Re: [opensuse] article about Midnight Commander

2006-12-15 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Carlos E. R. wrote: El 2006-12-13 a las 16:14 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) escribió: Had a look in the file and found the StarOffice line. Commented out what was there and inserted the above. Viola, now when I Enter or double click on a selected file it opens up in OOo, provided of course

Re: [opensuse] Thanks...and...

2006-12-15 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Michael Comperchio wrote: On Thursday 14 December 2006 03:25, Morten Bjørnsvik wrote: right.. I did that ... maybe I don't have the right sintackswithout dot.commas and broken chicken feet I get confused Purely for interest sake, you mention broken chicken feet. What does a broken c

Re: [opensuse] article about Midnight Commander - SOLVED

2006-12-16 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: Carlos E. R. wrote: El 2006-12-13 a las 16:14 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) escribió: Had a look in the file and found the StarOffice line. Commented out what was there and inserted the above. Viola, now when I Enter or double click on a selected file it

Re: [opensuse] Need monitor recommendation

2006-12-23 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 13:02 -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: I am in the market for a new monitor (still using old CRT). I'm looking for just a small monitor, say 17 inch. Can someone suggest a brand and type (if there is more than one type like there are with TVs the

Re: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 10.2 mirroring securtiy updates and smart channels

2006-12-24 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Dominik Zalewski wrote: Hi All, I have a office network with couple of workstations running OpenSUSE 10.2. Since they are all sharing same DSL link, I was wondering what is the best solution to mirror security updates and smart channels on our local server so they can use it instead of downlo

Re: [opensuse] Can spam be defeated?

2006-12-24 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Steven T. Hatton wrote: It just keeps getting worse. I really don't want to change my email address, but it's all over the Internet, and the spammers are killing my inbox. I don't want to spend a lot of time on this issue, I just want to be able to block these idiots. I'm running a postfix m

[opensuse] SUSE 10.2 in South Africa yet?

2006-12-28 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
I went to the shop.novell site to obtain SUSE 10.2 and navigated to EMEA region where I see that only 10.1 is available. It was available on the Americas and ASia Pacific link so I tried that instead but was not able to order a box set of 10.2. When I proceded to the checkout after selecting 10.

Re: [opensuse] SUSE 10.2 in South Africa yet? - SOLVED

2006-12-31 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Sorry for replying to my own thread, but at least it closes it. Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: I went to the shop.novell site to obtain SUSE 10.2 and navigated to EMEA region where I see that only 10.1 is available. I see that Linux Magazine is going to have 10.2 on their software CD in

[opensuse] Intrusion attempt?

2006-12-31 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
I have seen the following popup on my /var/log/messages and wonder what it could be especially as my current box has the IP of 10.0.0.14: Dec 31 15:03:09 Spy kernel: SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:40:f4:cf:bc:a7:00:02:96:48:71:87:08:00 SRC=208.184.36.73 DST=10.0.0.14 LEN=56 TOS=

Re: [opensuse] Intrusion attempt?

2007-01-01 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Dec 31 2006 14:51, Jan Engelhardt wrote an explantion of a /var/log/messages error: Tnx Jan for the comprehensive report back. I am going to assume it is nothing to worry about. TA -- Using SuSE

Re: [opensuse] Security

2007-01-04 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Jose wrote: Hi. Hi, I intent make a new server, with a security trigger If anybody try make a login with root or other user and dont use a corrent password . this triger erase a home of this user and if try to login as root this triger erase all file system The way I undestand your question i

Re: [opensuse] Question for iPod users out there!

2007-01-05 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Jan Kupec wrote: Jorge Fábregas wrote: Hello there, I'm planning to buy an ipod and after googling for "linux+ ipod" I think I'm going to use GTKpod. I have a question though... Assuming my iPod is already formatted with FAT32, isn't it just a matter of mounting the ipod and copy my mp3

Re: [opensuse] Question for iPod users out there!

