June 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Scroll Mice & Trackball
by Peter B Van Campen 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hello Everyone, I want to ask about general ways to setup XF86 4.3 in SuSE 8.2 to use the buttons on mice and trackballs that are a tad less main stream. I have seen SAX2's very limited selection of other than standard mice. Does a better database of mouse and trackball models exist? When you have a new pointing dev, is there a way to determine how X sees the device? For instance: Is there a utility that actually shows which buttons are being detected by X when the device is actuated? I have Googled around in the archives, but have only found 'folklore' type info. Such as "Use these options" x, y, Z" but no real info for detailed setup. I have a new Logitech MarbleMouse which has two large buttons and two small buttons symetrically arranged on either side of the trackball. In XP it is setup as follows: Left and right large buttons work in the standard way, 'select' and 'context' Left and right small buttons are 'page up' and 'page down' on pages that have content above and/or below what is visable. Clicking both large buttons together changes the cursor and rolling the ball now scrolls the window contents in the direction the ball is rolled. Is this beyond XF86? Any and all help appreciated! ............... PeterB p.s. Lenz and Curtis, Thanks but your XConfig entries are not right for this MarbleMouse -- -- Proud to use SuSE Linux since 5.2 Loving using SuSE Linux 8.2 May 2003, Munich, Germany ordered 15,000 Workstation Lic for SuSE 8.2, despite M$ cutting their bid to $0.10 on the Dollar This will be remembered MyBlog http://vancampen.org/blog/ --

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SuSE: Ballmer gives Linux 'credibility'
by Fred A. Miller 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1015174.html> -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm(a)cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org

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Re: [SLE] Microsoft Vs. Linux Desktop Battle Heats Up
by Jeff Bankston 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

One of the things that is drawing me to Linux is the dramatically reduced disk space and memory needed for the OS, apps, utils, and everything else that I want to install under Linux. Unlike many on this list, I'm a neophyte about compiling stuff under Linux but not new to writing apps. I've written client/server, assembler, C, C++, and Fortran under Windows, and have no issue with rolling up my sleeves and getting dirty. But, I'm running into the same library problems as the professor whilst learning the ropes in Linux. But what I find (along with your comments) curious is that how much of this is going to result in a growing base of files to accomodate the various distros? If I need to install a program that is to run on Redhat and SuSE, but each distro has its own little quirks about required files, then the app now carries baggage for both distros. Hopefully, the app vendor's install routine is smart enough to install only what it needs for my distro, but that adds overhead for the developer to keep the needs separate. Make sense? My own little crystal ball was hoping to see one Linux kernal and also the next layer API, and folks write to that. This baselined kernal and APIs would be maintained by some central governing Linux body?? I'm not talking about Mr. Torvalds and the kernal, but something that addresses these very issues mentioned here instead of Redhat running out like it has. Just my 2 cents worth from a newbee..... -Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick LeRoy" <nleroy(a)cs.wisc.edu> Newsgroups: Suse.Linux-e To: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Microsoft Vs. Linux Desktop Battle Heats Up > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 1:03 pm, Jonathan Shilling wrote: > > If the package would include the necessary libraries to install and run, > > rather than being dependentant on what the distro may already come with, > > should resolve this issue. For the most part just about every package I > > have come across I could compile and execute on Mandrake, SuSE, Red Hat, > > Debian, and *BSD. There is only the matter of porting the libraries. > > Jonathan > > Sorry, but I ardently disagree here. This is what all the Windoze apps do, > and is IMHO what's been known to cause the DLL-hell that anybody whose ever > used windoze has battled too many times. > > Now, I suppose I might relax my position _if_ it could install these libs in a > non-shared (ie app specific) location. Instead of installing a different > libfoo.so in /usr/lib, package bar installed in, say, /opt/bar, and installed > /opt/bar/lib/libfoo.so and /opt/bar/bin/bar is a shell script that sets > LD_LIBRARY_PATH before starting the _real_ /opt/bar/bin/bar.bin. Even then, > however, I'd say this should only be done _when neccessary_. > > -Nick > > > -- > 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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/dev/fd0 not accessible
by Dinesh R. Rele 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hi , I am unable to access or mount /dev/fdo. I get the following error messages /dev/fd0 not a valid block device. /dev/fd0 No such file or address. /var/log/boot.msg and other relevnat details attached. Any guidance will be highly appreciated. Dinesh R. Rele

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Clean 9.0 Install - YaST problem
by Leslie Forrest 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hi all, Today, I bit the bullet and installed SuSE 9.0 Pro and I now have an issue with YaST2 with the online update. I managed to complete the updates are the initial install and when the susewatcher went to re-check for updates, the following error occurred online_update -k -s Error while requesting servers: ERROR(You:Error writing youservers file.) The youservers file is present in /var/lib/YaST2/you. Can any-one help ? Best regards, Les

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SCO shows Linux code to analysts(OT)
by Fred A. Miller 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

SCO shows Linux code to analysts "Last week, the company began showing code to U.S. analysts that, it claims, prove that the source code to the Linux operating system contains sections of code lifted directly from SCO's Unix code base. SCO's presentation, which has been seen by analysts at Gartner Inc. and Aberdeen Group Inc. features pieces of software that IBM contributed to the Linux code base, SCO said. That code was derived from SCO's Unix code, itself derived from AT&T Corp.'s System V Unix code, and then distributed to the Linux community in violation of SCO's licensing agreement, the company said. SCO will spend the month of June showing its evidence to analysts and journalists who are interested in seeing it, said SCO's general manager of SCOsource, Chris Sontag" <http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742512> -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm(a)cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org

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re[2]: [SLE] Linux NFS mount for OS X. (Solved)
by Greg Freemyer 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

>> > >> Aha, now I understand it. The "Go" menu only supports SMB and AFP (Apple >> File Protocol alias AppleTalk) and not NFS. When I first startet had the >> same experience. >> Stefan. I have used the Go menu for NFS. My problem was it had to be redone every boot, thus the other more complicated process. Greg

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Unable to open .pdf files in mozilla 0.9.8
by marilynweate＠netspace.net.au 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Mozilla used to open attached .pdf files using Ghostview [SuSE 8.0] but now instead it insists on saving them [God knows where] and returning me to the hotmail logon screen. Sorry I used to be a Windows user but 98SE put an end to that.I get stuck in a continuous loop. Have other users had this problem. I can open the attached .pdf file in IE and Netscape. Is it a Microsoft bug, something I or another user have stuffed up, and if so how can it be fixed? ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au

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How to setup and use infra red prot and APM on my dell inspiron 3800
by Radko Lazarow 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

I wanto to use infra red prot to connect with my mobile phone but when i try to run infra red ddaemon it fails because some other services fail does anybody know hot to do that? Also hot to use APM module to monitor my baterry status -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

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DPMS settings?
by Michael George 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

I'm new to SuSE and still learning The SuSE Way of doing some things... I'm trying to change the DPMS settings for my monitor so I can custom-set the timeouts for blanking and shifting into different energy modes. I know I can do this with xset in my .xinitrc file (and I will if that's the only way), but I'm guessing there's a tool somewhere on the system that will do it for me. I've looked through SaX2 and the sysconfig stuff on YaST2, also through Webmin, but I've not found any Cool GUI that will set this. If anyone has any suggestions, I can check into it more. If not, I'll use xset and do it that way. Thanks! -Michael

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