Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:39 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:43 +1000, scsijon wrote: > > I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport > > firm. > > > > They have no problem with it being linux providing everything t

Re: [opensuse] Mail Program wanted?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 20:43 +1000, scsijon wrote: > I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport firm. > > They have no problem with it being linux providing everything they have now, > they will have afterwards as they are expanding from the current four depots > and tw

Re: [opensuse] 4GB computer slowdown

2007-05-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 20:38 +0200, Richard Bos wrote: > Op Friday 11 May 2007 20:24:49 schreef Petr Klíma: > > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > > I think it's more of an observation effect. > > > > > > Windows is so buggy, that when hardware errors do occur, > > > it's just background noise in the all-too-t

Re: [opensuse] Windows mount is ReadOnly

2007-05-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 09:55 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 07:36 -0400, James Knott wrote: > > > >> Clayton wrote: > >> > >>>> I think this definately calls for a conservative approach! I'l

Re: [opensuse] Windows mount is ReadOnly

2007-05-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 07:36 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Clayton wrote: > >> I think this definately calls for a conservative approach! I'll find a > >> different way of moving files between Linux and Windows, > >> > >> Many thanks to everyone who offered help on this issue. > > > > The way used to

Re: [opensuse] Windows mount is ReadOnly

2007-05-10 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 09:55 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Alan Lenton wrote: > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 10 May 2007 13:11 > > To: opensuse@opensuse.org > > Subject: Re: [opensuse] Windows mount is ReadOnly > > > > > >> SuSE 10.2

Re: [opensuse] Windows mount is ReadOnly

2007-05-10 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 13:04 +0100, Alan Lenton wrote: > Hi, > > SuSE 10.2 is mounting my Windows file system read only ( fstab shows > ro,users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0). > > Is there any reason for this? I want to be able to write files in that > partition. If that was the case would I need to d

Re: [opensuse] Re: Suse, M$ and Dell

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 14:35 -0700, Robert Smits wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:41, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 11:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > > > On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > > > > Much posturing, but Balmer

Re: [opensuse] [OT] - Australian extradited to US to stand trial

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:41 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-08-07 11:01]: > > On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 20:18 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > On Monday 07 May 2007 19:38, Pueblo Native wrote: > > > > ... > > >

Re: [opensuse] Re: Suse, M$ and Dell

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 11:49 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > > Much posturing, but Balmer is still > > > claiming Linux violates MS IP > > > Any cites for this statement? Its just FUD. > > If I need to cite that for you, you must have been statione

Re: [opensuse] [OT] - Australian extradited to US to stand trial

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McMullin
Can we continue this over in off topic? I say we because I've posted on this as well. Mike On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 18:42 +0200, Clayton wrote: > > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> On Tue 08 May 2007 03:54, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > > >>> free to shut the f*** up > > >> > >

Re: [opensuse] [OT] - Australian extradited to US to stand trial

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 20:18 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Monday 07 May 2007 19:38, Pueblo Native wrote: > > ... > > > > > This um, Ausie, is probably going to reevaluate whether he is > > > bound by US law or not while he contemplates in a US > > > penitentiary... room and board at um, my

Re: [opensuse] [OT] - Apple Computer new product announcement ("joke")

2007-05-07 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 21:28 -0500, M Harris wrote: > On Thursday 03 May 2007 03:58, G T Smith wrote: > > Please.., please... it may have escaped your notice that many of the > > list are (thankfully) not citizens of the USA, and are not (yet) subject > > to what passes for US law... > > > >

Re: [opensuse] How can my clock be this wrong?

