KDE Help Center (susehelp index)
I'm running KDE 3.4.0b built by SuSE. I've been trying to get the search index in the KDE Help Center to work for susehelp. No matter if I try to run it as a normal user, or as root, it will not let me build the index database. There _is_ an index database at /var/cache/susehelp/. AAMOF, there are several index dbs there. This is the default location KDE Help Center points to when its run in the SuSE distribution. I really don't understand why the SuSE Help tools have consistently been broken. They are very nice tools, when they work. Does anybody know how to get this to work? -- Regards, Steven
On Friday 27 May 2005 04:12, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'm running KDE 3.4.0b built by SuSE. I've been trying to get the search index in the KDE Help Center to work for susehelp. No matter if I try to run it as a normal user, or as root, it will not let me build the index database. There _is_ an index database at /var/cache/susehelp/. AAMOF, there are several index dbs there. This is the default location KDE Help Center points to when its run in the SuSE distribution. I really don't understand why the SuSE Help tools have consistently been broken. They are very nice tools, when they work.
Does anybody know how to get this to work?
I'll find out in a few days, but I'd like to know now while my observations are still fresh in my mind. Is this working on 9.3? The susehelp setup on my box is clearly broken in many ways. I'd like to file a bug report and investigate further if this has not already been addressed. -- Regards, Steven
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 01:19 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Friday 27 May 2005 04:12, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'm running KDE 3.4.0b built by SuSE. I've been trying to get the search index in the KDE Help Center to work for susehelp. No matter if I try to run it as a normal user, or as root, it will not let me build the index database. There _is_ an index database at /var/cache/susehelp/. AAMOF, there are several index dbs there. This is the default location KDE Help Center points to when its run in the SuSE distribution. I really don't understand why the SuSE Help tools have consistently been broken. They are very nice tools, when they work.
Does anybody know how to get this to work?
I'll find out in a few days, but I'd like to know now while my observations are still fresh in my mind. Is this working on 9.3? The susehelp setup on my box is clearly broken in many ways. I'd like to file a bug report and investigate further if this has not already been addressed. -- Regards, Steven
Running correctly on my 9.3 stock install. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Saturday 28 May 2005 08:38, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 01:19 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Friday 27 May 2005 04:12, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'm running KDE 3.4.0b built by SuSE. I've been trying to get the search index in the KDE Help Center to work for susehelp. No matter if I try to run it as a normal user, or as root, it will not let me build the index database. There _is_ an index database at /var/cache/susehelp/. AAMOF, there are several index dbs there. This is the default location KDE Help Center points to when its run in the SuSE distribution. I really don't understand why the SuSE Help tools have consistently been broken. They are very nice tools, when they work.
Does anybody know how to get this to work?
I'll find out in a few days, but I'd like to know now while my observations are still fresh in my mind. Is this working on 9.3? The susehelp setup on my box is clearly broken in many ways. I'd like to file a bug report and investigate further if this has not already been addressed. -- Regards, Steven
Running correctly on my 9.3 stock install.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Are you using the KDE Help Center widget, or a web browser, or both to view your help? Is there a /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguide.en.words.db on your box? What does your /var/cache/susehelp/suselinuxadminguideen.conf look like? Mine looks like this: # htdig configuration for doc 'suselinux-adminguide.en' # # This file has been automatically created by the SuSE help system. common_dir: /usr/share/susehelp/htdig/en locale: en database_dir: /var/cache/susehelp local_urls: http://localhost= local_urls_only: true limit_urls_to: http://localhost ignore_noindex: true max_hop_count: 4 robotstxt_name: susedig compression_level: 6 template_map: Long long /usr/share/susehelp/htdig/long.html \ Short short /usr/share/susehelp/htdig/short.html search_algorithm: exact:1 prefix:0.8 maximum_pages: 1 matches_per_page: 10 database_base: ${database_dir}/suselinux-adminguide.en start_url: http://localhost//usr/share/doc/packages/suselinux-adminguide_en/html/index.... # for pdf-files max_doc_size: 5000000 external_parsers: application/pdf /usr/share/doc/packages/htdig/contrib/parse_doc.pl \ application/postscript /usr/share/doc/packages/htdig/contrib/parse_doc.pl #external_parsers: text/docbook /build/htdig/parser It's pointing to the wrong place to find the suselinux-adminguide_en. -- Regards, Steven
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 08:57 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Saturday 28 May 2005 08:38, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 01:19 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'll find out in a few days, but I'd like to know now while my observations are still fresh in my mind. Is this working on 9.3? The susehelp setup on my box is clearly broken in many ways. I'd like to file a bug report and investigate further if this has not already been addressed. -- Regards, Steven
Running correctly on my 9.3 stock install.
