May 2002 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

OpenOffice and databases
by Phil Driscoll 25 May '02

25 May '02

We've just done a nice conversion job this morning and talked the school out of spending a shed load of money on MS Office for 86 new machines and using OpenOffice instead. Inevitably, real soon now, someone is going to ask about doing 'Access' style stuff. So, I've just had a play with a Windoze box here, installed MyODBC and set up a datasource pointing to MySQL on one of my SuSE boxes. I fiddled around in the datasources bit of OpenOffice and then, by pressing F4, I get into a mode where I can see my database, fiddle about, run queries etc. For anyone wanting to have a play, note that the above was extremely easy, and there were no problems! I have yet to work out if and how to use the data in a document or to connect a form to it. Since my only use for Access is as an emetic, can anyone advise me as to whether or not this is the same kind of stuff you do in Access, and do we have a fairly close match on functionality? Cheers -- Phil Driscoll

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SuSE 8 - kandalf and SuSE welcome screen
by Phil Driscoll 24 May '02

24 May '02

We're doing pretty well configuring our LTSP machines with a fairly well locked down configuration. I'm struggling, however, in getting kandalf's useful tips (ktip) not to run at login. I'm sure that probably there's some config file somwhere which I need to hack, but I can't find it! Any ideas? Cheers -- Phil Driscoll

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SuSE as a print server
by Garfoot,J 24 May '02

24 May '02

Hello, Summary of question: How do we make sure the NT client downloads the right printer driver from a SuSE/SAMBA printserver when connecting to the printer ? Long essay: We've got a little PC setup to be a dedicated SAMBA print server for an HP LaserJet 6p - well at least that's the idea! We have got some way to making it all work. In a WinNT client you can browse the print server (called 'printserver') and it shows three printers (lp-ascii, lp-raw, and lp2). On 'printserver' there is a hidden share called print$ which contains the driver files for the printer. This has a sub-directory W32X86 and then all the driver files. We've also setup subdirectories called lp2, lp-raw and lp-ascii containing the same driver files as a straw-clutch The system does work after a fashion. By setting up a connection to lp2 in the login script it connects and I can print out as much text as my heart desires. However graphics causes the printer to spew out a load of PCL jibber. But on NT if I right-click on lp-raw and select install it asks for the drivers to be installed locally. Doing this I managed to print out a picture of a donkey. What is preventing it from downloading the driver from the printserver ? Thanks for any pointers. Joe Garfoot ICT Technician Corpus Christi Catholic College Leeds

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New resource...
by Chris Puttick 23 May '02

23 May '02

After some expressions of interest, I've created a mailing list for collaborating on development of curriculum materials/resources for science, with a particular focus on KS3-GCSE. I'm aware there is a lot of stuff out there, but (a) it's not easily accessible, (b) some of it isn't relevant to UK requirements and (c) this is the kind of resource, when nearer complete, that could really be useful to both teachers and those of us trying to get Linux on the school's agenda. I'm open to suggestions as to how we collate and present the stuff that comes out of it - probably off list is better for that one. I'm also happy to host lists for subjects, with the same restriction as for this one: all content has to be Linux compatible, preferably cross-platform and preferably web based. List subscriptions: science-curriculum-request(a)lists.centralmanclc.com with subject <subscribe>. Cheers Chris PS For those who tried to subscribe to the other mailing lists and had problems, just call me stupid. It works now (thanks to Phil for testing over and over again). Leetle firewall issue...

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the move to linux
by tom poe 22 May '02

22 May '02

Hi, Steve: I read in the Oregonian that you have migrated several computer labs to linux. Care to share some of what you've learned? We'd be interested at http://www.seul.org/ to learn more about what you've done with the schools there. Thanks, Tom http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/

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Microsoft scramble slithers some more . . . .
by tom poe 22 May '02

22 May '02

Hi: Just an update on Microsoft's school audit two-step shuffle: http://makeashorterlink.com/?G1F5469E "Microsoft has put the inventory request on hold," said Catherine Brooker, a company spokesman. "Microsoft realized it wasn't as sensitive as it could have been with the timing of its request." How long the hold is on, however, is unclear. Steve Carlson, the associate superintendent for information and technology for Beaverton schools, said Microsoft has put nothing in writing: "We don't know what to believe."

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it gets better
by Damian Counsell 21 May '02

21 May '02

In case you haven't caught it on Slashdot yet, Microsoft's aggressive "audit" of schools in the U.S. has had interesting results: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/xml/story.ss… . -- Damian COUNSELL http://www.counsell.com/

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Start up
by Chris Puttick 21 May '02

21 May '02

The service in today's question is mysql, and the server is running at 3 with S20mysql in rc3.d, linked to mysql in init.d. I've had similar problems before with wireless lan scripts, which I ended up calling directly from boot.local. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Brown To: 'suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com' Sent: 5/21/02 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Start up On Tue, 21 May 2002, Chris Puttick wrote: > Ok, call me stupid (water off a duck's back), but under SuSE (and LSB) how > does the start-up process work? More specfically, not work... Given a > working script in /etc/init.d, and a Sxx link in one of the rcx.d > directories, why does a service not start? Just one of the rcx.d directories? Which one? Also, which runlevel are you actually using (probably 3 or 5)? Just checking the easy things first... Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help(a)suse.com

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Start up
by Chris Puttick 21 May '02

21 May '02

Ok, call me stupid (water off a duck's back), but under SuSE (and LSB) how does the start-up process work? More specfically, not work... Given a working script in /etc/init.d, and a Sxx link in one of the rcx.d directories, why does a service not start? Cheers Chris

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LTSP ( Keeping sessions alive )
by s-clarob＠st-aidans.cumbria.sch.uk 21 May '02

21 May '02

Is there any way for an LTSP session to stay alive on the server if the client reboot's? Cheers Rob.

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