2007-05-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 13:52 -0300, Gabriel wrote: > JB2 escribió: > > Hi gang, > > > > I'm still with 9.3, but I did the clock-fix thing when it was all coming > > up > > a couple months ago, but...on one of the forums I visit once in a while, I > > just noticed that the dates are showing 2

Re: [opensuse] I am back with backup email

2007-05-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 07:09 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Carl Spitzer wrote: > > Looks like myrealbox is going to stay busted for a time. > > > > I am so annoyed that I went to register.com to get the responsible > > parties email and sent in a complaint. Someone there screwed up. then > > again t

Re: [opensuse] I am back with backup email

2007-05-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 20:09 -0700, Carl Spitzer wrote: > Looks like myrealbox is going to stay busted for a time. > > I am so annoyed that I went to register.com to get the responsible > parties email and sent in a complaint. Someone there screwed up. then > again this year has been a bad one fo

Re: [opensuse] This is getting silly

2007-04-29 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 00:45 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 15:23 -0700, Carl Spitzer wrote: > > > I first try to resubscribe, having no message that I am bouncing. > > Second I write both webmasters for opensuse and myr

Re: [opensuse] [OT] - Apple Computer new product announcement ("joke")

2007-04-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:48 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Stevens wrote: > > On Friday 27 April 2007 10:40, Russell Jones wrote: > > > >> Stevens wrote: > >> > >>> Apple Computers developed a computer chip that can store and play music > >>> in women's breast implants. > >>> > >>> The iBreast

Re: [opensuse] Re: [OT] - Apple Computer new product announcement ("joke")

2007-04-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 18:04 +0200, Joachim Schrod wrote: > Russell Jones wrote: > > Stevens wrote: > > >> [Really bad joke discarded] > > > This is misogynistic and I find it offensive. Please don't post trash > > like this here. > > Full agreement -- this is not funny. But thanks to Russell f

Re: [opensuse] Word for all of us... [OT]

2007-04-18 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 14:09 -0500, M Harris wrote: > On Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:13, Russell Jones wrote: > > There are far more important criteria for choosing a distribution than > > how nicey-nicey people are. > This is very true ... > > ... and very wrong. > > At this poin

Re: [opensuse] GRUB

2007-04-17 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 21:38 +0200, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I use OpenSuse with GRUB installed. I want to install another OS but > GRUB doesn't let me to boot from CD. How can I change the setting of > GRUB so my system can be booted from CD if it is set in BIOS to boot > from CD?

Re: [opensuse] off-list replies

2007-04-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 12:59 +0200, Örn Hansen wrote: > On Apr 12, 2007 05:51 AM, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > You're right, of course, and that goes for thread hijacking, top > > posting, indiscriminate quoting and a host of other inconsiderate > > practices. > > > > People are rude, thoughtless

Re: [opensuse] OT: Win XP help--where?

2007-04-15 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 00:44 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Sunday 15 April 2007 00:20, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 23:45 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > Obviously not here, but where can I get some help to set up > > > Win XP SP2, which looks n

Re: [opensuse] OT: Win XP help--where?

2007-04-14 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 23:45 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > Obviously not here, but where can I get some help to set up > Win XP SP2, which looks nothing like my old SP1 that crashed > and burned without any backup. My first impression: I hate it! > But I need a few things that Windows does. (If B

Re: [opensuse] looking for win32code

2007-04-12 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 12:53 -0400, William Biggs wrote: > I had to redo my pc and lost the email that had the link for the > win32code win32codecs? packman links2linux? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Tux 500

2007-04-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 10:33 -0400, jim tate wrote: > I know this is not the place to post this , but this is very important > for the Linux community to see. > > http://www.tux500.com/ This is actually more off-topic isn't it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comma

Re: [opensuse] Adding biometric security to a computer

2007-03-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 03:52 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Monday 2007-03-26 at 18:25 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > John Andersen wrote: > > > Lifting a print and then embedding that print into a putty mold takes > > > significantly mo

Re: [opensuse] Adding biometric security to a computer

2007-03-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 17:39 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > On Sunday 25 March 2007 10:25, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > It may well be easy to fake this form of document. In which case > > forcing one to present a hard to impossible to fake ID is better, IMO. > > Something ha

Re: [opensuse] Working Democracy Player RPMs for 10.2

2007-03-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 23:26 +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sunny wrote: > >> what are the chances for packages for 10.2? > > > > Ooops, I meant 10.0, sorry. > > Chances are 0 > It requires a very recent gnome-python package. > Actually, you must

