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[SuSE Linux] European Telecommunications Boycott - Sunday 6th June
by wysiwyg＠ukonline.co.uk 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

Hello, Below is the revised press release for the planned UK & European Telecoms Boycott on Sunday 6th June. The number of participating countries has risen from ten to fifteen (with the addition of the Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, Hungary & Sweden). Along with support from Germany, the Netherlands and the possibility of the Republic of Ireland becoming involved. Participants are asked to take down there web sites for 24 hours and replace them with a link to the Campaigns site. <A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk/news/news200599.htm"><A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk/news/news200599.htm</A">http://www.unmetered.org.uk/news/news200599.htm</A</A>> (with ZIP file containing Boycott link page) <A HREF="http://www.thebrix.dircon.co.uk/"><A HREF="http://www.thebrix.dircon.co.uk/</A">http://www.thebrix.dircon.co.uk/</A</A>> (what the link page looks like) Fifteen Countries Participate in Coordinated European Telecommunications Boycott London, 21 April 1999 For immediate release Internet users in fifteen European countries are joining forces to campaign for fairer telecommunications charges. The following countries intend to take part in a European Telecommunications Boycott on Sunday 6th June: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. On that day all telephone users in those countries are encouraged to pull out the plug for 24 hours; Internet users are asked to lay down their modems. The boycott is coordinated by telecom.eu.org which brings together, via a mailing list, representatives of all the national campaigns. The united European campaign aims for: 1. Costs of all telephone calls to more closely mirror the independently audited cost to telecommunications operators of providing these calls, as already mandated by EU law. 2. Introduction of flat-rate charges for - in the first instance - local calls, so that anyone can talk to friends and relatives, and Internet users can dial up to Internet Service Providers using a telephone modem, without worrying about the clock ticking and charges ratcheting up. 3. For any remaining metered calls, abolition of the minimum call charge so that calls are paid for solely by the time spent connected. 4. For Internet users, quicker introduction of modern access methods such as xDSL, cable modems and satellite access, which do not use the telephone modem and are a great improvement on it for users. The united European campaigns' Web site: <A HREF="http://www.telecom.eu.org/"><A HREF="http://www.telecom.eu.org/</A">http://www.telecom.eu.org/</A</A>> UK contact: Erol Ziya Press Officer, Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications press(a)unmetered.org.uk <A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk/"><A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk/</A">http://www.unmetered.org.uk/</A</A>> +44 171 681 2831 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Day - Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK Team AMIGA ICQ uin 23996342 A member of CUT - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications ( in the UK ) please register your support for UNMETERED calls at <A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk"><A HREF="http://www.unmetered.org.uk</A">http://www.unmetered.org.uk</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] workman /dev/mixer failure
by gordon＠visi.com 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

Anyone worked around the following error message from workman (I get it when workman aborts upon startup): /dev/mixer: Operation not supported by device /dev/mixer looks like this on this system: crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 14, 0 Apr 15 00:14 /dev/mixer Alternatively, maybe there's another audio CD player software within the suse distrib that will work with no changes. Much obliged. gordon -- Gordon Pedersen info systems design Saint Paul, Minnesota gordon(a)visi.com gpeder(a)araz.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] SUSE Linux 6.1, compiling APACHE package
by JLemke＠itcnet.de 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

Hi folks, I had installed the apache package from the distribution CDs. Today I upgraded to 1.3.6 from ftp.suse.de. I still have a problem: actually I wanted to use PHP3 with IMAP support. This was not and is still not compiled into your binary release package. So, I tried to compile PHP3 with new options. At the final step the tool 'apxs' fails because its internal configuration (LD_SHLIB, etc.) is bad. apxs should link with some library which should be included with the apache binaries, but I also cannot find this library. Furthermore I cannot fully determine how you have 'configure'd apache for compilation for the binary distribution, so I believe, I cannot compile it without messing up with the package manager. I would highly appreciate clarification of the above. Additionally, why don't you include IMAP support in the PHP3 binaries by default ? This might help a lot of users in this area. Thanks, Joerg Lemke -- 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] ip-alias
by damo＠damo.dk 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

I am trying to set up ip-aliases on my server!! HereŽs my approach. on suse 6,1 First i compile my kernel( 2.2.5 ) with ip-alias support. Then i use yast to set up my interfaces eth0:0 eth0:1 eth0:3 e.t.c. Then i add routes route add -host 195.249.197.215 eth0:0 e.t.c. Everything runs fine i can use my name-server and if check route, all of the domains is routed!! only it shows eth0 on all routes ?? and not eth0:0 e.t.c I can surf the internet, and everything seem to work okay, from the server!! but nobody can find my server or nameserver!! if i check the traffic with tcpdump, i see failures like dns1.damo.dk udp port unrecheable. anybody with a good idea to solve my problem??? Many thanks David -- 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] Hard lockups
by Darin.Martin＠lexis-nexis.com 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

