Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sunday 16 December 2007 05:56:05 pm Joe Sloan wrote: >> David C. Rankin wrote: >>> rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) >>> >>> works nicely >> It looks good, but it won't remove beagle because kerry needs it. >> >> But in general I agree with your elegant approach. >> >> Joe > > You can safely remove kerry and anything beagle. Right, and I always remove kerry - I was just pointing out a flaw in the one-liner provided earlier as an example. > and make some noise about it, perhaps it can attract the attention of > developers that develop bloated software. > > In my mind it is really sad that anything not related to gaming or heavy duty > engineering simulations abuses hardware thousands of times harder than it > could or should... > it used to be that open source software was a lean and mean fighting machine, > now the typical linucs install is about 2-3x that of an xp partition, don't > know anything about vista. and running the proggies often brings up > situations like beagle or a software update, much better than 10.2 but still > awful timewise, on dual core or even quad core cpus with oodles of ram! Well it still can be very lean and mean, but if you install suse, you have to do some work to get it that way. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] software to convert AVI to wmv - Getting OT w/Kai??
On Saturday 15 December 2007 23:00, David C. Rankin wrote: > Kai Ponte wrote: > > heh - you think that's wild? Check out the one I just did for converting > > an avi file to mpeg for putting on a dvd... > > > > mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf > > scale=720:480,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts > > vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint > >=18:aspect=16/9:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192 -ofps 3/1001 -o movie_out.mpg > > Movie_Dvd_rip.Dino.avi > > > > There is somewhere that actually describes all the options. > > No Kai!, > > Voodoo is _not_ allowed! Put up the wiji board and have faith in the > man page. The supernatural is reserved for the folks in South Louisiana. > You scare me sometimes ;-) If I had a GUI tool, I'd use it. I just know that - were I to hypothetically download an .avi or .mpg4 movie or dvd from a bitorrent site - I'd be able to use that command to convert it to DVD format for use in the KDE DVD Authoring wizard to make a DVD. But since I never use my neighbor's wifi and I never go on bittorrent sites, I wouldn't know about such things. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Why beagle?
On Sunday 16 December 2007 21:09, Stevens wrote: > Just so I won't be accused of hijacking a thread, I've started a new one. > > What is the main purpose of Beagle? Besides hosing up your system? > I am really curious as to why someone thought that it would be a good > idea to put that piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED]& in any distro. From what I understand - it is supposed to be a more friendly way of organizing your stuff. Or - rather - it is a way of taking that unorganized mess of documents, spreadsheets, man pages, half-written essays on the Cold War, music files, speeches, videos, art and that-thing-you-been-trying-to-program-for-two-years and catagorize them all. I just put all my crap in /home/kai/Documents. Works for me! :P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
On Sunday 16 December 2007 05:56:05 pm Joe Sloan wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: > > rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) > > > > works nicely > > It looks good, but it won't remove beagle because kerry needs it. > > But in general I agree with your elegant approach. > > Joe You can safely remove kerry and anything beagle. and make some noise about it, perhaps it can attract the attention of developers that develop bloated software. In my mind it is really sad that anything not related to gaming or heavy duty engineering simulations abuses hardware thousands of times harder than it could or should... it used to be that open source software was a lean and mean fighting machine, now the typical linucs install is about 2-3x that of an xp partition, don't know anything about vista. and running the proggies often brings up situations like beagle or a software update, much better than 10.2 but still awful timewise, on dual core or even quad core cpus with oodles of ram! d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Why beagle?
Just so I won't be accused of hijacking a thread, I've started a new one. What is the main purpose of Beagle? Besides hosing up your system? I am really curious as to why someone thought that it would be a good idea to put that piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED]& in any distro. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
On Sunday 16 December 2007 20:05, David C. Rankin wrote: > Otto Rodusek (AP-SGP) wrote: > > ... > > > > Hi, > > > > Your script is wrong. change all your echo to (use double quotes) > > > > echo -e "*** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config \n" > > > > and all your probs will disappear!! > > Thank you Otto, > > For solving my CRI! I missed that in man bash, but I knew I had to > quote the escape sequence. It was a forest for the trees issue. Also, > single quotes work just fine as well. In this case they do, but they're not equivalent. Double quotes do not prevent shell variable references from being expanded. Single quotes do. > The error is really weird. It was the result of the 'echo *' > statement. Why it would interpret the *** is also just as strange. This has nothing to do with the "echo" built-in, per se. Globbing (the process of expanding shell wild-card arguments) logically precedes the invocation of the command whose arguments are generated by the globbing process and is entirely independent of the command for which the expansion is being carried out. Since the glob interpretation of '*' is "zero or more occurrence of any character," putting more than one together is just redundant (they're idempotent). > -- > > man bash (line 2988) > >echo [-neE] [arg ...] Output the args, ... As I said, echo isn't at issue. Shell wild-card globbing is. > -- > David C. Rankin Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] NFS won't see directories
I have been using NFS for years. Currently I have a laptop running 10.2 and a desktop I just switched to 10.3. When I updated the desktop to 10.3, suddenly I couldn't "see" some (but not all) desktop directories and files from my laptop. It's not "access denied," or any other error message. Some directories and files they contain just don't show up. More than that, if I transfer directories and files from the laptop to the desktop, the directory appears on the laptop but not from a file manager on the desktop, even as root, even with no_root_squash,insecure in /etc/exports. uids and gids are the same. I'm stymied.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 02:17 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 16:28 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > > > However, I think I had instances of these freezing episodes weeks ago, > before I set the 'tsc' clock, so... > > I have no idea. > > > Another symptom: > > Twice, completely randomly, the system froze. The last time was several > days ago. The keyboard stopped responding, the mouse, the display... I > thought of powering another machine and entering through ssh; but the > moment the other machine had finished booting up, my main machine > continued working as if nothing had happened. > > This has happened twice, and it is very weird. The only thing I know for > sure is that it is a software issue of suse 10.3: they started the day > after I upgraded. This thread is sounding suspiciously similar to my drive failure Thursday, following a YOU last weekend. See my thread "ata2 suddenly bad". I mean the randomly "sluggish" aka "lock-up" syndrome. I have since installed an EIDE drive with fresh install of "boxed 10.3", reloaded all my original apps, and have done a new YOU (with the same kernel version as last week). So far...28 hrs and counting...all is fabulous. I can't add anything else, except that there have been several weird threads this week about similar "stall" symptoms...one re oocalc, mine, yours, and a couple others. I had thought mine was due to Beagle, or perhaps because it was an "upgrade" from 10.2. Then I lost both /sda8 and /sdb2...something is amiss somewhere. Or not...I might have had a failing SATA drive...I am currently not using any of /sdb partitions. Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Joe Sloan pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: > >> rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) >> >> works nicely > > It looks good, but it won't remove beagle because kerry needs it. > > But in general I agree with your elegant approach. > > Joe rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) $(rpm -qa | grep kerry) should do the trick. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Joe Sloan wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: > >> rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) >> >> works nicely > > It looks good, but it won't remove beagle because kerry needs it. > > But in general I agree with your elegant approach. > > Joe Ahah, You are correct! Looks like it will have to be: rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) kerry -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
