August 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] How to disable scim?
by Pierre Girard 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hello, I recently found out that scim was causing me a problem with the keyboard layout I selected (dead keys not working). When I try to quit scim it just pops back up again. Is there a way to disable it on a per user account? Thanks for your help. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] how to split opensuse10.3 DVD iso image to CDs iso
by آذر نظری 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi, I need to split DVD iso to CDs. in opensuse 10.3 please help 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] bash - how to dereference loop counter $i to something like ${$i} ??
by David C. Rankin 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Listmates, I don't know if this can be done, but I was trying to get a c style for loop to dereference the counter i to the equivalent command line parameter $1, $2, etc.. Like: for ((i=1;i<=$#;i++)); do echo "\$$i = ${$i} done but obviously that just results in a bad substitution. I've been through man bash with parameter substitution, but I still can't find a way to do it. I know how to do it with a counter and "for i in "$@"", but I was trying to see if I could do it with a pure dereference. Any way? -- 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] Can we get the "Eye-Cany-Meter" back?
by Larry Stotler 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Is there anyway we can get the eye-candy meter back? I remember how great that was back when I was using 7.x & 8.x(actually have 8.1 installed on an old Thinkpad 380XD right now). It's not even a matter of hardware like it was back then, it's a matter of not wanting all the new "bling" that seems to be added with every release. Yes, I know I can turn it all off, but that takes more time than I like when I running multiple machines. Having the meter available would be a great thing IMO. Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Emergency Medical Services Software
by Mark Misulich 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi, I am writing to see if anyone on the list knows of an stable opensource program that I can use with Opensuse that is similar to this program that is used with Windows http://www.firehousesoftware.com/tour/main.php If there is such a program available, it would be used with by a volunteer ski patrol to computerize the record keeping for treating guest's individual accidents, and the information would have to go into a database so that it could be recalled later by individual incident. Also the details of multiple incidents would later need to be summarized into spreadsheet form for presentation to management and insurance carriers. I've googled this but haven't really found anything suitable, so I want to ask here to see if anyone knows of a good program. Thanks, 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] New ATI Drivers today 8.8
by John Andersen 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_… In addition to overclocking some models of ATI drivers (who does that?) they have a number of bug fixes: # Setting the Overscan to an invalid value no longer results in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211 # XServer no longer fails when playing media files with XVideo enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35968 # An incorrect error message is no longer returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35212 # Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product no longer results in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300 # Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34302 # OpenGL PBOs no longer fail to work with GL_RGB texture format # Ubuntu 7.04: aticonfig --enable-monitor no longer results in X restarting # Launching the Catalyst Control Center (Linux Edition) and clicking on the hyperlink located on the Welcome screen no longer results in the browser taking an extra long time to load the web page # The initial RPM installation no longer results in an libGL.so, no such file or directory error # The Linux installer now automatically determines the package to build # The Linux kernel module is no longer installed to wrong location if the Linux kernel is updated # Running X server without a window manager no longer results in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive # Creating two successive connections no longer results in direct GL context to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35215 # Doom3: Connecting a secondary display device and configuring the game to launch on the secondary display device under x, no longer results the game failing to launch on the secondary display device # A segmentation fault no longer occurs in kdesktop_lock application # X no longer fails to start after installing the driver and configuring the driver using default values -- ----------JSA--------- Someone stole my tag line, so now I have this rental. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing a server - no GUI
by John Bennett 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Morning all. Need to install a basic Linux server ASAP and would like to use Suse, but can't figure out how to install the basics (no GUI) without installing all the crap - ie the DVD won't let you choose anything without a GUI. If I can't figure this out ASAP, will use Ubuntu, as I have previously installed their basic server with minimal hassle.... Have gone through the Suse doco and can find no reference to a "general server" install.... Please don't give me a hard time if this is really obvious.... :-( Thanks, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.0 mdraid1 - Install OK, after updates - GRUB ERROR 17
