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[opensuse] Text entry trouble
by Jim Sabatke 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

SuSE 11.2, KDE 4.3.5 I did a fresh install of SuSE 11.2 a few weeks ago and have been banging my head against walls since. I am experiencing text entry problems. 1. TAB key acts strange sometimes. - In konsole (2.3.1), sometimes tabbing to complete a command does nothing, other times it works like I am used to (displaying a list of possible completions). When tab completion works, the typed characters are displayed as normal black characters on white background. When it doesn't work, the character colors are reversed. When not working properly, if I type and extra space ' ' character, and then backspace one character, then tab completion works. One really odd thing is that I can run several instances of konsole, and tab completion will work on some and not on others. - In gnumeric (1.9.13), tab sometimes will not go to the next field unless an extra space is typed at the end of the field data. Having to type an extra ' ' space character is a recurring theme here. - In gnucash (2.2.9) tab acts the same as in gnucash. In both cases, this never happened in 11.1. - In firefox (3.5.9) tab "sometimes" acts the same as gnucash and gnumeric (above). Also, getting firefox to list possible URL connections from history sometimes requires hitting the ' ' space key. At other times, firefox will display possible completions, but will not tab select them until a space key is pressed. The same behaviors occur in common drop box screens, such as google's search text entry; again a seemingly random behavior. These problems show in many other app's. 2. Spell check and text entry is strange: - In abiword (2.6.8), thunderbird (3.0.4) and emacs (23.1.1) there are several strange things "SOMETIMES" strings are not echoed from the app, but are instead displayed in a small text box that pops up somewhere on the monitor. The text box appears for each string and goes away after the string is completed. "As you type" spell checking is not performed. This problem is really annoying. "SOMETIMES" the strings are displayed on the app while typing, but spell check is not performed until after the string is completed. SOMETIMES "as you type" spell checking works as in previous versions of the OS. The string is underlined as soon as it doesn't match anything in the dictionary. I've tried to google these problems, but the search strings are so common that there are way too hits to be of use. I'm sure these aren't really random happenings, but I haven't been able to see a pattern yet. Any help? TIA Jim -- 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 and multiversion(kernel)
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Since four version of kernels I run it in zypp.conf with "multiversion=provides:multiversion(kernel). That gives me a full functioning kernel with updates which will have a look at all kernels. At this moment I have for kernels from which to choose and I think it is time to delete some of them. How could I do that with zypper? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.35.1-3.2-default LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.00 (KDE 4.5.0) 21:02pm up 4:03, 2 users, load average: 0.48, 0.77, 0.88 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4.5 good impression...But
by Marco Calistri 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

Hello listmembers, Recently I installed KDE4.5 onto my 11.2, by following opensSUSE guidance and I've been very well impressed of this new DE release. Now if I try a zypper ref; zypper up, then I notice several KDE packages available but since they come from different vendor (OBS instead of openSUSE) they went no installed. In these cases I know, I should limit the repos to "dup" with --repo, or --from switch, but wonder if doing so then I risk to broke something. TKS, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> Whoever truly understands my music is free from the miseries that haunt the world. -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ACPI regression from 11.2 -> 11.3 on GA-MA770T-UD3P
by Nick LeRoy 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hello, I'm hoping that some kind soul can help me diagnose what's going on here, or at least point me to another resource. Several weeks ago, I upgraded (first via zypper dup, then with a re-install) from 11.2 to 11.3 on a system with the above mobo. Since then, I've encountered all kinds of difficulties that I now believe to all be ACPI related. Note the the system had been very stable running 11.2, but I wanted the new Xorg driver for my ATI 4350 card so that I could take advantage of the accelerated driver and associated eye candy. Initially, I noticed network problems, and kernel messages in /var/log/messages with CPU#n suck messages. I've attached a snippet below. Aug 13 13:30:02 faramir kernel: [ 4331.903317] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 139s! [swapper:0] I eventually noticed that *most* these included the rtl8169 in the call stack. After some Googling, with no luck, I picked up a used Intel 82545GM from eBay to replace the built-in RealTek - it's a better chipset anyway, right? Well, after this, the above error traces went away, but not all of the bad behaviors. Remaining were the very long boot times (10 minutes) and random system hangs (5-30 seconds). I discovered that any keypress (i.e Num-Lock) would "unstick" the system, I surmised by generating an interrupt. Since then, I've been trying to play with combinations of ACPI=xx APM=xxx and pci=noacpi. After many experiments, I've the only combination that I could find that would make my system run well is "apm=off pci=noacpi acpi=off" -- in particular, "acpi=off". I've tried other ACPI options, but, at least so far, to no avail. The main downside that I've discovered to "acpi=off" is that my 4 CPU cores (AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor) are pegged at 2812.342 MHz, with my CPU fan running full-tilt to keep 'em cool. I've also attached the output of 'lspci' and 'dmidecode'. Let me know if there's anything else that I can provide, as well. Just for the record, I'm certainly *not* a newbie, and I'm willing to experiment and/or debug. Thanks in advance, -Nick

