November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] mp3 CD's
by Kai Ponte 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

> With K3B you can only create MP3 cds with the data cd option, > But this option doesn't allow you to choose the order in which the > tracks appear on the cd. Heh, I hadn't thought of that. Here's why - you're writing a data (not music) CD. Okay, well, the files are encoded as music, but they are treated just like any other data file - text, pr0n, executable, beer recipe... As such the filesystem is responsible for determine the sequence. Since CD and DVD's use (I think) Joliet and/or Rock Ridge, you're stuck with what they have to offer. I SUPPOSE you could rename your files "01_my_first_song", "02_a_second_song", "03_totally_cool_third_song"... and so on. If not, you're stuck with sorting by size, date or name. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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RE: [SLE] ...and speaking of SuSE / Novell...
by James D. Parra 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

>You also have to walk to the server room to go and do some admin, why >not do it from the comfort of your office? Use vncserver to run X remotely to get your work done, via a gui, then kill it afterwards. The real point here is, use what tools you need to get your work done quickly and efficiently. For the sys admin, vncserver, yast2, ssh, and webmin are great for accomplishing almost all the administration needs. ~James

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schematic capture and PCB artwork on SuSE 10?
by Marc Christensen 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi all, Anyone doing schematic capture and PCB artwork on SuSE 10? I was wondering what programs you use. SuSE has PCB but I can't find any schematic capture software on the DVD. I can probably download the gEDA stuff. Is that the best option at this point? This will be used for hobby electronics - nothing too serious. -- Marc Christensen http://www.mecworks.com http://blog.mecworks.com http://gallery.mecworks.com

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Re: [SLE] mysql on suse 10
by Ferdinando Bassi 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

> That's because MySQL has a control script in /etc/init.d. Presumably you > have it enabled for runlevel 3. > I'd back out the xinetd configuration change you made. Right. Done it. Now MySQL is started via Runlevel 3 only, but at reboot i get this: entering runlevel 3 .... Startting mysq service failed .. failed services in runlevel 3: mysql skipped services in runlevel 3: nfs, smbfs (that's correct, they're called by xinetd) Any hints? TIA, Ferdinando

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Re: [SLE] More SUSE Problems
by Tasana Computers 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 00:18 -0600, Tasana Computers wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 23:17 -0600, Yogich wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 22:54, Tasana Computers wrote: > > > This is referring to SUSE 10.0. In KDE I can't run lots of programs, > > > Some games will not load, no CD burning apps will burn or even load.I > > > can't find the CD-RW drive. and it crashes all the time. I have no idea > > > what the problem is, and I have no idea what to tel you to help dx the > > > problem. I know from running XP and working on peoples systems it is > > > usually the end user, but in this case all I have been doing is clicking > > > the app to open. > > > So far in GNOME, evolution crashed once. I have yet to try the apps that > > > were giving me problems. One thing I think may be the problem, someone > > > mentioned that KDE is a memory hog. I have 512MB RAM but I gave min 64 > > > to video, in XP I gave it 128MB and I have 3D acc turned on.I have the > > > color set to 32 which takes lots of VM so I don't know how much of about > > > 384MB of RAM the KDE is using and how much the apps need to run, one app > > > in question is Freeciv, and all the CD burners. If anymore info is > > > needed please ask. > > > P.S. I did not hijack a thread to write this I made a new one from > > > scratch. > > > P.S.S. SUSE was not in my dictionary, WOW > > > -- > > > Poneyboy > > > Gregory D. Watts > > > 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 > > > http://www.tasana.biz > > > > How much swap you set aside? Just a guess, but sometimes too little swap has > > caused me problems in past. > > -- > > ...Yogich > > > When it installed it took almost 1GB for one partition and 17GB for the > rest, if this is not the answer how do I find the answer? -- Poneyboy Gregory D. Watts 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 http://www.tasana.biz

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News re: HAL, etc?
by Dennis J. Tuchler 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

As I understand it, Novell (SuSE) is working to fix a problem with slow loading onto USB devices. I am curious whether the fix will be provided as a system update or, if not, its availability will be made known to the people on this list. -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 USA

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mp3 CD's
by Chadley Wilson 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Greetings, With K3B you can only create MP3 cds with the data cd option, But this option doesn't allow you to choose the order in which the tracks appear on the cd. This doesn't effect you when you take your music collection on one disc instead of 20, to a friends house or a party to play on PC with winamp or amarok. But when you play the disc in your car you have a rough time finding the type of music you want to listen to sequentially,as all the songs are probably alphabetical. The only work around is folders, but I am not too keen on that option. Any ideas are welcome.. TIA Chadley

