February 2005 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SuSE 9.2 Pro and Touchpad Issues
by cms 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

Hello all, Just received my copy of SuSE 9.2 Pro and completed a clean install on my Toshiba Satellite 2435 laptop. For whatever reason, the laptop's touchpad was not detected/installed correctly. Using the laptop has become extremely difficult. The mouse opens *almost* every window and app that it trails over and hardware clicking/tapping doesn't work. I don't recall what driver I've used in the past with SuSE and this laptop--truth is, I never looked. Currently I'm using the generic PS/2 Mouse (Aux-Port) driver as indicated in the Hardware section of YaST's Control Center and the touchpad is somewhat functional, albeit with irritating side effects. With previous versions of SuSE the touchpad was detected/configured correctly and without my intervention. Anyone using SuSE 9.2 with a similar machine? Searches on SuSE's Support Portal turned up zero articles related to ALPS Touchpad devices. This is a snippet of dmesg, related to the mouse/touchpad: ------- SNIP ------- mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 alps.c: E6 report: 00 00 64 alps.c: E7 report: 73 02 0a alps.c: E6 report: 00 00 64 alps.c: E7 report: 73 02 0a alps.c: Status: 15 01 0a ALPS Touchpad (Glidepoint) detected Disabling hardware tapping alps.c: Status: 11 01 0a input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS TouchPad on isa0060/serio4 input: PC Speaker md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 ------- SNIP ------- Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA Chris Shanahan

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KDE 3.4 RC1 rpms for 9.1 ?
by Osho GG 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi, Anyone knows if KDE 3.4 RC1 rpms are available for 9.1 Pro anywhere? thanks, -- Osho

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SuSE 9.1 crashes after KDE logout
by Ohadi, Hamid 26 Feb '05

26 Feb '05

Hello all, I've this weird problem with my SUSE 9.1 pro. Every now and then when I log out KDE it freezes. The computer is so dead that I can't even do anything and I have to restart it. I'm not sure where I must start to debug it. I couldn't find uot anything wrong in /var/log/messages just before the freezing.I have a samba server 3.0.9-2.6 on it but apart from that I'm not doing any kind of networking. I have installed all the pathces via YaST but see no Difference. I would be grateful if somebody could shed light on it. regards Hamid -- QOTD: "I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!"

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Amarok dependencies
by sargon 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

I tried to upgrade via apt to the new amarok package in Pascal Bleser's repository, but apt refuses to install it. I then tried to compile the source RPM, but I get a dependency error---glx is needed. "apt search glx" lists packages containing/providing glx, and I have all the relevant xorg packages installed. What am I missing? Thanks in advance.

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Show specific device icons
by Darko Mocelj 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hello list, I'd like to display only specific device icons on the desktop. The usual way to activate the device icons is right click -> Configure Desktop -> Behaviour -> Show Device Icons. That work's fine. Now I would like to enable only specific devices to be shown on the desktop, eg. if one enables show mounted partitions is there a way to choose the partition which should be displayed? And if so, can one also change the name which is displayed on the desktop? Thanks for any hints. Darko

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kicker vanishes on startup
by Chris Papadopoulos 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Hi all, Yesterday, without doing anything special, the KDE panel stopped working. It is nowhere to be found, although 'ps aux' shows that kicker is running. Killing the process and restarting it gives the following warning (not an actual crash, but effectively one :) ) kicker: WARNING: cannot open extension: because of Library files for ".la" not found in paths. I don't remember changing anything in the paths. Using SuSE 9.2, KDE 3.3.92 from cvs. I have tried recompiling kdebase etc, but the problem seems to be persisting, and is not a problem of the specific user, since root sees the exact same thing. Does anyone else see this and know what to do? Otherwise, everything seems to be working fine with KDE. Thank you, Chris

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Juk, Amarok... Help, Thanks!
by Michael Colligan 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

