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[opensuse] Project management software question for project managers
by Ted Byers 29 May '24

29 May '24

I am looking for project management software I can install on my Suse box. Alas, there are quite a number of prducts that claim to be suitable project management products, but I am hoping to obtain a little help separating the wheat from the chaffe. Basically, when I open the project management software, I want to be able to choose from among a number of projects that are under way, and then see the relation between a client's wish list and the functional requirements specs, and then how these specs relate to the UML diagrams that have been created, and from there, what tasks have been defined for each requirement and the identity of all persons involved, the developers and their managers, and the person who designed the code that supports the requirement. And with that, I want to be able to see the project's timeline, the related bugs, &c. I would even want to be able to open the source code files and examine the code that was actually written. Here is my wish list: 1) a web application that stores data in either PostgreSQL or MySQL. 2) easy integration with UML tool (or has it's own UML tool that supports round trip engineering) 3) resource management (e.g. computers, and development tools, that can be used, personelle assigned to each task) 4) documentation of relation between functional requirements specs to specific tasks and specific unit and integration tests. 5) time/effort tracking 6) bug tracking, including data relating the existance of the bug, and effort required to fix it, to the person who wrote the original code, the person who supervised him or her, and the person who designed the 'feature' in question, the time taken to complete the original task, and the technologies used (to imprrove accountability as well as to determine retraining and continuing education needs (people aren't disposable, so instead of taking a harsh aproach to problems identified, I prefer to use education as a corrective, but I can't design corrective instruction without knowing precisely what the need is). I also need to know if a developer has a higher than normal bug rate simply because he doesn't take enough time to ensure the job is done right, or because I haven't adequately trained him, or because of a poor choice of tools, or somethng else that may be my fault. 7) use of task effort tracking history to generate provisional effort/cost estimates from new project's functional requirements 8) easy integration with open source ERP products like OFBiz (which may make trakcing resources and manpower easier, as well as connect real production data to the enterprise's accounting systems) 9) easy integration with CMS products, like Wordpress (especally for production documentation, includng degin documentation and user guides and reference manuals) 10) easy integration with verion control systems such as subversion. If there is a decent product that supports all of this, great (and language used to implement it doesn't matter), but if I have to write code to add missing requirements, then I am limited to those implemented using Perl or Java (and running on Tomcat). I don't know PHP well enough, and I don't know Ruby at all; and I really don't want to think about implementing this sort of thing in C++ (though I could if absolutely necessary). If you have project management experience, and use tools that are available for Suse Linux, what software product(s) did you use, and with what result? While I await relies, I will continue to review web documentation for those products I have found so far, to see if any of them are a) suitable for use in production and b) to see to what extent they support the features I am after. I have seen a number of products so far in my search, that deserve to be nameless, because they provide no way to relate cost estimates to one's team's track record, or to the details of the design, and seem satisfied with production of a pretty gantt chart (which is why I have formed the view that there is a whole lots of chaffe in the set of applications that call themselves project menement software - I have yet to find anything that really has the potential of being labelled wheat). Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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[opensuse] Kernel compilation the openSUSE way?
by Bjoern Voigt 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

