April 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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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[opensuse] KV8-Max3 hardlocks installing 11.4
by Larry Stotler 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

I've run into an interesting issue on my son's desktop. It's: Athlon 3200+ KV8-Max3 512MB DDR (1 x256MB, 2 x 128MB all 400Mhz) nVidia GeForce FX5600/256MB The install starts fine, but when it gets to "activating usb devices..." the system hardlocks. It does it everytime. I've disabled the onboard SATA Raid controllers. I do have a Promise IDE RAID card in it. The system has XP(fulled updated) on it and runs perfectly fine, so I'm not leaning toward a hardware issue. I've tried: 11.4/x64 - standard and safe settings 11.3/x64 - standard loads the kernel to 67% and stalls but reboots sometimes. Otherwise, it and safe settings hardlock. Knoppix 6.0.2/x32 - hardlocks after loading the kernel and resetting the video. Any suggestions? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] The future of KDE
by Basil Chupin 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Can anyone provide an answer, please, to what the future of KDE is considering that gnome has gone #3 but will not be used in such a distro as Ubuntu, to be replaced by Unity. And I don't know what the future holds for openSUSE. What's the future of KDE in openSUSE, will it remain and be in place for at least several years or be replaced with something like Unity or Gnome #3 in the foreseeable future or within 6 months time (whichever comes first)? (Reason for asking is that I don't want to invest time and effort in getting KDE in 11.4 configured only to find that KDE will be replaced with something as unproductive as gnome 3 or Unity.) 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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[opensuse] opensuse-11.4 DVD media ID
by Mark Hounschell 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Can anyone tell me what media is being used. IE the MEDIA ID. K3B says it is unknown. Thanks 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] Streaming video download programs
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

I am at the so called end of the barbed wire which is bringing me ADSL connection. That means at the best times for download a meager 0.39Mbps. Not very impressive and not enough for a good viewing of streaming videos. I think that downloading the stream would help me in viewing the videos in an optimal way. Found the downloadhelper for Mozilla Firefox which would know when you would need help with the stream but I found that is only for sites it knows and the site from which I wanted to view the video was not on its list. Googling for programs got me a whole lot of programs that would all do what I am looking for. What program are you using? Are there any other working programs which work fine with openSUSE11.3 and 11.4? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-30-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.2 (4.6.2) 20:25pm up 7:08, 3 users, load average: 2.29, 2.59, 2.40 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Firefox v4.0b12 -- I don't see a Refresh button
by Stan Goodman 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

There must be one, where is it hidden? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] webpin doesn't work
by Sascha Manns 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Hello Mates, since my upgrade to M6 to now my webpin doesn't work. It says: ERROR: invalid or unsupported value for distribution version: "11.4" Valid values are: 11.0, factory, 11.2, 11.1, Factory, 11.3, latest Has anyone an idea, how to fix it? -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Web: http://saigkill.homelinux.net German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mounted media randomly changing permisions
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Dear all I have several issues with external usb hard drives. 1 is approaching its limit and has less than 9gb out of 1000gb remaining. 11.4 keeps setting it to read only causing ktorrent to sigterm. Right click properties in dolphin reports that the drive is 100% full. How can it be 100% full with more than 8gb free? To be 100% full it would need to be in the region of mb's free surely? Also another drive refuses to be detected by any pc it just keeps intermitant flashing? Is it a usb control failure it has power or could it be disk failure? First hd is a Lacey usb external 1tb formatted to ext3 Second is a Western Digital USB 1tb also formatted to ext3. Suggestions? Kind Regards Stuart Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone

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[opensuse] Os 11.4 - How to revert to Yast to install downloaded RPMs?
by Mark Goldstein 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi, I'd like to revert to Yast instead of KPackageKit for One-Click installations and for "open" action on downloaded RPMs. Is it possible? Could not find where it is defined. Somehow KPackageKit consistently installs additional packages I did not ask for (like emacs and abiword). I start feeling like with MS OS... Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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