[opensuse] Mysql problem.

Hallo all, i have a big problem here with my server, after i upgraded mysql from 4 to 5, i found that there are two pid files in /var/lib/mysql which mean i have two mysql servers, and mysql is failing at startup with error regarding the .sock file, please help. Regards, Mahmoud Abdelsalam. --

Re: [opensuse] Package files

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 09:55:10 pm John Bennett wrote: > If I install a package from an online repository, through Yast or > Smart, (as I have just installed MediaWiki), are those files kept so I > could copy them to another PC and install, or are they deleted after a > successful installati

[opensuse] Package files

If I install a package from an online repository, through Yast or Smart, (as I have just installed MediaWiki), are those files kept so I could copy them to another PC and install, or are they deleted after a successful installation?? Thanks, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a

Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT not active at boot after nvidia-xconfig tweak

At 01:24 PM 22/11/2007, Don Raboud wrote: On Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:49, Denis Brown wrote: > Dear List Members, > > At this point a cold boot. Disturbingly during the POST there was *no* > video on screen. The card and monitor have dual (analogue and digital) > connections but video

Re: [opensuse] addresses

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 19:00, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2007 09:59, jim barnes wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 23:08:26 Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > Using SuSE 9.3: > > > > > > There are a bunch of bad adresses in KMail, which are almost surely > > > my own fault

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

On Thursday 22 November 2007 03:53:58 Rajko M. wrote: > The problem with alpha, beta naming is real. > People are afraid to install test versions. You don't "fix" that by calling something "Release Candidate". In the case of 10.3, the Beta releases were imho usable. Most major problems were re

Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT not active at boot after nvidia-xconfig tweak

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 20:49, Denis Brown wrote: > Dear List Members, > > At this point a cold boot. Disturbingly during the POST there was *no* > video on screen. The card and monitor have dual (analogue and digital) > connections but video did not appear on either. > > Once the POST

Re: [opensuse] NFS misconfig problem w/files >2GB

On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 20:25 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > I'm exporting some files (>10GB files) via NFS from a 2.6.23.1-kernel, > SuSE system, and mounting on another (same kernel). > > All of my files >2GB (not exactly sure if break point is at 2 or 4GB's, > all the large files I look at on the

Re: [opensuse] KDE updates & smart

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 09:42:56 Phil Burness wrote: > I'm running openSuSE 10.3 with KDE 3.5.8 release 21.2. I run smart on a > regular basis but have not seen any updates to KDE for a long while. Not many changes are done to KDE3 packages anyway, much focus on KDE4 atm. Bye, Steve --

[opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT not active at boot after nvidia-xconfig tweak

Dear List Members, openSuSE 10.3 on x86_64 system with Intel Core2Duo CPU and nVidia GeForce 8500GT video card and ASUS P5K motherboard. Forgive the long post but I figure it will save time in the long run if I give as much info as possible at "day one." Installation went well from downloa

Re: [opensuse] Conversions

Robert Smits wrote: On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:19:50 Richard Creighton wrote: I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 07:50:27 pm Philippe Landau wrote: > Will, that's not because it lacks the RC label. > That's because it was so hard to use for simple users. > I'm just one of many, i look forward to KDE4 with great anticipation > since months but as long as reviewers report serious

Re: [opensuse] RAID5 & Power outages

Ciro Iriarte wrote: > I assume that would look really nasty on a big raid5... A UPS battery costs less then 80 euro. It gives your computer 3 minutes to shut down properly. Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] addresses

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 14:00, Jan Ritzerfeld wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 21. November 2007 schrieb Doug McGarrett: > > [...] > > There are a bunch of bad adresses in KMail, which are almost surely > > my own fault, but where are these stored, and how can I correct or > > eliminate them?   > > [...

Re: [opensuse] addresses

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 09:59, jim barnes wrote: > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 23:08:26 Doug McGarrett wrote: > > Using SuSE 9.3: > > > > There are a bunch of bad adresses in KMail, which are almost surely > > my own fault, but where are these stored, and how can I correct or > > eliminate th

Re: [opensuse] Converting CPU temp in sysinfo:/

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 06:53:02 pm Jason Craig wrote: > Adam Jimerson wrote: > > Is it possable to change the CPU temperature reading in sysino:/ from > > reading in Celsius to Fahrenheit? Its not hard to do the conversion > > myself but I think it would be nice to have it reading in Fahren

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

Thank you to all the list members, you are so considerate and helpful, a great experience that has become rare online and testifies to many great people cultivating kindness over years. Filip Brcic wrote: > KDE 4.0 is a complete rewrite of the KDE using Qt4 library. It introduces > various improv

Re: [opensuse] Conversions

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:19:50 Richard Creighton wrote: > I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher > files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import > the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps. > > Does anyone

