keep in mind that what happened will happen again.
What happened is that the first time you got the online-update to get the nvidia drivers, you probably also got the new kernel update. This means when you were done, you had a new kernel that invalidated the now current nvidia driver. All you have to do is get another online-update to see if you trigger another update for the new kernels source. If you got new kernel source, don't get the nvidia driver update yet(finish the update). After you go to online update and nothing is checked by default, then check the nvidia update to re-install the drivers for the current setup.
Recap: Next time you see a new kernel, (most of the time YaST will tell you) you will have to also make sure you get updated source, then update the nvidia driver again.
I have to admit that after reading the other comment about the known issue of the Dell mod, It wouldn't surprise me. Dell is known for buying surplus stock of non-standard (beta) hardware and writing custom drivers to make them work to be able to sell "cheap" (as in used-beer) computers.
On the Nvidia card, after an on-line update, you should see a recommended update (not checked) to download the nvida drivers. If you don't have the source installed you will see an nvidia.install.log in/var/log that will tell you the output of the install. I know there were some issues with 2.6 kernel and Nvidia driver, but if you let YaST handle the install. it should work. If you can't figure out how to use SaX to configure the card (just pick any name for the card even if it is not the correct one, uses same driver, and check to see if 3D is enabled. if it is, it is using the new nvidia driver, if it isn't it is still using the stock driver), after a successfull install (error log file says so) you only need to change the one line in XF86Config from driver "nv" to driver "nvidia".
Geforce card works great! All you have to do is an online-update to get the first kernel update. Then install kernel souce and do another online-update to get updated kernel source. Then do another online-update to get the nvidia drivers that will compile an interface to the new kernel and source and start SaX2 (YaST X11 eqiv) to choose the FX card and configure multi-head and whatnot. The important thing to remember about Nvidia (and I love them!) is that the binary driver for linux needs to compile an interface for you kernel. Kernel source is needed. And with the benifit of YaST online-update, staying current with latest kernel is a snap!
I bet you wouldn't buy a pickup because it doesn't have a hatch-back. Hatch-backs are allot easier to access the rear cargo area than other cars ya know...
I've been a SuSE fan since 6.1. The main sticking point for me was at that time it was the only distro that could recognise and auto-configure 2 seperate video cards for multi-head X right out of the box. It follows standard (mostly) structure so other software is easy to compile. It seems like there is the Redhat way and the Common way. I would by far recommend SuSE for newbies as the YaST tool (install/admin) is very, very easy to use. Network browsing is impressive to have working right out of the box.
I am a developer that make extensive use of ltsp. I also use SuSE for the server that LTSP runs on.
I can say from fist hand experience that installing and configuring ltsp is not as difficult as suggested.
The install scripts worked as expected on my SuSE 9 install.
Tech support for ltsp is wonderfull! Any questions can be answered in on on line chat room on freenode.net #ltsp
I just asked the main developer for ltsp about novell and he said it was news to him. I would invite him to comment directly to this thread.
Also, on a side note, disklessworkstations.com has very inexpensive boxes that just work when plugged into a network that has an ltsp server installed on it.
There is a sister project k12ltsp that is to quote Jim McQuillen, "k12ltsp is a distro built around Fedora, that includes ltsp".
websites for these projects are ltsp.org disklessworkstations.com k12ltsp.o rg
I am an avid SuSE users. SuSE rules!
SuSE however, has also back-ported a number of features from later kernels. like the i2c stuff from 2.5 in SuSE 9.0
He is right in that it makes it much more dificult to deviate from stock install
Hope they can take some of their own medicine
This is a common issue I've run into over and over again as a tech. Explaining to people how much better/easier their lives can be with new technology can be a battle. I've found that explaning new technology to a current user is liken to explaining what a pair of shoes can do for a person that has never warn them. Hard to understand because they can do all that they need to now without that pair of shoes. However, get them to wear a pair of shoes for a month or two and just see if they'll go back to being barefoot.
