September 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] silly girls' cli copy problem
by primm 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

I've 800 or so files and folders in a folder called nonmembers. I mkdir another folder in the folder nonmembers called members. I want to copy all the 800 files in nonmembers to members. I'm in the nonmembers folder at the command line. What do I type? Sounds easy doesn't it. I tried cp -a * members but that of course includes members. I suppose I want to say 'copy everything in the nonmembers folder that was there before I made the members folder to the members folder'. If I had a gui I would simply drag and drop. Thanks. Lynn. -- 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 10.1: SMP kernel 2.6.17-rc2 (or later)
by wmeler 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

I have SuSE 10.1 - KDE 3.5.1. Can somebody give me directions on how to install the latest stable kernel (later than 2.6.17-rc2)? I don't want to hassle with install going to SuSE 10.2. I need the kernel for some built-in drivers. I want to be sure the SMP functionality is working. I am comfortable making things and I used to build the kernels back in SuSE 8.1 days, but haven't done it in a while. Also, if there are needed packages, please let me know where I can get the SuSE 10.1 RPMs. Thanks! Sincerely, wmeler -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] More about installation of the Jikes compiler
by Stan Goodman 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Sorry I am unable to thread this message with those that have gone before. I have to use a different mail client, which is a consequence of the progress of "Jikes". To review: I had been unable to install Jikes, and Bogdan was kind enough to direct me to <http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/index.jsp?searchTerm=Jikes&distro=openS…>, which contains a pointer to a site at which the jikes package is available. I found and selected the x86_64 flavor of the program, to match my hardware. Installing the package seemed successful (there was a notice announcing this). I rebooted, to assure myself that the installation actually "took". Writing "jikes" in the Search field of the lizard menu brought up a line reading <Run 'usr/bin/jikes'>, and I clicked on it -- which produced nothing visible. (Running jikes with no arguments is supposed to bring up a help screen). Much worse, the three Java programs on which I rely no longer start; clicking on their desktop icons does nothing whatever. Apparently jikes, which is itself a Java program has done somehow screwed up the Java installation. I tried to start one of the java programs manually, by which is easy to do, and which I have done before. The result is as follows: ***** stan@poblano:~/bin/jftp> java -jar lib/jftp.jar Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Cannot load AWT toolkit: gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GtkToolkit at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(libgcj.so.7) at java.awt.Font.tk(libgcj.so.7) at java.awt.Font.getPeerFromToolkit(libgcj.so.7) at java.awt.Font.<init>(libgcj.so.7) at javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource.<init>(libgcj.so.7) at javax.swing.plaf.metal.DefaultMetalTheme.<clinit>(libgcj.so.7) at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.7) at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.createDefaultTheme(libgcj.so.7) at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.<init>(libgcj.so.7) at javax.swing.UIManager.<clinit>(libgcj.so.7) at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.7) at com.myjavaworld.jftp.JFTPPreferences.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.myjavaworld.jftp.am.n(Unknown Source) at com.myjavaworld.jftp.am.<clinit>(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.7) at com.myjavaworld.jftp.JFTPApplication.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.myjavaworld.jftp.JFTPApplication.main(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GtkToolkit at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.7) at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(libgcj.so.7) ...16 more ***** I have no idea how to proceed in this case, and would be grateful for any advice or comment. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Updates and other s/w management on 10.3
by Robert Lewis 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Why is it necessary to build a new database of patches every time I choose another YaST s/w function? The delays waiting to update or pick a new package are quite a time hit. Even if these processes just completed and I leave YaST an re-enter I have to wait again a very long time before I can choose another package. Switching between "Online Update" and "Software Management" does the same thing over again. Can't a system be designed to at least give the user the illusion that it is going faster? Cheers, Bob -- 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] No icons, distorted fonts
by Bogdan Cristea 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi Pete Yes, it is related to something in my home dir. When I am logged as root all seems normal. Bogdan On Sunday 02 September 2007 18:22, you wrote: > Bogdan Cristea wrote: > > I don't know what happens, but now, when I start the system, I have > > lost all icons (I can see the task bar, but no visible buttons, as for > > example the K Menu). Same phenomenon when I use an application (KMail), > > the buttons from the toolbar are not visible. When I start a terminal, > > the fonts in terminal are distorted, but not the fonts which are > > displayed in the window border. I have not updated my system, nor > > installed something else, all happens suddenly with no apparent reason. > > -- Can you give some suggestions ? > > Bogdan Cristea > > Hi Bogdan > > Do you get the same problem if you log in as a different user? Just > checking to see if this is related to something in your home directory. > > Cheers > > Pete -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No icons, distorted fonts
by Bogdan Cristea 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