Re: [opensuse] SAMBA options definitions

On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 07:45 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > On 11/22/2007 07:31 AM, Bryen wrote: > > When using YaST2 to configure Samba shares, there are many many options > > available. > > > > Where can I get just a simple list of definitions for each option? Man > > samba or smb.conf doesn

Re: [opensuse] SAMBA options definitions

On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 07:45 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > On 11/22/2007 07:31 AM, Bryen wrote: > > When using YaST2 to configure Samba shares, there are many many options > > available. > > > > Where can I get just a simple list of definitions for each option? Man > > samba or smb.conf doesn

Re: [opensuse] Backing-up an Opensuse system - OK everyone, it's time to get really serious!

2007/11/21, Basil Chupin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There is a thread in this forum about making backups of a 'Linux'/ > Opensuse OS. > > I've read them, and I am absolutely and thoroughly 'put-off' by what I > have read. > > I now ask: > > is it not now the time to get really serious about having a ba

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

El mié, 21-11-2007 a las 21:27 +0100, M9. escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hudibras schreef: > > El mié, 21-11-2007 a las 19:02 +0100, Philippe Landau escribió: > >> Stephan Binner wrote: > >>> On Tuesday, 20. November 2007 18:18:43 Ben Kevan wrote: > >>> > >>

Re: [opensuse] Converting CPU temp in sysinfo:/

Adam Jimerson wrote: > Is it possable to change the CPU temperature reading in sysino:/ from reading > in Celsius to Fahrenheit? Its not hard to do the conversion myself but I > think it would be nice to have it reading in Fahrenheit, which is what I am > use to. > Well, I'm sure the underly

Re: [opensuse] SAMBA options definitions

On 11/22/2007 07:31 AM, Bryen wrote: > When using YaST2 to configure Samba shares, there are many many options > available. > > Where can I get just a simple list of definitions for each option? Man > samba or smb.conf doesn't offer a complete listing. I would suggest installing (if it isn't) sa

[opensuse] SAMBA options definitions

When using YaST2 to configure Samba shares, there are many many options available. Where can I get just a simple list of definitions for each option? Man samba or smb.conf doesn't offer a complete listing. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

[opensuse] Converting CPU temp in sysinfo:/

Is it possable to change the CPU temperature reading in sysino:/ from reading in Celsius to Fahrenheit? Its not hard to do the conversion myself but I think it would be nice to have it reading in Fahrenheit, which is what I am use to. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

On 11/21/2007 jdd wrote: > and about of popularity, don't forget the most popular distribution > now (ubuntu) is > > * debian based with the good of Debian but openSUSE friendlyness > * send for free as many cd's as one want anywhere in the world... The only gripe I have with Ubuntu is a tool like

[opensuse] Re: good notebook

I went with a dell latitude D830N Will see what happens when I get in a week or so. thanks all Jack >>> jdd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/21/07 2:23 PM >>> Jack Malone wrote: > I'm needing to spend money this week on a notebook. I'm planning on running > both opensuse an SUSE Linux Enterprise Des

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 19:02:51 Philippe Landau wrote: > "Stephan Binner has announced the availability of KDE Four Live 0.7, an > openSUSE-based live CD featuring the newly released KDE 4.0 RC1. One > interesting point of the announcement is the author's frustration over > the quality of KD

Re: [opensuse] good notebook

From: "Jack Malone"> > I'm needing to spend money this week on a notebook. I'm planning on running > both > opensuse an SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop it. Can someone here running Linux > on > a new laptop care to share what model you have. > I'm trying to spend the money while I have the perm

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

On Mittwoch 21 November 2007, Ben Kevan wrote: > KNotes isn't ready (doesn't have the "Fancy" look as it did > previously due to differences in QT4), Dolphin Folder icons etc (in > Oxygen) are not all scalable. KPercentage is unusable due to font > coloring and background coloring. KDESU is broken

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:33:19 am Filip Brcic wrote: > Дана среда 21 новембар 2007, Philippe Landau је написао(ла): > > Originally a version with limited usability was called alpha, > > if they now call it release candidate that says a lot. > > Is buggy software good for business ? > > KDE

Re: [opensuse] Re: good notebook

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jdd schreef: > Jack Malone wrote: >> I'm needing to spend money this week on a notebook. I'm planning on >> running both opensuse an SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop it. Can someone >> here running Linux on a new laptop care to share what model you have

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hudibras schreef: > El mié, 21-11-2007 a las 19:02 +0100, Philippe Landau escribió: >> Stephan Binner wrote: >>> On Tuesday, 20. November 2007 18:18:43 Ben Kevan wrote: >>> I just upgraded to 3.96.00 which I thought would have been the desktop R

