November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Firefox and PDF
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> On Wednesday 30 November 2005 1:13 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > > > > Now FF is out of beta perhaps it will work. Ill send the above link to > > the box I am using 1.5 on. > BTW: Firefox has been out of beta for quite a while. The stock version on > SuSE 10.0 is 1.07. > > The way the pdf plugin should be installed to work is: > 1. find out where firefox is installed: > /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib on SuSE stock releases. > > 2. in /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins, you need to remove the symlink to > nppdf.so. > > 3. in /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat7/Browser, there is a text file, > Browser_Plugin_HowTo.txt. > There is also a script: install_browser_plugin > Run this script (as root), and install the plugin in /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib > when it prompts you. This will copy nppdf.so to > the /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins directory. > > At this point, you should be able to bring up a pdf properly from Firefox. > (Note: If you are not using Firefox from the standard SuSE location (/opt) > it may be in /usr/local/MozillaFirefox/lib. You da man! This worked. Now I can read this... http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Updating KDE using smart.
by Erik Jakobsen 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi. I have installed smart on my SuSE Eval 10.0. How do I update KDE to version 3.5 with it. Are there repositories for it or ? Erik Jakobsen

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Re: [SLE] SuSe 10 - Internet issues...
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> > Sweet, I've finally got SuSe 10 up and running. I'm a rather inexperienced > Linux user, so please, bear with me here. NP. We can all be inexperienced together... > domain and IP address, but I can't find where to specify the address of a > DNS server. Help...please? > Simple. Get into the network setup in YaST. (Is that name going to chagne to YAST, soon?) Assuming you don't have DHCP to auto-detect your network settings, then you will have the "Static Address Setup" radio button selected and your IP/Subnet Mask filled out. Right below will be a panel with the name, "Detailed Settings." The button "Host Name and Server" is what you want. Click on it. The second panel down will have your Name Servers (DNS) entries. Your ISP has probably given you a name server IP address. Fill that in under the Name Server 1 and (optionally) Name Server 2 fields. If, OTOH, you have DHCP, then you should call your ISP to see what's going on. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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KDM Login Screen Options
by Randall R Schulz 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi, Is there any straightforward way to get a clock displayed in the KDM login screen? I don't know if it was 9.3 or 9.1, but I know a recent version of SuSE Linux allowed it, but I cannot find such an option any more (and I'm hoping I just don't know where to look). Thanks. Randall Schulz

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Printing problem
by H du Plooy 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi guys, I added my old Deskjet 610C to my SUSE 10.0 system (was in for a service). When trying to print I nothing happens, just some stuff in the logs. Google has not yielded much. Any ideas? Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: pnp: Device 00:0a disabled. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: pnp: Device 00:0a activated. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. Nov 17 23:58:19 rincewind kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] Nov 17 23:58:20 rincewind kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 610C Nov 17 23:58:20 rincewind kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to open /var/run/hpiod.port: No such file or directory: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 75 Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to connect hpiod socket 50000: Connection refused: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 693 Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind hp: unable to send ProbeDevices: Broken pipe Nov 17 23:59:23 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Nov 17 23:59:24 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Nov 17 23:59:24 rincewind kernel: lp0: ECP mode Thanks Hans

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Loading onto USB devices: Any Developments?
by Dennis J. Tuchler 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I use SuSE 10 and XFCE4. I just loaded 16 MB onto a usb device and it took a very long time. I know that this is a bug that Novell is working on. How will it be made known when the fix has been produced? Is there any indication of progress in this matter? -- Best regards, djtuchler Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 USA

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Cyrus IMAP - Non-local passwords
by Jim Flanagan 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi, I'm setting up Cyrus IMAP on Suse 10.0. I found out how to set up mailboxes using cyradm, have 2 set up so far. One is the same name as a normal login user, and the other is not a login user. Cyrus accepts the login password of the normal login user. How do I set the password on the non-login user to access this user mailbox only? Also, how do I set Cyrus up to only accept connections over imaps (port 993)? Many thanks, Jim Flanagan

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SUSE 10, wireless and default routes and such
by John Summerfield 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

This is on a laptop. How wireless interfaces work on non-portable computers is, I think, a different matter altogether. I installed SUSE 10 while disconnected from my LAN and all was well. Wireless cam up on boot, I got IP address etc, updated resolve.conf and set routes and life was good as far as those things go. I then reinstalled, while attached to LAN by wire and air, and now I can get an IP address, but the other things don't happen. I've used find and grep and vim till I'm blue in the face and I don't see what to change. Yast doesn't give me any options that I can find, and I can't find any likely references to resolv.conf or the various interfaces I've used. Please tell me, what do I change? The most desired behaviour is this: If wire is plugged in, it's configured with IP address etc, routes are set up and resolv.conf is reconfigured. If wireless is plugged in, it's configured with IP address etc, local routes are set up. If wire is not plugged in, then all routes are set up and resolv.conf is reconfigured. If two (or more) wireless devices work, the fastest is configured with default routes and resolv.conf is reconfigured, if there is no wire. Just for the moment, I will settle for wireless working as my primary interface (as it is).