OK, first some background... Suse pro 9.2, apt-get kept up to date with the following config: rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/ SuSE/9.2-i386 base update security rpmkeys suser-rbos mozilla kde packman packman-i686 First, thanks to everyone involved. SuSE 9.2 was my first SuSE version from a Slackware background. Very nice and I appreciate the ability to run updated software via the supplementary stuff. Great! Currently with Juk (2.1.2 on KDE 3.3.2 Level "a") I cannot play, import MP3's. Juk doesn't even see them in its filebrowser. I can play them fine with Amarok. Am I alone here? On Amarok, how can I save a playlist properly? When I do the links to the files always append together ala: This file does not exist: /home/mcolligan/.kde/share/apps/amarok/playlists//media/usb-100:0:0:0p1/MyMusic/Vic_Chesnutt_Left_To_His_Own_Devices_2_Very_Friendly_Lighthouses.mp3 Thanks, Mike

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amaroK 1.2 crashing in 9.2
by Craig L. Patterson 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I updated my KDE to the latest on SUSE's ftp site. Including amaroK 1.2. Everything generally is running fine, except amaroK. It will start up OK, I can set a playlist and start it playing. It will play for a while (2-3 minutes) and then quit. The playlist window freezes, and is totally unresponsive. Rebooting does not help. Anybody seeing similiar behavior? Any advice? Thanks

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Kjobviewer not working
by Ciro Iriarte 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Situation: I have configured a laser printer and works find, can send print jobs and manage them with cups' web interface. I would like to use kjobviewer to manage print jobs and spools, but it doens't show jobs, current or past (they are shown in the web interface), just shows the empty screen and greyed buttons. Played already but all the menus and can't find something to make it work. Distro: Suse Pro 8.2 KDE: 3.1.1 PS: Realy never used the GUI, now i'm interested because of the advanced spool management Thanks in advance CI.-

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Krusader in the standard SuSE distribution (fwd)
by Karai Csaba 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Hi! I'm a developper of the Krusader team (the twin panel file manager, Total Commander clone) on linux. Personally I also use SuSE linux, and noticed, that our program is not in the standard distribution. Krusader 1.11 was the last version included at SuSE 8.0, and after that it was removed. Total Commander is very popular in windows, and I think, it would be reasonable to include the linux clone as well. We have great many users, and the project is developping rapidly. My question is, that what was the main reason of removing Krusader? What should we do to get into the standard SuSE distribution? What requirements should we meet for this? Thank you, in advance, Bye, Csaba Karai

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korganizer printout question
by Richard Bos 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Question about korganizer, I searched the gui (kde-3.3) and the bugs database but could not find what I looked for. Is korganizer able to printout a weekly event/appointment overview (only, no todo etc's) on an A5 formatted page? The idea is to store those printed pages in a real agenda/organizer to create a paper agenda. I see some people in my environment that use this (obtained from that other OS ;). -- Richard

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korganizer timezone question
by Richard Bos 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

I have a problem with a remote saved event, that is read back a collegue. I see the entry in my korganizer from 1500-1600 hours, but my collegue sees them it from 1400-1500 hours. Most of the settings in korganizer related to timezone settings seems similar in his and my korganizer. The remotely saved file has a DTSTART of 1400 (without an Z), which I think is a pointer for the cause of this problem.... Why is the event saved as 1400 and not as 1500 hours? As this is for a common agenda, it may give funny effects (people appearing much to early e.g. ;) -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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kword and deadkeys
by Chris Papadopoulos 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Hi to all. I am writting both english(us) and greek in almost all applications, with the exception of kword and scribus, where the greek accents (which use deadkeys) do not work. After a little research, it seems that this is a bug with the input method module of qt. Can anyone confirm this? Is there a patch for that? Using SuSE 9.2, kde 3.3.92, koffice 1.3.5 (I understand this is a beta version of KDE, but the bug seems to be unrelated to that) Thanks, Chris

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CUPS & KPrinter
by Mathi 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

CUPS & KPrinter *************** OS : SUSE 8.2 KDE : Version 3.1.1 Problem: In the KPrinter->Properties->Driver Settings I display the options defined in the PPD file for the selected printer. Options have predefined choices and KPrinter displays these choice for user to select. I have an option called FontPath and defined a default value for it. This is displayed in Driver Setting tab page. I want to allow the user to change this path. As far as I see, in PPD format there are only three options Pickone | PickMany | Boolean given for "OpenUI" keyword. Is there any possibility to give an edit field for an option instead of selecting from a predefined choices. Thank you Regards Mathi

