November 2000 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

VMWare
by Roger Whittaker 02 Nov '00

02 Nov '00

OK - I can tell the list as a whole: We at SuSE can supply VMWare. The educational prices for VMWare are as follows: boxed set £95 electronic licence £70 Sorry about the blatent advert ... :-) -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd The Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Borehamwood Herts WD6 4PJ ---------------------- 020 8387 1482 ---------------------- roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk ----------------------

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Graphics problem install (2)
by Matt Johnson 02 Nov '00

02 Nov '00

No, I'm using 6.3 Won't 6.3 sort it? -- Matt Johnson Applecroft School __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/

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Graphics install problem (2)
by Matt Johnson 02 Nov '00

02 Nov '00

Update: Please help! I've installed with Yast2 in TEXT mode. Now I can use Sax. Progress! With SuSE 6.3, which card (etc.) do I use in Sax with this board... It's onboard (new Dell Optiplex) Intel® 810 chipset with embedded Direct AGP graphics controller (4MB of 100MHz SDRAM graphics memory) (copied from the spec on their website). I get the same list of "supported drivers error" whichever I seem to choose. Hope I've overlooked something simple. -- Matt Johnson Applecroft School __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? >From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Help on cabling for network topology
by Edgehill E-Mail Service 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

---------- > From: Alan Harris <alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk> > > Why use network neighbourhood to find the shares - go into file manager > on the windows stations and create a permanent connection to the homes > share under samba (Tools, Map Network drive, specify drive letter and > connection path, tick reconnect at logon) - works ok for us with some > 600 year 7,8,9 pupils - they don't even need to know the name of thier > folder on the samba system as it's covered by the homes share. > <SNIP> Too true - in fact we did away with the real network neigborhood & my computer this year - and have our own ersatz versions which access the shares more prettily, with an unchangeable (by users) wallpaper. (if anyone /really/ wants to know how, e-mail me off list, since this isn't really on topic for the list). regards, Paul <SysAdm(a)edgecoll.clara.net> -------------------------------------------------------------- Legal Advisory: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. --------------------------------------------- You are warned that all electronic communications are subject to interception for regulatory, quality control and crime detection purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edgehill IT Department Email Service. Please check sender's address from body of Message for return address. Find us at: www.edgecoll.clara.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Help on cabling for network topology
by kevin.taylor＠powerconv.alstom.com 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

> RUnnning SAMBA I have everything configured apart from the > fact that the shares do not show up in network neighbourhood > on the workstations. I can mount the sahres using 'net use' etc. Ant ideas? There is a flag to mark shares 'non-browsable' - if everything else is fine - then sounds like this is on. I think it is : browseable = yes but you will need to RTFM (sorry roger ;-) to check, as I don't have a system in front of me right now ... (man smb.conf should list the configuration options - search for browse). Kevin.

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Samba shares not present on Network Neighbourhood.
by Edgehill E-Mail Service 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

Hi, We had this too. Win NT shares are not visibly advertised (although you can still access them by using the \\Hostname\path addressing). If you configure the share to advertise as a Win '95 share, then it will be visible on Windows Explorer (Network neighborhood) SWAT will allow easy configuration. 'nuff said. regards, Paul <SysAdm(a)edgecoll.clara.net> -------------------------------------------------------------- Legal Advisory: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. --------------------------------------------- You are warned that all electronic communications are subject to interception for regulatory, quality control and crime detection purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edgehill IT Department Email Service. Please check sender's address from body of Message for return address. Find us at: www.edgecoll.clara.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- > From: Simon Wood <Simon.Wood(a)pace.co.uk> > To: SuSE Linux Schools <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Samba shares not present on Network Neighbourhood. > Date: 01 November 2000 09:25 > > I have the same problem here, my Linux machine running among a NT controlled domain does not appear on the browse list. I think this is because the NT machine hasn't been introduced to the Linux machine..... > > If you are lucky (and I believe that it is just luck) then you will be able to type the machine name directly into the 'c:/windows' line on windows explorer. This saves having to set up a shared drive. > > My machine does this, but many here don't, is this an option or is it hardcoded into whatever version of windows you have??? > > Simon Wood > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > RUnnning SAMBA I have everything configured apart from the > > > fact that the shares do not show up in network neighbourhood > > > on the workstations. I can mount the sahres using 'net use' etc. Ant ideas? > > >

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SAMBA
by Martin Dart 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

