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How find a package If i known only the name of a file ......

alexopensuse — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:31 GMT

Zypper
In summary i would like known with package is the owner of a single file on the system.

For example if I specify the file:
libexiv2.so.5
i would like known, using zypper, in which package this file is present.

Note:
Mmm i think go on the topic: Applications
because now i read that topic cover even: usage.:\

installing OpenSUSE in jail chroot

svcoco — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:39:33 GMT

how can I install OpenSuse 11.2-x86 on a chroot directory (a jail) in OpenSuse 11.2-amd64 ?

I have searched with google, but all documentation is for ubuntu.

I want to install some apps that are only for 32 bits and I dont want a mess in my system.

Sorry for my english, i hope someone can guide me.

windows vista keyboard problem

growbag — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:03:04 GMT

Yes, I know, I know!

I've searched the net endlessly, and it seems that nobody ever gets a solution to windows problems as we do under Linux (man we have it good with our forums and inter-user support!), and I know we have some windows users on here so I thought it was worth asking.

I don't use Vista very often, only when I want to play the games that won't run under emulation.

But two things really bug the snot out of me each time I have to use Vista -

1. Caps Lock.
The problem is that it isn't a caps lock key, it's a shift lock instead. This means that when I have caps lock on, and press a number key, it gives me the shifted character instead of a number. For example I get ! instead of 1, " instead of 2 and so on. I thought this behaviour went out with manual typewriters!

2. DOS prompt language
The DOS prompt refuses to use the German keyboard layout, and defaults to US. This means that I have real problems entering slashes and stuff.

The laptop was bought in Germany, has a German keyboard, and German version of Vista with no language packs installed. This happens on a clean install too, so I don't think it's any software interference, and it did this since new. My external USB keyboard does the same thing (no driver software installed).

To further confuse matters, I really don't have any clue about how to change things in Vista, and although my German is reasonable for everyday use, it's not good enough for navigating the guts of Vista!

I don't want to change the language of Vista for 3 reasons, 1) I would have to buy a language pack and I don't want to pay money to Microsoft, 2) It slowly helps me learn more "computer" German, and 3) I really don't want to be fluent in "Microsoftese" anymore :D.

Thanks :)

repositories oolder versions

prudra — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:31:59 GMT

May I request you to revive the official repositories
Main(oss non-oss & debug) for openSuse 10.3 ?

Urgent?? opensuse.org page could wipe HDD??

wakou — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:56:47 GMT

Maybe only for stoopid noobs like me but still...

The page here:
Live USB stick - openSUSE
Contains instructions on how to make a liveCD .iso bottable on a USB stick, and very handy it is too.

BUT these lines:

Quote:

2) Write, as root user, LiveCD iso to usb stick, but be careful to replace /dev/sdb with actual hard disk device from command above:

Code:

dd if=openSUSE-11.2-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

Note: Replace the name of the iso(if=openSUSE-11.2-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso) with the actual name of the iso image you downloaded.

The dd line not only refers to what could be an actual HDD, sdb (ie mine) but also contains a hidden at the end, so, copy/paste that into a terminal with su rights and whoooosssh sdb is deleted and overwritten?
Could not the writers change the line to remove the and change /dev/sdb to something unlikely to be a real HDD /dev/sdx or something? Or even {your disk here} ?

Virtualization

manugupt1 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:31:58 GMT

Please tell me what are the benefits and disadvantages do I stand from running any operating system on a virtual machine such as qemu

Suse 11.2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for EC2

brucekg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:53 GMT

I am looking for information to help me create an image of 11.2 to put on an Amazon EC2 Instance - Cloud computing.

Finding a straight forward How To from Amazon has been fruitless so far. I am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.

This is for my work and I am pushing Suse.

Thank you..

Trying rpm5

Jonathan_R — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:29:46 GMT

Yes, it is possible to get rpm-5 to work in openSUSE. Here is the howto for 11.2.
http://www.algonet.se/~afb/rpm/opensuse-rpm5.txt

Now I would appreciate if some would try this with me.

