January 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Running X Programs Without HOME Set
by Yusuf Caglar AKYUZ 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm trying to run X applications without $HOME is set in the environment. However I receive "No protocol specified" error. I mean: $unset HOME $konsole throws the error(I keep DISPLAY variable as is). How can I overcome this? Thanks, Caglar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl5wnEACgkQ/nL+S5dojej2TgCeNwFKiY99IRWjHaYKSOJWK7cq Y54AmwVHHA+JsqGlOnTu2lEFKnbETafL =zAgn -----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] RDesktop 'misbehaving' on ALT-Fx
by Dominique Leuenberger 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hi, I'm a frequent user of rdesktop. In 11.1 I seem to have a problem with Keyboard combinations that are also 'captured' by gnome. For example ALT-F1, ALT-F2 and ALT-F4 are no longer passed to the RDP server but executed locally. This is quiet 'annoying' at best, as I don't have those keyboard combinations available inside my rdp session anymore. I'm pretty sure this used to work. Anything I can setup to configure the correct (for me) behavior again? Thank you very much, Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Yast Seg Faulting on Fresh 11.0 i386 Install
by David C. Rankin 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Listmates, I installed 11.0 on a laptop yesterday, install went fine. Yast was fine to begin with. Last night, I did an "update all if newer version available" from within yast and it completed fine. Now, however, Yast segfaults repeatedly. It doesn't matter whether you are setting up online update or looking at repositories, yast segfaults. The errors yast spit back the last 4 times are: YaST got signal 11 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/clients/inst_packages.ycp:36 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 6841 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS YaST got signal 11 at YCP file Wizard.ycp:740 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 3542 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS YaST got signal 11 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/clients/inst_suse_register.ycp:614 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 3816 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS YaST got signal 11 at YCP file SignatureCheckDialogs.ycp:795 /sbin/yast2: line 421: 4256 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS How do I get yast back? -- 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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Re[4]: [opensuse] How do I do this with zypper?
by Christian 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hello, On 2009-01-02 at 07:43 Teruel de Campo MD wrote: >On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 15:26 +0100, Christian wrote: >> OK, but i dont want to create my own packages. When i download an >> application and want to compile it some dependencies are needed. For >> example, in Debian I type: >> apt-get build-dep application >> Many thanks, >> Christian > >Christian. > >What I do is the following > >1. Open the readme file :) > >2. Open yast/software manager and download the dependencies. If they are >not there (rare) then I build them from source > >3. $./configure > >4. $make > >5. #checkinstall. >That creates an rpm to be use only in you system or in a very similar >system. >6. install the rpm > >Note: the rpm vs make install imho has the advantage that is easier to >remove. > >-=terry=- Many thanks for that info. Two questoins here: Why $make and not just make? Isn't it possible to download the dependencies from the command line if I want to? I can use yast no problems but was just curious. Many thanks, Christian -- 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] How to clean up /var/cache/zypper/RPMS ?
