On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM, manoharvanga_225 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I have been trying to ditch Windows completely (for openSUSE!) and > have so far run into many problems that I hope others can help me > solve. I have tried searching for solutions elsewhere but most of the > advice available seems to be either out of date or not work. So here > goes : > > 1. MP3 is being played perfectly by Banshee and Amarok. But what I > want is something like a universal codec that any media player can > use. For example if I want to preview the files being downloaded by > FrostWire, I need to open the incomplete files through Banshee/Amarok. > If I use the inbuilt preview feature, it fails after not finding a > codec. Does anyone know how to get a "global" codec for MP3 decoding? > This would also apply for video codecs (eg. DivX) > > 2. I have some old music video DVD's which are slightly > scratched/corrupted. When I try to read from them, it works fine. If I > hit a bad part of the disk though, VLC just hangs. I am unable to kill > it no matter what I try. My only solution is to reboot. Another > problem is, when this happens, I am unable to eject my CDROM drive > (/media/cdrom is busy). I tried various suggestions I found online, > but none of them worked for me. Is there any way to force an unmount > on a device? > > 3. SKIM which is a KDE frontend for SCIM, is killing me. If I am > typing a little fast, I tend to hit Ctrl and Space together which pops > up SKIM and changes my language to Chinese (!). I am unable to figure > out how to disable it (I tried disabling the inbuild option and it > didnt work). Can anyone guide me on how to edit ALL my startup > programs in KDE? For example if I want to remove a certain program > from starting up, how do I go about it? > > 4. I am used to talking online with some friends using GTalk's Audio > Chat. Is it possible in Linux? Can I use a VoIP solution to do this > maybe? I tried Google Talk with Wine and it doesn't seem to work. Does > anyone have any advice regarding this except switching back to Windows > (D:)? > > 5. I am having intense freeze up's with Firefox in openSUSE. It seems > to be a widerspread problem with a solution I couldn't find. Has > anyone experienced this? Can anyone guide me on how to fix it? > > 6. There are times when my computer just hangs completely. I can do > nothing but restart. The mouse moves around fine but I can't click > anything. This happens a lot with screensavers and full screen > video's. Is this a Graphics card issue maybe? > > That's about it for now. I can't think of any other problems at this > moment. I'll update this if I do run into any more problems. I know > most of these are very newbie-ish, but this newbie would really > appreciate some help! > > > 2. One program shouldn't hang entire OS. If your Keyboard or Mouse respond then try killing VLC (Ctrl+Alt+Esc to get the kill cursor!) 4. Try Empathy http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=819046 5. Do you use Flash? Flash on Linux is buggy, version 10 is better, try updating flash -- Satish Vellanki
