October 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Razr V3 on SuSE Linux?
by Jerry Houston 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

This is marginally off-topic, so I'd be happy to take any responses off-list (unless others are interested as well). When my wife's computer's hard disk drive self-destructed, I suggested that she might want to give Linux a try, instead of replacing the Vista that her machine came with. So I installed openSuSE 11.0, with KDE 3.5, and she's been fairly pleased with it. She's not at all technical, but she's been a good sport about learning new ways to do things. It helps that MOST of what she uses a computer for are email and browsing, and Thunderbird/Firefox aren't all that different in operation from the Vista clients she's already accustomed to. The deal-breaker may be if I can't find a way for her to copy snapshots from her Motorola Razr V3 to her computer, though. I've followed up on what seemed to be promising leads, but I've never gotten anything to work. It's been an immensely popular phone over the years, however. I'm hoping that someone here has found the answer, and will share. We don't need any additional features -- like sync'ing with an address book -- we just want her to be able to copy the pictures from her phone to her computer. Any ideas out there? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Broken screen resolution with gnome-display-properties
by Terje J. Hanssen 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

I'm using openSUSE 11.0/Gnome with the Nvidia driver for Quadro FX550 connected to a 24" WUXGA 1920x1200 panel. To enlarge a remote tsclient/rdp5 Windows window, I temporary selected 1600x1024 resolution with the Control Center Screen Resolution tool (gnome-display-properties). But this broke the display resolution and placed a vertical split 1/3 from left of the display. (The same thing I've done several times on my mobil workstation). The right part of the desktop is placed in the left split window and opposite. Using the Gnome desktop is practical impossible. Tried to reconfigure the screen with SaX2 from run level 3, but there everything looks ok with 1920x1200 still in use and with test. The xorg.conf also contains only 1920x1200. And beside, changig session to KDE works ok at logon. Therefore this looks not like a X problem but more like a screwed up problem in Gnome desktop and its control center screen resolution in conflict what SaX2 shows. I've been able to do a remote 'ssh -X' login and started /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties >From its menu it looks like 1280x1024 is the current resolution and there is nothing higher to select either. Therefore this looks like a screwed up problem in Gnome desktop and its control center. Where does gnome-display-properties save its screen resolution configuration, and how to possibly edit it back to the menu with 1920x1200? > cat ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/%gconf.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <gconf> <entry name="rate" mtime="1209313060" type="int" value="56"> </entry> <entry name="resolution" mtime="1209313060" type="string"> <stringvalue>1920x1200</stringvalue> </entry> </gconf> Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Go-OOo vs OOo-NE vs OOo 3.x
by Terje J. Hanssen 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

I wonder if there is some difference in functionality between Go-OOo 2.4.1 and OOo-NE (OpenOffice Novell Edition) 2.4.1? Now with OpenOffice 3.x, I wonder if Go-OOo and OOo-NE will continue with extra functionality? I.e the quickstarter menu isn't yet implemented in OOo-NE 3.0.x. Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Acer Extensa 4420-5963
by Bob Rea 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

