March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Is there any way to "save state" of a process?
by Alexey Eremenko 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

hi all ! I need to save state of a process, i.e. dump RAM into a file, but was unable to find good utility to do that. I have found CryoPID, but this software is too buggy. Anybody knowns alternatives to CryoPID ? Usage case: I want to save games running inside DOSbox. (even for games that don't support saving) -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] grep question
by James Hatridge 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Hi all, I have files with mailing addresses in them. There are normally 4-5 lines with the first line starting with "address: " then the person's name and 3 or 4 more lines of address. Can (how) I use grep to pull all the address out? If not grep what else? Thanks! JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de -- 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! My WiFi is down!
by Jay Smith 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Okay, So I saw that I can update my kernel and I figured, sure, why not. 2.6.21-rc5-git2-31-default is what I have. I added software.opensuse.org/download/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_10.2/ to my source and did an upgrade.Everything works except for, you guessed it, my wifi. I have both IPW3945 and a Madwifi card in my computer. Both worked just fine, I installed the rpms from YaST when I installed openSUSE 10.2 and all was well. NOW, no wifi works and I checked and they are present in /sbin but nothing works, not even modprobe. Now I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I have that wlan-default kernel installed from YaST if that makes a difference. Any ideas of what may be wrong or has anyone else experienced this? What's my best option to take here? Thanks all. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [ot] acer monitor
by Doug McGarrett 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I just purchased an Acer 19" AL1916 LCD monitor, refurbished, from Amazon's "Techforless" division. The price was right, but the device isn't quite. There is a gray "cloud" about 3/8" diameter, 1-3/4 inch above the bottom of the screen, right in the middle. It is not on the surface--I can't wipe it off. I am going to have to live with it; the hassle of sending it to Texas, proving that I have a real receipt, which I only have from the 'net, the time for repair, if possible, and the strong-arm to put my old CRT back is just not worth it. However, this is the first refurb that I've been even slightly burned on, and I'm very surpised that it was Acer that did so. One other point: it's very tricky to set the brightness and contrast to what you want. It wants to set all this stuff automatically, and it comes much too bright, and with the contrast set so there's not enough. It is possible to do this, but not intuitive; the instructions are terrible. (What you are likely to want is minimum brightness and very low contrast, which is opposite of what you might think. Maybe the Chinese concept of contrast is other than ours.) I also own a no-name brand--X2gen--and I like it better. The only positive thing is that a 19" LCD is really 19", where a CRT rated at 19" is really about 18" or less, and this is a noticeable help in reading fine print. --Doug McGarrett -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] fmj would like to get working
by Robert Lewis 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Does anyone have fmj actually playing music? What was the secret to getting it to work? I have the player up but the play button is grayed out. How do I get it to play the sample files? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice 2.2 for openSUSE
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi all, How soon will there be an openSUSE 10.2 RPM for OOo 2.2? I would like to stick to the OOo that was "created by Novell, Inc. based on OpenOffice.org". The latest release I have is Build 2.0.4.7. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Krusader as default ??
by Regis Matejcik 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

