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[SuSE Linux] Star Office 5.0
by rachel＠epinet.co.uk 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

Has anyone else managed to install this on SuSE 6.0? I have, as far as I can tell, now fully upgraded my machine to 6.0, which I'm given to understand is glibc2-based. I've downloaded StarOffice 5.0 and its installer is saying I don't have the right libraries - namely glibc2. I don't want to run the library installer that StarOffice supply as last time I did that I killed my machine stone dead - had to go for a complete reinstall. I thought SuSE were now including StarOffice 5 - with presumably a suitable rpm or something - but I can find no sign of it on their site. -- Rachel - 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 archiv 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] Permission Errors from tar Archive
by Michael.Salmon＠uab.ericsson.se 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

+----- On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:05:21 EST, Howard Arons writes: | | I just tarred my '/' partition to my /opt partition on HDD 0, removed the | HDD (HDD 1) it resided on and replaced it with a new HDD 0 containing a | bigger '/' space, and untarred the '/' archive to the new partition. | The newly installed '/' fs booted up and runs, but not without a small | problem: | | The permissions for some directories and files were not restored | correctly. Problem seems to be write access for "others," where it had | been set. Example: /dev/null; some files in /var/spool/mail. | | Why did this happen, or better, what should I have done during 'tar -c' | or 'tar -x' to prevent it? Is this a 'umask' problem? The p flag effectively sets umask to 0, you should always use it for such tasks. Strangely this is implied in Sun's tar when run as root but apparently not in GNU's. /Michael - 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 archiv 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 Office Suite and 6.0
by kar＠webline.dk 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

How compatible is LOS99 with SuSE Linux 6.0? Does the information leaflet still apply or did the new version of Linux introduce a new installation procedure? - 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 archiv 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] Applixware 4.4.1 on SuSE 5.3
by Martijn.van.den.Burg＠asml.nl 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

Hi crowd, I had Applix demonstrated and decided to take the gamble :-) And it's great! My M$ spreadsheets import rather nicely and I don't expect M$ Weird will give any problems either (didn't have the time to find out). There is a special 'import' wizard that allows for fine tuning while importing a non-native format. Insertion of special characters is easy: you can choose them from a palet (no need to create special keys or anything) and it even imports FrameMaker MIF. I'm hooked. > > > Ok, I am curious. How does one know which office suite to choose? I have a > glibc version I want to install. Does Yast take care of this? I have a libc5 system, but according to the README on the CD, the installation program determines 'on the fly' the kind of system you have and installs the proper packages. Use YaST and it's a piece of cake. No, I don't have any connections with Applix, nor do I own shares or stock options ;-) Greetings, = Martijn van den Burg = Tech writer, archiver, Linux user = Publications Department, ASML = e-mail: martijn.van.den.burg(a)asml.nl = voice: +31 (0)40 2303856 > > > > >Hi Martijn, > >Within the 2 CDs which make up LO 99 Suite, there are different versions > >of > >the software. > >There is one that will work with SuSE 5.3 and another that will work > >with > >SuSE 6 and RedHat. > >This is a brilliant office suite, and was my first introduction to SuSE. > >I > >have since ordered the complete SuSE 6 package from the Linux Emporium, > >and > >await its delivery with baited breath!! > >HTH, > >Mike. > > > >> ---------- > >> From: > >> Martijn.van.den.Burg@asml.nl[SMTP:Martijn.van.den.Burg@asml.nl] > >> Sent: 02 February 1999 06:46 > >> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > >> Subject: [SuSE Linux] Applixware 4.4.1 on SuSE 5.3 > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am thinking of bying Applixware 4.4.1 to run on my SuSE 5.3 box > >(Intel), > >> but > >> I read in the Applix FAQ that libc5 systems like SuSE's can create > >> problems. > >> > >> Does anybody have any experience (good or bad) with Applixware? Is it > >> better to > >> not spend the money and wait for SuSE 6.0 or koffice 1.0? > >> > >> TIA, > >> > >> = Martijn van den Burg <snip> - 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 archiv 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: Enterprise-ready
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