I don't know what happens, but now, when I start the system, I have lost all icons (I can see the task bar, but no visible buttons, as for example the K Menu). Same phenomenon when I use an application (KMail), the buttons from the toolbar are not visible. When I start a terminal, the fonts in terminal are distorted, but not the fonts which are displayed in the window border. I have not updated my system, nor installed something else, all happens suddenly with no apparent reason. -- Can you give some suggestions ? Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kmail issues after recent updates
by sml＠lordsargon.com 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Is anyone else seeing problems with Kmail after the recent updates? I have several SSL POP3 accounts configured with interval checking. After 30 minutes or so mem usage is WAY up (may even be in swap by that point), and I have dozens of kio_pop3 threads open. Thanks. -- 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] Re: Fixed: Firefox won't show any webpages
by Wilfred van Velzen 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

+++ "Rajko M." <rmatov101(a)charter.net> 2007-09-01 20:41:01 +++ > > > After update? > > > > I don't remember exactly, but I don't think so, the last FireFox update > > was a few weeks ago, if I remember correctly? > > > > And I also had the same kind of symptoms before the reset. Only this > > was after some time of working with FireFox (sometimes a couple of > > days). And just restarting FireFox fixed the problem, so I didn't pay to > > much attention to it, just one of those things... After the reset the > > problem was there right away. > > Than it is some deeper problem. > Program that is changing it's behavior like that might be signal of failing > hardware, It's a brand new machine. So unlikely, but not impossible... > or your ISP DNS server was slow and Firefox considered that IPv6 > should be used instead. Very unlikely... Anyway, how do I check this? > > > We know IPv6 ^_^ > > > > If you know what the problem is exactly, finding the solution is a lot > > easier. ;) > > It is not: > - some enterprise networks use IPv6, > - some public networks already use it, > - it is standard that should solve lack of IP addresses and some other > problems, so you want to it to be used as much as possible. Ok, but still it is uncommon to be used... > > Maybe IPv6 should be disabled by default in FireFox!? > > There is no need. > I don't know exactly what developers did, but I guess it is not default IP > protocol now and even when enabled it doesn't slow down browsing as before. > > My 'network.dns.disableIPv6' is set to 'false', and I have no problems, so > good guess would be that something else makes a trouble. Probably, and I would like to find out what the real problem is, but I have no clue where to start looking... Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards, Wilfred van Velzen -- SERCOM Regeltechniek b.v. Heereweg 9 2161 AB Lisse Nederland +31 (0)252 416530 (voice) +31 (0)252 419481 (fax) <http://www.sercom.nl/> Op al onze offertes, op alle opdrachten aan ons en op alle met ons gesloten overeenkomsten zijn toepasselijk de METAALUNIEVOORWAARDEN, gedeponeerd ter Griffie van de Rechtbank te Rotterdam, zoals deze luiden volgens de laatstelijk aldaar neergelegde tekst. De leveringsvoorwaarden worden u op verzoek toegezonden. --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing JIKES
by Stan Goodman 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

I wish to use the Jikes Java compiler. I have read the Jikes home page, and discovered that this application is said to be supplied with SuSE, which was good news. I was unable to find "Jikes*" on my openSuSE v10.2; The only related file present is jikes.vim; this appears to be a plugin for vim (that was a surprise -- it seems to be a well-kept secret how one uses these plugins), along with similar files for other languages and utillities. Given that one invokes jikes with the name "jikes", this led me to believe that jikes, although bundled, is not installed. I therefore turned to YaST > Software > Software Management, and tried to install jikes. This did locate the application, and highlighted it. After I clicked on Accept, YaST asked me for CD1, but did not give me an opportunity to insert the CD. At the bottom of the YaST screen, "Next" and "Back" were greyed out, and the only active button was "Abort". A small dialog box appeared , asking me if I was interested in installing any more packages, and I answere "No", pretty much out of spite. How, if at all, might I get jikes on SuSE? At the moment, it seems a more efficient use of my time to do this work on another OS. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel 1975 Home-brew with ASM-80 1978 CP/M 1981 MS-DOS 1987 Quarterdeck 1992 OS/2 - eComStation 2007 LINUX openSuSE Thirty-two years (and counting) of happy, Windows-free computing -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Printer on LTSP client
by Andre Truter 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi All, I have a ltsp server and a thin client that works. Now I need to connect a USB printer to the client and make that work. I have googled and followed the documentation, and different variations of it, but I cannot get it to work. This is what I have in the lts.conf file: [00:20:ED:79:00:BC] PRINTER_0_TYPE = U PRINTER_0_DEVICE = /dev/usb/lp0 I have also tried /dev/usblp0 When I telnet to port 9100 of the client, it connects and then disconnects immediately the first time. If I telnet again, I get a Connection Refused. If I leave it alone for about 10 minutes, I can telnet again to get connected and disconnected again. I have set up a printer in cups as an IP printer to port 9100 on the client, but it does not work. The ltsp server is running SUSE 10.2 and we use ltsp 4.2 Any ideas how to get this working? -- Andre Truter | Software Consultant | Registered Linux user #185282 Jabber: andre.truter(a)gmail.com | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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