November 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] 9.0 installation problems
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

humvee <humvee(a)btopenworld.com> wrote: >On Saturday 01 November 2003 06:35, Mike L wrote: > >> Process starts OK from CD1 or CD2 but stops after:- >> "starting yast" ... ---<text deleted>--- >Hi Mike > > I haven't got 9.0 yet but had similar problems in 8.2. > Starting installation in text mode worked for me > as there was an initial conflict with the graphics set up.... ---<text deleted>--- Humvee, Thanks for sharing your experience on 8.2. I am getting ready to install 8.2 ! Come to think of it, I had to install 8.0 personal, 8.0 professional and 8.1 pro -- all in text mode, so why should 8.2 or 9.0 be any different ??? Friendly greetings. Gar -- In the Beginning was the Command Line ---Neal Stephenson __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

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Re: [SLE] Login in 9.0
by Fred Miller 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

On Thursday 30 October 2003 11:28 am, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Good day Fred, > > Onsdag den 29. oktober 2003 23:02 kvad Fred Miller: > > I can't find anywhere to set the DEFAULT for the system to come > > up with a login prompt, that is, NOT KDE!! Where did they hide > > the sucker this time?! > > yast2 -> System -> Editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> Desktop -> > Display manager -> DISPLAYMANAGER > > Select something else than kdm. > > Best regards :o) THANKS, Johnny! That's one place I didn't look for it. Console is the choice, of course. :) Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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Upgrade question
by john kelly 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

I knew to SuSe and have 8.2 installed. I've noticed that Suse sells a 9.0 upgrade package that contains all CD's and DVD's as the standard package has. To use the upgrade package does 8.2 need to be already installed or can you elect to start out fresh and not worry about installing 8.2? John

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Re: [SLE] Re: [suse-kde] KWeather
by Fred Miller 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

On Friday 31 October 2003 11:27 pm, you wrote: > > > KWeather is in 8.2 and 9.0. Don't think its working quite right as far > > > as auto updates go. Mine seems to never or rarely update. > > > > Stan, it ISN'T on the CDs. It MAY be on the DVD, but then, that's grossly > > unfair for those of us who don't have DVD. > > > > Fred > > "pin kweather" from the ARCHIVES.gz off CD1 shows it on CD3 in > /suse/i586/kdetoys3-3.1.4-28.i586.rpm > > "pin kweather" from the ARCHIVES.gz off DVD side 1 shows it on CD1 in > /suse/i586/kdetoys3-3.1.4-28.i586.rpm > > Install that puppy! Then right click on your panel and add it as an applet. Ok.....installed the "toys," but it won't run. :( Some others had posted that it's broken. > Still working that Kmenu thing. Guess what. All of a sudden all of the items now show up, or most anyway. Right after I added kdetoys - go figure. KMenu is broken for sure! Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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ac97 problem on 9.0/mplayer
by Rohit 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

Hi all, I use AsusA7N266 mobo which has integrated soundcard [nvidia I believe - supporting Ac97 codec on board] for which my SuSE chooses intel driver - which should be fine - as Intel made the AC97 codec in the first place. Problem is this - if I play DVD or pre-recorded .divx rips, the sound is fine, but if I try to play from VCD in any form [directly, or after copying the mpeg/DAT files on to the HDD], I get very low quality on sound. This is tried using mplayer and mencoder. The output has really poor sound quality. What could be the problem. Same media plays fantastic in Windows [with the motherboard's native drivers of course]. The sound quality is pathetic otherwise.. :-(( MPlayer is compiled at home. Please help -- Rohit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56792108 G9,F-1,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599 AT bplmobile DOT com This mail was sent using Linux. You can safely open any attachments. The note below, if any, is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recipients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com

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9.0 upgrade problems
by Richard 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

Has anyone else had problems getting an upgrade to go past the base upgrade? I've had two machines reboot after the first cd and then not continue on withthe upgrade. Yast was hosed and i had to do a fresh install to get around the problem. As I recall, upgrading to 8.2 was a breeze compared to this. TIA Richard

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Re: [SLE] Login in 9.0
by jhb 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

I am using suse 8.2 and it is in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger edit the DISPLAYMANGER="kdm" to gdm xdm or what ever? The stillness of God speaks louder than a choir of voices SuSE 7.1 >p133m SuSE 8.1 > Athon 1.33g win2000 > omnibook 6000 _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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Problem Installing 9.0 on Picturebook
by Jerry A! 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

I'm trying to install 9.0 on my Picturebook and not having much luck. This is one of those jobbies that has the Transmeta Crusoe. So, depending on which application is looking at it and the alignment of the stars and whether I got out of bed left or right foot first, it's either detected as an i586 or i686. This time it's both (as a note neither 8.1 nor 8.2 exhibited this problem). The install fires off just fine. However, halfway through CD1, it attempts to install glibc-i686. This fails miserably b/c YaST2 complains that the computer is not an i686. So, in the installer, is there any way to force it to believe that it's a particular architecture instead of letting it guess? As always, thanks in advance... --Jerry -- "So remember kids, eat meat. And lots of it. It's nature's perfect food." -- Lance Blastoff

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Re: [SLE] 9.0 Menus
by Fred Miller 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

On Thursday 30 October 2003 4:48 pm, you wrote: > Hi Fred - > > Thanks for your help with my menu problem. However, the nvidia drivers are > one of the few things actually correct about my X installation - my > XF86Config already has "nvidia" in it and not "nv" and 3D acceleration is > working great. Glad to hear it! > I would never have guessed, though, that the X driver could be connected to > the menu problem. If this is the case, then my X setup could still be to > blame. I don't think it is. > You see, when I installed SuSE 9.0 (a clean install, by the way), > everything went great until the X server was started - then I got a blue > box marching across my screen with some complaint about sync rates. I had > to back out of X and try and fix the problem with sax2. My monitor is a > Samsung Syncmaster 957df. This is not in Sax's monitor database so it was > defaulting to another syncmaster model. I had quite a struggle to force > sax2 to relent on its monitor choice but eventually I got it to accept VESA > 1280x1024@75mhz. This gave me a working X system. However, to this day, if > I launch sax2 from a text console, I get the same marching blue box. If I > launch it from an xterm the video system locks up completely. I *can* > configure the display however from within the KDE Control Centre using the > Yast2 module. (one odd point - yast2 insists that 3d acceleration is > switched off and will not retain the setting if I switch it on. 3d > acceleration is however working anyway). Startx from the command line loads > up KDE fine as well. I haven't the "blue box." > So something is seriously broken in my X setup and this could be causing > the menu problem. But what? No.......positive it's not. It has to be a bug in KDE. > I must say I'm a little displeased since 8.1 installed perfectly on this > very machine. Why am I having such basic problems now? It's nVidia's fault!! If the fools would simply give the team writing drivers what they need, all would be well. > Anyway, I think I'll refer my X Window problem to SuSE installation > support. They may be able to help. I hope so! Fred -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)."

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Xine-Help please!
by Thom Nuzum 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

I just want to play dvds. I donloaded all the stuff from http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/ and installed through YAST. I had uninstalled all earlier media players. Xine just gets stuck and drive bay don't open. There was an error during libdvdcss and I installed anyway and took the no-lock option. Any help on how to get Xine to install on 9.0 would be apreciated. I installed the same way with 8.2 no problems. With 9.0 it asks for the install disks twice and I follow so but too no avail. Thom Nuzum thom(a)cavtel.net

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