Re: [opensuse] Adding biometric security to a computer

2007-03-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 17:19 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Saturday 24 March 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Saturday 2007-03-24 at 19:52 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > > > > I know... but it was a bank manager who told me the photo is dangerous. > > > > > > I would change the bank, promptly. > > > >

Re: [opensuse] Adding biometric security to a computer

2007-03-24 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 11:26 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > On Saturday 24 March 2007 10:46, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > It is similar to people not wanting their photo on their credit cards. > > Is there reason not to have? Oddly enough, the customers wishes work as adequate reason. -- To unsubscribe,

Re: [opensuse] Webcam difficulties

2007-03-23 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 14:28 +, Bob Williams wrote: > On Friday 23 March 2007 14:09:41 Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 13:59 +, Bob Williams wrote: > > > On Friday 23 March 2007 12:56:41 Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:03 +, Bob Williams wro

Re: [opensuse] Webcam difficulties

2007-03-23 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:03 +, Bob Williams wrote: > I'm trying to set up a Creative USB Webcam Live! I've installed Camelot 0.3.5 > but when I open it I get an error message saying > > Initializing Video4Linux input failed: Cannot open device /dev/video0: No > such > file or directory > >

Re: [opensuse] Modem setup problem.

2007-03-21 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 10:10 -0400, BandiPat wrote: > On Wednesday 21 March 2007, Tommy Lim KW wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is my lspci list: > > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and > > 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible contr

Re: [opensuse] DST problem in Evolution?

2007-03-20 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:20 +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 10:18:13AM -0400, Bruce Smith wrote: > > Has anyone noticed that Evolution seems NOT to be observing the new > > North America daylight savings time change? When I create an event in > > the EVO calendar with an al

Re: [opensuse] Modem setup problem.

2007-03-20 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 22:39 -0500, M Harris wrote: > On Monday 19 March 2007 23:20, Tommy Lim wrote: > > > > I just installed Opensuse 10.2 on my Compaq presario V3040TU. > > > > Everything running just fine. But my modem doesn't show up in the > > > > hardware list. What happen actually? > > > > >

Re: [opensuse] Modem setup problem.

2007-03-20 Thread Mike McMullin
>On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 00:14 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:00 +0800, Tommy Lim wrote: >> > Hi, >>> I just installed Opensuse 10.2 on my Compaq presario V3040TU. Everything >>> running just fine. But my modem doesn't show

Re: [opensuse] Modem setup problem.

2007-03-19 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:00 +0800, Tommy Lim wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed Opensuse 10.2 on my Compaq presario V3040TU. Everything > running just fine. But my modem doesn't show up in the hardware list. > What happen actually? It could be a win-modem. What do you get from running lspci in

Re: [opensuse] Scanner for Linux

2007-03-17 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 19:34 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Saturday 17 March 2007 00:34, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Friday 16 March 2007 20:22, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > /snip/ > > > > > > Why don't we leave the politics and slams to the off-topic list where > > > it is "on topic"? > > I ag

Re: [opensuse] What I Want (was Why I don't upgrade often)

2007-03-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 21:25 +, Peter Bradley wrote: > Ysgrifennodd David Brodbeck: > > Some sites are still designed for > > Internet Explorer only, and it will be a cold day in hell before > > Microsoft ports that to Linux. > > > > > I understand you can get it to work in CrossOver Office.

Re: [opensuse] Bad RAM support

2007-03-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 18:07 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Sunday 11 March 2007 17:46, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 14:06 +1100, Horst G. Burkhardt III wrote: > > > I agree completely with John here. > /snip/ > > Not an argument but a comment h

Re: [opensuse] Trouble booting 10.2

2007-03-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 15:14 -0900, John Andersen wrote: > On Friday 09 March 2007, Mike McMullin wrote: > > Time: tsc clocksource has been installed. and just hangs there. > > This sounds like hardware issues. What is the physical hardware? Could be, I ran memtest and it faile