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KDE 3.4 Beta2 and transparent kicker
by Daniel Eckl 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Hi! Did any of you geeks who made the update to kde3.4b2 use transparent kicker? This (minor) feature seems to be seriously broken. One can have a fully transparent kicker. But if you want to colorize the transparency, the kicker is solid filled with the selected color. Just to mention. :) If somebody has a workaround, i would be very interested. :) Best, Daniel

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Screensavers/KDE 3.3.2a/SuSE 9.0
by Matt Gibson 12 Feb '05

12 Feb '05

Hi all, Is anyone here using the SuSE-provided KDE 3.3.2a packages under 9.0? Everything seems to be working for me apart from the screensavers (used to work fine under the stock KDE in 9.0) When I try to configure the screensaver, the little test area shows no patterns, no matter what kind of saver I choose (GL or non-GL), the "Test" button doesn't do anything, and if I leave the screensaver to kick in, it either doesn't do anything, or it hangs the machine[1] Any ideas? I'm using nvidia video drivers, which were fine with the old version of KDE, and are working fine in normal use of the machine. It's just the screensaver I'm having gyp with. Thanks, Matt [1] It could be something else hanging the machine, I'm not sure, but if I leave the machine alone with the screensaver turned on, sometimes when I come back to it, I've got no control -- not even switching to a text terminal or ctrl-alt-delete... -- "It's the small gaps between the rain that count, and learning how to live amongst them." -- Jeff Noon

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Help w/ KSmoothDock
by Derek | mobileStorm 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hi, I installed the .rpm file from Guru's RPM site, installed it via YaST, but how do I run the program? I typed in 'ksmoothdock' in the terminal, but it didn't work. Please help.. Thanks, Derek R. Tech Support Manager www.stun1.com

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KPrinter and CUPS
by Mathi 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hi OS : SUSE 8.2 KDE : Version 3.1.1 Problem : Driver Setting tab page which shows options in PPD file of a selected printer does not come in Properties window of KPrinter dialog box. The PPD seems to be okay. The same PPD file works fine another printing tool "xpp". CUPS web client also shows all theoptions in PPD file. But it is not display only in KPrinter. Has any one come across this problem . Could you please mail me some suggestions/ workarounds to overcome this problem Thank you Regards Mathi