2007-01-07 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hi to the OP, I recently saw this but have not used it or read the article, yet so YMMV. HTH Hylton -- Using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla Mail 1.7.13 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ==

Re: [opensuse] Question for iPod users out there!

2007-01-08 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Jan Kupec wrote: Jorge Fábregas wrote: Hello there, I'm planning to buy an ipod and after googling for "linux+ ipod" I think I'm going to use GTKpod. I have a question though... Assuming my iPod is already formatted with FAT32, isn't it just a matter of mounting the ipod and copy my mp3

Re: [opensuse] Microsoft Fixes Four Security Holes

2007-01-12 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Dominique Leuenberger wrote: On 11-01-2007 at 09:28, Basil Chupin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dominique Leuenberger wrote: On 11-01-2007 at 00:13, "Fred A. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Microsoft Fixes Four Security Holes To be informed on the products you need / use, subscribe to

Re: [opensuse] How to Clone a whole disk?

2007-01-14 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Bo wrote: Hi I've just been lurking so far but I would be happy to recieve some help on the topic of how to clone an entire disk (with partitions and diferent filesystems and all) on a dual boot home systen. No servers or anything. You might want to investigate: BackUp/Restore HDD and partitio

Re: [opensuse] Printer Configuration Tool Stuck Running y2base - Help

2007-01-14 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Terry Eck wrote: My HP LaserJet 1012 (USB) printer stopped. Output from the printer is a single sheet of paper with "Unsupported Personality: PCL". Started YaST2's Printer Configuration Tool. The Initializing Printer Configuration is at the Check database of printers A small window with the me

[opensuse] Bugzilla and linuxprinting.org

2007-01-14 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
I, as I am sure others do, use linuxprinting.org to find out how compatible a printer is for Linux when they want to purchase a new printer. Recently there was an opensuse thread about an HP LaserJet 1012 and comment was made that a fix in the next opensuse maintenance update should fix the er

Re: [opensuse] Recommended Website Tools

2007-01-22 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I need to maintain an existing website. The last time I did this was with Windows and Dreamweaver. However, I'm now running OpenSuse 10.1 with KDE and am wondering what are some recommended Web Authoring tools. Is Quanta any good or are there others. Also, are there

Re: [opensuse] flash player 9 problems?

2007-01-22 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Mathias Homann wrote: Darryl Gregorash schrieb: On 2007-01-19 00:57, Mathias Homann wrote: Hi all, first, rest assured. this is not yet another announcement that flash player 9 has been released for linux. BUT. If I install it, and go to http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=144166

Re: [opensuse] Plugin directory hierarchy

2007-01-22 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Carl wrote: For Suse 9.3 and later what is the order. I have multiple copies of several plugins /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/ /usr/lib/browser-plugins/ also then there ~/.mozilla I would have thought www.fhs.org would dictact where they should be and since SUSE identifies with the FHS, I'd assu

[opensuse] Virtualization and printing

2007-01-25 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
I am almost in the process of setting up OpenSUSE 10.2 with a VM of Windows XP. Attached to the PC is a printer. The printer works flawlessly on Windows but has its moments on Linux, probably due to configuration errors. I could repair the configuration errors but I am wondering if their is n

Re: [opensuse] Virtualization and printing

2007-01-26 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
for their ealier replies M Harris wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:36, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: I am almost in the process of setting up OpenSUSE 10.2 with a VM of Windows XP. Attached to the PC is a printer. Which printer? Epson stylus 800+ Please see above for a better

[opensuse] Mac OS X and Linux Product inter-compatibility?

2007-01-27 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
The IT world is faced with 3/4 main desktop operating systems, each with its own quirks and therefore each has hardware which will or wont work on it. I would specifically like to find out, as a non user of two of the OS's, if any of the OS's can be likened to another in terms of functionaility

Re: [opensuse] Virtualization and printing

2007-01-29 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
M Harris wrote: On Friday 26 January 2007 04:30, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: So the questions asked are: 1. Can the base OS(OpenSUSE) use the VM OS printer? 2. Can CUPS be configured to print to/forward print requests to a VM OS printer? Now, what say ye? I see

Re: [opensuse] Mac OS X and Linux Product inter-compatibility?

