April 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Which kernel should I have installed?
by Insomniac 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

I'm trying to eliminate the problems I've been having with my system lately. Because they happened 'suddenly', as in overnight, I'm now thinking hardware. I took out my SB Live! card and my GeForce GT210 PCIe card and now I'm actually able to type without it looking like I couldn't even spell the word 'I'. No more problem(s) with the letters keeping up with my typing or jumping ahead or adding 2 and 3 characters (which made it almost impossible to type in my root password when I needed to get into YAST). Anyway, onto the subject...the kernel that's installed on my (this) stock install is the kernel 'desktop'. In YAST software management, I see all kinds of 'kernels', but the explanation(s) of each aren't very helpful in my determining which one *should* be installed. My system: ASRock N68-S MOBO (luckily with onboard video!) 2GB DDR2 RAM (I memtested this last night and the RAM is fine) Athlon II X2 240 Dual-core processor (Is this a 64bit or not?) DVD burner and of course the SB Live! soundcard (which I hope isn't the culprit for all these problems lately!) Of all the kernels that are listed (desktop, coverage, default, rt, PAE, ec2, trace, vanilla), which would actually be the best for my system? I use this thing as my music player (got me some really, really nice 500W 5.1 speakers), watching DVD's, experimenting with software (nothing fancy, just if it looks interesting I'll try it. If it doesn't work I uninstall it.), just an everyday user I guess, no huge scientific stuff or graphics work (other than BOINC SETI@home...I run this 24/7/365). Thanks for any suggestions or pointers where I might be able to read up on this stuff that a *layman* can understand...no 'man' pages please! -- 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 to set up X
by Wolfgang Mueller 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Having installed Suse 11.4 on my new laptop, X does not start and startx does not work. Is there any other way to invoke X? How can I set up the configuration file for X? I did that so often years ago, but I forgot the name of the program. Unfortunately Suse keeps that secret in the 11.4 manual. Any hint would be welcome. Thanks in advance, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sound Subsystem race condition?
by Ciro Iriarte 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Scenario: If I start Amarok before a web browser, I can listen music with Amarok, but audio on Youtube doesn't work If I start web browser first I get audio son Youtube but I have no audio with Amarok. Is this maybe an issue with alsasound/pulseaudio?. I don't wan't to uninstall pulseaudio as I'm trying to make bluetooth audio work.. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.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] font wierdness in kdm on openSUSE 11.4
by Roger Oberholtzer 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

In my KDE login, the font used to show the login name and password (stars) is disproportionately large. It looks quite unprofessional. Where are the fonts for KDM controlled? Similarly, where is the resolution of the display defined fro KDM? It seems to often use a different resolution than X. And X is determining this automatically these days. So I guess KDM is as well? I looked in /etc/sysconfig, but nothing I saw looked like it was relevant. It has been this way both for the original KDE that shipped with 11.4, and the 4.6.1 release to which I have upgraded. 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] Flash elements have white blocks the blink and strobe?
by C 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

This is driving me crazy lately. Almost any page I go to lately (as in some about half way through the 11.3 release cycle until now) that has Flash elements has this nasty habit of showing white blinking squares all over the Flash element. For example this page: http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/worldclock/ uses Flash to animate the world clock. The white blocks are over the clock face, along the bottom of the Flash element, and along the right hand side. Other pages that have Flash video elements are sometimes impossible to watch because of the flashing and blinking. On some youc an't operate the video controls because they are covered by a strobing white block. I've disabled Hardware Accelleration in the Flash options - which did improve things a little on some pages. One thing I've noticed is that the Flash objects that do the white block thing tend to have the Options context menu greyed out... I don't know if that's a factor. Anyway is anyone else having this issue? Is there a workaround or tweak to fix it? (No, FlashBlock is not an option) 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] Re: 3 partitions vs. 11 partitions
by Joachim Schrod 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

James Knott wrote: > Joachim Schrod wrote: >> /usr on separate partition doesn't work any more since quite some >> time, boot-level actions need files from there. (The most prominent >> culprit is udev.) > Since when? I have a separate /usr on my ThinkPad, which is running > 11.0. Also, most of my systems run everything, except /boot, from LVM. http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken Even though specifics are different between Fedora and openSUSE, the basic principle remains the same, as this is a problem inherited from upstream. The issue is not systemd-specific; systemd is just the messenger. This was also discussed half a year ago on opensuse-devel. See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.devel/28364/focus=28379. Some nice flames (and also some insightful comments) on this topic can also be read at LWN.net: http://lwn.net/Articles/429695/ In both discussions, you'll find (1) people who want to keep /usr separate and are suprised by reality, and (2) others who tell them that this (2a) just doesn't work that way any more (e.g., Kay Sievers on the openSUSE side), (2b) that they actually don't care enough to do something against it personally, and (2c) get flamed for it. Typical shoot-the-messenger syndrom, if you ask me. HTH, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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: 3 partitions vs. 11 partitions
by Joachim Schrod 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Wolfgang Mueller wrote: I'm reading this thread rather late, but I haven't seen it mentioned it. > > Normally I would have created a much larger number of Linux partitions, > for instance: > > Win7 167 GB (shrinked by the Installation CD, as above) > Swap 2 GB > / 10 GB > /usr 20 GB > /opt 10 GB > /var 5 GB > /tmp 5 GB > /boot 0.09 GB > /srv 60 GB > /data 60 GB > /local 60 GB > /home 52 GB /usr on separate partition doesn't work any more since quite some time, boot-level actions need files from there. (The most prominent culprit is udev.) The rest is your choice, as discussed in the other messages. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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 not shutting down...
by Insomniac 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Okay...forget the sound problem. My system just won't shut down. It sticks at a dark gray screen until I hold the power button down and shut it off. Doing that makes the reboot nauseatingly slow. Another thing I've noticed happening - sometimes, not always, typing is anywhere from a second to a few seconds behind what I'm actually typing, *OR*, typing in the root password when I start YAST...sometimes the typing goes crazy and two or three characters will come up when I've only hit one key on the keyboard. Any ideas at all what this could be? This hard booting is gonna fry my hdd, I just know it. -- 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 Weekly News 170 is out!
by Sascha Manns 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 170 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… Welcome GNOME 3! We have a present for you… Plasma Active – A Desirable User Experience Encompassing the Device Spectrum Package Calibre updated to 0.7.53 and many more ... For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [0] http://bit.ly/htJVHE (in PDF) [0] http://news.opensuse.org/?p=8342 (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/dTecwY (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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] 11.4 sound system worse than 11.3?
by jsa 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

In 11.4 with my Intel High Definition Audio HDA Intel (STAC92xx Digital), I can no longer mute the sound via the mixer. You can't even turn the sound off with the Keyboard controls built into the laptop. The 11.2 sound system implements the LFE channel on this chipset. The Low Frequency Effects channel really does add a lot to the sound quality but neither the master Volume control or the Mute button controls the LFE channel. If you use LFE channel at all, you can't mute it or control volume in the normal way. So when you want to mute sound, you have to open the Kmix mixer and click two mute buttons. (The Alsa Mixer can't control the LFE channel at all). Anyone have a work around other than killing off the LFE channel? And where did the trebble / Base settings go in Kmix? This thing has taken a real step backwards in the last release. -- Explain again the part about rm -rf / -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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