I usually take the newest openSUSE kernel (from repository Kernel_stable). But since some month I have a DVB T2 HD card, which requires a patch (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194171). So I need to compile kernels myself. I have a working compilation path. But the current path has 12 steps! It takes some time. I wonder, why it is so complicated to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE. Is there a better/easier/automated way to configure, compile and install a Kernel under openSUSE? I know this blog article. But the article uses Vanilla kernels and also needs 6 steps. With additional patches (4 steps), third-party modules (2 steps) and cleanup (1 step) the article would also need 13 steps: Compiling the Linux Kernel, the SUSE way https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/compiling-de-linux-kernel-suse-way/ This is my Kernel configuration, compilation and installation path: 1. Update kernel-source and kernel-default from Kernel_stable repository 2. Save kernel-source: cp -a /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-... /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my 3. Apply my patches cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my patch -b -p1 < ~myuser/.../my-kernel-patch.patch 4. Copy standard configuration: cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my cp -v /boot/config-4.11.4-1.gcba98ee-default .config 5. Edit .config: remove CONFIG_LOCALVERSION, CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, CONFIG_EXPERT remove some hardware-dependent settings 6. edit configuration interactively: Disable CONFIG_EXPERT and CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, because otherwise "make binrpm-pkg" creates huge kernel binaries. make oldconfig [...] Local version - append to kernel release (LOCALVERSION) [] (NEW) -my1 * * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) * Configure standard kernel features (expert users) (EXPERT) [N/y/?] (NEW) Kernel debugging (DEBUG_KERNEL) [N/y/?] (NEW) make menuconfig Do some additional configuration. 7. Compile kernel (-j4 for four processor cores, ionice and nice to reduce the load, binrpm-pkg for RPM without source-RPM) make clean nice ionice -c idle make -j4 binrpm-pkg 8. Install the kernel RPM package rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/kernel-4.x.y_my1-....x86_64.rpm 9. Install necessary symbolic links for "dkms" cd /lib/modules/4.x.y-my1 ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my source ln -sv /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my build 10. Update third-party modules (e.g. Nvidia driver): dkms install -m nvidia -v 375.66 -k 4.x.y-my1 11. Cleanup cd /usr/src/linux-4.x.y-my make clean 12. Select Grub configuration and reboot grub2-once --list | less grub2-once 2 reboot Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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[opensuse] Raid, Raid6, what file system for good fault tolerance?
by cagsm 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Hi list, speaking about software raid, not hardware controller based. I am trying to go for some local OpenSuse machine and adding some storage to it. Was considering Raid6, and now reading about a bit and people left and right scaremongering about the larger the disks these days in the double digit terabyte capacities even, the more likely it is that during a reconstruction of a raid subsequent errors would occur. I would absolutely like to keep my data consistent, and I am not thinking about double digit terabytes either, would stick to 2TB or 4TB disks, with Raid6 thats at least 4 physical drives. Now I am wondering if it possible to use a good robust file system that can add some more parity or check blocks or redundancy on top of the hardware disks, to absolutely be able to always read my data. I can't add multiple machines or like those high availability stuff like clusters and what not I read about DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device), or maybe I am just too scared by those technical terms or consider myself to be just a simpleton and wanting to keep it rather simple. My use case here is also not constant availablity, when a disk needs to be replaced, so be it, but I don't want to lose my data that I can not ever read certain parts of it again or such stuff. The thing that came to my mind was, if there is some file systems that would add redundancy and robustness onto the mdraid system of the linux kernel? Anyone with some useful insights? Roughly speaking, I was considering some simple pcie esata interfaced controller card and an external case enclosure with esata port and portmulitplier stuff inside, that can present at least 4 physical disks as JBOD, just a bunch of disks, so that the Linux can seem them all separately. Speed and rebuild times are not my concern, but data persistence and data integrity. Not even number of physical disks, I could live with even one of those 8 bay device enclosures and cases that are out there on the market. Thanks for any help and hints. -- 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] oS 13.1 : "gnome keyring socket is not owned with the same credentials as the user"
by ellanios82 11 Aug '19

11 Aug '19

Hello List am using Xfce : - in /var/log/warn : i see warning " The gnome keyring socket is not owned with the same credentials as the user login: /run/user/1000/keyring-4i77r7/control 2013-11-27T13:27:17.434100+02:00 su: gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login keyring " ............... - any ideas how to fix ? thanks -- 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] Mapping and re-mapping Keyboard Keys
by Paul Groves 14 Mar '19

