April 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] USB Webcam audio problem on Linux
by Marco Calistri 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Wonder if the lack of answers to my latest post (in attach) is because nobody use Philips USB Webcams with embedded microphone, or because this appears to be a know bug of Linux kernel, which is not yet resolved. How is it possible that Linux nowaday, still lacks on this kind of driver problems? Note: I said *Linux*, since I noticed exactly the same issue also on Ubuntu and Fedora. BR, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself. -- Michael Curtiz

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[opensuse] gnome - 11.0 changing appearance crashes a lot (../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c no such file)
by David C. Rankin 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Guys, Gnome appearance has been crashing a lot lately. When you go to change the background, etc..., you get an immediate crash that brings up the bugtool. You can then continue and change the background, but it is really annoying. Here is the information the bugtool captures: Distribution: openSUSE 11.0 (X86-64) Gnome Release: 2.22.1 2008-06-07 (SUSE) BugBuddy Version: 2.22.0 System: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.7-default #1 SMP 2010-02-26 20:32:57 +0100 x86_64 X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Vendor Release: 10400090 Selinux: No Accessibility: Disabled GTK+ Theme: LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK Icon Theme: BlueNight Memory status: size: 302579712 vsize: 302579712 resident: 7196672 share: 10256384 rss: 17453056 rss_rlim: 3421977600 CPU usage: start_time: 1270572691 rtime: 472 utime: 416 stime: 56 cutime:3 cstime: 2 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 100 Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties' [?1034h[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] 0x00007f1a53723615 in __libc_waitpid (pid=29714, stat_loc=0x7fff87026cf0, options=0) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c:32 in ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c #0 0x00007f1a53723615 in __libc_waitpid (pid=29714, stat_loc=0x7fff87026cf0, options=0) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c:32 #1 0x00007f1a4e57bd29 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f1a592c36f0 (LWP 29709)): #0 0x00007f1a53723615 in __libc_waitpid (pid=29714, stat_loc=0x7fff87026cf0, options=0) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c:32 oldtype = <value optimized out> result = <value optimized out> #1 0x00007f1a4e57bd29 in g_spawn_sync () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. A debugging session is active. Inferior 1 [process 29709] will be detached. Quit anyway? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from terminal] ----------- .xsession-errors --------------------- Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/modules/libgnomebreakpad.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/libelf.so.1 Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/svg_loader.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/librsvg-2.so.2 Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/libgsf-1.so.114 Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/libcroco-0.6.so.3 Missing separate debuginfo for /lib64/libbz2.so.1 Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libhcengine.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libnimbus.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.so Missing separate debuginfo for /usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libmurrine.so 32 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/waitpid.c: No such file or directory. -------------------------------------------------- -- 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] Sync LDAP + Samba password
by Rui Santos 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hi all, I have a Samba PDC with an LDAP backend. With both PDC and LDAP, I'm able to maintain a centralized user/group/... directory, for both windows and Linux machine to login and authenticate. I can also synchronize passwords, from SAMBA do OpenLDAP when a user changes his password on a windows machine. I've done it with the ldap passwd sync option at smb.conf. The problem I was not able overcome is when users change their passwords on a Linux machine using the ldap client, like a simple passwd command. With this method , the LDAP password gets updated but, the SAMBA passwords do not. I've tryed googling about it, without success. Can anyone share a solution for this issue ? Using openSUSE 11.2. LDAP Directory imported from OpenLDAP from an openSUSE 10.3 machine. Thanks a lot for your help, -- Rui Santos http://www.ruisantos.com/ Veni, vidi, Linux! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] writable live boot system
by Dave Howorth 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

I'd like to make a 'disk' from which I can boot a system but I'd also like to be able to write to the boot device. I haven't tried anything like this before. I'm guessing that I could use a USB memory and that I'd be able to write to any remaining space once it booted. Is there a how-to for that? If I need more space, is it possible to put a boot image on a rewriteable DVD and then write extra data to the DVD after it has booted? Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Question about 11.3 from a new user
by Christian 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hi all, I don't know if this is the proper list to ask question about the current developement version, but here we goes: I have just downloaded the live Gnome CD of 11.3 Milestone4 and have been trying to boot it, but no luck. Or at least, I think its not booting proprely. The reason why I say so is because I am visually impaired. When booting the Live CD one can then press F9 to get speech at the boot screen and I pressed enter on GNome live but nothing happened. I thought that the screen reader for Gnome, Orca, should come up talking when the CD had finished booting. Could anyone please try this? Or will I need to do something when the CD has finished booting? Any help would be apreciated, many thanks! Christian -- 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 4.4: Keyboard interface: File-save panel saves prematurely
by Charles Obler 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

