March 2004 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

KDE 3.2.x - screen freeze / update
by udo 08 May '04

08 May '04

Hello list, just to recall the item: SuSE 8.1, KDE 3.2..x: when logging out, I get a screen freeze. As somebody noted on the list, this happens on SuSE 8.2 as well (do not know, whether 9.0 is concerned as well). I got some useful hints, such as from Mario: ---start quote To prevent this problem at logout, add TerminateServer=false in the [X-*-Core] section of /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. ---end quote However, this is not helping at all, it is definitely not a driver/XFree problem. What is really happening: -> change in the control center some settings concerning colours, background or whatever. -> log out -> screen freeze / crash If i am logged in as root, my root reiserfs partition is corrupted, and if I am logged in as user, the user reiserfs partition is corrupted due to the necessary reset ! As long as you do not to change any settings, the screen frees does not show up. It seems (with my limited knowledge) that KDE is trying to write some configuration files at logout which makes the system going out for lunch. I am interested in your ideas... Regards, Udo

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Can't select PGP key using OpenGPG and KMail on SuSE 9.0
by Carsten P. Gehrke 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Hi, My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays grayed. I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None of these actions have resulted in success. Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to encrypt a message yet. The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help is greatlyt appreciated. Carsten -- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke(a)spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822

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Konqueror and install with YAST
by Meije Oppenhuizen 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Ever since I went to KDE 3.2.1 on my SuSE 8.1-box I lost the possibility to install rpm's with YAST via konqueror. Does anyone know what I need to do to get it back? Many thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Meije Oppenhuizen | Non-smoker since 3 years, 6 months, | | Utrecht, Netherlands | 15 days, 10 hours and 0 minutes | ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Some(!) more KDE problems
by Brockamp＠tlt.ilt.fhg.de 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Hi @ll, Remember the probs I had with a crashing krandrinit when logging in as a normal user? Someone adviced me to check kcmrandrrc in the users home directory for the proper screen resolution. I checked this one, but it already contained the correct values. I tried to add a second set for my second screen but this also didn't solve the crash. Here's my actual kcmrandrrc: > [Display] > ApplyOnStartup=true > SyncTrayApp=true > > [Screen0] > height=1024 > reflectX=false > reflectY=false > refresh=89 > rotation=0 > width=1280 > > [Screen1] > height=864 > reflectX=false > reflectY=false > refresh=92 > rotation=0 > width=1152 I manually added the section [Screen 1] and below. Locks quite normal, eh? The screen heights and widths are those physically present on my system. Any ideas? Then: Some more quirks and probs I have with my system :-( - A question: How do I permanently enable num lock on the login screen? - I'm having a Compaq DAT Streamer and I try to do backups with the KDAT backup from the archive group. Unfortunately the proggie *never ever* recognises any tape in the streamer. I tried /dev/nst0, /dev/st0 as the tape device name. Though a tape *is* in the streamer KDAT always says "No tape". I also tried /dev/fd0 - just the same. Any idea why the backup doesn't recognize any media? - I'm using CUPS to map a network printer residing on a printer queue of a W2k machine. When mapping the printer I'm giving administrator and its password for authentification at the bill OS machine. Printing then goes fine until I reboot the Linux machine. Obviously CUPS has the old user authentification "forgotten" and tries to use the guest account for printing. Actually I don't want to enable anonymous printing on the windows machine, just because CUPS is too dumb to remember the authentification settings. Any ideas? - From time to time my Logitech USB-Mouse just stops reacting to mouseclicks (but is still movable) If I change to a console and back to KDE the Clicks start working again. - I'm using a Matrox G450 video board. I've downloaded and installed the Linux beta driver from Matrox homepage. So far so good. When I start Matrox' Power Desk to adjust the screen settings it comes up with a box asking for the proper XFConfig. I'm giving the correct path & filename (definitely!) but it still says "Error: The specified file isn't valid. Please make sure the file name refers to a valid configuration file." Any idea why? - I'm trying to test different screen savers to see which one I like best. There seems to be some savers which change screen resolution. Preview of this savers in the screen saver dialog box works fine but as soon as I say "Test" the system badly crashes: First the screen blackens (I suppose it's switching screen res), then it switches back to the old res, then X seems to start again and shortly after that mouse and keyboard freeze without a logonscreen, resulting in a dirty shutdown by having to use reset. If I'm fast enough and I manage to switch to a console during the restart of X I can try to log into a console but the shell isn't starting up. After login I can type characters after characters without ever seeing a prompt. Even Ctrl-Alt-Del is broken. It says it is initiating a shutdown but the system never ever goes down for reboot. Again knock reset before knocking my head on the wall... Any idea? Maybe a problem with the Matrox graphics driver? Any solution? Alota troubles for a kde installation, any help is appreciated! Thx Peter -- No problem is so big that it can't be run away from.

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Re: [suse-kde] unsub
by yes_this_is_a_real_address 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

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by Dirk Strangfeld 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

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Problem mit Laufwerke nach KDE 3.2.1 Update - Bitte um Hilfe!
by Dirk Strangfeld 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Hi folks! Ich habe nun endlich ein erfolgreiches Update auf KDE 3.2.1 meiner SuSE 8.2 Prof. mittels YAST gemacht. Ich habe mir dazu die Pakete unter "yast-source" vom FTP-Server gezogen und als Installationspfad angegeben. Soweit, so gut. Auch die Abhängigkeiten zwischen kdebase 3.2.1 und kdebase-SuSE habe ich in den Griff bekommen. Das Paket kdebase-SuSE zunächst deinstalliert und nach erfolgreichem Update von KDE mittels --nodeps Option neu installiert. Die Themes und SuSE spezifischen Einstellungen werden auch brav übernommen. Doch ich habe ein Problem mit den Laufwerken. Normalerweise legt susewatcher diese bei jedem neuen Account nach dem Login auf den Desktop. Doch das funktioniert nicht mehr. Wenn ich mich einlogge erhalte ich zwar auch die Begrüßungsmeldungen und alle üblichen Symbole (Printer, SuSE-Website, SUpport, Mülleimer, usw.), doch statt der Laufwerke erhalte ich die Fehlermeldungen: "Ungültige Adresse: DVD-ROM", "Ungültige Adresse: Floppy", "Ungültige Adresse: ...", usw. Eben halt für jedes Laufwerk eine solche Fehlermeldung. Nun weiss ich nicht, wo ich nach den entsprechenden Einträgen gucken muss bzw. welches Konfigfile von KDE da entsprechend falsche Einträge tätigt. Aber an susewatcher scheints nicht zu liegen. Ich habe auch das kdebase-SuSE Paket von Manfred Tremmel eingespielt (entsprechend neu kompiliert ohne Abhängigkeitsprobleme), doch das half auch nicht. Vielleicht könnt Ihr mir ja weiterhelfen. cu ... Dirk Strangfeld

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Suse 9.0/KDE 3.2 issue
by Michael Hyman 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

Hi, I have been using the mentioned combo with no problems on my ThinkPad 600X, except for one issue. There are vertical lines in applications. For instance, the Shell/Konsole has lines about 1/2 inch apart in the toolbar area and then several lines in the text area. Also in Konqueror, throughout most of the page. The background is fine, but I guess that's just a single image file. I thought it was a resolution issue, but it seems not to be. The res is set to 1024X768 at 24 bits. Any help would be appreciated....Michael

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Re: [suse-kde] Can't select PGP key using OpenGPG and KMail on SuSE 9.0
by Carsten P. Gehrke 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

