November 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] python-2.4-14.2.src.rpm Make error
by ken 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Building python-2.4-14.2.src.rpm got a Make error, hence didn't finish compiling, hence no python-devel for 9.3. -- "Peace hath her victories no less renown'd than war." --John Milton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE update on sunday
by Roger Oberholtzer 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I did an update on a SUSE 10.1 of kde on Sunday to the latest in the build service. KDE no longer runs. To be more specific: I get X. I get KDM. I can use any window manager other than kde or gnome. I do not usually run gnome, but it has, to the best of my knowledge, been working. Not now. If I loǵ in to a failsafe session and type kdeinit, I see some kde apps start (in the process list) but kde does not finish starting. My .xsession-errors does not tell anything. Sooo, any clues how I can see how far the startup is getting so I can start to diagnose the problem. I am also running compiz (not yet Beryl) and Xgl with nvidia's drivers, if that matters in this update. They are as up-to-date as the build service is. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Syntax forc combining tailf and grep
by Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I am viewing the /var/log/messages file and as there are alot of entries in it and it is constantly being updated, I wondered if there was a way to display an updating grep on the file without having to create a script and corresponding cron entry to run every time the file is updated ie #tailf /var/log/messages|grep backup Just wondering if its possible. -- ======================================================================== Using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla Mail 1.7.13 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] mt-daapd rpm for SuSE 10.1
by Martin Mielke 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Hi there, it's on the apt repositories... apt-cache search mt-daapd mt-daapd - Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon HTH, Martin ----- Original Message ---- From: Phil Burness <pburness(a)btopenworld.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:52:15 PM Subject: [opensuse] mt-daapd rpm for SuSE 10.1 Anybody know where I can find one? Google points me to rpmfind.net which points me to sourceforge, which points me to fedora core rpms :-( Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Why have I been thinking about Fedora??
by Dominique Leuenberger 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 29-11-2006 14:48:51 <<< > Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > > > >>>> Reply on 29-11-2006 11:17:38 <<< > >>>> > > > > > >>>> to make Vista a good Guess for Xen > >>>> > >>> ..........Guest > >>> > >> I once read it's already been done [for some Windows before Vista] > >> > > but > > > >> could not be published because of the assed MS EULA. So, Vista for > >> > > Xen > > > >> will most likely not happen ANYTIME soon. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Why should the MS EULA deny you the installation as a XEN Guest? As > > long as you don't have to modify the kernel (so in paravirt mode), > you > > are allowed to install Windows on virtual machines. You just need one > > license per virtual machine you install; you're not used to reuse a > > license in several virt/phys machines. > > > > Dominique > > > > There have been articles recently about just that. Only some (read > expensive) versions of Vista are permitted to be run as a virtual > system. > I know what you point on, but that's basically WRONG: The MS EULA reads: 4. USE WITH VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system. -> you are NOT allowed to use the same license, that you have on the physical installation, inisde a virtual installation. But according to this sentence, you're allowed to install it in a virtaul machine. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] 3 problems with 10.2rc1
by Simon Roberts 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

One down... ----- Original Message ---- ...I have three problems with a new installation of 10.2rc1. 2) My wireless card (Intel 3945ABG) worked out of the box in 10.1, but now I find that while Yast seems to know about it, it doesn't show up in either the Network Monitor applet, nor if I do "ifconfig -a" I did make the mistake that my initial install didn't include the "add on" disk which has the FCC compliance part of this device, but I've since added that in, and still nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, This now works. I'm not sure what the critical thing was, but instead of expecting network manager to identify the keys to this, I modified the setup by giving yast the keys to my main network. I also realized that I hadn't rebooted after installing the extras disk. But now that both of those are done, my wireless is working. So, now I'm just down to the video question (and the install peculiarity, though that's for someone else's benefit not mine, as I'm obviously running now). Cheers, Simon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 3 problems with 10.2rc1
