April 2000 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Samba book
by Roger Whittaker 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Another source for the Samba book, including .pdf version http://samba.he.net/ -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Re: LaTeX
by Roger Whittaker 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

Here are the examples. A standard install will almost certainly have TeX and LaTeX installed. To check, just type latex at the prompt. If it's there you'll get This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1) ** or similar. When you do latex to a LaTeX source (.tex) file, it makes it into a .dvi file. The DVI viewer can view that. You can further process it with dvips to make a postscript file (.ps) and if you want with ps2pdf to make a .pdf file (acrobat reader format) Play with the examples I sent. I have better ones, but they're at home (I don't do much `A'-level maths teaching here at SuSE...) I hope you dont mind, but I'll forward this to the list also. On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Peter Rutherford wrote: > Dear Roger > > I am re-sending the following reply to your message about LaTeX; my first effort was "bounced" back to me! > > Re. LaTeX > > I would love to see such examples and look forward to receiving them. > > I have performed a "standard" installation on my old 486. Will LaTeX be > there as a matter of routine and, if so, how do I get to it? > > Is the DVI viewer in the KDE related to TeX in some way? > > Thanks > > Peter > -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] return address
by Edgehill E-Mail Service 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

Same here. I'm using an early Micro$oft Mail version, I just |Reply To| and use the SuSE Mailbase address, deleting the original sender (If I can remember :) No great problem, now I know. Paul. ---------- > From: Raju <raju(a)one.net> > To: Suse-inux-uk-Schools <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] return address > Date: 04 April 2000 07:52 > > That happens to me too! > > Doesn't happen for other lists that I subscribe to only this one.. > > So I do this. I "reply-all" and then remove the person email and leave the > suse-linux-uk-school(a)suse.com . At least that way I do not have to do much > work :-)) > > BTW, I use outlook express on NT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <richard(a)tortoise.demon.co.uk> > To: <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 9:37 PM > Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] return address > > > > When I get mail from this list, it appears to originate from the > > individual posters, rather than from the list address. > > > > So, when I click on Reply in order to respond to a post I have to > > manually alter the To: line to > > suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > > > > This doesnt seem right. > > > > In case its relevant, i'm currently using Pegasus on an NT machine. > > > > regards > > Richard > > richard(a)tortoise.demon.co.uk > > > > >

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Empty message
by Edgehill E-Mail Service 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

OK, Empty reply! ;) ---------- > From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse.co.uk> > To: Schools List <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Empty message > Date: 03 April 2000 13:14 > > > > -- > Roger Whittaker > SuSE Linux Ltd > The Kinetic Centre > Theobald Street > Borehamwood > Herts > WD6 4PJ > ---------------------- > 020 8387 1482 > ---------------------- > roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > ---------------------- > >

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Empty message
by Roger Whittaker 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

-- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Possibly useful link
by Roger Whittaker 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

I just came across this link which might be worth looking at: http://www.infocom.cqu.EDU.AU/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/T… I've downloaded it but not read it at all yet... -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] A million questions...
by James Ogley 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

