January 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

apt error
by B. Stia 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hello Suse people, A new one on me. Been using apt for several years. Downloaded an "upgrade" . Got the following message when the upgrade was to install. Committing changes... Preparing... ########################################### [100%] installing package kernel-source-2.6.8-24.10 needs 29MB on the /usr filesystem E: Error while running transaction EasyStreet:/ # does this mean I don't have enough space on /user ??? Bob S.

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Re: [SLE] Ugly Fonts, thin and grainy - why?
by Terje J. Hanssen 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Felix Miata wrote Sat Jan 01 2005 - 23:21:32 CET > > Terje J. Hanssen wrote: > >> mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.7.3-full-installer.tar.gz in /opt, both >> Mozilla 1.7.3 Navigator and Mail client got ugly, thin and grainy fonts. >> Any suggestions? > > Read "Choosing Your Mozilla" on http://www.mozilla.org/unix/dpi.html > > The Mozilla build you'll be installing to replace the 1.7.3 you > downloaded is in > http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.5/contri… > but there is no installer version. Simply untar the plain tar.gz version > to your choice of location, then if you want, create whatever desktop > and/or menu shortcut you like to open it. > Felix, Thank you for your information and tip that really clarified and helped me. I downloaded and installed the right xft labeled Mozilla 1.7.5, and then Mozilla rendered the font nice again as expected. Another question is if the Xserver also influences the quality of the xft font rendering, as it can vary between different Linux distros and releases, even if they inlcude the same fonts? Terje J. Hanssen

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Rosegarden4 for SuSE
by Guillermo Ballester Valor 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, To those suse users who likes music and computers, I've build rpms with the latest rosegarden4 sequencer version 0.9.91 - a.k.a 1.0pre1 -. It looks very nice as you can see from their site: http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ I've updated the SuSE 9.2 version and backported to SuSE 8.2 and 9.0. As I have not any accesible system with SuSE 9.1 there are not packages for it at the moment :(. I think you can rebuild src.rpm for 9.2 without problems if you have installed all needed for build packages. For SuSE 8.2 and 9.0 I also backported all needed libraries. You can download them from the directories in ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-gbv/rpms or in the apt suser-gbv component. Take a look at it. ;-) Happy new year 2005. Guillermo - -- Guillermo Ballester Valor gbv(a)oxixares.com Ogijares, Granada SPAIN Linux user #117181. See http://counter.li.org/ Public GPG KEY http://www.oxixares.com/~gbv/pubgpg.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB0t2XOA2UfsyErNQRAkD7AKC5fffPfuIorc9u8xwW15BHeJVYqACcDVvG JsNKTIzLmiO/bRHqMRptgz8= =udGc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Dual boot question...
by James Hatridge 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi all... I've set up a couple of dual boot W$/SuSE systems before. But I plan on next weekend trying a SuSE/Mandrake system. I've never did a Linux/Linux system before. Is there anything special I should watch out for? Does it matter which one I install first? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php

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Re: [SLE] setting default Audio CD Player
by Steve Lett 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

----- Original Message ----- From: Richard <ratcheson(a)earthlink.net> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] setting default Audio CD Player Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:32:10 -0600 > > On Sunday 02 January 2005 01:23 pm, Steve Lett wrote: > > Ok folks, after a few pushes, the bulb is dimly lighting and I think I > > have figured out part of the puzzle. With this PARTICULAR disc, since it > > has this "CD EXTRAS" content with a video etc. on it, SuSE is asking me > > if I want to open a browser window or not. And if I just want to listen > > to the CD I choose NO but at that point SuSE thinks it has done it's > > job and so it is finished prompting me. The Hardware tool is configed to > > do offer the kfmclient on the mixed content disc and it does. Then I > > say No. I was EXPECTING it to then go ahead to the KsCD option but it > > doesn't. > > > > ...ok... what about an older plainjane Audio CD? > > > > no go. pop it in and nothing happens. > > If I open KsCD manually it works fine. Sees the CD content and off it > > goes. still perplexed... > Ok, here's another way to set such things. Go to control center>Kde > Components>File Associations then on right panel select what you want to > associate e.g. audio. Then click on the type of audio and on right add > the app to the list. You can select more than one app and set the order > of use you want. Change the icon by clicking on the icon above. Click > apply and you're on your way. > > There is also a similar capability from the konqueror settings. > > HTH, > ra Yup. Know that drill. But what is the file extension for audio files? I don't see anything in the list that looks right. In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates? Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [SLE] Menu Editor doesn't work <SOLVED>
by Steve Lett 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug B" <suse(a)hatterhill.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Menu Editor doesn't work Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:45:14 -0600 > > On Sunday 02 January 2005 12:14 pm, Steve Lett wrote: > > 1. Does anyone have ideas how to edit the main menu in KDE 3.2 on > > SuSE 9.1Pro? 2. Is there maybe a way to edit the menu manually? > Shot in the dark, but maybe I'll hit something. > Take a look in ~/.kde/share/applnk and see if you see something there. > I notice that some things I have installed end up with an entry here > and show up in the menu. > > Doug BINGO! Good shootin'. <wink> found something called kaffeine_part.desktop Pulled it from the folder where found into a temp folder and viola! gone from the menu... Now how much trouble am I gonna make for myself with this little gem of knowledge, heh, heh, heh,... Thanks Doug. Steve In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates? Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Wine defaults
by Paul Cartwright 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

