December 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: disk device names and libata
by jdd-gmane 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Le 12/12/2009 19:44, Felix Miata a écrit : > On 2009/12/12 18:56 (GMT+0100) jdd-gmane composed: > >> Lars Müller wrote: > >>> Till now I've only found one use case where the old approach is an >>> advantage. > >> if you have to build a fstab by hand, the new system is very difficult :-( > > +1 however, notice it should be very easy to write a script to copy to fstab the right line. Chance is somebody already did. may be it's already available on our distribution :-)) (how does YaST do?) diskbyid2fstab please... 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] baby steps with s/mime and kmail
by Greg Freemyer 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

All, I know next to nothing about s/mime. I just got a new certificate from Verisign and it is installed in my XP Firefox browser. (or so I understand it). I also have the actual file that was downloaded from verisign when my XP Firefox cert got installed. My goad is to get s/mime working with kmail under OS 11.2. It is a dual boot machine. Can someone help me first with a high level description of what I need to do. And then with as much detail as you can fill in. Other questions: Do I need PgpSM? I don't see it in yast. Thanks for any help. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Opera could not visit ipv6 sites
by Yang Bo 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

I think that Opera have supported ipv6 since a long time ago. But the OpenSUSE version cannot. Installed from Standard:Nonfree repository. Firefox works fine with ipv6 sites. Any suggestions? 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] Enable hibernate to Sony VAIO laptop VGN-AR41L
by Leonardo Davinci 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Hello, I have tried to use suspend to RAM and suspend to disk unsuccessfully. I tried to find some help in the forums but I didn't find any. The suspend to RAM works but only with the proprietary nvidia drivers which are unstable so I will try to enable the hibernate function which I think is easier. Below is a description of the problem: I have installed the KDE desktop in opensuse 11.2. and I try to hibernate using the button of the Leave menu. When I press the button the systems shuts down but in the reverse process the systems stacks and I have to disconnect the battery and the plug in order to reboot the system. Here is the link of the forum that you can find some information: http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/428256-how-produce-log- s2disk.html and here are the links of some logs: http://sites.google.com/site/mylogssite/-var-log-pm-suspend http://sites.google.com/site/mylogssite/-var-log-messages-1 I look forward to hearing from you LD -- 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] 11.2 and firefox
by Dave 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Anton, One last thing and I will go away. When I did the install of 11.2 there were 2 users (dave and lisa) on the /home partition from 11.1. I created the user dave during the install of 11.2. After the install was complete I created the user account lisa. While creating the account lisa SuSE noticed there was a /home/lisa directory and asked if I wanted to use this directory for the new lisa account. I said yes and it said it was importing this directory for use. Not quite sure what it did but it took a few seconds to do it. I was not asked this during the original install process when I created the user dave even though a directory /home/dave existed. There are some differences between the accounts that I have noticed. Even though all of my non KDE configurations and data were still there my background was set to the default wallpaper, my wife's was unchanged from 11.1. The icons on my taskbar were set to default, my wife's were unchanged from 11.1. The std.vcf file for kontact had been set to 0 bytes, my wife's was still intact from 11.1. When I upgraded from kde 4.3.1 to 4.3.3 my std.vcf file was again set to 0 byte whereas my wife's was not. My Kmail and Korganizer data remained intact from 11.1. So what did the installer do to the lisa account that did not happen to the dave account? Is this causing my problems with firefox? Is there anyway I can do the dave account what happened to the lisa account? Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ---- > From: Anton Aylward <anton.aylward(a)rogers.com> > To: Dave <diacobel(a)yahoo.com> > Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 10:35:00 PM > Subject: Re: [opensuse] 11.2 and firefox > > Dave said the following on 12/11/2009 01:32 PM: > > > I have no idea why I could not download before. As a side note, when > > looking at the task manager firefox was always listed as a 'dave' > > process both before I modified the link and after. > > Ah. One of those. A "Rumsfield"[1] > > Its happening because of something you're not telling us. > You're not telling us because you don't see it. > You don't see it cos you don't know to look for it. > > If you knew what to look for it wouldn't be a puzzle. > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_unknown#Usage > -- > As we know, > There are known knowns. > There are things we know we know. > We also know > There are known unknowns. > That is to say > We know there are some things > We do not know. > But there are also unknown unknowns, > The ones we don't know > We don't know. > > -- Donald Rumsfeld, February 12, 2002, > Department of Defense news briefing -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Eudora for Linux
by Doug McGarrett 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

