June 2003 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Meeting yesterday and welcome to new members of the list
by Philip Hands 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> writes: > I've just subscribed various people to the list - please post a > message to say hello and introduce yourselves. Hi, If you were at the meeting, I was wearing a Debian t-shirt (with a red swirl logo on it) --- there's a photo at the top of this article, where I'm wearing similar stuff (except for the penguin ;-) http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue6/lu6-Editorial-A_patently_bad_ide… I'm a Debian GNU/Linux developer, and run the UK Debian mirror, and am responsible for producing the Debian official CD images: http://www.uk.debian.org/ http://cdimage.debian.org/ I have only a peripheral interest in educational matters, in that I've been frustrated in the past in my efforts to provide free computers (which were otherwise destined for a skip), but I can certainly contribute on a technical side, and having been involved in Debian (which is completely voluntary, like OSIE is expected to be) since 1996 I may be able to make some suggestions about how to ``organise'' such a thing. For those of you who've not come across Debian before, we're a world-wide voluntary organisation (read, chaotic jumble of mailing lists) that puts together a Linux distribution (and soon a HURD distribution) and gives it away. Debian doesn't pay people to do this, and doesn't sell what it produces, and in most legal senses doesn't really exist (i.e. the machines in the mirror network mostly belong to people like me, rather than to Debian, and the bandwidth is donated rather than paid for). This probably gives a pretty good feel for what Debian is all about: http://www.uk.debian.org/social_contract which you will notice leads into the The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), which is where the Open Source Definition came from. My internet machine, that hosts the Debian UK mirror, may be of use to OSIE, since it has about 30GB of spare disk, and a 20Mbit/s connection at a well connected ISP. This machine could act as either a primary host or mirror site for the web site, and could do DNS secondarying etc. as well. Something I'd be interested in working on (although perhaps a SuSE list is not the right place to spend too much time discussing this ;-) would be producing Debian CD images, tuned to the needs of educational users. Debian has accumulated some funds in the UK, and have been looking for a worthwhile cause to spend them on (we never really need to pay for anything that actually makes Debian work, so don't have much use for money), so we could probably afford to have a few thousand CDs pressed, and send them out to schools that are interested. Cheers, Phil. -- Say no to software patents! http://petition.eurolinux.org/ Philip Hands. +44 (0)20 7744 6244 philip.hands(a)uk.alcove.com Alcove UK --- Liberating Software --- http://www.alcove.com/ http://www.hands.com/ phil(a)hands.com http://www.uk.debian.org/

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error message
by Paul Taylor 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Hi Mark: The only error message I can see is this one and there is no msql.so in the directory talked about. I assume it should be mysql.so anyway? PHP Warning: Unknown(): Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/share/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/msql.so' - /usr/share/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429/msql.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0 [Sun Jun 29 10:12:05 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Linux/SuSE) PHP/4.3.1 Midgard/1.4.4/SG configured -- resuming normal operations [Sun Jun 29 10:12:05 2003] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec) [Sun Jun 29 10:12:05 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem) Paul

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moodle
by Paul Taylor 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Anyone managed to get Moodle to work with SuSE? I keep getting an error relating to php.ini which I change, to no avail.On a related note, where is mysql-php on SuSE as this is essential for php working on other distros. Paul

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] archiving directories
by E Lea 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

> substituting the values as you need them. Different versions of tar are > not to blame. Whoever it was that suggested using redirected output "> > filename.tar" in the last thread is severly mistaken about how tar > works..... You can't just make a sweeping statement like that. By default GNU tar writes to stdout. Redirecting the output to a file works. I'm not sure what you're getting at

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network
by Chris Puttick 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

