November 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Beginner: How do I change the keyboard layout?
by Thomas Blasejewicz 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

Thank you for your advice > go ahead, poke your finger in the eye of potential helpers and see if > that gets you the help you seek? > You are right. I should be more patient and friendly, but ... actually I am trying to "get friendly" with Linux for about 2 years already, by now have used 5 different computers, numerous different HDDs and tried at least 10 different "versions" (SUSE, Debian, Fedora etc. etc.) and still cannot accomplish the simplest things (like for example switching the keyboard layout or using a floppy), not to speak of being able to "work" with a Linux based computer. Which is after all the final purpose of my efforts. I am desperately trying to get away from Microsoft, but Linux is definitely not making this easy. On this and other lists I have repeatedly been told, that if I am too stupid to understand the least bit of computer technology, I should not even think of going near Linux. Thanks for that advice. My efforts so to get Linux running - still unsuccessful - have taken already MUCH(!) more time and effort than ALL my Windows + Mac installations, reinstallations, repairs etc. etc. made over the past 20 years together. So, I am starting to get a little cranky and tired. But you are right, I should not let that show. > for example, i had never heard of SCIM and *stopped* reading your > initial post when i ran across it.. > About the "SCIM". Well, I did not invent it and I did not put it there. YaST must have done that, when I requested to add Japanese as a second language. The next thing I will try is: start all over again. A clean new installation of 11.2 to see, if this will change things. Greetings from Japan Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problems with Logitech M305 mouse
by Heinz Diehl 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

Hi, I'm trying quite some time to get a Logitech M305 mouse (cordless, optical) properly installed on my opensuse 11.1/11.2 systems. The mouse itself is easily get to work, but whatever I try, I cannot get the middle button (pressing the mouse wheel) activated. That makes it impossible to copy/past from/to an xterm and is quite annoying. Can anybody help? Does anybody in here have the same mouse and knows a solution? Thanks, Heinz. -- 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] Beginner: ALL fonts are blurred
by Thomas Blasejewicz 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

thank you, that looks promising, but (sorry for being so uneducated ...) > wget http://www.osresources.com/files/centos-windows-fonts/fontconfig.tbz > su -c 'tar xvjpf fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts/' > > I did download that file. What am I supposed to do with that next line? I tried "Alt+2" and enter it there, or else Konsole, but nothing seems to be happening. rebooting the computer -> there is no change in the fonts either ... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gtk (gnome?) themes under fvwm on 11.2
by Michael Fischer 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

Hi all. Just (fresh) installed 11.2 on a spare machine. The install went well enough, but I'm noticing something odd I've never come across in all the previous versions. With various gtk apps (firefox, pidgin..), some parts of the windows take their style from the default gtk theme. I figured that by changing my /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager setting to gnome, and startx-ing into that instead of my usual fvwm configuration. Although I reset the theme in gnome, it didn't "hold" when I went back into fvwm. The parts affected are the top menu bar (the one which has File Edit View... in firefox, the scrollbar handle in firefox, etc.) On all my pre-11.2 installations, such areas simply take a neutral grey or off-white color background, with a medium blue for scroll handles. How can I adjust this? Thanks. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net -- 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] Beginner: How do I mount a floppy disk? Summary
by John Andersen 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

On Friday 27 November 2009 03:03:07 pm Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > On Friday 27 November 2009 01:51:36 pm Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > >> John Andersen wrote: > >>> On 11/27/2009 1:33 PM, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > >>>>> We should be helping Thomas find out why his machine does not detect > >>>>> this floppy automatically instead of dragging him back to the > >>>>> Pleistocene. > >>>> > >>>> Well at least from the command line we can get an error echoed and go > >>>> from there. If we can get the disk to mount then we can go back to the > >>>> gui and get it to mount for him there. He is apparently having a > >>>> problem. > >>> > >>> You can get everything you need to know by tailing /var/log/messages > >>> while > >>> a diskette is inserted, and an lspci command. > >> > >> Does that not require a command line? > > > > NO. > > > > Take the time to LEARN your distro. > > Well instead of being a pompous ass, why don't you explain another way > instead of a command line and terminal to tail a log file. > Because If I did, you would not Take the time to LEARN your distro. -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. -- 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] Beginner: How do I mount a floppy disk? Summary
by John Andersen 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

On Friday 27 November 2009 01:51:36 pm Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > John Andersen wrote: > > On 11/27/2009 1:33 PM, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > >>> We should be helping Thomas find out why his machine does not detect > >>> this floppy automatically instead of dragging him back to the > >>> Pleistocene. > >> > >> Well at least from the command line we can get an error echoed and go > >> from there. If we can get the disk to mount then we can go back to the > >> gui and get it to mount for him there. He is apparently having a > >> problem. > > > > You can get everything you need to know by tailing /var/log/messages > > while > > a diskette is inserted, and an lspci command. > > Does that not require a command line? > NO. Take the time to LEARN your distro. -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] RHEL4/5 / Centos and openSuSE
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Can an application written specifically for RHEL4/5 and Centos, be installed and run on openSUSE. CIP (Case in Point) = http://www.amberdms.com/index.php?cms=products_billing_overview Duaine -- 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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[opensuse] VIA VT1708B 8-Ch
by Michael Farnbach 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello all, I just upgraded my motherboard, and everything is running better (suprising since the ATOM chip I'm running now is a few GHz slower then the Athlon I was just running previously). There is a problem though. As the subject line notes, this motherboard contains a sound card of the VT1708B codec. I've searched, and apparently this card was supported as of Alsa 1.0.16, and my openSUSE 11.2 is at 1.0.21. I've read reports on different forums, from Ubuntu to Puppy, which ultimately upgraded past 1.0.16 and found success. However, I'm out of luck. Sound can play, but the mixer is completely confused... linux-ndha:~ # alsamixer -Dhw cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument If I try to change the volume, the sound goes away until I restart ALSA. Even without touching the mixer, only rarely can I get it to play continuously for more then a few minutes. The output of alsainfo.sh can be found here http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=5b497173e4d1413d88c3ec634cef20330d1a80a6 Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this... --Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: fake random sort [solved]
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Le 27/11/2009 16:55, Jan Ritzerfeld a écrit : > Am Freitag, 27. November 2009 schrieb jdd-gmane: > >> [...] >> how could I sort the photos in a semi-random manner to let them look >> on the frame as if they where sorted randomly? I can of course change >> the file name. http://www.vanheusden.com/randommover/ this do the trick looks like the program simply copy all the files randomly. The fat file system write them in order, without sorting so the files are then read with the random order it works perfectly for me (notice it's not a script but a binary one have to compile, but it have little if any dependency) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: fake random sort
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Le 27/11/2009 15:44, Randall R Schulz a écrit : > Write a random permutation of the input lines to standard output. I don't think this could do my job, I don't want to shuffle a playlist bur to have the file name itself changed. Shame is Google give me a windows utility to do this :-( "A free batch renaming utility for changing prefixes, suffixes, naming pictures with numerical names, etc. Features random capability to randomize the order of the file names, such as to put pictures in random order instead of photoshoot order. " but I found a small batch that could with small change do what I need: here the original: echo "List of temporary files : " for i in 1 2 3 4 5 do FILE="/tmp/$(basename $0).$RANDOM.txt" echo $FILE # show file name > $FILE # create files done what I need is read all the *.jpg files of a folder and rename them thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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