Re: [opensuse-offtopic] Re: [opensuse] URGENT!! (and don't be angry for the Subject of this mail)

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 22:42 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> 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 to the list!!!
> > 
> > You got a link to serve with that assertion? :-)
> 
> NO Carl, I'm quite busy.if you want to know the truth, go look it
> up! The data was released in the last few days.

  There are several hits on Google using "nasa predicts iceage",
including one Russian Scientist.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2006/02/07/scientist_predicts_mini_ice_age/2345/

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Re: [opensuse] Keeping my system up to date

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 19:07 +, Marcin Floryan wrote:
> On 28/01/2008, Klaas. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >   This may qualify for the most stupid question of
> >   the month, but please point me to the documentation
> >   for keeping my OpenSuse 10.3 system up to date.
> >   I know there must be fixes and updates but somehow
> >   the correct procedure to do this is not clear to
> >   me.
> 
> Yast2 - Online Update
> http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Modules/Online_Update

  While this is true, previous versions, and one can assume 10.3, have a
tray icon that informs one of available updates.

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Re: [opensuse] VPN Question

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 11:15 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 January 2008 04:57:57 am Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 21:55 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> ...
> > > > Perhaps completely beside the point, but perhaps you could try
> > > > strongswan for making your vpn. It has built in support for smartcards
> > > > (in contrast to other vpn-software), and is available on the download
> > > > server.
> > >
> > > I just installed strongswan from here:
> > > http://software.opensuse.org/search?p=1&q=strongswan
> > >
> > > However, I can't seem to make it work.  I looked for an icon and don't
> > > see one. Resorting to the CLI, I get nothing there either.
> > >
> > > Ideas?
> > >
> > > jabba:/home/kai/Desktop # rpm -i strongswan-4.1.10.5-1.1.i586.rpm
> > > package strongswan-4.1.10.5-1.1 is already installed
> > > jabba:/home/kai/Desktop # strongswan
> > > bash: strongswan: command not found
> > > jabba:/home/kai/Desktop #
> >
> >   I'm kinda wondering if it put the executable outside of roots path.  I
> > know you can view where an rpm puts files using YaST's software module,
> > and I'm thinking that rpm might have a switch that does basically the
> > same thing.
> 
> If you have installed the 'rpm' and 'mc' packages you can browse any rpm file 
> as described in:
>   http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander/Tips
> section 'RPM browsing'. 
> 
> The rpm alone provides that ability too, though I had to browse manual to 
> find 
> all options that I need. That is the reason for me to use 'mc'. Instead of 
> browsing manual or remembering a number of switches for all that 'mc' 
> presents I have to remember to highlight a file and press Enter. 

  Or use your mouse and double click on the file.  I have mc installed
but really don't do much with it, though I know there are those on list
who are quite proficient with it.

> Inside the rpm highlight CONTENTS.cpio and again press Enter. The 'mc' will 
> extract files in /tmp directory and present them as a browsable tree.
> 
> To see what is in the file, for instance, /usr/sbin/ipsec highlight the file 
> and press F3, which will invoke viewer and that is how I know that 'ipsec' is 
> the script. 
> 
> Holding Shift key highlight with mouse text that you want to copy, go to mail 
> program place cursor where you want to copy highlighted, press middle button 
> on mouse and text is copied, as in my another mail. 
> 
> BTW, have you seen my other mail?

  Not at that the time of answering Kai.


>  Are you use threading? 

  I wasn't, but I did turn it on just now.  I'll see how that goes.

> Evolution should be able to do that. My answer to Kai is hanging 
> in 2 hours before your reply. 
> 
> This is only to show files using rpm:
> rpm --qery --list --package ./strongswan-4.1.10.5-1.22.i586.rpm
> 
> It will show list of files where /usr/sbin/ipsec is the only binary. 
> The 'rcipsec' is the symlink to 'ipsec'. Though I can't find what option to 
> add to above line, to see symlinks marked as such. 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Rajko

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Re: [opensuse] VPN Question

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 21:55 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Monday 21 January 2008 11:10:55 am Hans Witvliet wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 15:41 +0100, Clayton wrote:
> > > > client.  In both cases, I was/am connecting to a cisco vpn and seem to
> > > > only be able to use the cisco vpn client. Kvpnc didn't - for some
> > > > reason - want to pull in my .pcf file or run my profile.
> > > >
> > > > Keep in mind, I have a RSA SecureID card which changes my password
> > > > every 60 seconds. I cannot store my password in the client, therefore.
> > >
> > > I am in the same situation... VPN to the remote server, and using an
> > > RSA SecureID card.  I could never get the Kvpnc to work.
> >
> > Perhaps completely beside the point, but perhaps you could try
> > strongswan for making your vpn. It has built in support for smartcards
> > (in contrast to other vpn-software), and is available on the download
> > server.
> 
> I just installed strongswan from here: 
> http://software.opensuse.org/search?p=1&q=strongswan 
> 
> However, I can't seem to make it work.  I looked for an icon and don't see 
> one. Resorting to the CLI, I get nothing there either.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> jabba:/home/kai/Desktop # rpm -i strongswan-4.1.10.5-1.1.i586.rpm
> package strongswan-4.1.10.5-1.1 is already installed
> jabba:/home/kai/Desktop # strongswan
> bash: strongswan: command not found
> jabba:/home/kai/Desktop # 

  I'm kinda wondering if it put the executable outside of roots path.  I
know you can view where an rpm puts files using YaST's software module,
and I'm thinking that rpm might have a switch that does basically the
same thing.

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Re: [opensuse] nvidia brightness question

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 21:43 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote:
>   I have (re-)installed the nVIDIA driver for Linux (December 29, 2007)
> using the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run package downloaded from their
> web site.  I have noticed something that I'd like to either understand
> or correct.
>   When I view an You-tube video in Linux the video tends to not be as
> bright as watching the video under XP=Home on the same hardware setup.
>   Is this a driver issue or an X issue, and how can I resolve the
> difference if at all possible.
> 
>   Mike

  I should have noted that the Monitor is a Samsung 7e.

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[opensuse] nvidia brightness question

[Mike McMullin]

  I have (re-)installed the nVIDIA driver for Linux (December 29, 2007)
using the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run package downloaded from their
web site.  I have noticed something that I'd like to either understand
or correct.
  When I view an You-tube video in Linux the video tends to not be as
bright as watching the video under XP=Home on the same hardware setup.
  Is this a driver issue or an X issue, and how can I resolve the
difference if at all possible.

  Mike



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Re: [opensuse] About offtopic posts

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 20:43 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> On Monday 07 January 2008 05:56, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 09:52 +0100, jdd wrote:
> > > >> Besides, the
> > > >> subject says OT, so a reasonably decent filter should flush
> > > >> any OT message for those who detest OT posts.
> >
> >   After they get dl'ed from the host, and some people getting the list
> > are on dial up where time is money, so it's also being considerate to
> > keep the OT chatter to a minimum.
> >
> > > couldn't [OT] subject be filtered out to OT list??
> > >
> > > jdd
> >
> >   They should actually get put there as the intent of the OT list was a
> > place to put OT things.
> 
> I would love to see a show of hands (here) as to how many read the OT list.
> I certainly don't, and I would bet that 95% of the rest of you don't either.

  I am subscribed, but the thing is there are a number of folks lurking,
and just reading.  Only Henne could give an accurate number of how many
are subscribed to both lists.

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Re: [opensuse] About offtopic posts

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 09:52 +0100, jdd wrote:
> >> Besides, the
> >> subject says OT, so a reasonably decent filter should flush
> >> any OT message for those who detest OT posts.

  After they get dl'ed from the host, and some people getting the list
are on dial up where time is money, so it's also being considerate to
keep the OT chatter to a minimum.

> couldn't [OT] subject be filtered out to OT list??
> 
> jdd

  They should actually get put there as the intent of the OT list was a
place to put OT things.

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Re: [opensuse] [OT] Einstein's Plagiarism

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 19:17 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> > Samstag, 5. Januar 2008 Philippe Landau:
> > 
> >> work. This happens all the time. Discovery of Bush's involvement in 9-11
> >> is a prominent current example gripping many. Science is advanced by
> > 
> > There's new evidence or what?
> 
> Yes.  They just pulled new evidence out of their ass yesterday.
> 
> The latest is that if you fold the 20-dollar bill in a special
> way, you'll see representations of the World Trade Center and
> the Pentagon attacks... never mind that these are off of the
> reverse side of the bill which was designed in *1928*, a full
> 15 years before the Pentagon was built, and 45 years before
> the World Trade Center was built... so by this latest evidence,
> the 9-11 plot goes all the way back to the "Roaring `20's",
> before the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

  Look this is opensuse not American political analysis, PLEASE TAKE
THIS TO OFF-TOPIC

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Re: [opensuse] Fax sending/receiving with SuSE 10.3

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 11:43 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> 
> The Wednesday 2008-01-02 at 01:12 -0800, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
> 
> > Does it belong to SuSE installation kit ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Is it difficult to set up ?
> 
> Depends on what you call difficult. I find it easier than samba or wifi.
> 
> If you have a fake modem/fax, then it may be impossible. You need a /real/ 
> fax/modem.

  Which is to say a hardware modem, however Lucent offers a product to
enable your WinModem to send and receive faxes with their driver.

  Mike -- just tacking this onto Carlos' response to clarify a bit.

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Re: [opensuse] Laptop recomendations

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 16:24 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Mon, December 31, 2007 3:15 pm, Randal Jarrett wrote:
> > I'm going to have to replace my old (6+ years) Toshiba that has a amd
> > 450Mhz processor and
> > a whopping 20GB disk.
> >
> > I'm looking for recommendations for a mid range ($1k - 1.5k) laptop
> > that
> > is compatible with
> > Opensuse 10.3.
> 
> I would say pretty much any laptop will do. Watch for intel wifi, as
> they are supposedly - and in my own experience - better than broadcom.
> 
> Dell makes linux laptops as does be qubed.

  Pardon the piggy-back on this.  ACER makes a good laptop, I've got two
of them here, and they stand behind their hardware, as well as will not
void the warranty if you replatform a Windows Box into a Linux box.

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Re: [opensuse] Downgrade to Vista

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 23:58 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> Okay, this blows. (Sorry for the California term, but it is all I can
> think of.)
> 
> After several hours of installing 10.3 on my laptop followed by
> terrible frustration and then several hours of installing 10.2 on my
> laptop, I've decided I need to downgrade to Vista.
> 
> Unfortunately, the laptop must be encrypted. There is no other option,
> since it is a business laptop.
> 
> >From what I can tell - I had a perfectly working laptop on Thursday.
> Yesterday I took it upon myself to upgrade to 10.3 and encrypt the
> home partition. Doing so caused numerous issues, mostly with locking
> up the screen and/or system randomly.
> 
> I decided today to do a fresh install of 10.2 - which was working fine
> - on the system with an encrypted home partition.
> 
> Same issues. System will lock up unexpectedly after either a few
> minutes or after an hour.
> 
> I can only guess that the encryption is causing the issue.
> 
> Unless anyone has further suggestions, it appears I need to downgrade
> to Vista (which came with the laptop) and bite the bullet.
> 
> Ideas?

  Having followed your discussion on encrypting partitions, I was
actually wondering if you might not just need to fake a partition in a
file, encrypt the fake partition, and only mount that when needed?  I
already have 10.3 on my laptop, and running smooth enough, so I was
pondering doing this for the stuff I need kept safe.

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] how-to make your linux desktop look like a mac

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 18:06 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Saturday 29 December 2007 18:04:11 Mike McMullin wrote:
> >   I've heard that as well, which is why I'm hoping that the next gen of
> > that OS will not be tied to branded hardware.
> 
> Considering that Apple makes almost all of its money from hardware, I think 
> you have a better chance of seeing pigs fly
> 
> Anders

  I am aware of that Anders, but they are not stupid people, and revenue
is revenue, even if it's just a license.