[opensuse] Re: good notebook

Jack Malone wrote: I'm needing to spend money this week on a notebook. I'm planning on running both opensuse an SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop it. Can someone here running Linux on a new laptop care to share what model you have. I'm trying to spend the money while I have the permission to spend an

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

El mié, 21-11-2007 a las 19:02 +0100, Philippe Landau escribió: > Stephan Binner wrote: > > On Tuesday, 20. November 2007 18:18:43 Ben Kevan wrote: > > > >> I just upgraded to 3.96.00 which I thought would have been the desktop RC1, > >> but it seems as though it's still labeled Beta 4 (Strange t

Re: [opensuse] Conversions

Richard Creighton wrote: I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps. Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub fil

Re: [opensuse] Conversions

On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Richard Creighton wrote: > I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher > files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to > convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program > like Scribus perhaps. > > Does anyone know o

[opensuse] good notebook

I'm needing to spend money this week on a notebook. I'm planning on running both opensuse an SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop it. Can someone here running Linux on a new laptop care to share what model you have. I'm trying to spend the money while I have the permission to spend an need to buy befo

Re: [opensuse] Conversions

Richard Creighton wrote: I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps. Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub fil

Re: [opensuse] Demand for an Americas KDE meeting?

Will Stephenson wrote: Dear all As you know we hold a biweekly KDE meeting. Gee. I never knew that. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Openoffice error after update

On Wednesday 14 November 2007, Hans defaber wrote: > This is problem is yesterday mailed as " openoffice freezes at save > command". I re-edited the problem > > Used: Suse 10.3(x86-64) openoffice 2.3.0 > > I have upgraded my system from suse 10.2 to suse 10.3 > > After the upgrade i have the follow

Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice frozen at save command

On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Hans defaber wrote: > hi folks, > Suse 10.3 and the last version of openoffice. > > Sometimes I have to write a letter and want to use openoffice. > but this time since some months it went wrong > > nice letter and save (or save as) it. At that moment the wordprocessor

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Дана среда 21 новембар 2007, Philippe Landau је написао(ла): > Originally a version with limited usability was called alpha, > if they now call it release candidate that says a lot. > Is buggy software good for business ? KDE 4.0 is a complete rewrite

[opensuse] Conversions

I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps. Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its'

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

Stephan Binner wrote: > On Tuesday, 20. November 2007 18:18:43 Ben Kevan wrote: > >> I just upgraded to 3.96.00 which I thought would have been the desktop RC1, >> but it seems as though it's still labeled Beta 4 (Strange today was > > That was an oversight upstream, if it says it's 3.96 then it'

Re: [opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

Marcus Rueckert wrote: > On 2007-11-21 10:54:45 +0100, Jordi Massaguer wrote: > >> I am trying to migrate an imap dovecot-fedora server to an imap >> cyrus-suse. However, I do not know how to migrate the current emails and >> folders. >> >> Could anyone point me to somewhere where to find more i

Re: [opensuse] RAID5 & Power outages

2007/10/27, Rui Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Ciro, > > Try to think of a RAID Array as a single partition. You put a filesystem > "on top" of a partition or a RAID Array. I know it's logically a partition/disk, but the important bit there is "logically", a real partition won't melt down or b

[opensuse] Reading SDP memory data

Hi, looking at this topic found a Windows app (http://www.techpowerup.com/spdtool/) that can query/modify this data but can't find a way to query it on linux, hwinfo doesn't have that info and can't find anything alike on /proc. Comments? Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For add

[opensuse] Demand for an Americas KDE meeting?

Dear all As you know we hold a biweekly KDE meeting. We're thinking of holding the next meeting (28 Nov) at a time to suit those of you in the Americas - probably 2200GMT = 6pm EST, 7pm CST, 3pm PST. Would this be useful to you http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/KDE-Four-Live.i686-0.7.i

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:50:25AM +0100, Eberhard Roloff wrote: > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > > >> Not only did I quit buying from RedHat -- I quit USING RedHat, > >> too. I see that Novell's decision to imitate RedHat is > >> causing my worst fears to be realized with the Su

Re: [opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

Marcus Rueckert wrote: On 2007-11-21 10:54:45 +0100, Jordi Massaguer wrote: I am trying to migrate an imap dovecot-fedora server to an imap cyrus-suse. However, I do not know how to migrate the current emails and folders. Could anyone point me to somewhere where to find more information? Doe

Re: [opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

On 2007-11-21 10:54:45 +0100, Jordi Massaguer wrote: > I am trying to migrate an imap dovecot-fedora server to an imap > cyrus-suse. However, I do not know how to migrate the current emails and > folders. > > Could anyone point me to somewhere where to find more information? > Does anyone knows ab