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SuSe 10.0 - System Hanging on Install
by Donald Musser 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi everyone, I'm a relatively new Linux user, trying to install SuSe 10.0 (I'm installing SuSe on my brother's recommendation). I downloaded the ISO files, burned the images to CD, and started the fresh install. I got through installation setup on disc 1, but when it reboots (with disc 1 still in the drive), and I choose "boot from disc" to continue the install, the system hangs after starting the HAL daemon (I don't get into any graphical interface). I tried restarting without the disc, which worked fine...until I got to the next step of the install, where I was instructed to insert disc 2. When I do that, the system hangs completely. Can't switch to another console, ctrl + alt + del does nothing... The support portal lists a possible fix, telling me to manually eject the CD and that SuSe will detect it and instruct me to re-insert the disc. This does not happen for me. Even after going through emergency CD removal, the system remains hung. Please help! -Myles

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RE: id3v2 help
by Martin 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi experts, I'd like to ask for a bit of help with using id3v2. My mp3 files have names in form 'author_author__song_name.mp3' and don't have id3 tag at all. I'm trying to get author and song name to id3 tag from file name like this: ls *.mp3 | xargs -n1 -i basename \{\} .mp3 | xargs -n1 -i id3v2 -t `ls *.mp3 | basename \{\} .mp3 | awk -F__ '{print $1}'` -A Greatest_Hits_80s -g Pop {}.mp3 This does not produce what I would expect and title is "author_author__song_name" instead of "author_author". When I try ls *.mp3 | xargs -n1 -i basename \{\} .mp3 | awk -F__ '{print $1}' or ls *.mp3 | xargs -n1 -i basename \{\} .mp3 | awk -F__ '{print $2}' I get author or song_name as expected. How can I combine the two and achieve what I want? Is there any other way to do this? Thx, Martin --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

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Setting up redundant file servers
by Paul W. Abrahams 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I've set up a Linux file server for the municipal offices of my town (as a volunteer consultant and Linux evangelist). It's working fine -- Samba makes it look like a Win machine to the rest of the world. But now I'm interested in setting up a second machine as a redundant backup to the first one. The intent is that if one goes down, the other one will take over with little or no lost data and the shift will be imperceptible to the network users. What software should I be looking at to accomplish this? Paul

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Occassional freezing on open suse 10
by Shibu Basheer 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello, I've been using open suse for a couple of days now, and I feel there are some stability issues on my PC. The PC locks up occasionally when logging in or out of a KDE session. The mouse curser moves, but no access to keyboard, and I cannot switch to a terminal using alt-F switch. I also found the system locked up after I let it running overnight, only see a static picture of the screensaver on, with no response. I have applied all the latest updates. My hardware is AMD 2800, 512 MB RAM, Nvidia2 based graphics card, and a Maudio 7.1 sound card. I wish to believe this a hardware problem, but XP runs smooth on this machine. Is there any way to lookup cause of crash in any log files after a reboot? Thanks, Shibu

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Re: [SLE] SUSE 10 DVD
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

> > Of course, IMO, geckos are far more pleasing to the eye than chameleons. :P > > I am sorry I am not very clear what you are talking about. > gecko? chameleons? but where? the desktop backgroud? > where can I find the name of the animal? (it seems that you all said SUSE > call it gecko instead of chameleons), > I am a new user, so can anyone tell some SuSE stories to me? like Well, as someone mentioned, there was a naming contest for the chameleon. They named it "geeko". Sort of like Konqui, the dragon thingy in KDE, I guess. Chameleon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon Gecko: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko Very different animals. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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KDE 3.5
by Joan Manuel Ventura Felix 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Whats going on with KDE 3.5? Tell me about the graphics? are they good?

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SuSE Open VS SuSE 10 professional
by Richard A Sharpe 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi Is the only difference between open SuSE and SUSE 10 the included apps ? Just wondering if open SuSE was worth downloading. Rich Richard A Sharpe 8 Meadowview Lane Merrimack, NH 03054 "Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are kind, but because you are."

