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[opensuse] 11.4 - madwifi, Why doesn't it respect the network blocks in wpa_supplicant.conf?
by David C. Rankin 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Guys, Here is a strange one. I have used this same laptop with 11.0-11.4. The wireless adapter is Atheros based and uses the madwifi adapter. I have a couple of networks I connect to that don't broadcast the ESSID and to handle this seamlessly without having to reconfigure yast->network devices every time I change between the networks, I have always included the proper network blocks in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. This no longer works in 11.4 and I find myself having to fire up yast->network devices and manually change the ESSID to switch networks (primarily between home and work, but regardless, it is a pain) In wpa_supplicant.conf, your network blocks are simple brace delimited blocks of data each holding authentication information for a particular wap. On network activation, wpa_supplicant is supposed to step though the network block and connect to the one that is available (has best signal, etc...) That isn't happening. For example, in wpa_supplicant.conf, I have: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=wheel network={ ssid="skyline" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK #psk="snipped" psk=snipped } network={ ssid="work" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK #psk="snipped" psk=snipped } Apparently (or something similar to) the ESSID entered in yast->network devices is preventing wpa_supplicant for finding the alternate network when you switch from work to home for instance. (that is -- physically coming home from work and rebooting the laptop at home) Am I missing a new feature or setting somewhere? This was always simple stuff and I never had to mess with Yast when changing networks before. Anybody have any idea why the alternate network blocks in wpa_supplicant.conf are not getting parsed for a connection? What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: live update options for 11.2 -> 11.4?
by Linda Walsh 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Tejas Guruswamy wrote: > > If you're feeling brave and helpful, someone was asking for help > testing "yast2 wagon" - gui version of zypper dup. ---- "yast2 wagon" just tried to update me to the latest "updates" for my existing suse version (11.2). How do I tell it what version to update "to" -- (11.3/11.4...?) I suppose that's 1 issue in wagon -- might be nice to show the versions available? I manually tried to add all the 11.4 locations to my SW depo list (basically going through and putting 11.4 everywhere it said 11.2). Oh that was fun...(not) So I disabled all non-suse sites (i.e. kept basics like updates/oss/non-oss/source/debug). Couldn't find debug, so tried turning off source and debug as well. Then there was confusion -- something that said 11.4 was incompatible w/my system, and then it asked me what I wanted to install -- either by 'replace existing package', or by pattern. Tried replace, and that was still 'too fun' (i.e. a mess)... Then I tried selecting by repo -- that led to the least problems -- which all became solvable....BUT I could only select 1 repo (not 'non-oss+oss'), and w/package deletion, it wanted to delete every package from the system that wasn't in 'oss'... Sooo....had to give up at that point to go somewhere...decided it didn't look very safe given my choices and what I had to do to get there.... Any guidance? I.e. should it have auto-offered me, say, 11.3? (if I was running 11.2?), Should it know what was available and where it was at? How would I select more than one 'repo' (i.e. it was the 'switch distributions' thing that was tripping me up, not adding multiple repos to the repo-list page or ordering them via priority)... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] The wierd condition of my kde4 addressbook
by Stan Goodman 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

This is my desktop system: oS v11.3 / kde v4.4.4 -- doon to be upgraded to v11.4 /v4.6. Until now, I had thought that Akonadi and addressbook were in reasonable condition: The Kontact Contacts window displays "Personal Contacts" in the left column and a long list of contact names in the center column. When I enter a name in the To field of the Composer window, the corresponding email address is supplied, even for new or revised contacts that were added the same day. But what I have seen "under the hood" makes it hard to see why it works at all. In ~/.local/share/contacts, I find a large number of individual files with cryptic names, not a one of them dated in 2011 (although I add and alter contact details regularly). This is where Personal Contacts should be residing; obviously it is not. In both ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ and ~/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/ , where the Vcard file should be, there is a file (identical in both), named std.vdc, which is what one would expect to find there. except that its size is 0. It is dated 03/17/2011, nearly two weeks ago, whereas I most recently edited Personal Contacts yesterday and today. And the major question is: WHERE is the file that contains the "Personal Contacts" listing in the middle coloumn? From where does it automatically supply the email addresses of contact names for outgoing messages? (It also knows telephone numbers and other data, of course). If I knew that, I would be able to copy that file in some way to the laptop machine on which I will be relying for two weeks beginning on Thursday. How can I find that file? Repairning Akonadi can wair until later. -- 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

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[opensuse] 11.2 does not automount ..
by Sampsa Riikonen 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