Re: [opensuse] Questions on 32-bit v. 64-bit

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:37:09 +0800 "Chee How Chua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > When I install openSUSE, how does it know whether it should install a > 32-bit kernel or a 64-bit kernel? > > Does any part of the installation reflect that? 'uname -a' will show you whether you have a 3

Re: [opensuse] addresses

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 23:08:26 Doug McGarrett wrote: > Using SuSE 9.3: > > There are a bunch of bad adresses in KMail, which are almost surely > my own fault, but where are these stored, and how can I correct or > eliminate them? Not sure this will work in 9.3, but worth a try. Try opening a

Re: [opensuse] Questions on 32-bit v. 64-bit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Дана среда 21 новембар 2007, Chee How Chua је написао(ла): > Hi guys, > > When I install openSUSE, how does it know whether it should install a > 32-bit kernel or a 64-bit kernel? If you downloaded 64bit CD or DVD it will install 64bit kernel as well

Re: [opensuse] Questions on 32-bit v. 64-bit

Hi, I think that if you are sure about the architecture and the installation Media, then go for 64bit. However I would PERSONALLY say that do not try to go for 64 bit unless you are very sure about the installation disk or architecture. However, I have heard (though not tested it myself) that upg

[opensuse] Questions on 32-bit v. 64-bit

Hi guys, When I install openSUSE, how does it know whether it should install a 32-bit kernel or a 64-bit kernel? Does any part of the installation reflect that? The complication arises when the system originally has 2GB RAM but will later on be increased to 8GB RAM. If the installed kernel had

Re: [opensuse] amarok playlist

primm wrote: > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 04:41:23 Chee How Chua wrote: >> On Nov 20, 2007 10:54 AM, Joe Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> clarge wrote: I think the problem is like mine. If I import and album into the play list and start to play the songs. It will just stop playing at

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Dňa Wednesday 21 November 2007 11:17:02 Aaron Kulkis ste napísal: > Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: > > Dňa Wednesday 21 November 2007 05:36:35 Aaron Kulkis ste napísal: > >> This is why smart people make /home, /opt, and /local to be separate > >> filesystems (or at least make /local a symbolic link to

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: Dňa Wednesday 21 November 2007 05:36:35 Aaron Kulkis ste napísal: This is why smart people make /home, /opt, and /local to be separate filesystems (or at least make /local a symbolic link to something like /home/local and/or /opt to be a symbolic link to /home/opt.) Th

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Eberhard Roloff wrote: Aaron Kulkis wrote: Aaron Kulkis wrote: Not only did I quit buying from RedHat -- I quit USING RedHat, too. I see that Novell's decision to imitate RedHat is causing my worst fears to be realized with the SuSE distro -- the one distro that I want...which I'm willing to

Re: [opensuse] OOffice and sound in Impress [SOLVED]

On 19 November 2007 11:26, Lívio Cipriano wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using OO 2.0.4 in openSUSE 10.2 and I can't play a sound or music > during a Impress presentation. Did I misconfigure the sound system or is a > "feature" of Impress in Linux. In Windows works. > > -- > Regards, > Lívio Cipriano I

[opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

Hi all! I am trying to migrate an imap dovecot-fedora server to an imap cyrus-suse. However, I do not know how to migrate the current emails and folders. Could anyone point me to somewhere where to find more information? Does anyone knows about tools for doing that? greetings, jordi -- To uns

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

On 11/21/2007 03:55 PM, Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: > The installer is able to detect if there are old installations and get the > list of the users also when doing a clean install side-by-side with other > linux installation. I believe he referred to this functionality. > > I pleasantly discov

[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > >> Not only did I quit buying from RedHat -- I quit USING RedHat, >> too. I see that Novell's decision to imitate RedHat is >> causing my worst fears to be realized with the SuSE distro -- >> the one distro that I want...which I'm willing to pay around

[opensuse] KDE updates & smart

Hi, I'm running openSuSE 10.3 with KDE 3.5.8 release 21.2. I run smart on a regular basis but have not seen any updates to KDE for a long while. Below is my channel list from smart. Do I have all the correct channels? Thanks Phil [rpm-sys] type = rpm-sys name = RPM System [KDE:Qt] type = rpm-m

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Stanislav Visnovsky wrote: The installer is able to detect if there are old installations and get the list of the users also when doing a clean install side-by-side with other linux installation. I believe he referred to this functionality. I never see this when doing a fresh install (even wi

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review

Dňa Wednesday 21 November 2007 05:36:35 Aaron Kulkis ste napísal: > > This is why smart people make /home, /opt, and /local to be separate > filesystems (or at least make /local a symbolic link to something > like /home/local and/or /opt to be a symbolic link to /home/opt.) > This should be the DEF