December 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: Regional settings
by Martin 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi all, I've installed SuSe 8.2 in 'other' language then english, set the same language in Regional settings (Country & language), istalled the proper keyboard and most of the applications are ok but in X term window some 'special' letters are missing/incorrect. Does anybody know what should I do to correct it? Thx, Martin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

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Re: [SLE] ATI Rage 128 PCI & 9.0 problems
by Mark Gray 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Russell Keith Davis <rkdavis(a)burninghorse.com> writes: > oh one other thing then if it's a bug is that if i quickly expand > the window size glxgears runs for a few seconds but the gears > breakup into their componant polygons, triangles etc. and I guess > i'd better be honest about this too before i noticed this but after > i upgraded to 9.0 i had to rearrange my pci cards as i stopped using > the onboard sound and started using an ens1371 and I had a pig of a > time getting the combination of pci nic,pci sound and pci video > working together without conflicts. although everything seems fine > except this wierdness with the ati card. [snip] The card does need to have a busmaster slot for 3D, so the card arrangement could play a role (wild, grasping for straws guess). You will pardon me if I do not try to recreate the problem on my computer because my desktop is cluttered with work in progress, and given that glheretic can hang my card, I rather suspect that glxgears might do the same thing:-)

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Re: [SLE] ATI Rage 128 PCI & 9.0 problems
by Mark Gray 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Russell Keith Davis <rkdavis(a)burninghorse.com> writes: > I just ran 3Ddiag again, and glxinfo | grep rendering and got this:- > > name of display: :0.0 > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: Yes [snip] > however it still froze X once i got to about 760ish by 570ish for > the glxgears window size Okay, the freeze part is probably a bug then (I thought the problem was just that glxgears was too slow). glheretic-1.2 has a bug which will cause it to hang my X server also if I do certain things (I have a fairly good idea where the bug is, but since sdlheretic is fast enough on my machine I have not been tempted to hunt it down (I have to push the reset button to get my display usable again -- makes for slow unpleasant debugging, let me tell you:-))

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LUG in Atlanta Georgia, USA?
by Damon Register 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

I know this isn't specifically SuSE, but this is the only Linux group I know. Does anyone know if there is a linux user group in the Atlanta area? I know that a few years ago when I first got started with SuSE 6.2, there was an anual linux convention but since they bailed out for California, I lost track of that world. Damon Register

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Re: [SLE] ATI Rage 128 PCI & 9.0 problems
by Mark Gray 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Russell Keith Davis <rkdavis(a)burninghorse.com> writes: > I just noticed something at the top of glxinfo's output it says direct rendering: No and I honestly swear 3 nights ago it said yes there > > I have tried setting 3d using yast and it doesn't seem to stick but > i have other problems with yast/sax in that sax uses a wierd setting > that screws up and freezes with what looks like to be the wrong > horizontal frequency as it displays lots of little versions of the > screen at the top just as if the freq was incorrect. > I have this in my XF86Config. > > Section "Module" > Load "v4l" > Load "glx" > Load "speedo" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "GLcore" > Load "dri" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > EndSection What is the content of your Section "Device"? I found I had to add a: Option "AGPMode" "2" to mine (ATI Radeon 7000 agp card), if yours is not a agp-2 card this would not apply of course. > glxinfo: > > name of display: :0.0 > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: No That's the problem alright. > I think I might have other problems now though as the differences > between the last time i ran 3Ddiag, glxinfo etc. and just now to > check seem quite big even if i can't remember exactly what they > are. guess it's time to potter about again. If it is an agp card, I found that I have to have USB enabled in my bios (I do not know if this is a requirement for all AGP cards, it is just a thing I picked up reading the newsgroup for my motherboard an eon or two ago.) Also take a look at what /var/log/XFree86.0.log has to say when the X server tries to enable Direct rendering.

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Mousewheel
by Erik Jakobsen 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi. My system that run at the present is SuSE 9.0. I also have a 8.2 computer. On the 8.2, there's no problems getting the Logitech Optical Mouse's wheel to work. What could differ between the 2 versions ?. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards. Erik Jakobsen - eja(a)urbakken.dk SuSE Linux 9.0.

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anyone owns an ipaq? I have a question
by Henry Tang 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Does your ipaq's browser support javascript, dhtml, and css? I have a web project that uses lots of javascript and dhtml, and when i tested on my friends ipaq that he bought in 2000, all the javascript function calls failed. CSS were not support either. Is my ipaq outdated? If working on your side, what is your model number and os version? thanks henry

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Re: [SLE] ATI Rage 128 PCI & 9.0 problems
by Mark Gray 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Russell Keith Davis <rkdavis(a)burninghorse.com> writes: > I have an old ATI Rage 128 PCI videocard in this box that worked > great under 8.2. basically I just installed it and told YaST that it > was there and everything was fine. > > After upgrading to 9.0 pro it works but not fully, if i run glxgears > and expand the window to greater than approximatly 800x600 (not > quite accurate as sometimes it's a little less and sometimes a > little more) it freezes X and I have to either reboot or kill X via > another terminal. > > It also freezes X on some screensavers but not all and not always > the same ones everytime. > > this is beginning to really annoy me as it didn't do any of these > things under 8.2 and in my hurry to install 9.0 i didn't verify my > backups and they turned out to be flawed so I can't even go back and > see what changed. > > does anyone have any ideas on what is going on, and/or how to solve > this as I am going slowly crazy. What does glxinfo say? It sounds as if dri is not working. Have you tried enabling 3D support using yast?

