September 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] glxgears fails under installed 11.3
by Terry Eck 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

I hope I'm just missing some rpm and someone can help me out. When I issue "glxgears" the following is displayed on the console: lib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual. Regards, Terry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: [TLUG]: Moving to IPv6
by James Knott 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Anton Verevkin wrote: > In case of IPv6 both ISPs provide you with subnet prefixes. Which prefix you > would set up in your LAN? How would you do the routing? No doubt we do not > want NAT here, or else why switching from IPv4? We would also want to avoid > tunnels in the final solution, for tunnels are for the transition period, > right? > You can have subnets from both active at the same time on all computers. This is because IPv6 is designed to support multiple addresses on an interface. Routers advertise themselves, so either should work, but I don't know how to make one default and not the other. One other nice thing that IPv6 has that's nice, is depreciated addresses. Suppose you change providers. Instead of just cutting off one, connecting to the other and adjusting the DNS, you could leave up the old for a while, as a depreciated and just change the DNS to the new. This way, you don't interrupt access and for a period of time, have both ISPs available. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CAN Bus users?
by Roger Oberholtzer 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Is anyone using the CAN Bus with openSUSE? I see that a few of the drivers are available as modules on 11.2. I am exploring what it will take to use CAN Bus devices on openSUSE. Any feedback or suggestions for bus interface cards are welcome. There is some general CAN Bus info for Linux here: http://www.armadeus.com/wiki/index.php?title=CAN_bus_Linux_driver http://developer.berlios.de/projects/socketcan/ -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Don't write off fluxbox as a great lightweight desktop
by David C. Rankin 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Guys, I pretty much use all desktops. Gnome, KDE3, KDE4, E16, E17, IceWM, WindowMaker, xfce, OpenBox, LXDE (openbox+), BlackBox, PekWM, Sawfish and of course FluxBox. (must be a bipolar thing). These past few days I've run fluxbox and it never ceases to impress me with the simple logic it employs to make it a very usable desktop. (total desktop download size 737K) Moreover, while all the gtk apps look terrible in kde3 (last updates on 11.0 broke the ability to run gnome-settings-daemon), it works fine with fluxbox. Not to mention, flux can be drop-dead gorgeous with the themes and transparency settings it has: [135k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/flux/flux-092010.jpg Not to mention that all your apps gnome/kde/etc. run just fine under flux. (as a preference, I use the k3 apps under flux just from a lightweight/responsiveness standpoint). The menus are simple to setup and you can customize them to your heart's content in any text editor. So the next time you would like to try an alternative to the behemoth desktops of kde/gnome, load flux, lxde, e16 or e17 (e17 is not really 'light') and enjoy. For a good selection of alternative window managers, add: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/windowmanagers/openSUSE_11.{… as a repository and take a look in http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/ for others and development versions. I have a couple of my favorite fluxbox themes in my deviantART gallery if anyone is interested: http://drankinatty.deviantart.com/gallery/ and you can find more than 500 more at: http://tenr.de/styles/?i=1 Enjoy. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] Has dual-boot changed?
by Mark Misulich 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> On 2010/09/12 22:00 (GMT-0400) Doug composed: >> >>> Felix Miata wrote: >> >>> /snip/ >> >>> I recently tried to find out how to use the XP booter to multi-boot >>> it and one or more Linux systems. I was unsuccessful, altho I seem >>> to remember reading somewhere that it is possible... >> >> One link to how was in the post you here replied to - in the part you >> excised, (titled "Installing Windows® After Something Else"). >> >>> The other thing I have seen repeatedly over time is that you should >>> always install Windows first. I have never seen instructions for doing >>> it the other way, as the correspondent would like to do. >> >> One link to how was in the post you here replied to - in the part you excised >> (titled "Installing Windows® After Something Else"). >> -- >> "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant >> words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) >> >> Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 >> >> Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> >> > > Hi, > to dual or multiboot windows with linux, I use this procedure. > Windows should be installed on the first primary partition of the > harddrive, assuming you have only one hard drive. > > Then I install Suse in an extended partition. An extended partition > is a primary partition that is authorized to be subdivided. It will > be subdivided into logical partions, of which I think 64 is the > maximum number at the moment. When you use the Suse auto install, it > will auto designate your extended partition and auto subdivide it into > three logical partitions. These partitions are named swap, root, and > home. Swap is normally double the size of your installed ram. 20 gb > is a good size for root, and home can be what is left over, but 20gb > is also a good min size. > > I personally use G parted to setup my partitions before installing > openSUSE, using the setup above. I do this because I usually > multiboot win with two or more linux. You can get here if you desire: > > http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php > > When installing openSuse, I install the bootloader (grub) so that it > resides in the master boot record. I think that the default > installation now is to boot from an extended partition, so you can > change this to boot from MBR in the bootloader dialogue. This is > presented in the the final check screen before installation, showing > the bootloader as one of the of items that you are approving. Click > on bootloader, find the tab for installation details, and set it to > boot from MBR only. > > Once you install opensuse, the first screen that comes up on boot is > the grub screen that allows you to select which operating system that > you want to run. It usually has Windows 1 and below it Windows 2. > Windows 2 is usually the Windows operating system, and windows 1 is > usually the windows restoration partition. I boot the opensuse > system, and then once everything is up and running I open a konsole > terminal. > > As root in terminal, I type in > #kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst > > if kwrite doesn't work, type instead gedit, or kate, abiword, or your > other favorite text editor. > > Find in the text > > title Windows 1 > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > > and remove all of that entry. > > Then find in the text > > title Windows 2 > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > > and edit it to read > > title Windows XP > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > > Then click save, and reboot to make sure of your entries in the text. > Grub will then be able to boot opensuse directly, and boot the windows > bootloader to boot windows. > > If you don't want to edit text directly, you can do this via > yast>system>bootloader, but I can't remember how to tell you exactly. > It is pretty easy anyways, and is almost self explanatory if you know > how to edit the text directly. > > I hope I have understood correctly what you are asking, and I hope > this helps you get it working. > > 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] What happened to the opensuse.ca.unixheads.org mirror?
by David C. Rankin 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Guys, Anybody know why the opensuse.ca.unixheads.org mirror went away? Many repos now list only 2 US mirrors: (X11-windowmanagers) Found 2 mirrors which handle this country (US): * http://130.57.19.201/repositories/X11:/windowmanagers/openSUSE_11.3/X11:win… (us, prio 40) * http://ftp.utexas.edu/opensuse/repositories/X11:/windowmanagers/openSUSE_11… (us, prio 50) The ftp.utexas repo sucks and gives no more than 0-8K/s download speed. If you do an update and get this mirror, you might as well ctrl+c the update. The 130.57.19.201 is a NOVELL-WEST address, but it is slow as well, not as bad as utexas, but slow.... The opensuse.ca.unixheads.org mirror was blazing fast, any chance it will come back online? -- 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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Re: [opensuse] What happened to the opensuse.ca.unixheads.org mirror?
by David C. Rankin 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

