September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

dual-boot
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I got a new Dell desktop. It came with Windows installed at the factory. I have to set up a duaul-boot system and install SuSE 8.2 Question: Can SuSE partitioner resize Windows partitions ? If it can't ... Should I use "Partition Magic" or ... what else ? Thank you. Maura

7 6

Eterm or xterm with wrong keymap!
by Guy Zelck 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi all, I realize my keymap is wrong when in Eterm or xterm. So I did some research and found /etc/init.d/kbd. This script uses files keyboard and console from under /etc/sysconfig to set the following variables: KEYTABLE="be-latin1.map.gz" CONSOLE_FONT="lat9w-16.psfu" It then loads things using "loadkeys" and "setfont" but this only sets thins for /dev/tty* i.o.w. the consoles behind Ctrl+Alt+F1, F2, ... There the keys map correctly. When in X windows, a terminal is associated with a pseudo terminal (/dev/pts/[0-9]*) and there the maping sucks. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, Guy.

3 2

Re: [SLE] updatedb error
by Darrell Cormier 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Christopher Mahmood wrote: ><snip> >* Darrell Cormier (linuxdev(a)sptc.net) [030930 09:35]: > > >>/usr/bin/updatedb: line 213: 8419 Segmentation fault $find >>$SEARCHPATHS $ $prunefs_exp -type d -regex "$PRUNEREGEX" $ -prune -o >>-print >> >> > >find segfaults maybe...that's no good. Since you're running this as >root can you add /dev/ and /proc/ to UPDATEDB_PRUNEPATHS in >/etc/sysconfig/locate and try again? If it still segfaults please ><snip> > Thanks for the info Christopher. Before I tried any of this I first rebooted ( I know that is very M$-ish, but I thought I would try) and then updatedb worked fine. Don't know what was hosing me up but it is not a problem now. Thanks again, Darrell Cormier

1 0

Holding Linux back in pieces
by Curtis Rey 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <rant on> Hi all. Ok, so Linux is coming along nicely (despite the market games of some). However there are glaring holes in some things, that aren't necessarily Linux' or any of the distros fault per se. One thing is scanner support. Ironically Mac OSX is have this issue as well. I have to fairly nice scanners. One is an HP 4470c and the other is a Umax 4000U. Neither of these are support by Linux, or moreover, are not support "for" Linux by particular venders OEMs. I the case of both of these devices the manufacturer won't cooperate with the devs at the sane project and release any info so they can build a driver/s. I have been googling the hell out of this subject and this is why I've come to the conclusion that the devs have to Backwards engineer these devices and are still fight with them. in the case of the HP, it moreover a RealTek issue since the make the chip/components that are used in the HP device. To the devs credit they have tried repeatedly to contact Realtek about this and have gotten the cold shoulder (aka no reply ). Now I think that, since Linus is coming in to its own, that perhaps the Rep for the Linuc companies should be able to convince thosein charge could be persuaded by Linux/Linux distros to be a littlefriendly. But Ii'm not holding my breath. I strongly thing the scanner (as well as other common SOHO/SMB devices) software issues need to be addressed. Perhaps have SuSE exec meet with the company and persuad these OEMs to help out a little. Especially since these products (Umax and HP 4470) are no longer sold by HP. So, what's the big deal for these guys? The devices are no longer sold in the stores - and therefore what difference does it make if the open up the drivers that would just be sitting in the office on a disc. But Oh Well. <rant off> Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/d/nYiqnGhdjCOJsRAul2AJ4ibJi1pXGp8iuAFsoIGoNEr1v2kwCZAZGQ DlePHddCMvx8uOBWh85wu1A= =XaEj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

8 8

Re: [SLE] Gaim in trouble...:-(
by 'Helgi Örn Helgason' 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

On 2003-09-30, Robert Davies wrote: > Greetings: > > Gaim 0.70 Requires gtkspell > gaim-0.70-SuSE.ulb.1.i586.rpm, gaim-0.70-SuSE.ulb.1.src.rpm. > Release Notes > Gaim now links against some Mozilla libraries. If it fails to start, > add /opt/mozilla/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. This will > be fixed in the packages of the next release of Mozilla. > Ah, Robert this works, wonderful! But I do get an error message when starting it: (gaim:5902): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtpixmap" But this is a minor thing that doesn't bother me, at least I can use Gaim now. Thank's a lot! Cheers, HÖ -- "I thought you were trying to get into shape." "I am. The shape I've selected is a triangle."

