June 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Alternative to perl Net::DNS::Resolver ?
by Per Jessen 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

I've just now discovered that the perl module/class Net::DNS::Resolver doesn't consult /etc/hosts when doing lookups, which is a problem - does anyone know of an alternative module for doing DNS lookups in perl? thanks Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.9°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] Re: Wine 1.1.24 Bad file descriptor errors?
by Markus Elfring 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

> Strange. Did you use the prebuilt packages? I am not getting that erro :/ I have also installed the current package "1.1.24-6.1". How do you think about the following messages? elfring@Sonne:~> wine notepad fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub! fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x33cf94 0[1cace0]: nsNativeModuleLoader::LoadModule("C:\windows\gecko\0.9.1\wine_gecko\softokn3.dll") - Symbol NSGetModule not found [...] fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x1ebe918, overlapped 0x1ebe920): stub 0[1cace0]: nsNativeModuleLoader::LoadModule("C:\windows\gecko\0.9.1\wine_gecko\nssdbm3.dll") - Symbol NSGetModule not found [...] fixme:shell:DllCanUnloadNow stub wine: configuration in '/home/elfring/.wine' has been updated. wine client error:22: write: Ungültiger Dateideskriptor Would you like to look at the following bug reports again? - Check exception during first configuration creation http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17728 - Starfleet Command installer quits with "bad file descriptor" error http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19055 Regards, Markus -- 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: multi-page continuous scanner anyone?
by Boris Epstein 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM, James Hatridge<James.Hatridge(a)gmx.de> wrote: > HI Boris, > On Thursday 18 June 2009 00:02:51 Boris Epstein wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am wondering if anybody can recommend a duplex-capable multi-sheet >> (automatic) scanner to be used under OpenSuSE Linux. By multi-page I >> mean something with a feeder that can scan in a whole stack of paper. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Boris. > > Just last week a weekly news email I get talked about getting a new office > scanner. Below is what they wrote. I looked it up on the 'net and it seems to > work with Linux. Check it out, > > Hope this helps, > > JIM > > ################## > A PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION. I needed a new scanner. I asked a few people, > including a guy I know who owns a business employing 75 people but has > no filing cabinets, what is a good scanner to computerize receipts and > such? The response was unanimous: the Fujitsu ScanSnap. It's amazing: a > contract and a check? Scans the differing page sizes without a hitch, > scans fronts and backs at the same time, discards any blank pages, > creates a PDF file, and then does an OCR (optical character > recognition) pass on the file so that you can search within it. And it > comes with all the software you need, too. The thing is so amazing that > if you put a page in upside down, it will usually detect that and flip > it around for you! And it detects the rare occasions when it misfeeds > (e.g., pulls more than one page through at a time.) A 5-page scan, > front AND back, only takes about 15 seconds (plus OCR time; that > process runs in the background). I'm completely blown away by it, and > my bookkeeper just loves it, too, since I now know where everything is, > and can e-mail stuff to her easily. It's a tad pricey ($470), but > cheaper at Amazon ($420 as of this writing). This thing gets my highest > recommendation. http://ThisIsTrue.com/d-scansnap > > Ugh: I just clicked the link to check it before sending this out, and > Amazon has raised their price to $465 since Monday's Premium edition! > Sheesh. Check Newegg.com, then: it's $409 there right now, though > that's plus shipping (free on Amazon). Still, that's the best price I > can find right now. > > ################# > -- > Jim Hatridge > Linux User #88484 > Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin > Thanks Jim! Looks like it only goes up to 600x600 dpi optical, though. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to get SuSE mount USB memory sticks
by Maura Monville 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