2007-01-29 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: The IT world is faced with 3/4 main desktop operating systems, each with its own quirks and therefore each has hardware which will or wont work on it. I would specifically like to find out, as a non user of two of the OS's, if any of the OS's can be

Re: [opensuse] How to share printer so MAC can print

2007-01-31 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Art Fore wrote: How is the best way to setup a printer connected to lpt1 in Suse 10.2 so I can access it via the network and a Macbook with OSX can print to it. Tried to setup a print server, but Yast Hardware, Printers hangs as mentioned in a previous email. Tried sharing with Samba Server, sti

Re: [opensuse] CrossOver and Visio

2007-02-01 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Kai Ponte wrote: On Sunday 28 January 2007 23:40, Hans van der Merwe wrote: I have 2002 running fine... http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/suse/2006/visio2002_on_nix.jpg It works but the screen refresh is really really slow? Other CrossOver apps are fine. It is a very resource-intenstive a

Re: [opensuse] Dual boot vista/opensuse 10.2

2007-02-01 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Dirk Gorissen wrote: Hello, I have just purchased a brand new HP laptop which comes with vista preinstalled. Of course the first thing Id like to do is install 10.2. Some googling, however taught me that there have been some problems with getting a dual boot setup to work without nuking y

Re: [opensuse] channel trouble

2007-08-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Bob S wrote: > On Thursday 23 August 2007 06:14:13 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Bob S wrote: >>> HelloSuSE people, >> That's Fellow Susians to you Bob, :) >> >>> What is wrong with the following URL's that Smart complains they have an >

Re: [opensuse] VMWare-users list?

2007-08-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Thursday 23 August 2007 06:38, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> ... >> >> I am afraid I do not know how RSS feeds work > > Look into Akregator. It's a very good RSS reader. It directly integrates > a Konqueror Web viewer so you

Re: [opensuse] VMWare-users list?

2007-08-25 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Peter Van Lone wrote: > On 8/25/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> , so I see from the reply I rec'd from the webmaster. He did >> identify how I could integrate it with email, so I am going to give that >> a try and see if the

Re: [opensuse] Printer on LTSP client

2007-09-01 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Andre Truter wrote: > Hi All, Hi Andre, > I have a ltsp server and a thin client that works. > Now I need to connect a USB printer to the client and make that work. > I have googled and followed the documentation, and different variations > of it, but I cannot get it to work. Could printer/dev

Re: [opensuse] Tape Drive for personal usage

2007-09-01 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Jorge, G T Smith wrote: > Jorge Fábregas wrote: >> Hello Guys, > >> Do anyone of you use any tape drive for personal backup? I personally use a >> 2nd internal hard-drive where I perform nightly backups but twice a year I >> backup to offline media (DVD-R DL media)...but right now I'm reachi

Re: [opensuse] Printer on LTSP client

2007-09-01 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Ken Schneider wrote: > On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 14:41 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Andre Truter wrote: >>> Hi All, >> Hi Andre, >> >>> I have a ltsp server and a thin client that works. >>> Now I need to connect a USB printer to the c

[opensuse] 3.25" disk and memory card reader recommendations

2007-09-13 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I have a need for an external device that is primarily OpenSUSE compatible and that will enable me to read and write to legacy stiffy(3.25") disks. An added option would for the device to be able to read/write on a range of memory cards as well. The requirement for this stems from the fact th

Re: [opensuse] 3.25" disk and memory card reader recommendations

2007-09-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Aaron, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a need for an external device that is primarily OpenSUSE >> compatible and that will enable me to read and write to legacy >> stiffy(3.25") disks. An added option would for

Re: [opensuse] No openSUSE 10.4

2007-09-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Saturday 15 September 2007 00:24, Tom Patton wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 08:32 +0200, jdd wrote: >>> Felix Miata wrote: Maybe this time we can get rid of the point release silliness like Fedora did. Call it 11. Call the next 12, and the next 13 >>> true.

