November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] adding links in /etc/init.d/rc*.d/
by Jason Craig 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Sorry, I've been struggling to find any information on this, mainly because it is difficult to find proper search terms. Say I've installed some software, like PostgreSQL, that adds a beautiful script to /etc/init.d/ that starts or stops the server. Now I want to start the server in, say runlevel 3, so I know I need to add links to /etc/init.d/rc3.d/ but I'm having trouble finding information on the proper way of doing this. Can anyone point me to some documentation, or give a quick explanation of the numbers, letters etc. used in these symlinks? thanks, --Jason -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] nviddia 3D support potential bug
by Robert Lewis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Before I submit this as a bug I thought I would run it by those of you who know something about 3D and Nvidia card configuaration. I have a PCI-E GeFoce 6500 which reports as having 512MB of RAM. VBIOS 05.44.02.49.00 I have installed two RPMS from NVIDIA that are Driver Version 100.14.19 Released 9/18/2007. The drivers work properly but when I go into YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card and Monitor setup it reports back as: 3D Acceleration Not Supported --------------------------------------------- SaX2 cannot offer activation of the 3D subsystem because your graphics card/driver doesn't support 3D. However, when I try using 3D programs they are all working properly and even glxgears seems be doing quite well. I haven't run glxinfo as yet. My conclusion is that YaST is simply not reporting accurately the true state of the card. This is the first machine I have had this happen on. I have installed on dozens of machines SUSE with no such issue surfacing. Do I bug report this or am I missing something? Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to disable HALD at instalation SuSE 10.x
by Rikard Johnels 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi all. I have an older Preh Flat POS 2000 i want to run a minimal SuSE on. Its basically a small AMD based thing with onboard USB/NIC/Graphics/lots of serial ports among a few other goodies. The problem is: I cant boot the instalation system on it. As soon as the thing hits hald, it freezes. I have tried googling for answers on how to disable hald at boot to be able to install, but to no avail. Lots of ppl have problems with it, but i have found no good answer on how to solve it. So my question is: Can i use 10.x (10.2 in my case) WITHOUT hald right from the install? How do i get the machine to install without encountering had at all? -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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[opensuse] Reply-to-List feature
by Ken Schneider 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

I found a newer version of the add-on for Thunderbird for Reply-to-List that actually works. You can find it here: http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension This is for the latest version of Thunderbird in openSUSE 10.3. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Python freeze
by Robert W Best 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hello, I want to create a stand-alone binary from a Python script. The freeze tool is not in the SuSE 10.3 distro, so I downloaded Python-2.5.1.tgz and extracted Tools/freeze.py - but can't get it working. It seeks files not included in SuSE 10.3. How can I add this freeze module? Should I reinstall Python from the tgz file? Is there an alternative for freeze more adapted to SuSE? Please advise. Robert Best -- http://rwbest.no.sapo.pt/ -- 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 Impress sound
by Robert Lewis 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Impress does not play sound on Linux. However, it does with Openoffice on XP. I have had an exchange with the developer and now understand what is causing the delay on Linux. He offers this as a work around while they are sorting out the real solution. http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50506&view=next However, it would be nice to substitute on SUSE 10.2 fmj which is available for SUSE 10.2 either from Packman or SUSE, I don't remember. However, I have not got that to work. In addition I have not been able to translate his instructions for jmf to a working solution as yet. If anyone knows how to get this working on SUSE and would willing to write up something clear for the rest of that would really be neat. Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Evolution 2.12 "reply" locks up on opensuse 10.3
by Jim McKean 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

I notice that a lot of people have had good luck with Evolution on opensuse 10.3. I have not. I have been using evolution since the Ximian days and it seems to be increasingly unstable (for me). My biggest problem at the moment is that I can reply only once in each session. When replying the second time, Evo locks and grays out. It does not release if I wait it out. evolution –force-shutdown will usually allow me to restart evolution, but then I cannot reply even once. It treats a response to a calendar meeting request the same way. I can receive email and send new mails OK. Sometimes, it locks up the Gnome main menu bar, and once in a while, the whole Gnome Desktop. Usually the only way I can complete clear out the problem is to restart the X server. Sometimes I have to reboot. When I moved from 10.2 to 10.3, I backed up my /home directory, reformatted everything and installed from scratch, so I don't have any old libraries or corrupt binaries. I do have everything that was in my home directory, so I suppose I could have something corrupted in the those, but I would be surprised that it would have this behavior. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Upgrade doesn't recognize filesystem
by regus_patoff＠razzolink.com 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

With help from others I am now able to get openSuSE to recognize all of my drives; however, When I click on show all drives and indicate my root partition the installation program doesn't recognize the file system for any of the drives. All of the drives, except for swap, are EXT3. I have tried telling the install program my file system is : EXT3, EXT3-fs, ext3-fs, ext3, and (native linux) EXT3. none of which work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Network Bridge! Which Firewall Zone?
by Johannes Nohl 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Dear list, I installed VirtualBox. Therefor I set up a Network Bridge. Now I have: eth0 = physic. card, connected to the router IP 0.0.0.0 vbox0 = interface used by Virtualbox br0 = Bridge DHCP With Firewall turned off, networking is no problem. VBox Guest and br0 receive their IP via DHCP from router. But when I turn firewall on the VBox guest has no connection anymore. If have the following zones: eth0 = internal br0 = not set any = external Who can help? -- 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] How to create banners in Linux?
by Jordi Massaguer i Pla 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

You can use GIMP. It is not well documented and took me a while until I found it. The easy path is: 1- Use layers as if each layer was a frame of your animation. 2- Save it as gif. It will asked you whether to save it as an animation or as indexed. Save it as animation :) 3- You'll be asked for some parameters such as the time between frames. Choose the right ones for you. 4- If you want an image to stay more than the others (the first image for example), just duplicat the layer. If you want a more complete tool than this, take a look at GAP: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Using_GAP/ greetings, ----------------------------------------------- Jordi Massaguer Pla openTrends Solucions i Sistemes phone: +34 93 320 84 14 fax: +34 93 300 35 27 jordi.massaguer(a)opentrends.net > ----- Missatge original ----- > Assumpte: [opensuse] How to create banners in Linux? > De: Ronald Wiplinger <ronald(a)elmit.com> > Per: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Data: 29-11-2007 7:51 > > > Which program I can use to create banners in Linux? > > Gimp can not make animation gifs nor the new apng. > > Any ideas? > > bye > > Ronald > -- > 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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