On Friday 26 March 2004 01:15, Robert Maier wrote: > Hi, > > Probably asking the obvious, but did you select GPG as the > "Encryption tool to use" ? (in Settings -> Configure Kmail -> > Security -> OpenPGP) > > Cheers, > Robert. Yes, the "Encryption tool to use" is set to "GnuPG - Gnu Privacy Guard" Carsten > > On Friday 26 March 2004 02:20, Carsten P. Gehrke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP > > key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the > > background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over > > the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays > > grayed. > > > > I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who > > had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in > > ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have > > tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the > > default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None > > of these actions have resulted in success. > > > > Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public > > and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I > > generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown > > in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to > > encrypt a message yet. > > > > The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. > > KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help > > is greatlyt appreciated. > > -- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke(a)spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822

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KDE Display size - missing letters...
by Markus Feilner 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Hello Liste, I have SuSE 9.0 and KDE 3.2 running on my Acer TM 660, and with the X-Server from Xig I am able to use an external monitor. This way i have a desktop of about 2800x1050 pixel (twice.. 1400x1050). But: beginning in the middle of the second monitor (which is to the right), KDE does not display any letters anymore. not in menus, not in titles, not in windows. NON-KDE Apps like xterm or wine apps do. I have configure xinerama in my kontrolcenter - but no change. Any ideas? thanks! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Markus Feilner -- Linux Solutions, Training, Seminare und Workshops - auch Inhouse Feilner IT Linux & GIS Erlangerstr. 2 93059 Regensburg fon: +49 941 70 65 23 - mobil: +49 170 302 709 2 web: http://feilner-it.net mail: mfeilner(a)feilner-it.net

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KDE - instant reboot
by Stefan Achatz 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hello, I'm working with SuSE 9.0 for months now and I had always problems with sporadic system freezes when closing the xserver [1] and the appropriate data loss of reiserfs. After trying out everything written on various lists, I found out that the real reason should have been reiserfs [2]. So i granted myself a complete new install on an ext3 filesystem. Different filesystem, different error: The hangs at closing x are gone, only to change into a instant reboot of the system. Every time I want to halt, reboot or just want to login as a different user via the kde menu the system instantly reboots. As usual i found nothing in the logs. Can anybody help me? Thanks in Advance Stefan [1]http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-kde/2004-Mar/0078.html [2]http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-kde/2004-Mar/0196.html

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Re: Re: Re: [suse-kde] KDE - instant reboot
by sebastien 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Did you try noapic option ?? just type noapic at grub prompt. (And note : noAPIC and not noACPI) ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : Stefan Achatz <s.achatz(a)biotec.rwth-aachen.de> To : Daniel Eckl <daniel.eckl(a)gmx.de> Cc : suse-kde(a)suse.com Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:30:52 +0100 Subject : Re: Re: Re: [suse-kde] KDE - instant reboot Von: Daniel Eckl <daniel.eckl(a)gmx.de> > This could be a problem with ACPI. > > Please try to boot with other acpi kernel parameters like > > acpi=oldboot > or, if that doesn't help, > acpi=off > > You can combine these with > pci=noacpi I'm already through this hell in the last months. I made minimal kernels with or without direct rendering extension, framebuffer and removed everything i dont need. I shortened the init prozess, so the videocard has its irq for her own. And I tried out various boot parameters (i.e. desktop and the acpi ones). All with no effect, but without acpi i have immense Problems concerning the irq's. so I have to use full acpi support. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help(a)suse.com Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e ******ADSL Tiscali, le Haut débit au meilleur prix ****** Avec Tiscali, profitez de l'ADSL au meilleur prix partout en France ! Pour profiter de cette offre exceptionnelle, cliquez ici : http://register.tiscali.fr/adsl Sous réserve d'éligibilité à l'ADSL.

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Re: Re: Re: [suse-kde] KDE - instant reboot
by Stefan Achatz 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Von: Daniel Eckl <daniel.eckl(a)gmx.de> > This could be a problem with ACPI. > > Please try to boot with other acpi kernel parameters like > > acpi=oldboot > or, if that doesn't help, > acpi=off > > You can combine these with > pci=noacpi I'm already through this hell in the last months. I made minimal kernels with or without direct rendering extension, framebuffer and removed everything i dont need. I shortened the init prozess, so the videocard has its irq for her own. And I tried out various boot parameters (i.e. desktop and the acpi ones). All with no effect, but without acpi i have immense Problems concerning the irq's. so I have to use full acpi support. Stefan

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Re: Re: [suse-kde] KDE - instant reboot
by Stefan Achatz 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

> On Thursday 25 March 2004 08:26, Stefan Achatz wrote: > > Hello, > > Every time I want to halt, reboot or just want to login as a > different user > via the kde menu the system instantly reboots. As usual i found > nothing in > the logs. > Apologies if I'm asking the obvious but, in Control Centre - KDE > Components - > Session Manager, have you set the "Default Action after Logout" > option to > "Log in as different user" Just to clarify: I use the Logout... Button in the KDE-Menu and get to the window with the three options to choose from: reboot, shutdown or relogin. Independent from what i choose the system is instantly down. When i say instantly, i mean theres no change in the runlevel. Just -zack- and i see the biosscreen. And having the obvious problems with data not written to the filesystem. If i change the runlevel or call halt or reboot from console, i have no problems at all. Besides, the Hardware is a Sony Vaio Notebook PCG-GRT786M. And everything else is working flawless. Stefan

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[suse-kde] rio500 mp3 player does not work after upgrade from Suse 8.2 to 9.
by Marc Wolf 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Since I upgraded from Suse 8.2 to 9.0, I'm not able to use my Rio500 mp3 player. I'm using the software present on: http://rio500.sourceforge.net/ but for some reason after formatting the memory, I'm not able to add/delete songs anymore. Do you use Suse 9.0 and still have rio500 working or other suggestions, please let me know. Regards, -- Marc -- Marc Wolf Waterhoen 14 3831 HV Leusden mailto:marc@magevesa.demon.nl

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Empty Control Center
by Dave Barton 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

On SuSE 8.0 KDE 3.1.2 Control Center has suddenly lost track of all modules. The window opens and shows the welcome panel on the right, but the "index" and "search" tabs are empty. The "help" tab reads: "There is no quick help available for the active control module. Click here to read the general Control Center manual." I have not recently updated KDE or any KDE programs. Can anyone offer any suggestions about how to help Control Center recover from this sudden bout of amnesia. TIA Dave -- Registered Linux User #288562 http://counter.li.org

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Kpilot + KOrganizer
by Dan Weisenstein 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

I'm running KDE 3.1.4. I have Kpilot running successfully, syncing with my Palm Pilot. I have one problem however. If KOrganizer is running, the conduit won't sync, saying KOrganizer is running. Won't sync To-Do either. I have to close KOrganizer to get it to sync. Is this normal? Thanks- Dan

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Kein KDE Theme Manager
by "Kay K. Großmann" 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Hallihallo, weshalb gibt es denn bei SuSE eigentlich keinen KDE Theme Manager? Ciao KKG

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KDE - Roll back to 3.1.4
by Dan Weisenstein 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Running 9.0. After upgrading to KDE 3.2 on two systems, I have some problems that I just can't resolve. I did not remove kdebase3-SuSE on either system. One system works fine (my test system of course) and my main system is the one with problems. I had none of the following problems under 3.1.4. 1) Firefox keeps freezing, leaving zombie or dead processes resulting in blank windows on the desktop. 2) Sound no longer works 3) Local Network browsing no longer works (SMB) 4) Printing sometimes freezes the entire system 5) The system is basically unstable Anyone else have these problems and resolved them? Although I really don't want to, to go back to KDE 3.1.4, do I have to remove 3.2 (via YaST? and from a different window manager like FVWM) and then re-install 3.1.4 from the CD's? Anything else I have to do like removing profiles or ? Thanks- Dan

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Kontact 0.8 and kpilot under 3.1.4
by Dan Weisenstein 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Has anyone installed just Kontact 0.8 and it's components under KDE 3.1.4? After my brief experience with 3.2.1, I really fell in love with the integrated calendar, address, to-do and notes. But, I had to go back to 3.1.4 because of severe stability problems. I dl'd Kontact 0.8 and checked dependencies and, according to yast it needs: libkresources.so.1 libkdgantt.so.0 Are these part of a library package? Can they be extracted and used without installing the entire 3.2.1 library package (assuming that's where they are)? Or will I get into a never ending cascade of dependencies? Thanks- Dan

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Printing
by Bill Wisse 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

It is probably easy but....................? When I print a page say of Konq., I get the most weird font not readable with my eyes. :-( Where do I change this to a more normal font? -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."

