November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Dell Inspiron 6000
by Hans du Plooy 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hi guys, I'm looking at buying a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook. Does anybody have any experience with SUSE on this notebook? http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_6000?c… Thanks Hans

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Re: [SLE] Dell Inspiron 6000
by Kai Ponte 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

> On Monday 07 November 2005 21:53, Kai Ponte wrote: > > Typically, Dell notebooks are easy on Linux. I have an Inspiron 600m > > with 10.0, and pretty much everything worked out of the box. > Well, they don't all use the same hardware. A friend of mine has an Inspiron > 5000 some or other (about a year old Pentium 4 notebook), of which the modem > doesn't work in linux. There has been some problems relating to this > notebook on the Debian-users list, but the person never told us if he managed > to solve it. > > I'm more interested in the graphics subsystem though. It comes with Intel > Media Accelerator 900 (or something like that). I've had nothing but trouble > with Intel graphics in linux, so I'm cautious. A friend of mine has a > gateway Pentium-M with onboard intel, and his graphics looks OK, but I don't > know if it's the same. > > One can take a Radeon X300 optional, but it's quite expensive. This notebook > is strictly for work, so I don't care if I cannot play Quake 4 on it > (although that would be be a bonus). But if the Intel chip works perfectly, > I'd rather spend the extra money on a faster CPU or more RAM. > Yeah, I opted for an ATI card (9000, I think) which has been working great. 3D isn't quite optimized - BL-117 tends to crash and some of the 3GL screen savers flicker a bit too much for my tastes, but Tux Racer and Blender work. I've been very happy so far. Both 9.3 and 10 have been easy to setup on this machine. Check for sites like this: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html Also check on linuxquestions.org - they'll have a ton of info. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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GRUBonce is not working for me on 10.0
by Michael A. Elkevizth 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hi everyone, GRUBonce will not automatically reboot the OS selected in the kdm (or from kde) menu. It just boots like a normal reboot was selected, showing the GRUB menu with the default choice selected. This was a feature I enjoyed using so that I could step away while waiting for a reboot. It worked fine on 9.3 for my same hardware, so I don't understand why it will not on 10.0. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Mike

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Re: [SLE] Dell Inspiron 6000
by Kai Ponte 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

> Hi guys, > > I'm looking at buying a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook. Does anybody have any > experience with SUSE on this notebook? > > http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_6000?c… > Typically, Dell notebooks are easy on Linux. I have an Inspiron 600m with 10.0, and pretty much everything worked out of the box. I just had to fiddle a bit with the lineakd to get the correct OSD for the volume controls. Also, my wireless was auto-detected without a problem. The only issue there is that it doesn't auto-connect to my home network, even though it says it is in KWiFi. Odd, but workable. I haven't tried the modem yet. Only other problem is that the Dell Financial Services website expects you to have IE. I complained and told them to get with it, since they sell Linux servers. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Changing from Java 1.4 to Java 1.5 using Yast
by Hugo Garcia 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hi I just finished an install SuSE 10 from the Eval-DVD. It came with Java 1.4 but I also need 1.5. If possible I woild like to keep both. I know that 1.5 is available from the ftp site. Can I just change my install location in YAST to one of the mirrors and install 1.5 and when I am done switch back to install source to DVD? Do I have to do some more manipulation? Is there a README somewhere? thanks in advance -H

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SATA not working with 9.3, but works with 9.1 (right format)
by Carlos F Lange 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

