December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Experimenting with installing Suse on an old computer.
by Mark Gray 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

"Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas(a)tiscali.es> writes: > The 02.12.16 at 02:43, Mark Gray wrote: >>> What do you think, could it be possible to install suse 6.1 on that >>> machine? Should I try an older version? I think I have 5.2 somewhere. Or >>> should I try another type of distro? >> I use 'monkey' Linux on my 386SX-16 -- it is a 2.0.30 kernel, >> slackware derived UMSDOS based system. Both SuSE and Redhat use way >> too many bash scripts, which are excruciatingly slow on a 386SX-16. > Yes, booting the install is slow. I though of suse 6.1 because I have it > available. I had 5.2, but I can not find it. I must have something else on > those heaps of magazine's cds I have collecting dust. Wait until you get it installed and see how slow it is running all the SysV style init scripts to boot and shutdown :-) Once you have it booted up though (a half hour or so?) it should not be too bad. >> How much ram does it have? > Just 5 Mb. It is old and slow by present day standards, but it served me > well from 1991 till 1995 or later. A 386SX, 20Mhz, with coprocessor added > much later. The coprocessor is going to help things quite a bit -- my 386sx16 does not have one. If you just want to have a Unix on the machine, you also might look into Minix -- it is really quite zippy on a 386sx compared to Linux, especially with only 5Mb -- I have 10Mb, but 8Mb is on an ISA card which is three times slower than the 2Mb on the motherboard.

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Evolution 1.2.1
by arawak 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Does anyone run Evolution 1.2.1 on Suse 8.1 with out any problems...? I see that the one with 8.1 is only 1.0.8 & I would like to try out it's new features... Is there a possibility that by trying it out, it could make the desktop unstable? Has anyone had any snags in testing it out? Tia Dre

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Re: [SLE] Nvidia troubles
by bill brothers 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Gentlemen I do appreciate the help, however none of these hints have corrected my problem. When I did the procedure from the readme file I did get an error that /video was not a directory. Did I do something wrong or am I missing something? Thanks again Bill

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vmware
by caleb storms 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

anyone had any luck with vmware on 8.1 i'm having a heck of a time, keeps crashing when I start it. Caleb -- caleb storms <caleb(a)calebstorms.com>

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gcc 3.2
by DB Troll 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Has anyone had any luck getting gcc 3.2 or for that matter any gcc greater than 3.0 to work with 8.0. David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9/2/nJT2d2m/D74MRAqN6AKCbZdwNrjoHu8yVMvxkUao3VBG+8QCeL7A3 SZ5zPnBbJYqBGGiLe7f+yc8= =LZAW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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yast2 corruption
by Lawrence, BN (Bryan) 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi Folks I foolishly tried to update my suse stuff from the website recently, and all I achieved was to corrupt yast2 so that it can no longer do software updates and installs (it simply hangs). (I went to the website, grabbed everything that was a yast2 thing, and then tried to install them ... result chaos). Is there any easy way to simply remove all the yast2 components and reinstall them (I tried to rpm --erase the patches to yast2, but that didn't work). The only option I can think of is to rpm --erase everything with a yast in the title, and then go get all the yast2 rpms again ... If I do that will I complete waste my system? Anyone got a better idea? I have to say that redhat up2date works ... Thanks Bryan

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urgent --Please help...
by Law 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

hi guys, where is the kernel source (rpm or tar) for suse located? is it in the CD? I need kernel source of 2.4.7-64GB-SMP -Patrick

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hardrive maybe
by caleb storms 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

hey all. I've been getting a complete freeze on my system. X is stuck and my keybourd lights flash. I can't even ssh into the box to run top. I'm thinking it is the only ext2 harddrive, it only seems to happen when i'm reading or writting large files from that drive. Now I have everything backed up and am ready to switch out drives but I figured I would check and see if anyone has had a experiance like that and make sure i'm on the right track. My other drive is reiserfs by the way. thanks Caleb

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A new SuSE postnuke theme!
by Thomas Jones 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, I have been developing a SuSE oriented theme for the Postnuke Content Management System for the last four weeks. I constructed this theme based on my SuSE 8.1 Professional desktop. Currently, i am developing reources and content for my site....but intend to further construct the following: * another theme with a "keramik" orientation * a standard KDE theme - maybe classic * and a RedHat theme I would like for you all to navigate to my test server and check it out. Tell me what you think......give me some feedback. I have sent a request to SuSE for permission to release the theme......... given it contains their trademarks and copyrighted materials; but seems that they have disregarded my message. Hopefully, with enough hoop-la about this theme; we may be able to get it authorized. Possibly, placed in the next major release with a updated version of Postnuke! Thanks for your assistance fellow SuSE'ers!!!! ;) http://12.222.161.151/postnuke/ - -- Thomas Jones i-Null.com Network Administrator -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9/nT89w7alPkpvvsRAkzSAJoD1Y69YBqRxRhcZoPoPDjhIO5pCgCgjuvz r/fPaZgvrD4aL3UGhwBka6w= =Hhhp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nis doesn't automount
by fsanta 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi. I have a directory on the server called /home/invitado All I want to happen is that the directory /home/invitado is mounted on the client machine when a user logs in: /etc/auto.master /home /etc/auto.home -rw /etc/auto.home invitado 192.168.1.1:/home/& I go to yast and go through the nis setup for the server. On the client I use yast and check the automounter box. The user invitado appears on all the clients but it does not mount the user directory locally with the error: cannot write to directory /home/invitado Please, what am I doing wrong?

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