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kmail - kfdmclient
by Marc Collin 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

hi when i start konqueror, i can see a icon who seem to run kfmclient... why? that take more time to start konqueror thanks -- Borland rulez http://pages.infinit.net/borland

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XD2 broke KDE?
by Mel Andres 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

When Ximian Desktop 2 came out, I thought it would be a good time to check out Gnome, as I had only used KDE. I liked some things, but in some ways I found it limiting. When I try to change my session to kde, I end up in fvwm2 instead. So, I tried to upgrade kde to 3.2, hoping that would get me back to where I could choose either session type at login. I ended up with a kde session inside of the XD2 environment. Pretty weird, perhaps I should of invoked the kde environment from run level 3? Rebooted, and I am back to where I started. Since reading the subsequent problems with kde 3.2.0, I decided to put this on the back burner for awhile. Shouldn't I be able switch environments at login? It would be really nice if I could have one desktop running XD2, and the others in kde. Mel -- <<< Registered Linux user #347871 >>>

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not enough space
by Ricardo Franklin Mergarejo 20 Mar '04

20 Mar '04

Hi you all: I installed the SuSE 9.0 in a PC with Windows but when I was installing it I didn't see that I didn't have enough space on the disk, now I am wondering How can I make another partition in the hard disk in order to install some software thanx sds

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Problems starting KDE
by P C 20 Mar '04

20 Mar '04

i recently installed Suse 9.0 on my machine, and things were running fine. Then i decided to update the KDE, which i did and that went relatively smooth. Now just the other day, i did Suse's online update. and pretty much updated everything. it seemed to do it without a problem, but apparently it did mess up something, because next time when i started the computer, I got a message on small window on the top left corner "Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation" the screen was light gray. clicked on OK and it took me out to the linux non Xwindow shell interface. (what is that called, command line interface?) The error it had spat out which I thought relative, I have typed below. I am still a fairly novice linux user so am stumped as to what caused this. Output----------- Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation (WW) i810(0): Failed to setup write-combining range (--some funky number here --) Could not init font path element /usrX11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usrX11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usrX11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list! xset: bad font path element (#63), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#63), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#63), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#63), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax ksplash: relocation error: /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4: undefined symbol: kdeinit: relocation error: /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4: undefined symbol: ---- End output any help would be appreciated. Thanks Poorav _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/

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WinKey in Kde 3.2
by Wayne 20 Mar '04

20 Mar '04

Hi, I have successfully upgraded to Kde 3.2 in SuSE 9.0 pro however my win key does not activate the kmenu/popup menu. It is still bound to Alt-F1. I read that once Kde 3.2 is installed, the win key would be the default behavior for the kmenu menu. Can't seem to assign the win key exclusively to the kmenu in kcontrol. My keyboard is set to Generic 104-key PC, U.S. English. Any others having this problem? Solutions? Thanks Wayne

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[Fwd: [suse-kde] KDE 3.2 in X-Win32 very slow]
by Marc Lentwojt 20 Mar '04

20 Mar '04

Hello, nobody any idea ? Please help... Kind regards Marc -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Betreff: [suse-kde] KDE 3.2 in X-Win32 very slow Von: "Marc Lentwojt" <marc(a)lentwojt.de> Datum: Sun, 14.03.2004, 12:52 An: <suse-kde(a)suse.com> Hello everybody, I just subscribed to this list, so please forgive me, if I am sending my problem to the wrong list, but I don`t think so. I recently updated my KDE to version 3.2 and now I notice some strange behaviour in my remote sessions. First, the text in the menu bar from kicker becomes thicker every second until it seems to be bold. Second, every application is displaying very slow in remote session. For example text scrolling the the konsole application is horrible, it is like working on a 386 computer. I testet different versions of X-Win32 to the new 6.0. All the same. I cannot remember having this issue with KDE 3.1. Every application writes to the display: Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display Any ideas ? Any help would be great. I searched many mailing lists, googled around, but found nothing about this... With kind regards Marc Lentwojt -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help(a)suse.com Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e

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Re: [suse-kde] Digital cameras
by Fred Miller 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

On Friday 19 March 2004 11:59 am, you wrote: > On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 22:56, Fred Miller wrote: > > Mel, you'll find that you'll become very fond of Gimp 1.3 (ships in 9.0) > > and 2.0 is in beta now! > > > > Fred > > > > -- > > "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and > > the Ugly)." > > Ha, I like that signature line. And thanks for the example photo. I > think I'll try it as a wallpaper for awhile. Viewed it inline first, > (evolution) then chose Gimp. Gimp did the local user install thing. Wow, > there are lots of capabilities, so I'll have a lot to learn. I was hopeing for that. :) Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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Digital cameras
by iangordon 19 Mar '04

19 Mar '04

Hi List I have suse 9 and 'digicam' and am considering purchase of a mid range digital camera. Any suggestions for a good buy? Thanks Ian

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SUSE 9.0 & XDM errors
by Scott Coats 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

I am running Suse 9.0 Pro and having problems running XDM. I have it running and can logon locally fine. I have several Thin Client machines running X that I want to use to log on to this machine. I can initiate a connection via 'direct' mode and the 'login' screen appears and I can log in fine. However, when I log out and the X session resets, I am unable to connect again until I reboot my Thin Client PC. The server logs contains the following: ------ cut ------ Mar 18 14:48:45 dch806 kdm[4572]: Greeter exited unexpectedly Mar 18 14:48:45 dch806 kdm[4572]: Abnormal helper termination, code 1, signal 0 Mar 18 14:48:53 dch806 kdm[4589]: Greeter exited unexpectedly Mar 18 14:48:53 dch806 kdm[4589]: Abnormal helper termination, code 1, signal 0 Mar 18 14:49:01 dch806 kdm[4605]: Greeter exited unexpectedly Mar 18 14:49:01 dch806 kdm[4605]: Abnormal helper termination, code 1, signal 0 Mar 18 14:49:08 dch806 kdm[4531]: Display dch26150.mwsc.com:0 is being disabled (restarting too fast) ----- cut ----- I have looked at several search ares on the web. None of which can give a final solution. Remember I can access it once, but not until I reboot the client and log on again. Please advise... Scott

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wallpaper
by Marc Collin 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

hi don't know why but since i installed kde 3.2 on my suse 9.0, the welcome wallpaper in many langage are not there... somebody can send it to me? thanks == http://pages.infinit.net/borland

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When is Next Version of Suse (9.1) Coming out?
by Eric Jahn 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

I've checked out the website and googled around, but no luck. Does anyone have any info on this. I'm hoping it will have the 2.6 Kernel as the default.

