February 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OpenSuse 11.0 and KDE 4 Unstable
by Andrew Colvin 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi all, I'm in a bit of a quandry with my KDE 4 installation. I am currently running Opensuse 11.0 and have been upgrading my KDE 4 and QT from the following repositories for quite some time: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop/open… http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt/openSUSE_11.0/ This all worked very well until about 2 weeks ago and I was using a very stable 4,2 and then an initial unstable 4.3 devel which quite often black screened. However since that initial 4.3 I have been unable to update When I update the KDE4 I have to upgrade the QT to version 4.4.90+4.5.0. However, with this version of QT installed I cannot run Yast software management as it Seg faults on drawing its window. Reverting to the QT44 repository allows Yast to work again. I have tried the Yast Backport repository as well but that is no better I seem to be at a bit of an impasse; I can do one of the following it seems: 1. Not upgrade KDE4 any more 2. Upgrade and not use yast-QT (Yast-GTK isnt as good) 3. Upgrade to opensuse 11.1 (assuming this wont have the same problem) - dont want this as I have all the software set up exactly as I want it and I dont really have the time to sort them all out again. 4. Find a solution to my repository fiasco. Has anyone else had this problem and know how to solve it - I would really like to continue testing and using kde4 as I have found since 4.2 that it is fast becoming a really good desktop and had started using it for most things. The current version that I have installed seems to have a couple of annoying problems and hence why I want to resolve the issue: 1. Kopete yahoo seems to send blank messages but emoticons get sent. Havent been able to debug it as my yahoo contact isnt technically minded but im beginning to wonder if it is setting the font to white 2. As mentioned earlier I quite often end up with a black screen - the mouse cursor is still there and the desktop still functions it is just all black. Seems to happen when I move a window and wobbly windows is on or sometimes when I click on the suse style menu. If the effects are off it doesnt seem to happen. So please advise me how to resolve this little problem Andrew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] hal-device denied by policy
by Detlev Runge 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hallo Leute, ich habe seit kurzem keinen zugriff mehr auf das dvd-laufwerk bis jetzt noch keine funktionierende lösung gefunden. bei mir SuSE11.1 X64 KDE 4.1.3 rel 4.9 danke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Skype with PA on 11.1
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi, Skype was almost usable on 11.0 with pulseaudio when following http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#Skype but I fail completely getting voice capturing to work on 11.1. Skype always aborts the testcall immediately with the error about capturing. So it's not only a volume setting issue. Anyone got it to work and could iterate the steps to be done? Thanks, Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Curious about different software raid signatures in top (md & dm raid)
by David C. Rankin 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Listmates, I am curious. I have several boxes that have regular software raid (mdraid) and several boxes that make use of bios raid (dmraid). Looking at top on the boxes with mdraid I notice that once every second or so the disks in the array are 'talking?' to each other which produces and nice rhythmic signature in top like: 1931 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.7 0.0 4:59.63 md2_raid1 1090 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 2:44.20 md1_raid1 Noticing this I checked the bios raid boxes to see if they had a similar indication in top. They don't. I know both md and dm raid are different software raid implementations for all practical purposes, but I was curious why md raid would show up in tom and dmraid doesn't. Does anybody have a one or two line synopsis they could share? Next, when I see the mdraid make its fleeting appearance in top, what is actually going on with the array? Guessing, it would appear that as part of the normal operation, the disks in the array (md1_raid1 & md2_raid1, here) are checking sync status and seeing if anything new has appeared that needs to be duplicated from one disk to the other. Is that all that is going on or its it something else? It's a good thing I'm not a cat, it would have killed me a long time ago;-) -- 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: [opensuse] enable DHCP server broadcast Suse 11
by James D. Parra 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

