August 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] SuSE 7 Deluxe
by grimmer＠suse.de 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Hi, On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Nadeem Hasan wrote: > I don't know what prompted SuSE to do this but it doesn't look very > good to me. I think the fact that you had such big collection of apps > at such a good price made SuSE very attractive. And a nightmare for the beginner, who is totally confused by the sheer amount of packages, I would like to add. > Its no longer the case though. Now, with the splitting of the distro, > it has lost a lot of value which it had. I always disliked RedHat for > this. What makes you think so? If you still want to have the bells and whistles, go for the Professional version. > For the benefit of all of us here, could you please explain the idea > behind this move? I don't think any one here on the list is happy with > this split. It would force most of us not to buy the box but wait for > the FTP download, which is always very late. RedHat does better here. > Their distro is available at the FTP site before or no later than a > new release. The ftp version will be the same as before, including all the packages from the full (now Professional) version. We just created a new product for the newbie, that just comes with an assorted selection of packages - this is the Personal Edition. The "old" version now simply has a new name, more manuals and more support. > Maybe your marketing guys have a very valid reasons. But do you guys > really think the boxes would give you enough revenue? > > Most of us don't even need all those manuals you are giving. We just > need the CDs. Now, forcing us to pay more than what we should isn't > new to me. I think I have seen it before. I thought it would never > happen to me again. Then go for the upgrade version, which only consists of the 6 CDs and a small booklet. I am sure, it will be sold it in the US, too. > I am very disappointed by all this. SuSE will never be the same for me > again. I don't think I will ever buy a box now. Sorry if you think about it like that - but I cannot do anything about this. IMHO the splitting has some good reasons. Of course it is always a pain, if things change. I hope I was able to give you some background about the reasons behind all this. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany With foxes we must play the fox. -- 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/faq

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[SLE] suse 6.2
by ramaraoa＠catsglobal.co.in 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

hullo all, i have suse 6.2 which i bought here in calcutta india. it installs fine but i am unable to run xfree86 on my cyrix mediagx pc. please help regards ramarao v ayyagari -- 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/faq

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Re: [SLE] Spell checker in WPO2000
by bobbyg＠ihug.co.nz 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Hi All & Derek, who wrote; <snip> I set up Corel's WPO2000 yesterday. All is working fine :-) except the spelling and grammatik checkers. These are greyed out in the menus and when I try to switch on Spell-as-you-go it says it's unable to initialise and I might need to reinstall Writing Tools. Um. Anyone know how to reinstall the Writing Tools? <snip> Errr, maybe. The following may apply to your case-give it a try? <snip> The original setupWPO2000 script relies on the presence of a system script called "run-parts". This is not present on some Linux« distributions, such as SuSE. This can cause the applications to fail to run properly because not all of the proper setup procedure is performed. This is an updated version of the "setupWPO2000" script which does not require run-parts. NOTE: All commands and filenames are case sensitive. 1. Log onto the system as the root account. 2. Uncompress the file into the current directory (ie: /root) tar xvf setupWPO2000.tar 3. Copy the file into the /usr/lib/corel/bin directory to replace the existing setupWPO2000 file. cp setupWPO2000 /usr/lib/corel/bin/setupWPO2000 4. Now launch the application. If any problems occur, run the following command: setupWPO2000 --force <snip> The file in question, is @ Corel's web site, I forget where exactly, but if you do not find it, you know where to ask.... ;-) Hope this helps. *BFN* Greek Geek :-) Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you have. -- Ernest Haskins -- 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/faq

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RE: [SLE] SuSE 7 Deluxe
by kevin.jackson＠jhallpr.demon.co.uk 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

> I have to bow to your knowledge about how much effort goes > into making up versioning schemes, but I'm still rather > cynical about it. Renaming to 7.0 just seems like a > marketing ploy to make this look like a worthwhile upgrade. > I see Redhat have done the same. Perhaps it's all to catch > up with Mandrake, now at v7.1? It'll be a sad day for Linux > when the distributors start trying to pull these sorts of > tricks on their customers just to sell pointless upgrades. > Geesh - I hope they don't do a Microsoft and go from 3.11 to 95! ;) Might explain things, then! 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/faq

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[SLE] Disk upgrade..
by tim＠mazda.com.au 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Hi all - hopefully this is an easy one... I'm running SuSe 6.4 on an old Pentium 133.. The processor and ram do the job I want very nicely but I'd like to increase the disk space ( currently 850MB ) preferably by replacing the existing disk... Does any one have any ideas...? I was thinking of using Partition Magic but I still need to do the disk copy which is probably my main problem... Thanks in advance Tim Ballingall Network Administrator Mazda Australia Pty Limited ****************************************************************************** Mazda Australia takes every precaution to ensure email messages are virus free. For extra protection you should virus scan this message yourself. ****************************************************************************** -- 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/faq

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[SLE] Load Module in startup
by louis＠allsofts.com 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Thanks, last time I try modprobe is not work, so I use insmod. And now I find out that modprobe is not work, bcoz I use modprobe ne2k-pci.o I remove .o and its work now. Now I want it load on startup automatically, can u tell how to do it? I add a line to boot.local, modprobe /lib/modules/2.2.16/net/ne2k-pci but it not work. Please tell me how to configure. Thanks Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Vanns" <Jim(a)prolinux.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 5:20 PM Subject: RE: insmod ne2k-pci problem [4:1044:1082] > Try using modprobe "module_name" instead - modprobe also installs the > dependencies of the modules you what to load. > > Regards > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > <http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/phorum/read.php?f=4&i=1082&t=1044> > Sent by Phorum 3.1.1a <http://phorum.org> -- 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/faq

