September 2003 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Firebird as defaultbrowser
by Ronny Schöniger 21 Sep '03

21 Sep '03

Hi, do anybody know how to make Firebird the deafult browser? I allready used the ControlCenter. I added Firebird to text/html. But now Konqueror still invokes before Firebird does, so both are running. You can see my configuration at: http://www.foxtrott-nb.de/ftpupload/1.png http://www.foxtrott-nb.de/ftpupload/3.png http://www.foxtrott-nb.de/ftpupload/4.png I'm using: Suse8.2 KDE3.1.1 Firebird 0.6.1 thx for your help

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Fwd: Re: [suse-kde] 3.1.4er rpms?
by Radu Pirvu 21 Sep '03

21 Sep '03

I do not think that a mistake when replying a message it is as annoying as posting a polite message and getting as answer an arrogant and inept reply - as happened to Filippos. If you, Ben, get annoyed so easily maybe you should seek professional help. And if some German posters have such a big problem with following the rules it would be advisable for the moderators to check this thing out. As well, this post is not directed towards Germans, but they are the only ones posting in their native language in an English mail list. I cannot see any messages in Bulgarian or Spanish!!! It's about rules and respecting the others! That's all! Ben & co, if you do not understand this, just forget the whole thing, please. br /radu > * Radu Pirvu (radu.pirvu(a)pp.inet.fi) [030920 13:05]: > >On Saturday 20 September 2003 22:55: > > > >It is not bitching about the German: it's just so annoying that many of > > the German participants are unable to follow the rules! > > > >There are quite a few greek guys around, what will this list become if > > they start posting in Greek? What about French, Italian and all the other > > languages? Who will understand what? It seems that everyone is able to > > follow the rules except some german guys ... > > Also, posting in German isn't a 1/10th as annoying as someone who CC's > with their reply. If one is on the list then there isn't any reason to > CC them and the list. It's just a waste of bandwidth. > > Cheers! > -- > Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org > ----- > If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only > one of them is doing the thinking. -------------------------------------------------------

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DCOPserver error with kdialog
by Pisinho 20 Sep '03

20 Sep '03

Help me, when I run a program script with Kdialog, display this error: /root/.DCOPserver_linux_localhost_0 Coul not read network connection list You have a solution? Thanks.

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kscd and suse 8.2 errors
by darby 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

Hi, I've recently upgraded to suse 8.2 and discovered that kscd won't restart after being quit with the x windows close button. The interface disappears, but the process is still alive and keeps other kscd sessions from starting. Quitting with "ctrl+q" or the button on the interface works fine. Also, this error message is repeated about 15 times when kscd is started: kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::plugAccel(): call to deprecated action. This is using kscd 1.3.3, kde 3.1.1, and SuSE 8.2. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Darby

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kicker gone after apt-get upgrade
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 18 Sep '03

18 Sep '03

My apt-get upgrade for kde almost worked yesterday... It's just that the kicker is missing now. On log-in kde brought back all running sessions ok, but somehow I lost my kicker, and I would like to get it back as I had it (at least my menu structure). I had 3.1.3 and the upgrade was only security related (I think) and definitely not to 3.1.4 Any idea how to get my kicker back?

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Fontsize in Thunderbird
by Ronny Schöniger 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

Hi, i am using kde 3.1.1 on Suse 8.2. I installed Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 and it looks ugly -> http://www.foxtrott-nb.de/ftpupload/Bildschirmphoto1.png Is there an option to reduce the size of the fonts. Other gtk-apps looks normal. thx

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Modem not found
by Stu F. Gillis 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Hi all, I have an existing machine with SuSE 8.2 installed. After installing an older US Robatics X2 PCI modem and booting, the modem is not detected. I ran lspci -v to check for it. Is there a way to force SuSE to detect the modem or will I have to reinstall? TIA Stu Gillis

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Lower resolution ofr icons in KDE 3.1
by Oscar Curero Sastre 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Hi! I used to use KDE 3.0 with Xfree 3.3.6 and the icons were very simple (like Win98) but in KDE 3.1, the icons have too resolution (the efect is like WinXP). What can i do to have icons plainer? sorry for my bad english ;) Oscar

