November 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

kiconedit?
by Jay Vollmer 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hello. Has kiconedit been dropped from 9.0? If not, where is it? -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER(a)CONSOLIDATEDLINT.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE

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Bad experience with ATI drivers
by Vitaly Shishakov 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I tried to use ATI drivers with my Radeon 9200SE and that experience was awfull. when running fglrxconfig -- it completely destroyed my XF86Config -- my system became completely unusable, and i had to merge what i had in my backup XF86Config copy with what that freaking utility suggested. (for example -- it does not honor keyboard settings at all!) second -- i did not find anywhere any description for the frglx module options! And besides: they do not support XV tuxracer does not run (though some other OpenGL applications did) and the last: they always complained about wrong allocation of MTRR or something, and finally it resulted in corrupting my filesystem! (i think that happened when i desided to try to use their built-in agpgart) So, i switched back to "radeon" driver that was with SuSE 9.0 distribution at least it is much more stable and faster in 2D and video operations! my hardware: mobo: Asus P4P800 deluxe, P-4 with HT, SMP kernel here are some exempts from the messages when using fglrx: Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: mtrr: 0xe8000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xe8000000,0x4000000 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx:firegl_addmap] *ERROR* mtrr allocation failed (-22) Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] free AGP = 54800384 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] max AGP = 54800384 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 100937728 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 100937728 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Nov 1 16:11:34 linux kernel: [fglrx] total AGP = 16384 Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,800000 found Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8800000,100000 found Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8900000,40000 found Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8940000,10000 found Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8950000,2000 found Nov 1 16:12:17 linux kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for e8952000,1000 found. . . Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: mtrr: 0xe8000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xe8000000,0x4000000 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx:firegl_addmap] *ERROR* mtrr allocation failed (-22) Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] free AGP = 54800384 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] max AGP = 54800384 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 100937728 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 100937728 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Nov 1 16:15:39 linux kernel: [fglrx] total AGP = 16384 . . . Nov 1 16:19:08 linux kernel: [fglrx:firegl_agp_lock_pages] *ERROR* agp_allocate_memory_phys_list failed Nov 1 16:19:48 linux last message repeated 6 times Nov 1 16:20:38 linux last message repeated 11 times Nov 1 16:21:51 linux last message repeated 2 times Nov 1 16:23:00 linux last message repeated 15 times AFTER THAT I FOUND MY /HOME FILESYSTEM CORRUPTED

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Clearing the location bar in Konqueror
by Chris Smith 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi, Has anyone know how to clear the location bar in Konqueror. I need to do this on konq running in kiosk mode. Cheers, -- Chris Smith http://www.infinitemonkeys.org.uk/

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Can not make xntpd keep host time in sync ?
by Bo Jacobsen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I have installed xntpd but it will not keep the time as expected. When restarting it though, it resets the time correctly. Other hosts are able to get current time from this host. There is no log data when ntp is running, only when it's started and stopped. Following is my /etc/init.d/ntp.conf file: ------------------------------------------------- #server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) #fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized ## ## Outside source of synchronized time ## ## server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server server ntp1.tele.dk prefer server ntp.tiscali.dk restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 #restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify nopeer driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift # path for drift file ------------------------------------------------- Any suggestions ? Thanks in advance Bo Jacobsen

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How do I extract a directory from a tar file
by Tom Nielsen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I backed up my /home directory to backup.zip. Rather than pull everything out, right now I only want to pull out my /images folder. It's under /home/tom/images. How, if I can, do this? Thanks, Tom

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Installation SuSE 9 Problem
by Alan Civita 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi I cannot install Suse Linux 9 Pro. the installation process stops at the beginning. It hangs on "Activating USB Devices" and i cannot go on with installation. I have an Packard bell with Athlon Xp 1800, 512 Mb RAM, with USb mouse and USB keyboard. How can i install my Suse? P.S. On the same pc actually i have Suse Linux 8.2, installed without problems. Thank You btw i've tryed to bypass the problem, trying to upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0..but somethings was wrong...so now..the 8.2 is still partially working ..but the upgrade system now has deleted the rpm pakage. i've tryed to download it from rpm site, the version,4.1 but i cannot compile it due to an error.. any tips?

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Disaster strikes
by Edward F. Howson 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Just had a crash on my system after trying to play a dvd. My home partition refuses to mount and reiserfsck reports an unrecoverable error, possibly bad block. Fortunately, I managed to backup my friend's files on CD today just before the crash. Unfortunately, my files have not been backed-up. Any ideas on 1) how I could possibly repair my drive. 2) retrieve some of my data. Is there a way using something like ddrescue? Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eddie

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Fun with fonts!?!
by Bernd 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

I have been having difficulty printing documents correctly in OpenOffice (ver. rc3 through 5, and 1.1) using certain fonts. The printer would spit out two clean sheets, then print the document. I then added some new fonts with the font installer in Yast. I added both the .pfb and .ttf files for the fonts. In looking at OOo's font listing, certain fonts previewed correctly, others did not. I disabled the .pfb fonts and left the others alone. It looked fine in the previewer after that, but I still had the same printing problem as before. I tried using both cups and lpd, without a difference. I just went to print a web page in mozilla, and it printed using an obscure font I had installed. I disabled the .ttf fonts and tried mozilla again. This time it printed fine. I looked at the font preview in OOo, and it was all screwed up again. I then went and disabled the .pfb fonts, and enabled the .ttf fonts again. Mozilla prints fine now. Now in OOo, I am able to print only using one font at a time. If I use multiple fonts in a document, it spits out two clean sheets, then prints the document. Even though the enabled fonts are exactly the same as they were, .pfb disabled and .ttf enabled, I'm now getting different results. Mozilla is printing fine, and OOo is printing better, even though I am still only able to use one font in a document. Any thoughts??? Bernd -- "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de St. Exupery

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DVD-Program conflict(returned DVD-player with SUSE PRo)
by Thom Nuzum 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Hi Folks, (thanks for all the hardware recommendations) My DVD-player plays CDs. Playing DVDs it locks-up and I cannot open the drive bay. I installed the latest xine build. I suppose xine is the only thing that will work. I did install all multimedia packages from professional initially and I did not uninstall anything including old crippled xine. Should I remove all mulimedia: sound and start from scratch? Very stupid me: returned the Pioneer DVD-Rom player thinking it was the culprit. I left my SuSE 9.0 Pro DVD in it. I have to get it today before some poor Windows users installs it from the discount bin. Happy Halloween! Thom Nuzum thom(a)cavtel.net

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Problem with backup after 9.0 install....need help!
by Tom Nielsen 02 Nov '03

02 Nov '03

Last night I did a fresh install of 9 from 8.2. Before I installed I backed up my /home directory to my windows drive (1.2GB in size). After the install I decided to get some stuff from my backup and when I tried to open it (I tar'd it), I got a notice saying the file doesn't exist. Now when I backed it up, I did the following "tar -czvf /mnt/windows/C/tmp/backup.zip /home/tom" When I look at my windows drive, I can see the file in there and the size is 1.2gb. I have another zip file which I did of my /srv directory and I can't access that either. My new fstab of the windows drive says it mounts to /windows/C while my old fstab has it at /mnt/windows/C. Could that be my problem? I also transfered a couple single files into the same location and those work fine...although they were not tar'd. Anyone have any thoughts????? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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