Re: [opensuse] Bad RAM support

2007-03-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 14:06 +1100, Horst G. Burkhardt III wrote: > I agree completely with John here. > > Linux especially is known to be more sensitive to bad hardware than BSD or > Windows or Mac - possibly because tighter tolerances are needed to > maintain relative sanity when it comes to th

[opensuse] Trouble booting 10.2

2007-03-09 Thread Mike McMullin
I cannot boot into my 10.2 install unless in safe mode. It gets as far as: Time: tsc clocksource has been installed. and just hangs there. It did this same thing on the initial boot on install. There are no log files generated, I checked the date stamps to see. Here are the entries from th

Re: [opensuse] Real downloader

2007-03-09 Thread Mike McMullin
On Friday 09 March 2007, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > Im looking for a real full featured download manager. > Something like Free Download Manager: > http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ > it works great, > multiple sessions per download > limit download speed > timed download (sections of day allowe

Re: [opensuse] possibility to use standard keyboard single-handed?

2007-03-08 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 18:33 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu 08 Mar 2007 17:33, Stevens wrote: > > Maybe I just don't understand the premise... I routinely type with my > > left hand because I am using the mouse with my right. I guess that I > > could swap sides if necessary. > ___

Re: [opensuse] No DST update for SUSE 10.0

2007-03-06 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 17:45 +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:38:08AM -0500, Coach-X wrote: > > > Marcus Meissner wrote: > > > Then you should run "YAST Online Update" and install the current > > > security and > > > recommended updates. > > > > > > Ciao, Marcu

Re: [opensuse] No DST update for SUSE 10.0

2007-03-06 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:49 +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:47:40AM -0500, James Knott wrote: > > My firewall is running SUSE 10.0. One thing I've noticed is that it > > doesn't seem to have been updated for the new DST dates. I've even > > tried the fix on DesktopLin

Re: [opensuse] Paying for a Senior Moment

2007-03-04 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 07:57 -0500, James Knott wrote: > Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > > As one gets older all sorts of strange things begin to happen. Along > > with "senior moments" there is "Sometimers disease", which I seem have. > > Sometimes I remember, and sometimes I don't. And then there are "

Re: [opensuse] Re: Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming!!

2007-03-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 07:11 -0500, James Knott wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > >>> Well I would hope so. After all, we here in opensuse land wring > >>> the bugs out of that codebase for them.

Re: [opensuse] Re: Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming!!

2007-02-28 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 01:03 -0900, John Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 28 February 2007, Jan Tiggy wrote: > > John Andersen wrote: > > > > [SNIP] > > > > > The down side of that is SLED with a $50/year price tag will quickly > > > outpace the cost of XP. > > > > Well, if Novell ain't that stupid, t

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 10:09 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 22:12 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > > > >> Mike McMullin wrote: > >> > >> Tom Baker was no Jon Pertwee either. Each "Dr" bri

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 22:12 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 15:44 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > > > >> Mark Lowes wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 04:11:26PM -0500, Mike McMullin wro

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-24 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 15:44 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > Mark Lowes wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 04:11:26PM -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 06:48 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > >> > >>> Hey, give cr

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-24 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 20:30 +, Mark Lowes wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 04:11:26PM -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 06:48 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > > > Hey, give credit where credit is due here. They are still dreaming up > > > sitc

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-23 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:40 -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 00:26 -0900, John Andersen wrote: > > On Thursday 15 February 2007, Dave Howorth wrote: > > > Clayton wrote: > > > > The BBC is asking if they should support Linux in the proposed > > > > on-demand media servi

Re: [opensuse] MSworks (huh!)

2007-02-23 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 20:44 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: > After extensive google searches and reading I have not been able > to read the file under Linux. I tried AbiWord but that didn't do it > either. I tried the latest OpenOffice and that gave the same error. > > The version of MSWorks that th

Re: [opensuse] How do I save the desktop in Gnome?

