openSUSE Users April 2011

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by Tracer Bullet

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

4 years, 3 months

[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache

by Chuck Payne

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple repo, I read on the opensuse site about a binary called genIS_PLAINcache, because I can't see to find it or the package yast2-packmanager either. Can someone help. I am setting this repo up for SLE9, I have tried to use createrepo but I keeping getting errors. -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

5 years

[opensuse] 11.4 problems: Kdm Sound temprature

by Anton Aylward

Now I have a bootable kernel I have worked though matters with 11.4 All the personal config came though intact :-) A lot of the system config has been altered and I'm not sure if that is just 11.3/11.4 differences or what. These are the problems I see now 1. KDM does not work. The greeter fails. The log file reads X.Org X Server 1.9.3 Release Date: 2010-12-13 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux BigBoy 2.6.37.6-0.5-pae #1 SMP 2011-04-25 21:48:33 +0200 i686 Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent quiet PROFILE=default vga=0x317 Build Date: 22 February 2011 10:15:34PM Current version of pixman: 0.20.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 30 07:12:51 2011 (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. No protocol specified kdmgreet: cannot connect to X server :0 There is nothing wrong with X. I can start it with 'startx' from the command line under both the root account and my personal account and with a few oddities (see later) it works. I don't know what to make of that message or how to proceed. 2. Lots of odd errors in config files Many things started from the command line produce stuff like this kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/inetd.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/sw_source.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/users.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/nfs.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/security.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/hwinfo.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/mouse.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/vendor.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/host.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522)/kdecore (services) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/YaST2/SD_logprof.desktop" has Type= "Application" but also has a X-KDE-Library key. This works for now, but makes user-preference handling difficult, so support for this might be removed at some point. Consider splitting it into two desktop files. kbuildsycoca4(4522) parseLayoutNode: The menu spec file contains a Layout or DefaultLayout tag without the mandatory Merge tag inside. Please fix your file. 3. Latency on menubar Just about every application, thunderbird & firefox in particular, but all the KDE applications as well, have a delay when top menubar items are clicked. I am used to this on LiveCD where the system has to drag in the relevant stuff from the CD but not on a real system. The KDE applications seem to cache items, the GTK applications don't seem to. 4. No sound. Sound has stopped working. Testing with LiveCD tells me its not a hardware problem The mixer icon doesn't appear in the system tray on starting KDE4 and when it is started everything is set to zero. Even then sound isn't working. This isn't a modules problem, the modules are all loaded as I expect. # lsmod | grep snd snd_pcm_oss 47823 0 snd_mixer_oss 16817 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq 57265 0 snd_seq_device 6646 1 snd_seq snd_intel8x0m 12017 0 snd_intel8x0 27766 1 snd_ac97_codec 106641 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m ac97_bus 1082 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 88249 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 21876 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 65966 11 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6854 1 snd snd_page_alloc 8025 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm -- If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. - Henry Spencer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 3 months

[opensuse] KDE3

by Jon Cosby

Hey, for all of you KDE3 hold outs, someone's finally taking the initiative to fork it to a new project: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/ So far, they're only maintaining .deb packages for Ubuntu, but if you want to see KDE3 live on, it might be worth starting a project on the OBS. Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] Blowing away 11.3

by James Knott

After all the problems with 11.4 and 11.3 on my ThinkPad, I've decided to blow it all away and revert to 11.0. At least that worked well. Problems: 11.4 - unable to use KDE, as system locked up and display faded 11.3, unreliable USB detection. Why no "Safely remove" option? Display often shifted about 1/2" to right, but mouse didn't. Poorer performance. General frustration with KDE 4. As I've often pointed out, since I first saw KDE 4, a few years ago, it needs a lot of work to be anywhere near as useful as 3.5 It would be *VERY* nice if support were resumed for 11.0, which would appear to be the last decent openSUSE distro. My experiences with KDE 4 are almost enough to send me back to Windows! What a piece of crap!!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] KMS and Xorg not finding native resolution with INTEL driver

by Charles Philip Chan

Hello all: I upgraded to 11.4 a few days ago and I am having problems with KMS and Xorg not finding and using the native resolution (1680x1050) of my monitor. There seem to be a problem probing the edid of my monitor and here is what I get in my Xorg.0.log: ,----[ Excerpt form Xorg.0.org ] | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1 | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768i" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384i" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.566] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (vrefresh out of range) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (doublescan mode not supported) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA1 | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) | [ 1557.567] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) `---- If I manually put in the HorizSync, VertRefresh and a modeline generated by cvt in monitor.conf, kdm would not even start. I have to resort to using xrandr to add and set the mode. What could be the problem? Thanks. Charles -- "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." (Linus Torvalds about the superiority of Linux on the Amterdam Linux Symposium)