Any User Can Modify /Windows

SAFAD — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:58:28 GMT

Hi
Sup??
I Must Say 11.2 Rocks !!
Yes Really but
my familly wont let me in peace so i must complete downloading for them the torrent stored in /windows/C for EX (Its A Ntfs Partition Mounted There)
But The Root Only Has The Permission To Modify
How Can I Let Anyone Modify It ?

And Thx Forward

Matrix GL Screensaver

peachynoonoo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:53:39 GMT

Hi i recently moved from ubuntu to suse and loved the matrixgl screen saver that was in the 9.x distro but cant find in the screensaver settings for suse.

after searching for a while i have downloaded this file 'matrixgl-2.2.6-scr.tar.gz from ' http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/pr...2.6-src.tar.gz ' whilst following the install instructions i get an error
'Error: X11 not found'

has anyone else installed this screensaver successfully and can you help please.

mailing list help!

richrockster — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Not sure if this is the right forum 100%, so please bear with me - I can't subscribe to the mailing lists, as I primarily use Googlemail, and trying to send mail cuts off the mail address after the + sign. Anyone got any ideas?

R

i need help ... all of it please

whitesoul — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:02:59 GMT

Hi there, I'm new to the whole world of linux, i have been addicted to windows because of one program, autodesk...but now really got fed up with it crashing and decided to get disintoxicated and I downloaded opensuse 11.2 with kde 4 ... what the hell that means to me is absolutly nothing... and this is the problem!!! I need help for... I searched every single program corrispondent in linux and found them, I can work with all my files, basically do everything I used to do before, even if AutoCAD is still a little problem, but in a safer and more reliable way ... this is what everybody sais... the problem is I dont know whow to install not even a game in linux.... yes I have been reading every single peace of "how to" with rpm's, tar.gz's conversions with alien .... yasts.... all theory but I still didn't manage to get it to work ... I must be doing something really wrong ... can anybody help? I dont mean with installing linux, the live cd did it all by its self... at least that... but all the rest, is there somebody willing to help me with a real help and not the usual answer fed thinking others will understand kind of:

"how to install xyz.rpm program in linux blah blah blah?"

reply: "oh just type $ sudo bin/usr/umtsmon and them ..... " WTF is that all about ????

please help a windows intoxicated fellow to understand please .... im pulling my ears off since I have no hair left.... :'(

Please remember I come from a world of one-click served on a plate ignorant exe programs world ....

Looking for partioning advice.

dwightpaige79 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:42:13 GMT

I normally run about 4 OS's at a time each with / and /home partitions. Lately thats been stable openSUSE and Mandriva and developer versions of each. I'm getting a 1TB SATA HDD [Western Digital Caviar Black]. Looking for manual/info/advice on better ways to do what I do. Like one idea is to create a partition strictly for data [all kinds] that could be mounted by several OS's. Then could create / and smaller than I have been /home partitions for each OS. Or maybe there is a better idea. Or several better ideas.

Another GNU/Linux Training and Education opportunity for Dwight.
>:)

Edit: Another idea for the future is to use a solid state drive [don't have yet] for OS [/ or / and small /home] and sata 7200 rpm drives for data.

11.2 and an FLV converter

dened — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:38:47 GMT

I have been running 11.2 64 bit for the last couple of days and can say this really is the Ants' pants. Faultless install, really is the way to go, really fast.
I don't have the latest Nvidia driver installed but the way its behaving I won't bother.
Question: Can someone recommened a good FLV converter. I used DVD Flick on Windows and would like to get something as good if possible.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Can someone help?

SteelHunter — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:19:02 GMT

Our school concerned about istalling openSUSE instead of Windows. But, with our internet, we cannot download files that are bigger than 200 mb. Installation of openSUSE is single file about 4,18 GB. Can someone split this file into parts about 200mb and upload to some fileserver (rapidshare.com is the best variant, because we have premium account there)? This is very important for us