February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] vnc on dial-up and why 5800 is open?!
by pelibali 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi, My mom's stock/boxed SUSE 8.2 is on dial-up. Sometimes I teach her to do tasks via vnc, being located in another country. I'm new to vnc, but the desktop sharing we do from her KDE session is simple and the thing works quite well... The only thing I would change is to avoid seeing her desktop image when connecting, which would surely accelerate the speed of the connection a lot. I use SUSE 9.1 with KDE 3.3.x, where there was an option to hide desktop background when connecting, but on her earlier KDE's Control Center there was no option like this and disableBackground=true in her respective config file was also without any effect:( Any idea/work-around please to achieve the needed effect or acce- lerate on another way the vnc connection's speed?! The second related question is that on her computer I saw TCP 5800 listening. I didn't see it before she activated the desktop sharing and would be interested, how it could get opened. I didn't activate vnc through xinetd and chkconfig reports it (as supposed) to be deactivated. The only thing is that via KDE's Control Panel we acti- vated the above desktop sharing and immediately moved it to a higher port number. TCP 5800 I just saw accidentally and is anyway firewal- led; the particular port needed by me has been opened under the SuSEfirewall2. Thank you for any thoughts, comments. Pelibali -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Internal Firewalls
by Jay Smith 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

So my notebook, I take from network to network to network since I travel a lot. I like protection but i can't bring my office network with me wherever I go. What is a good firewall that you can install on individual clients rather than networks? I have never thought about it so I am not sure so I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions. Thanks for all of your help. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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RE: [opensuse] cvs server start
by James D. Parra 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

<snip> I am poking around and I can't find how to start cvs. What is the command to start the cvs server? ~~~ Nevermind, I figured out what I was doing wrong. Best regards, 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] cvs server start
by James D. Parra 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hello, I am poking around and I can't find how to start cvs. What is the command to start the cvs server? 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] Trouble installing 10.2 (for real this time)
by Adam Jimerson 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Sorry about the last time I forgot to disable the OpenPGP encryption in Thunderbird. My message really said this: "I am having trouble installing 10.2 on my computer, it has an sata II HDD. I know SuSE's installer has trouble installing on sata hard drives in the first place but I know that it is possible. Anyone know how to do this?" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Custom modelines in opensuse 10.2
by Robert Smith 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Hi all, I'm trying to set up a MythTV box using suse 10.2 and am having troubles getting any sort of custom modelines to show up as an option in the resolution changer application. So first my hardware. It's an Asus barebones P.C. (Spec documented at http://users.sisna.com/mcole/asus-t2-ah1-mythtv-linux.html) which has an AMD Athlon 64 CPU and onboard ATI Radion X300 video. I'm trying to use the DVI output to connect to a Samsung plasma HDTV (using HDMI port). I've tried modifying the xorg.conf file, then rebooting, logging out/in, killing gdm and running startx, etc. No matter what I do, the resolutions I add do not seem to appear in the "change resolution" application in the default gnome based desktop. In fact the list in this application does not seem to line up with the xorg.conf file at all. (There are resolutions there which are definitly not listed as modes in the xorg.conf file). So, my question is this: Once I add a custom modeline in the xorg.conf file, how do I switch to that resolution from the Gnome desktop? Strangely enough, I think the modes are being used by gdm (the aspect ratio looks like a widescreen HDTV setup), but once the desktop starts up, the mode seems to be gone? Many thanks, Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] less broken from 394-12(10.1) to 394-32(10.2)
by Linda Walsh 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Have noticed with identical calling args, the less from 10.2 (less-394-32) counts lines incorrectly (appear to be not counting lines that wrap). Installed less from 10.1 -- it works. :-( Guess I need to start filing less bugs (normally I'd file more bugs, but not using more...:-| ) (<-str8face) -l -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Sticky notes
by Jan Karjalainen 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Is there a program for openSUSE 10.2 like Stickes (http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/index.html)? /J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Separate /srv partition for a home file server?
by Janus 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

I am preparing a small server for my house hold with openSUSE 10.2. It will primarily work as a file server (samba) with each users own ~home, as well as some shares for mp3s etc. Maybe I will also install Apache if I can find a nice web based "jukebox" for accessing mp3s to various client computers. My disk drive is 250 GB. I am thinking about something like: swap 1 GB / 10 GB /home 240 GB 1) Is is OK with one 10 GB / for both software, logs etc? Or should I give e.g. /var its own partition? 2) Should I consider a separate /srv partition for mp3s etc, or will I do just fine but placing shared folders in a sparate home directory which everybody in my household can access? I am asking because YaST suggest placering https docs in /src/web/ (which would be the same as my /) Janus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kmail and imap on OpenSuse 10.0
by Roger Oberholtzer 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

I am running kmail on OpenSuse 10.0, using the latest KDE 3.5.6 build. The problem I am having has been around in previous releases as well. kmail connects to a local imap server (courier-imap-4.0.4-3.2) to access mail. The maildir is populated by procmail as mail arrives, sorting messages into numerous folders as they arrive. kmail does not access the maildir, but is told to talk to the imap server. The issue I have with kmail is that it seems to get the wrong idea of when there is a new message in a folder. Quite often it will say there are 50 new messages when there are none. When I click on the folder, it figures that there were none. But until I click on the folder, the wrong idea about new messages remains. There is no other process (other than procmail) accessing the maildir folder. kmail is the only client to this imap server. I use evolution in the exact same setup and it never gets this wrong. So I cannot believe the imap server is the cause. Unless evolution silently deals with this. Anyone else seen this? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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