October 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[OT] Intellectual property, sw, books... was: pdf questions
by M. Fioretti 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 22:48:50 PM -0500, M Harris (harrismh777(a)earthlink.net) wrote: > > Surely you can accept that sometimes there is a need to publish > > documents and still restrict their distribution (or access to them, > > failing the ability to restrict the dissemination of the bits). > > No. I have completely bought into the concept that intellectual property > does not exist. Even if intellectual property didn't exist (and I'm not saying it does) Randall said something *else* and completely refusing it would not make much sense. Think to medical records, for example, or reports inside a company. > > Furthermore, a document is not a program. The arguments that > > Stallman puts forth w.r.t. to software do not necessarily apply to > > every imaginable published work. > > You obviously did not read his book. I did, and still think Randall is right, see Myth #2 at http://digifreedom.net/node/58. Feedback is welcome, of course. Ciao, Marco -- The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73

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SPAM: New KDE files.
by Fred A. Miller 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

I'm upgrading now via Smart, NEW KDE files, including kicker....total over 144MB. Maybe there's a fix for the taskbar vanishing and other oddities some of us have had. Fred -- MickySoft, the ultimate corporate parasite.

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kdictionary
by Phil Burness 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Anybody noticed kdictionary does not start up after upgrading to kde 3.5.5? It exits after displaying a message that I can't read as it is not on screen long enough :-( I'm running SuSE 10.1 Any suggestions on where to look? Phil

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incorrect start of daylight saving time in Brazil
by Ivan Nazarenko 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

We have some desktops here with SuSE on it; mostly 10.0 and 10.1. They all run with KDE. Today all of them began showing 1h skewed time in the "kde clock", when configured to show the time of Sao Paulo. My particular box do not use any Brasilian timezone, since this is historically flawed wrt DST. I stick GMT+3 into it and manually change to GMT+2 when needed. I keep the system clock at UTC time. But even then the "kde clock" still do not work, since it do not have the option to show the true local time. Yes, there is an option labeled "Local Timezone" on it, but it seems displaying the UTC time, ignoring the "GMT+3" adjust. Perhaps this is a kde bug, or I am doing something wrong. Any thoughts?

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[opensuse] Problem with signature ssas when mounting floppy
by Adrianus Wasis 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, I'm newbie in using opensuse/linux. I install opensuse 10.1 on my P-III desktop. And I use gnome as default of opensuse10.1. I have problem to access floppy disk. I click floppy drive icon on desktop after inserting the disk then come up mount error message: "Operation failed", in details I read: Method "Mount" with signature "ssas" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" doesn't exist. What is the problem and countermeasure for this? Thank you very much. Regards Adrianus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFLaj1JzjPUidVV1gRAg1pAJ4k/ClCTiCgaSPtqOCovPeGpoHjmQCeLSJo /r7o2kC5OqCc2dUOH/Yzvgo= =pzSm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] anonymous cifs mounting
by Jan Engelhardt 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hello, mounting a guest share does not work using cifs, does anyone have a hint? 13:13 ichi:/etc/samba # mount //ichi/linux /mnt/0 -t cifs -o guest mount error 13 = Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) 13:13 ichi:/etc/samba # smbclient //ichi/linux WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated Password: Anonymous login successful Domain=[NONE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.22-jen] smb: \> # smb.conf [linux] path = /tftpboot/linux read only = yes guest ok = yes -`J' -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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/dev/dsp randomly busy
by Carlos E. R. 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, My /dev/dsp device is randomly busy, and sound output fails: cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty-five to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty-five to 2, in the afternoon. cer@nimrodel:~> The two commands above were separated by a mere 5 seconds. There is no program using the sound now. cer@nimrodel:~> saytime ; lsof | grep -i dsp The time is now, a little after twenty-five to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> As you see, lsof doesn't report anything using the device, yet it fails. And a few seconds later, it works: cer@nimrodel:~> saytime ; lsof | grep -i dsp The time is now, almost twenty to 2, in the afternoon. cer@nimrodel:~> It can fail, then work several times in a row: cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. cer@nimrodel:~> saytime The time is now, exactly twenty to 2, in the afternoon. This happened since I updated to kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25. I'm using SuSE 10.1 and Gnome. Yet, if I use a program like "beep-media-player" or "xine", it always works. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFM3BotTMYHG2NR9URAkn0AJ9soOGClmOr1iFgqsgQXyHxklaXzQCaA/ve XrzJmaDD5fykPwxQqDJklus= =inhv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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More zmd issues
by Tim Nicholson 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

I thought I was past the known update issues with zen etc having first off done an old fashioned update via Yast. But today, on trying to perform software updates via yast I got the following dependency issue. #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2006-10-02 09:13:46 #### This would invalidate script:libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2-1533-1.noarch. script:libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2-1533-1.noarch has unfulfilled requirements Conflict Resolution: ( ) delete libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2 #### YaST2 conflicts list END ### So I clicked on the delete libzypp-patch-zmdrestart.sh-2 option and then "OK try again" and got presented with the same dependency issue screen with the option deselected i.e I was stuck in a <repeat until false> I thought I would try and remove zmd, but there were so many dependency conflicts including some in yast that I thought it wise not to proceed. Any ideas as to how to get out of this particular loop? -- Tim http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.

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Upgrade Delta's
by Mozzi 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hallo all I have the 32bit cd's and the 64bit DVD for suse 10.1. I just don't quite understand how the delta's work or where to get them. Mozzi -- Linux is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.

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[opensuse] SPAM: W32CODEC - Video files
by Joao Paulo Pires 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hom can I install W32CODEC and other programs so I can watch video files ? Joao, Valbom, Portugal

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