Re: [SLE] Problem with adding users to Suse 7.1
Jonathan: Many thanks for your 3 messages of help for me. I can't believe that there's such a major bug in the Suse system, and that bothers me quite a bit. If beta testing didn't pick it up, then I'm forced to wonder what other bugs may still be present. Bummer. I was looking forward to trying it out, too. I think I might go back to Mandrake again and download version 8, which is just released. Baso;
Hi again Basil:
On Sunday 06 May 2001 20:37, you wrote:
In both cases I am using the KDE that comes with this version of Suse, and in both cases the crash is identical. This shouldn't be happening, but it is.
Can anybody help?
I would also suggest getting aaa_base and aaa_skel updates form: http://www.suse.com/en/support/download/updates/71_i386.html
I believe, the aaa_skel is the template that is used to create the new user api's.
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* Basil Barnes (basil@barnes.net) [010506 21:49]: }=}Jonathan: }=} }=}Many thanks for your 3 messages of help for me. I can't believe that }=}there's such a major bug in the Suse system, and that bothers me quite a }=}bit. If beta testing didn't pick it up, then I'm forced to wonder what }=}other bugs may still be present. Bummer. I was looking forward to trying }=}it out, too. }=} }=}I think I might go back to Mandrake again and download version 8, which is }=}just released. }=} }=}Baso; I would assume that because the KDE source is from the same place that it will behave the same. Could it be a bug in "KDE2" or at least the version that shipped on the CD's? 2.01 and 2.1.1 have just a FEW differences. The user manager should edit the same files that YaST would do in order to create a user. KDE2 is not SuSE. You would do well to remember that. Just because a bug exists in KDE doesn't mean it's a SuSE thing. A Window Manager/Desktop does not a distribution make or an OS. If this were true...OSX would rule the planet. ;) Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.
KDE2 is not SuSE. You would do well to remember that. Just because a bug exists in KDE doesn't mean it's a SuSE thing. A Window Manager/Desktop does not a distribution make or an OS. If this were true...OSX would rule
Ok, is there any particular reason that SuSE decided to go with KDE(2) as
their preferred WM/Desktop?
Also, can anyone tell me what SuSE (ala S.u.S.E.) originally stood for?
Strance questions at a strange time.
Geordon
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From: "Ben Rosenberg"
planet. ;)
Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org
Today, May 7, Geordon VanTassle wrote:
Also, can anyone tell me what SuSE (ala S.u.S.E.) originally stood for?
I was told once by a SuSE emp that it stood for "Software und(and?) Systems Engineering".
Strance questions at a strange time.
I love strange questions! They usually generate strange responses.. Ken -- Cloning is the sincerest form of flattery.
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Ken Hughes wrote:
Today, May 7, Geordon VanTassle wrote:
Also, can anyone tell me what SuSE (ala S.u.S.E.) originally stood for?
I was told once by a SuSE emp that it stood for "Software und(and?) Systems Engineering".
The "untranslated" version is (I believe) Software und System Entwicklung and truly enough it could be translated as Software and Systems Engineering, but if I were to translate it without regard for the original acronym, I would have said Development instead of Engineering. Regards Ole
Hi Ben: On Sunday 06 May 2001 23:59, you wrote:
I would assume that because the KDE source is from the same place that it will behave the same. Could it be a bug in "KDE2" or at least the version that shipped on the CD's? 2.01 and 2.1.1 have just a FEW differences. The user manager should edit the same files that YaST would do in order to create a user.
KDE2 is not SuSE. You would do well to remember that. Just because a bug exists in KDE doesn't mean it's a SuSE thing. A Window Manager/Desktop does not a distribution make or an OS. If this were true...OSX would rule the planet. ;)
I have created users with yast both in KDE 2.0.1, 2.1.0 and 2.1.1. It works fine. I suspect a video card problem and here is why. He has used three distros and had hard luck. I too had many problems with my nVIDIA drivers both in KDE and in GNOME. These difficulties were indeed traced to the video card / drivers. Telltale signs: Mouse trails on desktop after trying to enclose folders for moving; erratic behavior of Star Office drawing functions; problems on logout; minor screen corruptions and display artifacts; lockup of desktop when using xmms and gtulpas. My solution: disable 3D and use the nv driver; wait till the next release and better 3D support. -- Cheers, Jonathan "UNIX is a computer operating system, like Windows, but one which, unlike Windows, is more celebrated than cursed."
Hi again Basil: On Sunday 06 May 2001 22:31, you wrote:
Jonathan:
Many thanks for your 3 messages of help for me. I can't believe that there's such a major bug in the Suse system, and that bothers me quite a bit. If beta testing didn't pick it up, then I'm forced to wonder what other bugs may still be present. Bummer. I was looking forward to trying it out, too.
YAST1 should work quite well. After I wrote you, I created yet another user account just to make sure that the advice I gave was, indeed, correct. Basically There is a lot of change going on in the Linux distros. New kernel; new desktops (GNOME and KDE); and new XFree86. So there is bound to be some difficulties. This is the price of progress. From my experience, I do not see any major bug in SuSE 7.1. The overwhelming majority of my desktop apps work and I have no instabilities. Did you get all the relevant updates from the SuSE site? I have installed Scilab, RealPlayer, Chemtool, Qcad and the latest edition of KDE. I have also compiled in Octave. All these are working quite well. If you are still having problems creating user accounts, please post to the list. I am most interested as to why YAST1 should not work. However it cannot hurt to try the latest release if you are experiencing exceptional problems with SuSE. Mandrake is a good distro; they employ one of the top KDE developers, David Faure. -- Cheers, Jonathan "UNIX is a computer operating system, like Windows, but one which, unlike Windows, is more celebrated than cursed."
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jonathan Drews wrote:
Mandrake is a good distro; they employ one of the top KDE developers, David Faure.
I couldn't resist. Only one? :) We also employ some of the top KDE guys, e.g. Waldo Bastian, Kurth Granroth, Torsten Rahn, Martin Konold, Chris Schlaeger and some others. LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany Veni, Vidi, VISA.
Thanks LenZ: On Monday 07 May 2001 11:44, you wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jonathan Drews wrote:
Mandrake is a good distro; they employ one of the top KDE developers, David Faure.
I couldn't resist. Only one? :)
We also employ some of the top KDE guys, e.g. Waldo Bastian, Kurth Granroth, Torsten Rahn, Martin Konold, Chris Schlaeger and some others.
That's why I stick with SuSE. I did not know they worked for SuSE but it shows in the quality of the KDE apps. -- Cheers, Jonathan "UNIX is a computer operating system, like Windows, but one which, unlike Windows, is more celebrated than cursed."
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Ole Kofoed Hansen