July 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] openSUSE 11.0 host for VirtualBox 1.6.2: Experiences
by Mark V 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, I'm looking at using VirtualBox under openSUSE 11.0. A couple of questions have arisen. Using the OSE package from the openSUSE repo means I missout on USB suppport. However, looking at the Sun downloads page there is only a openSUSE 10.3 binary... Has anyone successfully installed the Sun openSUSE 10.3 (i386) binary on openSUSE 11.0? The reason for caution is that I noticed that there seemed to be an issue installing an openSUSE 11.0 guest under VB: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=7433 Cheers 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] Virtual machine software options?
by Mark V 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, Last year, when I was using WindowsXP, I used VMWare Workstation to run another installation of XP as a guest - primarily to simplify changing machines. I'd like to establish the same setup using openSUSE. I'm currently using openSUSE 10.2. What I'd like to do: - Install a openSUSE 11.0 guest on my current machine. - Move my /home contents to this guest, configure the guest - When the guest is 'the way I need it', backup the guest and do a fresh install of openSUSE 11.0 (possibly 11.1 by then) - Copy the guest over, and resume work... What are the linux VMWare equivalents? Is there a generally acknowledged best-of-breed? Any comments on the advisability of this approach? Specifically: - What cpu, disk and network performance price is to be paid, e.g 10% cpu cost, etc.? I would appreciate any insights or comments. Regards Mark -- 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] Intel ipw2100.
by Fred A. Miller 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

James Knott wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: >> The Intel wifi ipw2100 driver is supposed to work fine with >> 11.0.........but it WON'T connect when an access point is using WPA. >> Does anyone know if this has been reported....I can't find anything on >> it. 'Have an idea the driver is broken.........again. >> >> > I have no problem using that driver with the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG > on my ThinkPad. I've only used it with WPA so far. 'Works with WEP but not WPA. Fred -- This message originated from a Linux computer using Open Source software: openSuSE Linux 11.0 No Gates, no Windows....just Linux - STABLE & SECURE! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem when opening web links from messages in Kmail
by Bogdan Cristea 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

I use openSuSE 11.0 with KDE4. When I try to open a link from a message received in Kmail, xemacs pops up instead of a web browser. The same problem appeared in 10.2 with KDE3.5. Could you advise how to solve this problem? -- Bogdan Cristea http://cristeab.googlepages.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] Firefox inherits Gnome look and feel after filling / partition: Solvable?
by Mark V 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi group, I'll happily admit this is purely 'my-fault'.... I'd appreciate any suggestions in trying to reverse/eliminate the result of the following sequence on openSUSE 11.0: Actions: - Copy files to / such that it fills up. - Var log messages shows: Audit daemon is suspending logging due to no space left on logging partition. - Free up some space on /. - Restart the syslog Result: - When I start Firefox 3.0 the /var/log/messages shows: Jul 4 12:35:02 localhost gconfd (mv-26273): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Jul 4 12:35:02 localhost gconfd (mv-26273): Exiting Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): starting (version 2.22.0), pid 28662 user 'mv' Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/mv/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.vendor" to a read-only configuration source at position 3 Jul 4 12:35:26 localhost gconfd (mv-28662): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.schemas" to a read-only configuration source at position 4 - Firefox now is a pale shade of brown, which I recognized as Gnome a 'look-and-feel'. - Searching I found the following related to openSUSe 10.1 http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/software/338309-firefox-gco… Questions: - How can I fix this to get back to my previous nice-kde look and feel? - Is this a bug I should report? What additional information should I include? Appreciate any suggestions/tips 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] IP tables
by Danesh Daroui 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi all, I have set up a SSH server for few weeks ago. During these weeks my server has been under very very intensive brute force attacks (I have no idea how these bastards found my address). I would like: 1. Disable ping. (I actually have added a rule to IP tables to drop all ping packets but it still respond to it!) 2. Ban some known IP addresses which are those addresses which are already used for attack. 3. Ban an IP address which tries to login with wrong username or password more than three times. Any help will be appreciated. I would also like to know if it is the only way to perform these tasks using IP tables or there are any other ways to do so. I am using a P4 PC with one network card and OpenSuSE 10.3 installed. Thanks, Danesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Boot by Drive ID
by William Hammond 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

* I didn't see this post or any responses, so this is a second post * This came up in an earlier thread of mine, but I didn't pay attention. Now I have to. I have tried several commercial Backup Programs with Disaster Recovery. Most all are unable to do a Disaster Recovery on OpenSuSE because the "New" Drive ID does not Match the original. So the boot will fail. Easy to repair, but adds too much time to the recovery... Others have "solved" the problem by creating there own partitions (ext2/ext3) and Grub Entry. That's fine except when I tried that, the Windows Clients could no longer connect. I didn't check that out to see if it was a simple problem, I'll go to the site a play with that this weekend. But, I'd like to understand better why this boot from Drive ID, and if I have any control over that. In particular trying to do a Bare Metal Recovery on new hardware... These are all simple Samba Servers on 10.3 32 bit... behind a router. acting as a Workgroup. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Panel transparency
by Chris Arnold 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Using 11.0 with kde4 and would like to know if it is possible to make the panel bar transparent? Like in 10.3 with kde3. If so, how? I can not seem to find a way to make this happen -- 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: [Samba] update to cifs-mount-3.2.0-24.1.122 from .121 broke mount.cifs
by David C. Rankin 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Listmates: If you have updated to the latest samba, CIFS is broken in the latest release. If you are in this situation, remove the samba repository and downgrade to the latest version in download.opensuse.org/update. In 3.0.26a cifs works fine. David C. Rankin wrote: > Jerry, Jeremy, et. al. > > Last night's upgrade from cifs-mount-3.2.0-24.1.121 to > cifs-mount-3.2.0-24.1.122 on a openSuSE 10.3 x86_64 machine broke mount > -t cifs. Now attempting to mount shares results in the following: > > 11:10 alchemy/home/david/bin] # mount.cifs -v //nirvana/david > /mnt/nirvana-david -o username=david,uid=1000,password=notmypass > parsing options: username=david,uid=1000,password=notmypass > > Mounting the DFS root for domain not implemented yet > No ip address specified and hostname not found > > Huh? > > Can I get .121 back? > > This is purely a client issue. Nothing is showing in the server logs > with log level = 10. Client only has entries in /var/log/messages > showing that the mount command was entered: > > Jul 3 10:51:46 alchemy sudo: david : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/david/bin > ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/mount.cifs -v //nirvana/david > /mnt/nirvana-david -o username=david,uid=1000,password=notmypass > > Help. Let me know what else I can send and I'll be happy to do it. > Thanks. > > Guys, I did a downgrade to the latest in openSuSE/update (3.0.26a) and all works as it should. It's confirmed, whatever changes were made to cifs-mount-3.2.0-24.1.122 broke it. Let me know if I can send anything else. -- 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] NCL 2.0 on 11.0
by Chris Arnold 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

11.0 x86 64 with kde4. Anyone been successful in installing the novell client? If so, what did you do to get it installed? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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