In a previous message, Chadley Wilson wrote:

I can't use locate in SUSE 9.1 Pro is there a reason why it isn't installed?

As with SUSE for ages, it's in a separate package (findutils-locate or something like that). IIRC, it's not installed by default because running update-db slows the system down (of course), which caused problems for some users.

I often like to run a programs such as the konqueror or nautilus when I just want to copy selected files, it works out a bit quicker than the command line. But when I open a shell and su - and run konqueror as root from from shell it doesn't work, I get a "can't open Display :0 error",

Have you tried sux instead? This is designed for running X programs (the PATH is set appropriately). If it's not that, try deleting /root/.Xauthority - that has caused me problems in the past that sound similar to yours.

Then I noticed that suse 9.1 is very much slower than any other distro I have ever installed.

Other people have reported the same - search the archives for possible solutions. FWIW, I have no such problems here (which isn't much help, I know, but does at least show that it's not an intrinsic problem but specific to certain setups).

Lastly Surley there must be a list of repositories some where. I have tried installing apt and now my system is broken, and I blame the fact that I had to try and solve the 500 dependencies manually.

There are big warnings when installing apt to ensure that you don't mess up your system when you first do an update. Indeed, this is the reason I've never used it. The problem is that some repositories use slightly different systems to the standard, so will drag in a whole lot of packages that they need, but that then breaks other things. Once you try to do it manually, that introduces a whole new hell. Probably the best thing to do is to use YaST to revert to the original packages from the install discs and do a YOU update, then install the extra packages you want individually using rpm (or KPackage or similar) rather than apt.

There must be other repos available witch I can add to kpackage or one of the package managers that I can download a new version of Xine and libdvdcss2 for example and all the dependencies are handled by the app not me.

There is no shortcut to using apt - you need to set it up properly or it can cause problems. However, once it's set up it does apparently save lots of effort. If there are only a few packages that you want it will probably be easier just to download them from a site like Packman (http://packman.links2linux.org/), which lists all the dependencies right there and provides links for almost all of them. Then just use KPackage to install the RPMs - drag the whole batch in at once and it will sort them into the right order for you. HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!

Chadley Wilson wrote:

The the naming of ifcfg-eth-<macaddres> I have read the reasoning behind the decision to name the devices this way and agree it makes sense, but my question is if I created my own ifcfg-eth0 would it also work. I don't want to change the default I am just curious, and don't want to break anything!

Try it and see. I think the answer's yes.

I often like to run a programs such as the konqueror or nautilus when I just want to copy selected files, it works out a bit quicker than the command line. But when I open a shell and su - and run konqueror as root from from shell it doesn't work, I get a "can't open Display :0 error", Is there a good reason for this or is there a fix. I also noticed that xhost + as root gives me a similar error. Could be related.

It's a security feature. Programs that use X Window system use large libraries and are more likely to be vulnerable. So they cannot, by default use X. Use sux rather than su.

Then I noticed that suse 9.1 is very much slower than any other distro I have ever installed. If I start to write a cd in k3b my sound hacks and open office behaves as if there are no resources available.

Probably because SuSE uses KDE by default. Try something else if you want more speed. There's a trdae-off here, but at least you have the choice.

I was checking my swap space and then I relised there is no activity on swap!? Using the Kde System Guard, it reports 0kb used and 0kb free, I tried to run swapon but it swears at me so I assume it is already running but then free space should be 1 gig. But then on the other hand the system does have 760 MB ram. I do hope it is broken as It would make my PC faster if it were working. And the I have something to fix :=}.

Probably nothing broken

This is a pain, because I like to setup my config files myself, but am to scared to tamper the files created by YAST, they have lines in them I have not learnt about yet. So a job that usually took me, say 30 secs is now taking two minutes because YAST takes so long to open, and every time I click an option a new window opens and that takes a while.

Keep a copy of the YaST file, e.g. /etc/X11Rc/XF86config.yast-save. Then you can restore it if your version didn't work

Is suse using alsa? I see it in services but it doesn't work when I select it in xmms. And if alsa were running the volume sliders would respond instantly. I remeber that the volume sliders misbehaved this way with oss.

By default, SuSE uses alsa. -- JDL

El Lunes, 2 de Agosto de 2004 07:43, Chadley Wilson escribió:

Greetings,

Then I noticed that suse 9.1 is very much slower than any other distro I have ever installed. If I start to write a cd in k3b my sound hacks and open office behaves as if there are no resources available. I was checking my swap space and then I relised there is no activity on swap!? Using the Kde System Guard, it reports 0kb used and 0kb free, I tried to run swapon but it swears at me so I assume it is already running but then free space should be 1 gig. But then on the other hand the system does have 760 MB ram. I do hope it is broken as It would make my PC faster if it were working. And the I have something to fix :=}. Thanks for reading

Chadley

Hello Chadley: I alsohave the problem "suse 9.1 is very much slower than any other distro I have ever installed". My sound also hacks, and even sometimes my mouse doesn't mouve smooth, and programs reponses get slow. That happened also wrtting a cd (when starting and finishing mostly), or executting a kde app when using gnome, or when launching some yast sub-app (sax2 for example, which is in Hardware > Graphic card & Monitor), launching YOU, etc... One strange thing is for example that when I execute updatedb (and sound hacks etc), I can see top reporting low cpu usage (around 15%) but in Kde System Guard and Gnome System Monitor it goes to 100%! And that missmatch also happens while exectuing the other mentioned tasks. I have 256 Mb of Ram and a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU; not as much ram as you, but certenly enough for those things being happening (and as you said, those things did never happen to me in Fedora, Mandrake or Gentoo). Note that the most strage thing to me was is when the mouse mouvement is not smooth because that did never happen to me in this pc with any other distro. It also is not smooth when logging out kde. Are things I related happenning to you? Have you got also a Athlon XP? Which are the differences between your problem and mine ? Thanks for your time, Edulix.