March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] DVD Installation using Sony device
by John Hughes 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Ive just built a new PC with a Sony AW-g170AB2 DVD+/-R/RW device Ive tried to install SUSE 10.1 from a DVD without success. The PC boots up from the DVD without a problem. However when I select the Installation option it says its cant find CD number 1. I guess its a problem with the device driver or the correct one not being loaded. Any one got any ideas how to get around this? John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Marvel 88E8053 and SuSE 10.1
by Jan Wielemaker 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hi, I've got a box using an ASUS P5W DH with Intel core duo and two onboard Marvel 88E8053 (rev 20) gigabit ethernet adapters. Only one is configured (somehow on eth1) and connected to the 100MB University network. The card was configured automatically by Yast2 and uses the sky2 driver. The network is often quite heavily loaded (mostly CVS and HTTP). Most of the time, all works fine. From time to time however the connection is hopelessly slow. Running ifdown eth1 && ifup eth1 generally restores it to working state. Fun thing is that I often find myself in a situation where I can no longer reach any host on the local network, but I can still reach hosts further away. As I'm the only one having trouble and ifdown/ifup restores, it must be my problem. I've seen various posts on the status of the Marvel 88E8053 and Linux. Many people experience problems. Many are old, irrelevant, etc. I can't afford too much playing with this machine, so my concrete question is, what would you recomment: * Upgrade to SuSE 10.2? * Use another driver? I tried sk98lin that comes with the 10.1 2.6.16.27-0.9-smp kernel, but it won't recognise the controller. Is there a newer source release of the sky2 driver? * Forget about it and place a simple well supported 100MB ethernet controller? * Other options ... ? Thanks for any hints --- Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Communicating with Vista
by Paul Abrahams 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

I just got a new laptop with Vista preinstalled (I'm sure I'm hardly the only one). Apparently Vista has trouble communicating with Windows XP, and the XP solution is to install a protocol called LLTP. A Google search revealed that there's been some effort to make LLTP Linux-compatible, but the only information I could find about that was intended for developers. Has anyone here succeeded in establishing network visibility with Vista, in either or both directions? Paul -- 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 Widescreen 1680x1050, Intel 915G can't get display configured
by david rankin 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Mates. I have a new Acer AL2216W that runs native at 1680x1050. The install is Suse 10 with xorg-x11-6.8.2-100.2. The video card supports 1680x1050 natively and works well under M$. I cannot for the life of me get the display to work under suse 10 at anything other that 1280x1024. I have installed and used 915resulution to patch Mode 30 to 1680x1050 at 24 bits/pixel: providence:/home/david/Documents/linux/video_WideScreen # 915resolution -l Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.2 Chipset: 915G BIOS: TYPE 1 Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269 Mode Table Entries: 27 Mode 30 : 1680x1050, 24 bits/pixel Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel Mode 41 : 1680x1050, 16 bits/pixel Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel Mode 50 : 1680x1050, 32 bits/pixel Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include the proper modeline created with gft to include the following: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 452 283 HorizSync 30-70 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ" Option "DPMS" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 59-63 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection X starts just fine and Sax2 shows the resolution to be at 1680x1050 at 60 Hz, but the display is still squished like 1280x1024 is being stretched to 1680x1050. The Image fills the screen just fine, but it is obviously *not* right. Also, KDE control center -> display shows the resolution at 1280X1024 at 75Hz and I cannot select 1680x1050 in the control center. *Help*, what else can I try???? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.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] Adding biometric security to a computer
by Michael S. Dunsavage 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

I was wondering if it is poosible to add biometrics security to a laptop or computer somehow via a usb finger scanner or whatever. -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- 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 Killling Process
by Donald D Henson 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

I seem to have gotten myself into a situation where a Firefox process will not die nor will it display anything. (The problem seems to have something to do with You Tube.) When I try to start up another instance of Firefox, I get an error message that tells me to either close the current process or to reboot the system. Rebooting is not a good solution. I remember from the 'old days' that there is a cli command to identify a process id and another one to kill a process. I've searched my memory and the User Manual but cannot identify those two commands. Any assistance will be sincerely appreciated. -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules

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[opensuse] Beagle Configuration
by Michael Letourneau 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

I know many (most?) dislike beagle and turn it off, but I actually have a need to use it right now, and thought it would be a good solution to finding some information I have mis-placed. I have a bunch of tar'd gzip'd mail files (plain text nothing outlandish they were IMAP accessed) that are archives, from reading on the beagle-project.org site it looks like they should be indexed when beagle does its indexing, as "archive files" are supported out of the box (or at least thats the indication I am getting). Unfortunately it does not appear that those files are getting indexed, as they never show up when I do a beagle-query for a string I know is in them. Other items in that folder are getting indexed, permissions are the same. So I figured maybe its just something thats turned off, and so I did a beagle-info --list-filters and did not any mime types applicable for archives. So now I am left with the question, how do I turn this on, if its off, or do I need to create my own filter/backend for this? Applicable information, OpenSuse 10.2, no errors in the .beagle/Log/ area with regards to indexing the, they just do not show up there: michaell@mars:/storage/backups/michaell> rpm -qa | grep beag beagle-index-10.2_20061101-31 kio_beagle-0.3.1-34 libbeagle-0.2.12-22 beagle-0.2.12-28 beagle-firefox-0.2.12-28 kdebase3-beagle-3.5.5-78 beagle-gui-0.2.12-28 beagle-evolution-0.2.12-28 Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks! Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] firefox works stable, finally
by Eberhard Roloff 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi, FYI, since Firefox 2.0 times, I was unlucky and unhappy. I never could use firefox stably on Linux. Any cure like disabling extensions and creating new profiles, and following the mozilla hints to stabilize firefox was done, to no avail. Instaed the "would you like to restore the previous session" box made my life more "colorful" Since the last suse build on my 32bit Box, ff could never survive 10 Minutes of surfing the web. I got so frustrated that I for one changed to opera and secondly deleted all the suse firefox stuff and installed the new 2.0.0.3 release directly from mozilla.com. What can I say, now after a full day of surfing the the web with mozillas firefox and another full night of downloading a few GB of downloads (the latter was just for testing, normally I do not use firefox for such things), I am still using the very same incarnation of firefox that I started yesterday! A definitive improvement and much more related to the linux reputation of being rock solidly stable. ;-)) Recommended to anyone having similar problems with firefox. kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Times font.
by Carlos E. R. 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm sure that time ago I used a font named "Times" in OpenOffice, that was rendered as Times-Roman in PDF documents (Acrobat reader), type 1 (perhaps (Adobe Serif MM), using an internal fontset. It is not "Times New Roman", of that I'm sure, that's a windows font and it is embedded in pdfs, not what I want. Somebody knows what package contains that font for SuSE 10.2? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGDbystTMYHG2NR9URAiofAJ9YYm7EJgtDV8V9aJzeYDN3WRc80ACgicyL XCUaXIO4IEiPiI6Knu4R4bE= =YOl+ -----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] Changing The Icon Size In The Kickoff Menu
by Krupanský Rastislav 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hello Does anybody know how can i change icon size in the Kickoff menu(new suse menu KDE)?Icon size is little bigger for me and i would like to change it to smaller. I know how to change it in K Menu ,but for the Kickoff i can´t find some advice. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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