March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Getting YaST to update 3rd party apps
by Adam Jimerson 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Is there a way to get YaST to list available updates to third party programs like it does for every other program? It is slightly annoying to run the online update in YaST and it will tell me that there is no updates, then I go into Package > All Packages > Update if Newer Version is Available and it will have several updates listed. -- 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: [opensuse-announce] openSUSE and GNOME
by Dinar Valeev 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

exelent news On 3/5/07, JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> wrote: > The team at Novell responsible for GNOME have been quiet in openSUSE for > sometime, even though we already have several great external > contributors like James Ogley and Andreas Hanke and we've pushed in > significant general technologies like Compiz/Xgl, NetworkManager and > Beagle. All this is changing though, we've had an IRC channel for a > while but we haven't really advertised it (#opensuse-gnome on > irc.freednode.net) and we have an opensuse-gnome mailing list as well > now: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate to sign up. > > Michael Wolf</a> has been pushing in GNOME 2.17 in to Factory and the > GNOME:UNSTABLE build service. There is also GNOME Team page if you are > so inclined to get involved: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME_Team > > -JP > -- > JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> > Novell, Inc. > > > -- with best regards from Russia -- 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] OCR and batches
by rich3800＠netzero.net 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

I've been investigating the dejavu (djvu) format to find out if it could do what you mentioned. I asked the guys at Lizardtech (www.lizardtech.com) if they had some off-the-shelf product. They don't but they could do some custom job. Djvu has what is called "a hidden text layer". Since it is regular text, I figured there could be also xml markup. Linux has text-based djvu utilities. I think the tools to manipulate the hidden text layer are all Windows-based. Rich On Sunday 18 March 2007 10:08, Kai Ponte wrote: > On Sunday 18 March 2007 02:57:49 am Anders Norrbring wrote: > > Does anybody know of a way to scan several thousands pictures on disk > > with an OCR application to look for a specific text, and then list the > > images where that text was found? > > I've been doing apps like that for the better part of twelve years. > However, I've yet to see an OCR app in Linux. That doesn't mean they don't > exist, however, because I'm stuck in a predominantly windows world at work. > I know we currently either use OCR For Anydocs or Kofax Ascent. In fact, > we're looking at replacing our current systems in the next few years. > > What you will need to do is probably write some program to take the imaged > documents - done so with whatever scanner you've got - and then process the > documents through the OCR engine supplied by the manufacturer. Typically > this is a library like the AVI or MP3 libraries used by your most commonly > requested SUSE applications. > > Keep in mind, that you'll need to also have a retrieval program of some > sort, to actually get the documents and view them - along with the OCR data > - in some manner. This is one I wrote in 2003, which combined OCR from > barcode and an imaging application based on FileNet: > http://www.filesite.org/viewtopic.php?t=173 > > You didn't mention whether you're doing spot or forms recognition or > full-text OCR. You might also look at barcode recognition, because those > are VERY reliable, even over fax. > > > Try these links for the OCR software: > > Google apparently has an OCR engine that is now OSS.. > > http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2006/08/announcing-tesseract-ocr.ht >ml > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/tesseract-ocr > > ..never heard of it before this morning. Should be interesting to look at > though. Apparently it is an old HP-based software that had been shelved > for twelve years and now resurrected. > > > ABBYY is a well-known industrial-strength app for OCR. I've never > personally used them (mostly stick with Caere) but have heard great > things....AND...they have an SDK for *nix and/or TheCultOfMac. > > http://www.abbyy.com/sdk/?param=59956 > > I aslo saw this one... > > http://www.linux-ocr.ekitap.gen.tr/ > > Keep in mind that we process over 3M documents/year - that comes out to > roughly 15,000 every day, including weekends. We currently have eight > high-speed scanners, and are evaluating whether to purchase some new Kodak > i860 models at $75,000 each. I just state this so you know our volume. > > -- > kai > www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com > www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com > > closing the doors that surround me > so no one will ever penetrate > complete my retreat just to wait for the day > that never comes so i will laugh alone -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Absurd problem installing rosegarden from sources.
by Carlos E. R. 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In the install phase I get this absurd error (verbose mode): ... Install the project... /usr/bin/cmake -P cmake_install.cmake - -- Install configuration: "Release" - -- Installing /usr/local/share/apps/rosegarden/version.txt CMake Error: Error in cmake code at /usr/local/compilaciones/rosegarden-1.5.1/cmake_install.cmake:30: FILE INSTALL cannot copy file "/usr/local/compilaciones/rosegarden-1.5.1/version.txt" to "/usr/local/share/apps/rosegarden/version.txt". Current CMake stack: /usr/local/compilaciones/rosegarden-1.5.1/cmake_install.cmake make: *** [install] Error 255 That line 30 is: FILE(INSTALL DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/apps/rosegarden" TYPE FILE FILES "/usr/local/compilaciones/rosegarden-1.5.1/version.txt") Notice that it doesn't say why it can not copy. I'm root, so it is not a permission problem. I can copy the file manually, if I create the dirs manually too (and then, after copying that file manually, the install fails with the next file). Why can't cmake copy those damn files? Can't programmers program useful error messages? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF/Y1ptTMYHG2NR9URArFLAJ4kY9wRSdobqh72n74b2yPWdhtLwACaAn2A +6Sj7tkeT3V7SgkzgLEMxVY= =/87O -----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] Re: [opensuse-amd64] Some problems after upgrading to 10.2
