Since PolicyKit was updated in 12.3 the information in the [OpenSUSE Docu Chapter 6.1.1.2][] is outdated.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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

I wrote this one for Novell's Cool Solutions:
[http://www.novell.com/communities/node/6781/configure-netconfig-modem-use
][]
In SLE11 we have a new (better) way to set up automatic network
configuration.

Its called netconfig (man 8 netconfig). Its a "modular tool to modify
network configuration".

Well in my SLED11 RC1 ...

I wrote this for Novell's Cool
Solutions:http://www.novell.com/communities/node/6782/configure-netconfig-static-domain-search-lists

In SLE11 we have a new (better) way to set up automatic network
configuration.

Its called netconfig (man 8 netconfig). Its a "modular tool to modify
network configuration".

Well in my SLED11 RC1 Box ...

I wrote this one for [Novell Cool Solutions][]: **Problem:** USB HDDS are not automounted when no GNOME or KDE session is active in SLES/SLED **Solution:** Seen working in: SUSE 10.1, SLES 10, SLED 10 OpenSuse 10.3 (see Update at end of Article) This article describes how to ...