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[SLE] FW: [SLE] Problem w/ Ghostscript 5.50
by neofax＠email.com 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I fixed my problem. I removed Ghostscript 5.5(didn't really have what I was looking for anyhow), Ghostscript 5.1, lprng, and lprold. I then reinstalled everything and now it seems to be working fine. Next time though, when I decide to compile a program, I am going to check to see if I have a old version on there first. - -----Original Message----- From: NeoFax [mailto:neofax@email.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:32 AM To: SuSE Linux Listserv Subject: [SLE] Problem w/ Ghostscript 5.50 The other night I installed GNU Ghostscript 5.50 on my SuSE 6.3 box. Now, I am having problems printing. I can print using PDQ, but lp will not let me print. When I try to print from the CLI, lpr says there is no default printer. I can cat files to the printer perfectly fine. I also checked my environment variable and lp is set as $PRINTER. So what gives? If I can't get lp working, does anyone know how to set PDQ as my default printer? Would this be done by changing the environment variable from lp to pdq? And if so, Where do I change this?(/etc/profile?) Thanks for any help! NeoFax -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOMDb5GcEf2EJ+vWKEQJKVgCfW684ysbbBPwDPMT02bBneP+8k2IAoPe5 zyoXrM3bctEbu/6PExluwDH+ =s8Yu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Geeko is the new mascot name
by scsijon＠net2000.com.au 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

sugest a Chameleon as the cover changes colors with each release. ---------- > From: Jack Barnett <jbarnett(a)axil.netmate.com> > To: stuarthall(a)mailandnews.com; Keith Warno <keith(a)HaggleWare.com> > Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] Geeko is the new mascot name > Date: Thursday, 2 March 2000 4:57 > > > That brings up a good point, isn't a Geeko a completly differant animal then > a Chameleon? > > I like the name for the record (they are watching and monitoring use you > know), easier to spell and referer to then "that green SuSE Chameleon lizard > type thing" > > Anyways, why a Chameleon? and on a side note why the hell did Slackware use > the Platyus on it's earlier versions? > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stuart Hall <stuarthall(a)mailandnews.com> > To: Keith Warno <keith(a)HaggleWare.com> > Cc: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:24 AM > Subject: Re: [SLE] Geeko is the new mascot name > > > > I personally put in several attempts - number one of which was > > "Susie". I don't like Geeko either - probably for the same reasons as > > lots of other people: > > > > 1) I do not necessarily consider myself a Geek > > 2) Although e-stuff is the rage right now, it is because of the money > > not cause "geek" is cool. > > 3) The mascot is a Chameleon, not a gecko. Geeko the chameleon > > sounds ok, but dollars to donuts ppl. start calling it a Gecko now. > > > > Whatever, I am just pissed that my choice didn't get the #1 > > nomination. > > > > :-) > > > > Stuart > > > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:27:37 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Geeko?! > > > > > >That's pretty friggen' geeky. *sigh* > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Stuart Hall" <stuarthall(a)mailandnews.com> > > >To: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> > > >Sent: 01 March 2000, Wednesday 11:57 > > >Subject: [SLE] Geeko is the new mascot name > > > > > > > > >Geeko the Chameleon is the new mascot name for the SuSE green guy. > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Stuart Hall > > >Cheshire, Connecticut, USA > > >Linux User# 141732 > > > > -- > > Stuart Hall > > Cheshire, Connecticut, USA > > Linux User# 141732 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] lothar on suse
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

sean.rima(a)ntlworld.com writes: > Please *don't* include your PGP with every single message, instead place > it on a web site and place a notice in your messages. That would/will > cut the message size down a lot. That could not work, as if PGP is used to sign messages, each message has its own distinct signature. One could design a scheme by which signatures are kept separate and fetchable on request only, but it would create a lot of problems for managing these signatures separate, and there is a risk that a message could not be validated if the signature later disappear. This may happen for example, while re-examining archived messages at the recipient end. Overall, I think it is much simpler that PGP-signed messages contain each its signature. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] IDE Tape Drive, HP COLORADO 5GB
by stanassc＠eclipse.net 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

Folks, Have a HP COLORADO 5GB IDE tape drive. Worked in a previous incarnation on another Linux box RH4?. >From dseg hdd: HP COLORADO 5GB, ATAPI TAPE drive ide-tape: hdd: overriding capabilities->speed (assuming 650KB/sec) ide-tape: hdd: overriding capabilities->max_speed (assuming 650KB/sec) ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0, 650KBps, 16*32kB buffer, 3200kB pipeline, 250ms tDSC >mt -f /dev/ht0 status mt: /dev/ht0: Input/output error What do I do to get this working? Thank you. Bob Stanfield 29 Ledge Lane Pipersville, PA 18947 Voice 610-294-9884 FAX 610-294-8119 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Re: [SLE] Insane Uses for Perfectly Sane Tools
by scsijon＠net2000.com.au 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