by David C. Rankin 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Listmates, Latest fresh install of 11.0 has been quite frustrating. The original install went fine and the system booted fine. After 2nd online-update (1st update just updated zypper/package mgmt) the machine is left unbootable with GRUB ERROR 17. I have included as much information about the setup as I can manually type from within (Rescue# ). Why did online update break the boot loader config and how do I fix grub now? The setup is a simple 2-disk ATA md raid1 install on an older i386 box (abit kt7, 1G of ram, 2 250G Maxtor drives). Both disks are partitioned identically: sda1 100M primary sda5 20G logical sda6 2G swap sda7 220G logical sdb1 100M primary sdb5 20G logical sdb6 2G swap sdb7 220G logical md0 (sda1 sdb1) as /boot md1 (sda5 sdb5) as / md2 (sda7 sdb7) as /home As noted the fresh install booted fine. I was able to configure kde, and do online updates. The reboot from the 2nd online update which included the kernel update is where the problem started. I didn't mess with anything in Yast except to configure the network card and to do an online update. Here is the configuration information: Current grub setup: ---menu.lst--- root(hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.11-0.1-pae root=/dev/md1 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317 ---device.map--- (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb ---grub.conf--- setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd1,0) (hd0,0) quit ---grub.conf.old (this was in /etc from the install - changing made no difference)--- setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0) (hd0,0) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd1,0) (hd0,0) quit Booting to the 11.0 rescue system, cat proc partitions shows md0, md1 and md2 just fine. mdadm reports that all md raids are fine and are using the right partitions. Mounting the drives with: mount /dev/md1 /mnt mount /dev/md0 /mnt/boot mount /dev/md2 /mnt/home all works fine. I can access and edit all the files. However for some reason the grub config is gone and it fails during the boot sequence. I have tried manually starting the installed system from the cd, but selecting sda5 or sdb5 or sda1 or sdb1 results in nothing. I have tried specifying /dev/sda5 and /dev/sdb5 in grub menu.lst, but nothing works. It seems like in 10.3 I could manually boot the system by choosing the root partition on either drive in the raid and it would work. Not so here. I have been unsuccessful using grub-install from rescue mode and I can't get yast to work with everything mounted under /mnt. I need help. Anybody know what voodoo is required to straighted grub out in this situation? Anything else I can provide? Thanks in advance for any help or wisdom you can provide. -- 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] conflict betwene webcam and TV-pci device
by ivo.linux 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

my opensuse recognized perfectly my usb wecam Bus 004 Device 002: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Cammaestro 2.5DU/X-EYE/Orite SC-120/ICGear TravelCam/Easy Snap Snake Eye WebCam I bought an pci tv device on ebay and i plugged inside my computer 00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01) it has work immediately without any manual configuration on my system the problem is that now when i try to use my webcam with amsn it recognize my television ???? i am googling to find a solution without success any ideas? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Need help!
by Chuck Payne 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Shawn Holland <support(a)sandara.ca> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 11:38 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Shawn Holland <sholland(a)sandara.ca> wrote: >> > I use a similar approach as well. However, I have multiple OS machines, >> > so if any drive fails (or if I am working on a friends computer that >> > has), I just pop it in one of my other OS machines, mount it and copy >> > off what I can. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Shawn Holland >> > >> > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 08:28 -0700, N B Day wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 10:57 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote: >> >> > Guy, >> >> > >> >> > My main partion, crash. I am getting I/O errors, which I know means >> >> > the drive is dead. What I need is to get on that partition so I can >> >> > get my config off or any thing that I can. I have ran reiserfsck >> >> > --fix-fixable, I get these error, cannot read teh bock 5672. >> >> > reiserfsck is tell me I can use a -B flag to fix it but when I try to >> >> > use that flag, I get the help menu. Please some know what I can do to >> >> > get my data. >> >> >> >> First, calm down. Take a walk. Don't panic and do stuff you'll regret >> >> later. >> >> >> >> Have you got a Linux live CD? There are dozens of these; many are >> >> optimized for data rescue and recovery. See the listing at >> >> http://livecdlist.com. >> >> >> >> I like and have often used Knoppix for this, but any one of many and a >> >> USB key or external drive will do the job. >> >> >> >> Good luck. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> N. B. Day >> >> N 39° 28' 25" W 119° 48' 37" 1404 meters up >> >> Aurelius up 3:11, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.10, 0.06 >> >> 2.6.25.11-0.1-default x86_64 GNU/Linux openSUSE 11.0 (X86-64) >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> > >> > >> >> Well I need to tell not to read the block 5672, I think I will be ok. >> Right now no matter what it stops on that block. >> >> -- >> -- >> Command, n.: >> Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in >> such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. > > When ever I pop in any drive (regardless of its FS) I just mount it and > it never complains. Except to spit out IO errors during the copy > process. I don't bother to do a FS check. Like I said, I mount, copy, > unmount. > > -- > Regards, > Shawn Holland > > Well I can't that the problem, no matter what I get that error. What sucks is I need my apache, postfix, bind files and I will be ok. -- -- Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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