May 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Re: CAnt burn iso dvd's
by jdd 12 May '09

12 May '09

Richard Atcheson a écrit : > That is, it looks like everythign is there but the dvd wont boot. are you sure the dvd is bootable? can you try it with virtualbox? (this allow booting directly images) 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] K3b - copying CD to MP3 problem
by James Knott 12 May '09

12 May '09

I recall a while ago, that something had to be done, to get K3b to make MP3 files from a CD. I have installed lame, but when I try to make the MP3s, I get an error about the lame command, but no information as to what the error is, just a list of the command variables. Any ideas tnx -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- 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] "binfmt_coff" or running SCO binaries on openSUSE
by Miquel A. Noguera 12 May '09

12 May '09

El Lunes 11 Mayo 2009 22:20:08 Ciro Iriarte escribió: > In which state is the ABI support in openSUSE?, searching I found only > references to "iBCS" and "binfmt_coff" You can find last "linux-abi" version in: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-abi It compiles and run fine with openSUSE kernel (32 & 64 bits) as well with most actual distros (you don't need patch and compile a custom kernel). > I'm not sure which is thecurrent incarnation of that feature. Is it included > in current openSUSE releases? No, it isn't, nor iBCS2 libraries, which will have to recover from any old SuSE version Miquel. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OO 3.1
by Fred A. Miller 12 May '09

12 May '09

Tonight in uninstalled the 64-bit version of OpenOffice from the OO repository, then used Yast to install the 3.1 64-bit RPMS from openoffice.org. All is well and running very well, which makes me wonder why aren't there rebranded OO 3.1 updates on the OO repository?! Fred -- Gun-toting Americans are clearly more self-sufficient than the sissy Europeans. This is great news for everyone except Barney Frank, who's always secretly wondered what it would be like to be taken by a Somali pirate. --Ann Coulter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Novell Client for openSUSE 11.1
by Roger Oberholtzer 12 May '09

12 May '09

The Novell Client for Linux 2.0 SP2 seems to be working with openSUSE 11.1. Check out the link below for details. http://www.novell.com/products/clients/linux/overview.html I even get an icon in the KDE system tray (kde 4.2.2). I have only tried the 32-bit version. I used the download called: Novell Client 2.0 SP2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 And followed the instructions. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] lack of paper orientation in opensuse openoffice
by Jens Hansen 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi, I use suse since the 8-series. Everyime I install a new version i go to look if there is the possibility to choice paper-orientation in the printer-properties-menu, but it still lacks. In the past I installed the openoffice.org version which has the choice. I need it for brochure-printing. Now I installed opensuse 11.1 on my brandnew 64-bit computer. I saw the lack and now the problem is that the Ooo3 64-bit packages are only in a few languages, but not in my language. My question is, is there a workaround to put in paper-orientation in printer-properties or is there a way to propose novell to put it in? Thanks a lot Jens Hansen, Italy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] barry packages in the build service
by Bruce Ferrell 12 May '09

12 May '09

I found that barry-util-0.14-23.1 has a bad udev rule file, /etc/udev/rules.d/10-blackberry.rules Te effect of the bad rule file is that root is able to run all the barry programs, but regular users have insufficient privilege to access a connected BlackBerry. barry-0.14 is the latest release, but the udev rule is fixed in CVS. Any thoughts on what could/should be done? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] A couple of question about ssh
by Chuck Payne 12 May '09

