October 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OpenOffice questions
by Teruel de Campo MD 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I'm running OpenSuSE 10.2. I installed initially from the box DVD. Although I installed linux 64 it intalled OO 586. All the upgrades worked ok. Even I got one of the last ones with nice green gecko splahimage. The last upgrade broke the installation and I could not load OO. Then I saw a thread here and I went and I realized many of the necessary packages for OO were uninstalled. I reinstalled them and also this time I tried the 64 version of OO. Everything is working very well (build 2.3.0.1.2) Here the questions: 1. Why opensuse dvd install 586 initially when the OS version I was installing was 64? I assume it was not available at the time is that correct? 2. Will I miss anything using the 64 vs the 32 version of OO? 2. Why the green gecko image you see when you loaded is not there any more? Now is the boring blue one. I know those images are changed with new versions but the green gecko did not last very long. How can I get it back. Thxs -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Newbie problem - can only get 'It Works'
by Robert A. Rawlinson 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I installed apache2 on my Suse Linux 10.2 system. I wanted to make some changes to an existing perl script and test them out. I decided to check to be sure the script, which has been working, would work on my machine. All I can get is 'It Works!'. I edited the index.html script to invoke the script to test it but I just get the original it works. I have checked and the index.html at /srv/www/htdocs has the changes I made but it still seems to only show the old html. Where am I going wrong? Bob R Below is the html: <html> <head> <title>Test Script/title> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://localhost/cgi-bin/TestScript.pl"> </head> <body bgcolor='#EDEDED'> </body> </html> -- 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] OpenOffice freezes the system
by Martin Mielke 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hi Nate, thanks for your reply. I also have a nVidia card both at home and at work with, apparently, the latest drivers... could it be the problem? Is this then related to OpenOffice or to nVidia?? Cheers, Martin ----- Original Message ---- From: Nate Pearlstein <npearl(a)sgi.com> To: Martin Mielke <m_mlk(a)yahoo.com> Cc: OpenSuSE <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 3:36:54 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice freezes the system On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 06:27 -0700, Martin Mielke wrote: > Sorry... I use OpenSuSE 10.2 so far. > > > Cheers > Martin > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Kevin Dupuy <kevindupuy(a)bellsouth.net> > To: Martin Mielke <m_mlk(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: OpenSuSE <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 3:23:35 AM > Subject: Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice freezes the system > > You didn't mention which version on SUSE you were using, but I agree > that 10.2 specifically seemed unstable. > > On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 07:56 -0700, Martin Mielke wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > since some days ago I have to create more documentation as part of my work but I'm experimenting something *very* annoying with OpenOffice, specially the first time it's launched although it might also happen (at random?) after the 2nd or 3rd run: the system completely freezes. Even the keyboard is 100% dead; the caps-lock or num-lock don't even work either, and the only way to get it back to life is by restarting it... so everything is lost and I must start over. > > > > These are the OpenOffice packages on my system now (the same applies for the one at home): > > --- > > martin@styx:~> rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice > > OpenOffice_org-2.2.1-43.1 > > OpenOffice_org-kde-2.2.1-43.1 > > OpenOffice_org-Quickstarter-1.0-514 > > --- > > > > This happens with all kind of document formats and for a nerd like me who (almost) uses the 20 desktops it's a good way to learn and use new bad words when everything disappears on this end... > > > > Anyway, I also noticed that the recent versions of OpenSuSE are rather more unstable (I'm a SuSE'r since version 5.3 IIRC)... this could be labeled just as a personal perception if I were using OpenSuSE in only one system but I have it installed in more than one "modern" system (i.e. dual-core CPU -both AMD and Intel- , xx GB of RAM, big SATA-2 hard disks, etc) at home and at work... > > > > Unfortunately I can't tell you a way to reproduce the problem so please bear with me... and therefore I wanted to ask here if someone has been experimenting such annoyances as well and what, if any, solutions can be applied to get rid of them. > > > > As usual, thanks in advance for your time! > > There is a bugzilla open on this, 245711. The work around that has been working for me is, after the machine starts and I first log in, I launch one of the open office programs. It doesn't seem to matter which one. Then I go to any one of the menu items so that the menu appears. After that I leave it running, never quit. So far I have not had the machine freeze. The problem seems to effect systems with nvidia cards the most. I don't speak for SGI or Novell in this forum. Just relating my personal experience. -- Sent from my wired giant hulking workstation Nate Pearlstein - npearl(a)sgi.com - Product Support Engineer ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- 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 2.3 upgrade broke Thunderbird default "Open with"