I'm trying to install a windows program that can run under wine. Now I'm getting an error and wine won't do anything. I've checked my /home/user/.wine/config and here is what it shows: [Drive C] ;;"Path" = "%HOME%/.wine/fake_windows" "Path" = "/home/pbc/.wine/fake_windows" "Type" = "hd" "Label" = "fake_windows" "Filesystem" = "win95" [wine] "Windows" = "C:\\Windows" "System" = "C:\\Windows\\System" "Temp" = "C:\\Windows\\Temp" "Path" = "C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System;X:\\;Y:\\" "Profile" = "c:\\windows\\Profiles\\Administrator" "GraphicsDriver" = "x11drv" ;"ShowDirSymlinks" = "1" ;"ShowDotFiles" = "1" "ShellLinker" = "wineshelllink" yet, when I run wine I get this: pbc@PaulsPC:~/.wine> wine --help Warning: the specified Windows directory L"C:\\Windows" is not accessible. Warning: the specified System directory L"C:\\Windows\\System" is not accessible. Wine 20040813 Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program wine --help Display this help and exit wine --version Output version information and exit pbc@PaulsPC:~/.wine> -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc

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Menu Editor doesn't work
by Steve Lett 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

When I pull up the KMenu I see Kaffeine sitting there on the main menu. I don't want the main menu clutttered up with all the individual applications. So I did MenuEditor and found Kaffeine in a flyout for Multimedia and that's fine. So I deleted the one in the main menu but it doesn't go away. Even after a reboot (sorry, old Winders habit). I wouldn't think I would have to be root to edit a user menu...but I went ahead and looked. Sure enough as root, the menu looks different. No Kaffeine in the main menu. Indeed it is WAY different. No SuSE menu as the user has, indeed many differences which seems pretty odd to me. Lots of things I have installed do not show up in the root menu which I THINK I understand that if I install something as "user" then maybe root doesn't have access to it unless I install it also as root right? 1. Does anyone have ideas how to edit the main menu in KDE 3.2 on SuSE 9.1Pro? 2. Is there maybe a way to edit the menu manually? 3. Is there a way to restore default menus? In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates? Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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nfs server specification
by steve 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi. I want to mount our server's /usr directory on the clients so that they can use scribus and inkscape. I have tried this with our amd server and 1024 Mb ram but it's too slow to be able to do anything with 2 let alone 20 clients. The user's /home directories are mounted from the same box. Could someone give me the specification for a server to be able to do what I want so that it would run at the same speed as from the client's PII 450's? Thanks, Steve.

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Re: [SLE] setting default Audio CD Player
by Steve Lett 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Lett" <jeepnut(a)linuxmail.org> To: "Jake Sallee" <spark(a)breathedeeply.com>, suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] setting default Audio CD Player Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:01:31 -0600 > > DUDE! > You da man... > I can't believe I didn't find this... I've spent who knows how > much time poking around with options in the Control Center trying > to find something. > > OK I'm looking at that now and see the second icon down with the CD > and the eigth notes on it... shows kscd but yet it doesn't > happen. Uhm... now what? > Oh yeah, it is checked too... all of the icons are checked and > have some tool assigned. Indeed everything is checked on here but > the 2nd and 3rd boxes at the top. (start apps at login and active > polling) > > Thanks for the push! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jake Sallee" <spark(a)breathedeeply.com> > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] setting default Audio CD Player > Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:23:48 -0600 > > > > > On Sunday 02 January 2005 12:02 pm, Steve Lett wrote: > > > hmmm... > > > No response at all? > > > Is this question just too stupid to answer? > > > > As my father once said, there are never stupid questions, only stupid > > people. ;) just kidding. > > > > You need to set your default audio cd player with the SuSE Hardware tool. > > This should be running by default in the system tray. Just right click and > > then left click on configure. Ok folks, after a few pushes, the bulb is dimly lighting and I think I have figured out part of the puzzle. With this PARTICULAR disc, since it has this "CD EXTRAS" content with a video etc. on it, SuSE is asking me if I want to open a browser window or not. And if I just want to listen to the CD I choose NO but at that point SuSE thinks it has done it's job and so it is finished prompting me. The Hardware tool is configed to do offer the kfmclient on the mixed content disc and it does. Then I say No. I was EXPECTING it to then go ahead to the KsCD option but it doesn't. ...ok... what about an older plainjane Audio CD? no go. pop it in and nothing happens. If I open KsCD manually it works fine. Sees the CD content and off it goes. still perplexed... Steve In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates? Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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