Otto Rodusek (AP-SGP) wrote: > David C. Rankin wrote: >> K.R. Foley wrote: >> >>> That doesn't make any sense. Could you post the actual code of >>> the script? If the code is as you show it above there is no way >>> that it lists the current directory, unless you have some kind of >>> wierd alias for ls. Type "which ls" without the quotes to see >>> where ls is being run from. >>> >>> >> I agree that it doesn't make any sense. Here is the script in its >> entirety: >> >> #!/bin/bash echo -e *** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config '\n' ls -al >> /usr/lib/libGL.so* echo -e *** /usr/lib/libIndirect Config '\n' ls >> -al /usr/lib/libIn* echo -e '\n' read -p "Strike and Key to See >> xorg.conf: " key echo -e '\n' tail -n24 /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> >> Run it, it just shows a few config files. You will see that is >> produces a ls of the present directory before doing what it should. >> Any thoughts? >> >> >> > > Hi, > > Your script is wrong. change all your echo to (use double quotes) > > echo -e "*** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config \n" > > and all your probs will disappear!! > > > Thank you Otto, For solving my CRI! I missed that in man bash, but I knew I had to quote the escape sequence. It was a forest for the trees issue. Also, single quotes work just fine as well. The error is really weird. It was the result of the 'echo *' statement. Why it would interpret the *** is also just as strange. -- man bash (line 2988) echo [-neE] [arg ...] Output the args, separated by spaces, followed by a newline. The return status is always 0. If -n is specified, the trailing newline is suppressed. If the -e option is given, interpretation of the following backslash-escaped characters is enabled. The -E option disables the interpretation of these escape characters, even on systems where they are interpreted by default. The xpg_echo shell option may be used to dynamically determine whether or not echo expands these escape characters by default. echo does not interpret -- to mean the end of options. echo interprets the following escape sequences: \a alert (bell) \b backspace \c suppress trailing newline \e an escape character \f form feed \n new line \r carriage return \t horizontal tab \v vertical tab \\ backslash \0nnn the eight-bit character whose value is the octal value nnn (zero to three octal digits) \xHH the eight-bit character whose value is the hexadecimal value HH (one or two hex digits) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Peter Van Lone wrote: > On Dec 16, 2007 4:39 PM, Joe Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The standard procedure for me on any new suse build is to nuke beagle >> completely > > Beagle doesn't give me any problems at all ... and I use it often to > "find stuff" ... I guess if I was using the box as a server I would > remove it, but otherwise it seems to me that removing it automatically > is more a statement concerning how little you value desktop search, > more than a statement about Beagle itself? > >> (along with fixing the broken non-root paths, and installing > > What do you consider "the broken non-root paths"? Just curious. I have to fix the path to deal with the complaints of users who complain that e.g. "ifconfig" isn't installed, or who maybe have to type a full path for common commands. There's IMHO no reason a normal desktop user shouldn't be able to run many commands which reside in /sbin or /usr/sbin. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 21:46 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote: > On Dec 16, 2007 4:39 PM, Joe Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The standard procedure for me on any new suse build is to nuke beagle > > completely > > Beagle doesn't give me any problems at all ... and I use it often to > "find stuff" ... I guess if I was using the box as a server I would > remove it, but otherwise it seems to me that removing it automatically > is more a statement concerning how little you value desktop search, > more than a statement about Beagle itself? > > >(along with fixing the broken non-root paths, and installing > > What do you consider "the broken non-root paths"? Just curious. > > Peter I agree with you. I have no issue with Beagle, I think maybe the issues are related to the size of the Home folder...? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
David C. Rankin wrote: > rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) > > works nicely It looks good, but it won't remove beagle because kerry needs it. But in general I agree with your elegant approach. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 20:15 -0500, Gary Baribault wrote: > I have a HP Pavilion 9205CA with a Turion processor and 1.25 Gig of > memory. There is also a 100Gig SATA drive. > > Gary B > > > > > Kevin Dupuy wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 16:41 -0500, Gary Baribault wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled > >> it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it > >> in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or > >> kill it once and for all? > >> > >> Gary B > >> > >> > > > > Some people have a lot of trouble with Beagle, I don't. If you want to > > kill it off for good, you can uninstall it. What are your computer's > > specs, I'm trying to figure out why some are having issues and others > > aren't. > Oh. I'm thinking it is maybe the size of a user's /home. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
On Dec 16, 2007 4:39 PM, Joe Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The standard procedure for me on any new suse build is to nuke beagle > completely Beagle doesn't give me any problems at all ... and I use it often to "find stuff" ... I guess if I was using the box as a server I would remove it, but otherwise it seems to me that removing it automatically is more a statement concerning how little you value desktop search, more than a statement about Beagle itself? >(along with fixing the broken non-root paths, and installing What do you consider "the broken non-root paths"? Just curious. Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 14:28 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > >> It _sounds_ like some power-saving feature is set to become >> "active" a short time after last user input (also sounds like it might >> be messing up; but it could be a 'feature' for some people (on laptop, >> on battery power - go to 'standby' 10 seconds after last mouse or >> keyboard >> input? Dunno... > > Good idea... but it doesn't appear to be that easy. In the "Power > management preferences" window, the action "put computer to sleep when > inactive for:" is set to "Never" (and the minimum period possible is 11 > minutes). And both the power and suspend buttons are set to trigger > "hibernate". > > -- Cheers, >Carlos E. R. Try setting "Never" to something else, save, exit, then change it back to "Never" and see if that help. Other than that, just set the clock to show seconds and forget about it ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Joe Sloan wrote: > Gary Baribault wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled >> it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it >> in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or >> kill it once and for all? > > The standard procedure for me on any new suse build is to nuke beagle > completely (along with fixing the broken non-root paths, and installing > the chronically missing rwhod) > > That means, specifically, doing an "rpm -qa | grep beagle", nuking every > resulting item and also any dependencies such as kerry or kio_beagle. > > Joe rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) works nicely -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
David C. Rankin wrote: > K.R. Foley wrote: > >> That doesn't make any sense. Could you post the actual code of the >> script? If the code is as you show it above there is no way that it >> lists the current directory, unless you have some kind of wierd alias >> for ls. Type "which ls" without the quotes to see where ls is being run >> from. >> >> > > I agree that it doesn't make any sense. Here is the script in its entirety: > > #!/bin/bash > echo -e *** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config '\n' > ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* > echo -e *** /usr/lib/libIndirect Config '\n' > ls -al /usr/lib/libIn* > echo -e '\n' > read -p "Strike and Key to See xorg.conf: " key > echo -e '\n' > tail -n24 /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Run it, it just shows a few config files. You will see that is produces > a ls of the present directory before doing what it should. Any thoughts? > > > Hi, Your script is wrong. change all your echo to (use double quotes) echo -e "*** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config \n" and all your probs will disappear!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