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Susewatcher stubbornly stays red
by Günter Lichtenberg 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Hi - I have a problem with susewatcher: It stays red even after an update. Here is what I tried so far to turn it green: - I checked "Include installed patches" in YOU, no updates to be seen (and it doesn't install any if I go on) - Called up the messages window from susewatcher - Tried to stop susewatcher by right clicking it in the applet tray and choose "Quit", but it refused to quit. Then I killed the susewatcher process: Success. Started susewatcher again from the shell and got the message: ERROR: Communication problem with susewatcher, it probably crashed The (red!) icon turned up in the tray anyway and seems to work (i.e. I can start YOU, look at the messages etc.) - Then I got desperate and simply checked "Download all patches" in YOU, which didn't help either (and why should it?) My guess is that something needed is not running (thus the error message), but if so, what? I don't believe that it comes from killing it and then starting it again, because it is also red when I boot the machine. At my workplace PC everything just works fine (same configuration, but installed from scratch) So, does anybody have a hint for me? Otherwise I fear I will turn red (and stay red). Thanx gl I run: SUSE 8.2 Professional (updated from 8.0Pro) KDE 3.1.3 Kernel 2.4.20.64-GB-SMP/Pentium 4 -- Günter Lichtenberg <lichten(a)sron.nl> SRON-EOS

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[suse-kde] Konqueror and "Save as"
by Markus Kohli 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

Hello list I have the following problem: Whenever I (left)click some link to download a file, I get the popup-window with the three buttons "save as...", "open" and "cancel". Now: if I tap "save as", the file is automatically saved in the folder /home/user/Documents, no further interaction possible... How do I get rid of this behaviour? TIA Markus -- Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.

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Where are Konq's Web Shortcuts stored?
by Kevin Donnelly 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

I've looked in ~.kde/share/apps, but can't see anything about them. -- Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rydd yn Gymraeg

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Installing GNOME
by Tom Abazia 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

I just successfully installed SuSE personal 8.2 on my Fujitsu S-Series laptop. The documentation is a bit vague on starting up GNOME instead of KDE. How would I start up GNOME? Thanks...Tom __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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%u und Konsorten
by Stefan Schlörholz 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Guten Abend, von Thread "Re: Standardbrowser unter KDE" > ->text->html und dem Programm ein %u mit > auf den Weg geben (Wegen der URL) genau diese Erweiterungen %u und andere %Zeichen haben mich schon immer beschäftigt. Wenn ich neue Dateiverknüpfungen und Programmicons anlege, frage ich mich jedes mal, welche Platzhalter in welcher Kombinationen ich verwenden muss. Kann mir jemand sagen, wo das dokumentiert ist, welche Platzhalter für was zu verwenden sind? Gruß Stefan

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RE: [suse-kde] Mouse usb
by Tomás Augusto Germano 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Thank for your help, but this configuration it´s OK. The problem is: when I restart the computer and the KDE start, the mouse it´s in the midle of Desktop and does´nt work, but if I unplug and plug the device, the mouse work fine. If Execute the lsmod in the console I can see: more.... usb-uhci usbcore hid input mousedev ....more What is the problem? Thanks -----Mensaje original----- De: Curtis Rey [mailto:crey@san.rr.com] Enviado el: Lunes, 08 de Septiembre de 2003 05:01 p.m. Para: suse-kde(a)suse.com Asunto: Re: [suse-kde] Mouse usb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 15:40, Tomás Augusto Germano wrote: > Hi, I´m Tomas from Argentina. > I have a usb mouse and this properly instaled, but when I restart my > Computer the mouse isn´t work in KDE environment. Can some budy help > me? Thanks and sorry for my Englis. > Tomas, what does your XF86Config file look like? Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Name" "Autodetection" Option "Protocol" "imps/2" Option "Resolution" "1200" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection And lower down: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" ********************************* Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Here's an example of mine. Also you might want to get into the habit of reporting what some of your log files say -- such as ".xsession-errors" file. Furthermore, is the device given the right permissions. Find out what you can. Sometimes also KDE gets a little dumb and needs to be told it has a mouse, But suspect it's either a problem with the XF86Config or permissions. Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XN/xiqnGhdjCOJsRAizPAJ47nH57mR8qMmszmae/8qvPnGUVxgCfccbu Df5pCq7hnF84AjNV8Gq6Wj8= =UPNn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Este mensaje es confidencial. Puede contener informacion amparada por el secreto profesional. Si usted ha recibido este e-mail por error, por favor comuniquenoslo inmediatamente via e-mail y tenga la amabilidad de eliminarlo de su sistema; no debera copiar el mensaje ni divulgar su contenido a ninguna persona. Muchas gracias. This message is confidential. It may also contain information that is privileged or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you have received it by mistake please let us know by e-mail immediately and delete it from your system; you should also not copy the message nor disclose its contents to anyone. Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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KMail and Spell Checker
by Rocco Charamella 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I'm using Suse 8.2 with KDE 3.1.3. KMail is my email client but when I click to Spellcheck I get a message: "ISpell/Aspell could not be started. Please make sure you have ISpell or Aspell properly configured and in your PATH." I've checked in Control Center and it specifies Aspell as the default spellchecker and Aspell is installed. How can I get spellchecker to work? Thanks,

