March 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Futuristic..t.v. downloads for dial-uppers
by hensandpat＠earthlink.net 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

After I had installed a satellite small dish system (free tv), I received a message on the tv "ready for download to update system" I was surprised. Wouldn't that be a nice way to update opensuse? John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] V11,1 and Bluetooth
by Stan Goodman 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

> I bought a Bluetooth dongle today, hoping to be able to use it on my > notebook machine. When it didn't work as expected, I googled for > pertinent information, and quickly found a page at > <http://en.opensuse.org/Bluetooth#openSUSE_11.1>, which seemed to be > just what the doctor ordered. It's suggestions for fixing what it > indicates is a known bug failed, producing no improvement in the > Bluetooth problem, and also causing the Bluetooth applet to disappear > from the Panel and the Network Manager to fail. I lost hope when I > encountered the following sentence: > > "If you are having issues with kde's Bluetooth front ends on 11.1 try > installing gnome-Bluetooth and bluez-gnome, and running > Bluetooth-applet. This does not work, but it gives you something to > occupy your time. Or, go back to 10.3." > > I refrain for commenting on the attitude betrayed by the page, but I, > for one, have plenty to do without spending my time on proposed > "solutions" that are guaranteed up front not to work. I think the time > has come has come to ask if anybody has got Bluetooth to work on v11.1, > and if so, what did they do to accomplish this? What I wrote qualifies as a flame, and I have to apologize for it. What it means is that the headset and the adapter that I bought are now junk, which was more than a disappointment. I would cheerfully move ahead to 11.2, if that didn't mean putting up with kde4, which is too great a price to pay. All that said, I continue to believe that it was a mistake and worse to abandon what was kde, and foist a radically different desktop on users. -- 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] chroot named
by James D. Parra 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hello, How can I ensure that bind is chrooted? Running Suse 11.1 and I see /var/lib/named, however I was expecting a chroot directory under ../named. Many thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde3 kickerrc - wrong date format for x86_64, bug or is format change OK?
by David C. Rankin 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Listmates, All menu entries and control panel modules have disappeared from the menu and control center, respectively. Comparing various files from my working i586 installs with the non-working x86_64 installs, I have uncovered this strange date format difference in kickerrc. In the i586 installs where the menus and kcmshell modules work, kickerrc uses the following menus date tag format: [menus] Extensions=katesessionmenu.desktop,printmenu.desktop,recentdocs.desktop,prefmenu.desktop Favorites=MozillaFirefox.desktop,kde-Kontact.desktop,writer.desktop,kde-amarok.desktop,kde-digikam.desktop,kde-Home.desktop,kde-KControl.desktop,kde-Help.desktop,kde-konsole.desktop MenuEntryFormat=NameAndDescription MenuEntryHeight=25 NumVisibleEntries=8 RecentAppsStat=124 1268889229 /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/konsole.desktop,76 1264722004 /home/david/.local/share/applications/MozillaFirefox-2.desktop,66 1264713520 /home/david/.local/share/applications/fusion-icon.desktop,47 1267593139 /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop,43 1248723005 /home/david/.local/share/applications/Mo <snip> On the x86_64 installs, the date tag format is different: [menus] Extensions=konquerormenu.desktop,printmenu.desktop,recentdocs.desktop,prefmenu.desktop Favorites=MozillaFirefox.desktop,kde-Kontact.desktop,writer.desktop,kde-amarok.desktop,kde-digikam.desktop,kde-Home.desktop,kde-KControl.desktop,kde-Help.desktop,kde-konsole.desktop FirstSeenApps=kde-kpl,-,kde-kbruch,-,kde-kturtle,-,kde-kig,-,kde-kpercentage,-,kde-kmplot,-,kde-kvoctrain,-,kde-kiten,-,kde-klatin,-,kde-kanagram,-,kde-kverbos,-,kde-khangman,-,kde-kwordquiz,-,kde-klettres,-,kde-kalzium,-,kde-blinken,-,kde-kgeography,-,kde-keducabuilder,-,kde-keduca,-,kde-ktouch,-,kde-kstars,-,kde-ksimus,-,kde4-icemon,-,kde-krpmbuilder,-,kde-kdesvn,-,kde-cervisia,-,kde-kompare,-,kde-kdiff3,-,linguist,-,kde-kbabeldict,-,kde- <big snip of no date tagged entries -- then> kde4-kig,2010-02-27,kde-LabPlot,2010-02-27,kde4-kmplot,2010-02-27,kde4-cantor,2010-02-27,kde4-kbruch,2010-02-27,euler,2010-02-27,kde4-kturtle,2010-02-27,kde4-kalgebra,2010-02-27,gnome-genius,2010-02-27,gmult,2010-02-27,xmgrace,2010-02-27,ignuit,2010-02-27,kde4-kanagram,2010-02-27,gspectrum-unstable,2010-02-27,chemtool,2010-02-27,garlic,2010-02-27,gchemcalc-unstable,2010-02-27,kde-krecipes,2010-02-27,gchempaint-unstable,2010-02-27,gcrystal-unstable,2010-02-27,gchemtable-unstable,2010-02-27,gchem3d-viewer-unstable,2010-02-27,kde4-kalzium,2010-02-27,kde4-step,2010-02-27,kde4- <big snip of 2010-02-27 dated entries -- then> MenuEntryFormat=NameAndDescription MenuEntryHeight=22 NumVisibleEntries=8 RecentAppsStat=41 1268747774 /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/KControl.desktop,9 1269241390 /usr/share/applications/emerald-theme-manager.desktop,7 1261351579 /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop,5 1264554123 /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/konsole.desktop,5 1269236775 /usr/share/applications/xterm.desktop,4 1268883792 /usr/share/applications/ccsm.desktop,2 1265210299 /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/KEdit.desktop,2 1267269671 /usr/share/a <snip> The entries with the 2010-02-27 tags do not look correct. Is there a way to force a rebuild of kickerrc? Coincidentally, 2010-02-27 sounds correct for the date the control panel modules and menus disappeared... What says the brain trust on this strangeness? Can kickerrc handle the mixing of date tag formats or is this possibly the reason everything disappeared? -- 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] kde44 - what is this new dialog? It can't remember last directory which is a real pain
by David C. Rankin 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Guys, With kde44, there is this new open dialog that appears every time you try and load a file into system settings that is NOT a real file open dialog: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/kde4/opendlg.jpg It is a royal pain in the butt to work with if you have more than one file to install from the same location because it cannot remember the last directory you installed something from, causing you to have to re-navigate the entire directory tree to get back to where you just were. A real pain if you have 4-5 cursors to load from say ~/dt/kde4/xadditions/xcursors/.. Can this thing be disabled or can a secret switch be flipped so that it can remember the last directory? I get that this thing supposedly allows you to drag-n-drop something on it, but that is a completely ridiculous thing to have pop up in response to a "browse for file" button. Think about it, to ever use a drag-n-drop, you would have to configure your desktop so the file you want is visible before you pressed "browse for a file". It really kindof defeats the whole purpose of "browse for a file" So where is the switch to politely turn this off? -- 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] Problem with ATI repository
by Christopher Myers 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