sounds like a YAST3 in it's infancy. although what about installing the standard first (expansion / beta being greyed out), then on re-entry to YAST the item becoming available. Just to make sure your ok in the first place, else we may have more on this mail than anyone can handle and our poor SuSE helper being swamped. csijon ---------- > From: Jon Pennington <jpennington(a)atipa.com> > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Insane Uses for Perfectly Sane Tools > Date: Saturday, 4 March 2000 6:42 > > I was sitting here at home, compiling a new kernel for my machine > (2.3.48), and I thought to myself, "Jon, there's got to be a better way to > do this than `make menuconfig' or `make xconfig'. The kernel source tree > is a great thing, also a very *large* thing, and difficult to manage. > > I was just wondering if it would be possible to use something like the > hwdetect utility to recommend a `safe' and an `aggressive' kernel > configuration. `safe' would be no non-experimental code, and `aggressive' > would have experimental options turned on, like support for the ALi and > VIA Super-7 chipsets and USB/IEEE1394 options. > > The stock SuSE kernels are great, but a hobbiest like myself still wants > to play with things, but may still not have the foggiest idea what > VIA82CXXX support is for. That's where hwdetect (or the like) would come > in handy; find the VIA82CXXX chipset on the motherboard, correlate it with > a .config option, and offer it to the user. It's just a thought, but I > figured that somebody might think the same thing ;). > > What do *you* think? Is it worth slapping together? > > -=|JP|=- > Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) > jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com /\\ > Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 _\_V > > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Who is Rick Moen and is his quote of Roland Dyroff true?
by JerryKreps＠alltel.net 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

I saw this response, from Rick Moen, to a story on LinuxToday entitled: "Linux still not ready for desktop, says SuSE CEO" Moen attributes to Dyroff the follow: "Roland Dyroff always struck me as a very nice man, but somewhat clue-deficient about the Linux branch of his business. (SuSE AG has in the past regarded Linux as a sideline that it more-or-less accidentally moved into.) When the SuSE Oakland office encountered a minor file-locking problem between Samba and its Windows-based accounting package, a year or so ago, Roland felt it was ridiculous to bother filing a bug with the Samba project. "There is no problem", he's quoted as saying on that occasion. "You just install NT Server, and the problem goes away." Not the man I would ask about Linux's suitability for the desktop." How accurate is this? JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Printing from Nutmeg ( SPICE) using plot
by joelerch＠earthlink.net 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

I was unabale to get spicecad to do anything I wante dit to do, but downloaded the nutmeg binary for SPICE and was able to get a simulation to come up on the screen. If I try to make a hardcopy, it gives me the temporary file name and says I should use UNIX "plot" or lpr -g to print the graph. Neither worked for me. Can anyone help me by telling me how to print the graphs that are produced using nutmeg, after running a SPICE simulation? thanks in advance joe -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Corel WordPerfect for Linux Newz
by bobbyg＠ihug.co.nz 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

Hi all, if interested, follow the following.... http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2455295,00.html Mmmm, more stuff for the Laptop :-) *BFN* Greek Geek. Be open to other people -- they may enrich your dream. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Email Attachment Problem
by mflores＠midway.uchicago.edu 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

i am using the default SuSE firewall configuration from the 6.2 CDs and along with IPmasquerading for an internal network, i am able to use the linux computer as a firewall/IPmasq/dial-out computer to the internet. i am able to browse the Internet and send emails and ftp thru browser but i am having problems receiving email with attachments. i was downloading an email message with a 32 Kb Word attachment but it got stuck downloading that file. i had to call the ISP and had them delete that file from the POP3 server. i tried to download from the linux, win98 and NT server computers (using both netscape and outlook express) and they all got stuck on the same email message. at what port do email attachments come in? is it the same port as the email itself? is there a setting in the SuSE default firewall setup that denies attachments to emails (i just filled in the pertinent parts in /etc/rc.config). any help is greatly appreciated . . . thanks! mac <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>i am using the default SuSE firewall configuration from the 6.2 CDs and along with IPmasquerading for an internal network, i am able to use the linux computer as a firewall/IPmasq/dial-out computer to the internet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>i am able to browse the Internet and send emails and ftp thru browser but i am having problems receiving email with attachments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>i was downloading an email message with a 32 Kb Word attachment but it got stuck downloading that file. i had to call the ISP and had them delete that file from the POP3 server.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>i tried to download from the linux, win98 and NT server computers (using both netscape and outlook express) and they all got stuck on the same email message. at what port do email attachments come in? is it the same port as the email itself? is there a setting in the SuSE default firewall setup that denies attachments to emails (i just filled in the pertinent parts in /etc/rc.config).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>any help is greatly appreciated . . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>mac</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY>

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RE: [SLE] OT: PacBell DSL poll
by gregory.thomas＠nbc.com 04 Mar '00

04 Mar '00

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Doyle [mailto:jon@document-solutions.com] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:08 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com; mperry(a)tsoft.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: PacBell DSL poll > > > PacBell uses Staic IP's since around January I believe here > in the Bay Area. The change was for the "home" or Basic > account. Yes, many of us still have the single IP accounts > with the external Alcatel DSL modem. You will now get an > Internal in most cases, or can upgrade to the 5 IP account for $79. > My wife just called and after 3 hours the DSL installers just left. Results, one external modem (they were trying to install an internal, thank God they couldn't), and an additional network card that they left me for a spare. However, PacBell is now PPPOE so I DO NOT have a static IP and I have to run a PPPOE client to connect. Can't wait to get home to try it out! Later, Greg Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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