October 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Skype wit video
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

In order to get Skype started with a functioning video I have to use: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype I give this command in a konsole and it works. I would like to intergrate it in my Skype button. How could I do that? The button has following text: #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Name=Skype Comment=Skype Internet Telephony Exec=skype Icon=skype.png Terminal=0 Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Categories=Network;Application; -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.36-rc6-24-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.2 (KDE 4.5.2) 00:21am up 0:46, 3 users, load average: 1.18, 1.14, 1.11 -- 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 11.1 & bluez3
by Z.Z 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hi, I can't find repos for bluez3,bluez3-utils and libbluettooth2 for openSUSE 11.1 (It took me several hours, but no success). I have already searched (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/fietze/openSUSE_11.1/ ) and the other links found. I would appreciate a link to these files. Thanks. Zvone Zagar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] desktop comes up, xen doesn't
by John E. Perry 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Still working with my wife's new computer. I downloaded and installed the nvidia drivers a couple of days ago (it has a geforce 210 video card). Now, the desktop system (opensuse 11.3, kept up to date with zypper) boots right up into kde, but the xen system doesn't. It complains that it can't find module nvidia. How do I get the xen version to find the driver? John Perry -- 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] a regular expression book for text worker?
by Zhang Weiwu 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

I am trying to help a writer friend (or more preciously text worker, like copy-editing) to manage regular expression in editing work. This post try to get recommendation what book might do the work. I believe most of the knowledge he needs can be explained in a booklet of less than 64 pages with graphical illustration. A search on local book store and online book-store disappointed me a lot. There are only 3 types of regular expression book on the market: 1. The books that consider regular expression a science or an engineering method. Such books would emphasize precision over intuitiveness, prefer abstraction over examples. Typically, they would assume readers know what an Operating System is, what is a "string terminator" and so like. Such book I cannot give to my friends as training material as would triple my training hours compare to if I don't use a book at all. I have to explain a whole lot of concepts before getting him on the track, and he would spend so much energy to learn the concepts (what is an OS? NFA? DEA?) that he may forgot what I try to teach (like how to join lines with RE). 2. The books that consider regular expression a tool for programmers. Such book starts in the first page telling the difference of Perl regular expression, .NET and Java, and use program code to illustrate solutions. They assume you must programmed with a language. 3. VIM books and Emacs books with a focus on regular expression while regular expression is available in almost every editor except Microsoft products. Such books don't fit thanks to their assumption that the users are used to work with VIM/Emacs. The fact is even office workers who uses OpenOffice may well find good uses of regular expression. I think what my "student" need is simple knowledge of: * A short tutorial introducing features one by one, with examples. Better demonstrated with a most simple editor in order to reach most audience. * A reference with short examples. * A case book or scenario book with about 20 scenarios. Typical are: o To join lines that are previously line-wrapped, like that was done by fold(1). o To remove HTML tags. o To get a list of abbreviated terms. o To prettify a price table. o To match delimited text like CSV. o Stripping unwanted white spaces. o Insert formfeed at right places. o match URLs and emails. o ... The perfect book would assume the user only have two things with them: a problem and a text editor. I thankfully appreciate any hint on how to find a good book for the purpose but if your reply is of one of these topics please kindly remain in-top by saying nothing (sorry!): * Question the need of using regular expression when user is actually using "low level" products like OpenOffice. * Emphasize the necessarily of engineering background or engineer's abstracting ability as basis of using regular expression, so that to justify the need of learning abstract concepts (NEA, DFA, concept of "string" ...). * Recommend text workers to learn programming. -- 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 repository problem?
by Anton Aylward 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