> Lots of questions... Eep :) > Star Office - where is it? How do you install it? I couldn't see > anything on YAST It's under the series 'PAY' - commercial software You can install it from YaST, and then run /opt/Office51/bin/setup as each user who wants to use it > Wordperfect - where is it? How do you install it? (Actually someone > installed this > for me - no idea how they managed it..... but it won't print to my HP) > VNC (server ...and client)? - where is it? How do you install it? Ummm, ISTR that cos of the way Corel have done it, the RPM (again in PAY) only installs the install binaries (making no comment on the sensibility of Corel's install method, but...) So, you want to install it, you need to run /usr/lib/wp8/Runme having read linux.corel.com to check up on the security issues relating to WP8... > If you're running Xserver - and logged on, how do you 'connect' to > another Linux > box and run an Xsession with that box - without loosing your own local > connection. > I assume there must be Telnet and XDM methods? Perhaps you could clarify what exactly you want to do? You want the other Linux box to act as a 'dumb' X terminal for your main Linux box? > I would like to run a citrix client (downloadable from citrix as a tar or > zip or > something - but not an rpm as far as I can tell). Where do I put it? You put it wherever you want to, but normally, you put 'local' software (ie software that you, the local admin has installed) under /usr/local or you could put it somewhere like /opt/citrix > And what do > I do to unzip untar it? And how do I 'run' it? Assuming the file extension is .tgz ot .tar.gz use tar xvfz filename If you want to run it (and why wouldn't you? ;) ) there should be a readme in the tarball telling you how to, otherwise you'd need to contact Citrix > And WINE - where is it and how do I get it working? And if I copy (OK > I'll get a licence > if it stays there) an exe file - how do I run it via WINE? Can I make > .exe extenstions > automatically execute via WINE? WINE is under the series 'EMU' - emulators For info on using it, try wine --help or man wine J -- James Ogley, SuSE Linux UK Ltd - +44 (0) 20 8 387 4088 @ Work: ogley(a)suse.co.uk www.suse.co.uk @ Home: james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk ICQ: 57374251 Slashdot: riggwelter (84180)

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A million questions...
by Alan Davies 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

Lots of questions... Star Office - where is it? How do you install it? I couldn't see anything on YAST Wordperfect - where is it? How do you install it? (Actually someone installed this for me - no idea how they managed it..... but it won't print to my HP) VNC (server ...and client)? - where is it? How do you install it? If you're running Xserver - and logged on, how do you 'connect' to another Linux box and run an Xsession with that box - without loosing your own local connection. I assume there must be Telnet and XDM methods? I would like to run a citrix client (downloadable from citrix as a tar or zip or something - but not an rpm as far as I can tell). Where do I put it? And what do I do to unzip untar it? And how do I 'run' it? And WINE - where is it and how do I get it working? And if I copy (OK I'll get a licence if it stays there) an exe file - how do I run it via WINE? Can I make .exe extenstions automatically execute via WINE? ...enough to get me started.... -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] CDROM drive stopped working - help please
by Alan Davies 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

Just in case someone else has this trouble - I'm posting the reply. My CD is working (again). The problem was with fstab file (which I know understand sets up mount points during the boot phase). The original 'mount' command had been commented out - and another mounting /S.u.s.E. had been added after YAST - by something (or someone?) unknown. As the drive was never mounted - it would not dismount as there was no entry in mtab - and without umounting a device it would not allow be to remount it. (With better knowledge I might have been able to mount it with another identity) Identification of this was then complicated by the fact that I changed something in /dev and fiddled with the desktop 'shortcut' link - when I decided to have a better read of the manual! How do you mount and umount without restorting to a console? My laptop refuses to release the CD unless the drive is remounted. I thought that opening the door (and closing it) would automatically trigger a mount/umount action - as it does on my Acorn and PC stations. On Fri 31 Mar, James Samuel wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Alan Davies wrote: > > > syslog? Where? In sbin/init.d/ ? > > /var/log/messages > > > is the only one I could see - and appeas to be a script file for a console/terminal. > > > > Should I be able to umount hdc > > > > and then remount as mount /dev/cd > > > > What would you expect after typing mount (by itself) - mine reports hda1 and hda3 > > with none on /dev/pts > > Without the CD mounted, what you're seeing is correct. If it's mounted, > /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd, then /cdrom. > > > Is it possible that a CD has been mounted by another user - and not unmounted? > > Possibly, but unlikely. If it's not showing when you do mount, it isn't > mounted. > > > If so - how does root overcome this? > > umount it. Root can always umount anythihng. :) > > > It has a line in /etc/fstab after the end of YAST generated lines > > > > /dev/hdc/ /S.u.s.E. iso9660 ro 0 0 > > > > Should this be present - and with this syntax? > > I don't think that line is correct. I think it should read: > > /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro 0 0 > > Which is more sensible. > -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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