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[opensuse] I want SCPM back!
by Praise 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

I am disappointed to discover that SCPM is not anymore on OpenSUSE. Networkmanager is NOT a replacement. I need to do heavy changes to configurations as I change networks. I am using the packages from 11.2, but I really WANT SCPM back. I hope that if we are many, scpm packages will be released again. Cheers, Tazio Ceri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lost touchpad/trackpad
by Robert Schweikert 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, While trying to get display to a projector to work in openSUSE 11.3 I ended up having to shutdown the laptop (improper shutdown via power button). Ever since I've lost the trackpad, i.e. mouse pointer no longer moves when using the trackpad. How do I get it working again? Help is appreciated. Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Software Engineer Consultant LINUX rschweikert(a)novell.com 781-464-8147 Novell Making IT Work As One -- 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 thunderbird has stopped working
by Carlos E. R. 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Hi, My Thunderbird has stopped working. I see a white empty left and right panel. Both empty. Many menues do not work. Log out, log in of the session doesn't help. However, it works alright, it seems, if I use -safe-mode. I do not see errors in an xterm, except: cer@Elessar:~> thunderbird -safe-mode *** nss-shared-helper: Shared database disabled (set NSS_USE_SHARED_DB to enable). which I think is not related. How do I repair it? Do not tell me to erase all, that will not do. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -- 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] Time Issues 11.3
by Tony 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

