September 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Samba File Permissions
by Peter Bloomfield 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

I have a current problem with a samba server. When files are created a shared disk, the permissions on the file are rw-r-----. This is fine for the owner of the file, but the file is shared and needs to be writable by other users in the same group as the owner I have looked on the web and have come across the following arguments that can be used in the smb.conf file. create mask create mode force create mode and similar ones for directories. Does anyone have any experience setting octal permission bits for these arguments, If so can anyone suggest the bits so that I can have files created with permissions rw-rw-rw-, and directories readable and writable by users in the same group, rwxrwxr-x. Any suggestions or advice will be greatly appreciated Peter

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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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X server difficulties: addendum
by Bob Rea 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

I have lost the ability to run kde as my normal user. It will run as root, but I don't like to do that. But I can get into my own account using vnc from work., that works very well, the problem is screen :0.0 Even as root, when I close kde it can't go back to gui login because it can't find :0.0 maybe that will help clarify the problem -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Freedom is only privilege extended unless enjoyed by one and all --Billy Bragg

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Kernel 2.6.18_rc5 from SL-OSS-factory on 10.1
by Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, Anyone have installed rernel 2.6.18_rc5 from SL-OSS-factory on SuSE 10.1 ? ftp.gwdg.de:/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.18_rc5_git6.rpm Did this update break up something on 10.1 or require any extra updates?

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Configuring TouchPad
by Puneit Singh 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi, How do I change the Sensitivity, Palm Check and the Zone settings of the touch pad in SuSe 10.1 My machine is a R52 IBM Thinkpad. I have searched in harware settings under Yast and under Personal Settings but couldn't find any such option. If this can be done through command line, then kindly tell me exactly how to go about it Thanks -- Puneit Singh 0091-9350832020

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man page mount.cifs 10.0
by Felix Miata 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

I don't have one. Does anyone else? If so, where did it come from? -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you." Proverbs 4:7-8 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/

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ugly openoffice menu fonts in suse 10.1
by Istvan Gabor 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hello all: I use SUSE 10.1 with its default OpenOffice version (2.0.2 build 2.0.2.15). In some menus the fonts looks very strange, pale (or even impossible to read) and ugly. For example in the print dialog the 'properties' button's fonts, in the format paragraph and format page dialogs some lines etc. The fonts in the text editor window and on the printouts look OK. I don't know if it's important or not but I have ATI Radeon 7000 vga card and use the native linux radeon driver. What would be the solution to make these fonts look normal? Thanks, IG _____________________________________________________________________ Kamatmentes vásárlás 45 napig! Különleges mindennapok az [origo] klikkbank hitelkártyával. http://www.klikkbank.hu/lakossagi/termekek/hitelkartya/index.html

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Update SUSE 10.0 to SUSE 10.1
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi all, In the past I had problems when updating an existing SUSE installation to a newer version (I think it was 8.0 to 8.3 back then). I therefore had to do a clean install, and then having to do all the setups for all the other things I had on the older version like Evolution. It is becoming quit a laborious exercise if there are a dozen or so stations to be updated. Is it advisable to update the present SUSE 10.0 systems to SUSE 10.1, and later to 10.2 in stead of each time a new install? Any experiences welcome. :-) Al

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