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Kprinter and CUPS
by Mathi 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hello I am using SUSE 8.2 and KDE Version 3.1. CUPS Version 1.1.118 I use Kprinter for printing and select a printer that is defined in CUPS Printing system. The problem is that I am not getting the Driver Settings tab page in the Properties dialog box in Kprinter. I want to show this tabpage( to show PPD entries ) and allow the user to make some selection. Could you suggest why I am not getting Driver settings tab page. I have only the following files in my system cups-libs-1.1.18-56 cups-client-1.1.18-56 cups-1.1.18-56 cups-drivers-stp-1.1.18-34 cups-drivers-1.1.18-34 cups-devel-1.1.18-56 kdelibs3-cups-3.1.1-13 When I browsed the net I found that following files should be in my system. libkdeprint_cups.la libkdeprint_cups.so cups.print What should I do to get these files installed in my system. Or How can I get the Driver Setting tab page in Kprinter Properties dialog box. Herewith I have attached my ppd file for the printer Thank you very much Regards Mathi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" *% *% For information on using this, and to obtain the required backend *% script, consult http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-doc.html *% *% PPD-O-MATIC generated this PPD file. It is for use with all programs *% and environments which use PPD files for dealing with printer capabilty *% information. The printer must be configured with a Foomatic backend *% filter script. This file and the backend filter script work together to *% support PPD-controlled printer driver option access with arbitrary free *% software printer drivers and printing spoolers. *% *% You may save this file as 'mht-mptm15.ppd' *% *% *FormatVersion: "4.3" *FileVersion: "1.0" *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: "MPTM.PPD" *Manufacturer: "MHT" *Product: "MPTM" *cupsVersion: 1.0 *cupsManualCopies: True *cupsModelNumber: 2 *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 pdf2afp_cups" *ModelName: "MPTM" *ShortNickName: "MPTM 1.5" *NickName: "MHT MPTM 1.5" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 651" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 652" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 653" *LanguageLevel: "3" *ColorDevice: True *DefaultColorSpace: CMYK *Throughput: "1" *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 *VariablePaperSize: False *TTRasterizer: None *% Jpeg Quality: [1-100] Default:50 *% SFIWith5A: [on/off] Default:"on" *% GSFontPath: Absolute path of ghostscript font directory *% GSLibPath: Absolute path of ghostscript library directory *% TempDir: Temporary Directory. *% Following are used only debugging purposes *% WritePSFile: [on/off] Default is "off" *% DeleteTempFiles: [on/off] Default is "on" *OpenGroup: MHTINI *OpenUI *MHTAttribute/MHTAttribute: PickMany *MHTAttribute Licensee: "" *MHTAttribute SerialNr: "" *MHTAttribute JPEGQuality:50 *MHTAttribute SFIWith5A:"on" *MHTAttribute GSFontPath:/usr/lib/cups/filter/gs/fonts/ *MHTAttribute GSLibPath:/usr/lib/cups/filter/gs/8.00/lib/ *MHTAttribute TempDir:/usr/tmp/ *CloseUI: *MHTAttribute *CloseGroup: MHTINI *OpenGroup: General *OpenUI *Quality/Quality: PickOne *DefaultQuality: 300dpi *Quality 200dpi/200x200 DPI: "<</Quality(200dpi)>>setpagedevice" *Quality 240dpi/240x240 DPI: "<</Quality(240dpi)>>setpagedevice" *Quality 300dpi/300x300 DPI: "<</Quality(300dpi)>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *Quality *OpenUI *OutputType/Output Type: PickOne *DefaultOutputType: BlackAndWhite *OutputType BlackAndWhite/Black and White: "<</Color 2>>setpagedevice" *OutputType Color/Color: "<</Color 1>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *OutputType *OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize *DefaultPageSize: A4 *PageSize Letter/Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize Legal/Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A5/A5: "<</PageSize[420 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A3/A3: "<</PageSize[1191 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageSize *OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion *DefaultPageRegion: A4 *PageRegion Letter/Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Legal/Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A5/A5: "<</PageSize[421 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A3/A3: "<</PageSize[1191 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageRegion *CloseGroup: General *DefaultImageableArea: A4 *ImageableArea Letter/Letter: "18 36 594 