Re: [opensuse] Update to Gimp 2.4

2008-01-23 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: On 01/22/2008 08:59 AM, Jim Sabatke wrote: I did not try Pascal's version. I checked the files for gimp in yast before deleting it and they go into the same places that ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome put them. Of course, I would rather have an RPM version. For me

Re: [opensuse] Update to Gimp 2.4

2008-01-23 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: On 01/22/2008 08:59 AM, Jim Sabatke wrote: I did not try Pascal's version. I checked the files for gimp in yast before deleting it and they go into the same places that ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome put them. Of course, I would rather have an RPM version. For me

Re: [opensuse] Update to Gimp 2.4

2008-01-21 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: On 01/21/2008 07:29 AM, Jim Sabatke wrote: Do you know if that compiled version includes EXIF support? If I were to hand compile, configure would pick up my EXIF lib, but the package I got from the SuSE site doesn't seem to have EXIF enabled. I would assume so

Re: [opensuse] Update to Gimp 2.4

2008-01-21 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: On 01/22/2008 06:34 AM, Jim Sabatke wrote: snip I just removed gimp through yast, downloaded the newest version, compiled and installed it. I now have EXIF available. Jim Did you try Pascal's version from packman? It requires libexif, so I would assume

Re: [opensuse] Update to Gimp 2.4

2008-01-20 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: On 01/20/2008 02:29 PM, Joseph Loo wrote: I am worried about the dependencies. If I un-install the program it impacts sane, etc. I need to know what impacts on the other programs otherwise, i may need to re-install a series of programs. I installed the packman

[opensuse] Gimp and Firefox

2008-01-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Every time I run gimp (latest 2.4, updated via Yast) firefox dies. Does anyone have a clue what is going on, and hopefully a fix? TIA, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] Gimp and Firefox

2008-01-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Sunny wrote: On Jan 18, 2008 8:19 PM, Jim Sabatke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I run gimp (latest 2.4, updated via Yast) firefox dies. Does anyone have a clue what is going on, and hopefully a fix? I do not know, and most probably wouldn't be able to help you, but if you

Re: [opensuse] Gimp and Firefox

2008-01-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
PerfectReign wrote: On Fri, January 18, 2008 6:19 pm, Jim Sabatke wrote: Every time I run gimp (latest 2.4, updated via Yast) firefox dies. Does anyone have a clue what is going on, and hopefully a fix? Don't use gimp? Use something better like Krita? http://www.koffice.org

Re: [opensuse] Gimp and Firefox

2008-01-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Joseph Loo wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 20:19 -0600, Jim Sabatke wrote: Every time I run gimp (latest 2.4, updated via Yast) firefox dies. Does anyone have a clue what is going on, and hopefully a fix? TIA, Jim Have you been successful in the installation of the program? I

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 Java broken in firefox 2.0.0.9

2007-11-26 Thread Jim Sabatke
Bruce Ferrell wrote: Bruce Ferrell wrote: Any suggestions on how to fix it? It's been pointed out that more information is needed... I agree Java applets don't execute at all. They did at one point. The sites (internal) that have the applets I don't use often. Java applications

Re: [opensuse] 10.2 Java broken in firefox 2.0.0.9

2007-11-26 Thread Jim Sabatke
Bruce Ferrell wrote: Bruce Ferrell wrote: Any suggestions on how to fix it? It's been pointed out that more information is needed... I agree Java applets don't execute at all. They did at one point. The sites (internal) that have the applets I don't use often. Java applications

Re: [opensuse] Strange Firefox Problem

2007-11-26 Thread Jim Sabatke
Aaron Kulkis wrote: Jim Sabatke wrote: Starting today, I've been getting popups in Firefox that say # begin quote Authentication Required Enter username and password for CCCP Operations at http://graphics.pop6.com Well, Jim, It looks like old Gorbachev has picked YOU...yes YOU

Re: [opensuse] Strange Firefox Problem

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Sabatke
Bryen wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 20:06 -0600, Jim Sabatke wrote: Starting today, I've been getting popups in Firefox that say # begin quote Authentication Required Enter username and password for CCCP Operations at http://graphics.pop6.com User Name: [ entry box ] Password: [ entry

