December 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Weird characters in current Rubber Turnip Evolution 1.2.0 on SuSE 8.1: äöüß€ÄÖÜ
by wolfi 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Hi, I have seen that emails which I receive from people who do use the German 'Umlauts' get crippled in Evolution 1.2.0 ae becomes ä AE becomes Ä oe becomes ö OE becomes Ö ue becomes ü UE becomes Ü And the famous sz (which should look similar to beta) finally becomes ß 'Euro-Sign' looks as follows: € - it should be a round-shouldered E with two bars. Above I wrote 'xe' meaning an 'x' with dots, just to avoid confusion:-) The weird thing is, this appeals only to the message body. In the subject line display is correct - see here. Anyone got an idea? James? Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net Linux ... the better OS!

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Strange Pausing!
by James.Rocks＠equant.com 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Hi, I've just built my Linux server (quad Pentium Pro 200) with SuSE Linux 8 and in KDE it ... well ... pauses! It's not particularly fast anyway and that i accept but when I click anything it doew nothing until I do something else e.g. click again or move the mouse out of focus. Any ideas? James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.

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bootsplash
by sjb 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Hi all, I thought I'd change my bootsplash screen from the default KDE one. I replaced /usr/share/splash/bootsplash-1024x768.jpg with the image I wanted, yet the machine still boots with the old image. So ... where's it finding the old image? ;-) SuSE 8, BTW (I'm using the framebuffer console mode 791 (1024x768)) Cheers, sjb

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RE: [SLE] The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.( OT )
by Vaessen, E.M.J. (Ed) 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Alas, the evil MS-virus also bewitched the mind of our noble martyrs, who in great confusion crashed into the WTC. Where Redmond was originally intended. But Allah will revenge them. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Fred A. Miller [mailto:fm@cupserv.org] > Verzonden: donderdag 5 december 2002 15:41 > Aan: suse-linux-e > Onderwerp: [SLE] The Internet Oracle has pondered your question > deeply.(OT ) > > > From another elist................ > > The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. > Your question was: > > >O Oracle who is ever up to date, > >What will be the best and worst features of the next Windows OS? > > And in response, thus spake the Oracle: > Microsoft is currently reworking the End User Licence Agreement (EULA) > code for Windows TAO (Totalitarian And Oppressive, not to be confused > with the Tao of Programming). The Top Five New Features will be: > 5. Windows TAO will update its licence agreement from the internet as > soon as a new version (of the licence agreement) is released, thus > enabling Microsoft to continuously improve it for Bill^H^H^H^Hthe > user's sake. > 4. Furthermore, it will automatically accept all licence > agreements for > you, including its own. After all, you don't read them, do you? > 3. Microsoft's EULA will be able to infect the licence agreements of > other software running on the same system, forcing the user to pay > licence fees to Microsoft for virtually every program ever written. > 2. The EULA text will have a polymorph nature, thus hiding the whole > licence agreement from EULA scanners. This was the only way Microsoft > could prevent detection of malicious text, as it is spread > all over the > document. > 1. Thanks to dot.net technology, Microsoft will not only remain > informed about EULA violations. As soon as Windows TAO has infiltrated > courts and banks around the world, the whole process will be entirely > automated. This includes filing the lawsuit, judging the case and > retrieving the money from the defendant's bank account. > Thanks to Microsoft's clear marketing strategy and licence policies, > these are both the top best and worst features. > You owe the Oracle a UN convention concerning the User's Rights. > > Glenn T. Livezey, Ph.D. > > -- > Fred A. Miller > Systems Administrator > Cornell Univ. Press Services > fm(a)cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > Disclaimer ************************************************************************ Aan dit bericht kunnen geen rechten worden ontleend. Dit bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Als u dit bericht per abuis hebt ontvangen, wordt u verzocht het te vernietigen en de afzender te informeren. Wij adviseren u om bij twijfel over de juistheid of de volledigheid van de mail contact met afzender op te nemen. ************************************************************************

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The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

From another elist................ The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: >O Oracle who is ever up to date, >What will be the best and worst features of the next Windows OS? And in response, thus spake the Oracle: Microsoft is currently reworking the End User Licence Agreement (EULA) code for Windows TAO (Totalitarian And Oppressive, not to be confused with the Tao of Programming). The Top Five New Features will be: 5. Windows TAO will update its licence agreement from the internet as soon as a new version (of the licence agreement) is released, thus enabling Microsoft to continuously improve it for Bill^H^H^H^Hthe user's sake. 4. Furthermore, it will automatically accept all licence agreements for you, including its own. After all, you don't read them, do you? 3. Microsoft's EULA will be able to infect the licence agreements of other software running on the same system, forcing the user to pay licence fees to Microsoft for virtually every program ever written. 2. The EULA text will have a polymorph nature, thus hiding the whole licence agreement from EULA scanners. This was the only way Microsoft could prevent detection of malicious text, as it is spread all over the document. 1. Thanks to dot.net technology, Microsoft will not only remain informed about EULA violations. As soon as Windows TAO has infiltrated courts and banks around the world, the whole process will be entirely automated. This includes filing the lawsuit, judging the case and retrieving the money from the defendant's bank account. Thanks to Microsoft's clear marketing strategy and licence policies, these are both the top best and worst features. You owe the Oracle a UN convention concerning the User's Rights. Glenn T. Livezey, Ph.D. -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm(a)cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org