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Unable to mount DVDs
by John Moore 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I am trying to play DVDs via Totem. OS is Suse 10. Followed the instructions typically given to do this (The Jem Report => http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/) However, I am unable to mount DVD drive. When I start up Totem, and select option, "play CD/DVD" it gives me this error message: Failed to play Audio/Video Disc Failed to find mountpoint for device /dev/hdb in /etc/fstab. My current /etc/fstab file has the following entries: /dev/hda1 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 none /subdomain subdomainfs noauto 0 0 /dev/dvd2 /media/dvd2 subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /usb1 auto noauto,user 0 0 How do I add such an entry? It looks like an entry for the DVD drive already exits: /media/dvd and /media/dvd2 (I am assuming the double entries are for both cdrom and DVD reading ability?). Thanks for your help.

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dvdbackup irritation
by Marshall Heartley 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hello list, I have an issue with dvdbackup. Everytime I try and issue the command to backup a DVD, I get this error. dvdbackup: symbol lookup error: dvdbackup: undefined symbol: UDFFindFile I am using the versions of the programs from Packman's web site. The message occurs if I am a normal user or root. I am entering the command like such dvdbackup -M -i /dev/dvdrecorder -o /home/mheartley Please advise on what I can do to help solve this issue. Thanks P.S. If this has been solved, please direct me to the fix. I would appreciate it. :-)

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SPAM: Which port to open?
by Laurent Renard 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi guys ;) which port do i need to open on my hardware firewall after setting up a mail server on suse 10 ( postfix, ... ) ? Thanks for your great advices -- Laurent Renard

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RE: [SLE] It's SuSE not SUSE
by James D. Parra 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

>I, too, saw the announcement some months back that the naming >designation was being changed from SuSE to SUSE. However, everywhere >I look (manuals - not got the boxed 10 yet though only the download, >websites etc) it still appears to be termed SuSE. My personal >preference is for SuSE as it definitely used to be termed. I just >like it that way. Someone correct me on this, but wasn't the name changed by SuSE to SUSE for its symbol lookup on NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, etc? ~James

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mysql on suse 10
by Ferdinando Bassi 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi. I made MySQL start at boot adding it do Xinetd. Then I changed password using /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u command Then I installed phpMyAdmin. All is working good but, at reboot, I get this message from kernel: entering runlevel 3 ... mysql service failed .. skipped services: mysql but phpMyAdmin is working and I can work on mysql databases... So what's wrong? TIA, Ferdinando -- --> Powered by: <------ --> SUSE Linux 10.0 <--

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Goodbye Hubert...
by Herman Knief 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I just want to express my gratitude for the years of effort, attention to detail and quality that Hubert has delivered to SuSE and the Linux community as a whole. I hope that as he leaves SuSE that he will not travel far from the community he has helped to build. Herman

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Can you remap Firefox bookmarks to a FAT32 partition
by marbux 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Since I am stuck dual-booting Windows XP until some holes in my software map are filled, I am wondering if: (i) it is feasible to remap the Linux Firefox bookmarks to the Firefox bookmarks file on my Windows boot partition (FAT32, not NTFS); (ii) if so, how can it be done (I'm not seeing a mapping in the chrome files); and (ii) if so, will I need to remap back to the original location before upgrading Firefox? I would rather avoid the foibles of event-triggered scripts to synchronize separate files. Appreciate any help on this. Marbux

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Odd Kenundrum
by Joshua Harris 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I've got this very odd issue where primarily windows clients only see a fraction of the availible bandwidth to them. Usualy no more than 140 Kbits while Linux clients will usualy see the full 100mbits (if the client pipe is capable ). I have posted to the SUSE forums and have had limmited response. The post can be read http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=24716 there. All other relevant info for the box is found here . http://64.18.130.66/ along with a test file for any one who wants to test this issue for themselves...... the 10 meg.zip is harmless and worthless and nothing more than a simple hexdump to a file till it grew to that size and is what i use for speed tests. I have looked over everything (and am no linux newbie myself having run redhat since version 5) and had several "linux gurus"do the same so far every one who's looked at this issue is totaly stumped. So any one who can figure this one out man kuddos. However there is one stipulation here this machine is a web server for my hosting company and clients are complaining so this issue is critical and must be fixed soon otherwise I must format the machine and re-install. I've been putting this off for several days in hopes of finding a solution but the time factor is pressing. Sincere thanks for your attention to this matter. -Josh Harris

