June 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

rdesktop in SuSE 8.2
by Silviu Marin-Caea 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

rdesktop gives an error that I don't know what to make of. rdesktop 192.168.1.59 ERROR: Less than 8 bpp not currently supported. This used to work just fine with SuSE 8.1 on the same computer, accessing the same server, with the same command. Documentation for rdesktop is scarce. Anybody has an ideea?

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apm for laptop
by Michael Sacco 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Hello all, I have a brand new laptop, yet the battery monitor and some other things are not working. I have acpi turned on, and klaptop complains of an incomplete acpi setup for the kernel. Also, I have a radeon mobility u1 card...SaX doesn't detect it, and when I try to use the radeon driver and test the setup, I get this error: (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) (EE) No devices detected. I'm using the updated 2.4.19 kernel from SuSE, and when I try booting with the options "apm=on acpi=off" and then type "rcapmd status", it says unused. So I try "rcapmd start" it says "apmd not supported by kernel". Is this going to require a kernel compilation? And if so, how do I compile a kernel so that it still uses the SuSE bootscreen and bootsplash and all those pretty bouncing icons? :) BTW: SuSE 8.1 Thanks in advance! Mike S.

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xawtv changed after video card change
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Had to change my video-card and got it finally running. With sax2 -l I got a workable sax and could finish my monitor setup. I got my KDE back as I had it before but to my amazement the xawtv image has got a lot of stripes. What has the change of a video card to do with the images of a TV card. How can I get the images back to normal?

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KDE question
by Matt Stamm 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Does KDE have something similar to Windows 98 "Show Desktop" icon, where when clicked all open windows drop down to the task bar leaving a clean desktop? Matt

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Kernel update and dialup...<sigh>
by John 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hiya gang, Looks like with the k_athlon kernel update, it's 54MB. On dialup, I might be able to get it all between the time I went to sleep and when I wake up. As for the kernel source, at 180MB +/-, there's just no way I can do it. If someone's willing, I think I can wrestle up a little cash to send for a CD-R with both updates on it. I don't have a checking account nor any kind of credit card, so I can't do the paypal thing, but my word is worth better than gold. When I give it, I keep it, no matter what the consequences. I know it's unorthadox, but it's literally the *only* way I can get this update. If someone's actually interested, email me, and we can work out whatever needs to be worked out. Thanks. John - -- I needed fresh bugs for my SuSE gecko, and Linux penguin. So I went out and caught this huge ugly blue and red and green and yellow butterfly. They won't need fresh food for 3 months now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+8V+YH5oDXyLKXKQRAooXAJ9mOX2vKnxCx2IgX/Zd9tdCpsBNOQCfS68b DD8Pspu2f2T4CYWPG5pqF7I= =DQMG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] signal out of range fixed
by Jack Malone 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

If this means that you cannot see anything at all during the entire boot process AND your SuSE < 8.1 at then ignore this. If you can at least see the countdown (which is done at low-res) then choose Linux failsafe mode. This will give you a command-line login. Login as root and edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Change the first instance of "vga=XXXX" to "vga=normal" (right below "title linux"). Run sax2 -l (low resolution) and change the graphics settings. Rebootski Ok thats better then it was. The console text is still a bit too big but i got xwindows looking pretty good. i got it to boot this time then then what you said in fail safe mode. then rebooted an the console text was a bit too big but then i ran startx an entered xwindows an ran yast2 an adjusted the properties for the monitor under xwindows an chose LCD at 1280 x 1024 70 Hz i think an it looks nice when i'm workng in xwindows. This is a nice monitor from CTX. its the CTX 700 lcd model. I would recommend this one for anyone looking for a good LCD monitor. jack

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SiS 650 Chipset and SuSE 8.2 in a Laptop ...
by wolfi 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Hi out there, I got one big issue with my new Asus Laptop L-3400 DVD: The whole installation of SuSE 8.2 went w/o problems, but now, when booting to runlevel 5, the display goes black and after that only shows some stripes in different colors - no kdm login window as it should be. Booting to runlevel 3 (w/o X) and logging in to console does work. The chipset is a SiS 650, which was already used in Laptops sold preloaded with Linux - so this can't be the great showstopper. What I'ver already tried so far is to enter 'vga=xxx' at the boot prompt, as it is suggested in sdb (this: http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/wessels_fbdev_grub.html is the page in German, don't know if that: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_fbdev_grub.html is the same in English ...) - but this (i.e. using the framebuffer for unsupported video cards) didn't change things either. Yes, and when I try to run SaX from console, or if I enter init 5 in the console, the same thing happens. The moment I would make use of X the display -sort of- crashes. The whole setup so far still is, as it was configured by the 8.2 installation CDs. Any ideas?? Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@gmx.net

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Microtek ScanMaster 5900 driver
by Jose J. Cintron 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

I have a Microtek ScanMaster 5900 scanner that I cannot get working. I've tried all of the Drivers that show under Microtek as well as the 2 that show under generic (microtek and microtek2). Any ideas of were I can get the drivers for this scanner (Already looked on MicroTek's www and ftp sites)? -- +------------------------------------------ | José J. Cintrón - <jcintron(a)mitre.org> +------------------------------------------

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Kernel 2.4.21
by Bruce Marshall 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

I just put up the 2.4.21 vanilla kernel (with xfs added in) and am pleased to report that the 'problems' with slowness of Staroffice or OO are gone. I even set SETI to a nice=0 and SO 6.0 comes up nicely and quick. (as quick as it should for being such a large program) Things are back to where I was with 8.0 as far as response goes. SuSE must have put a patch in that caused response or scheduling to change drastically. (and that patch may already be in the 2.5 kernel when that becomes the 2.6 kernel) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh(a)bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 06/14/03 13:40 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "WindowsNT: 3 more years at Jenny Craig just might fix it."

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XFree 4.3/video-DVD performance with Radeon 9500 Pro /Mobility 7500
by Greg Macek 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Hey all, I don't mean to post two topics at once, but they're similar. First of all, I was wondering what performance is like on SuSE 8.2 with XF 4.3 on an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro? I'm still running on 7.3 at home with XF 4.2 and everything is great! Watching videos and DVD's are good and I'm able to use the drivers from ATI. CPU utilization seems low for a 1GHz Athlon (< 20% I think). How do the ones that come with XFree compare for DVD/video viewing? On my T30 notebook (for work), I have a Radeon Mobility 7500 (M7) with SuSE 8.2 and XF 4.3. When watching DVD's and videos using xine, CPU usage seems high, around 40-50%. Picture is smooth, but I'm not sure how to tell how much the video card is being worked vs. all of it being worked by the CPU. Any experiences in this area are appreciated. Thanks! -- Greg Macek | Senior IT Manager Marketing Resources, Inc. it-guy(a)mrichi.com | http://www.mrichi.com

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