12 May '09

Guys, I have hit a wall. Both with the man pages and google. I been working with forwding X ssh -X me(a)mybox.mydomain.com /usr/bin/xterm But I am getting this error Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key/usr/bin/xterm Xt error: Can't open display: myboxi:10.0 I had found this doc that did for for a day http://mactip.blogspot.com/2004/04/no-xauth-data.html but now I keep that error. Here are my sshd setting for X #AllowAgentForwarding yes #AllowTcpForwarding yes GatewayPorts yes X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 X11UseLocalhost no #PrintMotd yes PrintLastLog yes #TCPKeepAlive yes #UseLogin no #UsePrivilegeSeparation yes #PermitUserEnvironment no #Compression delayed #ClientAliveInterval 0 #ClientAliveCountMax 3 #UseDNS yes #PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid #MaxStartups 10 #PermitTunnel no #ChrootDirectory none Guys, I have google this until my eyes are crossed and no fixes. My second question. At work I had to add my linux box to Active Directory, so they could count it. I didn't mind, but I am not sure how to ssh to my box now. The use account is CORP\myaccount I have tried do ssh "corp\myacount"@mywork.evilcompany.com but I can't log in. Any thoughts. Payne -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Apply colors to non-KDE applications
by Simon tree 12 May '09

12 May '09

our team installed "spider" software on Open suse 11.1 we need set colors as : ‘Control center'-- 'Applearance& Themes'-- Color'-- 'Apply colors to non-KDE applications' set:OFF sometimes it is not working. so we find another way 'Colors/KDE3' 'configure - kde control module' 'Apply colors to non-kde applications' set it first on and off again sometimes it is not working too. so we just reset it as: set it first on and off again ! If you have any good solution please let me know . thanks with my best regard!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Tuesday openSUSE Community Week Sessions
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 12 May '09

12 May '09

The openSUSE Community Week[1] is going strong! Monday kicked off with a number of really informative and well-attended sessions on GNOME, KDE, testing, packaging, and more[2]. Tuesday is even more chock full of fun, with more sessions and plenty of openSUSE contributors on hand. If you want to get involved in openSUSE there's no time like the present! Be sure to spread the word -- write up Community Week on your blog, Tweet about it, Dent it, put it on your Facebook wall, or whatever it takes to get the word out about openSUSE Community Week! Our community week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to improve our community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. openSUSE Community Week runs from through May 17. openSUSE Community Week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to empower ourselves as a community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. As a reminder -- all sessions are being held in IRC[3]. If you need help getting started with IRC, see the openSUSE wiki for more[3]. The entire week's schedule can be found on the wiki[4]. Here's an overview of Tuesday's events: * GNOME Patch Tagging and Upstream Day from 08:00 to 22:00 UTC in #opensuse-gnome on Freenode[5]. * KDE Administration and Internals from 16:00 to 17:00 UTC in #opensuse-kde on Freenode[6], and general discussion in #opensuse-kde the rest of the day. * Marketing Team: Working on openSUSE 11.2 launch plan[7] in #opensuse-marketing on Freenode[8] from 13:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC. * Features: Getting started with openFate from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on Freenode[9]. * Packaging: Creating a package step by step at 15:00 UTC. Hands on session! Don't miss it, in #opensuse-buildservice[10]. * How to get started with Testing and QA at 11:00 UTC to 13:00 UTC in #opensuse-testing on Freenode[11]. * openSUSE wiki "cleanup" from 13:00 UTC to 22:00 UTC in #opensuse-wiki[12] on Freenode. And there will be plenty of openSUSE contributors in #opensuse-project for general questions about openSUSE and getting started as a contributor. Also, the Education Project will have general discussion on Tuesday in #openSUSE- edu on Freenode[13] from 09:00 to 15:00 UTC. Join us Tuesday in IRC and **Have a Lot of Fun**! [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/05/11/monday-community-week-sessions/ [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [4]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week#Schedule [5]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-gnome [6]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-kde [7]: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing/Team/11_2_Launch [8]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-marketing [9]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-project [10]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-buildservice [11]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing [12]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-wiki [13]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-edu -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] anyone else getting this error when going to opensuse.org
by Chuck Payne 11 May '09

11 May '09

I been getting this error for about 10mins now, when I got the opensuse web site. 504 Gateway Time-Out Unable to connect to origin web server. The web site you are attempting to access is currently unreachable. This may be due to a network outage, or the web site might be experiencing technical difficulties. Anyone else? -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] "binfmt_coff" or running SCO binaries on openSUSE
by Ciro Iriarte 11 May '09

