February 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] "Device X has failed, falling back to device Y"
by Joop Beris 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Listmates, I hope someone can help me with this problem that I am having. I have recently installed openSUSE 11.1 on this machine, and for my desktop, I choose KDE 4.1, which I then upgraded to 4.2. So far I have been very happy with KDE 4.2. It looks better than 4.1 and feels a lot more stable. Under 4.1, I had Plasma crash on me quite often, but nothing of the sort in 4.2. The only problem that I am having is with sound. This system has an Intel 82801G HDA sound card, which uses the ICH7 chipset, if I'm not mistaken. The snd_hda_intel module has been loaded for this soundcard. And it does work, most of the time. However, after being logged in for a while, suddenly I am notified that the audio device HDA Intel IEC958 Digital Audio Output is not working properly and that the system is falling back to the device HDA Intel (VT1708B Analog) device. At this point, my sound stops working. But not for all programs. Movies in Youtube may still have sound, but system sounds (like a dialog popping up) are no longer played. I have checked the output of dmseg and /var/log/messages, but there's nothing in there about sound devices not working. When I look in the Multimedia System Settings, I can see several sound devices listed, for several categories. For notifications, I see the following devices: - HDA Intel (VT1708B Analog) - HDA Intel (VT1708B Digital) - HDA Intel VT1708B Digital (IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output) - Unknown I am assuming that the first three are different output options of my audio hardware. The last one, I have no idea. I don't have another audio device plugged in. I heard there were problems with PulseAudio, so I have removed that from my system, but this has not changed the situation. Anyone care to make an educated guess what's wrong, or has some pointers to put me on the right track? Regards, Joop -- "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft."

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[opensuse] Weekly "Space Related" pictures on the CNN website
by Stan Goodman 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Although I can see other graphics and videos on the CNN website, I can't see these. What comes up is a blank rectangle where the pictures should be. Is this the experience of others too? Can someone offer an explanation for tis? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] teeny teeny fonts
by Bob S 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Hello SuSE people, I am sight impaired. I need decent sized fonts. Running 11.1 with KDE 4.1 Two separate issues with font size. Yast. - Even though I have set the GTK fonts to use my KDE fonts (16 points) it insists on using the small 8 pt. font. What is Yast's problem? Console - The booting screen or when I boot into level 3 for some reason and run an editor like joe or whatever I cannot read the screen because of the small fonts. Can this be changed somehow? 10.3 does not do this. All fonts are readable for me. Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cannot remove gStreamer??
by L. V. Lammert 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Trying to get .wmvs to play in Firefox, .. doing a standard plugin search, I came up with gStreamer, which DNW. Googling produced the correct procedure, but I cannot *REMOVE* gStreamer! Anytime I highlight one or more of the packages in Software Management, it hangs the package manager. > Is this a bug in Software Management, .. manual install vs. auto removal, .. or ?? > Do I need to worry about removing gStreamer? TIA, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: FW: [opensuse] opensuse base development for cd 11.1
by Ken Schneider - openSUSE 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Nelson Seto pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > Ken Schneider wrote: >> Download the iso using ftp instead of http and the file size should be larger. > > Your joking right? Unless the ftp provides the real file... > > /N No I am not. there have been several times that an http download fails whereas an ftp download succeeds. I have had the problem myself. Please ONLY list replies. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] opensuse base development for cd 11.1
by Nelson Seto 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hi, I am looking for the base development package for opensuse 11.1. I've installed the system via the CD, but was not able to run 'make' as it seems the base devel patterns are needed in order to do so. BR, NSeto _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Access_022009… To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Moving to ArchLinux
by Manne Merak 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

I am thinking of trying out ArchLinux. My servers will stay on OpenSUSE, but I feel change is good every now and then (even if its just to confirm that OpenSUSE is the best distro after all). So, anyone have experience with ArchLinux for desktop? Any major issues moving from OpenSUSE to Arch? I mainly use: Firefox (always latest beta build) Thunderbird Amarok Krusader Kate OpenOffice Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Help - tmp full
by jdd 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Kai Ponte a écrit : > On my son's laptop, I went to reboot this morning. (I was trying to see > why I couldn't connect via ssh.) On boot, I got a message that /tmp was > full and that the desktop manager would not start. > > What do I do? It won't let me login. > > it should let you log as root. Then you can make room in tmp but this shouldn't happen. You probably forgot to set a cleaning cron for root (I have frequently this :-) - it's not default. Use YaST, I don't remember where it it but you should find it jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Trouble with Konsole
by jdd 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Carlos E. R. a écrit : > Your prompt is correct and displaying what it should. There is no error > there, nothing to correct. Don't touch your PS. well... I don't change it but anybody is allowed to do this. there is some sort of bashrc default. To have something reliable, one should probably go the openSUSE way, that is changing in sysconfig (eventually with YaST). I did this a looooooooong time ago, I only beg it's still possible. see http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/index.html and read your ~/.bashrc, it gives clues jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] strongswan @ 11.1
by Hans Witvliet 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hi, Questions about strongswan. does anybody succeeded in getting strongswan up-and-running? I tried to follow tthe config-guide from the SW-site, but i'm stuck. (probably because in the config-guide hey explicitly saiy that they don't delve into openssl) Any specific changes required for S.W. in /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf? hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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