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Clear Miniature Color 640x480 USB Keychain Digital Camera
by Carl William Spitzer IV 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=clr-sy-2107 Could something like this be made to work in *nix?? It mentions special software but I am looking for something really simple which I can directly plug in and download. Many of the cameras on the gphoto site are too expensive. CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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New KDE files?
by BandiPat 18 Mar '04

18 Mar '04

Hello, Can someone enlighten me on the "new" files available for KDE on the SuSE mirrors? It seems many are the same files that were there days ago. In looking at many of the files, that I previously downloaded against those "new" files, they have the same build dates and changelogs as the old. Did SuSE mess something up or just making "all" the files new for those not updated yet? Lee -- --- KMail v1.6.1 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

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using textblocks in kmail with an F-Key
by Thomas Rippler 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hello, I'm looking for an option to insert text for example my adress by using only one key, like the F-keys, oder Strg-x. I'm using the german version of kmail 1.5.1 using kde 3.1.2 and can not find any part in the settings. Isn't kmail able to do this? cu Thomas

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Unable to log in on as user on KDE 3.2.1
by John Satherley 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Dear All I'm running SuSE 8.1 and last week I upgraded to KDE3.2.1 using synaptic. Everything went just fine until the last few packages when synaptic seemed to get itself into a loop. The kernel closed the system down and rebooted. When the system came up again I could not log in as user. (This was user area from which I did the upgrade calling root of course). The log in screen just disappeared and then returned - kde never started. However, I discovered I could log in as root and as any of the other users on the system. Furthermore I could log in to my user area via the nxserver I have installed and I could also login I did a "start new session". It seems that I can log into display 1 but not display 0 (?). After the reboot there were some problems with the rpm database - I guess because synaptic did not exist cleanly. However, I was able to fix this up and it all seems fine now. (But maybe there are somethign which are not installed fully or correctly -even though yast2 and synaptic do not report any problems. In the initial login screen there is a message saying 'linux ksm-greet [2059]: can't open default user face' This message is new since upgrading to kde3.2.1. Any ideas about what could be wrong or what I can do to fix this up? Thanks for help. Best regards John -- Dr J. Satherley Department of Chemistry University of Liverpool Liverpool Merseyside L69 7ZD United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 151 794 3530 Fax: +44 (0) 151 794 3588 Email: js1(a)liverpool.ac.uk

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Suse Wine Rack - MS Access
by George Stoianov 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, I am looking for some feedback on how MS Access runs with Suse Wine Rack....I saw unfortunately it is also sold out, but I hope their are some more CDs soon. I am running 8.2 Professional if it makes any difference. Thanks in advance. George __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com

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What is the icon?
by Paul W. Abrahams 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

When you look at the properties of a desktop object, you can click on the icon on the first page to change it. However, there's no indication of the filename of the current icon. That leads to several questions: 1. Is there an easy way to find that filename without chasing down directory trees in ~/.kde? 2. Is there an easy way to copy an icon from one desktop application to another? 3. Where do I go to modify the choices that I get when I specify an icon? Paul Abrahams

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Manufacturers listing their products as Linux compatible
by John Boyle 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

To All: I agree with the individual who wrote Kodak about their digital cameras, but it also applies to anyone who makes a compatible scanner. It would also be better marketing for SuSe, if they would at least indicate there ARE some that do work with SuSe. As it is, SuSe lists none , and why they bother to even include the two items in their hardware compatibility list is beyond me!! Since there are none they should not be listed. If others have tested items out and find they work, then it would be a smart thing for SuSe to refer to any proven item and where to find it and its details. :-X

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News ticker showing "Unknown" entries
by James Mohr 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hi All! I have four entries in the KNewsticker menu that all say "Unknown". I have never added any new (i.e unlisted) news sources and I do not know when this happened. I have looked in the ticker files in .kde/share/config, but I found nothing that obviously points to the problem. Any help is greatly appreaciated. Regards, Jim Mohr

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Re: [suse-kde] Suse Wine Rack - MS Access
by George Stoianov 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

> simply go back to windows , everything works in > there , just a thought "everything works in there" - hehehe thanks for the advice I will try to remember that it maaaaay help me ;)....next time it doesn't do as supposed to be design. > > George Stoianov <gstoyanoff(a)yahoo.com> wrote:Guys, > > Thanks for the feedback and the mention of security > implications....Paul that is really helpful and good > to know. I am new to Linux so I tend to abuse the su > command often :). > > Just a note I did do su root to get the .sh script > going, so that I can get the CrossOver office > installed and still got the error message of not > having enough privilleges...which is where I was > confused since root is the "root" user. I thought > maybe because I was running a couple of X sessions > at > the time but something like display 0:0 seems like > the > default session to me in the first place?? Should I > run it from command line...?? so that I have no X > session running? > > I tried to get the Rekall GNU licence, as someone > suggested (after googling for it), unsuccessfully > from > www.totalrekal.co.uk the site denied permissions it > said something like Linux 2.0.X required, so I set > the > recognition in Konqueror to send my os specs still > no > luck. Anyone know a better link? I got a dev version > from tucows, but there were a lot of dependencies > that > could not be resolved. I need to have a look at the > software before I can make a decision on whether I > can > use it and should I buy it... > > Thanks for the feedback. > george > > > > > --- Paul Foerster > wrote: > > Hi Craig, > > > > > bothered to consider the security implications > in > > much detail. > > > > ... you'll have to consider security implications > > every time you do > > something as root unless you use a machine that is > > physically not > > connected to the net, nobody has physical access > to > > it, etc. ;-) The > > ultimate security tool are still scissors after > > all.. :-))) > > -- > > cul8er > > > > Paul > > paul.foerster(a)gmx.net > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, email: > suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > > For additional commands, email: > > suse-kde-help(a)suse.com > > Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, email: > suse-kde-help(a)suse.com > Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com

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error in konquerror
by Christoph Dohmen 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hi all, I did an update this weekend from kde 3.2 to kde 3.2.1 on my suse 9.0 machine. Well, the worst thing is, links in html pages shown in konqui are no longer draggable objects :-( I can't drag a link from one shown page to another konqui window to open it in there? Is this just a disabled feature or an error? Chris -- Christoph Dohmen ChDohmen(a)gmx.de

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KickerPager Window Dragging Configuration
by Vic Ayres 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

I like KickerPager but I don't like Window Dragging enabled. There's seems to be no way to make this setting "stick". The config file ~/.kde/share/config/kickerpagerrc doesn't seem to have an entry for this and my attempts to invent entries like "enableWindowDragging=false" don't work. Is there a way to set this permanently or do I just have to wait for a newer version? -- Vic Ayres

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Fwd: Kaputte/Fehlende KDE 3.2.1 Pakete fuer SuSE 8.2
by olaf.damerow＠t-online.de 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Subject: Kaputte/Fehlende KDE 3.2.1 Pakete fuer SuSE 8.2 Date: Sonntag, 14. März 2004 22:06 From: Manfred Tremmel <Manfred.Tremmel(a)iiv.de> To: suse-multimedia(a)suse.com, suse-linux(a)suse.com Cc: feedback(a)suse.com Hallo Leute, da SuSE in letztere Zeit nicht mehr Willens oder in der Lage ist, die kompletten und funktionsfähigen SuSE 8.2 Pakete zu KDE auf ihrem Server anzubieten, hab ich mal die bekannten Macken rausgemacht und dort wo es hapert neue Pakete geschnürt. Das wären folgende Punkte: arts: ----- Es fehlt schlichtweg die benötigte 1.2.1er Version für SuSE 8.2, wurde neu aus dem Source-RPM von SuSE 9.0 compiliert. kdebase3-SuSE: -------------- Verträgt sich nicht mit dem neuen KDE, wurde aber keine neue Version bereitgestellt. Ich hab die SuSE-Window-Dekoration rausgepatched (das einzige, was mit dem neuen KDE nicht will) und die Version erhöht, um die Konflikte zu beseitigen. kdegraphics3: ------------- Für SuSE 8.2 gibt es kein ocrad (zumindestens hab ich keins gefunden), wird aber vom -scan Paket benötigt. Eine libexif.so.9 ist unter SuSE 8.2 nicht vorhanden ("nur" libexif.so.8), wird aber vom -scan und -kamera Paket benötigt. Die ocrad-Abhängigkeit hab ich auf SuSE > 8.2 begrenzt und das ganze unter einer wirklichen SuSE 8.2 neu compiliert, womit die Abhängigkeiten zur libexif passen. kdemultimedia3: --------------- Das Paket ist in Ordnung, habs trotzdem nochmal compiliert, mit nicht gesetztem distributeable Schalter, also voller lame unterstützung. Die Sachen sind zu finden unter ftp://packman.iu-bremen.de/testing/SuSE_8.2_kde_3.2_missing ich will das nicht offiziell bei Packman reinstellen, da ich eigntlich keine Lust habe, die ganzen KDE-Geschichten UpToDate zu halten, aber vielleicht hilft es dem einen oder anderen, immerhin kamen hier in den Listen schon diverse Nachfragen. Wer in den SuSE-KDE-Listen subscribed ist, kann das ja mal weiterleiten, ich bins nicht. Ich hoffe das CC an feedback wird dort auch registriert, immerhin ziehen sich die Probleme mit den Paketen seit einiger Zeit hin (fehlendes arts seit 3.1.5 und die kdegraphics Probleme mindestens seit 3.2). -- Machs gut | http://www.iivs.de/schwinde/buerger/tremmel/ | http://packman.links2linux.de/ Manfred | http://www.knightsoft-net.de -- Um die Liste abzubestellen, schicken Sie eine Mail an: suse-linux-unsubscribe(a)suse.com Um eine Liste aller verfuegbaren Kommandos zu bekommen, schicken Sie eine Mail an: suse-linux-help(a)suse.com ------------------------------------------------------- -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen Olaf Damerow Wer Rechtschreibfehler endeckt darf diese behalten. Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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ppmtoyuv4mpeg2
by Ian David Laws 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