14 Mar '19

On 27/06/17 12:22, Paul Groves wrote: > > On 27/06/17 08:34, Aaron Digulla wrote: >> xmodmap -pke | less > > These keycodes do not seem to match the system. For example in the > output of this command it says: > > keycode 158 = XF86WWW NoSymbol XF86WWW > > I ran setkeycodes e020 158 > > When I press the e020 (Internet) button xev says I have pressed code > 166 (Back button). > > How on earth has this happened? I specified 158 not 166. What have I > done wrong? > > Just been emailed this link: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/49650/how-to-get-keycodes-for-xmod… To quote this article: Here you can see keycode 97 is unused on my system: |keycode 94 = less greater less greater bar brokenbar keycode 95 = F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 F11 XF86Switch_VT_11 keycode 96 = F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 F12 XF86Switch_VT_12 keycode 97 = keycode 98 = Katakana NoSymbol Katakana keycode 99 = Hiragana NoSymbol Hiragana | The keycode X uses and the keycode the kernel uses are OFF BY 8 for "historical reasons". So take 97 - 8 = 89 and use 89 with the setkeycodes command (again as root): So to make my vol - button work (xmodmap keycode 122 -8 = 114) setkeycodes e01e 114 This has worked! I have re-mapped apl the buttons apart from my hotkeys. >> No but there are lots of uncommon keycodes which you can use. For >> example, F13-F35 or KP_F1...KP_F4. > > In the output of the command xmodmap -pke | less there are no codes > for F13-F35 or KP_F1 etc > > I would like to set HK1 - HK4 to F13 - F16 How do I find the keycodes > for these buttons Still looking for the keycodes for F13-16 -- 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] Spec'ing a 50 TB dedicated storage subsystem and room to grow?
by Greg Freemyer 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

All, I bought a used iSCSI based Drobo in 2016 with 50TB in it. It works great, but it isn't fast by today's standards. (100 MB/sec absolute max). And I never got it to work from openSUSE (Windows and Mac did work). I now need to buy something similar, but with fast I/O and Linux support: 10 Gbit Ethernet and fibre-channel may be my only options? Or are there point-to-point SAS external racks I should consider? Also, I will likely want to put a SSD based cache in the mix at some point. It could be integrated into the storage subsystem, or I could use something like bcache and have the SSD be in the server,. It just needs to be reliable and fast. Recommendations? (I'm thinking used and $10K at the high-end for the subsystem including PCIx cards and switches, if needed.) == details I need to buy a server with 50TB usable disk for a production environment. A high speed disk subsystem is critical. And the project may scale up over time. It doesn't need to be a fail-over cluster, just a single server. I'm looking at used equipment most likely. I was thinking one with 4 CPU sockets would let me start with 2 CPUs and then expand to 4 later on. Lots of RAM capacity would also be great. My first thought was to get a Dell R920 and throw a bunch of disks in it. https://goo.gl/images/x3Rfj2 24 disk slots! But then I looked at what size drives are available for those slots: 2.5 inch. I only see 2TB drives max. I'm hoping to use a Dell server because it's the preferred brand at my (new) job. Unless I'm missing something a standalone rack mount Dell won't work. So, now I'm looking at a used R820 most likely and some sort of disk subsystem to support it. I picked it because it is only a 5-year old design and it has 4 CPU sockets I can expand into as the server demand increases over time. Also 3TB max ram is way above what this will require, even long term. https://media.adn.de/media/DE/DocLib/Poweredge_Easy_Matrix.pdf A used, barebones R820 can be had for under $2K. Just add CPUs and ram. Greg -- 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] continous access on/spinning up of floppy drive
by Paul Neuwirth 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC2440, RFC3156). --=_MIME_CONTENT_BREAK_=_ZVSGRBXMZBOOXUGBRBCHOBMGKKNVGJR_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello group, I have on several machines this problem: they are continously trying to=20 access the floppy drives. Two drives already defective, due to the=20 mechanic stress. dmesg shows following continously: [1537682.559487] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result:=20 hostbyte=3DDID_OK driverbyte=3DDRIVER_SENSE [1537682.559496] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Not Ready [current] [1537682.559498] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Logical unit not ready,=20 cause not reportable [1537682.656688] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdc] Spinning up disk... [1537683.668046]=20 ............................................................................= ..................not=20 responding... [1537783.093938] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdc] Spinning up disk... [1537784.104049]=20 ............................................................................= ..................not=20 responding... this can't be the wanted behaviour for any removable storage devices? Any Hints? Thank you and have a nice weekend --=_MIME_CONTENT_BREAK_=_ZVSGRBXMZBOOXUGBRBCHOBMGKKNVGJR_= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Topal (http://freshmeat.net/projects/topal) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJaLS66AAoJEIiaa+Y8YDPuZSUP/itt7+QHjNCwX6Wi352+lANf whjep7nBWy6Q0bS2PO/ymWDGiodFkO/AvM+MIitdK4cAm1HCBbMZjKsZYLD3e1LR ZnskqO66VG58TU6lVB1jEXWKlp6OKeb6Ar24SR0YxB4F+ZcbSwZI5w62JEBsozhV X4imcBdO+ztJFSW/hFLeV4WrfrplcTufyL6nw+5TtImrVs62uEg20LYjA//OxlHJ NmXM07A48uVBijRUmMsqeyRMevoKjKop2iICZgKyvTnRtRqx0jbzVeqj+aLqnbaq ncdBnBr7Vr9S86TVGHjIDHPN8Ws8dnufk1GwRTQR+Aj4z58g2r88j/u6o7csTFla vINP3ClCp6MRVbVbEqIYOIvG8NDIVTiwQwXk3CeCf+Be71JbDUMjV9GwVl+X9ksC oNBwwFi+mhHQGJOuX/54HGUEn3lJ1ixQzLimuXTgWmdsb1WoWuG+lNO13NhU+ZVn /IKpcqVjkXikQi9hrmZTUutmrFjJ1QusjnPJQDuBLYB0E/lMWjTpUNmRGw71hrDb uccAYc3sQP6zMuUfEgPWewhMmuTwn1LoQdqYrZ0p1+1z/+w5cB3DOB4JILmbKBUH QUYaDhefxPL1oRBtOxoDAdABJLAfgfKdEE0+g0u6HA67Atioe3HP8MWonrKgs3FC pvU9BHc2k0ASHh7HEsRx =uYfb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_MIME_CONTENT_BREAK_=_ZVSGRBXMZBOOXUGBRBCHOBMGKKNVGJR_=-- -- 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] Alternative to ownCloud Calendar and contacts
by Paul Groves 12 Oct '18

