February 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Installing efax-gtk from source
by Stan Goodman 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

I am installing this package from source because I have found no appropriate binary for x86_64. The directions in the source package seem very clear (which is good, because this is my first attempt at installation from source). I have already installed libsigc++2...rpm, because I know (I have been at this half a day) that it contains two library files that are required. The first step in the directions is <make>. It tells me: ***** configure: error: Library requirements (sigc++-1.2 >= 1.2.3) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them. ***** Looking for the location of the required files: ***** # find -name "libsigc*" ./tmp/libsigc++2-2.0.18-5.3.x86_64.rpm ./usr/share/doc/packages/libsigc++2 ./usr/lib64/libsigc-2.0.so.0 ./usr/lib64/libsigc-2.0.so.0.0.0 ***** I do not see libsigc++2, which is what the package is supposed to be all about. For something to do, I tried the library installation again: ***** # rpm -Uvh libsigc++2-2.0.18-5.3.x86_64.rpm warning: libsigc++2-2.0.18-5.3.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 629ff0c2 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package libsigc++2-2.0.18-5.3 is already installed ***** Where do I need to go from here? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: alpha 10.2 download wiki page bad links - how to report
by Sunny 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hi, on http://en.opensuse.org/Development_Version there are some bad/missing links. There are no links for the delta iso's for download, as well as the links for the torrent files for the deltas are broken - there are no such a torrent files. How should I properly report these problems? The changes are made by user Coolo, but I could not find how to contact him. Cheers Sunny -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kernel update 2.6.24
by Nick Zeljkovic 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Greets all. Would it be possible to install 2.6.24 onto SuSE 10.1 (for example from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/dirkmueller:/playground/open SUSE_10.3/) without problems ? I need it for numerous fixes that should have been addressed for libata. What would be preferred way to do it correctly for a dual core machine. Thank you. -- Best regards, Nick Zeljkovic -- 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] Alt+Shift for switching keyboard layout
by Istvan Gabor 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

> > > Well then, use the KDE Personal Settings tool > > > to configure it how YOU want it configured > > > > > > K-menu => Personal settings. > > > Look for the national flags icon > > > ...and then the keyboard icons. > > > > > > Then, could you please give me step by step instructions how > > to do it for the Alt+Shift combination? > > > > Thanks, > > > > IG > Open yast go to hardware graphics card and monitor , go to keyboard > and insert the extra groups that you want and then hit the shortcuts > and change the shortcut for group changing. Hello: I know this method already. See previous posts. However I wanted to know explicitly how I can setup keyboard switching by Alt+Shift in kde (as I prefer to see the language flag in the system tray). IG Dr. House. Fedezd fel, ki is az a ragyogó brit színész, Hugh Laurie! A könyv már előjegyezhető! http://bookline.hu/control/producthome?id=67219&type=22&tabname=book&affili… -- 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] Password vaulting
by james Wright 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