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Re: [opensuse] will pay for wireless help

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 10:23 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 01:48 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
> > On Sunday 23 December 2007 01:06:05 am Jerry Houston wrote:
> > > Rajko M. wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 22 December 2007 05:36:03 pm Steve Reilly wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > >> you need to install both the kernel
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean kernel sources, and compile package?
> > >
> > > The directions tell you to install (or update) madwifi, then figure out
> > > the "flavor" of your kernel, and install the module to match it.  Mine's
> > > "bigsmp," for example.
> > >
> > > It didn't work for me, at any rate.  When I was done installing (and
> > > rebooting), modprobe ath_pci didn't show any results, and I couldn't get
> > > the card to connect at all.  Since I have the PCMCIA wireless card
> > > working fine, it doesn't matter much to me, but I'd be interested in
> > > finding how how it goes for James.
> > >
> > > Perhaps there's some non-obvious step that's needed, beyond what the
> > > opensuse.org web site tells us.
> > 
> > I have some experience with Broadcom, but not at all with Atheros. 
> > The broadcom requires firmware that will be loaded in wireless adapter. 
> > Two years ago there was no way to get that and wireless didn't worked, now 
> > there is and laptop works fine. I'm wondering if that is the same problem 
> > with atheros. 
> 
>   I have the Atheros chipset (I don't remember which one), on my laptop.
> IIRC I required two .rpm's and to use the atheros drive when setting up
> the wireless networking in YaST.  If his card is like mine, he will not
> need to upload any firmware.
> 
> > It would be good if James would accept some type of 'blind shots' and 
> > report 
> > results. That method gives ideas, helps not to run in circles as many eyes 
> > see more. 
> 
>   It would be good for those of us who have Atheros' cards to post up
> what we did to get our cards working.  Ubuntu 6.10 when I installed it,
> picked up the card and configured it, SuSE10.3 (which is on it now), did
> not have the drivers for it and I had to go get them and go through a
> good bit of trial and error.

  Having finally booted up my laptop, I can actually reply here:
madwifi-0.9.3.2-0.1x86_64.rpm  openSUSE 10.3 Min Repository (OSS)
http://download.opesuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:10.3/standard

and madwifi-kmp-default-0.9.3.2_2.6.22.5_31-0.1x86_64,rpm

  I installed these two packages, though I did download the one for xen
kernels as well.

In YaST Network Devices, Network Card shows up as AMBIT Microsystems
AR2413 802.11bg NIC
the device name is wlan-ath0 and the module used is ath_pci wth no
options.  I don't remember if I actually had to restart the laptop for
it to take effect.  I was trying a few things, and was busy worrying
about a job at the time so, the above is what I actually know.  I hope
that some of this helps.  A quick look at the sourceforge site indicates
a newer version 0.9.3.3 from Oct.17,2007 is out.

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Re: [opensuse] how-to make your linux desktop look like a mac

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 08:44 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Saturday 29 December 2007 08:27, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 14:13 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > > On Friday 28 December 2007 15:10, Alfredo Cedeño Borges wrote:
> > > > Can somebody please help me to do this?
> > > > TIA (Thanks In Advance)
> > >
> > > <http://store.apple.com/>
> > >
> > > > Alfredo.
> > >
> > > RRS
> >
> >   But can you install it on non-Apple hardware?
> 
> All the Macs for the past couple of years have been based on Intel x86 
> processors, so in principle, yes.
> 
> But in reality, it seems that it depends on how resourceful you are. 
> MacOS itself (apart from the open-source Unix infrastructure) is 
> supposed to rely on Mac-specific hardware, but I seem to recall hearing 
> about people finding work-arounds for those interlocks.

  I've heard that as well, which is why I'm hoping that the next gen of
that OS will not be tied to branded hardware.  

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Re: [opensuse] how-to make your linux desktop look like a mac

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 16:59 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Alfredo Cedeño Borges wrote:
> > Can somebody please help me to do this?
> > TIA (Thanks In Advance)
> 
> Oh, here we go again.
> 
> Are you, or your users, so befuddled by computers
> that if it doesn't look EXACTLY like a Mac, you're
> incapable of using it???
> 
> Why are you doing this -= it's an insult to the
> entire community which has built this from
> scratch, most of whom were never paid a single
> cent for their work -- now you have to further
> deny them even the moral support and credit,
> by trying to pass of their work as that of Apple.
> 
> How long have you been in the habit of slapping
> people who give you useful things as gifts which
> you actually value and use?

  Why not just tel him to get BSD and tweak it?

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Re: [opensuse] how-to make your linux desktop look like a mac

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 14:13 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Friday 28 December 2007 15:10, Alfredo Cedeño Borges wrote:
> > Can somebody please help me to do this?
> > TIA (Thanks In Advance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Alfredo.
> 
> 
> RRS

  But can you install it on non-Apple hardware?

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Re: [opensuse] YIM Mail

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 14:13 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
> Do you have the paid system where you can download via pop?  If so, I'd
> use pidgin+Thunderbird.
> 
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 18:07 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> >   
> >> On Wednesday 26 December 2007 17:11, Mike McMullin wrote:
> >> 
> >>>   I'm looking for a replacement for the Yahoo Instant Messenger (For RH
> >>> 5), that supports reading and sending of Yahoo Mail.  A natural
> >>> solution, ie, im client, or e-mail client with the ability is preferred
> >>> over the likes of YPOPS.
> >>>   
> >> I use COTSE.
> >> 
> >
> >   How does it compare to the YIM client?

  No I don't and neither do the other end users on computers that I do
not own, but seem to be supporting.

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Re: [opensuse] YIM Mail

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 18:07 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 December 2007 17:11, Mike McMullin wrote:
> >   I'm looking for a replacement for the Yahoo Instant Messenger (For RH
> > 5), that supports reading and sending of Yahoo Mail.  A natural
> > solution, ie, im client, or e-mail client with the ability is preferred
> > over the likes of YPOPS.
> 
> I use COTSE.

  How does it compare to the YIM client?

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[opensuse] YIM Mail

[Mike McMullin]

  I'm looking for a replacement for the Yahoo Instant Messenger (For RH
5), that supports reading and sending of Yahoo Mail.  A natural
solution, ie, im client, or e-mail client with the ability is preferred
over the likes of YPOPS.

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Re: [opensuse] will pay for wireless help

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 01:48 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
> On Sunday 23 December 2007 01:06:05 am Jerry Houston wrote:
> > Rajko M. wrote:
> > > On Saturday 22 December 2007 05:36:03 pm Steve Reilly wrote:
> > > ...
> > >
> > >> you need to install both the kernel
> > >
> > > Do you mean kernel sources, and compile package?
> >
> > The directions tell you to install (or update) madwifi, then figure out
> > the "flavor" of your kernel, and install the module to match it.  Mine's
> > "bigsmp," for example.
> >
> > It didn't work for me, at any rate.  When I was done installing (and
> > rebooting), modprobe ath_pci didn't show any results, and I couldn't get
> > the card to connect at all.  Since I have the PCMCIA wireless card
> > working fine, it doesn't matter much to me, but I'd be interested in
> > finding how how it goes for James.
> >
> > Perhaps there's some non-obvious step that's needed, beyond what the
> > opensuse.org web site tells us.
> 
> I have some experience with Broadcom, but not at all with Atheros. 
> The broadcom requires firmware that will be loaded in wireless adapter. 
> Two years ago there was no way to get that and wireless didn't worked, now 
> there is and laptop works fine. I'm wondering if that is the same problem 
> with atheros. 

  I have the Atheros chipset (I don't remember which one), on my laptop.
IIRC I required two .rpm's and to use the atheros drive when setting up
the wireless networking in YaST.  If his card is like mine, he will not
need to upload any firmware.

> It would be good if James would accept some type of 'blind shots' and report 
> results. That method gives ideas, helps not to run in circles as many eyes 
> see more. 

  It would be good for those of us who have Atheros' cards to post up
what we did to get our cards working.  Ubuntu 6.10 when I installed it,
picked up the card and configured it, SuSE10.3 (which is on it now), did
not have the drivers for it and I had to go get them and go through a
good bit of trial and error.

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Re: [opensuse] Python freeze

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:50 +, Robert W Best wrote:
> Michal,
>   I downloaded cx-freeze from
> download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mvyskocil/openSUSE_10.3/
> In /root I have now
>   freeze-3.0.3-2.2.src.rpm
> I click on it and on Install Packages with YaST
> YaST reads the SuSE 10.3 repository and says
>   Error
>   Following packages haven't been found on the medium:
>   cx-freeze

  If I recall correctly, you would not install a non-SuSE package using
YaST, but the software install tool.

> On Konsole:
> # rpm -iv '/root/cx-freeze-3.0.3-2.2.src.rpm'
> cx-freeze-3.0.3-2.2
> # rpm -q cx-freeze-3.0.3-2.2
> package cx-freeze-3.0.3-2.2 is not installed
> 
> What can I do more?
> Robert

  You could try building the program using the source code for it that
you have installed, or grab the actual rpm for the executable file, it
dependsa on how much you want to learn/do.


> On Friday 30 November 2007 15:50:09 Michal Vyskocil wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 November 2007 15:32:23 Robert W Best wrote:
> > > Hello Michal,
> > >I downloaded cx-freeze rpm but can't install it.
> > > YaST says it can't find cx-freeze.
> > > cx-freeze requires python-devel and rpmlib which are not included
> > > with SuSE 10.3.
> > > python-devel is included with SuSE 10.2 - can I use that one?
> >
> > There's no dependency on python-devel, thus this package is in the
> > 10.3
> When I click on cx-freeze-3.0.3-2.2.src.rpm and on Dependencies
> I get
>   Requires
>   python-devel
>   rpmlib(CompressedFileNames)
> 
> > [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:10.3/standard/]
> >. rpmlib provides the rpm itself.
> >
> > > Please give more detailed instructions.
> > > Robert
> >
> > There's no detailed instructions - just one-click-install and run.
> But how? I don't understand.
> 
> > rpm -q --requires cx-freeze
> > python
> > rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
> > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
> > /bin/sh
> > libc.so.6()(64bit)
> > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
> > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit)
> > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
> > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
> > libdl.so.2()(64bit)
> > libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
> > libm.so.6()(64bit)
> > libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
> > libpthread.so.0()(64bit)
> > libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
> > libutil.so.1()(64bit)
> > libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
> > rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
> >
> > rpm -q --requires rpm
> > ...
> > rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
> > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
> > rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1
> > ...
> > rpmlib(PayloadIsBzip2) <= 3.0.5-1
> >
> > Isn't anything wrong on your machine?
> I installed SuSE 10.3 from the DVD that goes with Linux Magazine
> issue 85. It runs fine.
> 
> > MV
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Re: [opensuse] What are the exact differences each suse version?

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 17:19 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Sunday 28 October 2007 17:13, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > > ...
> > >
> > > WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible
> > > to buy today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight
> >
> >XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in
> > the last 4 weeks, proper "boxed" version.
> 
> Go to Fry's (or it's equivalent in your area (*)) and buy a chassis fan 
> (or a power supply or RAM or a mainboard or a disk drive or a cabinet, 
> etc.) and get an OEM version of Windows for considerably less.
> 
> I'm sad to say I need to run Windows, but I now have two OEM licenses, 
> and I suspect that will suffice for the foreseeable future. God, I hope 
> it does...
> 
> (*) "Equivalent" means a vendor that sells Windows OEM discs with 
> virtually any hardware purchase.

  I bought XP-Home Upgrade, at Price Costco for $119Can last year, I saw
it at Radio Shack for $200 Can and passed on the price.  I only wanted
the OS for my son who insisted on Windows for his desktop system.  Now I
need to learn how to make it work in my mostly Linux home network.

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Re: [opensuse] What are the exact differences each suse version?

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:17 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2007 01:13:02 Mike McMullin wrote:
> >XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in the
> > last 4 weeks, proper "boxed" version.
> 
> The OEM edition is only legal if you put together boxes for sale, you're not 
> allowed to buy it as an end user

  Note the readily available to consumer item here in the Great White
North:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=335900&sku=M17-7502

and it too is OEM, Tiger Direct is no fly by night operation dealing in
questionable software.

> If you put together boxes to preload SLED on them, you can get it cheaper as 
> well
   
  That is something that would definitely interest me, but, I have
questions about the annual security update subscription price for home
users.

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Re: [opensuse] What are the exact differences each suse version?