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Firebird and Kmail
by Johannes Rieken 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hello! I am using Kmail and MozillaFirebird. Everything ist fine besides the cooperation of these programms. As Firebird is my default browser html-files are to open with it. Also Kmail starts Firebird after clicking a link. But it gives not the link to Firebird but a local path of a copy of that link. This copy is made right after clicking the link and before starting Firebird. What is wrong? Thanks, Johannes

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kde environment variables doubled
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

suseconfig gives me the following error when run: This is a warning message. The following variables seem to be doubled in /etc/rc.config and/or the files in /etc/sysconfig : /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:KDM_GREETSTRING="" /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager:KDM_GREETSTRING="" /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:KDM_SHUTDOWN="auto" /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager:KDM_SHUTDOWN="auto" /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:KDM_USERS="" /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager:KDM_USERS="" Please check which of the instances is correct. which ones should I delete? System: SuSE 8.1 with KDE 3.1.3 Kostas

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Mouse usb
by Tomás Augusto Germano 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hi, I´m Tomas from Argentina. I have a usb mouse and this properly instaled, but when I restart my Computer the mouse isn´t work in KDE environment. Can some budy help me? Thanks and sorry for my Englis. _________________________________ Tomas Augusto Germano Sistemas: Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal mailto:tag@marval.com.ar <mailto:tag@marval.com.ar> Tel:4310-0100 (1374) Directo:4310-0296 Fax:4310-0200 www.marval.com.ar <http://www.marval.com.ar/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Este mensaje es confidencial. Puede contener informacion amparada por el secreto profesional. Si usted ha recibido este e-mail por error, por favor comuniquenoslo inmediatamente via e-mail y tenga la amabilidad de eliminarlo de su sistema; no debera copiar el mensaje ni divulgar su contenido a ninguna persona. Muchas gracias. This message is confidential. It may also contain information that is privileged or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you have received it by mistake please let us know by e-mail immediately and delete it from your system; you should also not copy the message nor disclose its contents to anyone. Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Latest KDE 3.1.3 for SuSE 7.3: MD5 broken
by Dieter Nützel 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

SunWave1 KDE/applications# rpm -K --nogpg * | grep NOT kdeartwork3-3.1.3-67.rpm: MD5 NOT OK kdeedu3-3.1.3-66.rpm: MD5 NOT OK kdegames3-3.1.3-67.rpm: MD5 NOT OK kdegraphics3-3.1.3-70.rpm: MD5 NOT OK Directory: /Pakete/Linux/SuSE/RPMS/KDE/base SunWave1 KDE/base# rpm -K --nogpg * | grep NOT kdelibs3-3.1.3-61.rpm: MD5 NOT OK Thanks, Dieter -- Dieter Nützel Graduate Student, Computer Science

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Lisa and Exchange Questions
by Andy Choens 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Two simple questions about using a Linux Laptop on a Windows 2003 network. Q1: I can get lisa to give me a list of the computers on the network. But, my passwork is never accepted, and none of the computers on the network are showing with names, only IP names. I've adjusted lisa to use nmb too, with no difference. (Yes, it is installed) Q2: I've tried to use the exchange plug-in. So far, no success. Has anyone here succeeded in this? Got any tips? Thanks andy -- Om Mani Padme Hume ---Traditional Tibetan Blessing

