June 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Kontact interface
by Chris Arnold 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Using opensuse 11.0 with kde4 and kontact. When i first installed 11.0 and tried to use kontact, it would crash. I found that it was a bug and on Sat there was an update called "post install fixes". I installed the update and kontact now works but the summary, mail, RSS and all the other buttons on on the far top-right of kontact. More than that, ALL the menu buttons like new message and create task and delete/trash are not there. Is there an update to fix this or is this the way kontact now works? I looked in the file menu's like file and view to see if there was a way to have them display but did not see anything. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Proposal for updated packages
by Martin Mielke 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hello! I'd like to suggest that packages are marked for update if and only if the whole bunch of requirements/dependencies are also available from the same server. Why? please read on... After installing openSuSE 11 recently I also added the Community Repositories using YaST, leaving aside those with no relevance for my system (i.e.: ATI stuff, as I have nVidia...) Just out of curiosity I decided to check with yast2 if there were new packages to be updated for openSuSE 11 already, as it's quite new... So, there we go... yast2 sw_single -> Package -> All Packages -> Update if newer version available ... and 119 packages were marked for update. After the dependency check done by YaST, I get a lot of missing requirements and a lot of conflict resolutions which could lead either to a more tainted system or even more conflicts... huh. This causes a lot of annoyances and I don't know if somebody else here faces/faced the same problems as I describe... The same happens with smart... so I guess it's a repository-wide problem... or? Regards, Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Look and Feel has changed :-(
by Diego Tognola 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi all, Newbie question: the look and feel of Firefox, Eclipse, Gimp and other applications has changed to a very old-skool appearance (see attached screenshot). How do I revert this back to the default ? Sorry for being so vague, really missing a starting point here... Diego

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[opensuse] Installation of Samsung Unified Linux Driver fails in Suse 11
by Andreas Kemper 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi, I recently tried to attach my Samsung SCX4200 printer/scanner device to my new Suse 11 installation via USB. Different to the previous Suse 10.1 installation files allmost at the end, since the appropriate USB-device can't be found. Even if I manually choose "/dev/mfp4" as it had been set-up previously, the situation doesn't change, while on the other hand yast automatically tries to install the new device after plugging it for the first time? I could imagine that this problem is related to the resource manager, but I don't know how it works in detail. Hence, can anyone give me some helpful tipps on this problem? Thanks, Andreas -- 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] PackageKitd Problem with OpenSUSE 11.0
by Todd Kap 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

>>> Jan Matejek <jan.matejek(a)novell.com> 06/20/08 6:59 AM >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Todd Kap napsal(a): > > > I have been using OpenSUSE 11.0 GM for a few days and am unable to use > the "Install Software" feature as it is never able to use the package > database. It always says that the database is in use by another > program. I have gone through all the running processes and have killed > a process called "packagekitd" which then allows me to use "Install > Software." I looked at Bugzilla and this is listed as a bug (Bug > #374043) but it shows fixed. It is definitely not fixed in two machines > I installed OpenSUSE 11.0 on yesterday. Both have the same issue. >have you tried waiting some time (10 minutes or so) and then start >"Install Software" again? After login, packagekitd indeed uses the >database when checking for updates. >If yes, and it didn't work, then it's most likely a bug and you should >reopen. > >regards, >m. Indeed waiting about 10 or so minutes seems to solve the problem. I had originally waited until after the update icon changed or disappeared. Apparently that wasn't quite enough time. I guess I just need to be a little more patient before doing an install. Thanks for the help! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wishlist
by Mark V 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi, Where best to request the inclusion in 'base/standard' of a package for GnuPG Made Easy (http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.en.html#gpgme) a) via the wishlist (http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Wishlist) b) filing an enhancement request on Novell's Bugzilla This package was not in 10.2, was in 10.3 and is not in 11.0. The GnuPG page suggests it is the preferred API for an application that uses GPG. As far as I can tell the wishlist entries don't get explicitly/directly addressed. I took some time to file a wishlist request sometime ago for another application and it'd be nice to know that its at least been read/considered/rejected. Finally if wishlist is the preferred place it would seem to me that a category worth considering for addition is 'security'. Appreciate any insight. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fine-graining Yast access
by Instituto de Ingenieria Área de Sistemas Unix/Linux 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi, I want to create a special 'administrator' account, which has higher priviledges than an user account (can use certain Yast modules, for instance) but also has lower permissions than root (can't touch /etc, for instance). Now, the directories are no big deal - just change the group of whatever directories necessary and then add this user to such group along with root - but as far as Yast, I wonder if there is some way to configure this other than manually changing group and permission to every single module (or even if it is possible to do such a thing - AFAIK yast is a single application with different parameters). Any ideas are well appreciated. Sergio. -- Instituto de Ingeniería de la UNAM Coordinación de Sistemas de Cómputo Área de Sistemas Unix/Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] suspend-to-ram command (sw control) hw-works
by Linda Walsh 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I have a system I'd like to keep suspended when not needed (it has a 'well-endowed' power supply, *cough*). It will happily go to sleep (suspend to ram) as I have it configured in the system's BIOS, on pressing the power button on the front. Unfortunately, it seems to wake up daily (at 17:00PDT) for reasons I haven't entirely verified, but have ideas about (it's not the wake-up daily setting in the bios) -- but - I'd like to have it go back to sleep after a period of time if I am not logged into the machine (i.e. it's idle). While automating idle detection is a desirable goal, of more immediate concern is simply the ability to enter a 'suspend-to-mem' command at the command prompt. powersaved is running, but I'm not sure how to send it a command even if it is the write daemon to handle the suspension. I'm **hoping** (presuming? guessing?) that suspend-to-mem via software should be reasonably 'simple', since it already works in hardware (i.e. when I press the power-button on the front of the machine). So what command do I use to tell it to suspend to mem? I'm expecting to look at idled as a starting point for automating the suspension -- hope that works fine detecting an idle machine. If worst came to worst, I could have a cron-script checking to see if anyone is logged in -- and if not -- suspend, but I'd rather not have to keep track of state checking in a script to verify that no one has been logged in for the past "X" minutes...(i.e. I'd hope that idled could be configured to do that for me).... Any suggestions...I'm sure it's something obvious I'm not finding in the manpages with the right keywords... Thanks, -linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No boot after upgrade to 11.0
by Ed Harrison 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

When I attempt to boot from harddisk, I get the error Grub loading Stage 1.5 Grub loading, please wait... It never goes any further. I have tried system repair>>reload grub bootloader to no avail. Any ideas appreciated. Ed Harrison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Undeletable directory tree, fsck no joy
by Moby 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

This is part of the ongoing saga with, what appears to be, a bug either in the kernel or reiserfs or both with OpenSuSE 11. Fairly extensively documented at https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389656 My machine has had hard crashes due to the above mentioned bug. After the last hard crash ( which occurred while doing rpmbuild on xorg src rpm) , I had to run fsck. fskc reports clean now (ran it one more time just to be sure), but I am stuck with /usr/src/packages/BUILD/xxx directories that I cannot delete. Attempts to delete those directory trees give the following error: cannot remove `xorg-server-1.4.2/GL': Input/output error Attempts to do ls -il on a directory to get the inode result in the same error. However, I was able to mv the above-mentioned BUILD to BUILD.000. So now it looks like the / resiferfs has corruption caused by last hard crash that is not recoverable with fsck.reiserfs. *MAJOR SIGH* Any ideas on how to clean this filesystem or is the dreaded (80+GB of data to juggle around) rebuild my only option? Thanks in advance for any help. -- --Moby They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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