by Simon Roberts 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I hope this is an appropriate place for this, but if not, please redirect me as appropriate. I have three problems with a new installation of 10.2rc1. Two problems I think are just configuration issues, one is kindof a bug--I suspect--in the install system. They are: 1) My video card is not being recognized by the install. I get a generic VESA monitor, which the gnome applet says is running at 1024x768 with thousands of colors. Oddly, SaX says its generic at 800x600. I believe it's actually doing 1024x768 because I used GIMP to show an 800x600 document at full size and it didn't fill the screen :) The device is actually an Intel 945 GM which previously (under 10.1) worked in a higher, widescreen, resolution (about 1600x800 I think it was). Admittedly, the driver that achieved that crashed on mode change (including on logout!) so one could argue I'm better off, but I need to drive my external monitor too, so I have to resolve this really. 2) My wireless card (Intel 3945ABG) worked out of the box in 10.1, but now I find that while Yast seems to know about it, it doesn't show up in either the Network Monitor applet, nor if I do "ifconfig -a" I did make the mistake that my initial install didn't include the "add on" disk which has the FCC compliance part of this device, but I've since added that in, and still nothing. 3) This is the suspected install bug. Unfortunately I don't have all the information, but if someone wants to take it seriously and tell me exactly what to collect, I'll run the whole thing again and provide more details. My install gets to the screen that offers the chance to check the media. Of about 6 install attempts, I found that once after checking the media, it proceeded normally, every other time, whether I checked media or not, it appears to hang. It actually stopped for about five minutes (no clock used!) and then picked up as if nothing had happened. I did the install one time with "safe mode" and that didn't exhibit this problem, but the resulting install crashed on startup so was useless. I noticed in vt4 (I think) that there were reports complaining about ata2 (I think) having bad something. I should note that SuSE 9.3, 10.1, and some others all ran past this install without complaining about my 6 week old hard drive :) So, I really don't believe it's anything to do with that. I've also noticed, but not documented, some strange "sloweness" here and there with 10.1 that felt to me like there was something funny in the interrupt handling in this dual core machine. Just gut, so probably wrong, but I mention it, as this feels like it could be related. Unrelated, but also seemingly an install bug perhaps, vt1 shows an error report which I think is coming from a perl script. Something about blah, blah = blah, blah should be (blah, blah) = (blah, blah) or simiar. I'm not a perl programmer so I didn't really pay close attention, but the error runs over more than a whole page. Seems like it's help text more than error report! Any suggestions gang? I'd really like to get this to work (and going back to 10.1 isn't much of an option, as that was very unstable w.r.t. the video modes, and also VMWare--I'm hoping this might be better :) Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] SuSE 10.1/1680x1050 Widescreen/nVidia <- does not work
by Matthias Hopf 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

On Nov 29, 06 09:41:56 +0100, Marcus Schäfer wrote: > > My video card GeForce 5500 with 128 MB is capable of 1680x1050, but one of my > > fiends who is very fluent in electronics and PC hardware told me that this > > card is quite old, and therefore, it is capable of HD 16:10 resolution ONLY > > in VGA mode, and NOT DVI. Additionally, he said, it may suffer from glitches > > artifacts anyway. > > Your friend is right if you are using the opensource nvidia driver (nv) > In case of DVI the nv driver needs the bios to check the mode. The bios Yes, but this is not due to the card being old. It's due to being cheap, and having only a single link DVI interface. It's true, that for the nv driver the BIOS has an important role as well. I was missing the fact that Andrei used the NV driver, as he talked about 'modprobe nvidia' :-] > > Moreover, I have decided to give another try, and installed SuSE 10.2RC1 on > > another hard drive. There were NO WAY I could make it work in 1680x1050, no > > matter of VGA or DVI mode, even with 100% config supplied by Basil. > > Hmm, this sounds strange to me Probably due to using the nv driver, again. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <mhopf(a)suse.de>, SuSE labs, Zimmer 3.2.06, Tel. 74053-715 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] KDE update on Sunday
by Dominique Leuenberger 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 29-11-2006 16:00:43 <<< > > > My file was (and still is): > > > > > > -rw------- 1 roger users 724 2006-11-29 11:31 > > > .ICEauthority > > > > > > As the file is newer than the update, I expect that X has been > > > using this all along without trouble. > > > > This disappoints me a little, but ok ... then back to zero > > > > Have you tryed to add a new(testing) user, to see if kde runs with a > > clean home directory ? > > Not a new user. But I did try with a new .kde directory. I moved the > existing one out of the way. I took longer to fail, so I guess it was > populating the new .kde directory it made. So perhaps this is an > indicator of it getting at least that far. I also deleted EVERYTHING > in /tmp. No difference. > Hi, some googling brought me to the point, that it seems to be a problem between the gnome desktop and some KDE-Apps, that get started as superuser (like konqueror for example). Maybe you get some information in this thread: http://opensuse.us/viewtopic.php?p=6702&sid=7043e3711af62682fedd729448e9c539 Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Why have I been thinking about Fedora??
by Dominique Leuenberger 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 29-11-2006 11:17:38 <<< > > >> to make Vista a good Guess for Xen > > ..........Guest > > I once read it's already been done [for some Windows before Vista] but > could not be published because of the assed MS EULA. So, Vista for Xen > will most likely not happen ANYTIME soon. > > Why should the MS EULA deny you the installation as a XEN Guest? As long as you don't have to modify the kernel (so in paravirt mode), you are allowed to install Windows on virtual machines. You just need one license per virtual machine you install; you're not used to reuse a license in several virt/phys machines. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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