K.R. Foley wrote: > > That doesn't make any sense. Could you post the actual code of the > script? If the code is as you show it above there is no way that it > lists the current directory, unless you have some kind of wierd alias > for ls. Type "which ls" without the quotes to see where ls is being run > from. > I agree that it doesn't make any sense. Here is the script in its entirety: #!/bin/bash echo -e *** /usr/lib/libGL.so Config '\n' ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* echo -e *** /usr/lib/libIndirect Config '\n' ls -al /usr/lib/libIn* echo -e '\n' read -p "Strike and Key to See xorg.conf: " key echo -e '\n' tail -n24 /etc/X11/xorg.conf Run it, it just shows a few config files. You will see that is produces a ls of the present directory before doing what it should. Any thoughts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 19:54 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: How do I call 'ls' from within a script without it also returning the contents of the present working directory? Here is the line from my script: ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* Here is the output: # ./linux/scripts/showLibConfig 250sata.pdf 7857.pdf Bannykh-ArizMedBoard.pdf Bannykh-TennMedBoard.pdf bin broadway.pdf david.asc Desktop Documents linux log Pictures public_html westlaw-renewal_20071129.pdf /usr/lib/libGL.so Config lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-09 16:19 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.sav as you can see, it looks like 'ls' is evaluated before 'ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so*' gets evaluated. How do I fix this? I can not reproduce your problem here. I wrote a script: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat bin/pp ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> bin/pp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-03 03:01 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-11-03 03:01 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 567628 2007-02-18 02:59 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.9631 - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-22 03:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 So, you either have something else in your script that is interfering, or there is a strangely named file(s) in that path. Or an alias, as K.R. Foley sugests. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZd8/tTMYHG2NR9URAhUoAJ9/xlYdNr5tij89bCVYQTaKqhFFcgCdF3/c AB5KJ9H376jcJTiV8yN3XYM= =rYMp -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > How do I call 'ls' from within a script without it also returning the > contents of the present working directory? Here is the line from my script: > > ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* > > Here is the output: > > # ./linux/scripts/showLibConfig > 250sata.pdf 7857.pdf Bannykh-ArizMedBoard.pdf Bannykh-TennMedBoard.pdf > bin broadway.pdf david.asc Desktop Documents linux log Pictures > public_html westlaw-renewal_20071129.pdf /usr/lib/libGL.so Config > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-09 16:19 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> > libGL.so.1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> > libGL.so.1.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.sav > > as you can see, it looks like 'ls' is evaluated before 'ls -al > /usr/lib/libGL.so*' gets evaluated. How do I fix this? > > That doesn't make any sense. Could you post the actual code of the script? If the code is as you show it above there is no way that it lists the current directory, unless you have some kind of wierd alias for ls. Type "which ls" without the quotes to see where ls is being run from. -- kr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Basic Bash Question
On Sunday 16 December 2007 18:54, David C. Rankin wrote: > Guys, > > How do I call 'ls' from within a script without it also returning the > contents of the present working directory? Here is the line from my script: > > ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* > > Here is the output: > > # ./linux/scripts/showLibConfig > 250sata.pdf 7857.pdf Bannykh-ArizMedBoard.pdf Bannykh-TennMedBoard.pdf > bin broadway.pdf david.asc Desktop Documents linux log Pictures > public_html westlaw-renewal_20071129.pdf /usr/lib/libGL.so Config > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-09 16:19 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> > libGL.so.1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> > libGL.so.1.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.sav > > as you can see, it looks like 'ls' is evaluated before 'ls -al > /usr/lib/libGL.so*' gets evaluated. How do I fix this? Does calling /bin/ls instead of just ls help? -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Basic Bash Question
Guys, How do I call 'ls' from within a script without it also returning the contents of the present working directory? Here is the line from my script: ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so* Here is the output: # ./linux/scripts/showLibConfig 250sata.pdf 7857.pdf Bannykh-ArizMedBoard.pdf Bannykh-TennMedBoard.pdf bin broadway.pdf david.asc Desktop Documents linux log Pictures public_html westlaw-renewal_20071129.pdf /usr/lib/libGL.so Config lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-09 16:19 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-12-16 16:25 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.sav as you can see, it looks like 'ls' is evaluated before 'ls -al /usr/lib/libGL.so*' gets evaluated. How do I fix this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] problems on setting wireless USB (D-Link) DWL-G122-revC
Matt T. wrote: > This is a while ago and it just worked, thus I did not take any notes... but > ok, I try: > > Assuming you run 10.3 with a recent kernel. I don't remember if it was > already > working with the kernel and rt2x00-kmp out of the box, mainly because when I > installed it I had already updated the kernel several times. > > - Install the rt2x00 module for your kernel; probably a reboot is helpful > after that > > - do not load ndiswrapper, unload it if needed, and make sure it does not get > loaded when rebooting. This might not matter as long as you have no win > drivers for the DWL-G122 installed, but better be sure, and you won't need > them anyway. > > - plug in the DWL-G122 - knetworkmanager will open a window and ask for > connection details > > Note: IIRC I did not setup the card directly with Yast. It is managed through > knetworkmanager / networkmanager Sounds right, except for the reboot - doh! no windoze involved, so we just need a modprobe, not a reboot. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] problems on setting wireless USB (D-Link) DWL-G122-revC
On Thursday 13 December 2007, Adinda Praditya wrote: > On Dec 13, 2007 9:31 AM, Matt T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use the D-Link DWL-G122, H/W Ver. C1 and it deos _not_ need > > ndiswrapper, there are linux native drivers vor it. Install the kernel > > modules taking care of Ralink ... Works like a charm with Networkmanager > > / knetworkmanager > > > > For my configuration it is the kernel module > > rt2x00-kmp-default-2.0.6+git20070816_2.6.22.13_0.2-1.1 > > When installation step, the installation system detects it perfectly. > But failed to save the configuration file. And when came to network > detection (after asking root password etc), it didn't recognize the > device. So i setup using Ndiswrapper and followed the docs. Anyway, > can you explain more detail about it? > > Thanks, > > Adinda P This is a while ago and it just worked, thus I did not take any notes... but ok, I try: Assuming you run 10.3 with a recent kernel. I don't remember if it was already working with the kernel and rt2x00-kmp out of the box, mainly because when I installed it I had already updated the kernel several times. - Install the rt2x00 module for your kernel; probably a reboot is helpful after that - do not load ndiswrapper, unload it if needed, and make sure it does not get loaded when rebooting. This might not matter as long as you have no win drivers for the DWL-G122 installed, but better be sure, and you won't need them anyway. - plug in the DWL-G122 - knetworkmanager will open a window and ask for connection details Note: IIRC I did not setup the card directly with Yast. It is managed through knetworkmanager / networkmanager HTH, Matt PS Adinda, if you send your replies to the list and not only to me directly, I can see them, otherwise they end up in the spam box. This email is set up to accept only mailinglist emails -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 16:28 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: Good idea... but it doesn't appear to be that easy. --- Never is :-(. It would likely be at the kernel level - like the kernel is going into a "low-load" setting -- since your system isn't suspending or going to sleep. There are some cpu scheduling modules in the kernel (util 'powertop' makes suggestions for modules to include for laptop or low power systems. Something the "cpufreq_ondemand" module in the in a suse stock kernel (2.6.18.2-34) I see cpufreq modules for conservative, ondemand, powersave. In some kernel version (gee, am just so specific -- I read information in greater amounts than my brain auto-indexes... (:-)) Doesn't happen to us all? :-) I thought there was a bug in some later kernel version concerning the new tickless kernel and the ondemand-cpu module, but I don't think the tickless patches are in 2.6.18. tickless... sounds familiar. I wonder if there are any ways to tweak those modules -- but it appears they would only be used on a system that has a variable cpu frequency -- so unless you have that hardware(what hw did you say you had?)