May 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Latest KDE4 update - new cool stuff!
by Rodney Baker 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

Hi all. Has anyone else played around with some of the new stuff in the latest KDE4 update? I haven't found it all yet, but the new desktop background options are interesting (including one that uses Kmarble and looks like the old xearth/xplanet on steroids...). I haven't been able to get the weather background to work on my system - perhaps that isn't quite there yet. I'm undecided on the new desktop pager for virtual desktops as yet... Unfortunately with my old NVidia GeForce FX 5500 performance with compositing seems to have gone backwards but that may be due to debug code etc. Its easy to switch off when I need to (e.g. for watching videos). It may not be everyone's cup of tea but the devs are making progress and it is starting to look pretty good from where I sit. Note - this is not an invitation to start another KDE4 vs KDE3 flame war; some good honest discussion/tips re the new features (by those actually using them) would be welcome though... Cheers, -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au ===================================================

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[opensuse] Re: [11.0] Can't find deps req'd by 2.6.27 kernel
by jdd 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

Felix Miata a écrit : > Because https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=406035 is WONTFIX against > the release it was filed under, I was forced to find a newer kernel is this fixed upstream (that is in the vanilla kernel)? if so you should be able to compile the newest kernel - I didn't this recently, but it used to be pretty easy 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] I've messed something up - YaST modules won't load...
by Rodney Baker 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Hi, all. Somehow I've messed something up along the way and I suspect I've got some incompatible libs installed somewhere. Every time YaST2 Control Centre tries to load a module I get xmessage popping up with an error message: YaST got signal 11 at YCP file Wizard.ycp:341 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 15125 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS This is occurring under KDE3, KDE4 and Gnome. The last time I saw this it was related to incompatible qt libs but I'm not sure if this is the case this time. (See - that's what I get for playing around with factory repositories etc...some people never learn ;-) ). Anyone got any ideas? -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au ===================================================

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[opensuse] Two problems remaining after otherwise successful OS upgrade
by Stan Goodman 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

After I upgraded from v10.3 to v11.1, a number of problems remained, most of which I have succeeded in clearing. Three remain and are driving me up the wall. I would be grateful for any help in dealing with them too: 1) Several apps did not come across when I copied the /home directory to the new installation, because not all their elements are contained in that directory. I have fixed all but two, XMMS and RealPlayer. I'm reasonable confident that I simply need to reinstall them from scratch, but YaST doesn't work. It comes up and lets me search for apps by name, but then craches immediately as soon as I ask for installation of a selected application. I have no idea where to look for the root of this problem. 2) The more bizarre problem lies in the browsers (plural). I can access every website I have tried, except one, which is my own <http://hashkedim.com>. When I try to access it with EITHER Firefox or Konqueror, I get an error message telling me that it is impossible to connect. Going back to v10.3, this problem doesn't exist (it never did appear there). It also doesn't exist in the new v11.1 installation if I add the "www" - <http://www.hashkedim.com>. I would like to understand why two different browsers need the "www" in v11.1 but not in v10.3, but ONLY in this one URL. Evidently the difference doesn't lie in either of the settings of the browsers or in the site itself; then where? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- 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: Why Not Fix the Easy Bugs??
by jdd 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Sven Burmeister a écrit : > I know, as I wrote, it is not bound to this thread, just a question on what > KDE3 people expect if they use the 11.2 DVD, because since version 4 is higher > than 4 they will get an update of their KDE3 to 4. > do you know you gives a great info, here? * kde3 is dropped - so we should hope kde4 to be fixed (unusable right now) * openSUSE will make possible the update kde3->kde4. Such thing was not done previously right? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dumb Monitor question
by Bob S 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Hello SuSE people, Seeking some advice here. My lcd monitor is dying. In looking for a replacement I am wondering if I should go wide screen. Is there any problem with making it display properly? Manually configuring files? Running an nvidia fx5700 video card. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dependency Hell.....again.
by Fred A. Miller 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

