August 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-kde] Easy image mounting?
by Roger Oberholtzer 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:55 -0700, Roger Luedecke wrote: > One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an > image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I > got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have > hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is > unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of > optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we > be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just > right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be > very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially > as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices. On KDE 4.7, I see that if I right-click on an ISO image (extension .iso), and select Open with ... ark (or file roller), I can browse the ISO image. Clicking on things in the image does as expected. I do not know about other image types. -- 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

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[opensuse] Dratted 'nouveau' driver...
by Insomniac 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I just got myself a nice non CRT monitor. Along with it I also got an nvidia card. The monitor works fine, this is the second nvidia card I've had that completely screws up my system. After 30 seconds my mouse barely works, typing anything is a joke as things double-tap or triple-tap without one knowing, ad nauseum. It's a similar card to my other one that I thought was bad, but made by a different company. In the meantime I was awaiting this new card, I used the onboard video, nvida also. Things worked great on my old CRT and worked okay on this new monitor until the new card screwed things up and I switched to the onboard video with this new monitor. Now I can't get to X. I've tried to install the nvidia driver that was working fine before, but it keeps popping up that the kernel is using the nouveau module and I have to disable it before I can install the nvidia driver. I've uninstalled everything 'nouveau' from YaST and still get the same problem. I'm now in 'safe' mode, but of course the graphics are horrible, etc. Can anyone help me out here? How do I get the kernel to stop using the 'nouveau' module so I can install the nvidia driver and get back to my regular system with my new monitor? John -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.34-12-desktop KDE: 3.5.10 "release 41" 12:32pm up 0:06, 2 users, load average: 0.40, 0.23, 0.11 Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. -Isaac Asimov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] bash profile will not adjust settings
by George OLson 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi all, I am setting up my laptop with OS 11.4 32 bit and KDE 4.6.00. Just a few setup problems. First of all, I have a high resolution monitor, so all my fonts are small. I am working on that. But the first thing I want to adjust is the profile setting on bash. I go to settings -> configure profiles -> edit profile, and I try to change from small font black background with green color to white or anything else, and it won't adjust. I tried to slide the slider bar to make the font bigger, and on the dialog box it shows a bigger font, but it does not take the bigger font. The "apply" button doesn't do anything, or gray out or apply any changes no matter what changes I make. I have made the adjustment on my other pc with no problem. It seems like the application of any changes I make is disabled, whether I hit the apply button or the ok button. What other information do I need to post here in order to troubleshoot? Thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kindle/Wine problem
by Stan Goodman 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I recently downloaded and installed on my desktop machine the current KindleForPC (1.6.1). This release has the minor problem that it can't open books(!), which makes it useless. Fortunately, I have the installer for v1.5.0, which I know to be fundtional because it is running well on my laptop machine. Both machines run oS v11.4. I uninstalled the v1.6.1 Kindle from Wine by deleting the directory ~/.wine/..../Kindle as suggested by some of the advice I found through Google, then dropping the installer on the Wine configuration window; this is how I have previously installed Kindle on both machines in more than one installation. But the drop operation fails -- the installer icon is overlaid by a "Don't" road traffic sign. I assume that I need to do something lese in the bowels of the pseudo- Windows structure to convince it to accept the replacement installation. Can someone tell me what? -- 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] Re: [opensuse-factory] no builds after openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-x86_64-Build0186-Media.iso
by Ken Schneider - openSUSE 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

