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[opensuse] compress? uncompress? Why are they gone?
by Ken Jennings 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

openSuse 10.2 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Is compress/uncompress really not available in the distro? I went to install it and Yast Software Management won't show me any package that either provides or is named "compress". Oddly, the man pages are installed. Yes, I know compress is a lame, old program. But, I'm working with some .Z files from a customer and the normally cooperative zcat objects to decompressing and displaying them. Can anyone tell me where to find current source for compress? I found a web site with some source labelled 4.3d from 1990. "$@(#) compress.c,v 4.3d 90/01/18 03:00:00" Is this current? Thanks, Ken Jennings -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-buildservice] keep previous major versions?
by Jan Engelhardt 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

On Aug 13 2007 10:02, Adrian Schröter wrote: >On Monday 13 August 2007 09:57:27 wrote Marcus Meissner: >> Hi, >> >> I am getting occasional request to keep stable Wine >> versions for some of the older releases. >> >> Is there a mechanism that would allow that? > >In general you have two options: > >1. You could build multiple versions of the same package. You can do this by > creating multiple packages in the build service in one project. For example > you create a "wine-1.0" package and a "wine-2.0" package. > Inside of these workspaces, you can still use "wine.spec", which produces > a wine-1.0-0.i386.rpm and a wine-2.0-0.i386.rpm. The Build Service does not > remove old versions, if the src.rpm does still get build. > > While this works nicely with the build service, your users might run into > trouble since their used installer might want to update to 2.0, even when > they do not want this. > >2. To solve this, you can simply create another project, like "Wine:OLD" to > get a separated repository on our servers. 3. Maybe it's possible to do configure --prefix=/opt/wine-2.0 and then have wine1 and wine2 installed side-by-side on a system. Jan --

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Re: [opensuse] Mount windoze shares
by Kai Ponte 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

On Sat, August 11, 2007 9:59 am, Chris Arnold wrote: top posting corrected... > Chris Arnold wrote: >> Jesse L. Purdom wrote: >>>> We have a windoze domain with user shares. I would like to mount those >>>> shares (windoze) in my "home" folder. Can someone point me to a doc on >>>> how to do this or explain how to do this? >>>> We use SLED with gnome desktop environment. Thanks for any help >>> Samba is your friend. I believe it is installed by default. >>> >> I know it is my friend but when i go into yast to configure samba, there >> is no samba option. Do you have to config it via CL? >> > Did you install samba? IIRC, it's an optional package. > No i did not install samba. Umount /path/to/mount says "not mounted" but i can not get into the "desktop". I have not done any updates as zmd is broken in SP1 and SP1 was installed over a month ago and it has worked since then. Not sure how to get the login screen back > If you do install SAMBA - which is what you use to get into wintendo shares - you will need to mount them either through the archaic mount command (can someone PLEASE provide an easy GUI for this??) or through Konqueror. At work I mount shares all the time. I use the following protocol in Konqueror... smb://domain/username@ip_address/share. For example, to load my main (XP) desktop, I'd type: smb://vims/e5521@199.300.195.990/C$ It then asks me for my password and I'm in. HTH HAND -- kai www.perfectreign.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] FYI: AMD Seems the way to go..
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

AMD Backs openSUSE with Huge New Infrastructure from the money-where-mouth-is dept. posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 09, @23:09 (AMD) http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/10/0044231 -- 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] 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Philipp Thomas <philipp.thomas(a)t-link.de> > On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:43:53 -0700, joe wrote: > > >You're much more likely to have success resolving any driver issues > > on the 32-bit install. > > That's just not true! The only case where a 64 bit Linux can be a > problem is when you need to use a binary only driver and the > manufacturer doesn't supply it. My experience shows that open source > drivers are mostly just as bad or good on a 32 bit Linux as they are > on a 64 bit one. > > So if a driver doesn't work under 64 bit Linux chances are very low > it'll suddenly start to work as a 32 bit version. > > Philipp > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > Thanks to all who responded so far. I really want to try 64 bit again in the future. I dont know enough about it to tell the difference right now. I don't run a lot of media apps or high graphics apps. BTW, i "re-installed - ran make, make install for the RT61- one more time and it came back. Something was suddenly interfering with it. I am now responding o this email under 10.2 using the ralink card so Phillip appears to be right. I am just no sure if down the road, I will encounter issues. I know everyone has an opinion, so let's not go there. I just think I want to go back to 32 bit, as most of my experience has been with it. I am not a techie by training, I am a physician, so I'm not as savvy as most. Again, thanks to all. --Keith -- 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] 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