After following the recent thread about dolphin/konqueror file managers, I installed Krusader, and really like it. My questions are: 1. Can Krusader be installed as the default file manager in KDE. That is, when I click on a file icon, it open in Krusader? 2. If it's possible to do so, is there a downside to making this change that I'm overlooking? thanks, Regis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SUSE certified laptop
by Aschwin Marsman 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi, I wanted no worries so I bought a SUSE certified laptop from TransTec. Later it appeared it had SATA i.s.o. IDE and that was not certified (and didn't work correctly, once in a while everything freezed). TransTec currently has no working laptop for Linux, they will be in a while but I can't wait because I'm going to Oxford for a weak after easter. Q: which SUSE certified laptop works correctly with 10.2? I'm currently thinking about buying a HP, e.g. NC6320 with intel processor, NC6325 with AMD processor. Both are SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 certified, according to HP. Anybody experience with one of those laptops? What does SUSE certified mean? Does every piece of hardware work? Other recommendations are welcome. It's going to be used for business, no need for a very high 3D framerate although showing compiz can be usefull. The laptop should have firewire, bluetooth, wlan and working suspend/resume using open source drivers. Greetings from a sunny the Netherlands, Aschwin Marsman -- aYniK Software Solutions all You need is Knowledge P.O. box 134 NL-7600 AC Almelo - the Netherlands a.marsman(a)aYniK.com http://www.aYniK.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] activate dual head mode
by Peter Van Lone 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Using SLED 10 I can activate dual head mode, but the only option available to me it "cloned multihead" mode -- both "xinerama multihead" and resolution settings are "greyed out" and unavailable. What might be the cause of this? My device is a fairly generic "white box" notebook clone, with an intel 855 GM primary display. I have connected it to a Proview pl866s lcd. That seems to display fine, but again, it is stuck in clone mode and only 800x600 resolution. Suggestions would be welcome Peter -- 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] Installing 10.2 but keeping my files
by G.T.Smith 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Larry Stotler wrote: >> The inclusion of zenworks is a little intriguing as I have some >> familiarity with the commercial variant of the beast, cannot see it >> being of benefit to SOHO users, but if some the workstation management >> stuff is in place could rather useful for multi-machine environments. >> Seems to be rather undocumented ..... > > And a resource hog on older machines. Most recommend removing it > during install. > Zenworks makes sense when you have a reasonable number of machines (>20) and have the resources to setup a local repository that can sync with external sources. In conjunction with Novel Directory Services it offers formidable centralised workstation management capabilities. It makes little sense on a single machine, or a machine sitting on a slow network link or as a standalone. It really should be an option rather than a default for the majority. My kit is not exactly new (> 2 years old) and I have so far noticed no major performance issues.

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[opensuse] Installing 10.2 but keeping my files
by Sorin Peste 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi, After running with SUSE 10.1 for a while I've decided it's time to upgrade to openSUSE 10.2. What I'd like to do is a fresh 10.2 install while keeping all my /home files (they are on a separate partition). But I can't seem to get the installer to leave that partition alone. My 80-gig hard disk is partitioned as follows: sdb1: 1.5GB Linux swap sdb2: 20GB Linux (reiserfs) / sdb3: 53GB Linux (reiserfs) /home The installer thinks I should make sdb3 an 'extended partition' and then create two additional partitions (sdb4 and sdb5) on it, for housing / and /home, respectively. If I try to alter this setup I can't make it leave sdb3 as it is... If I decide to request a partition scheme by using sdb2 and sdb3 allocated space, it then thinks I should delete (not just format) those partitions and create identical new ones in their place! Even if I set it up to not format sdb3, it still lists both partitions as being up for deletion and re-creation. I don't know what to do. I'd like to start fresh without losing my files, if possible. Can I accomplish that without moving an awful lot of files to another storage? Thanks, Sorin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dolphin
by Kai Ponte 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Anybody use Dolphin? How do you like it? I was reading about KDE 4.0 and how they're planning on incorporating the Dolphin File Manager as an addition to Konqueror. I was wondering if people here had used it on their KDE3 desktops. Looks cool! http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/ -- k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice and bytecode interpreter
by Hans van der Merwe 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

In my continuing quest to get bytecode Truetype fonts (Tahoma) rendered correctly under 10.2 and OpenOffice 2.1 (as it was on 10.0), I have recompiled the freetype-1.3.1 lib. Looking for the enable define for bytecode interpreter I found that it was already enabled. ie in ft_conf.h.in #undef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_NO_INTERPRETER Did openSUSE pay Apple for this - the default is suppose to be disabled? or am I missing something. Whatever the answer, it still does not work for OpenOffice 2.1; Tahoma menu fonts, under 18px, renders horribly (rest of the system is fine). I did check with ldd that soffice.bin links against the new libfreetype.so. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Does zypper detect new package versions?
by Sorin Peste 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

