June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

2 heads
by Tim Hanson 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I'm ready to take the plunge into double monitor-land. Intuition tells me that all I need to do is hang another video card into the chassis, hook up another monitor, fire it up, and configure it with sax2. Is it that easy? -- It's just a jump to the left And then a step to the right. Put your hands on your hips And pull your knees in tight. It's the pelvic thrust That really gets you insa-a-a-a-ane -- You need no longer worry about the future. This time tomorrow you'll be dead.

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dual header
by Fritz Oppliger 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

My computer has Intel 82855 "family" dual header video hardware (Toshiba A35 Satellite). When I tell Sax2 to set up dual monitors it complains that the 855 is not a dual header. How do I convince it otherwise? Meanwhile Intel says the Linux drivers are all unified in an "i810" driver. Sax2 has no such driver available. Meanwhile2 the external monitor output shows exactly what the laptop screen shows but with a serious "shimmering liquid" moiree flicker SuSE 9.2 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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SUSE-Linux-9.3-mini-installation.iso on in-house network server ?
by Stanley Long 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

We copied the SuSE 9.3 double layer DVD iso to a 12Gb hard drive hdb on a 400mHz SuSE 9.3box. We mounted the iso image loopback, and exported an NFS directory named /93iso with a fixed address. We can read the contents of the iso from other boxes on the network. We want to connect recycled 600mHz boxes to the network and install 9.3 from the NFS server. SUSE-Linux-9.3-mini-installation.iso seems to be hard to find. We killed the server firewall and played with slpd. We can see whatever combinations of address+directory we put up for the server's slpd broadcast, but can't be sure we are putting up the correct information. We burned a 9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso CD, but it doesn't want to use the 9.3 iso image on the server. Neither does a 9.2-mini-install CD. Google, the SuSE web page, and slpd documentation haven't gotten us success yet. Suggestions?

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Re: [SLE] glabels
by James Knott 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Donn Washburn wrote: > It may be on the CD but I like getting the source and compiling the > programs with my CPU enhancements > Does that make an improvement, that's worth the effort involved? I can understand doing that for a large cluster, where performance is an issue, but a desktop system?

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Suplementary KNode has been broken for several weeks
by Steven T. Hatton 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I believe there has been a fix to this in the SVN repository. There's a very annoying bug in KNode that causes the insert cursor to jump to the end of the subject input field if any non-alphanum characters are used. Since I'm usually posting about code, I often want to enter some bit of code in the subject. Since the cursor jumps to the end of the field after every keystroke, editing the subject is next to impossible. Has anybody else noticed this problem? Is there a fix on the way? -- Regards, Steven

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CDROM - can't play audio or data disks
by Ron Hauptfleisch 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I am running SuSE 9.3 professional on a Dell Inspiron 9300. The machine is a dual boot with Windows XP. Everything works great, except, I am unable to mount or play audio or data cd's/DVD's. What Works: I can install from the SUSE DVD via YAST. Once the SuSE DVD is mounted by Yast I can access it. I can also burn CD's What Doesn't work I can't mount a cd and none of the audio apps will play an audio CD. I get a variety of errors including "Drive Error" and "No Media" (or something like that. I've tried all of the CD's and DVD's in Windows XP on this same machine, same drive and all work. I've Tried mounting /dev/cdrom as root. It seems to work but when opening the device I get the no media message (Not true, there is good media in the drive). Since I know the CD's, DVD's and drive are all ok, it must be a configuration problem, but I can't grok it (forgive the antiquated expression, I'm old). And before anyone asks, yes, I have tried changing permissions. Thoughts, wild A**ed ideas, help of any kind. --ron -- Ron Hauptfleisch <hops(a)foobox.net>

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SuSE 9.3 works with chrony!
by Paul Elliott 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I just tried out 9.3. chrony works! SuSE turned CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ to "n". It used to be (in 9.2) you had to re-compile your kernel to make chrony work! -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott(a)io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117

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CD/DVD Label Program
by Steven Pasternak 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Hi! I have some memorex cd/dvd labels (they to on the actual disc, not the jewel case cover), and I was wondering if there is a program to print on them, like Nero on windows (it's been >2 years since I last used it) knows where the round sticker is to print on. I saw kover, but I didn't see how to print on things for the actual disc, just the case. Can it do more? Or do I have to find another program? Thanks! -Steven

