February 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] openSUSE Weekly News 161 is out!
by Sascha Manns 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 161 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [0] http://news.opensuse.org/?p=6537 (in HTML, Bento Theme) [0] http://www.saschamanns.de/pub/OWN/PDF/OWN-161.pdf (in PDF) [0] http://www.saschamanns.de/pub/OWN/HTML/OWN-161.html (in HTML, Susebooks Theme) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] kde4-4.5.5 kcolorchooser - howto stop it from dimming display so I can 'choose' a color from the screen?
by David C. Rankin 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Guys, This is somewhat comical behavior. When you start kcolorchooser, the screen is dimmed (the same way it gets dimmed when you choose shutdown) making it impossible to 'choose' a color from the screen with kcolorchooser. I know this is probably a setting somewhere that causes this to happen. None of the other apps dim the screen when I launch them. Thus the irony -- "kde4 kcolorchooser can't choose a color from the screen" because it dimmed the darn thing when it launched. Where is the mysterious setting that will fix this? -- 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

4 5

[opensuse] How to install behind a proxy?
by Josef Wolf 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hello, I tried to install opensuse11.3 behind a firewall. The installer for older releases used to offer the possibility to deactivate automatic configuration (directly after accepting the license). When this option was checked, it was possible to configure the proxy (and hostname and more things) before the online-update was run. This "deactivate automatic configuration" button seems no longer to exist. So, how am I supposed to configure the proxy before running the online update without this option? BTW: Older releases used to offer a shell on virtual terminals. This was convenient in the case of problems. This also don't seem to be available any longer. Why? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 12

[opensuse] Opensuse 11.3 KDE not running anymore
by Bruce Samhaber 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hi, I have OpenSUSE 11.3 with a system that hangs when run in Normal Kernel mode; does not hang in Failsafe mode. In trying to fix that problem I booted with the Kernel with the option nomodeset. As of that boot and another KDE will not run from the KDM4 display manager. I am really stuck with this machine and openSUSE. Help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, -- Bruce Samhaber Tel/Fax: 613-724-5987 112 Kenora St. Cell: 613-297-6961 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 3L1 mailto: bruce.samhaber(a)samhaber.ca http://www.samhaber.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

6 7

[opensuse] Alt for FileZilla with "overwrite if newer"
by Duaine Hechler 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

I'm looking for an alternative (pref free) to FileZilla with "overwrite if newer" I'm running the latest version 3.3.5.1 on SUSE 11.3. I maintain 2 websites and have to have this function. I have file a bug report with FileZilla but so far no answer. Thanks in advance, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

5 8

[opensuse] Upgrading KDE 4.4 > 4.5 -- was: Graduated from "Absent trash icon" to disaster
by Stan Goodman 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

The original thread started in late December, after I had messed up v11.3 irretrievably by trying to updated KDE4.4 to v4.5 by proceeding according to instructions that turned out to be obsolete. The conclusion was that I needed to reinstall v11.3 on a clean partition and copy over data and much else from the corrupted installation. Over a month later (day before yesterday) I got around to making the new installation, and it is working well, after only a single glitch, and is still on KDE4.4 that came from the DVD. I want now to update it to KDE v4.5 -- not v4.5.5, having just now read the following snippet written by Will Stephenson in current thread: > The kmail maintainer looked at > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265293 > within a few hours and pointed out the commit to backport to 4.5 to fix > the GL capabilities check. I have added this to KDE:Release:45. > Please test, but not on production systems first! I want to avoid screwing up this installation as I did the earlier one. A Google search for the "right" way to make this update shows a bewildering variety of instructions with much inconsistency, and I don't want accidentally to install v4.5.5, so even the instructions on openSuSE pages are suspect. Where can I find the RIGHT oS instructions for upgrading to KDE v4.5.[null]? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 7

[opensuse] YAST print manager: how to add driver to printer?
by Istvan Gabor 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hello: In earlier SUSE versions (9.x, 10.x) it was very easy to add a driver to a printer. Now in openSUSE 11.2 I can't find out how to add PCL driver to my Kyocera FS-1020D printer. In the "Assign driver" window only one driver is shown: the manufacturer's ppd file. The printer works with PCL6 and many other drivers which are not shown and therefore can not be assigned to the printer. Is this a bug, or only a bad design, or did I miss something? How can I assign a driver to my printer in YAST? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 2

[opensuse] Permission denied when mounting CIFS filesystem
by Josef Wolf 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hello all, With opensuse-11.3, I can't mount CIFS filesystems anymore: kiste:/ # mount -t cifs -o domain=wgrp,user=myself '//server.com/MYSELF$' /net/h Password: mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) This worked fine with opensuse-11.2. The problem must be with mount() system call, since I can access the share with smbclient without any problems: kiste:/ # smbclient -Wwgrp -Umyself '//server.com/MYSELF$' Enter myself's password: Domain=[WGRP] OS=[Windows Server 2003 R2 3790 Service Pack 2] Server=[Windows Server 2003 R2 5.2] smb: \> exit I've checked the permissions of the mount point, and everything looks fine. Any hints why I am getting "permission denied" although I try to mount as root? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 1

[opensuse] Problem with activities on KDE4.4 / OS11.3
by JC Francois 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hi, Out of curiosity I tried to change the activity of my Desktop from "Desktop" to "Search and Launch". It worked, I enjoyed the menu for a while and then decided to go back to my previous settings. The problem is that with the "Search and Launch" activity the cashew in the top right corner is gone and right clicking on the desktop does nothing. How do I change the activity back to "desktop"? Thanks, ~/jc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 5

[opensuse] Selected text in Okular, KDE4 stopped responding requiring hard reset?
by C 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

I opened a PDF in Okular 0.12 (a single page text document), and selected the text. As soon as I did this, KDE4.6.0 started doing odd things. Apps stopped responding to mouse clicks, the KDE4 desktop stopped responding (eg clicking the KMenu or any app in the taskbar did nothing). I could switch apps using Alt+Tab, but the apps did not respond to mouse clicks. I switched over to tty1 and logged in as root. Attempts to kill Okular (using kill -9) didn't help. Okular wouldn't die.... same with trying to kill any other open app from CLI... they never changed state, and never exited. I then killed X by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace twice. This seemed to work, but KDM did not relaunch and put me in the login screen. At tty1 I attempted to do an init3, and this failed with a KDM not responding error. Last resort, I typed reboot and hit enter. The system message "The system is going down for reboot NOW" was shown... but the reboot never happened. I ended up having to do a hard reset to get back up and running. So... I probably could have troubleshot this a lot better, but... these are the basic steps I did up to the hard reset. Checking the /var/log/messages file, there is nothing there that gives me any clue what happened.... ------------------ Feb 4 09:59:30 linux-dmo6 rsyslogd: -- MARK -- Feb 4 10:05:01 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:05:01 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:06:28 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:06:28 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:07:07 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:07:07 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:07:58 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:07:58 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:09:44 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:09:45 linux-dmo6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Feb 4 10:09:55 linux-dmo6 kdm[1430]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly Feb 4 10:10:05 linux-dmo6 init: Switching to runlevel: 3 Feb 4 10:10:34 linux-dmo6 shutdown[5454]: shutting down for system reboot Feb 4 10:14:05 linux-dmo6 kernel: imklog 5.4.0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. ------------------ Anyone encounter something like this before? Any tips on where else I can look to figure out what went wrong? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0