January 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] (OT) Charter Communications - refusal to correct a bill
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Dumped Charter for refusal to correct a bill - even after going to the VP Steve PLUS $61 billion in debt In Sept, we got a bill with the extra charges for HD (digital) service (we NEVER ordered). I called CS (Customer Service) and they figured out that we owed $86.53. So, I paid it. Got Oct. bill with a Balance Forward of $11.79. What the hell? Fired off another call to CS and they said that that was correct - how - they said that we were supposed to pay $98.32 - but - I kept trying to tell them that we didn't have and not ordered HD service. After many minutes of, literally, arguing - I got disconnected - THEY hung up on me. Called back again, got another CS rep, they finally said that that was correct (from before) and they tried to tell me that the $11.79 was rebated in the detail break down. WELL, the detail on my bill added up to only $11.13. So I kept on trying to get an answer on where the other 66 cents went. They said that what they were looking at added up to $11.79.(By this time I was livid) Finally, I mentioned that I'm not paying the bill until we get a corrected bill - they responded "you have a correct bill". Again an argument ensued and they hung up on me again. Somewhere I got the VP's email address and fired off an email to him about this - TWICE within a couple of days. Made a third call - going through all the same BS as before and requested another corrected bill. Again they said that the bill was correct. Again, I said the I'm not paying the bill until we get a corrected one. This time - I - hung up on them. The next day, my wife called and got the same BS and requested a corrected bill. Well, we got one, BUT it was only a screen print of the same exact bill - including showing that 66 cents in not accounted for. She called back to get an a reason why we got the same bill and NOT a corrected bill. They replied that they can only send out what was in the "system". Fired off a third email to the VP Steve and went through everything up to now. And added that if this don't get resolved I'm not paying the bill and we are switching to AT&T U-Verse. He apologized and was going to credit our bill - which he did. BUT never got the bill and the missing 66 cents resolved. Now we are on AT&T U-Verse for almost the same price. -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- 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] SUSE Studio - When?
by Larry Stotler 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:27 PM, aledr <matrixworkstation(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Use the studio's channel on IRC, maybe you get invited there... ;D Don't use IRC(or IM or text messaging or any of that other stuff). I did sign up to try to get on the alpha testing, but never heard anything back. That's why I was wondering about the time frame on 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] rkhunter related question
by Russ Fineman 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I'm getting the following warns from rkhuner. I know you can white list them, etc. My question is: how does the everyday user know if the command script found is a valid warning or a valid change that should be white listed? Thanks for any help. -- Russ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Desktop icons in gnome disappeared, openSUSE 11.1
by Jay Mistry 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I use gnome as the default desktop envt in openSUSE 11.1. I was trying to make some changes & add a shortcut to the desktop, also trying to restore a missing 'My Computer' icon using GNOME Configuration Editor (gconf-editor), when it suddenly crashed, and all desktop icons disappeared. Any way I can restore them? Is there a gnome settings backup (similar to how some system files, such as xorg.conf are backed-up) ? Thanks, Jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Gnome/GTK one-click-behaviour
by M. Skiba 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

A similar topic on this ML made me wonder if it's possible to change the GTK/Gnome-App behaviour to a single-click-behaviour (like KDEs default behaviour). I'm used to it, but my parents get confused from times to times "huh, why do I've to do a double click now? Everywhere else I just need one click", I've already asked a few gnomers and searched in the gnome settings, but didn't found something that would modify that behaviour - any ideas? This topic might have some flame potential (I see the old double click therad is still going on for some reason), so please be aware of what you say and keept it short & friendly - this is about helping non-linux people to get used to Linux :) Regards Michael (Happy new year?! :) )

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[opensuse] Switching to gdm
by Caisa Viksten 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have just installed 11.1 and everything went smothly (well, after several retries). However after updating and installing several more progs the login with kdm doesn't work. If I do an init 3 and start gdm it works fine. At the moment I have my main user autlogin so the problem isn't urgent. But what I need is info on how to switch from kdm to gdm as the login manager. Regards Caisa -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl91K8ACgkQ5a2A8XI5/zDO/gCfWsGAEC0hGfGF+e0m2r7Sb4wc EiUAn3fAB7CnF32cF2wLWgc+yFv4QkFy =OOTz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] compaq 6715b acpi problems and opensuse 11.1
by Petri Asikainen 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi list, I'm having hard time after updated my 11.0 box to 11.1 (amd64). (6715b and 6517b are known to have bad bios and acpi ) 11.0 was running wuite well, I only needed edd=off boot parameter. But with 11.1 and every kernel with it (I also tried newest from opensuse.org/repositories/kernel:) I can run system only with "apm=off acpi=off irqpoll" and performance is really bad. If I boot with ony "irqpoll" parameter system boots and loads quite nicely , even loads xorg put suddenly it goes down. Could anyone help me to track/debug this problem? Or is anyone running 11.1 with same hardware, if so what's your settings? Petri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] grub and the march of the penguins
by Amedee Van Gasse 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

When I boot the pc, I have noticed that I don't always get the same background in Grub. Most of the times it's a standard opensuse green background, a bit boring but with stylish gradients. But sometimes I get cute little animated pinguins in an antarctic landscape. It looks like a level from pingus (you know, the lemmings clone). After reading menu.lst, I think that gfxmenu is taking care of the background. I'm curious why it isn't always the same. -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Essential updates in 11.1?
by Klaas. 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hello, I installed 11.1 on one of my system (dual G5 PowerMac). Activated Automatic Update but there never are updates. On 10.3 I regularly get this red triangle telling me to install required updates, still very much so on my remaining 10.3 system. So please advise - where should I go in Yast to effect this update process in 11.1? --- greetings, Klaas punt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ISO or Repo
by Manne Merak 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I recall someone asking this before, but I cant find the answer in the archives (to much noise). Is it still necessary to have the 11.1 ISO if you have the full /distribution/11.1/repo directory mirrored? Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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