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Re: [SuSE Linux] Linux 2.2.0: The new kernel revealed
by tux＠datapro.co.za 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

"S.Toms" wrote: > > Microsoft tends to do things the way they want to do them instead of > always sticking with the standards. There are hundreds of pages out > there that will crash Netscape/Lynx and some others due to the fact that > MS has implemented there own features that arn't compatible with other > browsers, like the ActiveX crap, looks pretty, but its not compatible. > My guess is that the contents of that page being ActiveX are somehow > killing Lynx which was launched by pine therefore killing pine as well. > If your interested in viewing the story, I can post you (privately) the > contents in text form. Or you can try another browser temporarily. > I think it may be a pine problem as I was able to load the URL fine with Lynx. ActiveX is an extension (or new feature) of HTML and as such should be ignored by any browser that can't handle it. This feature of browsers ignoring things they don't understand is what allows new versions of HTML to continue to work with older browsers. Mind you, I'm not saying MS doesn't break standards. They do (as do Netscape) but I just feel ActiveX is not an example of this. -- Steve Crane stevec(a)netlane.com <A HREF="http://www.datapro.co.za/~stevec"><A HREF="http://www.datapro.co.za/~stevec</A">http://www.datapro.co.za/~stevec</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Ensonique PCI Audio cards & 2.2.1.
by misc.word.corp＠pobox.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

Has anybody been able to get Ensonique PCI Audio cards to work with the 2.2.x kernels? I've got the es1371 chipset; and when I compile the new driver into the kernel, I can't get any sound. No luck with compiling as a module either; I can't get it to load. If you've had success with this, please post the procedure you used -- and weather you compiled the driver in the kernel or as a module. (If it's the latter, do you recommend kerneld or kmod?) The new driver should be a ticket out of OSS hell (ie., some of the OSS bugs) for those of us owning the card; I can't wait to get it up and running. -- Glenn -- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Network base configuration menu in YAST is blank !?
by alex＠daniloff.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

Hello Internet folks! I got really strange YAST behaviour in SuSE 6.0 distro. I tried to configure PPP through the YAST. When I went to System administration menu, I found that Netwok base configuration menu line was blank and I couldn't get into it. What is a problem ? May be somebody know that? Any help will be appreciated Thanks Alex - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Intel To Invest In Linux PC Vendor VA Research
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

<A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/tc/story.html?s=v/nm/19990228/tc/intel…"><A HREF="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/tc/story.html?s=v/nm/19990228/tc/intel…</A">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/tc/story.html?s=v/nm/19990228/tc/intel…</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] KDE 1.1 (Koffice)
by mperry＠basin.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:08:21 W.D.McKinney wrote: > > Michael Perry <mperry(a)basin.com> wrote: > > > > David- > > > > Many thanks for the review. The koffice suite sounds quite interesting > > to me. I know that filters take a long time to mature. I think > > applix's filters are still doing that since I seem to have issues > > almost daily with them. After comparing staroffice 5 and applix, it > > seems that staroffice has better overall filter support. Now if it > > would just load quicker the first time. I sometimes think it forgot to > > launch on my P166. As a note on my Dell Inspiron Pii 366 mhz with 128mb > > of ram, 8mb agp card, it still is poky. Just what kind of system does > > SO5 want? > > SO5 works just fine on my AMD K6-2 400Mhz w/192megs RAM. > It takes 10-15 secs to load which is not bad considering. > Loads all MS Office97 stuff just fine. > > -Dee > > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the > archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> Hi Dee- Thanks for the note re: memory and stuff to launch SO5. We had an issue at work where applix would not open a powerpoint file without the latest patches from www.applix.com applied but SO5 did. As a matter of interest, one of the work machines is a dual Pentium II 450 with 256mb of system memory, and a matrox millenium G200 8mb card. We all sat around waiting for SO5 to load on this beast also. After the first time, SO must load a bunch of stuff into memory since its much quicker. After applying the patches, applix opened in less than 5 seconds and displayed the powerpoint slides in another few seconds. SO5 percolated the first time and then opened the slideshow in a much nicer display. We all settled on applix 4.4.1 overall. Quicker, etc. I like SO5 but it needs some brute system to run it effectively. Michael Perry mperry(a)basin.com ------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] PC World News: ISPs Warn That FCC Ruling Could Cost Consumers
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

<A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9923"><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9923</A">http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9923</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] PC World News: Vendors Complained About Microsoft's Licenses
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

<A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9912"><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9912</A">http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=9912</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Question about allowing xapps to use display
by rex＠hastur.transbay.net 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

Whenever I try to launch Maelstrom or Nethack I get the following error: Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage) Serial number of failed request: 96 Current serial number in output stream: 97 How do I give permission to use the xserver. Thanks, Dan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Thanks SuSE!
by hattons＠CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

I have upgraded to SuSE 6.0. I may have been one of the first to get the distribution. It worked great! I have had a few problem with YAST. But nothing major. I then installed the 2.2.1 -> 2.2.2 kernel, and KDE 1.1 which released to recently to be included in this distribution. I am glad I picked SuSE up at Borders books almost a year ago. I was looking for something to play with at home that would help me understand "real" Unix. Wow! This product has changed my life. I really enjoy trying to make it do new and better things. It sometimes can be a real PITA, but the more I find out it can do, the more impressed with it I am. Thank you all at SuSE for this great product. Steve -- The linux counter: <A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>> -Registered Linux User # 79059 S.u.S.E. Linux: <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> KDE: <A HREF="http://www.kde.org"><A HREF="http://www.kde.org</A">http://www.kde.org</A</A>> SaMBa: <A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au"><A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au</A">http://samba.anu.edu.au</A</A>> Mathematica: <A HREF="http://www.wri.com"><A HREF="http://www.wri.com</A">http://www.wri.com</A</A>> StarOffice: <A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com"><A HREF="http://www.stardivision.com</A">http://www.stardivision.com</A</A>> I think. I think I am, Therefore I am. I think? - Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Linux 2.2.0: The new kernel revealed
by risch＠tir.com 28 Feb '99

28 Feb '99

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