Re: [opensuse] nvidia binary driver - Lcd can't display at 60 Hz
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:07:15AM -0700, Don Raboud wrote: > In looking into all of this however, I have discovered that I can't get my > monitor to display at its native resolution (1280x1024) at 60 Hz. According to what? Gnome or KDE? Ignore them. What does the OSD in the *monitor* think you're feeding it? Worry about what's actually coming out of the video card first. -- Marc Wilson | It is very difficult to prophesy, especially when [EMAIL PROTECTED] | it pertains to the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Dell HD Audio Controller on Dell E520 and openSUSE 10.2
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:57:05AM -0600, Jay C Vollmer wrote: > This past weekend I installed openSUSE 10.2 on a new > Dell Dimension E520. Me, too. Nice machine. > So far everything works fairly well - except for the onboard > audio which I can't get to work. Can't get to work, or is muted? Check to be sure. > This is a Dell HD Audio Controller which the installer > recognized and loaded the snd_hda_intel module, but the beast > won't make a sound. You won't get a whole lot of support from the default SuSE kernel... that HD Audio controller is very new. If you want all the audio sources to show up (rather than the simple analog out the mixer makes available by default), you'll want to install the beta ALSA drivers. Not the utilities, not the libraries, JUST the drivers. -- Marc Wilson | A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will [EMAIL PROTECTED] | protect the fuse by blowing first. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] nail from mailx package?
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: It was replaced. It now uses mailx from the Heirloom project, which is better according to the responsible person at SUSE. That "responsible person" probably needs to be replaced, then, since "mailx from the Heirloom project" *is* nail. See http://nail.sourceforge.net and http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Not all process get killed
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:27:56PM -0800, Joseph Loo wrote: > Under SUSE 10.2 I noticed that not all processes get killed off. Novell bug # 229632. You'd think that people would look. -- Marc Wilson | A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ticket and rejoices that the system works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:19:14PM -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > Which in a standard install is _not_ a separate filesystem. This does > _not_ create "far larger problems" as you state. And /var is not /root, no matter how you want to dance around it. -- Marc Wilson | Garbage In -- Gospel Out. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] fsck running amok
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:15:51PM -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > Thanks. This entire clock conversation got started when someone indicated > that my being on local time was the cause of my fsck running every time I > boot up. Somehow, I don't think advancing my clock 6 hours (I think that's > how far behind GMT I am here in the Central zone) will fix that problem. It > doesn't really seem logical that that is what is causing it, but maybe I'm > wrong. You're wrong. Where else did you think the "furure" errors were coming from? -- Marc Wilson | "I'm willing to sacrifice anything for this cause, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | even other people's lives" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Getting error "cannot connect to X server" when using sudo to run a program
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 04:20:35PM -0500, Andy Harrison wrote: > xhost +SI:localuser:root Can we avoid the rush and just shoot all the idiots who recommend xhost *now*? -- Marc Wilson | One Page Principle: A specification that will [EMAIL PROTECTED] | not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot | be understood. -- Mark Ardis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:56:28AM -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > Are you talking about /, the root partition? If so it cannot be checked > while the system is running, you need to boot the DVD and use rescue > system. Except that it can be, of course. It can *always* be checked. Whether or not it can be *repaired*, or not, is another issue. If you can remount it read/only, you can repair it, then re-mount it read/write again. All this spouting off about runlevels is utter nonsense. -- Marc Wilson | Reality is for those who can't face Science Fiction. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:58:10AM -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > Except for / (root) which is always busy with open log files. If you're keeping log files in the root, you have far larger problems than whether or not you can unmount a filesystem. Log files belong in /var, which may or may not be a separate filesystem (it is if you're smart). -- Marc Wilson | Computer Science is merely the post-Turing decline [EMAIL PROTECTED] | in formal systems theory. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] fsck running amok
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 11:05:08PM -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > Not sure what you mean by "hardware clock". Uh, the one built into the computer? The one that when you installed, you were asked whether it was set to local time, or UTC? -- Marc Wilson | Veni, Vidi, Visa. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Recommended Website Tools
