April 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] x11vnc
by Peter Suetterlin 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Hello list, yesterday I upgraded two of our machines from 11.0 to 11.2. I am regularly using x11vnc_ssh to get theit display to my laptop (also running 11.2). I noticed that with the new version of x11vnc (0.9.8 vs. 0.9.2 under 11.0) I get a constant stream of 0-0-0-0 printed to the terminal where I issued the command. That's a bit irritating, especially when you're supposed to enter a password... I tried googling around, but without success. Is anyone here using it, too, and has an idea what/where to look (for)? Pit -- Dr. Peter "Pit" Suetterlin http://www.astro.su.se/~pit Institute for Solar Physics Tel.: +34 922 405 590 (Spain) P.Suetterlin(a)royac.iac.es +46 8 5537 8507 (Sweden) Peter.Suetterlin(a)astro.su.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Linux image on USB drive
by James D. Parra 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Hello, I created a Suse disk image a wrote it to a USB disk successfully and it does boot from Grub, but not without fist mounting the USB disk and modifying the Grub menu.1st and /etc/fstab. Is there a way have the USB drive detect its drive position upon boot up, e.g., /dev/sba or /dev/sbb, etc., and have the /etc/fstab modified accordingly? I imagine if I could have the USB initiate itself in the same fashion that the live Suse DVD does, that would be phenomenal. Any suggestions? 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] YaST, LIRC Need advice
by Marc Chamberlin 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

I am trying to setup the LIRC daemon so that I can use a Hauppauge PRV-350 remote to control my media center. Running SuSE 11.2 x86_64, KDE 4.4.2 and have been seeking advice on the mthyTV and LIRC groups. From what I have been able to grok, it appears that something is broke, both with how YaST is setting up the LIRC daemon and with a kernel module - ir-kbd-i2c When using the TV setup in YaST, it configures the /etc/sysconfig/lirc file with the LIRC_MODULE="ir_kbd_i2c" but it sets the LIRCD_DRIVER="/dev/lircd" I am being told that this LIRCD_DRIVER setting is wrong for usage with the ir_kbd_i2c kernel module. (I am told that /dev/lircd is the socket for the lirc daemon when using the lirc_i2c kernel module) Instead it should be something in /dev/input/??? I don't know what but in /dev/input there is a link called ir that links to /dev/input/event7 and guessing by the name "ir" (infrared???) that looks like a possible candidate?? As the LIRC configuration currently stands, using low level utilities such as xev, showkey -s and showkey -k I am finding an inconsistent pattern in what buttons are being recognized from the remote. All of these utilities recognize the numeric buttons and the volume up/down but what seems weird (to me) is that as for the rest of the buttons, some are recognized by each of these utilities but not the same set of buttons! Each recognizes a different set, even showkey -k and showkey -s respond to different sets of the buttons from my remote! To this non-expert that seems especially odd. What I am being told is that this is due to an improperly defined "key map" which is some kind of table in the ir_kbd_i2c module. Incidentally this ir_kbd_i2c is mapping the numeric buttons and the volume up/down into equivalent key strokes as can be seen by bringing up an empty shell and seeing the corresponding numeric letters being shown. (That, as I later found out, renders the utilities - ircat and irw useless (and confusing) in determining what the LIRC daemon is doing.) Incidentally, I also tried to follow the instructions given at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ir-kbd-i2c to set the option for the hauppauge=1 as I am using the gray remote. - modprobe ir-kbd-i2c hauppauge=1 and I created the file named /etc/modprobe.d/hauppauge-remote containing the following line: options ir-kbd-i2c hauppauge=1 and when I restarted the lirc daemon it complained about the hauppauge-remote file not having a .conf extension. So I renamed that file and got no more complaints. I guess that the kernel and/or lirc daemon magically finds all .conf files in this directory and executes them??? Anywise bottom line is that this made no difference in what was being recognized from my remote... So, I am being advised to stop using the ir_kbd_i2c module and use the older lirc_i2c module instead. (also according to the LIRC website I am suppose to install the lirc_dev module also) Since I am not an expert on managing kernel modules, my research leads me to believe I use the following commands to accomplish this - rmmod ir_kbd_i2c insmod lirc_i2c insmod lirc_dev or should I use modprobe -r ir_kbd_i2c modprobe lirc_i2c modprobe lirc_dev Not sure what the difference between these commands are exactly... And tinkering with the kernel kinda makes me nervous! So guess I thought I would ask for some expert guidance before I proceed any further... Someone apparently decided not to allow YaST to offer the usage of the lirc_i2c module as a fallback so to me that seems like a warning flag not to change the kernel. So what will I break if I do this, or am I on my own in some unexplored territory and left to experiment with my system? If I fallback to using the lirc_i2c module, I think I understand the rest of the process of setting up the lircd.conf and .lircrc files needed to get mythTV up and working with the remote.... Much appreciate any and all offers of advice/help in getting the remote to work... Marc...

