Re: [opensuse] installation of Suse10.2 on a laptop Acer Ferrari
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 16:47, Michel Maria-Sube wrote: Hello, I've recently installed a downloaded version of Suse10.2 on a laptop Acer serie Ferrari 4000 (4005WLMi); hardware configuration and results are as follows: - The hardware is provided with an AMD Thurion 64 mobile tech on an 86x64 architecture - there is 2Go RAM - graphical card is an ATI mobility radeon x700: it is correctly detected and configurated and works perfectly except that I haven't yet tested 3D acceleration - IEEE1394 card is correctly configurated but not yet tested - USB controller is correctly detected and works very well - PCMCIA and modem are correctly detected but not yet tested - sound card is correctly detected and works nicely Problems concerns essentially wireless network and especially Bluetooth; once all packages have ben installed, I found no mean to create a connection with my wirelessmouse neither with an other device such a smartphone; nevertheless, there is no particular error in the syslog: /var/log/messages and the bluetooth adaptator is correcly detected; when I'm doing service bluetooth restart, I have no error printed on the screen. It appears that the hardware for this functionnality comes from Broadcam (it is a BCM2035 controller) but curiously it doesn't present on the product list of this provider (there is BCM2037 but no BCM2035) Second question concerns how to establish a wireless connection with a router: here again, hardware comes from Broadcom (BCM4318 AirForceOne) and this manufacturer provides no driver for other OS than Windows, so m'I obliged to proceed through ndiswrapper or is there any specific 'Braodcom' solution?? Any suggestion? Thank you in advance Best regards Michel I have the same setup and all is working. The Bluetooth seemed to have a mind of its own during configuration but by remembering to manually turn it on (push the button that is also the indicator light) and being patient it finally found the Acer mouse. Once the software is running on the laptop you have to push the little recessed button on the bottom of the mouse too. I used the commercial solution to get wireless working - cost $20.00 at www.linuxant.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Railworld does not run
In trying to start railworld I get the following output: starting Rail World ... java virtual machine used: /usr/lib64/jvm/java/bin/java classpath used: /usr/share/java/liquidlnf.jar:/usr/share/java/railworld.jar main class used: net.kolls.railworld.opening.Opening flags used: options used: -Xmx128m arguments used: Exception in thread main Exception while printStackTrace(): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/System Any ideas? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Railworld does not run
I am running Suse 10.2 x64 on an AMD 64 Turion (Acer Ferrari). Java is Java 1_5_0sun according to the Yast Software Manager module. Dr. Thayer, On Sunday 25 February 2007 09:01, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: In trying to start railworld I get the following output: This is the railroad simulation software from http://railworld.org/? starting Rail World ... java virtual machine used: /usr/lib64/jvm/java/bin/java classpath used: /usr/share/java/liquidlnf.jar:/usr/share/java/railworld.jar main class used: net.kolls.railworld.opening.Opening flags used: options used: -Xmx128m arguments used: Exception in thread main Exception while printStackTrace(): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/System Since the package java.lang and the class java.lang.System are part of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and are integral to any given implementation of the JVM, the fact that they appear to be missing suggests there's something wrong with your Java installation. Are you running on a 64-bit installation of SuSE Linux / openSUSE? Which version of Linux are you running? Which version of Java are you running? Did you install Java from a SuSE package repository, or did you obtain it from Sun or some other third-party source? Any ideas? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Railworld does not run
On Sunday 25 February 2007 14:44, James Knott wrote: Anders Johansson wrote: On Sunday 25 February 2007 20:02, James Knott wrote: J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: I am running Suse 10.2 x64 on an AMD 64 Turion (Acer Ferrari). Java is Java 1_5_0sun according to the Yast Software Manager module. How do you start that game? I've downloaded the jar file and even tried extracting the contents, but I can't find any way to actually run the game. Did you try the rpm from packman? No, I downloaded the jar file from the RailWorld site. OK, I downloaded/installed a couple more java related rpms and all works fine now. Starts from the commandline and also the menu. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Ultrasol
Running ultrasol.sh yields the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ultrasol.sh Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/ultrasol.py, line 69, in module exec import + n File string, line 1, in module File /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/games/dieboesesieben.py, line 42 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xf6' in file /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/games/dieboesesieben.py on line 42, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any fixes for this? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Ultrasol
On Sunday 25 February 2007 17:09, Randall R Schulz wrote: Dr. Thayer, On Sunday 25 February 2007 13:55, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: Running ultrasol.sh yields the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ ultrasol.sh Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/ultrasol.py, line 69, in module exec import + n File string, line 1, in module File /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/games/dieboesesieben.py, line 42 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xf6' in file /usr/lib64/games/ultrasol/games/dieboesesieben.py on line 42, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any fixes for this? It really behooves both you and anyone who would like to help you for you to give more information than a terse dump of the error diagnostics that ensue when you try to run something unsuccessfully. You need to specify details of the software you installed, the operating system on which it's running, platform software (e.g., the Java platform) and possibly the hardware hosting it all. In particular, if you're installing RPMs and getting this kind of problem it suggests some sort of configuration problem in your system or that you're forcing installation in the face of unmet prerequisites. Ordinarily RPM won't allow the installation of a package whose prerequisites are not met, and most problems of incompatibilities or insufficiencies between the new software and your existing system setup are precluded. If you don't give us details of the scenario, it's just an exercise in either guessing what happened or rotely requesting the necessary details behind of the problematic symptoms. Randall Schulz Thank you for your comments, points taken. I am running Suse 10.2 64bit on an AMD Turion based Acer. I installed via Yast Software Management module and did NOT instruct it to force install in the face of dependency issues. My analysis indicates that this has to do with Python not liking the character encoding of this European authored program, specifically the use of an umlaut. Python.org mentions this issue but I am not clear on the solution. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Ultrasol
