Changing Input Languge SUSE 10.1
Can't understand why I can enable SCIM in SUSE 10 and type Chinese in OPEN OFFICE in Gnome Desktop. Yet I can't do it in KDE! Yet if I enable CHINESE or other Language inputs in KDE then in fact it TRIES to type CHINESE in for example the SEARCH area. However it won't type it in OPEN OFFICE? (Does this have anything to do with OPEN OFFICE being a GNOME program? I've read a comment like that before.) I am new to LINUX and can't think of anything else at the moment that makes SENSE for this situation? I am running the SUSE Live CD and I 'work' in CHINA so I "NEED" to have CHINESE imput. I typically use KDE and don't find GNOME as an alternative. Is there somethign I must add to OPEN OFFICE to get it to type CHINESE or other languages? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-Input-Languge-SUSE-10.1-tf2554353.html#a71176... Sent from the suse Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2006-11-01 at 08:44 -0800, QiuFeng wrote:
(Does this have anything to do with OPEN OFFICE being a GNOME program? I've read a comment like that before.)
That's not true: OpenOffice is independent and uses it's own configuration. It should work fine both in kde and gnome.
I am new to LINUX and can't think of anything else at the moment that makes SENSE for this situation? I am running the SUSE Live CD and I 'work' in CHINA so I "NEED" to have CHINESE imput. I typically use KDE and don't find GNOME as an alternative.
I don't know if the live version is sufficiently configurable. Other people might know about Chinese support in OO. Also, please remember that writing in capitals in emails is interpreted as SHOUTING. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFSS5gtTMYHG2NR9URAsy5AJ9wLD6TzaubswF0XORQPVJJuxGbJQCfVjaz ypmoXaKerZF4wmNssCKLw14= =HFeN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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The Wednesday 2006-11-01 at 08:44 -0800, QiuFeng wrote:
(Does this have anything to do with OPEN OFFICE being a GNOME program? I've read a comment like that before.)
That's not true: OpenOffice is independent and uses it's own configuration. It should work fine both in kde and gnome.
I am new to LINUX and can't think of anything else at the moment that makes SENSE for this situation? I am running the SUSE Live CD and I 'work' in CHINA so I "NEED" to have CHINESE imput. I typically use KDE and don't find GNOME as an alternative.
I don't know if the live version is sufficiently configurable. Other people might know about Chinese support in OO.
Also, please remember that writing in capitals in emails is interpreted as SHOUTING.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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I'm new to Linux as I mentioned before. However, I tested a couple other Live CD distros. PCLinuxOS and SimplyMepis 6.0. Both of these distros enabled me to easily go online in China. I was rather suprised that PCLinuxOS actually had the China Telecom provider in their list! SimplyMepis didn't but I just put in one IP address and it went online fine. I can't get SUSE to do anything? I am not sure if it's due to the lack of DNS address. After trying several combinations of settings I am nowhere near getting online. I doubt it's an issue with the modem as the other distros read it fine. It's not a special modem. They tend to use the easiest and most readable things they can find here since they typically don't want to spend much time setting anything up. I am not doing any networking. I'm using a Laptop and PPP ethernet connection. Just simple. Open to suggestions. I will contact my provider tommorow to see if they can give me "more" detailed information and then I'll try again. If more information is needed I'll be glad to provide it. I went into Yast. Configured the Ethernet card to HDCP. Then when that didn't work I added a fixed address. Following Yast instructions I can't think of much else at the moment. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-Input-Languge-SUSE-10.1-tf2554353.html#a71418... Sent from the suse Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Thursday 02 November 2006 09:43, QiuFeng wrote:
I'm new to Linux as I mentioned before. However, I tested a couple other Live CD distros. PCLinuxOS and SimplyMepis 6.0.
How did you like those? I hadn't used either.
