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Hi,

I had some issues earlier with certain repositories and had to break several packages in order to resolve conflicts. After completion I discovered that the look and feel changed to worst. I feel like running wine or windows 95.

I’ve tried desktop confi but had no luck with it. Please check the attached screen-shots. Image 1& 2 are prior to system alter and the last is post alter.

Best,

David

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Sorry but they all show up on my system crystal clear … therefore it will help to know exactly what you did/changed that resulted in breaking the system. Also which openSUSE version, what hardware, which DE are you running as this will help identify the problems.

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Mate,

They dont look clear at all. I use opensuse 11.2 with kde 4.4

Below please find my hardware -

david@david-desktop:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at fc00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at f400 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fd700000-fd7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device a88d
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fe028000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
Kernel modules: pata_amd

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv

00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdc00000-00000000fdcfffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fda00000-00000000fdafffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: fd900000-fd9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd800000-00000000fd8fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 2601
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nvidiafb, nouveau

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 8056
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
Memory at fdbfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sky2
Kernel modules: sky2

I hate to see pink/purple progress/side bar, old russian typewriter text on browser, wine like background on firefox and gnome apps.

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X server file -

nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings

nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Fri Mar 12 02:13:46 PST 2010

nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Fri Mar 12 02:12:40 PST 2010

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout0”
Screen 0 “Screen0” 0 0
InputDevice “Keyboard0” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse0” “CorePointer”
Option “Xinerama” “0”
EndSection

Section “Files”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"

EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0”
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Acer AL1716W”
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device0”
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce 6100 nForce 405”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0”
Device “Device0”
Monitor “Monitor0”
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView” “0”
Option “TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder” “CRT-0”
Option “metamodes” “1440x900 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

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I am not saying your screen isn’t poorly displaying, I am saying that you uploaded screenshots from your missbehaving set-up that when viewed by my working set-up render clear and good on my system. Now we need to figure out what has happened to your system to make things look bad.
I found lots of references to the nvidea MCP61 gigabit motherboard and using it with gentoo and ubuntu Linux (all with claims that Internet is flakely) but no mention of graphics irregularities.

What were you trying to do/update/change that gave the repo errors and what were the errors as this may give a clue to what has happened.

What did you try in the display settings?

Mods! maybe this should be under hardware where more knowledgeable people will see it!

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You really shouldn’t have to break packages in order to resolve conflicts.

Could you please open a terminal and provide the results of:

zypper lr -d

Also, I’m assuming from the default background that you’re using openSUSE 11.2?

Take Care,

Ian

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Right, here is what I did -

  1. I enabled all repos that caused conflicts at the time of install of some apps.
  2. I did ‘zypper verify’ and then fixed dependencies by switching over repos. Removed 26 repos while sorting out.
  3. At last libsigc 2.0-32 bit, which is used by skype and most gnome apps (Gparted in my case) failed to show up from pakage manager or Yast2. In order to correct that and get clear out put on ‘zypper verify’ i killed few things.

The output psoted earlier came from buntu while sorting out alsa. I switched from buntu to suse due to pulseaudio being a dedicated pain in the butt. I am yet to break pulseaudio here, have scheduled it for tomorrow.

Best,

David

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david@linux-lst5:~> zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

–±------------------------------±--------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-----------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse | NVIDIA Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.2/ |
2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss |
3 | download.opensuse.org-oss_1 | Main Repository (Sources) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss |
4 | mozilla | mozilla | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.2 |
5 | packman.inode.at-suse_1 | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /suse/11.2/

Unless you break you wont fix. Breaking stuff teaches a lot about the process of building it.

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Okay, your repository list looks good. What exactly are you trying to do with your system? The fact that you had to remove 26 repos makes me believe you might have tried one too many one-click installers.

But as your system repositories are fine and are now no longer part of the problem, the only thing is to figure out the look and feel.

All I can see is that your firefox looks different. That’s usually a branding package or some other appearance package. I’m not at my linux system at the moment but two packages that pop into my head are something to the effect of firefox-branding-opensuse (just search for branding in yast and look for a firefox or mozilla package) and the Tango or Oxygen themes for firefox which can probably also be found by searching for firefox or mozilla.

Edit: Upon searching using Software Search at openSUSE.org, the packages are most likely MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE and MozillaFirefox-theme-Oxygen

Take Care,

Ian

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Well I have reinstalled firefox thrice. Next first thing that I do with GNU/Linux or FOSS is to add more repos, my bad this time it screwed up. I have oxygen, tango and tiger installed but it is still the same. How about getting wine like background on all Gnome (empathy, pidgin, etc).

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Checked the branding package and it is already installed.

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Hi,

Somehow firefox appearance is changed now. But pidgin is still in wine mode.

best,

david

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One last thing I can think of is GTK styles. Look and see if you have QT-curve as an option. If not you can search for it in Yast and install it.

Take Care,

Ian

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Guy,

I have qtcurve-gtk2-32bit - QtCurve style for Gtk2 installed already. Still pidgin and empathy look very poor.

Best,

David

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Do you also have Gnome installed? You might get better results if you did.

Yast - Software Management
View Patterns
Check Gnome

reboot

If you are still kde pure you will need to allow the deinstallation of kde-pure.

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Carl:

Gnome is already installed. I couldnt find kde-pure or view pattern.

Thanks,

David

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Please try this:
http://thumbnails15.imagebam.com/8555/0bcc6c85548924.jpg](http://www.imagebam.com/image/0bcc6c85548924)

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That is already set to clearlooks. I need some coffee, will be back in half an hour. Thanks for your help.

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If you run in gnome
Is it looking any better?

My font settings are like this:
http://thumbnails26.imagebam.com/6468/8539a164670745.gif](http://www.imagebam.com/image/8539a164670745)

I also have imported the microsoft fonts folder and named it MSFonts to /usr/share/fonts

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Right, I need MS Fonts. Try it later.