February 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Converting my son - printing -continued
by Bob S 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

On Thursday 02 February 2006 10:58, Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Feb 1 22:27 Bob S wrote (shortened): > > > > > SuSE 9.2 > > > > > Brother printer/scanner/copier MFC 4230C or 3240C or something > > > > > close. > > > > Went to the Brother site and found an rpm for SuSE. > > Found out you must run it on LPD. > > ... so we installed that and that uninstalled half of CUPS. > > Yast now configures and installs the printer > > Not possible with Suse Linux 9.2, see > http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/08/jsmeix_print-einrichten-92.html > "LPRng/lpdfilter can no longer be configured with YaST." > and > "To switch from CUPS to LPRng/lpdfilter:" Thanks for replying Johannes, (and all of the rest you also, of course) Now I am confident we are going to make this work for him. Question: Should we uninstall what Yast has set up for this printer? > > > It says, > > '"Ensure that the :LP line reads as follows. :LP=/dev/USB/lp0 " > > Edit /etc/printcap manually. I may be slightly confused about that. Above that statement it says if this is a USB printer, which it is, (MFC3420C )nothing further is needed. I revisited the page/s and re-read them again several times. http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/ > > Perhaps it helps to set up a dummy queue with "lprsetup" and edit > /etc/printcap then but it may also be totally wrong for this > driver software from the printer manufacturer what "lprsetup" > had set up. I didn't see anything there that would indicate that. Seems that it should just work. It didn't work because of my stupidity and not understanding the process. I had only installed lpd-filter and not the lprng package. I will do that tomorrow. Carlos made me realize/understand that. > > Doesn't this software from the printer manufacturer provide > a good information or perhaps even a tool to set up a queue > for their printer driver software? Actually, the site does provide quite a lot of information. Another question: The page states that for this model a "cups wrapper" can be installed over lpr. Would that work after having un-installed everything in CUPS except the cups-lib? The page tells you to keep that one. Would there be some advantage to a cups-wrapper? > Thanks again, Bob S.

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Re: [SLE} The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder
by Bob S 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

On Thursday 02 February 2006 13:23, Carl Hartung wrote: > Hi Emmanuel, > > On Thursday 02 February 2006 08:19, Emmanuel Briot wrote: > <snip> > > > ... Even when the connection is back (and Kmail can download mail), > > output email still stays in the output box. > > Have you tried double-clicking on the message in your outbox to open it and > then clicking 'Send' again? Also, don't confuse a legitimate server busy > problem with an error at your end. Your KMail settings don't normally > change on their own, so you should expect it to work the same way every > time you run it. What happens if you just forget about the problem for a > couple of hours? Does it clear itself up (or have you not tried this?) > > > I also noticed several kio_smtp processes running. > > The only solution I have found is to reboot. I used to have that exact same problem in 9.2 and KDE 3.3? I think? Never did figure out why but I got around it by downloading my mail first and then sending out mail. Problem went away after I upgraded KDE. I missed the first part of this thread so I don't know what version or KDE you are running. Bob S

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Fw: Terminal Services
by Sebastian Pederiva 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

I need to connect to a windows system through terminal services, and I want to know with which suse application can I do it. Thank you very much Sebastian

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Fwd: Re: [SLE] OCR software--more
by Doug McGarrett 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

I have just learned that Omnipage is also available for the Mac, and my friend who uses it on a Mac highly recommends it. It may be called "Nuance" today. Anyway, a Google for Omnipage will find it. Also, there seem to be plans to port it to Linux. See www.nuance.com/omnipage/capturesdk/linux/ --doug -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/248 - Release Date: 2/1/2006

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Re: [SLE] "Fun" with X
by Kai Ponte 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

> When I went to use an app last night, I received a message stating > that I did not have 3D enabled. When I went into Yast to change the > setting, I was given a message stating that I needed to setup the > monitor; it was set to Vesa, and should have been set to my monitor > via the manufacturers disk. When I setup my monitor I received a > parse error for the config file. > > I wasn't able to set up the monitor, not even with generic Vesa > settings, and upon restarting X I was bumped to command line. I > tried to set things up via sax but had same results, unless I took > sax recommendation only. Now not only is the monitor with generic > settings, but also mouse and keyboard. If I try to make any > adjustments in Yast or directly in sax I'm back on the same > merry-go-round. > > Thoughts??? By sax you mean sax2, right? I'm only wondering if you've dropped into runlevel 3. That's the typical level you want to be in for running sax2. HTH...? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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mp3
by Andrea Poloni 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi, can someone sudjest me a MP3 ripper for suse 10.0 thanks Andrea

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RE: [SLE] After KDE Patches last night from YOU no desktop
by Savage, Elijah 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

-----Original Message----- From: Roberto Almeida [mailto:ralmeida@icreativa.com.mx] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:23 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] After KDE Patches last night from YOU no desktop I was on same situation. My desktop is KDE 3.5. The problem was: (1) On YOU i selected some kde patches (2) reboot (3) No desktop. Cursor was OK, sound was OK, no menubar, etc. The solution was: (1) Login as root (on another shell or terminal) (2) Execute yast2 (3) reinstalled kdelibs 3.5.x (was marked for upgrade). I think the problem was that i selected some patches for kde 3.4.x on YOU. Roberto, Thank you very much that must have been exactly what I did. I have to start paying closer attention to that. Thank you again.

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Refreshing the source in yast2 sw_single should be skippable
by Silviu Marin-Caea 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Say, if I want to install a single package that I know it's on the media, I have to wait for yast2 to complete refreshing all the installation sources that I have defined. And some of them are large and are on the internet. There isn't any way to skip the refreshing just once, this time. Consequently, a task that should take 1 minute takes 10. Not optimal. If yast2 sw_single + YOU is going to be replaced soon with something from the grander vision, very well, then it's not justified spending resources on this. Else, some buttons or CLI options that will skip the refresh wouldn't hurt.

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Firefox with apt-get
by Per Kustemo 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi Tried to install Firefox with apt-get. "apt-get install MozillaFirefox" But the ver of firefox there is just 1.0.7, is there another way to install the firefox with the apt-get? How can I install it in another way if it is not possible with apt-get? Have tried to just download the compressed file from mozilla.com and have been able to get 1.5 to start but what is the right way to install a program from a compressed file (where do I put it and so on)? Have no knowledge in the world of Linux, but hoping to learn :)..... /Per

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external USB tape drive recommendation???
by ken 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Anyone have good experience to report on an external tape drive which is connectable via USB and which, of course, works well and easily with SuSE? tnx, ken -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.

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