Thanks, since I don't have much to loose, I agree, go back to clean install of 32 bit. I know I can use atheros card without problem. I already have a box with a card based on it. I choose the ralink for reported 64 bit usage. Thanks, --Keith -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: joe <joe(a)tmsusa.com> > 64-bit installs are great for generic server roles, on largish hardware. For > desktop use, or any situation where you need to worry about 3rd party software > or drivers, linux/32 is the way to go, based on my education in the school of > hard knocks. > > There's no easy way to convert a 64-bit install to 32-bit. Just save off the > important stuff somewhere, and do a clean install. You're much more likely to > have success resolving any driver issues on the 32-bit install. > > Joe > > > kbboykin(a)comcast.net wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > The title kinda sez it all. I installed openSuSE 64 bit on a "homebrew" > > with a 3.2 GHz P4 ECS P4M800PRO-M MB with 2 GB of ram, 80 G SATA drive. > > It was installed as dualboot witth Vista Home premium. I have used SuSE > > since 6.4 off and on and used it heavily from 7.1 to 9.3. Then work forced > > me back to learn WinXP Pro and now Vista. I have installed 10.0, 10.2 on > > other machines prior to installing 10.2 default on this box. Originally I > > was using the on-board Realtek NIC, wired. I rarely used 10.2 and it > > sailed along effortless. I moved to a new residence and had to go wireless. > > My researched suggested RaLink RT2561 as compatible with both Linux and > > Vista, so I bought a card based on that chipset. Vista worked right away. > > It took some time to get it working under Linux. Then on Friday, I decided > > to try Linspire 2.0 LiveCD which failed on this box. Every since then the > > RaLink wireless PCI appears removed to the Linux network under 10.2. If I > > run lspci -v the card is there, so it is seen by the kernel. I decided to > > go with driverloader and it helps but no cigar. > > > > A long story to ask this simple question. I want to go back to 32 bit. > > How? Wipe it clean and start from scratch, realizing I still will have the > > Ralink PCI card (RT61), and can the 64bit be downgraded to 32 bit? Much > > help appreciated. If this has already been answered in a thread somewhere, > > please forgive me. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > --Keith > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > -- 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] Re: 64bit gone sour, downgrade to 32bit, how?
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 13 Aug '07

13 Aug '07

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Cristian Rodriguez R." <judas_iscariote(a)shorewall.net> > kbboykin-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ(a)public.gmane.org escribió: > > > A long story to ask this simple question. I want to go back to 32 bit. How? > > Why you think that doing the non-sense of switching back to 32 bit will > fix your problem ? > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > Nowhere did I state I thought it would solve my problem. I am going back to 32 bit for a better chance at future drivers. The question was how and could I go back from my present install. I have had better luck with32 bit SuSE in the past. --Keith -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Is it possible to edit and save PDF forms?
by Carlos E. R. 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, In my country our administration is using PDF forms that we can print and fill, or fill in the PC and print - but we can not save them, which is a nuisance. Acrobat Reader - which is is the only PDF reader that allows filling PDF forms in Linux (neither kpdf or evince even tries to work) - simply refuses to save form data. It only saves the empty form. According to <http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328647&sliceId=2> we need to use another version of the reader, called "standard", which I assume is not free (as in beer). Or, alternatively, the form owner has to generate a "rights-enabled PDF form" using "Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions", which I think it is a server solution. Ie, works online somehow. We have tried generating our own forms to try this. Using OO-writer we can create a form. If this form is exported to PDF, the resulting PDF is a form with the proper fields, but acroread gives the warning that form data can not be saved, the same result as we knew. However, one of the options when generating the PDF in OO is precisely in which way I want the data to be saved later. The reader does not respect this, but there is no other reader in Linux that can even edit forms. So... is there any other PDF reader in Linux that allows editing and saving PDF forms? An open one. Are there plans to add that capability to the existing or new viewers? Are there legal problems? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGvi/rtTMYHG2NR9URAjM9AJ9GrXyosN1WAl7lKfe155ordBnB0gCdH7xE f6ZOPfMrAyMnryBhHFp/osI= =ILA/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Is it possible to edit and save PDF forms?
by Carlos E. R. 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2007-08-12 a las 20:02 +0800, Jacky Woo escribió: Please, remember to post to the list, not in private. Also, don't top post, please. > Why! > I can use openoffice with pdf work stuff. the latest version of course... > I see no difficulties with it... It appears you haven't understood the problem. Ok, have a look at any these PDF forms: <http://easier.co.la.ca.us/JobsInfo/empapp.pdf> <http://www.seg-social.es/inicio/?MIval=cw_usr_view_Folder&LANG=1&ID=39378> (click on one of the flags for your language) <http://www.aeat.es/AEAT/Contenidos_Comunes/La_Agencia_Tributaria/Modelos_y_…> Open any of them in acrobat reader (free edition), Linux or Windows. You will see a yellow message bar at the top saying: ] You can not save data typed into this form ] Please print your complete form if you would like a copy for your records It will also have a button named "Print Form" and a click box "Highlight fields". If you hover the mouse of one of the fields, it will change from a hand to the editing tool. Click and a pop up message will warn you again that data can not be saved, only printed in full. That is the problem, saving the form data. Yes, it is possible to print the completed form to a file, and convert it to pdf in several ways. That is not what we are seeking for. We want to save the data alone, a feature that has been removed from the free reader (version 5 did save it), and that you can find in the standard reader, priced at 300$, windows only (<http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/acrobatstd.html>). More info on how to save form data, from adobe: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328647&sliceId=2 Associated to this problem is the fact that the adobe reader is the only viewer in Linux (or to be precise, those included with SuSE) that allows filling forms: neither kpdf, evince, etc, can even fill those forms, even though openoffice can create PDF forms. Thus, two problems: 1) save form data alone 2) find a viewer in Linux that allows filling forms, aside from adobe reader. - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGv3LitTMYHG2NR9URAioXAJ40Z8XBxrZn7eLIcxQda2BzMV5yZACfWB96 2wWszD9SeHfq9jj096YJUe8= =CR6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] 10.3 install repositories
by Robert Lewis 12 Aug '07

12 Aug '07

Early on in the installation a prompt asks if you would like to have the repositories added. I think it may be a big mistake to say yes as this easily increases the time for an install to 4-6 times. I have also seen hangs and multiple times when it goes out to collect information over the net which becomes very painful. Also, as a result, i think, of making this choice the prompts telling me what is happening during install become nonsense. That is, when the prompt says things like: -> Configure Display Manager or later -> Users, instead I wait for an hour while the its downloading information from a repository. I see this happening over and over again during a single installation. Probably 6-8 times it's collection what appears to be the same information. I'll try another reinstall tomorrow without making this choice. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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