --

Re: [opensuse] What happend to the suse-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:43:34PM +0100, Robert Scheck wrote: > Hello all, > > today I noticed that the suse-sles-e mailing list, normally reachable via > [EMAIL PROTECTED], disappeared silently. Or said with more unfriendly > words, the list was dropped - but why?! > > Even the archive at http:

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Sloan
Aniruddha wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:09 -0400, Jose wrote: > >> This is the closest I could find on their site: >> >> http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons >> >> >> >> Aniruddha wrote: >> >>> I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. Any ideas where I >>> can find these? >>> >>>

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Peter Harmsen
Would be nice to chair some experiences regarding opensuse via instant message. My ym is "phaceton" On 11/2/07, Ortwin Ebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > >is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another > >distro? > > > > > We have some customers with openSuSE

Re: [opensuse] experience with external usb 2.0 harddrive

2007-11-02 Thread Ortwin Ebhardt
Hi Peter, I'm using a lowcost USB-2.0-Drive (as far as I know it uses the DeLock chip) with my notebook. It works stable and I have no problems regarding speed. I used it from SuSE 9 to openSuSE 10.3 and experienced never problems. sincerly yours, Ortwin Peter Harmsen wrote: Has any anyone

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Ortwin Ebhardt
Hello, is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another distro? We have some customers with openSuSE (10.2) running on their servers. They use them for several things: NMS (Nagios, Cacti), as a base for several databases (oracle mostly), there are even some with Lotus

Re: [opensuse] OpenSuse 10.3: Unable to boot anymore

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
On 10.3 the DVD repair option is broken; have you tried the failsafe option at boot up time? Martin Byttebier wrote: Hello, This morning my desktop pc running in dualboot XP/OpenSuse 10.3 refused to boot up under openSuse. The boot goes as far as: ... /dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,use

[opensuse] experience with external usb 2.0 harddrive

2007-11-02 Thread Peter Harmsen
Has any anyone good experiences with external harddrives in combination with OpenSuSE? And if so what branch? kind regards, Peter -- I have made this letter longer than usual, because i lack the time to make it short. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [opensuse] Re: ATI Driver - Which Version?

2007-11-02 Thread Eberhard Roloff
chika wrote: > same here, got trouble with compiz fusion on radeon 9250. > wonder when i can get compiz animation on my box > >> Eberhard Roloff wrote: >> I am happy that I made a backup, just out of fear. ;-) >> >> >> Kind regards >> Eberhard >> 10.2/32bit/Ati Radeon 9200, fglrx deleted and b

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Aniruddha
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:09 -0400, Jose wrote: > This is the closest I could find on their site: > > http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons > > > > Aniruddha wrote: > > I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. Any ideas where I > > can find these? > > > > > Thanks guys for the links.

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
This is the closest I could find on their site: http://en.opensuse.org/Buttons Aniruddha wrote: I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. Any ideas where I can find these? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Kai Ponte
On Friday 02 November 2007 12:46, Aniruddha wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 12:29 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Friday 02 November 2007 12:17, Aniruddha wrote: > > > I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. > > > Any ideas where I can find these? > > > >

[opensuse] Default Browser for Thunderbird

2007-11-02 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
I cannot call up Firefox with the appropriate URL when clicking on a URL in a message in Thunderbird. I am operating both applications under SUSE 10.3 and KDE. I selected Firefox and KDE entered "mozillafirefox" in the KDE Control Center / KDE Components / Component Chooser / Web Browser.

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Aniruddha
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 12:29 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 12:17, Aniruddha wrote: > > I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. > > Any ideas where I can find these? > > > > > RRS ?! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 02 November 2007 12:17, Aniruddha wrote: > I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. > Any ideas where I can find these? RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Re: [openSuSe] What happened to the SuSe-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Jack Malone
>>> Anders Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/2/2007 1:51 PM >>> On Friday 02 November 2007 19:43:34 Robert Scheck wrote: > Hello all, > > today I noticed that the SuSe-sles-e mailing list, normally reachable via > [EMAIL PROTECTED], disappeared silently. Or said with more unfriendly > words, the l

[opensuse] Where do I find openSUSE promotional material?