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > > > And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
> > >
> > > That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature updates, plus support
> > >
> > > Anders
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > Does this mean that when you only pay 50 EUR for one year you don't get
> > security patches the next year? This would mean that Novell is even more
> > expensive then Windows XP which costs 100 / 150 (professional) EUR and
> > has at least 7 yrs of security patches support.
> 
> WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible to buy 
> today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight

   XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in the
last 4 weeks, proper "boxed" version.


> But even so, for that money you get exactly nothing beyond the basic OS. No 
> office package, no programs, nothing

  {snip}

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Re: [opensuse] libdvdcss gone?

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 18:39 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> * Sergey Mkrtchyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-26-07 18:22]:
> > After spending lots of money for David Gilmour's new dvd I realised that
> > I can't find libdvdcss to install. I have the Packman sources added in
> > YaST and also googled a while, no luck.
> > 
> > Searching in opensuse.org doesn't bring something really helpfull.
> > 
> > What has happened with it?
> 
> google has it, just searched for libdvdcss and it's the first several
> hits.

  Is it a part of the "one-click" repository add for extra media codecs?

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Re: [opensuse] libdvdcss gone?

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 18:22 -0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> After spending lots of money for David Gilmour's new dvd I realised that
> I can't find libdvdcss to install. I have the Packman sources added in
> YaST and also googled a while, no luck.
> 
> Searching in opensuse.org doesn't bring something really helpfull.
> 
> What has happened with it?

  Not sure which version you are running Sergey, but on my 10.3 laptop I
have  this:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -q libdvdcss
libdvdcss-1.2.9-5.4

  Yast tells me it's from the videolan repository.

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Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 07:14 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Jake Conk wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have  openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored
> > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to
> > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install
> > windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know most
> > multiboot setups that include windows always say install windows first
> > then install linux so it can auto detect your windows partition and
> > setup grub accordingly but in my case I already have linux setup and
> > want to install windows while keeping suse's grub menu. Is this
> > possible and how?
> 
> If you install Windows, it will GLEEFULLY overwrite your MBR,
> forcing you to repair your Linux install.

  My apologies for nit-picking here.  When Windows(tm) writes the MBR,
it does not "break" the Linux install, hence Linux doesn't need to be
repaired, but to have the boot loader configured to boot Linux.  One can
use Windows(tm) boot loader to boot more than one OS. I have, however,
noticed that most Linux users prefer to have GRUB or LILO handle the
booting of their systems, and they need to be given control of the boot
process, if so desired.

> Just partition your disk first with the SuSe install disk,
> then install Windows, and lastly, Install Linux.

  IIRC with XP you can use it's partitioner to create the partitions
that you will later turn over to Linux.  FWIW, on my systems, I use the
Linux partitioner only on disks that do not contain a Windows(tm)
partition, I let MS deal with space that their OS will be using.

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Re: [opensuse] lost suse 10.0 root password

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:14 +0700, Hans Linux wrote:
> Not in my case :(
> 
> if fdisk -l, i get the info :
> /dev/sda1 => Linux Swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda2 => Linux
> 
> then i give it a command :
> mount -t reiserfs -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /mnt
> 
> i get this error :
> mount: /mnt not mounted already, or bad option

  cd /
  mkdir mnt
  cd mnt
  mkdir sda2

then retry your mount using /mnt/sda2 as the mount point

> the same error if i change reiserfs to ext3
> mount -t reiserfs -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /mnt
> 
> without -t, i'll get this error :
> mount : you must specify the filesystem type
> 
> any idea?
> 
> Pete Connolly wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 October 2007 12:14:52 Hans Linux wrote:
> >   
> >> my suse 10.0 is formatted with reiserf. how do i mount it?
> >>
> >> Pete Connolly wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 11:44:46 Hans Linux wrote:
> >>>   
>  i forgot my suse 10.0 root password. what should i do? there are many
>  info i found with google, but doesnt work. is there any easy way to
>  reset the password?
>  
> >>> You're not the first, and won't be the last.
> >>>
> >>> http://en.opensuse.org/Recover_Root_Password
> >>>
> >>> That should help you.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> Pete
> >>>   
> >
> > It should be detected as a ReiserFS filesystem and 'just work'.  At least, 
> > that's been my experience.  If need be, you can specify the type using '-t 
> > reiserfs' on the mount command.
> >
> > See here for more information: http://www.namesys.com/mount-options.html
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Pete
> >   
> 

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Re: [opensuse] evolution contacts

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:14 -0500, Bryen wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:51 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 12:52 -0500, Bryen wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 13:38 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> > > > Has anyone else that is using 10.3 and evolution noticed their contacts
> > > > list auto adding addresses even though that setting is turned off? Every
> > > > time I reply to any email the OP's address is being added to my contacts
> > > > list.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Ken,  did you turn it off in Plugins - Automatic Contacts or elsewhere?
> > > 
> > 
> > The only place I see the option is:
> > 
> > Edit-->Preferences-->Mail Preferences, Automatic Contacts
> > 
> > And the selection is un-checked.
> > 
> Ken,
> 
> Try Edit --> Plugins --> Then Uncheck the "Automatic Plugins" option.

  Is it not a wiser idea to disable the particular plug-in that is doing
this than to kill them all willy-nilly?

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Re: [opensuse] Bootable 'Repair Installation' for 10.3

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 21:30 -0500, Kevin Dupuy wrote:

  {snip}

> Are ALL openSUSE discs broken with regards to Repair? CDs, DVD, boxed
> edition? If so, yikes.
> 
> Would it cause any problems to use a 10.2 DVD repair disc for repair
> incase I need it?

  I would think that this is not a good idea.  The general repair tool
also fixes files, and that can cause other problems.

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3, amarok and MP3's

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 18:11 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
> On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
> > Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-)
> >   
> What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. 
> I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast
> was preselected.  It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen
> before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting
> for root's password.  I am using Firefox.  That sounds like a security
> problem big time.  How could any user gain root's access via a link in a
> browser, or what exactly is that ymp file?

  Odd it asked me for the root password.  Are you sure it wasn't buried
on the screen somewhere?

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Re: [opensuse] Re Evolution in Suse 10.2

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 14:53 +0200, Igor Jagec wrote:
> On Čet, 2007-10-11 at 22:15 -0400, Rob wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone seen this error message when trying to activate Evolution in 
> > Suse 
> > 10.2?  
> 
> Yep.
> 
> > Enter password for default keyring to unlock
> > The application Evolution-2.8 (/opt/gnome/bin/evolution-2.8) wamts access 
> > to 
> > the default keyring but it is locked
> 
> I've reported that to Novell's bugzilla, but the problem is solved by
> installing gnome-keyring-pam package (Gnome users were called for
> testing it yesterday on openSUSE GNOME mailing list). You'll just have
> to put the check on the box when it pops up for the first time, and
> that's it. It works fine for me on openSUSE 10.3 and Evolution 2.12.
> 
> Cheers!


  I did an install of 10.2 in that last two months.  I did notice that
Evolution was requesting the password (several times over various days),
_but_ after setting the system up for updates, and doing my updates, the
patch fixing this was applied.  I haven't tried it on 10.3 yet, as my
e-mail is done on a 10.2 system.

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3 DVD is not booting

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 20:24 +0300, Charalampos Alexopoulos wrote:
> Rui Santos wrote:
> >
> > What do you mean by not booting?
> > - Does the BIOS boots the DVD ? do you get the openSUSE 10.3 boot 
> > options?
> > - Or select the install option and the boot process does not complete?
> >
> >
> >   
> I mean that when i start the computer with dvd in the computer boot from 
> hard disk, no boot options.
> But when i put the dvd with the 10.2 it gives me the boot options.
> 
> 
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> >
> >
> >   There are two fast possibilities, your bios is not set to boot from
> > that drive prior to booting from the hard disk, or you did not choose to
> > burn the disk as .iso.  From k3b's tools menu, choose the "Burn DVD Iso
> > image" option, for the former put in a known good bootable disk and
> > if it won't boot from it, adjust your bios settings.
> >
> >   
> No one is my case, because the computer can boot with 10.2 dvd and 
> because i wrote the 10.2 dvd with the same procedure.

  That leaves only one possibility that I can think of.  A defective
read on the DVD.

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3 DVD is not booting

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 18:35 +0300, Charalampos Alexopoulos wrote:
> Hi
> I download the openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD-i386.iso and burn it with k3b under 
> opensuse 10.2, the k3b did the MD5 sum succesfully but the DVD is not 
> booting. I try it in two machines whle both machines can boot with 10.2 
> dvd.
> I also try to burn a new DVD with 10.3 in case that somethink goes wrong 
> with the first one (actualy now i have four copies of it but no one is 
> working).
> I also try to burn a new copy of 10.2 DVD to check if somethink is wrong 
> with k3b but this one is working. So the problem is with 
> openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD-i386.iso.
> Right now i am in the midle of new download of the file, but it will 
> take a couple of days to finish.
> Any suggestions are welcome

  There are two fast possibilities, your bios is not set to boot from
that drive prior to booting from the hard disk, or you did not choose to
burn the disk as .iso.  From k3b's tools menu, choose the "Burn DVD Iso
image" option, for the former put in a known good bootable disk and
if it won't boot from it, adjust your bios settings.

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3 and evolution

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 19:03 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:08 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:06 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> > > I have installed 10.3 on my laptop and have copied my .evolution folder
> > > to the laptop but when I go to start evolution it has no knowledge of my
> > > connections. What else do I need to copy over?
> > 
> >   Ken there is an answer for the required directories over on the Ubuntu
> > list, but of more interest is that there is a backup\migration tool for
> > Evolution floating around out there.
> > 
> 
> Well I neither belong to or need to belong to any Ubuntu lists and no
> tool was just floating around on either my desktop or laptop. WTF is the
> reason for keeping both separated in the first place? It sure as hell
> can't be security.
> 

http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Where_does_Evolution_store_my_data.3F

  Perhaps that will be of help then.

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Re: [opensuse] Where 10.3 DVD?

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 12:29 -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote:
> > Clint Tinsley wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe this question has already been asked but where is the real 
> > > DVD?  I went to the opensuse.org site and attempted to download 
> > > the DVD via HTTP/FTP and it only downloaded a small .iso file.  
> > > Now, when I try to download, it gives me a page error.
> > >
> > > Anybody have a link to the real DVD for downloading.  I 
> > > don't/can't use bittorrent.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > - Clint
> > 
> > on the opensuse download page, switch from bittorrent to http/ftp
> > download, #3  this will download the iso not the bittorrent config file
> 
> This is the problem.  I have selected the http/ftp download under section 3 
> and currently I am getting a page error but earlier when it worked, I was 
> only given a 153 MB (that number might be in error but close) .iso file for 
> downloading, not a 4.1 GB DVD iso.
> 
> I just tried again, same error.
> 
> It could be just that the server is on overload but there should be more than 
> one mirror holding the DVD iso for dl.  I am seeing other messages that 
> others are having problems with BT as well so that is not a solution either.

  For 10.2 the DVD iso was not immediately available, and there is a
script available to take the cd iso's and create a DVD from them, it
might work with the 10.3 images.

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3 and evolution

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:06 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> I have installed 10.3 on my laptop and have copied my .evolution folder
> to the laptop but when I go to start evolution it has no knowledge of my
> connections. What else do I need to copy over?

  Ken there is an answer for the required directories over on the Ubuntu
list, but of more interest is that there is a backup\migration tool for
Evolution floating around out there.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: future of xmms

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 12:13 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Oct 3 2007 06:05, Mike McMullin wrote:
> >On Tue, 2007-02-10 at 18:26 -0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
> >> 
> >> Actually I've been using xmms from the very beginning of my using
> >> Linux(couple of years probably, started with 9.3), but now I've switched
> >> to Amarok, and I really find it very comfortable.  It has global hotkeys
> >> stuff, which I find very useful, so you can control it without actually
> >> switching to it's window. It has couple of other features (cover
> >> manager, collections and context, etc) which I really like more and more...
> >
> >  And it seems no way to set the usb-headset as your sound out device,
> >only speakers.  :(
> 
> no way in xmms or no way in amarok?

amarok, xmms and audacious both have it.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: future of xmms

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-02-10 at 18:26 -0400, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
> Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> > Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > 
> > Boy, there sure are a lot of media players for Linux. I use Amarok and
> > Banshee. Has anyone ever done a big comparison of the various ones?
> > 
> 
> Actually I've been using xmms from the very beginning of my using
> Linux(couple of years probably, started with 9.3), but now I've switched
> to Amarok, and I really find it very comfortable.  It has global hotkeys
> stuff, which I find very useful, so you can control it without actually
> switching to it's window. It has couple of other features (cover
> manager, collections and context, etc) which I really like more and more...

