Since PolicyKit was updated in 12.3 the information in the [OpenSUSE Docu Chapter 6.1.1.2][] is outdated. The polkit-auth command and /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf do not exist any more. I tried to set the policy for org.libvirt.unix.manage via the KDE control center but this did not work. In the end I had to edit /etc/polkit-default-privs.local to contain: org.libvirt.unix.monitor yesorg.libvirt.unix.manage yes

I recently rented a Virtual Root Server. I was in need of a fixed IPv4
adress since my Home Internet went IPv6 only ( Carrier side NAT sucks ).
So I went with a cheap one from active-servers. Unfortunately they
don't have SLES as a OS option. They do give you ...

I have little Touch screen Computer sitting in the living Room for the Kids. This is the only Computer in my home that the Kids have unattended
access to. In the past I used an (relly)  old Laptop to drive it. I am currently refitting it with a Raspberry Pi ...

I am Using an Elotouch 1529l with an RPi as a Kids-Computer. the touch screen worked Out of the Box. (evdev Module) unfortunately the Y-Axis was swapped and the calibration way off. I followed [these][] instructions (Ubuntu Forum). In short Edit */usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf* adding ...

[Update for Thunderbird 8 in OpenSUSE 12.1/KDE below] Thunderbird uses gconf even when running in KDE. For some reason when you tell Chrome to be your default Browser it misses out configuring gconf. Fire up a shell and type: gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command You will ...

My Wife is a teacher and wanted "one of these small PC thingies" to
carry around all day.

So I bought her a Dell Inspiron Duo, because she also wants "one of
those touch pad thingies" ;-)

Since all of our household PCs run OpenSuse the Netbook had to have it ...

Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 ( SLES 9 ) was released on August 4th
2004.

And after 7 Years of General Support and two new Major Releases (SLES
10&11) is going "End of Life" on August 31st 2011.
See: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-06/msg00014.html

This means you now ...

Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 ( SLES 10 SP4 ) was released on
April 12th 2011.

See: http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/
http://support.novell.com/inc/lifecycle/linux.html

This means that you have to upgrade your SLES 10 SP3 installations to
SP4 within 6 Months of the release ...

I just installed a NAS at home.
It's going to be my primary Data Silo so naturally I need to store my
(backup-/published-) git repos there.

The Synology thing I bought comes with Linux/Busybox. Hacking around is
surprisingly easy, they actually encourage you to do it.

Of ...

Sometimes things are simple. I was having troubles to install Oracle XE on a SLES 11 Box. The Lister would start. But not the Web Interface (http://localhost:8080/apex) Since my Oracle knowledge is limited I was stuck. Only [this][] Post gave me a hint where to look oracle ...