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Re: [SLE] What's a clipboard?
by Mark Gray 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

"Steven T. Hatton" <hattons(a)globalsymmetry.com> writes: > I believe I've read about this somewhere, but I honestly do not understand > what is going on with X copy buffers. If, for example, I go to KPDF and > select text, then select copy to clipboard. When I subsequently go to Emacs > (recent CVS) and attempt to paste using Shift+Insert, the most recent text I > put into the Emacs killring is pasted into the buffer. Sometimes using the > middle mouse button works for pasting external text into Emacs, but not in > this case. Emacs is not the only app that behaves in an unexpected way when > trying to copy and paste between apps. For example, if I take what I copied > from KPDF and paste it into a Kate edit buffer, select it, then middle click > in the Emacs buffer the text is inserted into the Emacs buffer. > > Mozilla also seems to act differently than many other apps. In particular, > the location field does not copy and paste as expected. > > Is there a way to explain this behavior in a general way? >From the emacs info page node: Using the Clipboard As well as the primary and secondary selection types, X supports a "clipboard" selection type which is used by some applications, particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome. The command `M-x menu-bar-enable-clipboard' makes the `Cut', `Paste' and `Copy' menu items, as well as the keys of the same names, all use the clipboard. You can customize the option `x-select-enable-clipboard' to make the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not access the clipboard at all. Using the clipboard is the default on MS-Windows, unlike most systems. [end quote] You might also want to look into the X specification -- from the glossary: Selection A selection can be thought of as an indirect property with dynamic type. That is, rather than having the property stored in the X server, it is maintained by some client (the owner). A selection is global and is thought of as belonging to the user and being maintained by clients, rather than being private to a particular window subhierarchy or a particular set of clients. When a client asks for the contents of a selection, it specifies a selection target type, which can be used to control the transmitted representation of the contents. For example, if the selection is ``the last thing the user clicked on,'' and that is currently an image, then the target type might specify whether the contents of the image should be sent in XY format or Z format. The target type can also be used to control the class of contents transmitted; for example, asking for the ``looks'' (fonts, line spacing, indentation, and so forth) of a paragraph selection, rather than the text of the paragraph. The target type can also be used for other purposes. The protocol does not constrain the semantics. [end quote] >From chapter 16 on cut buffers: Xlib provides functions to manipulate cut buffers, a very simple form of cut-and-paste inter-client communication. Selections are a much more powerful and useful mechanism for interchanging data between clients (see section 4.5) and generally should be used instead of cut buffers. Cut buffers are implemented as properties on the first root window of the display. The buffers can only contain text, in the STRING encoding. The text encoding is not changed by Xlib when fetching or storing. Eight buffers are provided and can be accessed as a ring or as explicit buffers (numbered 0 through 7). [end quote] Hope this helps.

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Apache and php4-gd no images
by Andre Truter 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I have implemented a web app that use php and gd. I first tested it on my laptop (SuSE 9.3 Pro) and it works fine. All graphs are generated and displayed. Then I copied it over to a server, (SuSE 9.3 pro) but on the server none of the graphs are displayed. I compared the php.ini files on the two systems and they are the same. Could this be due to some Apache config or missing library? Any ideas? Thanks -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.za.org ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~

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Problem with the Bayessian filter in SuSE servers
by Carlos E. R. 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I write here, again, on behalf of a group of co-listers of the Spanish list (suse-linux-s), that have a peculiar problem: they can not post any mail to the list, the SA filter at Relay2.suse.de thinks they are spammers. I'm sorry to bother you on this other list, but we have no other option, because: - The problem can not be discussed in suse-linux-s, as, for one thing, they can't post on it. - If they could it would be useless, because no list admin reads that list in Spanish. - We have written to the admin, without answer, yet. - They have contacted feedback, without answer, yet. - Our Novell contact in the list, despite being helpful, has being unable to get anything done about it, yet, again. - This has been going on for months; to my knowledge, it also affect some people in this English list. The problem affects several people, whose emails to the list are invariably marked as spam by the SuSE servers, and rejected. To be precise, the Bayesian filter mistakenly marks them as having 99% probability of being spam. The reason given by the rejection email is: |> <suse-linux-s(a)lists.suse.com>: |> ezmlm-reject: fatal: message already has a |> Mailing-List header (maybe I should be a sublist) |> (#5.7.2) But looking further down, we see the real reason: |> Subject: *****SPAM***** (Previous subject here) ... |> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at Relay2.suse.de |> X-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=6.8 tagged_above=-20.0 |> required=5.0 tests=BAYES_99, |> DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD, MY_LINUX |> X-Spam-Level: ****** |> X-Spam-Flag: YES I happens mostly to people having yahoo or hotmail accounts, but even to a poster having a fixed official account. Somebody can help? I'm afraid that that Bayesian database must be retrained. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFCu1gTtTMYHG2NR9URAm2GAJwO//nsaBa1Y6FfVFkVK3xnzjU5BwCeKf7L DN/zLjMBkO01MjQqbxx2V+M= =qxYy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSEfirewall2 & SAMBA
by Yuriy Chumak 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

