February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Konqueror can't open USB floppy.
by David Brodbeck 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

My USB floppy won't open in Konqueror. Konqueror gives me this error message: 'Method "Mount" with signature "ssas" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" doesn't exist.' Any suggestions? This used to work, and I can access the drive fine with mtools. My USB thumbdrive still works, too. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Has everyone updated the opensuse hardware list?
by scsijon＠net2000.com.au 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Went to do a lookup in the hardware list the other day as my Motherboard has "passed on". Very dissapointing list in there, surely we as community members are behoven to others to add our bits and pieces as we find out whether they work or not so they don't have problems or waste hard earned money on useless items! please, please. scsijon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sony Vaio speed issue - battery normal, AC slow !!!
by Roger.Munoz 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi all I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FS415B laptop running opensuse 10.2. The problem I have is that when the system is running on AC adapter, the system takes about two minutes to boot up and video playback is very jerky despite kpowersave reporting the cpu speed at 1.73 GHz!. This problem is not apparent when running on just the battery, the system boots up in less than a minute and kpowersave reports the cpu speed at 800 MHz. Has any one encountered the same problem and if so how do you go about solving this one? Roger -- 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] Sony Vaio speed issue - battery normal, AC slow !!!
by Roger.Munoz 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

On 02/26/2007 09:22 AM somebody named Roger.Munoz wrote: >> solving this one? >> >> >> Roger > > I have almost the same problem on my Dell. When I switch from mains to > battery, there's a CPU spike which lasts for several minutes. I believe > it's due to hald, its being confused, perhaps in some loop which takes a > lot of processing to resolve. > > The video is "jerky" probably because it's not getting enough CPU. Try > running "top" in a terminal before changing the power source and see > what's running. > > > > Ken > > I've had a look at top and nothing jumps out to suggest anything is > wrong. I think the problem lies with acpi because if I turn off acpi at > boot, every thing is ok (apart from the fact the powersave functions are > disabled). > > Any more ideas? > So turning off acpi is good. I'd suggest turning it back on and shutting down powersaved just to see if you get the same results. If so, read "man powersave/d" and try performing some commands manually. Also have a look at /var/log/messages; you might find some error messages for powersaved there. For example, I occasionally get WARNING in Function handleHWEventRequest; line 108: Could not read from hwEvent fd: 4, error: Connection reset by peer What version of powersaved are you running? Sorry about that but I don't send many an email to opensuse, in fact this is the first time in about 2 years! I am running powersave-0.15.11-0.2 I've disabled powersave but I still encounter the same problem, so it seems acpi is definitely the culprit IMO. Here is output from /var/log/acpid Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: received event "battery BAT0 00000080 00000001" Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "battery BAT0 00000080 00000001" Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: received event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: received event "processor CPU0 00000081 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:53 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "processor CPU0 00000081 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: received event "battery BAT0 00000080 00000001" Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "battery BAT0 00000080 00000001" Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: received event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:56 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:57 wolverine [acpid]: received event "processor CPU0 00000081 00000000" Feb 26 16:18:57 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3278[101:102] Feb 26 16:18:57 wolverine [acpid]: notifying client 3638[0:0] Feb 26 16:18:57 wolverine [acpid]: completed event "processor CPU0 00000081 00000000" There are no errors in the messages file BTW. -- 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] Flash
by Jay Smith 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

>Know that you have introduced potential problems to your system >installing a tar-ball. openSUSE is an rpm based system and your rpm >dabase does not know about flash9. Best to remove the tar-ball and >install the available rpm, > flash-player-9.0.31.0-2.1@i586 > ftp-1.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/repositories mozilla/ On one computer I did the RPM as suggested, no real difference. As for the tarball, all it is is the two files that RPM would normally place into folders. When you download the tarball, you pretty much just manually place those files. There seems to be no real compilation. Either way, both computers show similar problem. I was just hoping someone else had this problem. I hear that there are like some settings you can tweak like in Ubuntu or Freespire so I figured it may be the same. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU reviews or comparisons for the average Linux user?
by Jonathan Wilson 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hey all, I'm trying to find some useful reviews comparing CPUs (hopefully a broad selection, not just the 3 latest out of any given factory) for the average Linux office-progam desktop user. Reviews that take the 2 very latest Intel and AMD DualCores and compre them to each other are pretty much worthless for most people - it's like comparing apples from different sides of the same tree (or off the same branch). I don't care how fast a CPU runs 3D programs, Games and Video/Audio encoding. What runs KDE the fastest when you have all the standard office applications running (FireFox, OpenOffice, Kontact) and SpamAssassin starts sucking the life out of your box when Kontact checks for new mail? Yes, there are plenty of reviews out there, but most of them do not tell me if the latest Dual-Core 64-bit Whoppie runs Kcalc, emacs or apache faster than my ailing P4 3.2 Ghz. Most of them focus on gaming, 3D, floating point intensive Windows applications. I'm not interested in that. Does anyone have any links or personal experience they'd like to share? Thanks, JW -- ---------------------- jw(a)mailsw.com - System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software www.cedarcreeksoftware.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] Error with updater
by Robert Lewis 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

There was an error in installation source initialization. http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/suse/: Can't check if source has changed or not. Aborting refresh. http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/: Can't provide //media.1 from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss This is happening when from YaST I go to Software Managment. Any suggestions? It worked awhile back. 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] Rosegarden for SuSE 10.2
by Damon Register 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

I have a feeling I am really slipping. I have been tinkering with SuSE since 6.2 and have learned a few things on the way. For a while I hadn't done much and am now just getting back into it with SuSE 10.2. I see a lot has changed. Now that I am really interested in it, I see that Rosegarden is no longer included with the distribution (at least I can't find it). It seems that software management has changed some with new online sources. Here is where I really wish I had the book. Is Rosegarden for SuSE 10.2 available somewhere in a repository? If so, can someone please point me to it? If I have to, I can build from source. If that is the case, are there troubles peculiar to SuSE 10.2 such as needing some package or library. I am a bit hesitant to build from source because I remember reading a recent thread that mentioned that can cause some conflict with the SuSE software management. Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] xgl not working for 10.1 (Gnome)
by Jonathan Puthoff 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi! I am trying to get the 3D desktop working on a brand-new install of 10.1. The installation of xgl and compiz packages (fresh ones!) worked fine and so I did Control Center -> Desktop Effects -> Enable Desktop Effects. The display informs me that my card is supported, but when I restart the display (via a logout/login) my windows are messed up (lack titlebars. . .) and nothing seems to work correctly. Disabling the 3D desktop puts everything back just fine. I am using an Intel 945 GM card. . .is this perhaps the problem? jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] multiple proxies in kde
by Kostas Georgokitsos 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I have 2 proxies in my network and would like to let smome applications use one and some the other, particularly with amarok. is there a general way to do that? Amarok had no special configuration option. Alternatively, setting no proxy at all for amarok would also be ok. Kostas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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