February 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] partitioning support for new 4K sector drives to achieve optimum performance
by Greg Freemyer 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

All, Please vote for: https://features.opensuse.org/306443 in order to have opensuse 11.3 optimise partition layouts to the underlying hardware. background: The kernel and parted have been improved in the last year to allow optimum alignment of partitions with this new class of drives as well as with mdraid etc. I believe it will take a change to the opensuse installer to leverage these changes. ie. parted now needs to be called with a new command line arg. I've looked in openfate and #306443 is not exactly the same request, but it is so close it does not make sense to create a separate request in my mind. Thanks Greg -- 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] Disabling Touch Pad
by Verner Kjærsgaard 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

John Pierce skrev: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Verner Kjærsgaard <vk(a)os-academy.dk> wrote: >> >> Roger Oberholtzer skrev: >>> On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 09:04 -0500, John Pierce wrote: >>>> Greetings all, I just recently purchased 2 new Toshiba laptops and am >>>> having a difficult time disabling the Touch Pad. >>> If it is a synaptic pad, there is a thing you can run that disables it >>> when there is a USB mouse plugged in. In KDE I have an icon in the >>> system tray to control this. It is on my laptop at home, so I will have >>> to wait to tell you which package it is. >>> >>> If it is not a synaptic pad, then I do not know what you can do. It you >>> never want it, perhaps it could be disabled in the bios? >>> >>> >> Hi >> >> in my .bashrc I have a line that says.. >> >> synclient TouchpadOff=1 >> >> >> In usr/bin I have a binary named synclient...does this help? >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------ >> Med venlig hilsen/Best regards >> Verner Kjærsgaard >> Open Source Academy >> +45 56964223 >> >> Novell Certified Linux >> Professional 10035701 >> Linux Counter no 114954 >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> >> > Okay, I have tried that technique for the synaptics touchpads and it > did not work. I am fairly confident that it is not a synaptics model. > > However, I cannot figure out what the model is. > > Thanks for your responses so far, I really appreciate it. > Hi again, - does (as root) hwinfo | grep -i -B10 -A10 touch help with useable info? Instead of 'touch', try pad or something you can think of... Alternatively, do 'hwinfo' alone and start reading :-) -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Open Source Academy +45 56964223 Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Disabling Touch Pad
by John Pierce 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Greetings all, I just recently purchased 2 new Toshiba laptops and am having a difficult time disabling the Touch Pad. I have looked at lspci and here is the output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) 00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) 00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9712 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 970f 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) I have not been able to determine who made the touch pad device. In Yast -> Hardware Information it is listed as a generic PS2 mouse device. I have tried to install the fnfx package and every time I try to launch the daemon I am told the there is not /proc/toshiba/acpi. And in fact there is no structure there. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. -- John Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] repositories and updates - OpenOffice
by James D. Parra 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Hello, For some odd reason, when trying to update OpenOffice on a 11.1 system from the Stable OpenOffice repository, the available updates available only show the 3.0 version and not the 3.2 version. Changing the priority from 99 to 20 didn't help either. Anyway to force Yast to update from the OpenOffice repository? My other systems don't have this problem since they see the currently available version. Thank you in advance. James -- 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] Is this possible ? slightly OT
by Jones de Andrade 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

> And, of course, it would also depend on one's interpretation of "god". Not quite: I guess every flavor of "god" would agree with dd/dd/yyyy, while the other sorts of possible combinations for date would be from "evil spirits"... ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] defrag
by John Heinen 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

How do I know when and how to defrag my computer with open suse , or don't I have to worry about it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Script to check interface & restart network service
by Wong 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear All, I need a script to check dsl0 availability and restart network daemon if the dsl0 not exist. Then put the script at cron job to run it every 30 minutes However, I never make BASH script before. Hope you will assist me how to make it. Thanks a lot for your kind help. Wong -- 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: OT: Developer jobs (was defrag)
by Joachim Schrod 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Lubos Lunak wrote: > On Tuesday 16 of February 2010, Duaine Hechler wrote: > > - Just because I'm not a kernel developer does not mean I'm clueless or even > stupid. In fact, I usually provide evidence for facts presented in my posts, > and the major factor of KDE startup time at the time of writing that was > inefficient filesystem layout of data. I didn't follow this thread, so your post was the first to show up in my NUA. I got curious and read your blog entry. I have to tell you that you did not put forward any argument or "evidence" that "inefficient filesystem layout of data" [on the operating system level] is the culprit for slow KDE start up. It may be the operating system, it may be some stupid way how KDE applications organize their session properties. There is more to benchmarks than whining about long startup times and detecting that the amount of files accessed might have something to do with it. Just my 0.02 EUR. Joachim PS: I agree that Duaine's whining about off-shore outsourcing to Indian developers is misplaced on this list, though he and his wife have my sympathies. But that doesn't make your blog more coherent, just FYI. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] full screen flash in firefox hangs
by Istvan Gabor 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Hello: In firefox when I want to switch any video in youtube to full screen mode the flash window becomes white and hangs. If I start firefox in konsole I get these messages: *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:2340):invoke_NPP_WriteReady: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:2390):invoke_NPP_Write: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:2235):invoke_NPP_DestroyStream: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:2119):invoke_NPP_URLNotify: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(/usr/src/packages/BUILD/nspluginwrapper-1.2.2/src/npw-wrapper.c:1973):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection)) *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! *** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPObject 0xa78a2160 is no longer valid! I have openSUSE 11.2 with its official firefox and flashplayer (MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE-3.5-3.1.i586, MozillaFirefox-3.5.6-1.1.1.i586, flash-player-10.0.45.2-0.1.1.i586). How could I fix this? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Trying to fix gnome on 11.0, why no gnome repos for 11.0?
by David C. Rankin 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Listmates, I'm trying to sort out the death of gnome after the kde44 install. Looking for updated packages, it becomes apparent that there are absolutely NO packages for 11.0 for EVER repository listed on the openSUSE GNOME/Repositories page at: See http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Repositories What is the deal with that? 11.0 hasn't reached EOL yet, why doesn't it have any support on the openSUSE GNOME/Repositories page? Is there another set of repositories for 11.0 that are not listed? Also, if anyone has had a brainstorm on the gnome settings daemon issue, I would greatly appreciate the help... -- 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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