March 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Has anyone created a Linux Desktop Publishing program?
by Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

Hi all, I have a dilemma that I really would like to solve. I've been using SuSE linux for almost three years, now. Linux is my OS of choice. However, in my work, I do a lot of desktop publishing and high-in graphics work. Has anyone created a Linux desktop program? When I do my work, I have to fire up my old Windows 98 box to do it. I'd like to be able to do my work in Linux. Is there a Linux solution to this predicament other than Win4Lin? I have LyX, but the learning curve on LyX requires that it be a hobby for now and I doubt I'll ever be able to do with LyX what I can do with my desktop publishing program. Any leads in this area will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Still keeping the faith, Tom , in _ usually _ sunny_ balmy Florida's First Coast. ><><>< An advertising executive once said "Creativity is like shaving - if you don't do it every day, you're a bum!" -Phil Cooke, Keys To Convergence: The Next Step in the Digital Age ><><>< ______________________________________________________________________ Registered Linux user # 308709. Using SuSE Linux since May, 2000. ______________________________________________________________________ p.s. Another thought: Newspapers and other journalist could use an Open-Source alternative to the proprietary programs currently available.

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Re: [SLE] IIRC (OT)
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

"Jeff Dierking" on Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:57 EST wrote: >*Harry Wert <hwert(a)earthlink.net> wrote .. > >> Anyone, what does IIRC mean in messages? >> Thanks, Harry >> > IIRC is If I Remember/Recall Correctly > >Jeff > Harry, I am told that when the arpa net first started, messages had to be appreviated to keep down costs. There is a "big list" of common abbreviations: which "IIRC" is only one. If you "google on "IIRC + definition" it will return as top enty: Gopher: Definition Menu for IIRC. ... To find Gopher browsers, click here. Gopher: Definition Menu for IIRC. Definitions for 'IIRC' in database 'jargon', All 1 definitions on a single page, plain. . gopher.quux.org:70/pygfarm/dict.pyg%3F/ jargon/DEFINE/IIRC - 3k - Cached - Similar pages There are other lists -- some in German which I have found helpful. HTH, Viel SpaB ~Gar __________________________________________________________________ Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days! http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promos=380455

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[Fwd: Re: [SLE] USB mass storage device (SOLVED)]
by Basil Chupin 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

John Pettigrew wrote: >In a previous message, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > > > >>>OK, I've removed the 2.4.20-31 kernel I was running and reinstated the >>>SuSE default k_athlon 2.4.19-4GB. This has made *some* difference - now, >>>when I plug the device in, I get extra messages: >>> >>> >>After plugging it in, try fdisk -l to see what exactly you have, use >>mount with the correct partition and fstype and a viable mount point. HTH >> >> > >This was very useful - but not only for the obvious reasons! > >I connected the device and gave it a few seconds, checked /var/log/messages >to see that it had been detected, then tried fdisk -l. No joy - the only >drives listed were the IDE ones. However, while I was puzzling about this, i >heard the USB-hotplug beep and thought "Aha!". A new fdisk -l showed that I >now had a drive at /dev/sda1, and mounting this worked! I've no idea why it >seemed to take over a minute to recognise this device the first time, but >it's now working as it should (i.e. it's now being recognised almost >instantly after being plugged in). > >Hotplug has inserted the relevant line into my fstab and I can now mount the >device as a normal user and use it :-) > > Would you mind sharing the details of this line? While my USB drive was recognised, there was no automatic insertion of a line in fstab and so I am curious of how this line should read. >Thanks to all for the help - it looks like the two things needed were (1) >revert to the SuSE-supplied 2.4.19 kernel and (2) wait for a *long* time the >first time the device was connected for the system to recognise it. > >John > > Cheers. -- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.

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RE: [SLE] SuSE 8.1 MySQL server segmentation fault
by Hahnsson Henrik 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

I experienced the same problems. There seems to be a problem with the MySQL distributed with the 8.1. Remove it and go to www.mysql.com and download the latest stable and install. It works fine. /Henrik -----Original Message----- From: Cvetan Filev [mailto:ceco@anons.bg] Sent: 22. tammikuuta 2003 17:44 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] SuSE 8.1 MySQL server segmentation fault Hi. Probably someone asked already about this. I upgraded my SuSE 8.0 to SuSE 8.1 and the folowing packages are now installed: mysql-shared-3.23.52-44 mysql-client-3.23.52-44 mysql-3.23.52-44 libgcc-3.2-36 libstdc++-3.2-36 I started mysql and tried to connect. When I connected to localhost everything was OK. When I connected to " -h my.host.com " (that is the network interface) the server died with the message: /usr/bin/safe_mysqld: line 274: 25703 Segmentation fault $NOHUP_NICENESS $ledir/$MYSQLD $defaults --basedir=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION --datadir=$DATADIR $USER_OPTION --pid-file=$pid_file --skip-locking >>$err_log 2>&1 Number of processes running now: 1 mysqld process hanging, pid 25706 - killed 030122 17:22:12 mysqld restarted and the client said : ERROR 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query Can someone help me with this. -- 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

