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[Re: [opensuse] Recommended Video Card?]
by Munkii 20 May '07

20 May '07

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jerry Houston <jerry.houston(a)comcast.net> > To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Subject: [opensuse] Recommended Video Card? > Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 22:41:00 -0700 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > That's probably a pretty big question, but one I could really appreciate > some help with. > > I guess I'm looking for a recommendation of a "best buy" in this area, > and it's not something I've had a lot of experience with. In my work, > and at home, I've always had computers that simply came with adequate > graphics cards to start with, so I've never been in the market before. > What's a good card that Linux will find easy to work with? > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions! for a best buy for a non-gamer is intel graphic cards, they cost less than geforce and (the evil) ATI, they are pretty good with 3d and composite desktops, and they come supported out of the box, what more could you ask for? i have a 915G, and my friend got a 945G and no complains either, i recommend the former of course, good luck! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGT99rdqy7mNl00FsRAtfIAJwImihQAJBoCr1+ZX5rz5OpLiO06QCgku2t > EkoxBFFRaOvV3hHbYbpzjsA= > =5ubO > -----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: Open Suse Alpha3 testing - upgradeability
by Registration Account 19 May '07

19 May '07

For those people out there testing the next version of open suse 10,3 - could some great degree of testing involve testing the Product in a upgrade situation rather than a New installation. After I upgraded 10,1 to 10,2 RC I came across more bugs to the extent that the upgrade ability could only be rated as beta. I begin reporting upgrade bugs, however due to the enormity and frequent comment by suse.de (Then you should not buy new software). I was not prepared to waste more of my time. I always buy boxed software and my only plea for Alpha 10,3 that a great deal of testing is done via an upgrade (not clean) installation I have been testing software (given most of my earlier life's experience was with large Main Frame installations), and latter PC operating systems. The upgrade path for all New software application development is always the most difficult to achieve. As an active tester of RC software I need to gain some personal confidence that upgrade-ability has been tested by a few more dedicated other Kind Regards and Good Morning 06:30 GMT+10 Scott

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Re: [opensuse] Problem Burning DVDs with SATA writer
by Ciro Iriarte 19 May '07

19 May '07

2007/5/17, G T Smith <grahamsmith(a)gandalfsemporium.homelinux.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ciro Iriarte wrote: > > Hi, i have a PHILLIPS DVD+-RW SDVD8820 writer on my laptop and trying > > to burn data to 4.4GB TDK medium i get: > > > > May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x2a data 32768 out > > May 17 01:31:15 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:31:22 roamer kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please > > be patient (Status 0xd0) > > May 17 01:31:45 roamer kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, > > Status 0xd0) > > May 17 01:31:45 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, > > err_mask=0x1) > > May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) > > May 17 01:31:46 roamer kernel: ata2: failed to recover some devices, > > retrying in 5 secs > > May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > May 17 01:31:51 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > > > That happened at the end of the process, using K3B. Result: Failed. > > > > Next i tried with a new disc but tried with the "Simulate" option and > > get a lot more: > > > > May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x1e data 0 in > > May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: res > > 50/00:01:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) > > May 17 01:37:56 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:37:57 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > May 17 01:37:57 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:38:46 roamer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any > > tracks I recognize! > > May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:38:51 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > May 17 01:38:53 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:38:58 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > May 17 01:39:00 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/25 > > May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:39:05 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/25 > > May 17 01:39:07 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/16 > > May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:39:12 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/16 > > May 17 01:39:15 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO4 > > May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:39:20 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO4 > > May 17 01:39:22 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO3 > > May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:39:27 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO3 > > May 17 01:39:29 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to PIO2 > > May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x28 data 2048 in > > May 17 01:39:34 roamer kernel: res > > 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > > May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO2 > > May 17 01:39:36 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > May 17 01:40:18 roamer kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any > > tracks I recognize! > > May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: warning: many lost ticks. > > May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: Your time source seems to be instable > > or some driver is hogging interupts > > May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9 > > May 17 01:40:37 roamer kernel: Falling back to HPET > > May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 > > SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2.00: cmd > > a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x1e data 0 in > > May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: res > > 50/00:01:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) > > May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change > > ---------- > > May 17 02:21:51 roamer kernel: ata2: soft resetting port > > May 17 02:21:52 roamer kernel: ata2.00: configured for PIO2 > > May 17 02:21:52 roamer kernel: ata2: EH complete > > > > Result: Success (according to K3B) > > > > Anybody seen this?, can it be a hardware problem?, K3B?, kernel?. > > > > Ciro > > What is wodim/growisofs returning? On failing to burn a DVD/CD you will > get some more meaningful error codes. > > There is a rather useful article on PCBurn on Growisofs write errors. > > http://pcburn.com/article.php?sid=2127 > > which may help... > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGTAomasN0sSnLmgIRAizdAJ9oAmERUgncDtA3nCIW667Liy/NFgCffNLL > UYcJUQl0Mzjh6BROsbvVUGM= > =0SRo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > I just get a "Failed" message in k3b Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Writer Format Page User
by Lívio Cipriano 19 May '07

