On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:01 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Art Fore [08-31-07 11:40]:

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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 23:32 +0800, Art Fore wrote:

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OK, needed to compress some files into a zip achrive. Highlight the files in Konquerer as usual, select compress, zip (has to be windows compatible), says compressing, then never finishes. Have done this before.

should be a simple operation

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What is the problem with Suse 10.2 all of a suddent?

Maybe not openSUSE's problem :^)

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This really pisses me off. Something so simple doesn't work. Everytime I want to do something in a hurry, this happens. Do I have to search the internet and do this from th command line? If so I might as well go back to fucking windows.

Whatever you choose.

Perhaps the tool you choose is not "right for you". Try mc in a shell window.

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Copyied the files from USB drive to hardisk, then it worked, although there was no compression. 6 ea meg jpeg files compressed to 13.5 meg. wouldn't call that compression. (2.3 (6 X 2.3 = 13.8) Art -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 00:26 +0800, Art Fore wrote:

Copyied the files from USB drive to hardisk, then it worked, although there was no compression. 6 ea meg jpeg files compressed to 13.5 meg. wouldn't call that compression. (2.3 (6 X 2.3 = 13.8)

Art

JPEG files are already compressed; there's little redundancy left, and they can't be compressed much further, if at all. In such cases, zip is mostly a way of collecting a bunch of files together. -Mark Gordon

On Friday 31 August 2007 09:26, Art Fore wrote:

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:01 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Art Fore [08-31-07 11:40]:

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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 23:32 +0800, Art Fore wrote:

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OK, needed to compress some files into a zip achrive. Highlight the files in Konquerer as usual, select compress, zip (has to be windows compatible), says compressing, then never finishes. Have done this before.

should be a simple operation

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What is the problem with Suse 10.2 all of a suddent?

Maybe not openSUSE's problem :^)

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This really pisses me off. Something so simple doesn't work. Everytime I want to do something in a hurry, this happens. Do I have to search the internet and do this from th command line? If so I might as well go back to fucking windows.

I wouldn't do that. The glass might cause cuts in inappropriate places.

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Whatever you choose.

Copyied the files from USB drive to hardisk, then it worked, although there was no compression. 6 ea meg jpeg files compressed to 13.5 meg. wouldn't call that compression. (2.3 (6 X 2.3 = 13.8)

Now, that's interesting. You didn't mention USB drive. I popped my Corsair 12Gb USB in and tried to compress two simple files to .zip format using the "add to archive" method, I got the messages, zip I/O error: Permssion Denied zip error: Could not create output file (/media/test.zip) Ewww! Using the "compress as" method, I get a dialog box with a progress bar that sits there way too long. I do believe you have found a bug. Anybody else want to test? Anybody got some Raid handy? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-08-31 at 21:18 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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zip I/O error: Permssion Denied zip error: Could not create output file (/media/test.zip)

Usually, the (actual) media is mounted as /media/myusbdrive or something, so why would zip write to /media?

If the gui program you use understands that you are requesting to compress the whole /media/myusbdrive it will try to do so to the parent dir, which is, of course, /media, and it will fail. mc would do that, too. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFG2HcOtTMYHG2NR9URAs4dAJ41fRXBCldGk1cYZ3hf/AFBrH1OgwCcCoPe RQprNGZZZPpOCy4Rdsi1njc= =f+4e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-08-31 at 16:22 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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mc would do that, too.

But he had not reveled that he was trying to compress files from a usb drive when the "mc" suggestion was offered :^)

True. We have to guess. Crystal balls are very expensive and hard to find nowdays. :-p - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFG2IPGtTMYHG2NR9URAkiJAKCUvPaQnKwGlsGO8WBfyYUyfwCqegCfT8iK NsTBS5DqfF8Jz8X+3+FkjAs= =WVRQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2007-08-31 at 22:52 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

On Aug 31 2007 22:16, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Usually, the (actual) media is mounted as /media/myusbdrive or something, so why would zip write to /media?

If the gui program you use understands that you are requesting to compress the whole /media/myusbdrive it will try to do so to the parent dir, which is, of course, /media, and it will fail.

That would be a bit odd since if you zipped up "myusbdrive", you would have a (most likely) unwanted extra directory component in the archive.