On 08/26/2010 05:00 PM, DenverD wrote: > Tony wrote: >> Howdy >> >> Running 11.3 with kde 4.4.4, and I've run into an issue with the system >> clock. >> >> I have the hardware clock set to local and of course the local time i'm >> on CDT, United States, Texas. >> >> I have used yast to set the timezone to Central (Chicago). I have dbl >> check /etc/localtime and /etc/sysconfig/clock, that it is pointing to >> central time zone. >> >> When the computer boots, the system clock is always set 1 hour in >> advance, the hardware clock is ok, until I shut down then of course the >> system time is written back to the hardware clock and now the hardware >> clock is off again. >> >> When update to 11.3 it worked ok, after adding the digital clock applet >> and using the adjust / date time in that applet is when the time started >> acting up. I have since removed this applet and removed config for it. >> >> At this point I'm thinking to turn off writing of system clock back to >> hardware clock, this is a band-aid fix, to me. >> >> Any suggestions help ? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Tony > > hi tony in Texas (i've lived in Del Rio, Abilene, Austin) i can't tell > from your note how much Linux experience you have so pardon me for > assuming you know little or nothing about Linux.. > > first, Linux 'expects' the hardware clock to run on Coordinated > Universal Time (UTC), aka Greenwich.....while Windows expect the > hardware clock to be set to local.. > > while Windows can't be 'taught' to do otherwise, Linux can: so, if you > dual boot and need to present a local hardware clock to Windows, then > set it that way, but then go into YaST, System> Date Time (or maybe > Personal Settings - Configure Desktop....i don't know where that is > set in 4.4.4) and find where you can check mark a box that says > _something_ like "Hardware clock set to" and make sure it is set to > "Local Time".. > > then all should be well.. > > if, on the other hand you never boot Windows, set the hardware clock > to UTC, and tell the system that (again in YaST) > > as for your mysterious one hour i guess that is because of Daylight > Savings Time....i think once the hw clock is actually set the way the > system is being told it is (in YaST) the one hour mystery will go away.. > > most folks also enable NTP (network time protocol) that is set up in > YaST> Network Services> NTP Configuration....once that is turned on > and you manually set the hw clock really close, it should stay VERY > close to right.. > > enjoy, and have a couple of cheese/onion enchiladas and a Shiner Bock > for me (i now live in Denmark).. > > peace, > dd > Thanks for the information, I've been using Linux for 4 years, so guess a intermediate have a lot to learn still. Anyhow I tried the suggestion above prior to making my post, and tried setting hw clock to UTC and I still have a 1 hour diff, regardless if hwclock is set to local or UTC. Another words system clock is always set to 1 hour off regardless if hwclock is local or UTC. For now only way system clock is correct, is I have set the hwclock to one hour off, then when system clock is set it works. I'm open to ideas. Thanks, Tony -- 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 Enthusiasts - neat opportunity for opensuse and others
by David C. Rankin 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Guys, For those that don't know there have been several groups that have looked at the logistics of centralizing, for lack of better words, a location for handling changes to libraries, build tools, etc. that effect kde3 in order to allow kde3 to be maintained in a sane manner and prevent the wheel from being reinvented 1000 times over distro-by-distro. Of course implementation will always be distro specific, but the goal is to coordinate/handle the changes that impact the desktop at what was the kde.org level with the combined input and resources from all those who have an interest in seeing the desktop continue so it is done in an efficient way. Aside from the great work the guys here at openSuSE have done, another of the more notable efforts has been the Trinity project headed by Timothy Pearson (pearsoncomputing.net). The chakra project has been another player as well. I have been in contact with Pearson and the people at Chakra over the past few days. What I expect to take place in the next day or two is the expansion of a mailing list where we want to gather as much talent as possible to help contribute to solving the challenges that are bound to arise in the future as well as solving some of the current limitation with kde3 dcop/dbus, etc.. Much of this has been kicked around for some time, but in the past 36 hours, through coincidence or reason unexplained, there have been a number of kde3 folks brought into this discussion so let's make hay while the sun shine for the benefit of openSuSE and the rest of the OSS community. If you are interested, what you need to do is drop by http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?pid=20476#p20476 (that is just where the current active thread is - the rest is just a flurry of emails, etc..) Details concerning the mailing list, if not posted there yet, should be posted there within the next 24 hours. What I would like to see happen is those with interest join the mailing list, especially you prior kde3 devs. (I know you are up to your eyelids in KDE4 right now, but if you only write one sentence that saves the rest of us a months worth of wastes effort you have done more than you could ever imagine -- Will, Sven...) Lord knows it will be a low-volume list requiring little input. The goal is to help those spearheading this project manage what whatever the pressing needs may be to make sure when a Linux user sits down to install a desktop on a Linux box they have the choice to install IceWM, blackbox, fluxbox, e-16, enlightenment, openbox, kde3, kde4, WindowMaker, xfce, twm, etc.. If you are one of those that believe that Linux users ought to be able to have a choice to install kde3 in the future, then we need you on the mailing list. See you there. -- 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] Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 update coming as online update
by Marcus Meissner 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hi folks, The openSUSE maintenance team will be updating Mozilla Firefox from 3.5.11 to 3.6.8 in openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2. The updates are already in the -test update repos and will be put online some time next week. If you want to test, you can. (The -test repo is where we stage our updates. Only for experienced users. http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2-test/ for 11.2 and http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1-test/ for 11.1 (and http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3-test/ for 11.3, but 11.3 already has the current Firefox though) Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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