May 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Info re supported hardware
by Paul Abrahams 07 May '01

07 May '01

Can anyone recommend a place to find out about currently supported hardware? The Hardware Howto doesn't seem to have been updated since 1999. I'm particularly interested in the Promise ATA100 hard drive controller, but I'm asking the question much more generally. Paul

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And now...
by James Oakley 07 May '01

07 May '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ...the moment of truth... or at least some semblance of it. :-)* - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley(a)solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE68xc2+FOexA3koIgRAhg+AKCZDuwVARKy8Pa2idGDOyOHhJjj/QCgkKXT mhuDdZvdqVA/XIo6IgO2agE= =qUAl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] Flight Gear controls
by quintaq＠yahoo.co.uk 07 May '01

07 May '01

On Mon, 7 May 2001 07:41:44 -0400 Landy Roman <landie(a)concentric.net> wrote: > do you have good frasmes rate, mine suck can > fly have a tnt video card > Hi Landy, I have a Matrox G400 (plus PIII 800) and I get excellent frame rates with DRI / glx installed. Regards, Geoff _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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FW: [SLE] [OT] Legal Issues Type Question
by jennifer moter 07 May '01

07 May '01

These people's business includes selling software licenses - check the home page. Just because you don't agree with someone's business doesn't mean you have the right to 'stir up trouble'. Find a dealer you like. >From: Samy Elashmawy [mailto:samelash@ix.netcom.com] > >Take your money elswhere. > > At 12:44 PM 5/2/2001 +0100, Eddie Howson wrote: >>There is a company, Simply Computers (http://www.simply.co.uk) who will not >>sell a computer without an operating system. However, they do not offer any >>Linux distos. The only solution they offer is to buy MsDOS even if you are >>never going to use it. Is there anything that can be done or is there >>anyway >>that we can put pressure on the them to rethink their policy? >> >>Just wondered. >> >>Eddie >> >> >>>On Tuesday 01 May 2001 02:22, Stuart Powell wrote: >>> Hello, everyone. >>> >>> I just wanted to see what trouble I could stir up this evening with an >>> article I found this morning. I'm surprised Fred didn't send it on. If >>> you don't think of MS as the Evil Empire yet, this may well push you over >>> the edge. >>> >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/18589.html >>> >>> This article raised many questions in my mind. Predominantly, though, is >>> this: Just how far can Microsoft go in its pursuit of pirates without >>> overstepping the mark ? How much of this power can be wielded beyond US >>> borders ? >>> >>> Let's say that I buy a shiny new PC from Gateway, for the sake of argument. >>> I order it without an OS, since I intend to install a lovely fresh copy of >>> SuSE on it, and don't want to have to pay the MS Tax. A vigilant Gateway >>> employee then calls up MS and says "Stoo just bought a new machine without >>> an OS. Please add another point to my score, as I am trying to win my own >>> yacht from the MS 'Shop Your Customers for Profit' promotion". The next >>> thing I get is a phone call from a drone in Redmond. The call goes >>> something like this... >>> >>> Drone - "Mr. Powell, it has come to our attention that you just bought a >>> whizz-bang new Gateway PC without an OS. We will be sending the PC police >>> (http://www.bsa.org) over to make sure you bought a valid Windows licence >>> for that PC." >>> >>> Me - "Sod off ! It's running Linux." >>> >>> Question; can they still send the PC police round to check and see if I >>> actually have Linux on the box ? What about the other PCs here that may or >>> may not be running Windows ? Can they check those just because they're >>> here and they feel like it ? How about my friend's PC in the corner that I >>> will be upgrading with a new processor in a couple of days ? I don't know >>> if he has a valid Windows licence or not. I certainly can't produce one >>> for it myself. >>> >>> And finally, how long is this kind of behaviour going to be tolerated >>> before someone sees the light and puts a stop to this kind of thing ? >> >> Let the battle commence... >> >> Stuart. > >-- >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 and the >archives at http://lists.suse.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/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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RE: [SLE] experience with SuSE' eMail-Server II ?
by Florian Vigyikan 07 May '01

07 May '01

hi experts, just wanna thank you for all the helpful information you gave me regarding eMail-Server-II. thanks, thanks, thanks :-) -floh- > -----Original Message----- > From: Philipp Thomas [mailto:pthomas@suse.de] > Sent: Montag, 7. Mai 2001 01:38 > To: Florian Vigyikan > Cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] experience with SuSE' eMail-Server II ? > > > * Florian Vigyikan [Sun, 6 May 2001 14:15:39 +0200 ]: > > >has anyone experience and/or more detailed infos/specs about SuSE' > >eMail-Server II? unfortunately SuSE's webpage can't me help > good enough... > >very interesting would be to know how far the import of > exchange-data to > >eMail-Server II goes, if available/possible... > > I guess you've looked at http://www.suse.de/us/products/bizprod/imap . > For more detailed questions contact sales(a)suse.com or sales(a)suse.de. > > > -- > Penguins to save the dinosaurs > -- Handelsblatt on Linux for S/390 > > -- > 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 and the > archives at http://lists.suse.com >

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Microsoft Trolls For Informants
by Fred A. Miller 07 May '01