I had problems with the KDE 4.5.2 download the last few days, my automatic update downloading before kdelibs and others were completed, but I think NOW I have it all. I think. However, as I was downloading I got to the point where my pull-down menus went funny. I thought at first that this was a result of not having the kdelibs right. Now, when I think I have a complete download, I still have that problem. What happens is that the pulldown doesn't display the list, its either blank or in some cases just a mass of confusing pixelation Now to be fair, this might not be KDE at all, it might be X. I see in my logs a few X server modules including ones or video 2010-10-05 16:00:58|install|xorg-x11-driver-video|7.5-101.5|i586||xorg|390edc986ef4ac7b03197dd9d5348bd161497a7b8c90fd439ebfd1777a43100e 2010-10-05 20:01:51|install|xorg-x11-driver-video|7.5-102.1|i586||xorg|813da0caf1bf172411ab85b2589d7112c08f023c3bfbaea2b4a3c84fb6866724 2010-10-06 07:04:43|install|xorg-x11-driver-video|7.5-103.1|i586||xorg|c254fda9d5a73b1b63a8de94976f12340aa933e1d9896b9f0b9a2ba483371ccc What did I do that screwed this up? Oh, and I had a problem with kdm resetting to prevent login. It turned out that the new fonts didn't correspond to the "old" addresses in xorg.conf ... -- A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Has dual-boot changed?
by John Perry 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

So I bought this fancy new motherboard for my wife's machine, She uses Windows xp because she isn't very adept at computers and doesn't want to have to deal with two different systems (the school system uses xp). When I tried to find her copy of xp, I couldn't, so I went ahead and installed 11.3. Later, I found the installation disks and installed xp, expecting to do as I had before, booting into the 11.3 install disks. Tried, failed. I was expecting a vaguely remembered option to "repair installed system", or some such, which isn't on either the net install disk or the complete iso. I'd rather not have to reinstall suse, even if I could be sure that would solve all my problems. So, googling "suse xp dual boot", I find several references to such a feature on ubuntu and some others, but I also hit a scary comment that substituting the xp bootloader is risky, and it's better to modify it to give the option to boot linux (bkpavan.wordpress.com, apcmag.com, www.wellho.net) It's been some months, but I set my laptop up with dual-boot using what really looks like the suse grub bootloader. Has something changed, or am I worrying too much, or...? I found several references to dual-boot on the wiki, but they're all about using or setting up something else after the dual-boot is set up. Where is this "rescue" system referred to in the ubuntu web, and that I clearly remember having before? And is it really so dangerous to simply substitute the xp bootloder with grub? John Perry (from a new account for my wife's computer) -- 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: [opensuse-kde] KDE:Release:45 repo broken???
by Roger Oberholtzer 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 08:32 +0200, Kyek, Andreas, VF-DE wrote: > This complete KDE repository game is a bit ... lets say confusing. +1 +1 +1 -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sound doesn't work after user switch
by arygroup＠gmail.com 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

OpenSuse 11.3 KDE 4.5.1 HDA Intel VT1708S After I switch to another user (also KDE) both doesn't have sound. My player still doesn't pay attention to it and plays music, but I hear nothing. I have to restart alsasound to make it work again. 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] Changed provider - Yast DNS problems
by Ilya Chernykh 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

Hi! I have today changed Internet provider and found that Internet configuration through Yast does not work as expected on 11.3. Previously I had PPPoE connection, now I have a direct connection to Internet. The servicemen who set up the connection obviously saw Linux for the first time so could not help. It seemed that the IP configuration went well but the DNS servers did not work. Any changes in Yast did not affect the problem. After the servicemen left I succeeded to set up the network by manually deleting file resolv.conf and renaming resolv.conf.netconfig to resolv.conf. The same problem I encountered this summer when my provider moved me from PPTP VPN to PPPoE. It seems Yast is completely useless when configuring DNS. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Device Notifier
by Stan Goodman 05 Oct '10

05 Oct '10

KDE is v4.4.4. When a USB stick or an optical disk is inserted, Devce Notifier pops up to tell me that this has happened, and then pops down again. As far as I can see, nothing else happens: Nowhere am I asked what I want to do with the thing (eg, mount, ignore, or anything else), nor do I see any difference in the Konqueror file browser. indicating the presence of a new device. I assume that I just don't know where to look, although I spent a bit of time yesterday searching. What am I supposed to do next, knowing that the device I had just inserted, is in fact inserted? -- 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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