I haven't tried konq., but compressing /media/myusbdrive with mc would create the file /media/myusbdrive.zip, residing in /media. This would fail for a normal user with "permission denied". I'm just trying to guess what the OP did, though... - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFG2INatTMYHG2NR9URAkBjAJ9O3vQV4hnRKDLNLnRKph9OIRsH5ACfTlLx 0sDfkeB4b0G8HbsivrL3+V4= =7Ts5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 31 August 2007 14:08, Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Friday 2007-08-31 at 22:52 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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On Aug 31 2007 22:16, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Usually, the (actual) media is mounted as /media/myusbdrive or something, so why would zip write to /media?

If the gui program you use understands that you are requesting to compress the whole /media/myusbdrive it will try to do so to the parent dir, which is, of course, /media, and it will fail.

That would be a bit odd since if you zipped up "myusbdrive", you would have a (most likely) unwanted extra directory component in the archive.

I haven't tried konq., but compressing /media/myusbdrive with mc would create the file /media/myusbdrive.zip, residing in /media. This would fail for a normal user with "permission denied".

I'm just trying to guess what the OP did, though...

I'm not sure about the OP, but I did this.... ...plug in USB drive. In Konq window, rope two files. Right-click, select Compress > Compress As > filename.zip Failed. If I select Compress > Add To Archive and select my home folder as the destination location, all is well. It just doesn't appear to like compressing back to the USB drive. Or at least it doesn't know where to put the resulting file(s).

Cheers,

Hmm...I could use a nice hefeweizen right now! -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 09:41 +0800, Art Fore wrote:

I wish to apologize for my language in the original post. Just got flustered. Still don't see why cannot compress files on USB memory stick and no, it is not full.

Art

Remember that when compressing files the original is kept until the compressed version is successfully made. Example: memory stick is 1G and you have 750M of files. The original 750M will still take up space until the archive is successfully made which can exceed the remaining space. Ken -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Aug 31 2007 20:22, Kai Ponte wrote:

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Remember that when compressing files the original is kept until the compressed version is successfully made. Example: memory stick is 1G and you have 750M of files. The original 750M will still take up space until the archive is successfully made which can exceed the remaining space.

I still maintain it is a bug. I tried to compress a 250K file on a stick with

What are you waiting for, off to bugzilla :) Jan -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

* Kai Ponte [09-01-07 09:54]:

What's bugzilla?

I tried to install that with SMART and YaST and don't see it. Is it a firefox extension? I don't see it listed their either.

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On Saturday 01 September 2007 15:53:38 Kai Ponte wrote:

What's bugzilla?

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but just in case http://bugzilla.novell.com it's where bugs are reported. Developers *may* read this list, but they aren't required to. They are required to read bugzilla, so if you want to be sure that a bug comes to their attention, that is where you should report it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 01 September 2007 16:20:05 Kai Ponte wrote:

On Saturday 01 September 2007 07:04, Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Saturday 01 September 2007 15:53:38 Kai Ponte wrote:

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What's bugzilla?

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but just in case

http://bugzilla.novell.com

it's where bugs are reported. Developers *may* read this list, but they aren't required to. They are required to read bugzilla, so if you want to be sure that a bug comes to their attention, that is where you should report it

Ah.

And we can report to it?

Yes, of course. It's what it's there for -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sep 1 2007 07:27, Kai Ponte wrote:

I'll get my ducks in a row,

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On Saturday 01 September 2007 10:51, Art Fore wrote:

On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 16:46 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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On Sep 1 2007 07:27, Kai Ponte wrote:

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I'll get my ducks in a row,

Squirrels give twice as much points! http://jengelh.hopto.org/GFX0/Shooting_Gallery.png

Jan --

I have found the following.

If I plug in the USB stick and click OK for the open new window dialog, I try to zip the files, it just hangs there forever.This shows up as system:/media/sdc1/Pictures.

If I open Konqueror and open /media/disk/Pictures and compress as zip, it works.

Both cases the same on openSUSE 10.2. USB stick is FAT32. I have activity LED on USB stick and if compression works it shows activity, if not it doesn't. What can make problem on small disks is that directory system:/media/sde1/Graphic was still there after creation of Graphic.tar.gz.

If I click on My Computer and click on the 1G usb drive and the Pictures folder with url system:/media/sdc1/Pictures, it again will not compress.

