January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

re: [opensuse] VirtualBox & XP-pro & serial madness
by Tom Patton 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 09:29 -0600, Stevens wrote: > Tom: > > Read your post about VB, XP and serial port stuff. > > Do I understand you correctly that you have VB running > on a Linux host with XP guest AND it recognizes a usb device? > > If so, please give me some details on how to do that. I am > running opensuse 10.2, kernet 2.6.18. > > Thanks, > Fred > Fred, good morning, I'll have to think back thru all the attempts to figure out a step-by-step, it was a rather hacked way I went about it, since I had forgotten several admin things that always irked me with windoz! I imagine that your problem may be that the open-source release of VB does not include usb support _at all_. You need to get http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.5.4/VirtualBox-1.5.4_27034_openSUSE102… the binary install for 10.2. I'm using 10.3 32-bit version, but others in their forum are using 10.2, so good luck. Remove the Oss version (but don't delete the XP guest files). Install VB closed-source, attach the original virtual files, insert the usb device, and launch VB. Do NOT launch the guest yet... If you get there, you will see a USB item in the VB details tab. (I think you _have_ to insert the usb device B4 launching VB.) In the USB dialog, there is a filter section. The small icons at the right indicate known usb devices, add the one you wish to use (in my case it is the Belkin converter dongle). I would add JUST the device of interest, not all of them. Next, start the XP guest, and do all the crap XP needs to use the device. I DL'd the belkin driver, burned it to a cd, and ran the Belkin installer. XP installed the device as com4, and I can copy the GPS sentences out of my Garmin (with [ugh] Hyperterm). I have not verified if it will work with my radio application, but it looks very promising now. Hope that helps, Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 3

[opensuse] Installation Problems
by william oakes 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

Hi folks, I am running open suse 10.2 on three of my computers. I have downloaded the 10.3 iso several times and the md5 hashes always check. However, when I go to verify the DVD (many tried) after burning with either nero or k3b, the md5 hash does not match and at least k3b says the DVD is broke. Trying to install anyway, i get a message saying the repos are missing on the DVD and it aborts the installation. It should be noted that i was able to install it on one of my computers, but the same DVD failed on the other two. I have also tried different DVD writers to no avail. I have no idea what is going on. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA. Regards, Bill... -- William Oakes, CFCE Owner/Consultant DATA SLEUTHS(c) "Finders of hidden data..." Office: 540.439.0423 <> Cell: 540.530.3194 http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/datasleuths -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

7 11

[opensuse] Gnome resolution
by Carl Spitzer 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

I am using a smaller backup monitor due to the other being fried. I can not change to a lower resolution using the gnome control center control center does not seem to have another choice for selection. at 1280x1024 its rather hard to read and SaX2 does not work. Where can I directly edit this to be 1024x768 until I can pickup a larger monitor? The monitor is Mag Innovision DX500T and working just fine otherwise. BTW where can I doenload one of those inf files for the settings? ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 2

[opensuse] like acobat reader
by Ugo De Marinis(191) 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

can someone help me to find an editor like acrobat reader in linux suse 10.2 0r 10.3? Ugo De Marinis demaini1(a)gruppobio.191.it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

14 24

Re: [opensuse] Will there be a LTS version of OpenSuse?
by Alexey Eremenko 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

I also think that having openSUSE LTS will be very good for a community to have, but the point is - I'm not sure if there is enough volunteers to make it possible. Do not expect any help from Novell, because having openSUSE LTS may hurt SLE(S/D) business. Most chances, are, that Novell will disallow to use SUSE brand for such community project. Alternatively, SLE may stay for corporations, while openSUSE LTS will have the same role within the openSUSE community as CentOS serves in RedHat community. That is: Community OS, with long-support cycle for personal use/small companies, while RHEL is for large enterprises. Similar market segmentation might work for openSUSE as well. But CentOS is tied very closely with RHEL, not with Fedora, so patches are made by RedHat, not by CentOS developers. CentOS is, in fact, a bug-for-bug copy of RHEL.Will openSUSE LTS be tied closely to SLE or to openSUSE ? A major problem with the so-called "Enterprise" Linuxes, is that they have *very* few packages, so it is a big pain to use for power users, who use a lot of _different_ packages. Perhaps, going back to "RedHat Linux" days may solve this problem, where 1 OS is for both Enterprise+Community. (It was in year 2003, before RedHat Linux devision into RedHat Enterprise Linux and Fedora). Such releases should have LTS badge on them, rather than a full devision. Actually, Ubuntu got it right, because their "LTS" releases can be considered to have "Enterprise" support, if need arises, plus Ubuntu LTS do not suffer from having few packages as RHEL/SLE do. In Any case, I would support such community action - making openSUSE LTS possible ! -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov", 13.01.2008. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] 10.3 and powermanagement
by Andreas 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

I am sure it is something very obvious, yet I can't seem to find a way to configure the powermanagement in openSUSE 10.3. YaST is missing the power-management module and in KPowersave all options are 'greyed out'. Any pointers? -- Gruß Andreas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

6 10

[opensuse] asus Eee mini laptop
by James Tremblay 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Hey guys Anybody try to get opensuse running on one of these yet? I want to try getting SLED on one. Any thoughts? JT -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District 213 S. Main st Newmarket NH, 03857 603-659-3271 *318 CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/Education Good things to read! http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 1

Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-offtopic] What do you think about this?
by Aaron Kulkis 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Per Jessen wrote: > Aaron Kulkis wrote: > >> Rodents are a real sanitation problem, even when >> they aren't carrying disease-infested parasites. > > Now we are defintely going OT :-) > > A rat infestation is a problem that needs dealing with, but rodents are > not generally a sanitation problem. Dried rodent droppings turn to dust, and then can cause some nasty lung infections. I can't remember the name of the particular virus, but there's no medications to treat it (antibiotics don't work against viruses, only bacteria and the like). > We have mice in our > kompost-containers, probably 3-4 families, maybe 30-40 in total. They > move in after harvest (a while ago by now), and pretty much live off > our bio-degradable waste. In the trash..that's not a problem... there's enough moisture to keep the rat droppings from turning to dusty powder AND they powdered dust isn't inside an enclosed housing structure. And...the argument can be made that the rats are speeding up the biodegradation process. > In return the local cats live off them :-) good for the cats, I suppose. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] Help - My system in only starting on blck screen
by bandoneon 08 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

My system is starting only on the black screen. It is asking me the login an password, and it stays that way. How can I come back to the GUI? THe last thing I did yestarday was reconfiguring the smpppd on the yast System. System services (run level) Thanks Sergio -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

3 2

Re: [opensuse] asus Eee mini laptop
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: James Tremblay <jamesat(a)comcast.net> > Hey guys Anybody try to get opensuse running on one of these yet? > I want to try getting SLED on one. Any thoughts? > JT > There are supposed to be some issues with things like the wireless by default with what I have read. I am wondering a little about something like this, or the Zonuba, or (my preference), the Everex NC1610 (Via C7, with a larger screen). The main uses I really have are wardriving, network troubleshooting (securing), and transportation of data, that I may need to change formats of (for other os's). For just transporting data, I will stick with USB, or cd/dvd. Any thoughts/experiences on these other systems as well? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0