<A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,387766,00.html"><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,387766,00.html</A">http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,387766,00.html</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 archiv 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] ZDNN: PeopleSoft faces class action suits
by fmiller＠lightlink.com 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

<A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2198631,00.html"><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2198631,00.html</A">http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2198631,00.html</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 archiv 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] SuSE 6.0 evaluation ?
by SOLARIS＠cicei.ulpgc.es 02 Feb '99

02 Feb '99

Hi. I looked at the Imperial College mirror of SUSE last night and saw an evaluation ISO of SUSE 6.0 ... what is evaluation supposed to mean in OSS ? What are the differences between the "normal" and "evaluation" versions ? Cheers, APS - 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 archiv 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] Star Office 5.0
by rachel＠epinet.co.uk 02 Feb '99

02 Feb '99

Ralph Clark wrote: > > Rachel Greenham wrote: > > > Ralph Clark wrote: > > > > > > Rachel Greenham wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone else managed to install this on SuSE 6.0? > > > > > > > > I have, as far as I can tell, now fully upgraded my machine to 6.0, > > > > which I'm given to understand is glibc2-based. I've downloaded > > > > StarOffice 5.0 and its installer is saying I don't have the right > > > > libraries - namely glibc2. I don't want to run the library installer > > > > that StarOffice supply as last time I did that I killed my machine stone > > > > dead - had to go for a complete reinstall. > > > > > > > > I thought SuSE were now including StarOffice 5 - with presumably a > > > > suitable rpm or something - but I can find no sign of it on their site. > > > > > > You've got to buy the CD-ROM distribution for that. Some things just aren't > > > free. > > > > However, SuSE as it stands seems to make it impossible to install a > > StarOffice obtained from any other source - ie: StarDivision directly. > > This was more my point. > > > > -- > > Rachel > > Sorry, I misunderstood you. > > Star Division's own RPMs are probably for RedHat Linux and that's why SuSE have > had to roll their own version, to suit the SuSE file system and libraries. RPMs? hehe It's a tar file and complicated installation instructions. For what it's worth, I've actually done it. After a load of false starts, it turns out what I needed to do was to copy in a couple of stuff into /lib while running off a rescue disk, namely ld-2.0.7.so and a link to it ld-linux.so.2 (never mind that SuSE already has identically named files there, StarOffice wants its versions in there and nothing else seems to mind) and libc-2.0.7.so with libc.so.6 pointing to it, then run the rest of the glibc installation into StarOffice's own directory (default /opt/Office50/lib/) run the installer having set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include the above, then run StarOffice *without* having set LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Unbelievably difficult. One of those things that reminds me just how un-ready Linux is for the desktop. I'm now having problems as since upgrading from SuSE 6.0 beta to 6.0 proper, I've lost all printing capability. I'm sure I don't remember deinstalling printer support but /usr/bin/lpr and /etc/printcap have gone. I think I'll get the SuSE 6.0 CD. I want to blast this installation. I think I've got a lot of oddities because of upgrading from 6.0 beta rather than installing 6.0 from scratch. It comes out on a PC Plus coverdisk quite soon anyway, I hear. -- Rachel - 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 archiv 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] Compatible hardware?
by mwagnon＠ixpres.com 02 Feb '99

02 Feb '99

There is the Hardware HOWTO (or something like that) in /usr/doc/howto Mark -----Original Message----- From: George Schoelles <gschoell(a)pobox.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 10:38 AM Subject: [SuSE Linux] Compatible hardware? >Has anyone ever made a "Recommended Hardware List" for Linux and if >so, where might I find it? > >Thank you, >George - 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 archiv 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] 1.44MB Linux & X update
by johnvv＠hotmail.com 02 Feb '99

