November 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: fake random sort
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Le 27/11/2009 16:55, Jan Ritzerfeld a écrit : > for i in *.jpg; do echo mv -i $i $(echo ${i%.jpg} | md5sum | cut -c > 1-5).jpg; done looks goos but gives me a cut error. is it possible to do the same with $RANDOM? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- 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: apache .htaccess and links
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Le 27/11/2009 17:29, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : > I use and like gallery2. It allows to hide directories for general view, > provides for direct access by url only, multiple password access, control > by user/member.... And, it's free. > > Look at http://gallery.menalto.com thanks, I will get a look jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] X fonts
by Don Raboud 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hi, I've done two installs of 11.2 (i586) and the fonts available under X-windows are not the same and I don't know why. I first noticed this when using xfig - on one machine it couldn't use for example helvetica fonts correctly. There seemed to be no ability to scale the font. On the other machine there was no problem. Digging a bit deeper it seems there are about twice as many helvetica fonts available on the working computer. I don't know if this is a cause or another symptom don@problem-computer:~> xlsfonts | grep helvetica | wc -l 480 Working computer: don@working-computer:~> xlsfonts | grep helvetica | wc -l 988 As far as I can tell I have the same obvious "font" rpms installed on both machines ~> rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort droid-fonts-1.0-3.1.noarch efont-unicode-0.4.2-217.1.noarch fetchmsttfonts-11.2-6.6.12.noarch fontconfig-2.7.0-3.2.i586 fonts-config-20080121-54.2.noarch ghostscript-fonts-other-8.64-6.1.i586 ghostscript-fonts-std-8.64-6.1.i586 liberation-fonts-1.03-2.1.noarch patterns-openSUSE-fonts-11.2-20.22.1.i586 patterns-openSUSE-fonts_opt-11.2-20.22.1.i586 pullin-msttf-fonts-11.2-6.6.7.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-7.4-6.3.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-core-7.4-6.3.noarch xorg-x11-libfontenc-7.4-6.1.i586 and the directories indicated in /etc/fonts/font.conf appear the same on both computers. I don't recall doing anything different in the install related to fonts. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what could be causing this? -- Don -- 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 set LC_MEASUREMENT system wide?
by Istvan Gabor 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello: I would like to set LC_MEASUREMENT to hu_HU.UTF-8 systme wide. In /etc/sysconfig/language there is no LC_MEASUREMENT. How could I set it system wide then? Also openSUSE manual states: "SuSEconfig reads the variables in /etc/sysconfig/language and writes the necessary changes to /etc/SuSEconfig/profile and /etc/SuSEconfig/csh.cshrc." On my system there is neither /etc/SuSEconfig/profile nor /etc/SuSEconfig/csh.cshrc and they are not generated after changing /etc/sysconfig/language. But somehow the change still applied. What is the mechanism? Any hint? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] apache .htaccess and links
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello :-) I have more than 20.000 photos online. just now I have three folders. one private, one public and one for family only This makes use of approx twice the minimum size (the private one is nearly made of family+public). All this is on my own server I have the folders protected by <Directory> directives (there is one "public", one "private" and one "family" directory) knowing the sort between public and private is done on the folder level (not individual photos), could I use direct links in the public and family directories instead of real copies? I don't want anybody to be able to see all the images and I'm not sure of what a link can do with <directory> access any hind welcome general index is here: http://dodin.org/wiki/index.php?n=Photo.GaleriesPhoto thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mandriva releases USB Flash drive Linux distribution
by Basil Chupin 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

For Lynn who was asking recently about a way to run Linux from a flash disk..... Available from mid-December. Linux developer Mandriva has updated its operating-system-on-a-stick with the release of Mandriva Flash 2010 which includes a bootable version of the software on a USB Flash drive. Available from mid-December, Mandriva Flash 2010 puts the latest version of Mandriva Linux onto an 8GB Flash drive, which has 6GB free for a user's own documents and files. Story: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/161483,mandriva-releases-usb-flash-drive-linu… BC -- The best defence against logic is ignorance. -- 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: postfix: Name service error
by Joachim Schrod 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Lars Müller wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:55:32PM +0100, Joachim Schrod wrote: >> 2) Otherwise, check that avahi is running. I can't help you >> further in that use case, there others must chime in. (I don't >> use it. This stuff is good, as long as it works, and is pure >> horror if it doesn't work. Just like all things from Apple. >> I'm an old Unix grey beard (literally) and will not adapt to >> this new-fangled stuff. DNS works for me and it also doesn't >> help me get the kids off my lawn... :-) :-)) > > Independent if 40+ or 50+, Zeroconf, Automatic Private IP Addressing, or > which other name you use and also independent of the operating system in > use this no black magic limited to teenies. > > It is how things are intended to work in a home environment. Maybe even > in small offices. Did I hit a pet peeve of you? Was the last line and the smileys not enough to convey irony? Wow. ;-) That I don't use avahi and thus could not name its SUSE service names from memory, doesn't mean that I don't know about Zeroconf and the associated technologies and programs. The problem with your intended usage is the inability of tech buffs to help family members or office colleagues when something goes awry. Since: the actual problem with avahi is that the documentation is crap. Just look at http://avahi.org/wiki/Avah4users and tell me with a straight face that this bunch of information is sufficient for troubleshooting if the daemon is (a) running and (b) not delivering the correct information. The man page of ahavi.service is a laugh, for avahi-browser and avahi-discover even more so. A halfway good software manual is more than these badly written man pages and one wiki page. Joachim PS: And while I'm at ranting, the same holds for all those new *Kit daemons, too. There is no document to be found that explains how udev, HAL, ConsoleKit, and PolicyKit are supposed to work together. Not to speak of PackageKit; just look at the recent F12 disaster... The attitude of the *Kit developers ("I don't care about the traditional Unix way"), combined with their unwillingness to provide good documentation, makes this stuff a complete mess from a sysadmin point of view. PPS: Don't take this stuff too earnest, and cat /etc/motd some time today. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] fake random sort
