March 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] YaST and CD-ROM ejection
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Samy Elashmawy <samelash(a)ix.netcom.com> écrit: > what is this for ? This what? -- 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] Prepaid Billing
by Leonard_Ong＠INAME.COM 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

Dear Friends, I would like to ask wheather is it possible to do prepaid internet using Linux. What i meant is, that i buy a card containing a user id and password. This card entitled to say 10 minutes of credit. Is there a way to count how long the user has been online in real time, and terminate the user connection once the total usage reach 10 mins. radius not is suitable for this. Thanks -- 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] Mutiport Card Recommendations
by Admin＠Brevsville.com.au 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

I'd be interested to hear people's comments on low cost multiport cards for use on SuSE 6.3 for dialin modems. I've used TCL cards but many of them only support full modem signals on the first 4 port on a 16 port card! I found Stallion to be good but expensive the same with Digiboard. I'm in Australia so maybe they are expensive here only, I'm not sure :) I need 4 - 8 ports for now. Thanx for any suggestions Chris -- 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] Re: KFM + Cookies / WAS:[SLE] Netscape 4.72 download booby-trap
by jpennington＠atipa.com 29 Mar '00

29 Mar '00

"Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams(a)valinet.com> said: > Jerry L Kreps wrote: > > > KFM does not have java enabled. That is probably one reason why it > > is so fast and the ads don't show up! ;-) > > Why should KFM be faster because it doesn't support Java? I'd think that as long as Java > isn't actually being called, it wouldn't make a difference. No. Konqueror's HTML engine is significantly faster (if not always 100% accurate) than Netscape's, and resize/move events much more intelligently. Also, since Konqueror is significantly smaller than Netscape, loading/unloading and using the browser take a lot less time. -- -=|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] Need Help Urgently
by toganm＠yahoo.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Hi everyone, I got a weird problem (at least for me). When I start the X environment KDE suddenly everything stops. No mouse movement no keyboard nothing. I can not even go abck to the console using Ctrl+ALt+Fkey noway. thinking could be microsoft intelliwheel problem (which was working fine this morning) changed the mouse to ps/2 mouse in XF86config. Nope Back to yast integrate hardware -->mouse ps/2 mouse selected start gpm no (it was off anyway) reboot try startx nope. The only hardware added to the system is usb scanner but the Bios was enabled before also. Plus I use the stock suse special eide kernel. Eveything on the console was working fine as far as I can see got any ideas how to get things back __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- 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] Updating packages between full versions
by jpennington＠atipa.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Chuck Bearden <cbearden(a)rice.edu> said: > How do I go about upgrading the 6.3 base system with the files found > in the 6.3 updates hierarchy of a SuSE mirror? I'm assuming that > simply using 'rpm -Uvh' on a running system with base packages would > be a bad idea, Actually, that's not such a bad idea, but you'd have to reboot the machine for the updates to take effect if you're talking about core packages. > but when I copy all the updates to a prepared > directory, and tell YaST to use that directory as the source of > updates, it claims that my base packages are all up to date, showing > the version numbers for the installed packages, rather than for the > new ones. YaST finds the directory containing the a1/ ap1/, etc. > files--it just doesn't take account of their version numbers. Which is what I meant to get at in the post you drudged up ;). It doesn't work. You have to do it by hand. -- -=|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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RE: [SLE] ORB drive.
by ReidR＠gspinc.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

sorry, this is all windows. I have it tried setting it up with linux. I would but it's broken. Rowan [TSS] Gerber Scientific Products http://www.gspinc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Pennington [mailto:jpennington@atipa.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 6:29 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: RE: [SLE] ORB drive. > > > "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/ > -- 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] OSS Systems Engineering diagram tool?
by hattons＠CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

Does anybody know of a good freeware tool for drawing computer systems at the block and network level? In other words, work stations are represented using pictures of a monitor and keyboard. Servers are represented with graphic of a computer case. Hub are graphics of things with ports on them, etc.. I don't need all the functionality of a Visio product, but that is kind of the area I'm thinking in. TIA, Steve -- 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] Updating packages between full versions
by cbearden＠rice.edu 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

I would like to pick up on a question I found in last month's archive, regarding updating SuSE, posed by Jon Pennington. How do I go about upgrading the 6.3 base system with the files found in the 6.3 updates hierarchy of a SuSE mirror? I'm assuming that simply using 'rpm -Uvh' on a running system with base packages would be a bad idea, but when I copy all the updates to a prepared directory, and tell YaST to use that directory as the source of updates, it claims that my base packages are all up to date, showing the version numbers for the installed packages, rather than for the new ones. YaST finds the directory containing the a1/ ap1/, etc. files--it just doesn't take account of their version numbers. In his message, Jon gets at the same problem in a different way: From: Jon Pennington <jpennington(a)atipa.com> > This is actually one of the few gripes I have about SuSE. The > update procedure is half-implemented, and as such is unusable with > the tools that they have. YaST *is* capable of installing files > from basically anywhere, but not automatically updating from the > /updates hierarchy on the ftp sites. > > Try this: > Insert a CD-ROM (do not mount it) > Start YaST > Go to Choose/Install Packages; Install Packages > At this point, you will be asked to select an installation medium. > > Choose Local Directory > cd to /var/adm/mount > > There's your disc. Unfortunately, you cannot simply mirror the > /updates hierarchy from and ftp site, burn it onto a CD-ROM, and use > it as-is, because there are no files to tell YaST what is on the > disc, and YaST doesn't read symlinks. You'd be stuck using the short > file names (package.rpm) which cause problems down the road when > doing a full system release update (6.2 -> 6.3, for instance). > Frankly, it's frustrated me to the point where I don't bother doing > it `The SuSE Way' anymore. (http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/2000-Feb/0642.html) Thanks in advance. ====================================================================== Chuck Bearden cbearden(a)rice.edu Electronic Resources Librarian Fondren Library--MS44 713 / 527-8101 x3634 Rice University 713 / 737-5859 (fax) P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 ====================================================================== -- 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 ReidR＠gspinc.com 28 Mar '00

28 Mar '00

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. Rowan [TSS] Gerber Scientific Products http://www.gspinc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Samy Elashmawy [mailto:samelash@ix.netcom.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:38 PM > To: jpennington(a)atipa.com; suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] ORB drive. > > > why not use a regular ide hard drive along with one of those > removable hard > drive holder things that you put the drive in and can slide > it in / out as > needed and even shutle between machines. > > At least with linux you caqn mount it as you please. Who > knows with windows > , probibly confuse the heck all the drive letters etc.... > > At 12:19 PM 3/28/2000 -0600, Jon Pennington wrote: > >"Fred A. Miller" <fm(a)cupserv.org> said: > > > >> It would appear that many here aren't aware of the ORB drive. The > >> following is a a quote from one reviewer and is why I'm > interested in > >> the drive, IF SuSE supports it. Lenz? > > > >I asked SLE about these devices about a year ago, and I had > no response. > >Sorry, Fred, I should have told you that my own research was > inconclusive > when > >you made this post yesterday ;). > > > >At 12.2mb/sec, as the reviewer pointed out, these disks > would be IDEAL for > >doing the sort of video production work that I plan on > immersing myself in > >over the next few months. You're as old of a hand as I am > at searching > USENet > >and the like, so I'm not going to waste my own or your time > by saying `check > >deja.com' (whoops, I just did ;). I'm highly interested in > these, too. > > > >-- > >-=|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/ > > > > > > -- > 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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