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yast2 printer setup problem
by Allen Carpenter 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

This doesn't seem to be the same issue as covered in other threads I was able to find. When I try to use yast2 to configure my parallel port connected laser printer yast opens its printer window begins to read the driver database then the printer setup window just disappears. I have checked logs for errors and not found any. Instead it seems to be proceeding just fine according to /var/log/YaST2/y2log. The output is: 2005-11-30 15:48:52 <1> linux(12447) [YCP] Printerdb.ycp:318 Checking foomatic database 2005-11-30 15:48:52 <1> linux(12447) [YCP] Printerdb.ycp:321 Database changed 2005-11-30 15:48:52 <1> linux(12447) [agent-ppd] PPDdb.cc(createdbThread):419 CreateDbThread started 2005-11-30 15:48:52 <1> linux(12447) [agent-ppd] PPDdb.cc(loadPrebuiltDatabase):1439 Database file parsed correctly by YCP parser 2005-11-30 15:48:53 <1> linux(12447) [agent-ppd] PPDdb.cc(loadPrebuiltDatabase):1670 Database contents is OK This is a 64bit mp system running a new install of Suse 10 OSS. A relatively vanilla install with the latest YOU updates and kde 3.5. Samsung ML1740 printer connected via parallel port. Any ideas where to look for clues? -- Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.

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SuSe 10 - Internet issues...
by Donald Musser 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Sweet, I've finally got SuSe 10 up and running. I'm a rather inexperienced Linux user, so please, bear with me here. I can't (effectively) use the internet. I mean, technically, I've got perfect connectivity as far as I can tell. I can ssh into the other servers on the network, and I can even get to sites like google.com....well, sorta. See, I can't use the actual web address to get there. I've got to use the IP address. What I can't find is anywhere to specify anything like a DNS server that would solve this problem. I've already gone through and assigned gateways and hostname and domain and IP address, but I can't find where to specify the address of a DNS server. Help...please? -Myles

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can't make udev rule work
by Istvan Gabor 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hello all: I am trying to set up jetico's bestcrypt on my SUSE 10.0 x86_64. Bestcrypt startup script (/etc/init.d/bcrypt start) creates the bcrypt[0-16] devices in /dev/. The permissions of those files should be 0666 but they are: brw-r----- 1 root disk 188, 0 2005-11-29 22:07 /dev/bcrypt0 I created an udev rule file: /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules that contains: KERNEL=="bcrypt[0-9]*", NAME="%k", MODE="0666" I restarted udev with udevstart but the permissions have not changed, the udev rule did not work. I do't know how could I make this rule work. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, IG __________________________________________________________________________ KÖTELEZŐ és mégis kényelmes! Csak november 30-ig, az [origo] Biztosításon! http://origo.hu/biztositas

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maybe a bash bug?
by Marc Collin 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

hi i use suse 10 and kde. 3.5 collinm@linux:~/Documents/exemple_client_server> cd .. collinm@linux:~/.local/share/Trash/files> cd .. don't understand

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Re: [SLE] SuSe 10.0 - System Hanging on Install
by Stan Glasoe 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Wednesday 30 November 2005 9:20 am, you wrote: > The install was going through just fine, and now the problem I'm having > appears to be more a software issue than a hardware issue. During the > install it's telling me that it's missing a file needed to complete the > install. SuSe did not allow me to skip the installation of this package. > I did select some packages outside of the minimum install, and while I > did make sure to check dependencies, perhaps that's not as reliable as I > had hoped? > > I'm sorry I can't be more specific about what file was missing and what > package was being installed that the file was needed for. It was > something I noticed when I checke the SuSe install right before leaving > work last night. I'm going to go back through and do either a full > install or a minimum install. That way I can be sure that all of packages > are being installed with the necessary dependencies. > > -Myles Please don't top-post. Please reply to the list only unless specifically asked to go private email. You lose a lot of exposure to experienced helpers. Check your email program for "Reply To List" capabilities. Thanks and now on to the issue at hand: I really, really, very strongly, recommend trying the FailSafe option. It just might get you past all these lockups and CD/DVD drive/media reading issues. If it installs then we can go back and enable the options one at a time to see which breaks/fixes whatever. Another thought is to check www.CDFreaks.com for CD/DVD drive firmware updates. That may cure some CD/DVD drive issues. Stan

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Crushes of OOo Writer and Calc on SUSE 10 OSS
by Dimitris Kalamaras 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi people! I am using SUSE 10 OSS for a month or so in my office. It is really much better than Fedora Core 4 or Mandriva 2006. The only irritating problem I have so far is that OO.org 2.0 build 2.0.0.1 crushes suddenly when I am working on a Calc spreadsheet and a Writer Document simoultaneously. In the beginning I thought it should be my working in MS Office formats, so I have converted to OpenDocument's. But the problem persists and I cannot understand why it is happening. Maybe the reason is scarce RAM? I have only 256MB. The only pattern I can see in all those crushes is that they happen when I have both Calc and Writer opened and I copy/paste something to/from these OOo applications. An example: A while ago, I was working on a OpenDocument Spreadsheet with only 100 written lines and some elementary string functions. In parallel, I had opened an OpenDocument Text of 22 pages in plain Greek text. I was just pasting from the latter to an external text file (Kate) and pasting into the spreadsheet some names from the Konqueror switching back and forth with ALT+TAB. All of the sudden, OOo crushed. No error signal no nothing. Just crushed. The same, more or less, occured in the past crushes. Can anybody help me understand why this happens? Where to look for answers? I do not loose any data since OOo recovers nicely the documents, but it is annoying. The annoying thing is that OOo 2.0 in FC4 works without any crushes. I have and Intel Celeron 2.6, 256MB RAM. Thanks in advance, --Dimitris