The standard file-save panel used by both Opera and Firefox does not give me a chance to select the subdirectory. When I put the cursor on a subdirectory and press Enter, I expect the panel to display the subdirectory contents. Instead, the panel saves the file immediately, under the directory. The panel works properly when I use the mouse and click on the subdirectory. In Opera, however, there is an additional problem: The file is saved under the name in the title of the web page, and the name I enter in the file-save panel is ignored. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sensors Units - Wi-fi
by Daniel Feiglin 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hello folks! I've configured the Sensors utility (Ksysguardd) to monitor monitor my Wi-fi connection. One of the Sensors is Link Quality. What does it actually measure? Throughput? RSS? What units? Thanks, Daniel

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[opensuse] magnifier-function for low-vision handicapted person?
by Khaled 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Hi On your website I have read that there is a successful solution for Linux-users who are blind, e.g. SuSE Blinux. I have got a handicap with my eyes (low vision) and I use the enlargement/magnifier-software «ZoomText » on Windows-Vista. My question for you is the following : Is there a Opensource-Software with magnifier-function for Linux-users with low-vision-handicap as well ? I would like to work with Linux. But the software I have mentioned can not be installed on the Linux-system. That is the reason why we tried to install the OpenSource-Software Gnopernicos on a computer with linux-system and with the pre-installed OpenSuSE.11.2 software. It did not work well. After some tests it did not work at all. I would be pleased if you could answer quickly! Thanks a lot! Yours sincerely Khaled Saife -- 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] Re: recordMyDesktop loses frames
by arygroup＠gmail.com 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

On 05/04/10 19:55, Regis Matejcik wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 15:48 +0300, arygroup(a)gmail.com wrote: >> On 31/03/10 23:55, Regis Matejcik wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 23:10 +0300, arygroup(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>> On 31/03/10 18:57, Regis Matejcik wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 17:22 +0300, arygroup(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> On 31/03/10 15:52, arygroup(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> On 31/03/10 15:32, arygroup(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>> I had many experiments with movie editors several days before. And now I >>>>>>>> noticed my qt-recordMyDesktop (I tried gtk-recordMyDesktop also) doesn't >>>>>>>> record all needed frames. My mouse moves are not recoded. Sound is >>>>>>>> recorded perfectly. I tired all possible configuration settings in >>>>>>>> qt-recordMyDesktop, even set it to use 50 frames per secon with no >>>>>>>> result. It seems, the frames-per-second are set to low rate somewhere else. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> OpenSuse 11.2 >>>>>>>> KDE 4.3.5 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fixed this issue as said here: >>>>>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/recordmydesktop-sk… >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So click in my qt-recordMyDesktop window Advanced. >>>>>>> In the new window switch to Misc tab >>>>>>> And in the Extra options field place: --v_bitrate 2000000 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> But uploaded to you-tube videos are broken now. :-( >>>>> >>>>> I'd try this: >>>>> >>>>> >From command line: >>>>> >>>>> ffmpeg -i out.ogv -b 64k outmod.ogv >>>>> >>>>> Where out.ogv is the recordmydesktop original file. It will create a >>>>> file with the modified bitrate. >>>>> >>>>> You can experiment with different settings to see which produces the >>>>> best quality and still uploads to you tube. >>>>> >>>>> good luck! >>>>> >>>>> Regis >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> But this demands to record something with recordMyDesktop, then encode >>>> it when stopped recording by recordMyDesktop itself and after that >>>> encode it again using ffmpeg. Twice more time. And before >>>> recordMyDesktop worked well - just uploading after recording. >>> >>> ummm... >>> >>> Maybe I'm mis-understanding the problem, or perhaps I poorly explained >>> the suggestion. >>> >>> I thought the problem was: >>> >>> -RecordMyDesktop was producing a video that skipped frames, especially >>> your mouse movemente. >>> -changing the bit-rate in RecordMyDesktop, as previously suggested, >>> corrected the skipped frames, but produced a file that wouldn't up load >>> to you tube (most likely because the bit rate was so high). >>> >>> so . . . >>> >>> I suggested simply taking the high bit-rate file as produced by >>> RecordMyDesktop and processing it to a bit-rate that is compatible with >>> you tube. So the steps are: record, process, up load. >>> >>> If you're editing and then rendering prior to uploading; I'm sure you >>> can adjust the bit-rate in the render process, if you're using a render >>> program that allows you to adjust the render pre-sets. Then you can >>> skip the last step of using ffmpeg to adjust the bit rate, but in worst >>> case - it's just adding one command line statement. >>> >>> so I'm not sure how you get to, >>> >>> "then encode it when stopped recording by recordMyDesktop itself and >>> after that encode it again using ffmpeg. Twice more time." >>> >>> good luck! >>> >>> Regis >>> >>> >>> >> >> Had to switch to xvidcap. It seems to work ok and it's files are working >> at youtube. > > interesting . . . > > xvidcap is cool, and if it works great! > > I think the real issue though is not precisely how you're processing > video prior to upload, but how you tube encodes the upload. > > You tube plays .flv 's. When you upload a .ogv - it follows a set of > processing options to create and .flv a certain way - and it seems > that .ogv to .flv is fairly inefficient. > > xvid encodes to an mpeg format, which You Tube converts to .flv also - > but with quite different results. > > I was intrigued by this and did a test. I did a little sample Record My > desktop - then converted to .flv using the "same quality" command in a > winff preset - -vcodec flv -f flv -sameq > > It produced a good quality video in a large file 66mb from the original > 17mb > > Just for comparison, I then encoded the same file to mpeg using this > preset: > > -f mp4 -r 24.97 -vcodec libx264 -s 640x480 -b 3000kb -aspect 4:3 -flags > +loop -cmp +chroma -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -b 1250k -maxrate > 1500k -bufsize 4M -bt 256k -refs 1 -bf 3 -coder 1 -me_method umh > -me_range 16 -subq 7 -partitions +parti4x4+parti8x8+partp8x8+partb8x8 -g > 250 -keyint_min 25 -level 30 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qcomp 0.6 -trellis 2 > -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -acodec libfaac -ab 112kb -ar 48000 -ac > 2 > > (its the standard winff fullscreen preset with the bit rate changed) > > It produced a moderate quality video in a small file 3.5mb. > > I uploaded both to You Tube to see what they looked like. > > That's when things got strange. They You Tube version of my mpeg file > distorted the first 8 seconds, then plays at a fairly low quality - but > minimally watchable form. > > But the large .flv upload was processed by You Tube into both a 480 and > an HD format! You can click on HD and full screen and it almost looks > like my actual desktop! > > you can check them out here: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRq3tIgtTQ > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qLocK6sGU > > > If xvid is working great - but its always great to have more than one > arrow in your quiver when it comes to linux video editing. > > good luck > > Regis > > Thanks a lot for your review! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] my KDE 4.4.1 upgrade experience
by Vadym Krevs 05 Apr '10