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SPAM: Howto DVD DL to 2 DVD SL?
by Juan Gustavo Fogelman 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hello I need to convert suse 10 dvd dl to 2 dvd sl is possible to be done? thanks

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Unable to play DVDs -- Problem with mount point and Totem
by John Moore 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I am trying to play DVDs via Totem. OS is Suse 10 (or OpenSuse 1.0). Followed the instructions typically given to do this (The Jem Report => http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/) However, I am unable to mount DVD drive. When I start up Totem, and select option, "play CD/DVD" it gives me this error message: Failed to play Audio/Video Disc Failed to find mountpoint for device /dev/hdb in /etc/fstab. My current /etc/fstab file has the following entries: /dev/hda1 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 none /subdomain subdomainfs noauto 0 0 /dev/dvd2 /media/dvd2 subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /usb1 auto noauto,user 0 0 How do I add such an entry? It looks like an entry for the DVD drive already exits: /media/dvd and /media/dvd2 (I am assuming the double entries are for both cdrom and DVD reading ability?). Thanks for your help.

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automate scp
by Kalos Bonasia 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

It is possible to automate scp command declaring the password? for example, in scp -p -r pippo@10.10.1.100:/home/* /backup/pippo/ can I add the password in the row parameter how to schedule the scp? -- Calogero Bonasia http://www.linuxteam.it/

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can't boot suse 9.3
by Istvan Gabor 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hello all: I have a problem booting Suse 9.3 After a normal rebooting of the computer Suse 9.3 can't boot normally anymore. The boot process is very slow and many boot message complain that can't change files on the root filesystem since the filesystem is read-only. Because of this KDE session can't start either. I have booted from the installation CD in rescue mode and run a fsck on the root filesystem's device. fsck sad that the filesystem was clean. 9.3 still can not boot normally. The root filesystem is 10GB big and 650 MB is free. What should I check, how could I fix this problem? Thanks, IG _______________________________________________________________________ KGFB 2006 - Garantáltan a legjobb ár! Nyerje meg az új Swiftet + garantált 10,000,- Ft értékű ajándék. WWW.NETRISK.HU

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[SLE] To SuSE Gurus : Unable to install SuSE 9.3 or 10 on my new computer.
by Catimimi 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, Nothing more for SuSE, but contrarily to SuSE database advice, I configured my Sata controller in AHCI mode and tried again Mandriva Linux 2006, not only it installs on my SCSI disk, but it recognize the SATA controller, installs the driver and start Linux installation without any problem on the SATA disks in native SATA mode. I like SuSE, I hope that one or more SuSE people will read this message and the previous one and help me with my installation of SuSE 10. I was unable to register my copy on the Novell site in order to get help as I did earlier!! Thanks Michel. PS : copy of the first messages I run SuSE since release 7.1 without problem, but I just built a new computer : - Asus P5WD2 Premium motherboard, Intel 955X chipset - Pentium extreme edition (Pentium 840 dual core with hyperthreading) processor - 1 GB DDR2 memory - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX Pci express - Hitachi T7k250 Sata2 250 GB disk - Hitachi 7k500 Sata2 500 GB disk - IDE DVD rom and IDE DVD writer for earlier compatibility I installed : - Adaptec 39160N SCSI adapter with SCSI CRrom and 36GB HD I tried to installed SuSE 9.3 or 10.0 (32 bits for beginning) either in normal or in safe mode and the system freezes after : Activating usb devices Activating ieee1394 devices Searching for file info ... As indicated in the SuSe database, I choosed the compatibility mode in order to be able to install on SATA disks ! In order to ckeck if the problem comes from SATA, I uninstalled the SATA disks and kept only the SCSI disk, same result ! In order to test, I installed Mandriva 2006 Free without any problem on the SCSI disk, so is it an AsuS problem ? or a SuSE problem ?

