December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

GCC3
by LDB 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Does anyone know where I can find GCC3 for SuSE 10.0? LDB

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Configuring Samba to communicate with a WinXP computer.
by John Boyle 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

I have Samba installed on a SuSe 9.2 Pro computer, and a router and a WinXP box, but so far they are NOT communicating with one another. What is the next step in configuring either Samba or the file sharing to accomplish the communicating??? :-)

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ATI Drivers and SuSE 10
by William H Lugg 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Well, I just updated my 64-bit machine to SuSE 10. Wow, it couldn't have been easier! Except... I'm having trouble finding my way to the tools necessary to get the 3D video driver working for my ATI Radeon 9550 video card. The release notes when I did the upgrade indicated that I could use YOU, but I'm not seeing how that works. Alternatively, it seems like I should be able to point YaST to a site that has SuSE rpms for the driver. Where should I go to get the file(s) I need to get this beastie to working? Thanks. -- Bill Lugg Milstar Software Support Peterson AFB, CO

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Cannot copy (non-)encrypted DVD
by LLLActive＠GMail.com 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all, I have created a Data DVD 4,7 GB with data files. It is a DVD-RW. Now I wan't to copy the DVD to a normal DVD-R 4,7 GB. In K3b the error "Found encrypted DVD. Cannot copy encrypted DVDs" occurs. System is Novell SuSE 10.0 Boxed version. Debugging output of K3b: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12 KDE Version: 3.4.2 Level "b" QT Version: 3.3.4 Kernel: 2.6.13-15.7-default Devices ----------------------- TEAC DV-W50D 1.05 (/dev/hdb, ) at /media/dvdrecorder [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD +R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite] HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B 0L23 (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/dvd [CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM] [None] I'm sure it is not a encrypted! Where do I look for the solution? :-) Al

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My Computer
by John Graddy 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

I have recently installed version 10 of SuSE LINUX. I am trying to compare GNOME and KDE to see which I would prefer. When I click the "My Computer" icon under KDE, nothing happens. Clicking the "Computer" icon under GNOME gives the normal display of all of my disk devices. I can find no error messages after trying "My Computer". Has anyone had this problem? John

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Re: [SLE] SuSEconfig hangs at SuSEconfig.tetex
by Paul W. Abrahams 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Recently Marc Christensen inquired about this problem but no one answered him. I don't exactly have an answer, but the same thing happened to me a while back and I did solve the problem. He wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've seen this before but don't know what's going on. > > After installing new packages in Yast, the "Writing the system > configuration" screen hangs at "Running SuSEconfig.tetex". In the past > I have let this run overnight. > > I'm sitting here this morning and it's been hung for about an hour. > > So, what's going on here? > BTW, The following command is spawned by SuSEconfig.tetex and is currently running: find /tmp/YaST2-31154-GrSESN/texmf /usr/local/share/texmf \ /etc/texmf /var/lib/texmf /usr/share/texmf \ /var/cache/fonts -prune -type d -and -not \ -fstype nfs -print ------ The method I used to diagnose the problem was to run SuSEconfig.tetex by itself in a shell. That way I could see all the messages that it was generating and just what step it was hanging up on. Again, I don't remember what I found, but I did find something that let me do the diagnosis. And by the way: is there a better way than this to respond to a forum message in the archives if I no longer have it on my machine? Paul

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Kmail groups
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Somewhere along the use of Kmail I made my childrens as a group and a further group of family as another group of recipients. As I wanted to check the addresses and recipients (family ;) ) I nowhere found a way to look at these groups. Could somebody tell me how to make them visible, change and update?

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Not Trusting Installation Sources
by MJang 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Folks, per http://www.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories, there's a bit of a warning: YaST fully trusts installation sources and does not perform any kind of authenticity verification on the contained packages. So be careful when adding installation sources on the Internet. I guess that means there's no GPG key for other installation sources. Is there any other way to verify installation sources, such as Packman or Guru, or even the standard mirrors listed at http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/downloads/ftp/int_mirrors.html, or am I just being paranoid? Thanks, Mike

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Re: [SLE] Trying to mount an external HD
by Clint Tinsley 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

