August 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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I cannot update from Packman with Smart anymore
by Marius Roets 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi everybody, I use to have no problems with Smart, but since last week I cannot update from Packman repositories anymore (I tried 3 mirrors with the same results). I get the suggested upgrades, but when Smart tries to download the packages I get a "connection reset by peer" error. All other channels work fine. A friend of mine told me today he has the same problem. Is anybody else experiencing this problem? Marius

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Acrobat Reader in SUSE Linux 10.1
by Lívio Cipriano 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi, I'm using the above distro in a Lenovo Z60m (Intel 1,7 Ghz) and the Acrobat Reader, version 7, takes 2 min. to load. I've tried to tweak the start-up, but I got no improvement. Any ideas to speed up the load? Lívio

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Konqueror and compressed files in SuSE 10.1
by Lívio Cipriano 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi all, Some time ago I posted a message regarding the fact that Konqueror, with the context menu, compressed files with rar adding "RAR" as extension, instead of "rar". From the posted messages, was not possible to arrive to a conclusion. Now I found even a more strange behavior. Downloading ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-2.01.01a11.tar.gz ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-2.01.01a11.tar.bz2 and trying to preview them in Konqueror, I receive the error message "Couldn't open the file, probably due to an unsupported file format". The unsupported file format is TAR. Could be damage files, but I can open them with the command line. Other files, with the same extensions, can be previewed in Konqueror. The strange fact is that I can preview these two files in Konqueror in SuSE 9.2 . Any ideas? Lívio

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Autostart
by Keith 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

I set up xchat to auto start from the Computer menu and then decided I didn't want it to autostart. I went back to the program on the computer menu and removed the autostart selection however xchat still autostarts. Anyone know which file/directory to modify to stop the autostart of a program.

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[opensuse] system reports
by Patrick Shanahan 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

What setting/utility generates the system reports that are emailed to root early every morning? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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cd artwork!
by Steve Barnhart 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi, I am wondering if anyone has made any cd labels/artwork yet? I also wouldn't mind the official ones being released or something. Hopefully some people can start creating those as I like to have nice labels on my cds..pressed ones (like we can receieve for free from ubuntu and fedora) are even more awesome! -- Steve

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captorials
by Bram Biesbrouck 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi everybody, I'm currently doing some promotion for captorials.com in the community. I'd like to make some captorials for different 'starter-friendly' distros and since you all are involved with SuSe, I'd like to ask you if you have some written tutorials or howtos laying around that you would like to see 'videotized'. Now, please don't send me hundreds of files, but _some_ nice and important examples that are meaningful to newbies or regular users. This way, I can do something meaningful for the community, and in the mean time, create some momentum around captorials.com and ScreenKast. It can also function as an example of what's possible with videotutorials. Note that making your own videos is of course also possible. Please don't look upon this message as spam, I'm just looking for some interested individuals that are involved with SuSe one way or another. Thanks, Bram PS: if you know other interesting people (perhaps involved with other distros), please let me know or let them know.

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[Fwd: Re: [SLE] Suse License Question]
by Henk Roos 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

-------- Original Message -------- From: Hans van der Merwe <hvdmerwe(a)sunspace.co.za> To: SLE <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Di 29.08.2006 10:34 Subject: Re: [SLE] Suse License Question On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 10:10 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: >Henk Roos wrote: > >>What I want to do is load Suse 10 for someone else and then set up >>postgres etc. and load a program I have written for them and then >>charge them anually for the program. Can I keep the root password for >>myself. > >IOW you're providing a service for someone else and charging a fee for >it. That is the same as the millions of webhosters that offer >Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP at a fee. It is not related to the license of >the distribution itself. > >Whether you can keep the root-password to yourself is only a matter for >you and your customer. > > >/Per Jessen, Zürich > > One thing to consider is the licensing of the software that you have written yourself. It may rely on GPLed code? But still this does not involve the distribution. So what you all are saying is that I will be providing a service, and that the software program I have written still belong to me and I am using Suse 10 as a platform for my service, which means that the OS doesn't belong to them or to me, because it is open source? All the source code for the program I have written myself from scratch in Java, I haven't used / modified any other GPL source. Thanks "Softline VIP provides no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any advice or information provided herein and accepts no liability for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever, as a result of or which may be attributable to the use of, or the reliance upon, the advice or information provided herein."

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