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[SuSE Linux] For your information, interresting links
by jboonen＠Worldonline.nl 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Dear all, This article is quite interesting. <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/24/mslinux.html/"><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/24/mslinux.html/</A">http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/24/mslinux.html/</A</A>> Other interesting Linux links are: <A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/"><A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/</A">http://www.linuxhq.com/</A</A>> <A HREF="http://www.linux.org/"><A HREF="http://www.linux.org/</A">http://www.linux.org/</A</A>> <A HREF="http://freshmear.net/"><A HREF="http://freshmear.net/</A">http://freshmear.net/</A</A>> <A HREF="http://www.slashdot.org/"><A HREF="http://www.slashdot.org/</A">http://www.slashdot.org/</A</A>> Regards, Joop Boonen. -- 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] HELP with StarOffice Key
by Leigh.Richardson＠seaforth-maritime.co.uk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Where do you get the Media Key on the S.u.S.E. 6.0 Distribution for StarOffice? Thanks Leigh Richardson MCP Seaforth Support SNMP: leigh.richardson(a)seaforth-maritime.co.uk Tel. 01224-884564 -- 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] Compilation errors 2.2
by Surjit.Bains＠hsam.co.uk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

===================================================== This message and any attachments to it are subject to copyright and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee. It may include information which is legally privileged and exempt from disclosure. If you receive this communication in error, please advise us immediately. ===================================================== Hi all, I recently obtained a copy of the 2.2 kernel from a UK computer magazine (PC PLUS which also includes Netscape 4.5 and WordPerfect 8)... installed the kernel ran the usual make mrproper etc... When I make zImage or make bzImage I get a Internal compiler (gcc) error... I 've checked the kernel.org and SuSE for how tos etc ... I remember seeing something on this list about how to resolve this problem... Surjit. -- 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] .xsession-errors file excessively large. kscd.
by Martijn.van.den.Burg＠asml.nl 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Hi group, Brad Jones wrote: > > > HI all, > I have just run out of room on my system, and noticed that I have > a 68MB x-session-errors file. When I looked in this file, most of the > lines are /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory. Now this is fair enough > as I don't have a cdrom. However, I think this is caused by kscd. Two > copies of it start up automatically every time I log in. Obviously I'm > running kde. It is version 1.0 and I'm running suse5.2. > So I guess my real question is how do I stop kscd from running > automatically? I presume that you checked that Kscd did not accidentally get placed in your Autostart folder. If it was then removing it from the Autostart folder will solve your problem. If it wasn't then read on. Kscd behaves a bit differently than other apps in that you have to close it with the '1|0' button in the lower left corner of its panel and not with the 'x' in the toolbar. If you close both instances of kscd this way this should cure your problem. If you don't want any apps to start that were left running in your previous KDE session, you can start kwm with the '-nosession' option (at least I _think_ it was kwm, to be sure check the KDE archives at <A HREF="http://lists.kde.org"><A HREF="http://lists.kde.org</A">http://lists.kde.org</A</A>>). > > Thanks, > Brad Martijn = Martijn van den Burg = Tech writer, archiver, Linux user = Publications Department, ASML -- 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] The world according to Gates:
by jljr＠globalfrontiers.com 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

