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[opensuse] Lenovo T410s installs 11.2; boot freezes with black screen
by Martin A. Brown 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, First, I have been using openSUSE happily now for about 4 or 5 years and am very happy with the solid distribution and quality control of the distribution. Today, I'm simply hoping somebody can point me in the right direction for a bit more detailed support. I may not have joined the right mailing list. Problem: I have a brand new T410s, which happily installs from the NET-x86_64 iso, yet freezes on boot. Somewhere in the boot process (after all of the textual goodness scrolls by), it appears to try to switch to graphical mode, and then it freezes. I can boot to single user mode, but can't seem to figure out how to bring up the network ('/etc/init.d/network start' doesn't work) With some casual googling, I found one suggestion that I try 11.3, which I did, but the installer didn't even complete. I'm not sure what next steps I should take. Questions: - Should I join another mailing list? - Should I install another kernel? - How can I bring up a network connection? I'm guessing that the hardware is just a bit new and that is the crux of the issue. Any suggestions? - -Martin - -- Martin A. Brown --- Wonderfrog Heavy Industries --- martin(a)wonderfrog.net "I'm trying to ovoid him, but he keeps circling!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: pgf-0.72 (http://linux-ip.net/sw/pine-gpg-filter/) iD8DBQFL13dTki79Zb8hnmwRAh/XAJ9M4Gv1rQq586wPf7PsGo/MOBWxkwCcC2ZL mkC4KOyG2IBLmAsMWYP/DV4= =kk0P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] to map ISO_Level_3_Shift to a different key without using xmodmap?
by Zhang Weiwu 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Apple iBook G4 with OpenSuSE 11.1, italic keyboard layout. I found non of the keys on the keyboard maps to ISO_Level_3_shift. The "Option" key (which is the key that have "Alt" printed on its cap) is the key that should map to ISO_Level_3_shift, the very key function like "AltGr" on some keyboards. I can easily do that by using .xmodmap: keycode 64 = ISO_Level3_Shift The question is: is there another way of doing this without using .xmodmap? Reason of not using .xmodmap: I suffered a lot from this setup. Having spent a day or two on trying to get xmodmap and think it is a dead-end: 1. .xmodmap isn't always loaded, neither by gnome automatically nor by additional item in gnome-session. There are bug report of former (a gnome bug) and latter occasionally work -> unexplainable. 2. xmodmap have no effect on JAVA application (with IBM-JRE), while jEdit is my daily 1st important software. There is no clue if I google, which might well happen since IBM-jre have a much narrower user base than sun jre but is the only jre that can run jEdit on ppc. -- 锐业软服（北京）信息技术有限公司 Real Softservice Information & Communication Technologies 邮政编码： 100089 北四环中路238号柏彦大厦406b室 Beisihuan Zhong Road No. 238 Baiyan Building Unit 406B Tel: +86 (10) 8231 8580 ext. 105 Fax: +86 (10) 8231 8580 ext. 102 http://www.realss.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] Postgres won't stop collecting stats
by Duaine Hechler 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

opensuse 11.1 Reloaded, rebooted and iotop still shows pg does a stats collection Duaine #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # RUNTIME STATISTICS #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # - Query/Index Statistics Collector - track_activities = off track_counts = off update_process_title = off # - Statistics Monitoring - log_parser_stats = off log_planner_stats = off log_executor_stats = off log_statement_stats = off -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kiwi + encryption
by Hans Witvliet 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Hi all, Just exploring the kiwi-software again.. I was wondering, does anybody allready has experience with making an bootable usb-stick with an encrypted root+swap? afaicr, it should be someting like this: first partition: /boot second partition encrypted LVM and within the lvm: root, swap and any other partitions. Question however is, how to feed this (and the luks-passwords) to KIWI.. Anybody invented this wheel before? Hans -- 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] openSUSE Weekly News 120 is out!
by Wilfred van Velzen 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

> 3.1.4 Bugzilla > Bugzilla > The numbers for all openSUSE project products are this week: > > All Open Reports: 4923 (+7) > Blocker: 3 (+0) > Critical: 266 (+6) > Major: 889 (+15) > Normal: 2799 (+0) > Minor: 394 (+5) > Enhancements: 572 (+0) 6+15+5 != 7 ? -- SERCOM Regeltechniek B.V. Heereweg 9 2161 AB Lisse Nederland +31 (0)252 416530 (voice) +31 (0)252 419481 (fax) <http://www.sercom.nl/> Op al onze offertes, op alle opdrachten aan ons en op alle met ons gesloten overeenkomsten zijn toepasselijk de METAALUNIEVOORWAARDEN, gedeponeerd ter Griffie van de Rechtbank te Rotterdam, zoals deze luiden volgens de laatstelijk aldaar neergelegde tekst. De leveringsvoorwaarden worden u op verzoek toegezonden. --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Help - really! my xdpyinfo shows 2880x900 pixels, I need 1440x900 - how/where?
by David C. Rankin 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

