November 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Is this list obsolete?
by Martin Mielke 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hello Chris, NNTP is not that new... and, as you correctly say, it has strong and weak points. Anyway, as for your last question, a simple google search will take you to: http://www.suse.com/en/private/support/online_help/mailinglists/index.html Happy (un)subscribing! HTH, Martin ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Carlen <crobc(a)sbcglobal.net> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 5:59:16 PM Subject: [opensuse] Is this list obsolete? Hi: With the new NNTP based support forums, is this list obsolete? Ie, are all the messages here correlated with one or another of the forums? If so, which ones? It can be disadvantageous when there are so many sub-categories of NNTP forums, because each one carries only a subset of the community, and thus the probability of having one's post read by an interested party is less than with a less subdivided arrangement. For this reason, perhaps this list is still advantageous? Hmm, browsing the Novell site, I don't even see this list mentioned anymore. It appears to all have been transfered to NNTP/HTTP. Is there a link for subscribing to email lists anymore? Thanks for comments. Good day! -- _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen crobc(a)bogus-remove-me.sbcglobal.net SuSE 9.1 Linux 2.6.5 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] LCD with CRT on laptop
by Simon Roberts 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi all, I'm using SuSE 10.1 on a laptop, and I do a lot of presentations. I would like to have both the LCD and the external (VGA) monitor output working simultaneously all the time, or have an easy way to switch the external monitor output on and off. As a complication, my system currently crashes if I change video mode! Here's what I have so far. If I boot without an external monitor connected, and attempt to use the (BIOS defined??) hot key sequence to toggle the external display, nothing happens. If I boot with an external monitor connected, the external display is driven, and the LCD panel is shut off. I can't use the hot-key sequence to reactivate the panel (very irritating as the projector screen is usually behind me!) On an older laptop by the same manufacturer (Toshiba) I found that if I booted with the external display connected, but then disconnected it after GRUB had done its thing, then plugged it back in after the login screen, then both screens would be live. This doesn't happen on the newer machine. Most recently, I used SaX to try to enable "DualHead" mode. That has been partially successful. What I expected was two displays "side by side" with the mouse running between them. What I got is both displays running (at different resolutions) but showing identical output. Sounds good, right? Well only to a point. The problem with this arrangement is that if I boot with the external display connected, all works great, but despite the amount of time I work in this mode, I still use the system more without an external display connected. If I boot without an external display, the LCD never powers up! So I can't see anything, and I can't even try to logout or shutdown the system... I have to force it off with the power switch (thank heavens for journaling file systems!) Any suggestions? TIA Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] lists search engine (was: all threads on one page)
by Dominique Leuenberger 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 23-11-2006 16:49:22 <<< > Hi, > > On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 14:53:33, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Wednesday 2006-11-22 at 13:26 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote: > > > > > Why dont you use the search that is provided to find the thread and > then > > > cklick trough it on the left hand thread navigation? > > > > Some of my searchs failed on one criteria, and I had to search using > > another. > > Okay i think i need to work on the search engine a bit more. Are there > any specific criteria you would like to limit the search for[1]? For > now > i have > > From > Subject > Year & Month > > Do we need more? > > Henne > Henne, I think body can be quiet usefull in some cases, as you don't always remember the subject and when it was. suggestions? Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Using EVMS for disk management
by Alexander Usov 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi! I am going to install a new development machine soon. Right now I am trying to plan it's configuration. The machine is going to have 3 hard discs (partially) joined into one big soft-RAID5 volume for things like /home, /usr and virtual machines and with /boot & swap partitions on the remaining space. One thing not clear to me is if EVMS is fully supported by openSUSE team. In fact (probably due to the quality of their's manual) it is not clear to me if it provides any *real* advantages over the combination of MD-RAID/LVM2 (except somewhat more uniform management). I did some playing with it on the test machine and found it quite confusing (this is probably again due to the quality of their manuals). Moreover the complete installation (including boot/root partitions) on EVMS does not seem to work right, as it's presence is not autodetected by mkinitrd (it's easy to force it manually, but I don't want to keep track of it). So the real question is approximately following: are there some reasons to choose EVMS except it's bad manual, terrible command-line interface and extra installation difficulties? -- Best regards, Alexander. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] A Five Year Deal to Dump Novell/SuSE
by M Harris 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000121 -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] VMware with SUSE 10.1 as guest - how to install VMtools?
by HG 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi! I'm running the free VMware server on windows. And trying to install SUSE 10.1 64bit there. Well, it's installed. But I can not get the VMtools to install. I selected to Install the tools from the menu. After that I get the rpm on the SUSE. I try to install that with Yast (for instalnce by entering yast -i {name of the file}.rpm) But no go. It's still saying that "you do not have VMware tools installed." Have you guys been able to install those? How? What am I doing wrong? -- HG. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] VMware with SUSE 10.1 as guest - how to install VMtools?
by Martin Mielke 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi there! is the server already 100% free?? last time I used it (was still on a beta stage) it worked fine for 30 days. After that the "free license" I got passed away... (well, yes... it was part of the beta-program) Actually you only new de server to create new VMs... once you have them up and running and what to use them the free player is more than enough... As for your question... IIRC, the VMtools installed just fine that time having WinXP as guest OS. Regards, Martin ----- Original Message ---- From: HG <hg.list(a)gmail.com> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:41:41 PM Subject: [opensuse] VMware with SUSE 10.1 as guest - how to install VMtools? Hi! I'm running the free VMware server on windows. And trying to install SUSE 10.1 64bit there. Well, it's installed. But I can not get the VMtools to install. I selected to Install the tools from the menu. After that I get the rpm on the SUSE. I try to install that with Yast (for instalnce by entering yast -i {name of the file}.rpm) But no go. It's still saying that "you do not have VMware tools installed." Have you guys been able to install those? How? What am I doing wrong? -- HG. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Digg.com --> FreeSUSE
by Chuck Payne 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Anybody know about this? http://boycottnovell.com/2006/11/22/suse-ubuntu/ -- -- Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Latest Java Package??
by Dominique Leuenberger 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 23-11-2006 13:00:27 <<< > D(Bòa *t 23. November 2006 11:23 Daniel Bornkessel napísal: > > Rick Friedman wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a repository which has a package for the latest > Sun > > > Java? Currently, I have, Java-1_5_0-sun version 1.5.0_07-1.1 > installed. > > > I believe the latest version from Sun is version 1.5.0_09. > > > > > > Rick > > > > Hi. > > > http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source- > ex > >tra/suse/i586/ contains update 8, I will be doing update 9 today . > > still in non-oss??? > Probably, as the change of the license is public, but not completed yet. There is no Java GPL Version downloadable at this time. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] New Kernel
by TheOldWiseKing 23 Nov '06

23 Nov '06

Hi all,... I've downloaded, compiled and installed the latest kernel from www.kernel.org <http://www.kernel.org>. Which is version 2.6.18.3 <http://2.6.18.3>, and I did that very successfully. After doing this, I could not connect to LAN with my wireless card, which is IntelPro Wireless card. When I use the old kernel, it works fine !! So, what is missing? Regards,... TheOldWiseKingHi all,... I've downloaded, compiled and installed the latest kernel from www.kernel.org <http://www.kernel.org>. Which is version 2.6.18.3 <http://2.6.18.3>, and I did that very successfully. After doing this, I could not connect to LAN with my wireless card, which is IntelPro Wireless card. When I use the old kernel, it works fine !! So, what is missing? Regards,... TheOldWiseKing -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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