How can I remove this message. Jun 26 14:16:22 ync kernel: SuSE-FW-DROP-ANTI-SPOOFING IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.254.64 DST=192.168.254.255 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=2564 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=58898 SEQ=0 192.168.254.64 - it's my address This message does appear after Samba package installed. There is some words in the SuSEfirewall2-custom, but I can not understand it. Please help me.

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fstab Question
by Greg Wallace 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I recently encountered a situation where I had improperly uninstalled some software and left an unused logical volume entry in fstab (last line in the table). I had removed the /dev entry for it manually, not knowing there was a utility provided by this 3rd party software that would have cleanly removed it. I couldn't find any information about utilities for maintaining fstab, so I held my breath, pulled the file up under Kate, and deleted that last line. I was then able to successfully re-install this 3rd party software and my system seems to still be perfectly ok. The re-install of the software put the entry back in the file, created the /dev entry under it, etc. My question is, are there any programs that allow you to manage fstab (check entries to see if they are childless, delete entries, etc.)? Greg Wallace

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jlnp pages on 9.3
by Scott Leighton 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Trying to take a look at BlogBridge, which is a java application available for download here http://www.blogbridge.com/download-linux.php Thing is, it wants to run a jlnp file to install, and the associations are apparently either non-existant or broken on my 9.3 box. Type: application/x-java-jnlp-file Simply causes both Firefox and Konqueror to pop up a file save as/open with dialog. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this file association set up right so it will run? Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.7-default x86_64 SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64)

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raid sync question
by Richard Bos 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

I played to day a little with my raid setup, by moving 1 of the raid disks from /dev/hdb to /dev/hdc. I expected that I should reconfigure my raid configuration, but somehow the system picked the change and started to /dev/hdc[123] automatically. Very convenient, but how does the system know that hdb had been moved to hdc and that the raid is now composed of hda and hdc?? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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What's a clipboard?
by Steven T. Hatton 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I believe I've read about this somewhere, but I honestly do not understand what is going on with X copy buffers. If, for example, I go to KPDF and select text, then select copy to clipboard. When I subsequently go to Emacs (recent CVS) and attempt to paste using Shift+Insert, the most recent text I put into the Emacs killring is pasted into the buffer. Sometimes using the middle mouse button works for pasting external text into Emacs, but not in this case. Emacs is not the only app that behaves in an unexpected way when trying to copy and paste between apps. For example, if I take what I copied from KPDF and paste it into a Kate edit buffer, select it, then middle click in the Emacs buffer the text is inserted into the Emacs buffer. Mozilla also seems to act differently than many other apps. In particular, the location field does not copy and paste as expected. Is there a way to explain this behavior in a general way? -- Regards, Steven

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screensaver
by Mitja 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Today I installed update for KDE 3.3 (Sept. 15th) and many screensavers stop work. Which versoin of kdeartwor3-screensavers works correct, please. Mitja

