May 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

LPI certification study guides
by Togan Muftuoglu 11 May '01

11 May '01

Hi everyone, I am interested in getting LPI certification I have taken a look to the LPI site and I have a basic understanding of the objectives and the questions. I would like to get some further info if possible recommended books (reading the How To's and man pages is something I have already started yet the howtos are so RH oriented most of the things are already done in SuSE :-) so it does not improve my learning curve) TIA -- Togan Muftuoglu

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Searchable archive of this list?
by Vetter, Gary H. 11 May '01

11 May '01

Is there a searchable archive of this list somewhere? Thanks, Gary

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How do I configure the gui login for all the WMs?
by Curtis Rey 11 May '01

11 May '01

I have updated GNOME and when I go to log in I only get a list of Window mgrs like kde, twm fvwm, etc. I would like to add kde1 and Gnome and "default but have been unsuceessful. How do I do this, what program do I need to run or file do I edit? Thanx. Curtis Rey (aka crrey)

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Difficulties with a DiamondMax VL 40 Ultra DMA 100
by Rafael Herrera 11 May '01

11 May '01

I'm trying to install this 40 GB ide drive into a Vectra VLi8. The (up to date) BIOS can't auto detect it and according to the manufacturer I must use C/H/S=16383,16,63 in the BIOS. The true numbers are C/H/S=79408,16,63. I've used the forced numbers, but I only see 8.4 GB. Worse, even if I use that setting, I can't get mke2fs to work: # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 mke2fs: No such device or address while trying to determine filesystem size I have tried passing the kernel parameter: hdb=79408,16,63. Created a partition and still the same problem. Can someone make a suggestion? -- Rafael

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SuSE and webcams... Inexpensive yet decent hardware?
by Geordon VanTassle 11 May '01

11 May '01

DOes anyone have any recomentations on inexpensive webcam hardware and associated software? I'm in the thinking stages and would appreciate hearing experiences. TIA Geordon

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Re: [SLE] Linux Commercial Idea
by Purple Shirt 11 May '01

11 May '01

With all respect to your efforts. I don't like it much. It makes one think people use Linux because Microsoft is no good. In fact I might have had this reason to switch to Linux more than 2 years ago but I changed my mind. I use Linux today because I enjoy the GPL. The GPL is good for the people. I think centering around how Microsoft again is bad doesn't cut Linux any slack. This is what is wrong with Linux lately. We are getting off track with what Linux what meant for. You see guys like Love talk about how the GPL is not as good for business. http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2717264,00.html Well damn me. The GPL was not written for SuSE or Caldera to make lots of dough. The GPL was written for the people to become free from corporate power. I don't mind if SuSE makes a profit. But I don't want to replace one corp with another. I favor the non-profit GPL software way. Besides its a commercial in the truest sense. It expresses something which isn't there. Linux has its flaws. A commercial with a white vest is an overstatement. That is why I don't try talking people into Linux anymore. People have to make the decision on their own. They have to make an effort to understand the psychology behind free software and why it is good for them. Hmmmm, vmware 2.0.4, pdflib, more problems And I still use it because it is mostly GPL software which I enjoy using. Actually I got no clue why I tried installing vmware on this machine because it doesn't even have Windows on it. Maybe I just wanted to see if vmware would start after installing. It failed. Once again closed source software failing on me. God knows whose to blame. Overall I don't use Linux because Windows doesn't do me any good. I use Linux because of the freedom it gives me through its non-restrictive license. I know fewer people will jump ship for that reason but it doesn't matter to the ones who are already sailing on this boat. Basically I am waking up to the idea that SuSE is already doing what Love talked about. Licensing corporate property in a different fashion than the GPL. I am coming to think YaST being closed source is not the way I want it to be. Now people have their own opinions if yast should or should not be GPL'd. It might mean that SuSE cannot sustain a death. Who knows. Fact is I prefer the GPL because we have seen what good it does for the people. You know I love Linux. I got my mother in Germany. She is 51 years old. She only owns a 486 with 8 meg of ram from like 1991. I remember this machine well. It was my first computer when I was a kid. We paid like 5000 DM back then for this thing. I always hated my dad for not consulting me first because I thought we could get it cheaper. She called me the other day and said she hadn't even turned this thing on since Y2K. I was half laughing and said she should try because I'd love to see if it still functions (DOS with fully featured editor and Norton Commander. Hmmmmmm =) But ok so she says that she wants to get a computer next year so she can communicate with me over the net easier. She waited so long because its so expensive in Germany and there is no good net access (broadband). Now she will ask me for advice on what to buy. I probably suggest she get a machine from km-elektronik.de but what OS should I suggest. She hasn't used a PC since the DOS (with GUI) days basically. I can't go over there and install Linux for her and much less spend a month or so holding her hand and teaching her how to work that console =) I don't know if I should tell her to get that PC bare and be a rebel and go out and buy SuSE and some German Linux books and install it herself. Or should I revert to the fact that yes Windows may be a better solution in some instances. This is a tough decision for me because on the one hand I got GPL software I love and want to promote but on the other hand I got my mother who I don't want to disappoint either. It's something that bogs my mind. This is another reason why I wish every Linux software company was bought out by some hardware vendor. It would take care of starter troubles and support by itself. If you buy IBM you get IBM Linux preinstalled. If you buy VA Linux you get VA Linux preinstalled. If you buy HP you get HP Linux preinstalled. If you buy Dell........well then you still get Windows preinstalled. But if this was the case at least I had more trust that Linux would work for a person like my mother right out of the box. I think this could truly kill Linux. We are in this stage where Linux is slouching at the bottom of the pit. It used to be hacker land. Nobody paid attention. It would improve and nobody paid attention. Today it improves but journalists rip it left and right. It has a tough time holding its water. Every shit Linus takes ends up on the front pages. Every time KDE releases a version we got a war at hand. Every time Gnome releases a version we got a war at hand. What to hell ever happened to freedom and peace? I don't think Linux will ever make it this way. I am waiting and waiting and waiting for some company to make a true commitment. A company like IBM. Buy a Linux company and preinstall Linux. I know they spend a billion on development but a lot of shit gets developed these days but never makes it into production. Every one of these hardware vendors is in wait and see mode even IBM. To get to the general public you have to preinstall. It's never going to happen the way we are doing it now. It is much rather that it hurts the ones who are already using Linux because they have to read about it every day in the news how "Linux is great but its still not there." Not there? It's there for me since 2 years. God I babble... mk >From: Steven Hatfield <ashari(a)knightswood.net> >Reply-To: ashari(a)knightswood.net >To: "SuSE Mailing List" <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> >Subject: [SLE] Linux Commercial Idea >Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:18:20 -0400 > >Hey all, >I was just dorking around this afternoon, talking with a friend and we came >up with a possible Linux Commercial idea together. Take a look at: >http://www.knightswood.net/~ashari/commercial.html > >Not that we're in advertising or anything, but it still sounds pretty good >to >us :) > >What do you think? > >Take care, >-Steven > >-- >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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KDE2 updates for SuSE 7.1
by Steven Hatfield 11 May '01

