December 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Find dolphin
by John Andersen 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

On 12/5/2009 8:41 AM, John Heinen wrote: > John Andersen wrote: >> On Friday 04 December 2009 09:27:09 pm John Heinen wrote: >> >>> Dolphin is not in my Yast, how do I get it in there.? >>> >>> >> Dolphin is part of KDE. Just install all of KDE and it will bee there. >> >> >> > I need the steps John, so sorry to bother you again and again, I am quit > unfamiliar with opensuse, I can't find kde, I did Yast.. password, > .online update,,, reply"no active update source is available. Lets start at the beginning then.... When you log in, what do you see? Does it look something like this: http://kde.org/announcements/4.3/images/kde430-desktop_thumb.jpg If so you are already in KDE, and can launch dolphin in many ways but the most reliable is press alt-f2 and type Dolphin in the pop-up. Or Does It look something like this: http://static.opensuse.org/hosts/www.o.o/images/screenshots/zoom/2.jpg In which case you have Gnome installed, and KDE may or may not be installed at all. -- 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 weekly News #100 out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 100 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Board Election Update * Egbert Eich: The Future of SaX2 * Ben Kevan: KDE 4.3.4 Released – openSUSE Build Service * Linux Weekly News: Firefox locks down the components directory * Linux.com/minaev: Linux Desktop Search Engines Compared For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/100/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/100 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- 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: network card configuration problem on 11.1
by jdd-gmane 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Le 04/12/2009 21:38, Istvan Gabor a écrit : >> if I understand well, you want to use the added card, but the old one >> is still present (modbo :-) > > No. A would like to be able to configure both cards. > I dont't understand why one of the cards that worked before can not be configured now. In YAST both 'delete' and 'configure' buttons are grayed out for the RTL card. Why is this? And how could it be fixed? problem with interrupts??? look at the bios 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] about virtualisation
by Hans Witvliet 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Hi all, Perhaps somebody can explain something to me.... I've been using XEN (both full and para) for quite some years now, with several types of dom-u guest-os'es. So all the clients i build, are XEN-images. However. now-and-then a co-worker comes to me with a vmware-client, that they used to have running on a ESX-server, that apperently runs under RH. Can i also run these images on a SuSE-machine? On the OBS, in the home directories of frispete: and worldcitizen i detected things like : home:/frispete:/vmware-server-compat/openSUSE_11.1_Update/x86_64/vmware-server-compat-1.0.9-7.5.x86_64.rpm I would rather consolidate my patforms to SuSE, either open or sles, if possible. If one virtualisation platform is better equiped for some jobs then others, so be it. But in that case i would like to know what the advantages are of vmware. Any info/comparisons concerning: - stability - number of clients - network-throughput - disk-throughput - hardware delegation towards virtual clients (usb, pci) I don't mind spending, but it should be based of facts, not on personal preferences or from historical backgrounds.... Hope To Hear, hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] special boot problem
by jdd-gmane 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Hello, I'm faced with a special boot problem. I don't expect you will find the solution for me, but may be help me find it. Now I'm lost! I own a hosted server (that is a computer who live in a data center, very far away from my home :-); It runs openSUSE 11.1, specially given by the company owning the data center. It's a bit special, because it boots with lilo. I never could make it boot from grub (just tried), nor with lilo with the default openSUSE kernel. I had to use the special kernel given by the company... I even can use a "netboot", so I don't really need to have the kernel on the hard drive. yesterday, I had a zypper error, asking for a manual update. I did and it asked for a reboot, so I beg there was a new kernel involved. from this on, impossible to boot normally... here the last /var/log/boot.msg and /var/log/messages from the last failed boot http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj200912/cijS3eO1UP.txt http://www.cijoint.fr/cjlink.php?file=cj200912/cijYcTD7hu.txt however, I *can* boot from the rescue system provided by the company, with the exact same kernel and through bind and chroot restore most of the server services (http, mail...). But I'm stuck to the next reboot and some acceses (ssh) are not allowed for users (only root can log, with a secial passwd) I attempted many things: resettings the links in /boot to the two or three last provided kernels ( and the system corresponding file), executing "lilo", even installing grub with YaST, no luck any clue?? 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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[opensuse] Installing Gnome after a KDE4 install
by Clayton 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

So, I've installed 11.2 on a test-bed computer, using all defaults to get KDE4. I've updated to KDE4.3.4, and now it's time to install Gnome. I'd like to install Gnome Factory, but I'll settle for the stable version from the 11.2 repos to get started. There's no one-click install for Gnome that I can find on the openSUSE Wiki... Why not? KDE4 has them... is there any reason Gnome doesn't? If I go into YaST and find the most logical metapackage for installing Gnome, "patterns-openSUSE-Gnome" and select it for installation, YaST wants to remove "patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure"... whatever that is. I've searched the docs, the Wiki and general searching with Google... lots of references to that package but nothing that tells me what it is, or what will be missing if I remove it. Also.. the descriptions for the metapackages do not tell me a thing about what they contain at least not within YaST. Take the patterns-openSUSE-kde4_pure meta package.. its description is: This package is installed if a pattern is selected to have a working update path and the file list says: /usr/share/doc/packages/patterns-openSUSE /usr/share/doc/packages/patterns-openSUSE/kde4_pure.txt I checked the kde4_pure.txt file... and it has the very unhelpful text: This file marks the pattern kde4_pure to be installed. and nothing else. So.. installing Gnome is not so straight forward or obvious... - Why doesn't Gnome have One-Click links on the Wiki? - What is the "accepted" method of installing Gnome Stable (and Factory) in 11.2 after a default KDE4 install? - How do you find out what's in a metapackage, and make an informed decision to remove or keep a metapackage? C. -- 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 all open windows
by Joe Zien 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

n KDE 3.5 you can click an icon in the panel and it shows all open windows, how do you do it in kde 4.3? jozien -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Find dolphin
by John Heinen 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Dolphin is not in my Yast, how do I get it in there.? -- 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 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

wget http://www.osresources.com/files/centos-windows-fonts/fontconfig.tbz >>> su -c 'tar xvjpf fontconfig.tbz -C /etc/fonts/' >>> >>> > Enter both lines in Konsole. Having entered the second line, you will be > prompted for your Root password. > > I did that. Having internet connection, the computer did start doing something. It said something like "connecting ..." and then "resolving ...." and then it stopped. So, I rebooted the computer as instructed. As far as I can tell nothing has changed. -- 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] ssh problem in opensuse 11.1 ADDON
by Istvan Gabor 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

> Not sure if you got my reply, I didn't see it show on the list, so > here it is again: > > > Is the machine that you are trying to reach (ssh to) on you local LAN > or on the remote network that you VPN to? > > > - James Thank you, James. I am not sure since I don't know the definitions of local LAN and remote network in this context. I am trying to reach (ssh to) a computer that belongs to the network I am connected to through the VPN channel. So I guess the answer is remote network. Anyway the same vpnclient in openSUSE 10.3 works perfectly on the same computer. And If I remember correctly it works on another openSUSE 11.1 box as well, though I have to check it again. Could it be a configuration or maybe a hardware/kernel-version (network card) issue? Thanks again, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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