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| | I am having a problem with the resolution of my suse. I just installed it and everything seemed to be installed correctly. I reboot my machine and went through grub and chose the suse linux[U][/U]. At first, the splash screen, looked fine. Then it got to the login page, and … |
 | Hey. :) I've been wanting to play some of my old games for a long time, but haven't been able to because they aren't compatible with XP. Currently, I have Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 and SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional, each on their own 80gig hard drive. The … |
| | I am a novice linux user (I am 15). I have run mandrake, fedora core and suse in the past because i liked thier configuration tools but now I am using slackware. I know how to install programs using RPM but how do you install .tgz or .tar.gz files ? … |
 | I've been in and out of Linux for a while know, that last installation I used was SuSe, not happy.... the bast I've used was Red Hat 9. I need something to work with Apache and MySQL AND Oracle... of course, it has to be free. I tried this choose … |
| | have recently tried the new suse flavour off the linux format magazine and followed the instruction in order to install my first tarball. it went ok up to MAKE, and then i got a message saying something like " no C compiler in specified path". can someone please advise on … |
| | Please help me!!! Recently, while mucking about in linux, i decided to abort an instalation of Suse 9.2. I quit it and everything, and shut down the computer.:mad: Big mistake. Now the computer doesn't start. I need to install windows XP onto it. however, when you start the system, there … |
| | I would like to set up a remote syslog that i hope will run on Suse 10.0. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Wycky97 |
| | this cam is detected and listed in the hardware section of suse 10, bit does not appear to be operational after boot up or hotplug. the same is true with fedora core 5. does anyone know of a fix or driver location to get me operational. here's hoping. GS. |
| | I've successfully setup my NetServer LH3R with Windows2000 but am now looking towards installing Suse 9.1 instead since Suse 9.1 has so many more possibilities built into it. The server specs are (in case these are needed): 2xPentium III 500MHz, 1GB RAM, 6x9GB HDs (currently configured as 2 HDs for … |
| | I posted the following to the "linux newbie" forum, but have received no response... Any takers? <quote>I am encountering an issue configuring the YOU update tool in SuSE 8.2: When I attempt to run an update, I repeatedly receive the error: "Can't get the patches from server. Please try to … |
 | im a linux noob.... and i jus installed suse pro 9.3 however, i am not able to play any audio files. ive tried to play mp3's on amarok and xmms. It is not a hardware or volume control prob since the files will not even start. I also noticed that … |
| | Every time that I start my computer I have to run "alsaconf" to get my sound to work. How do I get my system to keep this sound setting? |
| | I am encountering an issue configuring the YOU update tool in SuSE 8.2: When I attempt to run an update, I repeatedly receive the error: "Can't get the patches from server. Please try to get the patches from another server". I receive this error no matter which server I check. … |
| | Im a complete noob at this. my first installation. what am i doing wrong or what am i not doing? [B]can someone please help[/B] :cry: |
 | Hello! I've recently made the switch from windows .... well technically i still run on both .... but anyway....... I'm having troubles with AmaroK 1.3 for SUSE 10.0 and the song will play... but then will not proceed to the next song!! It just stops playing all together..... so any … |
| | I have two IBM indenticle 425C PS/NOTE laptops. I know these are as old as time in the fast paced computer world, but was hoping they may handle JPG files for viewing on floppies. I had wanted to use Windows 95, but have only DOS 6.2 install disks right now. … |
| | Hi there, you may have seen me much more in the Windows side of these boards, I had a series of computer ills that ultimately crashed two hard drives, not the least of which was data corruption... Anyway, on the main one, I had a copy of Windows 98 SE …  |
| | I tried Morphix live CD and I liked it. I'm just a home user. What Linux distro should I use for this PC: Monitor: LG Studiowroks 700E (I bought a SuSe Live Eval CD 8.1 that had all the monitor drivers except mine) Processor : Celeron 2.4 ghz I've attached … |
| | HI i have installed suse 10 os. I have the airlink wireless conection for internet which is pluged in usb. Now would i be able to use it to connect to internet? if yes how? i tried installing the drive as it is .exe i was unable. is there a … |
| | Hey there. I'm new to Linux, and must install Scipy (Scientific Python) on my Suse 9.2 . I have the Numeric model installed already. I've used the RPM and I can import the scipy module, but when I try to run xplt then I get this horrible error lines, can …  |
| | I was running Windows ME with a 20gb HDD.. decided for an upgrade and got a 60gb hd to go along with the 20gb... now i got 80gb of space but all the Defult stuff is clogging up my 20gb hd... so i got xp and a nice clean install …  |
| | I cannot get MySQL working. Can someone please help? I have changed permissions on the /var/lib/msql directory and I still can't get it started. Running Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 # mysql -V mysql Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.18, for suse-linux (i686) # mysql start ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local … |
| | Trying to get pypod working, and being stuck with "Umlaut" like öäü in filenames (linux) - linux suse 9.3 with iPod patch from Sven Andersen (kaputtendorf) - filenämes.mp3 have umlaut - with much cheeting (explicit translation), I got char>128 translated into unicode (e.g. "ä"=ascii=132, unicode=228) and actually written onto iPod's … |
| | You can read about my linux experience here: [url]http://www.gabrielvilla.com/forum/?p=9[/url] and my question is about Gentoo. I decided to install Gentoo, but after printing pages of the installation guide, I could not get too far. Two things??? is there a ditro as good as gentoo (not red hat or mandrake or … |
