July 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] MP3 Burning Support for KDE4-K3b
by John Layt 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > I can burn mp3's to a CD just fine in k3b for KDE 3 (burn to a cd as in > make it as an audio cd not data). However, I installed kde4-k3b and it > yells @ me about the MAD codecs again, however, k3b for KDE 3 still > burns fine. So, do I have to get different MAD codecs for KDE4-k3b, or > are they maybe not yet available? Any help appreciated. Don't know about the codecs, but k3b for kde4 is still in alpha, so expect things to be broken. If you're happy being an alpha-tester, then have a look in bugs.kde.org to see if it's a known bug or something unique, but don't be too surprised if Seb isn't interested in bug reports until he goes beta. John. -- -- Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.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] Streaming audio & video
by J Beris 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Hello listmates, I am looking for a solution to stream audio (mp3) and video (mostly mpg) from my Apache webserver. I have seen several solutions out there on the web, but before I implement something, I would like to ask the openSUSE crowd what they like to use and why. I am looking for several things: 1) Easy to place new things on the server to stream So not "run foo.sh to squelch the gizmo, than change permissions on the whatchamacallit to flurb the noodles", then manually edit bar.conf to list all the new files on the server, but don't forget the semicolon on line 98792345, otherwise people will get an error 900 'noodles misaligned'. Non-Linux people will have to be able to place things on the server. 2) Flexible It shouldn't care about bitrates, hertz, pixels, fps, the hole in the ozone layer and whatnot. 3) Secure Speaks for itself 4) Careful with bandwidth Speaks for itself 5) Scalable Be able to stream 10, 100 or 1000 files (not simultaneously) and still be easy to maintain. I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on this matter. Thanks in advance for your ideas, Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] wacom tablet [solved?]
by primm 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Hi everyone I finally got my graphire 4 5x4 tablet working by trial and error. Yast set the device to /dev/input/event0 I tried: wacdump /dev/input/event* until I got sensible output from: wacdump /dev/input/event6 I then changed /etc/X11/xorg.conf as folows: Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "InputFashion" "Tablet" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Name" "GRAPHIRE v1-4 (USB)" Option "SendCoreEvents" "on" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "USB" "on" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "Mouse[5]" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "InputFashion" "Pen" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Name" "GRAPHIRE v1-4 Stylus (USB)" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "SendCoreEvents" "on" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "USB" "on" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "Mouse[7]" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "InputFashion" "Eraser" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Name" "GRAPHIRE v1-4 Eraser (USB)" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "SendCoreEvents" "on" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "USB" "on" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "Mouse[9]" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "InputFashion" "Pad" Option "Name" "GRAPHIRE v1-4 Pad (USB)" Option "Type" "pad" Option "USB" "on" Option "Vendor" "WACOM" EndSection Restarted X and all was well. My question is: will it always be /dev/input/event6 ? HTH others with wacom although I think that Yast ought to be able to configure it properly to begin with. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] crypttab and openSUSE
by skx 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

