[opensuse] Configuring GRUB and using KDE fonts in Open Office (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-11-22 Thread Tony D'Souza
Hi All: Please help a first-timer: 1) I've installed openSUSE 10.3 alongside WinXP. Can I increase the time the GRUB loader takes before it automatically loads openSUSE? Or, can I change the GRUB loader to wait or beep for input before deciding which operating sytem to load? 2) In openSUSE 10

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

2007-11-22 Thread Clayton
> The only gripe I have with Ubuntu is a tool like Yast, and Sax. Those > two would be high on my wish list. They are working on that but their solution is nowhere near as good or as slick as YAST. Ubuntu also does some odd things with where some things end up. Like the web server ends up p

Re: [opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

2007-11-22 Thread Jordi Massaguer
El dc 21 de 11 del 2007 a les 14:45 +, en/na Kevin Thorpe va escriure: > 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

Re: [opensuse] SAMBA options definitions

2007-11-22 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bryen wrote: > 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

Re: [opensuse] Configuring GRUB and using KDE fonts in Open Office (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-11-22 Thread Mark Goldstein
Hi On Nov 22, 2007 10:16 AM, Tony D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) I've installed openSUSE 10.3 alongside WinXP. > Can I increase the time the GRUB loader takes > before it automatically loads openSUSE? > Or, can I change the GRUB loader to wait or beep > for input before deciding which op

Re: [opensuse] addresses

2007-11-22 Thread Will Stephenson
On Thursday 22 November 2007, Doug McGarrett said: > ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc Is what Jan meant, the rest of it indicated where in the file to look. That file has been in that place for kmail users since at least suse 6.4 :). Will -- Desktop Engineer KDE Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

Re: [opensuse] migrating imap dovecot to cyrus

2007-11-22 Thread Sandy Drobic
Jordi Massaguer wrote: > > That is what I was looking for! It looks like dovecot has the folders at > the same hierarchy as the INBOX, so at the root level, and Cyrus has it > at the INBOX level. For example: > > in Dovecot: > > INBOX > opensuse > > in Cyrus: > > INBOX > |--opensuse > >

Re: [opensuse] Configuring GRUB and using KDE fonts in Open Office (openSUSE 10.3)

2007-11-22 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Tony D'Souza wrote: > Please help a first-timer: > > 1) I've installed openSUSE 10.3 alongside WinXP. > Can I increase the time the GRUB loader takes > before it automatically loads openSUSE? Yes: boot Linux and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst as th

[opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?

2007-11-22 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, it's rare that I am soliciting this list for help, but maybe someone could share his experiences with me. I have browsed the hardware compatibility list at http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html to find a suitable USB scanner model. Howev

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

2007-11-22 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Denis Brown wrote: > 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." > > Insta

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

2007-11-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephan Binner schreef: > 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". > > >

Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?

2007-11-22 Thread Verner Kjærsgaard
Torsdag 22 november 2007 11:14 skrev Lenz Grimmer: > Hi, > > it's rare that I am soliciting this list for help, but maybe someone > could share his experiences with me. > > I have browsed the hardware compatibility list at > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html to find a suitable USB > sc

Re: [opensuse] good notebook

2007-11-22 Thread Donald D Henson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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

[opensuse] midnight crashes (10.3 on IBM x3455)

2007-11-22 Thread Anna Langley
Dear All, I am trying to get to the bottom of a problem with running 10.3 on IBM x3455 servers (2x dual core opteron). The machines crash without fail, exactly on midnight if the hardware and system clocks are synchronised. They also crash less predictably when the hardware clock reaches mi

[Fwd: Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?]

2007-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Torsdag 22 november 2007 11:14 skrev Lenz Grimmer: > Hi, > > it's rare that I am soliciting this list for help, but maybe someone > could share his experiences with me. > > I have browsed the hardware compatibility list at > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html to find a suitable USB > s

Re: [opensuse] midnight crashes (10.3 on IBM x3455)

2007-11-22 Thread Dave Howorth
Anna Langley wrote: > The crashes are so swift and complete that nothing gets written to the > system, BIOS or BMC logs. Set kernel logging to be sent to a serial port and attach another device (terminal, PC etc) to record what it sees there. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

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

2007-11-22 Thread Denis Brown
At 07:24 PM 22/11/2007, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Denis Brown wrote: > 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 > Your help and patience are appreciated! > Kind regards, > De

Re: [opensuse] good notebook

2007-11-22 Thread Ken Jennings
On Thursday 2007-11-22 06:43, Donald D Henson wrote: > ken_jennings wrote: [...] > > Linux on Laptops maintains reports of linux compatibility for a wide > > variety of laptops: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com > > > > I have recently installed openSuse on several Dell notebooks -- an > > Inspiron 1

Re: [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?]

2007-11-22 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Nov 22 12:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (shortened): > RPM Drivers at: > http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html Why don't you use our RPMs of their software? I keep them as up-to-date as possible (i.e. I check in the current version a short time before package version freeze).

Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?

2007-11-22 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Nov 22 11:14 Lenz Grimmer wrote (shortened): > ... a flatbed scanner, connected via USB2 that works flawlessly >From time to time I notice a problem report regarding USB2 for this or that particular scanner / user / computer / openSUSE version so that it seems there are no general USB2

Re: [opensuse] KDE4 usable?

2007-11-22 Thread Rajko M.
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:31:25 pm Stephan Binner wrote: > 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". People fears c

[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?]]