Any fixes for this? Yes, but in future, please direct such bug reports to the place where you got the package. They will need to fix it and put out a fixed version The solution is to add a coding line to the python source file, to tell python which encoding is used for the text. Edit the file, and add # -*- coding: iso-8859-15 as the first line. You'll have to do that for gypsy.py as well The reason is that python defaults to ASCII encoding starting in python 2.5 (as explained on the web site mentioned in the error message) So, despite the fact that I got this package from an Opensuse repository and the package is likely the same in any OTHER Opensuse repository I should direct my questions elsewhere? Do I have that right? And that would assume I was already certain I was LOOKING at a bug. BTW, the fix worked fine. Thank you. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Ultrasol
On Sunday 25 February 2007 18:25, Anders Johansson wrote: On Monday 26 February 2007 00:24, I wrote: You should report bugs to the people who put together the package, otherwise there won't be a fixed version. The packagers are extremely unlikely to monitor mailing lists such as this one to find bugs in their packages. Incidentally, for this exact same reason, even if it had been an opensuse package, you should still not report bugs on this mailing list. Bugs go to bugzilla.novell.com, where the developers can see them OK -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Running gforth
I have gforth installed on my Suse 10.2 64bit system and none of the example programs seem to want to run (e.g. gforth bubble.fs). Am I missing something obvious? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Font for GoogleEarth
Google Earth apparently wants Bitstream Vera Sans font. I have downloaded this but have to ask the proper way to install and configure this font. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] FlightGear
Yep, if you add the Packman repo to the installation source you'll get it. Works much better than previous iterations IMHO. Also a new game that's a real time strategy game ported from windows is available as well - WarZone 2100 (command and conqueor type). Works nicely as well and fun! I have been unable to add a new installation source in YAST and wondered if you could use adding the Packman Repo (an often mentioned resource) as an example of how this is done. I've not had success after reading the Start-Up guide and tinkering a fair bit. I am sure I am just missing something simple. Thanks. S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] USB joystick
On Monday 08 January 2007 01:32, Mike McMullin wrote: On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 22:42 -0500, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: If you go to KDE's control center, in the peripherals section there is an entry joystick where you should be able to test if it works or not Thanks for pointing out the KDE control center entry for a joystick. It was unable to identify the presence of a joystick checking its default /dev/xxx entries. I wonder if I need to specify that it needs to look at some /dev/USB... type entry. I just grabbed my kids Saitek rumble pad USB game controller and DKE control center and it showed up in the joystick section. Well an interesting development. The YAST-Hardware-Joystick module says it only applies to soundcard joysticks. BUT, after I plugged in the joystick I checked Hardware-Hardware Information and found an entry for the joystick. I then checked the KDE joystick module and it was there. All is well. Thanks for getting me to persevere! Curiously the KDE module indicated it had found an entirely different /dev... entry than it said it was unable to find before; odd. S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] FlightGear
Is FlightGear included in 10.2? I didn't see it on a quick check of YAST. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Updates
On Sunday 07 January 2007 02:23, Robert Smits wrote: On Saturday 06 January 2007 19:26, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: I have tried to configure updates and am not having success. I have never had this problem with Suse before. I have registered the purchase with Novell, tried configuring KDE_Updater_Applet and all to no avail. I have read the Startup manual with no benefit. Any help would be appreciated. You don't say which version you're using, Doc. I had the same problem with 10.1, and got everything to work by NOT registering during the setup process. Instead, run the Yast updater with the default selections, YAST will update itself, do it again, and then once more. You'll find that YAST has installed the Suse Update repository and a whole bunch of other stuff. Now go and register if you want to. Bob. -- Bob Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Bob. I have to laugh. I am sure some people wondered if I had a clue. I assure all that I went through all the usual maneuvers multiple times, most assuredly including the online update configuration. I am running 10.2 and have been a Suse user since 5.? (and linux user since 0.99pl6 on my Amiga 3000). Anyway, this morning I ran online update configuration again and, instead of opening a browser, it told me it was adding a download source and all appears to be well. I suspect it was just a matter of my registration, done last night, taking. Thanks to all. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] USB joystick
Any info on how (whether) to configure a USB joystick under 10.2? Logitech Extreme 3D Pro to be specific. All info I have searched refers only to gameport (soundcard) joysticks; this is in my on-computer docs as well as the SUSE SDB. Any help appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Network Manager??? (WiFi problem)
