December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

kernel-of-the-day?
by Per Jessen 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

I've never used the SUSE kotd before, so bear with me - I seem to have a problem finding the source RPMs. Am I looking in the right place: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/10.0-i386/SL100_BRANCH/ I had expected to find a pile of RPMs with the vanilla kernel source and a stack of patches etc. /Per Jessen, Zürich

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Mounting HDD
by Tasana Computers 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

I recently installed SUSE 10.0 on a Compaq PII and the client asked me to install a second HDD. I deleted the partitions that had 98SE on them using partition logic, I used this on both drives but did not format either drive. I then installed SUSE n the master and I never got the option to mount or format the second 3GB HDD. SUSE is now up and running and it sees the second drive but when I click on it I get the error that the drive is not mounted. I think since it was not formatted it can't see it. Where do I go from here to get SUSE to save to that drive???? Second issuse same computer. I downloaded audacity and it came in two packages. When I try to install either one (rpm's) i get the error that it needs the other one. How on earth do I get theis installed??? Thanks a heap -- Gregory D. Watts Poneyboy Certified Computer Specialist http://www.tasana.biz http://www.modestneeds.org

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Re: [SLE] viewing Quicktime videos with Mplayer on Suse 10.0 does not work
by Carl Hartung 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 17:13, David McMillan wrote: > Mmm, maybe that was the mistake *I* made -- my Firefox 1.5 isn't > installed in /opt, it's in ~/firefox. How did you install Firefox 1.5 and where did the package come from? > After installing mplayerplug-in > via YAST, I had to manually copy the .so file to ~/firefox/plugins. The thread I linked to in my previous post discusses this completely. > I probably could have simlinked it, but... Anyway, if someone installs > their Firefox in a non-standard location, could that be the problem? Yes > Although I've found that some .rm streams, like 30sec music samples > at amazon.com, won't play in RP10 -- I get a "this media uses an > obsolete codec" message. I actually have to tell Firefox to open > those streams in RP8. Odd, but probably not really germane to the > discussion at hand. Could you post one of those links for me, please? regards, - Carl PS: Please reply to the list only. I don't need two copies ;-)

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Re: [SLE] cannot setup DSL/pppoe connect for no available etihernet connection (but I do have)
by Zhang Weiwu 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

It's all ruined. Today my dog competely chewed up the box for the router into pieces, that means I cannot return this router to the reseller who promised me 7 days to return the product (which is the 7 day time frame I must manage to setup my DSL). Now I have to buy this router, it's not expensive but I am running out of money in every part of my life..... since I do have to buy this router, this way I don't have to fight this problem of DSL any more. In my case it is like this: Line ----------- Router/PC Instead of traditional line -------------- MODEM ----------------------- Router/PC I don't know how that works, but that's true that my ICP (China telecom) setup RC45 connector in my room, and people use PPPoE to login. I don't know how they managed to work in this way but China Telcom has been doing this in all parts of China for years, and this company is the biggest ICP in China, needless to say one of the biggest in the world. If Chinese people use Linux much more then they do now, the configuration of this tel company connection might as well be the default configuration of many Linux PPPoE (I guess, by its size).

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viewing videos using Windows Media Player and Quicktime and SuSE 9.3 -- how to do it?
by Gil Weber 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Hello, everyone. Using SuSE 9.3 and Kaffeine I can view all sorts of video formats, but I cannot view anything that would require Windows Media Player or Quicktime. Would sure appreciate help with proper codecs or other applicable solution. I am using Firefox 1.0.7 and Konqueror 3.4.0. For example, if I go to www.cnn.com and click on any of the buttons that say "watch," a window will open that says: "Plug In Warning. The CNN.com video experience is optimized for Windows Media Player 9 or above. No Windows Media Player detected. Get the player." And it has a button there that will take me to the Microsoft website where, presumably, I could get WMP 9 or 10 if I were running Windows. For an example of my problem with Quicktime, please see http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/2183 Going to this page I am asked to download a plugin, but when I try I can't get anything, and I get error messages about the missing plugins. Can anyone help? Thanks! Gil

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Re: [SLE] Speeding up SuSE 10
by Kai Ponte 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

