July 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] KDE 4.0 is NOT a failure; it is a place to start
by John Andersen 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

The KDE developers are apparently feeling the displeasure of users and their fellow Developers over the direction of and current state of KDE4 http://troy-at-kde.livejournal.com/16734.html There is also this famous "Pick up my marbles and go home" quote: "KDE, like many other open-source projects, doesn't really need users at all" in this story which speaks of dissatisfaction among the developers so strong that some were speaking of a fork to get back to the usability of KDE3: http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/kde-developer-quits/ There are lots of good links in those articles which reveal the mindset and inner workings of the KDE developers, and its clear they knew going in that 4.0 and even 4.1 were and remain BETA, the fact that two distros pushed them out into the world early has probably done more damage to KDE than any other single event. -- ----------JSA--------- "Ubuntu" is an African word meaning "Suse is too hard for me". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can't mount external USB drive
by Doctor Who 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

When I try to plug in my external USB Western Digital harddrive that's been formatted with NTFS, I get the following error message (using dmesg): <snip> usb-storage: device scan complete NTFS-fs error (device sdc1): parse_options(): Unrecognized mount option locale. NTFS-fs warning (device sdc1): parse_options(): Option utf8 is no longer supported, using option nls=utf8. Please use option nls=utf8 in the future and make sure utf8 is compiled either as a module or into the kernel. VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel NTFS-fs error (device sdc1): parse_options(): Unrecognized mount option locale. NTFS-fs warning (device sdc1): parse_options(): Option utf8 is no longer supported, using option nls=utf8. Please use option nls=utf8 in the future and make sure utf8 is compiled either as a module or into the kernel. Do I need to recompile my kernel as suggested above just to automount a USB drive that I plug in?? If not, what needs to be done to get this working "out-of-the-box"? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] oS 11.0 install - user setup
by Istvan Gabor 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hello: I did a trial installation of oS 11.0. The process ran smoot w/o errors. But I could not find out how to set user IDs belonging to the users added at installation. In previous versions I could change that from the default 1000 to the number I wanted. This is necessary for me to be consistent with other installations. (And no, the import userd data from previous installation does not help.) Is this option really removed or I just could not find it? TIA, IG ___________________________ VÁSÁROLNA? SEGÍTÜNK! Igényeljen hitelkártyát online és élvezze Ön is a vásárlás szabadságát! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Unsubscribe
by Bob Izenberg 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

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[opensuse] vga mode.
by Hudibras 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi, After thinking it over I've decided to make this question. How on earth to get correct vga mode in 11.0? Booting is like SuSE 5.x or 6.x, not in supervga mode. When I had the related issues with grub install (fortunately already solved), I saw it was possible to enable vga modes for 1280x1024, 793 or 804; but in yast it's not be able to configure it. Would you please to tell me how can I fix this? I know it's something related to new kernels 2.25.x, but after searching for help over there, I'm still having this problem. Thanks a lot, Hudibras. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] oss 11.0 VLC not supporting mkv video
by Vahe Avedissian 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Folks, I notice the opensuse 11.0 release of VLC no longer plays mkv files. Are there any codecs that need to be installed now or does one need to install another player? Thanks, Vahe Avedissian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cached credentials
by Harry ten Berge 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi, I'm trying to get cached credentials in combination with an ADS server. Started of with Winbind, but besides issues with groups the cached credentials just work on and off. Crashing nscd, and so on. So I jumped to basic ldap authentication against the LDAP server with 'pam_ldap'. Great peace of software, works flawlessly with the ADS server, wwwwwway better than winbind. But now the latest part: cached credentials. As a laptop user I need this to work, but here's the problem: the 'pam_ccreds' package is provided with OpenSUSE, but AFAIK it needs 'nss_updatedb' to work in the end. Now comes the ugly part: SUSE doesn't provide 'nss_updatedb'! This is getting rather frustrating because on other distros like Ubuntu these software is shipped, and according to the wiki 'it just works'. So my question: am I wrong about the functioning of 'pam_ccreds'? Can I get it to work without the need for 'nss_updatedb'? Regards Harry -- 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 display power management
by Vahe Avedissian 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Folks, I notice display power management no longer seems to work now that I upgraded to 11.0, when it worked fine with 10.3! Is anyone else having this problem? Any ideas how to fix it? Vahe Avedissian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Bug reports status
by Rajko M. 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

If somebody has a problem because his bug report has no "proper" attention please see how many was resolved. Transcript of openSUSE bugs July 05, 2008 Status Product NEW ASSIGNED NEEDINFO REOPENED RESOLVED CLOSED VERIFIED Total 10.2 136 99 16 34 6452 152 297 7186 10.3 617 323 122 82 9154 132 118 10548 11.0 1404 515 309 207 5327 64 40 7866 11.1 99 56 9 13 89 0 1 267 Total 2256 993 456 336 21022 348 456 25867 -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- 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 Please - Linux-based Home Theater PC System
by Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi! I am going to build Linux-based Home Theater PC System (so called HTPC) with SuSe 11.0 and MythTV. The only problem so far is too get ATX case with cool design worth standing along with hi-fi audio system. I found very nice aluminium case by Inter-tech Germany (http://www.inter-tech.de) click on UK icon to switch to English language, and then Products -> Cases -> HTPC's. They have cases I like, with touch-screen LCDs or 2-lines VFD, IR remote control and large set (10 pcs) of front buttons. Software is bundled for Windows only (SoundGraph iMon Median). I suppose that Inter-tech is not original manufacturer of these cases and media hardware, these items manufactured in China with standard industry electronic components. So there is the most interesting question - how to get these features (touchscreen LCD or VFD Diasplay, front buttons and IR remote control) to work with Linux and MythTV? Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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