Same goes for dialup. If you switched those 60% dialup people to Broadband for a month or two then switched them back to dialup, I bet there wouldnt be more that 10% that are still satisfied.
In fact, take most new technology. I bet over 60% of tv watcher were happy with black and white and didn't think they needed color. Then once they watched their first show with a sexy co-star in color, black and white surely wouldn't be good enough!
scewed stats
I have installed many, many windows 95's, 98's, ME's, 2000, & XP's.
I have also installed almost as many SuSE Linux distobutions.
I can tell you from first hand experience that M$ DOES NOT support sound cards better than SuSE anyway.
As soon as the PCI based cards (non-soundblaster compatable) came out, M$'s support went out the windoze! However, Linux (SuSE) worked most of the time. Linux (SuSE) could/would even guess at closesed match and at least TRY something. Seems like the farther along M$ gets, the more the DON'T include drivers for anything unless the company is willing to pay big buck to get Hardware Certification from MS. Linux, on the other hand, seems to be including more and more drivers the more hardware comes out.
Very easy to disprove this in the REAL world!
B-)
It's only fitting that the ringleader of a virus cartel (the majority of viruses out there either specifically target M$, or require M$ software) get fined more than a vitamin cartel!
Go EU!
I absolutely LOVE SuSE linux! Started with 7.1 and never looked back. Sure hope that Novell is able to follow their lead and not change SuSE to follow Novell's
Something to the effect of it installs itself, secures you computer and all other computers beloning to the people in you email contacts. Then notify you that you had become secure.
Or a trojan that slowly converts windows machines to linux without the users knowing.
I think there is allot of grey area that the policy doesn't cover. For example a digital watch. It is a personally owned electronic device. There are quite a few such devices (pace makers, bionics, etc). The point is that it is a know fact that some personal items/traits are of benifit to a company. Having a watch to be on time to meeting or work in general is a good example. Or electronic associated with health. Once the grey area starts to be defined, I belive the deciding factor will be ultimately "does this personal device benifit the company". For IT folks, Cell Phones surely benifit the company.
On the other hand, if the company knew about your personal/side ventures, possibly even seeing them as qualifications in your case (the ability to maintain servers, etc.), and agreed to allow you to continue to maintain them, then as per THAT agreement, they need to make an exception.
emp: Do you remember our agreement that I am allowed to maintain my current projects/server as part of my employment here?
sup: Yes I do.
emp: I use my cell phone to make maintaining those servers as small of an impact to my job here. If I am to comply with this new policy, I would have to re-route my text messages to company email, the phone call to company phones, take more time off of work to handle situations, etc. How would you like me to incorporate the new policy?
sup: Yes, I see your point. Please continue to use your personal cell phone
OR
sup: YOUR FIRED! GET OUT! NOW! AND DON'T LET THE DOOR....
They must be trying to make up for the Madrid Protocol
where now you have a direct means of applying for registration in 60 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Latin and South America by filing a single application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
hmmmm......
Even if a person doesn't watch a movie more than once, like me, if there would ever be a movie that I would want to purchase, It would be because I liked it that much or otherwise wanted to "collect" it. In either case, I'd rather pay $$ for the actual thing than to get a "copy" for free. Very much like shareware.
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I don't see this as a problem. Especially for your kids....
I mean, you just get one for each kid, have all sub-cars controlled by the main (your) car, and away you go!
Bathroom break? Tell the car to stop at the next rest area and catch up to the convoy when finished!
hehehehe
Accidently disconnect WiFi link to lose mother-in-law, etc.
B-)
So how exactly is the bag on the inner thigh supposed to aid the soldier to go no. 2?
Is that where you can keep your leaves?
B-)
I can't think of a better place for Barney than an un-inhabited island!
Of couse a web-cam Barney could give new meaning to the song, "I love you, You love me......"
hehehe
B-)
keep in mind that what happened will happen again.