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Re: [SLE] Firefox and PDF
by Kai Ponte 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 11:05 am, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 12:39 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote: > > That's the problem. Something is fscked up with the plugin in 10/1.0.6 > > and 1.0.7 - it doesn't work. Opening as an external app does work. > > > > I'd work on it but I want to be sure and read this first. > > > > http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf > > Works fine in 9.2 with Firefox 1.0.7 and FireFox 1.5 > > So try fireFox 1.5 from Mozilla. FF 1.5 doesn't have the plugin installed. (Now listed under "Download Actions.") Oh well. At least they can open in Acrobat. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Misc problems with SuSE 10.0
by Jim Flanagan 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi, I've encountered 2 small problems with my new 10.0 install. Mostly a default setup with KDE. 1. When I send a file to trash in KDE, it does not go to trash, but is deleted instead. Is there a setting to correct this? I would rather files go to trash first. 2. On shutdown, when I click and hold the "restart" option, I get the popup giving me options of what boot to restart in. The restart proceeds, but this does not work however, it alwyas restarts on the default grub option. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks in advance. Jim

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'Full version' SuSE 10 on Linux-Magazine
by Kevanf1 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I apologise because I am in effect restarting this thread. I've lost the rest of it :-( I asked earlier about the latest edition of Linux-Magazine supposedly having the 'full' version of SuSE 10 on the cover DVD. Well, I e-mailed the magazine and got a reply from the editor himself. It turns out that they are giving a version that is not actually the 'full' retail version but is more than the Eval version. I have a full list of exactly what is on the DVD if anybody wants me to post it up here. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Mount point busy, fuser doesn't help
by Paul W. Abrahams 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have a problem with a hung network mount point; "mount" shows it's mounted, but I can't unmount it because it's busy. Supposedly fuser will tell me what process has grabbed it, but fuser itself simply hangs, with no response at all, when I call it. (All this is done as root.) The fuser calls I've tried are: fuser /home/srv/mnt1 fuser -m /home/srv/mnt1 where /home/srv/mnt1 is the mount point as revealed by the "mount" command". This is happening under SuSE 9.2. Any suggestions? Paul

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Re: [SLE] SuSE 10 Install Failure
by David Johanson 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Donald Musser wrote: > I've got a partially SCSI system. Only my hard disks are SCSI. I'm > attempting to install SuSe 10 on my box, but I'm not getting too far. > My problem is different from yours, though. It's an issue with my > CDROM drive not mounting and the initialization of the HAL daemon. If > I got those taken care of it should work fine. What issue(s) are you > having? Install starts just fine and progresses along with a couple of delays, 2-3 minutes to find the info file, and up to several minutes to load the installation system, both off the source media, then jumps to the gui portion and proceeds along identifying my drive and offers a format scheme, selects the packages it thinks I need, then asks to install. Saying yes results in the HD being properly formatted, and then package installation starts. After loading 3 - 4 packages without any problems, the package loading fails with the message copied below. This is fully repeatable trying to install on different drives and/or using any of the 4 CD/DVD drives to contain the source media. Only happens with SuSE 10. All prior versions, 7.2 - 9.2 inclusive install. dave > > -Myles > > > On 11/30/05, *David Johanson* <dcjohan(a)patriot.net > <mailto:dcjohan@patriot.net>> wrote: > > Bruce Marshall wrote: > > >On Wednesday 30 November 2005 11:46 am, David Johanson wrote: > > > > > >>I purchased the boxed set of 10 and have been trying for over a > month to > >>get it installed on my SCSI based system. I put in a service > request to > >>Novell over a month ago and we have been "playing" around since > then > >>trying to see what's wrong with my system. When we finally > reached a > >>point of determining that the problem was that YaST was getting > confused > >>with the install because I have more than one CD/DVD drive in the > >>system, it was announced, today, that Novell does not support > installs > >>on SCSI based systems anymore except on a pay for call basis and > it was > >>suggested I ask about the install problem on this list. > >> > >>So, has anyone had any problems installing on a SCSI based > system and if > >>so what has been the work around? > >> > >>System consists of the following: > >> > >>4 matched removable SCSI HDs, only one of which is turned on > during the > >>install > >>1 each DVD writer and reader and 1 each CD writer and reader. > All except > >>the DVD writer are SCSI, the DVD writer is IDE and is the device > used > >>for the install attempts (I've tried all 4 devices but all fail > during > >>the loading of the packages) because it ( the IDE Sony DVD) is > by far > >>the fastest device. > >> > >> > >> > > > >You don't mention the specifics of your SCSI devices... (vendor, > model, etc) > >but I have installed 10.0 on two scsi systems using Adaptec 29160 > >controllers. > > > > > opps! > > Adaptec 29320A ultra 320 > > >I would guess it is a change in the way the kernel handles your > particular > >scsi devices. > > > > > > > > > > > >>Below is a typical error I get when trying to perform the > install during > >>the package writing phase: > >>"error: /var/adm/YaSTInstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_ > >>0X00000001/MEDIA/suse/i586/ghostscripts-fonts-other-8.15rc1-29.i586rpm:MD5 > >>digest: BAD Expected (cb29d41081097a3cd4feeda767aeb453) != > >>(e8aa68850260b19cbc0d44f43a330b2d)" > >>This error will repeat with just a different package name for all > >>packages other than the first three packages. > >> > >>Below is a quote from Novell tech service: > >> > >>"After installation of the first packages the access to > /mnt/var/ gets > >>lost, > >>resulting in errors like: > >> > >>Could not open logfile '/mnt/var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM' > >>cannot get exclusive lock on /mnt/var/lib/rpm/Packages > >>cannot open Packages database in /mnt/var/lib/rpm > >> > >>Yast got confused by your quite unusual system." > >> > >>I've installed all versions of SuSE Linux, from 7.3 - 9.3 > inclusive, on > >>this box before without this problem. Any help on how to get 10 > >>installed greatly appreciated. > >> > >>dave > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@suse.com> > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > <mailto:suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com> > > >

