November 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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

30 Nov '12

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 >>> Martin Helm 11/30/12 3:26 PM >>> Am 30.11.2012 21:54, schrieb Duaine Hechler: > 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 ? > This possibility exists for a very long time in windows (to be able to mount a ntfs partition as a directory) it is just not used by default, you need to do it yourself http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org -- 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] Cellular Modem (GOBI) w/openSUSE 12.2
by Adam Tauno Williams 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

I have a laptop with a Gobi 2000 wireless modem. The qcserial module is automatically loaded at boot but the device appears to be inoperative [no response to commands via minicom and /dev/ttyUSB0]. I'm told this device was working with a previous install, but it isn't working now [it was reinstalled]. Thoughts / suggestions? Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:241d Hewlett-Packard Gobi 2000 Wireless Modem (QDL mode) - qcserial 12868 1 usb_wwan 20410 1 qcserial usbserial 47315 4 qcserial,usb_wwan - [ 15.345361] EDAC MC: Ver: 2.1.0 [ 15.346360] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcserial [ 15.346411] USB Serial support registered for Qualcomm USB modem [ 15.346446] qcserial 1-5:1.1: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected [ 15.346580] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to ttyUSB0 -- 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] Hauppauge DVB-S cards - how to use the MAC address in udev rules?
by Per Jessen 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

On my new mythtv backend, I have two Hauppauge DVB-S cards for satellite reception. I would like to assign permanent device names to them using some udev rules. The cards do have unique MAC addresses, but afaict, they are not available through/to udev. udevadm does not list it, see below. Any suggestions? (apart from using the adapter_nr argument on the module). thanks Per # udevadm info --attribute-walk --name /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0 Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format. A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device and the attributes from one single parent device. looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:0a:01.2/dvb/dvb3.frontend0': KERNEL=="dvb3.frontend0" SUBSYSTEM=="dvb" DRIVER=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:0a:01.2': KERNELS=="0000:0a:01.2" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="cx88-mpeg driver manager" ATTRS{irq}=="19" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x0070" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{class}=="0x048000" ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000001" ATTRS{device}=="0x8802" ATTRS{enable}=="1" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x14f1" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x9202" ATTRS{numa_node}=="-1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0': KERNELS=="0000:00:1e.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="" ATTRS{irq}=="0" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x1014" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{class}=="0x060401" ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000000,00000001" ATTRS{device}=="0x244e" ATTRS{enable}=="1" ATTRS{msi_bus}=="1" ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x8086" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x02f7" ATTRS{numa_node}=="-1" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS=="" -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.3°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- 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 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Claudio Freire wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Linda Walsh <suse(a)tlinx.org> wrote: >> Jim Henderson wrote: >>> If you want to understand why Linux uses initrd, I suggest you take some >>> time and talk with the Linux kernel developers, after reading up on the >>> history of the Linux kernel. >> ---- >> Linux kernel developers will say it isn't necessary. >> >> It's only when you want 1 kernel/disk image to move >> to rather diverse hardware -- which isn't something users generally >> do. > > It's exactly what binary distributions do. Isn't Windows a binary distribution? Or are you saying it includes source? Your argument that it is needed for binary distributions when Windows is a binary distribution as well, doesn't add up. You need a temporary media when you install the OS. But after it is installed, why do you need 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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[opensuse] LibreOffice 3.6.4 RC1 available
by Basil Chupin 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

As the Heading states, it's available for trying out. My first comment about it: it's fast! Oh, and it works for me :-) . BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.8-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- 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 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Jim Henderson wrote: > If you want to understand why Linux uses initrd, I suggest you take some > time and talk with the Linux kernel developers, after reading up on the > history of the Linux kernel. ---- Linux kernel developers will say it isn't necessary. It's only when you want 1 kernel/disk image to move to rather diverse hardware -- which isn't something users generally do. How often do you take 1 disk image and try to move it to different pieces of HW? You worked in an ancient enterprise with 250K users that had no HW standards? You are implying no ability to load needed parts over a network -- thus no net? Even non-OS vendors are taking to downloading stubs, by default, and checking your system for what parts/drivers need to be downloaded to bring it up to some 'standard'. But that's during an upgrade -- NOT daily booting. You are going off into installation issues, which I am NOT talking about. I'm talking about post-installation -- steady state systems. -- 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: (unknown)
by Malcolm 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