What happened is that the first time you got the online-update to get the nvidia drivers, you probably also got the new kernel update. This means when you were done, you had a new kernel that invalidated the now current nvidia driver. All you have to do is get another online-update to see if you trigger another update for the new kernels source. If you got new kernel source, don't get the nvidia driver update yet(finish the update). After you go to online update and nothing is checked by default, then check the nvidia update to re-install the drivers for the current setup.
Recap:
Next time you see a new kernel, (most of the time YaST will tell you) you will have to also make sure you get updated source, then update the nvidia driver again.
Have Fun
B-)
I have to admit that after reading the other comment about the known issue of the Dell mod, It wouldn't surprise me. Dell is known for buying surplus stock of non-standard (beta) hardware and writing custom drivers to make them work to be able to sell "cheap" (as in used-beer) computers.
/var/log that will tell you the output of the install. I know there were some issues with 2.6 kernel and Nvidia driver, but if you let YaST handle the install. it should work. If you can't figure out how to use SaX to configure the card (just pick any name for the card even if it is not the correct one, uses same driver, and check to see if 3D is enabled. if it is, it is using the new nvidia driver, if it isn't it is still using the stock driver), after a successfull install (error log file says so) you only need to change the one line in XF86Config from driver "nv" to driver "nvidia".
On the Nvidia card, after an on-line update, you should see a recommended update (not checked) to download the nvida drivers. If you don't have the source installed you will see an nvidia.install.log in
I don't think your trying hard enough.
Sound card just needs to be "tweaked" with YaST.
Geforce card works great! All you have to do is an online-update to get the first kernel update. Then install kernel souce and do another online-update to get updated kernel source. Then do another online-update to get the nvidia drivers that will compile an interface to the new kernel and source and start SaX2 (YaST X11 eqiv) to choose the FX card and configure multi-head and whatnot. The important thing to remember about Nvidia (and I love them!) is that the binary driver for linux needs to compile an interface for you kernel. Kernel source is needed. And with the benifit of YaST online-update, staying current with latest kernel is a snap!
I bet you wouldn't buy a pickup because it doesn't have a hatch-back. Hatch-backs are allot easier to access the rear cargo area than other cars ya know...
you have got to be kidding me?
Yast has allot more ability to configure network services in 9.x
You don't think there is much difference between a 2.4 kernel and a 2.6 kernel?
KDE from 3.1 to 3.2 is dramatically better/faster. Has tighter integration with PIM/kmail.
from LILO to Grub.
Now, it would be true however, that your 56k modem still isn't any faster.....
I've been a SuSE fan since 6.1.
The main sticking point for me was at that time it was the only distro that could recognise and auto-configure 2 seperate video cards for multi-head X right out of the box. It follows standard (mostly) structure so other software is easy to compile. It seems like there is the Redhat way and the Common way. I would by far recommend SuSE for newbies as the YaST tool (install/admin) is very, very easy to use. Network browsing is impressive to have working right out of the box.
I'm having allot of fun!
Burning CD's
Installing CD Drives in thin clients
Setting up web servers
learning php and setting up php to run on said webserver
is easier than downloading app, installing with menu and turning on a thin client?
I don't think so. Sorry.
B-)
I am a developer that make extensive use of ltsp. I also use SuSE for the server that LTSP runs on.
o rg
I can say from fist hand experience that installing and configuring ltsp is not as difficult as suggested.
The install scripts worked as expected on my SuSE 9 install.
Tech support for ltsp is wonderfull! Any questions can be answered in on on line chat room on freenode.net #ltsp
I just asked the main developer for ltsp about novell and he said it was news to him. I would invite him to comment directly to this thread.
Also, on a side note, disklessworkstations.com has very inexpensive boxes that just work when plugged into a network that has an ltsp server installed on it.
There is a sister project k12ltsp that is to quote Jim McQuillen, "k12ltsp is a distro built around Fedora, that includes ltsp".
websites for these projects are
ltsp.org
disklessworkstations.com
k12ltsp.
B-)
I believe it was the 2.5 kernel...
anyway, same diff
I agree!
Hope they take some of their own medicine
I am an avid SuSE users. SuSE rules!