> Hello, > > Is there a way to ensure that the DHCP server on Suse will broadcast? > Perhaps this is the default setting, but I want to make sure our Vista > machines can get a DHCP assigned address. > > Thank you, > > James > AFIK, DHCP servers don't broadcast. They respond to DHCP requests, which are broadcasts from clients. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Thank you. That makes sense. I have several Vista machines on our network and today none of them are able to get a DHCP address. What a mess. If anyone has found a way to get their Vista machines to get a DHCP address from a Suse Linux DHCP server, I would be most grateful for the howto. James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Xorg Server Saturates CPU (Kernel Mode) When DPMS Engages
by Randall R Schulz 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi, In the aftermath of my ill-considered attempt to install the Gnome Control Center (*), subsequently removed, I find that when I come back to my system after a long idle period, GKrellM is showing me a solid block of 100% CPU, most of it kernel-mode. This abnormal usage ceases with the disengagement of the DPMS / screen saver. In order to track down the cause of this symptom that vanishes when I use keyboard or mouse (**), I ran a loop of periodic "ps axl" invocations directed into a file before retiring in the evening. From this I deduced that the X server is the culprit. At least it is the process accumulating the CPU usage, but since it's a server, this may just reflect it responding to a barrage of requests from some other process. Furthermore, it is not the case that this extreme CPU use is caused by the screen saver itself, because I can wait for it to kick in, let it run for several minutes (but less than the DPMS initiation interval) and then cancel it (the screen saver) and see from the 5-minute interval displayed by GKrellM that CPU usage is normal (for the screen saver I'm currently using, that's just a few percent). In fact, the abnormal usage does not start until about 10 minutes after the system becomes idle. Additionally, there appears to be a short interval (about 5 minutes) when the CPU usage drops back to normal, and then it goes up and stays up. This is openSUSE 11.1. If anyone can shed some light on this, give me some hints about what might be wrong, what to look at, what experiments to conduct, etc., I'd appreciate it. (*) The other possibility was installing the KDE 4 Personal Settings packages, which unlike the subsequently removed Gnome Control Center, remains installed. However, I don't believe the symptom began until I added and then removed the Gnome packages. (**) I know I could SSH in from another system to monitor it without disengaging DPMS or the screen saver. I may yet try that. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wireless Problem
by Mark Misulich 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi, I have installed 11.1 32bit OS using kde3.5 on my Hp Pavilion dv2000 laptop. I had a successful installation but I am having a problem getting the wireless to work. The wireless card information is as follows: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Contro ller I installed ndiswrapper, ndisgtk, and ndiswrapper pae kernel module with yast. Using ndisgtk, I installed the same .inf windows driver that I used previously with success in 10.2 and 10.3. when I do the following I get this normal result: #ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb) When I try to configure the wireless card in yast, I tried to use the ifup method. The light on the wireless switch is blue. When I use the scan network button on the Yast/Wireless Network Card Configuration/Wireless Device Settings Page to find networks, it shows the four networks that I can pick up here at my house that I and my neighbors have, so I know that the wireless radio is working. Yet after I finish using the wizard to configure the card I can't connect to the internet using wireless. If I select "User Controlled with Networkmanager" instead of "Traditional Method with ifup" and then activate knetworkmanager I still can't connect. The knetworkmanager icon in the kickerpanel is grayed out, and if I right click on the icon it says "Networkmanager is not running". Would someone kindly help me out and advise me what I need to do to get this working? Thanks, 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] Bluetooth stereo headset
by Manne Merak 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Anyone can recommend working Bluetooth stereo headset for Linux? Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] dolphin copy progress windows?
by Teruel de Campo MD 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

opensuse 11.1 kde 4.2.1 When I d-n-d a file from one directory to another one small windows with the progress of the copy shows but disappears before the copy ends. How can I make it to stay? -=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] Microphone Probelm
by Michael Bartoschek 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi, I have got a problem with my microphones. They worked with Suse10.3. I shifted all Switches in Alsamixer to the maximum and deinstalled pulseaudio. The hardware works, there was an acoustic feedback. But Skype, KRecord and Audacity did not get any input. What should I do? Regards, Michael Bartoschek

