August 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] BlueZ always switch to off
by Hans Linux 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

i have a button on my HP Pavilion DV2213 laptop to switch on the Wifi + Bluetooth altogether. If I use it on MS Vista, both will switch on together without problem, but with opensuse, wifi is on meanwhile the bluetooth will report : BlueZ switch device into off mode How do I switch it on? I've installed Bluez and have a Bluetooth Manager icon on my taskbar. -- 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] Which version of Openoffice to install on 10.2?
by Clayton 09 Aug '07

09 Aug '07

> I don't know how to tell if I'm "using the Novell version from the > DVD/CDs". If you installed OpenOffice via YAST, then you're using the Novell version. The latest (that I've seen) is 2.0.4 (compared to the official OpenOffice.org at version 2.2.1). > Currently I have openoffice 2.0.4-38.5 installed, altho YaST2 > displays this information in a strange way (it also shows three > different versions of 2.0.4-38 being checked in the Product column > and highlighted in gray -- no clue what that means). Hmmm... I don't know either - anyone else care to chime in on this? There are several RPM files that get installed with YAST as part of the OpenOffice.org "package"... are you sure that this is multiple versions of the same file, or could it be simply the various RPMs for a single install? Not sure why it would be greyed out though.... To clean this up, you could try removing all of OpenOffice (using YAST), and then installing the latest version - that way you can hopefully end with a single version. Your config etc will remain in your /home so you should not loose anything. C. -- 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 Configuration Voodoo
by Felix Miata 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

I've been trying to use Skype on ICH5 AC'97 with normal speakers and boom mike. The latest is a "SUSE 10.x" RPM a week old. Previously there was only available a tar.gz for SUSE. The Skype RPM works, but only when my 10.2 sound configuration is correct. Making it correct is vexing. Even more vexing is it won't stay properly configured, as if some daemon at least once a day was deleting or substituting its own idea of how sound should be configured. I looked in /etc for something that represents sound configuration, but /etc/sound does not exist, and /etc/alsa.d only contains *font files. Anyone know why, when I open KMix and set various components according to Skype instructions, that I can open KMix again 24 hours later and the settings won't be the same as I left them? Anyone know how to configure SUSE sound via config files, at least, where they are, or some HOWTO for configuring sound without GUI tools, or with something other than KMix? TIA -- " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." George Washington Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.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] Can I use y2pmbuild on SuSE 10.2?
by Hung Lin 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Hi, I checked SuSE 10.2's repository and there's no y2pmsh rpm. There's y2pmsh-2.13.3-6.i586.rpm in SuSE 10.1's repository. I tried to install y2pmsh-2.13.3-6.i586.rpm on SuSE 10.2 and it doesn't work. Is there any particular reason SuSE remove y2pmsh from 10.2? I tried the "build" tool of SuSE 10.2 but it gave me error messages when I tried to build a SuSE 9.3 rpms. When I use SuSE 10.0 and y2pmbuild to build that rpm it was all ok. Hung Lin Software Engineer NexTone Communications, Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Linksys WUSB54G usb wireless network
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Has anyone gotten the Linksys WUSB54G usb wireless network adapter to work with openSUSE 10.2? The openSUSE HCL claims this should work on 10.2. I wonder if this is correct as I know it did not work work with 10.0, and the HCL claims i works there as well. I do not get it to work. Maybe I got all excited for nothing. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Toshiba P35 10.2 install *Overheating*
by David Rankin 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Listmates, I finally decided to take the plunge and eliminate the last bastion of MS from my life -- that means the laptop. I installed a new hard-drive loaded XP (well I still need QuickBooks) and then went to load 10.2 for my regular OS on my laptop. The install was *hellish* and required rescue and manual creation of swap, but that is another story. The system is now fully installed with everything working, wireless, etc... During install and after I finally succeeded in getting everything installed, my laptop overheats, freezes and dies. I have powersaved set on "acoustic" with active cooling, but the system still overheats. This box runs warm under windows, but never dies. One confusing "clue" is that under the suse install, the fans seem to run *more* than they do under windows, but the system still overheats? When you look at kpowersave, it shows *two* CPU's (there is only 1) and the first CPU is pegged at 3300 and the second at 1200-1600. I don't have a clue what this means other than it looks like my CPU is working overly hard on something. I have googled and found information suggesting uninstalling zend/zmd (which was nothing but trouble during install) and also setting hard values for /proc/acpi/fan/FAN1, etc, but nothing seems like more than a shot in the dark. Does anyone have any suggestions, links or advise for addressing this issue. I would really like to make the jump to 10.2 for primary use of my laptop, but with the heating/shutdown issue, that is obviously impossible. David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.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] hwinfo question
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

