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Exceed
by ahbaidg＠worldnet.att.net 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A233102.318696E4(a)worldnet.att.net> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:13:54 -0600 From: Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg(a)worldnet.att.net> Subject: Exceed Okay, I managed to change my window login manager to kde thanks to tis list, however Exceed's Hummingbird does not detect the window manager via. XDCMP broadcast? I can do the same under RedHat, so it lead sme to belive that there is some XDCMP functionality I have to setup under SuSE. Am I correct? If anyone has Exceed detecting the Window Manager, I would be grateful if you can let me know hot get this going. I am running SuSE 7.0 Profesional. regards and thanks, Ahbaid.

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Yast2 bug report
by avi＠CFFtechnologies.com 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A232CD3.360201F(a)CFFtechnologies.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:56:03 -0600 From: Avi Schwartz <avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com> Subject: Yast2 bug report I am in the middle of installing 7.0 on my main machine and every time Yast2 ran, it would hang when reaching 66%. I then started flipping between terminals and found that the last thing that happened was that Yast2 was checking /dev/hdb. Well, then I figured out the problem. /dev/hdb is an ORB drive (a ZIP like drive providing 2.2 GB) which did not have a cartridge installed. Inserting a cartridge and rebooting fixed the problem. Looks like Yast2 does not time out after a while if the removable media is not in the drive. Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux

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How to unlock ATAPI CDRW?
by alex＠daniloff.com 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

From: Alex Daniloff <alex(a)daniloff.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:26:35 -0800 Message-Id: <00112719435700.01872@gate> Subject: How to unlock ATAPI CDRW? Hello Linux folkz, I'm using IDE ITAPI CDRW emulated as a SCSI device /dev/sr2 to write CDs. Sometimes especially when I'm writing music CDs it gets locked. I can't unlatch it with eject -r /dev/sr2 command and SCSI bus just keeps resetting itself infinitely. So I'm rebooting the whole Linux box just to open this damned CDRW tray. Isn't it weird? Does somebody know any method of unlocking IDE CDRW without rebooting the whole box or I should just go and buy true SCSI CDRW? Thanks in advance for any ideas. Alex

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lib c stuff
by hoctopus＠netzero.net 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

Message-ID: <001001c058e9$1a4c34c0$8dcff5d1@barnes> From: "Jeff Barnes" <hoctopus(a)netzero.net> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:12:53 -0600 Subject: lib c stuff Using SusE 6.4 in the windows menues I'm trying to access use->documentation/reference->programming->libc info pages all i get is a temporary flicker of my harddrive address indicator bulb also suse->documentation/reference->unspecified->lib c manual all I get is a page called Xdvi gnu lib c manual .05 but I never see any actual documentation no matter what I click on. Does anyone know why I do not have any documentation available in these two cases? Is this future feature or require CD's or something? I did the "almost everything" when loading the CD's thanks, Jeff <p>_______________________________________________ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

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Using <tar> to transfer all directories to a New Hard Disk
by tabanna＠aig.forthnet.gr 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

From: tabanna <tabanna(a)aig.forthnet.gr> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:00:51 +0000 Message-Id: <00112721102100.00368@AIG> Subject: Using <tar> to transfer all directories to a New Hard Disk Hi, SuSErs :) I wish to transfer root / and all other directories on the root partition, to a New Hard Disk tar syntax ___________ Does someone know the correct syntax, please ? (cd / ;tar -cf -.) | (cd /dev/new_HD/ ;tar -xpf - --same-owner) _______________________________________________________________________ Please, need help getting syntax correct ? thanks best wishes -- ____________ sent on Linux ____________ 100% Virus Free! AMD Inside

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cd/writer
by landie＠concentric.net 28 Nov '00

28 Nov '00

Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:42:02 -0500 From: Landy Roman <landie(a)concentric.net> Message-ID: <20001124144202.A2137(a)concentric.net> Subject: cd/writer any advice on a cheap cd/writer for suse, i am thinking of buying on acer cdrw later? -- Rolando Roman SuSe 7.0 Linux virtuoso 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:22:26 GMT 2000 i586 unknown

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Creating local NGs on INN without control messages
by sean.rima＠tcob1.net 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:16:42 +0000 From: Sean Rima <sean.rima(a)tcob1.net> Message-ID: <20001127211642.A525(a)tcob1.tcob1.net> Subject: Creating local NGs on INN without control messages Is it possible to create new Newsgroups on INN without having control messages. I want INN to create any newsgroup that starts with fido. automatically. Sean -- GNUPG ID 92B9D0CF | Fidonet: 2:263/950 ICQ: 679813 | Homepage: http://www.tcob1.net Linux User: #124682 | My Current Uptime is 3d, 3h and 52m on Linux 2.2.17 ...I still miss my ex-wife, but my aim is improving.

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PostgreSQL changes from 6.4 to 7.0 (where's the INIT script?)
by fmmarzoa＠loyalt-e.com 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

From: "Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso" <fmmarzoa(a)loyalt-e.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:34:44 +0100 Message-Id: <0011271834440H.08606@stormind> Subject: PostgreSQL changes from 6.4 to 7.0 (where's the INIT script?) Hi, I've not been able to find the init script for PostgreSQL in SuSE 7.0, I mean which was /sbin/init.d/postgres in SuSE 6.4. I've not found postgresrc binary, script or something similar... I've seen that package names and some package contents have changed from 6.4 to 7.0. I've installed postgres rpm so, please, if I need to install some other aditional packages let me know because I've not been able to start PostgreSQL services in this machine and it's very important as long as I've been using postgres for every DB application I've wrote. tormind:~ # rpm -q postgres postgres-7.0.2-31 stormind:~ # rpm -qa | grep pg pg_lib-7.0.2-31 Sooo pleaaaase, pleeaaase, help meeeeee... Thanks in advance, -- Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso System Administrator & Software Developer Loyalt-e Commerce España S.A.

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Intuit
by fm＠cupserv.org 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A22900D.1740A8A6(a)cupserv.org> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:47:09 -0500 From: "Fred A. Miller" <fm(a)cupserv.org> Subject: Intuit I tried to talk to someone at Intuit to find out if they are porting to Linux. The sales dept. didn't know anything one way or the other, and the tech. dept. doesn't have an 800 number. So, my suggestion is that we ALL start calling "now and then" the sales number and requesting Linux versions of ALL their software. Maybe someone will wake up there. The number is: 800-446-8848. Their software is the BIGGEST stumbling block for mass movement to Linux, IMHO. Fred -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org

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Re: [SLE] resolv.conf vanishes
by j.sternal＠profi-da.de 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Message-ID: <3A2298FF.A564431C(a)profi-da.de> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:25:20 +0100 From: Joachim Sternal <j.sternal(a)profi-da.de> Subject: Re: [SLE] resolv.conf vanishes Maybe this is the solution, just setting this option in rc.config to "no". The comment line there says: # Shall SuSEconfig maintain /etc/resolv.conf (needed for DNS) ? # If set to yes and one of SEARCHLIST and NAMESERVER is empty, # it is assumed, that no DNS is wanted and /etc/resolv.conf will # be deleted. If yes and both are filled out, it will be created. # "no" leaves /etc/resolv.conf untouched. But if you start SuSEconfig, it says: You have modified resolv.conf. Leaving it untouched. You will find my version in blablabla. But I think to remember SuSeconfig wasn't that sensible in older versions. Maybe this it not fully trusty yet an there a still some daemons, services or whatever which lookup in rc.config and delete resolv.conf without any hint or warning. I'll set it to "no", do an init and hope it lasts now. Thank you!

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