March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Advice on mobile video card
by Matthias Titeux 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, I would like to have some advice on the choice of a laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron 6400 (15.4" screen), and it is available with two different video cards - ATI radeon mobility X1400 256Mb + Hypermemory - Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 256Mb + Turbocache The ATI is slightly cheaper and google seems to say that this card has better spec than the nvidia one. Although, I know that Nvidia is generally a better choice for Linux, I do have a laptop with an ATI X600 card that performs well under OpenSUSE 10.2 (XGL, beryl, compiz works), but still the old Nvidia on the desktop (GF Ti4200) is easier to handle (when updating kernel...) The SUSE hardware database list the ATI card as fully supported through the proprietary driver. So, my question is ... is someone happy with this ATI card under SUSE linux ? Since it costs less and seems more performant, if I have good feedbacks I might try ATI for this laptop. Thanks in advance Regards Matthias -- __________________________________________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD Département de génétique des maladies cutanées et allergiques dans des modèles animaux et chez l'homme. INSERM U563 - CPTP Pavillon Lefebvre, 5ème étage CHU Purpan BP3028 31024 Toulouse cedex 03 __________________________________________________________ -- 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 Killling Process
by M Harris 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

On Tuesday 20 March 2007 14:36, you wrote: > Clicking in the close box of a window does not send SIGTERM, it uses the > X event mechanism to inform the process that owns the window of the > user's action. Yup, except that is not what we're talking about here... we don't have a window with an X on it... we have a message saying that Firefox still has a process running... and the process is either 1) not really running, or 2) has stopped signal handling. These kind of processes will not respond to a SIGTERM ever.... waste of time. > > kill -9 <PID> is the only way to go in these situations. > It is never advisable to SIGKILL without first trying SIGTERM unless you > explicitly mean to thwart the program's clean-up activities. Well, semantics aside I suppose it can't hurt anything... but in practical experience I've never ever ever seen it work either... (for this situation). But now that we've been talking about it for a few minutes I suppose there is the danger that someone would read all this crap and start using kill -9 <PID> as the generic rule... and then our consciences would cause lost sleep and such... not a good thing... ok, ok, SIGTERM everything! (no, I refuse to give in...) ~SIGKILL -- 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] usb device problem
by John ffitch 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

This seems to be a very unwelcome change! The answer is ivman. My friend says... > Install ivman. > > start ivman: > ivman & > > Put > <ivm:Option name="mountcommand" value="halmount '$hal.block.device$'" /> > <ivm:Option name="umountcommand" value="halmount -u '$hal.block.device$'" /> > in ~/.ivman/IvmConfigBase.xml > > This now mounts stuff under /media. It looks like we can just pull the > usb key and the system umounts and clears up after us. Probably good idea > to > cd; sync > before that, though. ==John ffitch -- 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] Information about @opensuse.us email address's
by Michael Loeffler 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, >Information about @opensuse.us email address's >Greetings from the forum world ;) I posted this on the >opensuse-project list as well. Forgive me for the double post, it >appears very few people are subscribed to that mailing list. This list >appears to be the list I should have posted too. I am not a frequent >mailing list poster, I hang out in the forum world much more than I do >here. I am however subscribed to almost all of the mailing lists and >have replied a few times here and there when I could be of some small >help. >Opensuse.us is a forum for opensuse users everywhere. We have setup email >addresses for opensuse users, and it's available for anyone that wants >to sign up. Space is limited ...... unless google smiles upon us and >gives us more if we need them. ;) The openSUSE.org project or better said Product Marketing inside Novell is working on community engagement program which will include email adresses @openSUSE.org and other stuff. FYI ;-) Michael >I realize that these are not the opensuse.org email address's that >people would prefer, but it's not "too" far off. It's the best I >could do, and I hope it's well received. It seemed many people wanted >to have/use opensuse.org emails, and since they were not available to >the public/or users .... we would try in some small way to fill the >void. >Currently have 2,000 @opensuse.us email accounts to dispense. First >come first serve basis, will probably be able to obtain more once >these have been handed out....... but I make no promises. >Interested ? Want one ? Anyone that is part of the opensuse community >(irc/forums-any of them/mailing lists) can get one if they want.... -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nuremberg SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Compiling kernel.
by Mike Diehl 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi all. I'm a new SLES9 user but I've been using Linux for some time. I'm trying to upgrade the kernel on a SLES9 server and am having problems. I've compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot/bzImage. I've created an entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst. The problem is that no matter what I do, it seems to load the same (factory) version of the kernal. So what is the prescribed method of upgrading the kernel under SLES9? TIA, -- Mike Diehl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DST problem in Evolution?
by Bruce Smith 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Has anyone noticed that Evolution seems NOT to be observing the new North America daylight savings time change? When I create an event in the EVO calendar with an alarm, the notification popup shows up an hour late. The system date/time is correct and synced with a NTP server. (and the system time rolled forward an hour on March 11th as expected) Seen in SuSE 10.2 & 10.1, both with all the latest updates. - BS -- 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] Modem setup problem.
by Mike McMullin 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

