July 1999 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] About VMWare...
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

VMWARE creates a Virtual Machine which runs under linux (or NT for masochists) allowing you to use another operating system concurrently. This means you could have your linux system hosting, say, NT4 running MS Office & printing via Samba to your linux printer. When (not if) the M$ o/s keels over you just reboot the virtual machine not the linux host. You could even run another Linux inside a VM for added Penguin Power. The VM uses virtualized hardware so can be very slow on low-spec pcs (mine is AMD K6-233 and is just tolerable). > -----Original Message----- > From: Umut Ceyhan [SMTP:umut@proxy2.egenet.com.tr] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:22 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] About VMWare... > > Could anyone tell me VMWare ? I know what it is but I wonder how it can be > useful ? > > Thanks lot... > > Umut > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com

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This list is just the best....
by TXDELBAE＠ctrl.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

I've been trying to get SuSE working since April. I have a great stable system, that I can use with confidence, I use Star office 5,1, Netscape, and all I am missing is getting the connection to the Internet sorted, but I'll get it sorted when I have time. I have found just about everybody on this list friendly, a great help and a real source of useful information, I don't think that you would beat that in any other e-mail list. AND we have SuSE & RH people on the list to help out as well. Good for you RH for 'listening in' as well. Well done all of you, and a big thanks to everyone who has helped me in the past. Tim Delbaere Environment & 0171 692 8024 ) EGH 603 <mailto:txdelbae@ctrl.co.uk>

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Re: [SLE] Re: [SuSE Linux] Hello! I've got problems.
by markgray＠iago.nac.net 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Derek <fountai(a)hursley.ibm.com> writes: > > > Is it correct to say that there is zero chance of a program linked > > > against glibc2.0 working when it is linked against glibc2.1? > > > > No --- almost all glibc2.0 compiled programs will work on a glibc2.1 > > system. The exceptions are programs which use undocumented features > > of glibc2.0 that went away. > > Whew! That's a relief. I thought I read somewhere that StarOffice broke > against glib2.1 (possibly on RHL systems). Am I mistaken or did > StarOffice do something naughty? >From what I heard, yes, StarOffice did something naughty -- used an internal glibc2.0 function it was not supposed to know about. (Or I may have gotten the various commercial Wordprocessors confused with one another -- there are so many now.)

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Test
by juergen.braukmann＠ruhr-west.de 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Hi and sorry, with the new server at suse, i couldnŽt post into the list anymore, but recept mail. suspect my address settings in netscape. only way to find out is posting to the list with the altered settings. sorry for the noise juergen -- =========================================== __ _ juergen.braukmann(a)ruhr-west.de | -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb(a)db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\

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RE: [SLE] Re: [SuSE Linux] Hello! I've got problems.
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

That's why SuSE keep on releasing updates - unfortunately the pre-compiled stuff must all be replaced when glibc2.1 is installed. You could just download the sources & compile it all yourself :( > > > I thought SuSE 6.1 was based on glibc2??? > > > > Yes, but glibc2.0, not glibc2.1. You may need another RPM. SuSE 6.2 will > > be based on glibc2.1. > > Is it correct to say that there is zero chance of a program linked > against glibc2.0 working when it is linked against glibc2.1? > > If so, how are we supposed to upgrade our libraries without upgrading > every single package on the machine? I thought the libc5 to libc6 (aka > glibc2) effort was going to be the last major upheaval... >

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RE: [SLE] RE: HP Deskjet 712 C
by psims＠lombard.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

edit /etc/apsfilterrc & set the print option to 1n - default is 2n. > Thanks - found the article (GDI printers) after I posted the question (of > course). > Followed the instructions & it worked like a charm. Well, almost. When I > print > a text file (like from kedit in KDE), it prints in very tiny print and in > landscape > format. I remembered seeing this in the list previously so I searched the > mail > list archives and found the answer :-). I haven't tried it yet but it > looks like the > right stuff - at least for the landscape vs portrait problem anyway. > > I am still not sure why it prints with such a tiny font though...? I > noticed that > if I opened a KFM window and then chose file/print from the menu, it > printed > the contents of the window (folder icons) in portrait orientation, and > with normal- > looking font size. Curious. > > Anyway, in case someone else runs into the same orientation problem, the > reference to the subject archived mail is: >