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Wireless network problem
by Anthony Culligan 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

I have installed wireless network cards on two hosts. The first works perfectly. The second not at all - although it communicates well when I dual boot the second machine under Windows98. I am using MELCO pcmcia cards. On removing and then replacing the cards, I can examine the /var/log/messages file and observe that there are differences in how the cardmgr loads the required modules. Both hosts identify the card correctly as MELCO WLI-PCM-L11. On the first host, the card 'looks like a Lucent/Agere firmware version 6.04'. On the second host (the one that does not work) I see a similar message but the version is '6.08'. This is regardless of which card I actually insert in the slot. The second host then has an additional message in the initialisation - 'IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported' Subsequently, the second host has numerous messages stating that 'eth0: this firmware requires an ESSID in IBSS-Adhoc mode' followed by a timeout message. The wlist and wiconfig utilities work well on the first host but appear not to on the second host. I have tried setting ESSID to 'any' using YasT2 but it does not have any impact. A further difference between the two machines on hotplug is that whilst they both appear to load the same modules, the first machine does a check and then a modprobe whilst the second machine simply executes a series of insmod commands loading the modules from the /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB//pcmcia-external/. The modules loaded are orinoco_cs, orinoco and hermes. Any ideas?

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RE: [SLE] Strange Pausing!
by Tim Schofield 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

************************************************************************************* Your attention is drawn to the warning notice at the end of this message. ************************************************************************************* James.Rocks(a)equant.com wrote: > Hi, > > I've just built my Linux server (quad Pentium Pro 200) with SuSE Linux > 8 and in KDE it ... well ... pauses! If you are running a server, and are not totally attached to KDE (fine tho it is), you may want to look into WindowMaker, Xfce or Blackbox. All of which put far less load on the server. HTH jalal -- GPG fingerprint = 3D45 5509 D380 26A4 523E A9D8 A66A 5F38 CA43 BB0E James Do you need to be physically "watching" the server in this way - if not you may want to look into forwarding the X session to your usual workstation. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com ************************************************************************** We would ask you to treat any communication from us as confidentially as you would want us to treat communication from you. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify postmaster(a)fsa.gov.uk immediately. You should know that some of our communications may contain confidential information which it could be a criminal offence for you to disclose or use without authority. This e-mail is not intended nor should it be taken to create any legal relations, contractual or otherwise. The Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS United Kingdom Registered as a Limited Company in England and Wales No.1920623. Registered Office as above Switchboard: 020 7676 1000 Web Site: http://www.fsa.gov.uk ************************************************************************** *************************************************************************

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YOU unable to retrieve files ? help
by Rowan Reid 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

I keep getting ' can't get package' errors with YOU. Sometimes it will retrieve a partial list others it will connect then disconnect say unable to retrieve a specified package. I checked sdb with no luck. Is anyone else experiencing this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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connection failed
by Adagilson B B da Silva 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Yesterday I tryed to connect as "root" (I logged in as root and tryed to call my dial-up ISP using Kppp) but the following message appeared: --Connecting to: BOL-- "Looking for modem... Sorry, can't open modem" After this I tryed again logging in as user "adagilson" and this appeared: --Connecting to: BOL-- "Modem ready Sorry, the modem doesn't respond." Connection on Windows is fine! I need help. a. -- Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva Bibliotecário FIOCRUZ-Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães Fone 81 3302-6524

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[linux newbie] How to attach (hidden?) files?
by Rick Reumann 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

I'm very new to linux and I really don't know how to phrase this question in google in order to find out the answer. I want to attach a file that is found in /home/usrname/.opera yet when I go to browse there I am not able to see .* directories. ( I don't just have this problem in sylphleed but other situations as well so I'm guessing this is more of a linux question). The way I had to get around this is to copy the file from .opera to /home/usrname and from there I was able to select the file as an attachment. (I was wanting to send my bookmarks to my work e-mail address). Is there an easier way to send attachments from files that are found in directories that start with a '.' ? Thanks, -- Rick

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