In my 10.1 days I got used to working with ZMD, which had more than its share of problems, but also was able to tell me when new versions of installed packages became available in the repositories. I decided to drop ZMD in favor of zypper in 10.2, and either I am doing something wrong or it can't show me new versions; I used "zypper sa" to add basically the same repositories, but afterwards no updates were shown, even after manually telling it to check for them. If I use Yast Software Management I can see (and install) the newer versions quite easily. Does zypper only work with YOU patches, or is the feature I'm looking for available but I'm just not doing it right? Thanks, Sorin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] <how to in multiple desktop> change to another desktop
by chika＠cs.its.ac.id 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

on suse 10.0 we can take ctrl+tab for change to another desktop how abt in opensuse 10.2? cheers, tambun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [ALMOST SOLVED] how to deliver archive to/from Windows user while ensure filenames in archive not corrupted
by Zhang Weiwu 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I have tested a lot how we can solve this problem: WE cannot avoid it: some day you need to send several files to a Windows user: you use a packing tool either because there are many files or because the file had been too fat and can be compressed. What format to use: most western people I think will choose zip, for me I got a problem: the Chinese file names, after un-packaged on Windows, is junk text because on Linux we all use UTF-8 and Windows Chinese version using different charset (GB18030) And I have tested a lot different formats: Format Created by Opened by Filename readable after unpackaged? zip 7-zip_win32 FileRoller no zip FileRoller 7-zip_win32 no rar WinRAR 3.6 FileRoller yes! rar FileRoller WinRAR 3.6 no iso mkisofs -J WinRAR 3.6 yes! jar FileRoller 7-zip no tar GnuTar WinRAR 3.6 no tar 7-zip GnuTar no cab IExpress cabextract no Note: * WinRAR 3.6 is actually WinRAR 3.60-Beta * 7-zip_win32 is a Windows software, the open-source alternative to WinRAR, can unpackage zip/tar/rar/7z formats and can create zip/tar/7z archives * IExpress is a Microsoft utility pre-installed on most Windows computers. This utility can create CAB format archive * FileRoller is SuSE 10.2's default gnome archive manager * in all above archive formats, TAR and ISO are non-compressing format, e.g. they only archive (collect files into one file). To compress them you can use gzip. So the conclusion is: 1. To send an archive file to other windows user, the only known way that can ensure file names are NOT corrupted due to locale difference is to make the archive with "mkisofs -J", unfortunately no very easy graphical user interface for this purpose. If compression is needed, compress with gzip and Windows user who have WinRAR installed can open it. 2. To send an archive file from Windows to SuSE Linux user, the only known way that can ensure filenames are not corrupted due to locale difference is to make RAR archive with WinRAR (only tested v3.60-beta). 3. Non of known Linux archive formats can handle character-set conversion. "mkisofs -J" is actually using a Microsoft format, and WinRAR is proprietary; 4. 7z format is not tested because most Windows & Linux users cannot directly create/open 7z format archive without install special software so it cannot be used as a general solution. This information might be very useful for asian people on this list. P.S. I have already spent a lot of time getting this partial conclusion, would be very appreciated if someone provide more insightful suggestions or correction! P.S. "mkisofs -J" do not allow file names with more then 64 characters. If you do have such long named files, unfortunately there is no known way you can archive them and deliver to Windows user while ensure the file name not corrupted. -- Zhang Weiwu Real Softservice http://www.realss.com +86 592 2091112 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Compaq Presario V3040TU headphone jack and speaker sensing problem.
by Tommy Lim KW 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi, I got another problem on my laptop. My speaker and my headphone jack got no problem. Both got sound out. But the problem is when I plug in my headphone to headphone jack, my speakers still get sound. What happen actually? Sensing problem? Regards, Tommy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Compaq presario V3040TU microphone cannot be use!!!
by Tommy Lim KW 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi, Anyone of you face this problem before? I am using Opensuse 10.2. How am I going to solve this problem? Regards, Tommy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] logrotate and crontab
