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New SuSE install queries

  • 24-02-2005 11:06am
    #1
    grimsbymatt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I've just installed SuSE 9.2 on my PC and have a few queries about its operation.

    I have installed libxine using the binary rpm, but can't find where it is! I've tried the find function, but it doesn't seem to find any executable files - where does the rpm operation put programmes? How do I include in my path? (I ask this question generally about rpms, rather than specifically about libxine).

    How do I change the window manager - I'm running gnome; is this the window manager itself, or can I choose another one that runs above gnome (such as afterstep or enlightenment). A previous distro I have used, which ran KDE, allowed me to change the window manager simply with an option in the right-click menu?

    When I double click on a hard-drive in the 'Computer' window, rather than getting a Windows Explorer type window, I get a message stating that no program is associated. Which program should I associate? How do I find it and specify it?

    The previous distro I mention above also implemented virtual terminals, which were accesible via CTRL-ALT-1/2/3/4 (or something similar to this). X would run on console 1, the others would be like a full-screen terminal, each requiring individual login - is this not implemented in SuSE? Is it possible to install this feature as I used to find it quite useful?


    Many thanks for any help anyone can provide!!!


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  • #2
    ressem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    RPMs install different parts of their contents in different directories, libraries in /usr/lib, config files in /etc, executables in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin, other resources in /usr/share, logs in /var/log.
    In suse if you click on an rpm you should be presented with the description, changelog and default install locations. You can use rpm -ql packagename to view the filename/path of an installed rpm.


    So the binary will be available by default, unless it places itself in /opt, which is the default for some, and in which case you might need to add a link in /usr/bin pointing to the appropriate binary.

    You installed libxine. This is just the libraries that make up the xine engine. You also want xine-ui to provide a UI to the libraries. This or a link should then appear in /usr/bin.

    Gnome is a window manager. On the login screen (to 9.1 anyways) there is a Menu button. Under that is Session Type, which should let you choose between installed windows managers

    In suse/redhat, by default X session is available under CTRL-ALT-F7, terminals from F1 to F6.


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