On 09/15/2010 12:50 PM, C wrote: >> Never mind -- http://unixheads.org/ -- got it :p > > Strange.. I could have sworn the opensuse URL linked to the graphic as > well. Anyway... he explains on his last blog entry what happened... > > C. > Yep, I dropped him a post on his blog thanking him for his work and supporting his decision to spend more time with family. It's a big decision we all face. (I can tell you as a father of 3 - 11, 8 & 5 ;-). Hopefully he will post it after review. Anyone else that has benefited from what unixheads.org has done over the years should take the time a drop him a line as well. It's the dedication of people like Scott that make this open-source thing work. He work will be sorely missed and his shoes will be hard to fill. -- 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] 11.3 midlife update
by Hans de Faber 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Hi opensuse team, Is there soon a KDE update in the planning? The decision to use KDE4.4 in opensuse 11.3 is almost one year old. I don't like the idea to wait until 11.4 arrives. I want to have more fun,Hans -- 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 X server problems
by Jos van Kan 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

I upgraded to 11.3 and apart from some minor quirks (disable pulseaudio to get sound, add nomodeset boot parameter to get anything at all) which incidentally may be absolute showstoppers to the uninitiated, I am left with a problem that I haven't been able to solve so far. There is a problem with the X server that I cannot quite nail down. After rebooting the Xserver comes up fine and I get the normal kdm login screen. But when I log out, the X-server does not restart properly and I am left with a frozen black screen. I can still use the text consoles f1-f6. I can go back to level 3, which frees the graphic terminal, but after that the X server won't come up any more. Switching sessions instead of logging out gives the same result. The Xorg.0.log suggests to disable autoadddevice, but that disables ALL hotplugging too, so that is no viable option. Since this machine is used by several people this is a nuisance, because every user switch now requires a reboot. Ideas anyone? I have the old sax2 xorg.conf still at my disposal. Should I take the Monitor and screen sections from that conf file? Since structure has been totally changed I do not like very much meddling in what I do not know. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Before you complain...
by Felix Miata 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Remember to be thankful for something to complain about. For the past several months the Mandriva Cooker mailing list has had a significant number of threads beginning "I am leaving Mandriva". With the impending Edge-IT shutdown (Edge-IT is a major Mandriva sponsor/supporter), for the past several days the number of leaving thread posts has overwhelmed topical posts. All but two of the remaining cooker IRC regulars (Nanar & guillomovitch) have been with Mandriva less than 5 years. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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