April 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 is up and flying
by Kai Ponte 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

On Sunday 29 April 2007 06:29:22 pm Bin Hou wrote: > > 2007/4/30, Kai Ponte <kai(a)perfectreign.com>: > > Okay, my mother now has a newer version of SUSE than I. Her system is > > now on 10.2 and all seems well. Thanks! > > > > http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2007/20070430_underdog.jpg > > > > > > I like the new menu. It is actually nicer than Vista (...which is > > another story altogether...) > But I think the new menu is not convenient to find something like > applications. :-) Yes, the new menu takes a bit of getting used to. I like adding apps to the main menu and I like how the applications menu is sticky when going to sub menus. I ended up putting her in the older style, since she was having trouble getting to important apps like KSoduku, Patience and LBreakout. You know how it is with those older people... -- k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Trying to recover a hard drive
by Pueblo Native 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Here's a problem one of my friends sent me, his words. i had a fedora 2 box crap out so i took the HD out and put it in a USB enclosure to plug into another fedora 2 box. i mounted the drive but the only options i see when i LS it is: config-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl grub initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernal.h lost+found System.map-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] delay boot process
by Evan Ingram 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Hi there how can i insert a time delay into the booting of a server? one of my servers has ldap user and authentication data that my terminal server uses. after a power failure and when power is restored both machines come back to life at the same time, but i need the ldap server to be ready before the terminal server. I figured a simple pause would suffice as the servers are running 99% of the time and power failures are few and far between so im not considering wakeonlan, not sure if the network card supports it anyway. thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Best way to install Codecs on OpenSuse
by Jerry Feldman 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Lately my wife has been using my OpenSuSE 10.2 laptop. Now she wants to watch DVDs on it. I did this in my old laptop a few years ago. I can install a new version of the xine library from http://www.xinehq.de/. I'm just looking for some general comments from those of you who have successfully installed it. I'd most likely use Kaffeine to view the DVDs. (I know this has been discussed before). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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[opensuse] How to edit Grub in openSUSE 10.2?
by David Gregg 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Basically I have a dual boot with XP Pro and openSUSE 10.2 and I'd like to change the default boot options, but I don't know what commands to use in terminal to edit it. I already know about sudo and that the file is /boot/grub/menu.lst but both gedit and kate do not seem to work... maybe I just have my syntax off... gedit reports bad/unknown command and kate can't connect t x server... Any help is appreciated. David -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] some returned mail
by M Harris 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

hi folks, I have been filtering returned mail from <stock.wolfgang(a)web.de> to /dev/null for about a week now... it looks like his mail box is full... Are the rest of you seeing this? Am I seeing it because my reply-to address is filled in? I have a related question for someone who is in the know... I also receive notes from corporate people who are on vacation and have delegated their mail... when I send a list some post I get back that person's delegate... is that because I have my reply-to set? Thanks folks. I mean the filters handle it, I would just like to understand it. Thanks again. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] Another back-up question - Over & over again
by Carlos E. R. 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2007-04-30 a las 08:26 +0200, Petr Klíma escribió: [You forgot to email to the list] > Carlos E. R. wrote: ... > > Does it matter if a partition is a bit bigger or smaller, even if it is a > > diferent type? Linux doesn't care, it will work anyway. You can use the > > chance to change your partition types/sizes. > > Well, Linux doesn't care when the partition is big enough - greater or > equal to the size of filesystem. When the partition gets even a tiny bit > smaller than the filesystem, you've got a problem, however you won't > experience it until you fill up the disk. Once the disk is almost full, > you'll get complaints about "attempt to access beyond end of device" or > similar. And you end'up with corrupted filesystem.... That is true if you use dd - which the OP didn't. If you use a tarred filesystem it does not matter at all. The destination my be smaller, as long as it suffices. - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGNcLDtTMYHG2NR9URArIpAJ43yEzWOBsJaFR5jlhiNCOt928TlgCffTca iyLr/zIjzMgkoLrHY01VRVc= =rwN9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [opensuse] building RPMs - was: uninstall source
by lists Guillot 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Oops, I got caught out AGAIN, and sent this to Thomas and not the list. Sorry, Thomas! On 4/29/07, Thomas Hertweck <Thomas.Hertweck(a)web.de> wrote: > You should only use RPM packages - these packages can be installed and > uninstalled without problems. Either get a ready-to-use RPM package from > a repository, or build an RPM package on your system, or (at least) use > checkinstall to build an RPM package (instead of using "make install"). > Anything else will sooner or later screw up your system. You know, I've always been uncomfortable with building from source for precisely the reasons you say, but it never occurred to me to build my own RPMs. I somehow had an idea that it would be a complicated process that only people who *distribute* software (and not all of them!) would find worth doing, and that for your home system you just had to go with "make install". I'm going to follow your advice. Johannes intimated above that checkinstall has a bad reputation, and you also don't seem to think too highly of it with your "(at least)". So what would be a good tool for this? I see that I have rpmbuild on my system so I'm tempted to use that, though the man page is not exactly a detailed instructions manual. Cheers. g -- 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] building RPMs
by James Knott 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Carlos E. R. wrote: > > El 2007-04-29 a las 19:44 -0400, James Knott escribió: > > > Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 18:44 -0400, James Knott wrote: > >> > >>> What I do, is create a /home/local directory and then create > >>> /home/local/user etc., with symlinks from /usr/local. > >> Why? > >> > > So that all of "my" stuff is on one partition that does not get > > formatted during an OS install. This means, for example, that if I > > create a script in /usr/local, I can safely reformat the partition that > > contains /usr, because /usr/local is on another partition. > > Yes, of course, I use /usr/local in a separate partition (same as > /home is > another partition), but I don't see the utility of /home/local :-? > So that there's only one partition that has to be protected. In my main system, it's an entirely separate drive. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Bluetooth security
by James Mohr 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Hi All! I am running SUSE 10.0 Professional and I am printing to an HP Deskjet 460 that I access using Bluetooth. When I set it up, I saw no options to define a key or anything else to prevent other people from using this device. Although I am not too worried about my neighbors printing without my permission, I would still like to be able to secure this connection. I would appreaciate any pointers and/or handholding. Regards, jimmo -- --------------------------------------- "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden --------------------------------------- Be sure to visit the Linux Tutorial: http://www.linux-tutorial.info --------------------------------------- NOTE: All messages sent to me in response to my posts to newsgroups or forums are subject to reposting. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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