November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Gizmo for SuSE 9.3
by Alfredo Cole 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Hi: Is there a rpm package for SuSE 9.3? It seems to be targeted at debian-based systems only. Any other installation instructions would be welcome. Thank you. -- Alfredo J. Cole Grupo ACyC

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9.3 Review
by David Johanson 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Linux Magazine (Linux Pro in the US) has a 4 page review of the 9.3 release in the June 2005 issue, pgs 44-47. "Novell's Suse Linux 9.3 is a feature-rich, and robust Linux distribution. At first glance, the new version does not seem much changed from 9.2, but a lot of work has gone on under the hood. The distribution is definitely good for new users. If you already have Suse Linux 9.x or a similarly recent system, the update is only worth the effort if you are unhappy with your current setup. If you use external media on a regular basis, the update is definitely a good idea. . . . " dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe

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Re: [opensuse] support for hda=remap command
by David Flood 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Thank you sir. I will try that when I get home from work and let everyone know if it works. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke(a)gwdg.de> Sent: Nov 9, 2005 3:35 AM /etc/modprobe.conf.local is the right place for special module options, also for those which make it into initrd.

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New machine problems, looking for culprits
by Paul Alfille 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

A new AMD64 bit machine, new SUSE 9.3, should be heaven. Machine hangs after a few minutes of use, but I can't tell why. I hope someone recognizes a problem part so I can address it. Parts: Motherboard: Asus A8V-E includes: Disk controller: VIA SATA and IDE drives Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E gigabit sound, usb, firewire on board CPU: AMD Athlon64 XP3500+ Graphics: Gigabyte PCI-Express 6600GT (NX66T128D) Attempts: WinXP: Embarassingly stable. SuSE9.3 (64bit) crashes Fedora Core 4 64-bit crashes Ubantu64 crashes DamnSmallLinux (embedded under XP with QEMU) stable!!! Obviously SuSE is my choice. I keep trying online update, hoping that the system will stay up long enough to complete and that a fix is coming. Any thoughts? Paul Alfille

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ATI Drivers and SuSE 10
by William H Lugg 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Well, I just updated my 64-bit machine to SuSE 10. Wow, it couldn't have been easier! Except... I'm having trouble finding my way to the tools necessary to get the 3D video driver working for my ATI Radeon 9550 video card. The release notes when I did the upgrade indicated that I could use YOU, but I'm not seeing how that works. Alternatively, it seems like I should be able to point YaST to a site that has SuSE rpms for the driver. Where should I go to get the file(s) I need to get this beastie to working? Thanks. -- Bill Lugg Milstar Software Support Peterson AFB, CO

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Bug #105871 High speed USB storage device with low data rates
by Basil Chupin 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

It would appear that this bug was first detected on 19/08/05 and was eventually placed on high priority to be fixed in SuSE v10. Does anyone know when this bug WILL be fixed? I check for new fixes everyday and none have yet appeared. There is a "fix" for this bug (and it works well) but it only works for what are called pendisks or flashdisks or flash "sticks" but it does not solve the problem (unless one creates a separate file for each detected volume and loads the appropriate one at the right time) if one attaches to the USB port an external HD - like I have and which has 3 partitons all formatted in different colours (ntfs, FAT32, and reiserfs). Cheers. -- Don't argue with an idiot, people may not see the difference.

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Downgrading my Kernel
by John Meyer 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi, I need to downgrade my kernel so I can work with the debugger in Kylix. Does anybody know how I do this?

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gcc-g77 missing from SUSE10 DVD
by Terry Eck 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Am I blind or is the FORTRAN compiler missing from the latest 10.0 distribution. SuSE 9.3 contained the gcc-g77 rpm but I cannot seem to locate the similar rpm for SuSE 10.0. Can anyone help? I installed the ftp version and just purchased the boxed SuSE 10.0 hoping to install the FORTRAN compiler, no luck so far. Terry -- SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) -- 2.6.13-15-default -- Sat 11/26/05 11:30am up 1 day 1:07, 4 users, load average: 0.15, 0.05, 0.04

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Scanner on parallelport.
by Erik Jakobsen 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hi. Is it possible to get an old parallelsacnner to scan in SuSE 10.0 Eval ?. I have the impression, that its should be an USB or SCSC scanner. Erik Jakobsen

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help for sight impaired people
by Doug McGarrett 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Some weeks ago I inquired here about assistance for those who have difficulty seeing, as I am one, at present. I am effectively blind in the left eye and have cataract in the right. Some of this may be ameliorated in the future, some will probably not be. Nothing came back at all. The font in K-Mail out-going is about 8 point on my 17" screen, as is the font on the message names for the incoming mail. I have not been able to change this, altho the actual incoming message font I was successful in changing. I do not have access to my Windows machine at present, due to mechanical failure, and this is the only way I have to communicate. Is there no way to make SuSE Linux friendly to optically-challenged users? Please, someone, reply. --doug

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