July 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Monitor refresh rate
by Chaitanya Krishna A 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Hi, I am on Suse 9.1 Pro with KDE 3.4 b. My monitor seems to filcker. The refresh rate has been set to 61 Hz. How can I increase the refresh rate? When I go to Control Center > Peripherals > Display, it shows the refresh is 61 Hz, but gives no options to increase or decrease. I have seen a marked difference when the refresh rate on one of my friends's Windoze box was increased to 75 Hz. Any help would be valuable. Regards, Chaitanya. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Troubles with emailed PDF attachments -- largely from Macs to Linux
by Peter N. Spotts 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Folks, Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but it seemed like a logical place to start. I'm using SuSE 9.1, T-bird for email, and the email is arriving from my ISP (Comcast) via fetchmail. It seems that often, when I get a pdf attachment from someone using a Mac, pdf attachments come through corrupted. I try opening them with Acroread (7.0) and Ghostview; neither works. My email comes goes into Yahoo and Comcast accounts via an alias. I thought that one of the servers along the way might be doing the files dirt. So I sent a pdf from my own machine to each account directly, then via the alias into each account. Attachments sent directly to Yahoo account opened just fine. Attachments sent to my Yahoo account via the alias opened, though I still got a corrupt-file error from Acroread. But no file coming through my second (and "default") email address at Comcast could be opened, even after downloading and trying to open (or print) from the downloaded file. Before I harumph at Comcast, I wanted to be sure the fault doesn't lie with me in some way. For *doc attachments from Macs, I recall reading somewhere that the file needed some sort of decoding before OpenOffice for Linux would read it. Would the same hold true for pdfs? Thanks for any light anyone can shed on this... With best regards, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts(a)alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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monitor resolution problem
by Mike Markiw III 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Hi all, I had to switch monitors on one of my systems running Suse 9.2 today. The old monitor ran at 1280x1024 I believe, or it might have been 1024x768. Either way, the backup monitor I put on it is a much older model that I think can only support 800x600. Right now, when I bring up the system the monitor display is totally un-readable. It's compressed vertically and is constantly scrolling horizontally. However, if I bring it up in failsafe mode, it displays the command line just fine. I won't have access to a larger, newer monitor for at least a week or two as it stands, so I want to try and change the resolution that KDE desiplays from the command line. Can anyone tell me what files I need to modify, and what I would need to set to display as 800x600? Other suggestions for trouble-shooting are also welcome ;) Thanks in advance! -Mike

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silly (?) question...
by James Hatridge 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Hi all... I just loaded 9.3 on a new box. I used the CD disk set. I have a few programs that I d/l'ed from the 'net for 9.2. Do I now need to d/l new 9.3 packages or should I be able to use the old 9.2 packages for now? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php

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Re: [SLE] Major problems suse pro 9.3 w/samba 3.0.13
by phantom21＠mindspring.com 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Considered that and turned it off. I went back and uninstalled Samba. Reinstalled it after rebooting the system (I know, I don't need to, but just in case /-) ). Then, instead of replacing the default smb.conf file with my old one, I incorporated the old shares into the new one and changed the workgroup name. Last, I blew away the smbpasswd file and rebuilt it from scratch. That worked!!! Mark -----Original Message----- From: Brad Bourn <brad(a)summitrd.com> Sent: Jul 26, 2005 10:46 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Major problems suse pro 9.3 w/samba 3.0.13 Firewall maybe? B-) On Monday 25 July 2005 11:00 pm, phantom21(a)mindspring.com wrote: > I just upgraded a file server from suse pro 7.3 with samba 2.2 to suse pro > 9.3 with samba 3.0.13 and I have major problems. > > Actually did a clean install, leaving the old home directory alone. Did > backup all important data and made copies of the smb.conf file and other > files. > > The enfironment is an office with the suse server, and windows xp home > workstations. The server is a Dell GX110, PIII (don't remember the speed, > about 733 MHz), 256 MB RAM. > > This system was working fine with Suse 7.3, but I figured a newer kernel > and updated security would be better for now and the future. > > The windows systems (XP Home, sp2) cannot get access to the server. After > invoking My Network Places, and clicking on the "view workgroup" selection, > the system shows up. But clicking on it gets an error message saying the > user doesn't have access rights. > > I checked, rechecked, and checked again the user rights for the users, plus > entered, blew away, then reentered the smbpasswd info. No joy. > > So, I need to get up in a few hours and get to the client's office at bout > 7AM and hope I can get this thing running again before the office opens. > > Anyone have any ideas about this? I'm going to try and get a few hours > sleep and get back to it early. Any help is appreciated. > > Mark -- 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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RE: [SLE] Major problems suse pro 9.3 w/samba 3.0.13
by Marlier, Ian 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Yeah -- the default firewall rules killed me for a while. _Everything_ is blocked. Including, for example, SSH, so I'd assume that Samba is on that list. Try doing `/etc/init.d/SuSE-firewall stop` (I may have the name of the service wrong, but it's something like that). Then, do `iptables -F`. See if that works for you.... -----Original Message----- From: Brad Bourn [mailto:brad@summitrd.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:46 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Major problems suse pro 9.3 w/samba 3.0.13 Firewall maybe? B-) On Monday 25 July 2005 11:00 pm, phantom21(a)mindspring.com wrote: > I just upgraded a file server from suse pro 7.3 with samba 2.2 to suse pro > 9.3 with samba 3.0.13 and I have major problems. > > Actually did a clean install, leaving the old home directory alone. Did > backup all important data and made copies of the smb.conf file and other > files. > > The enfironment is an office with the suse server, and windows xp home > workstations. The server is a Dell GX110, PIII (don't remember the speed, > about 733 MHz), 256 MB RAM. > > This system was working fine with Suse 7.3, but I figured a newer kernel > and updated security would be better for now and the future. > > The windows systems (XP Home, sp2) cannot get access to the server. After > invoking My Network Places, and clicking on the "view workgroup" selection, > the system shows up. But clicking on it gets an error message saying the > user doesn't have access rights. > > I checked, rechecked, and checked again the user rights for the users, plus > entered, blew away, then reentered the smbpasswd info. No joy. > > So, I need to get up in a few hours and get to the client's office at bout > 7AM and hope I can get this thing running again before the office opens. > > Anyone have any ideas about this? I'm going to try and get a few hours > sleep and get back to it early. Any help is appreciated. > > Mark -- 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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Major problems suse pro 9.3 w/samba 3.0.13
by phantom21＠mindspring.com 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

