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Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks!
by thompso_m2＠hotmail.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Correction: "MOST" of YaST2 rocks I'm still disappointed that YaST2 does not allow me to install SuSE 6.3 to non-adjacent partitions. To install to non-adjacent partitions, I must still use YaST1. Mandrake 7.0-2 uses a top-notch graphical installer called drakx. SuSE would be wise to incorporate drakx into the next release of SuSE Linux. Matt >From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons(a)CPKWEBSER5.ncr.disa.mil> >To: "suse-linux-e(a)suse.com" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: [SLE] YAST2 rocks! >Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:19:00 -0500 > >I just ran YAST 2 on a box and told it to set up a default minimal >system. Wow!!!! My mother could do that! Good Job SuSE! > >One thing that did happen when I changed my hard drive set up did get me >thinking about a type of management tool. I originally installed on an >old 340 MB HD with just the minimal setup. I then added a 10G HD and >put /usr, /var, and /opt on the big drive. I didn't think to migrate >the contents before I rebooted. Needless to say the system wasn't very >happy to find empty partitions where its brain used to be. It would be >cool if that could be done in one command, e.g. "migrate /dev/hda3/usr >/dev/hdb3/usr" which could be made part of the disk admin utility. > >Again YAST2 rocks! > >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/ > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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[SLE] YaST1 && YaST2 (was: [SLE] YAST2 rocks!)
by mcmxc＠freemail.gr 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Lenz wrote: We have added a lot of features in YaST2 for SuSE Linux 6.4. There will be a more flexible partitioning dialogue, which will also allow you to use ReiserFS partitions and multiple disks (no LVM yet, you still need to fall back to YaST1 for Logical Volumes). In addition to that, there is a more flexible package selection and the configuration of Sound cards, printers, Internet connection with Modem/ISDN and Network configuration. -=-=-=-=- I have a SuSE 6.1 and I'm planing to upgrade to 6.4. Because I can't reformat HD I will need to upgrade using YaST1 so my question is if I can use YaST2 for second level jobs like configuring a printer a modem etc. with YaST1 installed or there may be some conflict? -- Nicholas 1:00pm up 19:32, 4 users, load average: 1.30, 1.35, 1.30 -- 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:%20[SLE]%20kernel%20for%20SCSI%20scanner
by toganm＠yahoo.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

if you follow as it says in the Suse manual and use earth:/usr//src/linux/ # make zlilo than everything is sorted out. it will run the lilo keep a copy of the old one also. BTW when you installed suse you already have one with suse default. this is if you use lilo for other refer to the manual "S.P.Sheriff" wrote: > > Hi Alex, Hi everyone. > > Looks like I do have to recompile the kernel then. What about keeping the > old one just in case? > > 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/ -- Togan Muftuoglu toganm(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ 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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[SLE] Re: [suse-security] *WANTED: ipchains guru*
by noc＠kulish.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Reading that right now. I'm just having a tough time skipping the sections that I already know. But all in all, seems to be a pretty good book. CK ----- Original Message ----- From: Caitlin Bestler <caitlinb(a)ikadega.com> To: KULISHdotCOM <noc(a)kulish.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [suse-security] *WANTED: ipchains guru* > KULISHdotCOM wrote: > > > > Guess I should have made that a little clearer ;). > > > > I am wanting to figure this out from scratch. I am trying to break out of > > the *Windows Only* frame that I am in concerning security that I recommend > > to clients. Right now, I recommend Raptor, Firewall-1, or MS Proxy > > depending upon the situation. Being able to configure ipchains from scratch > > would be a great solution for clients on a limited budget. > > > > Thanks for the reply though! > > > > CK > > > > > I'd also recomend "Linux Firewalls" by Ronald Ziegler. > New Riders, ISBN 0-7357-0900-9 > > > It's a very thorough explanation of ipchains, great examples > with very thoroughly explained rationale for each thread. -- 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] netscape plugins
by jpennington＠atipa.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Richard Booth <richard(a)activitysuperstore.com> said: > Any tips for listening to sound files from within Netscape? I am using SuSE > 6.3 and the free OSS drivers. IIRC, plugger relies on an application called `play', which may be provided by SOX if you're not using the commercial OSS drivers. -- 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] YAST2 rocks! /LenZ Rant/
by tduggan＠dekaresearch.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