Hi Everyone, Does anybody have ppmtoyuv4mpeg2. I only site I have found where you can get from www.vcdimager.org is unreachable for what ever reason. ;-( So, If someone has a copy could you please send it to me as. :-) Ian -- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi

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KDE 3.2 in X-Win32 very slow
by Marc Lentwojt 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

Hello everybody, I just subscribed to this list, so please forgive me, if I am sending my problem to the wrong list, but I don`t think so. I recently updated my KDE to version 3.2 and now I notice some strange behaviour in my remote sessions. First, the text in the menu bar from kicker becomes thicker every second until it seems to be bold. Second, every application is displaying very slow in remote session. For example text scrolling the the konsole application is horrible, it is like working on a 386 computer. I testet different versions of X-Win32 to the new 6.0. All the same. I cannot remember having this issue with KDE 3.1. Every application writes to the display: Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display Any ideas ? Any help would be great. I searched many mailing lists, googled around, but found nothing about this... With kind regards Marc Lentwojt

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Re: [suse-kde] Suse Wine Rack - MS Access
by George Stoianov 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

Thanks Keith, I got a demo I will check it out and see how it goes. george --- KBB0927(a)cs.com wrote: > George, > > Ignore previous message. Try www.rekallrevealed.org > > Bye, > > Keith > George Stoianov <gstoyanoff(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >Guys, > > > >Thanks for the feedback and the mention of security > >implications....Paul that is really helpful and > good > >to know. I am new to Linux so I tend to abuse the > su > >command often :). > > > > Just a note I did do su root to get the .sh script > > >going, so that I can get the CrossOver office > >installed and still got the error message of not > >having enough privilleges...which is where I was > >confused since root is the "root" user. I thought > >maybe because I was running a couple of X sessions > at > >the time but something like display 0:0 seems like > the > >default session to me in the first place?? Should I > >run it from command line...?? so that I have no X > >session running? > > > >I tried to get the Rekall GNU licence, as someone > >suggested (after googling for it), unsuccessfully > from > >www.totalrekal.co.uk the site denied permissions it > >said something like Linux 2.0.X required, so I set > the > >recognition in Konqueror to send my os specs still > no > >luck. Anyone know a better link? I got a dev > version > >from tucows, but there were a lot of dependencies > that > >could not be resolved. I need to have a look at the > >software before I can make a decision on whether I > can > >use it and should I buy it... > > > >Thanks for the feedback. > >george > > > > > > > > > >--- Paul Foerster <paul.foerster(a)gmx.net> wrote: > >> Hi Craig, > >> > >> > bothered to consider the security implications > in > >> much detail. > >> > >> ... you'll have to consider security implications > >> every time you do > >> something as root unless you use a machine that > is > >> physically not > >> connected to the net, nobody has physical access > to > >> it, etc. ;-) The > >> ultimate security tool are still scissors after > >> all.. :-))) > >> -- > >> cul8er > >> > >> Paul > >> paul.foerster(a)gmx.net > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, email: > suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > >> For additional commands, email: > >> suse-kde-help(a)suse.com > >> Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > >> > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less > spam > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, email: > suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > >For additional commands, email: > suse-kde-help(a)suse.com > >Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com

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My kicker is tired
by Matt T. 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

It started when I installed kde3.2. My kicker often does not react, and that includes all kicker applets, including kmenu and the taskbar. All other apps work fine, and immediately react on a mouseclick. Only kicker and it's children do nothing, no matter how often I click on them. kmenu does open, but when i click on an app in kmenu it often just does nothing. I have to hit escape to make kmenu dissapear, and try again, and again. Same to select an entry in klipper. Sometimes however kicker does not sleep and does react promptly. Now I upgraded to kde3.2.1, and it is somewhat better. Now kicker does not sleep that often, most of the time I can use it. But sometimes kicker still sleeps, only now kicker remembers what I clicked while he was sleeping, and when he wakes up, he reacts and quickly starts all requested actions. Again, all other apps are reacting instantly, and neither CPU nor memory are used to its limits. Any ideas how to kick this tired kicker in his ass to make him stop sleeping? Thanks, Matt

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KDE 3.2.1 + Sound ?
by Christian Müller 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

Hello, I've updated my SuSE 9.0 (KDE 3.1.4) to KDE 3.2.1 with Yast over a FTP server. But now, I have some trouble with sound under KDE and it doesn't work anymore. Whenever I want to configure the sound system in the control center of KDE, the control center craches. Where can I find error messages that help to find out the reason for the crash? Are there any known problems with KDE 3.2.1 and sound systems (ALSA, OSS, arts) ? Thanks for your help, Christian

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Re: USB
by Paul Foerster 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

Hi Will, ... first, if you hit the reply button in your Yahoo web mail interface, then please edit the recipient address to be the mailing list. The mailing list is configured to make reply-to's go to the originator of the message and not the list. I will not start the discussion about the pros and cons again. Simply please put the mailing list's address "suse-kde(a)suse.com" in the "To:" field. Please. Thanks. :-) > Hi, I am new to linux 9.0 do you know which directory > would show my file on a usb flash device ? ... as for your question, you will have to mount the drive somewhere. Again, as with local X server access control, there are different ways to do that. Do you have the "SusePlugger" running? If not then start the darn thing. It has a number of disadvantages but it's definitely a great newbie tool. ;-) Once, SusePlugger is there, connect your USB flash drive to the computer. If everything works well then you should see an icon on your desktop after a few seconds. If it's there then open it and Linux will try to mount it. If this succeeds then you can drag&drop files from and to the drive. You see there's a lot "if"s up there. Following my experience, things can go terribly wrong with USB flash media of any type. If the above procedure works for you then be happy. If it does not then I need a detailed description of what you did and what messages you received. If you're as unlucky with your drive as I am with my mp3 stick then you may even end up unloading and reloading kernel modules to make the darn thing work... Let's hope this is not the case. Also, view the mountpoint where the drive mounts (in case it does at all) with the "df" command in a shell window. You might also try "df -hT" which makes the output slightly more human readable. Hope this helps. -- cul8er Paul paul.foerster(a)gmx.net