First, directory view was not updated when (here) system:/media/sde1 was opened. After click on reload button compressed file appeared. It was moved to hard disk, and compression attempted again with directory on USB stick - and no go. Compressed file now on hard disk was decompressed without problems when addressed trough system:/home/Documents/ compressed file was removed and - compression still doesn't work. It seems like a glitch with compression alone. Now go back to /home/me/Documents and compression works.

Does this give a clue?

Is there 'system' kio_slave?

Art

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On Saturday 01 September 2007 02:23, Rajko M. wrote:

I even filed bug report on some issue with USB (stick or drive) that disappeared after next boot, and I was not able to reproduce it ever after.

It was bug, but I removed some files that were left in /media directory and that cured the problem. Later I tried hard to find steps to reproduce problem, but there was so many options that I gave up at the end.

Interesting. I just looked in /media (I don't have the usb stick in right now) and see only a directory - xmms_audio_cd - listed. This really isn't that big a deal. After all, the workaround is to copy the files to the local drive > compress > copy back. As it is, I hadn't even noticed this lil bug until yesterday and have been using SUSE with USB sticks since 2004, when I dropped Mandrake for not being able to load USB devices. :P -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Kai Ponte wrote:

On Friday 31 August 2007 09:26, Art Fore wrote:

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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:01 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Art Fore [08-31-07 11:40]:

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On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 23:32 +0800, Art Fore wrote:

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OK, needed to compress some files into a zip achrive. Highlight the files in Konquerer as usual, select compress, zip (has to be windows compatible), says compressing, then never finishes. Have done this before.

should be a simple operation

...

...

What is the problem with Suse 10.2 all of a suddent?

Maybe not openSUSE's problem :^)

...

This really pisses me off. Something so simple doesn't work. Everytime I want to do something in a hurry, this happens. Do I have to search the internet and do this from th command line? If so I might as well go back to fucking windows.

I wouldn't do that. The glass might cause cuts in inappropriate places.

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Whatever you choose.

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Copyied the files from USB drive to hardisk, then it worked, although there was no compression. 6 ea meg jpeg files compressed to 13.5 meg. wouldn't call that compression. (2.3 (6 X 2.3 = 13.8)

Now, that's interesting. You didn't mention USB drive.

I popped my Corsair 12Gb USB in and tried to compress two simple files to .zip format using the "add to archive" method, I got the messages,

zip I/O error: Permssion Denied zip error: Could not create output file (/media/test.zip)

Ewww!

Now that IS interesting because I just popped in my Corsair and had absolutely no problems with zip-ping several text files and then, separately, jpg/gif files :-) . Did this several times to be absolutely sure. (I copied the files from the HD to the Corsair - and used Konqueror to do all copying and zip-ping.)

Using the "compress as" method, I get a dialog box with a progress bar that sits there way too long.

I do believe you have found a bug.

Anybody else want to test? Anybody got some Raid handy?

Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 31 August 2007 17:44:15 Art Fore wrote:

This really pisses me off. Something so simple doesn't work. Everytime I want to do something in a hurry, this happens. Do I have to search the internet and do this from th command line? If so I might as well go back to fucking windows.

I don't care what problems you are seeing, even if your computer just exploded, language like this should never be used. Ever. End of story -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri August 31 2007, Ron Eggler scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: <snip> S

"ACPI Interpreter enabled ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)" So i really don't know further. Does anyone know any of above messages? I've also tried to boot with following commands: acpi=off acpi=oldboot pci=acpi pci=noacpi acpi=noirq pci=routeirq acpi=force acpi_irq_balance acpi_irq_nobalance apic noapic lapic nolapic but it's all been unsuccesful. May anyone help me to get it installed? It would so much be appreciated! I've asked in alt. os. linux.suse but nobody was able to help me from there... I'm getting desperate... :o Thank you! Ron

It looks like you don't actually have a full install. Nothing bootable anyway. :( There should be a setting in the bios to disable ACPI, and it would be wise to do that. You might then try to install w/ ACPI disabled. I recall that was one of the choices.. or similar. I'd begin there. ALSo Also, since you seem to have internet access , you might want to look at OpenSuse.com for lots of really good information on installing ( problems and solutions ) as well as setting up your repositories. Hope this helps. oh, did I read you correctly ,are you trying to install in text mode , why? -- j I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we ain't all there. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org