May 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

lock desktop?
by Stephen W 03 May '04

03 May '04

It seems my KDE desktop is rearranged everytime I reboot. I have tried using the "lock desktop" option but it does not work. Even the task bar at the bottom is rearranged. How do I fix it? Thanks ===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..." Proverbs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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Problem with ReiserFS
by Volker Krueger 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear all deutsche uebersetzung unten... recently, my kernel crashed. After booting up, I was not able to access my filesystem anymore: /bin/ls: reading directory .:Input/output error I am not able to do anything with it, neither move, nore delete. I have the ReiserFS on the drive, but i don't remember with what settings with Suse 9.0. Does anyone have an idea whether I am able to restore that directory? thanks in advance, best, Volker Deutsch: mir ist neulich er Kernel abgestuerzt und er hat dabei anscheinend eins meiner file systeme unbenutzbar gemacht: /bin/ls: reading directory .:Input/output error Ich nutze das ReiseFS, allerdings weiss ich nicht mehr, mit welchen Parametern mit Suse 9.0. Ich waere dankbar, fuer Hinweise, ob und wie ich das FS wieder benutzbar machen koennte. herzlichen Dank im vorraus Beste Gruesse, Volker

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Re: [SLE] Printing problem
by Jerome Lyles 03 May '04

03 May '04

On Friday 30 April 2004 10:56 pm, Greg Wallace wrote: > I have no specific knowledge of in this area, but there's always two sides. > If, as you say, USB is always busy, maybe it's the process looking to do > the connect. I. e., maybe some processes needing USB wait a while when > it's before they give up and maybe some are more impatient? Just a wild > random thought (hopefully you'll get better answers from someone else), but > I have seen this type of behavior elsewhere. For example, I have a large > file that I transfer to a networked storage device. It's a unix device > running SAMBA, so I have several methods I can use to get to this device -- > mount it, use ftp (it has an ftp server), use SMBCLIENT, etc. If I try the > easiest way (mount it and use Linux CP), CP eventually aborts because the > networked device isn't able to keep up with CP and CP gets impatient (so to > speak). If I use FTP, meaning that this external drive is pulling the data > and controlling the flow, I have no problems. This is an example of how it > depends on the particular process as to how it handles different types of > wait state events, etc. > > Greg Wallace > Hello Greg, There is a ps to my original email: I should have sent the printer's IPP report. It has a printer-state-message that says: USB port busy; will retry in 30 seconds... I think this is the source of the problem. I have been using: sbin/rchotplug restart. This works until the port becomes busy again. But it doesn't tell me what exactly is going on which I would like to know. Jerome

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WP8 for Linux
by dcjohan 03 May '04

03 May '04

Got my copy today and it installed without a glitch; works very well. Haven't found any function that doesn't work correctly yet. dave

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reinstalling SuSE 7.1
by dcjohan 03 May '04

03 May '04

I'm about to swap out windows distributions (98se for 2000) on my dual boot system due to a work situation. I know you can restore the SuSE boot menu by running lilo once you are in Linux, but I've not found a way to do that once the mbr has been restored by the windows install. In preparation for this transition I've tried to do it from the 7.1 boot disks but can't find an option in 7.1 to boot an installed distro like you can in later releases (yes, I realize I could use a newer version but this install of Linux is my mail box and all works well as is and I'd like to just leave it that way) and I've also tried to use Knoppix as a recovery disk to perform the same operation but so far can't find a means to do it that way either as Knoppix keeps claiming I don't have the rights to access my files. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to do it correctly. Many thanks, dave

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Still cant connect to my ISP -SOLVED
by keith keesing 03 May '04

