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[opensuse] HP computers?
by Jim Hatridge 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi all, I'm thinking about buying a HP computer (Pavilion P6310de). It comes with Windows 7 and I want to add SuSE to it. Can anyone tell me good or bad things about HP computers? Do they play nice with Linux? Thanks, JIM -- Check out my eBay auctions! http://tinyurl.com/warthogbulletin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] sftp-server problem on OpenSUSE 11?
by Boris Epstein 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi all, I have a few systems here that are OpenSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 machines. For some reason, while SSH into them works just fine SFTP does not work at all. Looks like the SFTP subsystem in the SSH server (/usr/lib64/ssh/sftp-server) never gets activated properly. Has anybody run into this? How do I fix it? Thanks. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BASH prompt - change prompt on the fly -> shorter -> longer -> shorter
by David C. Rankin 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Guys, I keep my prompt set so I always have the time and can simply copy/paste the prompt as an rsync or scp or sftp source/destination. example: 21:43 nirvana:~/dt/e17/themes> So if I need to transfer something to/from any host it is just a simple copy & middle-mouse paste for: rsync -uav nirvana:~/dt/e17/themes . One issue that arises is that prompt length grows quickly as you drill down a directory tree, especially if you are su'ed root: eg: [21:55 alchemy:/usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes] # So a solution was to create a small function in .bashrc and short alias to accomplish what I needed. Since in the path statement, '\w' displays the full path while '\W' will display only the current directory, toggling the path required nothing more than re-exporting the path with the 'w' or 'W' set as needed. The function that worked - (note all case statements are on a single line): SetPrompt() { case $1 in w) export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A\[\e[1;34m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\h:\w> \[\e[0m\]";; W) export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A\[\e[1;34m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\h:\W> \[\e[0m\]";; *) echo -e "\n ${0##*/} [w,W] for 'full' or 'current' directory shown in prompt -- try again.\n" >&2 return 1;; esac return 0 } Then the efficient aliases used for 'SetPrompt w' or 'SetPrompt W': alias spw='SetPrompt w' alias spW='SetPrompt W' If you use different prompts for root and regular users, then just adding a test for the $UID allows you to set the appropriate prompt. (I like my user prompt in blue/gray and my root prompt in red/yellow: SetPrompt() { case $1 in w) [[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && \ export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A \[\e[1;33m\]\h\[\e[0;31m\]:\w\[\e[1;33m\] # \[\e[0m\]" || \ export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A\[\e[1;34m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\h:\w> \[\e[0m\]";; W) [[ $UID -eq 0 ]] && \ export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A \[\e[1;33m\]\h\[\e[0;31m\]:\W\[\e[1;33m\] # \[\e[0m\]" || \ export PS1="\[\e[0;37m\]\A\[\e[1;34m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\h:\W> \[\e[0m\]";; *) echo -e "\n ${0##*/} [w,W] for 'full' or 'current' directory shown in prompt -- try again.\n" >&2 return 1;; esac return 0 } Here is an alternate root prompt that I really like as well: PS1="\[\e[1;34m\][\[\e[1;31m\]\A \[\e[1;34m\]\h\[\e[0;31m\]:\w\[\e[1;34m\]] # \[\e[0m\]" (to try out the prompts, just copy and paste the ( PS1="stuff" ) line to your command line and hit return -- in any terminal) Somewhere in the past I recall suse having some 'beautify path' options that did something similar to this, but I couldn't find it with a limited search. Does anybody else recall something like a 'beautify path' option that would shorten the path to no more than 3 directory depth displayed starting at the current dir and working back up the tree? As long as we are on prompts, here is another super time-saver that takes you back to the prior directory with a short alias that your fingers are already over: alias cdl='cd $OLDPWD' Next time you change directories and need to change back, just 'cdl' Enjoy :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] Suspend to RAM doesn't work
by Michal Hlavac 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hello, I have opensuse 11.2 on Thinkpad R60 with latest KDE 4.4.3 packages... Few days ago suspend to ram stopped work. It locks screen and nothing else when I click to sleep (in KDE power management plugin)... var/log/messages contains only: Entering suspend. In case of problems, please check /var/log/pm-suspend.log and log file /var/log/pm-suspend.log is empty thanks, miso -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Novell Client for Linux 2.0 sp2 sle11 i586 on openSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

I have installed the RPMs in novell-client-2.0-sp2-sle11-i586.iso (downloaded from Novell), as well as CASA and libbfd on an openSUSYE 11.2 system. When I log in to KDE, I get a NCL icon in the system tray. When I try to do something with it, I get this in a popup window: Description : Cannot scan Connection References. Error:NWCCScanConnRefs: Code : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB Build : 1.0.0 File : ncpConnectionRefScanner.cpp Line : 79 Repository Version : $Revision: 2371 $ Then I can proceed to the NCL menu. However, login does not work. I fill in all the usual details and I get this message: "The system could not log you into the network. Make sure your name and connection information are correct, then type your password again." I use this exact same information in the same machine from Windows XP running on VMWare, and that works fine. So I know that the values are correct and that the machines are available. But obviously something has gone kaplooie. Anyone else using NCL on openSUSE 11.2? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] install java