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SuSE 10.0: gnome programmes crash perl-TK applications
by Michael Behrens 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hallo list! Does anybody have an explanation or remedy for this: Any perl-tk-programme (e.g. /usr/bin/widget from the packet perl-Tk-800.024-433 crashes with SIGSEGV, as soon as I start a gnome programme, be it gedit or gnome-calculator. System: Suse 10.0 (Box), kernel 2.6.13-15-smp, fresh installation, current updates. Problem happens independent of hardware on different X86 maschines. Also in failsafe mode without a windowmanager. A strace-log of the perl-TK programme ends as follows: (half of the first line (with select...), just until before the closing bracket, is printed before the crash, the rest happens in the moment I start gedit): ... select(5, [4], [], [], NULL) = 1 (in [4]) ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 read(4, "\241 5\2\24\0\340\1\25\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 write(4, "\20\0\7\0\22\0\340\1_MOTIF_WM_MESSAGES\340\1", 28) = 28 read(4, 0xbff49e20, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) read(4, "\1\3676\2\0\0\0\0\32\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 write(4, "\21\0\2\0\25\2\0\0", 8) = 8 read(4, "\1\0007\2\5\0\0\0\24\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\10"..., 32) = 32 readv(4, [{"_GTK_LOAD_ICONTHEMES", 20}, {"", 0}], 2) = 20 select(5, [4], [], [], NULL) = 1 (in [4]) ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 read(4, "\241 7\2\1\0\340\1\25\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- Viele Grüße ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Behrens

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Interesting survey results
by Clayton 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I participated in a survey a while back, and they've published the results here: http://www.zoomerang.com/reports/public_report.zgi?ID=L22FS3PB3TNW I thought it interesting that SUSE (in it's various forms) was used by 62% of the survey participants. It beat out it's rivals by a huge margin. C

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gtk menus with black background
by Michal Hlavac 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

hello, every menu in gtk has black background which is not readable. gtk says: Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_back_pixmap(): pixmap must have a colormap I have installed gtk-qt-engine... where is the problem??? thanks, miso

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USB storage media and SUSE 10.0
by Jacek Poplawski 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hello SUSE wizards and users. I am former Slackware user, who used Linux From Scratch before, and now I am using SUSE 10.0 at work and on my home desktops. Almost everything works good, I am very happy with yast, I don't need to configure things manually, even if I know how to do it, however - with one thing I failed. This thing is USB storage media, like Pendrive or portable MP3 player. When you plug it in - SUSE automagicaly mount it. You think that's great? Wrong. It mount it as root user! It means that it's impossible to write on it from user account. So I wanted to umount it.. which is of course impossible with konqueror (there is already thread about this problem here, on this mailing list). I can umount it when I use root shell, but - I need to manually add it to /etc/fstab to mount it later as an user. Is it a bug in SUSE 10.0? Was it like that in earlier versions? Is there a way to fix that, so I could mount/umount USB in file manager, or better - to mount it automagicaly as current user and sync it on demand? Where can I read about automagical mount system in SUSE? Is it just udev? The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications(a)s3group.com. Thank You.