11 May '09

In which state is the ABI support in openSUSE?, searching I found only references to "iBCS" and "binfmt_coff", I'm not sure which is the current incarnation of that feature. Is it included in current openSUSE releases? 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] Problem getting ssh to use PublicKeyAuthentication :-(
by Ritchie Fraser 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi All, I am trying to get "password less" public key pair authentication to work between my laptop and my desktop and am not being very successful. ritchie@laptop:~/.ssh> ssh ritchie@desktop Password: Last login: Sat May 9 11:44:06 2009 from desktop Have a lot of fun... ritchie@desktop:~> As you can see, ssh works and lets me in BUT it still asks me for my password. Grrrr. I feel I am missing something really stupid. All pointers welcome :-) Setup: Laptop: Desktop: OS: OpenSUSE 11.1 OpenSUSE 10.3 I followed the instructions here... http://en.opensuse.org/Public_Key_Authentication I created my rsa key pair on laptop and copied it (id_rsa.pub) into my ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on desktop. I made the suggested changes to client (laptop) and server (desktop) config files. I can post config files if necessary. -- Kind Regards, Ritchie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ritchie Fraser Web: http://www.rpfraser.uklinux.net Registered Linux User #255860

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[opensuse] OOo v3.1?
by James Knott 11 May '09

11 May '09

Does anyone know when OpenOffice.org v3.1 will be available for OpenSUSE? tnx -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Window Managers
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 11 May '09

11 May '09

Using 11.1 on my computers. Used for a very long time KDE and last KDE4.2 on my underpowered Pentium III and II. My motherboards do not see/use more than 768 respectively 512 M. I think it is time for me to buy a new motherboard ;( or to have a look at less memory hungry window manager. Does somebody have a comparison between the available managers? Are there known drawbacks for any of them? No flame war ;) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Beagle won't start on openSUSE 11.1
by Doctor Who 11 May '09

11 May '09

I have not been able to start beagle on my openSUSE 11.1 box for quite a while (not sure how far this goes back). Attempting to do a search with kerry gives the error that beagled is not running. Trying to start beagled gives the following error in ~/.beagle/Log/current-Beagle: 20090511 07:58:50.7945 02262 Beagle INFO: Starting Beagle Daemon (version 0.3.8) 20090511 07:58:50.8073 02262 Beagle INFO: Running on Mono 2.0.1 20090511 07:58:50.8075 02262 Beagle INFO: Command Line: /usr/lib/beagle/BeagleDaemon.exe --indexing-delay 2 --bg ** (/usr/lib/beagle/BeagleDaemon.exe:2262): WARNING **: Shutting down finalizer thread timed out. I have the following beagle packages installed: kdebase3-beagle-3.5.10-17.4 beagle-0.3.8-46.34.1 beagle-firefox-0.3.8-46.34.1 beagle-google-0.3.8-46.34.1 libbeagle1-0.3.5.1-5.3 beagle-gui-0.3.8-46.34.1 beagle-index-11.0_20080516-97.22 beagle-evolution-0.3.8-46.34.1 kio_beagle-0.3.1-245.5 kde4-kio_beagle-0.4.0-3.86 Any ideas on how to get beagle working and indexing again would be much appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Suspend to RAM, network not working
by Yang Bo 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi everyone My system is openSUSE 11.1 32bit with KDE4.2. Suspend to disk works, but the system will freeze within 1min after resuming. Suspend to RAM is much faster than suspend to disk, everything works fine but the network will fail to start after resuming. Even I restart the network using yast or '/etc/init.d/network restart' will fail. I looked into the pm-utill log, and find an error message, but could not figure out how to fix this. Here is the error message: ===== 2009-05-11 12:08:41.616082520 running hook: /usr/lib/pm- utils/sleep.d/10NetworkManager ===== Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. Any idea? Thanks. Regards, Yang Bo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OO 3.1
by Fred A. Miller 11 May '09