I found this message on another list rather amusing, and re-posting it without his permission, but do want to give him credit for what he posted. I think linux users will enjoy the comments concerning the reliability of linux compared to windows. ---begin <A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,10261,00.html"><A HREF="http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,10261,00.html</A">http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,10261,00.html</A</A>> Split Up Microsoft? No Way, Says Gates by Juan Carlos P rez, IDG News Service March 24, 1999, 3:56 a.m. PT <text skipped> In the world according to Gates, the trial--now in recess--really boils down to an educational experience for the government. "What Microsoft has done in terms of bringing prices down and supporting the Internet, those are all great things. Computer users around the world have benefited from our vision of the personal computer," he said. "So what's going on in court is the government is learning about the technology business ... and we have very little doubt that at the end of the day our whole approach to business will be held to be a fantastic thing and very beneficial to consumers." <text skipped> Gates emphasized the different versions of Linux, a situation that he said yields compatibility problems. He also said that Linux's development has lacked a central organizing entity, which has prevented the operating system from being as reliable as Windows. Don Hawkinson , author of CCA, DH-Grep-PM, PMStripper, Pastry Box, and DH_ClipSave/2 <A HREF="http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk"><A HREF="http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk</A">http://www2.southwind.net/~dwhawk</A</A>> dwhawk(a)southwind.net ---end joe -- 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] Enlightenment (SuSE6.1)
by k01164＠ko.hhs.dk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Does anyone know what version of Enlightenment will be in SuSE 6.1? And will it work without "tweaking" this time? (unlike 5.3 and 6.0 where E expects to find itself in /usr/enlightenment) -- Regards Med venlig hilsen Ole Kofoed Hansen <A HREF="mailto:k01164@ko.sdu.dk">mailto:k01164@ko.sdu.dk</A> ICQ-UIN: 25773325 -- 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] Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound chip
by k01164＠ko.hhs.dk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Thanks a lot Danny, that mail gave me the kick I needed to upgrade to kernel 2.2. I was tired of the oss-demo shutting down after a couple of hours, so I decided to try out your recipe. Three tries, and it worked. 1. Didn't see the hint at the end... Failure 2. Tried as fixed in the kernel... Failure 3. Saw the hint. Fixed the bios setting. Recompiled as modules. SUCCESS! You're right the bios setting does make a mighty difference. So, once again thanks for the tips. I now have a working 2.2.3 kernel with my sound card working flawlessly. Regards Ole On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Danny Kephart wrote: > Eric, > > You're in luck. I have the same running. I messed around with it for awhile > until I read a little page setup by the guy who wrote the yamaha driver. > Following those directions, I came up with this. It does work. > > With kernel 2.2.3: > > <*> OSS sound modules > <M> 100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support > <M> Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support > <M> Microsoft Sound System support > <M> Support for Yamaha OPL3-SA2, SA3, and SAx based PnP cards > <M> SoftOSS software wave table engine > <M> FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support > <M> Loopback MIDI device suppor > then: > > insmod mpu401 > insmod ad1848 irq=11 > insmod opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=3 > insmod opl3 io=0x388 > > You can also put these it /sbin/init.d/boot.local/ and have them load > on boot. > > **HINT**: turn the BIOS "PNP OS" option "OFF". This makes all the difference > in the world. -- 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] What a joke! (fwd)
by k01164＠ko.hhs.dk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Try reading his page again... I don't know the guy, but at least this time (and last week as well) he is definately not speaking FOR Microsoft. -- Regards Med venlig hilsen Ole Kofoed Hansen <A HREF="mailto:k01164@ko.sdu.dk">mailto:k01164@ko.sdu.dk</A> ICQ-UIN: 25773325 On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote: > > Robert "I taught at Stanford" Cringely displays his resume on his > website. It used to include the claim that he "taught at Stanford > University". Someone checked at Stanford and discovered that he was a > lab assistant there for a short period of time. > Cringely seems to make a living by promoting desention, as he bragged on > his PBS special, "Nerds 101", or by playing favorites. He is not a > programmer, and he has no training in science or math. FUDing for M$ > doesn't seem to be beneath him. One might ask if anything was beneath > him if money is involved. It is quite obvious that he appears to be > "knowledgable" only to those who are not. -- 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] Unable to compile
by L.S.Davis＠exeter.ac.uk 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

Hi SUSE Users Please forgive me if this is a FAQ. I am newish to Linux and SUSE. Eveything has gone amazingly well with the installation etc so far. Now I am trying to compile one of the KDE apps and when running ./configure I get: configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. Can somebody please tell me what I need to do to overcome this? Thanks in anticipation. Lee ======================================================================== Lee Davis, IT Services, University of Exeter Email: L.S.Davis(a)exeter.ac.uk Tel: +44-(0)1392-263960 Fax: +44-(0)1392-211630 WWW: <A HREF="http://www.exeter.ac.uk/"><A HREF="http://www.exeter.ac.uk/</A">http://www.exeter.ac.uk/</A</A>> Post: Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QE, UK. ======================================================================== -- 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] HELP with StarOffice Key
by rbutler＠itiselect.com 26 Mar '99

26 Mar '99

The StarOffice registration key is killing me... I am ready to run "sosetup" so I first go to the SO website and fill out the little form and get the key mailed to me... I type in this info during sosetup and it fails.... i've tried with two different keys... Is there something tricky about this? It seems bonehead proof so I'm not sure why I'm having a problem. :-) Thanks, Rhett -- 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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