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Re: Re(2): [SuSE Linux] SiS6326??
by ksaj＠xoommail.com 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Mine is a 4Meg card. The "no_linear" option will get rid of black-spots and what I call crumbling... if you move an object around, the video becomes less and less stable and details become blacked out. Some of the other options I found have no noticable effect whatsoever Now I just have to fix my vid tunings, but otherwise, it is very stable now. The vid tunings are being a royal pain in the you-know-what since the only one I've been able to match clock-speed/resolution is 1160x1024, and that is just too damn small. The clock speeds for 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 is faster than the modes that end up being chosen, so I get the screen "way over there..." and when I center it, it becomes bowed. My hardware is good, btw... it works perfectly under Windows. In fact, it is so clear I am disappointed that I can't get X to do that right now. :) So if anyone can provide me with some good vidtunings for higher the clockrates, I'd really appreciate it. If I remember, I will post what they are set at later tonight when I get home.... and I will include the Options stuff for those who are having problems getting it to look stable. Anyway, I hope my "no_linear" tip helps out the folks who have had that particular set of problems. Laters, Karsten Ian M. Moore et.al. wrote: > > Do you have the 8mb sis 6329? > I have only been able to get 4mb of 8mb to work? > I'm not at my linux box now but i'll send those settings to you l8r. > I set no accel, nmo bitblt, sw cursor > I may try just no linear this evening. > > "this hear is bat country" > Hunter S Thompson > > ksaj(a)xoommail.com writes: > >I have 3.3.3.1 and it "supports" SiS 6326. It does a pretty crummy job, > >though. It took a LOT of trial and error to get through all the weird > >Options that you need specific to the video card, and the one that worked > >for me is one that doesn't seem to be documented: > > > > Option "no_linear" > > > >All of my video modes are working, albeit not very well. The oddest > >thing > >is that I get 1160x1024 *very* clearly, which is documented as to *not* > >work. It's the only one that comes up correctly, while the other modes > >suffer from using a different clock speed than X seems to think (ie: the > >video is shifted and no amount of adjusting gets it centered). The > >1160x1024 resolution I get is colour-deficient though (only 256 colours). > > > >It seems to be my curse: the only things that work for me are the things > >that aren't supposed to work. ;) > > > >Actually, if someone can post or send me their resolution timings, I'd > >like to try them out to see if they fix my situation. 1160x1024 is > >really > >hard to read without a magnifying glass, hehe. > > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the > archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> > > ______________________________________________________ Get your free web-based email at <A HREF="http://www.xoom.com"><A HREF="http://www.xoom.com</A">http://www.xoom.com</A</A>> Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occassion at <A HREF="http://greetings.xoom.com"><A HREF="http://greetings.xoom.com</A">http://greetings.xoom.com</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Star Office Desktop icon
by andy＠nerds.co.uk 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Now I have put Star office in /Office50, how do I get an Icon on the desktop to start the soffice script from the /Office50/bin directory? Andy at Work Home address Andy(a)nerds.co.uk -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] sound question...also
by marcel.donker＠asml.nl 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Hi again, I've got my SoundBlaster PCI64 working last night. Took me a while, but on the way learned a lot about Linux and compiling kernels etc. It gets nicer every day! But, I still have a little question. The soundcard works o.k.. I tested it with a cd-player program and it played my audio cd's alright. Then tested it by playing some .au sounds with cat 'soundfile.au > /dev/audio' and it also played the sound alright. But it didn't play other sound formats like .wav files (only a lot of noise). I know that .wav is a M$ Winblows sound format, but on the other hand KDE only uses .wav sounds as systems sounds (??). I can't get them to play either. My questions: - Is there something I forgot to set in my KDE configuration? - Or is there something to install which translates these sounds into .au-sounds. - is .au the defacto sound 'standard' under linux/unix? (I know it is a Sun format) Thanks in advance, Marcel -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Marcel Donker ASM Lithography Software Development ATLAS Run 6665 <A HREF="mailto:marcel.donker@asml.nl">mailto:marcel.donker@asml.nl</A> 5504 DT Veldhoven Phone: +31-(0)40-2305321 The Netherlands ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Portability is for people who cannot write new programs" - Linus Torvalds -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Caldera and SuSE
by gregt＠nadel.com 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Greg Thomas wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Razvan Cristian Oprea wrote: > > > There are two options here, and SuSE took the third. > > > > 1. RedHat chose GNOME (you have the option to choose KDE in RH 6.0, but they > > only develop GNOME and the integration is GNOME-like). > > 2. Caldera chose KDE (in 2.2). Period. > > 3. SuSE chose both of them (in 6.1), without actively supporting either of them > > (as far as I know). And history teaches us that those who wanted to stay neuter > > got beaten first. Will SaX and YaST be integrated into a graphical environment > > SuSE? Why not developing your own system control and configuration applications > > under one of this two graphical environments, giving it the fingerprint of your > > own personality? > > I would say that the choice of Gnome and KDE provided SuSE is great. I > think that it is a benefit, not a liability. Systems integrators and end > users can choose one or the other as a standard. I hope SuSE continues to > offer choices and 5 full CDs. There are things that I miss with RH which > is why for my next purchase I am choosing SuSE 6.1 over Caldera and RH. > I dig Gnome which is a big reason I didn't go with Caldera, and there are > just so many moe apps with SuSE than with RH. I'll probably play around > with Cheapbytes versions of Caldera (if there is one) and RH but my > main money is going to SuSE. > > Later, Greg > > -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Printer Configuration!
by andy＠mcrentals.demon.co.uk 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

