September 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] No more XD2 ...Almost done.. now I have no X
by Thinker 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

1. I ran apt-get install XFree86. It worked but after the installation was complete I typed startx and got nothing but a grey screen. 2. I ctrl+alt+f2'd to another terminal and logged in as root. 3. I ran yast and installed kde. 4. I was able to startx and now I am in kde 3.1.1 But there are still some things messed up (like nothing on my second monitor works, when I try to run YaST it asks for the root password and then just disapears, when the screensaver comes up it only comes up on the first monitor, etc.). When I try to run 'apt-get upgrade && apt-get upgrade' it tells me file /opt/kde3/share/apps/noatun/simple.plugin from install of kdemultimedia3-video-xine-3.1.3-7 conflicts with file from package kdemultimedia3-video-3.1.1-50 E: Sub-process /bin/rpm/ returned an error code (184) Making a little progress but not all there yet. What should I do now? Thanks, -=Thinker James Ogley <james(a)usr-local-bin.org> wrote: > > 8. When the machine came back up I logged in and typed startx and it is > > telling me that startx isn't there. > > What do I need to do now? > > run apt-get install XFree86 > > Alternatively, if that doesn't work... > > login as root, and run YaST - it should detect that there's a dependency > missing (ie XFree86) and install it for you, or you can select it > manually, if YaST doesn't notice the broken dep, thus fixing the > complete botch Dread Carpet has made of your system.

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Mozilla sidebar fonts
by Charles.99 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Suse 8.2 + Mozilla 1.4 RPM from Suse FTP I finally managed to get web page fonts looking nice, but how do I change the sidebar fonts? at the moment they are huge and ugly No changes in KDE control centre work, but then it's a Gnome app I believe. Which Mozilla config file is it? Thanks Charles

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ADSL Question
by Chris Roubekas 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

I am about to terminate my ISDN 64Kbps connection and get an ADSL 384 or maybe 512. The ADSL will have a static IP and I will be able to have a 24/7 connection up and running. In addition I will also make a web page and publish it (with apache). Currently my Linux PC which does all the internet-work is a P-II 350 with 256MB ram and 2x40GB drives. It is running SuSE7.2. The ISP gave me a list of minimum requirements that the PC which will have the ADSL connection must meet. Among them he requests a P-III 450 as a minimum for the CPU. Is this necessary for Linux?? The minimum reqs supplied by the ISP are concerning a PC running Windows. Do you think that I should follow the ISP's minimum recommendation or will the machine that I am currently occupying suffice?? Thank you for your help on this one. Chris

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IP6 - slow browsing
by suse＠avoncliff.com 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

I have just upgraded suse8.1 to 8.2. One effect was to give me very slow browsing, looking like slow dns lookup. That is downloads were full speed (60k ish) once they were started, but changing to a new page could give a 20sec pause. After some googling I found I needed to "turn off ip6" by changing which of these lines was commented in etc/modules.conf #alias net-pf-10 ipv6 alias net-pf-10 off This worked and I am now back to normal. Can anyone tell me what this line does, and exactly what I have turned off? (or which manual I should read) Thanks David

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kde apps
by landy 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

latelty running some kde apps gives me this and i get no gui any ideas? QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used

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Checking a MMC card?
by John Pettigrew 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Is there an app available to check a MMC/SD card (mounted through a card reader) under SuSE 8.2? Also, is it possible to format such cards using linux? I ask because I have a couple of cards I suspect of having some errors, and I would like to be able to either map out the errors (if this is supported) or at least verify that this is the problem. Thanks, John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john(a)headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank

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Spamc, lock files and kmail
by David Herman 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In a recent thread I saw mention of using a "lock" file with spamassasin. I don't use fetchmail, procmail etc (at least nothing that I've configured) , just lowly kmail to download and read my mail. (don't have time or the need to learn about fetchmail, procmail etc, right now). I set up a filter in kmail to use spamc to sort out spam mails and its working well - except for the horrible slowdown while spamc does its job. I've read the spamassasin docs but I don't see any info about how to setup a "lock" file, especially in conjunction w/ kmail. Can this be done with kmail? If so how. Part of the thread discussing lock files is quoted below... On Wednesday 27 August 2003 01:52 pm, H du Plooy wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 20:51, Dylan wrote: > > > # The lock file ensures that only 1 spamassassin invocation > > > happens # at 1 time, to keep the load down. > > > # > > > > > > :0fw: spamassassin.lock > > > > > > # > > > # Limit size to 250 KB > > > * < 256000 > > > # > > > # Use spamc > > > > > > | spamc -d 127.0.0.1 -f -u <your_user_name> > > > > Where do I find that? I've looked through the files in > > /usr/share/spamassassin and /etc/mail but can't find those lines > > anywhere? > > This is all supposed to be in your ~/.procmailrc As I'm only using kmail I have no ~/.procmailrc file. Thanks - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/UkdIBwgxlylUsJARAp73AJ9LlckPvDF+e1RoeVO20suQtpjViwCdHkNG 2Jqi1d5bVZDUpMuLBtmp8RM= =Vhx7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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No more XD2 ...Almost done.. now I have no X
by Thinker 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

OK.. so.. I did a google for 'removing XD2 from Linux' or something like that and I found that the best way to do it was to use red carpet. 1. I removed everything under the XD2 channel and closed red carpet. 2. I ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade and didn't see any errors. 3. I ran apt-get install evolution and didn't see any errors. Everything seemed to work like a charm. 4. I tried to start Evolution and got a dialog box that looked like an error with no text in it. 5. I tried to run mozilla.. same thing. 6. I tried to use Konquerer and kept getting an unsupported protocol http error. 7. So I logged out and rebooted the machine (still a little windows mentality there I suppose; if someone tells me that I shouldnt have done that and that is the reason I have lost everything, I will be up all night kicking my own a$$) 8. When the machine came back up I logged in and typed startx and it is telling me that startx isn't there. What do I need to do now?

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mozilla crashing in 8.2
by Kurt R. Rahlfs 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

I've been having problems with Mozilla crashing on machines I've loaded with 8.2. It may be happening when a plug-in is run. I say this because it crashes only on sites with lots of advertising like www.weather.com. I tried Mozilla 1.4 from Mozilla.org but still have the problem. This problem doesn't happen with Mozilla 1.2 on SuSE 7.2.

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Itanium2 vs Opteron
by Gerhard den Hollander 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Following up to a previous thread: We are looking to go forward and start with a 64bit linux implementation of (parts of) our software . The next question is, which hardware platfrom should we start with ? Eventually we will likely be supporting both itanium2 and opteron, but initially we'd like to start with just one platform. Does anyone know where i can find figures on market uptake for both types ? Currently listening to: [The Tea Party] 14 Winter Solistice & Sister Awake (Lee's Palace) Gerhard, <faliquid(a)xs4all.nl> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. =`\<, It plane lee marks four my revue miss steaks aye can knot see. (=)/(=) To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud, And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud

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