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Re: [opensuse] Amarok and projectM visualization Solved!??
by Marc Chamberlin 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse] Amarok and projectM visualization Solved!?? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:01:04 -0700 From: Marc Chamberlin <marc(a)marcchamberlin.com> Reply-To: marc(a)marcchamberlin.com To: Matthias Bach <marix(a)marix.org>, opensuse <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> On 3/31/2010 7:20 AM, Matthias Bach wrote: > Hi! > > Am 21.03.2010 um 02:54 schrieb Marc Chamberlin: > > >>> home:theMarix:KDE:Community is the identifier of someone's personal OBS >>> project, which produces at least one repository (for different openSUSE >>> versions, etc). If you search for projectM at software.opensuse.org/search >>> you will get search hits from every repository that includes a *projectM* >>> package. >>> >>> I guess you want this repo: >>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/theMarix:/KDE:/Community/op… >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> >> Thanks Will, Tejas for your help, but I am still not out of the woods yet. I found and installed the projectM-pulseaudio package. I can now bring up the projectM visualization but it is clearly not responding to any sound output from Amarok yet. It seems to generate patterns ok but not in sync to either volume or freq as I would expect. So something is still missing... >> > That package is from my repository in which I experiment with new packages that IMO would make sense in Contrib. While the build is proper I never got projectM working correctly in terms of properly responding to pulseaudio, which is pretty much the reason why this package is still stuck in my personal repo and not pushed to Contrib itself. (This problem is not packaging-related, I also experimented with non-packaged builds from the tarballs) > > If anybody has any Idea on how to get this application running properly I'd be happy. :) > > Regards, > Matthias Thanks Matthias for your reply, but I don't think you replied to the mail list as your probably intended.. (I will reply to both you and it) I cannot say for certain what has fixed projectM for me, I had set this aside for now and wandered off to solve other problems (like getting mythTV, lirc and other media components up and running) During the course of doing all this I did note that when I installed one of the lirc packages, it forced a new update of the kernel for me, so perhaps that had something to do with the fix.. Anywise, as an inspiration, I just now decided to launch projectM-pulseaudio from a command line instead of using the KDE/SuSE menu, just to see if there would be any clues in the output. And I will be darned if the thing simply started working! So like I said, I have tried a lot of paths to get this and other components working and cannot say for certain what fixed it. If you want to compare your system to mine, I will be glad to help. Just send me commands that you want me to execute and I will post the results... Really is nice to have my old friend back!!! Love the visualizations! Thanks whoever fixed it! Marc.. -- Marc Chamberlin www.marcchamberlin.com A man said unto the universe - "Sir I Exist!" "However" replied the universe "I do not see where that creates in me a sense of an obligation" S Crane.

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[opensuse] User cannot start Open Office
by Bob Williams 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

One of my users has suddenly lost the ability to start Open Office, the other two can use it as usual. No configuration files have been changed, and this has only happened in the last 10 days or so. Typing 'soffice' at a terminal just returns the command line prompt (immediately). Even typing '/usr/bin/soffice' fails. Clicking on Desktop folder icons or start menu items also fails. Other programs all work as expected. I cannot understand why or how this could happen. Any ideas/suggestions please? Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop, KDE 4.3.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Decision in the SCO Group vs. Novell Jury trial
by James Knott 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=2153 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice 3.2 from Stable - How to get Normal file Open/Save Dialog back?
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Guys, I have OO 3.2 from the STABLE repository installed and it has that terrible file open/save dialog enabled that has no way to navigate folders accept by going up/down one folder at a time. I can't recall how to change the setup so I get the normal qt looking dialogs. This is on 11.0 with OpenOffice_org-3.2.0.7-1.1 installed. What I see now is: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/ooo/oldDialogs.jpg What I want to see is: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/ooo/gioDialogs.jpg What's the trick? -- 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] apache2 undefined symbol: apr_ldap_ssl_init
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Hello Mates, today i've tried out apache2. But after typing rcapache2 start i'm getting an Error. linux-m4rp:/home/sascha # rcapache2 start Starting httpd2 (prefork) /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork: undefined symbol: apr_ldap_ssl_init The command line was: /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf Does anyone know what happens? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gwenview - awkward scrolling in browse mode (KDE 4.4.2) "release 231"
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Guys, I don't know if anyone else has noticed this yet, but when scrolling in browse mode (icon view) in gwenview, the folder don't seem to move. The only thing that seems to happen is the folder names seem to jump up/down the screen when you scroll (with mousewheel up/down) within a folder containing a large number of subfolders. The look is very awkward. It's almost like the folders are stationary and the folder names exist on some type of 'widget layer' and the widget layer is used to simulate scrolling. Has anyone else noticed this? If something like this has been implemented, then the timings are way off, because it doesn't look like scrolling at all. It just looks like the folder names jump from folder-to-folder. -- 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] LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II gtk2 + metacity + Icons + emerald theme - One of the best I've seen
by David C. Rankin 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Listmates, Here is a shot of the BlueNight-II theme for gnome and emerald. It, unlike many others, contains its own icon theme (complete icon theme for gnome). If you like it, you can get all parts at: http://lagadesk.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse--2 This guys stuff is great. Screenshot at 640x400 (~50k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/gnome/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-640.jpg Screenshot at 1440x900 (~200k) http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/gnome/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II.jpg It's worth the full-size view to see the detail this guy has put into the light gradients on the toolbar and the excellent active-tab (glow) highlights... -- 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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