March 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Heads-up on a Linux native game being released
by C 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Just a heads-up for gamers here in case you've missed it. OilRush is available for pre-purchase for Linux... and you can DL an early release (Beta?) if you get a copy now. https://store.unigine.com/products/goods/oilrush-linux/ I've poked around in the game, and so far it seems to be a pretty decent game. Works well for me so far in 11.3. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.1 Repositories
by Mark Misulich 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi, it looks like Opensuse 11.1 is starting to go away to die of old age. Unfortunately I have to keep using it on this laptop, as Opensuse 11.2 & 3 don't turn on the cooling fans to keep the laptop from overheating. Only 11.1 works. I have addressed this issue with Novel via bugzilla, but they haven't provided any solution. I have found that the repos are slowly going away for updates. I removed the repos for Education OpenOffice Wine devel:languages Perl as they don't exist anymore for 11.1. Does anyone know where I may find these repos now? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Book Recommendation Requested
by Lew Wolfgang 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi Folks, I need to make a book recommendation to a friend to bring him up-to-speed in the "Tao of Linux" as quickly as possible. He has been providing administrative support for about 160 Windows desktops/laptops for about five-years, but now finds himself in the situation where his future employment depends on his getting "certified" in Linux. Certification in this case means passing both CompTIA Linux+ tests. He already has passed CompTIA's Security+. My friend does all his work from the Windows GUI and has very little knowledge of the command-line environment. He doesn't even know the MS-Dos command-line environment and batch files very well. So I'm thinking he's going to have a rough time of it. I hate to use the word, but as you all know, Linux/UNIX and Windows have completely different paradigms on many levels. He's going to have to learn a new philosophy as well as new concepts and commands. Can anyone suggest a path forward for a Windows Weenie? Thanks, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU load reported in HTOP, Ksysguard
by dwgallien 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

I've noticed for quite a while that the total cpu load reported in ksysguard and htop can be substantially greater than what is reported in the accompanying detail. For example, at this moment the detail in both tools show in sum up to ~25%, while the total load reported is at ~75% on both cores. I think that the total number is correct as I can feel the machine being less responsive. Several times when this has happened I've restarted KDE or rebooted and then the load of course drops and the detail/total numbers appear to be in sync, and the machine is again very responsive (this wkstn is a Phenom II X2 3.7GHz w/8MB RAM). I'm suspicious that X, Plasma, or Firefox are culprits, but I can't pin it down. I just closed FF and both the detail and total numbers dropped, but still the detail is showing in sum ~15% while the total number is averaging ~65%. Suggestions? Thx in advance, Dennis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [11.4 RC2 64bit]-Missing Icons For Some Installed Programs?
by Jesse Palser 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi, I installed openSUSE 11.4 RC2 64bit and noticed that some of the programs I installed have missing icons in the menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Screenshot Example Of Bug: http://16bitsoft.com/images/openSUSE11_4RC/openSUSE11-4RC2-64bit_MissingIco… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will this be fixed in the next release? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks! Jesse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] patterns and installed RPMs.
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

If I have a pattern installed, shouldn't all the packages (perhaps except Suggested ones) be installed? For example, I have the kde4 pattern installed on an 11.2 system. As can be seen via: zypper info -t pattern kde4 not all packages are installed: Information for pattern kde4: Repository: openSUSE-11.2-Oss Name: kde4 Version: 11.2-20.22.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes i | samba | package | i | kompare | package | i | gutenprint | package | i | konversation | package | | kweather | package | | mozilla-xulrunner191-kde4 | package | | kalarm | package | Suggested | kdebase4-wallpapers | package | Suggested i | krdc | package | i | krfb | package | | speedcrunch | package | Shouldn't packages like kweather be installed? I have not done anything to keep it from being installed. I see that the pattern is from the default 11.2 install. I am running KDE from /KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.2/. Does the pattern only get used when it is installed? If I see that there are things not installed from a pattern, is there a command to get these things installed? I tried updating the pattern package. But that had no effect. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.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] sorting of files by modification time in gnome save as dialog
by Istvan Gabor 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

This question, I guess, is not SUSE specific, it is related to gnome, so I am asking gnome guys. The question is about sorting files by modification time in the save as dialog. I do not see any logic behind it. That is if I click save as (eg in xsane) and the sort order has been set already to modified-up-arrow, the order of files in the window is the follows (from top to bottom): file oldest ... file newest dir oldest ... dir newest That is the directories are below the files, which is strange. If I click two times the 'modified' button/column-header to get again modified-up-arrow, the order changes to: dir oldest ... dir newest file oldest ... file newest The files come after folders, which is expected. And my point is: when I save a series of files with names that differ only in one character, the easiest is to select a previously saved file from the list and change the name. The fastest way to locate the file would be if the newest file was on the top of the list. The second fastest, if the newest file was the very last in the list. None of these occurs when I click save as. I either have to scroll down and find the border between files and directories or have click two times the 'modified' column header and then scroll to the very last row. Both method is unconvenient and requires more scrolling/clicking then it should. Is there a configure option to modify this behavior? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How increase ROOT size using GParted?
by Mike 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

OpenSUSE 11.3 ROOT located on /dev/sdb6 with 3.0MB free (not good!) I want to increase /dev/sdb6, obviously. I booted to GParted and decreased the space on my OVERFLOW which is /dev/sdb8. The space is now unallocated with 1.46GiB but I cannot increase the size of /dev/sdb6. I also have 5.94GB unallocated on the same drive. /dev/sdb1 = ntfs 46.20 GB (I dual-boot, don't hate) (unallocated space shows here in GParted) - I formatted this before and it shows as /dev/sdb4 /dev/sdb3 = ext4 /dev/sdb2 = an extended partition /dev/sdb5 = linux-swap (SWAP1) /dev/sdb6 = ext4 (ROOT1) /dev/sdb7 = ext4 (HOME) /dev/sdb8 = ext4 (NEWSYS) (unallocated space shows here in GParted) How can I use the unallocated space to increase the space on /dev/sdb6? I also have /dev/sda1, sda2, sda3 with a lot of free space but I believe I cannot use it because it is on sda... Thank you for any help you can provide. ~ Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fw: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver?
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I wish the lists auto replied to list as I always end up replying to sender.. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:45:45 To: Jesse Palser<SLNTHERO(a)AOL.com> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: Re: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? Will launch day herald a driver for ATi as I recall didn't release for several weeks at the launch of 11.3? Also I tried to confugure a machine with a bcm4313 wireless this wasn't even detected with 11.3 I installed bcm-firmware but no joy. I tried upgrading via ethernet to factory but still no wifi. Stuart Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Palser <SLNTHERO(a)AOL.com> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:11:56 Cc: <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> Subject: Re: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? On 03/01/2011 09:54 AM, Sven Burmeister wrote: > Am Dienstag, 1. März 2011, 14:27:50 schrieb Jesse Palser: >> Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? >> Will "Goldmaster" release of openSUSE 11.4 >> include nVidia proprietary display driver? > No, it's in a separate repo. I guess because of licensing issues. > > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers > > Sven Hi, Well, will that repo page be updated with a driver for 11.4 ? Jesse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HPLIP Error
by michael norman 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Running openSUSE 11.3 KDE 4 4 4 and HPLIP 3.10.2-2.3.1 I get the following error on start up : No system tray detected on this system unable to start (HPLIP that is) exiting. I dope someone can point me in the ridgt direction to fix this. The Printer still works btw. Thanks Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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