During my latest problems getting Eudora to work on Windows 7, which is where I'm writing this, I discovered that a recent version of the Eudora mail program is available for Linux. So if you don't have KMail, you might like Eudora. They work similarly. I like KMail, but if your Linux doesn't have KDE, or you don't use it, you might like Eudora. I assume that it works like the Windows version. (To delete messages, you need to use the right mouse button.) I found the "modern" version of Eudora too tightly bound to Mozilla, in the Windows edition, and it probably is in the Linux edition as well, but the Win edition of Mozilla gave me problems, so I figured out how to get the "old" ed of Eudora to work. Hopefully, these problems do not exist in Linux. At least if they do, someone will find out how to fix them. Happy Holidays to all--doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Show Plasma Dashboard
by Teruel de Campo MD 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

<Show Plasma Dashboard> What use have you find for this plasmoid? I know it highlight the widget that are present but...??? -=terry=- -- 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: dual boot 11.2 with windows 7
by jdd-gmane 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Le 12/12/2009 09:49, Felix Miata a écrit : >> probably, but I noticed YaST can shrink the windows partition more >> than Vista :-)) > > Including when the disk is dynamic? I have never seen a dynamic windows install :-( Including when you didn't partition first > and then install Windows yourself? yes, from stock new laptop Including when the partitioning uses Vista > 1M "cylinders" instead of traditional ~7.8M "cylinders"? don't know. I first shrunk the disk with Vista, but Vista didn't let me shrink enough. YaST did perfectly the job. Including a system > using GPT instead of legacy partitioning? How much more? never seen any such thing. > delete or disregard hyberfil.sys and/or pagefile.sys before calculating, usually I remove these files myself. However I couldn't defragment vista properly, as I only had the stock defragmenter when install become too complex, either one is better than I am or he have to reinstall. I still fail to see any real advantage of RAID or LVM systems, other than for heavy server instal with professional backup 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: dual boot 11.2 with windows 7
by jdd-gmane 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Le 11/12/2009 23:37, Felix Miata a écrit : > The most reliable way to shrink a Vista volume is to use its built-in tool > made for the purpose. probably, but I noticed YaST can shrink the windows partition more than Vista :-)) 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] dual boot Windows 7 + OpenSuse 11.2 problems
by Martin /Nightowl/ Byttebier 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Hello, For my son I bought me a HP Pavilion dv6 2020sb. As he needs Windows for school I wanted to make a dual boot setup Windows 7 + OpenSuse 11.2 My first try last week ended up in a complet disaster. The HP came with a small Systeem volume (hidden?) a large C volume, a 14 GB recovery volume and a small HP Tools volume. All dynamical (simple). The first thing I did was to skrink the C volume and I also created two new ones (using windows 7) During the installation of OpenSuse 11.2 the first problem occured when Yast tried to guess the partition table. Translated from dutch to english <quote> Parted which is used by Yast2 to change the partition table can't read the partitions on /dev/sda. You can use the partitions on /dev/sda as the are right now. You can format then and create mounting point. .... .. </quote> The complete Dutch text can be seem here: <URL:http://users.telenet.be/tos4ever/downloads/yast.jpg> I click on Ok and tried to create mount points. Whatever I tried I could'nt make a swap partition. Nevertheless I went further. I was in a hurry (my wife wanted to go out) so I started the installation and went out. When I came home I saw a error message something like this: 'Grub unable to write to mbr and grub error 17'. Rebooting the laptop into Windows 7 was impossible. I got a 'bootmgr not found error'. With the help from a friend I could make Windows booting up again. I wonder if the dynamical volumes has something to do with this? In the past I've installed dual boots on XP and Vista machines without any problem but now I really don't know how to go further. The current partition setup can be seem here: <URL:http://users.telenet.be/tos4ever/downloads/partitions.jpg> Any help would be very welcome. TIA, Martin -- UTSI: http://users.telenet.be/tos4ever/utsi.htm Atari FTP-site: ftp://kurobox.serveftp.net:3021 Running openSuse 11.1 / KDE 3.5.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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