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[SLE] A couple of upgrade related questions
by tillmanj＠sccoast.net 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Okay, so the time has come to upgrade my machine, in a major way, and a couple of questions have come up that I would like to get some opinions on. 1) I want to use one big (30G) disk, ATA66 in the machine. What manufacturer(s) would be recommended (Seagate, Quantum, IBM, etc) 2) I am at a loss as far as a partitioning scheme for a drive that big. Does anyone have any thoughts on that? 3) Swap space, how much, located where on the disk? Any thoughts? -- This Email is 100% Virus Free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jon Tillman LINUX USER: #141163 ICQ: 4015362 tillmanj(a)sccoast.net http://tillman.freehosting.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/faq

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[SLE] Zope MySQL DA (Database Adapter) installation howto (step-by-step) under SuSE Linux 6.3/6.4
by e.maryniak＠pobox.com 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Hello list, If you are running Zope (www.zope.org) on SuSE Linux 6.3/6.4 and want to use Zope's MySQL DA (database adapter), here's a small step-by-step howto, because I had to grab together some docu on the Zope site and there were some installation thingies that weren't too obvious. Necessary precondition is of course that you are running Zope --- a detailed step-by-step procedure on how to install Zope on SuSE Linux can be found at: http://www.zope.org/Members/maryniak/zope-on-suse64-howto/ Then, in order to use SQL from Zope to MySQL, install the MySQL database adapter, as described below. Good luck! Bye-bye, Eric ==== o MySQL database access via Zope. Installing the Zope MySQL Database Adapter (ZMySQLDA), version 1.2.0 or newer (which includes MySQLdb 0.1.2 or newer). ZMySQLDA url: http://www.zope.org/Members/mordred/ZMySQLDA/ Verify that Python >= 1.5.2 is installed, MySQL and the MySQL libraries (which must be locatable by ld) version 3.22.11 or higher: # rpm -qa | egrep -i '(python|mysqldev)' python-1.5.2-40 mysqldev-3.22.30-0 # ldconfig -p | grep -i mysql libmysqlclient.so.6 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.6 libmysqlclient.so (libc6) => /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so Download 'ZMySQLDA-1.2.0.tar.gz' to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ and unpack it in the Zope top-level directory: # cd /opt/zope # tar zxvf /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ZMySQLDA-1.2.0.tar.gz Fix ownership and permissions: # chown -R root:root /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/. # chmod -R og-w /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/. Verify that there are no setuid or setgid files (always a safe precaution): # find /opt/zope \ -type f \( -perm -04000 -o -perm -02000 \) -exec ls -lg {} \; Go to the MySQLdb-0.1.2 sub-directory: # cd /opt/zope/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/MySQLdb-0.1.2 Make a copy and then edit the file 'Setup.in': # cp -pv Setup.in Setup.in.orig change the one (1) line with -L and -I flags to: _mysql _mysqlmodule.c -L/usr/lib -I/usr/include/mysql -lmysqlclient Next build the ZMySQLDA product, while still in the MySQLdb sub-directory '/opt/zope/lib/python/Products/ZMySQLDA/MySQLdb-0.1.2': # python build.py And install: # make install # cp -pv MySQLdb.py{,c,o} /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages Finally, restart Zope: # rczope restart Now you can make a ZMySQL connection. Inside a Folder, add a 'ZMySQL Database Connection' Item. The "connection string" looks like: database[@host] user passwd For the Client database user client_db_readonly@localhost, this becomes (replace XXXXXXXX with the real password of client_db_readonly): client@localhost client_db_readonly XXXXXXXX Go to the 'Test' tab, enter this query and then 'Submit Query': SELECT client.name, client.order FROM client; You should get a table. ==== -- Eric Maryniak <e.maryniak(a)pobox.com> Home page: http://pobox.com/~e.maryniak/ University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychology. Tel/Fax: +31 20 5256853/6391656. Internet: http://www.neuromod.org/ >From "15 reasons why Star Trek is better than the X-Files": 12. No one in Star Trek can be accused of not getting out enough. -- 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/faq

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[SLE] Crystal audio/SUSE 6.4
by jan.oberg＠kdc.se 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

Just installed SUSE 6.4 and having trouble with it not recognizing my Crystal sound-chip on the motherboard. Crystal isn't even mentioned among the alternatives. I remebered reading in the supported hw database that it supports a bunch of Crystal drivers, so why doesn't it shows up in the install/config? Under Windows it's defined "Crystal WDM MPU-401 compatible". Regards Jan -- 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/faq

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[SLE] X is not working after upgrade 6.3 -> 6.4
by gcraenen＠hetnet.nl 02 Aug '00

02 Aug '00

After my upgrade from Suse 6.3 to 6.4 I can't get X-Windows to work properly. It used to work fine with 6.3 on a Compaq E500 laptop. Graphics adapter is a ATI 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64). After the upgrade the screen keeps scrolling upward when I start X with the old configuration. When I start up sax, it automatically detects the card and it scrolls upward all the time too. Any ideas?? When you upgrade to a newer version, it's supposed to be better working than the old one. But so far upgrading form 6.3 to 6.4 is a misery. I need to relink a lot of broken symbolic links by hand, Apache won't startup when booting and now X has problems too. Sometimes I wished I stuck with MacOS ;-) regards G.H.M. Craenen gcraenen(a)hetnet.nl <HR> <UL> <LI>application/ms-tnef attachment: winmail.dat </UL> N§²æìržzÇ§ué[h²ë)îÅë§²æìržzË¬yÊ&ÚuØÚÊ&©Ý²Ç§ué[h²ë)îÅè^.±ç([(rØ^¶m§ÿðÃ.±ç(û.Š+·÷Ú

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