SuSE however, has also back-ported a number of features from later kernels. like the i2c stuff from 2.5 in SuSE 9.0
He is right in that it makes it much more dificult to deviate from stock install
Hope they can take some of their own medicine
This is a common issue I've run into over and over again as a tech. Explaining to people how much better/easier their lives can be with new technology can be a battle. I've found that explaning new technology to a current user is liken to explaining what a pair of shoes can do for a person that has never warn them. Hard to understand because they can do all that they need to now without that pair of shoes. However, get them to wear a pair of shoes for a month or two and just see if they'll go back to being barefoot.
Same goes for dialup. If you switched those 60% dialup people to Broadband for a month or two then switched them back to dialup, I bet there wouldnt be more that 10% that are still satisfied.
In fact, take most new technology. I bet over 60% of tv watcher were happy with black and white and didn't think they needed color. Then once they watched their first show with a sexy co-star in color, black and white surely wouldn't be good enough!
scewed stats
I have installed many, many windows 95's, 98's, ME's, 2000, & XP's. I have also installed almost as many SuSE Linux distobutions. I can tell you from first hand experience that M$ DOES NOT support sound cards better than SuSE anyway. As soon as the PCI based cards (non-soundblaster compatable) came out, M$'s support went out the windoze! However, Linux (SuSE) worked most of the time. Linux (SuSE) could/would even guess at closesed match and at least TRY something. Seems like the farther along M$ gets, the more the DON'T include drivers for anything unless the company is willing to pay big buck to get Hardware Certification from MS. Linux, on the other hand, seems to be including more and more drivers the more hardware comes out. Very easy to disprove this in the REAL world! B-)
It's only fitting that the ringleader of a virus cartel (the majority of viruses out there either specifically target M$, or require M$ software) get fined more than a vitamin cartel! Go EU!
I absolutely LOVE SuSE linux! Started with 7.1 and never looked back. Sure hope that Novell is able to follow their lead and not change SuSE to follow Novell's
Something to the effect of it installs itself, secures you computer and all other computers beloning to the people in you email contacts. Then notify you that you had become secure.
Or a trojan that slowly converts windows machines to linux without the users knowing.
hehehe
I think there is allot of grey area that the policy doesn't cover. For example a digital watch. It is a personally owned electronic device. There are quite a few such devices (pace makers, bionics, etc). The point is that it is a know fact that some personal items/traits are of benifit to a company. Having a watch to be on time to meeting or work in general is a good example. Or electronic associated with health. Once the grey area starts to be defined, I belive the deciding factor will be ultimately "does this personal device benifit the company". For IT folks, Cell Phones surely benifit the company. On the other hand, if the company knew about your personal/side ventures, possibly even seeing them as qualifications in your case (the ability to maintain servers, etc.), and agreed to allow you to continue to maintain them, then as per THAT agreement, they need to make an exception.
emp: Do you remember our agreement that I am allowed to maintain my current projects/server as part of my employment here?
sup: Yes I do.
emp: I use my cell phone to make maintaining those servers as small of an impact to my job here. If I am to comply with this new policy, I would have to re-route my text messages to company email, the phone call to company phones, take more time off of work to handle situations, etc. How would you like me to incorporate the new policy?
sup: Yes, I see your point. Please continue to use your personal cell phone
OR
sup: YOUR FIRED! GET OUT! NOW! AND DON'T LET THE DOOR....
They must be trying to make up for the
Madrid Protocol
where now you have a direct means of applying for registration in 60 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Latin and South America by filing a single application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
hmmmm......
It's because they don't want to get sued by SCO!
Even if a person doesn't watch a movie more than once, like me, if there would ever be a movie that I would want to purchase, It would be because I liked it that much or otherwise wanted to "collect" it. In either case, I'd rather pay $$ for the actual thing than to get a "copy" for free. Very much like shareware.
check out this article
SCO sues GOD
Chicks!
"We never HAD a problem, until we NOTICED it!"
B-)