Both of these distros enabled me to easily go online in China. I was rather suprised that PCLinuxOS actually had the China Telecom provider in their list! SimplyMepis didn't but I just put in one IP address and it went online fine. I can't get SUSE to do anything? I am not sure if it's due to the lack of DNS address. After trying several combinations of settings I am nowhere near getting online. I doubt it's an issue with the modem as the other distros read it fine. It's not a special modem. They tend to use the easiest and most readable things they can find here since they typically don't want to spend much time setting anything up.
I am not doing any networking. I'm using a Laptop and PPP ethernet connection.
That may be your problem. For DSL or cable, you're inside a LAN connected to the outside world. I'm assuming you are connecting your laptop to a modem or router first, right? If so, the modem and/or router is handling all the PPP handshaking for you. You simply need to setup your system to enable TCP/IP and that's it. I don't know whether or not your need a fixed IP or a DHCP setup. YaST is able to handle both. Simply to go Geeko (the start menu icon) > System > Yast (Control Center) and then enter your root password. Click on Network Devices and Network Card. (You should ignore DSL unless your connecting directly to the service using your laptop.) Click on User Controlled (With Network Manager) and then select which network card you have connected (wireless or wired) to connect. In my case I have both network connections set to defaults with DHCP. My router has all the Static IP address information for my provider. Hope that helps get you in the right direction. I wish you much luck. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com
As directed: 1. connecting laptop to a modem (ethernet line. I with Winduds there is a password necessary.) 2. Simply go to Geeko (the start menu icon) > System > Yast (Control Center) and then enter your root password. Click on Network Devices and Network Card. 3. Click on User Controlled (With Network Manager) and then select which network card you have connected (wired) to connect. 4. I have set default to the DHCP. When it said connected. Opened browser. Unable to reach server message. 5. I use network tools. Ping the address that does show up when I highlight the wired connection on the Nework Icon on taskbar. (Note it doesn't show subnet masks or anything. Just the address of my provider. As you surmised inside the Router/Modem) The Ping is active and showing I'm online. 6. At this point I guess I should go to DSL configuration because it must need the password and member/user name as in Winduds! It also needed the password from the other Distros. 7. After the setup a quick look at the network Icon on the taskbar and I've got other information there. Subnet etc. 8. I open Firefox, Seamonkey, Ephiphany. Same message. Server cn't be reached. 9. At this point I'm confused. Basically it seems that SUSE is not sending information to the modem, such as my user name and password. or asking for information from the modem. I can't comprehend what I may be missing from the process. I've looked ,but it's gotten to late now and I'm no longer alert, for something that I would use to activate internet service? A tool or program or something that may be what I'm missing similar to Winduds. Place the Icon on Desktop then click it to access router though of course anytime the computer is turned on it will show that there is an internet connection though you are not online till that icon is clicked to connect. Is that what I'm missing? Where might I find it if it exists? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-Input-Languge-SUSE-10.1-tf2554353.html#a71636... Sent from the suse Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Friday 03 November 2006 10:05, QiuFeng wrote:
As directed: 1. connecting laptop to a modem (ethernet line. I with Winduds there is a password necessary.) 2. Simply go to Geeko (the start menu icon) > System > Yast (Control Center) and then enter your root password. Click on Network Devices and Network Card. 3. Click on User Controlled (With Network Manager) and then select which network card you have connected (wired) to connect. 4. I have set default to the DHCP. When it said connected. Opened browser. Unable to reach server message. 5. I use network tools. Ping the address that does show up when I highlight the wired connection on the Nework Icon on taskbar. (Note it doesn't show subnet masks or anything. Just the address of my provider. As you surmised inside the Router/Modem) The Ping is active and showing I'm online.
So you can ping any address? Can you - for example - ping china.org.cn or pku.edu.cn? (I cannot ping them, but can get to their websites. I'm guessing there might be a firewall issue.)
6. At this point I guess I should go to DSL configuration because it must need the password and member/user name as in Winduds! It also needed the password from the other Distros.