... I'm not sure if my hardware has that capacity. It is a pentium IV @ 1800, single cpu. Lets see what /proc says: nimrodel:~/notas # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 1 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz stepping: 2 cpu MHz : 1800.190 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips: 3603.26 clflush size: 64 Then, in /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/* info: processor id:0 acpi id: 1 bus mastering control: no power management:yes throttling control: yes limit interface: yes limit: active limit:P0:T0 user limit: P0:T0 thermal limit: P0:T0 power: active state:C2 max_cstate: C8 bus master activity: fb7ef96b maximum allowed latency: usec states: C1: type[C1] promotion[C2] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[16988520] duration[] *C2: type[C2] promotion[--] demotion[C1] latency[090] usage[42284950] duration[738930421870] throttling: state count: 2 active state:T0 states: *T0: 00% T1: 50% My suspect is the clock. I was having problems with the default system clock, which is 'acpi_pm', which had delays of several minutes per hour. I changed to 'tsc', which works, although the kernel complains during boot: nimrodel:~ # grep -i "clock\|tsc\|TSC" /var/log/boot.msg <6>Time: tsc clocksource has been installed. <6>Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac <4>Marking TSC unstable due to: possible TSC halt in C2. <=== <6>Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. <6>intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 50881 usecs <6>intel8x0: clocking to 48000 doneSetting up the hardware clockdone And: Dec 8 13:56:52 nimrodel kernel: Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 32800377181 ns) However, I think I had instances of these freezing episodes weeks ago, before I set the 'tsc' clock, so... I have no idea. Another symptom: Twice, completely randomly, the system froze. The last time was several days ago. The keyboard stopped responding, the mouse, the display... I thought of powering another machine and entering through ssh; but the moment the other machine had finished booting up, my main machine continued working as if nothing had happened. This has happened twice, and it is very weird. The only thing I know for sure is that it is a software issue of suse 10.3: they started the day after I upgraded. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZc4vtTMYHG2NR9URAonwAJ4gAlNIHos4nyPHbHoIshnzmAC9swCgiFMH dq+aqxLD/qrkqBmEhyAJjuE= =SkAc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
I have a HP Pavilion 9205CA with a Turion processor and 1.25 Gig of memory. There is also a 100Gig SATA drive. Gary B Kevin Dupuy wrote: > On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 16:41 -0500, Gary Baribault wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled >> it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it >> in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or >> kill it once and for all? >> >> Gary B >> >> > > Some people have a lot of trouble with Beagle, I don't. If you want to > kill it off for good, you can uninstall it. What are your computer's > specs, I'm trying to figure out why some are having issues and others > aren't. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Strange Alsa problem with SBLive card
On Monday 17 December 2007, David C. Rankin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 2007. 12. 16., Sunday 11:44, Luc Willems wrote: > >> On Sunday 16 December 2007 01:36:33 Wolfgang Woehl wrote: > >>> Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 Luc Willems: [snip] > >> > >> it' could be a hardware problem but i'm not confinced in that. because > >> al functions work exept mixer controls are somehow "mixed up". > >> i read on the alsa site that it is possible to "arange" the mixer > >> control by reprogamming the DSP chip so somehow i feel this seems to be > >> a glitch . > > > > I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard with an integrated MCP55 module, using > > the hda_intel driver. I have very similar symptoms, e.g. the front mic > > works only when I set the mixer to record from the line input. My problem > > only exists under 10.3. In the end I gave up and reverted to opensuse > > 10.2 where the mixer works flawlessly. > > Tom > > Make sure you file bug reports with Novell on each such issue. There is > no excuse for something to be working in 10.2 and broken in 10.3. That > is inexcusable - especially now 60 days after the release. > "inexcusable" ??? There is no need for any excuse at all as long as there is no bug report filed! I wouldn't expect SuSE / Novell or anyone to have available, and test, every possible current or legacy hardware combination. So please file such bug reports, let the guys at Novell know the details, and if there ever would be an excuse needed, you'll find it in there, and then can decide if it is indeed "inexcusable" or not. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
Carlos E. R. wrote: The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 14:28 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: It _sounds_ like some power-saving feature is set to become "active" a short time after last user input (also sounds like it might be messing up; but it could be a 'feature' for some people (on laptop, on battery power - go to 'standby' 10 seconds after last mouse or keyboard input? Dunno... Good idea... but it doesn't appear to be that easy. --- Never is :-(. It would likely be at the kernel level - like the kernel is going into a "low-load" setting -- since your system isn't suspending or going to sleep. There are some cpu scheduling modules in the kernel (util 'powertop' makes suggestions for modules to include for laptop or low power systems. Something the "cpufreq_ondemand" module in the in a suse stock kernel (2.6.18.2-34) I see cpufreq modules for conservative, ondemand, powersave. In some kernel version (gee, am just so specific -- I read information in greater amounts than my brain auto-indexes... (:-)) I thought there was a bug in some later kernel version concerning the new tickless kernel and the ondemand-cpu module, but I don't think the tickless patches are in 2.6.18. I wonder if there are any ways to tweak those modules -- but it appears they would only be used on a system that has a variable cpu frequency -- so unless you have that hardware(what hw did you say you had?)... Good luck... L -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Virtualise within 10.3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 10:56 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: 2. VMWare Server. I had this running on my Linux laptop last summer. While this worked fine, when I started up the laptop, the Windows virtual machine would also start up. I don't see that behavior: I have to start manually both vmware and the virtual machine, although it is possible to start them automatically, which is possible why it is called "server". It is configurable somewhere. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZcEDtTMYHG2NR9URAulAAJoDbEiLn2nO4lfBhcY2mfOjWitLXwCghdlZ nZMpm14PyxnCeEmqblu1BNQ= =5Qms -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 20:29 +0100, Rikard Johnels wrote: Revert back to runlevel 3 and see if the system still is "lazy". Check the syslog for errors. Report back. If I go to a text console, in level 5, it appears not to go lazy, but it is difficult to say because the laziness is always erratic, doesn't happen always. But so far I have never seen it in text mode. Right now, I can't trigger the lazy behavior in any mode. When I wrote the message I got the laziness response very easily, but there was never any message in the logs, nothing at all. I'll have to wait till another day when this happens again. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZbwktTMYHG2NR9URAhrbAKCNu3X0e/H64FCvPj6is5V90wuyKACeJ9BD q/mSDWgT5v+JNxmoWrBtdyA= =gCKR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-16 at 14:28 -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: It _sounds_ like some power-saving feature is set to become "active" a short time after last user input (also sounds like it might be messing up; but it could be a 'feature' for some people (on laptop, on battery power - go to 'standby' 10 seconds after last mouse or keyboard input? Dunno... Good idea... but it doesn't appear to be that easy. In the "Power management preferences" window, the action "put computer to sleep when inactive for:" is set to "Never" (and the minimum period possible is 11 minutes). And both the power and suspend buttons are set to trigger "hibernate". - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZbm1tTMYHG2NR9URAmh4AJ0S/potXl3MpF3AYqaqg8gq7XA0uwCbBa2z 8cKu4qcHeLjvdj+uth89jNo= =Tblm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] software to convert AVI to wmv??
