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TOP command memory usage
Under SuSE, (Mem: 31908592k total, 31421504k used,) how do i know which process or program using my memory?
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How do I disable the SuSE screensaver?
Running SuSE 11.1 w/ KDE 4. Screensaver keeps blanking out my screen on me and I can't find a setting to turn it off. A secondary issue is that it also eventually locks my screen on me if screen is ...
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sudo su runs without password prompt?
So here's the problem. We've got the /etc/sudoers file set up so that users can run commands from /bin like "cat" or "mkdir" without entering a password.
The problem is that the "su" command is also ...
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How to find out what process are eating all memory
Im using SUSE, i have 31GB of memory Mem: 31908592k total, 31429632k used, 478960k free, 12176k buffers How do I find out what process are eating up all my memory.
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How do you disable BIOS RAID on SuperMicro X9SCL/X9SCM motherboard?
I am trying to install SLES11 on a computer with a X9SCL/X9SCM SuperMicro motherboard. The BIOS version is 1.1a (9/28/2011).
The SATA controller configuration gives me the following choices:
AHCI
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Prevent Nail from attaching my message as a .bin file?
When I pipe a very long change log into nail, I receive a blank email with a .bin attachment named ATT00001..bin in Outlook. The file is 36KB and contains the expected text but double spaced ...
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How to compile GTK2 on Linux machine without administrator privileges?
I'm working on a "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)" machine, which has GVim version 6.4.6, which is quite old, and not supported by some plugins.
This is a corporate machine, and no one will ...
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install software in linux as a non root user
What is the best way to install software in a linux machine if you dont have root permissions. I know that we can use few variables like PKG_CONFIG_PATH and switches like --prefix with configure to ...
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ls, rm, cd commands not working in SUSE LINUX
Iam newbi to SUSE, I installed java in my SUSE linux Server edition, So i want to set the path in linux,So i created .bash_profile in in /root path using touch and added the path as "JAVA_PATH". When ...
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TOP command on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to find a resource intensive process?
I have a box running SLES but I can't run TOP, apparently it's not installed on the box, is there a way for me to find a resource intensive process that's slowing the box down?
Any help will be much ...
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Disabling built-in speaker in Linux
My workstation has a built-in speaker that, surprisingly, plays audio very well. I also have external speakers hooked up to the audio out jack which are easier to hear. Unfortunately, when I try to ...
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Enerprise SuSE, GRUB startup “error 2”
A few hours ago I just bought a new HP Probook 4540s which has an Enterprise SuSE 12 built-in installed on that. I'm just trying to turn-it on and there is an error GRUB ERROR 2 ..., and nothing else. ...
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Suse Linux 8.0 Download
A coworker has a server that is being moved, currently running SuSE Linux 8.0 (i386).
~ # uname -a
Linux lvls 2.4.18-4GB s1 Wed Mar 27 13:57:05 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
They tried transferring it to ...
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what's the difference between “ip a” and “ifconfig” under SUSE 11
I found the output of the two commands are different and it seems that "ip a" will list more interface's infomation that ipconfig, so the simple question is why? from my understanding, "ip a" is just ...
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server software
A professor at the university asked me if I could install some software for him on his laptop that runs SLES 11. I'm not familiar with SUSE (I typically work with debian based machines) so I'm having ...
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Install KDE from scratch on Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
I have a SUSE SLED system running without window manager (KDE or GNOME). I don't have the DVD
but I have access to a network repository.
How do I install KDE from scratch?
Thanks.
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Installing Midnight Commander from sources (no root privileges)
I tried to configure
./configure --prefix=/localfolder
glib-2.26.1/
make
make install
but it fails at make stage.
trying to configure
mc-4.6.1/
and make doesn't obviously work.
What are the steps ...
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Saving permission changes for device
I have installed a driver on SUSE, and changed permissions for it (/dev/name) with the chgrp command.
However after rebooting my computer the change is lost. How can I save the permissions for the ...
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SUSE Linux and Xen on Mac Pro - How best to prepare and configure?
This is a longwinded question, so bear with me please.
I have a 2009 Mac Pro with two CPUs and 8 GB of memory which is totally overpowered for Mac OS X. I am also in the process of slowly moving away ...
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suse linux 11 unable to ping target machine
i have four suse linux servers siting on different lan. they are connected by a router and it is configured to allow these machines to ping one another.
default routings have been added to all these ...
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SUSE Enterprise Server 11 DNS Zone Resolution Issue
My DNS server went belly up last week so I've rebuilt it using the following tutorial DNS Tutorial.
I don't know what how I have setup it up different from the last time I configured it (I did use a ...
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How to use Data Card + Wired internal lan to make a proxy server on Suse
On my suse 12.1, I can connect to internet using data card. I have installed squid proxy on this computer. I want to use a modem+hub, to connect multiple pcs together, and then other PCs should be ...
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Synergy mouse/keyboard freezes on SUSE 11.1
I am running Synergy 1.3.1 client on a SUSE 11.1 machine and the server on a Win7 machine.
Every once in a while (~once every few minutes), the client-side mouse and keyboard will freeze for several ...
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why can't I use gnome in my Suse11 box
I newly installed a suse11 sp1 box. after the initial installation I do get a pretty gnome based desktop, but after reboot what i get is just a text prompt, the user I login with has
a run level of 5, ...
