January 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] madwifi
by Jay Smith 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

you can download madwifi from their site or sourceforge. I have an Atheros wifi chip as well so it didn't work for me either. Be sure you have your kernel source when you compile (naturally) On Wed Jan 3 23:30 , James Lockie sent: >How do I get madwifi without a network connection or compiler? >I installed OpenSuse-10.2 and it only sees the ethernet on my motherboard. >I am strictly wireless. > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice_org 2.1 on 10.2??? (WRT: SUSE Security Announcement)
by Philip Amadeo Saeli 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

[excerpt] ----- Forwarded message from Marcus Meissner <meissner(a)suse.de> ----- 1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion Security problems were fixed in the WMF and Enhanced WMF handling in OpenOffice_org These could potentially be used to execute code or crash OpenOffice when a user could be convinced to open specially crafted document (for instance a document sent by E-mail). This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-5870. openSUSE 10.2 is not affected by this problem, it already contains the fixed OpenOffice_org 2.1 version. ----- End forwarded message ----- The above excerpt from today's OpenOffice_org security announcement states that "openSUSE 10.2 is not affected by this problem, it already contains the fixed OpenOffice_org 2.1 version." How is this so? The only version I've been able to find in the openSUSE 10.2 repos is 2.0.4 (OpenOffice_org-2.0.4-38.i586.rpm). Was this a mistake or is OpenOffice_org 2.1 indeed available for openSUSE 10.2? If it is, I would very much like to know how I may obtain it. Thanks, Phil -- Philip Amadeo Saeli SUSE Linux 10.1 psaeli(a)zorodyne.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] big jump 9.2 to 10.0
by Carl William Spitzer IV 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Older box PII 350 with 256mb though Ill buy more soon. I wish to upgrade an older computer from 9.2 to 10.0. I think its too old for 10.2 which I do not have yet. Which dot directories should I keep besides dot evolution? Is it better to remove the old ones some of which date to 9.1 or will the install handle the change? -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Change kickoff menu text size
by Flextron 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi, Can anyone explain where can I change the new kickoff menu text size? The text is much smaller in the new type than in the classical kde menu. I'm using sans serif at 10 and the different between them is really big. (1280x1024, if that matters) Thanks, -- Flextron - Linux user: 306877 -- GPG keyID: 0xE0EA0B24 -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] x86_64 firefox-2.0.0.1 and OpenOffice.org 2.1 and Thunderbird-1.5.0.9
by James 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Thanks for the help in getting madwifi working. I don't have access to that email or I would thank the person directly. Thunderbird is the most important because I can't find it on my system. The versions of firefox and thunderbird are important because I want to share the profiles and it'll do the upgrade/downgrade :-) window if I don't have the same versions. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] MP3 problem
by James Hatridge 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi all, I sent some MP3 files that I did on SuSE to a buddy in the States. This is what he wrote back: >I tried listening to them. But the MP3 files all skip and sputter in every >player my Debian system has. Yet the player in my Zaurus plays them just >fine. Very odd, but it does mean that I'm the only person who can hear them. >Not good when trying to play them for the family. Any ideas what could be wrong? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 -- 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 Observations
by Bill Anderson 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

I only had one problem with the installation of 10.2. The registration failed. From the log, I would say that it is related to DHCP. The address shown in the log has no relevance to my network. Initially, zen failed to installed the updates. After updating using yast, zen works fine. I have installed smart, but haven't had a chance to use it. The "Marching Penguins disappeared around midnight GMT on January 1. I compiled the kernel without problems this morning. When configuring the new kernel, I noticed that the LKCD patch is no longer part of the kernel. What is the status of LKCD? Has it given way to kexec/kdump? I liked the granularity of the LKCD dump. Bill Anderson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Post to opensuse@opensuse.org denied
by Gordon R. Keehn 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

I just received one of these, and it led me to discover that the entry for the opensuse list in my address book specified HTML formatting. I changed the default to TEXT, and so far haven't had any more bounces. Touch wood. Cheers, Gordon Keehn James Knott wrote: > opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org wrote: >> Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist >> >> opensuse(a)opensuse.org >> >> I'm sorry to inform you that your message could not be delivered to the >> list. Your mail was rejected because it matched a rule set up by the >> list administrator. >> >> This list does not allow: >> >> * HTML mails >> * Attachments >> * Mails from other lists >> >> If you think your mail does not violoate these rules and was declined >> anyway, >> contact the owner at: >> >> opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org >> >> > Is anyone else getting these messages? They give absolutely no clue as > to the bad message. As far as I can tell, I'm not doing anything that > should cause this and all my messages appear to be getting through. > This is my second one of these. Maybe there's a list problem, that's > generating bogus reports -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Question for iPod users out there!
by Mark Hirst 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

That's if you allow itunes to manage the ipod - if you select to manually manage, than it's pretty much a usb drive. >>> "Roger Dedrick" <rogerd(a)lightlink.com> 1/4/2007 12:50:46 PM >>> Scott Gilmore wrote: > > It's also worthy to note that amarok and banshee also work with the > itunes db. I've tried it with amarok prior to 1.4 with some luck. I > also tried banshee. Of the 3, gtkpod seemed to be the easiest to use, > IMHO. > > One item of note though; populating your ipod with gtkpod and then > syncing with itunes on a windows pc wiped all the songs from my > collection. I had to go back to gtkpod and resync with it. I did not > investigate why this happened. > > -Scott My daughter claims that that is the way Itunes works. After populating your IPod from one computer with Itunes that is the only computer you are allowed to sync with. If you sync with any other install of Itunes, Itunes will wipe your Ipod clean. It's anti piracy. -- roger http://www.terra2tarmac.com where do you ride? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Smart failes to upgrade amarok
by Dominique Leuenberger 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

>>> Reply on 04-01-2007 9:05:08 <<< > IMO, don't use dependencies. > > If you're program/application requires a dependency, then provide it in > the > package. You can easily write an installation routine to check if the > required libraries are present and then install them in a sub-folder of > your > application if they're not. > > > I'm still not quite sure where SUSE stores programs - it seems some are > > in /etc/bin, others in /usr/bin and still others in /opt/kde3/bin. Ok, as it's an opinion I will not say it's wrong :-) but I can't really agree on this. Why should every single thing bring all the libs it leends and bloat the system like this? YOU might not care about disk space, about downloadsize... but believe me: you're not alone out there. Having the dependencies is a powerful method to keep packages small, and MANY libraries ARE used more than once. Regards, Dominique TMF is a global management and accounting outsourcing firm with 72 offices in 56 countries and over 1,800 professionals (September 2006). TMF is expanding rapidly throughout the world. Learn more about our unique network and our services and visit our website at www.tmf-group.com. The information contained in this e-mail communication is confidential and solely intended for the person to whom it is addressed. If someone other than the intended recipient should receive or come into possession of this e-mail communication, he/she will not be entitled to read, disseminate, disclose or duplicate it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to notify the sender and to destroy the original e-mail communication. TMF is neither liable for the correct and complete transmission of the information contained in this e-mail communication nor for any delay in its receipt. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for the presence of computer viruses. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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