November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] NFS shares
by Paul Constable 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi all, I have a server setup using openSuSE 10.2, with a central nfs partition serving 4 x openSuSE 10.2 workstations. I have set the all directories with 2777 permissions, made sure all SUIDs and GUIDs are the same on all machines. I have two main problems, besides the users. i. They all want to share the same file at the same time, and maintian all rights and privileges???? ii. Once the file has been amended and saved back the permissions change to 0644. Can anybody give me any insight into the problems. I do not want to change the permissions, unless forced to, as this is fraught with the problems of 'lost data'. I would also want to get the users conditioned into using network shares correctly optimising the data integrity,, My intentions is for the business, but I am getting more grief by the day.... TIA Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Harddisk serial number (SuSE10.3), cloning disks
by Verner Kjærsgaard 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi list, - reported by a friend of mine, when cloning (ghosting) a 10.3 disk in its entirety, the cloned disk will not boot due to the serial numbers of the cloned disk doesn't match the serial of the original disk. - apparently this serial is written somewhere in the conf files of GRUB. - I've not seen this as I've not been to his place (quite far from here, trying to solve the matter through e-mail...), can this be true?? - I mean, really? :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kdesu does not recognize password in 10.3?
by Carlos F Lange 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Strange thing. Today I can't get my laptop with 10.3 to recognize root's password in the kdesu authentication window. The password works fine in Konsole, in ctrl+alt+F1 text mode, but not in the kdesu window. I am pretty sure I typed one of the 20 attempts correctly and caps-lock is obviously off. Any clues? -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] chmod question
by James D. Parra 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hello, Out of curiosity, what is the S for in, -rwxr-Sr-t? Is that a sticky bit and id so, how is it set with chmod? -rwxr-Sr-t 1 root root 25016 Nov 6 11:38 temp.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9622 Mar 19 2005 generic Thank you, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Anyone interested in helping me create multimedia content/courses for Linux?
by Michael Hasenstein 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi, Subject says it. The request is non-commercial, but for a community-based project. I've started creating multimedia learning content and would prefer not to do it alone. I'm using Flash because it should play on the web and there one has no choice but Flash. I'm thinking of also quickly supporting an HTML solution with Flash only as the carrier of the audio/video and giving the "cue points" (time info embedded in the audio/video that controls actions like animations). However, anything using Javascript libraries is much more resource intensive and much less usable on non-web devices than Flash, so I'm not sure... the planned course-technology is technology independent, content in XML and the player in "whatever", but this is just a plan and for now I concentrate on producing some content at all. So far it's not much, but writing a script alone (what to say, what to show, and when) takes quite a long time. Of course, doing an "on the fly" screencast with voice recording would be much faster, but those things are way too long for the content (with all the slow typing and mistakes and pauses) and not "nice enough". See signature, current content is just an example. No video included yet because I've just shared hosting and bandwidth is an issue, besides, for the current examples it isn't necessary or all that useful... So I like to be as open source and pro standard as possible, but I'd also like to make use of available technology, therefor for now it's Flash at the core. But writing scripts is even more necessary - what should be developed? Also, Flex (Adobe) is free so writing a player for those XML-based course format ideas is possible for anyone. Actionscript is Javascript, basically (but the class libs are a lot different of course). Anyone interested in producing learning content, for general topics (e.g. Internet Protocol stack) as well as specific ones (The Gimp screencasts - how to edit pictures or create web buttons, etc.) or help creating the web-infrastructure for the product... well I don't expect much but I'll keep asking people anyway :-) In the OpenSUSE forums my post were deleted because they claimed I had violated the no-ads policy... well, I'm trying to get a community project off the ground, how is that commercial SPAM??? The site I started DOES talk about money, but I recommend to actually READ before complaining. This is a hobby project of mine, my business is completely different and not even linked from there. Site: letexa.com Thanks, Michael -- Home: http://hasenstein.com/ Project: http://letexa.com/ Company: http://mbe-nuernberg.de/ Future company: http://euramer.com/ (still has Letexa logo but the site is work in progress and the name of the company not yet decided, Letexa.com will remain what it is now!) Моё терпение подходит концу! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mplayer controls unresponsive