(If this is a double-post, sorry - I forgot to switch to "text only" on my reply and got a 'post denied' error.) I got the run file from here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.… and then compiled it into an RPM. My video card is the "Mobility Radeon HD 3650" which uses the FGLRX-G02 driver. Before you try to compile your driver, make sure that you have the kernel-source installed for the same version of your kernel. With compiling the driver myself, I was able to get dual-screen support working along with compiz emerald (not possible in 11.1 due to my giant screen resolution - two 1680x1050 displays.) >>> From: Anton Aylward <anton.aylward(a)rogers.com> To: <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> Date: 3/23/2010 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Problem with ATI repository Christopher Myers said the following on 03/23/2010 09:11 AM: > Actually, it's been happening for a few months now. There is a good thread on how to compile your own driver here: http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/433051-installation-ati-64-bit-driver-f… > > I ended up giving up waiting for ATI to fix the problem and just did it myself. I know the thread starts out as 64-bit, but it applies to 32-bit as well (which is what I have on my laptop.) I contacted ATI a month or so ago and they said they were aware of the problem. > Hmm. I'm not happy. I follow this, and end up getting pointed to "legacy drivers" and a package that doesn't seem to like like "desktop" and doesn't list anything for 11.2 http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?… Am I following the wrong links? I get to http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_drivers#The_hard_way and that package doesn't seem to correspond to the instructions tat follow. Probably 'cos its a "legacy". It looks like I'll stick with the 'radeon' driver -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any included attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s), and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Do not read, copy, forward, or print this email message or any attachments unless you are the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and destroy all copies and printouts of this email message and/or attachments. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with ATI repository
by Anton Aylward 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

