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TimeLine from Mandriva to OpenSuSE... can I?

MkIII_Supra — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:03:21 GMT

So here's the deal, I just found this neat feature that seems to only exist in Mandriva and I want it in OpenSuSE but haven't been able to get it. ROSA also seems to have this feature as well it's called TimeFrame:

I like the way it looks and I can see it as being quite useful in making my day to day use more efficient and faster. So is it possible to get this in OpenSuSE 11.4? And if yes then how?

need help

Goapher2001 — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:40:00 GMT

hi long tim no see i guess, ok get to the point of it,

i wish to program on linux but not sure where to start, as i was a VB.NET user and now fed up with the over bloated Mule, I wish to start with C++ on Linux but am stuck where to start looking for a application like program for it, if it's a case of using VI in shell thats fine but i'm thinking more towards a GUI C++ if possible, any help would be apriciated.

Goaphs :)

A place for Android?

blackbelt_jones — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:01:44 GMT

After ten years using Linux at the Desktop, Android has me feeling baffled and crazy. I didn't know whether I should ask questions about Android in here, but I'd like to. it's Linux, right? That's what I keep hearing. And I'd really like some help from people who are Linux oriented. What I'd suggest is simply mentioning android in the heading for the forum on mobile linux. I think that forum in general could stand to be upgraded. Does anybody use PDAs anymore?

Bios post null modem capture

WrinkledCheese — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:47:57 GMT

Hello everyone,

I tried "Googling" my way around but I'm not sure I'm looking in the right place because nothing I'm doing is working.

I have a server I'm building for cheap and I've run into what appears to be a known issue, and is quite common.

The issue I have is that the motherboard I have doesn't support my CPU out of the box. I have the SuperMico H8DAE-2 I'm trying to use with 2 AMD Opteron 2435 "Istanbul" Hex-Core processors.

While this motherboard is stated to support the processors I bought it for, it doesn't do so out of the box, and none of the marketing information stated this. It wasn't until I checked out BIOS updates with a system that wouldn't even POST that I found out.

I ordered a used AMD Opteron 2210 - that will work in the board without a BIOS update - from eBay. While I wait for this I would like to advance my learning. In the manual for the motherboard I have, they list a bunch of POST checkpoints that are available to be read via IO port 0080h. From what I can tell, this is a serial port, and a common port for this type of information. What I'm looking to do is read this information.

I tried my best to connect to the machine using a null modem cable and read the data but I'm not getting anything. I've never done this type of work and I can't really find any information as to how to actually connect to IO port 0080h.

From what I can find on this subject, a diagnostic device - IE host system, lom card, console terminal - is connected and listens to logical port 0080h. I'm not exactly sure how to go about this. I've found some vague details regareding a USB connection but no specifics are mentioned, such as software or other methods.

Both the host and target system have a serial port I can use and I have a null modem cable to connect the two systems. I did this once like 10 years ago using a Sun Microsystems Sparc Ultra 10, but I've forgotten how to do it.

Can someone point me in the right direction to find the information I'm looking for?

Native H.264 video support for firefox?

lugoteehalt — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:43:28 GMT

Err, that's it. Can I get it? Using Debian Squeeze.

Thanks any help.

Brand New android tablet

blackbelt_jones — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:02:05 GMT

anybody else got one of these thngs? Awesome, but it seems pretty limited. Am I going to be able to download files and copy and paste text? This is really Linux?

Cannot get umask setting to stick

fishface — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:51:37 GMT

CentOS6.2 64-bit

I've changed the umask setting in in /etc/bashrc from the default to 027 for security reasons, it now looks like this:

if [ $UID -gt 99 ] && [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" ]; then
umask 027
else
umask 027
fi

Tried disabling selinux and rebooted, all to no avail.

Now, on 2 other systems, not running not running same version levels though, this change has worked fine, but on CentOS6.2 64-bit it appears to do nothing, and yes, I have logged off/on - any ideas?

Audio control

happybunny — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:37:09 GMT

I'm not sure what catagory this belongs too, but neither XFCE4, KDE nor Gnome Mate/cinamon understand what my media keys do.

If I use them, the little pop up shows that the volume is turning up/down or muting as expected but it seems to be controlling the wrong thing since it doesn't actually change the volume at all.

