Why hasn't SUSE finally gotten with the program and made OO 2.1 an upgrade
install via Yast, Smart, etc.?
Fred
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On Tuesday 27 March 2007 1:15:52 am Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Why hasn't SUSE finally gotten with the program and made OO 2.1 an
upgrade install via Yast, Smart, etc.?
You can find newest SUSE-custumized OOo packages under
http://software.opensuse.org/download
On Tuesday 27 March 2007 12:31:36 pm Reinhard Gimbel wrote:
Hello Fred, hello community !
Satoru Matsumoto wrote / schrieb:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Why hasn't SUSE finally gotten with the program and made OO 2.1 an
upgrade install via Yast, Smart, etc.?
You can find newest SUSE
MIGRATING TO NOVELL'S SUSE LINUX: LESSONS LEARNED IN A SUCCESSFUL
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Novell's SUSE Linux, an expert offers conclusions as to what makes a
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The current compiled version of Gourmet for openSUSE 10.2 segfaults on most
systems. I don't know who the maintainer of this app. is for SUSE releases,
but there are many who'd appreciate a compile of a newer release. It has to
be compiled for Gnome and I don't have a box that I'm willing to
It shreds VISTA's protected process and strips off all the protection.
The author says the process is trivial.
http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=35
About the only thing left in VISTA is the DRM and the back doors
Microsoft put in for its partners, which is why droves of US gov
agencies are banning
Does anyone know how to get the new T-Bird to respond to a web site in
emailcalling up a browser? I can't find any setup for it, and T-Bird
makes NO attempt to bring up any flavor of browser. Version of T-Bird
is: version 2.0.0.0pre (20070329).
Thanks!
Fred
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Users can solve that problem, though, Diedrich says, with the help of
the Internet, since the Linux community is happy to provide fellow users
with help. That's why Diedrich recommends going online before selecting
a Linux distribution and checking out the corresponding community. Are
the people
Well, I've been using the 32-bit version of 10.2, and decided to try the
64-bit version once again. And, once again, I find that the AMD USB bug
is STILL there!! Does anyone know who to fix this, and I won't bother to
ask why it's not fixed in the current release.
Thanks,
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Is there a kde utility available for SUSE/KDE (GUI) to configure the
ndiswrapper? I can't find one.
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I decided to upgrade a video card in a beast today.an HP Athalon
65-bit dual core box with 1G RAM, SATA, etc. The nVidia 9450 chipset is
on the MOB. I dropped a PNY GeForce 8500GT PCI-E 16X in it. I'd already
d'ld the install script from nVidia, so was ready to compile a module.
The compile
Why is it that other distros. ship with a GREAT 3D screen saver in
FireWorks-GL.full motion video, sound, lots of setup options. 'Would
be nice to ship WITH that in the next release..hint, hint. ;)
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'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem
and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work
well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
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Kenneth Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win
modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should
work well, just in case
The USR5610C PCI modem arrived today, and I guess I should have known it
wouldn't fly out of the box. :( Yast SEEMS to see it, but I get the
error: Unable to create the modem lock file when trying to connect
with KPPP. I did make myself a member of the modem group. Nothing I've
tried works. Does
'Learn something all time time with Linux. ;) I started to look for a
decent GUI FAX application that will send FAXs via a FAX/Modem and am
amazed that there's nothing to be had.unless it's a halafax client,
which I haven't loaded yet. Any ideas?
Thanks,
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With the recent update, I'm not getting calls that users can't even
get into OO. I now have the same problem. 'Hope this gets fixed ASAP!!
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Is the 64-bit release any better than 10.2; i.e., modules, apps.,
performance, etc.?
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http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/
You'll want to read the whole article but here is the condensed version:
Swappiness is the name Linux kernel developers gave to the preference
between paging applicatios out to disk and
NO complaints from me - not yet anyway!! This is the FIRST 64-bit
release that has worked well, with NO yet known problems! And, there's a
performance gain over 10.2 32-bit. Even the 64-bit nVidia driver
provides improved performace..I have an Athalon dual core beast with
1G RAM, 250GB SATA2
K9copy creates movies that are all blocky. It's not handling the video
correctly. I had this problem sometime ago, and now can't remember what
I did to fix it! K9copy also crasses part way through a copy. Also,
can't play encrypted videos.yes I did update all the multimedia stuff.
