IRC channel commands

!alsa

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) provides your Linux sound drivers. For basic openSUSE sound concepts, check out: http://en.opensuse.org/Sound-concepts

!sound

Basic openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide is at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting 

!pulseaudio

PulseAudio is a sound server intended as replacement for !ESD. Some info on openSUSE pulseaudio: http://en.opensuse.org/Pulseaudio Disable: http://en.opensuse.org/Disabling_PulseAudio_HowTo For detailed information on pulseaudio, please go here: http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/AboutPulseAudio. See "perfect" setup http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup

!anybody

Please do not ask if anyone uses, knows, is good with, can help you with or is a guru/expert of <someprogram>. Instead, ask your real question. (If the real question _was_ "does anyone use <someprogram>?"  --- Also: !sicco !research !smartquestion !question

!ask

Don't ask to ask, just ask :) (and try to explain exactly what the problem is, which openSUSE version you're using, on what architecture, etc...) ---

!sicco

[20:52] <SUSEhelp> Please ask sicco questions: questions that are Specific, Informative, Concise, Complete, and On-topic.

!ati

To install the proprietary ATI drivers see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers - Note: ATi dropped support for the non-HD series in their proprietary fglrx driver, DO NOT install this driver if your card is legacy.

!best

There are often no "best" things, such as filesystems, window managers or Linux distributions. You pick the one you find most suitable/appealing and do not rely on people's "recommendation" as an excuse.

!beta

If you want a stable machine that is easy to setup and relatively problem free, DO NOT use a beta OS! If you are VERY comfortable with Linux/SuSE and wish to help the developers by submitting bug reports, don't mind instability, and understand that many features may not work correctly or at all, then go for it. For support post on the opensuse-factory mailing list

!chat

Offtopic chat (i.e., not related to openSUSE support) is in #opensuse-chat

!codecs

There are several multimedia formats that cannot be included on the openSUSE CDs/DVD because they are proprietary, patented, restricted formats. Some of these include MP3, MPEG-4, playing of encrypted DVDs, etc. Information on how to install proprietary codec support on openSUSE, please visit; http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_formats

!compiz

!counter

openSUSE 11.4 countdown: http://countdown.opensuse.org/large  - also see http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:11.4 for a list of some of the features

!dup

You can do a live distribution upgrade with openSUSE. Valid upgradeable releases are from 10.3 on. You can find the how-to here: http://wiki.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade

!dvd

There are several multimedia formats that cannot be included on the openSUSE CDs/DVD because they are proprietary, patented, restricted formats. Some of these include MP3, MPEG-4, playing of encrypted DVDs, etc. Information on how to install proprietary codec support on openSUSE, please visit; http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_formats

!enter

Please don't use the <Enter> key as punctuation!

!hclwlan

To check the compatibility of wlan cards take a look at: Network Adapters (Wireless) Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Network_%28Wireless%29 . (also http://linux-wless.passys.nl/)

!hello !hi

Hello! Welcome to the English openSUSE support channel. Don't be shy. PLEASE don't ask if anyone can help; share which openSUSE version and state detailed questions. We hope you find support needed here. Enjoy your visit. Type: "/msg SUSEhelp !helpme" (no quotes) here for more info how to use our time-saving self-help bot!

!helpme

Welcome to an openSUSE irc support channel. To get help from me you can ask for keywords (factoids) in PRIVATE please with /msg SUSEhelp factoid. To search for keywords try /msg SUSEhelp search keyword.

!kotd

kotd; Kernel Of The Day (and mirrors) can be found at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/ (need support? see factoid !beta)

!lifetime

!new2irc

If you are new to IRC take a look at Communicate/IRCforNewbies please at http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRCforNewbies

!ntfs

!obs

!packages

Search for packages on the openSUSE Build Service here: http://software.opensuse.org/search - You can browse Packman packages here: http://packman.links2linux.org/packages

!packman

Packman is the most popular third-party repository available for openSUSE and contains software that cannot be included in the distribution for legal reasons. Instructions on how to add Packman to your openSUSE installation can be found at http://opensuse-community.org/Repositories

!paste

Please don't paste more than 3 lines in the channel; instead, use one of http://paste.opensuse.org/ , http://pastebin.com/ or http://pastie.org/ -- for pics, use http://img.susepaste.org/ , http://picpaste.com/ or http://min.us/

!patience

Patience is a virtue. Double true in community open source distro support channels like #suse where UNpaid volunteers do their best to help. Please respect their time with your patience.

!pmthebot

Please use the SUSEhelp self help bot in private queries when not introducing new users in main channel to factoids & help us keep the channel cleaner by typing ' /msg SUSEhelp factoid' OR '/msg SUSEhelp search some keyword'. THANKS & know SUSEhelp bot is here for all ;-)

!repeat

please do not repeat yourself

!runlevel

for info on runlevels go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel and http://en.opensuse.org/System_Services_(runlevel)

!sax2

SaX2 is dropped from 11.3 onwards and there's no xorg.conf by default. Auto-detection should "just work" in most cases. If you must configure X use xrandr, krandrtray, gnome display settings, nvidia-settings, ATI catalyst control center etc. depending on your card/driver, or manually edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ - or as last resort, manually create /etc/X11/xorg.conf

!skype

!smartquestion

!software

!studio

!support

General technical support is in #suse (/join #suse), please ask over there

!usb

!usb-install

!vendorchange

!vlc

!wifi

!wine

!zypper

zypper is the easy to use commandline interface to the YaST (openSUSE PM pattern) package management. See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Zypper