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kde look for staroffice on suse 10 x64 + mplayer
by Dorin Titiriga 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 well, I try to make staroffice 8 to get the baghira look on my x64 machine. No look by now. - i have to mention that I have removed the gtk-qt engine -. All I get is the suse original look....... this is 1 Second How to make mplayer to get 5.1 sound under suse 10 ???? so far I have no look. My comp is Asus a8v deluxe mb, gforce 6800, audigy 2 value, 1 GB ram ...... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDfDRTPJR8MXqY5/kRAgjjAKCrLFxHzIQx0J1JuNHQV1vAhNHFNwCdGsX9 wn+uUjRglaJ0zFibgzFVonI= =2lnE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [SLE] Gnome disappointment
by Tasana Computers 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 00:15 -0600, Tasana Computers wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 20:21 -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 19:07 -0400, Mike wrote: > > > On November 11, 2005 9:36 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 13:01 -0500, James Knott wrote: > > > > > Allen wrote: > > > > > > I'm 22. I got my first computer when I was 17 / 18. I'm just good with > > > > > > history. > > > > > > > > > > So, what was Bill Gates' first product (besides BS)? > > > > > > > > I didn't know he dated Barbera Streisand. > > > > > > > > As to his first product what has he really developed from scratch ever. > > > > DOS was simply a fork of CPM and that he got cheap and exploited to the > > > > hilt. Since then I can not think of a single scratch idea through code > > > > and release that BG ever created. I think he is more Borg than man > > > > assimilating whatever and whoever can not stand up to him. > > > > > > I've heard people claim that BOB was his greatest innovation. > > > I keep a copy on a laptop to show people. > > > > > > > Spelling error there are two letter O in that name. > > -- > > ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ > > | | | | [__ | | | > > |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ > > > > > Tim Peterson Wrote DOS then IBM told some guy that if he got and OS they > would buy if from him, this guy paid Tim $57,000.00 for DOS, Bill > licensed it to IBM and then copied it for other OEM's Tim got wind of > what really happened and Bill paid him (I think) $7M more to keep from > being sued. This was still not enough Bill had to hire Tim, who still > works there. Then Steve Jobs had a great idea, Windows, Bill saw this > and got the source code and copied it. Windows 1.0 was a dismal failure, > Windows 2.0 was a bit better and some companies bought it, about this > time Steve was having fits over the fact his idea had been hijacked. > Then 3.0 came out and Apple took a hit on this one. Soon Steve was fired > from Apple and he went to work for Bill, then surprise surprise 95 comes > out. Keep in mind Steve and Tim both work for Bill at this time. Then > Bill buys a controlling interest in Apple and Steve gets his job back, > (so if Bill owns that much of Apple who put Steve the puppet back) Now > Bill has control of MS and Apple. Now this (WAR) heats up between Apple > and MS the public defends Apple saying it is better then MS. Then > surprise surprise Apple is going to an x86 based system, OH NO OS X will > not run on non Apple's but guess what XP will run on the new x86 based > Apple's OMG who really runs Apple? I found out the above by Googleing > some very dark sites about the truth about MS, there is tons more to > tell, But Bill has never wrote anything, and currently the only software > making a profit for MS is XP and Office, all other programs have dropped > so far Bill is having fits as to what to do, Works is currently bring in > about a whopping $2 per copy, and the list goes on and on. -- Poneyboy Gregory D. Watts 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 http://www.tasana.biz

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RE: [SLE] Post
by Tasana Computers 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 08:58 +0200, Albert wrote: > You need to make sure you reply to the list: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > > If you just reply it will go to the person who sent the post you are > replying to. If you click reply to all, it will go to the list and the > person who sent the post you are replying to. > > Try not to reply to the person who sent the post you are replying to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tasana Computers [mailto:poneyboy@twlakes.net] > Sent: 17 November 2005 08:34 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Post > > I was wondering why my replies to others never show up in the > messages??? > -- > Poneyboy > Gregory D. Watts > 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 > http://www.tasana.biz > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/172 - Release Date: 2005/11/15 > > Got ya, a lot more trouble then Yahoo list but I get it now thanks -- Poneyboy Gregory D. Watts 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 http://www.tasana.biz

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Software Install
by Tasana Computers 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I downloaded the latest version of Wesmoth and it went to /root/ trying to install it has proving to be a pain. I have gone into YaST and choose import, copied it to CD and tried that, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, I read the help section and still don't get it. When I open a new window in GNOME it opens off screen only a small corner of the window is seen and I have to move it to the screen, how can I fix this? -- Poneyboy Gregory D. Watts 931-498-4341\Cell 931-260-0414 http://www.tasana.biz

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It's SuSE, not SUSE
by Mike Roy 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hello everyone: Just a quick observation. Someone remarked that we now say 'IBM' and not 'International Business Machines'. But, the IBM logo is still in 'all caps' and not a combination of upper and lower case letters. It is IBM, not 'IbM' nor 'Ibm'. In the same way, we don't say 'Gesellschaft für Software and System Entwicklung', but SuSE with the lower case 'u'. So, from where I'm sitting, I like SuSE, not SUSE. Just my $0.02 worth. Cheers, Mike

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