March 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Mac OS X won't change the world...but it's still a big deal
by Fred A. Miller 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2700321,00.html -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org

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XFree4.0.3 DCOP communication error
by filip 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

Hi, Last night I upgraded to 4.0.3 on my 2 PCs. Upgrade from the one I'm writing from went very smooth. The other one is trouble : 1. Used the same files I downloaded, so no broken files. 2. The login background ( suse logo ) comes up without the login box and the crashes after a while bringing me to console in init 5 mode. 3. startx or startkde gives me just the red or blue screen without anthing on it, indicating xserver is working, and I can hear the welcome sound. Nothing else is displayed. 4. The error displayed : ERROR : KUniqueApplication : DCOP communication error! 5. yast1 tells me no wm found. Looking in rc.config I have displaymanager=kdm, default_WM=kde and check_inittab=yes. 6. So there must probably be a link broken for the window manager. Any clue where I have to look ? Thanks in advance, Filip.

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Re: Sv: Re: [SLE] DON'T shoot the messenger...I didn't write this!
by Jerry Kreps 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

On Friday 23 March 2001 02:11, 2059327m001(a)mail1.stofanet.dk wrote: > Oprindelig besked : > > On Wednesday 21 March 2001 16:23, Stephen wrote: > > > Yes, but a pain in the butt when you've just written a thousand > > > word essay, that hasn't been saved, ouch. > > > > OR, you spent two hours making changes to a VFP form, only to > > have it disappear while you watch. > > JLK > > That would never have happended with VI :-) But, of course, VI is NOT a GUI RAD dev tool :) > > Later, > Jens > > > > Jerry Kreps wrote: > > > > That's what I surmized, but I didn't know you could turn it > > > > off and get the 'beloved' BSOD back! It's amazing, in a > > > > negative way, to see your PC setting there, with no user > > > > tasks running, and then sudden reboot... > > > > JLK > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 20 March 2001 17:39, you wrote: > > > > > The phantom reboots are instead of the BSOD. There is an > > > > > option to turn it off which puts your right back to those > > > > > blue screens. > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > Jerry Kreps wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 20 March 2001 09:52, you wrote: > > > > > > > On Monday 19 March 2001 22:07, you wrote: > > > > > > > > On Monday 19 March 2001 15:28, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > "We'd like to bash Windows XP--but we can't. We > > > > > > > > > tell you why." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,107 > > > > > > > > >38,2 6975 16,0 0.ht ml > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had to upgrade to Win2000 at work because of the > > > > > > > > frequency of crashes in Win98SE. It's been about 6 > > > > > > > > weeks. Win2000 crashes a LOT LESS than Win98SE, and > > > > > > > > seems to phantom reboot a lot more. I discovered a > > > > > > > > crash counter in the Register and the value was set > > > > > > > > at 10. I stopped keeping track of the counts after a > > > > > > > > half-dozen, but I knew there had to be more than ten. > > > > > > > > Then I discovered another registry entry - > > > > > > > > Crashcounter limit, which was also set to ten. I > > > > > > > > guess if you have more than 10 crashes they don't > > > > > > > > want to know about it. But, Win2000 is a lot more > > > > > > > > stable than Win98SE, for sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes...it is, however, it's NO WHERE near the quality of > > > > > > > Linux, nor can it even begin to approach the level of > > > > > > > stability. > > > > > > > > > > > > True! Last September, at work, I set up a DELL 200MHz > > > > > > box with two HDs, using SuSE 6.4. It has been running > > > > > > 24/7 every since then and is only booted because the > > > > > > network folks want to run Nortens Ghost to back it up > > > > > > every so often. It has NEVER crashed, or even > > > > > > hiccupped!! The net fols KNOW IT, TOO. The box is right > > > > > > across from the network admins cubical. He sees it every > > > > > > day. And, he and his crew are repairing Win2000s every > > > > > > day too. It's got to be eating at him... He used to > > > > > > razz me a lot about Linux, sometimes mockingly, but that > > > > > > has stopped completely! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fred > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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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snd-card-fm801 - could not be loaded
by Jonathan Terbio 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