by Joseph Loo 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Tom Corr wrote: > On Sunday 18 March 2007 00:03, you wrote: > I can't offer much, other than saying I have the same problem with updates. > For some reason, when i do a "rug ref" from the command line, or use > the "zen-updater" from the kde desktop. It takes several hours to complete. > > Running "top" I noticed that "parse-metadata" seems to be the first job, > followed by "update-status". They both seem to consume a lot of CPU. > > I have opensuse 10.2 x86_64 running on my AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400. > >> Hl all. >> >> Finally, I bit the bullet and upgraded to 10.2 (64-bit). I was >> expecting I would have to reinstall a few packages, such as MPlayer and >> the nvidia drivers, so I don't count them as problems. The problems I >> am seeing are two: >> >> (1) For some reason, rpm seems to consume over 99% of the CPU time. I >> have to kill it manually. >> (2) If I invoke yast from inside KDE as a normal user, yast does not >> seem to recognize the root password, but if I su to the root account >> from the command line, the very same password is recognized (as it should). >> >> Any ideas? TIA. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+help(a)opensuse.org > > > I don't seem to have thesame problem as you do. My updates work prety well. Did you make sure you did an on-line update configuration. During the installation, if you are connected to the internet and allow a update, this will be configured. It takes 10 or 15 minutes. If you did not, you will need to do it in YAST. I think, in the previous version, the updates were done either very quickly or was preconfigured. The configuration update do take quite awhile to occur. You should try this first and then do an update. Generally the first update takes a long time. -- Joseph Loo jloo(a)acm.org -- 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] firefox 2.0.0.2 will not install [SOLVED -- again]
by dwain 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Reinhard Gimbel wrote: > Hello dwain, hello community ! > > dwain wrote / schrieb: > >> i am using opensuse 10.2. i got the file from mozilla.com. >> >> i am running firefox 2.0 that came with the opensuse os. i would have >> thought by now that firefox would have updated to the current version. >> i guess i thought wrong. > > As long as you configured an update repository ( should be a mirror of > <http://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/> ), you should get all > updates automatically. > > If this wasn't done up to now you can accomplish that by calling [YaST] > - [Software] - [Configure online update]. thanks to all who have responded to my inexperience and newbieness to linux. i have configured updates, set to auto update and i have an update source. i now have all of the latest patches and feel pretty good after the past four or five days of opensuse installation. i could not have done it without all of your help. thank you! thank you! thank you all! now how do i get this os to see my usb thumb drive? oh well, more sleepless nights; but more fun than a human being should have! cheers, dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HP ProLiant c-Class
by Ulrich Hoelscher 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi, does anyone have experience with a HP ProLiant c-Class Blade System and OpenSUSE 10.2? Best regards, Ulrich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Where is kbabel help
by Carlos E. R. 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, When I click on kbabel help, what I get is the general suse help browser page, not kbabel help. There is a "/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/kbabel/" directory, full of png files, plus an index.docbook and some more *.docbook files. Are those the help files? Why doesn't "help" open those? What can I use to open those in "help" mode? Or are those "un-made" help files that somebody forgot to "make" into browsable html files? If that is so, how do I convert them? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF/UDKtTMYHG2NR9URAjp2AJ9DrtSOpkeVMXQ0XO/xA5JIiUKUHwCcC0/+ kxvh1GJ0Mu7XhD2jv7XMeQI= =LzsA -----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] IE on Linux
by Stevens 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

To all those who have been discussing IE on Linux using wine, etc: My experience is that yes, IE will run on Linux BUT you have the same issues with IE/Linux as you do with other browsers in Linux when you land on a site that uses IE'Window's ability to use Direct-X to display graphics. Since there is no comparable mechanism in the Linux spec (it violates every principle that we hold dear), running IE on Linux is a waste of time. (yes, I know there are direct-x lookalike projects out there but they are not integrated into IE4linux or wine or whatever so don't mention them) Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Moving my mail configuration
by Phil Burness 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi, I'm about to move to SuSE 10.2 from 9.3 and want to move my entire mail configuration (I'm using kmail). That's all the mail folders (all a subset of local folders, all the messages within them, and all my configuration settings (layot, mail accounts, passwords etc.) Which folders and directories do I need to move? I guess ~/Mail, .kde/share/apps/kmail, .kde/share/config/kmail* any others? Thanks Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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