July 2004 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Windows Authentication How to?
by Ben Higginbottom 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

>Could someone point me to a 'how to' which would enable me to get 9.1 to >authenticate against active directory in win server 2003 and possibly >automatically mount the kids' home dir I did a presentation for my LUG on this topic last month, I've been meaning to write a howto in my copious free time, but until then I do have the presentation that should go a fair way in pointing you in the right direction. I cant remember if list rules permit attachments, so if you and anyone else who is interested contact me offlist at benDOThigginbottomATntlworldDOTcom, I'll send it to you. Best, Ben

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Article in today's "Independent"
by John Ingleby 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Here it is: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=5406… Well done Richard! John Ingleby ************

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Bett Show
by Joanna Harris 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Heres one to munch your brains on......since going to Bett 2003 (and the previous two) my partner and I have wanted to take....my Linux Schools project (www.linuxschools.org.uk not available at the moment but hosting says I have been given to the admin!!) and Swadelands school where he ICT-Coordinates to the Bett show basically a look what you can do without spending thousands!! Passed the headmistress etc, but one problem....just checked the costs...£310 per sq metre...thats alot.... Basically I'm asking for ideas to raise that money....this is not a prority for the school obviously! and I'm not sure if any companies would listen...sponsorship way. help?!? lol Jo

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Windows Authentication How to?
by Darren Smith 13 Jul '04

13 Jul '04

Hello Could someone point me to a 'how to' which would enable me to get 9.1 to authenticate against active directory in win server 2003 and possibly automatically mount the kids' home dir TIA -- Darren

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sounds of disaster
by Paul Taylor 10 Jul '04

10 Jul '04

On my own desktop I keep getting an error message when I boot into KDE that the soundserver has crashed. The sound system still works but it is irritating. It doesn't happen on other desktops and I suspect it is related to installing some xine files on my own desktop in a previous version of SuSE/KDE. Can anyone point me to the config file I need to look at/adjust/delete? Paul -- De Omnibus Dubitandum

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email?
by mmarseglia 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

anyone use SuSE/Novell for email?

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Re: [suse-schools-usa] REMOVE - unsubscribe
by Joe T Animal 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

Same goes for me too, please. Get me off of this dang thing! On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:05:51 -0400 "Eric W. Landry" <elandry(a)lantec1.us> writes: > Remove me from your list please > > -----Original Message----- > From: steve [mailto:steve@openoz.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:12 PM > To: suse-schools-usa(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-schools-usa] email? > > Ok, some elaboration may help with this one.. > I am using SuSE Personal Edition using K-Mail. > Do you mean the/a client or a server? > > Steve > > > > On Saturday 03 July 2004 21:50, mmarseglia wrote: > > anyone use SuSE/Novell for email? > > -- > -- > Stephen Donaldson > General Manager > OpenOZ Pty Ltd > > -- > To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help(a)suse.com > For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner(a)suse.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help(a)suse.com > For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner(a)suse.com > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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The visionless leading the partially unsighted?
by Paul Taylor 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

Hi all: Apologies in advance if there are any colleagues here working for exam boards.. I got a letter this week from OCR telling me they were dropping some optional units from their AVCE ICT. They (the exam boards) are all changing over to an applied VCE in a year or two so this is the last run of this specification. In light of this I thought it would be a good time to phone with a speculative foray into changing their specifications to reflect the real world of IT. I thought that given Apache runs 70% of all web sites and that IT Week this week says that Linux server adoption is off the scale it would be timely for exam boards to reflect the interest and up-take of Linux in the industry and offer a Linux unit in their optional choices. I was prepared to write something up (with the approval and support of this community) and even support it with moderating and exam papers if necessary. I phoned OCR first, "what's it called?", mm, not a good start. They seemed less than keen to get involved. The main person was not there but I was assured that all of the materials had been written already and there was no real plans for additional ones for the next few years. I then called Edexcel who currently have Unit 24 and Unit 25 which equate directly to Cisco Semesters 1/2 and 3/4. They had no idea what I was talking about at all (a quick crash test on their server revealled IIS which may explain this lack of knowledge). I was told again that the "exciting" new applied material would be published in the Summer but there was no room for any development of this or additional material. I know I am somewhat biased in that I am on this site and have been using Linux for several years but any casual perusal of mainstram magazines will tell you that Linux is not some backwater freak show. All of the big players are adopting it in some form and even Microsoft take it seriously enough to try to rubbish it in adverts. When will the exam boards reflect reality? At my last school I ran a Cisco Academy and due to expense (and personal interest) I had Linux as all the servers and some of the desktops. The kids were rather dismissive of my evangelising but learned it reluctantly. I have kept in touch with most of them and whether they have gone on to jobs in IT or University courses they say that the thing that did it for them was not the Cisco but the Linux experience. So endeth my rant. Paul Ps Anyone going to Novell HQ on Tuesday for the Linux seminar? -- De Omnibus Dubitandum

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Problems printing via cups.
by Rob Keeling 03 Jul '04

03 Jul '04

I have hit a bit of a problem with printing from a Suse 9.1 box running cups 1.1.20 to a Suse 8.2 print server running Cups 1.1.19. I can configure /etc/cups/client.conf to point to the 8.2 print server, and everything works, however the workstation sees all the 30 odd print queues on the printer server. I only want the workstaion to see 3 of the printers. (The workstation is configured as a LTSP server...) I have tried running cups on the workstation, adding the three printers using lpadmin -p <printername> ipp://qegs-printers/printers/<printername> Which worked, but mozilla Firefox would not print! In fact it stops the print queue with the error "EMPTY PRINT FILE!" once you attempt to print from Firefox. Is there either a way of restricting which printers are used by the clients, or making firefox print? Thanks Rob Keeling -- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. - Douglas Adams

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] The visionless leading the partially unsighted?
by Phil Brown 03 Jul '04

03 Jul '04

> Ps Anyone going to Novell HQ on Tuesday for the Linux seminar? > -- If this seminar is another in the series that Novell are doing to promote their newly acquired SuSE product � Then don�t expect too much in the way of Linux specifics!. In the one I attended in Leeds last week, the opening and closing bits were dire, the 2nd up was a talk by a chap from IBM, which was well presented and interesting, albeit not directly related to SuSE. The bulk of the day was given up a role place scenario between two Novell people who wanted to demonstrate the ease of use and implementation of SuSE in a corporate environment. The main problem I had with all this was that it was heavily promoting all shiny and GUI �bolt on� bits that potentially cost a fortune and would be prohibitive to Edu. (Well it will be to us anyway!). Their main announcement was that that NetWARE 7 - Now called Open Enterprise Server will be launched early in December. Summary - The goody-bag and the lunch were good and there was some interesting bits. Phil Brown (Sorry I'm new to posting here, so I should have introduced myself 1st - will do that bit soon)

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