December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [SLE] SuSE/Linux Ping vs DOS Ping
by James D. Parra 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> > All I can think of is that there must be some minor difference > between SuSE pings (or perhaps Linux pings in general) and DOS/Win > pings that doesn't matter to most networks, but *does* matter for > some > reason to this piece of industrial hardware. > Thoughts? I have noticed that some routers drops UDP data grams resulting in lost information during Linux ping and traceroute requests. These lost packets didn't occur with the DOS equivalents of the same commands. The manufacture of the router sent me a beta firmware that resolved the problem. Possibly, your equipment is also dropping UDP data grams. ~James

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Re: [SLE] Straw Poll: Has GNU/Linux Replaced Windows on Your Boxes?
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> This is just a straw poll. Do i have to be a cow to answer? > I'd be curious to know how many people are > running a pure GNU/Linux environment - SUSE or otherwise. If your job > requires Windows, and you don't own the business, don't include that. > Please include: > > <> Number of GNU/Linux boxes vs. Windows boxes (personal or SOHO use) Linux - 1. > <> Systems configured to dual-boot (only if Windows is rarely used) Win/Suse - 1 > <> Any reasons why you still keep a Windows box or copies of Windows around I use windows for video editing and maintaining old VB apps. > <> Length of time you've been Windows-free On the laptop - 2 months. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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KDE translucency enablement
by Cameron Seader 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Greetings, How do you enable the translucency, I have gone into the Control Center under Desktop > Window Behavior and enabled it there, but what else needs to be done, because that apparently does not do it. -Cameron

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Latest Thunderbird and Firefox for SUSE?
by Shriramana Sharma 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Firefox 1.5 Final is released. I hope we will soon have a SUSE RPM to upgrade. Thunderbird 1.07 was released long ago but the SUSE FTP folders have only the 1.06 version. I presume the SUSE developers will release a SUSE RPM soon after the 1.5 Final version is released (- currently 1.5RC1 is out). Shriramana.

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RE: [SLE] SUSE 10 DVD
by Falcon, George 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

A few of us are "gecko geekos". =============================================== George Falcon, Sr. Systems Engineer, GEICO Chevy Chase, MD. The opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the policies of my employer or Berkshire Hathaway. =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: James Knott [mailto:james.knott@rogers.com] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:33 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SUSE 10 DVD lof wrote: > ÔÚ Thursday 01 December 2005 05:58£¬James Knott Ð´µÀ£º >> Gecko??? I thought it was Geeko. ;-) > Oh, sorry ,it is Geeko, but I cannot look up this word from my > dictionary. But why replace "c" with "e" ? Any story ? or this is not a English word? > Sorry, just having a bit of fun. Traditionally, people who were interested in computers were known as "Geeks". ;-) -- 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 ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message.

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Grub suddenly crashed...
by Sergey Mkrtchyan 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi all!! My SuSE 10.0 suddenly crashed. I have a dual booting machine and it gives me an "Error 16" when trying to load Grub. I booted from SuSE Linux CD and choosed "Resque System". Than I checked my partitions with command "cfdisk" so I noticed that my windows is on hda1 and hda5, and I have hda6 for Linux and hda7 for Linux Swap. When I mount for example "mount /dev/hda1 somefolder" or "mount /dev/hda5 somefolder" it goes well, but when I mount "mount /dev/hda6 somefolder" it says : "Mount: Operation Not Supported" Have anybody got some ideas? P.S. I installed Linux from DVD , but booted the resque from the 5CD versions CD1, maybe the problem is in that? Though I doubt it Thanks in advance

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SUSE 10 DVD
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Just FYI, my copy of Linux Magazine arrived today. It includes the full (not OSS) DVD of SUSE Linux 10.0. Now, if someone would kindly tell me why the Chameleon is named "geeko." -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Re: [SLE] SUSE 10 DVD
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:33:47 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: > > >> Now, if someone would kindly tell me why the Chameleon is named > >> "geeko." > > > >I suppose it is a pun on the name of the gecko which is a > >Chameleon-like animal found at least in California. > > Wrong :) We had a public naming contest four or five years ago and geeko > was the name that won. Ahh, okay, thank you. I am glad to hear that was the reason. Since I started with SuSE a few years ago and noticiting that SUSE 10 continues with the chameleon, I often wondered why a chameleon would be named like a gecko. Of course, IMO, geckos are far more pleasing to the eye than chameleons. :P -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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3DLabs Wildcat 4210 and X
by Rikard Johnels 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello all! I just got a what i believe is a 3D Labs Wildcat card in a older SGI box. At least that is what the info on the machine said was in there... Can i get it to run anything than VESA 800x600? I cant seem to find any modules for that card. lspci shows: 01:00:00 VGA compatible controller: Intergraph Corporation Sun Expert3D-Lite Graphics Accelerator (rev 64) SaX2 says its a vesa card. And only gives me 800x600@16 bpp and i know for sure the card can do 1600x1200 Anyone running such beast under X? -- -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Press release from Novell about KDE/Gnome
by Kevanf1 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I've just got this in a newsletter direct form Novell. It should ease everybody's mind...I hope. KDE and GNOME There has been a lot of debate over the last few days in the media and on message boards about what is happening regarding GNOME vs. KDE at Novell. Here's the situation. All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. In upcoming versions of Novell enterprise applications, the default desktop environment will be GNOME. When customers install Novell Linux products, they will be given the option to choose either the GNOME or KDE environment during the installation process. If the user makes no explicit choice, GNOME will be installed. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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