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[opensuse] Kaddressbook KDE4.2
by peter nikolic 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hi . Opensuse 11.1 x86_64 KDE4.2 update if i attempt to edit the addressbook then exit it it causes KDE to lock up solid and kill the keyboard i have to ssh in from another machine ot reagin control of the machine then once i restart KDE i find that all the work i had done in addressbook is lost , I am not seeing any reports anywhere of problems so can offer no more info unless someone can tell me what and how to get .. this is sort of mighty anoying as i have a lot of records in the addressbook that was perfect on 10.3 with KDE 3.5.x any ideas where to look / how to fix Machine Compaq Presario 64 bit Turion 1.5 Gb Ram 80Gb Hdd ATI Radeon Mobility M200 video limited by the bios to 128 Mb Ram Cheers Pete . -- Opensuse 10.3 x86_64 (Linux is like a wigwam no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- 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: Trouble with Konsole
by jdd 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Bob S a écrit : >> * YaST, network services (the place change with distro versions) >> * command line "hostname" (see man page) >> * /etc/hosts >> * /etc/postfix/main.cf >> * /etc/printcap >> * /etc/samba/ >> >> and may be other I missed :-( >> (do a grep -R yourhostname /etc >> >> YaST don't change all >> > Thanks jdd, > here and fire up 11.1, Will report back later or tomorrrow. just as a test, I tryed to change my hostname again. in Yast (11.1), it's in network/networksetup, third tab and you can tick 'change the /etc/hosts file. after this (monacer changed to monacer2): monacer2:/etc # grep -R monacer * HOSTNAME:monacer2.perso hosts:127.0.0.2 monacer2.perso monacer2 hosts.YaST2save:127.0.0.2 monacer2.perso monacer2 postfix/main.cf:myhostname = monacer2.perso printcap:hp5m|HP LaserJet 5M - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2:rm=monacer.perso:rp=hp5m: printcap:hp4100|HP Photosmart c4100 series Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.7.3:rm=monacer.perso:rp=hp4100: samba/smb.conf: netbios name = monacer so now YaST do most of the work, and the konsole promt is good without extra restart. Only cups is not updated. this didn't work a month ago, so probably something have changed (may be non directly YaST related) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Trouble with Konsole
by Bob S 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hello SuSE people, Testing 11.1 with KDE 4.1 Konsole, or any terminal refuses to use my hostname. When it opens it says bob@linux-81s3 ~Documents. Where do I change that? It also will not keep any configuration I have set for it. Bob S PS KDE4 still has a loooong way to go. -- 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 11.1 cron job access to X display
by Andre Truter 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

I have just upgraded from openSUSE 11.0 to 11.1. I use XFCE as desktop and I have a cron job that change my background every hour by executing xfdesktop -reload. This worked fine until now. On openSUSE 11.1, the script cannot access the display. I get the error: (xfdesktop:14628): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 It works fine if I run it from an x terminal. Any idea hos I can give the cron job access to the display, or any other ideas on how to run a script every hour inside the X session? Thanks -- Andre Truter | Software Consultant | Registered Linux user #185282 Jabber: andre.truter(a)gmail.com | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] voxin for gnome
by josh 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi, Can voxin from www.oralux.org be installed on opensuse? Josh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] sound schemes
by josh 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

hi, How can I use the ubuntu sound scheme for opensuse instead of the default one? Josh -- 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] problems starting CUPS
by Joel Young 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

On Sunday 22 February 2009 22:59:51 Anders Johansson wrote: > On Sunday 22 February 2009 22:24:05 Joel Young wrote: > > Tried to set all kind of write permission's with no go, what is wrong? > > What am I overlooking? > > Do you get anything in /var/log/audit/audit.log ? > > Anders hmmm yes a lot, but that I file I don't understand much off other than I can see that my trouble comes from AppArmor. Don't see where to cut in the file, so I made all of it available at http://www.2b-young.com/~julle/audit.log -- Greetings from Joel Young aka JULLE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ekiga or gizmo
by josh 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