12 Oct '18

Hi all, I am looking to remove owncloud (as I do not actually use it apart from calendars and contacts). What is a good CalDAV / CardDAV server? My main requirement is the ability to share calendars between users. What suggestions are there? Thanks Paul -- 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] Password prompt for whole disk encryption changed keyboard layout
by Bjoern Voigt 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

Since the updates from beginning of this week I have to use the English keyboard layout to type in my encryption password for the whole disk encryption (openSUSE standard: encryption with LUKS and LVM, openSUSE 15.0). The password prompt is now in English regardless if I use the graphical Plymouth prompt or the console prompt. It was in German before the updates. The password input for GDM display manager later is in German. Does anyone else saw this behavior? Where can I reset the keyboard setting for the initial encryption password prompt? Greetings, Björn -- 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] Using e2fsck in, eg, Leap 15.0
by Basil Chupin 08 Sep '18

08 Sep '18

Many moons ago, when nobody ever walked into a lamp post while staring into a smartphone, one could check the status of the ext4 file system where oS was installed (as a for instance, /dev/hda3). To do this, one first issued (as root) the command: init 1 followed by mount -o remount, ro /dev/hdXY and then issuing: e2fsck /dev/hdXY (preferably) without any parameters. Now, I see that 'e2fsck /dev/hdXY' (man e2fsck) this command is still available and effective but the 'mount -o...' command does not 'work' anymore. What is the new way, please if anyone knows, to check the status of the ext4 file system? BC -- There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation. W C Fields -- 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] No duplicate address detection or gratuitous ARP on 15.0
by James Knott 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

I was just doing some checking with Wireshark and noticed Leap 15.0 does not appear to use either DAD or gratuitous ARP on an Ethernet connection. Gratuitious ARP is an older method of detecting address conflict and DAD is newer. But it appears 15.0 does neither. Not only do they detect address conflicts, but also let switches and other devices know that the NIC is connected. Why is this not happening? I'm running 15.0 with KDE and connecting with Network Manager. -- 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] Laptop cannot connect to the internet on college wifi
by Noah Davis 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