-----Original Message----- From: m thompso [SMTP:thompso_m2@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 12:45 PM >I agree that the SuSE kernel patches are wonderful, but that doesn't >impress a Newbie if he can't get past the installation. The "average" >Windoze user is not likely to drop their current Windoze OS if they >can't get past the Linux installer. The installer is the "First" link in >the chain. At a minimum, the installer should be either a "7" or "8" >(on a scale of 1-10)! Agreed, first impressions mean alot for some, but the pace of development (linux especially) is so fast that a 9 six months ago is considered a 5 or less today. YaST1 may no longer be the slickest utility around, but it does some things the others cannot, it has been well proven and is still one of the most useful utilities around. > >Microsoft has a nice installation, but their OS isn't that terrific. >SuSE Linux is a nice OS, but the YaST2 installer isn't that terrific. YaST2 in 6.3 was going public for the first time. Like any newborn its legs and arms were short and it couldn't do all of the things people asked of it. Problems are to be expected with the introduction of something new, but you can't wait until development is finished (if it's ever finished) before getting feedback from customers. Bottom line is that sooner or later you must ship product and a decision has to be made when. > >The "enemy" is NOT other Linux distributions. For that reason, >SuSE would be wise to incorporate drakx and Lothar into the next >SuSE release. So all the money spent on the development of YaST2 should be chucked out the window? What about the developers at SuSE who have put in so much effort to produce it? How many times can you take something they have produced and unjustifiably belittle it? The fact is that the 6.3 version of YaST2, while not perfect, is the beginning of highly useful software. The originator of this thread apparently likes it and will probably enjoy the next release even more. While you are free to disagree with his opinion, it is in VERY poor taste to insult the individual developers (even if that were not the intent, it is the result) by implying that their project be chucked and replaced with someone else's software. Using your model, there would be very little software (most of it bad) and even less choice. My first experience with linux was with Yggdrasil's distribution (Plug and Play Linux fall '95, IIRC) and if all they did since then was include other people's software Linux would look more and more like Windows. One installer, one GUI, one more broken OS. If there is only one, is it really a choice? Tim > > >Matt > > >From: Ben Rosenberg <ben(a)whack.org> > >Reply-To: ben(a)whack.org > >CC: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > >Subject: Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks! /LenZ Rant/ > >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:16:28 -0600 > > > >Hello all, > > > > I would second this..wait for 6.4. I use to think that Linux was > a big > >waste of time before I discovered SuSE. I was a staunch > freeBSD/Solaris > >advocate, but I have been running SuSE since 5.0 along with my > freeBSD > >box and now my Sun U10. I do know this, if SuSE somehow magically > went > >out of business and they were not producing a Linux distr. I would > >reformat this box and it would be a Solaris X86 box. > > > > Give these guys a break, they do damn good work..it may not be > on > >installers or anything as low on my list as this, but their kernel > work > >and XFree work alone merits respect. > > > >just my 0.02 > > > >BTW .. is icewm 1.02 gonna make it into 6.4 ;D > > > >Lenz Grimmer wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, m thompso wrote: > > > > > > > Correction: "MOST" of YaST2 rocks > > > > > > > > I'm still disappointed that YaST2 does not allow me to install > SuSE > > > > 6.3 to non-adjacent partitions. To install to non-adjacent > > > > partitions, I must still use YaST1. Mandrake 7.0-2 uses a > top-notch > > > > graphical installer called drakx. SuSE would be wise to > incorporate > > > > drakx into the next release of SuSE Linux. > > > > > > <PERSONAL RANT> > > > Well, since distributions nowadays only seem to be judged by it's > > > installation utility, how should we set ourself apart by reusing > someone > > > else's tool? > > > </PERSONAL RANT> > > > > > > We have added a lot of features in YaST2 for SuSE Linux 6.4. > > > > > > There will be a more flexible partitioning dialogue, which will > also > >allow > > > you to use ReiserFS partitions and multiple disks (no LVM yet, you > still > > > need to fall back to YaST1 for Logical Volumes). In addition to > that, > > > there is a more flexible package selection and the configuration > of > >Sound > > > cards, printers, Internet connection with Modem/ISDN and Network > > > configuration. > > > > > > >-- > >Ben Rosenberg -- 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] Compiler problems - egcs v gcc for Quake2
by connor＠botgod.org.uk 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