Re: [opensuse] openoffice java

2007-09-16 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
G T Smith wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: Can I suggest one of you submit a bug report? How about it Carlos? Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] openoffice java

2007-09-16 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Sunday 2007-09-16 at 13:29 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> > >> Can I suggest one of you submit a bug report? How about it Carlos? > > But I don't see a bug... it's designed that way. > > What I need is do

Re: [opensuse] Autoyast Installation 10.2

2007-09-17 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Jeff, jeff garner wrote: > I have tried on three different occasions to do an FTP installation > using the autoinst file created from a base install image of > openSUSE10.2. all three times it fails giving me an error that it > cannot find the profile on my FTP server. I know that when I crea

[opensuse] To Thunderbird or not to Thunderbird

2007-09-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, To settle some nerves after Mozilla announced recently that theyt were ditching Thunderbird... Thunderbird flies: Mozilla spins off e-mail client Echoing the move the Mozilla Foundation made with Mozilla Corp. and Firefox back in 2005, Mozilla Corp. on Monday spun off a for-profit subsidi

[opensuse] Opensuse software updates and repositories?

2007-09-26 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I would like to clear my understanding up on the opensuse software management side. After the distro is first installed, and provided no online updates have been done during the install, there will normally be a requirement to obtain the latest software versions of the installed packages.

Re: SV: [opensuse] Resizing partitions safely

2007-10-07 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Anders Norrbring wrote: >> On 2007/09/25 16:36 (GMT+0200) Anders Norrbring apparently typed stuff about >> partitioning: Hi Anders, Sorry I am coming in late on this but DO NOT use PM as it writes partitions that Winblows understands but Linux doesn't. Have a look for a product called Partiti

Re: [opensuse] Cannot browse network since updates

2007-10-21 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Richard Gelling wrote: > Hi, > > I have been running Opensuse 10.3 for about a week now and up until the > kernel was updated I could access my Laptop which is running Windows XP > fine, now although it is seen in workgroup I cant access any shared > folders. I get 'Could not connect to host for

Re: [opensuse] save rpm files from online update

2007-11-01 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
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 it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

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

2007-11-04 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Ben, Ben Kevan wrote: >> 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? My suggestion is that it would default to NOT

Re: [opensuse] Ideas on disk cloning?

2007-07-04 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Anders Norrbring wrote: > Christopher Stender skrev: >> On Tuesday 03 July 2007 13:33, James Knott wrote: >>> Christopher Stender wrote: On Tuesday 03 July 2007 12:06, Anders Norrbring wrote: > I usually use dd and ssh to clone disks from one machine to > another, but that only works w

[opensuse] HOWTO Documents for openSUSE aka HOWTOFORGE

2007-07-13 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I am a subscriber of http://www.howtoforge.com/ and receive a regular newsletter with articles on how to accomplish certain tasks on a Linux system ie 'Installing Zabbix (Server And Agent) On Debian Etch'. What I have not seen is any articles on doing things on a SUSE/openSUSE system and I w

Re: [opensuse] tool to convert .shn files to .mp3

2007-07-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Matthew, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Wed, July 11, 2007 1:19 am, Matthew Stringer wrote: >> Hi, I'm looking for a command line tool that'll (preferably batch) >> convert audio files in the shorten format (.shn) into MP3 format. >> >> Anyone know of such a thing? >> > > I've heard results from this:

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO Documents for openSUSE aka HOWTOFORGE

2007-07-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Ciro, Ciro Iriarte wrote: > 2007/7/13, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, >> >> I am a subscriber of http://www.howtoforge.com/ and receive a regular >> newsletter with articles on how to accomplish certain tasks on a Linux >> system

Re: [opensuse] update kernel via yast

2007-07-16 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Hans, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon 16 Jul 2007 21:12:22 EST > >> Hans Linux wrote: >>> how do i update opensuse10.2 kernel via Yast? is it risky to update >>> kernel since i dont know much about linux? >> It's very

[opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-17 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded. What I would like to know, is where openSUSE stores its updates and how those same updates can be used again. What would I need to do to have them stored in

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Sunny, Sunny wrote: > On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to >> have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded. >> >>

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
G T Smith wrote: > Sunny wrote: >> On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to >>> have to re-download all the patches I have already

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Peter Van Lone wrote: > On 7/17/07, G T Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Sunny wrote: >> > On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >

Re: [opensuse] Cannot shut down

2007-07-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, Just checking your shutdown syntax FYI. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks, I'll try that. Well, I can't shutdown using either: > 1. Shutdown using KDE's K menu > 2. Ctrl-Alt-F1, root login, and call "shutdown -h" Do remember that the shutdown argument needs a time variable as well. I normall

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
S Glasoe wrote: > On Wednesday July 18 2007 6:57:07 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> G T Smith wrote: >>> Sunny wrote: >>>> On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location? - Update

2007-07-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to > have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded. After spending about an hour or two searching opensuse.org via Google advanced search, without luck,

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.2 Update package store location?

2007-07-20 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Tuesday 2007-07-17 at 16:12 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to >> have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded. > >> What I would like to

Re: [opensuse] Loosing KDE settings (again)

2007-07-22 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Hans, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Hi, Im goint try this again, > > Im running KDE 3.4 on openSUSE 10.2. > > Couple of reboots ago I started loosing my keyboard and mouse settings. > Single click, keyboard repeat, mouse acceleration is all messed-up. > When I go to the Configure Panel and clic

[opensuse] Online update error?

2007-07-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, This message copied from a Yast2 window whilst doing updates specified by opensuseupdater: Curl error for: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/clamav-db-0.91.1-2.1.i586.patch.rpm: Error code: Unrecognized error Error message: FTP response timeout Whats happening and why? Hylton

[opensuse] opensuse-bugs email limit?

2007-07-28 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I am subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] after raising an enhancement request(293100). This item is still open and whilst I am waiting for it to be worked on, I am receiving notice on all new bugs founds as well as when each bug is commented on ie close on 250-> a day I have browsed the help sen

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-bugs email limit?

2007-07-29 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > Hi, > > I am subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] after raising an > enhancement request(293100). Tnx Anders for the prompt reply. I didn't realise I didn't need to be subscribed to get notifications about the bug I had raised. Andreas, Tnx

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-bugs email limit?

2007-07-29 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Rajko M. wrote: > On Sunday 29 July 2007 05:24, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> I know about the email options on Bugzilla but >> they only seemed to marginally decrease the amount of email received. > > Hi Hylton, > > the bugzilla preferences doesn&#

Re: [opensuse] Networking problems

2007-07-30 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Willem Grooters wrote: > SUSE 10.1, 10.2, fresh install, on Compaq EVO 600 (laptop). > > In my network, I have a DHCP server that supplies all non-server > systems (Windows XP, Linux) with IP information: IP address, DNS > servers, default gateway, Internet domain etc). The client will supply > th

[opensuse] Repositories question

2007-08-06 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, When Linux is mentioned the word, and possibly its biggest benefit, repositories, also comes into play. I understand a repository as a software update store, where, once updates have been released and tested, are placed i.e. similar to TUCOWS for the other operating system. It is my understa

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. > M

[opensuse] FYI: Linux and laptops

2007-08-09 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Lenovo to sell laptops with Linux Laptops to be preloaded with Linux software from Novell This from a recent Computerworld article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029178&source=NLT_LIN&nlid=40 :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[opensuse] Services start order affecting shutdown?

2007-08-10 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I have a machine that is cycled once a day. On the shutdown of the machine I notice that amavisd-new has to be given a KILL signal by the system after it fails to end after the system has given it a TERM signal. I am wondering whether my recent foray into Yast:System:System Services has somet

[opensuse] Secondary HDD as installation and update repository/source

2007-08-11 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
I have opened a bug for this. You can view at https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293100 Vote for it and see it come alive :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] FYI: AMD Seems the way to go..