I'm having the same problem.. I used to have a RedHat 5.2 system with KDE 1.1.1 until this weekend when I purchased SuSE 6.1. I'm running a dual Pentium Pro system with 64 megs ECC EDO, and two 2 gig Quantum SCSI drives connected to the Adaptec 7880 controller on the motherboard. I also have Intel EtherExpress Pro 100, CS4236 chipset for sound, a Matrox Mystique and a 12 meg Voodoo2 card. I never had lockups with the 2.0.36 kernel and KDE1.1.1. I've had several so far with the 2.2.5 kernel and KDE 1.1. Is there a How-To on upgrading SuSE 6.1 to KDE 1.1.1? I know there were several bugfixes in that release.. Thanks.. Darin - > -----Original Message----- > From: Emmanuel Gravel [SMTP:chemtechweb@psn.net] > Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 1:07 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SuSE Linux] Hard lockups > > > I'm using SuSE Linux 6.1 on a Pentium 90 with 32 MB EDO Ram, 2MB S3 > Trio 64 V2 (no-name brand), 3Com 3c509B TPO NIC, SB Vibra16 PnP > (mostly not used, but have the OSS drivers which I only run on- > demand), primary master IDE is a 3.1 GB WD Caviar with Linux, > primary slave is a 24X CD-Rom, secondary master is a 2 GB Fujitsu > with FreeBSD (dormant and unmounted for the time I'm becoming > comfortable with Linux). Kernel is 2.2.5 I think (standard SuSE 6.1 > kernel). > > My problem: when running X (and only when running X apparently) the > computer just hard-locks completely. Can't even ping to it. At first > I thought it was just X locking up and trapping all signals from the > mouse and keyboard, but since I can't ping to it, it means the whole > OS is locked up. I'm running KDE 1.1 which is also standard with > SuSE 6.1, and the X server is the S3-specific server. Haven't tried > using the SVGA server to see if there's a difference though. > > If anyone has seen (and hopefully solved) this or similar problems, > or if you know how I can track down what's happening, I'd greatly > appreciate it. The above info was just to be thourough (maybe a little > too much? :) > > Thanks in advance, > > Emmanuel > -- > 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>> -- 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] RE Ghostscript failure
by grimmer＠suse.de 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

Hi, On Mon, 31 May 1999, Ken Payne wrote: > Thanks for your help in sorting out my problem with ghostscript. I've > installed the correct libpng package and now ghostscript works, thanks > to you. You're welcome. > Unfortunately, I still cannot print. Print jobs just stay on the queue with > the message: > > > lpq > waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?) > Rank Owner Job Files Total Size > 1st root 90 testfile.lpr 4261 bytes > > I've used yast to reinstall my Canon bj200 printer and I've reinstalled the aps > package. No luck. > > The following command *does* work > > > lpr -Plp3 testfile.lpr > > so I know the printer is ready and capable of printing off the raw queue. It's > just the lp and lp2 queues that don't work. > > > lpr -Plp testfile.lpr > > does *not* print. > > Here's the relevant part of /etc/printcap: > > # > lp|lp2|bj200-letter-auto-mono-360|bj200 letter auto mono 360:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono-360:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono-360/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono-360/acct:\ > :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bj200-letter-auto-mono-360:\ > :la@:mx#0:\ > :tr=:cl:sh:sf: > > Any idea as to what is wrong? Hmm, looks good to me. Is /dev/lp0 the correct device? Do you see messages in /var/log/messages? Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- 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] SuSE updates...
by kukuk＠suse.de 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

On Mon, May 31, Bill C Riemers wrote: > > > I can see the reasoning that if new updates are available, and TESTED that > there is no reason why they shouldn't be put on a new master. But a > standard operating procedure is when software developers change code, or > even just a comment in a Makefile somewhere, they up a version number. > Why should the distribution as a whole be any different. > > I just went to the ftp.suse.com site to do an "update". There are 236 > updated packages, based on what I already installed from my SuSE 6.1 > CDROM. Does that mean they have found 236 bugs in the 6.1 distribution? > Then how come I don't find nearly that many known bugs listed in the > support database? This only means, we have fixed a bug or update on package, on which a lot of other packages depend. If we fix a bug in gettext, all packages depending on gettext will be rebuild. The same for things like ncurses. And if we fix a bug in kde-libs or kde-base, over 200 packages (all KDE packages) will be rebuild. This is to make sure the bugfix goes in all packages. > > It looks to me like SuSE is just blindly grabbing new packages and sticking > them in the 6.1 distribution. And if I assume that testing takes only This couldn't be, because a lot of people complain that we are using old versions. > 4 hours per update, that means they should have been testing 118 days for > these updates that appeared over a course of less than one month. So > the only conclusion is they are NOT in anyway testing the distribution > as a while remains stable as they update it. > > Bill > -- > 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>> -- Thorsten Kukuk <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/</A">http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/</A</A>> kukuk(a)suse.de SuSE GmbH Schanzaeckerstr. 10 90443 Nuernberg Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse, cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background. -- 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] SuSE has updated boxed 6.1 set 2.2.5 -> 2.2.7
by mha＠suse.de 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