How to properly use crypttab in openSUSE? I have openSUSE 11 installed on three encrypted partitions: /, swap and /home, so I have to type password for every one of them during boot. I would like to use crypttab to automatically mount /home (automounting swap seems to be more complicated, I'm leaving it for later). I have created the key file dd if=/dev/urandom of=/etc/key-home bs=1024 count=4 set the rights for it chmod 0400 /etc/key-home added it to LUKS cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda8 /etc/key-home I also checked if /dev/sda8 can be decrypted using the key file. No problem here. I have created /etc/crypttab with only one entry home /dev/sda8 /etc/key-home luks appropriate entry in /etc/fstab was already in place /dev/mapper/home /home ext3 acl,user_xattr,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1 1 2 as the last thing, I changed the menu entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst from title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.9-0.2 root (hd0,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.9-0.2-default root=/dev/mapper/root luks_root=/dev/sda7 luks_swap=/dev/sda6 luks_home=/dev/sda8 luks="root swap home" resume=/dev/mapper/swap splash=silent showopts vga=0x317 initrd /initrd-2.6.25.9-0.2-default to title openSUSE 11.0 auto? - 2.6.25.9-0.2 root (hd0,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.9-0.2-default root=/dev/mapper/root luks_root=/dev/sda7 luks_swap=/dev/sda6 luks="root swap" resume=/dev/mapper/swap splash=silent showopts vga=0x317 initrd /initrd-2.6.25.9-0.2-default and rebooted. Unfortunately the partition was gone -- not even listed in /dev/mapper. In /var/log/boot.omsg I found failedActivating crypto devices using /etc/crypttab ... unused ...unused I rebooted again and used the original entry for /boot/menu.lst. It worked, but I was asked for password three times, so no progress here. How to set opensuse up to work with crypttab? -- 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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[opensuse] libperl.a gone in opensuse-11.0?
by Josef Wolf 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Hello, I noticed that libperl.a (used to be part of the perl package in older opensuse releases) is no longer available. Was this library moved to a different package? Maybe it is possible to recreate it from the still existing libperl.so? Any hints? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] help! How did EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe get set and how do I get vi back -- permanently?
by David C. Rankin 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Listmates, Gremlins in my 10.3 server again. I went to edit a crontab and to my surprise, a blue screen editor appeared and I had no idea how to get out of it so I just hit ctrl+c to exit. Further investigation revealed that "joe" was now my default editor? joe who? [00:57 nirvana/var/backup] # set | grep EDITOR EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe [00:57 nirvana/var/backup] # export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi [00:57 nirvana/var/backup] # set | grep EDITOR EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi _=EDITOR Now I have an additional piece of environment set to "_=EDITOR". I killed it with "unset _". More troubling is how did "EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe" get set in the first place? This is a basic 10.3 server (Linux nirvana 2.6.22.18-0.2-default). I like vi, I wouldn't change it. More frustrating, this seems to be set every time I open a new shell. I exit a shell, su to reopen another, and the thing is set to joe again. Where do I fix this for good? Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.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] Widgets broken?
by Chris Arnold 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

11.0 with kde 4.1 x86 64. Are the desktop widgets broken now with the latest updates from 4.1 repo? I had widgets on the desktop-did an update, widgets gone and when adding them my whole screen goes black and the only way to get it back is log off and then back on. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Vpn client settings for Cisco vpns?
by Nico Sabbi 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Hi, using Cisco's vpnclient I can connect to the other side and work in full stability, but compiling the needed module after kernel changes is always a PITA, thus I'd like to replace it. vpnc kind of works, but it disconnects too frequently - even when I'm actually using the vpn connection - and after a while it doesn't reconnect anymore. Is there some magical setting that I have to pass to vpnc to keep the connection stable? If necessary I can use OpenVPN, but since I don't know it at all I'd like to have a configuration example specific for Cisco vpns (I remember that configuring openvpn is really scary). Thanks, Nico -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No audio equalizer for linux?
by Stan Goodman 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

As my query about an available software audio equalizer has not been answered in several weeks, I conclude that such a program does not exist. As hard has this is to believe, I accept it. But now, I am curious about the reason for this lack. I understand that the Linux philosophy is strong on modularity, and this is reasonable, and would be even wise if it developers would act accordingly. It would mean that e.g. the designer of an audio player need trouble himself to code nothing but "the engine room" of his application, plus perhaps a GUI, and sooner or later someone else will come along and provide such auxiliaries as a level control (fortunately, Real Player has one built in, and there is even a global level control in the form of Kmix). Yet, many moons after Linux became a major OS, there is, as far as I have been able to find from web searches, no equalizer. So developers have avoided the bother of providing internal equalizers, and have also failed to make available a global module for the purpose. The philosophy cannot be said to actually work in this case. Happily, the developers of Amarok have had the sense to note the weakness of the rigid modular philosophy, and to provide an internal equalizer, in addition to several other things they could have left out had they wanted to do so, but that doesn't help one to adjust the frequency characteristics of audio streams. That Amarok has everything it needs internally is exactly what makes it so useful. So, at the moment, the only solution I see for bridging the gap between the one-size-fits-all audio characteristics provided by streams on the one hand, and those of my aging ears on the other, is a hardware preamplifier. Personally, I think that is an absurdity, if not a scandal. If someone can tell me why this lack still exists, that would satisfy by curiosity. If someone also knows of a software solution, I would be very grateful to learn what it is. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Only 4 virtual desktops switchable with <CTRL>-<Fx>
by Josef Wolf 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Hello, I recently installed opensuse-11.0 (with kde-3.5) and configured 12 virtual desktops as I always did on older suse-releases. But in 11.0, I can switch only to the first four desktops with th <CTRL>-<Fx> key combinations. Any ideas what I can do to make the key combinations for the remaining desktops working? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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