07 May '01

Microsoft Trolls For Informants Microsoft is coming under fire for a new program that promises prizes to computer-system builders who report customers ordering PCs without a pre-installed operating system. Microsoft unveiled the program in an E-mail apparently sent last week to system builders on the West Coast. The E-mail explains that the program is meant to insure compliance with software-licensing agreements. "Many organizations that are sending out bids believe that because they have enrolled in a Microsoft volume-license program... that operating systems for newly-acquired PCs are automatically enrolled," it reads. "There is no volume-licensing program at Microsoft that covers operating systems for new PCs." As such, Microsoft asks that the builders turn over suspect bids to them. If the bids are found to be due to a site-license violation, informants will earn one point for each PC specified on the bid. The points can then be redeemed for prizes--five Microsoft game titles for 250 points; a Fossil "Big Tic" watch for 500; and a "Fast Cook & Grill Combo and Travel Chair" for 1,000. Critics of Microsoft fear that the program will be used to track down or intimidate users of operating systems like Linux, who might order the machines "naked" in order to install the software themselves. "I think an argument exists that gathering information to [potentially] request an audit on businesses that choose not to buy Windows creates a chilling effect," wrote one poster on open-source advocacy site Slashdot.org. "I think it's pretty sleazy," says Andrew Grygus, owner of Automation Access, a systems integrator for small businesses. Grygus, who received the E-mail last Wednesday, says "Microsoft doesn't seem to have a lot of respect for people. He adds that Microsoft is being "heavy handed" in its efforts to enforce licenses, but he doesn't think the company is actually hunting Linux users. "I'm sure they'll be happy to get those names, though." Grygus says he won't participate in the program. "I have no inclination to turn in my customers." Representatives of Microsoft were unavailable for comment. - David M. Ewalt -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org

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MICROSOFT ADMITS FLAW IN WINDOWS 2000 SERVER SOFTWARE
by Fred A. Miller 07 May '01

07 May '01

MICROSOFT ADMITS FLAW IN WINDOWS 2000 SERVER SOFTWARE May 01, 2001 12:02 PM MICROSOFT ON TUESDAY acknowledged that an "extremely serious" flaw in an obscure extension included in Windows 2000 could allow a hacker to gain complete control of any system running both Windows 2000 and the company's Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 server. For Full Story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/01/010501hnmicroflaw.xml?050… -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm(a)cupserv.org

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OT- Installing Linus (sic)
by Terence McCarthy 07 May '01

07 May '01

Just got directed to this- you may also find it amusing. http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9470.html#subhead_5-9470 Terence

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HP Printer
by Stefaans Mostert 07 May '01

07 May '01

Hi eneyone installed the hp-driver sourcecode on suse yet?? want to do it and need advice Tnx Stefaans

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gtk_error
by Landy Roman 07 May '01

07 May '01

installing gtk 2.10 gives me this error glib installed fine Making install in po make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/po' if test -r ".././mkinstalldirs"; then \ .././mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share; \ else \ /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share; \ fi installing az.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ca.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing cs.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing da.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing de.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing el.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing es.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing et.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing eu.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing fi.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing fr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ga.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing gl.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing hr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing hu.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing it.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ja.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ko.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing lt.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing nl.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing no.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing nn.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing pl.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing pt.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing pt_BR.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ro.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing ru.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing sk.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing sl.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing sp.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sp/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing sr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing sv.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing tr.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing uk.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing vi.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing wa.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing zh_CN.GB2312.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/zh_CN.GB2312/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo installing zh_TW.Big5.gmo as /usr/local/share/locale/zh_TW.Big5/LC_MESSAGES/gtk+.mo if test "gtk+" = "gettext"; then \ if test -r ".././mkinstalldirs"; then \ .././mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gettext/po; \ else \ /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/gettext/po; \ fi; \ /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 ./Makefile.in.in \ /usr/local/share/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in; \ else \ : ; \ fi make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/po' Making install in gdk make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gdk' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gdk' /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/lib /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/ginstall -c libgdk.la /usr/local/lib/libgdk.la /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgdk-1.2.so.0.9.1 /usr/local/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0.9.1 (cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libgdk-1.2.so.0 && ln -s libgdk-1.2.so.0.9.1 libgdk-1.2.so.0) (cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libgdk.so && ln -s libgdk-1.2.so.0.9.1 libgdk.so) /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgdk.lai /usr/local/lib/libgdk.la /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgdk.a /usr/local/lib/libgdk.a ranlib /usr/local/lib/libgdk.a chmod 644 /usr/local/lib/libgdk.a PATH="$PATH:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Libraries have been installed in: /usr/local/lib If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and specify the full pathname of the library, or use `-LLIBDIR' flag during linking and do at least one of the following: - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable during execution - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable during linking - use the `-Wl,--rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf' See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdk.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdk.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdkcursors.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdkcursors.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdkrgb.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdkrgb.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdki18n.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdki18n.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdkkeysyms.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdkkeysyms.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdkprivate.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdkprivate.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdktypes.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdktypes.h /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 gdkx.h /usr/local/include/gtk-1.2/gdk/gdkx.h make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gdk' Making install in gtk make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gtk' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gtk' /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/lib /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/ginstall -c libgtk.la /usr/local/lib/libgtk.la /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1 /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1 (cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libgtk-1.2.so.0 && ln -s libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1 libgtk-1.2.so.0) (cd /usr/local/lib && rm -f libgtk.so && ln -s libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1 libgtk.so) /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgtk.lai /usr/local/lib/libgtk.la /usr/bin/ginstall -c .libs/libgtk.a /usr/local/lib/libgtk.a /usr/bin/ginstall: .libs/libgtk.a: Input/output error make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gtk' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landie/gtk+-1.2.10/gtk' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 -- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Sun May 6 17:05:00 EDT 2001

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