C´mon! I´d really would appreciate some help with this.. 1) Devices are seen by my computer (as revealed by dmesg) 2) I can mount them manually 3) .. however, KDE is not aware of them in any way I am using the device notifyer desktop applet. I have configured it to show "all devices" (i.e. internal hard disk as well) but it only gives text "no devices available". Is this a bug of the applet..? Or something related to dbus / devicekit / etc. thingies? It is funny that the devices do not show in anyway (even the internal hard disk) in the applet. Any way to debug this? Some log file, etc..? Regards, Sampsa > > Dear List, > > I have problem with removable drives in suse 11.2 / kde. > > .. they simply do not automount. I can mount them manually as root, but that > is quite cumbersome. > > I tried to configure from system settings => removable devices > but no success so far. > > Sampsa > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Firefox 3.6.x v. 4.0x - Thoughts?
by David C. Rankin 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Guys, I hate change for the sake of change. I am on the fence on the "mozilla I want to look like Opera" release. I have both running on different boxes. I don't like the fact that 4 swapped around where the buttons go (you can easily change that), but I do like the opera-like button for bookmarks that is available when the tabs are collapsed. The panorama feature is nice as well, although it is really slow at times. Are there any other technical reasons one way or another that should be considered in deciding whether to removed the lock preventing upgrade to 4 on 11.4? I kind of like them both. I have favorite themes for 3 that of course are incompatible with 4, but that isn't a show stopper. What's the general consensus on power versus usability? The laptop I'm worried about is the 11.4 laptop currently crippled with the Xorg/radeonhd problem, so graphics speed is way down. Anyone else run into speed issues on older hardware? No flames sought, just trying to get a better feel for the changes :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lancelot menu colours
by Anton Aylward 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

I am trying the Lancelot menu with KDE4. The functions seem great, but ... The colours suck! The basic popup appears black text on a mid grey background. The second level appear as grey text on a black background and the text is unreadable -- not enough contrast and too small. I've poked around in systemsettings -> workspace appearance and the settings for 'kickoff' don't affect lancelot -- you might expect that, but there's nothing specific to lancelot. Any suggestions as to where the colour scheme for lancelot is controlled? -- "Nothing is more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things." -- Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [Fwd: FW: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2]
by Hans Witvliet 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

For those who are not on the announcement list. With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear. hw -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:meissner@suse.de] > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:50 PM > To: opensuse-security-announce(a)opensuse.org > Subject: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2 > > > Dear opensuse-security-announce subscribers and openSUSE users, > > SUSE Security announces that the SUSE Security Team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 11.2 soon. > Having provided security-relevant fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after May 12th 2011. > > Discussions on whether a community driven extension of the maintenance like Evergreen for openSUSE 11.1 are ongoing. > > As a consequence, the openSUSE 11.2 distribution directory on our server download.opensuse.org will be removed from /distribution/11.2/ to free space on our mirror sites. The 11.2 directory in the update tree > /update/11.2 will follow, as soon as all updates have been published. > > Also the openSUSE buildservice repositories containing openSUSE 11.2 will be moved to DISCONTINUED:openSUSE:11.2 and building against openSUSE 11.2 will be disabled in all buildservice projects. > > The discontinuation of openSUSE 11.2 enables us to focus on the openSUSE distributions of a newer release dates to ensure that our users can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with openSUSE products. > > This announcement holds true for openSUSE 11.2 only. As usual, the openSUSE project will continue to provide update packages for the following products: > > openSUSE 11.3 (supported until approximately Jan 15th 2012) openSUSE 11.4 (supported until approximately Sep 15th 2012) openSUSE Next (naming is discussed currently) (currently in development, to be released in November 2011) for the next two openSUSE releases plus a two months overlap period. > > > Please note that the maintenance cycles of SUSE Linux Enterprise products and products based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system are not affected by this announcement and have longer life cycles. > > Our openSUSE lifetimes are tracked on http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime . > > To learn more about SUSE Linux Enterprise products, please visit http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ . For a detailed list of the life cycles of our Enterprise Products please visit http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ > and http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse > > If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact SUSE Security at <security(a)suse.de>. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help(a)opensuse.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. > > This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Return of wireless problem (v11.4) -- with variations
by Stan Goodman 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

I needed totest changes in the WIRED setup for the laptop, and therefore disabled wireless operation of the ROUTER I did nothing to any wireless setting of the laptop itself. When I finished, I removed the cable connection, rebooted again, and thought to ascertain that wireless operation was again in order. It isn't. Networkmanager, for example, says that the connection to the AP is "Activating", and the signal is strong. "Enable networking" is checked. "Enable wireless" is also checked, but it is greyed out. In YaST>Network Settings>Overview, both wired and wireless controllers are listed, ONLY when in General Options, ifup is chosen. When User controlled with Networkmanager is chosen, only the wired controller is listed; I do not remember anything like that previously. Also in this case, the lower window in Overview (the description of the wireless controller) is greyed out, as are the buttons for Add. Edit, and Delete at the bottom. I have rebooted several times, without success. For that matter, when a similar problem occured recently and healed itself after a reboot as suggested by another user of this list, I am sure that the successful boot was the first I had tried; in other words, I am not convinced that restoration of wireless networking behaves altogether rationally, even in terms of officially expected behavior. Can someone see what is happening here, and offer a clue on how to fix it? -- 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

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[opensuse] loosing packages
by Robert Schweikert 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi, I have a machine on my network that started to drop an exorbitant amount of packages, in access of 20%. Running openSUSE 11.3 on i586, latest kernel update 2.6.34.7-0.7-default #1 SMP 2010-12-13 11:13:53 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux I observed the behavior with both a wired and wireless connection (wired used Ethernet over power line). There are no messages in the kernel log, no processes pegging the CPU, i.e. other than the network traffic the machine appears to be in good shape. How can I figure out where and why my packages are getting dropped. firewall is disabled. Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Novell-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rschweikert(a)novell.com rschweikert(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 Novell Making IT Work As One -- 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 168 is out!
by Sascha Manns 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 168 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://bit.ly/hhj8Fm (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/euvDu0 (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/fOMtrX (in HTML with Susebooks Theme) -- 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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