November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV in /var/log/warn?
by Steven T. Hatton 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT-INV What does this mean? I'm having trouble transferring data from a site which I believe is very fast. I've noticed there are messages in the warn log containing the string shown above and also the IP address of the sever in question. Any ideas?

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feature-request: Voting in Bugzilla
by Alexey Eremenko 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hi all! The current openSUSE project's bugzilla has 1 serious drawback - no voting system. Some problems might seems to be "small" by the development community, but turn out as serious issues for users. For this reason I ask you, the openSUSE project leaders to add a voting system to openSUSE bugzilla, like in Mandriva, where users can vote for problems/ bugs/feature-requests, that must be solved first.. A *Community* project needs this effective way to *communicate* with its users. -Alexey Eremenko. 20.nov.2005.

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To compile 64 bit?
by B. Stia 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hello SuSE people. Question: Am running an AMD 64 processor. There are still not all programs that are 64 bit. I know that the system will handle 32 bit stuff but I was wondering if an src file can be compiled to 64 bit. Ex: Tonight I went to download smart at Guru's site. There were no 64 bit versions, only i686 and src's. I hesitated to download either because I didn't know if either of them would work without problems. Bob S..

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openSUSE @ FOSDEM 2006
by Christoph Thiel 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi everyone, the sixth Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (commonly known as FOSDEM, [http://www.fosdem.org/] will take place during the last week-end (25&26) of February 2006 in the city of Brussels, Belgium. It's an annual 2-day event hosting talks, tutorials, and stalls for the free software/open source community. It is organized by volunteers at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Access to all parts of FOSDEM is free, but donations and sponsors are welcome to help fund the event. As you may have already noticed (because Pascal blogged about it), we will have an openSUSE 'DevRoom' (Developer Room) @ FOSDEM and most likely a booth as well. Therefore, we are in the very early stages of preparation and would like to team up with you to organize the openSUSE @ FOSDEM event. To start off, we would like to get your opinion on what topics, presentation, talks, tutorials, etc. you would expect from openSUSE @ FOSDEM? And if you would like to deliver a presentation, talk, tutorial? The ultimate goal would be to have presentations distributed equally amongst community members and SUSE / Novell employees. Here are some possible topics, that are basis for discussion far: - presentations + openSUSE in general (what happend so far, what's up next) + openSUSE build infrastructure + SUSE Linux 10.1 - highlights and features - dicussion + SUSE Linux 10.2 - dicussion / plans for the future + Usability and Documentation - tutorials + packaging the SUSE-way + using the build infrastructure + LIVE CD construction + Customizing SUSE Linux That's it for the moment, we are all looking forward to a lively discussion and a great collaboration. Have a nice weekend Christoph

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10.0: Amarok issues: freezes when handled & won't play files with odd charachters
by JW 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Just installed SuSE 10. Amarok, which was a fairly nice application in 9.3, will "freeze" for about 5, 10 seconds whenever I do anything, such as queue a track, add media, or use the sidebar. If a song is playing it will "pause" while the app is thinking about doing what it needs to. Is there anything I can do about this? It's incredibly annoying. I'm always queuing the next few tracks I want to listen to while it's playing and the little "freeze" routine in the new version just makes me unhappy. Another problem is that it won't play songs with unusual charachters in the ID3 tag, like a question mark: "What Child Is This?". never realized so many Christmas songs had questions marks in the title until now ;-) What's worse is it won't skip them, if just sits there claiming it's playing and never making sound, or moving on to the next track. Anyone else having these problems? XMMS plays all the files just fine, just like always. If I could get the Wake Up Alarm to compile on 10.0 I'd leave amarok alone and go back to XMMS. Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com

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SUSE 10 DVD
by Kai Ponte 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Just FYI, my copy of Linux Magazine arrived today. It includes the full (not OSS) DVD of SUSE Linux 10.0. Now, if someone would kindly tell me why the Chameleon is named "geeko." -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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

01 Dec '05

> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:33:47 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: > > >> Now, if someone would kindly tell me why the Chameleon is named > >> "geeko." > > > >I suppose it is a pun on the name of the gecko which is a > >Chameleon-like animal found at least in California. > > Wrong :) We had a public naming contest four or five years ago and geeko > was the name that won. Ahh, okay, thank you. I am glad to hear that was the reason. Since I started with SuSE a few years ago and noticiting that SUSE 10 continues with the chameleon, I often wondered why a chameleon would be named like a gecko. Of course, IMO, geckos are far more pleasing to the eye than chameleons. :P -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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3DLabs Wildcat 4210 and X
by Rikard Johnels 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello all! I just got a what i believe is a 3D Labs Wildcat card in a older SGI box. At least that is what the info on the machine said was in there... Can i get it to run anything than VESA 800x600? I cant seem to find any modules for that card. lspci shows: 01:00:00 VGA compatible controller: Intergraph Corporation Sun Expert3D-Lite Graphics Accelerator (rev 64) SaX2 says its a vesa card. And only gives me 800x600@16 bpp and i know for sure the card can do 1600x1200 Anyone running such beast under X? -- -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Press release from Novell about KDE/Gnome
by Kevanf1 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I've just got this in a newsletter direct form Novell. It should ease everybody's mind...I hope. KDE and GNOME There has been a lot of debate over the last few days in the media and on message boards about what is happening regarding GNOME vs. KDE at Novell. Here's the situation. All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. In upcoming versions of Novell enterprise applications, the default desktop environment will be GNOME. When customers install Novell Linux products, they will be given the option to choose either the GNOME or KDE environment during the installation process. If the user makes no explicit choice, GNOME will be installed. -- ============================================== 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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ftp4.gwdg.de FTP Server Down (HTTP is OK)
by Randall R Schulz 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi, I don't know if Eberhard M. is aware of it or not, but the FTP server on ftp4.gwdg.de has been down since at least about 16:00 GMT yesterday (Tues. morning here on the N.A. west coast). The HTTP counterpart is up and running. Randall Schulz

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