hi, can gizmo or ekiga be used to make calls to regular telephones or cell phones? Josh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] accessible boot menu for blind&visually impaired people
by josh 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi, I am really pleased and happy that there is now an accessible boot menu in OpenSuse. I hope accessibility continues to improve in the future. Josh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] xmms-flac Package x64 ???
by Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi ! Anyone knows if there is a xmms-flac package for x64? I serached through webpin, nothing found so far. webpin states that it is availab;le from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_Factor… but it is not there. Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] installing with gnome and orca
by josh 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi, will opensuse 11.1 import directories and subdirectories from the my documents folder in windows during installation? I am blind and will be useing orca for the install. Josh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] "nothing provides atom:..."
by Gabor Pinter 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Dear list, I tried to do some general update with yast2 (OpenSuse 11.0, KDE3), and ended up with tons of conflicts: "nothing provides atom:...." The only offered option for "Conflict resolution" is "do not install patch <pkg_name>" Since I have around 100 of these, i'd rather not go through it by hand. I am coming from a distro using apt-get, and franky, quite unsure what the next step should be... thanks for help in advance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] networkmanager command line
by lynn 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Is there anything like kinternetmanager for the command line? I was thinking of putting the WPA key in a script and using cinternetmanager. But surely there is an easier way. Thanks L -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BASH - Need help with ssh remote directory test?
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Listmates, I have run into another bash caveat I don't understand. Evidently, the ssh call I am making is returning an "exit" following execution of the first pass and never getting to the rest of the hostnames I want to test. It is part of a script that will take a new or modified file and scp it to the same directory on my list of remote hosts. The relevant portions of the script are: FILENAME=`basename $1` if [[ ${DIRNAME:0:1} == '/' ]]; then DIRNAME=`dirname $1` else DIRNAME=${PWD}/`dirname $1` fi while read DESTHOST; do if ssh $DESTHOST '[[ -d "$DIRNAME" || $(mkdir -p "DIRNAME") -eq 0 ]]'; then if scp ${DIRNAME}/${FILENAME} $DESTHOST:${DIRNAME}/${FILENAME}; then echo -e "Transfer to $DESTHOST ${lightgreen}[OK]${nc}" else echo -e "Transfer to $DESTHOST ${red}[Failed]${nc}" fi else echo "$DESTHOST is Unavailable" fi done < /home/david/linux/scripts/network/dsshosts 23:22 alchemy:~> cat /home/david/linux/scripts/network/dsshosts ecstasy killerz nirvana nemesis zion bonza.rbpllc.com providence.rbpllc.com The irrelevant, but curious parts of the script are: red='\e[0;31m' # ${red} lightgreen='\e[1;32m' # ${lightgreen} nc='\e[0m' # ${nc} What happens is the script runs through host ecstasy and then finishes. If I comment the 'if ssh $DESTHOST...' or replace it with anything else, it runs through all the hosts as expected. So for reasons I don't understand, the 'if ssh...' call is making it exit. I have tried every variant I can think of. I tried putting the ssh check in a function: ckdestdir () { return $(ssh $1 '[[ -d "$DIRNAME" || $(mkdir -p "DIRNAME") -eq 0 ]]') } No joy. I tried putting the call in a subshell: if { ssh $DESTHOST '[[ -d "$DIRNAME" || $(mkdir -p "DIRNAME") -eq 0 ]]' }; then No joy, same result every time. It runs through ecstasy and quits. (at least that is consistent). So I'm stumped as to which part of man bash I'm not complying with? Any help to cure my present CRI would be greatly appreciated. -- 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: [opensuse] Avantfax Rocks! - If you deal with faxes, you don't know what you are missing
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Anton Aylward wrote: > David C. Rankin said the following on 02/21/2009 05:15 AM: >> Listmates, >> >> After two avantfax server installs, I created a page that details the >> installation and configuration of Avantfax, including the Tesseract OCR engine. >> Take a look: >> >> http://www.3111skyline.com/linux/avantfax.php >> >> It's brand new, so if there are typos or fubars, send me an email and I'll fix >> it. This package is fantastic. > > It seems heavy -- Apache plus OCR plus MySQL - just to send a fax from > my laptop. > > Anton, The only thing that goes on your laptop is hylafax-client. The rest is on the server. You send the data from your laptop to wherever you have the fax setup installed. -- 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] Re: How to unload kernel module?