11 May '09

Has anyone installed OpenOffice 3.1 from openoffice.org on opneSUSE 11.1 without problems? I'd like to use 3.1 INCLUDING the extensions but it's not been forthcoming from from the OO repository. Thanks! Fred -- The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher -- 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: K3b - copying CD to MP3 problem
by jdd 11 May '09

11 May '09

James Knott a écrit : > I recall a while ago, that something had to be done, to get K3b to make > MP3 files from a CD. I have installed lame, but when I try to make the > MP3s, I get an error about the lame command, but no information as to > what the error is, just a list of the command variables. > > Any ideas > > tnx do you have packman in your repositories? if so, search yast for mp3 and install all what is relevant. then k3b should work but konqueror works as well (a bit slow) 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] Compiz with radeonhd driver (X1200) SOLVED
by David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. 11 May '09

11 May '09

Listmates, Just thought I would pass along the fact that I got compiz working on my laptop with the radeonhd driver and it works rather well. (slower in rotate and window resize, but other than that -- great) The solution was I needed to copy a working ~/.config/compiz directory over to my new install before compiz would work. Before that, it would look like compiz was trying to start, but then you would be left without window decorations and without any way to move or resize windows. From Wil on the compiz list, the suggestion was made to start compiz and then start ccsm to begin configuring compiz to get it to work. I just took the shortcut of copying my old config. Either was, if you find yourself in this situation, give one of these solutions a try. (P.S. -- we can take compiz off the list of things that don't work with the open source driver ;-) -- 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] openSUSE Community Week: Monday Sessions
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 11 May '09

11 May '09

openSUSE Community Week[1] runs from May 11 through May 17. Our community week is a chance to get people from around the world together at the same time to focus on specific topics, and to transfer knowledge about openSUSE to help grow our teams. The idea is to cover topics to empower ourselves as a community by broadening our knowledge, and to enable new contributors to openSUSE and open source. The week is starting off with sessions in GNOME, KDE, packaging, and much more. As a reminder -- all sessions are being held in IRC. If you need help getting started with IRC, see the openSUSE wiki for more[2]. The entire week's schedule can be found on the wiki[3]. Here's a quick overview of scheduled sessions for Monday, May 11th. * GNOME Packaging Day starts at 08:00 UTC with introductory sessions at 08:00 and 17:00 UTC in the #opensuse-gnome channel on Freenode[4]. * KDE Desktop Shell (Plasma) session with Rob Scheepmaker and Marco Martin from the KDE Plasma team at 16:00 UTC in the #opensuse-kde channel on Freenode[5]. * Packaging: Creating a package step by step - hands on session in the #opensuse-buildservice channel on Freenode[6] at 09:00 UTC. * Testing: How to get started with Testing and QA in the #opensuse- testing[7] channel on Freenode at 15:00 UTC. And there will be plenty of openSUSE contributors in #opensuse-project[8] for general questions about openSUSE and getting started as a contributor. [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Community_Week [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/IRC [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/CommunityWeek#Schedule [4]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-gnome [5]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-kde [6]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-buildservice [7]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-testing [8]: irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-project -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kerry for KDE4 in openSUSE 11.1 problem
by Xavier Callejas 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi, Kerry for KDE4 in openSUSE 11.1 do not work at all, none of all the version in the online repos. I find Beagle very useful but since openSUSE 11.1 I cannot use it, as I use KDE 4 (KDE 4.2). It is just me or Kerry for KDE 4 do not work, Is there a workaround? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Curiosity with vmware, gkrellm, and network usage.
by Carlos E. R. 10 May '09

