October 1998 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SuSE Linux] SO 5 Download
by alfiesty＠chaffee.net 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

I have tried twice to download the mammoth Star Office file. I live way up in the Mountains of Coloradso,USA and that file chokes my ISP so badly that their bandwidth goes to hell and they abort the download. Is this available in multiple smaller files somewhere? Jim - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Profession Edition Location (Communicator)
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 24 Oct '98

24 Oct '98

Talking about [SuSE Linux] Profession Edition Location (Communicator), W.D.McKinney said... > > <A HREF="ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…"><A HREF="ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…</A">ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…</A</A>> > 5/professional_edition/ > It appears that the file DL'd from the PRO site is the same as the 'regular' Linux 2.0 English edition. In my case at least NS asked if it should overwrite the existing file of the smae name. Perhaps a PRO edition hasn't been released yet? andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Profession Edition Location (Communicator)
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 24 Oct '98

24 Oct '98

Talking about [SuSE Linux] Profession Edition Location (Communicator), W.D.McKinney said... > > <A HREF="ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…"><A HREF="ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…</A">ftp://ftp5.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.5/english/unix/supported/linux20…</A</A>> > 5/professional_edition/ > Great! Thanks Dee. andy <<-- bizzy DLing the PROfessional edition now -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Netscape Communicator 4.5 and SuSE
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 24 Oct '98

24 Oct '98

Talking about [SuSE Linux] Netscape Communicator 4.5 and SuSE, W.D.McKinney said... > > I downloaded today the the copy of Communicator > from ftp5.netscape.com, the professional_edition and it did > not contain the rh-glibc file and installed *fine*. > Ummmm, interesting. the only 'professional' version I could find was for v4.07. The v4.5 I found only offered export or strong encrypted releases. Would you share the URL for the Pro ver of 4.5? I'd like to try it. TIA andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 23 Oct '98

23 Oct '98

Talking about [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot, George said... > Is WvDial something like pine or elm. I hope to use kmail in the future. Pine and Elm are essentially mail readers, whereas WvDial is a semi-automated configurator and dialer for ppp dialup connections. WvDial probes all your modems and sets an optimum init string to maximize your modem's capabilities. You give it 3 bits of information (username, password and ISP's phone number) and it will handle the dialing/connecting procedures. Not to start another KDE thread but I was using KMail with WvDial until recently. I've now switched from the KDE environment to Window Maker and XCmail for my mail app. I can confirm that KMail works fine with WvDial. I use only WvDial for all my dialup connections (NS for news and browsing, XCmail for mail). > But, from what I read on my KDE thread, it seems kmail has unnacceptable > problems. > I set up KBiff to call KMail which workes fine in or out of KDE. XCmail has a built in mail checker so I don't need a biff app. The drawbacks to KMail are, imo: lack of a spell checker and lack of auto threading articles. Other then that it's simple, straightforward and not too bad of an email app. HTH andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Help with dialing in to ISP
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 22 Oct '98

22 Oct '98

---Reply to mail from Aaron Prohaska about [SuSE Linux] Help with dialing in to ISP > > .... I am now trying to get connected to my ISP and don't know how to > get my modem to dial. Does anyone have a recommendation for what I > should use for dialing at the command prompt? I suggest you look at WvDial: <A HREF="http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/"><A HREF="http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/</A">http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/</A</A>> It automates setting the configuration for your modem, and requires you to enter only three items to configure it: ISP's phone number, user name and password. Works in xterm, in KDE instead of Kppp and the command line. HTH andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 21 Oct '98

21 Oct '98

---Reply to Rev. Michael Derek Barnett about [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot > > okay, well, i'm apparantly having trouble getting it unzipped and tar'd. > for some reason, the file name gets messed up, and it apparantly isn't being > read correctly by either gzip or kde's zip manager. > A friend in the UK had the same problem when DLing WvDial with Windoze. You might do better if you connect and DL from SuSE. Assuming you set your ppp network and ISP parameters (generic) in YaST, you should be able to dial out in an xterm window by typing: /etc/suseppp/scripts/ppp-up generic after you DL WvDial, close the connection with: /etc/suseppp/scripts/ppp-down Then go for the un-zip/tar routine. To be on the safe side I'd delete all existing WvDial files, zipped or otherwise, so that only the one received with SuSE exists to work with. HTH andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 21 Oct '98

21 Oct '98

---Reply to Rev. Michael Derek Barnett about [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot > > the name of the file on my floppy is just wvdial~1.tar ...is this file > zipped?? > The correct file name is wvdial-1.10.tar.gz If this is NOT what you DL'd, then I suggest you go back to <A HREF="http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/"><A HREF="http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/</A">http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/</A</A>> and DL the file linked to "Source Code" on that page. Then you can follow Keith White's instructions. HTH andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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Re: [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot
by sandyseeds＠iname.com 21 Oct '98

21 Oct '98

---Reply to mail from Rev. Michael Derek Barnett about [SuSE Linux] WvDial, Rpms, and whatnot > > anyway, once i had the wvdial~1.tar file onto the desktop, i clicked it, and > it opened up a window at > file:/home/derek/Desktop/wvdial~1.tar#tar:/wvdial-1.10/ > I'm not sure that simply clicking on it in KDE will unzip and untar the file. KDE's zip manager will do it for sure (right mouse, select the Zip option, and select Extract in the app.) > i clicked on the makefile icon to check the settings, and from what i could > tell, the paths looked okay (/usr/local/bin for wvdial and wvdialconf and > /usr/local/man/man1 for the man pages.) > then the howto tells me to 'make' 'make install' > > okay...where/how do i do this? > Once you've unzipped and untarred the file, as root start xterm. Change to the new directory wvdial-1.10. Type: make After that's done its thing Type: make install With an editor enter your 3 pieces of information in wvdialconf (phone number, username and password.) Be sure to uncomment those lines by removing the "#". You should be all set. From an xterm window follow the instructions. You can run WvDial from an xterm window, or make a desktop icon in KDE to run it not in an xterm window. This way you'll not see the connect script stuff, but you don't need that unless you're having a problem connecting. To disconnect, type: killall wvdial Yes, you can make a desktop icon in KDE to do this also. HTH andy -- Sandy Seeds 100% MS Free! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

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