by jdd 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Josef Wolf a écrit : > Hello, > > I'd like to debug a kernel module. For that, I want to unload the > module that was loaded at boot. I remember in the old days, you > could simply "modprobe -r modname" to get rid of it. rmmod worked for me recently jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Avantfax Rocks! - If you deal with faxes, you don't know what you are missing
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Listmates, After two avantfax server installs, I created a page that details the installation and configuration of Avantfax, including the Tesseract OCR engine. Take a look: http://www.3111skyline.com/linux/avantfax.php It's brand new, so if there are typos or fubars, send me an email and I'll fix it. This package is fantastic. -- 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: [opensuse] BASH - Need help with ssh remote directory test?
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Pit Suetterlin wrote: > Hmm, I hope it's not related to the mkdir command missing the $ before > DIRNAME and the scp subsequently not finding the location to copy > stuff to? > > Pit That's part of it;-) But even with the fix it still fails. It looks like what is happening is that once ssh $DESTHOST '[[ -d "$DIRNAME" || $(mkdir -p $DIRNAME) ]]' is called and passed to the remote host, the remote host has no idea what $DIRNAME is and the script fails. (which makes a bit of sense). So it looks like $DIRNAME isn't expanded before being sent (which also makes sense because it is enclosed in ' ' single quotes ........ -- 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] Howto Use/Relay Ports to Connect to Other Computers from Outside?
by David C. Rankin 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Listmates: I guess this situation is a port forwarding situation, but I'm not sure how to attack the problem. I have a limited number of IP entries in my router that I can use to forward traffic through to other machines on my office LAN from the outside. I need to learn how to setup ports on my primary server that will send/receive information to and from other computers on the lan. What is the best way to do this? In the past the only experience I have had with this is ssh port forwarding to forward X or reach other machines behind the router. Is that what I need to do even though the traffic isn't ssh? Do I need to set up IP tables? Can I do that with SuSEfirewall? The layout I need is like this: internet server port:12344 <==============>[ ]<----------------->[ ] client1 port:12345 |\ | \<---------------->[ ] client2 port:12346 |\ | \<---------------->[ ] client3 port:12347 [ ] client4 port:12348 What mechanism do I need to go learn so that I can set up something like this generically without relying on ssh only? Thanks! -- 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: [opensuse] Re: opensuse-communityscreening@forge.novell.com (was: Impossible to use Asterisk PBX on 11.1)
by Allen Zhu 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Allen Zhu <allen.jaloola(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Per Jessen <per(a)opensuse.org> wrote: >> >> Allen Zhu wrote: >> >> > Think you got to register with Forge at >> > http://forge.novell.com/modules/news/ then join the project and >> > subscribe? I haven't tried it yet... >> > >> > Have you joined? >> >> Hi Allen, your regular userid+password (for bugzilla for instance) will >> give you access. >> >> >> /Per >> >> >> -- >> Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.6°C) >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> Have to post with plain text! Here's my reply: I know that. You mean Novell Account, actually. OpenSUSE, Bugzilla accounts are the same as Novell Accounts. Anything at *.novell.com you should be able to login with Novell Account, but I'm saying I haven't gone in, but is there a listing of who is the moderator? Allen Registered Linux User 484485 (http://counter.li.org/) Sent from: San jose Ca United States. P. J. O'Rourke - "Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Priorities in the build package?
by Anders Norrbring 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Is there a way to set the priorities to which rpm package the build system use when setting up the build system? I have several directories with rpm packages in, and of course I want build to use the newest package if there are more than one version in the directories. Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Plasma and WindowMaker
by Constantinos Maltezos 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

