August 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Displaying ink levels on a printer
by Adam Jimerson 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Is there a way to get ether cups or the YaST printer module to display the ink levels on printers? I have a Lexmark x1240, using the Lexmark z600 printer driver installed on my 10.2 box, but it doesn't tell me about the ink levels and its pretty annoying to have to wait until the print quality starts to suck before I know that I need to go out and buy more ink.

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[opensuse] Scanner and archiving
by Hans van der Merwe 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

I have a lot of semi-useful documents that I want to archive using my flatbed scanner. Im willing to manually place each piece of paper on the scanner but need some software to manage the capture - bind - output to PDF part. Something like this. 1. Set some settings, page size, PDF settings etc - Save 2. Place page 1, press Scan 3. Place page 2, press Scan 4. dito 5. etc 6. Press Stop 7. Prompt for Filename 7. Save pages as one doc as PDF. 8. Goto 2. Anyone know of something or should I start learning how to write Kommander dialogs (I guess most of this can be done with commandline apps, just need a easy-to-use(TM) interface) 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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Re: [opensuse] How to create local updates repo
by Кирилл Кириллов 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

В Срд, 01/08/2007 в 10:58 +0200, Jan Tiggy пишет: > 1. Create a rsync cronjob. Something like that: > > I'm using a user rights to do so. > > 40 4 * * * rsync -tvrl --exclude=rpm/ppc/ --exclude=rpm/src/ > --exclude=rpm/x86_64/ --delete ftp.gwdg.de::pub/suse/update/10.2/ > /srv/ftp/repos/10.2/update/ #repo: update > 2. Then create a createrepo cronjob. Something like this: > > 5 5 * * * createrepo /srv/ftp/repos/10.2/update/ #createrepo First of all, thanks for answers :) I have added to your command some --exclude options to have only i586 and noarch dirs because it is only arch of computers used. But I have some questions how to optimize download: 1. is it necessary to download all *.info *.delta.rpm *patch.rpm files, are any advantages using them? 2. in repo there are several versions of the same program, is it possible to download only the latest version? Kirill Kirillov. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Safely remove USB
by Hans van der Merwe 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Hi, When I right-click -> safely remove USB disk on my 10.2 KDE desktop, while the drive is still open somewhere in a konsole or Krusader, it just ignores me. It it just me or shouldn't at least popup a dialog saying the drive is till busy (maybe providing a list of apps that are holding it)? Hans 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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[opensuse] 9.0 to 10.2 update problem with virtual terminals
by Mark Hounschell 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

I did an update from 9.0 to 10.2 and all went well. I have an application that runs on a virtual terminal (/dev/tty2). It has a command line prompt in which the last char sent to it is a ^] (0x1d). (Why isn't relevant) This char was never actually displayed. It now displays a char something like <*> for this char. On 9.0 the char was not displayed. A fresh install of 10.2 and the char is not displayed. In a konsole terminal session the char is not displayed. Only in a virtual terminal is it displayed. (tty1 - tty12) Instead of a fresh install I thought someone might know the easy answer to making the char not displayable. Thanks in advance Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sound problems on Presario SR5110NX with nVidia 6150 card
by Jim Sabatke 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

I can't get a friend's new computer's sound to work. I've scoured the web looking for answers and have found quite a few hits with the same problem and lots of things to try, but little helpful in the way of replies. I've loaded SuSE 10.2 64 on the box, and it doesn't detect any sound cards during installation. Has anyone else run into this, hopefully with a fix? TIA, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dell Precision workstation + nVidia Quadro FX 4600 + 3007WFP == No Xgl?
by David Gersic 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

I've searched the archives, and can't find any reference to this combination, so that probably explains why it doesn't work, but I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask. Anyway, I have a shiny new Precision 490 workstation with the nVidia Quadro FX 4600 video adapter, and the 3007WFP (30" wide format) panel here. OpenSuSE 10.2 installed and working fine. Installed nVidia drivers, no problem. Set resolution to 2560x1600x24-bit colour, no problem. But, I can't enable Xgl / Desktop effects. :-( When I try, I get: Video card: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 019e (rev ...) 3D Acceleration: Enabled Desktop Effects: Disabled Your graphics card is not supported. Furthermore, your colour depth and/or resolution is not within the allowed range (1024x768 - 1920x1200 resolution, 24-bit color). If you fix this, you may be able to run Xgl. So, two problems. First would be getting the Quadro FX 4600 to be a supported card. Who do I contact about getting it added to the list? I'd be happy to test or try whatever is needed, since I'm assuming the developpers can't own every possible video board out there. Second, is there a way to get Xgl to take higher resolutions? I really don't want to drop down to only 1920x1200 here. -- 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: OpenEmbedded on Suse 10.1
by Hans van der Merwe 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 16:42 +0530, ruk.ansari wrote: > Hi, > > I'm unable to setup Openembedded on Suse 10.1. > The instructions at - http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro > state to install apt4rpm and then proceed with debian instructions. > When I follow the Debian instructions to include > "deb http://www.openembedded.org/dl/ packages/" in > /etc/apt/sources.list" and run > "|apt-get update; apt-get install openembedded-essential|" , I get the > following error: > ||E: Type 'deb' is not known in on line 20 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list > > I've tried to manually install the open-embedded-essential rpms but > there are a whole bunch of dependencies. > > Has anyone encountered a similar problem or got OpenEmbedded working on > Suse 10.1? > > Thanks in advance, > Rukhsana > Same issues with 10.2 - I have no idea than to one day when Im bored start downloading and installing all those dependencies. Let me know if you get it working. Hans ps the instructions on the openembedded page should be removed, its not accurate. 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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