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[Annoying again...] Fw: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
by pelibali 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:55:22 -0600 (MDT) From: MAILER-DAEMON(a)linux.local (Mail Delivery System) To: pelibali(a)freemail.hu Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender This is the Postfix program at host linux.local. I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix program <gbrown(a)localhost.linux.local>: host localhost[127.0.0.1] said: 451 4.5.0 Error in processing, id=04324-01, virus_scan FAILED: NO VIRUS SCANNERS AVAILABLE (in reply to end of DATA command) UmVwb3J0aW5nLU1UQTogZG5zOyBsaW51eC5sb2NhbA0KQXJyaXZhbC1EYXRlOiBXZWQsIDE1IEp1 biAyMDA1IDE0OjQxOjQ0IC0wNjAwIChNRFQpDQoNCkZpbmFsLVJlY2lwaWVudDogcmZjODIyOyBn YnJvd25AbG9jYWxob3N0LmxpbnV4LmxvY2FsDQpBY3Rpb246IGZhaWxlZA0KU3RhdHVzOiA0LjAu MA0KRGlhZ25vc3RpYy1Db2RlOiBYLVBvc3RmaXg7IGhvc3QgbG9jYWxob3N0WzEyNy4wLjAuMV0g c2FpZDogNDUxIDQuNS4wIEVycm9yIGluDQogICAgcHJvY2Vzc2luZywgaWQ9MDQzMjQtMDEsIHZp cnVzX3NjYW4gRkFJTEVEOiBOTyBWSVJVUyBTQ0FOTkVSUyBBVkFJTEFCTEUgKGluDQogICAgcmVw bHkgdG8gZW5kIG9mIERBVEEgY29tbWFuZCkNCg==

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Re: [SLE] CDROM - can't play audio or data disks
by Carlos F. Lange 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

On Friday 24 June 2005 16:44, Ron Hauptfleisch wrote: > Would it be possible for you to send me your fstab as an example. My laptop is not fully set up yet, so I will just copy the one line from the laptop's fstab: /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > thanks > > --ron Welcome, Carlos > On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 07:33 -0600, Carlos F. Lange wrote: > > > I have a Dell Latitude D600 and got a similar problem. > > > > On Monday 20 June 2005 16:20, Ron Hauptfleisch wrote: > > > I am running SuSE 9.3 professional on a Dell Inspiron 9300. The machine > > > is a dual boot with Windows XP. Everything works great, except, I am > > > unable to mount or play audio or data cd's/DVD's. > > > > > > What Works: > > > I can install from the SUSE DVD via YAST. Once the SuSE DVD is mounted > > > by Yast I can access it. > > > > > > I can also burn CD's > > > > > > What Doesn't work > > > > > > I can't mount a cd and none of the audio apps will play an audio CD. I > > > get a variety of errors including "Drive Error" and "No Media" (or > > > something like that. > > > > My error message was a bit more clear and said that there was no entry > > for /dev/hdc in /etc/fstab. > > fstab had an entry for /dev/cdrecorder, which is linked to /dev/hdc. > > > > > I've tried all of the CD's and DVD's in Windows XP on this same machine, > > > same drive and all work. > > > > > > I've Tried mounting /dev/cdrom as root. It seems to work but when > > > opening the device I get the no media message (Not true, there is good > > > media in the drive). > > > > What worked for me was to edit /etc/fstab and write hdc instead of > > cdrecorder. The solution is not fully kosher, as I now get a new > > entry in /media for each CD or DVD with the title of the disk > > (such as SU930_001 and SU930_002 for the 2 SuSE DVDs), > > instead of a generic cdrecorder or dvd as mounted directory. > > > > But at least I can read the contents now. > > > > -- > > Carlos > > > --

