November 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Stiffy recovery tools
by Hans du Plooy 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi all, I'm just wondering, what do you guys use to get data off damaged stiffies? It's one of those cases where I can mount the disc (slow) but nothing is listed on it. Windows reckons the disc isn't formatted. Thanks -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za

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two questions
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

When I installed SUSE 9.1 (which I haven't upgraded yet) I also installed Netscape 7.1 as my network browser ans mailer. It'ok .. The only feature that I cannot get to work is to store bookmarks. I can bookmark the currently shown page... But when I restart Netscape after exiting it ... well ... all the bookmarks are gone ! Thsi did not happen with Netscape 6.0 ... I've also installed the last StarOffice version that is actually the same as the current OpenOffice tool coming with SuSE 9.1 I'm using StarOffice for writing a paper. Unluckily everyone else in the team I belong to uses Windows. Therefore I've been requested a MS-WORD compatible paper for revision on part of other people. Does anyone know whether there is an output file format supported by StarOffice and/or OpenOffice that is readable by MS-Word ? Thank you in advance for your help. MEM

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suspend to disk
by willem vermeulen 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

on suse 9.2 the suspend to disk seems to not work. it suspends fine but will not restart. any ideas

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Undoing 'K' menu edits?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

I have a 9.0 system where I have edited the K menu. Which file do I need to delete to restore the menu to its default install ie as it was before I edited it? I do not want to change my background and screensaver settings, just the K 'menu' settings I thought I'd like, but consequently don't. Along the same lines, If I restore a 9.0 /home backup into a 9.2 system will the same 'K' menu file also need to be deleted so that it can recreate itself, otherwise surely I would lose the new items added into 9.2? -- The Kedited Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================

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sugestions for AMD 64 bit laptop (by David)
by Bahram Alinezhad 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

I've never seen a reply for this query at the list (see below). I don't know the sender; If he was newcomer to the list, I guess he disappointed at the start point! Excuse me... In addition to the pity, the subject attracts me. Advanced users are requested to reply (publicly). Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. Subject: [SLE] sugestions for AMD 64 bit laptop ->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "David A Sexton" (dasexton(a)cox.net) wrote: ---------- Duse any one have a suggestions for a AMD 64 bit laptop? I am thinking about getting a 64 bit laptop but want any one opinion that has one? How long will one last on a battery? Thanks David <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

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9.2 and Sax
by Tim Nicholson 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Having put 9.2 on a number of different systems now I have come across a common install 'difficulty' when it comes to getting sensible screen geometry refresh rates etc. On 1 occasion, after the initial boot screen the installer switched to an unsupported resolution so I couldn't see what was going on, and on another, the default screen was also unsupported so that when the system switched into 'use' mode at the end of the install I had a blank screen. (Both systems installed 9.0 flawlessly). Having sorted out those issues, I then found adjusting the screen geometry an nightmare. Adjusting the size interacted with adjusting the position, and the final result, as shown using the Sax 'test' button, bore no relation to the results on a reboot. (Yes I did save them). Definitely a far worse experience than either 8.2 or 9.0! -- Tim Nicholson http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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Kaffeine is Cool
by Peter B Van Campen 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi, Kaffeine in 9.2is quite a surprise after what I saw in 9.1. Most everything I drop on it plays just fine. A real surprise was finding out that some saved HDTV transport streams I recorded on XP via a Hauppauge Win-TV-HD played right off the bat. Can't say about sound as I have not set it up on this PC yet. I thought the Hauppauge *.tp files would be the last thing that would play. *.mpg look good too. I re-discovered some mpg's of the Aussi MetalStorm demos of their awesome 40mm grenade launcher that fires up to 15,000 rounds per minute. Too much!! Any of you have experiances with plugins for other media types? PeterB

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Print Queue Hung on 9.2
by Lucky Leavell 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

OS: SuSE 9.2 Pro (with all current patches) Printer: OkiData OL410e/ps in HP PCL mode I just noticed my printer no longer prints showing two jobs in the queue, #57 and 58. The following processes involving the print subsystem are showing up: (lines folded for readability) UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD lp 3474 1 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd postfix 4704 18698 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:01 qmgr -l -t fifo -u lp 15566 3474 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 57 root (stdin) 1 lp 15567 3474 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 parallel:/dev/lp0 57 root (stdin) 1 lp 15568 15566 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 57 root (stdin) 1 lp 15569 15568 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 57 root (stdin) 1 lp 15570 15568 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 sh -c gs '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' '-sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD' '-sDeviceModel=HP LaserJet' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612' '-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792' '-dDuplex=false' '-r300' '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=1,Quality:ColorMode=0, Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=0, PS:MediaPosition=7' '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2 lp 15571 15570 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 gs -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD -sDeviceModel=HP LaserJet -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -dDuplex=false -r300 -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=1,Quality:ColorMode=0, Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=0, PS:MediaPosition=7 -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=| cat >&3 /dev/fd/0 lp 15572 15571 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 sh -c cat >&3 lp 15573 15571 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 hpijs lp 15574 15572 0 Nov25 ? 00:00:00 cat I checked to make sure the parallel cable was tight and tried power cycling the printer to no avail. The printer has worked since the 9.2 install until yesterday evening. I do seem to remember installing a cups upgrade via YoU to v 1.1.19-5.3 which may or may not be a factor. Has anyone else noticed this? What can I do about it? Finally, is there a way to check to see just when the cups update was applied? Thank you, Lucky Leavell

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9.2 and 3COm 3CRWE154G72 Wi-Fi card
by Tim Nicholson 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Although, according to prism54.org this is the most successful card for use under Linux, I have failed to get it to function. I have installed the firmware available via YOU, and Yast detects it correctly as a network device, but it fails to initialise. Tailing /var/log/messages/ shows that after the firmware is uploaded a reset is issued which seems to fail and the device then fails to respond, with the command buffer filling up. (don't have a copy at the moment as my laptop is elsewhere!) I wondered if the firmware might be incorrect, so installed to card on another (w2k) laptop and then tried to find the .arm firmware. However there are no .arm files on the w2k box. Looking at the .inf file has lines that suggests any .arm file is deleted!! e.g. [NIC_FW.del] 3C154G72.arm Any one got any ideas where to go from here? -- Tim Nicholson http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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Installation of SuSE 9.2 stops
by Mohr James 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi All! This weekend I decided to re-install my machine with my recently purchased copy of SuSE 9.2. During boot, it would stop at the hardware check unless I started the the "safe" boot. The installation process goes so far as to format the partitions and when it gets to the point of actually installing the software it seems to stop. What I get appears to be the installation screens, but both panels are empty. All I have is the clock on the screen. I can move it around with the mouse and click the "details" button, which does "something", but I have nothing on the screen. I can switch virtual screens and get to a shell prompt. Here, I can run top or ps and it appears as if the processes exist, but they do not appear to be doing anything. For example, in top, the two top processes are always X and swapper. None of the installation processes (yast2) seem to be doing anything. Also, I run df regularly and the disk usage doesn't change. All this leads me to believe that the installation is doing nothing. Looking at the messages on other console screens, I do not see anything that indicate a problem (as far as I can tell). Since the installation didn't work, I pulled out my copy of SuSE 9.0 and re-installed that, without a problem. So, my assumption is that this isn't a hardware problem, per se. Maybe the media is defective???? So, I was wondering if anyone had similar experiences or has an idea of how to increase the amount of information is displayed. I am grateful for any and all help. Regards, Jim Mohr

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