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[opensuse] 11.4 and vlc media player: why won't vlc start-up?
by Basil Chupin 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

I just installed 11.4 with KDE (clean install, 32-bit version, off the DVD), and installed vlc which is my preferred choice as a multimedia application (for TV viewing, DVD viewing, capturing TV programs). However vlc will simply not start - the cursor bounces around but no vlc. I get the following error (extracted from session errors): OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 260.19.44 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler Driver: NVIDIA Driver version: 260.19.44 GPU class: NV40/G70 OpenGL version: 2.1.2 GLSL version: 1.20 X server version: 1.9.3 Linux kernel version: 2.6.37 Direct rendering: yes Requires strict binding: no GLSL shaders: limited Texture NPOT support: yes QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() Failed to find service for KUrl("file:///usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop") VLC media player 1.1.8 The Luggage (revision exported) Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") [0x80503fc] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() konsole(8351)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "" with KXMLGUIFactory! konsole(8351)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "" with KXMLGUIFactory! X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes) Resource id: 0x2227268 X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes) Resource id: 0x22273e0 QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method Pager::toolTipAboutToShow() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method Pager::toolTipHidden() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method ShowDesktop::toolTipAboutToShow() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() kmix(4226) sink_input_cb: Ignoring sink-input due to it being designated as an event and thus handled by the Event slider kded(3193)/kmix sink_input_cb: Ignoring sink-input due to it being designated as an event and thus handled by the Event slider What does this all mean, and how to solve this? Without vlc openSUSE 11.4 is useless to me. BTW, kaffeine 'works' except that the bug I reported a couple of years ago still hasn't been resolved (on certain digital channels there is no sound) so this, too, is of no use to me. BC -- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius -- 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] Google body browser
by michael getachew 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Roger Oberholtzer <roger(a)opq.se> wrote: From: Roger Oberholtzer <roger(a)opq.se> Subject: [opensuse] Google body browser To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 4:07 PM Anyone able to use this site on openSUSE 11.4 with firefox 4.0 (from OBS)? http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/ I tried the suggestion about nvidia drivers (MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST=1 firefox), but it made no difference. The site tells me: "Google Body uses WebGL, a new standard for 3D on the Web. Your browser supports WebGL, but WebGL is not initializing properly." -- 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 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org i couldn't load that web page under fiirefox 4 too but i got it to work fine after custom compiling libosmesa(from mesa3d.org) and giving firefox the path to libOSMesa32.so.7.8.2 and setting up some things in the firefox about:config tab(just search for webgl under it and you will find all you the settings you need). although rendering is slower than i expected webgl is working fine now :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[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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