by Rejaine Monteiro 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi, I've been having a look on how crontab is setup on default Suse 9.2/10.0/10.1 servers, since i wanted to find out when logs are being rotated. as far as i can see, the default crontab entries (in /etc/cron.daily, etc/cron.hourly etc.) are being scheduled via the /etc/crontab master file: -*/15 * * * * root test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons >/dev/null 2>&1 59 * * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 14 4 * * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 29 4 * * 6 root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 44 4 1 * * root rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly but at what time does for example /etc/cron.daily/* get run ? i assume it is the run-crons script that is responsible for this, but i can't see when exactly all the different cron entries (daily for example) are being run. it's important for me because i want to schedule sarg (squid statistics generator) at 2 pm and i want to be sure that i always run logrotate (to rotate squid logs) exactly might. on redhat, the /etc/crontab is a lot clearer about this: this is /etc/crontab on redhat: # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 59 23 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly How can do that in Suse (run-parts don't work on suse?!) Thanks, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cant get syslog server my w/station to accept 514 connections for remote logging.
by Chuck Amadi 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi List I have been trying to get my OpenSuSE 10.2 Retail Client to accept remote logs from mail server. I have configured the mail servers and amended the iptables rules to suit. I run netstat -a | egrep syslog and I get the following below on the mail server :: [chuck@mail1-server logalizer]# netstat -a | egrep syslog udp 0 0 *:syslog I have looked at /etc/sysconfig/syslog and I cant get this to work with SYSLOGD_PARAMS="-r -s mydomain.com" No go with /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf either. # # include internal syslog-ng messages # note: the internal() soure is required! # internal(); # # the following line will be replaced by the # socket list generated by SuSEconfig using # variables from /etc/sysconfig/syslog: # unix-dgram("/dev/log"); # # uncomment to process log messages from network: # #udp(ip("0.0.0.0") port(514)); udp(ip("192.168.0.**") port(514)); }; Any ideas Cheers -- Chuck Amadi ROK Corporation Limited Ty ROK, Dyffryn Business Park, Llantwit Major Road, Llandow, Vale Of Glamorgan. CF71 7PY Tel: 01446 795 839 Fax: 01446 794 994 International Tel: +44 1446 795 839 email: chuck.amadi(a)rokcorp.com This email is confidential to the addressee only. If you do not believe that you are the intended recipient, do not pass it on or copy it in any way. Please delete it immediately. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SLED 10 SP1 Beta 6
by Steven Adams 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi list, I've aquired SLED 10 SP1 Beta 6 from brainshare last week. I've installed it fine but i'm having troubles getting my ati radeon x1600 driver installed. I've followed all the steps located at http://en.opensuse.org/Howto/ATI_Driver without any luck.. When i run sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx the screen goes blank and i'm unable to do anything from there.. I've heard people having the same problems where they had to disable a few things on xorg.conf.. I've done that and its still happing. Can someone please help me debug this problem? what information do i need to find out? PS: it appears there are no errors in sax2.log, it appears it just freezes. Thanks Steve -- 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] 2.6.20 for 10.2?
by Jay Smith 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hey did you have wifi problems when you used 2.6.21-rc5-git2-31-default? My madwifi and ipw3945 stopped even though it appears to be installed according to YaST, thanks. -- 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] SUSE certified laptop
by sfreilly＠adelphia.net 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi, I have had wonderful luck with an acer aspire 5100 series using 10.2, among others. Everything works great from first boot, except the atheros wireless which is cured by downloading madwifi. nice machine 1 gig of ram, 100 gb hd, 2.0 turion 64, 600 at circuit city. > -- > 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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Re: [opensuse] HELP! My WiFi is down!
by sfreilly＠adelphia.net 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

---- Jay Smith <susehelp(a)torchlighttech.com> wrote: > Okay, > > > > So I saw that I can update my kernel and I figured, sure, why not. > > 2.6.21-rc5-git2-31-default is what I have. > > > > I added software.opensuse.org/download/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_10.2/ to my source > > and did an upgrade.Everything works except for, you guessed it, my wifi. I have > > both IPW3945 and a Madwifi card in my computer. Both worked just fine, I > > installed the rpms from YaST when I installed openSUSE 10.2 and all was well. > > NOW, no wifi works and I checked and they are present in /sbin but nothing works, > > not even modprobe. Now I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I have > > that wlan-default kernel installed from YaST if that makes a difference. Any > > ideas of what may be wrong or has anyone else experienced this? What's my best > > option to take here? Thanks all. > > -- > 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] Foreign characters in Konqueror
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi all, I have Konqueror installed with openSUSE 10.2 in UK-English language preference as standard. Some files it should display are using the German 'umlaut' characters in their names. How can I setup Konqueror to display these characters in stead of Ä¼ for "ü" (Unicode UTF-8 ?). In Evolution and the Shell Konsole the right characters are used. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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