December 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] what does 6.3 offer over 6.2?
by ronm＠cyrix.com 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

i have been to the web site and looked at all the neat stuff but I am still new to linux and would like to know is there any real advantage to getting 6.3? I just got 6.2 a few weeks ago and am still having problems getting it up on my system. I have asked for help from suse but the advise they gave did not work.. at all! I have abandond sax and am useing xf86config to get my xserver con figured, this is not to hard except that I cant seem to find the spects on my monitor so its a guessing game at this point. also xf86config seems to not have all that many options for mice and keyboards, just an observation:) the reason for this whole mess is I have a voodoo3 card and no matter what i do in sax it wont work.. I wrote to you guys about it at the begining of the week and tryed all of the advise yall gave me, thanks BTW:) but none of it worked . it seems that xf86config sets up the xserver just fine and them i startx and my desktop is running at like 200x200x2 or some rediculous rez like that. and I have a 20 inch tatung at home that i used at work for cad design on a unix system for a few years. anyway after i exit the window manager i read the .X.err file in the home dir and find that all the rresalutions were disabled because it wants 70+ khz vsink or some thing like that. to run 1024x768 it want something 108, does that seem right to yall? anyway back to the question, would 6.3 be easyer to use with newer hardware( though i hardly consiter a voodoo3 new hardware it appears that to me that the linux world runs just a little behind when it comes to new hardware and pc's.. no offence). thanks Ron -- Ron Morgan jr. Cyrix Dallas Texas //If you remain calm, You dont know all the facts! // ronm(a)cyrix.com gojoe(a)home.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] A request to "bare link" posters
by fredrik＠warg.nu 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Quite often there are posts on this list that contain ONLY a URL. I have a small request to those of you who post such messages. It would, IMHO, be much more useful if you'd add just a few sentences explaining what we can expect to find if we follow the link. Is it an article? A review? A piece of software? What is it about? In short, why would the subscribers of this list be interrested in this particular link? I think most people don't usually spend the time to check out a "blind" link. I know I don't. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just a few words, please... (sorry for the rant) /Fredrik [fredrik(a)warg.nu] -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Syslog + SSH
by netadmin＠surge.net 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

I've got a nameserver/RADIUS server running SuSE 5.3. When the syslog security advisories came out, I upgraded to the syslog available at ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/5.3/syslog.rpm, but now, I am not getting any ssh messages! All other services seem to be logging without any problems. I did the same upgrade on our other boxes (running 6.1 & 6.2), and they log without any problems. They are all running ssh 1.2.27, which I compiled from source obtained from ftp.cs.hut.fi. I can still view who has logged on via the last command, but nothing shows in the log files. I have tried totally erasing both syslog and ssh, and then re-installing them. There are no signs of hacking in the old log files. Is this a known problem, or am I missing something? I have ssh set to log via LOCAL0, and in syslog.conf, I have local0.* /var/log/sshd and /var/log/sshd is owned by root.root, with perms 0511. Any ideas? Thanks, Kevin -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] K7 Support
by mmnelson＠hewitt.com 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

>Fromwhat I've heard, if you compile MTRR support out of the kernel, you should be fine. You'll need to use the boot disk available from SuSE for Athalons. From: Luis Angel Fernandez <qapfecul(a)lg.ehu.es> on 12/02/99 08:59 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com cc: Client: Subject: [SLE] K7 Support Hi all, I wonder if the latest kernel 2.2.13 fixes the problem with the MTRR support for AMD K7 (Athlon) machines. I mean, should I be able to compile a kernel and will it boot ? Does anybody know? TIA -- Dr. Luis A. Fern?ndez Department of Analytical Chemistry University of The Basque Country P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Powered by SuSE Stickers!
by icarus＠guldennet.nl 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Once I read a mail from someone asking for more SuSE-stickers. I have more than 2 SuSE-boxes, so I also needed more stickers. After translating my english text to German with Babelfish, I sent the E-Mail to suse. Two days later: an envelope containing a Tux-pin and a big roll of SuSE Stickers! I lost track counting all of them! Thank You SuSE Team! Greetings, Rogier, The Netherlands -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] K7 Support
by qapfecul＠lg.ehu.es 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Hi all, I wonder if the latest kernel 2.2.13 fixes the problem with the MTRR support for AMD K7 (Athlon) machines. I mean, should I be able to compile a kernel and will it boot ? Does anybody know? TIA -- Dr. Luis A. Fernández Department of Analytical Chemistry University of The Basque Country P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Enlightenment Problems
by imm＠KidsCare.Net 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

We'll out of one frying pan and into another. After seeing a friends linux box with enlightenment running I thought it was great. So I go home install the enlightenment packages via YaST. The default comes up ok sounds and everything look great I made some changes with configuration program. The problem is when I try to install themes they don't work properly I put them in the right place but when I load one I get a plethora of errors. Anyone else have this problem. Any advice much appreciated. Thank you, Ian -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] StarOffice don`t wanna start!
by suselist＠ASR-Technology.ltd.uk 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

From: Derek Fountain <fountai(a)hursley.ibm.com> >Doesn't this link tell someone all they need to know?: > >http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/kngu_so51.html > >Found by typing the word "staroffice" into the search engine on the >suse.com support database. Hardly rocket science, as the Americans put >it... But then they left all that to the Germans anyway!=O) Cheers Dave -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Yamaha CD-RW?
by linux＠kubecki.com 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Hi all, Has anyone used a Yamaha CRW6416 CD-RW drive in Linux? It's a SCSI CD-R, and I'm looking for something to replace my ancient JVC drive, but it's not on the "official" list for X-CD-Roast so I don't want to order it if I'm not going to be able to burn CD's. Thanks, JFK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] DVD recommendations sought
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Nick Zentena <zentena(a)hophead.dyndns.org> writes: > Lenz Grimmer wrote: > > > > > You are talking about DVD movies, which need a special decoder (harware or > > software). These are not supported by Linux yet. Howeverm you can already > > use DVD drives with linux as "big" CD-ROM drives... This is how the SuSE > > Linux DVD version behaves. > > > Does 6.3 ship with both CDs and DVDs? Or do I need to order the right > one? If I order the DVD version how hard is it to upgrade over the > network from my one machine with a DVD to the other machine without? And also (in case you do not mention it in passing) -- will it be available in US and for how much (if seperate) and how to order? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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