I went through the difficulties of trying to set up Linux within an NT domain using SAMBA a while ago. One of the most useful tools I found was the SWAT tool, which lets you edit your Samba configuration files through a web browser (very nice for those of us who still remain nervous at an alien command line!). You can launch SWAT from within Netscape (or whatever browser you use) by typing the following in the URL address field: http://localhost:901/ (you may need to provide 'root' user details before it lets you into the config screen). >From my client workstations I map 2 shared drives permanently onto the server (which actually run software packages remotely - Office 2000, Dreamweaver, etc..). As other users have mentioned, you cannot browse these shares from Windows 'Network Neighbourhood', but the explicit mapping of the drives (or connecting from the 'run' option with a simple '\\servername' ) works fine, and the links are always there when needed. Who knows, we could always treat this as a security setting, disallowing as it does renegade browsing of the servers resources! (I was actually taught this on a Microsoft course - that unrestricted browsing via Network Neighbourhood chews up bandwidth, and often lets people see/access what they shouldn't). Regards, Martin Dart Senior Computing Officer School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences Oxford Brookes University

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Samba shares not present on Network Neighbourhood.
by Simon Wood 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

I have the same problem here, my Linux machine running among a NT controlled domain does not appear on the browse list. I think this is because the NT machine hasn't been introduced to the Linux machine..... If you are lucky (and I believe that it is just luck) then you will be able to type the machine name directly into the 'c:/windows' line on windows explorer. This saves having to set up a shared drive. My machine does this, but many here don't, is this an option or is it hardcoded into whatever version of windows you have??? Simon Wood > -----Original Message----- > > > RUnnning SAMBA I have everything configured apart from the > > fact that the shares do not show up in network neighbourhood > > on the workstations. I can mount the sahres using 'net use' etc. Ant ideas? >

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] VMWare non-commercial licence
by The Royal Latin School 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

I knew I'd know.... I originally cheated by using WinLinux 2000, but to put it bluntly, it was crap. I wouldn't recognise my graphics adaptor and I was stuck with 16 colours, I could only see a portion of the screen till I wacked the res right up.......... Thanks for the explanation. I would just like to commend this list for not making me feel as embarrassed as I would elsewhere, as I like to think that I've had a lot of experience in my native NT and I'm rather good.....so it's humbling to come down to the Linux level, and experience how some of my students must feel...... Regards, Robb Bloomfield ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> To: The Royal Latin School <rbloomfield(a)royallatin.schoolzone.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] VMWare non-commercial licence > Have a look at www.vmware.com > > VMWare is a very cool piece of commercial software which allows you to run > another operating system on top of Linux or on top of Windows NT. It does > this essentially by emulating PC hardware in software, so you can for > instance run VMWare on Linux and then install Windows into > VMWare. Windows thinks it's being installed on hardware, but it's > actually being installed into a software emulation of hardware. So you > can run Windows or some other OS in a window on Linux. And when Windows > crashes - no harm done. > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, The Royal Latin School wrote: > > > Okay.....ignorance time and I know I'm going to be embarrassed...... > > Whats VMWare? > > > > Regards, > > > > Robb Bloomfield > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> > > To: Schools List <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 8:25 AM > > Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] VMWare non-commercial licence > > > > > > > There is a special deal available from us for VMWare for non-commercial / > > > educational use - if anyone wants to know more please mail me off the > > > list. > > > > > > -- > > > Roger Whittaker > > > SuSE Linux Ltd > > > The Kinetic Centre > > > Theobald Street > > > Borehamwood > > > Herts > > > WD6 4PJ > > > ---------------------- > > > 020 8387 1482 > > > ---------------------- > > > roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > Roger Whittaker > SuSE Linux Ltd > The Kinetic Centre > Theobald Street > Borehamwood > Herts > WD6 4PJ > ---------------------- > 020 8387 1482 > ---------------------- > roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk > ---------------------- >

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Help on cabling for network topology
by Darren Garside 01 Nov '00

01 Nov '00

Hi. I've been lurking in this group for a while and now need to ask for some help please. I work in a small primary school in the West Country and we are in the middle of a new building project. To date I have been running a SuSe 6.4 server on a 10-pc (Windoze unfortunately) network suite (all based in my small, mobile hut, classroom, shared with 27 strapping Year 6's!). I have been asked to spec up our new network and need to run my ideas through this wise and experienced forum (I'm an NQT with five years experience in ICT industry/Information sector). I'm planning to have a server connected to an 8 port switch (In a room to themselves). Each cable from the switch goes to a classroom where there is a hub. The cables then run from the hub to wall-mounted CAT-5 sockets. Cable runs from the CAT5 sockets to the PC. I'm confused about which of these links requirs standard cat5 UTP wiring and which require cross-over configured cable. I suspect that as the hubs have uplink buttons I only require cross-over cable for the final 2m run from wall-mounted socket to PC. Am I on the right lines or is there a far superior layout? Another matter. RUnnning SAMBA I have everything configured apart from the fact that the shares do not show up in network neighbourhood on the workstations. I can mount the sahres using 'net use' etc. Ant ideas? Many thanks Darren Garside

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