March 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] When will the "evaluation" version of 6.4 make it onto FTP?
by bobbyg＠ihug.co.nz 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hi all, anyone heard? Greek Geek :-) A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. -- Winston Churchill -- 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] Xfree 4.0
by crimson＠freedom.oftheinter.net 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Just wondering when you update to 4.0, does it involve a recompile of all your X programs? -- Scott Walker Freedom Communications Inc. crimson(a)freedom.oftheinter.net http://freedom.oftheinter.net Court Room Quotes Q: I show you exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture. A: That's me. Q: Were you present when that picture was taken? -- 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] General memory problem
by calyth＠home.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Few questions: I have a computer that has the odd memory configuration of 40MB (2-4MB and 2-16MB). I also have a swap of 128M. How come when i launch something memory intensive, such as staroffice or gimp, my HD start going like crazy? is this when my swap is full? Also is this configuration hard on running such memory hungry program. If so, any program that resembles some functions of gimp without using so much ram? Also, when i use free or top, I see that I have my 128 (or 127MB) swap, bu when i run kde's process manager, it says I don't have any swap. I have suse 6.3 and just updated the packages. Calyth -- 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] Redbook
by kevin.jackson＠jhallpr.demon.co.uk 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hey, Lenz - just looking at your mug shot in the latest Netfinity Redbook for Suse! I'm impressed with the whole Redbook - looks like I won't be pestering you lot in the future! Kev -- 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] quite OT, replacement floppy drive for laptop
by damianks＠netnet.net 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I realize this is quite off topic, but I want to get SuSE on this laptop so that I can take my favorite linux with me. I got it for free from a friend, one mans trash is another mans treasure and all that. Any way, to my dismay I found out that the floppy drive on it doesn't work. ( that's why he didn't want it anymore ) It is a T4900CT. I have been every where on the toshiba website and haven't been able to find anything about getting a replacement. It is an older model and quite unsupported. I have also checked places like pricewatch and esmarts and can't find anything. I would still like to get linux on this thing even if I can't find a replacement drive. There is no cdrom and the thing will only boot from either fdd or hdd. I could get a serial or parallel cable and set up slip or plip and nfs but how do I enable it on the laptop side of things? Is there anyway I can start an installation over a network while running dos or am I screwed? All it has on it right now is a minimal dos installation and a "lanman.dos" dir with a bunch of networking tools in it. Any suggesetions? I have never setup any kind of networking under dos so it seems to me to be a daunting task. I would greatly appreciate any help or info on this. -- 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] Reiser FS
by alex＠daniloff.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Hello Linux folks! I got a couple of question regarding new Reiser journaling file system. Is somebody of you actually using it? Is there any advantages Reiser FS over EXT2 in terms of speed, ability to recover after crash? Can I install reiser fs with my plain kernel 2.2.14? Thanks in advance, Alex -- 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] ORB drive.
by jpennington＠atipa.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

"Reid, Rowan (GSP)" <ReidR(a)gspinc.com> said: > orb drive s actually quite a deal, 2.2 Gigs, > and the cartragies are only $30. so that alone is > enough, the USB and lpt version is too slow to > be worth it, however teh scsi version isnt' bad. So you use the SCSI version; were there any issues with *it* and Linux? -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions jpennington(a)atipa.com | http://www.atipa.com Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-241-2641 x121 -- 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] Moneydance (a little OT)
by tb64710＠ltec.net 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I may not know much, but I make up for it in perseverance. Got it working (moneydance). In case anyone else has had a problem, I used jdk1.1.7 instead of jre1.1.7 in the path to my java executable. Thanks again for your help, Jerry, I don't know why our systems would require something different, but there must be some subtle differences. CYa, Tom -- 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] Netscape 4.72 download booby-trap
by abrahams＠valinet.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I've discovered a bit of misbehavior in Netscape 4.72 (probably in other versions also) that can cause a lot of futile downloads. I encountered it while picking up the various SuSE rpm's for Xfree 4.0. It seems that if you have a download in progress, Netscape is quite happy to let you start a second one. The first one will complete normally. But when the second one is done, the window won't go away even though it indicates that the download is 100% completed. The only way to make the window go away is to click on Stop. But when you do that, the file you so laboriously downloaded is deleted. Fortunately I also happened on a workaround. If you've downloaded foo.rpm and lost it because of Netscape's boorishness, download it again to the same location. The download will be almost instantaneous and the file will come back. Of course, you can only do this while no other download is in progress. Has anyone else encountered this misbehavior? Paul Abrahams -- 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] Netscape Communicator 4.61 Memory Leaks
by frenche＠telalink.net 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I'm using SuSE 6.2. I very much like Netscape's products, but am plagued with almost non-stop freezes. I guess these are memory leaks. I actually have to reboot to regain use of Netscape. And, the question is: what is the best remedy for this age-old problem? What version of Mozilla comes with SuSE 6.4? Is it stable? Are the SuSE 6.4 Netscape products stable? Thanks for your help, Jeff French frenche(a)telalink.net -- 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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