I mentioned a problem a while back - my machine locking up when I was using KDE or a few other things. Since then, until I've figured out what's wrong (which I'm still doing), I'm running WindowMaker. It's great and everything, but I found I missed my Plasma Workspace, so I started running it under WindowMaker. It works just fine except that it doesn't remember what I've told it after I shut down the wm. Plasmoids that I had removed are back, all the plasmoids are bunched up on the upper left and two application icons from kickoff stick around on my panel. The only thing that's kept through a restart is the panel size, which I changed recently. Is there a way (probably via the command line) for me to make Plasma play nice with WindowMaker? If I could just make a shell script that I can run before I shut down that tells Plasma to save its state, things would be excellent. -- 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 unload kernel module?
by Josef Wolf 21 Feb '09

21 Feb '09

Hello, I'd like to debug a kernel module. For that, I want to unload the module that was loaded at boot. I remember in the old days, you could simply "modprobe -r modname" to get rid of it. But nowadays, with all this udev/hal/debus/whatever, I am somewhat lost. Here is what I would like to get rid of: raven:/ # lsmod | egrep '(299|dvb|budget)' stv0299 11280 1 budget_ci 18956 0 budget_core 12332 1 budget_ci dvb_core 87948 3 stv0299,budget_ci,budget_core saa7146 18080 2 budget_ci,budget_core ttpci_eeprom 2520 1 budget_core ir_common 43340 1 budget_ci i2c_core 35280 5 stv0299,budget_ci,budget_core,ttpci_eeprom,i2c_piix4 raven:/ # See the use-count of stv0299? How do I find out which component uses it and how do I get rid of it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] clean hard drive
by John Heinen 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the linux partition and increase the windows part? -- 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: clean hard drive
by jdd 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

John Heinen a écrit : > I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux > such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the > linux partition and increase the windows part? depends of many things (positions of the partitions...). Very risky. only for the experts however, you can fire YaST, partitionner and see if it accepts to do so, with much luck... jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- 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: How to unload kernel module?
by jdd 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Josef Wolf a écrit : > Thanks for the quick answer. Unfortunately, rmmod will not remove > the module because its use-count is still 1 although no applications > are currently using /dev/dvb/*. well... the raw method is to stop the service that uses this module (I don't know what one it's): rc <TAB> as root will list all the services (or /etc/init.d/ <TAB>) <TAB> meaning press the TAB key once or twice jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gfxboot
by Ciro Iriarte 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi, anybody knows how to modify the Menu entries for gfxboot?, i'm modifying a installation CD from SLES9 (kind of SuSE Pro 9.3), and the entries appear just like the labels from isolinux.cfg. According to http://en.opensuse.org/Gfxboot#Menu_entries there's a "internal list", is it possible to add entries to it? Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.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-kdesvn-kiosvn package dependencies
by Fabian Scheler 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hello everybody, is it possible that the package dependencies of kde4-kdesvn-kiosvn in the KDE4 Factory Community repository are broken. The package requires the kdesvn-version 1.2.3 but of course the kdesvn-version available is 1.0.4 as kdesvn is a KDE3 application while kde4-kdesvn is the corresponding KDE4 app. So kde4-kdesvn-kiosvn should require kde4-kdesvn and not kdesvn, right? Ciao, Fabian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fallback to read-only FS
by Dominique Leuenberger 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi everybody, Again it happened that my machine decided that the root FS should be remounted as read only (interestingly enough, only the root FS, even though there are different LVM Volumes on that disk... onle SYSTEM-ROOT is being remounted. Luckily I would say, as this allows the system to continue writting it's logs to /var (SYSTEM-VAR in my system). >From the /var/log/messages I get: Feb 19 23:37:21 messiah smartd[4527]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors Feb 19 23:47:05 messiah kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen Feb 19 23:47:05 messiah kernel: ata1.00: cmd ea/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 Feb 19 23:47:05 messiah kernel: res 40/00:0c:d8:b6:c2/00:00:0a:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout) Feb 19 23:47:05 messiah kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } Feb 19 23:47:05 messiah kernel: ata1: hard resetting link Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 74347024 Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-0, logical block 9164810 Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-0 Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-0. Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: ata1: EH complete Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors: (250GB/232GiB) Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: ext3_abort called. Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-0): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data Feb 19 23:47:06 messiah kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data As said, interestingly, I had similiar lock-ups (since updating to openSUSE 11.1.. did not see them on 10.2) already on another disk which was removed from the system.. and then the effect moved to this disk, which let's me wonder if the other disk really had a problem or not. Any suggestions? Funnily, as it's the root FS, I can't remount it now without a reboot... Tips and tricks are welcome. 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] Re: opensuse-communityscreening@forge.novell.com (was: Impossible to use Asterisk PBX on 11.1)
by Per Jessen 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Per Jessen wrote: > Philipp Thomas wrote: > >> Have you looked at who the bugowner is? It was >> opensuse-communityscreening(a)forge.provo.novell.com, a mailinglist >> where anybody who wants to help screening bugs can subscribe. > > I think the address is > > opensuse-communityscreening(a)forge.novell.com > I sent two subscribes to this list 4 days ago and was told they are awaiting moderator/owner approval. Could someone please poke the moderator/owner, thanks. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-3.1°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] How do I get kedit back to normal?
by JB2 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hiya gang, I'm finally getting around to asking this question. In the picture, when I mouse on 'open recent' a list pops up next to it. Every item in the list also has the location of that item after it in brackets '[ ]'. I hate this as it makes the list way too large and harder to read. In SuSE 9.3 and earlier, this never happened, only on this 10.3 (I presume). How do I get rid of the garbage in the brackets? There's nothing in the 'settings' that does anything about it. John -- "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end". -- 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 crash
by Regis Matejcik 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