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Suse LInux Wine Rack - MS Access
by George Stoianov 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On this does anyone know of a Linux running database with comparable features to ms access?? I need a database to run queries and comparisons easily without have to write the sql everytime. I tried using control center for MySQL and it is good but for text field you cannot enter the data straight in the box you have to generate a sql statement... Thanks. --- Luca Botti <botti.luca(a)email.it> wrote: > This sentence is plain wrong. Just bought (last > week) a copy of Wine Rack > (just 42 � - big deal) with the code for receiving > support from codeweavers. > > You can also upgrade to the latest versions with > your login. > > For the compatibility - you just need to check on > their site - i do not need > Access (thanks god). > > > Alle 15:18, gioved� 11 marzo 2004, R.U. Deranged ha > scritto: > > The Wine Rack just contains unsupported versions > of CrossOver Office, > > CrossOver Plugin, and WineX. CrossOver Office is > what you'll need for > > Access. You can grab a fully functional trial copy > from their website: > > > > > > http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products > > > > On Thursday 11 March 2004 7:23 am, George Stoianov > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am looking for some feedback on how MS Access > runs > > > with Suse Wine Rack....I saw unfortunately it is > also > > > sold out, but I hope their are some more CDs > soon. I > > > am running 8.2 Professional if it makes any > > > difference. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > George > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for > faster > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands, email: > suse-kde-help(a)suse.com > Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > __________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com

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problem with fond
by Marc Collin 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

hi when i run SuSEconfig i get this message: Creating cache files for Xft Fontconfig warning: line 334: invalid edit binding "same" Fontconfig warning: line 346: invalid edit binding "same" Fontconfig warning: line 358: invalid edit binding "same" Fontconfig warning: line 476: invalid edit binding "same" Fontconfig warning: line 488: invalid edit binding "same" any idea?

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Protection fault after KDE login
by Brockamp＠tlt.ilt.fhg.de 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi all, I have a small problem with the bootup sequence of KDE. I'm running a usual standard SuSE 9.0 installation with all relevant patches. When the system boots into the KDE GUI and I login as a normal user I get a message box which states "Das Programm krandinithack (krandinithack) ist abgestürzt und hat das Singal 11 (sigsegv) veranlaßt" If on the opposite I login as root this doesn't happen (yep, I know, I shouldn't log into the GUI as root. This was just for test purposes). Everything else runs vanilla as far as I can see. As it doesn't happen as root, I guess I have a problem with the proper user rights? Or maybe some files are missing in ~? Any guess what to do? And what at all is/does krandinithack? I couldn't find any information on the net, though I must admit I didn't try to dig too deep, just googled for krandinithack with no hits at all resulting. Thx for your help Peter -- So, now you say I'm redundant, that I repeat myself, that I say things over and over again.

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3.1.4 to 3.2.1 issues
by Jim Frost 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Downloaded all the 3.2.1 rpms from kde.org Upgrading from 3.1.4 to 3.2.1 on a SuSE pro box. The following error messages occured: kdebase3-SuSE <= 9.0 conflicts with kdebase3-3.2.1-10 After retrying the kdebase3-3.2.1-10.i586.rpm by itself afterwards i get the following: rpm -Uvh --force --install kdebase3-3.2.1-10.i586.rpm error: Failed dependencies: kdelibs3 >= 3.2.1 is needed by kdebase3-3.2.1-10 libkmdi.so.1 is needed by kdebase3-3.2.1-10 libkresources.so.1 is needed by kdebase3-3.2.1-10 libkwalletclient.so.1 is needed by kdebase3-3.2.1-10 kdebase3-SuSE <= 9.0 conflicts with kdebase3-3.2.1-10 libkateinterfaces.so is needed by (installed) kdeaddons3-kate-3.1.4-35 libkmultitabbar.so.0 is needed by (installed) kdeaddons3-kate-3.1.4-35 libkonqsidebarplugin.so.0 is needed by (installed) kdeaddons3-konqueror-3.1.4-35 kdebase3 = 3.1.4 is needed by (installed) kdebase3-devel-3.1.4-48 I still have a 3.1.4 system after booting. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Jim -- thunderbird 0.5 KDE 3.1.4 -- thunderbird 0.5 KDE 3.1.4

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slow kde startup
by Mario Streiber 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi all, my system is not the fastest (AMD K6-2 500MHz), and I wonder if there is a way to speed up the kde start. The splash screen shows me the progress of the startup phase, and the following steps take relatively long (too long I think): initializing system services (wrench symbol) 10 sec initializing devices (earth symbol) 20 sec What are these steps doing exactly, and is there a way to make it faster? This is kde 3.2.1, but it was the same for older versions (3.1, 3.1.4, 3.2). Mario

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arts-1.2.1 for SuSE 8.2
by Stefan Schlörholz 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

Hello evrybody, did anybody fiind a arts-1.2.1 package which is required by kdelibs3-3.2.1? Interesting that SuSE did not put in that package which is required to install KDE 3.2.1. Thanks Stefan

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kdemultimedia3-video-3.2.1-10.i586.rpm truncated?
by Mario Streiber 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

Hi all, I installed the kde 3.2.1 rpms for SuSE 8.1 but the install of kdemultimedia3-video-3.2.1 fails with # rpm -Uv kdemultimedia3-video-3.2.1-10.i586.rpm unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic This also fails: # rpm2cpio kdemultimedia3-video-3.2.1-10.i586.rpm | cpio -dim cpio: premature end of file I downloaded the file from multiple servers (ftp.kde.org, several SuSE mirrors) but it is always the same. Any idea where to get a working file for 8.1? Mario

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RDP default configured with gcc-3.3-23 broken
by John T. Ellis 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

I know this has been posted elsewhere, but I just wanted to reiterate that the KDE 3.2.1 krdc pacakge is still broken for SuSE 8.2. There evidentally is a bug in GCC, and compiling the RDP protocol for krdc with the CCFLAG -O2 causes RDP connections to error out. Changing this to -O1 in the SuSE source package for kdenetwork3 (in krdc/rdp/Makefile) fixes the problem. -- John T. Ellis jtellis(a)alumni.indiana.edu

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Cannot preview jpeg files in konqueror (sometimes) , SuSE 8.2
by expatriate 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Hello Strange problem that I've been unable to find in archives. Two users on this machine, Barbie and Ken There are two directories, directory A has 16 jpeg files, directory B has 45 jpeg files. When Barbie logs in and uses konqueror to go to directory A, all files are previewed and each icons become a miniature of its contents. When Barbie goes to directory B, all files are not previewed and instead all the icons become little painter's pallettes with a paintbrush. When Ken logs in and uses konqueror to go to directory A or B, all files are NOT previewed and instead all the icons become little painter's pallettes with a paintbrush. I unfortunately do not use KDE so I appeal to higher authorities. I've gone through most of the konqueror settings (increasing memory etc) and have not cracked this nut. TIA and Cheers

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screen freeze
by udo 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Hello list, I have the following problem after an update to KDE 3.2 (latest rpms installed): On my two Suse 8.1 boxes (which are two absolutely different computers, even running with different kernels and different XFree versions) the screen is freezing occasionally when I am trying to log out or reboot. Instead of the log-in screen to show up, the computer freezes with a black screen. Is there anybody else having this problem or even a solution? I even disabled the fb, but it seems to be a script problem leaving KDE 3.2. Regards, Udo

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YaST to Upgrade KDE
by Gord Berta 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

I have tryed a number of ways to 'edit' the Online Update server to point it to the KDE 3.2 directories. Without any success. I would rather not install the apt4 to do this, and wondered if I'm barking up the wrong tree. Any detailed help is appreciated to get kde 3.2 installed on my 9.0 system. Thanks Gord.

