May 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Wireless troubles in 10.2 installation
by Jos van Kan 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

<soapbox> Until recently I have shied away from replacing my rock solid 9.3 system with anything newfangled, but since support is probably going to stop in the foreseeable future I decided to do a parallell installation of 10.2, just to see if I would run into any trouble. The 10.2 distro I got from a DVD that was part of a "Linux special" of C'T (a German computer magazine, also appearing in a Dutch version in the Netherlands). Everything went smoothly, but for a major glitch in the configuration of the wifi card, that crippled the remainder of the installation (installing update repositories etc), in short, everything that requires an internet connection. I am the proud owner of a Belkin wifi card, that I use in 9.3 with ndiswrapper. It was duly identified in 10.2 and provided with the bcm43xx driver which made good sense to me, since the card has a Broadcom chip. But. 1. It said I had to download firmware before the installation could complete. That was kind of hard, since I had no internet connection. 2. Yast configured it as eth1, which struck me as strange (I'd expect wlan0) 3. Yast did not hand me an opportunity to enter ESSID and encryption key, with the result, that the wireless router was unreachable. After the installation (semi-)completed I ran ifconfig but the card was not listed. I entered essid and encryption key by hand using iwconfig and restarted the network, but still no joy. I rebooted 9.3 to look around at the Belkin site for firmware and found none. I googled for "suse 10.2 bcm43xx firmware" and found the (surprise!) opensuse site, that told a totally different story, viz, that I had to install "bcm43xx-fwcutter" from the "installation disc" and run "install_bcm43xx_firmware". That looked promising. The software appears to be, apparently for legal reasons, on the "add-on CD", which btw was part of the DVD the distro was on. Apparently the same legal reasons did not forbid that. :-) What boggles my mind, is that Yast says I have to download the stuff where it is on the DVD. (Probably should have checked the box Add from other sources, or some such description only understandable by someone who gets there for the umpteenth time) And that it cannot install it itself. I mean if the stuff is there, what the heck. Ask the user, or do something intelligent. Well, anyway, after I handcrafted the eth1 configuration file to include a couple of "WIRELESS" parameters like WIRELESS, WIRELESS_ESSID and WIRELESS_KEY and installed the online update directories I had basically a running system. I hate to think what would have happened, had I been a newbie trying linux for the first time. The problem is well known btw, as the 18700 google hits on "suse 10.2 bcm43xx firmware" testify. Among those a substantial amount consists of newbies being left stranded in the desert. The card does not run under knetworkmanager, but what else is new? </soapbox> Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vncserver access via putty but not from remote desktop sharing
by Alexander.Herr＠csiro.au 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Hi list, I put this onto a new threat, since I bunged up the previous mail's threat... I am trying to use KDE desktop sharing. However I am unable to login into the remote desktop via http (time out error) or via remote desktop connection (Kwallet asks for a password but does not accept the invitation password). I have enabled Firewall access to ports etc. So what I would need is a how-to to that explains from scratch what other things need to be enabled to run desktop sharing. Also I cannot find the log file for the vnc server (none under /var/log/) - where would that be located and under what name. Oddly I can start vnc manually and tunnel into it via putty/tighvnc. The logfile than is in my home directory. Thanx Herry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Publisher Alternatives
by Kai Ponte 31 May '07

31 May '07

Just for fun, I gave myself five minutes to see if I could create a OOo document with two colums, which were "linked" like in Publisher. In other words, when I type or resize one, the words "spill" over into the other frame. Sure enough, I did it in six minutes. On a blank page, I clicked on Insert > Frame. I then resized my frame appropriately. I then added a whole bunch of text. I then added a picture as a second "column" to the page. I then added a second frame and under the Options tab of the frame's properties, I saw a "Previous Link" and "Next Link" I then linked the two frames and then resized the first. When I made the first frame smaller, the text auto-migrated over to the second frame. I'd now say OOo does 80% of what publisher did. I only need to see if it will do Word Art and cool borders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Probably not important but
by jpff 31 May '07