On Sun December 16 2007 05:09:41 pm Jos van Kan wrote: > A good starting point: > http://web.njit.edu/all_topics/Prog_Lang_Docs/html/mplayer/encoding.html Thanks, Jos! :-) Duly copied and pasted for later experimentation into my ever-expanding 'sox-cheat-sheet.txt' (I really /will/ get around to renaming it one of these days!) I like to collect these types of straightforward explanations when I see them. They're priceless! regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Gary Baribault wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled > it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it > in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or > kill it once and for all? The standard procedure for me on any new suse build is to nuke beagle completely (along with fixing the broken non-root paths, and installing the chronically missing rwhod) That means, specifically, doing an "rpm -qa | grep beagle", nuking every resulting item and also any dependencies such as kerry or kio_beagle. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
Carlos E. R. wrote: I go to ctrl-alt-f1, start there "top", and it works. I go back to the desktop (gnome) and the laziness seems gone. As I'm writing this, I stop that 'top', and the desktop continues working - no, it doesn't, it stops after 10" or so. I set the clock to show seconds, it works. No seconds, it stops - but not always. What is happening? Kernel? Desktop? Goblins? --- It _sounds_ like some power-saving feature is set to become "active" a short time after last user input (also sounds like it might be messing up; but it could be a 'feature' for some people (on laptop, on battery power - go to 'standby' 10 seconds after last mouse or keyboard input? Dunno... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] building x86_64 kernel on ia32; using x86_64 kern w/ia32 packages?
Linda Walsh escribió: > If I have a 64-bit kernel (and packages), am I still able to build > 32-bit kernels and packages? Yes, we do this all the time. # linux32 build . see build(1) and osc. -- "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Beagle vs. swish system-index+search: any comparisons?
Anyone used the "Swish", system indexing and search package? Anyone know how Beagle compares with Swish? More resources? Less? Features? Thanks for any experiences... Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Gary Baribault wrote: Hi all, Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or kill it once and for all? --- Might try making sure the "cfq" block algorithm is being used, then set 'beagle' to run at lowest priority (nice -19 beagle-start-script). That should help it not use so much CPU, and, if cfq is working well, it should set beagle's disk priority to near lowest as well. Of course, if beagle is using 500MB and you only have 512MB, you are likely to get "alot" of swapping. I'd also wonder, does beagle use "alot" of resources during some initial "full-index" phase, after which it can run with less resources as it does incremental updates...? BTW -- anyone compared it to "swish" (another full-system indexing util with web-based interface). Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.3 system freeze when reading secondary IDE channel
On Dec 16, 2007 11:41 AM, Theo Wollenleben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After upgrading from SUSE 10.1 to openSUSE 10.3 I'm experiencing system > freezes when reading data from the secondary IDE channel. I've got two drives > both a hard disk and a optical drive on both the primary and the secondary > channel. This problem seems to appear only when using the mouse while reading > data with high transfer rates from the secondary IDE channel. These freezes > didn't happen under SUSE 10.1 (Kernel version 2.6.16) and don't happen under > Knoppix 5.0.1 (Kernel version 2.6.17). They also happen when I'm using the > openSUSE 10.3 Live CD KDE. > > No freeze occurs while writing data. While reading, the higher the data > transfer rates the sooner the freeze will happen. In most cases first the > mouse freezes followed by the keyboard. Sometimes I can still trigger an > Emergency Sync by pressing ALT+SysRq+S but I cannot control the KDE desktop > or switch to a console with the keyboard. Often I can shutdown the computer > properly by pressing the power button of my PC but sometimes even this won't > work and I have to reset the computer. > > Maybe I should also mention that since the upgrade I'm encountering > occasionally sporadic freezes of the whole computer, mostly with blinking > LEDs on the keyboard. > > Any hints to solve this problem are appreciated. Theo, I suspect one of your problems is that (by default) 10.3 has problems with some CD / DVD players that somehow impacts HDD is the system. (ie. ATAPI devices). See Novell Bugzilla 331610 for a little of the history. And when its fixed, I suspect that bugzilla will get updated. Until then, I would try to use the traditional ide drivers. The 10.3 release notes tell you how to invoke them instead of the new ones that 10.3 defaults to. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] software to convert AVI to wmv??
Carl Hartung schreef: > On Sat December 15 2007 05:59:18 pm Paul Hands wrote: >> Here's a simple example: >> >> *mencoder infile.wmv -ofps 23.976 -ovc lavc -oac copy -o outfile.avi* > > Okay, let's see... I /think/ I get much of this: > > mencoder is the program, input file, unexplained options :-), -output video > codec, -output audio codec, unexplained 'copy' argument, -output to, > filename. > > If you don't mind, what are the unexplained bits for? > Oh, ah. -ofps frames per second on output, -oac copy means that the audio stream is just copied from the input and not reencoded. Especially useful if you want to cut out a section: mencoder foo.SOMEWILDFORMAT -ss 1:36:26 -endpos 5:37 -ovc copy -oac copy -o bar.avi just cuts out a 5 minutes 37 seconds section starting at 1 hour 36 minutes 26 seconds into the videofile foo.SOMEWILDFORMAT and just copies the video and audio stream into an avi file. The starting time is only loosely defined (I find that the starting point remains invariant for a 10 second perturbation in the starting time parameter) but apart from that it is the fastest avi cutter I know of. lavc is the libavc, and you could configure a few options with a -lavcopts parameter. Also you could use, say, mp3 as audio codec in which case the oac parameter would read -oac mp3lame (-lameopts LAMEOPTS) A good starting point: http://web.njit.edu/all_topics/Prog_Lang_Docs/html/mplayer/encoding.html regards, -- Jos van Kanregistered Linux user #152704 Oh, btw, the given mencoder line does just the opposite the OP wanted, i.e. convert an avi file to wmv, but that's left as an excercise to the reader. :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Strange Alsa problem with SBLive card
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2007. 12. 16., Sunday 11:44, Luc Willems wrote: >> On Sunday 16 December 2007 01:36:33 Wolfgang Woehl wrote: >>> Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 Luc Willems: hello all , if installed an "old" SB Live 5.1 card in my 10.3 suse system to led me use the waveable features. while testing the "normal" sound feature playing a mp3 , in noticed that the normal volume control in my kmix didn't work correctly. basicly , volume was controled with the "Wave Surround" mixer control instead of Master or PCM control. I validated this with the alsamixer which had the same behaviour. both Master and PCM are not working. the boxes are connected at the back of the card to the rear speaker connection. i just use a plain sterio setup with 2 speakers. i looked around at the alsa site an mailing list , but couldn't find any sollution or even a description of the problem. luc >>> Why don't you plug your speakers into the ffsp?? >> because , a year ago , i also used this card, then running suse 10.1 or >> 10.0 and it wasn't a issue than. I always used the "black" colered plug to >> connect my speakers as long as i used this card (since suse 9.3 and have >> run all series). always used 2 speaker setup. >> >> it' could be a hardware problem but i'm not confinced in that. because al >> functions work exept mixer controls are somehow "mixed up". >> i read on the alsa site that it is possible to "arange" the mixer control >> by reprogamming the DSP chip so somehow i feel this seems to be >> a glitch . > > I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard with an integrated MCP55 module, using the > hda_intel driver. I have very similar symptoms, e.g. the front mic works only > when I set the mixer to record from the line input. My problem only exists > under 10.3. In the end I gave up and reverted to opensuse 10.2 where the > mixer works flawlessly. > Tom Make sure you file bug reports with Novell on each such issue. There is no excuse for something to be working in 10.2 and broken in 10.3. That is inexcusable - especially now 60 days after the release. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] building x86_64 kernel on ia32; using x86_64 kern w/ia32 packages?