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Moz/Netscape and printing.
by Fred A. Miller 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know......questions about this before. IS there anyway to get Netscape to "see" the system defined printer(s)? Thanks, Fred - -- If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+h3NHrnzt99/TR+cRAlFLAJ9y+NixMsyfxiNsEgymGvPEddoJGgCeI2Gl E5alifVWA58mnNivLlwf3F0= =mpT/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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working with source rpms [WAS [Is there a howto for building a source rpm?]]
by Greg Freemyer 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

>> If you want to make any changes to the rpm, the standard procedure would >> be to >> install the src.rpm with rpm -ivh, edit the spec file in >> /usr/src/packages/SPECS and finally build the new rpm with "rpm -bb <spec >> file>" or "rpm -ba <spec file>" if you want a new src.rpm built with your >> new >> edited spec file included. Anders, Thanks, that does seem to work but is not quite what I was looking for. I guess there is not a HowTo that describes using the *.src.rpm and associated spec files. :( I still have a few questions, maybe you can answer them: (for all of the below, I am working with shadow-4.0.2-47.src.rpm) ---- 1) The above ("rpm -ivh; rpm -ba") is apparently missing some dependency checking. At least on my machine rpm -ba is dying because I don't have ldap.h installed. The dependency on openldap2-devel is in the specfile under both "# neededforbuild" and "# usedforbuild". How do I get rpm to test for it? 2) What is the difference between "# neededforbuild" and "# usedforbuild" in the specfile. 3) If I want to create a patch file of my own, do I just create a shadow-4.0.2-greg.dif file and reference it in the specfile? If so, do I create the diff file with a diff -c like a normal patch? 4) While developing my patches, I want to modify the actual source, compile, and install. The below seems to work, and it installs to /var/tmp/shadow-root, which is nice for initial testing. === # rpm -ivh shadow-4.0.2-47.src.rpm (.src.rpm from the CDs) # cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS # rpm -bp shadow.spec # Apply SuSE specific patches # rpm -bc --short-circuit shadow.spec # Run ./configure as SuSE does # cd /usr/src/packages/BUILD # make source code changes # Invoke local makes as necessary # cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS # rpm -bi --short-circuit shadow.spec # Install === For final testing, how do I get rpm to install to /? Thanks very much, Greg -- Greg Freemyer

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New Mac
by Sjoerd Hiemstra 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi, I'm looking for a new computer to replace my P166, and I've been wondering for some time if buying a Mac, and run SuSE for PPC on it, would be a good idea. As far as I understand, Apple has its own flavor of Linux, named Darwin, on top of which OSX runs. Yes I recall their infamous ad 'Send other Unices to /dev/null', once mentioned in this list - I also saw it in the British Linux Magazine lately - thrashing their roots, not being very grateful to the ones they took it from, it seems. AFAICT, Apple was never very good at marketing, and this was another bad move. Anyway, I wonder if it would make sense to install SuSE on it, since Darwin is already there? But could KDE, Gnome or some WM be installed on that? A number of big applications, such as StarOffice or WordPerfect, seem to require the i386 architecture. Does this mean that they could not be run on Linux for PPC? I heard rumours that the only available office application for the Mac is MS Office??? And Internet Exploder is their default browser??? Yes I could have asked this on the SuSE-PPC list, but these questions are probably extremely basic for them, and more interesting for this list I guess, where there might be people considering purchasing a Mac. Greets, S.H. -- "Tattoos are cool." "Yeah, I wish I was born with one." "You're not born with tattoos, dumbass. You get them when you join the navy." -- Beavis & Butt-head

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Xine in SuSE 8.2
by Darren Harmon 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi; Just noticed that Xine is in SuSE 8.2. This is a program I've been using since I first came to Linux (SuSE 7.2) and with each SuSE upgrade I've had to download and install it myself. I'll still have to install libcss to watch DVDs but what distro would include that. I've tried mplayer but I always get no sound while playing DVDs, while xine has always worked (to some extent). Does anyone know what version of xine is included? -- Darren Harmon http://www.darrenharmon1.uklinux.net

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Help me help my brother's dog [not spam]
by Dylan 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hello all, Recently, my brother's dog has been trained to react to the smoke alarm - all well and good since my brother is deaf. Unfortunately, the double beep which the USB hotplugging gives when he boots (recognising mouse) and plugs in his camera also sets the dog off! So, question is, how might I go about getting rid of the beeps? I've unplugged the on-board 'speaker', but that's not really a permanent fix... Still, if it means resorting to the source I'll leave it at that! Cheers Dylan -- It is a dark day...

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FTP server?
by John Birkhead 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi, I need to enable the ftp server on my system, however, I can only enable an anonymous ftp connection. How do I enable "full-ftp"? Thanks, John

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