I'm getting bad checksums for the fglrx drivers. Anyone else? www2.ati.com-suse.repo:baseurl=http://www2.ati.com/suse/11.2 obtained via 'community' -- It is the first step of wisdom to recognize that the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the society in which they occur. --Alfred North Whitehead -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] X freezes randomly, only mouse pointer still functional
by Michal Hlavac 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hello, I have problem with my Lenovo R60. This problem occured in opensuse 11.1 and also in 11.2 It's same behaviour as this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/345… Those bug was fixed in intel-driver but I have ATI X1400 with radeon-hd driver. But behaviour is really the same. anybody with this problem? thanks, m. -- 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: Unlocking a locked file
by Joachim Schrod 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Stan Goodman wrote: > At 12:20:15 on Monday Monday 22 March 2010, Joachim Schrod > <jschrod(a)acm.org> wrote: >> Stan Goodman wrote: >> > I intend to run: >> > ln -sf vboxvfs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vboxvfs.co >> > ln -sf vboxadd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vboxadd.ko >> > from the directory where the incorrect symlinks are located. >> >> Almost. >> 1) The arguments must be the other way round; first the real >> files, then the place where the symlinks shall be created. >> 2) There's a typo in the first command, there ".co" must be ".ko". >> >> The exact commands are, as root: >> >> cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/weak-updates/updates >> ln -sf /lib/modules/2.6.27.42-0.1-trace/updates/vbox*.ko . >> depmod -a > > # cd /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/weak-updates This is not the command cited above; it's the wrong directory. The symlinks are in a subdirectory updates. You have now created symlinks in /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/weak-updates, remove them before issuing my commands again. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] segfault with gstreamer shared object
by Martin Mielke 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

Hi all, some days ago after an online update I started noticing a strange error message when launching aMSN from the konsole because it wasn't starting from the desktop icon... --- ERROR: Caught a segmentation fault while loading plugin file: /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlv2.so --- What I did -please don't crucify me!- was to move that .so to /var/tmp temporarily and try again. aMSN started just fine. Today, after another online update, I needed to use OpenOffice and that damn error showed up again, so the only way I have to get OOo working is -again- to move that .so somewhere else... So some questions about this: 1. is this expected to happen? I guess it's not... ¬¬ 2. am I running into much trouble when moving that shared object off to /var/tmp ? 3. is there any fix at all? This is the gstreamer-stuff installed on my OpenSUSE 11.0 system: --- $ rpm -qa | grep gstreamer gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-lang-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.13 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-lang-0.10.17-999.pm.1000.10 gstreamer-0_10-lang-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.10 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-0.10.17-999.pm.1001.13 gstreamer-0_10-devel-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 python-gstreamer-0_10-0.10.17-999.pm.999.4 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad-0.10.17-999.pm.1000.10 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.25-999.pm.1000.10 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-devel-0.10.25-999.pm.999.4 gstreamer-0_10-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 libgstreamer-0_10-0-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 gstreamer-utils-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-farsight-0.12.11-0.pm.2.5 gstreamer-0_10-utils-0.10.25-999.pm.1001.3 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra-0.10.17-999.pm.999.5 --- Thanks in advance! Regards, Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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