October 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Yast2 partitioner new features
by Sinisa 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hello everyone, is this the right place to suggest two little features for Yast2 partitioner: 1. an option to clone partition layout from one disk to other: I often make little servers with 4, 6 or even 10 disks and Linux RAID, so I need to repeat all the steps for all of the disks (of course, I do not use the a whole disk for one md partition, but at least for two, plus swap) and that consumes a lot of time and is error-prone... 2. option to specify layout for RADI10, because it can make BIG difference in speed of array, either in "RAID - Add" dialog, or in "Settings" dialog (e.g. somewhere under "Default file system"). Thank you and best regards, Siniša Bandin Novi Sad, Serbia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Repositories for openSUSE 11.2 Release Candidate
by Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi There!. I just installed openSUSE 11.2 RC-1 on my desktop computer. It looks great. I am a total newbie with openSUSE, but i have ten years of experience with other GNU/Linux distros. The 11.2 (or 11.2-RC) repos seems not be ready yet. So, for the veterans of openSUSE... How can i install packages from now til the day the final version of 11.2 will released?. Thanks very much, in advance. Jose. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to look for rootkits, spyware, virus, ....
by Maura Monville 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Recently my desktop internet connection was closed by the department systems administrator because of suspicious frequent network accesses. Since I have been running SuSE for many years and never had virus problems I was quite surprised. Anyway, in addition to the regular checks and tests they perform in these cases, I was asked whether there exists a system tool to verify the integrity of the system configuration. Basically they want to double check that all what is currently installed on my system, excluding my own applications, are regular SuSE updated packages rather than some malicious program, rootkit, and so on ... Thank you in advance for your help. Maura -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Initial impressions 11.2 RC1
by Teruel de Campo MD 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Summary: great and very stable, KDE4 is becoming more and more polished. My BIG THXS to all the developers. I will start with the only major problem I found Problem: DNS When I installed openseuse 11.1 the major problem I got was that I was able to ping but not to be able to use firefox neither see any repository. The problem was solved. It seems it came back again with 11.2 RC1. The temporary solution is to enter by hand the DNS's. This occurs both in the liveCD and in the DVD x86-64. I will not expand here. Bug 549447 - Able to ping, no DNS 1. The creation of a usb stick is very easy and reliable which was not the case before. An improvement would be to be able to save changes into a file, but now is like a CD whatever you change goes to the ram disk and then is not retained. Some of the small distros devoted to usb stick like puppy linux save the changes and then this file is read when you boot the usb stick again. The speed is very fast comparing with the real CD. I will use the usb stick for maintenance mainly system backups to tape. Until now I use physical partition because it was simple to do backups using puppy linux for maintenance, now I can use easily LVM and backup and restore the whole system from the usb stick. GREAT. 2. Yast looks great. The partitioner works perfect, webpin is a new addition. Well all is good. 3. Firefox integration is big plus for kde users. 4. It is hard to evaluate performance comparing it with a production system like I use opensuse 11.1 but it feels faster and more responsive, mainly faster. 5. ext4 seems to work very well, no problem since I use it. I crushed it few time to evaluate recovery and everything has been fine. I have not experimented with Btrfs yet. 6. KDE 4x is getting better and better. Still there is a problem with the system tray widget. I filled bug report before, I'll do it again. The widget fails in two ways a) the icons are represented by a blank square (the only one ok is the mixer) this is a new problem b) if you have opened another activity the system tray widget will show in all activities and the graphics are distorted and you can no see the config and it can not be resize or removed except only in the original activity. BTW the system tray works very well on the panel. This bug creates a problem if you want to remove the panel and replace its functionality with widgets. This is going to be a great release. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Practicalities of IPv6 - no default gateway needed?
by Per Jessen 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Doing my first baby steps with IPv6, I've just now come across the issue of the default gateway. It's easy enough to set up manually or with YaST, but apparently it's no longer necessary due to the "Neighbor Discovery Protocol":"Router Solicitation"? /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.7°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What's up with help in kde4 -- not that helpful (Am I misconfigured??)
