June 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[OT] Very Funny - but long.
by Curtis Rey 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

Thank you "Digital Mage"! Who ever you are IBM: Trouble with Linux. Linux Users: Oh no - what kind of trouble? IBM: One on't shared codes gone owt askew on base code. Linux Users: Pardon? IBM: One on't shared codes gone owt askew on base code. Linux Users: I don't understand what you're saying. IBM: [slightly irritated and with exaggerated clear accent] One of the shared codes has gone out askew on the base code. Linux Users: Well what on earth does that mean? IBM: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble with Linux, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of SCO Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The door flies open and CEO Darl McBride of Santa Cruz enters, flanked by two junior members. Chris Sontag has goggles pushed over his forehead. Cardinal Fang is just Cardinal Fang] Darl McBride: NOBODY expects the SCO Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to money.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again. [The Inquisition exits] IBM: I didn't expect a kind of SCO Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The SCO Group burst in] Darl McBride: NOBODY expects the SCO Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to money, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn! [To Chris Sontag] I can't say it - you'll have to say it. Chris Sontag: What? Darl McBride: You'll have to say the bit about 'Our chief weapons are ...' Chris Sontag: [rather horrified]: I couldn't do that... [Darl McBride bundles them outside again] IBM: I didn't expect a kind of SCO Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [The SCO Group enter] Chris Sontag: Er.... Nobody...um.... Darl McBride: Expects... Chris Sontag: Expects... Nobody expects the...um...the SCO...um... Darl McBride: Inquisition. Chris Sontag: I know, I know! Nobody expects the SCO Inquisition. In fact, those who do expect - Darl McBride: Our chief weapons are... Chris Sontag: Our chief weapons are...um...er... Darl McBride: Surprise... Chris Sontag: Surprise and -- Darl McBride: Okay, stop. Stop. Stop there - stop there. Stop. Phew! Ah! ... our chief weapons are surprise...blah blah blah. Cardinal, read the charges. Fang: You are hereby charged that you did on diverse dates commit copyright infringement against the SCO Group. 'My old man said follow the--' Chris Sontag: That's enough. [To Linux Users] Now, how do you plead? Linux Users: We're innocent. Darl McBride: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! [DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER] Chris Sontag: We'll soon change your mind about that! [DIABOLICAL ACTING] Darl McBride: Fear, surprise, and a most ruthless-- [controls himself with a supreme effort] Ooooh! Now, Chris -- the rack! [Chris Sontag produces a plastic-coated dish-drying rack. Darl McBride looks at it and clenches his teeth in an effort not to lose control. He hums heavily to cover his anger] Darl McBride: You....Right! Tie them down. [Fang and Chris Sontag make a pathetic attempt to tie them on to the drying rack] Darl McBride:Right! How do you plead? Linux Users: Innocent. Darl McBride: Ha! Right! Chris, give the rack [oh dear] give the rack a turn. [Chris Sontag stands their awkwardly and shrugs his shoulders] Chris Sontag: I.... Darl McBride: [gritting his teeth] I *know*, I know you can't. I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted to try and ignore your crass mistake. Chris Sontag: I... Darl McBride: It makes it all seem so stupid. Chris Sontag: Shall I...? Darl McBride: No, just pretend for God's sake. Ha! Ha! Ha! [Chris Sontag turns an imaginary handle on the side of the dish-rack] [Cut to them torturing a man, Linus Torvalds] Darl McBride: Now, Linus -- you are accused of copyright infringement on three counts -- copyright infringement by thought, copyright infringement by word, copyright infringement by deed, and copyright infringement by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess? Linus Torvalds: I don't understand what I'm accused of. Darl McBride: Ha! Then we'll make you understand! Chris Sontag! Fetch...THE CUSHIONS! [JARRING CHORD] [Chris Sontag holds out two ordinary modern household cushions] Chris Sontag: Here they are, lord. Darl McBride: Now -- you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of copyright infringement, reject the works of Linux -- *two* last chances. And you shall be free -- *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance. Linus Torvalds: I don't know what you're talking about. Darl McBride: Right! If that's the way you want it -- Chris! Poke him with the soft cushions! [Chris Sontag carries out this rather pathetic torture] Darl McBride: Confess! Confess! Confess! Chris Sontag: It doesn't seem to be hurting him, lord. Darl McBride: Have you got all the stuffing up one end? Chris Sontag: Yes, lord. Darl McBride [angrily hurling away the cushions]: Hm! He is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang! Fetch...THE COMFY CHAIR! [JARRING CHORD] [Zoom into Fang's horrified face] Fang [terrified]: The...Comfy Chair? [Chris Sontag pushes in a comfy chair -- a really plush one] Darl McBride: So you think you are strong because you can survive the soft cushions. Well, we shall see. Chris Sontag! Put him in the Comfy Chair! [They roughly push him into the Comfy Chair] Darl McBride [with a cruel leer]: Now -- you will stay in the Comfy Chair until lunch time, with only a cup of coffee at eleven. [aside, to Chris Sontag] Is that really all it is? Chris Sontag: Yes, lord. Darl McBride: I see. I suppose we make it worse by shouting a lot, do we? Confess, man. Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Chris Sontag: I confess! Darl McBride: Not you! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1532217 ################################################################### Enjoy, Curtis.

