Re: [SLE] A few questions
From: John Lamb (J.D.Lamb_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 08/02/04
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:10:34 +0100 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Chadley Wilson wrote:
> The the naming of ifcfg-eth-<macaddres>
> I have read the reasoning behind the decision to name the devices this way and
> agree it makes sense, but my question is if I created my own ifcfg-eth0 would
> it also work. I don't want to change the default I am just curious, and don't
> want to break anything!
Try it and see. I think the answer's yes.
> I often like to run a programs such as the konqueror or nautilus when I just
> want to copy selected files, it works out a bit quicker than the command
> line. But when I open a shell and su - and run konqueror as root from from
> shell it doesn't work, I get a "can't open Display :0 error", Is there a good
> reason for this or is there a fix. I also noticed that xhost + as root gives
> me a similar error. Could be related.
It's a security feature. Programs that use X Window system use large
libraries and are more likely to be vulnerable. So they cannot, by
default use X. Use sux rather than su.
> Then I noticed that suse 9.1 is very much slower than any other distro I have
> ever installed. If I start to write a cd in k3b my sound hacks and open
> office behaves as if there are no resources available.
Probably because SuSE uses KDE by default. Try something else if you
want more speed. There's a trdae-off here, but at least you have the choice.
> I was checking my swap space and then I relised there is no activity on swap!?
> Using the Kde System Guard, it reports 0kb used and 0kb free, I tried to run
> swapon but it swears at me so I assume it is already running but then free
> space should be 1 gig. But then on the other hand the system does have 760
> MB ram. I do hope it is broken as It would make my PC faster if it were
> working. And the I have something to fix :=}.
Probably nothing broken
> This is a pain, because I like to setup my config files myself, but am to
> scared to tamper the files created by YAST, they have lines in them I have
> not learnt about yet. So a job that usually took me, say 30 secs is now
> taking two minutes because YAST takes so long to open, and every time I click
> an option a new window opens and that takes a while.
Keep a copy of the YaST file, e.g. /etc/X11Rc/XF86config.yast-save. Then
you can restore it if your version didn't work
> Is suse using alsa? I see it in services but it doesn't work when I select it
> in xmms. And if alsa were running the volume sliders would respond instantly.
> I remeber that the volume sliders misbehaved this way with oss.
By default, SuSE uses alsa.
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