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[opensuse] 11.0 - openSuSE Updater Fails (Repeatedly) on Tonights Updates
by David C. Rankin 07 Dec '08

07 Dec '08

Listmates, Tonights updates of xorg-fonts, jasper, hal and mozilla fail repeatedly with error dialog box messages about missing files to the screen. However, the files are actually in the update repository and the files are actually downloaded to your computer -- they update just partially fails. After the first failure, the dialogs all concerned xorg. Of course with everything going to the qt or gtk crud dialogs (or whatever they are), there is no way to copy the text of the error dialogs to share with the list, so I just took screenshots. Each screenshot is of a separate dialog window error message. The original update listing of files is 54k, the remainder are about 12k. (so much for a 60 byte copy of the text from the error). The list of updates tonight were: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/hal-jasper-ff-xorg… On the first failure, the xorg errors that I caught were: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… (I may have missed one or two dialogs) After the failure, the openSuSE updater icon says there are new updates and I check the details and it is the same exact list as before. So I choose install again, and this time it is mozilla that fails (apparently xorg was installed successfully on this run). The errors were: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… Same updater icon behavior, the next failures on the next install updates go-round concerned libjasper: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… Same updater icon behavior, the next failures on the next install updates go-round concerned hal: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… Now obviously something is being installed for the error messages to change on each successive running of updates, but I'm not sure what or in what order, because running the updater again when it showed new updates available resulted in more mozilla errors: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/zypper/error-patch-not-fo… Don't know what to make of it, but I am curious is others are seeing this behavior? Also, is there a way to copy the text from these dialogs that I don't know about yet? I would really like to be able to post and discuss the errors instead of a string of screenshots, but I haven't been able to with the new dialog. Also, could these be due to the change to the updater app using the new Package/Policy Kit backend to zypper. I didn't think I had done one of the updates that would force that change yet. The updater app still shows show zypp backend, but the packagekit backend is apparently available as an option. Any thoughts would be appreciated. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] iostat & sysstat in Suse 11
by James D. Parra 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

Hello all, Was sysstat (iostat, etc) removed from Suse 11? Is there a replacement for those tools? Thank you, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wi-fi button
by Anton Aylward 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

When I boot my laptop (openSUSE 11.0/KDE4) the wifi start, regardless, even before KDE comes up. I have /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 with STARTMODE='manual' which I thought means I have to manually enable the wifi. Things aren't like that. Am I reading this incorrectly? What should I have set so that wifi doesn't come up on boot? The 'button' side of things is that there is a button on the front panel of the laptop labelled 'wireless'. When running the dreaded Microsoft Windows, this turned the wifi on and off. How can I get that button to turn the wifi on and off? -- The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. - Max DePree -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] need help deciphering a tcpdump
by Per Jessen 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

I've got a problem with an SMTP session between two mailservers (of which one is ours). The initial conversation works fine right up until the RCPT TO. We respond with '250 2.1.5 Ok' after which nothing else happens until we time out. I've captured the whole thing with tcpdump, and I've got a suspicion, but I'd like somebody else to have a look: http://jessen.ch/files/cellere-tcpdump We are the 88-address, the other side is the 195-ditto. If someone would care to take a peek at the above, and explain to me what's going on, I'd much appreciate it. thanks Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Ntfs external hard disk mount problem in 2008 (for me)
by ivo.linux 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

I have an external hard disk (e-hd) ntfs disk 500gb, I would keep ntfs file system but I have problem to write it with opensuse 11. Initially opensuse mount the e-hd with read permission, I used the GUI ntfs-config to enable the write access. As result i obtained that now user can not mount the e-hd (it require root privilegges ). I have edited fstab as followed reported but without any effects (it require root privilegges ). well my question is how I can set a user mount with write permission for my ntfs external disk Thanks #Highlighted # line added by ntfs-config /dev/sdc1 /media/ebox ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=it_IT.UTF-8,force 0 0 # line added by me /dev/sdc1 /media/ebox ntfs-3g auto,defaults,rw,users,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0 #my fstab proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6L250R0_L50YRVAH-part5 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6L250R0_L50YRVAH-part6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/sdc1 /media/ebox ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=it_IT.UTF-8,force 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y461FP9E-part5 /windows/C ntfs-3g defaults,rw,users,locale=it_IT.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6Y160P0_Y461FP9E-part2 /windows/D vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6L250R0_L50YRVAH-part8 /windows/E vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Maxtor_6L250R0_L50YRVAH-part7 swap swap defaults 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 /sys/bus/usb/drivers /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=664,devgid=110 0 0 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Trouble with Truecrypt and fusermount
by Sonny Hughes 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

