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Re: [opensuse] Keyboard with buttons
by Chris Arnold 23 May '07

23 May '07

-----Original Message----- From: M Harris <harrismh777(a)earthlink.net> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 23:36:46 -0500 Subject: Re: [opensuse] Keyboard with buttons On Tuesday 22 May 2007 20:20, Chris Arnold wrote: > Kernel see the strokes and all is well, except, in control center, i do not > see where to map the numbers to the buttons. I looked in the "keyboard" > applet and i was able to map the vol buttons in the "shortcuts" applet. > Where exactly do i map the browser buttons to the browser? Thanks again for > the help Assuming the kernel has the keys mapped, AND xev shows a valid keysym for each key---- please check with this: from a terminal konsole on your desktop, enter: xev | grep -i "keysym" Now, press the key you are interested in and then move your mouse over the xev window and the keysym data should appear in your terminal window. If the key has a valid keysym for the scancode, then no problem. Otherwise you will need to bind a keysym to the scancode with xmodmap. In your home directory you simply create a file called .Xmodmap with the entries you need--- for instance: (these are just examples, yours will be different) keycode 223 = XF86LogOff keycode 233 = XF86Forward keycode 234 = XF86Back etc Then you make them available with: xmodmap .Xmodmap <===please notice the dot in the name You can look at the keysym database /usr/X11R6/X11/XKeysymDB for valid symbols that you can bind. After you add the entries to your .Xmodmap file in your home directory, and run xmodmap .Xmodmap, then test your keysym entries by running the xev experiment again... this time you should see the keycode and the keysym binding. You are now ready to have KDE do something with the keysym bindings. You do this within the Control Center using the following directions: Pull up the appropriate control center panel with : SUSE ===> Control Center ===> Regional & Accessibility ===> Hotkeys 1) Create an action group name based on your keyboard... mine is a Dynex internet keyboard... so I just called my new group Dynex. 2) Create an action subgroup under that for Firefox (you can have many groups and subgroups, like one for Thunderbird) 3) Under Firefox create a K-menu Entry simple a) call it "search" (no quotes) (it will be used to start firefox) b) click keyboard shortcut... and press the button on your keyboard for starting firefox... the keysym bound for that button will fill in the shortcut box... we're almost done c) click menu entry (it will contain the program name) and enter "firefox" (no quotes) in the field d) click Apply 4) [ let's do another one for the "forward" button ] 4) Under Firefox group create a Keyboard Shortcut Keyboard Input simple a) call it "page forward" (no quotes) b) click keyboard shortcut and press the forward multimedia key on your keyboard to fill in the shortcut keysym binding c) click keyboard Input Settings and make the keyboard input Alt+Right and "send input to active window" d) click Apply Simply repeat these instructions for as many keys as you want to define.... all 19 keys on my Dynex are configured to do something... keep in mind that these bindings only work while kde is up and running... for instance, I have a key that ejects my cdrom (and also closes it) from the keyboard... but I cannot use that button to open the cdrom door from my black screen consoles... nor does it work in run level 3. Of course the keyboard can be mapped for run level 3 also... but that is another story. Also, the keyboard shortcuts for the apps you are configuring must be known to you... for instance you must know that Alt+Right is the page forward in Firefox. The first few of these you dink around with will be a little confusing, but after you do a couple you'll have the whole keyboard mapped in no time. Caveat: If you're using gnome, consider using KDE.... just kidding... there is probably a way to do this same thing in gnome... but I don't have a clue how because... I don't use gnome... :) Have lots of fun. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< Great directions but i am using gnome :) Anyone know how to do this in gnome? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Unable to connect to catalogue
by Paul Tomkins 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hi I have a clean install of OpenSuse 10.2 which I installed from the 5 CD's I downloaded from the OpenSuse web site. My internet connection is through a ADSL router which I connect to with an ethernet cable which I share with a Windows computer. The install went perfectly with the exception of the "Test Internet Connection" to download the release notes section. This test failed even though the router was on and the ethernet was connected (the Windows computer was connected through the same router at the same time). Having booted into KDE, I opened Konqueror and was able to connect to the internet automatically without having to fill out the DSL section in Yast. However, the "Installation Source" section consistently refuses to allow me to add a new a new catalogue. I have tried numerous different servers and directories. I keep getting the same message box: Unable to create installation source from URL <path> Details: Unknown source type for <path> Try again? where <path> is filed out with the latest server and directory attempt. Adding the catalogue from command-line using 'rug' also does not work. Any clues? Thank you. 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] Suse 10 strange cd burn problem
by Francesco Scaglioni 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hi, I can burn CDs fine on this suse 10 machine using eg gnomebaker. If I fire up K3b and try and burn it errors out with a no disc space message, yet k3b itself also reports 2+ gigs of free space. Any suggestions most welcome. TIA F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mounting windows share with CIFS
by Brian Blater 23 May '07

23 May '07

I have an OpenSUSE 10.2 box that about a month ago I was able to use to mount a windows share (win2k3 AD server) using the typical mount -t cifs -o user=name etc. However, today when I do this I get the following: porsche:~ # mount -t cifs -o user=testuser //ferrari/d$ /home/testuser/homedir/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //ferrari/d$, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so porsche:~ # dmesg | tail CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 I've done the google search but no help. Any idea what the problem is? Seems strange that it would work a little while ago and not now. This is a pretty static box. Not many changes made to this machine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Still having problems with syslog-ng syntax
by Registration Account 23 May '07