I have a build machine currently running the ia32 release of suse10.2. It is running with a locally built "vanilla" kernel (2.6.23.1). What I'd like to try is compiling the kernel sources for x86_64. Is this possible? Do I need to obtain or build special cross compiler packages to build x86_64 images under ia32? If I already have 32-bit packages installed, is it possible to boot successfully with a 64-bit kernel? I.e. supposedly one can run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit machine, yes? Does this mean I could run my currently installed 32-bit packages if I boot with a 64-bit kernel? I'm not expecting to use such a setup in a production environment, but more as an intermediate "test" state -- with the 64-bit packages replacing the 32-bit packages after I've gotten the kernel to work. If I have a 64-bit kernel (and packages), am I still able to build 32-bit kernels and packages? The machine I'd like to upgrade to 64-bit is my primary build machine (it's 4-12x faster than the other machines) so I want to be able to continue using it as a 32-bit build machine. Has anyone tried such setups? Thanks, Linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 16:41 -0500, Gary Baribault wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled > it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it > in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or > kill it once and for all? > > Gary B > > Some people have a lot of trouble with Beagle, I don't. If you want to kill it off for good, you can uninstall it. What are your computer's specs, I'm trying to figure out why some are having issues and others aren't. -- Kevin Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yo.media -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.3 Kernel problem with P5A-B motherboard.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:04:20PM +, Roger Hayter wrote: Can anyone advise me where to look in order to trace this problem further? The load idle seems a bit high for just sitting there and doing nothing. Can you run 'powertop' while in text mode (no X running) and see what is showing up as being the thing that is waking the processor up the most? Hopefully that tool will work, but I don't know, as that is a very old processor. Many thanks for your suggestion. Powertop shows that there are about 250 interrupt events per second, 95%+ being "extra timer interrupts". The answer is about the same whether or not I enable ACPI in the kernel, except for some not wholly credible figures are added (C3 state 159% for example) if I enable ACPI. I can't find any explicit definition of "extra timer interrupts" on the powertop web site, do they mean anything to you? -- Roger Hayter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Beagle under 10.3 is really eating up my CPU
Hi all, Anyone else seeing Beagle really kill performance? I have disabled it and my machine finally is perky, but every now and then, I find it in memory again. How do I arange it to chew up less memory and CPU or kill it once and for all? Gary B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.3 boot freeze without noapic but USB doesn't hotplug
Hi folks, I have a HP9000 (dv9205CA) which has a Turion (AMD) processor, and 1.25Gig of memory, and a 100Gig SATA drive. I have been using openSuSE for a while, and let the dust settle from the 10.3 update before moving from 10.2 to 10.3(64bits). Under 10.2 I had to prevent the system from reading the real time clock to get it to boot otherwise it would freeze. Under 10.3, it locks up while booting after a good install, unless I add noapic to the boot command. That really fixes the problem, but I have a USB KVM, and now if I switch over to my Windoze laptop, when I come back to my Linux box, it no longer sees the keyboard and mouse (USB) .. :-( I thought the problem was AppArmor, but disabling it does not help, I added the same option to /etc/sysconfig/clock but that didn't fix it either... I would love to find the problem and just shut down that which causes the problem. Anyone else with a similar problem? Gary B -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] latest snapshot of opensuse 10.0 build service repositories
Hi, as 10.0 goes out of support (or already gone, I don't know), looks like all the 10.0 repositories in the build service are removed. Is there an archive/mirror where I can find the latest snapshot? I.e. the latest builds before the removal, so I can mirror it for update of my existing 10.0 systems? Thanks -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
On Sunday 16 December 2007 20:18, Philip Dowie wrote: > Sounds to me like your system is only working when being external > interrupts are present. How to solve, beats me. > > -Original Message- > From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 17 December 2007 1:03 a.m. > To: OS > Subject: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately > > > > Hi, > > That's the best description, its become lazy. Some times, if I'm not > typing or moving the mouse, the entire machine stops. I see the display of > gkrelmn stop. I was calculating the size of a directory using 'mc', went > out for an hour, and the thing was exactly as I had left it: no work done > at all. > > I move the mouse, and it suddenly starts silently working again for a few > seconds, then stop. > > I go to ctrl-alt-f1, start there "top", and it works. I go back to the > desktop (gnome) and the laziness seems gone. As I'm writing this, I stop > that 'top', and the desktop continues working - no, it doesn't, it stops > after 10" or so. > > I set the clock to show seconds, it works. No seconds, it stops - but not > always. > > What is happening? Kernel? Desktop? Goblins? > > > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos Robinson > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Revert back to runlevel 3 and see if the system still is "lazy". Check the syslog for errors. Report back. -- /Rikard - email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob:: +46 (0)763 19 76 25 Public PGP fingerprint < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 > pgpSLLnlltNz2.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
Sounds to me like your system is only working when being external interrupts are present. How to solve, beats me. -Original Message- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 17 December 2007 1:03 a.m. To: OS Subject: [opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, That's the best description, its become lazy. Some times, if I'm not typing or moving the mouse, the entire machine stops. I see the display of gkrelmn stop. I was calculating the size of a directory using 'mc', went out for an hour, and the thing was exactly as I had left it: no work done at all. I move the mouse, and it suddenly starts silently working again for a few seconds, then stop. I go to ctrl-alt-f1, start there "top", and it works. I go back to the desktop (gnome) and the laziness seems gone. As I'm writing this, I stop that 'top', and the desktop continues working - no, it doesn't, it stops after 10" or so. I set the clock to show seconds, it works. No seconds, it stops - but not always. What is happening? Kernel? Desktop? Goblins? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZRQRtTMYHG2NR9URAhEaAJ4+kZrWoHdD3RRehQ5N7w5yBVoAqQCglje3 QPHIdDKXSx0TJl+VLeca6HI= =adum -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.3 Konqueror start page
On Sun December 16 2007 12:41:40 pm Anders Johansson wrote: > Go to the page, then Settings->Save View Profile "Web Browsing" Ah, short and sweet! Thanks! Looks like I've got some exploring to do in these upgraded menus. Much appreciated! Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.3 Konqueror start page
On Sunday 16 December 2007 18:35:15 Carl Hartung wrote: > Hi All, > > 'stock' 32-bit openSUSE 10.3 > Konqueror 3.5.7 > KDE 3.5.7, release 72.2 > > How do I change the default start page in Konqueror browser mode from > opensuse.org to my preferred page? I'm probably looking too hard for the > setting and am just not finding it. Go to the page, then Settings->Save View Profile "Web Browsing" Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.3 Konqueror start page
Hi All, 'stock' 32-bit openSUSE 10.3 Konqueror 3.5.7 KDE 3.5.7, release 72.2 How do I change the default start page in Konqueror browser mode from opensuse.org to my preferred page? I'm probably looking too hard for the setting and am just not finding it. TIA & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Virtualise within 10.3