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Re: [SLE] Request for help with Euro-sign -- HELP please
by Jan Elders 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:25, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Sid Boyce wrote: > > Jan Elders wrote: > > [snip: desperate attempt to get euro-sign working] > > > > My actions to get the Euro sign to work have been so far : > > > > > > 1. In /etc/sysconfig/language > > > RC_LANG="nl_NL@euro" > > > > > > 2. In /etc/sysconfig/console > > > CONSOLE_FONT="lat9w-16.psfu.gz" > > > > > > 3. Setting of AltGr : > > > =================== > > > MEDION:~ # xmodmap -e 'keycode 113 = Mode_switch' > > > MEDION:~ # xmodmap -pke > > > . > > > keycode 113 = Mode_switch > > > . > > > MEDION:~ # xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Mode_switch' > > > MEDION:~ # xmodmap > > > xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): > > > > > > shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) > > > lock Caps_Lock (0x42) > > > control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d) > > > mod1 Alt_L (0x40) > > > mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) > > > mod3 Mode_switch (0x71) > > > mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74) > > > mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e) > > > > > > MEDION:~ # xev (followed by presing the AltGr key) > > > > > > KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0x3e00001, > > > root 0x71, subw 0x3e00002, time 508653, (33,29), root:(35,563), > > > state 0x8, keycode 113 (keysym 0xff7e, Mode_switch), same_screen > > > YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: "" > > > ===================== > > > > > > 4. My keymapping is as follows : > > > . > > > keycode 14 = 5 percent EuroSign > > > . > > > > > > All of the above is what needs to be done to my best knowledge, > > > isn't it ?>Yet, when I press AltGr 5 nothing happens !!?? > > > How can this be ? > > > Did I forget something ? Did I do something wrong ? > > > > > > BTW : this is a SuSE 9.0 Professional system. <snip> > > Running 8.2, I did not find the euro sign with AltGr-5 or AltGr-e or > something, but the Compose key followed by 'C=' did work, which suffices > for me, which is why I did not investigate this further. > > Example: my 'Pause' key has keycode 110, so I have this in ~/.Xmodmap: > > keycode 110 = Multi_key > > The Pause key, followed by C and = gives the euro sign. > (Do not keep the key down while entering C and =) > Well, thanks, but this also doesn't work for me. ;-( I did set keycode 110 = Multi_key but just nothing happens, when I type pause-key C = . It looks like the system doesn't recognize the "Multi-key" expression (and neither the "Mode_switch" expression as I unsuccessfully tried in my previous attempts). Is that possible/thinkable ? If yes, why ? <snip> > A few more thoughts: > > echo -e "\244" > > should display the euro sign. Try it to see if the euro sign is present > at all in the font which is used. Hey, it doesn't. How / where should I check and set the correct font ? BTW : I'm back to RC_LANG="en_US", but according to somebody from Belgium who reacted also, he did have the Euro sign while having en_US. I'm getting pretty confused by all this. > > > 2. In /etc/sysconfig/console > > CONSOLE_FONT="lat9w-16.psfu.gz" > > This only applies to the font used in the console, it has nothing to do > with X. > > > 4. My keymapping is as follows : > > keycode 14 = 5 percent EuroSign > > Alas, I'm no expert on this, but to me it seems unlikely that 'mod3' > applies to the third entry, i.e. EuroSign in this case. > Anyone? Well according to the documentation it should. Greetings, ------------- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"

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ATI Rage 128 PCI & 9.0 problems
by Russell Keith Davis 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

I have an old ATI Rage 128 PCI videocard in this box that worked great under 8.2. basically I just installed it and told YaST that it was there and everything was fine. After upgrading to 9.0 pro it works but not fully, if i run glxgears and expand the window to greater than approximatly 800x600 (not quite accurate as sometimes it's a little less and sometimes a little more) it freezes X and I have to either reboot or kill X via another terminal. It also freezes X on some screensavers but not all and not always the same ones everytime. this is beginning to really annoy me as it didn't do any of these things under 8.2 and in my hurry to install 9.0 i didn't verify my backups and they turned out to be flawed so I can't even go back and see what changed. does anyone have any ideas on what is going on, and/or how to solve this as I am going slowly crazy. bst rgrds Russell

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