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Codepage problem
by James Watkins 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi all, I have a query about codepages. I recently upgraded my SuSE 9.3 box to openSUSE 10.0 and a few things went awry in the process, the most annoying of which is the fact that I can't see accents in the console. Everything looks fine in KDE but in a console, including an xterm, accents are replaced by question marks. I have tried changing the RC_LANG environment variable to no avail. Is it necessary to restart the machine for RC_LANG changes to take effect or is a logout/login sufficient? The font is capable of displaying the characters in question because if I hold down the alt key and type 246 on the keypad I get an umlauted o. Thanks in advance for any help. Very confused, James.

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screensaver locked every time in KDE 3.5
by Paul Cartwright 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

ever since I changed to KDE 3.4, the screensaver password screen comes up after I have been away for a while. I looked in the screensaver settings, but the box is NOT checked to to use the password, so I can't figure out how to stop it from going to the password screen. what am I missing?? this is SUSE 10.0 updated to KDE 3.5 -- Paul Cartwright

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Re: [SLE] suse 10 parallel printer problem
by Matt Stamm 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Johannes Meixner <jsmeix(a)suse.de> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:13:38 +0100 (CET) > >You didn't read the "Release Notes" which are shown during >installation and you didn't look if the question was already >answered on this mailing list: >http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2005-Nov/1206.html > Johannes, Thanks for the info. I had many problems during the install of suse 10, had to re-install several times, and did not see any release notes addressing parallel port problems. I wish I had, would have saved me much time! One note. The above link suggested not using ECP/DMA for the parallel port. I tried using SPP and EPP with no success. Suse/Yast could not see the parallel port. Finally I tried changing my ECP/EPP DMA from 3 to 1 and it worked. I'm using an AMD Sempron system that was configured ECP/EPP DMA-3. Changing to ECP/EPP DMA-1 seemed to fix the problem. Matt

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suse 10 parallel printer problem
by Matt Stamm 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I've been using suse 10, and for the first time tried to install a printer, but no luck. The printer is a HP660C connected to the parallel port. This printer was working fine on my suse 8.1 system, and, if I boot to a freedos disc I can print to it on LPT1. So I assume the print and parallel port is working. When I go to install using Yast, Yast will initialling recognize the printer, it shows a HP660C as not configured. But as I try to install the "test Connection" fails, and if I complete the install wizard, the test print also fails. No output on the print at all. When I check CUPS it says something like "Parallel Port Busy, will retry in 30 seconds". What am I doing wrong? Matt

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Firefox 1.5 Released
by Randall R Schulz 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Howdy, This just in: <http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=7736> -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- "The final release of Mozilla Firefox 1.5 is now available for download from GetFirefox.com for most major operating systems or from the mirrors. Users of the release candidates should receive the update soon. "Firefox 1.5 introduces several new features, including an improved software update system, faster Back / Forward page navigation, a new options to clear private browsing data, drag-and-drop reordering of browser tabs, a redesigned Options/Preferences window and more robust popup blocking. Standards support is also improved, with support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and additional CSS properties. Accessibility is much improved (including new DHTML accessibility features), security has been enhanced and Mac OS X support has also been improved. "More details can be found in the 1.5 Release Notes, and the support forums staff is available for questions." -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- Randall Schulz

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Hauppauge PVR 500 dual tuner
by Aschwin Marsman 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi, Anybody has this working already? I've tried two weeks ago with ivtv 0.40. Compilation and installation went well, but all TV applications segfaulted. It has on board: 02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) 02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) Any tips? Any MythTV hardware/OS tips? Best regards, Aschwin Marsman -- aschwin(a)marsman.org http://www.marsman.org

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OpenDocument vs. MS Open XML
by Steven T. Hatton 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

<quote url="http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4875"> 29 November 2005 Sun urges US state to reject Microsoft open format By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service Sun has urged the state of Massachusetts to rethink its opinion that Microsoft's Open XML meets the acceptable parameters for an open format In a letter signed by the director of corporate standards for Sun, Carl Cargill, the company asked the state to keep in mind the reasons for its previous commitment to the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) specification. ... </quote> My own opinion is that both of these specification are a bad use of XML. Nonetheless, they seem to provided what the masses want in a word processor. [*] If I'm not mistaken, the OpenDocument specification is the one OO is being built to. It was also created from the ground up with the intention of being an open standard. If Microsoft can promulgate their "standard" over another candidate such as OpenDocument, that would mean all other office software producers will be forced to play catchup with Microsoft, while Microsoft can "adapt" the new standard for nothing. It seems to me, since Microsoft has the largest market capitalization of any company in history, they are in a much better position to pay for the modification required in order to conform to something like OpenDocument. The only argument which might favor MS Open(sic) XML is some possible technical superiority. If MS Office is any indication, such superiority does not exist. [*]“Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word. processor?” “It’s simple, Skyler. You’ve seen what food. processors do to food, right?” www.lyx.org

