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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] desktops?????
by claudio＠mindless.com 31 Dec '97

31 Dec '97

Hello David, On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, David E. Edwards wrote: > With all of the postings in various newsgroups about different window > managers/desktops and their pros and cons, one question comes to mind. > Why is olwm (olvwm) given such little consideration. > In my mind, it is one of the cleanest - and simplest - desktop > environments to use, and everything I use seems to execute quite > flawlessly under it (netscape, kmail, kjots, keditor, xwpe, etc). > Am I missing something? > Is there some inherent problem with olvm that I have not yet encountered? > Are there any regular users of olvm out there? > Any comments?? I think the users of peoble want to use a 'more comfortable' window manager. Also, most people tend to use the newest software currently released on the market. So they use beta verions like kwm, although i won't criticise them. Since i started using linux, i use the fvwm2, maybe because this was the default window manager which has been installed by the SuSE Linux distribution. I dont know why i should change to some other, because i have all i need. I dont have any experiance with olvm until know, but i will give a look at it soon. Greetings Claudio Klingler -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] XSuse_Elsa_Gloria and the Diamond Fire GL 1000 video card.
by bojimbo＠isat.com 31 Dec '97

31 Dec '97

Hello: I am trying to get Free86 to work with my new Diamond Fire GL 1000 card. I am running redhat 4.2 and could not get the monitor to sync with the version of Free86 that came with the system. So I heard about SuSE and downloaded The XSuSE_Elsa_Gloria server. I did exactly what the Installation notes on the link <A HREF="http://suse.de/Support/sdb_e/sndirsch_glint.html"><A HREF="http://suse.de/Support/sdb_e/sndirsch_glint.html</A">http://suse.de/Support/sdb_e/sndirsch_glint.html</A</A>> said to do. However the monitor still does not sync. Does anyone have Linux running this server working? If so, can you help me to properly configure it so that my monitor syncs?? I have a Hitachi SuperScan Supreme 803 Monitor with a Horizontal Sync range of 31-115khz and a vertical sync of 50-160hz. The board is capable of 31.5-111.1 khz horzontal and 60-120Hz vertical with a dot rate of 230Mhz RAMDAC, If this server cannot be configured to work with a Fire GL 1000 Then does anyone know of one that can??? Thank you Jimbo -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to connect to the Internet ?
by bb＠suse.de 30 Dec '97

30 Dec '97

Hi, This is a good thread to give you some views to the future on S.u.S.E. Linux and Internet/PPP configuration.... :-) I'am currently working on a set of scripts that will make PPP installation a lot more easy. We'll have a form in YaST that asks you some questions (tel number, modem init, username/passwd...) and you can select an ISP or ISP type. With this information we'll generate a pppup/down script, and a diald configuration that can connect you to your ISP on demand. I like to have the PPP configuration as easy as the ISDN one. So, if you know something about special needs for several ISPs, please let me know. Ciao, BB PS: Is somebody around who uses AOL with Linux? -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 http//www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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[S.u.S.E. Linux] desktops?????
by dedwards＠technologist.com 30 Dec '97

30 Dec '97

With all of the postings in various newsgroups about different window managers/desktops and their pros and cons, one question comes to mind. Why is olwm (olvwm) given such little consideration. In my mind, it is one of the cleanest - and simplest - desktop environments to use, and everything I use seems to execute quite flawlessly under it (netscape, kmail, kjots, keditor, xwpe, etc). Am I missing something? Is there some inherent problem with olvm that I have not yet encountered? Are there any regular users of olvm out there? Any comments?? Note: I do like-and use KDE and its various tools, but there are times when it still seems a little too cluttered for me. Dave E. -----Linux 2.0.xx ------------- Linux - the choice of a GNU Generation---- No more Blue screen of Death - and no regrets - Goodbye Microsoft! -----------------------Cyrix 586/100-16meg-2g----------------------------- SHAMELESS Plug:-- dedwards(a)technologist.com 23yr of MF exp. avail. for home-based outsourcing contracts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to connect to the Internet ?
by mperry＠mperry.basin.com 30 Dec '97

30 Dec '97

On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 01:53:13PM -0600, astro wrote: > > thunder651 wrote: > > > Hi !!! > > Can someone tell me how to connect to my service provider, read my new > > eMails and surf on the internet with my SuSE Linux 5.0. At the moment I > > always have to start BUGsoft Windows95 :-)) and that is bad because I > > always have to restart and load the sh.... Windows 95. > > Thanks for your help. ohh... and I'm using a US Robotics Sportster 33.6 > > (Plug'n'Play). > > > > bye bye ... Jan Rocho.... > > > > -- > > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > Hi Jan > You might go to your ISP and tell 'em you want help. If they don't know > what Linux is you can > shop around for one that does. You *are* paying them money you know. > Yours, > andy I am quite lucky in the ISP area since all of the tech support folks at my ISP use different flavors of linux for their support onsite. I have had the unfortuante circumstance of using anything besides a Win 95 solution that ISPs have basically told me that I am on my own. Because of this I have felt compelled to find solutions that work without contacting an ISPs tech support. As a longtime user of OS/2, it became a frustrating episode to have some tech support person tell me that I should not be using operating system "X" or "Y" because they do not support them. Shopping around for an ISP in my area (San Francisco) is quite easy. We probably have over 400 ISPs. Other areas have only a few. The PPP HOWTO while quite good at a technical level may not tell new folks the nuts and bolts of how to connect. It concentrates on technical explanations of what PPP is and how to accomplish it. Perhaps what is needed is a newbie ppp howto. People want to get online quick and see the nifty tools out there. As far as paying for an ISPs support, I believe they should provide multilayered support including diverse operating system support. Its unfortunate that many ISPs do not offer this level of support. I pay my ISP a relatively high amount and they offer a relatively high amount of service. I dont know if I would want to go shopping at this juncture even with 399 other ISPs out there. I think I have my ISP trained to answer my stuupid linux questions... :) Just my personal opinions... -- --Michael Perry-- mperry(a)mperry.basin.com -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Default knews rpm in suse 5.0y
by mperry＠mperry.basin.com 30 Dec '97

