February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] *free* RHEL to SLES training materials
by Peter Van Lone 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=ReHgN8b1qhU%7E Just thought some might like to know of this ... looks like reasonably good guide covering the major "how is SLES different" from RHEL for major admin/install tasks. Peter -- 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: [Klug] Charter mail, really: support issues,=?iso-8859-1?q?=09reallyreally=3A?= clarifications
by M Harris 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

On Thursday 01 February 2007 22:30, you wrote: > Colonial English is wayyyy better than one big vowel > movement practiced down south. awhi dohnt know what y'all er tawkin bout... ;-P -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- 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] Evolution address book and OpenOffice
by Teruel de Campo MD 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Thank you for the tip. I am familiar with KnoppMyth is great mainly for new users of myth. I have run myth with other distros also. However I use SuSE and has been great. The new part I want to try is the pcHDTV which I've just got and the new nvideo cards. But I want to have the other part OK before I jump with the new things. BTW I did install ivtv and myth in SuSE 10.2 both using the rpm and the kernel module and building the whole thing from source. Both worked very well. I use the 2.6.18 kernel that come with the distro and also the 2.6.19.2 that I compile wiht the same config. All works very well. The problem with this distro has been the dvd burning which I have not been able to do. So now I am back in 10.1. Again thank you for the tip it is the easy way to use mythtv. -=terry(Denver)=- On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 12:49 -0800, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote: > On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 21:00 -0700, Teruel de Campo MD wrote: > > I was expecting to have this system working so I could add a > > couple of new things: HDTV card to mythtv and nvideo 8800 to run > > compiz. > > For that try KnoppMyth its a turn key solution developed by a guy in our > local group. > > www.oclug.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] bugzilla still down?
by Jon Nelson 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Bugzilla has been down for a couple of hours now with "Service Unavailable". Any ideas on how long it will be until it's back? -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse(a)jamponi.net> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] menu.lst and fstab text - Carl
by charles＠daphatbell.com 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

I tried to copy the settings in the partitioner, but it wouldn't let me copy and that is a LOT of stuff to be typing! :-O Here's the other two items: --------------------------------- dev/sda8 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sda9 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/mapper/sil_ahabbjcdfeab_part1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /windows/D ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/mapper/sil_ahabbjcdfeab_part5 /windows/E ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/mapper/sil_ahabbjcdfeab_part6 /windows/F ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/mapper/sil_ahabbjcdfeab_part7 /windows/G ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda5 /windows/H ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda6 /windows/I ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sdb5 /windows/J ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sdb6 /windows/K ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sdb7 /windows/L ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0 /dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Jan 28 20:13:54 PST 2007 default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (/dev/sda,7)/boot/message ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.2 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader (hd0,0)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader (/dev/sda,0)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: 2.6.18.2-34-default### title 2.6.18.2-34-default initrd (/dev/sda,7)/boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] a user call for attention on SuSE's mp3 support issue
by Zhang Weiwu 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

As I recently discovered it is not very easy to enable mp3 on most media players of OpenSuSE (except RealPlayer). I am getting upset for this, because this might block a lot of non-techie user using SuSE (after all RealPlayer is not the default player in SuSE). Maybe I am doing something stupid (I am only a one year old SuSE user after all, and not a community organization expert) but I wish to call SuSE user and developer's attention to this issue so that: I. as a best solution, motivate opensuse to enable mp3 by default on bmp, xmms, banshee, rhymbox, gstreamer (including totem) and all players; II. as a fall back solution, let's collect solutions on how to enalbe mp3 on various players and make sure end users can easily find these solution, and these solutions are not too complex. These solutions must make their way on the web so that users can find them very easily, things appear in second google search result won't be a lot helpful for users. (I knew there are already a lot of "solutions" but they are often either not easy to find or doesn't work. Check my ealier post.) III. if OpenSuSE decide not to enable mp3 support because it's not "Free" by GNU definition, at least we can try to submit some patches and make these patchs gets into opensuse so that when a music play failed to play mp3, it prompts with some user-friendly message that you need to look up this and that webpage for solutions on how to enable mp3 support. I myself am still looking for solution to enable mp3 on either Banshee or Rthymbox. Looks so far Banshee it's easiler to find a solution for Banshee. I am still working on it. Study shows not every "ordinary users" actually use google to search for a solution when they got a problem. So if people have to search for how to enable mp3, we already know many people has given up. And also study shows even in opensource world, only 1/7 people go ask questions on forum or mailing list. So if a google search doesn't leads to a workable solution, 6/7 people perhaps give up, only 1/7 will post something like me. Well perhaps only a very few percent will have a true hacker's spirit and hack down a solution when questions on forum/lists doesn't get a solution. P.S. I read some forum threads saying SuSE Enterprise Linux Desktop have mp3 enabled by default. Is this ture? If so I'd like to try it and recommend other people to use that one in place of opensuse provide it's not too expensive for most users. P.S. "If it's not working, source is there and why not work it out yourself?" Well, I'd be glad to hack the source to solve it myself IF THE MUSIC PLAYER don't support MP3 NATIVELY. But the mp3 problem we are facing is already solved by all Linux music players, the situation is music players support mp3, SuSE removed it. So this is a non-technical issue. Sorry for bad English! -- 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] Daylight Savings Change
by Coach-X 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

My suse 9.3 system also has the old dates, and I have the latest timezone and glibc versions installed. omega:~ # zdump -v US/Eastern | grep 2007 US/Eastern Sun Apr 1 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000 US/Eastern Sun Apr 1 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400 US/Eastern Sun Oct 28 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400 US/Eastern Sun Oct 28 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000 omega:~ # rpm -q timezone glibc timezone-2.3.4-23.7 glibc-2.3.4-23.4 -- 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 card reader and memstick are not recognised
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Had a good working 10.1 system and changed to 10.2 after a hd breakdown. Everything nicely installed and most things working. Found though that I cannot get my memory stick and cf cards in my card reader mounted. If I put a cd in the drive it is immediately recognized and I can do what I want to do with the cd. In 9.3 I believe and as far as I remember also in 10.0 and 10.1 a memorystick or any card in the card reader would activate Konquerer and I could read my inserted units. What can I do to get this action back? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Syncing RAZR cell phone
by Jorge Fábregas 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Hello everyone, I have a Motorola RAZR cell phone (which is very common these days) and I wanted to know what tools were out there to sync the phone with my Linux desktop. So far, I have installed "kmobiletools" to sync the address book (against my KDE address book) and "moto4lin" to upload/download files from the phone (audio files, images etc). It seems I need to use a tool to sync the address book and another tool to transfer pictures & music :( What are you guys using? Anything better than the above apps? Thanks! Jorge -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Error with BIND security update
by Peter Bradley 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

YOU tells me I need to update BIND, but when I try to download the patch, I get the following error: ERROR(You:RPM has invalid signature.) I've tried rpm --rebuilddb, in the vague hope that it might do some good, but to no avail. There's nothing in /var/log/messages. I don't know where rpm might keep any logs. Can anyone please advise on how I could sort this (i.e. get the patch installed)? Many thanks Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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