That may be. I setup my username/password in my router. It also has a fixed IP address for the DSL connection.
7. After the setup a quick look at the network Icon on the taskbar and I've got other information there. Subnet etc.
Good.
8. I open Firefox, Seamonkey, Ephiphany. Same message. Server cn't be reached. 9. At this point I'm confused. Basically it seems that SUSE is not sending information to the modem, such as my user name and password. or asking for information from the modem. I can't comprehend what I may be missing from the process. I've looked ,but it's gotten to late now and I'm no longer alert, for something that I would use to activate internet service? A tool or program or something that may be what I'm missing similar to Winduds. Place the Icon on Desktop then click it to
There's a command line option to tell you a few things. Open up a terminal (people are fainting to read me state this) and type /sbin/ifconfig This gives you information on your card(s) and to what they are connected. Here's part of mine: eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:F0:99:30:65 inet addr:192.168.0.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 RX bytes:13658066 (13.0 Mb) TX bytes:1922377 (1.8 Mb) What that is telling me is eth1 - which is my wireless connection - is up and connected. It has an internet address (inet addr:) of 192.168.0.101 and is using a subnet of 255.255.255.0 You can also see it has received 13.0 Mb of information (RX bytes) and sent 1.8Mb (TX bytes). A non-active connection will look like the following: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:15:9C:97 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 As you can see there's been no transmission or reception of packets. Another tool you can use is ifstatus. Type /sbin/ifstatus eth(x) - where x is your card. I get the following for my wifi connection: kai@sith:~> /sbin/ifstatus eth1 eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05) eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:12:f0:99:30:65 eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"TheForce" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:11:95:72:38:22 Bit Rate=36 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm You can see even in this abbreviated version that a lot more information is displayed. I can see my configuration, the network I'm on, whether or not I'm using DHCP and other items. This should get you started. One final question - I have several of my Mandarin and Cantonese speaking friends using Red Flag Linux (http://www.redflag-linux.com). Would that be an easier option for you in your country? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com www.filesite.org
Thanks. I won't faint at command line. LoL! I would like to learn it as I think it's important.(I have seen many good books in a search but it's a bit of cost to have them shipped to me here in China.) The person that taught me about MS stuff insisted I learn it (DOS) and showed me it was important. I do have some screen shots. If U think they'd be helpful. I'll run these commands. Some similar information is what I got. I should tell U. I'm from USA. I 'work' here in china. Also if U read a review of Red Flag Linux, it's just a port/copy of Red Hat. I'm not that into Red Hat Linux! I just need Chinese Language support but I need an English distrubution. (Plus it's not even a "good" port of Red Hat according to the reviews. In addition... I've shown some of my students, I teach at a vocational college, SUSE or Mepis and the non computer oriented PCLinuxOS. Those Software majors are interested in Linux but seemed daunted by Red Flag. They mentioned it to me but they didn't seem to like it and with SUSE capable of having a CHINESE desktop. I thought I'd see who I could get interested in it. Besides this internet problem isn't so isolated. The other guy using Mandriva, a "Newby" like myself had equal problems getting online.) I have a few questions. To try to clear it up. I managed to get similar information but I'll get more with command lines. Glad to know them. What I 'was' looking for but didn't find was the firewall set up in SUSE? Is there one? I mean detailed set up. I actuallly considered that it might be a firewall blocking things. Only... in card configuration area. It says the Firewall is disabled. So I thought that meant it wasn't on. 1. In some OS's such as MS's the network will be confiured and on. Yet with DSL U must enable it. At that time it will send password and try to connect. Is there something to enable DSL like that in SUSE? Or is it simply supposed to be 'on' always? 2. I noticed a time out period which I set to 'zero' and it indicated that if idle SUSE would disconnect. Which would mean there's some way to 'turn' on the DSL connection? I admit I'm still somewhat playing with SUSE as I only just downloaded it a few days ago. I just did'nt think it was that difficult to find things. I managed to find them well in Simply Mepis. 