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Re: [suse-kde] kde 3.2.1
by udo 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Ok, after a lot of trouble I managed to get my users working. Deleting the .kde directory does not seem to be necessary, however, the whole bunch of .x-files in the home directory need to be erased. For those having the same problem: that's the solution. And now I can enjoy my kde 3.2.1.. Regards, Udo

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login desaster - kde 3.2.1
by udo 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Hi list, Ok, it seems that I am one of the first to have installed kde 3.2.1 on my Suse 8.1 box. First of all, the Suse team did a great job. Installation went much smoother compared to 3.2.0. However !!!! I am not able to log in as user !!! What the hell happened now ?? Here is the kdm.log ---> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 9 21:27:41 2004 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (II) Initializing extension GLX QImage::convertDepth: Image is a null image QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image AUDIT: Tue Mar 9 21:27:50 2004: 1243 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 (Audit repeated several times) <----- If I try to log in as user, I just land on the login screen again. So I created a new user, where I was able to log in. KDE started up, showing error messages concerning dcop, could not write kdeglobals, etc. and then I was on the login screen again. But, I am a happy man, I still can login as root and this without any error message ! Help will be highly appreciated... Regards, Udo

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'Local Network'-Icon
by Johannes Rieken 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Hi List, I am using SuSE 9.0 witth KDE 3.2. Since I like to have a clean desktop, I removed all icons. But the Local Network Icon appears everytime again when I have run SuSEConfig. Now I am looking for the config-file to change so that the icon will stay away from my desktop. Thanks for your help, Johannes

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Re: [suse-kde] Using Internet Shortcuts with Konqueror
by Jim MacLeod 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

On Sunday 07 March 2004 23:09, will holman wrote: > I can`t find my usb flash drive and I don`t > have a floppy drive do you know how do I find the > flash drive ? > > I can find it using Knoppix from the cd but I don`t > know how to install Knoppix to the hard drive and > once I pull the cd out I think everything is lost so > if you don`t know how to find the USB do you know how > to install Knoppix to a hard drive maybe ? > > Thanks for any help you can give > > Will Holman Sorry, not used Knoppix or usb as yet but this link may give you some ideas. http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=knoppix+group:comp.os.linux.*&hl=en&lr=… or search do a search in google using knoppix group:comp.os.linux.* to get this and other links. Jim

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Re: [suse-kde] Web cam question
by George Stoianov 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Response inline --- Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv(a)juno.com> wrote: > If you didnt download the software for winblows you > can take the camera > back. GS: No I did not....it came with the web camera. I will keep it but I wanted to be able to run it in Linux and not have to use winblows every time I want to chat with my friends and use the web cam. > BTW if you want to use a good camera and still have > digital. > www.photoworks.com I have 2 already but none of'em works with Linux....very unfortunate. Thanks. G > > CWSIV > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:36:12 -0800 (PST) George > Stoianov > <gstoyanoff(a)yahoo.com> writes: > >Thanks Carl, > > > >I did check it out but my specific Camera was not > on > >the list, there was a driver still in testing for > >logitech but different camera. Yast2 showed the app > on > >the CD set but said something about it being a > command > >line app. I need something like digicam > unfortunately > >it doesn't recognize my camera. > > > >Thanks for your tip. > >G. > > > >--- Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv(a)juno.com> wrote: > >> www.gphoto.org > >> > >> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 06:50:24 -0800 (PST) George > >> Stoianov > >> <gstoyanoff(a)yahoo.com> writes: > >> >Hello everyone, > >> > > >> >I am using SuSE 8.2 Professional. I just bought > a > >> >Logitech QuickCam Messenger and tried to use it, > >> but > >> >could not find which program or how to configure > it > >> >for Linux. The Logitech site does not have any > >> Linux > >> >drivers. I tried searching for software on the > CDs > >> I > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno > SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com

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Thanks
by Mike 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Yes, With the delimiter it works (ie gg:<search for these terms>) Thanks much Mike

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Using Internet Shortcuts with Konqueror
by Mike 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

Hello. KDE version is 3.1.4. OS is SuSE 9.0. I attempted to simply type in gg or google in the URL frame and got nowhere. How do I enable internet shortcuts so that I can initiate a search (with, in my case, google) directly from the URL frame? Thanks Mike

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DCOPServer problem. kde does not start.
by P C 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

Hello, I recently installed Suse 9.0 on my system. It was running fine, until I tried the online update through Yast. The computer completely froze during the online update. I had no choice but to reboot the computer. When the computer started I got the following error. There was an error setting up inter-process communication for KDE. The message returned by the system was Could not read network connection list. /home/poorav/DCOPServer_localhost__0 Please check the DCOPServer is running. I have tried a couple of things here so far. I changed the permissions of /tmp/.ICE-Unix. Another peculiar behaviour I am noticing is that I don't have a .kde folder in my home folder. but if i try to create one by simply typing mkdir .kde, i get a 'permission denied' error. I can't create or see the .kde folder in my home directory even when I am logged in as a root. root cannot create the .kde directory either. Please help me and figure out this problem I am still new to linux and am learning. _________________________________________________________________ Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar includes FREE pop-up blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/

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konqueror and audiocd:/
by Mario Streiber 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

Hi all, I'm searching for an easy way to rip audio CD's and read that konqueror can do this, by simply typing audiocd:/ in the address bar. With kde 3.1 I got an error message which I don't remember, but now, with kde 3.2 the mouse pointer changes to the clock and nothing more. I once waited long enough and there came a message "file not found" but that might be because I opened the drive when I realized that my system was under heavy load caused by konqueror. My system is SuSE 8.1 with KDE 3.2, a CD-ROM and a CD-RW drive installed. There is no problem playing an audio CD with xmms, no matter which drive it is in. What's wrong here? Regards Mario

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Re: [suse-kde] where is kuickshow?
by Mario Streiber 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

Richard Bos's Message from Saturday 06 March 2004 20:34: > Op zaterdag 6 maart 2004 20:25, schreef u: > > Richard Bos's Mail vom Samstag, 6. März 2004 19:56: > > > Op zaterdag 6 maart 2004 18:46, schreef Mario Streiber: > > > > I took all these rpm's from the KDE upgrade directories of > > > > a suse mirror. Is there any other package which contains > > > > kuickshow that can be installed besides kdegraphics3-extra? > > > > > > it is in kdegraphics3 > > > > Too bad, there is no such package for SuSE 8.x on the ftp > > server, only for 9.0. Any idea where to get it from? Get the > > source RPM for 9.0 and compile myself? Or am I just blind? > > > > Mario > > ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.2-i386/RPMS.kde3-stab >le/ Thanks. I wonder why this package is not on the SuSE ftp server.

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where is kuickshow?
by Mario Streiber 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

Hi all, after updating to kde 3.2 I am missing kuickshow. The prog is in kdegraphics3-viewer-3.1-71.i586.rpm, but with installing kdegraphics3-extra-3.1.5-0.i586.rpm it is removed. I liked kuickshow because it was so easy with this program browsing the images of one directory just with PgUp and PgDn, without loading each one manually. I took all these rpm's from the KDE upgrade directories of a suse mirror. Is there any other package which contains kuickshow that can be installed besides kdegraphics3-extra? Regards Mario

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Re: WELCOME to suse-kde@suse.com
by Mario Junior 06 Mar '04

06 Mar '04

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Incomplete KMail Backup and v1.5.4
by Mike McCallister 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Hi folks! I did a bad thing, and I hope I don't have to pay too dearly. Before upgrading to SuSE 9.0, I tried to do the right thing and copied my Home/Mail directory to the Windows side of my box. I didn't backup any of the config files, but I thought that would be OK. I can live with recreating filters, as long as my mail was intact. During the install, YaST asked me if I wanted to get the latest updates, and kindly updated several KDE packages, including KDEPIM. Once loaded, I ran KMail to create a new Home/Mail directory (as I've done before in these situations), then copied the contents of the other Mail dir back into the new setup. Now for the good part: instead of KMail grunting a bit and then displaying my old folders intact and ready to go, I got nothing! Opening the Mail dir in Konqueror showed my old friends in their accustomed hidden index folders and files, but KMail's default folders (Inbox, outbox, sent-mail, etc.) were no longer hidden. A look in this list's archives pointed me to the kmailrc file, where now each recognized mail folder has a section (This may have been true before, but I'm skeptical). Is there anything I can do to restore these old mail-dirs, and begin to reconstruct my filters? Just un-hiding them didn't work. TIA, Mike McCallister

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RE: [suse-kde] Incomplete KMail Backup and v1.5.4
by Currie Sylvanus 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