I think you have to use yast to add hardware/printer. rgds andy -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Ivan Zuluaga <jzuluaga(a)naima.udea.edu.co> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: 27 April 1999 15:37 Subject: [SuSE Linux] Printer Configuration! > > >Hi! > >I am trying to configure my HPLaserJet 4000TN >printer. This printer is connected in the >parallel port of my PC. When I try to configure >with the KDE Printer Panel I can't to find the >list of printers (types of printers) >supported!! and the program don't allow me to >configure it correctly! > >Can somebody help me! > >============================================ > >Jorge Zuluaga >Departamento de Fisica >Universidad de Antioquia >Medellin - Colombia > >=========================================== > >-- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the >archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> > -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re(2): [SuSE Linux] SiS6326??
by imm＠KidsCare.Net 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Do you have the 8mb sis 6329? I have only been able to get 4mb of 8mb to work? I'm not at my linux box now but i'll send those settings to you l8r. I set no accel, nmo bitblt, sw cursor I may try just no linear this evening. "this hear is bat country" Hunter S Thompson ksaj(a)xoommail.com writes: >I have 3.3.3.1 and it "supports" SiS 6326. It does a pretty crummy job, >though. It took a LOT of trial and error to get through all the weird >Options that you need specific to the video card, and the one that worked >for me is one that doesn't seem to be documented: > > Option "no_linear" > >All of my video modes are working, albeit not very well. The oddest >thing >is that I get 1160x1024 *very* clearly, which is documented as to *not* >work. It's the only one that comes up correctly, while the other modes >suffer from using a different clock speed than X seems to think (ie: the >video is shifted and no amount of adjusting gets it centered). The >1160x1024 resolution I get is colour-deficient though (only 256 colours). > >It seems to be my curse: the only things that work for me are the things >that aren't supposed to work. ;) > >Actually, if someone can post or send me their resolution timings, I'd >like to try them out to see if they fix my situation. 1160x1024 is >really >hard to read without a magnifying glass, hehe. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] SiS6326??
by ksaj＠xoommail.com 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

I have 3.3.3.1 and it "supports" SiS 6326. It does a pretty crummy job, though. It took a LOT of trial and error to get through all the weird Options that you need specific to the video card, and the one that worked for me is one that doesn't seem to be documented: Option "no_linear" All of my video modes are working, albeit not very well. The oddest thing is that I get 1160x1024 *very* clearly, which is documented as to *not* work. It's the only one that comes up correctly, while the other modes suffer from using a different clock speed than X seems to think (ie: the video is shifted and no amount of adjusting gets it centered). The 1160x1024 resolution I get is colour-deficient though (only 256 colours). It seems to be my curse: the only things that work for me are the things that aren't supposed to work. ;) Actually, if someone can post or send me their resolution timings, I'd like to try them out to see if they fix my situation. 1160x1024 is really hard to read without a magnifying glass, hehe. Karsten Johansson Ian M. Moore et.al. wrote: > > jzuluaga(a)naima.udea.edu.co writes: > > > > > >Hi! > > > >Somebody know, if recently (I was disconnected of > >this list for a month), has been created a new > >version of XF86_SVGA server, that include better > >support for SiS drivers??? > > > >Thanks. > > We'll probably have to wait for xfree86 v4:< > I've even tried the latest accellx and it's not much better. > > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the > archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> > > ______________________________________________________ Get your free web-based email at <A HREF="http://www.xoom.com"><A HREF="http://www.xoom.com</A">http://www.xoom.com</A</A>> Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occassion at <A HREF="http://greetings.xoom.com"><A HREF="http://greetings.xoom.com</A">http://greetings.xoom.com</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] psnup & psbook problem
by kester＠cwcom.net 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

You may need to additionally tumble the pages to the printer (use -T option) if you want them double sided as per a A5 booklet, psnup only puts any number of *logical* pages onto one, psbook will arrange first opposite last and so on. You can pipe the commands together. But you haven't described what your problems are - we need to know to help you. I used them both for making A5 (double-sided) booklets of draft copies of my thesis; I could carry them around in my pocket to edit, very convenient and cheap! ;-) k. -----Original Message----- From: Sasa Janiska <sjaniska(a)inet.hr> To: SuSE Linux Mailing List <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 6:53 PM Subject: [SuSE Linux] psnup & psbook problem : :Hi! : :I'm putting one smaller book together using Lyx (I've just discovered :it and I'm so happy) on SuSE 6.0 : :I'd like to print 2 portrait A5 pages from the book on 1 landscape A4 :page. :I've got the info to use psnup for that purpose, but I'm not getting :desired result. : :Anybody has some experience with it? : :What about psbook to get the whole book ready to put in a cover? :Sasa : :-------------------------------------------- :Sasa Janiska :Zagreb, Croatia :E-mail: sjaniska(a)inet.hr : : :-- :To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with :this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e :Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the :archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] SiS6326??
by imm＠KidsCare.Net 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

jzuluaga(a)naima.udea.edu.co writes: > > >Hi! > >Somebody know, if recently (I was disconnected of >this list for a month), has been created a new >version of XF86_SVGA server, that include better >support for SiS drivers??? > >Thanks. We'll probably have to wait for xfree86 v4:< I've even tried the latest accellx and it's not much better. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Any Help With WindowMaker!?!?
by snapek＠yahoo.com 27 Apr '99

27 Apr '99

Would anyone happen to be able to assist me with setting up WindowMaker as my default, and prominant WindowManager/Desktop for X? This is the first time I've actually gotten X installed, and working (even though I've been at linux for almost a year now), but I havent the foggiest idea of how to go about setting up WindowMaker. I recently installed SuSE 5.3, then put the WindowMaker RPM on floppy, and installed it. Now, the only question is...... What do I do from here?!?! :) Thanks, Keith Snape _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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