3. If after checking Command Line I do find no information coming in. What do I do? IS there a command line way to control and set the Firewall? 4. Is there a command line way for turning the internet connection off and on? Example: SimplyMepis tutorial said to type pon 'dsl provider' to turn on the connection pof to disconnect. There was a third to check the status simllar to what you've given me here. At this point I think that SUSE can connect like the others but as U said, either Firewall issues or somethign else I'm missing. By the way I should state I am using... Live DVD as I was testing it. So my last test is of course getting it online at which point when I know how I plan on installing it. (I've got the DVD and the 5 CD set with that extra 6th Addon CD.) Gave Mepis to the Mandriva guy. Kai Ponte wrote:
On Friday 03 November 2006 10:05, QiuFeng wrote:
As directed: 1. connecting laptop to a modem (ethernet line. I with Winduds there is a password necessary.) 2. Simply go to Geeko (the start menu icon) > System > Yast (Control Center) and then enter your root password. Click on Network Devices and Network Card. 3. Click on User Controlled (With Network Manager) and then select which network card you have connected (wired) to connect. 4. I have set default to the DHCP. When it said connected. Opened browser. Unable to reach server message. 5. I use network tools. Ping the address that does show up when I highlight the wired connection on the Nework Icon on taskbar. (Note it doesn't show subnet masks or anything. Just the address of my provider. As you surmised inside the Router/Modem) The Ping is active and showing I'm online.
So you can ping any address? Can you - for example - ping china.org.cn or pku.edu.cn? (I cannot ping them, but can get to their websites. I'm guessing there might be a firewall issue.)
6. At this point I guess I should go to DSL configuration because it must need the password and member/user name as in Winduds! It also needed the password from the other Distros.
That may be. I setup my username/password in my router. It also has a fixed IP address for the DSL connection.
7. After the setup a quick look at the network Icon on the taskbar and I've got other information there. Subnet etc.
Good.
8. I open Firefox, Seamonkey, Ephiphany. Same message. Server cn't be reached. 9. At this point I'm confused. Basically it seems that SUSE is not sending information to the modem, such as my user name and password. or asking for information from the modem. I can't comprehend what I may be missing from the process. I've looked ,but it's gotten to late now and I'm no longer alert, for something that I would use to activate internet service? A tool or program or something that may be what I'm missing similar to Winduds. Place the Icon on Desktop then click it to
There's a command line option to tell you a few things.
Open up a terminal (people are fainting to read me state this) and type /sbin/ifconfig
This gives you information on your card(s) and to what they are connected.
Here's part of mine:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:F0:99:30:65 inet addr:192.168.0.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 RX bytes:13658066 (13.0 Mb) TX bytes:1922377 (1.8 Mb)
What that is telling me is eth1 - which is my wireless connection - is up and connected. It has an internet address (inet addr:) of 192.168.0.101 and is using a subnet of 255.255.255.0
You can also see it has received 13.0 Mb of information (RX bytes) and sent 1.8Mb (TX bytes).
A non-active connection will look like the following:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:15:9C:97 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11
As you can see there's been no transmission or reception of packets.
Another tool you can use is ifstatus. Type /sbin/ifstatus eth(x) - where x is your card. I get the following for my wifi connection:
kai@sith:~> /sbin/ifstatus eth1
eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05) eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:12:f0:99:30:65 eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"TheForce" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:11:95:72:38:22 Bit Rate=36 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
You can see even in this abbreviated version that a lot more information is displayed. I can see my configuration, the network I'm on, whether or not I'm using DHCP and other items.
This should get you started.
One final question - I have several of my Mandarin and Cantonese speaking friends using Red Flag Linux (http://www.redflag-linux.com). Would that be an easier option for you in your country?
-- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com www.filesite.org
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