I'm using OpenSuse 11.0 32bit os. I was using kde4. Since it was a recent installation I experimented with a few different wall papers, tried to get different ones on each desktop like kde3 - gave up. Then tried a few Compiz opitions - didn't work - no big deal. Then the system started bogging down badly. Checking the system monitor it should KDE4 as zombie. I decided to shut everything down and reboot. When I rebooted, it booted to the login screen, then after logging in, it played some start up music and booted to a completely black screen with a useable arrow cursor, but nothing else on the screen. I finally rebooted and logged in using iceWM, which works fine. But I'd like to find out if there is a way to get KDE4 back, short of removing it with yast and re-installing it. Thanks, Regis -- 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] Firefox Version Wierdness
by Kai Ponte 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Allen Zhu wrote: > Are you on the same user? Yes. Only one user on this machine, me. (Exclusive of Root.) > > If so, have you tried to check for updates again or restart your > computer and try again? No, in fact, I haven't rebooted. It just happened again. I noticed that my flash plugins were missing and then restarted FF. I'm now on 3.0.6, where I was on 3.0.5 earlier. How can two versions be installed at the same time without me being notified? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.filesite.org XCJNaWNyb3NvZnQgaXNuXCd0IGV2aWwsIHRo ZXkganVzdCBtYWtlIHJlYWxseSBjcmFwcHkg b3BlcmF0aW5nIHN5c3RlbXMuXCIgLSBMaW51 cyBUb3J2YWxkcw== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] MBR corrupted by installer?
by Martín Melado 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

This is my first message on the list, so hello to all :) I have had some problems installing openSUSE. I have several partitions with several OS, and the MBR is used by the Windows Vista bootloader (BCD). In one of those partitions, I had Ubuntu installed, with GRUB in the Linux partition itself, not in the MBR, and everything was working fine. Yesterday I installed openSUSE 11.1 from DVD, and just after that, the computer wasn't booting. I mean, neither BCD nor GRUB are loading. I just get the classical "Veryfing DMI pool data..." and it just stops there, with no messages. I had marked especifically in the installer that I wanted GRUB to be installed in /dev/sda6 (the Linux partition), so I am not sure what happened and why it modified the MBR. Anyway, just to be sure, I restored the MBR with a LiveCD and 'dd' (I had a backup) and everything worked fine again. Then I reinstalled openSUSE, but the same problem appeared again. I compared the MBR (dd & diff) before and after installing openSUSE and it _is_ being modified, but I am not sure why. I am not using the "automatic configuration" option in the installer. Any suggestions? I want to keep the BCD bootloader. Thank you. PS: Sorry if my English is not very good. -- Martín -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Reopen bug or create a new
by Tamas Sarga 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, My question is, what is the desirable method, when I have a clue that a bug fix created another bug. So the fix eventually fixed the issue, but created another one. I reported bnc#398315, what was about repos' changes were saved when I hit abort in the installer. Now it wouldn't be saved even I hit OK and proceed. Should I add another comment to the resolved fixed bug report, or create a new one? TIA. Tamas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmdxSwACgkQsuVyj8v2Zy4FDQCfbpeaTWfec9JnqXSBBJsgCDaC wK4An2GuOus81esyMMXPi8DXkL3B4MIT =MRPt -----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] Education Project: openSIS port to mysql
by James Tremblay aka SLEducator 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hello everyone, I am proud to announce the formation of the openSIS-MySQL project on Eduforge https://eduforge.org/projects/opensismysql/ The aim of this project is to work on the last major hurdle to getting the first version of my dream to combine our server products into an Education ERP http://en.opensuse.org/Education_ERP I will be handling installation and support questions since I am fairly familiar with the code. we could certainly use suggestions, feedback and assistance with the programming. areas of need, PHP , ADOdb, LAMP. Subversion Please feel free to join our mailing list at http://www.opensis.com/subscribe_newsletter.php or the forums at http://www.os4ed.com/forum/ -- James Tremblay openSIS Product Specialist http://www.os4ed.com mail james "AT" os4ed.com CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/education -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] RAID1 boot problems
by Sbs Bofh 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

