February 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Weird Font Problem
by Timothy R. Butler 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Hi everyone, I have a weird TrueType font problem. When I had SuSE 6.1 installed, I used a nice TT server called xfsft - everything was happy and good in the world of TrueType. However, when I went to 6.4, xfstt (notice: this is a different server than the one I used) seemed to do something odd with the fonts. For instance, if I take "courier" (the non-TT one), and open up a Konqueror window, text boxes that use this font are about the same size as those in Windows. However, when I switch to a TrueType font, the boxes get "taller" enough to throw off a good looking page's design. What seems to be happening, is that while the font is only, say 11 pt., the textbox is sized for a 13 or 14 pt. font. Same seems to be true in any other app I try TT's with. So, I was hopeful that this would work better in 7.1 with XFree86 4.02 - HOWEVER THE SAME THING HAPPENS. This is very unfortunate, as it makes it difficult to use TT fonts if I want the pages to look decent. Any ideas? Thanks, Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler(a)uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ==============

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ATA100 & Linux
by Franky Goethals 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hi guys, Does anyone know when Linux will support ATA100 ? I would like to get the maximum out of my hardware. If it's allready supported, can somebody point my to the right links ? Tnx in advance, Franky. -- =================================== GOETHALS Franky Driegaaienstraat 104 B-9100 SINT-NIKLAAS B E L G I E Systeemingenieur Mainframe Tel./Fax : 32 - (0)3 / 776.10.09 GSM : 32 - (0)478 / 21.40.94 franky.goethals(a)pandora.be ===================================

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SuSE maintainers: A problem with compiling programs with LFS
by Avi Schwartz 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hi, I am trying to build KDE 2.1 for the first time under 7.1. I built the beta version under 7.0 and had no problem. The problem seems to do with the Large File support under the new kernels. Now the description of the problem: When I try to build kdeadmin I get the following error: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/opt/kde2.1/include -I/usr/local/qt-2.3.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/rpm -O2 -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -Wnon-virtual-dtor -fno-builtin -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -c main.cpp In file included from /usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h:8, from rpmInterface.h:14, from main.cpp:32: /usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h:22: type specifier omitted for parameter /usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h:22: parse error before `*' Looking at rpmio.h I find the following in line 22: typedef int fdio_seek_function_t (void *cookie, off64_t *offset, int whence); The only non primitive type specifier here is 'off64_t'. Well, I was trying to find where is this type defined and the only place I found it is in /usr/src/linux/include/asm-parisc/stat.h So, is there a problem with the rpmio.h file? Should the above line be using __off64_t instead of off64_t? Thanks, Avi -- Avi Schwartz Get a Life, avi(a)CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux!

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RE: [SLE] questions about installing SuSE 6.4 PPC on a UMAX clone
by Clinton Rogers 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Incidentally, please forgive me for sending HTML mail on that last one - Outlurk decided to change it for me... )^: -c

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Modem: connect,connect,connect....
by Tom Bishop 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hello, Is anyone else having their modem connect incessantly? Where would I look for what is initializing the connection? /var/log/messages doesn't show the culprit. Can you tell I'm getting PO'ed? Sorry...just getting weary of typing <rcwvdial.dod hangup>. Using 7.1Pro, 2.4 kernel and KDE2. Turned off SuSEfirewall and installed PMfirewall, but the same thing happens. This machine is the gateway.

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RE: [SLE] 7.1. does not install on Dell Optiplex GXM 5133
by Koos Pol 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 05:03:39 -0500, Jowell, Chris {AVL~Roswell} said: | I have resolved this on other Dells with SuSE 7.0 by booting from CD#2 | and using YAST1. | It's in the manual | | Hope that helps | Christopher I'm defititively going to try this. But I won't hold my breath though :-) -- ---------------------------------------------------- Koos Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol(a)nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available

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SuSe UK and 7.1
by Stewart Watson 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hello the list and Keith Powell and Michael Norman, Just this minute receoved an e-mail from SuSE UK giving details of my order for 7.1 Subscription so hopefully it is on its way to me, and all those who have placed orders directly with SuSE UK. It has been very frustrating sitting in the UK less than 1000 miles from where SuSE disks are manufactured with no 7.1 when the list has been full of comments from US users who have received their discs which were manufactured in Germany and then shipped to the US, sent to the retail distributers ................... etc, etc. -- Stu "The specification said Windows 95 or better, so I installed Linux"

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Backup of full installations?
by Hein Ragas 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hello, We use SuSE 6.4 for our product development. We will soon be installing a set of test servers, to serve as a semi-stable testing environment. It is probable that we will have to re-install the complete system many times on these servers, to see if our software still runs on a basic install of SuSE. However, we do not want to spend lots of time with re-installing. Is there a utility that allows us to make an image of the whole system? This image should be placed on a self-bootable CD-ROM or something like that, so that we can start off with a completely blank system and install our typical SuSE installation. A backup program is therefore not fit for our purposes, since we would have to install SuSE to run the restore program. Thanks in advance, Hein Ragas

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It's HERE....
by Mark Hounschell 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Just got mine from the local Best-Buy. So far so good. 7.1 went on my box here at work like silk... NPF... The real test for me will be my box at home. Later.. -- Mark Hounschell markh(a)compro.net

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TV Card
by James Hatridge 01 Mar '01

01 Mar '01

Hi All... I was given a TV card, but I have no idea who made it. There is no FCC number on it. But there is this number "P/N:PCB95103" Also on the chip is Bt878KHF 25878-12 C39100.2 9820 KOREA Any ideas? I'd like to find a manual for it. Also there is a large silver box on the card on this box is marked "NTSC USA". I'm guessing that this means that it's for the US TV system. If so, is it possible to use it in Europe? Thanks! -- Jim Hatridge Proud Linux User #88484 Owner -- beowulf-newbie list I didn't vote for his daddy either! Libertarian Party www.lp.org ------------------------------------------------------- BayerWulf Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer.

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