2007-02-19 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 10:02 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > On Mon February 19 2007 09:45, JP Rosevear wrote: > > gnome-session-save. It being missing is part of a little disconnect we > > have with the upstream logout menus right now. > > > > Out of curiosity, how often do you use this feature? We'd

Re: [opensuse] The BBC is asking if they should support Linux

2007-02-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 06:48 -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > Given the quality of the BBC these last few years the whole > > organization should be outlawed. Harumph! > > > > > > > Hey, give credit where credit is due here. They are still dreaming up > sitcoms for Amer

Re: [opensuse] french dealers for 10.2

2007-02-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 00:24 -0900, John Andersen wrote: > On Thursday 15 February 2007, Michael Loeffler wrote: > > And I'm not happy at all with the expensive shipment we offer through > > shopNovell. > > YOU'RE NOT HAPPY? Guys in Canada got cheaper shipping than > I did. Royal commission may

Re: [opensuse] Wireless Card

2007-02-15 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 10:01 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote: > Danesh Daroui wrote: > (knip) > > > > I could not run "hwinfo --wlan". There is no such command. > > > > /usr/sbin/hwinfo Shouldn't that be in the path for root? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-m

Re: [opensuse] Wireless Card

2007-02-15 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 09:04 +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently installed OpenSuse 10.2 and as I expected I have problem > with my wireless card, however OpenSuse has act more efficient than > Ubuntu so far. It actually detects my card but I can not connect to my > wireles

Re: [opensuse] pcHDTV HD-5500 - HDTV for your Linux desktop

2007-02-14 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:17 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut > shell, hoping for an answer: > > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote: > > > > "The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the > > >

Re: [opensuse] Re: 10.2 is turning into a nightmare - ps

2007-02-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 22:58 -0500, Bryan Tyson wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 09:24 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote: > > Keep in mind that WinXP - by default - hides the BSOD from you, unless > > you > > change a setting to show the blue screen. > > I did not know that! When there is a BSOD but it is hidd

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 is turning into a nightmare - ps

2007-02-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 19:00 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-12-07 16:35]: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 20:41 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > Guess you need to build your on box and install xp, then see how you > > > can pl

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 is turning into a nightmare - ps

2007-02-12 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 20:41 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-11-07 20:36]: > [...] > > And then there are those like my friend. She used to play DVDs on her > > computer, but now finds she has to download some software to do so. > > Guess you need to build y

Re: [opensuse] Adding repo

2007-02-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 16:29 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: > charles buchanan wrote: > >> On Saturday 10 February 2007 08:50, Carl Hartung wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On Sat February 10 2007 11:27, charles buchanan wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ADD = Http > Server = ftp.sky

Re: [opensuse] Skype alternative needed for dial-up.

2007-02-11 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 16:07 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Saturday 10 February 2007 13:20, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > pelibali wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Some time ago I skype-ed with my mom sitting on modem dial-up. > > Sounds kinky. > > > > I suggest Gizmo > > http://www.gizmoproject.com > > I'v

Re: [opensuse] Bootloader

2007-02-09 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 16:22 +0800, Rohan NARULA wrote: > I changed the Bootloader config yesterday so that I could log into > Linux (after Windows rewrote my MBR), however now I cannot boot into > WIndows? I am using Opensuse10.2 Go into Yast and check your bootloader. I was sitting at a 10.2 s

Re: [opensuse] I installed WinXP and it overwrote MBR

2007-02-07 Thread Mike McMullin
On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 11:47 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > >>> On 07-02-2007 at 12:41, "Rohan NARULA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I just installed WinXP but now I cannot boot Linux. Help! > > > > Rohan > > > Try to start with the CD in Rescue Mode an recreate your GRUB

Re: [opensuse] device.map - Darryl/Carl/Boyd

2007-02-07 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 12:47 -0600, S Glasoe wrote: > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 09:44:34 am James Knott wrote: > > Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > > > Norton System Works '06 edition was roundly criticized for this since > > > it also affected American tax software which also demanded changes to

Re: [opensuse] device.map - Darryl/Carl/Boyd

2007-02-07 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 16:53 -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 17:56 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: > > As far as I know, it won't, but I'm not an MS Guru. Someone mentioned > > Norton Anti Virus (and IIRC McAffee) might have auto-repaired the bo

Re: [opensuse] New rpm Amsn on Guru ??

