August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Thunderbird/Firefox styling issues on 10.1
by Frank Steiner 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi, after upgrading from SuSE 9.0 to 10.1, the same firefox and thunderbird RPMs (our own packages recompiled from the source rpms in projects/mozilla) have a very different look (colors, frames, buttons,...): http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/firefox_old.gif http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/firefox_new.gif Since the user profile and the RPMs installed on 9.0 and 10.1 are exactly the same, it must depend on some system stuff, and I would like to understand where it comes from and if I can change it. Btw, on 10.1, our own RPMsl ooks the same like the official SuSE RPMs for 10.1, so it's not an issue of our own recompiled binaries.. I had similar issues with Opera which I could resolve with qtconfig. Is there sth. similar that affects the mozilla programs? I know about hacking userChrome.css etc. and did a lot with this, but some basic rules must be defined somewhere outside firefox etc., otherwise the same RPM could not look so diferrent on 9.0 and 10.1. Can someone enlighten me? :-) (Because I really don't like the new look...) cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] yahoo webcam chat in action
by Jorge Luis Arzola 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

HI list For those of you who, as I, need yahoo ((and msn)) webcam chat working on linux to bring the remaining family members to open source: have a look at this IM yahoo client. You'll see what a webcam yahoo chat is under linux. It's a fork of the old gyachE enhanced. IT's written using the gtk+ toolkit and is far the most advanced yahoo client I have ever used in my many years as a linux user. You can get it from its website: http://gyachi.sourceforge.net, as there are packages for SUSE 10.1 or directly from one of the sourceforge.net mirrors, say: http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gyachi/gyachi-1.0.5-6suse.i586.r… You'd better also install a patched libjasper lib, available from there too: http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gyachi/libjasper-1.701.0-18suse.… You just need a working webcam(mine is a common logitech quickam); so install, tell gyachi in the setting page which is your correct video device, play a little to lern and enjoy thanks jorge Note that I am not a gyachi developer; just a suse user, and lately, a happy gyachi user :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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open office printing on suse 10.1
by Steve Reilly 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

hi all, on 10.1, i am having a wonderful time trying to get a spreadsheet to print out correctly. i have installed on another pc (debian) an hp 3940 deskjet using the .ppd file specifically for this printer. i access the printer with cups. (no problems there) i have no problems printing using any other application, but when trying to print a spreadsheet, it is cutting off the left side of it, maybe an inch and a half or so. i tried shrinking the printout from properties anywhere from 25-50%, this does no good, doesnt even work properly, it still prints the same size no matter what i have the % set at. any idea how to run the ooo printer configuration utility? supposedly called "spadmin" ive been googling for the last hour and cant find anything about ooo 2.0 for suse and printing configuration utility. all ive been finding is that suse doesnt include it in the menu system for ooo, and the program "spadmin" is not in my usr/ bin directory where ooo is, or anywhere else in my filesystem. i am using ooo 2.0.2.7.1 any clues? Peace Steve Reilly --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

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[opensuse] Copy speed (USB / openSUSE 10.1)
by Dominique Leuenberger 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi List, yesterday evening I copied some files from my USB 2.0 MP3 Player (Arcjos AV380) to the desktop. Unfortunately, I was quiet surprised by the speed I got of this action. a hdparm -t /dev/sdc showed it would copy at 1MB / sec (which is about USB 1.1), while I'm quiet sure I was using the USB 2.0 ports of the computer (tried different ports, and the board only HAS 2.0 ports. Is there anything I missed in tweaking / loading USB 2.0 support? ok, I admit, the mainboard (Asus P5LD2 Deluxe) I have already gave me some surprises when installing Linux (I wanted to activate RAID0 over two discs, as the board should support RAID, but the installer detected a software raid). Thanks for some advises, Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Network Installation SLED 10 [SOLVED]
by jimmy Pierre 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Greetings, Just a line to explain how I did it. I mirrored the SLESD10 DVD on the Windows Server 2003 in a sub directory SLED10. The latter being in a directory named INSTALL. Sorry for caps, but this is important as Linux differentiates A from a :-) ) Then I shared the INSTALL directory as INSTALL Powered the portable and inserted CD1 from SLED10. Now, the boot options smb:ip/INSTALL does not work. I tried smb//:ip/INSTALL also and loads of combinations to no avail. I aborted and a new and familiar GUI came up (BTW, does anybody know how to invoke this straight from the Installation screen?) I loaded the NIC module Chose Network installation The easy bit, you just need to enter the IP, the directory (INSTALL) and the user/password Et voilà! It took more than two hours, it's worth it than burning CDs. Cheers, Jimmy nui.fr

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Re: [SLE] The most annoying thing about KDE menus (SOLVED)
by Marius Roets 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

On 8/29/06, Clayton <smaug42(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Using Suse 10.1 btw., but KDE has behaved like this since I can remember. > > I know the behaviour... and have been really annoyed by it too.. but > in my install of 10.1 (updated KDE via Smart 3rd party repos) it no > longer does this. If there is a single item in a sub menu it cascades > properly... > > Maybe it's a fix applied by one of the 3rd party repo builders? > I did a KDE update from one of the Suse 3rd party KDE repo's and lo and behold, a thorn in my side for more than 4 years is gone. Thanks. Marius

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Re: [SLE] installing a webcam
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Oops! Sorry, I've forgotten to past the error! Here it is... http://users.xen.net/@rrodriguez/imaxes/usbview_error.png Cheers, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management >>> Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN<rrodriguez(a)xen.net> 30/8/2006 10:40 >>> Whatever user I use, this is the error message I get now... Sorry, I don't know what does the difference between this situation and the previous one. There is no file in the /porc/bus/usb folder. Please, any idea? Thanks! Best, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management >>> stephan beal<stephan(a)s11n.net> 30/8/2006 03:03 >>> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 00:55, Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN wrote: > citlali:~ # usbview > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: This error is happening because you have su'd to the root user and root doesn't have the DISPLAY environment variable set. Try: export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 usbview If that doesn't work, log in to X11 as the root user and try it. -- ----- stephan(a)s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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World clock
by Basil Chupin 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

What's happened to the world clock which use to be in <=10.0 of SuSE? Used to be available under Utilities I think. Anyone throw some light on this? Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1

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Re: [SLE] installing a webcam
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Whatever user I use, this is the error message I get now... Sorry, I don't know what does the difference between this situation and the previous one. There is no file in the /porc/bus/usb folder. Please, any idea? Thanks! Best, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management >>> stephan beal<stephan(a)s11n.net> 30/8/2006 03:03 >>> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 00:55, Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN wrote: > citlali:~ # usbview > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: This error is happening because you have su'd to the root user and root doesn't have the DISPLAY environment variable set. Try: export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 usbview If that doesn't work, log in to X11 as the root user and try it. -- ----- 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] installing a webcam
by Ricardo Rodríguez - XEN 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

I found nothing googling for Linux and the available information about this webcam. Please, is anybody using it? Thanks! Cheers, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez XEN, Resources Management >>> Keith<ac7xc1nx(a)gmail.com> 30/8/2006 01:58 >>> Most likely you will need to use a driver for the web cam. If someone has already created one for the web cam you may find it by using Google (TM).

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