  And it seems no way to set the usb-headset as your sound out device,
only speakers.  :(

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Re: [opensuse] HP Printer PSC1315

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-28-09 at 21:55 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote:
> Andrés Cosa wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to make my printer work wit opensuse 10.3. Seems to be
> > detected correctly but there is no PSC 1315 (or 1310 series) in the
> > drivers list. I checked the opensuse site and it says that it is
> > supported. The only "similar" one is PhotoSmart P1315, but I don't think
> > is the same (I tested it just in case and it would work).
> > 
> > I have the hplip-hpijs 2.7.7 package. Am I missing something?
> > 
> > Also when I try to detect the scanner with the yast utility, it stays in
> > the "Detect USB and SCSI scanners" for ever (well, I actually get tired
> > waiting cause I wouldn't expect to be that long).
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> I hate to be negative. But [ always one of these in a sentence like this 
> ], I had a PSC1315 and I never could get it to work. The PSC2350 works 
> like a charm "right out of the box". If you can, upgrade is the best 
> advice I can give you.

  I set up a PSC 1315 for my brother no sweat under 10.2, in fact it set
itself up, the OP needs to make sure the latest hp-lip package is
installed, and use the hp=setup utility if 10.3 beta is not finding this
unit.

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Re: [opensuse] Sending FAX

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 04:38 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> '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?

  Jhylafax was the best that I found.  I don't think that you can find
SuSEFax anywhere these days.

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Re: [opensuse] PCI USRobotics FAX/Modem for Linux.

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 16:17 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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 someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
> > 
> > Fred
> > 
> Fred,
> 
>   I have utilized usr/3com fax/modems with hylafax on several servers and
> they worked fantastically. I've used the old 33.6 sportsters, the 561x
> versions and I think there was a 2960 or 2690. No problems with any.
> Both hylafax and kdefax work great. I set the servers up in /etc/ppp as
> dial in servers so they handle fax and ppp dial-in internet connections.
> Works great.

  Did you manage to get a "fax server" for a network setup though?  I
looked into it, but the instructions were too off-putting.  (Rather
poorly phrased, I think, but I just want to be able to point other
systems to the fax running on my main system and have them fax from it
without doing a ton of setup work, followed by telling the others in the
network to use these new hoops in order to fax.)

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Re: [opensuse] Re: Thinking about the 10-month release schedule

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 18:55 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> > I installed 10.2 on a couple machines this month.  Just realized they
> > will go out of support in 15 months.
> > 
> > Amazing how a 2-year commitment turns into a 15-month reality.
> > 
> > Also, given the recent release cycle, only 2 new openSUSE releases
> > will come out in that 15-months.  ie. 10.3 in a couple weeks, and 11.0
> >  10 months later.
> > 
> > Effectively to stay supported we need to upgrade every other release.
> > ie. I assume when 10.2 loses support at the end of 2008, 11.0 will
> > still be the latest.
> > 
> > When there was a release every 6 months, we could just upgrade every
> > fourth release and stay with supported releases.
> > 
> > We've all seen releases we would just as soon skip.  What if you get
> > two of those in a row now?
> > 
> > Greg
> Hi Greg,
> 
> don't forget that you do not pay for what you get with OpenSUSE.
> If you want to use stable releases for long than there are always SLED
> and SLES waiting.
> 
> Futhermore, if you do not want to pay, but still stay long with a
> supported release, you can always use Ubuntu LTS.

  I tried SLED10 and liked it, really liked it.  What stopped me from
buying was (and maybe I'm wrong here) is that you pay every year so you
can get updates.  The concept is fine for businesses, but for me the
home/College user, that's money I don't really want to pay.

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Re: [opensuse] future of xmms

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 07:19 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> On Monday 24 September 2007 5:53 am, eddie wrote:
> > I do prefer it as a simple alternative for the all-embracing media
> > players of one type or another.
> 
> Try Audacious: a fork of another fork of xmms. It's under current 
> development.  
> It's what I've been using for the last year. Give it a try!
> 
> http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page

Nice.  I like the output plugin control that allows me to switch the
hardware over to my USB headset.  I find that too many sounds apps make
you go hunting for a way to do it, and then disappoint you.

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] PCI USRobotics FAX/Modem for Linux.

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:54 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> On Saturday 22 September 2007 23:41, 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 someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered
> > > > tonight.
> > > >
> > > > Fred
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email?
> > > Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line
> > > modem, doesn't it?
> > >
> > > Lee
> >
> > Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine?
> >
> > --
> > Ken Schneider
> > UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
> For some reason, doctors and pharmacies live by FAX.  You'd think that
> there would be a world-wide medical data-base, but something about
> privacy (read "insurance companies") keeps that from happening.  There
> may be other outfits that live by FAX.  There used to be a program for
> Windows that would let you send a FAX if you had a telephone modem.
> There may be one for LINUX.  I don't know if you could receive on the
> computer.  Probably nobody is still using a telephone modem.

  I can attest the the fact that jhylafax works quite nicely.

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Re: [opensuse] PCI USRobotics FAX/Modem for Linux.

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 21:32 -0400, 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 someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
> 
> Fred

IIRC, I still have all of the conversation back when I was trying to set
up my USR card for faxing.

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Re: [opensuse] webcam on linux (yellowish or greenish images)

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 11:26 -0300, Rejaine Monteiro wrote:
> Mike McMullin escreveu:
> >
> >   Probably off the wall, but the type of light source used to heavily
> > influence the colour balance of 35mm cameras.
> >
> >   
> 
> I installed both  webcams on Window, with equal light  conditions, at 
> the same room and all works fine..
> For me, this is a driver (or  not-compatible) reason ...

  Agreed.

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Re: [opensuse] webcam on linux (yellowish or greenish images)

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 09:14 -0300, Rejaine Monteiro wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I'm testing 2 different webcam models:   a generic and cheap 1.3MP 
> webcam  and a Microsoft VX-1000  webcam.
> 
> This 2 cams are properly recognized e working on Suse 10.2 - kernel  
> 2.6.18.8-0.5-default ) by lsusb:
> 
> Generic Webcam: ID 0c45:613c Microdia  (using uvcvideo module)
> Microsft VX-1000: ID  045e:00f7 Microsoft Corp  (using gspca module)
> 
> Both webcams are working fine, but both models (using different modules 
> drivers)  present  excessively  yellowish or greenish images or 
> saturated colors.
> 
> With gspca, I tried to make some adjustments with autoexpo=0/1, 
> usbgrabber=0/1, RBG=on/off ...
> Nothing working here... Adjustments of colors seem not  make any  
> satisfactory result.
> Same with generic cam with  uvcvideo module ...
> 
> Any tip ?


  Probably off the wall, but the type of light source used to heavily
influence the colour balance of 35mm cameras.

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Re: [opensuse] Questions for Partitioning guru's

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-08-09 at 00:49 -0400, Bob S wrote:
> Hello SuSE people,
> 
> This is especially for you guys/gals that run 3or 4 os's on a big hard drive. 
> How do you handle the primary and extended partitions? 
> 
> A while back I purchased a 250 GB Sata drive, intending to install different 
> os's and or versions of SuSE. I installed 10.2 on my shiny new drive but I 
> stupidly partitioned 3 primaries,  /,  /swap, and /home, and used the fourth 
> primary for the extended partition. Dumb move - Out of partitions with about 
> 150GB of free space. (I run 10.0 on another small IDE drive)

  I've got a big HD on my main system, and I'm running 5.  Two Os's on
one one hd and three are on the big drive.  The one with three
partitions I set up as such: hdb1=swap,
hdb2=/ for 10.1, hdb3=/home for 10.1, then there is an extended
partition where hdb5=/ for 10.2, hdb6=/home for 10.2, hdb7=/ for
LinuxXP.  I do have on hda2 a swap partition, on hda1 Windows XP, on
hda3 Ubuntu root, and on hda4 Ubuntu Home.

> Now, I guess I could move my /home and /swap into the extended partition to 
> free up two primary partitions. Hopefully that would give me access to the 
> rest of the unused space on the drive. I always liked having my /home on it's
> own partition to guard it from mishap.  Now, here are some of my questions:
> 
> Is the /home as safe residing in the extended partition? I could never delete 
> or change the extended partition because they would wipe out /home - right?
u
  Yes to both, almost.  You could always backup your /home partition to
move it to a new hard drive.  Strategies for this have been discussed ad
nauseum on this list over the past 18 or so months.

> Is it a good idea to have /swap on the extended partition? Do you use the 
> same /swap for all of the os's? (e.g. like my /swap for 10.0 on the IDE 
> drive?)

  I have my swap in a primary partition on any drive that I have a swap
on, and I have the 4 Linux's use the swap partition on hdb.  I'm keeping
the one on hda there in case I remove my hdb.  I'll tweak Ubuntu to use
it using a live cd to make the edit to fstab.

> How do you manage to run 3 or 4 os variants on just 4 primary partitions?

  I give my heavy lifting/everyday Linux the primary partitions and use
the extended partition for checking out other releases/distros.

> Love to hear your individual strategies. 
> 
> Anxiously awaiting the final 10.3 so I can try Compiz-Fusion, Beryl whatever 
> and be able to fall back to 10.2 when I screw it up.
> 
> Bob S.

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Re: [opensuse] Got a Call from Novell Today

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-07-09 at 18:06 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> Coolness! I got a call from a sales rep at Novell today inquiring if I'd be 
> interested in looking at SUSE migration from Windows.  I told him I was 
> running openSUSE on my lappie and a few desktops.
> 
> He said there were several dozen SLED servers (mostly oracle) and a few 
> hundred SLES machines scattered throughout my organization.  
> 
> The dam has sprung a small leak!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Oh, and by the way - Rory is out of the office.

  I noticed when browsing the corporate net at work that some had the
brains to set up a Linux_Samba test server for one of our divisions.  I
hope they nail it and it moves from test to production on that side.
Our side is running Windows-2003 servers and they're being rebooted with
obnoxious regularity.

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Re: [opensuse] Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 06:27 +0200, Clayton wrote:
> >   At this point I would look into Yast, Sound Card, and tweak the Master
> > volume.
> 
> Well... I would except that none of my USB sound devices show up there
> as sound devices (the USB headset, and the USB webcam both have
> adjustable volume settings in KMix and are recognized as sound devices
> by applications such as Ekiga and Skype).  My SoundBlaster Live5.1 is
> there and I can twiddle the volumes for that... but... that of course
> has no effect on the USB sound device.
> 
> The USB sound devices don't show up anywhere in YAST.  The only place
> I have ever found to adjust volumes is in KMix or other apps that
> adjust the volume of devices driven by ALSA.

  I fired up the sound card settings in YaST, set the master to 0,
exited it, and you're right, that had absolutely nada effect on the USB
headset (a Logitech btw, the model had been recommended in a thread
several months back).

> > You have not mentioned which version that you are running,
> 
> Ooops... openSUSE10.2 fully updated, but no updates applied in at
> least 2 weeks
> 
> 
> > and
> > I have had a few volume level fall backs on my 10.0 system, and by that
> > I mean the volume is set to 0 according to YaST.
> 
> OK, yes I have also encountered this.  The weird part is.. this USB
> headset has been working perfectly.  In fact it was in use (telephone
> call via Ekiga) with correct volumes when the volume went from perfect
> levels to almost nothing.  No one was adjusting the volumes... the
> volume slider was exactly where it has always been.
> 
> In all the troubleshooting, i rebooted to Windows and checked it
> there... it works fine there...  at least in the quick check I did.  I
> will try a more detailed test there,,, maybe I missed something.  It
> it possible that there is a hardware failure in the USB sound
> device... I would expect 100% failure though, not less than half
> volume.