> On Feb 13, 2008 7:51 AM, Mark Goldstein <goldstein.mark(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 13, 2008 2:25 PM, jpff <jpff(a)codemist.co.uk> wrote: > > > I have been wondering about using some kind of password vault, so I > > > was looking at truecrypt. there is a RPM file for Suse, but the > > > documentation is for Windose, and has frames etc. I m a command line > > > user, and so far I have not worked out how to create an encrypted > > > object. The help tells me how to mount one, but so far I have not got > > > one! > > > > > > ==John ffitch > > > > To tell the truth, I created my encrypted volumes under MS Win and > > then used them in Linux, so have no experience with volume creation > > from command line. > > But just recently (Feb 05) truecrypt released new version (5.0), that > > contains full GUI for Linux, equivalent to that of MS Win. > > So if you are not in situation where you can't use GUI at all, try it. > > > > BTW, truecrypt is much more than "password vault" (there are kwallet, > > MyPasswordSafe and I guess more applications for that). > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Mark Goldstein Actually if you download the newest RPM, and enter truecrypt at the command line, a GUI pops up. - 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] A unsafe bug in the Kernels after 2.6.17.
by Kermit Mei 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hello, community. Maybe most of you have heard that there's a bug in vmsplice(2), the local user can get the root's exploit easily. This is the test in my machine: kermit@linux-myt:~/Programming/C> id uid=1000(kermit) gid=100(users) groups=16(dialout),33(video),100(users),1111(vboxusers) kermit@linux-myt:~/Programming/C> ./vmtest ----------------------------------- Linux vmsplice Local Root Exploit By qaaz ----------------------------------- [+] mmap: 0x0 .. 0x1000 [+] page: 0x0 [+] page: 0x20 [+] mmap: 0x4000 .. 0x5000 [+] page: 0x4000 [+] page: 0x4020 [+] mmap: 0x1000 .. 0x2000 [+] page: 0x1000 [+] mmap: 0xb7ed3000 .. 0xb7f05000 [+] root linux-myt:~/Programming/C # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=16(dialout),33(video),100(users),1111(vboxusers) linux-myt:~/Programming/C # uname -r 2.6.22.5-31-default linux-myt:~/Programming/C # In Kernel 2.6.24, there's also exist this bug. This bug has been repaired, you can get the information from the following link: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/10/118 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/10/118> The following stable edition is for this bug: 2.6.24.2 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/17 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/17> 2.6.23.16 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/19 2.6.22.18 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/27 Repair our system,please. By the way, using the following code, you can test you system whether this bug exist: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5092 Kind regards kermit -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] unionfs again
by Stephan Schöffel 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

hi there, i'm still new to unionfs. i followed the tutorial on this website http://flaviostechnotalk.com/wordpress/index.php/2005/06/28/filesystem-snap… which was linked at the unionfs website. the example did work but it does not fit my problem properly. i tries different things but could not get it to work the way i want. here is what i want: i want (via script and using unionfs) to bring different directories to their original state if the machine is rebooted. eg i want to delete files users write to /tmp i used the following approach: modprobe unionfs mkdir /tmp_union mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/tmp=rw unionfs /tmp_union mkdir /tmp_snap unionctl /tmp_union --add --mode rw /tmp_snap unionctl --mode ro /tmp unfortunately, users can still write to /tmp and the changes are not logged in /tmp_snap. is there a way to bring /tmp back to its original state by using unionfs? --stephan -- 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] Password vaulting
by mourik jan heupink 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

> Another suggestion: > I keep all (several hundred) of my id's, passwords, pins, etc etc on n > usb-stick. > The stick has two partitions, > One protected with a passphrase, and a unprotected area. > I have to remember only one passpharase, and can open it on any of my > linux boxes, either at home or at work. A very handy utility to create these kinds of encrypted volumes is truecrypt. http://www.truecrypt.org/ It's for windows, but it's very nice and convenient. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] webpin issue
by G T Smith 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All, Minor issue (for me), as it is a tool I use infrequently.... On my machines using webpin generates a .. FAILED: received error from server: 301 Moved Permanently message. Whatever I do.. I am currently using 0.8.1 on SuSE 10.2. I think it has being doing this since the server crash a while back, however the problem persists long after the server crash was fixed. Unfortunately man page gives few clues on what needs to be changed to redirect it to a more correct location. Google has little info on this.... Any ideas? - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHsst2asN0sSnLmgIRAhzUAKDWrmHQ8Bvkk1sH2YjL3bUAXdpdUACdGwLD RQ0vnbDLI/dS/hib2brtsmQ= =/gSj -----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] O.S. 10.3 PPC: cannot print via gtk2 any more
by Luciano Mannucci 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hello! I just upgraded my OpenSuse 10.3 PPC via you in order to install the security updates. Since the I can't print anymore via gtk2 (I'm using gnome). All the graphic applications are giving me an error messagebox sating "Error Printing - Too many failed attempts". If I print via command-line it works flawlessly. Any ideas? AdvThansAnce, luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster(a)sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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