This works perfectly in gnome-shell, however.

How can I associate the media keys with the right audio device?

thanks

mouse control

happybunny — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:34:36 GMT

As with most Lenovo laptops, my x120e has a stick and a touch pad mouse's.

Each has their own set of buttons.

I primarily use the stick to navigate around, and the touch pad for scrolling.

However, I never use the touch pad buttons, and most often accidentally hit them with parts of myself I wont describe here.

The mouse control software in Windows does let me do such a thing, but can I do so in Linux somehow?

Thanks!

Slackware 13.37 lilo, grub and my poor MBR

merkaner — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:51:32 GMT

I'm lost
I've installed slackware at least 10 times now. Every time lilo comes up with a new problem and oh how random they are.
This time for example, I just restarted my computer from windows, doing nothing but browsing since boot-up. Then when I restart it says: "Lilo - keytable read/checksum error" right after bios.

How can I fix this or get rid of lilo all together?

I tried reinstalling slackware together with lilo, but that didn't change a thing.

I tried installing grub2 (20 of 25 passes failed) then grub 1, but that didn't work either.

I'm not sure what kind of information you need to help me, so please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

No news...

camelrider — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:45 GMT

Ive seen no new articles on the main page since March 23, 2012.
I tried logging out and back in to no avail.

Has anyone a suggestion for getting me back in the loop?

RE: kernel alterations

Formido — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:53:10 GMT

Can CONFIG_INTEL_TXT be safely deleted, without the OS becoming unstable? Note I'm already aware of the 'disable' route, and have no interest in that. I require it to be totally erased from the kernel.

If this is possible, please advise how to do it!

Secure Apcahe Tomcat combo

latp — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:23:48 GMT

Linux Gurus,

Hope some one will be able to answer a few questions here:

I have sifted through a lot of literature but finally 'am putting my
requirements in order (writing)

I need the following:

1. Need apache httpd run in non-root mode ('understand sudo will get
me started, and apache will start initially as root-privileged and transition
to non-root)

2. Make group called apache-tomcat and add httpd to that

3. Add tomcat (process) to the apache-tomcat group

4. Add a directory (out side tomcat/apache folder) that needs to be
write-read for apache-tomcat group. My web application needs to read write files into that directory

How do 'achieve this? what commands would be executed.

Thanks a bunch in anticipation:)

Printing to an HP printer from fedora

NumbLock27 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:23:58 GMT

Hello all, I am trying to print to an hp officejet 5610xi printer that is shared from a windows machine. I have set up the printer on fedora 16 using both types of hp5600 series drivers and it just does not print. The printer makes some noises like it is going to print but it says printing and the power light is flashing but it never prints. I have to shut it down and when I turn it back on windows tries to install it as a new printer. Any help would be appreciated.
I have two other samba printers installed on the fedora box and they both work perfectly.

pass argument from shell script to awk

spowel4 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:58:04 GMT

I have the following script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh



# converts delimited file to a fixed width file

# expects 3 parameters:  input file delimiter,

#                       input file name,

#                       output file name





# variables

IFS=$1

INPUTFILE=$2

OUTPUTFILE=$3



awk -v FS=$IFS '

BEGIN {

    max1=0;

    max2=0;

    max3=0;

    max4=0;

    max5=0;

}



{

    line[NR]=$0;



    # dynamically set max field lengths to lengths of actual fields

    if(length($1) > max1) {max1=length($1)}

    if(length($2) > max2) {max2=length($2)}

    if(length($3) > max3) {max3=length($3)}

    if(length($4) > max4) {max4=length($4)}

    if(length($5) > max5) {max5=length($5)}

    lines=NR

}



END {

    fmt="%"max1"s%"max2"s%"max3"s%"max4"s%"max5"s\n"

    for(i=1;i<=lines;i++) {

        split(line[i], a)

        printf fmt, a[1],a[2],a[3],a[4],a[5]

    }

}' $INPUTFILE > $OUTPUTFILE

It is interpreting the two variables $INPUTFILE and $OUTPUTFILE correctly but it is not interpreting the variable $IFS correctly. From the shell I'm passing in a comma as the argument for $IFS but awk is using a space as the value, and for the life of me I cannot figure out why. If I hardcode the awk FS value as a comma, the script works great.