  That would seem to indicate a configuration issue then.  Unfortunately
sound in Linux is not an area that I have any real knowledge past
getting the basics running.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: Who said Linux doesnot get Virus infections

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 04:01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue August 7 2007, Cristian Rodriguez R. scratched these words onto a 
> coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> > Registration Account escribió:
> > > Phishing.Heuristics.emal.spoofedDomain virus's.
> >
> > http://bofhinc.com/images/cluepon.jpg
> 
> And don't you just love the MS "fanboys" who insist that since there 
> are "proof of concept" type virii available... well, that MUST mean 
> every linux computer is, like their MS *counterparts*, infected to the 
> hilt. 

  An interesting bit of logic to be sure, conversely, there are proof of
concept security models for Windows that preclude the use of AV and
mal-ware scanners, so every Windows box out there must be rock solid to
the hilt.  That can be sourced to George Ou, who's description of his XP
system runs without AV and mal-ware scanners, and very limited
permissions for users other than himself.

> I find it hysterically funny that they get all hysterical about 
> the "lie, and or "fud" they claim linux is putting out... they 
> apparently also do not know or perhaps not understand the "pot and 
> Kettle" analogy either. 

  What lies?  I do get the odd die hard Windows user demanding to know
what I use for AV on my Linux box, and I tell them I don't, as Linus
Virii are yet to be found running around in the wild.  Some of them use
the nice "what Anti-Virus do you have on your computer?", I tell them
Windows is AVG, and Linux is none.

> Easiest way to prevent your semi (computer)literate user from doing 
> anything that could damage your system is to make certain only text 
> messages are displayed ( at least displayed as a non gibberish 
> document.. ) if they wish to print the html document as the raw 
> html ... well, let's just say they aren't likely to repeat the idea ... 

  This is the new problem, browser vulnerabilities are opening security
holes across the various platforms.

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Re: [opensuse] Adjusting volume on a USB headset?

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 19:08 +0200, Clayton wrote:
> I have a new sound problem... I have a Logitech USB 250 Headset that
> has been working perfectly up until today.  I have been able to adjust
> the volume using KMix...
> 
> Today the volume dropped to about 20% and stayed there.  If I turn on
> absolute values in KMix (shows value between 0 and 100) and move the
> slider, the highest it goes is 44% which is not high enough to hear
> anything.

  At this point I would look into Yast, Sound Card, and tweak the Master
volume.  You have not mentioned which version that you are running, and
I have had a few volume level fall backs on my 10.0 system, and by that
I mean the volume is set to 0 according to YaST.

> Is there any way to reconfigure this audio device?  It is not present
> in YAST - never has been... I assume that is because of the fact it is
> a USB audio device.  Is there another way - command line? - that I can
> reset teh volume to this audio device so I can hear things with it
> again?

  See above, also make sure that you are using the correct Master
Channel, by right clicking on the volume symbol in the tray and choosing
the proper one.

> Oh, I have tried log out and back in.. and also a full reboot.. no
> change.. max is still 44% ad not loud enough to hear...
> 
> C.

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Re: [opensuse] activate webcam on notebook hp pavilion dv2213

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 12:54 +0700, Hans Linux wrote:
> how do i activate webcam on my hp pavilion dv2213 notebook? any specific 
> that i should install? thx for sharing

   While I m not overly familiar with that particular laptop I can make
some suggestions.
First google dv2213+webcam and see what results you get.  You're webcam
is probably on the USB bus even though it is built in, so lsusb -v will
get you info on it.

Esmay-Suiza:/home/Mike/Projects/Python # lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0d62:a100 Darfon Electronics Corp. Benq Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID :
Bus 003 Device 001: ID :
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID :

  For me the cam is on bus 001 and is device number 003, the gold of
this info is the 0402:5602, which is the unique vendor:device
identifier.  With those two numbers you can google to see what driver is
required and if it is available for openSuSE.
(Mine is currently in development.)

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Re: [opensuse] SD/MMC/XD Card Slot

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 14:15 +0200, Frank Seidel wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 July 2007 11:57:14 Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:40 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> > > ...and then I ran setpci:
> > > 
> > > jabba:/var/log # setpci -s 6.2 4c=0x22
> > 
> >   What does this line do Kai?  I too have a built in card reader on my 
> > lappy, but it's 6.4, and a different make.
> This is a TexasInstruments specific workaround (setting a pci register)
> to enable the devices sdhci-mode, so the usual sdhci driver works with it.
> (http://list.drzeus.cx/pipermail/sdhci-devel/2005-November/36.html)
> 
> Again, this is totally TI-specific and will not work in general with
> internal cardreader slots. It even could be harmfull to other systems.
> 
> > 06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller
> > (rev 10)
> Sorry, but this ENE controller is currently still not working fully. ENE 
> isn't very cooperative in helping here. There are some very early experimental
> patches, but currently they don't work for all revisions of this controller.
> E.g. see http://list.drzeus.cx/pipermail/sdhci-devel/2007-May/001735.html
> 
> Frank

  Thanks for the information Frank.

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Re: [opensuse] SD/MMC/XD Card Slot

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:40 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> For those who are curious and have a built-in SD card slot on a
> notebook, here's how to enable it.
> 
> I have an HP Compaq nw9440 laptop with SUSE 10.2 and a built in
> SD-MS/Pro-MMC-SM-XD card slot.
> 
> It doesn't work out of the box.
> 
> I saw this person had the same issue and solved it:
> 
> http://nw9440.narod.ru/
> 
> >From his site:
> 
> 
> After quick investigation i have found a note related to Texas
> Instruments SD MMC pci controller. The one is quite old but remains
> actual for TI [and SuSE?]
> for pci device:
> # lspci -s 6.2
> 02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia
> Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
> the command (now it is incorporated into /etc/init.d/boot.local)
> # setpci -s 6.2 4c=0x22
> MMC controller works pretty good
> 
> 
> I ran lspci and found:
> 
> jabba:/var/log # lspci -s 6.2
> 02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia
> Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
> jabba:/var/log #
> 
> 
> ...and then I ran setpci:
> 
> jabba:/var/log # setpci -s 6.2 4c=0x22

  What does this line do Kai?  I too have a built in card reader on my lappy, 
but it's 6.4, and a different make.

06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller
(rev 10)
06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card
Reader Controller (rev 01)
06:04.2 Generic system peripheral [Class 0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE
PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology
Inc: (rev 01)
06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc Unknown device 0551 (rev 01)


> All is good with the world now.
> 
> Next hurdle - the built-in fingerprint reader. Not sure what use it
> might be but I want it working.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Because it is there.
> 
> -- 
> k
> www.perfectreign.com
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kai Ponte
> www.perfectreign.com
> 

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Re: [opensuse] triple boot : Vista, SuSE and Ubuntu

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 07:01 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 02:40, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 22:20 -0500, SOTL wrote:
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Why install a lesser operating system (Ubuntu) than the one you
> > > already have installed (SuSE)?
> >
> >   Please rethink and repost your objection.  *Both* OS' are Linux.
> 
> Am I to understand you think all Linux distributions are equal? None is 
> lesser than another?

  No that would not be a good understanding, Randall, and it would not
be a good reading of what I wrote either.  Both Ubuntu and SuSE are
Linux OS's, as to their relative merits, I run both, I like both, ymmv.

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Re: [opensuse] triple boot : Vista, SuSE and Ubuntu

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 08:55 +0100, G T Smith wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 12:39 +0700, Hans Linux wrote:
> >> ubuntu is quite tempting :D i would like to hv it install on my laptop. 
> >> currently i have dual boot for my Vista and SUSE already. Is it OK for 
> >> me to install ubuntu to have triple boot? would ubuntu set triple boot 
> >> automatically, or i hv to edit manually some menu list? anyone 
> >> experience this before?
> > 
> >   My main system is quintuple boot, and I have SuSE handle the booting.
> > I just did not care for XP's, Ubuntu, or LinuxXP's booting
> > screen/options.  I'd suggest that you have your normal OS of choice
> > handle booting, as this is the one that you will keep on hand the
> > longest.
> > 
> 
> Hmmm... booting between 3 OSs I would have regarded as pushing it slightly.

  When I get the disk space, and MAC ports MacOS for pure Intel use,
I'll be adding that.  I've been toying around with the idea of trying
openSolaris, and perhaps one of the BSD's.
It's just questions of time, compatability and ability on my part.

> At one time as it was required that I worked with about 3 different
> variants of windows in a number of different configurations and Linux,
> we had a machine which booted off a disk caddy which had a drive slammed
> in according to which configuration one needed to work with.

  Aren't those neat.  :)  I'm curious as to why the 3 differing Windows
installs.

> I tried setting up dual booting with Red Hat a while back and it was not
> an experience I wish to repeat, Things may have improved but neither OS
> was totally happy with the others implementation of the partition and
> file system structure with quite destructive results.

  The partitioning experience is one of the criterium I use when
assessing a new distro.  If I have to use a Live-CD for partitioning
then the thing starts out with a strike or two against it.  My
Ubuntu-6.06-LTS DVD had a bug in formatting to Reiser, but on the whole
I'm pleased with it, and I'm thinking of putting 7.04 on my son's laptop
in place of his 10.1 and wonky wireless problems.

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Re: [opensuse] triple boot : Vista, SuSE and Ubuntu

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 22:20 -0500, SOTL wrote:
> On Monday 09 July 2007 00:39, Hans Linux wrote:
> > ubuntu is quite tempting :D i would like to hv it install on my laptop.
> > currently i have dual boot for my Vista and SUSE already. Is it OK for
> > me to install ubuntu to have triple boot? 
> 
> Why? 
> 
> Why install a lesser operating system (Ubuntu) than the one you already have 
> installed (SuSE)?

  Please rethink and repost your objection.  *Both* OS' are Linux.

> would ubuntu set triple boot
> > automatically, or i hv to edit manually some menu list? anyone
> > experience this before?

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Re: [opensuse] triple boot : Vista, SuSE and Ubuntu

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 12:39 +0700, Hans Linux wrote:
> ubuntu is quite tempting :D i would like to hv it install on my laptop. 
> currently i have dual boot for my Vista and SUSE already. Is it OK for 
> me to install ubuntu to have triple boot? would ubuntu set triple boot 
> automatically, or i hv to edit manually some menu list? anyone 
> experience this before?

  My main system is quintuple boot, and I have SuSE handle the booting.
I just did not care for XP's, Ubuntu, or LinuxXP's booting
screen/options.  I'd suggest that you have your normal OS of choice
handle booting, as this is the one that you will keep on hand the
longest.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: WMV plugin question

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:05 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Sunday 08 July 2007 22:40:23 Mike McMullin wrote:
> > > BTW, I got FreeNet DSL2000 and its really neet.
> >
> >   Neet?  It remove  your leg hair?  ;)
> 
> They make you shave your legs when you go on the dole??

  Humour on too much work, that should have been veet, or even neat,
either of which on this side of the pond does that.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: WMV plugin question

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 18:49 +0200, James Hatridge wrote:
> Hi Clayton et al!
> On Sunday 08 July 2007 15:30, Clayton wrote:
> > > build from source, anyway). Then go out and separately get libdvdcss
> > > from another site.
> >
> > Why would you do that?  Install MPlayer from the repos (the ones
> > already mentioned) and then also include the w32codecs from the exact
> > same repositories (and also mplayerplugin so you can play embedded
> > video in webpages).  No need to go out separately to get libdvdcss...
> > which won't really help with playing WMV files.
> 
> Color me dumb, but where on the 'net can I get this stuff? One reason that 
> I've used SuSE since 1998 is that SuSE always had everything I needed on the 
> set of disks, now the DVD. 

  There is good info on the openSuSE web site about this and other
"extra" stuff.

> But just yesterday I got my DSL 2000 up and running, so I need to learn how 
> and where to get this stuff. Up to now not being able to see wmv files didn't 
> matter because I could not afford to d/l them. 
> 
> BTW, I got FreeNet DSL2000 and its really neet.