[opensuse] Weird Boot Problem

2007-11-25 Thread Jim Sabatke
I have a friend who's computer is now loaded with SuSE 10.2. The system was originally a Vista machine. It didn't seem to want to work and play well with Linux, and my friend didn't care about Windows, so I dedicated the whole machine to the install. Since then, on intial boot, the first thing

[opensuse] Strange Firefox Problem

2007-11-24 Thread Jim Sabatke
Starting today, I've been getting popups in Firefox that say # begin quote Authentication Required Enter username and password for CCCP Operations at http://graphics.pop6.com User Name: [ entry box ] Password: [ entry box ] []Use Password Manager to remember this password. [Cancel] [OK] #

Re: [opensuse] Strange Firefox Problem

2007-11-24 Thread Jim Sabatke
Anders Johansson wrote: On Sunday 25 November 2007 03:06:21 Jim Sabatke wrote: Starting today, I've been getting popups in Firefox that say # begin quote Authentication Required Enter username and password for CCCP Operations at http://graphics.pop6.com User Name: [ entry box

[opensuse] Has anyone else had problem with EMACS after upgrades?

2007-10-03 Thread Jim Sabatke
I'm running 10.2 and have a LOT of upgrade sites, all from needing them and finding the software I was looking for on the SuSE search site. I upgraded EMACS and have had nothing but grief since. Right now it won't display any file; I just get the *scratch* page and a warning at the bottom

Re: [opensuse] Change the language on keyboard ?

2007-09-12 Thread Jim Sabatke
Erik Jakobsen wrote: Hi. I have opensuse10.3 Beta 3 installed here. Choosed Danish as language for my keyboard. But this has changed due to a reason I don't know. How can I change it back to Danish again ?. Using FVWM2 and XFCE. I have both Danish and English setup on my

Re: [opensuse] Change the language on keyboard ?

2007-09-12 Thread Jim Sabatke
Erik Jakobsen wrote: Hi. I have opensuse10.3 Beta 3 installed here. Choosed Danish as language for my keyboard. But this has changed due to a reason I don't know. How can I change it back to Danish again ?. Using FVWM2 and XFCE. Oh darn, I missed the desktops you're running. I

Re: [opensuse] Ext3 vs Reiser FS

2007-09-10 Thread Jim Sabatke
Carlos E. R. wrote: snip You could also consider xfs, it's very god for large files. Even better, test your application with both types of filesystem, and then decide. What size do you consider large files to be? I do a lot of digital photography and have loads of files around 10MB. TIA,

[opensuse] Really dumb question

2007-08-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
I had my system setup with two keyboard arrangements, English and Danish. There was a program from the menus that showed the keyboards. I can't find that again. I also lost my dock program that allowed me to switch between the languages (it showed a little flag). I've been trying to hunt down

Re: [opensuse] Strange RPM Problem

2007-08-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 17 2007 09:47, Jim Sabatke wrote: Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 17 2007 08:31, Jim Sabatke wrote: I'm having somewhat the same problem as I reported a few weeks ago. Occasionally my home directory locks up on an 'ls'. First question: does `ls -n` NOT hang

[opensuse] Strange RPM Problem

2007-08-17 Thread Jim Sabatke
I'm having somewhat the same problem as I reported a few weeks ago. Occasionally my home directory locks up on an 'ls'. What I've noticed is that this always seems to follow a yast RPM problem. I'll go into software management and the program just hangs before it should go into the search

Re: [opensuse] Strange RPM Problem

2007-08-17 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 17 2007 08:31, Jim Sabatke wrote: I'm having somewhat the same problem as I reported a few weeks ago. Occasionally my home directory locks up on an 'ls'. First question: does `ls -n` NOT hang in that case? Jan Yes, 'ls -n' does freeze the system

Re: [opensuse] Strange RPM Problem

2007-08-17 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 17 2007 09:47, Jim Sabatke wrote: Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 17 2007 08:31, Jim Sabatke wrote: I'm having somewhat the same problem as I reported a few weeks ago. Occasionally my home directory locks up on an 'ls'. First question: does `ls -n` NOT hang

Re: [opensuse] Java Plugin for Firefox

2007-08-15 Thread Jim Sabatke
Masaru Nomiya wrote: Hello, In the Message; Subject: Re: [opensuse] Java Plugin for Firefox Message-ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date Time: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:13:25 -0700 [Dale] == Dale Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] has written: Dale Is it possible that the java version I just

