[opensuse] Re: pgadmin3 [compiled 1.8.0 crashes]

2007-10-23 Thread Sebastian Brandt
(This is a reply to http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-10/msg02460.html) Hi! I'm new to this list, so I can't "reply" to the mail I want to ... Ishikawa Toshiyuki wrote on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:12:40 +0900 > it's not tested by openSUSE 10.3, but pls try > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmi

Re: [opensuse] Error while starting a java application

2007-10-24 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Hi! I have the same problem with JAlbum 7.3.1 installer ... thought it was a problem of JAlbum ... http://jalbum.net/download/download.jsp?all=#oslinux Though, I believe I'm using 1.5.0_13, can't check at the moment, Sorry. Sebastian Claude Fuhrer wrote: > Hi all > > when I try to start some java

Re: [opensuse] Grub on CD

2007-10-25 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Clive Rogers schrieb: > Hello All, > > I have a friend who is trying Linux after listening to me go on about how > good > and stable it is for a few years. He is happy to install to a partition on > his harddrive but is not happy to have grub in his mbr. > > So my question is can grub be put

Re: [opensuse] Can I verify using k3b?

2007-10-25 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Todd Ness schrieb: > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:09 +0100, Clive Rogers wrote: >> HI John, >> >> On Thursday 25 October 2007 17:58:59 John E. Perry wrote: >>> I finally worked up the courage to upgrade to 10.3. Using K3b, I wrote >>> a dvd, but some time in the past, the verify and "do not eject" but

Re: [opensuse] mount.ntfs-3g eating substantial CPU

2007-10-26 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Just a guess ... ntfs-3g is the 3rd generation ntfs driver for the windows partitions. When used (filesystem access), it uses quite some CPU. No idea why some people say it is efficient ... I treat it as tool to write ntfs, when necessary. So, for your problem ... if some background process search

Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice Question

2007-10-26 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Kai Ponte wrote: > I was just trying to open a file in order to make a spreadsheet. (It is a > comma-delimited file which is the result of a sql query.) > > I can't seem to open a spreadsheet in OpenOffice. I try and make a new file, > try to open Excel files and all I get is some chart tool.

Re: [opensuse] How do search and install rpm's from the commandline?

2007-10-26 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Ben Kevan schrieb: > Also, > > Just to lock it down to a certain repo you can do: > > zypper update -t package -r "Repo Name" Hi! Is it only on my system, or is it necessary to identify the repository by URL, and not by name? Oh, I just see, the zypper "Alias" is *not* the yast2 package name

[opensuse] install source rpms via yast2

2007-10-27 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Hi! I'm feeling kind of stupid ... have done more than a decade of linux, started with kernel 1.2.8, and I'm unable to install the source packages with yast2 (spm, src.rpm) Of course, I can download them, install them with rpm, build and install the binaries ... no problem ... but: Why the heck is

Re: [opensuse] install source rpms via yast2

2007-10-27 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Jan Kupec schrieb: > I don't know about YaST, but zypper has a basic support for this: > > $ zypper source-install foo > > Currently it will install the newest available version of the 'foo' > source package. Mh, a bit of "getting a lucky shot", yet works at least for some packages ... though, gu

Re: [opensuse] kGpg trust Feature or Bug

2007-10-27 Thread Sebastian Brandt
David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. schrieb: > Listmates, > > I am trying to figure out why kgpg only shows keys as trusted > (ultimately or none at all). I'll pick on Carlos for this example. In > kgpg the only trust state for keys shown is ultimately, otherwise the > keys are shown as "unknown" even

Re: [opensuse] Where can I download the kernel source rpm for 10.3?

2007-10-27 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Sandy Drobic schrieb: > Aaron Siegel wrote: >> Hello >> >> I have just recently upgraded to OpenSuSE 10.3 and would like to install the >> kernel source so I can start building the custom modules. I have not been >> able to find this package. I have look in the oss-src repository; >> http://down

Re: [opensuse] yum repos and zypper update

2007-10-31 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Hi! Tom Horsley wrote: > > I'm wondering if anyone knows of an obvious reason "zypper update" would > say there is nothing to do even when a newer version of a package has > been added to a yum repo I have defined. > > Yes, I did a "zypper refresh" to force an update of the cache. > > And even more

Re: [opensuse] "Cleaning repository 'Packman Repository' cache" always takes a lot of time.

2007-10-31 Thread Sebastian Brandt
Istvan Gabor wrote: > Hello: > > These are the reasons why I don't use YAST package manager: > - Furthermore why does it have to refresh all repositories if you > want only remove or check something? ACK. > - You still can't change the order how repositories are > processed (discussed elsewhere)