December 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] looking to download
by William Biggs 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

look to download the plug-ins for windows media avi quick time I reloaded my pc and lost hot to do it ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] nvidia fx 5200 drive
by William Biggs 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

I would like to know how to install nvidia fx 5200 driver on 10.3 -- 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] search for word in huge txt file
by Carlos E. R. 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2007-12-25 a las 13:51 -0600, Afan Pasalic escribió: [ You forgot to post to the list ] >> > > It is console program: >> > > mc >> >> >> > "File is too large: Inbox" >> > :( >> >> Impossible! >> >> I just opened a 4.7GB file to try (a DVD image). No problem! >> >> Did you try "view" (F3) or "edit" (F4)? Use "view". > I did Edit. > Now I tried with "view" and got full screen of dots - and nothing else?!? Ok, try "hex mode", F4 inside "view". You will get something like this: >> Hex view of then of the file: >> >> FC23ABA0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABA8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABB0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABB8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABC0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABC8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABD0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABD8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABE0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABE8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABF0 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ >> FC23ABF8 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A 0A ........ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ................^^ ^^^ offset hex content ascii equivalent If the hex part doesn't correspond to a printable letter, it is displayed as a dot, like in the example above. It is not a good sign for a mailbox... must be broken, or it is not in tuhnderbird mail box format. Some binary format, like one of those used by outlook... - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHcWExtTMYHG2NR9URAg92AJ461aEqN+A2m0JRQfizWb3w+DhUQACcDIuh jA6XmzSMVd65Q02EmOXNE+Q= =BnGZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
by Carlos E. R. 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, That's the best description, its become lazy. Some times, if I'm not typing or moving the mouse, the entire machine stops. I see the display of gkrelmn stop. I was calculating the size of a directory using 'mc', went out for an hour, and the thing was exactly as I had left it: no work done at all. I move the mouse, and it suddenly starts silently working again for a few seconds, then stop. I go to ctrl-alt-f1, start there "top", and it works. I go back to the desktop (gnome) and the laziness seems gone. As I'm writing this, I stop that 'top', and the desktop continues working - no, it doesn't, it stops after 10" or so. I set the clock to show seconds, it works. No seconds, it stops - but not always. What is happening? Kernel? Desktop? Goblins? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZRQRtTMYHG2NR9URAhEaAJ4+kZrWoHdD3RRehQ5N7w5yBVoAqQCglje3 QPHIdDKXSx0TJl+VLeca6HI= =adum -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to Everyone!
by Kevin Dupuy 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone at SUSE, Novell, and the openSUSE community. It's been great working with you all this year, and look forward to many exicting things happening in 2008. Christmas wishes go here :) -- Kevin "Yo" Dupuy | Public Email: <kevin(a)kevinsword.com> Merry Christmas from Yo.media! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Thinpad x61 brightness button disable
by Teruel de Campo MD 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

How do you activate the brightness buttons (Fn+Home/Fn+End) in the new Lenovo thinkpads? I have an X61. I have also an x40 and it works without doing anything. I use the tpb so I can get a visual display when I press the buttons. I installed the tpb in the x61 and I can get the visual display but it does not change the screen. If yo have any other tips to setup the tpb in the x-61 please tell me. Note: the only rpm installed is the <tpb> -=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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Re: [opensuse] Modem working on openSuSE 10.2
by Carlos E. R. 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 2007-12-23 a las 11:34 +0530, umesh b escribió: Please, mail to the list, and trim it. > On Dec 23, 2007 1:49 AM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote: >> Telcos don't like redialling a number too soon after the previous attempt >> failed. Dialing is an operation they have to spend some resources >> (compared to an stablished connection), so they may limit the number of >> dials you do in a period. And some modems implement this limitation >> themselves, refusing to redial right after a failure. If this modem was >> given to you by the telco, that's what I would think first. Just wait a >> little time. > > Thats right. I checked out in XP with proprietary software, and it was > redailing fine, there was not much of a lag. But in Opensuse10.3 the > modem doesn't seems to respond at redial time. I am using KPPP. even > killing smppd and removing module using modprobe -r and then starting > all over again does not help. I have to restart to get it working > again. Anything to do with CTS/RTR settings? Try powering off/on the modem, or unplug/replug the usb cable. You can also try to use wvdial (console program), which gives more control. Plus you can try minicom to test the modem itself. - -- Saludos Carlos E.R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHblIctTMYHG2NR9URAr7dAKCFAanJO6hKILaIDtcdhGGQ0yNk3QCfVH1U kXAujD0lm6gluJyBiNNT+iI= =wrQy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [opensuse] Why beagle?
by James Gardner 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

I guess I'm kind of new here, but this thread is really starting to annoy me. Users are what users are. If they were highly knowlegable, most of us would be out of work. They don't WANT to know the geeky stuff. So what? I don't WANT to know how to rebuild my transmission. I feel very lucky to have a few people I can help, because frankly, computers are all I know. I don't know how to plumb, or connect the power to the water heater. I'm just a computer guy. No smarter or dumber than the guy who installs my water heater, or keeps my car running. So what's the big deal? Be HAPPY you get to deal with "dumb" users. Without them, you may be living in a shelter. -----Original Message----- >From: "Rajko M." <rmatov101(a)charter.net> >Sent: Dec 24, 2007 11:32 AM >To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org >Subject: Re: [opensuse] Why beagle? > >On Monday 24 December 2007 08:08:21 am James Knott wrote: > >> Imagine going to your doctor and saying "I'm not >> feeling well, fix the problem" and not providing any further info. > >Great number of conversations with doctors, or any other professional, or >tradesman, start with similar type of sentence. I was serving customers for a >quite large part of my working life, and I know that. > >It is doctor's task to take over from vague introduction that there is some >problem and find out what is wrong. If patient would be able to do >selfdiagnosis that there will be not doctors. > >How they do that? >They never start to bomb patient with Latin names of problems. >They don't start with assumption that patients know how to use even common >language terms in proper medical way. >They assume that patient comprehension level is what they can see from >appearance, but if that doesn't work as expected they correct their language, >ask additional questions, give more explanation. > >There is much more than this, but I'm not a doctor, so my examples how they >explore problems are from a patient point of view. > >BTW, I'm missing a way to move this discussion from this list to offtopic. >How to do that? > >-- >Regards, >Rajko >-- >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] Automating Backups - missing module?
by Jerry Houston 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

We've been discussing this problem for a while now, and I have one specific related question left. It all seems to boil down to a shell script that contains, among other things, these lines: # start backup - set cron mode, set nice level to not slowdown other processes # set server component testsuite to parse UI requests nice -n 15 /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base backup '("cron")' '("'$PROFILE'")' testsuite > /dev/null The messages from cron that end up in root mail look something like this: Subject: Cron <root@SuSE64> /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/backup_cron "profile=partial_backup" X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> X-Cron-Env: <USER=root> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:01:02 -0800 (PST) No such client module backup Question is, where is client module 'backup' supposed to come from? One would think that YaST would be installed with whatever modules are needed to handle the tasks that it offers, but perhaps not? Does anyone know if there's something more I need to install in order for this not to fail? Thanks, Jerry -- 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] SLES 10 and squirrelmail
by Joe Sloan 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Carlos wrote: > No > My disk doesn't have those packages and into the: > http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/server10/i386/index_all.html > doesn't list the squirrelmail Oh, I misled you - my mistake. I actually built the source rpm from suse factory. That's what i resort to when there is not a sles package. Same thing with dovecot and some perl packages as well. You can get the source rpm from the link below, and just rebuild it with "rpmbuild --rebuild" and then install the resulting binaries from /usr/src/packages/RPMS. ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/s… Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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