2007-11-02 Thread Aniruddha
I am looking for things like brochures, pictures etc. Any ideas where I can find these? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-

[opensuse] OpenSuse 10.3: Unable to boot anymore

2007-11-02 Thread Martin Byttebier
Hello, This morning my desktop pc running in dualboot XP/OpenSuse 10.3 refused to boot up under openSuse. The boot goes as far as: ... /dev/sda10 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) NTFS driver 2.1.28 [flags: R/W module] NTFS Volume version 3.1 after this nothing happens anymore unless I hit t

[opensuse] [SOLVED] Re: display hal events

2007-11-02 Thread Andy Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/24/07, Andy Harrison wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The keyboard on my workstation has a sleep/suspend key. I'd like to > remap it, but so far my attempts are failing. When I xmodmap the > keycode 222 issued by

Re: [opensuse] What happend to the suse-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Anders Johansson
On Friday 02 November 2007 19:43:34 Robert Scheck wrote: > Hello all, > > today I noticed that the suse-sles-e mailing list, normally reachable via > [EMAIL PROTECTED], disappeared silently. Or said with more unfriendly > words, the list was dropped - but why?! I don't know why it was dropped, but

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread David C. Rankin
chika wrote: > just curious openSUSE always loads or uses 90% of my 1 gig RAM, but > ubuntu just 25% of it. what's that mean? > Look at your memory with "free -tm" and look the used and free cached and -/+ buffers/cache. total used free sharedbuffe

[opensuse] What happend to the suse-sles-e mailing list?

2007-11-02 Thread Robert Scheck
Hello all, today I noticed that the suse-sles-e mailing list, normally reachable via [EMAIL PROTECTED], disappeared silently. Or said with more unfriendly words, the list was dropped - but why?! Even the archive at http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-sles-e/ isn't there, because http://lists.suse.

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 02 November 2007 10:18, chika wrote: > is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? Certainly. > any option, maybe another distro? Probably. I hear Solaris gets used for servers a lot... > just curious openSUSE always loads or uses 90% of my 1 gig RAM, > but ubuntu just 25% of

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
On Friday 02 November 2007 11:09:53 am Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 10:33, Ben Kevan wrote: > > ... > > > > Has anybody tested and wrote off the fix in a real-time enviroment? > > What does "real-time" have to do with it? > > > ... > > > > Ben > > Randall Schulz I am guessi

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread David C. Rankin
Sloan wrote: > chika wrote: >> is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another >> distro? >> openSuSE is bulletproof as a server. The only time I have downtime is when I reboot to install a new kernel. (well there was that time in '05 when Hurricane Rita came through an

Re: [opensuse] Remote Desktop Question - krdc

2007-11-02 Thread Anders Johansson
On Friday 02 November 2007 19:08:36 Andreas wrote: > Am Freitag, 2. November 2007 08:05:40 schrieb Kai Ponte: > > Is there any way to imbed the username in krdc. I looked at the docs ( > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/krdc/index.html ) and can't see > > anything. > > > > When I go to co

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Anders Johansson
On Friday 02 November 2007 18:18:48 chika wrote: > just curious openSUSE always loads or uses 90% of my 1 gig RAM, but > ubuntu just 25% of it. what's that mean? How do you measure it? You should know that tools like top are almost useless for measuring memory usage. The simple command line

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 02 November 2007 10:33, Ben Kevan wrote: > ... > > Has anybody tested and wrote off the fix in a real-time enviroment? What does "real-time" have to do with it? > ... > > Ben Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [opensuse] Remote Desktop Question - krdc

2007-11-02 Thread Andreas
Am Freitag, 2. November 2007 08:05:40 schrieb Kai Ponte: > Is there any way to imbed the username in krdc. I looked at the docs ( > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/krdc/index.html ) and can't see > anything. > > When I go to connect to my Windows workstations, I often have to wait as > it

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Bryen
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 00:18 +0700, chika wrote: > is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another > distro? > How do you wish to use it as a server? Where and how affect whether your particular distro is good for what you want to do. Give us more information about your

Re: [opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread Sloan
chika wrote: > is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another > distro? > It's one of the best possible distros to use as a server, since it's very complete and managable. I do a lot of consulting jobs for small and medium businesses, and opensuse performs quite solidly

Re: [opensuse] Re: ATI Driver - Which Version?