OpenOffice works with the Blackdown distro (in fact, that's the one they recommend); just that for 1.1beta they dropped support for 1.4.1 as an accessibility function was missing. You need to have 1.4.1-01 or later. This can be downloaded from any Blackdown mirror site. See: http://blackdown.org and: http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=14781 for the bug resolution. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Nix To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com Sent: 6/26/03 8:58 AM Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network Thats the rpm i installed in the firest place. I also tried installing java from the suse disk with yast. But still OOo wont pick up thats its installed. Is there a script that i have to restart or something like? > Sorry I just thought I should have mentioned the JRE is about 22MB! > > I've also found linux install instructions for the self extracting > binary and rpm versions (again on the sun site). It refers to the > Software development kit rather than simply the runtime environment but > it should help make things easier if you hit problems. > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/install-linux.html > > also for completeness this is the link to the Java 2 standard edition > 1.4.1 where you can choose other downloads apart from the one I linked > directly to last post http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James Spedding >> Sent: 25 June 2003 16:20 >> To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com >> Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network >> >> >> From the OOo website >> (http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/doc/user_faq/various_topics/ >> 015.html) >> >> it says you need java VM for the help system to function. >> >> You could try the Java Runtime Environment from the sun site? >> >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=8222&Ref > erer=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html >> >> follow the link (watch out for wrapping in the URL) and >> accept the user agreement at the bottom of the page. >> >> see how you do from that (good luck!) >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Andrew Nix [mailto:andrew.nix@st-paulshigh.manchester.sch.uk] >> Sent: 25 June 2003 15:53 >> > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com >> > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network >> > >> > >> > i need to make sure that all parts of OOo are working ing >> im going to >> > impress the very skeptical staff where i work. They havent >> had any it >> > support for all the time they've had rm (which is now on its >> > knees begging >> > for mercy) and now were putting in nymph thin client. I just want >> to make >> > sure they get the full use out of the software so they dont >> > start buying >> > M$ licenses again. How do i get a VM that OOo does support? >> > >> > >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > > Hash: SHA1 >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > On Wednesday 25 June 2003 15:33, Andrew Nix wrote: >> > >> BlackdownJava2-JRE-1.4.1-3 >> > >> is this the version of java i have installed? If so why >> > isnt it picked >> > >> up >> > > >> > > Yes. >> > > >> > >> when i try and install OOo? >> > > >> > > OOo probably doesn't support all VMs. I'm not sure I'd >> > worry about it >> > > too much, I don't think OOo uses Java for anything useful. >> > > >> > > - -- >> > > Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris(a)chrishowells.co.uk, >> > howells(a)kde.org Web: >> > > http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 33795A2C >> > > KDE/Qt/C++ Developer: http://www.kde.org >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) >> > > >> > > iD8DBQE++bawF8Iu1zN5WiwRAu1tAJ0V5AAdLsFjRg6gdHwFFel9vTc62ACffIFm >> huRMnuwtl7i3fD25eNjCoPk=bnZm >> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > >> > > -- >> > > 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 >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Andrew Nix >> > >> > St Pauls Catholic High School >> > Firbank Road >> > Newall Green >> > Wythenshawe >> > Manchester >> > M23 2YS >> > tel: 0161 4375841 ext 168 >> > fax: 0161 4982030 >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > >> > >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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 -- Andrew Nix St Pauls Catholic High School Firbank Road Newall Green Wythenshawe Manchester M23 2YS tel: 0161 4375841 ext 168 fax: 0161 4982030 -- 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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Server Hardware recommendations wanted (UK)
by Paul Geary 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

Hi All I want to put together a small server to run SuSE Linux which will form a central point between a small Solaris network and a small Windows 2000 network used for Cisco router courses (Totals around 20 machines initially). The machine would be the gateway to internet services and email (and anything else I can think of). I'd like to experiment with a raid based system possibly dual CPU (Not strictly necessary for a small network but I want to play with these things myself and also have plenty of room for expansion should the nix side of things take off). Any recommendations gratefully received. Cheers Paul Geary ___________________________________________________________ Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn gyfrinachol ac at sylw'r unigolyn neu'r sefydliad a enwir uchod. Bydd unrhyw farn neu sylwadau a fynegir yn perthyn i'r awdur yn unig ac ni chynrychiolant o anghenraid farn Coleg Sir G�r. Os ydych chi wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn ar gam, rhowch sylw i'r gweinyddwr ar y cyfeiriad canlynol: postmaster(a)colegsirgar.ac.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Coleg Sir G�r. If you have received this email in error please notify the administrator on the following address: postmaster(a)colegsirgar.ac.uk ___________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MessageLabs.

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W2000 clients
by Dave Williams 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

Hi We have a network of over 200 windows clients (95 & 98) which login using Samba to a Linux server based on Suse 8.1. We may need to add W2000 clients but we can't seem to get the same login structure working. Are there any issues using W2000 clients with a Samba server. NB we do not use encrypted passwords and they have been disabled on all the different clients. Dave Williams

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network
by James Spedding 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

