SuSE SLES 11 Repo/Mirror

From: Mike Harrison via chugalug 
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I'm trying to add x0vncserver to an old SUSE SLES 11 system. Anyone got 
any experience mixing RPM's from OpenSUSE with SLES or anyone know where 
I can find some .rpm's?

> cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 3


Yes, I know this thing should not be anywhere close to the internet.. 
it's behind multiple firewalls..


-- 
Mike Harrison
mike@geeklabs.com
mobile: 423 605-6943



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From: Dave Brockman via chugalug 
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You're about to open the door to a lot of pain...


The SLES part is the kick in the nuts with this one.


I know, it's in the corner, hasn't been rebooted in years, no one knows 
what it does, but all the LOB applications stop working if it's offline?

--dtb





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From: Michael Harrison via chugalug 
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Dave feels my pain. Deeply.

Good news, it gets rebooted daily. (shutdown at night.. what's it's
attached to uses a lot of Juice) There is that.
I found via Zypper that it DOES have Xvnc installed, but configured badly,
and firewalled off.. and.. and.. Dealing with it. But specifically it won't
control/share the active desktop like x0vncerver will. F. F.F. Oh well.

More importantly, it's made me re-realize that a serious benefit of FOSS
and open Linux distros is the ability to maintain them. SuSE has done some
impressive things, much beyond their music video's. ;) Not having public
mirrors of old repo's I could trust is a pain.


And in case you have not seen a SuSE music video, my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSYRlTISvjww







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