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[opensuse] Huawei E1550 and Linux?
by Anders Norrbring 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Does anyone know if kernel 2.4 has support for the Huawei E1550 USB mobile internet dongle? Or what steps would be needed to make it work.. /Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] So tried KDE4
by Илья Черных 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

So as some people here claim you can customize KDE4 to be not worser than KDE3 I just tried to install it (KDE 4.4.4). - First I tried to make the desktop icons smaller and after I moved the slider, the plasma crashed: http://static.itmages.ru/i/10/0726/h_1280134708_0c9620833f.png After the next attempt it worked. So I got the plasma crash in the very first minute. - I found that the enema icon in the right top corner cannot be disabled: when you choose to disable it, the desktop icons also disappear. - Then I tried to customize the panel. I accidentially deleted the taskbar and tried to return it to the place. But the taskbar returned only to the place right of the tray. Is seems there is no possibility to move the widget so I removed all the widgets and added them back in the proper order. In the process plasma again crashed, but this time automatically restarted. - It seems that the only rectangular styles in KDE4 (even with kdeartwork4 installed) are Phase and customized Qtcurve. But there in no corresponding plasma theme for both. The only style for which there is approximately similar plasma style is oxygen, so there is no choice. - I have tried to change the icon theme but it seems that the only theme compatible with KDE4 is Oxygen: after choosing any other theme the folders on the desktop still were displayed with icons from Oxygen theme. - Then I tried to choose a mouse cursor theme. After choosing a non-KDE theme Bluecurve, I found that resize cursors are confused: in the right-top corner of a window the arrow is top-left-bottom-right, in top left corner it is top-right-bottom-left. - Desktop icons sometimes go over other windows: it looks like in a delirium: http://static.itmages.ru/i/10/0726/h_1280136020_cc4731eca5.png Also clicking on a desktop sometines leads to all icons on the desktop move some pixels up together. - The My Computer icon on the desktop did not work: clicking on it made no effect. There is also no trash and network icons. - The Documents folder on the desktop was displayed with Russian name "Документов", which is incorrect (it should be "Документы"). I've tried to rename but without success: no error, no warning, but it's still "Документов". - I did not find a way to disable the transparent rectangle with rounded corners around selected items on desktop. It seems in dissonance with the style I use and ugly. - I started Konqueror but found that it shows files only in the form of browsing free space view. There is no possibility to view them as icons. So I would assess KDE4 is currently in in less than beta quality. It crashes, unstable, has huge visual artefacts and bugs and feature incomplete. -- 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] Huawei E1550 and Linux?
by Anders Norrbring 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Thanks, I’ll take a look. And please reply to the list and not in private, knowledge should be shared to everyone! /Anders. From: Jonius [mailto:cjonius@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:50 PM To: Anders Norrbring Subject: Re: [opensuse] Huawei E1550 and Linux? Try to google something called wvdial! It worked for me. It worked for all my Hauwei usb dongles. There are simple steps but I really don't remember them right now. If you fail to find out the solution then tomorrow I can go through how I did mine and send youo email. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 14:41, Anders Norrbring <lists(a)norrbring.se> wrote: Does anyone know if kernel 2.4 has support for the Huawei E1550 USB mobile internet dongle? Or what steps would be needed to make it work.. /Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org -- Jonathan Seni. B. Sc. Computer Science, MCSA / MCSA:Messaging / MCSE ---------------------------------------------------- hp Pavilion dv6-2165tx, Intel Core i5-430M 2.26 GHz (3MB L@ Cache) nVidia GeForce GT 230M, 3GB RAM, 1GB Dedicated VRAM, SimplyMepis, SuSE 9.2, openSuSE 10.2 /10.3/11.0/11.1/11.2 (x86-64). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE 11.2 - /media automount doesn't refresh automatically
by Marco Calistri 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

List, Sorry, I'm not at my openSUSE pc, so my statements could be wrong or at least not well detailed. I would like to highlight the following behaviour, that I think be wrong: e.g. you run your VirtualBox and decide to mount the Guest additions ISO onto the guest machine, in this case openSUSE (whichever version) since on Ubuntu such problem is absent. If you do a ls -l /media then you will notice a lot of empty directories containing older name of versions of Guest addition ISO you previously mounted with latest renamed with an underscore symbol: version0 version0_ version0__ I guess this behaviour is wrong and it leads to errors since whenever you do a ls -l /media, you should get what is really mounted and available on your system instead to have a bundle of empty directories. I hope to have been satisfactorily clear. Cheers, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> A Mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. -- Paul Erdos -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] spamassassin problem on 11.1
by ka1ifq 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

I seem to have a problem with spamassassin with kmail, is there some way to remove / delete the setup or config or reset it?? I did try the --help but did not find what I need. Thanks, Mike. -- 2.6.27.48-0.1-default GNU/Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re[4]: [opensuse] So tried KDE4
by Илья Черных 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

> That might be part of the problem? 195.36 is painfully old... current release nVidia proprietary drivers are up to 256.35 now. There have been major issues in the past with nVidia drivers not playing nice with KDE4.. I can't remember which specific versions though. This is the highest version which exists in the Nvidia repo for OpenSUSE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] seems like we're about to get a flurry of end of life's due to new support cycle.
by Greg Freemyer 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

11.0 was EOL today 11.1 will EOL in December 11.2 next May (I'm pretty sure). My machines will all very likely be on 11.3 long before next May and a few will already be on 11.4 by then, but I thought I'd remind people that don't upgrade often that with the shorter 18-month support cycle starting with 11.2 it's going to be hard to stay on an older release for very long. ie. in this case you have 10 months to move to 11.3 before 11.2 support goes away. 11.4 will come at 8 months into the cycle, so if 11.3 is a no-go for you, hopefully 11.4 will work and you can bypass 11.3 and upgrade straight from 11.2 to 11.4 during the final 2 months of 11.2 support. And when 11.4 comes out next spring, you'll have 10 months to move to it, or skip it and have 2 months to go from 11.3 to 11.5, etc., etc. (Please, no flames, it's not my intent to start a flame fest, but I suspect many don't know about the new support cycle.) 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[6]: [opensuse] So tried KDE4
by Илья Черных 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

> I tested using the Desktop type, not the Folderview type. I suspect that most KDE devs use this as it is the default. Another drawback of KDE4 is it does not allow to select desktop folder, a feature which existed in KDE3 and KDE2. In KDE4 you can choose a folder to display on the desktop but the .desktop files would be displayed with .desktop extention and their real file name, not the name inscribed inside. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.3 in VBox?
by C 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Has anyone tried installing 11.3 in VirtualBox yet? I've installed all the RCs etc (in both VBox and on real HDs) and had no issues outside of the known issues that were discussed at the time.... but the full release dies during the install in VBox. The 11.3 ISO (64 bit) boots fine, and does the initial install process as expected. On reboot though, it locks up. The boot log gets to: Copying static /dev content and never gets any further. I just tested 11.3RC2, using the exact same settings/virtual HD etc., and it installs/boots just fine. Swap back to the 11.3 ISO and do a reinstall... and it locks up after the initial reboot.. same place.. copying static /dev content. Anyone else seeing this? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re[6]: [opensuse] So tried KDE4
by Илья Черных 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

> Ummm.. you want spatial mode in Konq.. if you don't ask for it (ie filing a bug on bugs.kde.org), you're never going to get it. I do not use and have no plans to use KDE4. I just installed KDE4 to look how it progressed. In fact there is no progress at all. In first 5 minutes I encountered tens of bugs. I think it would be reasonable to report bugs only when it reaches at least beta stage. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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