Re: [opensuse] logging internet connection status

oth are provided as RPM packages on OpenSuSE. Having SNMP support on your ADSL modem/router would make the task of monitoring it easier. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [opensuse] Latest xorg update is problematic

ant)... So do I: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -q -a | grep swt libswt3-gtk2-3.2.1-24 So it seems it's not relevant. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <ht

[opensuse] Latest xorg update is problematic

Is anyone here aware of this issue ? Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended

Re: [opensuse] Remote Monitoring with SMS

have a look at my project called SMSLink (shamless plug ;-) ): <http://smslink.sourceforge.net/> It's been built for specifically that purpose and integrates very well with Nagios. It's GPL as well, so there's no cost. No OpenSuSE RPMs yet, unfortunately, but it's quite easy to

Re: [opensuse] Google earth. Does it work?

t all sure what to > expect. > > IBM Thinkpad T41 > SUSE 10.0 > Firefox 1.5.0.6 (if it matters) > > TIA, ds > -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba

Re: [opensuse] How can I make a ghost image for SUSE Linux

a1 bs=8257536 >> >> Rgds. Otto Rodusek. > How would I clone a system, but only the files / inodes, if I want to > use it on a different HDD? Let's say I have setup a 80GB HDD, with 3 > partitions /, /home & /opt and I want to clone it for later use, but in > 2 years ti

Re: [opensuse] Safely remove USB

or my thumbdrive ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended

[opensuse] kdepim3 patch update crashes KNotes

fault version (kdepim3-3.5.5-36) fixed the problem. Should I file a bug with Novell or is my reporting this to the list enough ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] how do I know if I hit a certain ulimit and how to find knowledge of ulimit?

top'? And there is no 'resident > set size' in /proc/meminfo too. Don't know the answer to that one. HTH Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwi

Re: [opensuse] copying music CD's

command > to copy a music CD, so I can play it in my car without risking damage > to the original? $ cdparanoia -B This will create a set of .wav files from your music CD. You can then use K3B / "create audio CD project" to burn them to disk. HTH Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersso

Re: [opensuse] Replacement for gtkpod

David Bottrill wrote: > Philippe Andersson wrote: >> Hello, >> >> After upgrading from 9.3 to 10.2, I noticed recently that the previously >> installed "gtkpod" application has been removed. >> >> Has it been moved somewhere else (Packman, Guru) ?

[opensuse] Replacement for gtkpod

object to Gnome apps, obviously. Also, I use my iPod for MP3s only (no iTunes). TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents

Re: [opensuse] USB GPRS doodad

ial converter. All the devices I ever got from Gener were always driven by straight AT commands, so they are perfectly compatible with Linux. I use them in the context of my SMSLink project (<http://smslink.sourceforge.net/>) and they've always been very reliable. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A

Re: [opensuse] fping for SUSE 6.1

> I'll have a look at home. I started using SuSE during the 6.x era, but I can't remember by heart what the first version I bought was. I still have 7.0 and 7.3 sitting on my desk, if that can help you. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator I

Re: [opensuse] Another back-up question - Over & over again

Bob S wrote: > I assume that there are no backup programs that actually re-create an entire > blank drive. > Yes there is: Mondo Rescue. Packages for OpenSuSE are even provided ;-) HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Te

Re: [opensuse] change to bash

much quicker to just: $ chsh -s /bin/bash HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachmen

Re: [opensuse] GoogleEarth never reaches past splash screen

John Andersen wrote: > On Friday 20 April 2007, Philippe Andersson wrote: >> I'm busy checking that everything survived the big switch, and I just >> noticed that GoogleEarth now refuses to start (never reaches past its >> splash screen). > > Start GE from a s

Re: [opensuse] GoogleEarth never reaches past splash screen

Sunny wrote: > On 4/20/07, Philippe Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> Just finished upgrading my laptop from 9.3 to 10.2 (online update >> performed). >> >> I'm busy checking that everything survived the big switch, and I jus

Re: [opensuse] GoogleEarth never reaches past splash screen

Francesco Teodori wrote: > Try this > LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so googleearth > Francesco I just did. It crashed my X server. Got me back to the KDM screen. Don't worry, though. No harm done ;-) Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy

Re: [opensuse] Scanner recommendation? Epson 4490 any good?

it will work with Kooka? From experience, the proprietary Epson driver integrates well with Sane, which means that Kooka works with it as well. But that's only if you're on i386. Last time I checked, no such driver was available for x86_64 (that was a while ago, though). HTH Chee

[opensuse] GoogleEarth never reaches past splash screen

lling from the .bin -- no effect. Any hint ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this e-mail message and any

Re: [opensuse] Scanner recommendation? Epson 4490 any good?