For over 2 weeks now, there's been an OpenOffice update, but due to dependencies, I can't get it. Now, since yesterday, there's a new kernel, (I need the nVidia version) but because of a dependency, which isn't listed, I can't get that either. Can we assume someone is going to fix all the dependency issues.....soon?! Fred -- The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Education repo - Do I have the right url?
by David C. Rankin 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Listmates, Peter: For some reason, the Education repo for 11.0 is missing metadata on the mirrors causing the refresh to fail. Here is the result from the main redirector and from ftp5.gwdg.de: File '/content' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.0/' File '/content' not found on medium 'http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/repositories/Education/openSUSE…' However, the opensuse-education.org url works just fine (I know this is the correct one): baseurl=http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/repo/1.0/11.0/ Looking directly at the old Education repositories, there are what appear to be a complete set of rpms at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.0/ So why don't the .../repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.0/ work? -- 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] [OT] is there a virtual machine that uses harddisk as harddisk image
by Zhang Weiwu 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Hello. I am just thinking, from the experience that Microsoft SQL can make use of a harddisk instead of database file as storage of database and improve performance, could virtual machine software make use of a separate harddisk instead of a disk image to improve its performance? I could equip it with SCSI harddisk or SSD harddisk to further improve performance. If it is possible, which virtual machine emulator could do that? (vmware?) This is different from the other frequently discussed topic on the Internet: "could I use the same harddisk partition that I use to dual-boot to run as virtual machine harddisk image?" This topic should have been discussed before but it is difficult to google. What keyword can I use to google? "use harddisk as harddisk image" gives 100 pages of unrelated topic. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] best way to organize small offices that share LAN with others?
by gildororonar＠mail-on.us 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Hello. We are in a small office that shares a broadband (10MB/s) connection with several other offices. The LAN administrator ask us to use IP address from 192.168.4.42 to 192.168.5.57. Since most our users are mobile workers visiting customer from day to day, assign each notebook fixed IP address is an inflexible solution. DHCP wouldn't work because there is a DHCP server in one of the near-by offices that keep granting IP addresses that are not usable (e.g. 172.16.4.3). The local IT administrator will not corporate to find and stop the mallfunctioning DHCP server (not set up by him) and set up a working one, because he thinks fixed IP address is a perfect solution, mostly because he do not travel but sit in the server room all day and he doesn't mind travellers have different requirement. Solving the problem at management level turns out not working because the network is shared by multiple offices and connectivity offered by non-profit governmental organization. It is difficult to force somebody do things if they don't get money from you. Is there a technical solution to my case? I first think to let everybody configure a defaul IP address in case DHCP didn't get them one. I don't know if it is possible in OpenSUSE and even if it is possible it wouldn't work. There is a DHCP server in one of the near-by offices that keep granting IP addresses that are not usable (e.g. 172.16.4.3). I tried to set up my own DHCP server, I don't know why but the other one takes priority. The LAN administrator said not to corporate to find and stop the mallfunctioning DHCP server (not set up by him) nor setting up a working one, because he thinks fixed IP address is a perfect solution, mostly because he do not travel but sit in the server room all day and he doesn't mind travellers have different requirement. He also thinks NetworkManager in the tray is stupid and people (including the sales guys) should use "ifconfig eth0 up". Solving the problem at management level turns out not working because the network is shared by multiple offices and connectivity offered by non-profit governmental organization. It is difficult to force somebody do things if they don't get money from you. Then I think sub-netting our own network, with a NAT firewall fixed at 192.168.4.42 and everyone gets 192.168.0.x. Which is what I am currently using. I don't know of any down-side of this solution. Sure this makes it difficult to punch holes on the NAT firewall but the local administrator would agree to punch any hole in the first place. Then I think of setting up BOOTP server in local office, if Linux can be configured to prefer BOOTP than DHCP then we have control of what IP addresses to lease despite the stupid DHCP server. Since we are the only office that every personnel use Linux, this gives us advantage. But look into NetworkManager source code turns out it seems they tried to implement BOOTP and DHCP but only finished implementing the latter. Yet I have not the strength and time to develop BOOTP support for NetworkManager, having not written any software for 5 years I almost forget how to debug a C program. What do you suggest? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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