11 May '01

Hi all, I see on the LinuKS service webpage at "http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/LinuKS/i386/update_for_7_1/index.html" that there are links to "updated" KDE2 packages. I was wondering -- there seems to be a new set of these packages every week, ie. a new kdeadmin 2.1.1 RPM on Apr 17th, and then one again on Apr 28th (dates are approximate). What is changing in these? Isn't KDE2.1.1 now stable and unchanging? Or is SuSE making changes/incorporating new CVS code into the packages? Should I upgrade to these "new" packages, or are they just the same as the old packages with the 2.1.1 version number that I installed earlier? What's the scoop? Thanks for any info. -Steven

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Frustrated after updating to KDE 2.1.1 on suse 7.1
by Rafael Herrera 11 May '01

11 May '01

hi, I've just made a fresh install of suse 7.1 and updated inmediately to KDE 2.1.1 and XF86 4.0.3. After creating a few accounts, all logins get stuck whith the message "Initializing peripherals". It happens when using KDM. If I use startx from the cosole, the desktop loads fine. It is very frustrating, every update i've made has had problems related to KDM, not only in 7.1, but in 7.0 too. Has anybody seen this behavior? If so, what can be fixed? Thanks. -- Rafael

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Re: [SLE] SuSE Books
by b stephen harding 11 May '01

11 May '01

At 02:55 PM 10/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I don;t know if they ship to other countries, or what the shipping time is >(nor relative cost) but http://www.bookpool.com has excellent prices on >technical books. In Ottawa there is a Discount Computer Bookstore called "Computer Books for Less" www.computerbooksforless.com They discount all books up to 25% off. This is a shameless plug cause I work there. Check out our price you will find them very reasonable. b stephen harding Black & White Rhino Press ----------------------------------------------- "A man is involved in life, leaves his impression on it, and outside of that there is nothing." Jean-Paul Satre The Contemporary World

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{OT} Mixing audio from 2 SuSE systems into 1 speaker system
by Peter B. Van Campen 10 May '01

10 May '01

Hello to all, sorry to be OT, but thought that these lists might have someone that knows how to: Combine the audio outputs of 2 different SuSE Linux 7.1 PCs into an amplified speaker system? I have tried using a simple Y-adapter on the speaker (Yamaha) input but this causes a lot of HUM and seems to have burned out one sound card! Has anyone done this? Thanks to all ....................... PeterB -- =============================== Peter B.Van Campen Peter_B(a)vancampen.org =============================== -- <<Gnu is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX>>

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