Re: [opensuse] rsync questions - backups - again !

2007-12-08 Thread Ti Kan
Jeffrey L. Taylor writes: Will dd build a bootable disk? Yes, dd can build a bootable disk. It is just a bit for bit copy of the disk partition, including the Master Boot Record (MBR). That is the point of using complete copies of partitions, to do a bare metal restore. Restoring a

Re: [opensuse] Help with Raid on 10.3

2007-12-02 Thread Ti Kan
Jesse L. Purdom writes: Hardware RAID need not be overly expensive. You can purchase an Adaptec SA= TA=20 RAID 1210SA for about $59.00USD from Newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16816103020 The Adaptec 12xx series cards are not real hardware RAID. They are

Re: [opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-07 Thread Ti Kan
Joseph Loo writes: On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 19:12 -0800, Ti Kan wrote: Carlos E. R. writes: The Tuesday 2007-11-06 at 12:45 -0800, Ti Kan wrote: I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured

Re: [opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-07 Thread Ti Kan
Carlos E. R. writes: The Tuesday 2007-11-06 at 19:12 -0800, Ti Kan wrote: Carlos E. R. writes: If it affects all print jobs, it might be the port. You can configure it to use an IRQ, which is faster: /etc/modprobe.conf.local: options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 Of course, you have

[opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Ti Kan
I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured to use the Laserjet 4ML v2013.003 postscript PPD file (recommended). I also have this printer configured as a shared printer over samba on my network. Everything

Re: [opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Ti Kan
Ben Kevan writes: On Tuesday 06 November 2007 12:45:58 pm Ti Kan wrote: I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured to use the Laserjet 4ML v2013.003 postscript PPD file (recommended). I also have

Re: [opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Ti Kan
Theo v. Werkhoven writes: Tue, 06 Nov 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured to use the Laserjet 4ML v2013.003 postscript PPD file (recommended). I also have this

Re: [opensuse] Slow printing on Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Ti Kan
Carlos E. R. writes: The Tuesday 2007-11-06 at 12:45 -0800, Ti Kan wrote: I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured ... Anyone could offer an explanation why it's so slow on Linux? If it affects

Re: [opensuse] ls command - disable color coding

2007-10-17 Thread Ti Kan
Bryen writes: Is there a way to disable color coding in the 'ls' command permanently? It's giving me such lovely colors across my gnome-terminal but very unreadable with my sight. :-) unalias ls -Ti -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

[opensuse] kmix doesn't start automatically any more

2007-07-26 Thread Ti Kan
Kmix used to always start automatically (in the task tray) each time I log in to KDE. Now it doesn't do that any more. I have to manually start it. How do I get it to auto-start again? The Kmix main window - Settings - Configure KMix has all check boxes enabled Dock into panel, Enable system

[opensuse] KDM: Cannot log in as regular user

2007-07-26 Thread Ti Kan
Hi all, something strange has happened. My SUSE 10.0 machine was working well for many moons, but today I had to reboot to try some BIOS setting changes. After restoring the BIOS setting to what it was and booting up the system I was no longer able to log in via the KDM login screen. After

[opensuse] SUSE 10.0: USB audio static noise

2007-07-23 Thread Ti Kan
Hi all, I have a couple of different USB audio devices that works under SUSE 10.0, but they all exhibit a nasty burst of static/noise when changing songs (it happens with all player apps). Sometimes the noise also occurs when the player is open but not playing (in stopped state). The noise

Re: [opensuse] Mozilla Firefox problem on SuSE 10.0

2007-06-14 Thread Ti Kan
Clayton writes: Did you resolve this yet? Not yet, I've been sidetracked. java-1_4_2-sun-jdbc is needed by (installed) sesam_srv-2.0.2-16 [other dependancies cut] Have you looked at updating the apps that are dependent on Java 1.4? I don't know all the versions, but I do see that you

[opensuse] Mozilla Firefox problem on SuSE 10.0

2007-06-12 Thread Ti Kan
There are a few problems with Mozilla Firefox on SuSE 10.0 that I would like to solve. 1. Yahoo Mail Beta: the compose tab doesn't work (just shows an empty tab), thus I can't send mail. 2. PayPal Shipping: When using USPS shipping from the US to International destinations, the Java dialog

Re: [opensuse] Mozilla Firefox problem on SuSE 10.0

2007-06-12 Thread Ti Kan
Clayton writes: 2. PayPal Shipping: When using USPS shipping from the US to International destinations, the Java dialog window that opens to print the customs and shipping label doesn't work on SuSE. Domestic shipping works. The Java plugin is 1.4.2_13-b06, as shown in

Re: [opensuse] Mozilla Firefox problem on SuSE 10.0

2007-06-12 Thread Ti Kan
Masaru Nomiya writes: In the Message; Subject: Re: [opensuse] Mozilla Firefox problem on SuSE 10.0 Message-ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date Time: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:33:14 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ti Kan) has written: I tried installing the Java 1.6.0 rpms from

[opensuse] Multiple sound cards

2007-06-12 Thread Ti Kan
I have a SuSE 10.0 machine that I sometimes plug in an external USB sound card into. Some applications lets you choose the output device, but is there a way to change the default audio device for ALL applications (like you could with Windows and Mac)? For example, I can't find a way to make

Re: [opensuse] Differential SCSI HBA Support

2007-03-03 Thread Ti Kan
Lucky Leavell writes: Does SuSE, specifically, 10.0 Pro, support differential SCSI HBAs such as the Adaptec AHA-2944UW or AHA-3940UW or AHA-3944UW? All the Adaptec AHA-294x and AHA-394x series are fully supported in the base distribution (the aic7xxx driver module). The single-ended, LVD or