by William Biggs 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

I reinstalled 11.2 I tying to install jave can some one help me get it installed ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] building rpm packages and automatic dependencies.
by mailing lists 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hello, I need build some packages but I'm unable to understand how to override automatic dependencies. For a package like haproxy which depends of libpcreposix0 I specify a requires tag containing libpcreposix0. However find-requires adds libpcreposix.so.0()(64bit) as a dependency and finally the installation halts to request the library instead of showing the required package. Anyone knows how to solve this? # rpm -qp --requires RPMS/x86_64/haproxy-1.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm /sbin/chkconfig /sbin/service libpcreposix0 <------------------------------------------ requires tag dependency /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh /bin/sh rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 /bin/sh libcrypt.so.1()(64bit) libcrypt.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) libpcreposix.so.0()(64bit) <-------------------------- find-requires adds this libpcre.so.0()(64bit) rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.6-1 # zypper install -r 1 haproxy Retrieving repository 'Opensuse11.2-local' metadata [done] Building repository 'Opensuse11.2-local' cache [done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... Problem: nothing provides libpcreposix.so.0()(64bit) needed by haproxy-1.4.4-1.x86_64 Solution 1: do not ask to install a solvable providing haproxy Solution 2: break haproxy by ignoring some of its dependencies # cat haproxy.spec Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments Name: haproxy Version: 1.4.4 Release: 1 License: GPL Group: System Environment/Daemons URL: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/ Source0: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.3/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz Source1: %{name}.init BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root BuildRequires: pcre-devel Requires: /sbin/chkconfig, /sbin/service Requires: libpcreposix0 Patch0: haproxy_user.patch %description HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. %prep %setup -q %patch0 -p1 # We don't want any perl dependecies in this RPM: %define __perl_requires /bin/true %build %{__make} USE_PCRE=1 DEBUG="" ARCH=%{_target_cpu} TARGET=linux26 %install [ "%{buildroot}" != "/" ] && %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot} %{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_sbindir} %{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d %{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name} %{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ %{__install} -s %{name} %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/ %{__install} -c -m 644 examples/%{name}.cfg %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/ %{__install} -c -m 755 doc/%{name}.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbindir} %if 0%{?suse_version} %{__install} -D -m 0755 %{S:1} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/%{name} %endif ln -sf ../../etc/init.d/%{name} rc%{name} %clean [ "%{buildroot}" != "/" ] && %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot} %pre /usr/sbin/groupadd -r %{name} &>/dev/null ||: /usr/sbin/useradd -m -g %{name} -s /bin/false -r -c "user for %{name}" -d /var/lib/%{name} %{name} &>/dev/null ||: %post /sbin/chkconfig --add %{name} %preun if [ $1 = 0 ]; then /sbin/service %{name} stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || : /sbin/chkconfig --del %{name} fi %postun if [ "$1" -ge "1" ]; then /sbin/service %{name} condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || : fi %files %defattr(-,root,root) %doc CHANGELOG TODO examples/*.cfg doc/haproxy-en.txt doc/haproxy-fr.txt doc/architecture.txt doc/configuration.txt %doc %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1* %attr(0755,root,root) %{_sbindir}/%{name} %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name} %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/%{name}.cfg %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/%{name} %{_sbindir}/rchaproxy %changelog -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Question about (s)tar
by Koenraad Lelong 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hi, Since a few weeks I'm running a script to backup my home-server. It's just a few tar-files I'm making on a removable hard-disk. Every week I run the same script with commands like star -cf tar-file.tar.gz directory I don't do any errorchecking though, like checking if all tar-commands end without errors. That's a next project. Last weekend I tried to recover that data to another external hard-disk, to see if the backup was restorable. It seemed to work fine except that I got a message, something like "ignoring trailing garbage". Am I to worry that my backup has problems ? Now I remember I actually used tar to restore. Maybe there is a difference ? Thanks for any information you can give. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, 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] Multiple GTK themes applied in kde - how is that possible?