  Neet?  It remove  your leg hair?  ;)

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Re: [opensuse] Software RAID with existing drive

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 03:44 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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> 
> 
> The Saturday 2007-07-07 at 15:02 -0700, Brandon Carl wrote:
> 
> > I recently installed a IDE RAID card (Syba Ultra ATA IDE card SILO680) in my
> > linux box and mirrored one of my drives (250Gb) to another 250Gb drive. When
> > this was done, I tried to boot into openSUSE 10.2 and it kept stalling at
> > "waiting for /dev/hda1 to appear."  I then decided to just try and boot from
> > my original hard drive, and it stalled on "opensuse hangs runaway loop
> > modprobe binfmt-."  I thought that was very odd, so I took out the RAID
> > card and tried to just boot from my one hdd, and it worked, thankfully.
> > 
> > Now I am wondering if there is a software alternative to RAID 1 that i can 
> > use
> > with my existing hard drive.  I have about 100Gb of irreplaceable data under
> > the "/home/spleeyah/" directory, which is on a seperate partition from the 
> > "/"
> > directory.
> > 
> > I would like to be able to just copy this drive over to the other one and 
> > then
> > set it up as a RAID 1 configuration, but I cannot find any information about
> > how to set this up using Yast or any other tools.
> > I found this tutorial: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html 
> > but
> > when I try to find "raidtools" in my software management, it doesn't show 
> > up.
> > This is an internet installation with my repository set as:
> > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/.
> 
> I think you got it wrong.
> 
> To create a raid 1 setup, first you need to empty disks, or two empty 
> partitions on two disks. Next you create the raid, and finally you copy 
> over the data.
> 
> However, if what you have is a lot of important files, it is way safer to 
> have two separate disks (better three disks), and simply copy everything 
> from one to the other, then disconect (and power off) or at least umount 
> the second. Notice that if on a raid setup you delete something or have a 
> bad software crash both mirror copies will be damaged. Raid doesn't 
> protect your valuable data from all mishaps: only a few kinds of mishaps, 
> like some hardware failures.
> 
> Ie, a good backup procedure is safer than just raid.

  I've never used RAID but I was under the impression that RAID 1 and
disk failure was terminal, but the ones that use parity drives allow for
the rebuilding of the data drive if one gets hosed. 

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Re: [opensuse] synchronizing 2 folders

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 07:27 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
> >
> > > And put that command in crontab for to be running say.. 3 minutes.
> >
> > I wonder if there would be an easy way using 'famd' instead.
> >
> What's "famd"?

  File Access Monitoring Daemon?  IIRC it's been discussed on the list a
few times.

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Re: [opensuse] HP Deskjet 3915

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 07:48 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> >   BTW if Marcus Meisner responds to this, do exactly what he says.  He's
> > SuSE's and the lists resident printer dude.
> >
> >   
> I believe you are referring to Johannes Meixner.  Marcus is in charge
> IIANM of the security side, as well as gphoto, wine, etc.  He does a
> great job too, but Johannes is the printer area guru.

  Thanks for the correction.

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Re: [opensuse] HP Deskjet 3915

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 16:26 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 15:40 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> >   
> >> I tried to set it up with yast and the 3940 driver, but it didn't seem
> >> to print (it sent out blank pages)  is that the right driver, or should
> >> I be using another (I tried to locate 3915 in Yast but couldn't.
> >> 
> >
> >   Is this an all in one unit, i.e. Printer Scanner, Copier?  If it is
> > then you need to use hplip, and the hp-toolbox.
> >
> >   
> Nope.  Just a plain jane HP Deskjet 3915, the kind you only get because
> of the rebate.

  I did a fast Google for HP Deskjet 3915 + driver and there are some
good results
including on for hplip, the minimum version number being 0.9.5.  It
seems to use the hpijs driver.  Normally hp-toolbox seems to get
installed, check under system and utilities in the SuSE menu.  Also have
a truck over to the hplip site on sourceforge for more info.  IIRC you
are on 10.2, so the version of hplip shipped ought to have the required
PPD file, it's just a question of finding it.

  BTW if Marcus Meisner responds to this, do exactly what he says.  He's
SuSE's and the lists resident printer dude.

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Re: [opensuse] HP Deskjet 3915

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 15:40 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> I tried to set it up with yast and the 3940 driver, but it didn't seem
> to print (it sent out blank pages)  is that the right driver, or should
> I be using another (I tried to locate 3915 in Yast but couldn't.

  Is this an all in one unit, i.e. Printer Scanner, Copier?  If it is
then you need to use hplip, and the hp-toolbox.

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Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:54 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
> >  BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in?
> 
> Ahem, I bought off ebay - it seems to be made in China. Search "*NEW*
> 120 GB 2.5" External HDD Hard Disk Drive USB 2.0" I didn't honestly know
> it before now, but the housing seems to be rip-off of a SONY label. 

  Unfortunate luck there.

> Investigating as far I can, the problem is not with the kernel, but it
> _is_ a hardware (or firmware) issue.  The device reports incorrect
> residue values (?).  This means that it violates the USB Mass Storage
> protocol specification (funny, it claims to be USB2.0 certified).  Mac
> OS X and Windows ignore the bogus residue values but Linux doesn't.
> 
> Patch submitted
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/usb/2.6/2.6.20-rc3/usb-storage-unusual_devs-add-supertop-drives.patch
>  
> I should not expect that the device won't work with any earlier kernel. I 
> guess I don't want to mess 
> with a kernel upgrade until I do a full backup, so I'm looking for a new 
> storgae device.

  About the kernel upgrade, keep an eye peeled for a new kernel in the
on-line updates, and see if it matches the version numbers listed above,
when that patch propagates through the various distros, you'll be in
business.  Do you know of a kind hearted person who can partition it for
you in Windows?  If so then at least it will be usable until you can do
it yourself.

> And the moral of this story?

  Standards are only standards when they are adhered to.  Even Logitech
violates standards.  :(

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Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:52 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
> This is the nub of the problem. I don't think my system is behaving as
> expected and although I doubted myself, I'm beginning to believe there
> is bug somewhere other than the user! 

  That does happen.  :)

> Before attach USB HDD
> 
> ls /dev/evms/sd* 
> ls: cannot access /dev/evms/sd*: No such file or directory
> 
> ls /dev/sd*
> /dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sda3  /dev/sda5  /dev/sda6  /dev/sda7
> 
> After attach USB HDD
> 
> ls /dev/evms/sd*
> /dev/evms/sdb
> 
> ls /dev/sd*
> /dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sda3  /dev/sda5  /dev/sda6  /dev/sda7  
> /dev/sdb
> 
> So the device used for external drive is /dev/sdb - but:
> 
> fdisk /dev/sdb 
> Unable to read /dev/sdb

  Curious did you try fdisk /dev/evms/sdb?

> In YAST, I can see a line /dev/evms/sdb. However, when click on create
> (with sdb line selected or not, it makes no difference), it does not
> give me an radio button option for /dev/sda or /dev/sdb, but goes
> straight to "Create a Primary Partition on /dev/sda".

  Bummer.  Both fdisk and YaST Partitioner require root permissions, so
this should not actually be a permissions problem, and with the drive
being seen you ought to be able to partition it.

> Now, the log says "SCSI error: return code = 0x1007". When I google
> this string, its a known probelm that to me looks like a kernel error.
> It is clearly seen that the device is recognized and that it reads the
> basic information of the drive, but cannot access it further. 
> 
> Still puzzled...

  Yes, so am I.  If you had a recent copy of either Knoppix or Ubuntu
live disks, I'd suggest booting that and see if the partitioner worked
any better, or to hook it up to a Win2k + system and see if you could
get if partitioned that way.  If you can choose fat32 for the format
type and then you can use it between your linux systems and other
peoples Windows systems, until such time as this error gets resolved.
There apparently is an open ticket on the kernel site about this error,
so it ought to get fixed, it's a question of whether or not you want to
wait till then.

  BTW what kind (make/model) of case is the drive mounted in?

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Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 10:09 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
> Firstly, thanks everyone for helpng me out here. I know now not to try
> to mount the disk before formatting it. 

> Still having trouble. 

> In yast, I select /dev/evms/sdb and _create_ it then pop ups with a
> window saying "Create a Primary Partition on /dev/sda". I can't get it
> to to say /dev/sdb.

  What you need to do is click on create, in the pop-up widow select sdb
by clicking on it's radio button.

> Ordinarilly I would have used fdisk, as I'm quite comfortable with its
> non-expert mode. 
> fdisk /dev/sdb gives me "Unable to read /dev/sdb".

  This isn't your Father's fdisk  ;), after creating the partition you
will need to set the file system type, 83 is normal for linux.  There
are a few extra steps to the cli method.

  

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Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 22:06 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
> No luck yet, I'm afraid - Phil
> 
> > Do you happen to have anything in your /dev directory for sda?
> 
> Yes, in /dev/disk, I have sda1, sda2, sda3, sda5, sda6, sda7 and sdb.

  Ok, so the new drive is /dev/sdb, and is being recognized as not being
parittioned.

> > You will know your successful when you cycle the power on and
> > the SuSE hardware detection window pops up.
> 
> Unfortunately, no hardware detection popped up. I got the following
> in /var/log/messages:

  Works just as well, just is more work.

> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 2
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new device found,
> idVendor=14cd, idProduct=6600
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: new device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=3, SerialNumber=2
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: Product: USB 2.0  IDE
> DEVICE
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: Manufacturer: Super Top 
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: SerialNumber: ??
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1
> choice
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: device found at 2
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to
> settle before scanning
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: usbcore: registered new driver
> usb-storage
> Jun 16 19:52:53 inspiron kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel:   Vendor: Hitachi   Model:
> HTS541210H9AT00   Rev:  0 0
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 00
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: SCSI device sdb: 195371568 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (100030 MB)
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: SCSI device sdb: 195371568 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (100030 MB)
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> Jun 16 19:52:54 inspiron kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel:  sdb:<6>sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return
> code = 0x1007
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
> 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical
> block 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code =
> 0x1007
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
> 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical
> block 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code =
> 0x1007
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
> 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical
> block 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel:  unable to read partition table
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1
> type 0
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code =
> 0x1007
> Jun 16 19:52:55 inspiron kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
> 195371392

  I'm not sure about the  error, but I'd venture a guess that it relates
to the partitioning.

> 
> Using yast partitioner, it detected /dev/evms/sdb. Trying to partition
> it gives me the following error:
> 
> ERROR
> Failure occured during the followng action:
> Mouting /dev/evms/sdb to /mnt/usb

  We do not want to try mounting it at this time, that will be done
_after_ it's partitioned.  Locate the /dev/evms/sdb in YaST partitioner
and click on the "Create" button to create a partition.  It's a good
idea to think about how many partitions you want for this drive, based
on what you want to do with it, as well as what kind of file system
type.  I'd use the same file system type as for your install, just to
keep it simple for now.

> System error code was: -3003
> 
> mount-t auto /dev/evms/sdb to /mnt/usb:
> mount: /dev/evms/sdb: can't read superblock.

  Like I said earlier, partition first then mount, and then you will be
using (assuming one partition on the disk):

mount-t auto /dev/evms/sdb1 /mnt/usb

  no _to_ and sdb1 as opposed to sdb

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Re: [opensuse] Re: USB device error

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 16:31 +0100, Philip Kisloff wrote:
> > 
> > I guess you want to mount the first partition of your disk. Try
> > mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hi Herbet,
> Thanks for the reply. I hoped it was going to be a "doh!" moment there.
> 
> mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
> mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist

  Do you happen to have anything in your /dev directory for sda?

> However, you're right to assume I'm a newbie, because I am :(/.  I've
> not been able to partition the external disk, but was thinking I had to
> mount it first for even that.

  You want the partition to mount, not the actual disk.  What you are
seeing here is that your system does not see the partitions on /dev/sdb,
and seeing as /dev/sdb1 ought to exist on the partitioned drive, it is
either not partitioned, or not connected in a way that the OS sees it.
The first thing to iron out is having it connected and powered up
properly.  You will know your successful when you cycle the power on and
the SuSE hardware detection window pops up, click cancel, do not mount
it if you wish to partition it.  

  I have an USB enclosure for a 200G drive.  I did the partitioning on
this from the command line the first time I set it up using fdisk.
Fdisk is a great tool if you know your way around partitioning, but most
folks do not, so gui tools are usually preferable.  YaST has a disk
partitioning tool that is relatively easy to figure out, it's on the
system tab, partitioner.  If you use that tool read the warning that
pops up, then accept it.  It should have a listing of all the drives
that are attached and recognized, and a USB drive is normally (to my
knowledge) appears as /dev/sb(letter) as it appears above.