For years I've been setting up (open)suse machines with three (or more) partitions - each one using software RAID1, all partitions created and RAID set up during the installation. Has worked (at least up to 10.3) like a dream... /dev/md0 as /boot, /dev/md1 as /, and /dev/md2 as swap is(was) my current standard. Is it true that you simply can't do this (at least the /boot bit) with opensuse 11.x? I don't understand why this doesn't work, why this has changed in 11.x since it worked so well up to 10.3, and what I should be doing instead? Thanks, jim -- 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: getting new laptop
by jdd 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Felix Miata a écrit : > >> * virtualbox (non-OSE, i.e. from their website) > > What does the above mean? What is OSE? open source edition (without USB) Whose website? virtualbox home page (sun virtualbox now) http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads IOW, which VirtualBox > do you recommend using? http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- 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] getting new laptop
by Tony Strother 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

If you want to reduce cost, try the Sun "virtual box" solution. I have the following configuration: Lenovo T60P, with the ATI video card OpenSuse11.0 as base OS Sun Virtual Box VMs- MS XP Pro x 2, MS Vista Also a second drive with SLED10,SP2 as base OS VMware workstation VMs- MS XP Pro x2 I tried the dual boot thing for a while, but the MBR was too touchy and ended up to be much to much trouble for that little convenience. Just my $.05 worth. Tony ... On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 17:55 -0800, John Andersen wrote: > kanenas(a)hawaii.rr.com wrote: > > i will be buying a new laptop in a week or so. > > > > In stage 1 I hope to run a dual boot system, some windoze version and then > > suse 10.3, probably 32 bit but that's not final, the 64 bit ver is not only > > faster, but it is approaching the 100% compatibility mark. > > > > no, thanks, i will not try 11.0 or 11.1 yet, i need a kde that has *no* hooks > > to kde4 until at least kde 4.4 as they mark them, but let's not digress. > > > > In stage 2 I hope to run suse 10.3 as the base system, then the plan is to > > load up vmware and run 2 or 3 virtual oss'es, and to include the "default" > > windoze partition as a vmware option. > > > > The plan is to Buy a core-duo from Dell or ibm/lenovo. 2.4 ghz plus, 4 gb ram, > > 300-500 gb hard drive, wifi. since there will be graphics involved, i might > > even go to a 17" lcd. blue ray read a possibility, but definitely not a must > > have. > > > > I am not scared of ati drivers, have installed a few with direct ati downloads > > (the trick really is to *reboot* right after running an aticonfig:)), so I > > ask the group what other pitfalls might I want to avoid. > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > d. > > The biggest pitfall is dual boot itself. > > Not that its not doable, its just flat un-necessary with Vmware, and > a big pain in the neck. Every time I've ever set it up I end up > just dumping it and running one of the OSs in a VM. > > I especially warn you of using the actual HD windows partition as > both a Virtual machine AND a native boot. Don't go there. > > Either run Windows native and Linux in the VM, or nuke the partition > and run Linux Native and windows in a VM. > > Any windows license you get pre-installed by Dell will probably NOT > be usable in a VM, because its a special OEM license which requires > a specific hardware configuration. > > So unless you are willing to run windows as your host OS, you would > be better buying a Linux machine from Dell (or a no-os machine) > and using any old Windows License you have laying around. > -- 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: How do I make KDE 4 work and look like KDE3
by jdd 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Robert Smits a écrit : > Does anyone have a "cheat" sheet that tells us how to do this? use kd3? any kde4 app run under kde3 (with it's libraries, of course) it's what I do jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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