03 May '04

On Thursday 29 April 2004 21.47, I wrote that I was having trouble getting recognised by my ISP. I am ashamed to say that the problem turned out to be trivial and that with a little more effort I would have solved it sooner. Also, as Anders Johansson said, I could have provided a bit more information. I have been connected to my ISP, a public company not requiring any special software to do so, trouble free, for about 10 years. However, I forgot that about 6 months ago they changed user names, in my case from "kkeith" to "kkeith(a)iconz.co.nz". So I was trying to log on with the wrong user name !!! Many thanks to those who suggested pointers I might follow up, and I did improve my understanding by doing so, and by reading the mail about some of the ramifications of being connected. keith

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Re: [SLE] Suse Linux 9.1 und Symbios SCSI
by John Andersen 03 May '04

03 May '04

On Sunday 02 May 2004 03:05, Alexander Hehmann wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > >>My Davicontrol 2976UW oviously dosnt work correctly with the new kernel. > >>Starting from DVD the module sym53c8xx is loaded, but no devices are > >>listed. In Suse 9.0 with kernel 2.4 all worked perfectly... > >>In the output log, I found nothing suspicious. > >> > >>Someone had a similar experience? > > > >I've had SCSI problems since 2.4.21.121, failure to sense > >end of magnetic media. > > And what did you do? Reported it to Mantel (who ignored it) and went back to a prior version. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen

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Re: [SLE] Re: VariCAD, was [SLE] Epson Stylus Photo 2200
by Mike McMullin 02 May '04

02 May '04

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 11:57, Tony Alfrey wrote: > On Monday 26 April 2004 01:55 pm, Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 08:44, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > > On Monday 26 April 2004 03:28 am, Mike McMullin wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 23:36, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > VariCAD is > > > > > a) about 400 bucks US > > > > > b) a true solid modeler, sorta like Autodesk Inventor > > > > > c) will generate dxf 2-D files, and 3-D iges and dwg files that > > > > > are readable by autocad but not "importable" into autocad. So > > > > > autocad cannot edit the files. > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Is the .IGES translator good enough for the like of WorkNC > > > > *horribly fussy)? > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > Ummm, I don't know what you mean. I usually provide the 2-D dxf > > > file and the solid iges file to my machine shop. Then, if I forget > > > a dimension on the dxf, they pull up the iges solid to measure the > > > part. The translator works 99% of the time and VariCAD is working > > > on a new kernel that is supposed to fix a variety of small > > > annoyances.. > > > > We use WorkNC at work, and it's not the greatest in terms of > > importing IGES files put out by Unigraphics. We get a lot of mangled > > surfaces, and holes where there shold be any. Needless to say, holes > > make for damaged cutters. :( > > > > Mike > > My shop really does not depend on the iges file to cut metal or generate > a tool path directly, but more as a sanity check to confirm that their > programming matches my idea of what the part is supposed to look like. > It is my (perhaps uninformed) perception that the only way to get > perfect transferability between CAD software to finished metal is for > everthing in the chain between designer and machine tool is to use one > comprehensive software package (I guess something like Pro Engineer). Regrettably I don't know of one all-in-one package, and the CAM software for Linux is not much past 2D from what I've seen. I wonder if such a package isn't really above what FOSS is capable of delivering. :( Mike

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Upgrade to 9.1 via FTP when available???
by David Gonzalez 02 May '04

02 May '04

Hello suse-linux-e, I've been asking about how can i upgrade from version 9.0 which is my installed SuSE to 9.1 via FTP?. Which are the risks and steps to take to do a clean upgrae with no side effects. Would you give me a hand?. TIA -- Best regards, David mailto:test@tuxcafe.com

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problem with OO Data Source Admin
by Stephen W 02 May '04

02 May '04

When I try to make a form letter and open the data source administration dialogue box there is a significant portion missing on the right side - namly the help button and the button to search for the needed data base. I know it should be there I can see it on the help pages I d/l from Google. How do I make the box open all the way? I have tried all of the drop down options under the button in the far left hand corner of the dialogue box. I have tried to resize by gripping the side and bottom borders and the corners. No Luck Any ideas? Thanks ===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..." Proverbs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover

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