19 May '07

I'm using the standard version of openoffice that comes with of openSUSE 10.2, that has some tweaks from the original version, and I'm using cups as the printing engine. I'm trying to print from Writer a paper with 21 x 10 cm width height. Unfortunately the formats that I see on screen don't print on my HP LaserJet 5MP. All text is shift to the right 2 cm. Making "ps aux" in a console window, the reason for this behavior is that the lpr command has as argument PageSize=EnvMonarch. Seams that Writer chooses the most close standard paper size when printing a custom paper size. Is it possible to print a paper size that I choose? -- Regards, Lívio Cipriano -- 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 10.2 + Apache + Firebird
by Jose Renato Attab Braga 19 May '07

19 May '07

Hello I need to use apache with php4 + php5 + firebird. Does someone has a tip how to compile the apache ? Do I need to generate one rpm ? Thanks José Renato -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.0 ? remove un-needed languages
by Francesco Scaglioni 19 May '07

19 May '07

Hi, I am trying to clear some disc space. Is there an easy (safe) way to remove all languages apart from english ? Or should I just go to usr/lib/locale and manually delete everything that isn'r en... TIA Francesco -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU utilisation on P4 HT on large copy of files using Konqueror to NFS drive
by Registration Account 19 May '07

19 May '07

What a mouthful of a title. I regularly backup - simple copy and paste using Konqueror over an NFS Drive. Just out of interest I opened x osview (System Monitor) to watch the HT performance of the CPU CPU0 was basically sitting on 100% but CPU0 was steady at 0%. I then used Konqueror as a Browser and both (*HT) CPU were utilised approx the same. I then performed a local large copy of files on same partition of HDD and like the browser application both CPUs were utilised approx the same. Known Possible variables - NIL SWAP File used ever - Constant available approx 300MB Physical memory -Net Load was nominal -Confirmed by nil collision on H-W -Ethernet 100 KBPS is utilised Can someone with an HT CPU confirm my findings and if possible if you have an application running over a NFS drive confirm CPU0 is basically idle. Now if confirmed - Do I log it as an Kernel bug, KDE bug - perhaps some one can assist with a native copy from O/S across NFS Drive. I would be very grateful for assistance and guidance here so I don't make a fool out of myself in a Kernel Bug Report. Thanks to all Scott =-O

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[opensuse] Mail Program wanted?
by scsijon 19 May '07

19 May '07

I have been asked to setup a number of single computers for a transport firm. They have no problem with it being linux providing everything they have now, they will have afterwards as they are expanding from the current four depots and twelve staff and have planned to have fifteen depots and about twenty five staff by the end of the year. Unfortunately one of the principal packages they use was written for a Native Windows environment. Fortunately the programmer is a local and after some "discussion" is willing to create a linux version as he is writing a major upgrade at present and providing I can help him, and with some answers The main problem left is that it uses a mail program as part of it's functions (currently Eudora) and I need to provide him with a replacement that has a scriptable interface. He would like whichever is used to both have windows and linux versions so he only has to create one version of source code. Any sugestions? scsijon -- 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] cannot see wireless networks (Suse 10.0)
by James D. Parra 18 May '07

18 May '07

Just do ndiswrapper -l to get the name of the driver and then use ndiswrapper -r driver_name ~~~~ How do I also unload it from the kernel? Thank you, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vt220 emulation problem with oracle forms on SLES8 with Dophin 9500 series Mobile computers
by Peter Nixon 18 May '07

18 May '07

Hi Guys I have a weird problem with an Oracle Forms6i (6.0.8) (character mode) custom application running on SLES8 (Itanium) when connecting via telnet from Dolphin 9500 series Mobile computers and Naurtech cevt220-windows CE Host Access. Basically the vt220 terminal emulation does not appear to work correctly, and it draws the horizontal status line (Which should be on the last line of the screen) too many rows down (off the screen on the mobile devices) Now, the same devices and same oracle application are working together on 3 other RHEL servers with the same setup procedure. TERM is also exported as "vt220" I have tried copying the /etc/termcap file from a working RHEL machine to the SLES machine and it didn't make any difference either (While the diff of the files was huge, the vt220 definition seemed to be identical) Does anyone have any clue as to what I can do solve this problem (and keep my customer running SLES?) Thanks in Advance -- Peter Nixon http://www.peternixon.net/ PGP Key: http://www.peternixon.net/public.asc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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