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StarCraft 2 on openSUSE 11.3: Update to 1.0.3 fails [update]
Found a solution! See this blog post. When I tried to start the game today, it told me that 1.0.3 is available and that it needs an upgrade. After 49% of the download, the BlizzardDownloader.exe...
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Updating StarCraft 2 to 1.0.3 on openSUSE 11.3 SOLVED
A Protoss warrior, as displayed in StarCraft II. (Image via Wikipedia) I had a lot of problems to download and install the patch to 1.0.3. Here is my solution after 144 failed attempts: Install IE6!...
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KDE4: Running ssh-agent at Login
Here is the recipe if you need to run ssh-agent when you log in. First, create a start-up script $HOME/.kde4/env/start-ssh-agent.sh #!/bin/sh eval `/usr/bin/ssh-agent` To make sure the agent is killed...
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Making openSUSE 11.4 Work on HP ProBook 5320m
If you have an ugly flickering screen when booting openSUSE 11.4 on a HP ProBook 5320m, then do this: You’ll need at least the package “xorg-x11-proto-devel” to build the driver (zypper install...
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Suspend Fail in openSUSE 12.1 After Upgrading KDE
When you upgrade openSUSE 12.1′s KDE 4.7 to 4.8 (using this repo), suspend to disk or ram might stop working. If so, you’ve encountered bug 758379: STR (Suspend to RAM) fails when NetworkManager...
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Firefox Crashing When Opening a New Window in openSUSE 12.2
Does Firefox crash for you when you open a new window? Report the crash using the built in tool, then browse “about:crashes” (shows you which crashes you reports), click the topmost link. If frame #0...
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Wine on OpenSUSE Without Sound
Yesterday, I tried to install the Windows game Homeworld on my openSUSE 12.3. After a couple of problems, the no-cd patch, I could start the game with: /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxrun --bottle Homeworld...
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Deleting Files From Snapper
Snapper is a nice tool to revert changes made to your system. Unfortunately, it has a nasty side effect: If you happen to delete some large files (say, an ISO image you accidentally copied to the wrong...
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Hibernating openSUSE 13.2 (Harlequin)
openSUSE 13.2 I had some trouble to get hibernate (suspend to disk with power off) to work properly on openSUSE 13.2. You can find the problems that I ran into and how I solved them below. Getting a...
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Installing Epson Perfection V300 Photo on openSUSE 13.2
Locate Linux drivers on http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX Search for “v300” The search gives two results: “iscan plugin package” from 2011 “core package&data package” from...
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