> I've speeded up SuSE 10 a little by tweaking and recompiling the kernel and > modules, and adding prelinking. > > I just wondered if there is anything else worth recompiling that might make a > difference - basic libraries or whatever. I am running KDE. Here is what I've heard is a nice offshoot of the OpenSuse project. I haven't tried it myself. http://www.opensuse.org/SUPER "SUPER is a testbed for anything that makes your SUSE Linux OS perform in a different manner than intended in the more stable and enterprise oriented SUSE Linux tree. This can be a speed improvement geared towards the specialised desktop user or an additional feature that is considered too experimental or dangerous by the main SUSE Linux tree." Notice geeko has some head gear. LOL! Does that mean he/she is going to give us presents? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Navigating the OpenSUSE website
by Clayton 22 Dec '05

22 Dec '05

Maybe I'm missing the obvious... but I find it rather difficult to find things on the OpenSUSE website. You have to be a psychic to know what's available there, or happen to search on exactly the right search terms. I'm constantly "discovering" new pages that someone links in an answer on the mailing list here. Is there a sitemap, or some magical navigation method that people are using? How are people navigating and finding stuff/info on this site? C.

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Speeding up SuSE 10
by Mark Crean 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

I've speeded up SuSE 10 a little by tweaking and recompiling the kernel and modules, and adding prelinking. I just wondered if there is anything else worth recompiling that might make a difference - basic libraries or whatever. I am running KDE. This question might be a little OT for the list, since it is not about a technical problem per se and tweaking things is inviting instability, I do realize. If so, apologies in advance. :) Fish

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Re: [SLE] Media error
by Joe Stuart 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

>>> suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net 12/21/2005 12:43:02 PM >>> On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 12:10 -0600, Joe Stuart wrote: > I was installing it to use as a test environment, because that is what > one of our production boxes is running. The path I'm using is > pub/suse/i386/9.0 > > Thanks Please do not top post, put your reply/answer after the question. Also, which server were you trying to use? Some servers/mirrors are very busy and may not have all of the necessary files/folders for 9.0. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 I've tried mirrors.kernel.org and mirror.anl.mcs.gov. I'll try a few more tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks for your help. Joe -- 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

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alternative drpmsync client
by Robert Schiele 21 Dec '05

21 Dec '05

Hi everybody! Those of you that have problems keeping in sync with the Factory distribution using the drpmsync client might be interested in a tool I hacked because I had problems as well. Note that this tool definitely has some bugs left but for me it is currently the only chance to sync the tree because the drpmsync server is that slow that it cannot serve the standard drpmsync client fast enough to ever get a consistent sync. Because I have not yet implemented all cleanup code it might be useful to run the standard drpmsync client once after the sync is complete with my tool but even if you don't do so the resulting repository should still be usable with YaST or other tools. Still interested? You can find the tool along with a sample config file in http://pi3.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/~schiele/mydrpmsync/. Although there is no license specified in the files consider the tool to be published under the same license than the drpmsync client from the deltarpm package. Note that although the default rsync server in the tool is ftp4.gwdg.de you can no longer use this server for this purpose because Eberhard does no longer sync the delta files. Note as well that you need the lockfile binary from the procmail package in your path for this script to work. A standard SUSE installation should already fulfill this requirement. You can speed up the sync by specifying multiple rsync servers in a useful order. A useful order is specifying the fastest servers first and the most accurate (in sync) last. It does not make sense to specify a server if you have another one specified that is faster and more accurate. You shouldn't overdo with the number of servers because this might even slow down the tool. It's the same with the other parameters. Often it is useful to play a bit with them to find the most setup with most performance for your system. Questions and comments are always welcome! NOTE: The tool is still in the quick-hack-state. It does _not_ handle all errors correctly and has some known security flaws. Thus only use it if you fully trust the operators of _all_ servers you specify in the config or if you are running the script in an environment that is not of any importance to you. Though problems that are not injected on purpose should not destroy anything on your system but there is absolutely no warranty. Robert -- Robert Schiele Tel.: +49-621-181-2214 Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:rschiele@uni-mannheim.de

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