by David C. Rankin 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Listmates, One thing with kde4 I haven't had time to sort out is the help system. In KDE3, I could use it and it was helpful. In kde4, it's like the search index just gives me formatted or hyperlinked grep output of the help directory. If I search for a term, I get 30 copies of the same information, and a hand full of htdig errors. Have I screwed up my help config somehow? This is on 11.0 with kde4 factory installed. For example, just a minute ago, I wanted to look up how to send mail to a distribution list in kmail. Simple enough, I chose help from the kmail menu and waited for the help to appear. It did, and I looked though the TOC and didn't find anything. So I read the FAQ, still no help (I'm not saying I didn't miss it). So I then just did a simple search putting "distribution list" into the search box. (using kde4 default 'or' search). What I got back was a mess: (16k text) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/data/kmail-help-or.t… tar.bz2 of both kmail-help-or.txt, kmail-help-and.txt (1.7k) http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/data/kde4-help-src- results.tar.bz2 So I figured that the 'or' conditional for the search must have been too broad and that an 'and' connector would narrow the search (and was proper to begin with, but I wanted to see what the 'or' would return) I ran the search with an 'and' and got back what looked like the same mess. So I saved the file and ran diff on them. To my amazement, the two files were binary equal -- Huh? That can't be! How does "distribution || list" return the same thing as "distribution && list"? That shouldn't happen. Anyway I have resolved that I must have something wildly misconfigured. Here is the first bit of the results returned from my search for "distribution list" in the kde4 help system. Do the results point to anything I could have misconfigured? Can somebody else type "distribution list" into the help index and see if they get anything else and let me know? Also let me know if it is an openSuSE issue or a kde4 issue (I fairly sure it is kde4 if it isn't me) Here is the help window I typed the search into: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/kdehelp.… And here is the first bit of repeating stuff I got back (both times) Search Results Search Results for 'distribution list': Start-Up Installation and Setup Chapter 30. Managing X.509 Certification (06/06/08) 7.2. The Linux File System (06/06/08) Chapter 12. Help and Documentation (06/06/08) A.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 2.2. LVM Configuration (06/06/08) Chapter 20. LDAP—A Directory Service (06/06/08) Basics Chapter 30. Managing X.509 Certification (06/06/08) 7.2. The Linux File System (06/06/08) Chapter 12. Help and Documentation (06/06/08) A.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 2.2. LVM Configuration (06/06/08) Chapter 20. LDAP—A Directory Service (06/06/08) Mobility Chapter 30. Managing X.509 Certification (06/06/08) 7.2. The Linux File System (06/06/08) Chapter 12. Help and Documentation (06/06/08) A.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 19. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) B.2. GNU Free Documentation License (06/06/08) 2.2. LVM Configuration (06/06/08) <snip> This same set of files repeats ~30 times, then the htdig errors. I have run htdig and created the initial databases, so what could I have messed up?: KDE User Guide Introduction Htdig error: Unable to read configuration file Managing Files and Resources Htdig error: Unable to read configuration file GNOME User Guide Introduction Htdig error: Unable to read configuration file Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources Htdig error: Unable to read configuration file <snip> ~10 times Then more of the same. Finally, we get to another new htdig error that is looking in my old kde3 config directory which seems strange: openSUSE Documentation (en) Htdig error: Unable to read word database file '/home/david/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index//opensuse-manualen.words.db' Did you run htdig? Like I said, yes, I ran htdig, I ran it again just for good measure -- no change. Will, Dotan, kde4 folks, what's the trick? What does it look like I've done to my help? -- 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] KDE4, disable switching desktops with mouse scroll wheel
by Clayton 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I'm running KDE 4.3.2 on my netbook.. works very well... except for one little annoyance. The netbook has a scroll area on the right hand side of the mouse touchpad, and it's VERY sensitive. If I happen to have the mouse cursor on the desktop, and accidentally brush that spot on the touchpad, the desktop spins wildly depending on how much of a swipe I gave the scroll area. I want to disable or remove the mouse scroll binding from the desktop switching, but... after much searching and prodding, I cannot seem to find any way to disable it. Anyone here know how to disconnect the scroll wheel from desktop switching? Switch on desktop edge is disabled (not the trigger in this case anyway) C. -- 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 do I turn off frame-buff switch on boot ??
by Linda Walsh 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Aaron Kulkis wrote: > boot to runlevel 3 by either... ---- Thank-you, but I was obviously unclear. Sorry, I'll explain in more detail... I already run in mode 3, but in mode 3, the system is still using a 'frame buffer' rather than an SVGA text mode. The switch to frame buffer seems to happen when grub starts and displays a graphical menu rather than a text menu. From there, it's all downhill -- they system boot using a framebuffer, I don't see the actually boot text coming out to the console reliably or, right now, at all. Normally, whether or not you see boot text or a snazzy boot screen, depends on the setting of the verbose parameter to the kernel in the boot file. But either way, snazzy screen or scrolled text in a framed area -- it's a frame buffer and not actually using the hardware's internal text modes. So when the hardware switch modes into the framebuffer, information is visually lost (though can be perused later in a log if you want to go back and check every time but when looking for problems, I prefer to see the actual text on the screen wizzes by ... though it's getting harder to read these days, usually the hardware scrollingis synced with the screen refresh and scrolls a line at a time, vs. the frame buffer,I think, doing smooth scrolling via bit-shifting (but not sure about that). Anyway...I'd prefer it boot normally and not use the frame buffer during boot. It's not reliable -- due to the lost output -- and, right now, I don't get anyoutput at all -- I just get a blank screen f from the time the boot starts till I get a login prompt -- I don't even see services start. Does this make my question more clear? -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] How do I turn off frame-buff switch on boot ??
by Linda Walsh 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I'd like to keep my console in native vga/ega mode -- its' faster, I don't miss output, nor do I have long blank periods and it's more reliable (right now I see NO output from when the kernel starts to boot until the login prompt appears, so I don't know if a kernel is coming up or has hung until the boot process has finished). So how do I disable the switch to using the frame buffer, globally for all boots on my system? Is there a simple switch I can set somewhere? Or is this a problem (a 'bug'?)...? ;-) thanks much! -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] Trust WB-6250X webcam microphone
by Jos van Kan 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I recently obtained a Trust WB-6250X webcam with built-in microphone. It is a UVC device and supported according to http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Web_Cameras. The camera is working fine, but I found as yet no way to get the mic working. (mostly by trying every possible input setting in kmixer and switching between mic1 and mic2) Did any of you gurus find a way to wake this mic from the dead? -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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