756" *ImageableArea Legal/Legal: "18 36 594 972" *ImageableArea Executive/Executive: "18 36 504 720" *ImageableArea A4/A4: "18 36 577 806" *ImageableArea A5/A5: "18 36 403 559" *ImageableArea A3/A3: "18 36 1173 806" *DefaultPaperDimension: A4 *PaperDimension Letter/Letter: "612 792" *PaperDimension Legal/Legal: "612 1008" *PaperDimension Executive/Executive: "522 756" *PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842" *PaperDimension A5/A5: "420 595" *PaperDimension A3/A3: "1191 842" *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" *% *% For information on using this, and to obtain the required backend *% script, consult http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-doc.html *% *% PPD-O-MATIC generated this PPD file. It is for use with all programs *% and environments which use PPD files for dealing with printer capabilty *% information. The printer must be configured with a Foomatic backend *% filter script. This file and the backend filter script work together to *% support PPD-controlled printer driver option access with arbitrary free *% software printer drivers and printing spoolers. *% *% You may save this file as 'mht-mptm15.ppd' *% *% *FormatVersion: "4.3" *FileVersion: "1.0" *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: "MPTM.PPD" *Manufacturer: "MHT" *Product: "MPTM" *cupsVersion: 1.0 *cupsManualCopies: True *cupsModelNumber: 2 *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 pdf2afp_cups" *ModelName: "MPTM" *ShortNickName: "MPTM 1.5" *NickName: "MHT MPTM 1.5" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 651" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 652" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 653" *LanguageLevel: "3" *ColorDevice: True *DefaultColorSpace: CMYK *Throughput: "1" *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 *VariablePaperSize: False *TTRasterizer: None *% Jpeg Quality: [1-100] Default:50 *% SFIWith5A: [on/off] Default:"on" *% GSFontPath: Absolute path of ghostscript font directory *% GSLibPath: Absolute path of ghostscript library directory *% TempDir: Temporary Directory. *% Following are used only debugging purposes *% WritePSFile: [on/off] Default is "off" *% DeleteTempFiles: [on/off] Default is "on" *OpenGroup: MHTINI *OpenUI *MHTAttribute/MHTAttribute: PickMany *MHTAttribute Licensee: "" *MHTAttribute SerialNr: "" *MHTAttribute JPEGQuality:50 *MHTAttribute SFIWith5A:"on" *MHTAttribute GSFontPath:/usr/lib/cups/filter/gs/fonts/ *MHTAttribute GSLibPath:/usr/lib/cups/filter/gs/8.00/lib/ *MHTAttribute TempDir:/usr/tmp/ *CloseUI: *MHTAttribute *CloseGroup: MHTINI *OpenGroup: General *OpenUI *Quality/Quality: PickOne *DefaultQuality: 300dpi *Quality 200dpi/200x200 DPI: "<</Quality(200dpi)>>setpagedevice" *Quality 240dpi/240x240 DPI: "<</Quality(240dpi)>>setpagedevice" *Quality 300dpi/300x300 DPI: "<</Quality(300dpi)>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *Quality *OpenUI *OutputType/Output Type: PickOne *DefaultOutputType: BlackAndWhite *OutputType BlackAndWhite/Black and White: "<</Color 2>>setpagedevice" *OutputType Color/Color: "<</Color 1>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *OutputType *OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize *DefaultPageSize: A4 *PageSize Letter/Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize Legal/Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A5/A5: "<</PageSize[420 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A3/A3: "<</PageSize[1191 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageSize *OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion *DefaultPageRegion: A4 *PageRegion Letter/Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Legal/Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion Executive/Executive: "<</PageSize[522 756]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageRegion A5/A5: "<</PageSize[421 595]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *PageSize A3/A3: "<</PageSize[1191 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *PageRegion *CloseGroup: General *DefaultImageableArea: A4 *ImageableArea Letter/Letter: "18 36 594 756" *ImageableArea Legal/Legal: "18 36 594 972" *ImageableArea Executive/Executive: "18 36 504 720" *ImageableArea A4/A4: "18 36 577 806" *ImageableArea A5/A5: "18 36 403 559" *ImageableArea A3/A3: "18 36 1173 806" *DefaultPaperDimension: A4 *PaperDimension Letter/Letter: "612 792" *PaperDimension Legal/Legal: "612 1008" *PaperDimension Executive/Executive: "522 756" *PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842" *PaperDimension A5/A5: "420 595" *PaperDimension A3/A3: "1191 842"