3 4

Synaptic & failure
by eja＠urbakken.dk 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi. I have made an upgrade today using Synaptic on my 8.2 system. After I forgot to run the 3 -4 lines, that I cannot remember what is now :-( But after a reboot, I'm receiving the following: kernel (hd0,5) /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 hdd=ide-scsi hddlun=0 splash=silent splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi Error 15: File not found I can do failsafe start up. What can I do to get the 8.2 to carry on ?. /Erik.

2 7

Upgrade to KDE3.1.4 messed up some fonts
by Bart Symons 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

After the upgrade to KDE 3.1.4 on my SuSE 8.2 box some fonts seem to have disappeared. KNode and some text parts on web pages in Konqueror now look jagged and ugly again, just like a typical Linux system 2 years ago. In KWord the list of fonts is still there but some are dead, i.e. if you change a font in a text then nothing happens. Helvetica is gone, Verdana is still there. Does anyone have any clue which config file or setting could be responsible for this? (I really hate this aspect of Linux, with each upgrade entire config files are thrown out and replaced, ugh).

4 7

VPN ??
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

I expect a new DELL DeskTop computer to get here at the lab any moment. It will come with Windows installed by defaul. I was adviced to have a dual- boot system. SInce my home computer is now networked... it should be possible to have a mount point either here at the lab or at home so as I can access the same files from here as well as from home.... hopefully The s/w administrator told me I'll have to install VPN client on my home computer and VPN server on my office computer ...???? I guess VPN is downloadable from some web site and .. how shall I install it ? Does it needs special rights ??? How does it work ? Would a CVS system be the best choice instead ??? Ideally I'd like to launch NEDIT from home to edit a file residing on the lab computer disk and lauch GVD to debug a program being run at the lab while at home and viceversa ... Is VPN giving me all these options ???? May I start installing VPN on my home computer tonight or shall I wait for having VPN server here at the lab ? Thank you to anyone who helps. Maura

4 4

bash examples resource
by Carl William Spitzer IV 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bash.html ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

1 0

Ximian XD2 bad; Konqueror now messed up
by Ralph Sanford 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

I tried to look at the Ximian XD2 desktop by installing on system. After logging to gnome and then deciding to log back to KDE, I found that Ximian Gnome had altered my KDE desktop. According to this list's archives this is because Ximian takes certain of the KDE desktop items and saves them in "old desktop". The Ximian "doorman" asks if you want your old desktop saved, but since I was logging in to gnome I expected Ximian to save my old gnome desktop not alter my KDE desktop. Not very funny because the icon cannot be opened normally in KDE since Konqueror does not work. Konqueror seriously does not work. Using Konsole to enter "konqueror" or "kfmclient openProfile filemanagement" also does not work (no error message, just seems to hang). Fortunately going to the SuSE menu/system/...superuser filemanager still works, so that the Ximian "old desktop" can be opened and the original icons for KDE returned to the desktop. Except that Konqueror and its variants still do not work. None of: Home directory Konqueror web browser windows directory share directory floppy cdr dvd The only way to see files in KDE is to use Konsole to call nautilus. BAD Ximian. The list archives suggest that adjusting the gnome settings to turn off the nautilus option of "show desktop" would solve the problem. This was the setting and it was reset and still no konqueror and way too much nautilus. If I log in to xfce or windowmaker, then konqueror or "kfmclient openProfile filemanager" work perfectly with all my original settings saved. However if I create a new user and then try to login to KDE, konqueror and its variants are still non-functional. I can function quite happily in xfce4, but I want to put Ximian gnome in its place and away from my KDE. Can anyone suggest how to recover konqueror for KDE? Thanks for any advice. -- Ralph Sanford - If your government does not trust you, rsanford(a)telusplanet.net - should you trust your government? DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01

1 0