  Once invoked you ought to see a description along the lines
of /dev/sd(letter) and a description of the hardware (e.g. Maxtor
model#..).  The first letter used is a, the second b, etc.  The two
options in the partitioner that that will be of use to you the most, are
"Create", and "Edit".  Have a look at the tool, and if you have
questions, ask.

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Re: [opensuse] program startup

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 08:49 -0500, Dan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if there is a way for a terminal program to startup 
> automatically when a machine is restarted, and when you login it will 
> show as an open window?

> If not, can it be startup if a user automatically logs in to the gui?

> Can it be startup just in the console with no gui?  (This would be the 
> best, as this program is running on a server and I don't need the gui 
> running)

  If it does not actually require any input, you could write a script
for it, put it in the /etc/init.d directory, and place the appropriate
links in the run levels that you want it run in.

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper or madwifi

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 13:55 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 22:23 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> >   
> >> Mike McMullin wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 19:20 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>   
> >>>> does anybody have an rpm for the latest
> >>>> ndiswrapper 1.46 released yet or cutting edge wifi driver
> >>>> I have an acer travelmate 2480-2968 with an athoes wireless card 88E8030
> >>>> PCI-E
> >>>>  that I can't get to work with the mad wifi or the
> >>>> ndiswrapper
> >>>> any useful info would be helpful
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>   What module did you specify in YaST when you tried to configure the
> >>> card?
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>   
> >> before I do any thing suse 10.2 loads sky2 for it
> >> madwifi loades ath_pci and
> >> ath_hal
> >> no go
> >> 
> >
> >   Let's try seeing if we've got a supported card first.  Try this link
> > and see if you're listed on it:
> >
> > http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros
> >
> >   IIRC there ought to be a RPM as well.
> >
> >   
> 
> 
> Atheros <http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros> AR5007EG
> 
> Interface:PCI-Express x1
> Device Information:168c:001c
> Notes:not supported by HAL as of 2007.04.28 - returns Hal status 3
> guess that answers that then !

  Yes, at that time.  You'll want to keep an eye on it.  I'm waiting for
the driver on my orbit-cam, it's still a few months away from a primary
release. Love the Acer Hardware, not too happy (or unhappy) about what's
not currently supported.

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Re: [opensuse] iConcepts WebCam

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 10:15 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 06:52 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> >   
> >> Will Stephenson wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Saturday 09 June 2007, Mike McMullin said:
> >>>   
> >>>   
> >>>> On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:55 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Easy Snap Snake
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>   
> >>> And those drivers are waiting for you in the build service - project 
> >>> drivers:webcam.
> >>>
> >>> Will
> >>>   
> >>>   
> >> Driver worked quite nicely, at least under Ekiga. (Camelot keeps
> >> crashing for some odd reason).
> >> 
> >
> >   Well that's nice to know, at least.  :)
> >
> >   
> Now what I really want to know is if there is a client that interacts
> with Yahoo chat where I can use the webcam to talk to my son.

  I don't know of one, but certainly wish that I did.

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Re: [opensuse] iConcepts WebCam

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 06:52 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> Will Stephenson wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 June 2007, Mike McMullin said:
> >   
> >> On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:55 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Easy Snap Snake
> >>>   
> > And those drivers are waiting for you in the build service - project 
> > drivers:webcam.
> >
> > Will
> >   
> 
> 
> Driver worked quite nicely, at least under Ekiga. (Camelot keeps
> crashing for some odd reason).

  Well that's nice to know, at least.  :)

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper or madwifi

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 22:23 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 19:20 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> >   
> >> does anybody have an rpm for the latest
> >> ndiswrapper 1.46 released yet or cutting edge wifi driver
> >> I have an acer travelmate 2480-2968 with an athoes wireless card 88E8030
> >> PCI-E
> >>  that I can't get to work with the mad wifi or the
> >> ndiswrapper
> >> any useful info would be helpful
> >> 
> >
> >   What module did you specify in YaST when you tried to configure the
> > card?
> >
> >   
> before I do any thing suse 10.2 loads sky2 for it
> madwifi loades ath_pci and
> ath_hal
> no go

  Let's try seeing if we've got a supported card first.  Try this link
and see if you're listed on it:

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility/Atheros

  IIRC there ought to be a RPM as well.

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper or madwifi

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 21:54 -0500, M Harris wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2007 21:23, Hans Krueger wrote:
> > madwifi loades ath_pci and
> > ath_hal
> > no go
>   you need:
> 
>   ath_pci
>   ath_rate_sample --->ath_pci
>   ath_hal --->ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
> 

  This is the result of lsmod, and ought to occur when the system loads
the wifi-driver: mad-wifi.  I think we need to go back to what's being
setup in YaSt under network cards.

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper or madwifi

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 19:20 -0400, Hans Krueger wrote:
> does anybody have an rpm for the latest
> ndiswrapper 1.46 released yet or cutting edge wifi driver
> I have an acer travelmate 2480-2968 with an athoes wireless card 88E8030
> PCI-E
>  that I can't get to work with the mad wifi or the
> ndiswrapper
> any useful info would be helpful

  What module did you specify in YaST when you tried to configure the
card?

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Re: [opensuse] iConcepts WebCam

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:55 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 11:16 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> >   
> >> I picked one of these up on a clearance bin, just for SK & Gs, and
> >> wondering if anybody's been able to make this work under Linux?
> >> 
> >
> >   If yo could pass up the results of lsusb as it concerns this device
> > then you could possibly get some info back.  ;)
> >
> >   
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Easy Snap Snake
> Eye WebCam
> 
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

  Try this page.

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Re: [opensuse] iConcepts WebCam

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 11:16 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote:
> I picked one of these up on a clearance bin, just for SK & Gs, and
> wondering if anybody's been able to make this work under Linux?

  If yo could pass up the results of lsusb as it concerns this device
then you could possibly get some info back.  ;)

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Re: [opensuse] Encrypting all partitions or just Root

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 03:30 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> The Thursday 2007-06-07 at 18:12 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> 
> 
> > That is my initial thought. One of the articles I referenced, however,
> > mentioned how the root partition - particularly the FUBAR myriad of
> > folders containing stuff - will have personal information. This is
> > particularly prevelant in the tmp folder.
> > 
> > I suppose I could just ensure tmp gets purged everytime I boot.
> 
> You can give tmp it's own partition and encrypt it. An var, if you wish. 
> And swap while suspended, I heard something about it.

  Which makes me wonder if one could not just create a separate
partition for the various directories that need to be encrypted, create
the directories on that encrypted partition and then link to the
encrypted directories from the unencrypted root partition?  The downside
to this I think would come at time for upgrade, when one would have to
clear the encrypted directories, 'sync' over the new data, and then
re-setup the links.

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Re: [opensuse] Mount ISO as user

[Mike McMullin]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:05 +0300, HG wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On 6/6/07, Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You are just making NOISE!
> 
> Actually, I think I answered Kai's question (and confirmed that there
> is no other way than the mount from cli... and thankfully others
> proved me wrong) - I do not quite understand how that is "just making
> noise."
> 
> I'd say sending him of to Google for the answer himself is making
> noise and wasting everybody's time, when you could just have written
> the answer just as easily.

  There's a great deal of search-able knowledge both on various lists
archives
and magazine articles and user written how-to's.  The downside to Google
is that most of us don't really have the skill to use it to the effect
that we aren't bludgeoned senseless by information that we are not
interested in.

> Mike, that simple script looks good specially if it can be
> incorporated into working directly from Konqueror.

  Let me know how that works.  I've never tried due to the fact that
there are a few things that I want to do cli style.  I would assume that
the file name would be the first parameter sent to the app, but I'm not
sure about that.

>  Have to try this weekend. I'll also try the kio_iso for some reason, I 
> didn't have it
> installed. Lets see how it works. Thanks!

  Hmmm if you have the find utils installed, try locate kio_iso, failing
that pin kio_iso ought to return which kde package you will need to
install.  

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Re: [opensuse] Mount ISO as user

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 21:41 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Wed, June 6, 2007 9:07 pm, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 21:55 -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> >> On 6/6/07, Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > umount -d /mnt/mountiso
> >> > mount -o loop $1.iso /mnt/mountiso
> >> >
> >> >   I have this script, Kai, it works rather well for me.
> >>
> >> Mike, a couple things here that confuse me:
> >>
> >> 1)Kai wanted something that could mount an ISO from the GUI ... I
> >> suppose if you create a launcher/icon for this script, that could
> >> work. But, then it still requires root rights, correct? (this was
> >> something else Kai wanted, was not to require root.
> >   IIRC Kai does know something of programming.  ;)

> Nah, I'm a division manager in charge of programmers.

> I know nothing of programming any more. All previous knowledge is
> being sucked out of my head.

  Same difference.  ;)

> > Of course, one could right click on the .iso file and use the open
> > with ... and then invoke the script, but there ought to be a conflict
> > resolving the name due to the extension.  I know that I had a reason
> > for forcing ?.iso, but don't off-hand recall what it was.

> Not bad. Thanks. I'll download it from your original email and run it.
> I don't suppose I could have it prompt me for a filename through the
> GUI?

  The script would have to be adjusted to do so, that isn't something
that
I have looked into.  If you do, could you please pass me back the
change?

> >>> 2)Your script looks to be using a variable for the .iso filename (I
> >> assume that is what the $ infront of the 1.iso means)? How does that
> >> work ... should a user be prompted for the path/filename of the iso?
> >> Or is it something like, if you put your iso in the same directory
> >> as the script, then it just finds the iso?
> >
> >   Yeah the %1 takes a parameter passed to the script (the first one
> > actually) and assumes that it is the name of the iso file to be
> > mounted
> > less it's extension.  This script is actually located in the /usr/bin
> > directory and is invokable by any user on the system (+x has been
> > set).
> > As far as invoking it from the CLI, a path to the file is only
> > required
> > when the script is invoked from a directory other than the one that
> > the .iso is located in, yes it will have to find the .iso.

> No biggie. Just wanted something quick and dirty.
> 
> I'll give it a try.
> 
> I appreciate all the responses. It is nice to see that there is more
> than one way to tackle this item!

  BTW, the /mnt/mountiso directory has to be created prior to using the
script, which requires root privileges.  I did that so that anyone on
the system could actually mount an .iso if they wanted to.

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Re: [opensuse] Mount ISO as user

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 21:55 -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> On 6/6/07, Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > umount -d /mnt/mountiso
> > mount -o loop $1.iso /mnt/mountiso
> >
> >   I have this script, Kai, it works rather well for me.
> 
> Mike, a couple things here that confuse me:
> 
> 1)Kai wanted something that could mount an ISO from the GUI ... I
> suppose if you create a launcher/icon for this script, that could
> work. But, then it still requires root rights, correct? (this was
> something else Kai wanted, was not to require root.

  IIRC Kai does know something of programming.  ;)  Of course, one could
right click on the .iso file and use the open with ... and then invoke
the script, but there ought to be a conflict resolving the name due to
the extension.  I know that I had a reason for forcing ?.iso, but don't
off-hand recall what it was.

> 2)Your script looks to be using a variable for the .iso filename (I
> assume that is what the $ infront of the 1.iso means)? How does that
> work ... should a user be prompted for the path/filename of the iso?
> Or is it something like, if you put your iso in the same directory as
> the script, then it just finds the iso?

  Yeah the %1 takes a parameter passed to the script (the first one
actually) and assumes that it is the name of the iso file to be mounted
less it's extension.  This script is actually located in the /usr/bin
directory and is invokable by any user on the system (+x has been set).
As far as invoking it from the CLI, a path to the file is only required
when the script is invoked from a directory other than the one that
the .iso is located in, yes it will have to find the .iso.

  HTH

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] Mount ISO as user

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 11:04 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> Is there any way to mount an iso file as a user - sort of like
> mounting a usb drive?
> 
> I looked and cannot find any right-click option in Konqueror to mount
> an iso file. Is this not possible?
> 
> I found this  http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=11577
> but it has to be run as root.
> 
> -- 
> k
umount -d /mnt/mountiso
mount -o loop $1.iso /mnt/mountiso

  I have this script, Kai, it works rather well for me.

