May 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] downloading
by John/Pat Heinen 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

What do I have to do after I download, say thuntherbird, I find two incons on the desktop with a lot of files in each, what is the next step to get the program going.? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] set time and date in 9.3
by Doug McGarrett 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

It's been several years since I saw this problem and I forget how to fix it. The --help command is confusing to me. The problem: the computer is approximately 8 months slow--it thinks it's last March. Interestingly, the time is correct. If I need to be in SU mode, please advise. TIA-- doug Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI Drivers
by Vladimir Karpenko 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

I tried to install ATI ctcalyst driver VIA one click install, and it is not working. Log gives something like this: WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized. (EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection. Vied card is: ATI Radeon HD 3450 (RV620 95C5) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] VLAN & SUSE
by James Knott 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Yesterday, I was setting up some switches that were configured with multiple VLANs. It made me wonder if it's possible to configure a NIC to be part of a VLAN, instead of requiring a switch port to be configured for that VLAN. If so, the computer could be plugged into any available trunk port, rather than a specific VLAN port. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.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] Another Bash scripting question
by Rodney Baker 12 Jul '08

12 Jul '08

Hi all. I have a few directories containing wav files that have been ripped from CDs and I'm trying to write a script to invoke sox to convert them to mp3 format. The filenames have whitespaces and hyphens in them e.g. 'artist - 01 - title with many words.wav'. I tried the following script but I'm obviously doing something wrong... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash for file in `find * -print0 | xargs --null` do { INFILE=$file OUTFILE=${file/%wav/mp3} echo "$OUTFILE" # if [ ! -e "$file" ] # then # echo "$file does not exist."; echo # else # sox "$file" "$OUTFILE" # fi # if [ $? -eq 0 ] # then # rm -f "$file" # fi } done exit 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In its current form each word of each filename is treated separately i.e. xargs --null appears to have no effect at all - it is interpreting whitespace as a delimiter. If I modify the first line as follows: for file in "`find * -print0 | xargs --null`" or for file in "$(find * -print0 | xargs --null)" then I get the entire directory listing (i.e. all the filenames) concatenated into a single parameter with only the last file extension replaced. What have I missed here? I'm assuming it is something to do with the pipe or redirection via xargs that is not working as expected. BTW, I also tried this: for file in $(xargs --null -- < `find * -print0`) but then I get an "ambiguous redirect" error. Using this: for file in `xargs --null -- < `find * -print0`` gives the following errors: command substitution: line 26: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' command substitution: line 26: `xargs --null -- < ' but then produces the output I'm expecting (i.e. a list of the output file names (keeping in mind the actual processing part of the script is currently commented out) with the exception that "find" is the first entry in the list and "-print0" is the last entry in the list; somehow the variable $OUTFILE appears to be getting the values "find" and "-print0" at the beginning and end of the loop. I seem to be just going around in circles here. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au =================================================== I have great faith in fools -- self confidence my friends call it. -- Edgar Allan Poe

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[opensuse] DVD-Writer/ROM speed limit
by Manne Merak 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

Hi all, I have a "damaged" DVD that starts wobbling in the drive when it spins up to be read. Is there is way to limit die DVD drive to only read at 1x speed? (it works fine when I load it into my old DVD-player) Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Hopefully simple printing question
by Greg Freemyer 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

All, OS 10.3 / KDE / Network Printer (HP 4500 Color Laser) My printer has somehow stalled. Everything I print goes to a queue and never pops out of the printer. I know the printer is not the problem because I have a XP VM on the same machine and I can print from there fine. How do I tell OS to start printing again. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.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] results of hard disk configuration survey
by Martin Schmidkunz 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi everybody, the results of the hard disk configuration survey are available at http://en.opensuse.org/UX#View_results_of_previous_surveys Big thanks to all of you who took the time in participating! Your answers were very helpful! Have a lot of fun, Martin -- Martin Schmidkunz User Experience Specialist martin.schmidkunz(a)novell.com +49 (0) 911 740 53-346 ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Novell, Inc. SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 Your Linux is ready http://www.novell.com/linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Update problems
by Chris Arnold 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Using 10.3 64-bit and today the suseupdater shows 4 updates: 2 amarok, which i do not even have installed and gdm and libcurl4. I am trying to install these updates but it never seems to update. Just goes back to red exclamation and those same 4 updates show as needing to be updated. Is this a problem in 64 bit? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ppd file needed?
by Bob S 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hello Suse people, On the 21st I asked for help about cups. It was about a 10.3 new install on my son's machine, Can't get his Brother MFC3430C printer working. Installed the Brother driver and cupswrapper and it shows up in localhost:631 and is now configurable by root (Thanks Carlos) Can send a test message which can be seen sending but the printer doesn't respond. Checking further on the Wiki, Brother install instructions, linux openprinting etc. I find conflicting info. One place says that for the driver to work it needs the ppd. Another place says if you have the ppd you don't need the driver.(Or that is what I understood in my confused state) Can the printer guru's clarify this for me? I've got to get this thing working. BTW the database states that this printer works excellently. Hate to let my son see that this don't work in Linux and he has to go buy a new printer. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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