openSUSE Users July 2008

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

02 Dec '08

I had that little symbol "electrical plug" on the bottom of the screen, indicating whether I was connected or not. It diappeared, probably my doing, how do I get it back to get connected? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[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] Firefox 3.0 crashes when I try to print
by Bruce Ferrell 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

Have anyone else seen this? Any suggestions for how to begin trouble shooting? This is on OpenSuse 10.2 installed from the Mozilla repos on download.suse.org for 10.2. Java seems off too. some java applets fail to run TIA Bruce -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] PDF File conversion
by Mark Misulich 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, a couple of months ago I wrote about the large file sizes that I was getting when I converted a word .doc file to OO odt file, with the intention of later converting it to pdf. They were in the size of megabites. This is a bit of an ongoing saga for me, as this time I made up the newsletter for the organization using Open Office from the start, and then attempted to convert the odt file to pdf in linux. I ended up having to go back to windows in order to get the file sizes to a manageable size, the linux files were too large. Here is a rundown of what I did. 1. I made up the newsletter using Open Office. The final file size was 198kb. Not too bad, I thought that it was going to work out as I expected the file to be smaller yet when I converted that to a pdf file. 2. I converted the odt file to pdf. The resultant pdf file was 758.8kb. I am shooting for around 200kb, but will send a file up to 300kb. Any larger and it takes too long for the dialup users to download it. 3. I tried to play around with the pdf conversion process by reducing picture quality, and/or reducing the quality of the total pdf document. I produced two other pdf's this way, and believe it or not when I reduced the quality of the document to 50% it actually produced a larger file on my first attempt. That file was 789kb. The second attempt (30% quality) was 750 kb. I decided to save the newsletter odt file in doc format to see how large it would be, before I quit linux for Windows. It came out to 270kb. I was hoping to open it in word in winxp, and then convert it to pdf. But the formatting was so messed up it was easier to start over fresh in Word. But then, they tell me it isn't going to work right when try to save it as a doc file in open office. The new word file displaying the same information (plus an extra couple of pages of text that I forgot on the copy that I produced in OO) as the newsletter produced in odt came out to 220kb. 4. Those linux pdf files were too large to use, so I went back to WinXP and made up the file in Word (220kb). I then converted that to pdf, and got a file size of 270kb. That is useable, and I don't know of any way to make it smaller in Windows unless I start removing some pictures from the newsletter. As it stands now, I think that I will have to stick with windows for this task unless someone has a brainstorm and thinks of a way to make these linux pdf files smaller. Mark -- 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] openSUSE 11 and MythTV probs
by Clayton 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

I have finally updated my MythTV system to openSUSE 11.0. Everything is up and working but I have two issues that I cannot resolve. - First, I have my Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick configured and working. I can watch a TV channel, but when I press escape on the keyboard to return to the main MythTV menu, I get a segfault, and MythTV exits. I ran it from the terminal, and all it says is Segmentation Fault. Any tips on how to track this one down and resolve it? - Second is a problem I also had in openSUSE 10.3 on this hardware, but NOT with MythBuntu8.04 or Kubuntu 8.04. I experimented first with MythBuntu and Kubuntu before installing openSUSE. The problem is when I change TV channels. Sometimes it changes channels normally, but usually when the new DVB channel is locked, the display shows as if the vertical hold is gone on an old analog TV. The only way to recover is to exit the Watch TV part of MythTV and go back into Watch TV. Then the channel that had vertical hold issues is back to normal. With this exact same hardware, but booted to another Linux distribution, and using the same version of MythTV (built of course for that distribution), the problem doesn't appear... so it seems to be something openSUSE specific here. Any ideas? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Window decorations in openSUSE 11.0 Compiz/KDE3.5.9
by Jay C Vollmer 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Greetings. I've just installed openSUSE 11.0 from the KDE4 Live CD on my ThinkPad T61p. I'm delighted to see that suspend to RAM now works as well as the ipw3945, neither of which worked right in 10.3. What isn't working for me in openSUSE 11.0 is the window-decoration when I use Compiz with KDE3. The title-bars of non-active windows completely disappear. Can anyone suggest a solution so my inactive titlebars don't disappear? -- JAY VOLLMER TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK IGNORE FULLWISE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Openoffice going crazy
by Joan Manuel Ventura Felix 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

I dont know, i think there is a problem with openoffice and kde 4.0 or maybe with suse 11.0, because when i start openoffice, the kde start to crash, but when i close it, kde start going well. sorry, but my english is not very good looking.... hahaha... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Several openSUSE 11 issues
by skx skxinski 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Since the upgrade to openSUSE 11 I have encountered several problems which I cannot resolve. Please, help a newbie :) I have openSUSE 11 installed on Inspiron 600m with Compiz enabled and run at log-in. Very bright screen at start. When I boot the computer and openSUSE starts it sets brightness to the maximum. I have adjusted the settings in KPowersave, so after KPowersave starts brightness comes back to normal level, but it's still rather annoying, especially at night. How can I change this initial brightness? Smb4k scan returns nothing. Smb4k function to scan the network for local computers seems to be blocked by the firewall (since it only works when firewall is turned off). I have done everything that was required in openSUSE 10.3 to let the scan work with firewall running. What has changed and what wholes need to be punched? Skype video is buggy. When I receive video, the call-window gets corrupted -- I can't see the preview of my stream or the controls for this call. Also, sometimes the camera just zooms in by itself. I use Labtec Notebook Webcam Pro for video. Above-mentioned apps (Smb4k and Skype; the brightness wasn't controlled by the operating system at all) worked fine in openSUSE 10.3, also with compiz. I'm not sure though if the next two problems are related to the upgrade. Windows' decorations and cube caps corrupted after resuming from suspend to disk. After resuming from suspend to disk, windows' decorations and cube caps (from "Cube Reflection and Deformation" plug-in for Compiz) are just colorful shred. Is there another solution except for running emerald --replace when resuming? This fixes the first problem. Unexpected and unprompted logouts. From time to time, usually after long time of running the computer, the system freezes (although music, if any player is running, still plays for a minute or so), then the screen goes black and suse logs me out -- login screen is the first thing I can see after the freeze. What can it be? X window system going down? Which log files may be helpful? Can this be caused by excessive heat? -- skx, http://skxpl.eu.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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