On Thu 29 Nov 2012 11:40:14 AM CST, Amaury Viera Hernández wrote: >Hello everyone, >I need to connect at one server for the first time and that it not ask >to me the authorization to add the server host to the >file .ssh/knownhosts: this is possible using the /etc/ssh_config file, >but is for all users > >HashKnownHosts no >UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null >GlobalKnownHostsFile /dev/null >StrictHostKeyChecking no > > >I need to connect for the first time and that client do not ask me for >authorice the server and add it to knownhosts >Could spcify using this in a file in .ssh? >How? >I apologize for my language, >Regards, Amaury. > Hi You need to run; ssh-keygen Then copy the contents of the ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub into the remote servers ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 2 days 1:28, 4 users, load average: 0.43, 0.19, 0.16 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520(a)2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU -- 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]
by Amaury Viera Hernández 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hello everyone, I need to connect at one server for the first time and that it not ask to me the authorization to add the server host to the file .ssh/knownhosts: this is possible using the /etc/ssh_config file, but is for all users HashKnownHosts no UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null GlobalKnownHostsFile /dev/null StrictHostKeyChecking no I need to connect for the first time and that client do not ask me for authorice the server and add it to knownhosts Could spcify using this in a file in .ssh? How? I apologize for my language, Regards, Amaury. 10mo. ANIVERSARIO DE LA CREACION DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS CIENCIAS INFORMATICAS... CONECTADOS AL FUTURO, CONECTADOS A LA REVOLUCION http://www.uci.cu http://www.facebook.com/universidad.uci http://www.flickr.com/photos/universidad_uci -- 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] I am trying to understand this behaviour in zypper....
by Basil Chupin 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

...and without success :-( . I just installed the 32-bit version of 12.2 on my wife's computer and want to now install KDE 4.9.x as well as kernel 3.6.3.7-1 (both of which I have running on my 64-bit computer). I added the ....KDE:/Release/49/.... and the .....Kernel:/stable/standard/ repos in YaST and they were both accepted. Great. Then in a terminal I start zypper and it refreshes all the repositories. Fine, wonderful. I then type in 'zypper patch [or up, which gives the same result]' and it comes back with this error message: linux-ewa1:~ # zypper patch Refreshing service 'Kernel_36-7'. Unexpected exception. Parse error: repoindex.xml[36] Opening and ending tag mismatch: form line 35 and td Please file a bug report about this. See http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Troubleshooting for instructions. OK, I thinks, if I now delete at least this Kernel repo then I should at least get zypper to do all the updates (if any) to all the other system files I have installed. So I delete that new entry for the kernel in YaST list of repos. Zypper still insists that there is an error, as above, and will not go beyond this error. Doing 'zypper lr -pu' doesn't show a repo 'Kernel_36-7' - of course not seeing as how I deleted it. So where is zypper finding this repo? Where does it store the list of repos to access so that I can edit that [control] file and get zypper to get past this cockup and do what it is supposed to do? I cannot afford to re-install her system again. Can anyone, please, give me an idea where to look for this control file of zypper's? (I seem to recall that there may be a command in zypper to rebuild the database of repos (or was that for smart or even apt?) but in any case looking at 'man zypper' doesn't give me this information - OK, I may have missed it.) BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.7-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- 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: [opensuse-factory] How do you allow connections from 127.0.0.1 to apache2
by Per Jessen 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

doiggl(a)velocitynet.com.au wrote: > Hello, > Results so far: > > # ss -ltn > State Recv-Q Send-Q Local > Address:Port Peer Address:Port > LISTEN 0 128 > :::22 :::* > LISTEN 0 128 > *:22 *:* > LISTEN 0 128 > :::631 :::* > LISTEN 0 100 > *:25 *:* So nothing is listening on port 80. > # rpm -qa |grep -i apache2 | sort > apache2-2.2.22-8.4.x86_64 > apache2-example-pages-2.2.22-8.4.x86_64 > apache2-mod_php5-5.3.17-2.3.x86_64 > apache2-prefork-2.2.22-8.4.x86_64 > apache2-utils-2.2.22-8.4.x86_64 Okay. > # ps -ef | grep httpd > root 7158 3441 0 17:23 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto > httpd Yes, you need to start apache - "systemctl start apache2.service". To have it started at boot-up, "systemctl enable apache2.service". -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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