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miss some icons...
by Marc Collin 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

hi i use suse 10 after i do the kde update to 3.5 i lost some icon in the panel (control center) same thing after a reboot thanks

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Hauppauge PVR 350
by Hani 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have tried numerous times to configure my Hauppauge PVR 350 with no success. The card is detected when I scan for channels, it says no channels found. I know the card is working fine because I dual boot with Windows and it works fine. I had the same problem in SuSE 9.3 and SuSE 10.0. Currently, I'm running SuSE 10.0 eval from a fresh install. I'm in Canada and I beleive we use NTSC here just like USA.The closest options available when scanning for channels in YAST is NTSC us-cable and I get the following: v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory Number of TV Stations Found: 0 Anyone knows why it's not working or how to configure it? Perhaps it's a Canada specific issue? -- Hani

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kaffeine not starting
by B. Stia 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hello SuSE people, Used to work just great. Now it doesn't. Have all of the accessories and peripheral files installed (packman) to make xine/kaffeine work properly. (as it used to) ie: pop a DVD into the drive and kaffeine would open and play it. As I said, now it doesn't. I can put in a DVD and when it doesn't open, navigate my way to /media/dvdrecorder/video_ts/vob file, select that, and kaffeine will start the video perfectly. (hope you all are following me here) So what has happened? Why doesn't it start automagically like it is supposed to? Here is the pertinent line in my /etc/fstab file. (excuse the wrapping) /dev/dvdrecorder /media/dvdrecorder subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Anything to do with hal? resmgr? Running 9.2 with all updates. Anybody can tell me why it used to work and now it doesn't? Hopefully ? All ideas and suggestions welcomed. Bob S.

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floppy drive mounted with no floppy in it
by John Moore 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have a weird problem. Floppy started appearing mounted after installing kvpnc and NetworkManager-vpnc packages. Moreover, terminal prompt changed from jmoore@linux:-> to jmoore@2(SERVFAIL):-> Uninstalled both packages as well as vpnc but problems still exist. Can only unmount floppy as root. Have tried to configure /etc/fstab by inserting "user" into floppy line. Here is what my /etc/fstab file looks like: /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/fd0 /media/floppy subfs noauto,user,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 /dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 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 /dev/hdb /media/dvd subfs noauto,user,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 Any ideas?

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Off TOPIC - html tabs spaces
by Chadley Wilson 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Greetings,(Sorry it off topic- google has let me down) In an ordinary office document you can line things up with tabs by pressing the tab key. I wonder if html has a function for this or a special code. TIA Chadley

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Need to locate a driver for Olympus digital voice recorder
by Gil Weber 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi, everyone. I have all sorts of links to Linux resources, but I don't seem to have one for help with drivers. If anyone can point me to the right place I'd sure appreciate it. I just purchased an Olympus VN-480PC digital voice recorder. It will transfer recorded files (.wav) to a Windows-equipped PC via USB. Unfortunately, though SuSE 9.3 instantly recognizes my Nikon digital camera, Samsung digital audio player, and memory card reader via USB, it does not recognize this digital voice recorder. I called Olympus tech support and actually spoke with a guy who uses Linux, but he says the device requires a driver and won't be recognized by the usual USB "plug and play" that SuSE typically does so well. He suggested that I ask around the Linux community to see if anyone knows of a driver for this digital recorder. So.... can anyone point me to a site where I might find such a driver? Many thanks! Gil

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[SLE] floppy drive problems with SuSE 9.3
by Gil Weber 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 12:40 -0500, Gil Weber wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > Something has happened to my floppy drive. I had removed it from the box and > then put it back in after doing some upgrades. Perhaps I have reinstalled it > wrong, but I can't figure out why things have gotten messed up. Nor can I > figure how to fix. > <Snip> Sounds like the data cable is backwards, I have done it many times it is easy to do. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 Ken, thanks for reply. Both plugs on the floppy drive ribbon cable are "keyed" so that they can only go into the motherboard and floppy drive one way. Cannot be turned over. I tried reversing the ribbon cable end-for-end and replugging opposite ends into the MB and floppy. But that did not make any difference. Any other ideas? Thanks. Gil

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SUSE 10.0 and using a beamer?
by Per Jessen 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Does anyone have experience with running openoffice on SUSE10 on a beamer? I'm writing a presentation, and it occured to me that I won't have an opportunity to do a trial-run with the beamer - which is where things would often go belly up with Windows (when switching the laptop displays to the external video-output). I'm guessing it's really more of an X issue than anything specific to SUSE or openoffice, but I'd still appreciate all hints and advice. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/freetrial - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution.

