May 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

rdesktop Color Depth Question
by L. Mark Stone 15 May '05

15 May '05

Perhaps I have my facts wrong, but I understood that rdesktop 1.3.1 (bundled with 9.2 Pro) supports RDP5, which I further understood supports 16-bit color depths when connecting to Windows 2003 TS servers. But, even using the -5 switch, I can only connect at 8-bit. Is my understanding incorrect, or did I miss something? More importantly, what do I need to do to get rdesktop to connect to a W2K3 TS server using 16-bit color? Thanks! Mark -- _________________________________________________________ A Message From... L. Mark Stone Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC "We manage your network so you can manage your business." 477 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Tel: (207) 772-5678 Web: http://www.rnome.com

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logitech mouse ( the one w/ a docking station ) can't scroll...
by jfweber 15 May '05

15 May '05

It used to, So something changed somewhere, but why? OTH, My cordless keyboard is actually behaving better... SO, did I do something weird w/ the settings , or???? There aren't that many choices.. esp. for a cordless keyboard/mouse setup. Has anyone else had this problem? Did you find a fix for it?? I googled and checked the support DB, but if it's there, I missed it... Tia -- j

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skype
by Ken Schneider 15 May '05

15 May '05

After upgrading to 9.3 skype no longer connects to the internet p2p. Is anyone else having this problem? The program runs, there just is no traffic. Even using ethereal (a packet sniffer) shows no traffic. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

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Installing other distros RPM packages?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 15 May '05

15 May '05

I have a working SuSE 9.0 system which I use. All of the packages are off the 9.0 CD's and I 'prefer' to only use SuSE compiled RPM's as then I know files are going to be installed in the correct place, wherever that may be. From time to time I see software package updates, either on CD or the web but they are for another distro ie Mandrake and perhaps others. Is it possible to use those RPM's via YaST and still have them install in the correct SuSE locations or as it might be a Mandrake RPM it will install in locations Mandrake would have. Basically the question revolves around location, location, location. Being in the right place at the right time, is crucial to property and most other things and I wonder if the installed location is as important or different between distros using the same package format? As both Mandravia and SuSE subscribe to the FHStandard can the above assumption be made? Regards -- ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================

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Firefox and Tools->Extensions->Update??
by Jon Nelson 15 May '05

15 May '05

I've recently noticed that the 'Update' button is missing from the Extensions dialog in firefox. Furthermore, I've noticed that the firefox I get from www.mozilla.org /does/ have the Update button, but the versions I've gotten from suse do not, and I include the "stock" version supplied by suse as well as the one supplied by the 'mozilla' supplemental. Does anybody have any insight into where my Update button has gone? I have MozillaFirefox-1.0.4-0.1 installed, and the 1.0.4 version from mozilla.org. The same behavior existed with 1.0.3 with version MozillaFirefox-1.0.3-1.1. -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net>

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SuSE 9.3 experiences so far
by Pieter Hulshoff 15 May '05

15 May '05

Hello all, With all the negative publicity about SuSE 9.3, I thought I'd give some positive sounds. Sure, I've had some quirks to fix with this installation (it wouldn't install from my DVD player; only from my CD burner, it booted into xdm i.s.o. kdm, "End current session" doesn't always function as it should, etc.), but overall this is the fastest I've managed to get a distribution working for me ever. After installing the updates, some packages from Packman, and some separate software (whose brilliant idea was it to remove kuickshow?) I haven't had any major problems yet, and I've happily been playing all those music and video files I've got lying around. I've been ripping cds, and been communicating with the Windoze machines my wife and daughter insist on using. I've been sending email, playing Stars! through wine on a normal resolution (1280x1024), played around with OpenOffice.org 2.0, and been very impressed with the look and feel of KDE 3.4. Overall I can say that I'm happy to've made the switch from 9.1 (which after fixing all the bugs worked quite well for me) to 9.3. If I encounter any major problems, I'm sure I'll report them back to the list. :) Regards, Pieter Hulshoff

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Get Linux newsfeed from Windows SBS 2003?
by Sandra Jäger 15 May '05

15 May '05

Hello, I need your help for setting up a newsfeed from inn SuSE Linux 7.1 to SBS 2003. Despite numerous attempts I cannot get the old postings from SuSE Linux onto the SBS 2003 newsserver. I still have access problems. I would like to migrate the old postings from SuSE Linux onto the new Window Small Business 2003 newsserver. The Windows Small Business 2003 newsserver is up and running. I can post messages there. I configured on SBS 2003 a pull-newsfeed (peer-to-peer) with the name of the Linux Server. Is it sufficiant to authenticate as any known linux user or do I have to use a special one? E.g. user news? Some time ago I succeeded in getting the old news from SuSE Linux 7.1 to our Slox Server via the package "suck". However, Slox is now replaced by SBS 2003. I configured the same things that back then worked for Slox for our SBS 2003: - added the SBS 2003 to /etc/news/newsfeeds - added the SBS 2003 to /etc/news/nnrp.access (Read und Post rights) - added the SBS 2003 to /etc/news/innfeed.conf den Server as peer Whenever I activate the newsfeed on the SBS 2003 server (as User administrator), I get the following errormessages in the /var/log/news/news.err: Apr 4 12:52:34 linuxserver nnrpd[4324]: read_udp: recv Connection refused Apr 4 12:52:34 linuxserver nnrpd[4324]: sbs2003server.firma.local actived socket couldnt be read AYTACK Connection refused Apr 4 12:52:36 linuxserver nnrpd[4324]: sbs2003server.firma.local NOT using actived result: Up to now the SBS 2003 only got the newsgroup folders but no messages! Thanks for your support. Best regards, S.J.

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USB hard disk problem
by Ronald Wiplinger 15 May '05

15 May '05

/var/log/messages shows: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02:0 wakeup usb 1-9: new full speed USB drive using addres 2 usb 1-9: device not accepting address 2, error -110 usb 1-9: new full speed USB drive using addres 3 usb 1-9: device not accepting address 3, error -110 usb 1-9: new full speed USB drive using addres 5 usb 1-9: Product NewMotion Tech usb 1-9: ManufacturerNewMotion Tech Initializing USB Mass Storage driver ... scsi8: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb 1-9: reset full speed USBdevice using address 5 scsi: Defice offlined - not readyafter error recovery: host 8 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 USB Mass Storage device found at 5 usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB: Mass Storage support registered Howver, I cannot find my USB harddisk anywhere, not on /mnt nor on /media Any idea? bye Ronald

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k3b - ripping CD's slow
by Phil Burness 15 May '05

15 May '05

K3b v3.4.0 is taking about 50mins to rip a CD, this seems like a *very* long time and I'm sure it used to be a lot quicker. Phil

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rpmbuild
by John Bailo 15 May '05

15 May '05

I don't quite understand rpmbuild. Is there an FAQ? My questions are: If I download a package, can I recompile it for my machine and then install the "refreshed" rpm? Would that make it "run better" ?

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