23 May '07

My simple aim is to listen to UDP 514 on IP/ x /and create a text file. I really don't need to filter or define the file format as the input devise provides all date and time stamping information. I have read the doc pages on syslog-ng and then examples currently existing in syslog-ng.conf and they appear to contradict each other at times. The closest script I can come up with is # source s_udp { udp(ip(192.168.100.10) port(514); destination(d_file) }; destination d_file { file("/var/log/skot" ); }; # Could someone assist me making this work (yes I have opened UDP 514 in the suse firewall as required and can see the info in wireshark) After I can get this part to work I will later look at log rotate. Could someone also give the the command line syntax to stop and re-start the syslog-ng daemon rather than me re-starting a new session. thanks in advance Scott :'(

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[opensuse] What's the point with 64 bit
by Pueblo Native 23 May '07

23 May '07

it seems that almost everybody I've talked to has advised me not to go with the 64 bit version of OpenSuse because there really is no speed advantage (if that's not good advice I'd like to hear otherwise). So then, if there is no speed advantage, what's the point in even having a 64 bit processor right now? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wanna umask inhereted from parent directory
by Fajar Priyanto 23 May '07

23 May '07

Hi all, Most of the time I administer Redhat server. However, recently I spend more and more time exploring Opensuse. There's one thing that I don't get it yet regarding sgid and umask in Opensuse. In RH, when I create a directory say 'test', chmod it 3770. It will look like this: drwxrws--T 2 root sales 4096 2007-05-23 08:16 test Then, when I create a file inside the directory, it will have permission like this: -rw-rw-r-- 1 geecko sales 4 2007-05-23 09:14 filegeecko (notice the rw-rw-r--). I do the same in Opensuse. But, the file created in the directory have the permission: -rw-r--r-- 1 geecko sales 4 2007-05-23 09:17 filegeecko (notice the rw-r--r--). This permission makes other user in sales group cannot edit geecko's file. User geecko has to specifically set the permission to 664 on the file. How do I achive the default umask inhereted from the parent directory? I read some suggestions from google to adjust the global default umask, but I think it's a bit risky, or is it the only way? Thank you very much. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 9:32am up 1:25, 2.6.18.2-34-default GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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[opensuse] Cache Problem (I think)
by Per Qvindesland 23 May '07

23 May '07

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Re: [opensuse] User loses GNOME desktop (SuSE 10.0)
by john 23 May '07

23 May '07

On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 08:47 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 16:49 +1200, john wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 21:52 -0600, Pueblo Native wrote: > > > john wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 21:39 -0400, James Knott wrote: > > > > > > > >> John O'Gorman wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> One user has a corrupted GNOME desktop. > > > >>> When he logs in, about 3 icons show, no task bar, no menus. > > > >>> Lots of error dialogue boxes pop up. > > > >>> > > > >>> Dozens of error messages: > > > >>> GConf Error: Adding client to server's l;ist failed, CORBA error: > > > >>> IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0 > > > >>> > > > >>> The book suggested renaning .gconf and .gnome2 (actually misprinted > > > >>> as ./gconf and ./gnome2). I did this. When the user logged in again, no > > > >>> change. > > > >>> > > > >>> All other users are OK. > > > >>> I added another user - OK also. > > > >>> > > > >>> This is not a show-stopper as he can use KDE instead and that still > > > >>> works. > > > >>> > > > >>> OS is SuSE 10.0. All the users are logging in on thin clients (LTSP > > > >>> Linux Terminal Server Project) which have worked fine for 5 years. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> If he deletes the directories containing the gnome stuff and logs in > > > >> with gnome, he should be OK, though he'll have lost all his settings. > > > >> > > > > > > > > That's what I thought we had done by mv'ing .gconf and .gnome2 > > > > I also mv'ed .gnome > > > > The dirs all got rebuilt but the bug remained. > > > > There must be some other dirs as well. Does anyone know what they are? > > > > > > > > John O'Gorman > > > > > > > >> -- > > > >> Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How about .xinitrc? > > > And this sounds a bit extreme, but on the presumption that this is the > > > only user being affected, have you thought about tarballing his > > > directory, deleting, and adding him again? > > Gulp yes! > > > > He has a vast amount of stuff (already safely squirreled away in another > > directory. I have shrunk from recreating him as a new user as I would > > then be left with the task of deciding how to selectively restore his > > old files. > > If you people cannot come up with a better notion, that is probably my > > next step. > > Try removing any /tmp/gconfd-<user> and /tmp/orbit-<user> files and see > what happens. That worked! Our most grateful thanks to you. That little speck of gold made it worth my while to put up with the irrelevant abuse that poisons this list. regards John O'Gorman > > -JP -- 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: SSH Login Message
by Joachim Schrod 23 May '07

23 May '07

Bob wrote: > I actually systems. The test one that I configure for LDAP a few months > ago doesn't do this. It is the production one that does now so I can > compared config files between the 2 systems. The syslog config on both > systems are the same. Nevertheless, try to comment out the four lines destination console { file("/dev/tty10" group(tty) perm(0620)); }; log { source(src); filter(f_console); destination(console); }; destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole" group(tty) perm(0400)); }; log { source(src); filter(f_console); destination(xconsole); }; in /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf, call "rcsyslog reload", and see if that changes the situation. In an appliance, you don't need logging to consoles anyhow. If you're on 10.[01], you might want to do an equivalent change to /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.in as well. Otherwise syslog upgrades may break. AFAIK, this is not necessary on 10.2. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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