30 Dec '97

On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 11:36:07AM -0800, Bodo Bauer wrote: > > Michael Perry wrote: > > > You can configure sendmail to replace your From: line like you want to, > so you don't need to recompile knews... Thanks. I am not a sendmail guru and get lost quite quickly with sendmail so I recompiled knews. My friend went to news peruser to grab headers while online and read them later. knews was rather fun to configure :) > Ciao, > BB > > -- > Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 > bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 > http//www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e -- --Michael Perry-- mperry(a)mperry.basin.com -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to connect to the Internet ?
by andyford＠fastrans.net 29 Dec '97

29 Dec '97

thunder651 wrote: > Hi !!! > Can someone tell me how to connect to my service provider, read my new > eMails and surf on the internet with my SuSE Linux 5.0. At the moment I > always have to start BUGsoft Windows95 :-)) and that is bad because I > always have to restart and load the sh.... Windows 95. > Thanks for your help. ohh... and I'm using a US Robotics Sportster 33.6 > (Plug'n'Play). > > bye bye ... Jan Rocho.... > > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Hi Jan You might go to your ISP and tell 'em you want help. If they don't know what Linux is you can shop around for one that does. You *are* paying them money you know. Yours, andy -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Default knews rpm in suse 5.0
by bb＠suse.de 29 Dec '97

29 Dec '97

Michael Perry wrote: > > I recently noticed that the default knews rpm available through YAST for > some reason did not find my correct domain but put in one that I could > not edit. I looked through the docs for knews and found out that the > domain is coded during compilation time and is not resettable in the > config or other files. > I ended up recompiling knews 0.9.8. Does anyone use knews out there? Is > there an easier way to make the default FROM: address change after > installing the rpm? I have a friend who wants to use knews and has > been struggling with what it says is his FROM: also. He uses > "distribution x" and has problems compiling knews. We have exchanged > email correspondence to no avail. He does have slrn working quite well > but is interested in exploring his options as far as internet > applications go. In his case, his domain is something like > stargazer,thisdomain.com and knews is only putting in thisdomain.com each > time. He can edit the FROM: address each time sending a post, email, or > followup... It seems that there should be something as easy as adding > the correct FROM: line as in a .slrnrc file. > Any ideas gratefully accepted. I unfortunately can only exchange email > with him. He lives across the country from me. > You can configure sendmail to replace your From: line like you want to, so you don't need to recompile knews... Ciao, BB -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873 bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 http//www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] libjpeg.so.5 in 5.1 ?
by deem＠YAST_ASK.suse.de 29 Dec '97

29 Dec '97

Rolf Haberrecker <rolf(a)suse.de> wrote: > > > > > Is this lib in any packages with 5.1 ? > > (libjpeg.so.5) > > Looks like only libjpeg.so.6 is available. Is there a reason why you are > looking for the older version? > > > sincerly, > > Rolf Haberrecker > > > ######################################################################## > # Rolf Haberrecker, M.A. S.u.S.E. GmbH fon +49-911-3247130 # > # rolf(a)suse.de Gebhardtstrasse 2 fax +49-911-3206727 # > # <A HREF="http://www.suse.de"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>> 90762 Fuerth, Germany mailbox +49-911-3247122 # > ######################################################################## Hi Rolf, Thanks so much.. I just like to keep a working copy of Mosaic around and the rpm I have is built around libjpeg.so.5. No problem though, I like to crunch my own src's. Best Regards -Dee W.D.McKinney (Dee) -=- deem(a)wdm.com No claim to fame, just saved by Grace. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] libjpeg.so.5 in 5.1 ?
by rolf＠suse.de 29 Dec '97

29 Dec '97

> > Is this lib in any packages with 5.1 ? > (libjpeg.so.5) Looks like only libjpeg.so.6 is available. Is there a reason why you are looking for the older version? sincerly, Rolf Haberrecker ######################################################################## # Rolf Haberrecker, M.A. S.u.S.E. GmbH fon +49-911-3247130 # # rolf(a)suse.de Gebhardtstrasse 2 fax +49-911-3206727 # # <A HREF="http://www.suse.de"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de</A">http://www.suse.de</A</A>> 90762 Fuerth, Germany mailbox +49-911-3247122 # ######################################################################## -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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