by Dennis E. Slice 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I was running OO 2.0 (the default version) on my SUSE 10.0 system. In tracking down a problem with Master Documents, I upgraded to 2.3. Works nicely, but now when I click on an attachment in the Thunderbird mail program (say, .doc or .xls) the default is to Save, and selecting "Open with" produces the error: "filename.xls could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences." I can't find a place to change it, and besides .doc and .xls files (and I assume .ppt) automatically open just fine from the desktop. Just not from within Thunderbird. Curiously, I seem to recall both .doc files and .xls files opening correctly before the upgrade, but only .doc files are mentioned in the Download Actions preference dialog. Fiddling there seems like a kludge, anyway, since it was working before without that. Any suggestions as to how to address the above? TIA, ds -- Dennis E. Slice Department of Anthropology University of Vienna ======================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] USB problems with Suse 10.2
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Got a new 2GB memory stick and found out that on my system the stick is sometimes automatically recognized as /dev/sda1 but if I want to work with it it tells me it does not exist. Mounting /dev/sda1 gives the same information. Can somebody tell me how to force this USB stick to work on my computer. Other USB products like a cardreader and a smaller USB stick (which I do not have at hand at the moment) are working properly. What should I do? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Reading Media Description Failed Error while doing network installation
by Prakash P 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hi, I'm trying to do network installation of SLES9SP3. When I boot the image it throwing error that " Reading Media Description Failed. Cannot read media description for /SLES9-SP3/CD1/ Packages from this media cannot be installed." I tried to copy the iso & remount it again still the problem persists. Can any of you kindly help me in resolving the issue. What actually the error means? I'm sure that it can able to the the files in the installation source but I suspect it can't able to read the files. Thanks, Prakash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] opensuse 10.3 + drbd
by José Alberto Suárez López 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hi, I'm trying to use DRBD 0.8 in Opensuse 10.3. I used yast to configure it (a basic conf) but when i try to run the init scritp it faills with errors in the config file. I was using drbd before in other distros like Centos and redhat without problems. Any clue? <drbd.conf> global { dialog-refresh 1; minor-count 5; } resource shared { protocol C; incon-degr-cmd echo '!DRBD! pri on incon-degr' | wall ; sleep 60 ; halt -f; disk { on-io-error pass_on; } net { on-disconnect reconnect; } on cpm01 { device /dev/drbd0; disk /dev/sda4; meta-disk internal; address 192.168.11.30:7788; } on cpm02 { device /dev/drbd0; disk /dev/sda4; meta-disk internal; address 192.168.11.31:7788; } } </drbd.conf> The init script detected errors in lines: 7 & 12 -- José Alberto Súarez López Técnico I+D Eneo Tecnología S.L. <www.eneotecnologia.com> Tlf: +34 955.60.11.60 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Suggestion for personal log categories?
by Fajar Priyanto 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hello, First of all I want to thank you for all the suggestion about tool for managing personal log. All of those suggestions look very interesting. So far they are (in no particular order): - basket http://basket.kde.org/ - kjots, gjots - elog http://midas.psi.ch/elog - zim - tuxcards I'm overwhelmed by all of those choices :) I guess I'll spend my weekend evaluating them. On further thought, can someone suggesting what is the best way to categorize our personal log? Currently using Kate, I just throw in all of them in one file with the only mark on them is date and title. To explain clearer how difficult it is for me to arrange the categories is that I'm working on multiple distro: ubuntu, rhel, fedora, centos, sles/d, opensuse. And also some major continuous projects such as samba, zimbra, linux-ha. For example, regarding keeping part of log files, should I put it into the respective distros/projects, or should I put log files in it's own categories whose sub categories of various distros/projects. Example 1: 1. Distros 1a. Centos 1a1. Log files 1b. Ubuntu 1b1. Log files ..... Or: Example 2: 1. Distros 2. Log files 2a. Centos 2b. Ubuntu ..... I'm sorry if this things look silly. I just hope that I can learn from others, and hopefully soon I can share it to others too. Based on the screenshots, I think I have several categories already: 1. Un-categorized :) 2. Credentials (for any username and passwords) 3. Web links -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 08:28:53 up 40 min, 2.6.20-16-generic GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org The real challenge of teaching is getting your students motivated to learn.

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[opensuse] FileZilla
by Hans van der Merwe 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hi, Anyone know if there is a repo with FileZilla for openSUSE 10.2? I see Packman has it for 10.3, but no 10.2 Hans E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cross-compile C++ on amd64 to i386
by Johannes Sixt 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I can cross-compile C code on an amd64 system to get an i386 binary without problems with the command 'gcc -m32 -o frotz frotz.c'. But doing something similar with C++ code fails at the link stage: --- frotz.cpp --- #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "hello world" << std::endl; } ----------------- $ g++ -m32 -o frotz frotz.cpp /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/libstdc++.so when searching for -lstdc++ /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/libstdc++.a when searching for -lstdc++ /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lstdc++ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status I'm on openSUSE 10.2. Am I missing some package? I have these packages related to libstdc++ installed: $ rpm -qa *libstdc++* libstdc++41-32bit-4.1.2_20061115-5 libstdc++41-devel-4.1.2_20061115-5 libstdc++-devel-4.1.3-29 libstdc++41-4.1.2_20061115-5 compat-libstdc++-5.0.7-41 Thanks for any pointers. -- Hannes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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