May 2009 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-ppc] Sleep LED misused on 10.2 (iBook G3)
by Karl Eichwalder 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

The iBook G3 come with a white LED that's active if the device sleeps. On 10.2 during installation you seem to misuse it to signal hard disk activity. How can I disable it? -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH GPG: 1024D/06EB882E B2A3 AF2F CFC8 40B1 67EA 475A 5903 A21B 06EB 882E --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] movie could not playback due to lack of AC-3 and H.264 codec
by Zhang Weiwu 28 May '09

28 May '09

Hello. I guess I got this error from Totem thanks to not having installed ffmpeg: The playback of this movie requires the following decoders which are not installed: AC-3 (ATSC A/52) decoder H.264 decoder However this error message is still there after I installed ffmpeg package from packman. I know it is impossible to playback some codec on PPC because of lack of binary compatibility to codecs compiled for x86, example being some WMV video. However is this the case? Should I install some more package or is it impossible to playback on PPC? The video I am trying to play is .mkv format A page on opensuse.org: http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/11.1 suggested me to codecs-gnome.ymp, which I did, installed every package except those who are not available for PPC, the result is I still could not playback the .mkv file. I have a dozen files in this format that playback fine on other machine using vlc, excluding corrupted file possibility. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] broken sound on iBook G4
by Zhang Weiwu 27 May '09

27 May '09

Hello. OpenSuSE 11.1 playback sound as if for every second of sound, the later 1/2 second sound is played back twice. It sounds seriously broken and takes one third more time to finish the playback. This happens to every mp3 audio file I have, including those plays fine on other computers. I tried to use totem and vlc, both playback exactly the same broken sound. I also tried switching audio output device between pulseaudio, alsa and oss with no difference between them. Where do you suggest me to further look at to track down the problem? Thanks for hints. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] how to install ibm jre
by Zhang Weiwu 27 May '09

27 May '09

Hello. I have problem accessing online banking from iBook G4/opensuse. It uses applet and it works fine on my friends iBook G3 running Gentoo Linux and IBM jre. I noticed opensuse installed icedtea instead, so I am thinking if I can install IBM jre it would solve the problem. However I couldn't find sun jre in package repository, in all of powerpc.opensuse.org oss/non-oss repositories and in packman. A google search of how to use ibm-jre in opensuse finds my own post asking similar question 3 year ago which failed by that time: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-07/msg01965.html Am I advised to go to IBM website download and install jre in RPM version? Or should I add other package repositories or where to find a pre-packaged ibm jre? What do you try in this case? Thanks in advance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] bad experience trying to use iBook G4 with Italy keyboard layout
by Zhang Weiwu 24 May '09

24 May '09

This looks unlike opensuse-specific issue but since I am a poor stupid user I don't know where to file a bug (which project's fault for this problem) and don't have further time (having a stacking list of todo list that drives me crazy) to contribute on solving this issue, so I just describe it here and hoping someone with knowledge working with opensource projects pick up the problem and report it & follow up until it is fixed. Here I only describe my experience. In Gnome keyboard properties, if I leave model untouched (which is "Macintosh"), select Italy as language, the keyboard layout would be different than my Italian iBook G4's keyboard. The keyboard layout of mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Italian.svg However the modifier keys seems to be correct, "Command" buttons mapped to Alt_L (I tell this from xev). If I choose "Apple Laptop" as keyboard model and Italy as language, the keyboard layout would be the same as my Italian iBook G4's keyboard. However the modifiers keys seems to be incorrect, "Command" buttons mapped to Super_L where I expect it mapped to Alt_L. So *I either gets incorrect keyboard layout mapping or gets incorrect modifier keys mapping*. The solution would be .Xmodmap. The first time I created .Xmodmap and then login to gnome session, gnome asks me if I wish to load the configuration, and ask me if it should ask me again next time. (the dialog user interface is organized a bit different than usual case, the list of chosen file to load is on the left and the list of available files to load is on the right, opposite from conventional UI that the chosen are on the right side.) I choose to load .Xmodmap and to not to ask me again next time. I /assume/, this means the next time when I login, .Xmodmap will be loaded without asking me. Consider the context this is the assumption every other user makes. In fact when I login the 2nd time .Xmodmap will not be loaded and users are not given the question if to load the file. I had to add to gnome session properties to run "xmodmap .Xmodmap". Now the problem is solved. I think this means there are two problems: * Something is wrong with the pre-defined key mapping (otherwise it should work "out of the box" or only asking user to choose the language of the layout) * Something is wrong with gnome's way of loading .Xmodmap (otherwise there should be way to make it always loads .Xmodmap without customized gnome-session) You can ask me if I were not clear in my case. Thanks in advance if you try to report & follow or kill these problems. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-ppc] Issue installing 11.1 on imac
by Chuck Payne 05 May '09

05 May '09

Guys, After waiting almost 3 hours for all the packager to install I am face with the issue that it can't find the image for the boot loader, it was there when I started, but it not showing up now. And I have no clue how to fix this. Payne -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help(a)opensuse.org

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