Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2372 mails)

[Seth Payne <SPayne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

i learn something new everyday...  :)

thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tor Sigurdsson
To: Seth Payne
Cc: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Sent: 1/4/01 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SLE] Suggestion for SuSE web site (and SuSE Linux)


Why kill the X-server ? :-)

# unset DISPLAY
# yast2

Sometimes life is just too easy ;->

-tosi

> Well...  actually Yast2 does run in a console.  Kill your x server and
give
> it a shot.  Just issue
>
> yast2
>
> as root and get ready to be impressed.  :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:09 PM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [SLE] Suggestion for SuSE web site (and SuSE Linux)
>
>
> At 04:54 PM 1/4/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >I do have to concede that this functionality is not very intuitive
and I
> >would expect that SuSE will vastly improve this with upcoming
versions of
> >Yast 2.
>
> That reminds me: It seems like SuSE isn't do too much work on yast
> ("YaST1") anymore. The reason I bring this us is that I run suse on
several
> console-only (no X server) installs, where I must use the original
YaST. I
> hope they are working on an ncurses interface to yast2. In particular
I
> which there was a way to auto-detect network cards from the console
yast
> like there is in YaST2
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:55 PM
> >To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [SLE] Suggestion for SuSE web site (and SuSE Linux)
> >
> >
> >Sometimes I need to install just one RPM, and know that it's on the
CD but
> >can't find it. On Red Hat's web site they have a search engine so you
can
> >search for RPMs by name. Apparently it indexes all of the RPMs on
their
> > FTP server. It would be really cool if SuSE would have something
like
> > that, and also, if it's on the CD, if the search engine would report
what
> > series the designated RPM is in on the CD.
> >
> >For that matter, it would be handy if YaST had a search function in
the
> >"Change/Create Configuration" submenu that would search for included
RPMs
>
> by
>
> >name. Even cooler would be if it could also search for files by name
and
> >tell you what RPM it's in..
> >
> >
> >Just an idea....
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------
> >Jonathan Wilson
> >System Administrator
> >
> >Cedar Creek Software
> >http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
> >
> >Central Texas IT
> >http://www.centraltexasit.com
> >
> >
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>
> ----------------------------------------
> Jonathan Wilson
> System Administrator
>
> Cedar Creek Software
> http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
>
> Central Texas IT
> http://www.centraltexasit.com

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