Hi Suser's, I had installed Suse 7.0 (2.2.16-SMP) and it does not detect my sound card. I enabled the PnP Os support in my CMOS. My sound is an Xwave USB. I tried the sound card setup in yast2 and it detects Fortmedia Inc, Xwave Q83000A [FM801] and hit the next button and displayed a message "The Kernel Module snd-card-fm801 for sound support could not be loaded." My suse copy is just a single cd i think this is an ISO copy. Thanks Jonathan

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Appology
by Jerry Kreps 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

Michael, I'm sorry for losing my temper with you the other day. The problems weren't yours, they were mine. I realized that although very little I am trying to do with the "Beast" works (contrast that with the fact that the Sony rarely ever fails to configure the way I want), I am enjoying the challange. And, as long as the Sony stays healthy I've got a connection to the www. Sorry, my bad. Jerry

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Question?
by Giovanni Gualino Alonso 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

You Know where is the linux suse 7.1 in iso format I need to know because i can't burned the files in the ftp site of suse Please if you can answer me i thank you Sincerely Giovanni Gualino Alonso

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Swap space: How much?
by Pascal MiQUET 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

Does it make sense to set a swap space size equal to the memory size, even if we've got 4 Gb of RAM ? Thanks for your help Regards Pascal MiQUET

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Re: [SLE] Win98 Mail Client
by Kevin Croxen 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

(Apologies in advance for adding to an OT thread) As far as free goes, you probably can't do better than the durable Pegasus mail client: http://www.pmail.com/ (Though David Harris doesn't think much of open source, he does express some interest in the writing of a Linux Pegasus mailer.) In the shareware/commercial realm, an OS/2 refugee like myself would have to mention the Windows version of PMMail: http://www.pmmail2000.com/ The most popular pure windows mailer seems to be Eudora, which baffles me as the dang thing goes kerflooie more often than is normal even for windows apps. Avoid this one. --Kevin On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:39:12 -0500, Richard Witt wrote: >Dale Schuster wrote: >> >> I am completely fed up with Outlook Express as a mail reader. Can anyone >> recommend a replacement to use on my Win98 machine at work? Unfortunately I >> am unable to use SuSE on my desktop here at work :-( >> > >Hi Dale, > > You might try PC-Pine: > >http://www.washington.edu/pine/pc-pine/ > >-- ><< How can anybody be enlightened? >> ><< Truth is after all, so poorly lit. >> >-- Neil Peart > >---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***--- > Richard Witt Phone: (330) 672-0096 >Dept. of Physics, Kent State University Email: witt(a)cnr2.kent.edu >---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***--- > >-- >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] problem getting back into pro-7.1
by John Karns 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, JB said: > Some of the typed lines in in x windows in my pro-7.1 were > either cut off in the middle if the typed line or even looked > as though they were even hand written. I ran sax2 in order > to hopefully fix that and now my mouse pointer is a big > square and I have no control in x windows. I am trying > to figure out how to turn off x windows but have not been > able to get into the unix like text environment and really don't > want to reload for 10 hours again. Does anyone know how > I can get back into my system without reloading? Also how >can Xwindows be kept from automatically starting? Boot from the CD or a rescue floppy. Mount the root partition on the HD and edit /etc/inittab. Look for # default runlevel id:2:initdefault: Your inittab would probably have a no. 5. Change it to 2, then reboot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John Karns jkarns(a)csd.net

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How To encrypt a message with password protection?
by Steven T. Hatton 23 Mar '01

23 Mar '01

I'm sure it's easy, but I'm not sure where to start looking for the tool. I want to be able to encrypt a message and protect it with a password. Say, for example, I had some one monitoring my mail traffic and spiking certain messages. If I could encypt the message in such away that it could be unencrypted using a passoword this would be an ideal way of prevent the censor form spiking my traffic. After the fact, I don't care who can read the message. I need something that will work easily for all common platforms. I may try X509 type solutions, but they don't really serve my purpose. It's important that this tool is easy for anybody to obtain and use. Any ideas? Steve PS run kdict, and query on *censor*. #1 & #2

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