2007-02-02 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 16:46 -0300, Gabriel. wrote: > Any Clue ?? Thanks a lot.!!! It looks like you actually dl'ed the installer and it ran. My suggestion would be to go to the amsn.sourcefroge website dl the installer and run it yourself. 0.96b did install for me on both 10.1 and 10.2, but it

Re: [opensuse] device.map - Darryl/Carl/Boyd

2007-02-02 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 18:57 -0800, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:01:39 -0500, Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took > time to say the following: > > > (^_^)> I know it's hard to keep track of everything in this convoluted > thread, > (

Re: [opensuse] device.map - Darryl/Carl/Boyd

2007-02-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 20:30 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > On Thu February 1 2007 19:30, Mike McMullin wrote: > > I have installed three separate Linux Distro's and neither time has my > > XP-SP2-Home edition "repaired" the boot loader. > > I know it's

Re: [opensuse] device.map - Darryl/Carl/Boyd

2007-02-01 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 07:17 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: {snip} > > That's the "good" news. the "not so bad news" is, There's > > still no grub bootloader when the computer boots up. :-( It still goes > > straight into XP. > > The bootloader wasn't successfully installed at the last attempt. E

Re: [opensuse] fdisk results - Carl

2007-01-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 19:24 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > On Mon January 29 2007 08:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Charles, > > I forgat to add this step to my previous post: > > While in your shell as superuser, take a moment to confirm and/or adjust for > kernel version/numbers, as follow

Re: [opensuse] Announcing LHCP - Linux Hardware Compatibility Project

2007-01-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 16:42 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > On Monday 29 January 2007, Phil Knirsch wrote: > >> Hello everyone. > >> > >> We've recently started working on a project called Linux Hardware > >> Compatibility Project or in short LHCP. Goals are: > >> > >>

Re: [opensuse] menu.lst and fstab text - Carl

2007-01-30 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 14:56 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Monday 2007-01-29 at 08:18 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > > > On Mon January 29 2007 01:50, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: > > > If I was doing this in windows, I know how to do a screens

Re: [opensuse] Pertition Numbering

2007-01-28 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 13:57 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Found a link on the novell site > http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15340.html that shows the > numbering and editing of the menu.lst, however, it doesn't show how one > would either include or exclude the extended partition

Re: [opensuse] suse 10.0 and WD external harddrive

2007-01-28 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 16:52 -0500, Ian Harrell wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Suse 10.0 and have an external USB Western Digital 300G > harddrive. When I plug the USB cable in and have the drive turned on I get > the following in /var/log/messages: > > Server kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB d

Re: [opensuse] GRUB Too! (menu.lst)

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 17:13 -0800, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:10:33 -0600, M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took time to > say the following: > > (^_^)On Saturday 27 January 2007 18:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (^_^)> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Origina

Re: [opensuse] GRUB Too! (menu.lst)

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 16:36 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Jan 27 22:50:52 UTC 2007 > default 0 > timeout 8 > gfxmenu (/dev/sda,7)/boot/message > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### > title windows 1 >

Re: [opensuse] brief thoughts on 10.2

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 17:37 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote: > I installed 10.2 opting for the Gnome UI. I like the new UI, but find > looking for stuff not on the first pane to be slow coming up with the > other window. > My HP-F335 all-in-one was totally supported right out of the bo

Re: [opensuse] Software updater orb

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 18:00 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > On Sat January 27 2007 16:55, Mike McMullin wrote: > > So do I Carl. I've got the same prob in my new 10.2 install. I did > > the last set of updates and ZMD seems not to be running. There are > > still a fe

[opensuse] brief thoughts on 10.2

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
I installed 10.2 opting for the Gnome UI. I like the new UI, but find looking for stuff not on the first pane to be slow coming up with the other window. My HP-F335 all-in-one was totally supported right out of the box, leaving only the scanner end of it to be configured. A nice change from