I picked up one of these yesterday at a very good price. Does anyone have experience with these or similar? I plan to put Suse on it after I play with Vista a bit. I have no previous experience with laptops since one 15 years ago that ran Win 3.1. Would booting a live DVD tell me where I might have problems, need drivers, etc? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Blackberry Desktop under VirtualBox
by Kai Ponte 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Following the email thread "USB Under VMWare" got me wondering. I use VirtualBox for running Vista to do stuff for work. I have the Sun xVM version of Virtualbox, which allows for USB support. Here's a screen of my desktop with a 16GB Corsair drive plugged in: http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/20081012_vista_virtualbox_usb.png I went ahead and downloaded the RIM Blackberry desktop software. I installed it. I also made sure the device is selected in VBox under Devices. However, it insists the blackberry device (an 8700c) is not plugged in. Vista detects it and shows the device in the system tray. Any of you been able to load the bb Desktop software from within VBox? -- kai www.filesite.org || www.perfectreign.com government is a process which utilizes 45.5% gut reaction, 45.5% laws and statutes and 1% logic -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Novell & Suse sites offline?
by James D. Parra 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Hello, Is anyone else having difficulty accessing the Suse sites? Thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDM and XDM
by John Pierce 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Hello list! I have just installed opensuse 11 and have tried to setup kdm, instead of xdm. I chose to use kdm and still xdm is running. I went to services and disabled xdm and I was dumped to the console. When I typed kdm it launched me back and I ended up with xdm still running. I have tried to change the background of the login screen and it is stuck on the suse green. Thanks for any assistance. -- John Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] I get some mails with opne headers (gmail related)
by Carlos E. R. 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, when I get an email going to my gmail account, with a from address with accented letters, it is corrupted; copying directly from the mbox file with less, I see this: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:48:18 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q? "Camale=F3n" _ <....(a)gmail.com>, ?=(a)nimrodel.valinor To: "opensuse-es(a)opensuse.org" <opensuse-es(a)opensuse.org> or: Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:48:14 -0400 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cristian_Rodr=EDguez_ <....(a)suse.de>, ?=(a)nimrodel.valinor Organization: Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, The corruption is the "?=(a)nimrodel.valinor" part (my faked local domain), and that they don't display correctly in Alpine: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:08:09 +0100 From: ISO-8859-1?Q?L=EDvio_Cipriano_ <....(a)iol.pt>, ?=(a)nimrodel.valinor Reply-To: OS-en <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Looking at one of them in the gmail-webmail, at "original text", I see: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:48:18 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Camale=F3n?=" <....(a)gmail.com> To: "opensuse-es(a)opensuse.org" <opensuse-es(a)opensuse.org> which I don't know if it is correct or not. It is not only ISO-8859-1, I have seen one with ISO-8859-13. Detail (local vs remote): From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q? "Camale=F3n" _ <...(a)gmail.com>, ?=(a)nimrodel.valinor From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Camale=F3n?=" <...(a)gmail.com> The '"' is placed differently, and some other chars. This started, suddenly, to happen between 2008/07/28 and 29. My .procmailrc file is dated 2008-07-14, so its not the culprit. Anyway, the rule is: :0 * ^Received: from gmail-(pop|imap).l.google.com * (pop|imap).gmail.com account ....(a)gmail.com { ... :0f * ^X-Mailinglist: opensuse-es | /usr/bin/formail -bfi 'Reply-To: "OS-es" <opensuse-es(a)opensuse.org>' :0 a: $HOME/Mail/lists/y_gml_os-es :0f * ^X-Mailinglist: opensuse | /usr/bin/formail -bfi 'Reply-To: "OS-en" <opensuse(a)opensuse.org>' :0 a: $HOME/Mail/lists/y_gml_os-en It has been going on with opensuse 10.3 and 11.0 in the same machine (upgraded). My mail path is: fetchmail -> postfix, with amavis -> procmail (with SA). I don't know if I'm the only one with this problem, if it is my fault, opensuse's or gmail's. My guess is gmail, but obviously, the "?=(a)nimrodel.valinor" thing was written on my machine. Maybe Perl is doing something? Either in amavis or in SA. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjp7w8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UGAQCdFOir0gWcWzQh+zxoG+CJV4yW bpcAnjjvZvq/E2xkaM1qLiNtAZz7XJQv =lXgW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Old Bluetooth devices: Remove?
by John Andersen 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Using the Gnome applet I see no way to remove bluetooth devices that were once paired, but now no longer used. My machine lists an old phone, and an old mouse. But I can't determine where this pairing is stored so I can delete it. Any clues? -- ----------JSA--------- Someone stole my tag line, so now I have this rental. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Two queries about 11: VMWare 6.5 and an xorg.conf thing
by Daniel Feiglin 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Hello folks! Two queries prior to a second attempt to move from 10.3 to 11: 1. Has any anyone managed to painlessly install VMWare Workstation 6.5 under 11 (i.e. without the gcc version problem that plagued 6.0.x)? (The point of the question is, that unless VMWare 6.5 goes up under 11 without problems, I'll have to stay with 10.3. My system is a production system.) Incidentally, VMWare 6.5 installed like a charm on 10.3, inherited my previous settings and seems to have hidden away all the module compilation someplace. 2. Since SUSE 7 (I think) I have been using a panning screen, effected by adding a line to the appropriate subsections of Section "Screen" in xorg.conf: Virtual 1600 1200 (For SUSE old-timers: You could once upon a time do that through SAX but not any more.) Among other things, it makes working under the Win XP VMWare client tolerable, and pops the eyes out of friends who visit my office ....) Unfortunately, 11 does not seem to honor the virtual statement any more. Again, has anyone else met/solved this problem? For what it's worth, I upgraded 10.3 to 11. Would a fresh install (ugh!) solve the problem? (I can't imagine why, but sometimes the unexpected and illogical work wonders ...) Regards, Daniel

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