by jdd-gmane 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello, I have a cheap electronic photo frame that is not able to dispaly phots randomly. I have more than 1000 photos to display, with a name roughtly made with the photo date. If I I simply set the frame I see the images from the older to the newest. this is quite boring :-) how could I sort the photos in a semi-random manner to let them look on the frame as if they where sorted randomly? I can of course change the file name. thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- 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: postfix: Name service error
by Joachim Schrod 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Otto Rodusek wrote: > Joachim Schrod wrote: >> Otto Rodusek wrote: >>> # >>> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns >> >> There are two possible remedies: >> >> 1) If you don't know what Zeroconf is and have no Apple system, >> remove the string "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] " from the >> line above. I.e., leave only files and dns. >> >> 2) Otherwise, check that avahi is running. >> > Hi, Thanks for all the helpful hints - tried all of them but > postfix/sendmail still can't send out any mail!! I'm a bit confused with > this dns issue - mainly if I open firefox or konquer, I have no problems > surfing the net - even zyppr does all the updates without complaint - > seems that ONLY postfix is giving an issue. As Joachim mentioned I > tried the host command with the following results: > > bunyip:/etc # host gmail.com > gmail.com has address 209.85.225.83 > gmail.com has address 74.125.79.83 > gmail.com has address 74.125.127.83 > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > bunyip:/etc # host -t mx gmail.com > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > bunyip:/etc # This tells that name resolution works, but not mx lookups. Actually, since the first command also outputs a time-out message, this probably also gets no answer from the DNS server. This is not good as the dig command yesterday worked. Before we make postfix work, dig and host must return results. Without them working, postfix won't work at all. Step 1) dig @202.156.1.58 gmail.com mx does that output a result? => This is the most basic way to check of you can access your DNS server. Step 2) host -v -t mx gmail.com 202.156.1.58 how about this? => This is a weeny bit more high-level, but the server is still accessed directly, without system configuation. Step 3) Make a backup copy of nsswitch.conf. Edit it: only "files dns" shall remain on the hosts line. host -v -t mx gmail.com what's the result now? => This uses the system configuration. If step 3 didn't return a result, stop now and come back. Step 4) What is the output of rcnscd status It may tell "command not found", that's OK, too. If it tells "running", call "rcnscd restart". Step 5) Restart postfix; otherwise the changed nsswitch.conf will not be activated: rcpostfix restart Hopefully these steps give more information to locate the problem at your system. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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: [opensuse-gnome] Applications autostart in GNOME
by Marco Calistri 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Il giorno gio, 26/11/2009 alle 18.00 +0100, Vincent Untz ha scritto: > Le jeudi 26 novembre 2009, à 14:36 -0200, Marco Calistri a écrit : > > On Thu 26 Nov 2009 at 11:54:08 (-0300 UTC), Vincent Untz wrote: > > > That certainly shouldn't happen. Can you look at ~/.config/autostart and > > > attach one of the desktop file there from such an application? > > > > You mean trying to setting up some app. directly into ~/.config/autostart? > > No, I'd like to know which applications you configured to autostart, and > see its file from ~/.config/autostart. If there's no such file there, > then that's either not an application you manually configured to > autostart, or well, it's gone. > > Vincent > > -- > Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. Hi Vincent! The ~/.config/autostart is present and it contains both the old configs as the new entry I inserted just to test, this last is the only one which autostart, all the others not, but fusion-icon. marco@linux-turion64:~> ls -la .config/autostart/ totale 56 drwx------ 2 marco users 4096 25 nov 22:26 . drwxr-xr-x 21 marco users 4096 24 nov 22:26 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 183 11 ott 22:53 cairo-dock.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 194 14 dic 2008 ClearWeatherScreenlet.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 293 5 ott 2008 fusion-icon.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 676 15 set 2008 ggreeter.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 5090 14 dic 2008 gnome-at-session.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 6812 29 ago 2008 gpk-update-icon.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 332 22 ott 15:54 gpk-update-viewer.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 281 24 nov 21:38 kupdateapplet-autostart.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 201 14 dic 2008 Screenlets Daemon.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 marco users 188 14 dic 2008 SysmonitorScreenlet.desktop Comparing fusion-icon with kupdateapplet, I suspect that the statements present tin the last: X-SuSE-translate=true or even: OnlyShowIn=KDE May be the cause of no show on Gnome, but this is just my bare guessing. Cheers, -- opensuse 11.2 - Linux 2.6.31.5-0.1-default x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 - GeForce Go 6150 Gnome 2.28

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