November 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Mozilla updates arriving delayed on openSUSE
by Marco Calistri 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Hello, Wonder why Mozilla updates are usually arriving delayed in comparison to the Microsoft version. I.E. I get Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2 some days ago and Thunderbird 16.0.2 today for my Windows machines but nothing yet for openSUSE 12.2. Thanks. Regards -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] how to set global environment variables in crontabs
by Meike Stone 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Hello list, I've a question related to cron on SuSE. I like to set global environment variables for all cron jobs. I see, that per default the cron runs a /bin/sh (link to /bin/bash). But in this mode of bash, the profile file will not included. So my questions are: 1) Is there a possibility to set global environment variables with using /bin/sh? 2) Or if not, how do I configure the /bin/bash as default for all crontabs? I know, that I can set environment variables in the crontabs (cron.d, cron.daily, ...) itself, but that is not the requested solution. I tried to set the SHELL=/bin/bash in the /etc/crontab, but that is not working! Thanks for help Meike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] open source software for interactive whiteboard
by Josep M Sole 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

As a teacher I've to manage with interactive whiteboards. Fortunately there is a nice open source project called open-sankoré (former uniboard) with versions for linux. But only for Ubuntu and Devian. Is there any way to get it in opensuse related repositories? or any other way? Thanks in advance -- Josep M Solé

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[opensuse] Why did Windows never do the equivalent of /home ?
by Duaine Hechler 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Wouldn't it behoove MS, to implement the /home concept (separating the OS from the users' data in different partitions) ? Once I got "into" Linux, I never understood why MS did not implement this. It would make it so much easier for all the support people (and users - who do their own thing) Any ideas ? -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler(a)att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] samba-3.6.9-130.1.i586 breaks AD auth?
by Moby 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

I have opensuse machines (12.2 on tumbleweed, 12.2 not on tumbleweed, and 12.1 not on tumbleweed) that run Samba configured as member servers in an AD domain. Windows clients and other machines (linux running samba etc) can map (or mount) samba exports. Everything was working fine until samba got updated on the machines to version 3.6.9-130.1 from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/samba:/STABLE/. Now all attempts to map (or mount) fail with access denied. Is anyone else seeing this problem? Regards and thanks for any help in advance, -- --Moby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Logrotate fails for mysql
by Carlos E. R. 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I get this in the log: <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - ALERT exited abnormally with [1] <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin: refresh failed; error: 'Unknown error' <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - /etc/logrotate.d/mysql failed, probably because <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - the root acount is protected by password. <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - See comments in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql on how to fix this <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - error: error running non-shared postrotate script for /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log of '/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log ' <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - Reload syslog service..done Those comments say: # If the root user has a password you have to create a # /root/.my.cnf configuration file with the following # content: # # [mysqladmin] # password = <secret> # user= root # # where "<secret>" is the password. # # ATTENTION: This /root/.my.cnf should be readable ONLY # for root ! And I do have that file with the right permissions: Telcontar:~ # l .my.cnf - -rw------- 1 root root 202 Mar 27 2011 .my.cnf and they have the specified contents: [mysqladmin] password = mypassword user= root So, what happens? This has started right after the last mysql upgrade. Another bug? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+1hWMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XnMQCfUjpQaBLSblmpLrwM8PoTOa32 QaUAnRr1S5gY4o2jcRAx+XPh53BhUken =RHcd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Logitech h390 USB headset troubles
by Jim Sabatke 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

I needed a headset that doesn't use the standard headphone jack which has worn to the point where it is intermittent and will soon need pretty expensive service to work. So, I bought a Logitech h390 USB headset hoping that it would work on my openSuse 12.2 laptop (HP G72-B60US). I have all updates installed as of today. I had a little trouble getting it working, and net searches made it look pretty much hopeless, but I finally found a configuration that has both earphones and microphone working. So far so good, until I rebooted and it wouldn't work. I experimented and the following behaviors occur: 1. Booting with the h390 plugged in results in the headset not working. 2. Booting with the h390 plugged I can login to a user, but then the keyboard is totally unresponsive. The mouse still works. 3. Booting with the h390 unplugged and then logging into a user, and THEN plugging the h390 in allows the h390 and keyboard to function properly. 4. After step 3, locking the computer, or going into the sleep mode, and then returning to the user still allows the h390 and keyboard to function. 5. After step 3, switching to another user disables the h390 and the keyboard. 6. After step 5, switching back to the original user enables the h390 and keyboard. In any case where the h390 and keyboard do not function, I have found no combination of unplugging and plugging in the h390 that will re-enable the h390 and keyboard until the laptop is rebooted with the h390 unplugged. Obviously I can work around this, albeit in an ugly manner. Also, the other user is not computer savvy enough to be able to understand how to make it work, and I am basically trying to make her happy by getting video chat working for her. I've really hit a wall here. Any pointers would be appreciated. TIA, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Why does MS-Windows need no "initrd-equivalent" in order to boot w/a wider range of x86[-64] compat HW?
by Linda Walsh 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 04:07:28PM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: >> Perhaps someone can explain to me why Windows doesn't >> need a pre-boot ramdisk in order to boot, while Linux does? > > It does need one, and it has one, why do you think it doesn't? ---- The boot procedure for Windows is documented in the Windows NT internals book. There is no ramdisk that it uses. > > Note, this is _way_ off-topic here. --- Where do you think it would be "on-topic", considering _you_ don't want to hear it in any venue? You know the requirement of an initrd is bull, Claiming windows has one is even worse bullshit than I'd ever give you credit for. You can trace a windows boot -- there is no preload of a memory-resident copy of windows, that then loads windows. The drivers for the hardware are on the disk in /windows/system32/drivers. On Windows, it reads their boot managager, which then loads 'winload' which *demand*-loads drivers and services from disk -- they aren't all bound in to the kernel in order for it too boot. Please read Chapter 13 on Startup and Shutdown of the 5th edition of the Windows Internals book to get straightened out. The only time Windows needs a ramdisk during boot is when the boot-image needs to be downloaded from the net (i.e. a diskless boot). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Why does MS-Windows need no "initrd-equivalent" in order to boot w/a wider range of x86[-64] compat HW?
by Linda Walsh 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Perhaps someone can explain to me why Windows doesn't need a pre-boot ramdisk in order to boot, while Linux does? I know Windows doesn't have all the drivers for all the hardware linked in with it's kernel -- it's dynamically loaded out of it's "/bin (windows/sytem32)" dir. So why does the linux kernel have this extra complication while windows does not? It's a bit embarrassing, I would think to see the wide range of HW supported by Windows **without** a special 'initrd' for drivers, while linux still doesn't support the range of HW that Windows does (some, but not ALL of that being due to short-sited HW providers who can't provide open specs or drivers). So what is Windows doing 'right', that Linux is unable to do? Maybe this is a kernel question -- maybe OpenSuse can't doing anything about this -- is this the case -- is this some kernel limitation? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Why did Windows never do the equivalent of /home ?
by Martin Helm 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Am 30.11.2012 22:37, schrieb Christopher Myers: > I think the big trick with all of this is that you have to do so > after Windows is installed, correct? With linux, you can specify to > use a different volume for home directories during installation. > Chris Of course and it is also a big pain in the *** to do it since you first have to make the "home" directory completely empty before you can mount a ntfs volume into it. It is not on par with what linux does, but the point is just that it is in principle possible if you really want it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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