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 10:55:03PM -0500, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I need to maintain an existing website. The last time I did this was with > Windows and Dreamweaver. You can't continue to use Windows and Dreamweaver? What's wrong with Dreamweaver? -- Marc Wilson | "I'd love to go out with you, but there are important [EMAIL PROTECTED] | world issues that need worrying about." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 07:49:47PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > You'd rather have them pull the plug and risk file system corruption? You want a *honest* answer? I don't care what cluebies do to themselves. That's their own problem. That doesn't mean I'm not going to provide information, but it's not my responsibility to *stop* anyone but myself from doing anything. > All I'm saying is that once you disoncontinue all active uses of a > mounted file system (including working directories), it can be > unmounted safely. That's true and useful information. You have a different definition of "uses" than most people. Sure you can unmount it, but that doesn't mean you can do anything with the box afterwards. -- Marc Wilson | You are only young once, but you can stay immature [EMAIL PROTECTED] | indefinitely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] fsck running amok
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 09:14:14PM -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > I said fix and it came back saying the volume was clean. I then rebooted > normally and it still ran an fsck. So, I went back and booted from the > rescue disk again, ran another e2fsck, and got that same message about the > superblock last write time being in the future. I again fixed it, rebooted, > and it still runs an fsck. Really strange. Fix your clock. Let me guess... you left the hardware clock on local time? -- Marc Wilson | Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | except the things in the world that just don't | add up. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 08:15:17PM -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: > I want to try running a manual fsck on my main partition. I booted into > runlevel 3 and tried "umount /dev/hda2" but got "device is busy". The runlevel certainly doesn't have anything to do with it... don't know who would have told you it did. > I'm thinking that I should be trying to unmount the filesystem itself, > not the device, You don't mount devices, only filesystems. Filesystems often, but not nearly always, live on devices. > but don't know how to figure out what that is (and I can't remember a > command that would show the filesystem name associated with the device). > Then again, maybe I'm way off base here. man mount(1) > Anyway, I just need to be able to unmount the filesystem so I can run > fsck on it. No, you need to unmount it (or mount it read-only) in order to *repair* it with fsck. You can *check* it all you want. Or touch /forcefsck, and then reboot the box, since you already indicated that wasn't a problem. > Can someone tell me what to enter to do the unmount? You don't want to do that... if you unmount the filesystem, exactly where do you expect your running software to be coming from after you do so? Amazing to me that in the entire thread to date, no one pointed out how fsck actually works, or why you really don't want to un-mount the filesystem. -- Marc Wilson | Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow [EMAIL PROTECTED] | permanent. -- Walt Kelly -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to unmount partition?
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 06:55:05PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Unmountable _AT THE MOMENT!_ There are no file systems (other than the > root) that cannot be unmounted. While that may be true in theory, in practice it's really not a good idea to tell cluebies that. Or have you never gotten to watch what happens when you un-mount /usr from under someone? Things don't work very well after that. -- Marc Wilson | Veni, Vidi, Visa. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Flash Player for Linux Now Available for Download
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 05:35:21PM -0800, J Sloan wrote: > Sorry, but that is just silly. I have no trouble viewing youtube, > quicktime movie trailers, flash, java, wmv, mpg, DVDs or any other > multimedia on my SuSE desktops. I don't give a tinker's d*mn about on-line video, myself, but since you mention QuickTime specifically... Why does Totem have such a problem with accurate playback of .MOV files? It seems to be independent of codec... it'll play them, but the colors are all shifted weirdly. Mplayer, of course, plays the same file accurately. We won't talk about the disaster that is Xine... it's bad enough that Totem uses its libraries, but I'll be d*mnned if I'm ever going to use that disaster of a UI the Xine devs think is so cool. I'll do without first. -- Marc Wilson | Good news. Ten weeks from Friday will be a pretty [EMAIL PROTECTED] | good day. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Partition Resizing