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Re: [SLE] SUSE 10 DVD
by Kai Ponte 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

> Kai Ponte wrote: > > > Just FYI, my copy of Linux Magazine arrived today. It includes the full > > (not OSS) DVD of SUSE Linux 10.0. > > Sure it is the full version, not the evaluation one as published on the suse > websites? I haven't installed it but that's what they say. Typically Linux Magazine provides the high-end versions of distros. The 9.3 version was the full DVD that had more than I did when I downloaded the CDs. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Fwd: [SLE] SUSE 10.0 - XMMS, Kaffeine, xine
by Daniel Carvalho 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

You rock BandiPat!!! :-) XMMS it's working now! Thanks for your tips! I removed all XMMS stuff that I have installed before from SUSE 10.0 CDs, using the package manager. And I got the packages below at http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=675and installed it: #ls -l xmms*rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 fitoplancton users 997310 Nov 5 01:27 xmms-1.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 fitoplancton users 1309218 Nov 5 01:28 xmms-lib-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1 fitoplancton users 182930 Nov 5 01:27 xmms-lib-mad-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -i xmms-lib-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm warning: xmms-lib-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3ab2ce5e # rpm -i xmms-1.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm warning: xmms-1.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3ab2ce5e # rpm -i xmms-lib-mad-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm warning: xmms-lib-mad-2.2.10-79.pm.1.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3ab2ce5e warning: user detlef does not exist - using root warning: user detlef does not exist - using root Now I can spend more time to put xine to play DVDs listening songs! :-) Key, I just tried to install mPlayer, I did download from http://packman.links2linux.org/index.php4?action=cat&cat=1 And so, It needs some libs: # rpm -i MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3.i586.rpm warning: MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5f6842a4 error: Failed dependencies: w32codec-all is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3 libdirectfb-0.9.so.22 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3 libmad.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3 libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre7-pm.3 And then libs needs more libs :-) # rpm -i w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i386.rpm warning: w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5277a2fa file /usr/lib/win32/QuickTime.qts from install of w32codec-all-20050412- 0.pm.0 conflicts with file from package w32codec-0.52-1 file /usr/lib/win32/QuickTimeEssentials.qtx from install of w32codec-all - 20050412-0.pm.0 conflicts with file from package w32codec-0.52-1 file /usr/lib/win32/QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx from install of w32codec - all-20050412-0.pm.0 conflicts with file from package w32codec-0.52-1 ... and more: # rpm -i w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i386.rpm warning: w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5277a2fa file /usr/lib/win32/QuickTime.qts from install of w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0 conflicts with file from package w32codec-0.52-1 file /usr/lib/win32/QuickTimeEssentials.qtx from install of file from package w32codec-0.52-1 file /usr/lib/win32/vp31vfw.dll from install of w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0 conflicts with file from package w32codec-0.52-1 ... Came on!!!! DLLs!!!! :-)))) I'm going back to xine! Thanks Daniel

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Getting just the blues from YaST updates
by Steven T. Hatton 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Is there a way I can get YaST to show just the modified rpms on update sites such as the supplementary directory? It may be right under my nose, but I'm not seeing it.

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How to Check DCOP Server/Repair KDE?
by Don Parris 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Greetings gang! I'm sure this is my fifth tech support request in two years. Guess this GNU/Linux stuff is just too hard to use. ;-) Seriously, I went to bed Saturday evening after checking my e-mail using Kontact/KDE on SUSE 10.0 and woke up the next morning to discover I couldn't do anything in KDE. I can still login to GNOME and XFce, etc. - just not KDE. I cannot use Kontact at all - which is what I've been using to sync with my Visor, as well as e-mail, etc. I believe this is related to my Sunday AM Auto-Update. I have been running YOU manually, but let it run itself this week. The only other thing it could be is the recent BibleTime installation. The error message I get when trying to login to KDE is: "Error setting up Interprocess communications for KDE. Message Was: Could not read network connection list /home/user/.DCOPserver_parris_0. Check that DCOP server is running. I am missing the .DCOPserver_parris_0 file in my home dir. How do I check the DCOP server?

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Amarok SUSE 10 64bit no playlist advance
by Trenton Carr 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hello all I know this is suposed to have been solved previously, but I can't add a yast repository because my SUSE 10 box is at home with no connection. I go to the I-Cafe and download all I need. I have tried the following: Change engine: only helix works(not), can't get xine to work, I tried the pacman and guru RPM's. I was told to update to Amarok 1.3.6, did that but can't select and engine that works. Can't find a amarok-helix-backend for 64 bit. Compile from source, but it needs >kde3.4.9, got KDE3.5 but now it needs a libmpg-blah.blah.so(64bit). Install libmad. I get lots of knotify crashes so I re-install and use realplayer for mp3. Please help. Trenton -- Changing the face of mathematics. Master Maths George Postnet Suite #109 Private Bag X6590 George 6529 South Africa +27(0)44 873 4683 +27(0)84 680 0263

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