My college wifi uses WPA2 Enterprise/PEAP. I am able to connect and authenticate (username and password are accepted) to the wifi network, but I don't get any internet. I know it's not a problem with the wifi because my Android phone has no problem using the wifi. I have an ASUS K501UW laptop running Tumbleweed 20180828. -- 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] Leap-15.0: Anybody to explain this?
by Josef Wolf 03 Sep '18

03 Sep '18

Hello, sh-4.4$ export LANG=C sh-4.4$ tas sh: /usr/local/bin/tas: No such file or directory sh-4.4$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/tas lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Aug 28 10:15 /usr/local/bin/tas -> /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas sh-4.4$ ls -l /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas -rwx------ 1 jw jw 162401 Jan 7 2016 /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas sh-4.4$ file /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, not stripped sh-4.4$ ldd /m/s/rep/git-svn/lmisc/bin/tas not a dynamic executable sh-4.4$ What's going on here? -- Josef Wolf jw(a)raven.inka.de -- 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] Any advise on encrypting a file system for personal data on openSUSE?
by Linux Kamarada 02 Sep '18

02 Sep '18

Hi, everyone! Recently, as I told on another thread, I installed openSUSE in dual boot with Windows. I would like to encrypt a partition I use to store my personal files (Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Music and Videos). I want to use a file system that can be mounted read/write on both Linux and Windows. Is there any recommendation/advising/suggestion on which encrypted file system I could use to achieve that? I searched the opensuse and opensuse-factory mailing lists and didn't find any for Leap 42.3 and 15.0. openSUSE docs talks about LUKS, but I googled briefly and LUKS support on Windows is abandonware... Maybe I explain better showing my partition setup: Windows recover partition - 499MB Windows reserved partition - 99MB Windows (C:) - NTFS - 100GB openSUSE (/) - Btrfs - 100GB Personal files (D:) - NTFS - 200GB * Home (/home) - XFS - 30.53GB ** Swap - 16GB * This partition I want to encrypt and have it accessible on both Linux and Windows ** This partition I just want to encrypt Thank you in advance! Antonio The Linux Kamarada Project http://kamarada.github.io/ -- 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] prevent kernel wake up a sata drive from sleep "hdparm -B 1 -Y /dev/sda1"
by Simon Becherer 01 Sep '18

01 Sep '18

Hi, tumbleweed desktopcomputer, kde: i have a harddrive only for use as backup, it is not mounted. i like to let it spin down "sleep mode" working fine: hdparm -B 1 -Y /dev/sda but after some minutes its started rotating again and going into "idle" mode. journalctl gave me: kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 kernel: ata1.00: waking up from sleep kernel: ata1: hard resetting link kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 kernel: ata1: EH complete what must i do to tell the system (kernel?) to "forget" the drive, not touching it, let it in sleep mode? (removing in some way /dev/sda ???????) simoN -- www.becherer.de -- 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] Firefox: is this a possible security problem?
by Basil Chupin 01 Sep '18

