Suse

10.3 Upgrade Woes
I've finally managed to get a "semi" working 10.3 system by continuing the install from the mirrors. However, my new system does not seem to recognize either of my CD/DVD drives - making re-installing stuff into my /home directory somewht problematical. Inserting a data DVD or CD under 10.0 would cause the drive to... 25 Jan 2008 11:40

Jahshaka on 10.3 32-bit?
Hi there, I've been trying to compile Jahshaka from source, but after 4 hrs, 400+ MB of downloading libs to allow compiling of qt3 apps, and the equivalent of an encyclopedia full of compilation errors I'm giving up and asking here as a last resort if anyone is aware of a repo that has a cleanly packaged rpm of ... 16 Jan 2008 08:03

python-mode.el
Hi there, does anyone know if I can get python-mode.el for emacs through the package management? I installed emacs-el, which I thought should contain it, but I get 'Cannot open load file: python-mode' Any hints for me? -- Cheerz Lars ... 15 Jan 2008 11:41

Suse 10.3 : no more sound & kicker icons disappeared
For an unknown reason I lost the sound and many bootom bar launchers in kicker during Suse 10.3 updates with Yast. Right-clicking to add applets on that bootom bar does not do the same thing : the update icon always stays green (even when there are updates), and the Kerry/Beagle icon does not pop a search men... 15 Jan 2008 00:09

Advanced firewall configuration
Running a ssh server I would like to make things a little harder for the little buggers out there. Something like e.g. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --syn --state NEW --dport 22 -m \ limit --limit 1/minute --limit-burst 2 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --syn --state NEW --dport 22 -j \ REJECT --... 16 Jan 2008 14:12

server is down
When I went to see why Yast was having difficulties reading the repo's I used my browser to look here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ Where I got this message: Due to a serious hardware error, the openSUSE download services are currently not available. We are working hard to get them back onli... 15 Jan 2008 14:30

Newbie Please Excuse My Lack of Knowledge
I have been investigating different linux based OS but I am hesitant about going forward with installation because I am uncertian about playing my games and whether or not my hardware will be supported, eg: drivers and compatability. Is there any release that is geared for the home user that will install driv... 14 Jan 2008 13:53

[Solved] SSH with PuTTY - Home/End keys don't work
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: When I login using SSH to an openSUSE 10.3 machine from another Unix machine with the 'ssh' client, all is fine; the Home and End keys work. However, when I login from a Windows machine using the PuTTY client, those keys won't work. I tried every possible configuration in PuTTY... 14 Jan 2008 12:42

RESet the SUSE LINUX PASSWD
Dear all, I am new to LINUX .please help. I am not able to reset the root passwd of the SUSE . Whnever I press e at the time of GRUB load, I get 2 options 1) Linux 2) Failsafe Now what to do next. The CPU is also showing:- in the maintainenc mode only Ctrl D would work shutdown or reboot would not work. ... 15 Jan 2008 12:48

how to set up 'no need for ability to handle multiple users on machine'
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, wrote:- <snip> OK, found latter one in the hidden home directories. Still, it troubles me that you say that mysql would not store data in home directory. Why would the MySQL database save its files in your home directory when they aren't owned by your user? MySQL runs on your system u... 13 Jan 2008 20:36