I would suggest that you boot up something something like the Knoppix live CD and use QTParted to find the drive and confirm that it is usable under Linux. If QTParted can find it, then at least you can prepare it for use with a native Linux parition. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Juntunen" <juntunen(a)yahoo.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: [SLE] Trying to mount an external HD Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 08:13:58 -0800 (PST) > > Happy holidays, > > I am trying to use an external hard drive that was > formatted for(by) a Macintosh computer, however, it > does not seem to be recognized by my Suse computer. > > > I am using 9.3. > During the initial install I made sure that the two > modules for the Mac hard drives were checked off for > installation. > The external drive hard drive is using firewire. > > So what do I need to set so that I can read this hard > drive? > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > 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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emacs pcl-cvs auto revert not working
by Peter Onion 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Has anyone else had trouble with emacs and pcl-cvs on SuSE 10.0 ? After committing changes to a file with $Log$ in it, the next time I go to edit it emacs says the file has changed (which it has), but the pcl-cvs documentation says such file will be auto reverted after cvs has altered them during the commit operation. Peter

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Trying to mount an external HD
by Michael Juntunen 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Happy holidays, I am trying to use an external hard drive that was formatted for(by) a Macintosh computer, however, it does not seem to be recognized by my Suse computer. I am using 9.3. During the initial install I made sure that the two modules for the Mac hard drives were checked off for installation. The external drive hard drive is using firewire. So what do I need to set so that I can read this hard drive? Thank you. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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can't install packman module
by Dave Howorth 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

I'm trying to install the packman mplayerplug-in package from ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/9.3 But I get the following error: "Cannot access installation media Packman (SuSE LINUX 9.3) CD 1. Check that the server is accessible." "The source at the specified URL now provides a different media ID. If the URL is correct, this indicates that the source content has changed. To continue using this source, start Change Source of Installation from the YaST control center and refresh the installation source." I have refreshed the installation source a couple of times, apparently successfully, but still get the same message. I don't understand what to do next? Thanks and regards, Dave Howorth

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transcode and ffmpeg
by Sunny 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi, did someone have succeeded recently to use packman's transcode and ffmpeg (libffmpeg)? It fails on all my systems (9.1, 9.3, 10.0) with message saying it's unable to initialize audio plugin from ffmpeg. It does not matter what export audio format I choose - ac3, mp3, etc. If I use commandline ffmpeg tool, it creates the videos just fine. Looks like the plumbing between transcode and libffmpeg is broken, but I can not track it down more. Cheers -- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

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Re: [SLE] transcode and ffmpeg
by Sunny 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

On 12/18/05, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot(a)pcartwright.com> wrote: > > I used a program called tovid, here are my command line options: > > pbc@paulspc:~/bin> cat tovid23 > tovid -svcd -wide -ffmpeg -discsize 700 -quality 8 -in $1 -out $2 > > tovid supports many options and formats, dvd, svcd, vcd... > Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it. But I needed a confirmation that it's not only me, so I can contact packman to report a bug. I'd prefer not to "keep him occupied" just because I feel so :) -- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

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RE: [SLE] Filesystem wierdness with ReiserFS
by Lonn 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

What does ls -l of usr and work look like. Are you having many file sizes that are multiples of *4K + very small remainder? > -----Original Message----- > From: LDB [mailto:thesource@ldb-jab.org] > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 08:31 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] Filesystem wierdness with ReiserFS > > > Anybody want to take a gander at why my SuSE 10 laptop with ReiserFS is > exhibiting this behavior on my external drive ... > > > > chloe:/data2 # df -h . > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 28G 27G 1.3G 96% /data2 > > > chloe:/data2 # ls -alh > total 4.1G > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 296 2005-12-17 08:09 . > drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 648 2005-12-15 22:07 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1G 2005-12-14 12:23 _dev_hda6_is_home_dir.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7K 2005-12-16 19:09 logfile1.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-12-16 22:51 logfile2.log > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 664 2005-12-12 21:15 multimedia > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 144 2005-09-08 07:25 srv > drwx------ 4 root root 96 2005-12-13 00:31 usr > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 448 2005-09-08 01:20 work > > > > chloe:/data2 # df -h . > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 28G 27G 1.3G 96% /data2 > > > > chloe:/data2 # du -skh * > 4.1G _dev_hda6_is_home_dir.img > 4.0K logfile1.log > 0 logfile2.log > 2.0G multimedia > 77M srv > 5.5G usr > 7.6G work > > > chloe:/data2 # df -h . > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 28G 27G 1.3G 96% /data2 > > > > > -- > 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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FoIP
by Kum Gábor 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hello! Can somebody say me a software for sending faxes from my computer using SIP protocol and my SIP provider? -- Kum Gábor www.kumgabor.hu kumgabor(a)kumgabor.hu