Re: [opensuse] Java Plugin for Firefox

2007-08-15 Thread Jim Sabatke
Masaru Nomiya wrote: Hello, In the Message; Subject: Re: [opensuse] Java Plugin for Firefox Message-ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date Time: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:25:39 -0500 [Jim] == Jim Sabatke [EMAIL PROTECTED] has written: Jim I found the following at: Jim http

Re: [opensuse] Sound problems on Presario SR5110NX with nVidia 6150 card - SOLVED

2007-08-01 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: I can't get a friend's new computer's sound to work. I've scoured the web looking for answers and have found quite a few hits with the same problem and lots of things to try, but little helpful in the way of replies. I've loaded SuSE 10.2 64 on the box, and it doesn't

Re: [opensuse] Printing photos easily.

2007-07-25 Thread Jim Sabatke
pelibali wrote: Hi, I'm new to linux and this evening attempted to print some of my photos... First I tried the newest Picasa under my openSUSE 10.0, but it resulted _draft_ quality _B/W_ prints, even that 1200 DPI has been setup generally for our HP DeskJet 5940. Picasa's template is

[opensuse] Getting rid of Zenworks

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
I forgot to delete Zen from my 10.2 installation. Now whenever I add an update source, it takes about a half-hour to synchronize with Zen. Can I just delete Zen with Yast, or will I cause problems removing a functioning parasite? TIA Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [opensuse] This is driving me crazy - seems to be fixed

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: Rui Santos wrote: Bob Williams wrote: On Thursday 12 July 2007 18:23, Jim Sabatke wrote: The ATI card is on the motherboard so I don't have any way (that I know of) to get the nVidia only running. Can you disable it in the BIOS

Re: [opensuse] Getting rid of Zenworks

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
Hartmut Meyer wrote: Hi, On Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2007, Jim Sabatke wrote: I forgot to delete Zen from my 10.2 installation. Now whenever I add an update source, it takes about a half-hour to synchronize with Zen. Can I just delete Zen with Yast, or will I cause problems removing

Re: [opensuse] Getting rid of Zenworks

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Sabatke
A. den Oudsten wrote: Tom Parker wrote: I have had no problems with my installation after uninstalling zen. I think you will have to uninstall (use yast, or rpm -e) novell-zen, rug, and maybe one other package. Tom Jim Sabatke wrote: I forgot to delete Zen from my 10.2 installation

Re: [opensuse] This is driving me crazy

2007-07-12 Thread Jim Sabatke
Rui Santos wrote: Bob Williams wrote: On Thursday 12 July 2007 18:23, Jim Sabatke wrote: The ATI card is on the motherboard so I don't have any way (that I know of) to get the nVidia only running. Can you disable it in the BIOS? If not, some boards allow you

Re: [opensuse] This is driving me crazy

2007-07-12 Thread Jim Sabatke
Rui Santos wrote: Bob Williams wrote: On Thursday 12 July 2007 18:23, Jim Sabatke wrote: The ATI card is on the motherboard so I don't have any way (that I know of) to get the nVidia only running. Can you disable it in the BIOS? If not, some boards allow you

Re: [opensuse] Random Task Bar Lockups - More info

2007-07-09 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: I'm running 10.2 and having a problem with seemingly random taskbar lockups. When it happens I can use any application that isn't minimized, but once minimized, I can't get it back. I was using the vanilla X driver when it started; then I loaded the NVidia driver and it's

Re: [opensuse] Random Task Bar Lockups - More info

2007-07-09 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: Jim Sabatke wrote: I'm running 10.2 and having a problem with seemingly random taskbar lockups. When it happens I can use any application that isn't minimized, but once minimized, I can't get it back. I was using the vanilla X driver when it started; then I loaded

[opensuse] Random Task Bar Lockups

2007-07-08 Thread Jim Sabatke
I'm running 10.2 and having a problem with seemingly random taskbar lockups. When it happens I can use any application that isn't minimized, but once minimized, I can't get it back. I was using the vanilla X driver when it started; then I loaded the NVidia driver and it's still happening.