Guys, I thought I had this solved using amdcccle to toggle resolutions to get my display back to the right size, but every time I restart X, my laptop is using dimensions of 2880x900. The radeonhd driver is fine, the fglrx driver is the one giving me fits. This started after I plugged in my projector to my laptop and went to configure the second monitor. Now it is stuck. The xdpyinfo shows: 18:32 alchemy:~> xdpyinfo | grep 900 dimensions: 2880x900 pixels (739x231 millimeters) The horizontal value is 2X what it should be. I have deleted the amdpcs database and using the default gives the same 2880?? I have rolled in my old xorg.conf - no change. This dimension value must be set somewhere? Now backgrounds can't be set, the logout confirmation splits the display and ksnapshot tries to take a screenshot of twice my screen: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/kde/ksnapshot2X.jpg Using amdcccle to toggle from 1440x900 to 1152x864 and then back fixes the problem temporarily: 18:47 alchemy:~> xdpyinfo | grep 900 dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (367x230 millimeters) But then when I restart x (logout/login), I'm back to 2880x900. Where is this little setting hiding? I'm never plugging anything else into the second monitor output..... -- 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] Installing Calibre ebook reader
by Stan Goodman 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

I would like to install this application on oS 11.1. There is a page that claims to enable this: <http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/03/01/reading-ebooks-with-calibre/> and speaks highly of Calibre, but clicking on the "Download" button discloses that it has been removed. (There is no garbage removal function to junk pages when they are no longer functional.) The web is filled with articles about problems encountered in installing Calibre, which is unfortunate, because the salesman-talk about it is really top notch. Has anyone actually installed (from either binaries or source) it and got it to work? -- 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] Help! X - I plugged in an external monitor - now pager is twice as big & logout is on right side of screen??
by David C. Rankin 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

Guys, I plugged in an external monitor while in kde. The monitor never really got configured so I removed it. When restarting the pager in the taskbar is twice as big as it should be horizontally, and when I click logout, the logout dialog is 1/2 visible on the far right of my screen. Something like extend monitor on 2nd display must be set, but where in the hell is it? No only does it affect kde, but when I log into gnome, the wallpaper is so stretched, I only see the left side of it. What did it do and how do I fix it?? -- 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] Setting links to Apps
by Mark Misulich 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

Hi, I am writing to ask how to set up some links in Firefox to start Mplayer when I click on a link to an audio stream. They used to be set when setting up multimedia with the opensuse-community one click using mplayerplugin. But something has happened in the intervening time and now the mplayerplugin is no longer linked to start in firefox when I click on a hyperlink. I have been copying the url of the stream and pasting it in mplayer, but I decided that I should get the helper application working again to automatically start mplayer when I click on a link. But my attempts aren't working, so I need some help. I am using the following procedure to set a preference for mms protocol in firefox, but it isn't working. 1.Enter about:config in the address bar. 2. Right click and select New>Boolean 3. Enter "network.protocol-hanler.external.mms" without the quotes, then click ok. 4. Select "true" for the value, click ok. 5. Right click again, select New>string 6. Enter "network.protocol-handler.app.mms" click ok. 7. Find "network.protocol-handler.app.mms" in the list and right click on it. 8. Select New>String 9. In the box type: "usr/bin/mplayer I think that the problem is that the string for starting mplayer is wrong. When I go to /usr/bin/mplayer in konqueror and click on the executable file icon (gear) in /usr/bin/mplayer to start mplayer, nothing happens. I can't find another executable file to start mplayer, so I am not sure how to procede. I am using Opensuse 11.1 and kde 3.5. Thanks for your help in advance, Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] zypper ps, a bug or?
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

After entering "sudo zypper dup" I am asked for the root password before anything goes. When I use "sudo zypper ps" in order to see eventuell dead commands I have to supply my password again. So far as expected. But when I enter "sudo zypper dup" right after running "sudo zypper ps" I am not required to enter my password. A bug? -- Linux User 183145 using a Pentium III , powered by openSUSE 11.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2) "release 245" 18:12pm up 19:17, 3 users, load average: 2.02, 1.85, 1.64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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