10 May '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have this setup: host: OS 11.0 guest: OS 11.1 The guest is exporting a NFS share (of a USB disk, of all things; long story, not relevant now). I'm copying some big files from the host to the guest (where it goes to the USB disk), via NFS. It works. The curiosity is that, whereas gkrellm in the guest shows an activity of around 0.8..5 MB/s in eth0, the host gkrellm shows almost none, both in vmnet1 and vmnet8. Well, the second one shows an activity of around 2KB. But, if I look at "iptraf", it says that vmnet8 has an activity of 1000..3000 kbytes/sec, which is probably correct. Why...? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoGzFAACgkQtTMYHG2NR9W89gCfeq3JrUxbUvXpi8VFu2+1wRbt eswAmwe0aF9HLtLJtF8e/PjyWUOX4HkR =q6J2 -----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] kde4 beagle replacement
by Tamas Sarga 10 May '09

10 May '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There is nepomuk under kde4 what supposed to be a beagle replacement, if I read it well. But I can't find any documentation about the usage of this. Where could I find something? TIA. Tamas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoGmUUACgkQsuVyj8v2Zy66ugCcD5AFiXHMFbCbH7XXsdXHZIEs f4AAmgOdIVFAVynB96g1sghJKmJr41d4 =Ggy3 -----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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Re: [opensuse] Maple on Suse
by Francesco Teodori 10 May '09

10 May '09

We have several machines with openSuSE, both 32 and 64 bit. The solution, I suggested, works perfectly here. Francesco PS the correct syntax is ServerName localhost. I apologize for the mistake. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:35:22AM +0200, Francesco Teodori wrote: >> This in not a Maple specific problem. It is a java and cups related problem >> that affects other applications as matlab. You had to modify the >> /etc/cups/client.conf file, by adding the line ServerName=localhost. >> Alternatively you could set the variable CUPS_SERVER to localhost. > > I tried that. It got rid of the "No print service" message, but I still > got no print output. > >> Other problems may occur when printing: you see the printer but you >> get errors after sending the print command. > > I never got any printer activity at all until I replaced the JRE. > >> In this case you had to modify the file /etc/cups/printers.conf by >> adding for each printer the line "Option orientation-requested 3" >> before the line </Printer> Francesco > > This option is not mentioned in either of my books on CUPS. It may > be mentioed somewhere in the CUPS online documentation. I haven't > found it yet. > > I have no experience with matlab, so I can say nothing about it. > Note that nothing I did to my CUPS installation made printing from Maple > work. Replacing the JRE did make Maple printing work. Maple ships > version 5 of the JRE in Maple 13, so anyone using Maple 13 who cannot > print from within Maple should upgrade to JRE 6u13. > >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel(a)mindspring.com>wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 04:04:40PM +0100, Francesco Teodori wrote: >> > > Hi Dave, >> > > I use it regularly. It works without any problem. I am running Maple >> > > 12 on openSuSE 11.1. I also used it on earlier openSuSE distributions. >> > > Francesco >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel(a)mindspring.com> >> > wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Has anyone experience using Maple on Suse? >> > > > Any comments? >> > > > >> > > > Thanks. >> > >> > I have been unable to Print anything in Maple until today. >> > >> > I fixed the Maple print problem ("No print service") by >> > replacing the level 5 JRE embedded in Maple with the level 6u13 >> > version available from Sun. Print is still slow, but it works. >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org<opensuse%2Bunsubscribe(a)opensuse.org> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org<opensuse%2Bhelp(a)opensuse.org> >> > >> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde42 repo
by Tamas Sarga 10 May '09

10 May '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Should I see kde42 repo as the new stable repo for kde, or it is still a factory repo? How tested the packages in kde42, and how stable? New 4.2.x versions will come to this repo without any testing, or it supposed to remain stable all time? TIA. Tamas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoGmfYACgkQsuVyj8v2Zy7XOACeMAAWWPuK6tnMREPZpzvKglZU 9RUAn3Viqg49TzpQ5QQeLD3yjmkwpYL0 =5cS9 -----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] Maple on Suse
by Dave Feustel 10 May '09