My system: SuSE 6.2, egcs 2.91.66 Are there any other Quake2 mod writers reading this? If so, how can you get egcs to make a mod for Quake2 that doesn't crash after loading a new map? If I compile with gcc (2.7.x) then I get a working mod, if I switch to egcs it's back to seg faulting again. If anyone has solved this problem I'd love to know how since this means I have to uninstall egcs and install gccfront to compile Q2, then reverse the process to work in kdevelop which needs the egcs g++ commands. Another option would be for someone to explain to me how I replace the g++ that calls egcs with a set that calls gcc instead and then I could maybe work just with gcc since the majority of my non-X coding is with Q2. Any help appreciated, I'm still new to the linux environment but I've been coding for 20 years outside of it (mainly in winblows). -- Connor Caple (connor(a)botgod.org.uk) http://www.botgod.org.uk ICQ 16567275 "You have an overdeveloped sense of vengeance... ... it's going to get you in trouble one day." -- 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] kernel for SCSI scanner
by juergen.braukmann＠ruhr-west.de 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

"S.P.Sheriff" wrote: > > Hi everyone. > > Am currently using the stock EIDE kernel from SuSE 6.3 and want to get a > scanner working. Can I use this kernel for an SCSI scanner? If not could I > use the stock SCSI kernel that comes with 6.3? And evreything else still > work OK? Without having to compile kernels and modules? Or am I asking too > much? > > Thanks in advance for any advice you can give and apologies to SANE list > members since I think that this may be a little off topic. > > Best wishes from Steve at FeF, Spain. > Hi Steve, The SuSE stock kernels work. If you use an IDE Kernel, you need to load the apropiate SCSI module. A reason for a recompile could be a very slow (mustec) scanner. There is a buffer that can be changed to increase speed. (man sane-mustec). I tried to build a 2.2.14 kernel, found the "original" SuSE config files, but these seem to lack the modules. ;-( I wonder wether there is a config that creates all the modules as well... Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann(a)gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb(a)db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_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/

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Re: [SLE] Stuttering WAV files in KDE
by jpennington＠atipa.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Phil Shrimpton <phil(a)shrimpton.co.uk> said: > I have just started trying to use WAV files in KDE and the play but very > 'stuttered', it plays a brief part of the WAV and then there is about half a > second silence, then the next part of the WAV is played. 1. Tell us what your soundcard is, so that we may flame you incessantly about the poor hardware you own, and how you really should be more careful when you invest in equipment. 2. Tell us which set of modules you are using (OSS/Free, OSS/Commercial, or ALSA), so that we can start a flame war amongst ourselves about commercial vs. Free and kernel includes vs. an experimental API. 3. Tell us how you are playing the sound, so that we can come argue about the *best* way to skin this cat and act like 8-year-olds arguing about who's PERL script for linking playback binaries is better than who's. 4. Be satisfied with the answer that there is no answer, and the fix to your problem will be included in KDE 2.9 and kernel 2.5 development trees. Is that a good start? :] -- 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] yast install/partion schema
by samelash＠ix.netcom.com 15 Mar '00

15 Mar '00

Hi folks, I was installing yast on a new drive in an older pentuim 150 , and used the whole drive option. For some reson it made a /dev/hda5 and /hda6 as well as a small /boot partion. why does it jump to /hda5 and /dev/hda6 for. I would think it would be /dev/hda1 ..hda2 and /hda three. At least thats how I set it up when manualy partioning and installing. Any ideas ? -- 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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