31 May '07

...I have a range of machines running OpenSuSE10.2; The problem is that I do not understand the output from "cat /proc/cpuinfo" On my office workstation, an AMDx2 3800+ it says I have 2x2GHz processors which is what I expect. On the studio machine, AMDx2 4600+ it says the two processors are 1GHz, while AMD assert they are 2.4GHz, and measurement supports AMD over Linux. On this laptop (Centrino) it is reported as 600MHz, but I think it is 1.4GHz. The AMD Athlon XP 1900+ is correctly described as 1600Hz (actually 1600.704), and the AMD 64 3400+ is given as 2.4GHz The value for the laptop could be the power management, except it is plugged it. The AMDx2 4600+ is just wrong. What have I missed? ==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] Publisher Alternatives
by Clint Tinsley 31 May '07

31 May '07

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kai Ponte" <kai(a)perfectreign.com> > To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Subject: [opensuse] Publisher Alternatives > Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:23:09 -0700 (PDT) > > > Just for fun, I gave myself five minutes to see if I could create a > OOo document with two colums, which were "linked" like in Publisher. > In other words, when I type or resize one, the words "spill" over into > the other frame. > > Sure enough, I did it in six minutes. > > On a blank page, I clicked on Insert > Frame. I then resized my frame > appropriately. I then added a whole bunch of text. I then added a > picture as a second "column" to the page. > > I then added a second frame and under the Options tab of the frame's > properties, I saw a "Previous Link" and "Next Link" I then linked the > two frames and then resized the first. When I made the first frame > smaller, the text auto-migrated over to the second frame. > > I'd now say OOo does 80% of what publisher did. > > I only need to see if it will do Word Art and cool borders. Not to throw water on the fire... You can do a lot in a word processor such as 00o to create newsletter like documents and picture management. One editor who did my user group newsletter used WordPerfect and claimed that one reason she did was that the graphics quality she could get in WordPerfect was much better than in Publisher. However, managing her document when it came back to adding and rearranging things was not friendly, box tags would be on page, the contents would be on another, proof changes were H... Very inefficient. Scribus is available, coming of age, and I really would like to see how it holds up again PageMaker as a DTP and it would be really neat if I could move over my PM65 documents to Scribus. Clint -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] iptables config file and reboot
by Stephan Schöffel 31 May '07

31 May '07

hi there, in 10.2 i switched off the firewall using yast. when i run iptables -L now it shows the following (as i wanted): Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination if make change manually now it will work but only until i reboot the computer. how can i save the configuration and make suse use it automatically? i tried iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables but it wont work either. any hints? gtx stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kernel update/patch crashes gnome-main-menu/gnome-panel
by Kevin Coonan, MD 31 May '07

31 May '07

Please forgive me if this has been a topic before, but I could not locate it in the bug reports or lists. After applying a security patch from the openSuSE update site, I have lost the use of the Gnome main menu and the Gnome panel crashes. I am using openSuSE 10.2 on x86 (Pentium mobile 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, ThinkPad T42). This is sort of a work-stopper for me, and I would very much not have to reinstall from scratch (again). Thanks for any fixes, helps, directions anyone can provide. Kevin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] copying music CD's
by Doug McGarrett 31 May '07

31 May '07

Since my Win machine crashed, and I am now stuck with XP/sp2, a lot of software no longer works, including Roxio CD Creator, which came free with a drive, and now sells for $100, I am going to put a CD recorder in my Linux machine. What is the program or command to copy a music CD, so I can play it in my car without risking damage to the original? --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Connecting to OpenVPN server using NetworkManager
by Fajar Priyanto 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hi all, I've just setup an IPCop box with OpenVPN. All is done using Zerina addon. After setting up the ACL for a client, Zerina provides a zip file containing: fajar.p12 fajar-TO-IPCop.ovpn From Zerina example, it uses MS Windows' openvpn client, whereas the above files are put into it's config directory and the connection can be initiate immediately. How do I that with NetworkManager? Thank you very much, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 4:35pm up 1:12, 2.6.18.2-34-default GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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[opensuse] python-matplotlib
by Hans van der Merwe 31 May '07

31 May '07

I installed the package from standard repo (openSUSE oss), but when I try to run any of the examples I get: ----------------------------------------- xxxxx:/usr/share/doc/packages/python-matplotlib/examples # python tex_demo.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "tex_demo.py", line 14, in <module> from matplotlib.numerix import arange, cos, pi File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/numerix/__init__.py", line 73, in <module> import numpy File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 43, in <module> import linalg File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py", line 4, in <module> from linalg import * File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line 25, in <module> from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite ImportError: /usr/lib/libblas.so.3: undefined symbol: _gfortran_st_write_done ----------------------------------------- I reinstalled numpy, but still the same. 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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