2007-11-02 Thread chika
same here, got trouble with compiz fusion on radeon 9250. wonder when i can get compiz animation on my box > Eberhard Roloff wrote: > I am happy that I made a backup, just out of fear. ;-) > > > Kind regards > Eberhard > 10.2/32bit/Ati Radeon 9200, fglrx deleted and back to Radeon driver, > on

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
On Friday 02 November 2007 10:24:55 am Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 10:19, Ben Kevan wrote: > > ... > > > > Have you tried applying the patch? > > That's not my thing. I'll wait for a release. > > > Ben > > RRS Ok let me rephrase.. Has anybody tested and wrote off the fix

[opensuse] server side

2007-11-02 Thread chika
is it openSUSE suitable for being a server??? any option, maybe another distro? just curious openSUSE always loads or uses 90% of my 1 gig RAM, but ubuntu just 25% of it. what's that mean? add my ym "l1u_8e1" to your buddy list lets share our knowledge on openSUSE br, tambun -- To unsubs

Re: [opensuse] Xorg security update hiccup - Was: Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Matt T.
On Friday 02 November 2007, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 16:54:53 Matt T. wrote: > > There was indeed an update, a few weeks ago, IIRC even a security update, > > which updated X11, but not the drivers, and stopped X from loading, just > > like described here by the OP. Took

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Friday 02 November 2007 10:19, Ben Kevan wrote: > ... > > Have you tried applying the patch? That's not my thing. I'll wait for a release. > Ben RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
On Friday 02 November 2007 09:54:56 am Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Wednesday 31 October 2007 09:08, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > ... > > > > -==--==--==--==--==--==--==-

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Allen
Ubuntu? Wow, unless OpenSUSE grabbed me by the head and punched me I wouldn't touch Ubuntu again. It's just Debian with a little bit different installer, a pain in the butt on root accounts becaue it wants to try something different, which is cool and all but makes learning UNIX harder for a new

Re: [opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669

2007-11-02 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Wednesday 31 October 2007 09:08, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > > > ... -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- [PATCH] reiserfs: bad unlock in reiserfs_xat

Re: [opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
> > No, all he is requesting is the OPTION to save them. Nothing would > force you or anyone else to keep them if you don't want them but the > OPTION to do so should be there. What would this proposed option be set to? > Please don't compare *anything* about Windoze as justification for > imp

Re: [opensuse] Xorg security update hiccup - Was: Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Anders Johansson
On Friday 02 November 2007 16:54:53 Matt T. wrote: > There was indeed an update, a few weeks ago, IIRC even a security update, > which updated X11, but not the drivers, and stopped X from loading, just > like described here by the OP. Took me half a day of googling and thinking > and sweating to fi

Re: [opensuse] Printer Canon MP830 - device designation

2007-11-02 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
Thanks to all who offered help! 10.e recognizes and installs printer and scanner in the Canon PIXMA MP830, so all seems ok, for now. Rajko M. wrote: On Monday 29 October 2007 11:43:18 am Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: Rajko M. wrote: On Sunday 28 October 2007 12:51:54 pm Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:

[opensuse] Pixma Problem Solved in 10.3

2007-11-02 Thread Dennis J. Tuchler
Thanks to all who offered help. 10.3 recognizes the printer and the scanner, so, so far, all is well with the Canon PIXMA MP830. dj tuchler -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Richard Creighton
Ben Kevan wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 05:51:05 am Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> Ben Kevan wrote: >> >>> On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >>> Coach-X wrote: > If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads

Re: [opensuse] Xorg security update hiccup - Was: Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread Matt T.
my working solution see below On Friday 02 November 2007, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 01:04:39 mukul wrote: > > X.Org X Server 1.4.0 > > Release Date: 5 September 2007 > > Hm > > > (II) LoadModule: "intel" > > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//drivers/int