Jerry Feldman pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:20:36 +0200 > gceruti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Folks >> >> I need to start getting all the household away from M$, dual boot is not the >> way, I would like them to load OpenSUSE and then if need be start the M$ >> program they need. >> >> So some questions: >> I must reinstall M$, I cannot use a PC that has M$ already installed. >> What are the options here , wine, Crossover Office, XEN, VMWARE. >> >> Is it possible to boot both operating systems at the same time and then >> switch >> betwen them. >> >> Any other ideas ?. > > Just trying to add a bit to what has already been stated. > Probably a best approach is to install either VMWare or Virtualbox > using Linux as a host OS, but it appears that Gerard has Windows > already installed. Additionally, VMWare has 2 free products: > 1. VMWare Player. VMWare player cannot create a virtual machine, you > can only use virtual machines that have already been created. > > 2. VMWare Server. I had this running on my Linux laptop last summer. > While this worked fine, when I started up the laptop, the Windows > virtual machine would also start up. The only other issue I had with > this was that my wife wanted XP so she could use the Big Brother feeds > which required Real Player 10 AND MSIE for the login. In this case > Crossover Office and WINE did not work. Also, occasionally, the feed > video would freeze, but I think that tweaking some options could > alleviate that. Other Real Player videos worked fine in XP or native > Linux. > > > I have been using VirtualBox for over a month now and have even copied and used a VMware .vmdk disk image with it. I had to use the w2k install repair on it but it seems to work quite well. Saved having to re-install and configure w2k. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] openSUSE 10.3 system freeze when reading secondary IDE channel
After upgrading from SUSE 10.1 to openSUSE 10.3 I'm experiencing system freezes when reading data from the secondary IDE channel. I've got two drives both a hard disk and a optical drive on both the primary and the secondary channel. This problem seems to appear only when using the mouse while reading data with high transfer rates from the secondary IDE channel. These freezes didn't happen under SUSE 10.1 (Kernel version 2.6.16) and don't happen under Knoppix 5.0.1 (Kernel version 2.6.17). They also happen when I'm using the openSUSE 10.3 Live CD KDE. No freeze occurs while writing data. While reading, the higher the data transfer rates the sooner the freeze will happen. In most cases first the mouse freezes followed by the keyboard. Sometimes I can still trigger an Emergency Sync by pressing ALT+SysRq+S but I cannot control the KDE desktop or switch to a console with the keyboard. Often I can shutdown the computer properly by pressing the power button of my PC but sometimes even this won't work and I have to reset the computer. Maybe I should also mention that since the upgrade I'm encountering occasionally sporadic freezes of the whole computer, mostly with blinking LEDs on the keyboard. Any hints to solve this problem are appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Opensuse and USB card reader?
Hi, I am currently in the market for a flash card and floppy disk reader. Yes, floppy disks, the 3.5" ones. The reason I would like a reader for floppy disks as I have in excess of 100 disks that contain Windows drivers that I have needed over the years. Some of these have not been replaced by newer versions as the hardware itself didn't ever fail and so the old adage of "If it ain't broke, Don't fix it" probably came to the developers mind. I will probably not ever need them again, but they might come in handy for a friend/business associate. With this utility I will be able to transfer the driver files onto a USB flashdisk and also keep another copy in my ~/, which gets backed up each day to an external USB HDD. The device will also allow me to read some of the camera flash cards as well, which might prove pretty darn handy when one of the Folks' Windows machine refuses to copy off the flashdisk. I have identified a bit of hardware, but would appreciate any other suggestions, provided they work 100% on openSUSE 10.2. My first choice, is the Ultra 7-in-1 Digital Media Drive (Model: ULT1799). It is listed in the opensuse HCL but I cannot find any stockist information, especially any located here in South Africa. Has anybody used such a device who can advise me on where to get it? If not, can you suggest an alternative? I have seen an Iomega(Model 32999) that is Mac OS X Leopard compatible but my knowledge does not let me know if it is opensuse compatible.Can I assume in 90% of the cases that what works on a Mac OS X will work on opensuse Linux? TIA P.S: Sorry for the double barrelled question. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Virtualise within 10.3
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:20:36 +0200 gceruti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks > > I need to start getting all the household away from M$, dual boot is not the > way, I would like them to load OpenSUSE and then if need be start the M$ > program they need. > > So some questions: > I must reinstall M$, I cannot use a PC that has M$ already installed. > What are the options here , wine, Crossover Office, XEN, VMWARE. > > Is it possible to boot both operating systems at the same time and then > switch > betwen them. > > Any other ideas ?. Just trying to add a bit to what has already been stated. Probably a best approach is to install either VMWare or Virtualbox using Linux as a host OS, but it appears that Gerard has Windows already installed. Additionally, VMWare has 2 free products: 1. VMWare Player. VMWare player cannot create a virtual machine, you can only use virtual machines that have already been created. 2. VMWare Server. I had this running on my Linux laptop last summer. While this worked fine, when I started up the laptop, the Windows virtual machine would also start up. The only other issue I had with this was that my wife wanted XP so she could use the Big Brother feeds which required Real Player 10 AND MSIE for the login. In this case Crossover Office and WINE did not work. Also, occasionally, the feed video would freeze, but I think that tweaking some options could alleviate that. Other Real Player videos worked fine in XP or native Linux. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] KDE4 install on x86_64?
On Sunday 16 December 2007, Rajko M. wrote: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4/openSUSE_10.3 KDE4 > > Let me know if this works. Thanks -- this repository worked for me. I don't know why the 1-click didn't work, but...anyway, I have 4.0RC2 working now. Thanks, mike. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Strange Alsa problem with SBLive card
On 2007. 12. 16., Sunday 11:44, Luc Willems wrote: > On Sunday 16 December 2007 01:36:33 Wolfgang Woehl wrote: > > Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 Luc Willems: > > > hello all , > > > > > > if installed an "old" SB Live 5.1 card in my 10.3 suse system to led me > > > use the waveable features. > > > > > > while testing the "normal" sound feature playing a mp3 , in noticed > > > that the normal volume control in my kmix didn't work correctly. > > > basicly , volume was controled with the "Wave Surround" mixer control > > > instead of Master or PCM control. I validated this with the alsamixer > > > which had the same behaviour. > > > > > > both Master and PCM are not working. the boxes are connected at the > > > back of the card to the rear speaker connection. i just use a plain > > > sterio setup with 2 speakers. > > > > > > i looked around at the alsa site an mailing list , but couldn't find > > > any sollution or even a description of the problem. > > > > > > luc > > > > Why don't you plug your speakers into the ffsp?? > > because , a year ago , i also used this card, then running suse 10.1 or > 10.0 and it wasn't a issue than. I always used the "black" colered plug to > connect my speakers as long as i used this card (since suse 9.3 and have > run all series). always used 2 speaker setup. > > it' could be a hardware problem but i'm not confinced in that. because al > functions work exept mixer controls are somehow "mixed up". > i read on the alsa site that it is possible to "arange" the mixer control > by reprogamming the DSP chip so somehow i feel this seems to be > a glitch . I have an ASUS M2N-E motherboard with an integrated MCP55 module, using the hda_intel driver. I have very similar symptoms, e.g. the front mic works only when I set the mixer to record from the line input. My problem only exists under 10.3. In the end I gave up and reverted to opensuse 10.2 where the mixer works flawlessly. Tom -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] KDE4 install on x86_64?