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duplicate package for openSUSE
by h.then＠pythea.nl 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all, I created a package of the duplicate file replication software for OpenSuSE 10.0. I have not yet performed intensive testing, but I am also willing to maintain the package. I am also willing to package it for other versions of the SuSE distro. However, what's the best way to distribute the package? Right now I do not have the resources to setup a Yast repository myself. Can someone else host the rpms? Regards, Hans Then

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Python script
by Phil Burness 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Having just re-started my machine (SuSE 9.3) I notice I have a python script running in the background as user root. it is called hpssd.py Anybody know what this is? Phil -- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom

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Re: [SLE] WRT54G wireless woes
by Clint Tinsley 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Cisco is trying to be the Microsoft of Routers & Switches... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike McMullin" <mwmcmlln(a)mnsi.net> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] WRT54G wireless woes Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:45:00 -0500 > > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 22:13 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 21:29 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > On Saturday 17 December 2005 06:11 pm, L. Mark Stone wrote: > > > > > And it *still* won't connect using pppoe. So there it sits. > > Brand new and > totally unusable. What the heck is wrong with > > LinkSys these days?? > > > They were bought out by Cisco. > > Didn't Cisco also get control of Siemens wireless business? > > > -- > 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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Control Bar wider than screen
by Franziskus Meier 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hello, after installing a new programm happened a error: the control bar is (horizontal) wider than screen size. where can i find settings to change this? also the settings where it solved for future would be nice. OpenSuse10.0 especially and all other Greetz Franz

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Skim doesn't work for kde applications
by Jianxin 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

hello. My skim doesn't work for kde applications since I updated to kde 3.5. It works for firefox and Open Office,but doesn't work for KMail and other kde applications. What should i do? Thank you! -- Best, Alex Kenshin Chen.

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Using rescue system as install image?
by Rikard Johnels 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all! Can i somehow get the 10.0 rescue boot kernel or boot system onto a harddrive to get as nice minimal system to start from? I know it lacks a few things, and is very minimal in terms of usefullness. But its the only system i have gotten to work on this specific machine. (Proliant 1600 with RAID) The rescue boot is the only thing that doesn't make the machine hang itself, so i want to try to use it as a start for the instalation. (Not even minimal, textbased, "everything off" booting helps, it still locks up while trying to install the system) I can always use yast and/or apt to upgrade/date and install the few things i will need aside from the working base system. How do i transfer what, to get it done? -- /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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[SOLVED]Re: [SLE] Balsa Mail client question
by Allen 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

On Saturday 17 December 2005 08:24, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat December 17 2005 7:54 am, Allen wrote: > > mailto: > > check out this help thread, it may help... > > http://www.getlinuxonline.com/yabbse/index.php/topic,2208.msg14813 > > or: > http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/lofiversion/index.php/t12326.html > > Run gnome-default-applications-properties and set your mail client Dude awesome thank you! it's working now, thanks list! Weird how a configuration for Gnome can make it default on EVERYTHING.... Ah well, I have it now though, so thanks much. Working fine now.

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Re: [SLE] WRT54G wireless woes
by Clint Tinsley 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

> Then I upgraded the firmware and that wouldn't connect using a pppoe > connection. I finally sent it back on an RMA for a checkup and when I got it > back it *still* wouldn't connect using pppoe. I set it aside for a couple > months and was hoping that they would come out with new firmware. They did. > > And it *still* won't connect using pppoe. So there it sits. Brand new and > totally unusable. What the heck is wrong with LinkSys these days?? It's owned by Cisco ... that's what's wrong.

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Bug #105871 High speed USB storage device with low data rates
by Basil Chupin 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

It would appear that this bug was first detected on 19/08/05 and was eventually placed on high priority to be fixed in SuSE v10. Does anyone know when this bug WILL be fixed? I check for new fixes everyday and none have yet appeared. There is a "fix" for this bug (and it works well) but it only works for what are called pendisks or flashdisks or flash "sticks" but it does not solve the problem (unless one creates a separate file for each detected volume and loads the appropriate one at the right time) if one attaches to the USB port an external HD - like I have and which has 3 partitons all formatted in different colours (ntfs, FAT32, and reiserfs). Cheers. -- Don't argue with an idiot, people may not see the difference.

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