May 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 11.0 RC1 Review
by Fred A. Miller 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Basil Chupin wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 19:21 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote: >> >>> Fred A. Miller wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 23:06 -0700, Ben Kevan wrote: >>>> >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> I have written a quick review of openSUSE 11.0 RC1 which was released >>>>> today. Please check it out and if you like it please digg it: >>>>> >>>>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/openSUSE_11_0_RC1_First_Glance_Initial_Review >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'll be doing more later but just wanted to scram that one out for >>>>> now. >>>>> >>>> 'Kernel update KILLED the system again....Thurs. night. 'Been up all >>>> night and going to bed. >>>> >>>> Fred >>>> >>> The kernel in RC1 appears to be OK, Fred. Nothing got 'killed' >>> (except that I have no sound but whether it's because of the kernel >>> or not I don't know) - and even the very latest nVidia driver just >>> released (and on the nVidia site) compiled and works OK. >>> >>> Even KDE4 is starting to look respectable..... >>> >> >> Ok.......I have it coming in SLOW, of course as only Torrent for a DVD >> d'l.....sorry, but I'm not amused with that. :( Oh.....writing this in >> Ubuntu 8.04.......NOT fond of it, but at least it does work. ;) >> > > Then perhaps you should be downloading the delta.iso to apply to the B3 > DVD to bring it up to RC1- the delta is only ~730MB big. The URL for the > delta is given in the Announce list by 'Zonker' and is: > > http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0-RC1/iso/delta/ 'Got the CD w/KDE 4.0.....so far so good. 'Still can't hide the panel!! Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Introduction
by Niki Kovacs 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, I'm an Austrian sysadmin living in Montpezat (South France). I'm 100% GNU/Linux since 2001. My job currently consists in migrating public libraries around here from Microsoft Windows (or nothing at all) to Linux. Until recently, I've mostly been using Slackware, CentOS, Debian and Arch Linux, and I'm familiar with most of the major distributions. That is... except SuSE. Curiously enough, I never gave it a shot. Recently I've had a discussion with two sysadmins, who praised the good quality of openSuSE 10.3 on a desktop. So right now I want to give it a shot myself. The idea behind it is that I'm looking for something more comfortable to maintain, that doesn't need hours of tweaking (and tons of build scripts to write). I'll probably have a few questions in the near future, but I'll post them one at a time as they arise. Cheers from the rainy South of France, Niki Kovacs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Making openSUSE 11.0 LiveUSB : The Easiest (and Fastest) Way
by Masim "Vavai" Sugianto 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

I'm writing a short tutorial about how to make openSUSE 11.0 LiveUSB [0], based on openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 with 1 GB USB disk. Please feel free to check the overall process, hope I didn't missed anything step ;-) [0] : http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/31/making-opensuse-110-liveusb-the-easi… Note : Post title looks like marketing hype ;-) -- Best Regards, Masim "Vavai" Sugianto /************************************************************/ Blog (ID) : http://www.vavai.com/blog/index.php Blog (EN) : http://www.vavai.net Community : http://www.opensuse.or.id /************************************************************/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] administer vista from opensuse
by jdd 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hello, My 88 years old mother just bough a new computer. On the old one, she used openSUSE, but on the new she will use Vista (she needs to play some sort of power point files that I simply can't make play music on opensuse, even in wine - given her age, I can't ask her too much) I know little about vista, but there is some sort of "remote admin" is this feature usable from my own openSUSE? (we are not in the same town) I installed openSUSE primarily to be able to do remote admin :-() is that VNC? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] swap file placement
by Hechler Family 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

To get ready for my project, on my test box I wiped out the hard drive and installed the live CD. I noticed the placement of the swap file was first. What is the reasoning behind this? (I've always set mine up as /, swap, /home - that way there's less head movement and better performance - my thinking) -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dropped packages
by Ciro Iriarte 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, i'm having many dropped packages in all my physical interfaces, are there any known fixes?, the module used is bnx2 (no usefull parameters shown in modinfo). This host is running SLES10 SP2 (think of opensuse 10.3, more or less) under the xen hypervisor. The list of devices is listed below.. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:EA inet addr:10.129.5.118 Bcast:10.129.7.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79ea/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:614399 errors:0 dropped:480593 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:186465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:80694370 (76.9 Mb) TX bytes:142881123 (136.2 Mb) Interrupt:16 Memory:f4000000-f4012100 peth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:E8 inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79e8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:639937 errors:0 dropped:612900 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:83674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:104148534 (99.3 Mb) TX bytes:105562870 (100.6 Mb) Interrupt:17 Memory:f6000000-f6012100 peth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:BB:D2:0B:98 inet6 addr: fe80::219:bbff:fed2:b98/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:108741 errors:0 dropped:108729 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:29737 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:21562299 (20.5 Mb) TX bytes:7827168 (7.4 Mb) Interrupt:19 Memory:fa000000-fa012100 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 18:04.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) 19:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] firefox doesn't work, but konqueror does
by Al Lelopath 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

I've recently installed OpenSuSE 10.3 64 bit on an HP Pavilion laptop. The internet connection, (DSL with modem/router and ethernet switch) works, e.g. ping works all the time, but browsing with firefox and email with thunderbird don't. (Firefox times out trying to contact a site). Browsing with Konqueror works normally. Any advice on what to do? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problems trying advanced install of OpenSuSE.
by Joshua Bandeira 31 May '08

31 May '08

Extracted from Installation guides advanced install (without CD): Internet/Network install using GRUB/LILO First download the boot.iso from any mirror. The following needs to be done as root. Move or copy the boot.iso to the directory boot. Next in directory /boot do the following: # mount -t iso9660 -o loop boot.iso /mnt # cp /mnt/boot/i386/loader/initrd /boot/inst-initrd # cp /mnt/boot/i386/loader/linux /boot/inst-linux # umount /mnt If you use x86_64 or PPC, you can find linux and initrd in /mnt/boot//loader/ (please replace with i386, x86_64 or ppc depending on your hardware). Well,I cannot find the above files and I did exactly that! Any suggestion? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] thunderbird:how to mark/unmark mails as new
by robert rottermann 31 May '08

31 May '08

Hi there, I have installed a second account using imap. as soon as I switch to this account all new emails (titile shown in bold) are unmarked (title shown as plain text). where can I configure this behaviour? thanks robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Evolution Passwords
by Carl Spitzer 31 May '08

31 May '08

in .gnome2_private there is a file which appears to hold the passwords for evolution, in an encrypted format. I have one email account which does not work at home but does work on the laptop. When I try online log in I am told the password is wrong. I do not remember changing it, nor do I find a reminder in my notes. What I need is a way to decrypt the password from the same file on the laptop. At home its SuSE 10.0 and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on the Laptop. The account is with Lavavit.com the primary account with them works so I suspect the problem is on my end. -- _______ _______ _______ __ / ____\ \ / / ____|_ _\ \ / / | | \ \ /\ / / (___ | | \ \ / / | | \ \/ \/ / \___ \ | | \ \/ / | |____ \ /\ / ____) |_| |_ \ / \_____| \/ \/ |_____/|_____| \/ | \ /|\ || |\ / |~~\ /~~\ /~~| //~~\ | \ / | \ || | X |__/| || |( `--. |__ | | \| \_/ / \ | \ \__/ \__| \\__/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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