December 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] New Install Perplexities #1
by Bob Rea 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

I think this has been coveered before but I may have fouled it up I just installed 11.0 on my new laptop. I thought when the user page came up it was for root. Later it was clearly not so i went into yast and change the password. Neither the one i set thinking it was root nor the one I set from my ordinary user now work. I can get into online update in yast but if I try it from the taskbar it asks for the root password. How can I fix this? Oh I am logged on using the original password. What will happen when I leave an come back as my normal user with the new password? Have I fouled things up too badly? -- 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] OpenSUSE 11.0: Dell Latitude E4300
by Fabian Scheler 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hello everybody, on Monday I got a brand new Dell Latitude E4300 and, of course, I had to install openSUSE :-) After upgrading to kernel version 2.6.27 wifi works fine, however I was not successful in getting sound working until now :-( I have to admit, I installed quite a lot of packages from OSB repositories, so my installation can not be regarded a standard openSUSE 11.0 installation, but I am not really able to track down the cause of the problem and that is what's annoying me most. I have installed packages from the following OSB repositories among other (but thath should be the repositories most probably related to the given issue): - Kernel: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/m4r3k:/kernel-backport/open… - X11: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.0/ - KDE4: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.… - Packman: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/ The sound hardware seems to be recognized properly, at least yast tells me that "82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller" is configured and the driver snd-hda-intel is used. The fact that kde4-kmix is muted all the time and klicking the check mark in the context menu of the kmix-plasmoid apparently does not change that. Has anybody comparable problems? What do you think - is that a hardware/driver problem (sound works on windows) or is it maybe caused by KDE4? Thanks in advance. Ciao, Fabian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] New Installation Perplexities #3--webcam
by Bob Rea 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

This new laptop has a little webcam built in. What apps should I try? Where is the set up Yes I know, I sound like a newbie. I am a newbie to laptops Laptop: Acer Extensa 4420-5963 -- 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] Lightscribe template
by Koenraad Lelong 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hi, Maybe it's too late but I think it would be nice to have an image to go on a CD/DVD of the next openSuse release. I could make my own but I would prefer a 'standard' image. Just a thought. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong

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