I just upgraded a file server from suse pro 7.3 with samba 2.2 to suse pro 9.3 with samba 3.0.13 and I have major problems. Actually did a clean install, leaving the old home directory alone. Did backup all important data and made copies of the smb.conf file and other files. The enfironment is an office with the suse server, and windows xp home workstations. The server is a Dell GX110, PIII (don't remember the speed, about 733 MHz), 256 MB RAM. This system was working fine with Suse 7.3, but I figured a newer kernel and updated security would be better for now and the future. The windows systems (XP Home, sp2) cannot get access to the server. After invoking My Network Places, and clicking on the "view workgroup" selection, the system shows up. But clicking on it gets an error message saying the user doesn't have access rights. I checked, rechecked, and checked again the user rights for the users, plus entered, blew away, then reentered the smbpasswd info. No joy. So, I need to get up in a few hours and get to the client's office at bout 7AM and hope I can get this thing running again before the office opens. Anyone have any ideas about this? I'm going to try and get a few hours sleep and get back to it early. Any help is appreciated. Mark

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Re: [SLE] Does anybody know if this system will work with SuSE 9.3?
by Dotan Cohen 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

On 7/25/05, Gil Weber <gil(a)gilweber.com> wrote: > Hi, everyone. I need to get a new pooter for my wife. Noticed this one > available from Newegg.com and was wondering if the components are compatable > with SuSE 9.3. > > Unfortunately Newegg provides absolutely no technical support and can't answer > questions about anything! :o( > > Price is $1449.00. I know the video card alone is $360. > > Particularly concerned about the motherboard and SATA drive. > > Opinions? > Thanks > Gil > If Newegg won't answer your questions before they have your money, how do you think dealing with problems AFTER they have your money will be? I wouldn't buy from a company that provides absolutly zero tech support. Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/389/osbourne_ozzy.php Osbourne, Ozzy Song Lyrics

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My mouse configuration makes me desperate
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

On my Suse 9.3 with the latest KDE I have trouble with my mouse. Have just replaced a defect PS2 mouse with a serial wheel mouse. Going to Yast the instalation is just a jiffy but! Every time I reboot (blackout and such) the mouse pointer is somewhere fixed on the screen and I have to reuse Yast in order to get a usable mouse. For some programs like Mplayer who tend to over-use my CPU I normally use Icewm as Windows. Going from KDE to Icewm I loose the mouse again. How can I get the mouse configuration stable.

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Motherboard for SuSE 9.3
by mlist＠safenet-inc.com 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

I've got an athlon 1.1 system (obviously a few years old), and I think that the ASUS motherboard is on the way out. I've use SuSE 9.3. Is there anything in the way of motherboards that I should really avoid? Is there any performance (or other) problem if I have one HD on the IDE bus and a new one on SATA? Would that arrangement confuse YaST? If I was GOING to go with one drive on each interface (haven't tried it yet, haven't got the board yet... just asking), is there a preferred distribution of the filesystem? That is, between two such drives, where should /root, /var, /usr, /home and swap go? Or would it make no difference? Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it.

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