July 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] NSA programming vista...
by jdd 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

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[opensuse] Suse 10.2
by RTF 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hi, I have the OpenSuse 10.2 DVD from Linux Format magazine. I was going to install it in a dual-boot arrangement with XP. However, based on what I have read, during the installation, it asks you to choose your desktop (KDE, GNOME, XFCE, or whatever). While I don't have any distribution installed at present, previous installations allowed you to choose the desktop you wanted to use when you booted. Is there a way to install all available desktops/windows managers and then choose the one you want to use when you boot? Many thanks in advance. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Smart kernel replacement
by Bob S 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hello Been using smart for quite awhile now. Works great except for one thing. When there is a kernel update smart replaces it. Don't want that. I want the multiple kernels. I've brought up this and another issue on the labix list in the past and never get any answers. I set a flag for "lock" on the kernel and I also set a flag for "multi-version" on the kernel. Seems that smart is ignoring that and only the new kernel is found in /boot. Am I not doing this correctly? I have four different kernels in /usr/src if that means anything, including the previous and newly updated one. Bob S -- 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] Adding SATA port multiplier support in Opensuse 10.2
by Mike Myers 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

By saying the vanilla kernel route, I meant downloading 2.6.18.8 from kernel.org and doing the patches against it, and then running that kernel. I just downloaded it and the patches worked fine against that base. The problem is that I am not sure what I lose by loading that kernel over the patched version that opensuse distributes. Especially since I like to use EVMS, and I know that seems to work out of the box with the patched opensuse kernel. Device mapper support is in 2.6.18.8, but again I am not sure what else went into the opensuse version. Is there a list of all patches that opensuse applied to the generic 2.6.18.8 kernel? Also, I contacted Tejun, and his existing patches are on a path to be incorporated into 2.6.23, but he is about to release PMP support for AHCI SATA controllers, which should be very popular too. I'll try and track down the forward port of the patchset, but I may try just running with the patched vanilla 2.6.18.8 first. I haven't used bugzilla before, but I'll work on getting a request added. PMP support is just SO useful, and windows drivers now pretty much support it across the board on a bunch of different controllers. Linux really needs it since software raid works so well. Thanks, Mike ----- Original Message ---- From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer(a)gmail.com> Cc: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:09:56 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Adding SATA port multiplier support in Opensuse 10.2 On 6/25/07, Mike Myers <mikesm559(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi. I am having difficulty in applying the patches at http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Libata-tj-stable to the 2.6.18.8-0.3 kernel. Some of the patchs seem to be applied, but others not. I need this to make SATA port multiplier work. > > > > Before I just go the vanilla kernel route, has anyone managed to get these patches incorporated in the patched opensuse kernel? > > > > Thanks, > > mike Mike, Even the vanilla kernel route may not help you much. The PMP patches never made it into vanilla (yet). If you search the lkml-ide mailing list I think you will find some people that have forward ported the PMP patchset, but you are definitely heading into unsupported territory. FYI: I think Tejun Heo is a Novell employee, so you may have better luck asking for the patchset to be incorporated into the 10.3 kernel. If you submit a bugzilla, etc. let me know and I'll add my vote. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.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] Network Manager
by Johannes Nohl 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

Is Networkmanager (this thing instead of ifup) suse specific? knetworkmanager is just a frontend, right? The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose between infratructure only and adhoc connections. The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many students) is hiding its SSID. And windows make it to easy to start an adhoc network. So there are a lot of computers saying that they would be the hotspot but they are just a adhoc network. Networkmanager always tries to connect to the adhocs which fails of course. What to do to enforce connecting to the infrastructure?? Will there be a interface for gnome and/or XFCE? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Is there a linux based program that can handle .drw files?
by Robert Smits 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

Some years ago I used my home gardening program, Key Home Gardener, which was a 16 bit Windows program, to lay out my lot, my septic system, and my landscaping. It produces files in a .drw format, which is a Microsoft vector format. Is there any Linux based program that will allow me to view my .drw files? -- Bob Smits Ph 250-245-2553 Fax 250-245-5531 E-mail bob(a)rsmits.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Printing photos easily.
by pelibali 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

Hi, I'm new to linux and this evening attempted to print some of my photos... First I tried the newest Picasa under my openSUSE 10.0, but it resulted _draft_ quality _B/W_ prints, even that 1200 DPI has been setup generally for our HP DeskJet 5940. Picasa's template is generally OK, because could place easily e.g. four of my photos on a single A4 page, but the draft quality I couldn't overcome. Of course I tried the options (theoretically) resulting better quality printouts and also checked the printer's default settings, which was normal quality/color. Therefore have no idea, how to work around this, because Picasa has quite limited print setup options under Linux and search at Google didn't help at all. At the end we managed to print the above four images via an OpenOffice.org template my boyfriend prepared few months ago and like that we succeeded. With Gimp I had bad experience in the past, so this way was not tried now. Would you give me please any hints/ideas on your preference when printing photos; I would be quite interested to hear some possibili- ties. Thank you, Agnes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Small database program?
by Nick Zentena 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Is there something small and simple? All I want is to set up a simple home database. Items,serial numbers maybe a couple more fields. Every time I go looking all I seem to find is stuff geared at running a Fortune 500 company. Thanks Nick -- 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] can not update webcam drivers
by Gustav Degreef 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

On 7/29/07, clarkt(a)cnsp.com <clarkt(a)cnsp.com> wrote: > > I have installed > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r87_2.6.16.27_0.6-3.1 > > when I try to install an updated driver from the site where I got the > > original: > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/SUSE_Linux_10.1/i… > > > > rpm -Uvh uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4-1.1.i586.rpm > > > > I get: > > > > error: Failed dependencies: > > > > kernel(mm) = f858df994e08fe9f is needed by > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4- 1.1.i586 > > kernel(kernel) = d9af8540e83840db is needed by > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4-1.1.i586 > > kernel(drivers_media_video) = 6d991b763ae0a8c6 is needed by > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4-1.1.i586 > > kernel(drivers_base) = fa5f9fe6e778a7fe is needed by > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4- 1.1.i586 > > kernel(fs) = 77b985c5db992d0e is needed by > > uvcvideo-kmp-smp-r117_2.6.16.13_4-1.1.i586 > > > > There is no documentation on the site. And I can not find any on the > > Suse wiki. > > > > How can I solve the failed dependencies? Thanks, Gustav > That rpm file is for a different kernel. You will have to download the > source code and recompile for your current kernel. Oh right! So I searched the site more and I remember how I got the original rpm in the first place. In the same site are src.rpms: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/SUSE_Linux_10.1/s… So I downloaded the src rpm and rebuilt it with rpmbuild --rebuild uvcvideo.....src.rpm and I now have the latest driver in rpm format. The new driver works a bit better than previous, but I still do not have color or enough brightness. But it's progress. Thanks for your reply. Gustav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice.org:/UNSTABLE repo
by Michael Riess 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

hi to all readers, i recognized the new repo OpenOffice.org:/UNSTABLE but there are no langugage packs like OpenOffice_org-de-2.2.99-211-2.1.i586.rpm does anyone know or tried if the UNSTABLE packages could be used with lang ones of OpenOffice.org:/STABLE ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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