10 May '09

Has anyone experience using Maple on Suse? Any comments? Thanks. -- 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 Weekly News contribute to Community Week
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hello Mates, the OpenSUSE Weekly News Team plans to contribute to the Community Week. Our Meetingpoint is #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net . Schedule: Wed 13/05/09 12:00 UTC - 20:00 UTC Workshop "How to make a Newsletter": we plan to make a Special Edition on that Day. Thu 14/05/09 12:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC Workshop "How to do an translation from EN to $LANG" Sat 16 05 09 14:30 UTC - 15:30 UTC Weekly News Team Meeting in #opensuse-newsletter. Visitors welcome. Our Community Week Website: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Community_Week . @Translators: Please translate this Email to your Language and send this to opensuse-$LANG(a)opensuse.org -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com

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[opensuse] Re: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 09 May '09

09 May '09

I had mail with the YaST partitionner devs (on an other subject) and I learned there that YaST is logging all it's commands and uses parted directly. You can see the result searching for /usr/sbin/parted in /var/log/Yast2/ an example (all on one line): y2log-7:2009-02-08 08:51:47 <1> linux(3303) [libstorage] SystemCmd.cc(execute):85 SystemCmd Executing:"/usr/sbin/parted -s '/dev/sda' unit cyl mkpart logical ext2 15929 60800" So, eventually, you can find there error messages if any 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] Archiving Home partition with pax
by Stan Goodman 09 May '09

09 May '09

I want to make an archive of my entire /home directory, which is on a separate partition, preparatory to burning the result to a DVD. (I'm pretty sure the compressed archive will fit into a DVD.) I am trying to do this with pax, and have not been successful, after spending most of a day in reading the man page, doing Google searches, and some experimenting. It seems safer to operate from a separate OS installation on the machine. I mount the partition to be archived (which is on sdb7) to /mnt. The target partition to receive the archive is sdb8. Trying to construct a proper pax instruction to do this has been very confusing, because the examples I have found don't always seem consistent, and are not fully explained. For example, the following (given from within the mounted sdb7). pax -wvf -pe /dev/sdb8 got me a complaint that it couldn't find sdb8, so didn't archive it. That partition _is_ there, and has an ext3 file system. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Odd webcam behaviour
by Simon Roberts 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi All, I have a Dynex 1.3MP webcam. I installed the uvc modules and it works a treat with Skype (both video and sound). However, for some reason, I can't use it any other way. I'm only aware of the gqcam client, and that finds the device, but issues a continuous stream of "Error reading image..." messages, and does not show any image. I changed the permissions on /dev/video0 to 555 (they were 550) just in case--even though Skype was happy with my privileges (and I don't think it's running as setuid--I hope!) but to no avail. Any suggestions? Is there a better client? To be fair, Skype was the main reason I wanted the camera, but I'd like to be able to get the best use out of it if I can. Thanks in advance, Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 09 May '09

09 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > It is however mysterious that Vista apparently had no difficulty with > the drive. The cables and everything was the same I have tried with > Linux and MAC with no success. ig the disk still fail when connected to the sata port of the motherboard, you may go back to the dealer and aks him to *format* the drive. May be Vista was only seeing a drive but won't be able to use it, as linux some time see also something 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] Help - Brain is Stuck: how to show disk usage for a filespec spanning multiple directories?
by David C. Rankin 09 May '09

09 May '09

Listmates, I must be having one of my moments... As a result of some encoding where I kept the intermediate .wav files, I now have .wav file spread out over multiple directories. I simply want to get a total on how much disk space they are taking. I don't want to delete them, I just want to know whether I'm talking about 1 gig or 201 gigs. I have looked at ls -R, du, and nothing jumps out at being able to do this. What I want to do is something like: du -hcs ~/music/*.wav But obviously that doesn't work because du doesn't handle the filespec part. Does anybody know what I'm looking for? I guess I'll just stick it in find and do something like | xargs -0 (( +=filesize )). But if you know of the silver bullet, please post it. 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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[opensuse] BASH: wma to mp3, stuck trying mplayer to named pipe to lame? Help?
by David C. Rankin 09 May '09