On Mon, 31 May 1999, Ben Rosenberg wrote: > Ok, so how many releases with the same version # did 5.3 > have..6..8..10? Did you update it everytime it was pressed? I am > wondering? :) I have started at SuSE on 1 March, 1999, so the first release I saw as SuSE emp. was 6.1, and I had absolutely nothing to do even with that release. When you buy a car it is exactly the same - the same brand, same name, same version number - but the manufacturers make it better if they can and no one of the buyers of the first cars of that line asks for an upgrade. After all, they got what they paid for, an xyz blabla (190 HP). Should possible minor improvements be delayed instead? Excuse me, that's the life cycle of _any_ product out there!!! As long as it's no substential change like an essential bugfix, which will be made available to everyone, in the upgrade directory, why not do it? Printing a new box or handbook anything like that because of some minor upgrades that seem convenient? Who shall pay for that? I don't see anything wrong here. I repeat, I've nothing to do with the decision process, these are ideas that I'd also have with out @suse.de From:-header. -- Michael Hasenstein <A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/"><A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A">http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A</A>> Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998 -- 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] SUSE & GNOME
by gh＠simteam.com 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

Hi, Yes, I can be more specific. First of all thanks for your answer, BTW thanks to Michael too. the situation was SUSE 6.0 working smooth with kernel 2.0.36 ( boxed set) GNOME was from the web sites of GNOME It was working what I change is : I updated my SUSE install with an evaluation CD of 6.1 (single CD version) I DIDN't update gnome a this time. I download kernel sources from the SUSE site (2.2.5) the cd has only 2.2.1 sources. I recompiled my kernel in 2.2.5. then I download all the RPMs from SUSE ftps ( the one at the ECP near Paris) and I did a rpm -Uvh *.rpms in all directories. I NEVER used a --nodeps or equivalent switch. My .xinitrc is: wmaker & exec gnome-session Now what happends is that each time I do startx WM starts ( wmaker 0.51.1 gnome support from an rpm of the GNOME website) then I have that dialog from E saying that an other WM is running, I choose "do not edit file " then I have the background I set up in gnome, WM is running then the panel shows up without icons ( i did download and install the imlibdev as suggested per SUSE support database, nothing changed) then gnome crashes and I guess makes WM crash. I back to the console mode I do not have the exact error message but I remember it was complaining all the time about gdk_imlib. BTW it would be nice if finally we could have RPMS of GTK GDK as RPMs, if the gtkn replaces them. then why test-gtk does not even exist on my machine. thank for any clue/tip/answers/urls you can provide Best regards to all, GH Portefait Lenz Grimmer a écrit : > Hi, > > On Mon, 31 May 1999, Georges-Henry Portefait wrote: > > > As I wrote last week, GNOME broke since I upgraded to 6.1 with GNOME > > RPMS from SUSE FTP sites. > > > > Can someone from SUSE draw a clear roadmap with corresponding URLs to > > have GNOME working on SUSE 6.1 > > Here's what I did: > > - install SuSE 6.1 without GNOME from the CDs > - install all files from the Gnome directory on the ftp-Server > > What exactly "broke" in your case? Could you please be more specific? > > Bye, > LenZ > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH > <A HREF="mailto:grimmer@suse.de">mailto:grimmer@suse.de</A> Schanzaeckerstr. 10 > <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer"><A HREF="http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A">http://www.suse.de/~grimmer</A</A>> 90443 Nuernberg, Germany > > -- > 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>> -- "Computers are like air conditioners - they stop working properly when you open Windows" -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/CC d-@ s+:- C++(++++)UL++>++++ P++>++++ L++>+++ E-W+(++) N++ !o K- w !O M(++) V? !PS !PE y+ PGP+++ t+ 5? X R* tv b+ DI? D+ G+++ e+++ h+ r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ <A HREF="http://www.geekcode.com"><A HREF="http://www.geekcode.com</A">http://www.geekcode.com</A</A>> </PRE> <PRE> begin:vcard n:Portefait;Georges-Henry tel;fax:+33 1-45-45-16-17 tel;work:+33 1-45-45-15-55 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.simteam.com org:SimTeam;R&D adr:;;11 Bd Brune;Paris;;75014;FRANCE version:2.1 email;internet:gh@simteam.com title:R&D & Infographie x-mozilla-cpt:;-1 fn:Georges-Henry Portefait end:vcard

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Re: [SuSE Linux] SuSE support does not function
by mha＠suse.de 01 Jun '99

01 Jun '99

On Mon, 31 May 1999, Andrew wrote: ... > peripherals were gone. Ever since the day I have switched I have had a devil > of a time trying to configure anything so out of desperation I tried to > contact SuSE tech support with little success. I am aware that linux support > is fairly new and that it will be awhile until they generate a proper > database to answer such questions that I have; I am still wondering around > in the dark. That sounds like you have problems with kernel 2.2 related changes, not with distro-differences. Some things have changed with 2.2, that's nothing to do with the distribution. -- Michael Hasenstein <A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/"><A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A">http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A</A>> Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998 -- 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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