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] Libre Offfice wopn't open documents.

by Bob S

Hello SuSE people, Running 11.3 with KDE3.5.10 Did an upgrade of 11.3 last night and Open Office was uninstalled and Libre Office installed in it's place. It ooens up and will accept input but will not open any existing documents. If I go to File > Open I do not get a list of any existing documents nor any in the Recent Documents. If I then close it, it will not open a second time. I must log out and then back in again. Then, if I go to a document and right click on it then choose Open with Libre Office nothing happens. Libre Office does not open. But, if I have logged out and then back in again, when I go to a document and right click it and choose Open with Libre Offfice writer, it then opens a dialog about recovering the document. Then I tell it to recover the document and it opens that document. After that, and after logging out and back in again, that document will whow up in the Recent Documents list and can be opened from within Libre Office. Clear as mud, right? Links maybe? Hope somebody can point me in the right direction here. The handling and editing of documents is an important part of my use. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] VLC problem in 11.4

by Basil Chupin

A couple of weeks ago (I think) I posted a message stating that vlc will not even start under openSUSE 11.4. I just re-installed 11.4, as a totally new installation, and did all the necessary updates to all files. Still no vlc. xine works fine but not vlc. I then remembered that someone - I *think* that it was Mark Goldstein - responded to my original post with the suggestion to run vlc with the prefix of 'strace'; I just amended the properties for vlc and now it runs correctly for me. I don't remember thanking Mark for his suggestion which I now do: Thank you Mark for the 'fix', greatly appreciated. But before I remembered Mark's suggestion, I went looking for an answer and found that there is a bug in KDE4.6.0 and which, as implied, has been fixed in KDE 4.6.1. Which is quite nice to know....if you only one knew how to upgrade your current KDE 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 (let alone to 4.6.2!) to get rid of just one (presumably) small bug to make vlc work. As I have forgotten over time the mystical incantations required to manipulate the Repositories info in (?)YaST to be able to upgrade this current release of 11.4 with KDE 4.6.0 to KDE 4.6.1, would some kind person, using plain, simple English, please, if it is not too much trouble, tell me what I should do to add whatever necessary repos (NO runes and in abbreviated form please!-please) to my installation so as to be able to upgrade to KDE 4.6.1? And as it is, in my time zone, Good Friday, A Happy Easter to everybody. BC -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] 11.4 / mysql does not start automatically

by Stefan Gofferje

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I recently upgraded my home server from OS11.2 to OS11.4 (fresh install). Since then, the mysql doesn't start automatically any more. mysqld.log says: 110419 15:06:32 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysql/mysqld.pid ended 110419 15:26:52 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /server/mysql 110419 15:26:54 [Warning] '--skip-locking' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use '--skip-external-locking' instead. ^G/usr/sbin/mysqld: File './mysql-bin.~rec~' not found (Errcode: 13) 110419 15:26:54 [ERROR] MYSQL_BIN_LOG::open_purge_index_file failed to open register file. 110419 15:26:54 [ERROR] MYSQL_BIN_LOG::open_index_file failed to sync the index file. 110419 15:26:54 [ERROR] Aborting 110419 15:26:54 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete If I try starting it manually with rcmysql start after the machine has booted up, is goes without problems. Any hints? - -S - -- (o_ Stefan Gofferje | SCLT, MCP, CCSA //\ Reg'd Linux User #247167 | VCP #2263 V_/_ Heckler & Koch - the original point and click interface -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2tz6sACgkQbQKZlCdPOMPayQCgstJwFtuN7IPp7VoTVoV1xD7H LRAAnj4KKymBSVfbCVeSxxRKKDFNw/9x =cEbD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

[opensuse] help with ATI Radeon 5470

by Leonardo

hello everyone, i have there 3 ati machines: one with mobility radeon 3200, another with mobility radeon 4200, but the new one has mobility radeon 5470 and i am unable to configure it as i've made with the others: just click on http://opensuse-community.org/ati.ymp and the it adds the correct mirrors. but not on this new machine, if i do that i'll lost X forever, will have to use failsafe and then remove/purge the package and the mirror. If i try the proprietary driver directly from the ati site things gets even worse. i want to use all features from this video card, any help is welcome. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 6 months

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openSUSE Users April 2011