October 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] 11.2_update & now: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
by Linda Walsh 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

I'm having problems with a core dump in perl and thought to try updating my 11.2 dist w/the latest updates from the suse 11.2_update server, one of which was a minor update to perl. It didn't solve that problem, unfortunately, but it did create a new one for me: Bonus! (ARG!). Now I'm getting a warning spit out in various utils at frequent intervals, like in BASH, every time I use auto-complete (!): bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) It also happens in other programs like when I launch gvim: (process:22785): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Anyone know what broke and how I can fix it? My env vars haven't changed -- the lang vars are set to : # printenv | egrep 'LANG|LC' LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 I love UTF-8, but the implementation might have better given the acronym, 'UPF-8' for Universal _P_ain Format. *sigh* Help? Thanks... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] why is gsl 2 years old in opensuse?
by David C. Rankin 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Guys, Why does 11.3 still have gsl 1.12? It came out in 2008. 1.14 is current which came out in 2010 - 4 months *before* opensuse 11.3 was released. I can understand being a couple of months out of date, but ... a couple of *years* out of date doesn't bode well for distro currency. Who is responsible for updating this type of stuff? A source install with ./configure --prefix-/usr is all that it takes. It might help keep packages current if opensuse had a field in the webpin results returned that said "Flag package as out of date" like they do with other distros just to help with the oversight of package currency. Something to help off-load the "check for new versions" off the devs. I feel sure the community would be glad to help. Then we could just run a query against the packages flagged out of date to see what needs to be brought current. P.S. gsl rocks. Beats the heck out of writing root finders from scratch :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4 konsole strange fonts and long startup time
by Istvan Gabor 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hello: I tried again KDE4. Installed KDE 4.5 factory on openSUSE 11.2. No to mention the general things I usually complain about I found something very strange: In konsole I set the font to Misc Console; in KDE4 konsole this font looks very strange and it is almost unreadable. It looks correct though in KDE3 konsole even in KDE4 session. Furthermore the startup time of KDE3 konsole is 2 seconds while the startup time of KDE4 konsole is 9 seconds (both in KDE 4 session). I find this startup time extremely long, especially compared to KDE3 konsole startup. How to fix these issues? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Disappearing CD/DVD ROM
by Bob Williams 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi list, My CD/DVD drive has recently become only partially visible to applications. I use a Windows program, EAC (Exact Audio Copy) running under wine, to rip audio CDs, but it has recently stopped seeing my CD drive. I installed grip, to see if it was a wine problem, but this also can't read audio CDs in the drive. Well, it does very briefly as the drive gets mounted, in other words I see the list of tracks flash on and then off again. Grip can eject CDs, so the drive isn't completely invisible. On the other hand, smplayer plays an audio CD in the drive without a problem. I'm using openSUSE 11.2 with kernel 2.6.31.14-0.4-desktop, and KDE 4.5.2 release 10. I'm not sure when this problem started, as ripping CDs is only an occasional task, but it was definitely working OK on 5 October. Have the DRM people hacked my machine? Any suggestions, please? Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.31.14-0.4-desktop, KDE 4.5.2 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] wma and vlc
by lynn 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi everyone I still can't play a wma file. In vlc the marker moves along as if it's playing but no sound emerges. mp3's play fine on just about everything so I'm sure the sound system os OK. Ive tried deleting the packman vlc and installing the videolan vlc but still the problems persist. Perhaps I'm missing something simple. 11.3 updated today. Thanks so much L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cursor freezes at startup
by A. den Oudsten 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

After the last update to 11.3-2.6.34.7-0.5 the cursor freezes directly after the openingstune of the speakers and I have to force a restart up to four times to be able to move the cursor to operate normally. Any trick to overcome this inconveniance? Thanks, Andre den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to staying connected to the network after logging out from session?
by Istvan Gabor 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hello: I have openSUSE 11.2 with KDE 3.5.10. I am using kinterent for network connection. My setup in yast for network setting is: traditional method with ifup. The setting for DSL connection in yast are: - activate device on hotplug - enable device control for non-root user via kinternet is turned on After logging in an account kinternet automatically connects to the network, but if the user logs out the computer becomes disconnected. I would like the system to stay connected after the user logs out from his session. How can I achieve it? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mail backup
by Koenraad Lelong 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hi, At home I have a mailserver running. Right now, however, my internet-connection is broken. I don't know when it will be fixed. How could I have a backup-server until the connection is restored ? I added my domains in my mailserver at work, but I would need to add all users, which is not possible at the moment as I don't have the details here at work. Is it possible to have the mail-server just store the mails and then forward them when the connection is restored ? Thanks for suggestions, Koenraad Lelong. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE Weekly News 147 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 147 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * From the Developer to the User and back – Announcing Project Bretzn * SUSE Studio: Gold rush * Jos Poortvliet: oSC successful? Absolutely! * ServerWatch/Joe Brockmeier: Using Strace to Trace Problems * h-online: KDevelop 4.1 adds Git support For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/Weekly_news#Translations [0] http://news.opensuse.org/?p=5375 -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Reply to list vs. reply to all
by Greg Freemyer 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, James Knott <james.knott(a)rogers.com> wrote: > > phanisvara das wrote: > > BTW, please do not sent replies to both me and the list. I don't have to read a message twice. If it's sent to the list, I will see it. fyi: some of the opensuse developer / project lists are being opened up to allow non-subscriber posts. The advantage is that if a topic comes up that needs the input of a non-subscriber, then they can just be added to the cc: line. The trouble is that for those lists reply-all needs to become the norm for the to actually work correctly. I'm a proponent of the change, but I doubt it will make its way to the end-user lists like this one anytime soon. fyi: This is how the LKML lists have been for years and I think other developer lists are similar, so many developers are used to that behavior. On high volume mailing lists it also allows filters to be setup to flag emails addressed to the subscriber as opposed to just another list email. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo - http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrie… The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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