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K3b doesn't see my DVD drive for input
by Michael Satterwhite 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Running SuSE 8.1, k3b 0.7 under KDE 3.0.5, I was going to copy a data CD. When I select "Copy CD", I see my CD writer both in the input and output dropdowns. The CD writer is the only option in the drop down - the DVD drive on my system (which is working perfectly in other apps) isn't even available. In the Tree View on the left side of the screen, both drives are shown, but if I select the DVD drive, k3b reports "Sorry, K3b was not able to retrieve disk information." Doesn anyone know how to get K3b to see my DVD drive? tia -- Penguins eat butterflies, don't they?

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RE: [SLE] netscape & konqueror, and plugins
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Thanks! I'll take a look when I get to work tomorrow. It really shouldn't be this hard....:) Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ----------------------------------------------------- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -----Original Message----- From: Pagan [mailto:ambrosius@mailandnews.com] Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 6:26 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] netscape & konqueror, and plugins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well I had the same troubles... when ya updated to Netscape 7.0x they no longer supply the jre plugin. visit Sun's java site to downloa dn install it... A word to you regarding the installation of the plugin for Netscape. In the destination directory jre2-1.4.1_02 or similiar is a controlpanel executable there are commandline options to install the plugin in Netscape... I forget them offhand but I found the info on Sun's java site... Pagan On Thursday 03 April 2003 14:18, Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com wrote: > At work we have a web-based application (the GUI is a java applet) that > I have never been able to open it in Konqueror because it is "unable to > open the netscape plugin...". I have configured konq to find the paths > to the plugins, but it still gives the same error. > > I used to be able to open it in Netscape. But after I updated to 7.02, > I could no longer open the app in Netscape either. It keeps telling > me I need to download the JRE and install the java plugin. Which > I already had of course. > > How do I get Netscape to recognize the java plugin again? > Or, how do I get Konqueror to work with the netscape plugin? > > TIA, > > Mike > --------------------------------- > Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com > --------------------------------- > Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harold AKA Pagan pagan(a)nordaki.net http://www.nordaki.net/~pagan (L)ICQ Number: 171264067 Distro: SuSE Linux Professional Registered Linux User:216397 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+kKmN9EKgVX3zIJ4RAp8tAJ4jJGBVY5k8lSED8tolU2NP6JjKqwCgj7GP qCz/sjih9NjitRfusNzJbqY= =W3uT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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netscape & konqueror, and plugins
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

At work we have a web-based application (the GUI is a java applet) that I have never been able to open it in Konqueror because it is "unable to open the netscape plugin...". I have configured konq to find the paths to the plugins, but it still gives the same error. I used to be able to open it in Netscape. But after I updated to 7.02, I could no longer open the app in Netscape either. It keeps telling me I need to download the JRE and install the java plugin. Which I already had of course. How do I get Netscape to recognize the java plugin again? Or, how do I get Konqueror to work with the netscape plugin? TIA, Mike --------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com --------------------------------- Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while.

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{OT} Seti @ home has security exploit, fixed vers available
by Peter B Van Campen 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

Dear Listees, I know many of us use Seti @ home. Today there is an article at Slashdot http://slashdot.org that tells about a security exposure in existing clients. They also have links to the fixed versions. The fis for SuSE and Linux in genereal is very simple: Get it, extract it, delete the old one and copy the new one into the setiathome directory. PeterB -- -- Proud to be a SuSE Linux User since 5.2 Do NOT buy Fujitsu Drives! --

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location of mouse inputdevice configuration file
by Harry G 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

On 8.1, where is it located? TIA Harry G

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re[4]: [SLE] The Linux / Unix Mentality
by Greg Freemyer 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

>> >>The major corporation approved choices for a Java Server platform: >> >>Solaris (Sun), Redhat, SuSE. >> >>Note the absence of MS in that list. >> This is no surprise. Microsoft got into a big law suit with >> Sun over this very issue. I think Microsoft considers Sun's Java a >> threat to its big .NET enterprise. >> ~~Nick I was surprised. There is no indication I know of that Sun is considering dropping MS support, so why should our customer care what MS thinks. Today we use WinNT/IIS/Tomcat/Sun's JRE with a MsSQL back-end. I fully expected to just have to upgrade the OS to W2K, thus saving admin training costs. (We have 2 full-time admins for the project.) Instead, they want us to change OS/webserver, and Ms-SQL use is "discouraged". A Oracle web-farm running on a Linux cluster is supposed to be available in the data-center as an alternative shortly!! Greg -- Greg Freemyer

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RE: re[2]: [SLE] The Linux / Unix Mentality
by Nicholas Parsons 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

Hi there -- >>You are kidding right? >>From a server perspective, Linux is a major player today, not in x >>years. You are right from a server perspective. I guess I was referring to it as a standard desktop OS, like Windows or OSX. >>You need to read some of Fred's postings. They are very >>informative, and many talk about corporate acceptance. I'm the only one at my company who uses linux on the job. Everyone else is using windows 2000 professional. >>Oracle has announced plans for 100% elimination of Sun Servers in >>favor of Linux. I'm not a big fan of Oracle. I think they charge too much money for "bells and whistles". >>Many major corporations have also made very public statements about >>there plan to use the 2.6.x kernel for core systems. Thats great, I hope that linux takes over as predominant OS in the workplace. >>Personally, my company's main customer is major automotive >>manufacturer. >>We implemented a Java Servlet based system in 1999. >>In 1999, we were given one choice: WinNT >>I am currently under a corporate deadline to move off of WinNT (MS >>is ending support July 1). >>The major corporation approved choices for a Java Server platform: >>Solaris (Sun), Redhat, SuSE. >>Note the absence of MS in that list. This is no surprise. Microsoft got into a big law suit with Sun over this very issue. I think Microsoft considers Sun's Java a threat to its big .NET enterprise. ~~Nick _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Re: [SLE] xine-ui frontend ./configure error
by fsanta 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

On Sunday 06 April 2003 21:02, you wrote: > Op zondag 6 april 2003 17:08, schreef fsanta: > > But is that just a cop out? > > What's a cop out and what do you want to install? Sorry. Stupid English americanism. Cop out means 'easy option'. In 6.2 you did ./configure, make and make install and it ran. Probably. Things seem to have got more complex in the 8.1 days. Getting all the stuff to compile xine from source took me six hours. But I learned an awful lot in the process and went to sites I'd never normally visit terminated eventually by your apt stuff. And curl. So the cop out in this case would be to get the rpm's, yast and go. If they exist. I suspect that they do. But please don't tell me!

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re[2]: [SLE] The Linux / Unix Mentality
by Greg Freemyer 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

>> Yes, linux has definitely matured but is still considered by >> most to be a hobby OS. This may change within the next 10 or so >> years. You are kidding right? >From a server perspective, Linux is a major player today, not in x years. You need to read some of Fred's postings. They are very informative, and many talk about corporate acceptance. Oracle has announced plans for 100% elimination of Sun Servers in favor of Linux. Many major corporations have also made very public statements about there plan to use the 2.6.x kernel for core systems. Personally, my company's main customer is major automotive manufacturer. We implemented a Java Servlet based system in 1999. In 1999, we were given one choice: WinNT I am currently under a corporate deadline to move off of WinNT (MS is ending support July 1). The major corporation approved choices for a Java Server platform: Solaris (Sun), Redhat, SuSE. Note the absence of MS in that list. Greg -- Greg Freemyer

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How to set up and use a Backpack CD-R with SuSE 8.1?
by tauzero.com/suse 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

I have a Backpack CD-R, which I want to use with paride. Anyone else set one of these up?

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