Dave Howorth wrote: > Philippe Andersson wrote: >> From experience, the proprietary Epson driver integrates well with Sane, >> which means that Kooka works with it as well. But that's only if you're >> on i386. Last time I checked, no such driver was available for

Re: [opensuse] GoogleEarth never reaches past splash screen

Francesco Teodori wrote: > have you enabled 3D acceleration? > Francesco > No, but it used to work without (through Mesa, which is still installed). Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL

Re: [opensuse] Foreign characters in Konqueror - 2nd attempt

tion, so I can't comment. Could you please post the fstab entry for that separate harddrive ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com>

Re: [opensuse] Problem with NFS mounts

ixed it by adding the server name and IP address in the /etc/hosts file on the NFS client. In you case: w.x.y.z janus janus.coalliance.org I know it's not ideal, but it worked for us. YMMV -- HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particl

Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?

Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:21 kvad Philippe Andersson: >> Hi Johnny, >> >> Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: >>> Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:05 kvad Philippe Andersson: >>>> Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: >>>>> My printer&#x

Re: [opensuse] Foreign characters in Konqueror - 2nd attempt

rrectly. Just made the test here on a new 10.2 install. Created a file with an umlaut in its name. Displayed it without problem by Konq. $LANG is en_US.UTF-8. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 e

Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?

Hi Johnny, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:05 kvad Philippe Andersson: >> Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: >>> My printer's ink level program is unable to display ink level as >>> well as print when either one of the four cartridges are empty. &

Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?

tridges are empty. Would this be some sort of Epson all-in-one device, by any chance ? Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this

Re: [opensuse] Konsole developer seeking input

Win or OS X: if you want to use the CLI, you'd better know where to look for it. Under Linux, on the other hand, I'd rather see it featured prominently, as the valuable asset it is. Just my 2¢. Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy

Re: [opensuse] Help Killling Process

you can use with the process name, but it may be more indiscriminate. "man killall" is your friend ;-) HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-

Re: [opensuse] Yast - to upgrade Distribution ?

before doing the kernel > 2.6.18.8-0.1 update. S, it wasn't just me, then ;-) Already noticed that on a server at home (fresh install). Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983

Re: [opensuse] Yast - to upgrade Distribution ?

;real soon now" on several boxen (laptop, desktop, servers, 32bit, 64bit), some of them "mission critical" (like my laptop ;-) ). Any snag I have to watch for ? Any recommendation (outside of the usual "make a backup/mondoarchive first") ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philipp

Re: [opensuse] streaming music

could use "softsqueeze", a Java-based client for Slimserver: <http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/> (Thanks, Frank ;-) ). HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-wo

Re: [opensuse] [Repost]: Using an extra driver at install-time

Hello Thomas, Thanks a lot for your reply, first of all. Thomas Hertweck wrote: > Philippe Andersson wrote: >> Can anyone out there please help ? >> >> Any pointer to documentation explaining how to hack / customize the >> OpenSuSE installer would be welcome. > &

Re: [opensuse] Need explanation - question 1

e carrying them out to make sure I haven't left out anything. "Going back" in case of problem is always possible until you perform the last step (removal of /usr-old). HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475

Re: [opensuse] multiple tasks

in all DH* dirs > (like above) and calculate average of $3 by awk Not sure what you want to do here: - what is $3 in this case ? - calculate the average what ? Size ? Number of .dat files per directory ? HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA P

Re: [opensuse] K9copy

may wish to try doing the ripping with DVDdecryptor (it handles more copy protection schemes) and then processing the files through DVDShrink. Both work fine under recent Wine releases. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-

Re: [opensuse] Why other Boot Options

"cat /boot/grub/menu.lst" or something). Then type Ctrl-D to exit your root session. Your back in your own shell. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <htt

[opensuse] [Repost]: Using an extra driver at install-time

: Using an extra driver at install-time Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:35:45 +0100 From: Philippe Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Ion Beam Applications, S.A. To: opensuse@opensuse.org Hello list, I'm trying to install OpenSuSE 10.2 on an oldish Dell PowerEdge 1300, fitted with a PER

Re: [opensuse] remove files

ow your DHbox*. Make sure that's what you want before typing this command. Omit the -exec part to have a look at the selected file list first. HTH Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMa

Re: [opensuse] remove files

wit suffix = 'pro' and suffix = '.dat' keeping others > untouched >>> thanks >>> oliver >> Hi Oliver, >> find DHbox* -name *.dat | xargs rm >> should do the trick. > > Don't you need quotes around the *.dat to stop the shell ex

[opensuse] Using an extra driver at install-time

note that the Dell server doesn't have a floppy unit. It has USB ports, though, and a NIC of course. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTE