February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OpenOffice 2.0.4, should one upgrade?
by Jay Smith 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hey, So I have OpenOffice 2.0.4, no big deal. I noticed that when people send me things in *.doc format, it is distorted, in particular, pictures, tables, and frames. Does anyone else have this problem? If you do, how did you solve it? Would it be better to upgrade to 2.1.0, if so, what's the "cleanest" way to install all the rpms? Is there a repository for it? Thanks for your help. Jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] GTK Create Folder permission question
by Ken Siersma 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hello, I have noticed that on OpenSUSE 10.1, creating a folder with the 'Create Folder' button in a GtkFileChooser (mode: save) window creates a directory with the permissions drwxr-xr--. This behavior can be reproduced with: - Open an image in the GIMP - Select File: Save As - Expand the window by toggling the 'Browse for other folders' button - Click the 'Create Folder' button - Enter a name for the new folder - Check the permissions of the directory with 'ls -al' at the command line, for example. The preferred permission would be drwxr-xr-x, of course. Is there a way to customize the environment so that the application will assign the preferred permissions? I don't know if this behavior occurs on more recent versions of OpenSUSE, but I know that it does not occur on Ubuntu 6.06. I suspect that it is a bug in GTK, as it does not occur on an older version of SUSE (9.2) either. Unfortunately, upgrading is not an acceptable solution, as this problem affects a large number of computers. Hope someone can help, Ken -- 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: fonts look different ...
by Felix Miata 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

On 2007/01/29 16:30 (GMT+0100) Istvan Gabor apparently typed: > I have a problem that might be related to the fontconfig > system. I have a SUSE 10.1 and a SUSE 10.2 installation on > the same hardware (on different partitions). I also have > installed the same version of NVIDIA drivers. I've set the > display resolution to the same as well (96 DPI). Despite of this > the Arial font looks different on the two systems. The > differences between SUSE 10.1 and 10.2 that might be related > to this are: > xorg-x11 - different versions > fontconfig packages - different versions > 10.1 has fontconfig-2.3.94-18.4, > 10.2 has fontconfig-2.4.1-19. > Please help me how I could trace why the same fonts look > different and how to mek them look the same. > I attach two images that show how the fonts look on 10.1 and > 10.2. You're seeing more than one problem, none of which I believe have anything to do with fontconfig (but I may be wrong). 1-SUSE 10.2 KDE has broken anti-alias configuration. It defaults to "full", but when set to "full" is actually off/none. Go into your personal settings and change your anti-alias setting to medium or slight according to your own preferences. I use medium. 2-The difference in font sizes in the screenshots show clearly that 10.1 and 10.2 are running different DPI. Since I don't use NVidia drivers I can't say exactly how to fix it, but it may be that UseEDIDdpi is being used in the latter and not the former or vice versa. http://www.mozilla.org/unix/dpi.html might be helpful in fine-tuning your DPI. It looks like your 2nd screenshot is the 10.2 one, probably still running 84 DPI like you wrote in your other thread, while the first is at the higher DPI of 96 as you set it. 16pt at 84 DPI is 18.67px, while 16pt at 96 DPI is 21.33px. http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/Font/font-helvetica.html might be helpful in doing comparisons. My 10.2 fonts are good, as were my 10.1 fonts, and their sizes haven't changed. I'm using generic Intel & Matrox drivers on various 10.1 & 10.2 systems. -- "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:10 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.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] smart (was: 10.2 is turning into a nightmare)
by Joachim Schrod 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

riccardo35(a)gmail.com wrote: > On Tue 13 Feb 2007 13:12, Joachim Schrod wrote: >> Does smart to post-install actions by now? > > Smart Package Manager > http://labix.org/smart > - there you will see FAQs & features > > SMART Package Manager - SuSE Wiki :- > http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Smart > > Index of /pub/suser-guru/smart > http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/smart/ Sorry, but none of these URLs answers the specific question from my email. To repeat it: The last time I looked at smart, I had to care for SuSEconfig execution and daemon restarts myself; whereas apt4rpm does this out of the box. Has this been changed by now? Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Metadata signature documentation
by Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

In the irc opensuse-yast meeting there was a request for some info on how the metadata signatures work. I have documented it as a model here: http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Metadata_Signature This model is linked from each metadata docu in http://en.opensuse.org/Standards with the specific inplementation (that part can be extended a little bit further) cheers Duncan -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Help needed on FIrefox/Internet connection in OpenSuse 10.2 x86_64
by Ramachandran ms 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hi everyone, I am having a strange probelem that i am not able to sort out myself. Please redirect me if i am posting this in a wrong forum. I have installed OpenSuse 10.2 x86_64 version for which i downloaded the DVD. All the installation went fine and i am able to connect to the internet through konqueror. I am using an ADSL connection through Hauwei router. The strange thing is that i am able to connect to google alone from my firefox and no other links from there works. Also not able to connect to any other website. I tried a ping on yahoo and it worked well. Please somebody help me on this because i am an adict to firefox and also my online update of suse also is not connecting to the server. I tried a search on google but couldn't find any solution related to this. Thanks in advance, Ramachandran m s -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Beagled taking too much memory 2GB+
by Rui Santos 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hi, I believe my beagled is taking up too much memory. Is it usual to take this much memory ? rsantos@rsantos:~> free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1519 1485 33 0 6 146 -/+ buffers/cache: 1333 186 Swap: 2055 1175 880 rsantos@rsantos:~> cat /proc/4587/status Name: beagled State: D (disk sleep) SleepAVG: 78% Tgid: 4587 Pid: 4587 PPid: 1 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 1000 1000 1000 1000 Gid: 100 100 100 100 FDSize: 256 Groups: 16 33 100 VmPeak: 2173892 kB VmSize: 2173892 kB VmLck: 0 kB VmHWM: 1361680 kB VmRSS: 1184480 kB VmData: 2150140 kB VmStk: 88 kB VmExe: 1696 kB VmLib: 15216 kB VmPTE: 2116 kB Threads: 8 SigQ: 0/12285 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 ShdPnd: 0000000000000000 SigBlk: 0000000000000000 SigIgn: 0000000000001000 SigCgt: 00000005a08046ee CapInh: 0000000000000000 CapPrm: 0000000000000000 CapEff: 0000000000000000 Cpus_allowed: ffffffff Mems_allowed: 1 Thanks, -- Rui Santos http://www.ruisantos.com/ They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither one of them. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] wierd boot-up problem
by Dennis J. Tuchler 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

I run SuSE 10.2 together with MS Windows. The boot menu had SUSE 10.2 as the default, then Windows and then SuSE failsafe. After installing some files from madwifi, including three kernel files, I now have the boot menu showing two more versions of SuSE, and has the last of them set as the default! How do I change the situation so that SuSE 10.2 as originally installed is the default? - Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Konsole and rzsz
by Rui Santos 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hi all, A few SuSE versions back ( can't remember when ), I was able to use Konsole to perform a ssh connection to a remote machine and, from that machine, execute a command like: sz <filename>. When that command was executed, a window would pop up on the Konsole with a dialog asking where I would like to save the file... That would initiate a zmodem transfer of the specified file... At least since from 10.1, this method does not work anymore but, the send 'Zmodem Upload' option still works. This a very useful feature for me. Do I need to do some extra configuration on openSUSE 10.2 to make this work ? I've googled a few pages and found that other people have this problem but, couldn't find any answers for it... Can anyone give a help on this matter ? Thanks, -- Rui Santos http://www.ruisantos.com/ They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither one of them. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] GRUB issues at stage 1.5
by Christopher Dick 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

I recently installed SuSE 10.2 on a couple of machines using SATA drives and they each seem to be exhibiting a similar problem. They won't boot unless I choose "Boot installed system" from the CD. I did a check, and right from the get-go the two copies of Stage2 are not the same. MD5 comes up with a different hash for each, though I was under the impression that they were supposed to be the same. GRUB definitely loads, but just stops cold after the Stage 1.5. On the machine that also has Windows, the WinXP install comes up just fine. But Linux is dead. While this has probably been discussed before, there seem to be a number of GRUB-related posts and I can't tell if any of them pertain to me or not. Any help is appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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