Follow-up I worked with AppArmor for a long time last night with no luck. Same problem when executing the mount from Truecrypt... On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Sonny Hughes <hughes.sonny(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I do have that installed! > Hadn't thought of that. It usually "just works". I'll take a > look at that next. > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Don Raboud <dwraboud(a)telusplanet.net> wrote: >> On November 29, 2008 01:17:07 pm Sonny Hughes wrote: >>> I recently installed the latest version of Truecrypt on my SUSE 11.0 >>> system. Truecrypt seems to be working OK, at least in part. I can >>> create an encrypted file or device (USB stick) that will mount perfectly >>> on an XP system. >>> I have been unable to get any Truecrypt device or file to mount on my >>> SUSE machine. Instead of mounting I get : >>> "fusermount: mount failed: Operation not permitted" >>> <<<Snip >>> >>> >>> It's got to be something simple to fix, I just can't find it. Any ideas >>> would be appreciated >>> >>> Thanks and Regards! >> >> I've not tried Truecrypt or fusermount so this is a guess, but given the >> permission problems as root, my first suspicion would be apparmor. >> >> Do you have that installed? >> >> -- >> Don >> >> >> -- Ralph (Sonny) Hughes, CISSP, PMP Prattville, AL --------------------------------------------------------------- Oderint dum metuant -Caligula -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BIOS question
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

You would think I would know this but alas... Is there a utility that comes with openSUSE that can be used to tell what type of RAM the computer has? Not the amount. But the type. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- "On two occasions I have been asked (by members of Parliament!), 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage 1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about a large city with all construction finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Intel WiFiLink 5000 series on openSUSE 11.0
by Thomas Voß 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

Hi everyone, I have an Intel WiFiLink 5100 Card in my computer, and I'd like to make use of it under openSUSE 11.0. Support for the iwl 5000 series has been added beginning with 2.6.26 kernel only, but OS 11.0 still uses the 2.6.18 kernel. Is there an easy way to get my Intel Wifi card running? Updating to the current 2.6.27.7 kernel brought me into trouble with my ATI HD 3650 video card where I would first need to find and install a new matching propriety kernel module, as the available rpm is also only for the 2.6.18 kernel. So I look for an easier way as a shortcut. I found hints about running the iwlwifi driver on older kernels under http://intellinuxwireless.org , but it seems that the released drivers there are too old for the new 5000 series (the drivers are dated Feb 2008, and only state the Intel 4965 card). Does anyone has some experience with the iwl 5000 card? Best regards, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Clear Recent Documents -- doesn't clear the list of documents -- REPOST
by Basil Chupin 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

Using 32-bit oS 11.0 with KDE4x (but same thing is occurring with oS11.1Beta5). When I try to Clear Recent Documents (Application Launcher==>Recently Used tab) the list of documents "pretends" to be cleared but at the next restart/boot of the system all the "cleared" documents reappear in the list. As root, I've cleared out the /tmp folder thinking that this is where such a list of recently used documents resides but, No, the list still keeps reappearing. In /home there is also a (hidden) file called '.recently-used' but it doesn't play a role in this problem. Anybody know how to make sure that a list of recently used documents remains deleted? Or better still, how to stop used documents being recorded in this Recently Used tab? (Windows has this ability not to have documents used recorded in such a list by setting an option in the Start menu.) Ciao. -- Be nice to people on your way up - you'll see the same people on your way down. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Using windows shares
by Verner Kjærsgaard 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi listmates, - this is killing me. I thought it was simple, hopefully it's just me who cannot seem to get my head right... On SuSE11 I've got like 15 users (KIWI-LTSP5). I've got one Win2003 server with shared directories, each owned by an inidivdual user. Now I'd like to have a desktop icon or whatever to allow my Linux users to access this share on the wintendo box. But only his share, not the shares of the other users. The shares on the win-machine are properly owned and have proper permissions and all. Usernames and passwords are the same on Linux and Windows. a) I can't seem to use an cifs/smbfs entry in /etc/fstab as such a line requires an "... -o username=vk,password=verysecret" This requirement kills this solution, or...? b) I'd like to just copy a konqueror "smb://server-ip/share" icon to the desktop of all Linux users, thus giving them a browse of the windows shares - and a prompt for username and password when the wish to access a certain share. This works perfectly fine when the fileserver is a samba server, will it work just the same with a 2003 box? c) I'm able to run a script at login time, could one employ "fusermount" or "fusesmb" or something smiliar? Any hints/howtos are as always, greatly appreciated. Thank you! -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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