2007-08-12 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
AMD Backs openSUSE with Huge New Infrastructure from the money-where-mouth-is dept. posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 09, @23:09 (AMD) http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/10/0044231 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, After a recent thread, I decided that I really should install the ability to Reply-to-list feature in Thunderbird as I am subscribed to a number of mailing lists. While all but this list support the 'incorrect' method, and I am getting tired of the delete key and Reply-to-All, I thought that e

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-16 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
G T Smith wrote: > Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Hi, > >> After a recent thread, I decided that I really should install the >> ability to Reply-to-list feature in Thunderbird as I am subscribed to a >> number of mailing lists. > The replyto list exten

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
G T Smith wrote: > Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> G T Smith wrote: >>> Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> After a recent thread, I decided that I really should install the >>>> ability to Reply-to-list feature in Thunderbir

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Billie Walsh wrote: > On 08/16/2007 Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> >> >>>> The replyto list extension can be found at.. >>>> >>>> http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension >>>> >>>> You will also ne

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to edit and save PDF forms?

2007-08-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Carlos, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Monday 2007-08-13 at 17:55 +0200, Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> If anybody is writing "something", he or she should have a look at pdftk. >> This >> can fill in forms and can save them. > > I did look at it. > >> It is a command-line tool and not a viewer,

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
G T Smith wrote: > Dave Barton wrote: >> Original Message >> From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sat 18 Aug 2007 07:41:56 PM EST > >>> G T Smith wrote: >> 8<-- snip -->8 >>> I'm still l

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature

2007-08-18 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > Subject: Re:[opensuse] HOWTO enable Thunderbird 'Reply to list' feature > From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: OpenSUSE > Date: Sat 18 Aug 2007 10:18:44 PM EST > >>

[opensuse] Software updates

2007-08-19 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi all, I am looking to update OOo.org and perhaps Thunderbird, although I have just got the Reply-to-list working on Thunderbird 1.5. I have the version of OOo 2.0.4.7 and Thunderbird 1.5 that shipped with the 10.2 DVD. Would adding the following source to my update sources(Configured software

Re: [opensuse] Software updates

2007-08-20 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi Ben, Ben Kevan wrote: > Yes, you can update openoffice using a repo like you listed, however you > cannot choose exactly what version you want. The current version is 2.2.1 and > not 2.0.4.7, but as the repo says, it is stable. Thats good. FYI, I currently have version 2.0.4.7 installed and

Re: [opensuse] channel trouble

2007-08-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Bob S wrote: > HelloSuSE people, That's Fellow Susians to you Bob, :) > What is wrong with the following URL's that Smart complains they have an > invalid directory. Yast doesn't like them either. > > http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg73/openSUSE_10.2/ > http://download.opensus

[opensuse] VMWare-users list?

2007-08-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I am using VMWare Server on 10.2 and am very happy with it. To improve my knowledge and ask the od question I wanted to join an active users group ie like this one for opensuse. I checked the VMWare site and found nothing, did a Google search which gave me several hits and one list at Prince

Re: [opensuse] VMWare-users list?

2007-08-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Aug 23 2007 12:51, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> I am using VMWare Server on 10.2 and am very happy with it. >> >> To improve my knowledge and ask the od question I wanted to join an >> active users group ie like this one for opensuse.

Re: [opensuse] VMWare-users list?

2007-08-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Russell Jones wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Aug 23 2007 12:51, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> >>> I am using VMWare Server on 10.2 and am very happy with it. >>> >>> To improve my knowledge and ask the od question I wanted to join an &

Re: [opensuse] move SuSE from one harddisk to another

2007-08-23 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Hello. > > After installed additional 320GB harddisk to my desktop computer which > used to have OpenSuSE 10.2 installed on single harddisk (80GB), > naturally I prefer using the new and fast harddisk for '/' and use the > old and slow harddisk for data only (e.g. /var) > > S

