Hi all! I've got a stupid question: How do I run YaST2? I started out with SuSE 6.1. Then I borrowed the 6.2 CDs from a friend and nearly updated everything. Now I installed some packages via FTP from the 6.3 distribution (including YaST 2, but not the base system - BTW: is it safe to update the base system via FTP?). So what do I type on the command line to run YaST2? I only find developer documentation, but no user documentation and no executable. Sorry for bothering you with a triviality like this. Thanks, Kai PS: What's the [SLE] in every subject on this list? Is there a FAQ which could answer this? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Ryan Yagatich wrote:

/usr/sbin/YaST2/YaST2

That's my problem. This file does not exist. That's what installed: kai@dose:~ > rpm --query yast2 y2base yast2-19991207-0 y2base-19991207-0

or boot off CD 1.

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Hi everybody! When I wanted to reconfirm which packages related to YaST2 are installed on my system I started YaST 1.03. Now I ran into trouble with it: Selecting FTP as installation source does no longer work. Here what I do: Adjustments of installation -> Select installation medium -> Installation from an FTP site F5=Check Connecting to ftp.suse.com[209.144.167.150] Check server directory... Server directory is: /pub/suse/i386/current/suse Closed connection to ftp.suse.com[209.144.167.150] Settings Ok. F10=Ok and now I'm immediately back at "Select installation medium". Selecting a CD-ROM as installation medium works just fine. Selecting the FTP server worked always worked fine before. I don't remember changing anything relating to YaST 1.03 since it worked the last time. Any clues? Thanks, Kai -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

----- Original Message ----- From: Kai Bolay To: Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks!

Hi all!

I've got a stupid question: How do I run YaST2?

I started out with SuSE 6.1. Then I borrowed the 6.2 CDs from a friend and nearly updated everything. Now I installed some packages via FTP from the 6.3 distribution (including YaST 2, but not the base system - BTW: is it safe to update the base system via FTP?).

So what do I type on the command line to run YaST2? I only find developer documentation, but no user documentation and no executable.

Sorry for bothering you with a triviality like this.

Thanks, Kai

PS: What's the [SLE] in every subject on this list? Is there a FAQ which could answer this?

[SLE] - SuSE Linux English. Allot of mailing lists put there name (or part of there name), in the subject line so that the users of/on the list can easliy filter and sort all incoming mail into a specific folder. Put all SLE mail in the ~/Mail/SLE folder, makes sense.

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----- Original Message ----- From: Warrl To: Jack Barnett ; Kai Bolay ; Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks!

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Jack Barnett wrote:

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PS: What's the [SLE] in every subject on this list? Is there a FAQ which could answer this?

[SLE] - SuSE Linux English.

Allot of mailing lists put there name (or part of there name), in the subject line so that the users of/on the list can easliy filter and sort all incoming mail into a specific folder. Put all SLE mail in the ~/Mail/SLE folder, makes sense.

One. (Personal peeve.) "Allot" is to divide something up into portions for assigned purposes or people,. It's an erroneous attempt to correct "alot", which is not an English word. If you mean to say "a great many" or something of that sort, what you are looking for is "a lot", two words.

Sorry, didn't know this was a freaking grammer contest. : ) I did not know that though, so thanks for pointing that out, now if I can just deprogram that from my brain. A lot of mailing lists ...

Two. As for the filtering, I just have a rule to toss everything that has "suse-linux-e@suse.com" in any header into a folder.

That works also. Now that I think about it, another reason for putting it in the subject line that is some mail clients (Elm, Pine, OutLook) don't put the header in the "main screen" but ussually just the sending and subject. One is able to see and detremine quickly from their "main screen" of their email client that this message is or is not from a certain mailing list. Jack

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Hi, On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Mike wrote:

Will it accept the present partition scheme? I've got it the way *I* like it, and would rather not switch. ;-)

Yes, sure. You can keep your partitioning, if you like.

Oh, one other quick question.. I was lucky enough to get the Cebit release while I was up there. Would it be possible to use it as the base install, and then install other packages from the 6.3 release? I tried it by updating 6.3 with the Cebit release, and didn't have much luck.

Yes, that should work.

Oh, and for those of you that didn't get to Cebit, SuSE had one of the hottest booths going. One heck of a great show. I could have spent hours there.. Thanks Lenz and all the others.

I was not there this time :( Bummer. But it really was a huge booth. I was impressed when I saw the pictures. Illiad from UserFriendly was impressed as well :) Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

Hi, On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Mike wrote:

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I was not there this time :( Bummer. But it really was a huge booth. I was impressed when I saw the pictures. Illiad from UserFriendly was impressed as well :)

What??? They didn't let you go? Bummer isn't a strong enough word to describe missing it.

Well, I had to stay here and make sure that 6.4 will be finished :) Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

agreed! Hey is there a timetable for the 6.4 release? Victor On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

Hello all,

I would second this..wait for 6.4. I use to think that Linux was a big waste of time before I discovered SuSE. I was a staunch freeBSD/Solaris advocate, but I have been running SuSE since 5.0 along with my freeBSD box and now my Sun U10. I do know this, if SuSE somehow magically went out of business and they were not producing a Linux distr. I would reformat this box and it would be a Solaris X86 box.

Give these guys a break, they do damn good work..it may not be on installers or anything as low on my list as this, but their kernel work and XFree work alone merits respect.

just my 0.02

BTW .. is icewm 1.02 gonna make it into 6.4 ;D

Lenz Grimmer wrote:

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Hi,

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, m thompso wrote:

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Correction: "MOST" of YaST2 rocks

I'm still disappointed that YaST2 does not allow me to install SuSE 6.3 to non-adjacent partitions. To install to non-adjacent partitions, I must still use YaST1. Mandrake 7.0-2 uses a top-notch graphical installer called drakx. SuSE would be wise to incorporate drakx into the next release of SuSE Linux.

<PERSONAL RANT> Well, since distributions nowadays only seem to be judged by it's installation utility, how should we set ourself apart by reusing someone else's tool?

We have added a lot of features in YaST2 for SuSE Linux 6.4.

There will be a more flexible partitioning dialogue, which will also allow you to use ReiserFS partitions and multiple disks (no LVM yet, you still need to fall back to YaST1 for Logical Volumes). In addition to that, there is a more flexible package selection and the configuration of Sound cards, printers, Internet connection with Modem/ISDN and Network configuration.

-- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org SuSE Linux 6.3 (2.2.14) ICQ UIN:49268667 ------------------------------------------------------------ " Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom " --Gen. George Patton

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Hi, On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

Give these guys a break, they do damn good work..it may not be on installers or anything as low on my list as this, but their kernel work and XFree work alone merits respect.

Thanks for your positive comments :)

BTW .. is icewm 1.02 gonna make it into 6.4 ;D

1.0.2 is out??? Damn. Murphy struck again... 6.4 will come with IceWM 1.0.1. 1.0.2 was not available at the package deadline. But it works pretty well :) Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/