by David C. Rankin 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Guys, Here is a strange one. Within my kde desktop, something is applying 2 different gtk themes to gtk apps. Really wild. A screenshot will help: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde3/kcm_gtk-multi-themes_02.jpg Here you see compiz-config with the 'BlackBird' gtk theme applied and some default 12 pt font, but at the same time, you see the fusion-icon menu open in kicker with the BlueNight-II gtk theme applied with the proper 8pt font. --> Huh? I know the setting are controlled though kcm_gtk, but I've never had 2 themes show up before. It looks like both kde3 'and' kde4 gtkrc files are being read and used by different parts of kde3 - not good: 16:03 alchemy:~> for i in .gtkrc-2.0*; do echo -e "\n File: $i\n"; cat $i; done File: .gtkrc-2.0-kde # This file was written by kcm_gtk # You can edit it in the KDE control center, under "GTK Styles and Fonts" include "/usr/share/themes/BlackBird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif 8" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="BlackBird" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 8" File: .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 # This file was written by KDE # You can edit it in the KDE control center, under "GTK Styles and Fonts" include "/usr/share/themes/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 8" Well, it is apparent where the mixing of themes are coming from, the question is "What is kde4 doing trying to assign the gtk theme to my kde3 desktop?" ... and ... more importantly, "How do I make it stop?" It gets worse when you invoke the gtk file save/save-as dialog: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde3/kcm_gtk-multi-themes_05.jpg The bizarre part here is that the dialog has parts of each gtk theme. The background color is obviously BlueNight, but the crappy 12pt font and white backgrounds are from? -- dunno? I'll dork around with it a bit more, but if anybody has any ideas, I would sure appreciate them. These things are a pain -- and the sad part is they never were before. KDE3 would read .gtkrc-2.0-kde and KDE4 read .gtkrc-2.0-kde4. Why the mix-up? and.. Where? -- 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] GDM 11.2 went broken
by Marco Calistri 31 May '10

31 May '10

Dear list-memebers, Following my latest post titled: Re: [opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28, I regrettably have to ask some guidance about recovering my GDM, since it suddenly get broken. Latest changes I made immediately before the broke have been: 1) Reverting from G:S:2.28 to update repo and ran a zypper dup 2) Rebooting the system by maintaining "gdm" and "gnome" respectively into /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager, noticed very high CPU/MEM load up to 99%/50% from gconfd-2 running endlessly 3) No way to see the gdm-greeter after long await 4) As per recent logs, I believe there is something wrong with GConf or better with policy-kit: GConf: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.). 5) Actually the sole workaround to get the gdm greeter and Gnome desktop is to edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and changing the line "gdm" into "kdm", doing this I can login into Gnome perfectly. Wonder if somebody can suggest me some ways to cure to the problem. I've also thought as last resource to uninstall completely GNOME and install it back again. TKS, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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