Any help is
'Another problem..the NDISwrapper installer breaks about half way
through an install.bummer!! It fails in either expert mode when
you choose the ndiswrapper version (file downloaded) or via the auto on
the Net. get the file process. The installer opens the ndiswrapper file,
then pukes on
I think I asked this one before, but here goes again. The Linksys type
G cardbus card for wireless, which worked in 10.2 with the Linuxant
loader, won't work now. 10.3 won't even see the card after I told it NOT
to use the bcm43xx module. Anyway, what I need is a NATIVE Mini-PCI card
that
I found the problem with playing DVDs with Xine and Kaffeine and copying
with K9copy! There are two (2) different libdvdcss files available for
download, if you have selected most of the sites in yast for updates. I
didn't get both initially..but have now. Problem solved. Also, make
sure you
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fred Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-11-07 05:48]:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Fred Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-11-07 04:40]:
I found the problem with playing DVDs with Xine and Kaffeine and copying
with K9copy! There are two (2) different libdvdcss files available
James Knott wrote:
[snip]
I don't run a firewall on this system. I have another computer running
as a firewall.
Do your problems disappear if you turn off the firewall?
You can forget USB memory as well!! Hal has problems - NOT nice ones
either!!
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ok.sorry. I fired too quickly. After the kernel update and reboot,
USB RAM wasn't available to the systemHAL had a problem. I rebooted
again and now all is well..go figure.
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I've never had this one before! 'Just TRIED (twice) on a clean install
with 32-bit 10.3..password entered during the install WON'T work for
root!! Is there anyway to fix this?
Thanks!!
Fred
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I am on the phone now with a code jockey friend of mine in MN, who
does ALL of his .Net teaching all over the Country on a laptop with SUSE
with VMWare. With my encouragement, he did a clean install with 10.3
64-bit. He called with the SAME problem I had/have today with a clean
32-bit install -
Has anyone here with 10.3 had a success out of the box with the Intel
2200 mini-pci wifi card? If so, does it support WPA with SES, TKIP, and
CMMP?
Thanks!
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There's an old bug reported now and then for a good 4 years that I can
remember and recently again..the task bar disappears. It would be a
good idea if this one was squashed for good. I do have an easy temp.
fix, however.
First, it appears to only happen, or for the most part anyway, when you
Kai Ponte wrote:
On Friday 19 October 2007 16:01, Fred A. Miller wrote:
There's an old bug reported now and then for a good 4 years that I can
remember and recently again..the task bar disappears. It would be a
good idea if this one was squashed for good. I do have an easy temp.
fix
Once again, a strange hardware problem has hit. At least it's on my
own box and not someone else's. I've spent off and on the past 2 days
checking everything I can think of, searching the Net. as well, trying
to find the answer as to why an Epson Precision 4990 Photo printer can't
be configured by
Even though there were reports that the drivers for this beast would run
on a Linux 64-bit system, they won't. So, just to be able to use the
scanner, I'm back to 32-bit 10.3 and a slower system.ugh! Now that
it's running, it won't do any higher res. than 2400, even though it's
supposed to do
The Epson Perfection 4490 is an AWESOME scanner!! I had to reinstall to
10.3 32-bit from 64-bit due to the driver not willing to work with
64-bit, and took a slight performance hit because of it. There are 2
problems that SHOULDN'T be problems, as long as this driver has been
out. They are: only
I'm mentioning this because of some complaints about some USB drives
that don't like Linux. BestBuy and I imagine some other stores have
several of the Seagate FreeAgent Pro external drives on sale. I picked
up the 500G drive today setup with a SATA and USB connection. It also
has a 5-yr.
Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 00:43 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
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3. The sane backend has bug that prevents you from going to high
resolution. Although I can see in both xsane and kooka resolutions up to
3200 it does not work. I can get
Sorry I didn't report back on this subject sooner.been VERY busy!
Someone else here said that Linux doesn't handle plug and play ESATA nor
SATA yet, and that is quite right. It's obviously an area that needs to
be addressed SOON as more and more new boxen are being produced with
ESATA
I posted this here so everyone would know about it, rather than another
list.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1020tag=nl.e539
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Does anyone know if the new Broadcom wifi driver for the recent kernel
upgrade for 10.3 now works for the Broadcom G cards? I'd like to know
before I destroy my setup on the laptop and try it. ;)
Thanks!