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kdm login problem - (partially) solved
by Gabor Istvan 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hello, KDE login problem - partially solved. I checked the .kde folder of user2 and found links to folders, named cache-linux, socket-linux, tmp-linux. I completely deleted these links and after this I could login as user2 on screen1 normally, as before. However I still don't have any clue what caused the problem exactly. Thanks, IG

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kdm login problem
by Gabor Istvan 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hello, Thanks for your answer. I have logged out from user2's desktop on screen 2 normally before tried to log in on screen1. Here is step by step what I did: 1. login as user1 on screen1 2. start manu -switch user - open desktop on screen2, lock button is not checked - clik OK. 3. login prompt appears on screen2 4. login as user2 on scren2. 5. do the job 6. user2 logs out normally from screen2 7. user1's desktop on screen1 comes back as it were left before switching 8. user1 logs out from screen1 normally 9. kdm login window appears on screen1 10. trying to log in as user2 on screen1. login starts but when the kde splash goes to the 3rd icon the X server restarts and gives back the login window. However user1 still can log in on screen1 as user1, and if logged, can switch to screen2 and login as user2 on screen2. I think kde remembers the the last login screen and stores this info somewhere. This may block the login from other screens. Thanks, IG

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kybd input suddenly not working after login; OK if 'startx' from console
by OpenMacNews 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

hi all, i've been running SuSE 9.2Pro + KDE-unstable without any issue. very cool. after a recent update to latest KDE beta (from component: kde-unstable) i've lost the ability to type any keystrokes when auto-logged-in. specifically, if i start in failsafe mode, i can type at the console. if from the console i 'startx' as either ROOT or MYUSER, up comes my usual desktop and everything works great. i can open any application and type ... however, if i use my standard auto-login set up to boot into user MYUSER, the desktop comes up as i'd expect. i can mouse around, point-n-click & launch apps, but keyboard input is DOA -- nothing. not in konsole, browser, etc. -- just nothing. to troubleshoot, i've gone the usual route of moving my /home/MYUSER/.kde out of the way, and deleting all .x*, .X* and .ICE* files ... after reboot, absolutely the same behavior as above. autologin into ROOT has the same issue. any wisdom/suggestions as to where to look/what to do here? this is driving me nuts :-S cheers, richard

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kdm login problem
by Gabor Istvan 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hello everybody: I have the following problem in SUSE 9.2: When I was logged in through kdm as user1 (on screen 0?) I used the swith user option and logged in as user2 (on screen 1?). Since I have logged out from both accounts I can't login as user2 on screen0. But I can login as user1 and through the switch user option login as user2 as before. How could I change back to the original setting that every user could log in on the first graphicals screen (screen 0)? Thanks, IG

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Re: [suse-kde] Error with KDE Menu Editor
by Manuel Lorenzo 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hi, Thanks for your answer :-) , honestly I think that your solution is the best way to fix the problem but I want to know if exists any bug in KDE Menu Editor or I'm not doing well anything. I don't use this util, my boss use it ;-P . Regards, M.L. Alvin Beach wrote: > > >I have found that the Menu Editor can really make a mess of things. Check out >~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu. It's an XML file and is fairly >easy to read. Try fixing it manually. > >If all else fails, delete it and your menu will go back to default. Then use >Menu Editor and the file will come back. > > >

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Error with KDE Menu Editor
by Manuel Lorenzo 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hi, I've a problem with KDE Menu Editor when I try create a new directory entry. I create a new directory element and can I see it without any problems. If I create a second directory element nested to the first directory I can't see it, the first directory seems empty, any link inside it cannot be accessed. SuSE version is 9.1, KDE Menu editor is version 0.5, KDE version is 3.2.1 and Qt version is 3.3.1. KDE Menu Editor is provided by package kdebase3-3.2.1-68.23 Can somebody help me ? Thanks, M.L.

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KMail problem
by Robert Maier 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hi, I am running KDE 3.3.2 Level "a" (unofficial build of SuSE) in SuSE 9.2, KMail 1.7.2 and I noticed that the keyboard searching in the folder list when moving a message do not work anymore. It used to be that when I moved a message (by pressing M) a list of folders was opened and in this list I could jump to the first folder starting with a certain letter by pressing the corresponding key. Now keys do not seem to work anymore in this list. Is this a bug or a "feature"? Did any of you notice this behavior? Cheers, Robert.

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Wie bringe ich KMAIL S/MIME bei (am verzweifeln)
by Ruettimann Markus 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hallo Zusammen Ich benutze Suse 9.1 mit KDE 3.3.2 Ich versuche schon seit einiger Zeit Kmail S/MIME beizubringen. Ich habe alle tutorials die es so gibt (stichwort ÄGYPTEN) durchgeackert, komme aber einfach nicht voran. Konkret sagt Kmail wenn ich nach neuen Kryptoproviders suche (S/MIME ist ausgegrayed) dass Kmail wohl ohne support für S/MIME kompiliert wurde. Stimmt das oder fehlt da etwa noch wass? Ich habe jene Bibliothek welche Kmail anmotzt unter anderem selber kompiliert (nachdem ich den ganzen S/MIME kram installiert hatte) und hat alles sauber funktioniert. Weiss da jemand noch rat? Und wieso ist S/MIME nicht per default dabei? Gruss Markus

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VPN client
by Ben Gross 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