2007-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, On Nov 22 12:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (shortened): > RPM Drivers at: > http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html * Why don't you use our RPMs of their software? * I keep them as up-to-date as possible (i.e. I check in the * current version a short time before packag

[opensuse] Re: Reading SDP memory data

2007-11-22 Thread Ciro Iriarte
2007/11/21, Ciro Iriarte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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? >

[opensuse] nvidia gigabit network card

2007-11-22 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I should probably add the fact the motherboard has a nvidia chipset -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] GA-m61p-s3 motherboard with built-in network card issues

2007-11-22 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
During the install opensuse found the network card and used forcedeth drivers. However once the install is done I have no network card configuration. Do I need to recompile forcedeth in the kernel? -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-m

Re: [opensuse] Kmail transfer from 10.2 to 10.3

2007-11-22 Thread Constant Brouerius van nidek
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 07:16:00 Carl Hartung wrote: > On Tue November 20 2007 03:58:09 pm Jan Ritzerfeld wrote: > > I did this two weeks ago. > > > > Thanks for the excellent 'refresher course', Jan. Definitely a "keeper." > > I guess it's been so long since my last KMail upgrade that I'd f

Re: [opensuse] Updater problem

2007-11-22 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
James Knott wrote: > I recently experienced the problem mentioned in another thread about a > problem with the updater displaying the error message "2 Problems: > Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables...", that occurs > with the Sun Java updates. I checked that thread in the archi

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

2007-11-22 Thread Aaron Kulkis
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 source are over 20G) give stat errors over

Re: [opensuse] Updater problem

2007-11-22 Thread Marcus Meissner
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:14:25PM -0500, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: > James Knott wrote: > > I recently experienced the problem mentioned in another thread about a > > problem with the updater displaying the error message "2 Problems: > > Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables...", th

Re: [opensuse] Updater problem

2007-11-22 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:14:25PM -0500, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: >> I still can't get rid of it... and it's pretty annoying. Something is >> with java_sun_plugin. I even tried to uninstall it, but then lot's of >> dependencies... >> >> I see "new updates are available" eve

Re: [opensuse] Updater problem

2007-11-22 Thread Sergey Mkrtchyan
Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:14:25PM -0500, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: > > Did you open a bugreport? > > Ciao, Marcus Well, it appears that there is a bugreport about this already. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=343094 -- Sergey Mkrtchyan, PhD Student @ Depar

Re: [opensuse] GA-m61p-s3 motherboard with built-in network card issues

2007-11-22 Thread ne . . .
Seems my original reply was not sent to the list. I have added the list to ths message. On 22/11/2007, Michael S. Dunsavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I wrote: > > On 22/11/2007, Michael S. Dunsavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > During the install opensuse found the network card and use

Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?

2007-11-22 Thread John Layt
On Thursday 22 November 2007, Lenz Grimmer wrote: > Does anybody have a recommendation for a flatbed scanner, connected via > USB2 that works flawlessly with Linux (openSUSE 10.3 in particular) and > is still on sale (especially in Europe/Germany)? Almost anything from HP will be supported, except

Re:[opensuse] GA-m61p-s3 motherboard with built-in network card issues

2007-11-22 Thread ne . . .
Not sure whether you saw this. Was sent to me by Shuai Yu. "you should use "hwinfo --netcard" to see if the module for card is active. hwinfo also shows you the command to active the card." >From there I think Yast sould work. On 11/22/07, ne... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems my original rep

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

2007-11-22 Thread Richard Creighton
jdd wrote: > Richard Creighton wrote: > >> Balderdash!Are you saying that because he is experienced and that he >> has other distros or OS's on his system that he can't write an objective >> review > > he can't say "I don't recommand this for a beginner, because a > beginner won't have 4 linuxe

[opensuse] CD titles artist how to?

2007-11-22 Thread Teruel de Campo MD
I made a wav files of vinyl records. Then I burned those wav using k3b. I fill the spaces for artist title etc. When I play it I only see track 1, track 2 etc. I have been searching in how this info is contained I have not find any useful information. Q: how do you write the track info so it can

Re: [opensuse] Reading SDP memory data

2007-11-22 Thread jim barnes
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:35, Ciro Iriarte wrote: > 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. > Lo

Re: [opensuse] kmid not playing sound

2007-11-22 Thread Ed McCanless
Will Stephenson wrote: > On Saturday 17 November 2007, Ken Schneider said: > >> I finally got this going last night. Much thanks to Ed and Rajko for >> your help. I tried adding the command to my .profile and it made my >> login hang. So for now I will just run the command by hand when needed. >

Re: [opensuse] Mysql problem.

2007-11-22 Thread Aaron Kulkis
Mahmoud Mohammad Abdelsalam wrote: 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, Not necessarily. If MySQL5 uses a slightly different filename, then two pid f

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

2007-11-22 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-11-20 at 20:01 +0100, jdd wrote: I *never* make an upgrade, and this with any distro (I tried many, specially mandrake or debian for years) because there are always a lot of problems. And I *always* make an upgrade. This machine

Re: [opensuse] CD titles artist how to?

2007-11-22 Thread James Knott
Teruel de Campo MD wrote: > I made a wav files of vinyl records. Then I burned those wav using k3b. > I fill the spaces for artist title etc. When I play it I only see track > 1, track 2 etc. > I have been searching in how this info is contained I have not find any > useful information. > > Q: ho

Re: [opensuse] nvidia gigabit network card

2007-11-22 Thread Greg Freemyer
I don't see an earlier message, but I recently had a nvidia Gbit NIC on MB issue where I had to disable MSI (iirc). For the details search Novell's bugzilla for an entry from me. There have only been a few so it should be easy to identify. Greg On Nov 22, 2007 1:04 PM, Michael S. Dunsavage <[EM

Re: [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] USB Scanner recommendation?]

2007-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fred A. Miller wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Torsdag 22 november 2007 11:14 skrev Lenz Grimmer: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> it's rare that I am soliciting this list for help, but maybe someone >>> could share his experiences with me. >>> >>> I have browsed the hardware compatibility list at