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 09:19:53PM +, Colonel Orange wrote: > Is this possible to do without loosing my / and /home data and if so which > would be the most suitable tool. The Yast2 partition tool will not for > example allow me to edit /dev/hdb2. Not directly, no. When I installed 10.2, I did everything other than root and swap on LVM for this reason. LVM lets you add and subtract from the pool of available disk space. Nothing stops you, of course, from just making a new filesystem on what used to be the Windows partition, then mounting it somewhere in /srv or /local. Failing that, back it up (endless solutions available), repartition it the way you want it, then put the data back. You'd want to back it up before you messed with the partition table in any case. -- Marc Wilson | "If you understand what you're doing, you're not [EMAIL PROTECTED] | learning anything." -- A. L. pgpmZpRGgjKnY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] vim rpm
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:34:45PM +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > How else can I help you? Point out to him that you *do* have to *enable* support for modelines. Vim isn't going to go looking for one, unless you tell it to. :) -- Marc Wilson | Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give [EMAIL PROTECTED] | his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than | fifty pounds. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 10:44:35PM -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > However, Linux does use a sort of drive letter. FD, HDA, HDB, etc. A, C, > D, etc are shorter designations. Especially when you have to add the > partition number, FD0, HDA1, HDA2, HDB1, HDB2, etc. It's all in how you > keep track of them. Your analogy is incorrect. A drive letter is a *logical* construct, not a physical one. There's no direct comparison to *nix device names, especially now that we've had 2000 and XP, where it's extremely simple to rearrange the drive letters without changing the partitioning scheme. -- Marc Wilson | "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye [EMAIL PROTECTED] | of a needle if it is lightly greased." -- Kehlog | Albran, "The Profit" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 07:49:45PM -0800, J Sloan wrote: > I agree about the icons looking funny, but I find it really different. For > instance drive letters, LOL, what's that about? I see no difference there myself... remember the drive letter, or remember where you mounted the partition. What's the difference? I find myself at work typing things like "/e/stuff/morestuff" when I meant "e:\stuff\morestuff" all the time. The paradigm just flows. :) -- Marc Wilson | It will be advantageous to cross the great stream [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ... the Dragon is on the wing in the Sky ... the | Great Man rouses himself to his Work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)
> > Distro and desktop designers, developers and others in the Linux > > community need to drop their holier-than-thou attitude and concentrate on > > the masses who need to escape the clutches of M$. I'm afraid I don't have the original message, otherwise I'd attribute the above properly. Would whoever said it like to comment on where either of these perceived "needs" derives from? Especially the second one. To whoever said it... people railroad because it's time to railroad. People scratch because they have an itch. The only people who think there's some sort of responsibility on the part of the community to "save" anyone are the journalists. -- Marc Wilson | The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] | of an approaching train. pgpaeZxokNPs9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] Future of SUSE (at home)
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 09:38:09PM -0300, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote: > The main problem is that people does not understand that Linux is not > windows and will never be. Actually, the main problem is that people will never understand that there's no reason for Linux to be like Windows in the first place. -- Marc Wilson | ... I'm IMAGINING a sensuous GIRAFFE, CAVORTING in [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the BACK ROOM of a KOSHER DELI!! pgpgaFPD2dRgB.pgp Description: PGP signature
[opensuse] Dell E520 and snd_hda_intel
I know there was a big thread about this earlier in December, but no one since has said anything about it. :) Just got my new E520. Core 2 Duo, 965 chipset, and no sound support in 10.2 to speak of. It looks like it's deliberate, based on the information at http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Sound_Cards ... of course, I'm not even sure that the current 2.6.19.2 kernel would support this motherboard audio properly. Analog audio out and SPDIF. Well, you can install the current alsa 1.0.14rc1 over the top of the 2.6.18-34 kernel and make it give you *all* the options. :) Just build ONLY the snd_hda_intel modules, and only use the install-modules target to install it. Minimum disruption to the existing kernel install. Lots of stuff in the changelog for that version about new PCI ID's for Dell machines, and fixes/changes to the Sigmatel support as well. I couldn't find anything in the list archives, but did find some stuff for other distributions on the 'net. :) Anyway, figured I'd make my first post to the list at least vaguely constructive -- Marc Wilson | "The porcupine with the sharpest quills gets stuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on a tree more often." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