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ATI Driver Install Experience
by Randall R Schulz 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Hi, A while back, when I bought a nice flat-panel display that included a DVI port, I decided I wanted maximum display quality and looked into video boards that support DVI. After reading a Tom's hardware review article (<http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041129/index.html>), I chose the an Abit ATI-based board (Radeon 9600 series R9600XT-VIO). The video quality is superb. Stunning, really. (And by the way, I went through the whole font thing and ultimately rebuilt the FreeType software with hinting enabled as well as made new font selections pretty much system-wide.) However, my first round of driver installation left me without 3D support. This is really of little consequence to me, since I'm not in the habit of running any software that uses it, with the possible exception of occasionally playing around with Celestia (<http://celestia.sourceforge.net/> / <http://www.shatters.net/celestia/>). But I wanted to get all the features of this board working, so this morning I decided to attempt the latest ATI-supplied driver software. Upon visiting <https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1176> (via <http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html >) I discovered that there is now an installer program (<http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.14.13.run>) that handles most of the messy details of getting the proper complement of drivers, kernel modules, control panels and whatnot properly installed and configured. Based on the log file it wrote during its execution, I see that it orchestrated the various kernel make invocations and that it is aware of the 2.6 vs. 2.4 kernel differences. A few things I'll note about this process: - You still are instructed to run fglrxconfig after the installer completes. When all the dust settled from that minor ordeal (it asks you lots of questions, many of which I had no definitive answer for and simply accepted the default) I compared the xorg.conf file it created with my previous, working one and found that very little had changed. Apparently in the new one I chose to enable PseudoColorVisuals where I had not the previous time around. I ended up copying only the ATI device section over from the new xorg.conf to the prevoius one. - The "fireglcontrolpanel" application installed in /usr/X11R6/bin shows that I'm running driver 8.14.13, which corresponds to the version of the installer. However, for reasons I cannot explain, the installed RPMs appear to be older: % rpm -qa |egrep fglrx fglrx_6_8_0-8.12.10-1 km_fglrx-8.12.10-1.1 This is puzzling and I can't say I like it, but I'm not going to upset things by trying to resolve it. At least not yet. - As with just about any change to the video configuration, KDE flies off the handle and relocates most (but not all!) of my desktop icons to the top of the screen. It used to peeve me, but now I just take a screen snapshot first and then put everything back where I like it based on that picture. I confirmed at least minimally correct installation and 3D operation by virtue of the fact that fgl_glxgears runs now, whereas before this installation it would not. I also tried a couple of 3D games I found in my KDE -> Games menu, and they seem to be using the hardware 3D rendering, too. For the record, glxgears reports around 2400 FPS and fgl_glxgears shows around 440 FPS. If anybody has any questions, suggestions or explanations for the version mis-match thing, I'd love to hear them. Randall Schulz

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Can't enable 3d with NVIDIA drivers
by Yippee Three-eight 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I'm having trouble with SUSE 9.2 pro 64 bit. I'm using the latest version of the NVIDIA drivers from YOU. The problem is that if I enable 3D acceleration, when I restart X, I get a blank screen. The light on the monitor stays green, so some kind of signal is reaching the monitor. Alt+Enter doesn't do anything. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't restart the system. If I try to switch to the console (Ctrl+Alt+F2), it still doesn't do anything. I've tried logging in as root (even though I can't see anything on screen) and rebooting the system (shutdown -r now), but it doesn't work. The only way I can get back into X is by rebooting to Failsafe mode, running YAST and disabling 3d. I've had it working before, but I'd run into this problem sporadically. Now it does it all the time. I don't know if it matters, but I have two GeForce 6800 GTs (SLI system). Any suggestions? Yippee38 ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

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Problems with wireless shutdown
by Joseph Loo 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I am runing SUSE 9.3 AMD64 version of the operating system. I have installed a D-Link wireless card DWL-G520. I have succesfully link with a D-Link 624 router connected with via a DSL connection. The communication works without any problem. When I try to shutdown the system, the system hangs. This occurs when the system is trying to shutdown the Wireless system. It hangs on shutting down the wireless ethernet communication port. Looking in the log, I get the following: Jun 25 00:36:48 crab ifdown: Interface not available and no configuration found. Can any one help me. I don't like to turn off the computer when it hangs like that. -- Joseph Loo jloo(a)acm.org

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YOU update icon not showing on KDE after upgrade
by Sean Rima 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I recently upgraded from 9.2 to 9.3 but the icon that checks for updates is ever showing. Is there a way to start it Sean -- I wonder if I ought to tell them about my PREVIOUS LIFE as a COMPLETE STRANGER?

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Copying file while adding preffix
by Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Hi, Someone can suggest me how to recursively copy files from a given directory while adding preffix to the copies in destination dir? Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). Andrei

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Browser response
by John C. Plummer 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I couldn't find an answer to this by research. If you have a recommended research resource, I'd appreciate learing it. I have SuSE 9.1, lots of memory, running on a dual boot Pentium attached via a Linksys router to the cable modem. The IP settings are fixed: IP is an internal address 4.18.22.130 default gateway 4.18.22.142 the Linksys subnet mask 255.255.255.192 primary & alternate DNS provided by ISP If I boot in XP which I no longer use, IE browses virtually immediately with the same fixed settings. If booting under SuSE, all browsers are painfully slow, typically > 30 secs I also have XP loaded under vmware (why the dual boot is not needed). IE under vmware loads a typical page in about 10 secs. Same fixed IP settings except the assigned IP is .136. I'm obviously missing something but can't determine what. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, jcp

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