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Re: [suse-kde] kde-3.4 beta startup problem
by Richard Bos 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Op zondag 6 februari 2005 19:04, schreef Frits Spieker: > > I have the feeling that with the current kde 3.4 version X is launched a > > bit too early. Do others experience the same problem? Is there a > > solution? > > I have exactly the same problem. I believe it has to do with a service > called "earlykdm" which is depending on "earlysyslog" and "earlykdb" to be > present and running. (but ofcourse, I might be waaayyyy off!) > > The new rpm's do install this service earlykdm, but earlykdb and > earlysyslog are nowhere to be found. > > I too can login to X if I boot into textmode. Trying to login booting into > a graphical environment fails as the keyboard stops working. (NUMLOCK goes > off as well) This could well be it, as X seems to be started around 'hardware detection', however at that point still some services are to be started. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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how to set up default kde settings in kde 3.x/SuSE 9.x ?
by Gabor Istvan 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Dear list members: I would like to change the default kde settings in suse 9.1/kde3.3 (default background image, colors, window theme, style, desktop icons, devices, menu etc.) so that if I create a new user these settings would be set for him. I've checked the kde documentation at www.kde .org, docs. kde.org, googled but could not find anything that explains where I can change these setting and especially where these are stored in SuSE. All help would be appreciated! Thanks, IG

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Re: confirm subscribe to suse-kde@suse.com
by Michael Roehrl 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Am Samstag, 5. Februar 2005 08:17 schrieb suse-kde-help(a)suse.com: > Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the > suse-kde(a)suse.com mailing list. > > I'm working for my owner, who can be reached > at suse-kde-owner(a)suse.com. > > To confirm that you would like > > michael.roehrl(a)gmx.de > > added to the suse-kde mailing list, please send > an empty reply to this address: > > > suse-kde-sc.1107587848.poeffbnlggkoippnjfpe-michael.roehrl=gmx.de(a)suse.com > > Usually, this happens when you just hit the "reply" button. > If this does not work, simply copy the address and paste it into > the "To:" field of a new message. > > or click here: > mailto:suse-kde-sc.1107587848.poeffbnlggkoippnjfpe-michael.roehrl=gmx.de@s >use.com > > This confirmation serves two purposes. First, it verifies that I am able > to get mail through to you. Second, it protects you in case someone > forges a subscription request in your name. > > > --- Administrative commands for the suse-kde list --- > > I can handle administrative requests automatically. Please > do not send them to the list address! Instead, send > your message to the correct command address: > > For help and a description of available commands, send a message to: > <suse-kde-help(a)suse.com> > > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > <suse-kde-subscribe(a)suse.com> > > To remove your address from the list, just send a message to > the address in the ``List-Unsubscribe'' header of any list > message. If you haven't changed addresses since subscribing, > you can also send a message to: > <suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com> > > For addition or removal of addresses, I'll send a confirmation > message to that address. When you receive it, simply reply to it > to complete the transaction. > > If you need to get in touch with the human owner of this list, > please send a message to: > > <suse-kde-owner(a)suse.com> > > Please include a FORWARDED list message with ALL HEADERS intact > to make it easier to help you. > > --- Enclosed is a copy of the request I received. > > Return-Path: <michael.roehrl(a)gmx.de> > Received: (qmail 31815 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2005 07:17:27 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO hermes.suse.de) (195.135.221.8) > by 0 with SMTP; 5 Feb 2005 07:17:27 -0000 > Received: from scanhost.suse.de (scanhost.suse.de [149.44.160.36]) > by hermes.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8ACF13AEC6 > for <suse-kde-subscribe(a)lists.suse.com>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:17:27 +0100 > (CET) Received: from hermes.suse.de ([149.44.160.1]) > by scanhost.suse.de (scanhost [149.44.160.36]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) > with ESMTP id 00671-15 for <suse-kde-subscribe(a)lists.suse.com>; > Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:17:26 +0100 (CET) > Received: from Cantor.suse.de (mail-ex.suse.de [195.135.220.2]) > (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) > (No client certificate requested) > by hermes.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A535713AEDF > for <suse-kde-subscribe(a)suse.com>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:17:26 +0100 (CET) > Received: from turing.suse.de (turing.suse.de [195.135.220.3]) > by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6946A13F76E2 > for <suse-kde-subscribe(a)suse.com>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:17:26 +0100 (CET) > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Type: text/plain > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 2.117 (F2.71; T0.16; A1.47; B2.12; Q2.03) > Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:17:26 UT > From: michael.roehrl(a)gmx.de > To: suse-kde-subscribe(a)suse.com > Message-Id: <20050205071726.5A4122E604(a)turing.suse.de> > X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at scanhost.suse.de > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 tagged_above=-20.0 required=5.0 > tests=BAYES_00, MIME_QP_NO_CHARSET, NO_REAL_NAME > X-Spam-Level: -- Now Playing:

