Suse

Restricted formats - what does that mean?
On this page, there is talk about "restricted formats." http://en.opensuse.org/Restricted_Formats#Legal_Issues_3 "Many support the use of FAT/FAT32 to share files between Windows and Linux on a single system. As Microsoft's patent on FAT has been upheld as of January 2006, long filenames on FAT partitions may n... 25 Mar 2006 04:30

Java & sound
Hi I'm running suse 10 all is ok but I have no sound with java chess applet http://www.echecs.com/direct/accueil_invite.php the same program using mandriva or winxp I have sound Any idea ? Thanks DCampa ... 9 Mar 2006 18:39

difference between open suse and suse enterprise linux
dont u think that the only difference between suse linux and open suse is that novell dosent support open suse (as far as tech support is concerned), i am new to suse, so ur comments on this will be appreciated ... 7 Mar 2006 05:01

Packman
Hello, Has anyone experienced problems when selecting http://packman.unixheads.com/suse/10.0 in the software source media section of Yast. It seems that lately whenever I use the software management tool in Yast it fails to connect, it used to work fine. I'm just wondering if something has changed that I... 6 Mar 2006 20:48

Processors
What is the difference between Pentium, Celeron, and AMD? Thanks. RS ... 8 Mar 2006 04:59

DVD burner & DVD player requirements
I am using a 350 MHZ Dell, running SuSE 9.2 All of the "requirements" sections of DVD burners data specify a minimum of a 800 MHZ machine for operation. However, a friend suggested that I could run an external DVD burner from one of the ports of the USB2.0 card that I already have installed. Which takes preced... 6 Mar 2006 04:03

Execute program upon cd insertion
Hi, Unfortunately hal 0.5.4 has some troubles acting well on my SuSE 10 with 2.6.15 kernel, CDs are not mounted automaticly and KDE doesn't react to Audio CD insertion. I noticed that the audiocd ioslave recognizes the cd only if it is in the default drive (I have 2 - hdc and hdd). I wrote a simple perl script to... 5 Mar 2006 15:14

need help setting up static ip address in suse 10
I have just installed suse 10. every thing works just great except i can not for the life of me set up a static ip address. I am using a netcom adsl modem router default gateway 192.168.1.1 with range for dchp bt 192.168.1.4-15 and i have got port forwarding for ports 6881-6889 to 192.168.1.20. this setup has worke... 9 Mar 2006 03:58

suse 10 how to change monitor elegantly?
I was just about to throw out an old 17 inch crt monitor when I considered if I could test it first just in case.... I turned off my usual suse PC (normally uses a crt 17 inch monitor, but not so old) and connected the alien monitor. On boot up, the screen blanked briefly a couple of times , then seemed ok, t... 3 Mar 2006 07:42

Update to SuSE 10 questions
Hello, I'm currently using SuSe 9.1 and for several reasons do I need to get a more recent version, i.e. SuSE 10. Since I have not that good experiences with a plain update (especially combined with self-compiled packages) I tend to a new install. I'm still pondering, though. Therefore, I have a few questions. ... 21 Feb 2006 11:36