Are you using the KDE Help Center widget, or a web browser, or both to view your help? Is there a /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguide.en.words.db on your box? What does your /var/cache/susehelp/suselinuxadminguideen.conf look like? Mine looks like this:
My reply was in regard to Steven's post about "The sushelp setup". When I click on the SuSE Help Center icon on the taskbar the help center displays and works correctly. Regarding the KDE Control Center help I get a message that no quick help is available but I am able to click on the "Click here to read the general Control Center manual." and bring up the SuSE Help Center. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Saturday 28 May 2005 09:15, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 08:57 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Saturday 28 May 2005 08:38, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 01:19 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'll find out in a few days, but I'd like to know now while my observations are still fresh in my mind. Is this working on 9.3? The susehelp setup on my box is clearly broken in many ways. I'd like to file a bug report and investigate further if this has not already been addressed. -- Regards, Steven
Running correctly on my 9.3 stock install.
Are you using the KDE Help Center widget, or a web browser, or both to view your help? Is there a /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguide.en.words.db on your box? What does your /var/cache/susehelp/suselinuxadminguideen.conf look like? Mine looks like this:
My reply was in regard to Steven's post about "The sushelp setup". When I click on the SuSE Help Center icon on the taskbar the help center displays and works correctly. Regarding the KDE Control Center help I get a message that no quick help is available but I am able to click on the "Click here to read the general Control Center manual." and bring up the SuSE Help Center.
I believe we are talking about the same thing. The SuSE Help Center is implemented using the KDE Help Center. Mine actually says KDE Help Center in the frame title. Unfortunately, it also prompts me to build the search index, and then gives me a broken widget to try with. What happens if you go to http://localhost/susehelp/ with a web browser? -- Regards, Steven
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 09:29 -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Saturday 28 May 2005 09:15, Ken Schneider wrote:
My reply was in regard to Steven's post about "The sushelp setup". When I click on the SuSE Help Center icon on the taskbar the help center displays and works correctly. Regarding the KDE Control Center help I get a message that no quick help is available but I am able to click on the "Click here to read the general Control Center manual." and bring up the SuSE Help Center.
I believe we are talking about the same thing. The SuSE Help Center is implemented using the KDE Help Center. Mine actually says KDE Help Center in the frame title. Unfortunately, it also prompts me to build the search index, and then gives me a broken widget to try with.
What happens if you go to http://localhost/susehelp/ with a web browser?
-- Regards, Steven
I get a connection refused because I don't have it configured to run in a web browser, I just use the icon on the task bar. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Steven, On Saturday 28 May 2005 05:57, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
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Are you using the KDE Help Center widget, or a web browser, or both to view your help? Is there a /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguide.en.words.db on your box? What does your /var/cache/susehelp/suselinuxadminguideen.conf look like? Mine looks like this:
My help indexing is working, but I don't have quite the files you name. Instead, I have: /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguideen.docdb /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguideen.words.db /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-userguideen.docdb /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-userguideen.words.db /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-adminguideen.conf /var/cache/susehelp/suselinux-userguideen.conf
... -- Regards, Steven
Randall Schulz
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Ken Schneider
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Randall R Schulz
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Steven T. Hatton