Sorry I just thought I should have mentioned the JRE is about 22MB! I've also found linux install instructions for the self extracting binary and rpm versions (again on the sun site). It refers to the Software development kit rather than simply the runtime environment but it should help make things easier if you hit problems. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/install-linux.html also for completeness this is the link to the Java 2 standard edition 1.4.1 where you can choose other downloads apart from the one I linked directly to last post http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html > -----Original Message----- > From: James Spedding > Sent: 25 June 2003 16:20 > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > Subject: RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network > > > From the OOo website > (http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/doc/user_faq/various_topics/ > 015.html) > > it says you need java VM for the help system to function. > > You could try the Java Runtime Environment from the sun site? > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=8222&Ref erer=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html > > follow the link (watch out for wrapping in the URL) and > accept the user agreement at the bottom of the page. > > see how you do from that (good luck!) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Nix [mailto:andrew.nix@st-paulshigh.manchester.sch.uk] > > Sent: 25 June 2003 15:53 > > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network > > > > > > i need to make sure that all parts of OOo are working ing > im going to > > impress the very skeptical staff where i work. They havent > had any it > > support for all the time they've had rm (which is now on its > > knees begging > > for mercy) and now were putting in nymph thin client. I just > > want to make > > sure they get the full use out of the software so they dont > > start buying > > M$ licenses again. How do i get a VM that OOo does support? > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wednesday 25 June 2003 15:33, Andrew Nix wrote: > > >> BlackdownJava2-JRE-1.4.1-3 > > >> is this the version of java i have installed? If so why > > isnt it picked > > >> up > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > >> when i try and install OOo? > > > > > > OOo probably doesn't support all VMs. I'm not sure I'd > > worry about it > > > too much, I don't think OOo uses Java for anything useful. > > > > > > - -- > > > Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris(a)chrishowells.co.uk, > > howells(a)kde.org Web: > > > http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 33795A2C > > > KDE/Qt/C++ Developer: http://www.kde.org > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE++bawF8Iu1zN5WiwRAu1tAJ0V5AAdLsFjRg6gdHwFFel9vTc62ACffIFm > > > huRMnuwtl7i3fD25eNjCoPk=bnZm > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Nix > > > > St Pauls Catholic High School > > Firbank Road > > Newall Green > > Wythenshawe > > Manchester > > M23 2YS > > tel: 0161 4375841 ext 168 > > fax: 0161 4982030 > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network
by James Spedding 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

>From the OOo website (http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/doc/user_faq/various_topics/015.html) it says you need java VM for the help system to function. You could try the Java Runtime Environment from the sun site? http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=8222&Referer=http://j… follow the link (watch out for wrapping in the URL) and accept the user agreement at the bottom of the page. see how you do from that (good luck!) > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Nix [mailto:andrew.nix@st-paulshigh.manchester.sch.uk] > Sent: 25 June 2003 15:53 > To: suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network > > > i need to make sure that all parts of OOo are working ing im going to > impress the very skeptical staff where i work. They havent had any it > support for all the time they've had rm (which is now on its > knees begging > for mercy) and now were putting in nymph thin client. I just > want to make > sure they get the full use out of the software so they dont > start buying > M$ licenses again. How do i get a VM that OOo does support? > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > > On Wednesday 25 June 2003 15:33, Andrew Nix wrote: > >> BlackdownJava2-JRE-1.4.1-3 > >> is this the version of java i have installed? If so why > isnt it picked > >> up > > > > Yes. > > > >> when i try and install OOo? > > > > OOo probably doesn't support all VMs. I'm not sure I'd > worry about it > > too much, I don't think OOo uses Java for anything useful. > > > > - -- > > Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris(a)chrishowells.co.uk, > howells(a)kde.org Web: > > http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 33795A2C > > KDE/Qt/C++ Developer: http://www.kde.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE++bawF8Iu1zN5WiwRAu1tAJ0V5AAdLsFjRg6gdHwFFel9vTc62ACffIFm > > huRMnuwtl7i3fD25eNjCoPk=bnZm > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > Andrew Nix > > St Pauls Catholic High School > Firbank Road > Newall Green > Wythenshawe > Manchester > M23 2YS > tel: 0161 4375841 ext 168 > fax: 0161 4982030 > > > > -- > 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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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] rmps over a network
by Andrew Nix 25 Jun '03

25 Jun '03

where does it it install it too? Im doing it so i have the full functionality of OO.o1.1beta2. But when i do the install it say there there is no java enviroment installed. When i do the rpm thing again it says its already installed. Anyone got any ideas? > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:14:45 +0100 (BST), you wrote: >>> what does -U do? > > Updates the package if its installed or installs if not. > > man rpm > or > rpm --help > > for other options > > Take care > > -- > Simon Kelsall -- Andrew Nix St Pauls Catholic High School Firbank Road Newall Green Wythenshawe Manchester M23 2YS tel: 0161 4375841 ext 168 fax: 0161 4982030

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