by Jan Kupec 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Basil Chupin wrote: > Jan Kupec wrote: >> Basil Chupin wrote: >>> Are you sure that you are talking about /var/cache/ZYPPER and not ZYPP >>> because I do not have a cache called zypper on my system. >> That is because you did not install an rpm file with zypper so far. Like >> 'zypper in foo.rpm'. > > So you are specifically talking about using zypper from the command > line, and not zypper as from YaST, right? Yast does not use zypper, it uses libzypp, the library which powers both yast and zypper. So yes, i am talking about zypper, the command line tool. >> The good thing about this cache is, that anything you install this way, >> will be there, even remote rpms, like in 'zypper install >> http://download.foo.org/rpms/the.rpm' > > I prefer to use smart to maintain my system - although at the moment I > use both zypper and smart. With smart I know where the rpms go, and if With zypp-based apps, they go to /var/cache/zypp/packages/<repoalias>/..., if keeppackages attribute is set in the repository's .repo file. If it is not, no .rpms are cached. The only exception is when you install an _rpm file_ directly with zypper, then the rpms go to /var/cache/zypper/RPMS. Note that this is different than 'zypper in packagename'. It is 'zypper in rpm_file_path_or_url.rpm'. > there is a hassle with dependencies I can use "rpm -Uvh *rpm --test" to > find the problems and remove the 'offending' rpms before finally running > "rpm -Uvh *rpm". Hm... hassle with dependencies? I don't remember i ever needed to do something like this with zypper/yast. What kind of hassle do you mean? > Another reason why I prefer smart to zypper is that smart downloads the > rpms but does not apply them until all are downloaded. We are currently working on this. See e.g. http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Refactoring/Commit > zypper on the other hand applies each rpm as it is downloaded so that > should the connection to the internet be lost and power to the computer > is lost as well then the whole dependency lattice is lost and a reboot > will most probably leave me with an unbootable/unusable system. It is not that bad since it installs the rpms in correct order, so unless the cut happened when installing some circular dependencies, the dependency tree would not break. - -- cheers, jano Ján Kupec YaST team - ---------------------------------------------------------(PGP)--- Key ID: 637EE901 Fingerprint: 93B9 C79B 2D20 51C3 800B E09B 8048 46A6 637E E901 - ---------------------------------------------------------(IRC)--- Server: irc.freenode.net Nick: jniq Channels: #zypp #yast #suse #susecz - ---------------------------------------------------------(EOF)--- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl5nCgACgkQgEhGpmN+6QG12ACghossZ7a5SCDZqSOgbmT+lPpQ nSwAn1ubGDUxf7ADqUqCenMs/w7x+Tva =3+x0 -----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] Nvidia driver help
by Lee Ross 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

I'm using Opensuse 10.2 and cannot understand which driver to use with my 8600GT Nvidia card. I looked on the Nvidia website on Opensuse but find no reference to 10.2. They suggest 10.3 and 11.0. Any idea which one to use? Thanks, -- Lee Ross Anchorage, Alaska -- 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 not starting after 11.1 install
by Dave Plater 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hi, I've just installed 11.1 64 bit and cannot start firefox as user, I get a message saying firefox is already running but ps -AF doesn't show any instances running. Anybody know whats happening? It starts as root. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Some questions about creating live usb stick using KIWI
by Qian Feng 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hi guys, I had been trying to use kiwi to create live usb sticks. I succeeded in several ways but still have some questions about the process. 1) The "/usr/share/kiwi/image" (boot image desc path) seems to be hard-coded in kiwi (right?), so if I decide to use my own version instead of the downloadable "kiwi-desc-usbboot" package, I must put my own version in this directory, like /usr/share/kiwi/image/usbboot/ myowndesc-11.0 ...? 2) Or installation of the "kiwi-desc-usbboot" package is a must? 3) My system image config.xml is based on the one in the "kiwi-config-opensuse-gnome" package ( by StephenKulow@novell ). For some reason I use ext3, not squashfs. And I want the image created small enough to fit into certain usb stick (e.g. 2GB) while having a certain set of functions (xwindow, network, etc). Is there an effective method to decide which packages should be deleted from the config.xml and which ones should stay? I managed to reduce the image size to around 1.6GB in a modify-and-test way. I wonder if there are some principles or shortcuts to make it less time-consuming. Thank you in advance. Best Regards, Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Changing from 32 bit to 64 bit
by Dave Plater 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I restore it to 64 bit 11.1? Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSuSE oss-src repositories - What URL to use?
by David C. Rankin 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Listmates, I would like to add the oss-src repository, but adding the repository directory results in an error: no /content file found. I'm using the following: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/src-oss/ I have also tried using: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/src-oss/suse/ since that is where the /repodata directory is, but with the same results. Can the src repository be added? I have been able to with 10.3, but for some reason it is a no go in 11.0. -- 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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