August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Tired with M$ Windows? Use Linux
by Fajar Priyanto 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi all, It seems that almost every one of us has been a victim of computer virus. From a very minor annoyance to a big pain in the back re-installing the whole operating system. Dan how often? Veryyyy often.. No matter if we have installed antivirus program with regular updates, there is always a possibility that we might get infected with a computer virus. So, why wait? Use Linux. There's more to it.... Read the full writing at (pls mind the word wrap): http://linux2.arinet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&section… Knowledge belongs to everyone, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 11:54pm up 1:22, 2.6.16.13-4-default GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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[opensuse] External USB Floppy
by Martin Pley 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi, when I plug in my external USB Floppy in SUSE 10.1, it seems to be detected by hal. A popup pops up and asks me whether I want to open the disk. - So far so good. When I click on "OK" now, I get the following error message from konqueror: Method "Mount" with signature "ssas" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" doesn't exist Konqueror tries to access "system:/media/sdb". On SUSE 10.0 the drive worked without any problems. Has anyone an idea how to fix it? Kind regards Martin Pley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [SLE] Re: SLED 10 and multimedia files
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

>>> Masaru Nomiya<nomiyac360(a)mg.point.ne.jp> 23/7/2006 10:55 >>> >BTW. is this; > > http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/ > >give you a solution? > Ricardo > Hi all, I brief update on this issue: by following advice gotten at nntp://novell.support.novell-linux-desktop.install, I've added http://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/packman/suse/10.1 to Software Updater, lets it do its work and all the required video and music formats are now played without a glitch. Thanks all for your help, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management

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Re: [SLE] updating to PHP5
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

>>> Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)andreil1(a)starlett.lv> 20/4/2006 00:18 >> >Basically, there are 2 solutions: > >1) Quick and dirty - edit /etc/init.d/apache2 and add xampp startup line here >(however, it will be lost with next apache upgrade). > >2) Create your own startup script something like /etc/init.d/aaapache so it >will launch before apache2, and update runlevels. Hi, Andrei, After playing round for some time with many other issues, I've acquired some more Linux skills and come back to this issue trying to implement any of the solutions you have proposed. XAMPP is already starting before Apache does by creating the following entries: ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp S15lampp ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp K07lampp at /etc/init.d/rc5.d Apache is S16apache2 and K06apache there. This avoid to edit the apache2 script and having to create e new one. I don't find any contraindications for this option, do you? Thanks for your help! -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management

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No microphone w/ Intel ICH7 82801G chipset?
by stephan beal 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello, Susers (Susians? Susies?)! i just accepted a job where i will be doing software development for Windows CE devices (GPS devices, mainly). As the work is 100% from home, and i haven't had a PC with Windows since 5+ years, i had to go buy a PC with Windows on it (i wasn't about to nuke/rearrange my Linux installations). Of course, the first thing i did with the PC was to nuke the 2nd factory-installed vfat partition and slap Suse 10.1 on it. Strangely enough, the devices that worked in Windows didn't work in Suse, and vice versa. After a full two days of tinkering with the system, everything works except the the damned microphone. i've googled and prayed and stood on my head (and sang the national anthem... backwards, as one of you suggested a few weeks ago), and still no luck. It seems that the Intel ICH7 82801G sound chipset driver for Linux does not support the microphone properly. For example, with kmix, i cannot use the "set as input source" option for the mic, only for the "capture" input device (whatever that is). No amount of tinkering has given me a working microphone. Many users report that they can't even change the volume, but at least i haven't had that problem. Is anyone here aware of a workaround for this problem? One site said to tell the OS that it's really an intel8x0 chipset, but when i do that (with a module alias) sound doesn't work at all. The only reason in the world which i need a mic is so that i can use Skype voice. Aside from that, i wouldn't give a damn (nor would i have noticed) that the mic isn't working. Of course, the mic works under Windows, so i know the hardware is okay. Hardware Info: Acer 9411AWSMi laptop Intel Core Duo T2050 1.6GHz 1GB DDR2 RAM Intel 950 graphics chipset etc, etc, (all pretty standard stuff) Kernel is: Linux ludo 2.6.16.21-0.13-smp #1 SMP Mon Jul 17 17:22:44 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Sound modules are: snd_pcm_oss 47104 0 snd_mixer_oss 20224 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq 53104 0 snd_seq_device 11916 1 snd_seq snd_hda_intel 21652 2 snd_hda_codec 139136 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm 86532 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 25860 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 56708 12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 13024 1 snd snd_page_alloc 13576 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm The snd_hda_intel module is the problematic one, as far as i have been able to determine. PS: For anyone else who has this machine: you can get the internal NIC working by downloading the r1000 driver from Realtek, fixing the driver code (r1000_n.c) to accommodate (a) a change in recent kernels and (b) a typo in the sources which apparently wasn't tested under 2.6 kernels, fixing a slightly broken Makefile, and doing 'make modules; make install': http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?keyword=8168 The source code/Makefile changes are mentioned here: http://suseforums.net/lofiversion/index.php/t20483.html Suse doesn't yet ship with the r1000 driver. -- ----- stephan(a)s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts

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Re: [SLE] new at wireless configuration... but keep trying!
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

>>> Ken Schneider<suse-list2(a)bout-tyme.net> 13/6/2006 14:54 >>> > >I use ifplugd on the eth0 connection and on hotplug on wlan0. Using >this setup I can unplug eth0 which causes the eth0 connection to shut >down and then plug in the PCMCIA card which brings up wlan0, both using >DHCP which retrieves an address and sets up the correct default route. >Check to make sure you have the proper info set if you are using >encryption on the wireless card (this can also be set using YaST with >the wireless card). > >-- >Ken Schneider >UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 Well, Ken and friends, it seems that after some three months playing around with this issue, this Texas Instruments ACX 111 based 54Mbps wireless card (Linksys WPC54g ver.2). Thanks all for your help. I don't know what it works now, but it could be that some update done during the last weeks did the trick. The point is that it is now up and running on a SLED 10 box. But there are still some behaviours I am not able to understand/control. For instance, I do need to restart the box to have the card running if I unplug it during normal function. Plug it again doesn't get it working back. Even more, the only way of shutting down the computer after unplugging-plugging the card is by forcing it by pressing the power button. One thing is shocking me is that both eth0 and wlan0 are up even though the box is not wired. citlali:~ # ifstatus wlan0 Network interface is managed from NetworkManager wlan0 is up 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:12:17:df:d9:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.37/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global wlan0 inet6 fe80::212:17ff:fedf:d924/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever wlan0 IP address: 192.168.1.37/24 192.168.1.0/24 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.37 default via 192.168.1.100 citlali:~ # ifstatus eth0 Network interface is managed from NetworkManager eth0 is up 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:02:3f:79:60:bc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Ken, do you say in your last message that you are using hotplug on wlan0. Please, how could I do the same? I mean, how do I know if I am using hotplug and, it not, how could I enable this option? Could it be the key of the problem? Thanks! All the best, -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management

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Gnome 2.14
by Richard Bown 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Is gnome 2.14 available for use with Suse 10.1, I would to see if the audio problem of playback of mp3 files at a reduced clock speed is a gnome bug, or a suse bug, drivers for envy24 chip set. Richard

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Re: [opensuse] Gnome 2.16 packages on 10.1 / No fonts on Desktop
by Dominique Leuenberger 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Thanks for the information... I'll do so >>> james(a)usr-local-bin.org 07-08-2006 11:41:07 >>> > Maybe someone can confirm, then I would open it as a bug report in > Bugzilla. > - When installing Gnome 2.16 from the maintained packages (jarpack), Don't open this in bugzilla - jarpack are not official [open]SUSE packages, they are provided by a third party who happens to use the Build Service. You need to contact him. Consult his website: http://jarpack.net/ -- James Ogley james(a)usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org Packages for SUSE: http://usr-local-bin.org/rpms Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/imin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Gnome 2.16 packages on 10.1 / No fonts on Desktop
by Dominique Leuenberger 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi, Maybe someone can confirm, then I would open it as a bug report in Bugzilla. - I have a SuSE Linux 10.1 installed, completely up-to-date - XGL is the selected X-Server / compiz the window manager - When installing Gnome 2.16 from the maintained packages (jarpack), the Desktop reloads fine, but there are absolutely no fonts visible: Icons appear without text, the menubar is without text and so on... Starting FireFox for example and then working inside is possible. Anyone tried it already? After reverting back to Gnome from SuSE 10.1, the desktop reappeared perfectly. Regards, Dominique

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/dev/hda1 is full ?
by lostson 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello I ran into this tonight when updating somethings, YAST says my /dev/hda1 is 96% full. I went looking for the culprit but can't seem to find it, anyone got any ideas, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===========~-._ (___________________) \_______/ I Want To Believe

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