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:27, Anders Johansson wrote: On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:12, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: My wireless card (really an Intel Centron wireless feature) was read and installed when I installed my 10.2, SO I tried to connect with a wireless router. Firefox reported that it couldn't connect. So, as su, I entered ifup eth1, to which I received this reply: Network interface is managed from Network Manager Network Manager will be advised to set up eth1 but it cannot be assured from here. There is no Network Manager on the Yast2 menus. What is this all about? Is there a HowTo or some other material on this problem? You should have an icon in your systray to control the NetworkManager. If you right click on it, you should see an option to connect to a wireless network, where you can enter things like essid and encryption keys (if needed) What I found was that if I opened 'options' by right clicking on KNetworkManager I could select 'Switch to offline mode' and then 'Switch to online mode' and it would bring up the connection. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] USB joystick
Any info on how (whether) to configure a USB joystick under 10.2? Logitech Extreme 3D Pro to be specific. All info I have searched refers only to gameport (soundcard) joysticks; this is in my on-computer docs as well as the SUSE SDB. Any help appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] USB joystick
On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:52, Mike McMullin wrote: On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 18:23 -0500, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: Any info on how (whether) to configure a USB joystick under 10.2? Logitech Extreme 3D Pro to be specific. All info I have searched refers only to gameport (soundcard) joysticks; this is in my on-computer docs as well as the SUSE SDB. Any help appreciated. I'm not sure about 10.2. but in a 9.3 install, you could do this through YaST. HTH Mike YAST was the first place I tried, before going to the docs. Configuring a joystick is confined to those attaching to a game port on the sound card as far as I can see. This is consistent with what I found in the docs. S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Playing CDs
On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:27, Randall R Schulz wrote: On Sunday 07 January 2007 18:19, Mike McMullin wrote: ... Also note that some mobo's and optical drives come with ports for digital sound connection between the two, bypassing the IDE cable. Really? What interface spec is used? What do the connectors look like? Can you point us to some information on this interface? Thanks. Randall Schulz For what it's worth, I tried KsCD after reading this thread and it didn't work. When I tried Amarok it worked just fine. Is using KsCD mandatory? S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] USB joystick
On Sunday 07 January 2007 22:20, Anders Johansson wrote: On Monday 08 January 2007 04:14, J. Scott Thayer M.D. wrote: YAST was the first place I tried, before going to the docs. Configuring a joystick is confined to those attaching to a game port on the sound card as far as I can see. This is consistent with what I found in the docs. S Are you sure it needs setting up? I don't have one so I can't test, but the things I read on the net indicate that it should be more or less plug'n'play. An interesting question. In the case of other things plugged into a USB port there is usually some indication that the computer has seen it. I would also think that there would be some mechanism to test the operation of this peripheral. What did you read on the net? S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] USB joystick
If you go to KDE's control center, in the peripherals section there is an entry joystick where you should be able to test if it works or not Thanks for pointing out the KDE control center entry for a joystick. It was unable to identify the presence of a joystick checking its default /dev/xxx entries. I wonder if I need to specify that it needs to look at some /dev/USB... type entry. S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Updates
So are there really no updates via YOU for 10.2? Do I have to configure YAST in some way that is different from how it was handled in 9.3? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Updates
I have tried to configure updates and am not having success. I have never had this problem with Suse before. I have registered the purchase with Novell, tried configuring KDE_Updater_Applet and all to no avail. I have read the Startup manual with no benefit. Any help would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Updates
I have tried to configure updates and am not having success. I have never had this problem with Suse before. I have registered the purchase with Novell, tried configuring KDE_Updater_Applet and all to no avail. I have read the Startup manual with no benefit. Any help would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Bluetooth mouse, 10.2, Acer Ferrari 4006
First, 10.2 installed without a significant hitch on an Acer Ferrari laptop. Much smoother, particularly in properly identifying and configuring the display than was an install of 9.3 on a Ferrari 4005. One problem is that while the Bluetooth adapter is recognized and bluetooth activated the mouse is not, seemingly, read at all though it shows up on the list of devices on Kbluetoothd. An arbitrary USB mouse works seamlessly. Any suggestions as to activating the Bluetooth mouse would be appreciated. Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Bluetooth mouse, 10.2, Acer Ferrari 4006
On Sunday 31 December 2006 17:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun Dec 31 15:02 , J. Scott Thayer M.D. sent: First, 10.2 installed without a significant hitch on an Acer Ferrari laptop. Much smoother, particularly in properly identifying and configuring the display than was an install of 9.3 on a Ferrari 4005. One problem is that while the Bluetooth adapter is recognized and bluetooth activated the mouse is not, seemingly, read at all though it shows up on the list of devices on Kbluetoothd. An arbitrary USB mouse works seamlessly. Any suggestions as to activating the Bluetooth mouse would be appreciated. Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try running hidd --search and have the mouse broadcasting it's address. After it's found, all you should have to do on boot is press one of the mouse buttons for it to be seen and used. Thanks, worked like a charm though I had to do su root to allow a file to be written (I assume). Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