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This adventure started earlier tonight when I received a long distance
call from a developer I consult for. He's been frustrated with wifi and
Linux for a long time, as many have been and still are. He was about
ready to dump 10.3 and put 'Bloze back on it his new IBM laptop, even
though he hated
Well, I do think the latest kernel has improvements with wifi. However,
I have a VERY frustrating site that unless I can resolve the issue,
won't be seeing any Linux wifi there. :( UNfortunately, I have no say in
how the LAN is setup, nor have I even been able to reach the guy who set
it up. It's
FREE SOFTWARE GROUP FILES COPYRIGHT SUIT AGAINST VERIZON
A group of lawyers focused on protecting open source and free software
has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon
Communications, alleging that routers the company uses with its Fios
broadband service violate the GNU GPL
Hans Krueger wrote:
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The reason I mention that, my laptop has a rt2500 chip set from ralink
within my laptop, mini-pci.. The kernel has builtin support for it as
rt2x000 module. Unless it is one of the newer atheros chip set, the
madwifi seems to work okay. I have it running it in my
M9. wrote:
Fred A. Miller schreef:
M9. wrote:
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'Should be..I know I posted one this afternoon.
Fred
Yes i noticed, allready answered, but might accidentily cut off the
discussion right away
If so, forgive me my rudeness, maybe i should have ended
What's going on with the openSUSE sites..can't even d'l the list of
community sites!!
Fred
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Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 03:29:50PM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
What's going on with the openSUSE sites..can't even d'l the list of
community sites!!
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2008-01/msg6.html
Ok.thanks Marcus.
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Ken Schneider wrote:
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Welcome aboard, this list is a great list with a lot of great people
that are willing to help. Ken is one of them and one of the old timers.
Don't mind the occasional rhetorical response from him, he's just
getting crotchety in his old age...
Ya got that
Joseph Loo wrote:
I have been trying to udate to gimp.2.4. I am using Opensuse 10.3 with
the AMD 64 bit version. Every time I try to use Yast to update, I get a
dependency issue, with the pattern image. I am trying to figure out if
it is worthwhile or there is a trick to do it without breaking
PerfectReign wrote:
On Fri, January 18, 2008 7:55 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote:
PerfectReign wrote:
On Fri, January 18, 2008 6:19 pm, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Every time I run gimp (latest 2.4, updated via Yast) firefox dies.
Does anyone have a clue what is going on, and hopefully a fix?
Don't use
I ran the live CD from openSUSE and KDE 4.0 is coming along nicely, but
I noticed it's not as configurable as previous releases.no personal
settings as before that, IMHO, should be there. I also couldn't find a
hide feature for the taskbar. For those who use 'Bloze and might want
to take a
Marc Chamberlin wrote:
I have been looking at UPS to support some of my SuSE computers and am
interested in one from CyberPower. I wrote them asking if theirs would
run under SuSE Linux and got the following (somewhat unintelligible geek
speak) and wonder if someone on this group can translate
All of a sudden I'm having problems with Konq.web browsing. The
backtrace follows. Does anyone know what's going on and what I can do to
fix it?
Thanks!
Fred
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System configuration startup check disabled.
[?1034h(no debugging symbols found)
Using host
The following is a response to me from Lightscribe. There is some hope
yet..
Fred
Hello Fred,
Thank you for your request for help.
LightScribe is just starting support for Linux, and we apologize for the
limited support.
At this point, the only applications available for Linux
With AMD's new Radeon HD 3870 X2, the company has essentially put the
power of two graphics processors on one card. The device won't likely be
a huge seller -- its target market is gamers with high-end systems who
demand high-octane hardware. However, the offering one-ups Nvidia, a
leader in the
Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon January 28 2008 10:01:25 pm Stevens wrote:
Carl:
Understand that Al Gore, a corrupt American politician who is
also dumb as a rock, will make tons of money off of people
stupid enough to go along with his scam. There is a difference
between pollution and global
Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon January 28 2008 09:41:50 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
No Carl, YOU loose. ;) You mention NASA..read their most recent
data. They are predicting a mini-ice age again and to start soon that
will last 20 - 30 years, WITH famine and crop failures.
Fred: Please
Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon January 28 2008 10:01:25 pm Stevens wrote:
Carl:
Understand that Al Gore, a corrupt American politician who is
also dumb as a rock, will make tons of money off of people
stupid enough to go along with his scam. There is a difference
between pollution and
Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon January 28 2008 09:41:50 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
No Carl, YOU loose. ;) You mention NASA..read their most recent
data. They are predicting a mini-ice age again and to start soon that
will last 20 - 30 years, WITH famine and crop failures.
Fred: Please post
Fred A. Miller wrote:
With AMD's new Radeon HD 3870 X2, the company has essentially put the
power of two graphics processors on one card. The device won't likely be
a huge seller -- its target market is gamers with high-end systems who
demand high-octane hardware. However, the offering one-ups
Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon January 28 2008 07:03:36 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
So have I, and global warming is BAD science.PERIOD!!
I've read your posts for a long time, Fred. Generally speaking, you almost
always have an axe to grind in these kinds of exchanges (purposely avoiding
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