On Sunday 16 December 2007 07:22:47 am Mike wrote: > On Saturday 15 December 2007, Rajko M. wrote: > > Have you tried normal installation trough YaST, with included KDE4 > > repository? > > Yes, and that worked by itself. But when I then upgraded to the later KDE > 4 software it would fail on starting. So I uninstalled everything and > tried just the later software by itself as described in the referenced > article. > > mike. I use zypper to update KDE4 packages. With YaST Software Management is more work to do the same because few packages doesn't follow naming kde4-, but they are all listed with: zypper search kde4 and updated with: zypper update -t package Make sure that repository KDE4 is listed with zypper repos ... 5 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md |KDE4_1 | KDE4 ... If not add them with: zypper add-repo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4/openSUSE_10.3 KDE4 Let me know if this works. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] KDE4 install on x86_64?
On Saturday 15 December 2007, Rajko M. wrote: > Have you tried normal installation trough YaST, with included KDE4 > repository? Yes, and that worked by itself. But when I then upgraded to the later KDE 4 software it would fail on starting. So I uninstalled everything and tried just the later software by itself as described in the referenced article. mike. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] My desktop has become "lazy" lately
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, That's the best description, its become lazy. Some times, if I'm not typing or moving the mouse, the entire machine stops. I see the display of gkrelmn stop. I was calculating the size of a directory using 'mc', went out for an hour, and the thing was exactly as I had left it: no work done at all. I move the mouse, and it suddenly starts silently working again for a few seconds, then stop. I go to ctrl-alt-f1, start there "top", and it works. I go back to the desktop (gnome) and the laziness seems gone. As I'm writing this, I stop that 'top', and the desktop continues working - no, it doesn't, it stops after 10" or so. I set the clock to show seconds, it works. No seconds, it stops - but not always. What is happening? Kernel? Desktop? Goblins? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZRQRtTMYHG2NR9URAhEaAJ4+kZrWoHdD3RRehQ5N7w5yBVoAqQCglje3 QPHIdDKXSx0TJl+VLeca6HI= =adum -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.3 Kernel problem with P5A-B motherboard.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rajko M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Saturday 15 December 2007 05:04:20 pm Roger Hayter wrote: Can anyone advise me where to look in order to trace this problem further? I can find a lot of information on how to trace the behaviour of a C program, running it in a controlled environment: I can't find any information on how to begin finding out what is going wrong in a whole operating system. Any suggestions gratefully received. For the begin try using 'top' to see what is using CPU. Except kernel there is number of system processes that are running all the time like hald, d-bus etc. On a slower machine they would need more time to accomplish tasks and load will appear almost steady. Thanks. I agree with this and the original figures in my post were from "top". But 97% of the time the CPU is doing nothing useful although some process(es) not visible in "top" are raising the load average. -- Roger Hayter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.3 Kernel problem with P5A-B motherboard.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Roger Hayter wrote: [snipped] Socket 7 systems are so old that there ought to be a K6/2 @ 500MHz or more or a K6-III+ @400 or more to be had near you for between $0 and $25 or so. My P2A-B has a K6/2-500. Any K6* of 400HMz or more should add enough performance to get around several problems. IIRC, that Cyrix CPU only supports a FSB speed of up to 75 MHz, while those K6 chips will all do 100 on the P5A-B. Next, Socket 7 systems were originally designed to depend on motherboard cache for RAM. I don't remember if the Ali chipset does better than most, but I doubt it supports cache for all 512M. I do remember my K6/2-550 was considerably slower on benchmarks with 384M than with 256M on a Tyan S1590 Trinity @ 100 MHz FSB (Via MVP3 chipset). The cache on a K6-III+ chip gets around any shortage of motherboard cache, and can usually be run at 50-150 MHZ above its official rating. So, the OS might be slow and have problems that need a solution, but a cheap or free CPU upgrade should go a long way to alleviate some pain. Have you run a RAM checker like memtest86? Does the Linux actually find all 512M? I thought Socket 7 chips were limited to 384M. Yes, sorry I was reading the swap size I had set, it is using 256MB ram! I take your point I could make the system faster, but I am fairly sure I shouldn't need to. The CPU is 97% idle at rest with unnecessary processes stopped but the load average is still 0.2+ - something is wrong. -- Roger Hayter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Strange Alsa problem with SBLive card
On Sunday 16 December 2007 01:36:33 Wolfgang Woehl wrote: > Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 Luc Willems: > > hello all , > > > > if installed an "old" SB Live 5.1 card in my 10.3 suse system to led me > > use the waveable features. > > > > while testing the "normal" sound feature playing a mp3 , in noticed that > > the normal volume control in my kmix didn't work correctly. > > basicly , volume was controled with the "Wave Surround" mixer control > > instead of Master or PCM control. I validated this with the alsamixer > > which had the same behaviour. > > > > both Master and PCM are not working. the boxes are connected at the back > > of the card to the rear speaker connection. i just use a plain sterio > > setup with 2 speakers. > > > > i looked around at the alsa site an mailing list , but couldn't find any > > sollution or even a description of the problem. > > > > luc > > Why don't you plug your speakers into the ffsp?? because , a year ago , i also used this card, then running suse 10.1 or 10.0 and it wasn't a issue than. I always used the "black" colered plug to connect my speakers as long as i used this card (since suse 9.3 and have run all series). always used 2 speaker setup. it' could be a hardware problem but i'm not confinced in that. because al functions work exept mixer controls are somehow "mixed up". i read on the alsa site that it is possible to "arange" the mixer control by reprogamming the DSP chip so somehow i feel this seems to be a glitch . luc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] [OT] spreadsheet data exchange format?
Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Dear all, this is OT but I am not sure where to ask about it: > Now we need to > generate spreadsheet from the web application that has merged cells in it. > > This time CSV format doesn't work, it cannot represent merged cells. > > I prefer not to create Excel formats because I don't wish to encourage > use of Excel format. Very wise not to encourage Excel use :) Openoffice.org has a mailing list similar to opensuse that can be subscribed to by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Answer the confirmation email and you are subscribed. I think they would be a far better group of folk to ask this question, if you don't get an answer here first. HIH Hylton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]