October 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

So who's shipping 9.2 NOW?
by David Krider 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

I've seen lots of messages that people are getting it. Are these hit-and-miss, or are tier-1 suppliers shipping 9.2 (update) as of right now? The SuSE shop doesn't indicate that they are shipping, nor does Amazon. Regards, dk

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new v9.2 is out
by Gary 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Just announced on /. "Novell have issued a press release announcing SUSE Linux 9.2. The new version comes with kernel 2.6, KDE 3.3, Gnome 2.6 and features (amongst other things) enhanced wireless support as well as Evolution 2.0 with Groupwise / Exchange connectivity. The WYSIWYG web development tool Nvu is also included. The new release is expected to hit the retail shelves in early November." -- Gary

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DVD to VCD
by News＠Linsoft 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Hello Who can i convert my DVD to VCD. DVD is some near about 1.3 GB and I want it to get converted to 2 VCDs. How can I do that ?? Is there any application in Linux. In K3b how can i part 1 DVD into 2 VCDs. with Rgrds kanak kanak.patel(a)linsoftindia.org

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Lost network connection -- how to diagnose?
by Paul W. Abrahams 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Yesterday I did a Yast online update, which seemed to go uneventfully. However, it included a new version of the kernel, with the note that I should reboot the system after the install was completed. I did so but then (as I remember) walked away from the machine and left it running overnight without doing anything more. Today I came back to find that I had no network connection -- all addresses were unreachable. The little light next to the ethernet jack was on, and the lights on the hub to which the machine directly connects were also on. I tried (in Yast) uninstalling and reinstalling the network interface card; that had no effect. I can think of four possible causes for the failure: 1. The Ethernet hardware failed some time during the night. 2. There's a cabling problem (other machines on the net are working fine). 3. There's a software problem induced by the online update. 4. There's some other software problem. Any suggestions on how to go about diagnosing the failure? Paul Abrahams

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Great Idea
by David Herman 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Having just deleted more than half of todays messages to the list because they were OT (although most not marked as such) I had an Idea, Recently someone mentioned (on this list) that the SuSE-ot list is fairly low volume. Since there seems to be no stopping people making OT posts and continuing OT threads on this list maybe everyone that subscribes to this list for the purpose of asking questions about and using SuSE Linux could move over to the low volume (OT) list and leave this list for those that really should be posting on the other list. No-one will be the wiser because if they were on the OT list where they belong they wouldn't be posting here. To paraphrase Loydd Bridges from the movie "Airplane" "I chose a bad month to quit drinking" :-( If anyone is interested (which I'm afraid they are not) The SuSE-Linux-e faq that we all recieved when we signed up had this to say about (OT) off topic posts... A17. Sorry, we really have no choice. We've asked nicely over the years for people to take their off-topic threads elsewhere in the interestof keeping the messages per day on SLE under 200 and, well, that just didn't work. We now have a list, suse-ot, that's devoted solely to off-topic discussions. That's right, all off-topic all the time. Email suse-ot-subscribe(a)suse.com to subscribe. See ya -- dh

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LDAP vs. NIS Question
by Web Developer 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

The new 9.2 manual addresses the very question I was about to pose to the list - whether to use LDAP or NIS. It just seems to me to make sense to implement NFS, and use PAM/LDAP for user authentication & directory service. If that doesn't make sense, I'd love to hear why not. Put another way, is there a good argument to use NIS in favor of LDAP? Any other issues I should be aware of here? Thanks, Don -- Web Developer Matheteuo Christian Fellowship webdev(a)matheteuo.org http://matheteuo.org/ Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime!

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Differense between suse Personal and suse Pro
by Georgi Ivanov 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Hello, What is the difference between Suse Personal and Suse Pro ? Are there development tools in personal edition ?

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SuSE 9.2 and running Windows programs under WINE
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

Hi all, Looking to visit my local SuSE supplier in the next week or so to possibly pickup my own copy of 9.2, BUT, I will only do so if the GUI ability to setup the WINE system, under KDE, to run Windows programs is there. I have read that Quicken is supported under WINE and whilst I know there are Linux alternatives, the few I have tried are not as user friendly. Please do let me know what results you have on running Windows apps on Linux. -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================

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SUSE now on Dell
by Allen 02 Nov '04

02 Nov '04

I just read an article showing SUSE Linux is now going too be on Dell systems, and won't cost more like it used too over RedHat, as they made you pay for custom options. One step forward again, good job Dell.

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Kmail files
by Dennis J. Tuchler 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

where are the kmail files (e.g.address book) located under SuSE? dj tuchler

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