Re: [opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
On Friday 02 November 2007 05:51:05 am Joachim Schrod wrote: > Ben Kevan wrote: > > On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> Coach-X wrote: > >> > If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads when doing > >> > an online update, how would this be do

Re: [opensuse] Re: hint hint - quit top posting on opensuse mailing list and you might receive help

2007-11-02 Thread Ben Kevan
What is top posting On Friday 02 November 2007 02:54:59 am mukul wrote: > So it really does hurt people like you that your dream OS has still got > some chinks ;-) > Steve Jeppesen wrote: Haha seriously, just had to jump in and do that.. And hope we don't go this route again. Ben -- To unsub

Re: [opensuse] Re: KDE bug

2007-11-02 Thread Kevin Donnelly
On Friday 02 November 2007 11:39, Clayton wrote: > This is also being reported on a few openSUSE forums (eg at > opensuse.us) so it's not just one user.. but a bunch.. or maybe > just one posting in many places No, I think there really is a problem somewhere - I noted in an email to this list

[opensuse] Remote Desktop Question - krdc

2007-11-02 Thread Kai Ponte
Is there any way to imbed the username in krdc. I looked at the docs ( http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/krdc/index.html ) and can't see anything. When I go to connect to my Windows workstations, I often have to wait as it sends the username I have on my *nix box (kai) to the computers.

Re: [opensuse] lpr printing

2007-11-02 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Drew Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-02-07 08:46]: > I have an HP LaserJet 6p set up as my default printer in Suse 10.2 and > am using lpr to print text files to it. Is there any way to set the > font that is being used to print to a smaller size?

Re: [opensuse] intall hints for 10.3 on Thinkpad?

2007-11-02 Thread Carlos F Lange
On Thu November 1 2007 22:51, Zoltan Levardy wrote: > thanks guys for hint ;) > > i needed to reboot 3 times while repartitioning. Finally i am having > a feeling it needs to refresh partition table to re-read. And format > cannot be done just after a partition created. But it's just working > wit

Re: [opensuse] Bye bye opensuse...

2007-11-02 Thread peter nikolic
On Friday 02 November 2007, Mukul Singh wrote: > yeah yeah... heard of pine. So what? If it is there does that mean I > have to use it as well? I have two desktops and one of them runs windows. > > M > > Kai Ponte wrote: > > On Thursday 01 November 2007 21:50, mukul wrote > > > > > > > >> -Ori

[opensuse] video card changed

2007-11-02 Thread Lorenzo Cerini
Hello, i changed my video card, i removed the ati, and wanted to use the intel i810 integrated on my mb. Actually my pc starts, and even X starts, just my card is treated as a framebuffer. Via Sax2, i noticed now, is no more possible to change the video card, so now i can't have the 3d back aga

Re: [opensuse] Re: hint hint - quit top posting on opensuse mailing list and you might receive help

2007-11-02 Thread mukul
> Boy you reall *are* an MS-Stooge. > One complaint and you can't handle it. Seems to me that you exhibit traits of a bully, just like M$, to get your message across. Ok, now back to Wintendo. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Gabriel .
2007/11/2, Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Everybody, > > I have this suse 10.2 machine as the master distro installed, sitting on > a hda partition, along with a couple of more distros on the same drive, > I have another sdb drive (SATA) with a few more partitions, I have > chainloaded from the 10.

[opensuse] 10.3 chainloader

2007-11-02 Thread Jose
Hi Everybody, I have this suse 10.2 machine as the master distro installed, sitting on a hda partition, along with a couple of more distros on the same drive, I have another sdb drive (SATA) with a few more partitions, I have chainloaded from the 10.2 booter a couple of distros, one of them fe

[opensuse] Re: save rpm files from online update

2007-11-02 Thread Joachim Schrod
Ben Kevan wrote: On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Coach-X wrote: > If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads when doing an > online update, how would this be done? Please see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293100 and vote for

[opensuse] lpr printing

2007-11-02 Thread Drew Burchett
I have an HP LaserJet 6p set up as my default printer in Suse 10.2 and am using lpr to print text files to it. Is there any way to set the font that is being used to print to a smaller size? I would like to set a smaller font as default if possible. Thanks, Drew Burchett United Systems & Softwa

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