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Re: [SLE] KDE -- the missing manual
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

GarUlbricht7(a)netscape.net wrote: >>On Saturday 14 June 2003 07:26, Peter Evans wrote: >> >>Hello. I'm a newbie (with Linux in general as well as SuSE 8.2 Personal >>in particular) and I have a pile of stupid questions.... ----snip--- Peter -- three other good sources for "help": The SuSE Support knowledgebase http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/ The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) http://www.tldp.org/ and one of my favorites is: "The Linux Cookbook" which although it was written for Debian I have found to be very helpful http://www.dsl.org/ HTH Gar (ps in my other post I didn't say "pin" is a "rpm" ditto "find-utils" --- but I am sure you guesssed that) __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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KDE -- the missing manual
by Peter Evans 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

Hello. I'm a newbie (with Linux in general as well as SuSE 8.2 Personal in particular) and I have a pile of stupid questions. (I hear a chorus of groans.) Before asking them, I'd like to RTFM, but I can't find it. What do I mean? Well, suppose that I use Kbear and can't figure it out. I take Kbear's "help" (or similarly named) menu option. That takes me to SuSE HelpCenter. Nothing there about Kbear, but I believe that Kbear is written for or as part of KDE, so I choose "Application Manuals | KDE". This leads me to a page that says enigmatically "SuSE HelpCenter / KDE / Application Manuals" (of which the last is a link). Clicking on "Application Manuals" takes me to another page that reads in full "SuSE HelpCenter / Application Manuals". No information. I don't yet use GNOME, but "Application Manuals | GNOME" takes me to a page that reads in full ""SuSE HelpCenter / GNOME". No information. "Application Manuals | Manpages" takes me to a blank page. OTOH, the link to "Bash Reference Manual" takes me to a Bash reference manual. What gives? Please KISCIS (keep it simple coz I'm stupid). Thank you!

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Re: [SLE] KDE -- the missing manual
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

>On Saturday 14 June 2003 07:26, Peter Evans wrote: > >Hello. I'm a newbie (with Linux in general as well as SuSE 8.2 Personal >in particular) and I have a pile of stupid questions. (I hear a chorus >of groans.) Before asking them, I'd like to RTFM, but I can't find it. > >What do I mean? Well, suppose that I use Kbear and can't figure it out. >I take Kbear's "help" (or similarly named) menu option. That takes me to >SuSE HelpCenter. Nothing there about Kbear, but I believe that Kbear is >written for or as part of KDE, so I choose "Application Manuals | KDE". >This leads me to a page that says enigmatically "SuSE HelpCenter / KDE / >Application Manuals" (of which the last is a link). Clicking on >"Application Manuals" takes me to another page that reads in full "SuSE >HelpCenter / Application Manuals". No information. > >I don't yet use GNOME, but "Application Manuals | GNOME" takes me to a >page that reads in full ""SuSE HelpCenter / GNOME". No information. > >"Application Manuals | Manpages" takes me to a blank page. > >OTOH, the link to "Bash Reference Manual" takes me to a Bash reference >manual. > >What gives? > >Please KISCIS (keep it simple coz I'm stupid). Thank you! > Peter--- you said you are a new user to SuSE 8.2 personal I have 8.2 but not loaded yet --- I am still running 8.0 but I suspect you haven't loaded your help data yet. Go to your (Yast2) control center it's a listed on the "drop up" menu --- at bottom left menu bar of your screen when the control center opens go about half way down to "help" click on that - which should give you "SuSE" click on that --- it will open up a window which takes "administrator' privileges to run click on administrator -- and enter your root password (select everything) it will then load all sorts of good help stuff ---- also read Togan's manual: "Unofficial SuSE FAQ" http://dinamizm.ath.cx/ you can also find things for each package under: file:/usr/share/doc/packages which you can open w/Konqueror man (commmand) usally give good info (if the man pages for a command aren't on your machine yet, google for them) IMNSHO, if you haven't put "pin" (Package InformatioN) on your machine, do so. Also "locate" which is part of "findutils-locate" for 8.2 Hope this helps Gar __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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Re: [SLE] RE: SuSE uptime
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

"Christopher D. Reimer" <creimer(a)rahul.net> wrote: >On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Martin wrote: > >> Is there any way to check what is the SuSE total >> uptime since last reboot? If so would that include >> suspend time? > >At the console prompt, just type: uptime > >I don't know about suspend time since my linux box is always on. > >Christopher Reimer > man uptime: UPTIME(1) Linux User's Manual UPTIME(1) NAME: uptime - Tells how long the system has been running. SYNOPSIS: uptime uptime [-V] DESCRIPTION: uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been runing, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averagse for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. This is the same information contained in the header line displayed by w(1) (snip) (from man pages it doesn't appear that "suspend time" is kept by "uptime' or "w" -- but their probably is another command to get that...) HTH ~Gar __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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Toshiba Portege Tablet
by Shane Broomhall CCI (Aust) 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

HI All, I have just got a new Toshiba Portege Tablet laptop. I am wondering if anyone has had any experiences with getting Linux to work on this. I last puchased 7.3 and have not updated since then. I am keen to buy the latest suse, if it will work on this laptop. Any input will be appreciated. Cheers Shane Broomhall Brisbane Aust.

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another evolution issue
by illustre 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

got a error saying summary view quit you will have to start evolution now summary pane does not work

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good article
by illustre 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003061400426OPSWLL

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RE: SuSE uptime
by Martin 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

Is there any way to check what is the SuSE total uptime since last reboot? If so would that include suspend time? Thx, Martin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

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evolution
by illustre 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

evolution seems to take long en generating message list from folder to folder any tweaking?

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