02 Feb '99

Hello all, This is the best source: <A HREF="http://www.toms.net/~toehser/rb/"><A HREF="http://www.toms.net/~toehser/rb/</A">http://www.toms.net/~toehser/rb/</A</A>> all the links are on the first page. Check out that cool ascii logo penguin all lit up in neon !! This all really brings me back to the old days of xafs, or something like that. I found my old boot disks before there was such a thing as a linux distribution. Alas, they wont boot :( That is how linux came, if you could figure out lilo... you were way cool !! So I am going in full circle, maybe thats how linux should be, a DIY. Here the user installs via a few floppies and the rest comes down the pipeline, as needed, thru netscape, I guess, utilizing a lot of java. Being I have a job :( it will be a few days before I get the light weight X stuff going. I cant do a full review of the character based micro linuxes because I have yet to get mulinux running. However it looks like you cant lose with the linux router package: <A HREF="http://www.linuxrouter.org/"><A HREF="http://www.linuxrouter.org/</A">http://www.linuxrouter.org/</A</A>> And those docs are something else. Despite being the present majority effort their offshore web servers crawl and the mirror sites, well, they aint. Similar situation with the "make NT look like Linux" project (really gnuNT), thru the Cygnus group. I hope those folks made some progress because 13 reboots/day was excessive. Emacs looks like the best way to do NT but... As far as the X windowing goes, that's even worse. >From owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Tue Feb 2 02:15:42 1999 >Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) > by mail.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA30689; > Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:40:42 -0800 >Received: by mail.suse.com (bulk_mailer v1.5); Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:40:34 -0800 >Received: (from mdom@localhost) > by mail.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA30671 > for suse-linux-e-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:40:33 -0800 >Received: from alphatje.NL.net (alphatje.NL.net [193.78.240.11]) > by mail.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA30667 > for <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:40:32 -0800 >Received: from mail.epon.nl ([195.108.252.65]:40465 "EHLO mail.epon.nl" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]") by alphatje.NL.net with ESMTP id <230898-3253>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:51:34 +0100 >Received: by HKINT6 with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) > id <1DLC59DG>; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:35:03 +0100 >From: "Rouwen, Martijn" <martijn.rouwen(a)epon.nl> >To: "James (Jim) Hatridge" <hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de>, > J-L Boers <jlboers1(a)yahoo.com> >Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: AW: Re: [SuSE Linux] 1.44MB X windowing systems >Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:31:00 +0100 >X-Priority: 3 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) >Content-Type: text/plain >Message-Id: <<A HREF="msg00059.html">19990202095143Z230898-3253+249(a)alphatje.NL.net</A>> >Sender: owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e >Precedence: bulk > > > >I think I read an article on it c't. A computer magazine from Germany, >Hope it helps you, > >Martijn > >On a similar note, i heard there was a "ipmasq/firewall" on a disk >setup somewhere too. I am very interested in this. Does anybody have a >clue as to where I might find it? > > > > > ---"James (Jim) Hatridge" <hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi John; >> >> How about giving us a list of all the small Linuxs you've found? >> With web sites, if possible. :) >> >> THANKS >> >> >> On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, John vanVlaanderen wrote: >> >> > Hello all, >> > >> > Basically I found some really worthy micro linuxes, thanks. >> > (I hope you read my review) >> > >> > What I want to do now is get the Suse Cyrix Media GX driver >working with >> > one of the super light Xwindowing systems. >> > >> > Here, suddenly I have problems. The two packages with the X's are >> > basically poorly maintained. I get corrupt files, the ftp >machines wont >> > answer, the mailing list is in Italian. This is getting crazy!! >> > >> > So close yet so far. Any pointers, I'm sort-of getting flustered. >> > >> > John van V. >> >> J >> I >> M >> ----------------------------------------- >> Jim Hatridge >> Germany >> hatridge(a)straubing.baynet.de >> >> Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!! >> >> Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! >> (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) >> ---------------------------------------------- >> "If a President of the United States ever lied to the >> American people he should resign." >> Bill Clinton, 1974 >> >> >> - >> 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 >> archiv 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>> >> >> >> > >== >TTYL >J-L >jlboers(a)usa.net > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</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 >archiv 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>> >- >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 >archiv 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>> > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</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 archiv 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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