by Josef Assad 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A niggle. One of the things I like about mplayer is the control you get. I always twiddle with the contrast and saturation (keys 1/2, 3/4 respectively) but in 10.3 these are unresponsive. Pressing 1/2 gives me the OSD scrollbar but it is pegged at 0 and doesn't move. 3/4 the same, except it's pegged at 50%. Using -vo xv makes no difference. Any pointers on how I might troubleshoot this before I submit something to the bugzilla? JA - -- http://www.DonAssad.com jabber ID: josef.assad(a)gmail.com Please consider the environment; do you really need to print out this e-mail? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHMV9IFcf72sjD2+QRAvtoAKCuP9uCvPXUugonJlQxtzB1IR8EBgCglmAz CDaIGU39SpNY0kMaO/UJLfQ= =pq16 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Error Message
by chika 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

i got many dialog box after i login on my box. the message is "Could not find mime type application/octet-stream" the window title is "Sorry - $app" $app = Kate, Konqueror, KDesktop, KDE-panel, and all program that i closed before i end my session the desktop-panel won't work before i close all message box any idea to get rid of these problem? br, tambun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to tell SuSE folks to NOT include yealink driver in their distro
by Chris Worley 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

The USB TelBox (allows your phone to send/receive both POTS and Skype calls) only works with the drivers from kb2skype.sourceforge.net. The Yealink driver only works with a closed-source front-end that (supposedly) worked in an old version of Fedora. I've talked to the folks at Yealink numerous times, and they have no intention to update the software for current distros, nor open source the front-end software, so there's absolutely no possibility this driver would work... yet every SuSE update includes this POS driver. Every time I get a kernel patch from SuSE, and reboot the system, this f*g yealink.ko driver loads, and I waste a few hours figuring out why my phone doesn't work... Yealink and kb2skype together cause system hangs and USB lock-ups. I see no reason why SuSE is including this driver (except to frustrate me). It has no useful purpose, and will not work under any conditions, and only causes grief. Who do we ask to get this POS removed from all future updates? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gnome-system-monitor: crashing with a "Segmentation Fault"
by Roberto Mannai 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi all I'm trying to run "gnome-system-monitor", but it crashes with a "Segmentation Fault" message. Versions: - gnome-system-monitor-2.20.0-3 - opensuse 10.3 - kernel 2.6.22.9-0.4-default Any idea? Regards Roberto Mannai -- Are you bored of making software? Play it! (http://www.codesounding.org) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Networking Reachability Problem
by Randall R Schulz 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi, I have an odd problem that I don't understand and wonder if anyone can shed some light on it. Here's the setup: - 2 systems: one runs SuSE Linux 10.0 and the other openSUSE 10.3 - Four static IP addresses assigned by my ISP (using ADSL) - An IOGear Ethernet switch connecting the DSL modem to everything else - A LinkSys WRT54G wireless router / access point w/ 4 hard-wired ports - The 10.0 box has a single ethernet port connected to the IOGear switch - The 10.3 box has two ethernet ports, one connected to the IOGear switch (and hence directly to the Internet) and the other connected by cable to the LinkSys router - The router, the 10.0 box and port of the 10.3 box wired directly to the IOGear switch each have statically configured IP addresses - Everything accessing the Internet via the LinkSys router / access point (including a couple of Macs, my TiVO and one of the ports on the 10.3 box) use DHCP. The problem (as far as I know, the _only_ problem with the whole setup) is that I cannot connect from the Internet to the 10.3 box using it's global, routable IP address, though there's no problem doing the same with the 10.0 box. Furthermore, computers connected wirelessly to the LinkSys access point _can_ access the 10.3 box _using the global, routable IP address_. Can anyone tell me what might be wrong with the configuration and how I might fix it so that the 10.3 box can be reached from the global Internet? Thanks. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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