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messed up file types
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Hello List. I messed up my file types somehow. I tried to add additional programs to handle mp3 files. Now Konqueror does not recognise files with ending .mp3 correctly anymore. If I add an additional .ok or anything else, Konqueror obviously does not use the ending but recognises the file differently, and there the file is recognised correctly as mp3 and right-click -> Attributes (? I don't have english locale) can present e.g. id3 tags, and right-click->Open with gives a nice selection of apps to use to open the file. When I go into the Konqueror settings for file types (under audio) I get something like 5 or 6 different ones for mp3: - For starters I get 2 file types called mp3 which have as application only RealPlayer8 (however, when I right-click on a .mp3 file under Konqueror I get XMMS first then RealPlayer8, then nothing), it seems that RealPlayer8 installed this file type. - I also have file types: mpeg (twice) with apps: Xmms and RealPlayer8, mpeg3 with no app, mpegurl (twice) with RealPlayer8, and mpeg with RealPlayer8 - I then have file types with an x- in front (MIME???): x-mp3 (twice! one with icon the other without) with a plethora of applications, like xmms, Kaboodle, Noatun, xine, RealPlayer8, xmms queue, Kid3, KMPlayer - There are also x-mpeg with RealPlayer8 only, x-mpeg3 (no app), xmpegurl (twice, with different file endings, but the same list of apps: KMPlayer, Noatun, xmmx queue, Kid3, RealPlayer8), x-mpeg-url (no app). seems that one of the file types x-mp3 is used by Konqueror when it automatically recognises the file without looking at the filename ending, as this is the list of apps I get with right-click->Open with. Can someone help me sweep up this mess? Kostas

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kaudiocreator quit ripping
by David T-G 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hi, all -- I've been using kaudiocreator for a few days and have ripped and encoded a handful of CDs on my SuSE 8.1 system. It isn't Matthias's tweaked LAME, and I have to run it as root to see the disc, but I'm happy enough. This evening, though, it suddenly quit on me. I ripped a CD and it went all the way through but did not encode any of the tracks (whereas it usually starts encoding a track as soon as it is ripped), and now after starting over it will not even rip anything, complaining "unknown protocol: file" in the popup window and telling me "ERROR 3: couldn't create slave" at the command line. I didn't touch anything; I swear :-) I had ripped a couple of CDs right before getting to the "problem" CD and didn't change anything for that one, and now I can't do anything period. TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg(a)justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork(a)justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!

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VAIO touchpad
by Gnana Vadi Vale 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

Hi all I am trying to get a VAIO touchpad to give me the sliding feature under SuSE 8.2. Under Windows, it comes with a feature of sliding the finger along the vertical edge or horizontal edge controlling the H or V scrollbar. Is this feature supported under LINUX ? Has anyone got it to work ? So far, I tried setting the protocol to "GlidePointPS/2" in XFree86Config file. But it still functions like the normal mouse, no sliding effects. Thanks in advance, Vale.

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Upgrade from 3.1.1 to 3.1.3
by Pavan K Balellugari 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Hi, I am trying to see how do i upgrade the KDE from current 3.1.1 to 3.1.3. I see that 3.1.3 is the latest on Suse KDE download site. Till Now my Yast Online Update(YOU) didn't tell me anything about this new version of KDE. I am using the download version of Suse 8.2. Would this be the reason why the YOU never told me about the KDE 3.1.3?? If i want to upgrade to 3.1.3 can i just download the files from the Suse KDE site & install them??. Would it install over the existing 3.1.1 ?? Any other pointers regarding this would be appreciated. Thanks Pavan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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Lost key assignments (backslash)
by Pierre Lor 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Good morning, I have installed SuSE 8.2 pro on a machine with a belgian layout keyboard. My keyboard has been as followed configured: Section "InputDevice" Driver "Keyboard" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "MapName" "Standard Keyboard [ pc104 ]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "be" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" EndSection In terminal mode (without X11 stuff) all works fine. But once under running under X11 I have lost the key with the < > and \ on it. At the SuSE support site they say to configure the keyboard as a pc105. It resolves my key assignment but by backslash becomes a '|'. Even stranger when I select my keyboard layout in de SuSE configuration panel and test my keyboard in the keyboard test screenfield it works ! And when I close the SuSE configuration it till works everywhere..... until I reboot. This behaviour occurs only under KDE. Other windowmanagers works fine Has somebody an idee on it ? Thanks a lot. ps. I have installed all latest patches from SuSE.

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