Re: [opensuse] Duplicate printer problem

2007-07-06 Thread Jim Sabatke
Darryl Gregorash wrote: On 2007-07-05 09:44, Jim Sabatke wrote: I installed SuSE 10.0 on a friend's machine. He had a fairly frequent problem where all of his jobs got stuck in the print queue. When I checked the queue in Yast, there was always a second printer that had been added

Re: [opensuse] Duplicate printer problem

2007-07-06 Thread Jim Sabatke
Dave Howorth wrote: On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 10:44 -0500, Jim Sabatke wrote: I've googled this to death and have found only a few references, the best being a Ubuntu solution which I didn't understand. Perhaps if you posted the URL, somebody might understand it? Cheers, Dave OK

[opensuse] Duplicate printer problem

2007-07-05 Thread Jim Sabatke
I installed SuSE 10.0 on a friend's machine. He had a fairly frequent problem where all of his jobs got stuck in the print queue. When I checked the queue in Yast, there was always a second printer that had been added (not by a user), that was setup identically to the original entry, except

Re: [opensuse] Thunderbird [OT]

2007-05-02 Thread Jim Sabatke
Doug McGarrett wrote: Can anybody tell me how to get Thunderbird to create and use an Outbox, that will preserve messages you send? This is on an XP machine which is giving me fits in all kinds of ways. TIA--doug Just go to Edit-Account Settings-Copies Folders and setup the Place a copy in:

Re: [opensuse] Kaffeine/DVD - Not quite fixed

2007-04-20 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: Jim Sabatke wrote: Billie Erin Walsh wrote: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (Error reading from DVD.) When I try to watch some DVD's in Kaffeine I get the above error message

Re: [opensuse] Kaffeine/DVD

2007-04-19 Thread Jim Sabatke
Billie Erin Walsh wrote: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (Error reading from DVD.) When I try to watch some DVD's in Kaffeine I get the above error message. [ Region 1] [ 10.2 ] It seems that the ones

Re: [opensuse] Kaffeine/DVD

2007-04-19 Thread Jim Sabatke
Jim Sabatke wrote: Billie Erin Walsh wrote: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (Error reading from DVD.) When I try to watch some DVD's in Kaffeine I get the above error message. [ Region 1] [ 10.2

Re: [opensuse] Kaffeine/DVD

2007-02-15 Thread Jim Sabatke
Billie Erin Walsh wrote: The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source doesn't contain data (e.g: no disc in drive). (Error reading from DVD.) When I try to watch some DVD's in Kaffeine I get the above error message. [ Region 1] [ 10.2 ] It seems that the ones

Re: [opensuse] Can't get monitor to display properly after install - Please help

2007-01-30 Thread Jim Sabatke
:41, Jim Sabatke wrote: I can't even get the binary driver to work. The best looking screen I can get is totally black (except for a little window that says I should be in the 1680 x 1050 mode that stays on the screen for a few minutes). That little window is probably put up by your

[opensuse] Can't get monitor to display properly after install - Please help

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Sabatke
I'm still trying to get my Samsung 225bw monitor and ATI RADEON SXPRESS 200 Series Card to install properly. The strangest thing is that the ATI setup package has left my monitor in a state where it just displays trashy colored lines. The display works fine through the install process. The

Re: [opensuse] Can't get monitor to display properly after install - Please help

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Sabatke
Bruce Marshall wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:20, Jim Sabatke wrote: The strangest thing is that the ATI setup package has left my monitor in a state where it just displays trashy colored lines. The display works fine through the install process. The first couple times I installed

[opensuse] Samsung 225BW Monitor and ATI RADEON SXPRESS 200 Series Card

2007-01-23 Thread Jim Sabatke
I can't get these two to work together in a widescreen mode. I've googled and tried the suggestions for nVidia and also added a modeline generated by xmode. When I test the config, the screen goes into a non-readable mode that I have to ctrl-alt-backspace out of. Then the screen says I

[opensuse] Compac SR2050NX with Lightscribe DVD Drive

2007-01-11 Thread Jim Sabatke
Will SuSE 10.x work with this DVD drive? I don't care about the text writing capabilities, I just want it to work like a normal DVD RW drive. I've googled this to death and the information returned is overwhelming with unrelated data to the point it is useless. Thanks in advance, Jim -- To