I just installed SuSE 11.1. It seems to work fine. However, it looks like it has inhereted the same defect from version 10.3 when it comes to automatically mounting USB flash drives. Earlier SuSE versions used to pop up a new icon on the desktop whenever a USB device was connected to a system USB port. I have tried 3 different USB-2 memory sticks and none is seen by the system. What am I supposed to do ? Thank you so much in advance, Maura -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kill & restart plasma to restore kpager with compiz
by David C. Rankin 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Listmates, I thought I would pass this little nugget along for all compiz-fusion users frustrated with the fact that kde4 kpager applet does not work correctly with compiz. The pager would work correctly only after plasma crashed and was forced to restart. After one of Patrick S. posts on the factory list concerning restarting plasma, I stumbled across a clean way to do it cleanly. The great side effect of manually restarting plasma-desktop is you get your pager back. You can either run the commands manually from the command line, or put it in a script (I used ~/bin/rsplasma): #!/bin/bash kbuildsycoca4 kquitapp plasma-desktop >/dev/null 2>&1 kstart plasma-desktop & >/dev/null 2>&1 exit 0 Now if the kde devs could just get pager to work right with compiz without this, we would be in good shape. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] Linux-friendly "copier" / network scanner?
by Adam Tauno WIlliams 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 18:13 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 02:22 -0400, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > >> Can someone recommend a Linux-friendly "copier" such as Konica-Minolta > >> Bizhub? I am partial to Lexmark printers, has anyone used something > >> such as Lexmark X658de or X652de for scanning to Linux? > > We use Brother MFC-9840CDW and are *very* happy with them; they even > > have LDAP & IPv6 support. Print quality is very good and all the > > necessary features can be selected in GNOME print dialogs when using the > > Brother supplied PPD file in cups. > > At first I was like: "What? A Brother? You have to be kidding." But > > the MFC-9840CDW has been a flawless work horse. > In my experience with Canon, Epson, HP and Brother, > Linux quality rates as follows: My experience regarding the "document center" category is that it depends entirely on the model in question and the brand is almost irrelevant. > Brother -- Support as good as HP, but both scan and print So far no documentation, correct or not, has been required beyond the obvious steps. The MFC-9840CDW was drop-dead simple to configure, and we have a heterogeneous network. > HP -- Very Good. Real work horses...but always about 1 IMO, HP has *far* to broad a product line to make any global assurances. My main gripe with HP is that the real [vs. published] product life-cycle is very short. If problems show up in a printer's firmware, etc... much beyond a year after it was introduced your on your own. The incompatibilities we've had between HP's postscript implementation(s) and Adobe's software are numerous. But maybe this is true of Brother as well, we haven't owned the units long enough to know. And this may also vary by model; probably business-class laser printers will receive more love than 'business-class' [yeah, right] inkjet devices. > Grade: A- for lagging on resolutions For 99.999999% of applications the resolution of a 5 year old printer is more than sufficient. Certainly resolution is not a major factor in the document-center space. If you want uber-quality color reproduction then you buy a device specifically for that purpose and not a document center (or at least that would be my strong advice). > Epson -- Leading edge hardware, but spotty Linux support. Huh, didn't even know they still existed. I haven't gotten a bid or request regarding an Epson device is a really long time. > Canon No support In the business space I know they sell some document centers but I usually find Canon to be irrelevant for the low and middle tier of products. Maybe happily so, margins are probably better at the high-end. -- 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 ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro
by Chuck Payne 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Guys, Quick question. A friend sold me an ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, and I install into my box, I am currently running openSUSE 11.1 with the following kernel. Linux magi 2.6.27.23-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-05-26 17:02:05 -0400 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have install the rpm from ATI repro x11-video-fglrxG01-8.582-2.1 ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default-8.582_2.6.27.19_3.2-2.1 But when I got to set it up SaX2 -r -m 0=fglrx My screen turns blank and nothing happens. I can't ctrl-atl to any of the consoles. The only thing I can do is ssh into the box and reboot. Now I do have X11, but I it not the correct settings. I have done my research and I know it works because I found this on the openSUSE wiki Radeon HD 2400 Pro Autodetected Image:22px-Tick.png - 3D Support Image:22px-Tick.png OpenSuSE 11RC2 Kernel source and driver available in ATI Repository 14/06/2008 ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default & x11-video-fglrxG01 Normal installation procedure and all tickerty boo! ( Holywood Got Nothing ) My first question is this, how can I know what version of 11.1 I am on, I think my is the finial one. Two, what can I do to get it work. Thanks guys for any help. -- ---------------------------------------- The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- Franklin P. Jones ----------------------------------------- OpenSUSE -- http://en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup OpenSuSE Ambassador OpenSuSE Member Skype -- terrorpup twitter -- terrorpup -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wine 1.1.24 Bad file descriptor errors?
by Clayton 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

I just bumped my Wine build to the latest 1.1.24 release. Now when attempting to run any apps I get this error: wine client error:XX write: Bad file descriptor (where XX is some hex value) and the app will crash. I've wiped the .wine directory and started fresh... still happening. If I roll back to 1.1.23 everything works OK. If I run the Windows apps as root I can "get around" the error - but obviously running as root is not exactly a good idea. This error pops up on every executable that I run with 1.1.24... either with previously installed apps or wiht a clean/new .wine and attempting to reinstall apps. The apps can be any Windows app that would normally run OK in Wine... eg even the "supported" extras from winetricks Any ideas on where else I can look for what is (or could be) causing this? I've done a search on this, and only get a few hits.. mostly from quite a long time ago within the Wine project, but no real answer was ever given... at least not that I've seen so far. 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] KDE 4.3 Getting Kicker To Open On Current Desktop
by Michael S. Dunsavage 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

I have compiz running on KDE 4.3. When I click on the kicker button for the menu, it automatically brings me back to desktop #1. I don't want that. I want the menu to open on the current desktop so I can load that program on that current desktop. Any ideas? -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] memtest86+ .. Recent bad memory for OCZ? Anyone else? [slightly ot]
by David C. Rankin 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Listmates, I have received and had to RMA 2 sets of OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 in the past week (the first set painted the memtest86+ screen red right off the bat, the second set (2 2-gig sticks), just one stick was bad that failed test 7). Literally, the replacement RMA set was bad. What gives? Bad run of silicon? Anyone else bought any in the past few weeks? Surprising, because other other than a couple of prior OCZ RMAs over the years, I really haven't had any problems with OCZ. For the on-topic part. If anyone is relatively new to memory errors, then you need to know memtest86+ is your friend. If you experience stray lockups or other random hardware failures (mouse just quits, usb devices (drives) just disappear or quit working, etc..), then install memtest86+ which becomes a grub menu boot option you can select to boot into memtest. Generally, you just start it and go do something else for a while and let it run (it will loop through its suite of tests continually and each complete pass can take up to an hour or more depending on how much memory and your other hardware specifics) You can also configure memtest86+ to some extent while it is running. Press 'c' and you can skip tests, reset, etc.. How many memory errors are acceptable - ZERO! If you see any red on the screen you have problems. Do all problems mean fault memory - NO. You need check your bios to make sure your bios memory setting (CAS timings, etc.) are not set to 'tight' or 'lower' than what your memory specifications are. Try loosening/raising the bios memory timings or set them to "Auto" and retest before you throw in the towel. If your settings are set to "Auto", which most are, then you should be fine on the settings. If after confirming your bios settings, you still see red in memtest86+, it's time to RMA or warranty your memory. You can still narrow down which stick it is by removing the sticks and testing them one-by-one, but if you purchased a dual-channel kit, they're both going back anyway... Now back to my question, anybody else seeing bad sticks of OCZ DDR2 lately? Thanks. -- 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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