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RE: HP Deskjet 712 C
by MDCleary＠imps0014.us.dg.com 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Thanks - found the article (GDI printers) after I posted the question (of course). Followed the instructions & it worked like a charm. Well, almost. When I print a text file (like from kedit in KDE), it prints in very tiny print and in landscape format. I remembered seeing this in the list previously so I searched the mail list archives and found the answer :-). I haven't tried it yet but it looks like the right stuff - at least for the landscape vs portrait problem anyway. I am still not sure why it prints with such a tiny font though...? I noticed that if I opened a KFM window and then chose file/print from the menu, it printed the contents of the window (folder icons) in portrait orientation, and with normal- looking font size. Curious. Anyway, in case someone else runs into the same orientation problem, the reference to the subject archived mail is: http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/1999:Jul/msg00865.html <http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/1999:Jul/msg00865.html> Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Cleary AViiON Unix Product Group Data General Corp - RTP, NC email: mdcleary(a)dg-rtp.dg.com <mailto:cleary@dg-rtp.dg.com> phone: (919) 248-6033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Karl Eichwalder [mailto:ke@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 5:21 AM To: Cleary, Mike Cc: 'suse-linux-e(a)suse.com' Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 712 C "Cleary, Mike" <MDCleary(a)imps0014.us.dg.com> writes: | Is anyone using the subect printer w/ SuSE 6.1? It's one of these famous GDI printers. Please, check out: http://www.suse.de/sdb/en/html/ke_printer-gdi.html -- Karl Eichwalder

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how about just [s-l-e] or [SLE] ???
by reaston＠stny.rr.com 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

As long as the subject string has changed, could I suggest saving some space by shortening it to [s-l-e] or [SLE] before everyone gets too accostomed to the new even longer one? -Bob

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Re[2]: [SLE] True type fonts
by tlambley＠cspops.co.uk 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Any idea how long these things take? Should I skip the 6.2 upgrade and wait for 6.3? T. ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: [SLE] True type fonts Author: Derek <fountai(a)hursley.ibm.com> Date: 29/07/99 10:31 First snapshot appeared a few days ago, labelled 3.9.xx. Obviously still Alpha stuff and not for regular users, but encouraging nevertheless.

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Re: RE: [SuSE Linux] 6.1 Alpha !?!?
by grimmer＠suse.de 29 Jul '99

29 Jul '99

Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Jon Pennington wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:44:29 -0700, Mr. M wrote: > > > > AFAIK, the Multia is no longer in production. Yes, there still are quite > a few "floating around" but why would SuSE want to spend the time/money/man > hours/etc. to support dead hardware? After all there are other distros that > run on the Multia. Have you tried Debian? > > You're right about not being in production. As I said before, Stampede is > doing all of their Alpha development on Multias, so that's probably the > direction I'll go if SuSE doesn't 'tweak' the stuff for their own users. > Who knows, I might even do a little hacking myself (hasn't happened yet) and > make it work. My question then becomes 'What makes the Multia so hard to > deal with?' I've seen the HOWTO for Red Hat/Multia, so it can't be that > hard. SuSE/Multia would just be nice to have, that's all. There is always > FreeBSD... > > As far as 'a few of them floating around', as I understand it, the > DECStation Multia family was DEC's best-selling workstation-class product. > My information could be wrong, but I'll say that I've never seen a DEC > workstation that isn't a Multia (my frame of reference is a little > limited). While catching up with my E-Mail, I noticed a message on our suse-axp mailinglist. Someone managed to install SuSE AXP on a Multia! There were some issues, but it worked somehow. Check the mailing list archive for the full story. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany

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