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Re: [opensuse] Assembly Language program

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 07:43 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> M Harris wrote:
> > On Friday 01 June 2007 22:22, azeem ahmad wrote:
> >   
> >> i am about to make a bootable floppy for test
> >> but i am being unable to get it done
> >> 
> > Whoa bubba... I am surprised you can make lunch... but seriously, who 
> > taught 
> > you how to write assembler code?Ok, here is a sample "hello, world!" 
> > program that includes a counted loop to the iolib wrapper routine 
> > ( hello.asm ) and the io wrapper ( iolib.asm ) and a Makefile. All you will 
> > need to build this hello world demo in opensuse is yasm|nasm , binutils 
> > ( ld ) and elf (standard).  Its a flat 32 bit sample, staticly linked, and 
> > does not call any of the c library.  Enjoy, but pay particular attention to 
> > the format, the style, the comments, and the Makefile.  note: do not 
> > include 
> > the /begin /end lines in the code files.
> >
> > 
> >   
> 
> Anyone here remember doing assembly code in DEBUG?  Many years ago,
> someone wanted a DOS utility that would just return an error code and do
> nothing else.  I wrote one in assembler, using DEBUG, and it was only 5
> bytes long.  The same thing in Turbo C, came in at a few K bytes.

  Anyone here learn a.l. by hand disassembling their basic interpreter?
Someone mentioned that this looked like an effort on the part of person
looking to learn assembly, to me that makes sense, and should signal the
"vultures" to provide some actual guidance on getting the code runnable,
and then perhaps crank over the style, which will come over time as the
person gets used to assembly language.

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Re: [opensuse] python-matplotlib

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 07:53 +, Hans van der Merwe wrote:
> I installed the package from standard repo (openSUSE oss), but when I
> try to run any of the examples I get:
> 
> -
> x:/usr/share/doc/packages/python-matplotlib/examples # python
> tex_demo.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "tex_demo.py", line 14, in 
> from matplotlib.numerix import arange, cos, pi
>   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/__init__.py", line
> 73, in 
> import numpy
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 43, in
> 
> import linalg
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py", line
> 4, in 
> from linalg import *
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line
> 25, in 
> from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
> ImportError: /usr/lib/libblas.so.3: undefined symbol:
> _gfortran_st_write_done
> -
> 
> I reinstalled numpy, but still the same.

  This is typical of python not finding the correct library to import.
It should have installed into the directory(s) that contain Python's
libraries.  On my 10.0 system these are located in /usr/lib/python.  I'm
wondering what version of python that you are using, it might be
possible that you have have the file correctly installed, but are
invoking the wrong version of python.  Another thing is that you are one
directory up from your import directory when you are invoking this, try
copying the file down one level, or copying the library files up one
level, or better yet, copy the example files to a directory in
your /home/ and then you can blow it all away when you are done
without having to worry about any kind of corruption of the original
files.  I have a /home/Mike/Projects/Python directory where I am working
through a "learn to program python" book, from here I can find all of
python's normal library files, and the new library files that came on
disk with the book, as I localed them there,
i.e. /home/Mike/Projects/Python//

  HTH,

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] Undelete

[Mike McMullin]

On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 19:19 -0400, Chris Arnold wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Is undelete available on opensuse? How do i recover some files that were
> mistakenly deleted?

  Generally if you delete files from Konqueror they end up in the trash
bin, and can be restored, unless you hold the shift key while pressing
the delete key.  If you issued a rm filename from hte command line, I do
not know if these can be recovered.  AFAIK if you delete a file from
inside an application, it too is toast.

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Re: [opensuse] Bye Bye Vista - Hello issue with SUSE...

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 20:57 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007 20:44, Mike McMullin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 12:42 -0400, George Stoianov wrote:
> > > I think you should be using the smp kernel. What kind of a machine do
> > > you have? Anything in the system logs?
> >
> >   IIRC for 10.2 the kernel default is the smp kernel.
> 
> 
> What happens if you use this kernel on a machine that has only
> one processor, or is the install smart enough to figure all this
> out?

  No ill effect from what I can tell.  I have the same kernels running
on my single core desktop, and dual-core laptop, both AMD CPU's.

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Re: Will Somebody Rid Us Of These List Police (WAS: Re: [opensuse] On-topic list, anyone?)

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 16:03 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Dylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-23-07 14:02]:
> > Please, can't you people find something more important to worry about
> > in life?
> 
> You have lost sight.
> 
> Many of us come here to read, learn about and assist or ask for
> assistance about technical and/or installation issues with openSUSE; I
> believe the primary reason for the list.  NOT to read the local
> newspaper or discuss politics.
> 
> Novell/SuSE/openSUSE has graciously provided a list for postings not
> fitting "technical and/or installation isues".  Its called
> opensuse-offtopic.  You may subscribe and then discuss to your fill
> all issues apart from this list's purpose.

  The benefit to this is that the signal to noise ratio will drastically
improve.  I've been trashing 99+% of stuff coming through do to the
noise content.

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Re: [opensuse] Bye Bye Vista - Hello issue with SUSE...

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 12:42 -0400, George Stoianov wrote:
> I think you should be using the smp kernel. What kind of a machine do
> you have? Anything in the system logs?

  IIRC for 10.2 the kernel default is the smp kernel.

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Re: [opensuse] Dual Boot Vista on Laptop?

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 08:35 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
> I just got my new HP/Compaq 9440 laptop on Friday. It is pre-loaded  
> with Windows Vista, which looks nice...
> 
> http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/64
> 
> ...but is already starting to irritate me. In any case, I want to dual  
> boot. I don't suppose I can wipe Vista off of it, since it is a work  
> laptop.
> 
> I've read that dual-booting under Vista is not as easy as 2k/xp  
> because the partitioning is different. Every guide I've read so far  
> says to have the Windows installer create a partition to be used later  
> for Linux. Well, HP created the partitions for me, so I have little  
> choice.
> 
> Can I safely (at least reasonably) resize or am I screwed?

  I honestly don't know, did it come with the install disks, or has
HP/Compaq created an image that resides in the first (hidden) partition
that you can do a restore from?  I haven't heard anything on M$ tweaking
NTFS, or did they ship Vista with the new(?) WinFS?

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 06:08 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
> Russell Jones wrote:
> > Jerry Houston wrote:
> >> Mike McMullin wrote:
> >>>   IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi.  Go the the opensuse site
> >>> and search for mad-wifi and/or Atheros.  There is adequate info 
> >>> there to
> >>> allow you to get it up and running under 10.2.
> >>
> >> Indeed, it seems so.  Thanks to everyone for your help with this.  
> >> And thanks to Atheros for opening their specs so a driver could be 
> >> created.
> > Do send a quick mail to Atheros saying so! It'll make them more likely 
> > to keep their specs open. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (from 
> > http://www.atheros.com/contact/index.html )
> 
> As soon as I get it working.   So far, it contacts the base station 
> and displays the available local networks, but nothing I've done so far 
> has enabled it to connect to mine.

  For testing purposes turn off WEP on the router and try again.  Also see if
you can copy the WEP key to a text file, and copy that over to the wireless 
device, and copy/paste
it into the dialog box.


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Re: [opensuse] Help with graphics card

[Mike McMullin]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 10:07 +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I have a blown Nvidia FX5200 card on my openSuSE 10.2 install.
> 
> The computer is set up to use Nvidia per the info found in opensuse.
> 
> I put in another graohics card marked:
> 
> MVGA-NVTNT2MAL 16MB
> 
> Even if I think, that the letters can indicate that it's also an Nividia 
> card, the 10.2 cannot start up the x-server.
> 
> Can anybody tell me what I can do now ?.

  At bootup look for the options line at the bottom of the screen and
put the following on it:
init 3
  This will get you single user no-graphical mode.  Log in as root.
Simplest way is to invoke sax2 and redo your video card configuration.
Then use:
init 5
to switch to normal run level with x-server running.  You can also
manually edit the 
/etc/X11/xorg.cong file and change the line with the nvidia module name
to nv, save and exit, and then issue the init 5, command and you should
have your gui back.

  HTH

  Mike

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 19:19 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
> >   IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi.  Go the the opensuse site
> > and search for mad-wifi and/or Atheros.  There is adequate info there to
> > allow you to get it up and running under 10.2.
> 
> Indeed, it seems so.  Thanks to everyone for your help with this.  And 
> thanks to Atheros for opening their specs so a driver could be created.
> 
> I've gotten the module installed, and at least partially working, 
> because the NetworkManager applet is able to display the available 
> wireless networks.  When I try to connect to mine, though, it keeps 
> asking for security info, despite that I've given it a correct WEP type 
> and value.

  Are you sure about that?  There are 3 WEP options when you try and
connect.  Try cycling through them, and note that you use matching case
on the letters.  Also I think at this point KWallet is going to fire up
to hold the info.  May-hap you could give us a more concise view of what
is occouring.

> Still, this is farther than I've ever gotten before with Linux on this 
> laptop.  Once I get the security issue solved, I should be able to do 
> real things with Linux on this machine.

  I've been using my laptop when I get the chance.  One thing that I
have noticed is that there are certain venues (Hilton Hotel's in the
states to name one) that offer free wireless, but seem to require you to
use IE to authenticate with.

> Thanks again!

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Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper Help Appreciated

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:30 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
> I'm fairly new to Linux, but not quite a total novice.  I've set up a 
> little Linux machine for my wife, using ndiswrapper to install a LinkSys 
> wireless NIC.  I had very little trouble with that, and her machine 
> connects to our network without a problem.
> 
> However, trying to do the same for my Toshiba Satellite P-35 laptop has 
> turned out to be quite an adventure.  Although ndiswrapper confirms that 
> the driver has been installed correctly, and that the right hardware is 
> present, I haven't been able to connect to our WAP at all.  The 
> NetworkManager icon (SuSE 10.2) just continues saying "no connection."
> 
> If it's simply impossible to use ndiswrapper with this Atheros wireless 
> card, it would save me a lot of trouble to know that.  On the other 
> hand, if anyone here has actually gotten one of these set up and 
> working, I'd sure like to have a chat with you!

  IIRC Atheros is better served by mad-wifi.  Go the the opensuse site
and search for mad-wifi and/or Atheros.  There is adequate info there to
allow you to get it up and running under 10.2.

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Re: [opensuse] Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:25 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> There was some recent discussion on this list about MS claims of patent
> infringement and someone claimed they hadn't done so recently.
> 
> >From the "Suse, M$ and Dell" thread.
> 
> "Nope, I don't need recent cites. Until retracted
> 
> >> Ballmers
> >> statments stand as official Microsoft Policy.  
> >>
> >> Therefore the onus is on you to find a retraction.
> >> 
> 
> >
> > You made a statement that by it's nature is deemed
> > false if you can not substantiate it. There is no onus
> > on me to do anything. If you refuse to substantiate,
> > or retract, I can only conclude that you knew the
> > statement was false, yet made it anyway, making you a
> > liar, and no more to be believed than Mr. Ballmer.
> >
> > As it now stands, you have no credibility whatever,
> > and I see no reason to continue any discussion with
> > you, on any matter whatever.
> >   
> 
> 
> Well, you might want to read this article and consider the claims
> substantiated.
> 
> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/

  Unfortunately you would need a patent lawyer to go through all of M$'
claims.  If you've followed any M$ patent discussions over the past few
years, you would see that they've been applying for any and everything,
including that thing that we know as sudo.  Oddly enough Bill Gates is
on record as talking about how much WinNT was like Unix.  So as far as
Ballmer's claims go, take them with as much salt as you can heft.

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Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 19:56 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 
> The Sunday 2007-05-13 at 17:31 +0200, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> 
> > > > > The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's
> > > > > functions (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a
> > > > > replacement that has a scriptable interface. He would like whichever 
> > > > > is
> > > > > used to both have windows and linux versions so he only has to create
> > > > > one version of source code.
> 
> ...
> 
> > As stated above, what do you need of Eudora's functionality?
> > The mail client for reading? The addressbook for sending of mails?
> 
> 
> You just have to read above the original mail from the OP:
> 
> |> ... that has a scriptable interface. 

  And that the scripts are there for Eudora, that being what is in use
now.  

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