01 Sep '18

I am running Leap 15.0 but with 2 "non-standard" files: #1 - kernel-4.18.0-1, which comes from repo. '.../stable/standard/'; and #2 - Firefox v62.0b1x, which I download directly from Mozilla. I have no problems re the kernel but I mention it here to show that there is at least this file which is not 'standard' in my installation of Leap 15.0. However, I have just experienced something regarding the version of Firefox which I did not expect and something which didn't happen in the past (as in many moons ago when I last used a Nightly version of either Firefox or Thunderbird). And what happened raised in my mind whether this is a security problem for a Linux system (ie, openSUSE). Let me explain. Since 28 July I have been downloading and using Firefox downloaded from Mozilla site -- the file is a *.tar.bz2 file which I then unarchive (using the F2 option in Midnight Commander (mc)); I then copy the '/firefox' directory resulting from this un-archiving to my /home directory. To use this [new] version of Firefox I then edit the Firefox entry in the Applications menu and edit the Command to read '~/firefox/firefox %u'. When I began doing this I started with Firefox v61.0.1, but on 5 August I downloaded and started to use FF v62.0b14, followed by v62.0b15 on 10 August. For all of the (3) preceding files I downloaded the files myself, unarchived them, deleted/renamed the '/firefox' directory in '/home', and copied across the new version of FF to my '/home'. Until today. What occurred today is something which I did not expect on a Linux system: Firefox *UPGRADED* *ITSELF* to version 62.0b17. As I did in the past to download the latest version of FF, I clicked on HELP and when the box-menu appeared there was the message, normally seen on a Windows installation, "Restart Firefox to <something>' and the version number showing was 62.0b17. === Now that I have written the above, I just now looked inside the '/firefox' directory in my '/home' and found to my surprise 2 files: 'updater' (156, 296 bytes big), and 'updater.ini' (681 bytes big). The contents of *.ini' is attached. The only conclusion I can come to is that Firefox updated itself -- similarly to what it does in Windows! But how is this allowed in openSUSE/Linux? I do understand that I manually installed Firefox in my /home directory and that it wasn't installed in the directory /usr/lib64/firefox accessed only by root but I certainly do not expect a program to self-update/upgrade without my manual intervention. If openSUSE now allows the execution of the 'installer' in Firefox what is there to stop that 'installer' being modified to cause damage to the system? (BTW, the same 'installer' is present in Thunderbird downloadable from Mozilla -- and I am using TB v60.0 [created 1 Aug].) Is this ability in Firefox, and Thunderbird, acceptable behaviour or am I being paranoid? BC -- There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation. W C Fields

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[opensuse] firefox screenshot haywire?
by Dave Howorth 01 Sep '18

01 Sep '18

I just tried to take a snapshot of a web page and got a popup that says: Whoa! Firefox Screenshots wnet haywire. We're not sure what just happened. Care to try again or take a shot of a different page? But that's it. There are no buttons to choose 'try again' or 'shot of another page', just an X in the upper-right corner. The page itself is darkened with a blue 'kitt car' line in the middle. That stays there even after I close the popup, but disappears if I try to take an FF snapshot of it. Anybody else seen anything like this? The page I was trying to snapshot was https://www.bbc.co.uk/news which has been redesigned to be unusable without Javascript. -- 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] Calc question
by Bob Rea 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

Years ago in another spreadsheet, i was able the prevent a headline row or column from rolling off the screen. Can I do this in Calc? If so, How -- Bob Rea www.petard.us www.petard.us/blog America, it was a wonderful country Til they took it private and made it a theme park of itself -- 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] Audio volume fading out
by Jon Cosby 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

My audio volume is fading out in LEAP 42.3. Where the system volume was set to 70 - 80% yesterday, I have to turn it up to 100% (or higher, as the GNOME and KDE settings seem to allow). I've reset it using alsamixer but this is the same setting the GUI interfaces use. I have a Sound BlasterX Kratos S5 sub-woofer and speakers with a USB connection, and alsa recognizes this as a "sound card." The actual built-in sound card is an Intel HDA ATI SB. It's the second time this has happened; a few months ago, I finally ended up turning up the speaker volume. This isn't a long term solution, at some point it will max out. The speaker control is under my desk, so I haven't ruled out inadvertently bumping the volume with my foot, but I think it's something else. Does anyone know what it would be? Jon Cosby -- 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] Tracker extract error: what to do with this?
by Carlos E. R. 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

I see these entries in the warning log usually soon after booting: <1.4> 2018-08-31 01:13:58 Legolas tracker-extract 3028 - - Could not insert metadata for item "file:///home/cer/Documents/OO/untitled_.odt": Unable to insert multiple values for subject `urn:uuid:15ca1453-d6fb-8cd4-00bc-edbced66c4ff' and single valued property `nie:plainTextContent' (old_value: '', new value: ' Broken Bow 001 1 Apr. 16, 2151 The Enterprise Fight or Flight 003 1 May 6, 2151 The crew comes across an abandoned ship of dead aliens. Strange New World 004 1 Unknown Crew members go on a survey mission to a seemingly uninhabited Earth-like planet […]') ? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.0 (Legolas)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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