| | Hi Folks...thank you for your help. I just built my newest rig and loaded SUSE 9.2 Pro rather than XP Pro. I really love the OS except that the gaming experience is lacking. I'm trying to boot Linux UT 2003 off an old copy of the game CDs. I found … |
| | I think im going to connect another computer to the Internet under linux. As I am a complete Linux noob I dont know very much about it. I'm going to put it on an old computer (96 mb ram p 266) I'm going to put on SuSE 8.0 cause newer … |
| | i jus installed fedora version 4 ... and I am unable to access any of my windows partion files. I had been using suse 9.3 previously and all of the mounting was automaticly done .. so any help anyone might have would be appreciated  |
| | Greetings, I was hoping that there is somebody that can tell me how to configure a Dual Boot system with Windows XP on one hard drive and SuSe Linux on the other. Most of the support I've seen has been for dual booting from the same hard drive. If anyone … |
| | I have an external cd burner. Suse picks It up fine, but when I go to set up the mount point, it tells me writing to drives is not supported. What do I need to change to allow me to write to drives. I'm also have the same problem with … |
| | hi , i had a suse 9 as a dual boot with xp. it was working fine till, i had to reinstall xp over linux, had some new partitions created and then repaired the grub with automatic repair console . now grub is working fine ,i can boot into win … |
| | As this section would imply; I don't know much. ...About using Linux! I have installed(dual boot) Suse 9.2 with a KDE enviroment and my diplay is all distorted, my videocard wasn't listed in the hardware section of installation. I have downloaded a Linux driver from ATI but I have no …  |
| | Alright, I installed Linux 8.2 SuSE just to see what it was capable of and such. I did not like what I had and some hardware was not compatable so I reinstalled windows by deleting the old Linux partition and reinstalling. After I did this everything booted very slowly. Even … |
| | Need Driver For NVIDIA RIva. I'm running suse 9.2. I am a newbie at linux so I only now how to install rpm files.  |
| | I'm having some trouble getting my yast online updat to work. I open suse watcher to check for updates and it says unable to check for updates. so i start You and it starts to look for servers, then i comes back that it cant find any servers and only … |
| | Hi ,recently installed suse 9.2 on my machine and like it the most up to now of the linux flavours that I have tried. The only problem that I have, is that the machine will only connect to the internet when the stupid mode box is ticked in the config … |
 | i am running SuSe 9.x and i have 2 different wifi cards(d-link dwl650 and a mini pci card that came with the laptop..i think its a broadcom) and i cant get either one of them to work. on the d-link card it has the 2 lights(link and act) the act … |
| | when i installed suse on my laptop, i also installed both kde and gnome. when it boots up it automaticly boots with kde. how can i change it to gnome |
| | Hello all, I can't write in VFAT ou NTFS partition . I really can do it just as ROOT. HELP. SUSe 9x Thanks in advance!!! Eduardo :?: |
| | I am new to using linux on my own machines, but i have seen it in use before and i know a small bit as ive been reading up on it quite a lot. I downloaded mandrake linux 10.1 community to put on my computer and i previously made two … |
| | Hey all, I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA 160GB to use as a master in this new computer I'm building. The BIOS recognized it name and all, so I figured I had no problems...Well, I went to install XP, and before the partitioning/formatting tool came up in setup, … |
| | I don't know if this is the right forum for this. Perhaps there should be a "General Linux Help" section? Anyway, I have been a Linux user for over a year, but I've never truly understood how the operating system works. I don't even understand the directory structure. I heard …  |
| | I triple-boot Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, and SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional. For those that don't know, Linux has special user permissions. There is only one user with access to the entire harddrive, called "root", and this user has an encrypted password. … |
| | Hello again, Well, after my adventure in setting up SuSe 9.2 on my computer and realizing that dual booting from two hard drives is easier than pie, I have hit another snag... I would like to know how I can set up my modem to establish a dial-up internet connection, … |
| | Having a major challenge getting 3 Linux/Windows stations setup up in workgroup/share setting. ( No problem with internet access ) Linux stations do not recognize any workgroup name thus do not see any of the Linux and/or windows stations. I used the Samba client config tool in Yast. This does …  |
 | Hi ,thought i would try fooling with SUSE personal .started a install on a 6.4 gig HDD ,cot called away from computer and didn't get back for over an HR. it foramtted and created 3 partitions .one 450+meg primary dos ,and two nondos partition 50% each of remaing gigs ,i … |
| | Have tried but failed to setup Linux to share our PC's for home use. Linux error "cannot find any workgroups in your local network" . Does not recognize Linux or windows users. I have used Yast to setup Samba but still no go. What I am missing here. Any straight … |
| | Newbie to linux and trying to get modem to work with linuxe. Need Help Below are ddumps of info on modem and system. it seems that SUSE find the modem at the hardware level durning boot. But cannot figure out how to set it up in SUSE. Also get following …  |
| | We are trying to setup a home server using a linux as the operating system. I am looking at IBM,Dell, and HP as potential servers. Which server would best suit a linux operating system and also between SuSe, Mandrake Linux, and redhat which would be the best to use? All … |
 | i have a machine built for windows 95 it has about 500mb or so hard drive space I have a better computer but it is used by my entire family and i've already screwed it up enough and dont need someone yelling at me. So i was wondering if this … |
 | We have a network at work and there is a rather diverse assortment of windows versions (i think we even have 3.1 somewhere) windows 95, 98, 2000 can be used to ftp and other OTHER internet usage (not just http) the XP, 2003 machines cant seem to connect (no ftp … |
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