On 08/24/2011 12:56 PM, Kim Leyendecker pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > Am 24.08.2011 18:09, schrieb Ken Schneider - openSUSE: >> On 08/24/2011 11:20 AM, Larry Finger pecked at the keyboard and wrote: >>> On 08/24/2011 07:18 AM, Stephan Kulow wrote: >>>> I know. But the fact remains that it took a whole week before someone >>>> even >>>> replied to the fact that the live cds are broken. They are just very >>>> fragile >>> >>> I use the KDE Live CD from Factory, and I missed the new versions. While >>> unable to get new ones, I used Build 0186 to install, set Factory as the >>> repos, and did a 'zypper dup'. I also described this process on the beta >>> forum. A number of people there used this workaround. >>> >>> It was not that I don't care. I just did not want to make any more >>> noise. As long as I could get to the end point, that was fine. >>> >>> BTW, a Live DVD might be desirable, but it would not replace the Live >>> CD. Why should I download 4 GB to create a minimal system for testing >>> that will be dup'ed every day anyway. The 700 MB of a Live CD is just >>> right and it installs quickly. If Live CDs are not available, then I >>> will use NET install CDs. That usually entails a 2+ GB download. >>> >>> Larry >> >> why does the DVD have to contain 4GB of data? Why not a live media >> that is 1.2GB in size or .975GB or 1.4GB? > > Because that´s the de facto standard. And why should place be wasted if > you burn it to a 4GB DVD? > > thanks, > Well, standards change over time. And making the live version larger then what a CD holds eliminates package contraints. Oh, please keep replies to the list, people don't need _multiple copies_ of your emails. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Samba & symlinks
by James Knott 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

I've recently set up a server running openSUSE 11.4. I have set up some common file areas in the /srv partition, which I link to from user directories. If I use WinSCP to access the user accounts, I can follow the symlinks to /srv. However, if I use Samba, I get an error that files on /srv are not accessible and it might be due to permissions. I have tried the "follow symlinks" and "wide links" options in smb.conf, but still no luck. Any ideas? tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Conversions
by Peter Nikolic 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi . I have a small application some of you may remember tvark a network traffic mapper that i use now and then but nw it does not compile because it is a GTK application and i dont have Gnome installed it is looking for gtk-config , gtk.h , pcap.h and a gdk file how muchof a job for a non programmer to convert it to Qt from gtk or is there even a tool to do it these days Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.10-0.2-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 00:03 up 1 day 4:04, 4 users, load average: 0.23, 0.19, 0.18 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] YaST2 software manager questions
by George OLson 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi everyone, Questions on YaST2. Whenever I load up the software manager, it goes to the normal startup screen, "Starting the Software Manager." It has 2 things it has to do: - Initialize the Target System - Load the Configured Repositories The first item is always checked and completed right away. The 2nd item always takes a long, long time to load. It indicates it is downloading something from an ftp site for a remote something or other. Inevitably I get multiple instances of a dialog box saying something about not being able to connect or not finding something, and asking if I want to "skip autorefresh" or retry or abort. Sometimes if I make sure and try and wait to have it finish (by clicking "retry" whenever the dialog box comes up), I may have to wait up to 45 minutes for the process to complete, depending on internet speed at the given time. If I hit "skip autorefresh", it is much faster and gets me to the screen I need to find packages right away. Here are my questions: - what exactly is it downloading from the ftp site? - if these are "configured" repositories, doesn't that mean they are already installed on my system? - If so, why does it need to connect to the internet to download something, when these things are already installed? Thanks in advance for helping me understand my system better. George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cannot adjust bash profile settings
by george olson 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

Hi all, I am setting up my laptop with OS 11.4 32 bit and KDE 4.6.00. Just a few setup problems. First of all, I have a high resolution monitor, so all my fonts are small. I am working on that. But the first thing I want to adjust is the profile setting on bash. I go to settings -> configure profiles -> edit profile, and I try to change from small font black background with green color to white or anything else, and it won't adjust. I tried to slide the slider bar to make the font bigger, and on the dialog box it shows a bigger font, but it does not take the bigger font. The "apply" button doesn't do anything, or gray out or apply any changes no matter what changes I make. I have made the adjustment on my other pc with no problem. It seems like the application of any changes I make is disabled, whether I hit the apply button or the ok button. Can anyone tell me what to do next? Thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Upgrading Python in v11,4
by Stan Goodman 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

What my system has is Python v2.7, which it got from the DVD original installation. I found what I take to be the right repo to update from: <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE…> and tried to add it to the repos in YaST. The retort from YaST is: ***** Unable to create repository from URL 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE…' ***** Why? -- 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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