October 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] USB Under VMware
by Lucky Leavell 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

OS: OpenSuSE 11.0 VMware Server 1.0.7 Hardware: Dell 600SC USB: PCI USB2 Card I want to run my BlackBerry desktop software on a XP guest OS under VMware, etc. but I cannot get VMware to see my USB ports. I thought the problem was the (circa 2003) Dell server had older USB 1.1 ports so I added a USB 2 card which SuSE sees and even sees my attached BlackBerry. (The BlackBerry display a message about insufficient voltage to charge the battery but I don't want to charge it here.) As an alternative test, I plugged my USB flash drive into another port and the OS saw it though I had to manually mount it and then it shows up in KDE just fine but not in VMware or XP. Any ideas here? Alternatively, is there anyway to access my BB directly under Linux. I would like to do file transfers and be able to back my BB up to the SuSE box. (XP is only used for stuff like this.) Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Loading an encrypted partition at boot time
by Bob Williams 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Following the spate of lost government laptops and hard drives in the UK recently, I decided to encrypt the /home partition on my laptop. And, no, it doesn't contain any state secrets ;) When I boot up, I now have to type in the passphrase to allow mounting of /home, as expected. What I would like to do is put a passphrase onto a USB memory stick, which would have to be present to allow the machine to boot properly. I have created a textfile on the memory stick called (for the sake of argument) /media/disk/this_is_my_passphrase, which contains the one line passphrase which I created with the following: # cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda3 /media/disk/this_is_my_passphrase How do get the system to mount the USB memory stick *before* it tries to mount /home, so that the alternative passphrase can be found? Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.0, Kernel 2.6.25.11-0.1-default, KDE 4.1.2 Intel Celeron 2.53GB, 2GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 7600GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] printer system crashes
by Sampsa Riikonen 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Dear listmates, I have configured my printing system for my workplace. There I am using their cups server and everything works perfectly. (in yast: "do all printing via remote cups server"). Now when I am working from my home, whatever I am trying to do related to printing results in a crash.. - I would like to use the "print to file" utility of firefox, but when I choose "print" from the file menu, firefox crashes. - When start kjobviewer, it crashes - Starting the "manage printing" (cups) from the menus, tells me that it can't connect to localhost port 631 .. all this presumably because my laptop can't connect to the cups server. I actually have to re-configure printers through yast always when I switch between home and work.. .. not flexible at all. It would be great to be able to configure the printing system for N places (work, home, etc.). Any tricks for doing just that? I am running 64-bit suse 11.0 on an amd dual-core (turion) processor. My laptop is hp pavilion tx 1000. Thanks in advance, Sampsa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Export list of installed packages for re-installation elsewhere
by Claes H 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello, I would like to export a list of all installed packages on my computer in a way that makes it easy to install them again, either elsewhere, or after a clean re-install. I guess the list must also be accompanied with a list of repos. How can I accomplish a "roundtrip" like that. It seems to me zypper is only suitable for installation of a small set of packages each time, and also I can't see how to export a name of packages in a form that zypper can take as input. It was a long time ago since I used Debian, but I seem to remember that it had tools to easily accomplish this. Thanks, Claes -- C l a e s H o l m e r s o n -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] download.opensuse.org/update/11.0 on the fritz?
by David C. Rankin 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Listmates, I'm having problems with the update repo. Trying an online update from yast2 ncurses, I get: <quote> There was an error in the repository initialization. 'security': Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s) History: - Cannot determine type for repository security. </quote> Is this just temporary while the repo is undergoing maintenance? -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cat: write error: Broken pipe
by Andrew Joakimsen 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Does anyone else notice the error "cat: write error: Broken pipe" when running YaST2 on openSUSE 11.0 via SSH? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wireless-N USB Adapter
by Rick Friedman 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

I'm thinking of getting a wireless-N USB adapter. The big question I have is would there be a problem trying to use it with openSuSE 11.0? Would openSuSE have a problem recognizing it? I am assuming (and hoping) there would not be a problem but I want to check here first before I jump in. Thanks, Rick -- Rick's Law: What cannot be imagined will be accomplished by a fool.

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[Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Sound under VMWare (solved) (messed up again!)]
by Peter Bradley 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Ysgrifennodd Carlos E. R.: > >> I think this is what you should figure out first. Just start one of > >> the mixer utilities and play with the settings till the microphone is > >> heard. Unless the host system sees the microphone, the guest will not. > It never rains but it pours. For some reason the mic has stopped working again (in openSUSE). If I go to KMix (Input tab) and illuminate the "LED" under the microphone, then open Audacity, the green LED under the mic goes off and Audacity hears nothing. If I then illuminate the LED with Audacity open and try to record again, I get this error: "Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate." Any ideas? I'm completely lost. Cheers Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Large capacity USB external hard drive experiences please
by Fergus Wilde 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hello all, can anyone recommend, from personal successful experience, any of the very large capacity (circa 1 TB) USB external hard drives for use with Linux? I ask because I cannot find a retailer in the UK who will say they will accept a return if the product doesn't work with Linux. Anyone who can give me a model name/ number available in the UK would be specially useful. I would buy a simple 'fill-it-yourself' enclosure, but many of these appear to have non-adjustable limits on the size of disk they will read. I'd also love to hear about any of the external drive ports that now seem to be going about which accept a SATA hard drive dropped in as a hot swappable connection. While I realise that the assumption should be that these products ought to work with any OS, there seems to be some talk of some of them having firmware only addressable from 'doze, including firmware that will cause them to go into an unwakeable sleep. I don't want to involve myself in any hardware that would cast Vista in the role of a Prince Charming having to come in and wake up a Snow White drive. Cheers Fergus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Linux Laptop as wireless router
by John Andersen 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

I seem to remember a way to use a laptop as a local wireless router (assuming it has a wired port to hook to the net), but I can't remember the name of the project and have no idea of the viability of this approach. Any clues? -- ----------JSA--------- Someone stole my tag line, so now I have this rental. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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