I had a similar problem when, for other reasons I created a new user for myself and copied the original ~/Mail directory. If you are sure the filesystem has the old directories included in your Mail dir, try the following You may find other missing folders by ensuring that every "~/Mail/.folder.directory" has a corresponding "~/Mail/folder/" where folder may be several levels deep When you are happy that the filesystem is complete open Kmail or Kontact/Mail and simply try to recreate any subfolder that is not displayed KMail will report an error in a dialog but continue anyway and if this works as it did for me, all the subfolders at that level should then be displayed I'm afraid I'm typing this from memory so I cannot be more detailed or exact Also, I have no idea why this works - perhaps some of our more experience friends on this list can shed some light hth -- Sylvanus A. Currie Barnwood, 1N5 British Energy Generation Ltd., Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS * 777-2423, * 777-3231 * +44(0) 1452-652423, * +44 (0) 1452-653231 * +44 (0) 77-5253-4452, * Email <sylvanus.currie(a)british-energy.com> -----Original Message----- From: Mike McCallister [mailto:workingwriter@prodigy.net] Sent: Wednesday, 03 March 2004 03.47 To: suse-kde(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-kde] Incomplete KMail Backup and v1.5.4 Hi folks! I did a bad thing, and I hope I don't have to pay too dearly. Before upgrading to SuSE 9.0, I tried to do the right thing and copied my Home/Mail directory to the Windows side of my box. I didn't backup any of the config files, but I thought that would be OK. I can live with recreating filters, as long as my mail was intact. During the install, YaST asked me if I wanted to get the latest updates, and kindly updated several KDE packages, including KDEPIM. Once loaded, I ran KMail to create a new Home/Mail directory (as I've done before in these situations), then copied the contents of the other Mail dir back into the new setup. Now for the good part: instead of KMail grunting a bit and then displaying my old folders intact and ready to go, I got nothing! Opening the Mail dir in Konqueror showed my old friends in their accustomed hidden index folders and files, but KMail's default folders (Inbox, outbox, sent-mail, etc.) were no longer hidden. A look in this list's archives pointed me to the kmailrc file, where now each recognized mail folder has a section (This may have been true before, but I'm skeptical). Is there anything I can do to restore these old mail-dirs, and begin to reconstruct my filters? Just un-hiding them didn't work. TIA, Mike McCallister -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help(a)suse.com Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e |* This message has been sent from the British Energy Group. |* |* British Energy plc |* Registered Office:- |* Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR, United Kingdom |* Registered in Scotland (Number 162273). Tel: +44 (0) 1355 262000 |* |* This email message and any attachments are for the use of the addressee only. If you are not |* the addressee you may not copy or use or disclose the contents of this email to anyone else. |* British Energy's communications systems may be monitored and recorded by the company. |* |* If you believe you have received this email in error please notify us by telephoning +44 (0)1452 653113. |*

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X-Window and Tomcat
by Murat Akca 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Hi; We are developing a server side program which creates images on the fly. We are using Java and Tomcat web server and we must start Tomcat as root.But for security reasons machine must be started as a system user. So we need to execute these commands before Tomcat start ups. -xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority -export DISPLAY=:0.0 We write a start up script which executes these commans before Tomcat starts.And we add this script at runlevel 5. I know that at runlevel 5 X-Window system is available.But program could not create images and gives this exception: -Could not connect to X-Window ????? When we execute these commands manually after start up and start Tomcat manually again.Program works great. I could not find any solution.Do u have any ideas? Thanks . Murat Akca

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Kile and TeX Live
by Dominik Sack 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Kile is a LaTeX Editor for KDE (http://kile.sf.net). As far as the documentation is concerned, Kile should work with any LaTeX distribution. But when installing Kile via rpm, the system tells me that tetex and some other TeX-related packages (dviutils, e.g.) are required. However, I am using TeX live and I don't want to install a second LaTeX system. (The same problem occurs when installing Lyx - http://www.lyx.org/) How can I suggest Kile and/or Lyx to install using TeX live instead of tetex as LaTeX program? Dominik ___________________________________ Dominik Sack Theodor Heuss Ring 60, D-50668 Köln (0221) 913 09 12 * (0177) 804 23 22 ------------------ Powered by NetMail

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Chat
by Gerhard Deimel 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Hallo, i have a question about updating kde 3.14 to kde 3.2. Where can i find the package kdenetwork3-chat for my suse 9.0 system. Gerd

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kontact newsticker not working
by randy stanislav 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

I'm having trouble getting the newsticker to work in Kontact. Running Suse 8.2 and the KDE 3.2 rpms from the Suse site. Newsticker runs fine as stand-alone. Newsticker plug-in seems to be installed OK. When I try to configure from the Kontact settings, urls don't persist after I hit apply. I've seen some mail in other groups about the need for "dcoprss" but can't find the package that might provide it. Appreciate any held...thanks in advance. Randy Stanislav

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Problem compiling KDE programs AGAIN.
by Ben Rosenberg 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Well, for God sakes. It seems like every other update to KDE causes all configure scripts to puke saying that kdelibs3 must be installed first before one can compile. And yes, I have the -devel stuff installed. It seems to be an every other build thing. THIS is why I've taken to using my powerbook 90% of the time. Arrgh! - Ben -- Linux User #147972 ---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org -- "There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend religious faith."

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Reading kmail-mails from console?
by Arvid Johansson 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

Is there a tool to read mails from the console easily? I like to login with ssh remotely sometimes and it would be nice to check for new mails then. I prefered to use nmh to read mails in console but it uses a format which seems to be slightly different from whatever kmail is using. I did find a tool to convert my nmh mailbox to kde-maildir format but it's not a very convenient. A.J

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kmail and spam
by Marc Collin 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

hi i have kde 3.2 i would like to know if there are any anti-spam tool with kmail thanks -- borland rulez http://pages.infinit.net/borland

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Kpackage and kernel 2.6.3-7
by Oscar Curero 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

I updated the kernel from SuSE 9.0 (2.4) to the new 2.6.3 from the kraxel's rpm in order to have sata support. Everything seems to work smoothly but Kpackage, that fails to start: "can't open pseudo teletype". I have the new sysfs created and all required modules are loaded, If I run kernel 2.4, then kpackage works well. Anyone has this problem? Thanks in advance -- Oscar Curero (Linux user: #306877)

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more sensitive mouse pointer acceleration
by Mario Streiber 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hi all, is there a way to fine-tune the mouse pointer acceleration under kde (or X)? I want a high acceleration (7-8x) so that I can move the pointer over the whole screen without moving my hand (fingers only). This makes fine navigation very hard because the transition from non-accelerated to accelerated moves is very abrupt. What would be great is if there were a third or even fourth acceleration level, e.g. Threshold Acceleration 0-3 1 4-7 4 8- 8 Is there anything available that provides such a feature? Regards Mario

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freetype2 version conflict
by Mario Streiber 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hi all, I just upgraded to KDE 3.2, and since then I have a problem with freetype2. My configuration: SuSE 8.1 XFree86-4.3.0-17 (8.1 update from freetype2-2.1.3-36 ftp.suse.com) Since the KDE upgrade I get a message window at KDE startup (before the splash screen appears) which says something like "kdeinit failed", and XFree86.0.log contains the following lines: kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3: undefined symbol: FT_Seek_Stream startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. KDE comes up normally as it seems, and I didn't observe any problems up to now (besides the message itself). I found some hits in google with the same problem but other kde/freetype versions, but no real solution, besides updating SuSE Linux which I don't really want to do. With freetype2-2.0.9-84.i586.rpm (original version from SuSE 8.1) the kdeinit problem is gone, but then I face Xserver crashs on certain font related actions, e.g. when selecting fonts in kde, opera etc., or just running xfd -fn <any font>. So using freetype2-2.1.3-36 is the lesser of two evils. Is there anything I can do about it? Can I safely ignore this message? Regards Mario

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