05 Apr '10

So yesterday I've decided to take the plunge and upgrade my openSUSE 11.2/x86_64 box from KDE 4.3.5 to KDE 4.4.1 from OBS factory desktop/community/playground repos for openSUSE 11.2. The actual upgrade process went quite smoothly (aside from some packages such as libkdecore4-32bit and libphonon4-32bit depending on missing 32-bit libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libs, but that's because earlier I had to upgrade to latest ALSA libs/KMPs trying to resolve an sound issue). First impression - KDE 4.4.1 does look much slicker than KDE 4.3.5. Sadly, that's about the only positive thing I can say about it. 1. Immediately after login, various nepomuk/aconadi/strigi/virtuso-t services tool over my machine and for 15 minutes there was no was to do anything at all due to CPU/IO usage caused by these. Lots of users complained about this in the past, and yet nothing's done to make this an on-demand activity. 2. The new konsole is simply not usable. It fails to render many fixed width fonts, is very slow to resize, etc. A quick search on kde's bugzilla reveals more than a dozen of issues reported by users of various distros including opensuse, and is not video-card specfic. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215873 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217700 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227246 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227132 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=229400 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231070 Initial analysis appears to indicate that it is a QT 4.6.x bug (http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-7255) Personally, I find it incredible that Qt 4.6/KDE 4.4.x is released when then a key application such as konsole is simply broken. 3. The first time Konqueror started and I attempted to enter text into the search box, suddenly the search box (and all text boxes/drop downs/combox in all running KDE apps, not just konqueror!!!) became several times taller. I did try to log off, restart KDE, and log back on, and the issue came back almost instantly. Tried reinstalling each 4.4.1 rpm and verifying that all files had been installed correctly - no joy. So after all this, I went back to KDE 4.3.5, and within half an hour I had a working and stable desktop again. I really hate to saying this, but there is no way KDE 4.4.1 is viable upgrade from KDE 4.3.5. Regards, Vadym -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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