(Webmail sent this message twice and destroyed the format of it the first time.) Hi, To replace a dying SATA hard-disk I bought another one, but the boot process hanged with the "Searching for info file" message. Using Alt-F4 the last message was about ata2: ... After trying to boot in rescue mode with that disk alone and on both SATA ports I assumed the hard-disk was bad. Different SATA disk (Western Digital 120 GB, 8 MB cache) and still the same problem. This time I tried using my old SuSE 9.1 DVD and it sees the new disk and formatted it with ReiserFS without problem.But SuSE 9.3 still shows the same problem. I will try to type off the screen the messages from Alt-F4: [...] scsi0 : sata_sil irq 11: nobody cared! [<...>] __report_bad_irq+0x1c/0x70 [<...>] note_interrupt+0x5b/0x80 [<...>] __do_IRQ+0xdb/0xf0 [<...>] do_IRQ+0x30/0x60 [<...>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [<...>] __do_softirq+0x31/0xa0 <...>[] do_softirq+0x26/0x30 [<...>] do_IRQ+0x3d/0x60 [<...>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [<...>] default_idle+0x0/0x30 [<...>] default_idle+0x24/0x30 [<...>] cpu_idle+0x1c/0x60 [<...>] start_kernel+0x167/0x1d0 handlers: [<...>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x60 [usbcore]) [<...>] (ata_interrupt+0x0/0x100 [libata]) Disabling IRQ #11 ata2: dev 0 ATA-6, max UDMA/133, 234441648 sectors: LBA48 Any idea how I can get this hard disk to work under 9.3? I don't want to switch to SuSE10 now, because all my other machines are 9.3 and I usually a full upgrade in the summer. Thanks, Carlos PS: I forgot to mention that my original Seagate SATA still boots fine, despite the couple of bad blocks. -- Carlos -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific Programmer: professional who loves to _find_ own errors. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carlos Frederico Lange || Phone:(780)492-6714, Fax:(780)492-2200 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering || e-mail:carlos.lange@ualberta.ca University of Alberta || http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/~clange/ Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G8 || CFD, aerosols, Phoenix Mars lander -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific Programmer: professional who loves to _find_ own errors.

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Need help with new TAR behavior
by Matt Stamm 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

I just upgraded from Suse 8.1 to Suse 10. I use tar to backup my files. Under 10 tar behaves differently. I do a date-based backup using the --newer option. Under 8.1 the files skipped where not listed to stderr, under 10 they are!! Is this a design change to tar? My tar command... tar --create \ --gzip \ --newer-mtime=11/02/2005\ --file=/home/matts/tmp/backup/backup.tgz \ MyStuff public_html Under Suse 10 all files older than 11/02/2005 are being displayed. This appear to slow the process down. I have to use a stderr redirect to prevent the errors from being displayed... 2> /home/matts/tmp/backup/error.txt What can I do to prevent the skipped files from being listed? Thanks, Matt

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Printing to an HP Deskjet 870 in 10.0
by Mark Hounschell 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

I am unable to print text to an HP Deskjet870 printer in 10.0. No problem in 9.2. This printer is connected directly to the parallel port. Any method I use to print text results is a blank page. Such as the following. cat /etc/fstab | lpr /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command: I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 21. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 21. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Job 21 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 4972) for job 21. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4973) for job 21. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4974) for job 21. I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4975) for job 21. enscript -B -c -q /etc/fstab /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command: I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 22. I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 22. I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Job 22 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'. I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4991) for job 22. I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4992) for job 22. I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4993) for job 22. I seem to be able to print other things such as Web pages and pictures OK. Some PDF files do loose text. This machine is also a Samba server and the windows clients can print text just fine??? SuSE 10.0 clients cannot print text either however. Anyone else able to print correctly to one of these printers with 10.0? Thanks Mark

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[OT:] 5m<= network cable.
by pelibali 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hi, I found several unofficial values, how long can be the longest RJ45 network cable. Few sites listed about 12 meters, but I saw 20 meters and also 300ft as well; later being in fact around 90 meters (!). Could someone pass me please to the correct direction, where some exact (~official) theoretical/practical details are listed?! Thank you, Pelibali

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Re: [SLE] Gnome disappointment
by Kai Ponte 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

<snip> > Perhaps, if SUSE stayed with KDE and still did not make headway into the > desktop, they would have to fine something to blame. I think the move to > GNOME is a preemptive action. Now they have a bonafide reason the > desktop will fail. > > Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. > ROTFLMAO!!! Good observation, there. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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