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cp -a is preserving ownership, from non-root user
When I invoke cp -a 1 2 from a non-root user, the ownership is being preserved, despite the fact that file 1 belongs to another user. My understanding was this shouldn't be possible.
What is going ...
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How can non-admin monitor GPFS i/o
Running on SuSE, I am one of several "uninitiated" users on a moderately sized cluster farm. I have my suspicions that something is not right with i/o to the mounted /home. How can I get some data on ...
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cannot connect to suse linux server remotely using ssh
i have SuSE10 SP2 installed.
I have started the ssh daemon and iam able to login locally on the server
but when i try to connect remotely using putty i get connection refused error.
I have disabled ...
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remote linux server shutdowns instead of reboot
When I tried to reboot my remote linux server with reboot command the server shuts down. Command used:
linux-ozzesh:~ # reboot
Why is this happening? Isn't there any other command that would ...
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suse broken? Can't find glibc
I wanted to install the new postgres beta which is only available from source. On my server there was no gcc installed so I wanted to install gcc. After running yast, gcc 4.3.3 could only be installed ...
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what does the S and K in file name under /etc/init.d/rcx.d stand for
I'm using Suse11. I know the /etc/init.d/rcx.d is used for different run levels. And if you list of the directory, let's say rc5.d/. You can see that the filename either start with S or K, so what is ...
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Replace failing hard drive on Linux server
I'm working with a Linux server with a failing drive, and am interested in the best/easiest way to transfer the existing data onto a new drive, and reboot with the new hardware.
The server is running ...
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Get colors in terminal
I am connecting to a remote suse 10.0 machine, and I do not get colors on the terminal, while I get them when I connect to a remote Ubuntu machine.
How can I do to get colors on the suse terminal?
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linux: can a file/directory belong to a group which the owner doesnt belong to?
I read that "Your files and directories are owned by the group (or one of the groups) that you belong to. This is known as their "group ownership"."
But what if a file/directory belongs to a group ...
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How can I change the Desktop background or the screensaver in Terminal only?
I have a few images in a directory and I can only use the Terminal
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Scriptable/automatic image manipulation?
I have a program generating multiple plots daily. To view them on the screen easily, I have black and grey backgrounds, with light-color foreground elements. But now I want to print some of them, ...
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OpenSuse 12.2 ftp connection from vmware host to a guest?
I've configured my suse guest os to run a webserver and a ftp but I can't open a ftp connection from my host. I can only open a http connection. My ftp client gives me:
STATUS:> [26.04.2012 ...
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Suse linux installed in VMWare not using it's full diskspace
I have a linux server (SUSE Enterprise 11) installed in a virtual machine. Where preallocated disk space is given as 256 GB. But from the linux if I use df -h command it show this statistics:
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How to config root kde same as user?
Eclipse looks completely different when run under root compared to my user.
It's like kde wasn't setup for root upon installation.
I'm running Suse 9.3 Pro.
How do I configure root kde so that ...
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How do I get an iptables redirect to survive a reboot on SuSE 11?
I've set up iptables to forward from port 80 to port 8090:
iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8090
However the redirect is gone after rebooting. What's the ...
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Where can I find linux-kernel-headers-x.x.x.x for SUSE?
I'm installing VMware Workstation on a SLED 11 SP1, and the installation is blocked by an error message "Kernel headers for version 2.6.32.27-0.2-default were not found". If you installed them in a ...
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Losing permissions changes after reboot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Saving permission changes for device.
Hi.
I have installed a driver on my Suse, and changed the permissions for him- /dev/name, with chgrp command.
but after rebooting ...
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Debian to OpenSuse
I am a Debian User for long. However I've an wish to have a taste of OpenSuse too. But the most Important thing to know is. In Debian or any Debian based distros, problem of Broken Dependencies / ...
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lynx for suse Linux enterprise 10
Where can I find Lynx for Suse Linux Enterprise 10?
All I can find is Lynx for OpenSuse.
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Windows directory on Linux
Dear all,
I have Linux (suse) and Windows (XP) on my system, but my windows files don't appear in the windows directory of linux. I can't see them. What can I do?
Thanks
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Finding out the name of a Window
Is there a way to determine the name of a program that keeps popping up dialog boxes within Gnome?
When I reboot my SUSE Linux machine, after I log in I am constantly bombarded with pop-up dialogs ...
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Problems logging in to work application using Suse 12.3 and Citrix Receiver in Mozilla
Citrix receiver installed OK certificates copied across. I can now logon successfully (I get the launch icon for the remote desktop application) but when I try to launch it I get a blank gray screen ...
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apparmor skips usr.sbin.named, named can't write to log files
Test Environment: VirtualBox VM guest - SUSE SLES 11 , BIND 9.6-ESV-R5-P1
Live Server: VirtualBox VM guest - SUSE SLES 11, BIND 9.5.0-P2
I have been trying to configure logging on my DNS server. I ...
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Reread inittab in SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (SLES11)
I usually use init q to rearead the inittab and so far it has always worked. This does, however, not be the case in Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES11).
I googled for this and I found that ...
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Installing SNMP on SUSE
I downloaded a package of SNMP for SUSE from net-snmp.org.
After the download I extracted my package on the SUSE machine but after that I don't know how to start the snmpd service or how to run it, ...
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SUSE Linux DVD writing issue
I am trying to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for AMD64/Intel64.
I have downloaded the DVD ISO files from http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=h0AOp5AT-18~
I tried to ...