On openSUSE 10.2, if I run "hwinfo --gfxcard", I get: 26: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.286] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_141 Unique ID: VCu0.M9cbAH2MFA0 Parent ID: vSkL.76Y+ZaqIO10 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "ASUSTeK GeForce 6600" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0141 "GeForce 6600" SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x8199 Revision: 0xa2 Memory Range: 0xf4000000-0xf7ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xfa000000-0xfaffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xf8000000-0xf801ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 5 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000141sv00001043sd00008199bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia 3D Support: yes Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=yes, active=unknown Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge) My question is why there is a "Driver Info #0" as well as a "Driver Info #1" entry. My xorg.conf contains: Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 6600" BusID "1:0:0" Driver "nv" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "XaaNoOffScreenPixmaps" "on" Option "XaaNoPixmapCache" "on" Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" EndSection So I expect the #0 entry. I do not expect the #1 entry. I would have expected it to be an either/or thing, but not both drivers. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SMP kernel
by Michael Riess 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

hi, talking about repo: Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_Factory/ is there a reason or can anyone explain why there is a SMP kernel in i586 and no one in x86_64 is this a bug or is the default version in x86_64 the SMP version? (reason 4 my question: i am planning to upgrade to dualcore CPU and asking me what kernel to use) -- 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 off-topic: recommend a mobile phone for SuSE user?
by Zhang Weiwu 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Dear everyone on the list I am going to purchase a new mobile phone: having not purchased a new mobile phone for some 6 years I am shocked in both number of choices on the market and over-wheelming number of features to choose from. I guess probably people on the list know better which in-expensive durable model that can cope well with SuSE software, e.g. Evolution (for contact persons and alarm is okay). Internet: It's better if the mobile phone can offer Internet connectivity, to allow me read / send email on the mobile phone using IMAP. No need to run a browser on it. Also it's better if the phone can provide my notebook wireless Internet connection through infrared or bluetooth or whatever Linux supports. No fancy function like camera and radio needed. If mp3 is supported then better also support OGG. Multimedia: No complex feature like play one of 1000 games and run several kinds of virtual machine. No need wide built-in full-color screen for watching movie and reading book. Mac OS: It would be better if it's also supported by Mac OS X 10.2 which is my second OS, but that I think for that I'll go to consult Mac OS user group. LDAP: it's a dream if there is a model supports LDAP because all my contacts are stored in centralized LDAP contact directory in our company, but when I ask LDAP most mobile phone retailer guy don't know what I am talking about. I'll start a google research later see if there is such a product. Durability: The last mobile phone I used 6 years until it's lost (NOT BROKEN). I know many manufacturer try to design IT goods to last exactly as long as warranty period with excuse that nobody will use it for more than 3 years etc. I am nobody and I am going to use it for some longer time. It seems in China now people change mobile phone as frequent as they take bath so a lot of Chinese products are designed feature-rich, good-looking, very cheap and only last a month or two. Thanks and sorry for being OT. -- 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] Which version of Openoffice to install on 10.2?
by Clayton 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

> On my Opensuse 10.2 machine, Opensuse suggests installing a certain > version of OpenOffice. However, it appears that this version requires > gcc 4.2.0 to build a necessary component, libstdc++. Is this correct? > My problem is that Yast2 doesn't appear to recognize that version of > gcc, so how can I install a working version of OpenOffice? How are you installing OOo? Are you using the Novell version from the DVD/CDs and installing via YAST? Are you trying to pull the updated version from the SUSE repositories? Are you trying to install the latest build that you downloaded from OpenOffice.org? What is this "certain vesion" and where are you getting this information about version from? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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