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kde-3.4 beta startup problem
by Richard Bos 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I installed the (unsupported) suse kde-3.4 beta rpms, and I experience a problem with this. The problem is something with X, at the point were the latter is being started. Today I experienced that X got displayed at VT2 (virtual terminal) instead of VT7. After some time (15-30 seconds) the screen became blank (black). It was possible to swap between VT1 and VT2, that was about it. Another time, same system, it continued in X, but than I could not use my keyboard (mouse is okay). The big mystery begins: when I set the default init level to 3 and login as root after boot and execute an init 5, all is working well.... :)) I have the feeling that with the current kde 3.4 version X is launched a bit too early. Do others experience the same problem? Is there a solution? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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xcompmgr options
by Michael Riess 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

hi to everyone, i ve installed Xorg 6.8.2-RC3 with Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "RENDER" "Enable" EndSection in /etc/X11/xorg.conf every time i login in to KDE xcompmgr ist startet with xcompmgr -c but i need a xcompmgr -a cause -c is not working does anyone have a working xcompmgr "-c"? and anyone to explain me where this option is set so i can set it to "-a" THANKS a LOT cause like this 2 xorg.conf-Options for speed-reasons but i dont like to kill the xcompmgr everytime i log in to KDE

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KDE desktop icons do not update,refresh,show up for new files - solution
by Oli1417＠gmx.net 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Hello, This is just to post the solution to the problem described above. I found it hard to find infos about this, so I decided to make a small posting here to have it documented for people that are still looking for the solution perhaps: Problem: KDE desktop icons do not update,refresh,show up for new files Solution: It's related to the fam daemon, which KDE and Gnome use to get notified on new files. It's not installed my default (very silly by Suse - don't uderstand that?!). So 1.) just install all of them incl. the fam-server and then 2.) also activate it in the runlevel editor, then 3.) reboot. Voila. That's it. Cheers, Ol

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Clipboard Copy and Removable Device Activations
by Randall R Schulz 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi, On a couple of occasions I've mentioned that when I copy to the clipboard in a native KDE / Qt application (Konsole, KMail, Eric3, e.g.) my diskette drive activates, even though there is no diskette inserted. This symptom does not occur when copying to the clipboard in non-Qt applications (Mozilla, Java GUIs, etc.). A message on the SuSE-Linux-E list mentioned a related issue for a user who had a symbolic link in the root directory to his floppy device mount point in /media but had no drive connected. His symptoms were even worse in that Konqueror would hang when he directed it at the root directory. Then it occurred to me that I also have symlinks in root to my Lexar Jump drive (a flash RAM memory stick) and that device has a tiny green LED activity indicator. So I did a copy in Konsole while watching the activity light on the flash RAM stick and sure enough, it showed activity. So I removed the symbolic link from /floppy to /media/floppy and now when I copy something to the clipboard the diskette drive no longer attempts to access the media. The same is true for the flash RAM stick. In fact, in the latter case, I had two symlinks, one called "jump" and the other called "lexar" both targeting that unwieldy USB device name. Removing one of them lessened the amount of activity and removing both eliminated it. So, I'm glad about resolving this annoying symptom, but the question is, why does it happen? Why does copying something to the clipboard in a KDE / Qt application cause symbolic links in the root to be dereferenced and, apparently, the directories they point to scanned? Could it have something to do with Klipper? I have it running, though I don't have its actions enabled. I don't see anything in its configuration that would suggest a connection. Does anyone know? Thanks. Randall Schulz

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Konqueror lockups on root directory
by Craig Patterson 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Any time I open Konqueror with either 'file:/' or with the root folder in the tree view panel, it locks up. It doesn't matter whether I do it as a user or root. When I close the Konqueror window with the close button, after a 10 or 15 seconds I get a dialog box with the following: Window with title "craig - Konqueror" is not responding. This window belongs to application konqueror (PID=7087, hostname=localhost). Do you wish to terminate this application? (All unsaved data in this application will be lost.) Any ideas what might be the problem? Where would I look for the config files and log files for Konqueror? Thanks, Craig

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