[opensuse] Re: [SLE] dhcpcd terminating on signal 15 - SOLVED

2006-11-10 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: From Konqueror file:/var/log/localmessages Sep 7 15:46:32 spy dhcpcd[5588]: terminating on signal 15 Why would I be receiving many(5-8 per day)) of these messages in the log file since Sept 7? I read from YAST that dhcpcd gets an IP address and other

[opensuse] Email signature command execution help

2006-11-10 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hi, I have a file in /home that I use as a signature file. Whatever I write in there is displayed as my signature. In the signature, as you can see below, I would like to have the current machine uptime displayed when the message is put into the Outbox before being sent. I thought that just

Re: [opensuse] Email signature command execution help

2006-11-16 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Basil Chupin wrote: Scott Leighton wrote: On Sunday 12 November 2006 9:07 pm, Basil Chupin wrote: I missed previous posts in this thread, but in Mozilla/TB under Account Settings you have the item Attach this Signature where you can specify the file to attach as the sig. Wouldn't selecting th

Re: [opensuse] Email signature command execution help

2006-11-16 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Darryl Gregorash wrote: So, apart from the cosmetics, using a named pipe as the signature file and overwriting the signature are identical. OK, Hylton has two methods now to get what he wants in his signature :-) mmm, Tnx all and it would seem esp houghi. -- ===

[opensuse] Yast update log location?

2006-11-25 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Hi, I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder. I

Re: [opensuse] Yast update log location? - SOLVED

2006-11-27 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Sandy Drobic wrote: Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: Hi, I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/pa

Re: [opensuse] 10.1 Yast Online Update

2006-11-27 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Scott Leighton wrote: I think I'm confused again . Just upgraded from 10.0 to 10.1 and am trying to get used to some of the changes that apparently occurred. The new update process has me baffled. The zen-updater icon tells me there are no updates, but when I go to yast2's online update, a

[opensuse] Syntax forc combining tailf and grep

2006-11-28 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
I am viewing the /var/log/messages file and as there are alot of entries in it and it is constantly being updated, I wondered if there was a way to display an updating grep on the file without having to create a script and corresponding cron entry to run every time the file is updated ie #tail

Re: [opensuse] Syntax forc combining tailf and grep - SOLVED

2006-11-29 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Carlos E. R. wrote: The Tuesday 2006-11-28 at 12:06 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: I am viewing the /var/log/messages file and as there are alot of entries in it and it is constantly being updated, I wondered if there was a way to display an updating grep on the file without having to

[opensuse] HOWTO Configure window open location and size

2006-12-07 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
When I power on my machine, I normally open a shell console, konqi, Mozilla Mail and KWrite. No problem so far. The annoyance/'problem' comes in when I have to move the windows of each and decide if I would like it to fill only part or the full screen ie location and size of each app window. E

Re: [opensuse] article about Midnight Commander

2006-12-11 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Rajko M wrote: One of them is a file manager that was designed for text mode, but it can be used in GUI too. It is good old Midnight Commander. http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander Once user overcomes initial learning how to handle basic operations, and that is really minimal effort,

Re: [opensuse] HOWTO Configure window open location and size - SOLVED

2006-12-11 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Randall R Schulz wrote: On Thursday 07 December 2006 11:33, Don Raboud wrote: On Thursday 07 December 2006 08:00, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: How/where can I get the respective windows to remember their locations and size. I would assume on each app window but have driven myself arounnd

Re: [opensuse] article about Midnight Commander

2006-12-12 Thread Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC)
Carlos E. R. wrote: The Monday 2006-12-11 at 12:08 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote: I would add something into the HOWTO about opening files that require a GUI from an XTerm or terminal ie using an xterm i open mc and navigate to the OOo file I want to edit. How can I open that selected

Re: [opensuse] Server for online-updates

2007-03-14 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Josef Wolf wrote: > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 06:49:28PM -0600, Rajko M. wrote: >> On Friday 09 March 2007 16:43, Josef Wolf wrote: >>> In 10.2, the mirror for online-updates is randomly choosen. There's no >>> chance anymore to choose a specific mirror. I'd rather choose the same >>> mirror for al

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