Re: [opensuse] Software updater orb

2007-01-27 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 12:39 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote: > On Sat January 27 2007 12:28, Robert Lewis wrote: > > This morning when I got up the orb was missing in the panel. > > I then looked with YaST to see if my installaton sources were > > still intact and they were. > > > > A reboot brought the

RE: [opensuse] external HD problem

2007-01-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 19:21 +0100, Vince Oliver wrote: > thanks > > to which FS to reformat to be writable in both Linux and windows? > > > oliver Fat32 works for me. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [opensuse] external HD problem

2007-01-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 11:46 -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > On Friday, January 26, 2007 @ 11:28 AM, Vince Oliver wrote: > > >Carlos, > > >It is: > > > >/dev/sda5 on /media/EXTERNAL type subfs > (ro,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=ntfs,procuid,nls=utf8) > > > >when trying to write somethingon it thisis the

Re: [opensuse] How to switch gnome menu back to standard look

2007-01-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 02:48 -0500, Chuck Payne wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Quick quick, I am having issue with the new menu style of gnome and > kde in 10.2, only because I use my box work and need to be able to > grab a problem quickly and the new style is slowing way way down. I > have found out in K

Re: [opensuse] Getting people to say nice things about Microsoft or Novell

2007-01-25 Thread Mike McMullin
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 09:06 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 17:07, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote: > > http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9314284615.html > > Yeah, I'd read about that. > > So when is Novell going to ship us $$ and/or laptops to write about our > exper

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 yast printer setup hangs

2007-01-21 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 16:54 -0600, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > On 2007-01-21 15:44, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > and right after I posted this I found the fix. Aint it always the > > way? :( > > > > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-12/msg03365.html > At least you kept looking, m

Re: [opensuse] Linux will never overtake Windows

2007-01-20 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 11:14 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > Well, this article point at two well-known problems: cross-distro > packaging and cross-distro compatibility. Those problems are old as a > linux world. Which doesn't prevents my father and mother use Linux > successfully. Isn't this on

Re: [opensuse] disappearing dev links

2007-01-17 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 20:29 -0500, James Knott wrote: > Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:42 -0500, James Knott wrote: > > > >> eddieleprince wrote: > >> > >>> I have an analogue modem which is configured to /dev/modem which is

Re: [opensuse] disappearing dev links

2007-01-16 Thread Mike McMullin
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:42 -0500, James Knott wrote: > eddieleprince wrote: > > I have an analogue modem which is configured to /dev/modem which is a link > > to /dev/ttyS0. However, whenever I restart my machine the link disappears > > and I have to either create it manually or through yast by

Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)

2007-01-14 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 21:38 -0300, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote: > Mathias Homann escribió: > > > But there lies another problem: > > If we make linux as fool-friendly as windows, we get another windows. with > > the > > same problem that windows has. > > The main problem is that people does not

Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)

2007-01-14 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 16:01 +0100, Mathias Homann wrote: > Am Sonntag, 14. Januar 2007 15:44 schrieb jdd: > > Mathias Homann wrote: > > > and why am i so sure that that partition has to be bigger on my > > > next harddisk? > > > > anyway, Vista won't be able to run on any of the 5 computers > > I h

Re: [opensuse] ndiswrapper modprobe failure on 10.1

2007-01-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 16:10 +0100, Mike wrote: > On Monday 08 January 2007 07:09, Mike McMullin wrote: > > I'm trying to get wireless running on a laptop. The pcm-cia card > > requires the use of ndiswrapper to handle the driver. I have > > ndiswraper configged,

Re: [opensuse] How to Clone a whole disk?

2007-01-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 16:08 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Saturday 13 January 2007 16:04, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > Bo wrote / schrieb: > > > > I've just been lurking so far but > > > > I would be happy to recieve some help on the topic of

Re: [opensuse] How to Clone a whole disk?

2007-01-13 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 13:02 +0100, Reinhard Gimbel wrote: > Hello Bo, hello community ! > > Bo wrote / schrieb: > > > I've just been lurking so far but > > I would be happy to recieve some help on the topic of how to clone an > > entire disk (with > > partitions and diferent filesystems and all)

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