August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Differences between rpm-based distros
by rich 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

I wanted to run Yahoo Messenger on Suse 10.1 but the Yahoo web site provides packages for other distros than Suse. I tried to install Yahoo Messenger anyway, and miracle, it worked. It brings to mind the question of what requirements a package must meet to be able to run on Suse. How can I tell a non-Suse package will be able to run on Suse (10.1) successfully? Rich

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xgl and soo many gnome dependencies
by lostson 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hello Why does xgl have so many gnome dependencies such as gstreamer and gnome-audio, why would a window manager need these. Being as I only use KDE I would really rather not have all of these extra dependencies for gnome. Is there a way around this and to not have to install these, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe

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Massive Fonts (GeForce 5200)
by Andrew Betts 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

I've been having a problem with my graphics card and SLED 10. The fonts are so big they take up a quarter of the screen, so the system is basically unusable. Interestingly the problem can be excaserbated on other distributions by using XGL, but even if I turn off XGL in SLED I still get this problem. I've done a search on the web and the only other person I can find with this problem was using the proprietary nvidia driver and a GeForce 5200... but this was in 2004. Is this a weird problem with my GPU? Any idea how I can fix this? -- Andrew Betts Jasp

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Disappearing mouse cursor
by Paul Abrahams 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

I'm running KDE under SuSE 10.0. Sometimes when I've left the computer running for a while by itself and the screen saver comes on, I come back and discover that there's no mouse cursor. I don't see any pattern to when it happens and when it doesn't. So-- 1. Is there anything I can do less drastic than Ctl-Alt-Bksp (which works) to get the cursor back? It clearly must be something that I can do from the keyboard alone. 2. What is likely to be causing the problem? Paul

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xgl and twinview
by lostson 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hello I have been trying out xgl and been reading up on xgl and have read that cvs versions of xgl support twinview. I have installed xgl via yast but still when maximizing a window it spans both screens. Am i missing a setting or do i need a different repo for cvs versions, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe

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[opensuse] Problem with bold fonts
by Jan Engelhardt 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Hi, I have installed inkscape-0.43-20 from SUSE 10.1 and have the problem that truetype fonts in bold are not usable. That means: "Arial, Standard" in Inkscape's font dialog is the same as "Arial, Fett". It does not seem to be language issue as "Arial Black, Standard" is also the same as "Arial Black, Bold". What works is italic <-> non-italic, but that's about it. Bold fonts _are_ installed, xlsfonts also shows them and xfontsel successfully shows a bold font when asked to (and a non-bold when asked to). Maybe this is a bug of Xft or the GTK font selector? Jan Engelhardt -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Hardware compatibility DB on opensuse.org?
by Christophe Veber 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Hi, is there a hardware compatibility DB on opensuse.org? I recall there was something like this with Suse Linux... Christophe

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[opensuse] Help with a Dell Latitude 510
by Chuck Payne 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Hey Guys, Just got a new laptop from work, a Dell Latitude 510, but I like to get dual monitor working, but it's either monitor or lcd on laptop. Also, anyone know how to get wireless working. Thanks Payne -- -- Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.2 Alpha3 => Alpha4 ?
by Christophe Veber 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

How should I upgrade from Alpha3 to Alpha4 when it becomes availlable? Is an update via you/... possible/reasonable or should I do a complete re-install?

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[SUSE10.1] libsmpeg-0.4.so.0
by Tobias Haf 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Hi, for the new version of the game "Frets on Fire" libsmpeg-0.4.so.0 is needed (ImportError: libsmpeg-0.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory). But I can't find a package which includes that file. A google-search just results in a rpm for SUSE 9.3. Any hints? Greets, Tobias

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