>On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 00:14 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:00 +0800, Tommy Lim wrote: >> > Hi, >>> I just installed Opensuse 10.2 on my Compaq presario V3040TU. Everything >>> running just fine. But my modem doesn't show up in the hardware list. >>> What happen actually? >> It could be a win-modem. What do you get from running lspci in a >> terminal? > Hi Mike, > The list show no modem at all. What should I do now? I am new to > opensuse. What does it show? Could you copy paste the output to the list please? The first step is to find it. According to HP's website this model has a built in modem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Double Linked List patented in 2006
by M Harris 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Double Linked List Patented in 2006 see Slashdot today, http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7028023.html Well, well. If this doesn't prove that the United States Patent Office (not to mention the clucks at Cochran Freund & Young LLP) are absolutely and completely incompetent with regard to issuing software patents. Software Patents *must* Die Just to keep things on-topic, Cochran Freund & Young LLP are going to be coming after Suse Novell for extensively using doubly linked lists in most of their open sofware... sorry guys, you won't be able to hide under the M$ deal. ;-P *strictly tongue in cheek* -- 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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[opensuse] Information about @opensuse.us email address's
by Dave Crouse 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Information about @opensuse.us email address's Greetings from the forum world ;) I posted this on the opensuse-project list as well. Forgive me for the double post, it appears very few people are subscribed to that mailing list. This list appears to be the list I should have posted too. I am not a frequent mailing list poster, I hang out in the forum world much more than I do here. I am however subscribed to almost all of the mailing lists and have replied a few times here and there when I could be of some small help. Opensuse.us is a forum for opensuse users everywhere. We have setup email addresses for opensuse users, and it's available for anyone that wants to sign up. Space is limited ...... unless google smiles upon us and gives us more if we need them. ;) I realize that these are not the opensuse.org email address's that people would prefer, but it's not "too" far off. It's the best I could do, and I hope it's well received. It seemed many people wanted to have/use opensuse.org emails, and since they were not available to the public/or users .... we would try in some small way to fill the void. Currently have 2,000 @opensuse.us email accounts to dispense. First come first serve basis, will probably be able to obtain more once these have been handed out....... but I make no promises. Interested ? Want one ? Anyone that is part of the opensuse community (irc/forums-any of them/mailing lists) can get one if they want.... How ? ----- >>>> READ BELOW ============================================= For anyone wanting a @opensuse.us email address , please post your request in the opensuse.us forum.... here: http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0 We will setup your email address and PM your access information to you once it's setup. Your request for an email address must be made in this thread, do NOT PM me or other admins and do not email us your request. If you want an email address the request must be posted in this thread on the forums or your request will not be honored. This will allow a few of us to work on the requests together and expedite them and also assures us that you are real people and not bots. If your not a member of opensuse.us you will need to sign up and make at least the one post in this thread to get an email address. (Also keeps the forum usernames/emails names from getting out of sync. IE: one person having a username on the forums and someone else having it for an email address). The email service is google's branded gmail. Currently 2+ GB of space, chat, calender, documents, and more. As such, the TOS information is listed below. Email Terms of Service are listed below: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/terms.html http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/privacy.html http://mail.google.com/a/opensuse.us/help/program_policies.html PLUS: opensuse.us does not guarantee ANYTHING in regards to the email service. opensuse.us reserves the right to cancel service at any time without notice for any reason. Any changes to the TOS will be posted in this thread ...( http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0 )... and the TOS are subject to change without notice. Unethical behavior will get your account suspended or closed, totally at the discretion of the Site Administrators. By posting your request , you agree to the Terms of Service and have read this message. ================================================== Now, FWIW, we have no plans to discontinue email, we have no plans to change anything, however the above is just to protect us in case stuff goes horribly wrong. The opensuse.us domain name has been paid for thru Domain Expiration Date: Sun Apr 17 23:59:59 GMT 2016 at that time we fully plan on renewing it again. In any case, as you can see, we don't plan on this being short term. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in the forum. http://opensuse.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1825&start=0 The login url is on the main entrance page of opensuse.us, or you can access the email accounts from this url: https://www.google.com/a/opensuse.us/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true… Thank you, Crouse Site Admin OpenSUSE.us -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] K3B 1.0
by Phil Burness 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Just done a smart update / upgrade and now K3b willnot work with MP3's. It tells me to install the mad package and I have mad-0.15.1b-1.pm.3 installed. I'm running SuSE 10.1, is there an update to mad somewhere? 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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