09 May '09

BASH/Audio gurus, I'm working on a script that I hoped would eliminate the intermediate wav file in the process of converting my wma files to mp3. I created a named pipe with "mkfifo mppipe" (named for mplayer-pipe). What I am trying to do in the script is: WMAFILE=$1 MP3FILE=${WMAFILE%.*}.mp3 WAVFILE=/home/david/music/mppipe lame --preset extreme ${WAVFILE} ${MP3FILE} mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm:file=${WAVFILE} ${WMAFILE} When running the script like this, lame just hangs waiting on the data and never passes control to mplayer. If I try it the other way around, to start writing to the pipe before calling lame like this: mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm:file=${WAVFILE} ${WMAFILE} lame --preset extreme ${WAVFILE} ${MP3FILE} Then mplayer just hangs and never starts playing. Doing things without the pipe and just using an intermediate wave file works just fine like this: WMAFILE=$1 MP3FILE=${WMAFILE%.*}.mp3 WAVFILE=/home/david/music/imwave.wav mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm:file=${WAVFILE} ${WMAFILE} lame --preset extreme ${WAVFILE} ${MP3FILE} mv $WAVFILE ${WMAFILE%.*}.wav I just kept the wave file this time to test..., I can always just delete it, but I thought the pipe would speed things up a bit. So how can I make use of the named pipe to eliminate the wave file? Does the named pipe really buy me anything as far as speed goes, etc.. or should I just use the wave file and delete it? I was hoping to find a way to have mplayer start writing and lame start encoding in parallel. Is this possible, or am I just nuts? 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Prasun Dhara 09 May '09

09 May '09

"..but port open/closing is **NOT** to be done at run time." -----> Say for example one application needs the open port once in a day for communicating.would it be better to keep a port open for ever after installation even if it is not needed?? "nor does it make a discussion for a ***LINUX*** forum. " Its absolutely your opinion but the response of this topic should be visible to you.Many people already shared their views and discussed about this topic. Cant we think beyond some conventional mindset -->One application is doing similar to MS it means its from MS world and we dont discuss with it in **LINUX FORUM** --->This problem is similar/present in MS or Mac so we dont discuss with it in **LINUX FORUM** We should try to make a better platform taking all the good options from all the platform as much as possible.Since Linux is Open we have the opportunity do that.We can make it better and better.. Prasun ----- Original Message ---- From: L. V. Lammert <lvl(a)omnitec.net> To: Prasun Dhara <prasun_instru(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:53:07 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Re: Interactive Firewall Needed At 11:04 AM 5/7/2009 -0700, you wrote: > But I can not agree with you on the point #1. > > When one particular application will listen to a port, it totally depends on the application. > It may be during installation,may be during anytime the application wish. > > I am totally agree with you Jim. See the reply to Jim - don't confuse 'run' with 'install'. For an application to be installed properly, part of that installation must be to configure the firewall (if it exists). That process might include an automated script or a README, .. but port open/closing is **NOT** to be done at run time. In the corporate world, in fact, the user doesn't even HAVE the ability to open/close a port; the fact that Windows users are used to dealing with this sort of issue on a regular basis does not make it good security practice, nor does it make a discussion for a ***LINUX*** forum. Lee -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 08 May '09

08 May '09

On Fri, 08 May 2009 08:38:06 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > But it is, only not on the client machine. Outgoing ports, if you need > security, are managed at the upstream firewall/proxy. > > If you truly wish to lock down network traffic, you only pass/proxy > specific ports. But Lee, you seem to be talking about corporate users. In a corporate environment, this is the norm, the network management team configures the firewall and they have the expertise to do so. Many home users don't even know why their router has a password on it, much less how to configure it properly. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 08 May '09

08 May '09

On Fri, 08 May 2009 20:05:28 +0200, jdd wrote: > we are too far away from openSUSE IMHO. Agreed - discussing the merits of Windows security measures is just a bit off-topic. :-) Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 08 May '09

08 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > On Fri, 08 May 2009 19:04:43 +0200, jdd wrote: > I've seen trojans/viruses get into systems through a number of ways (back > in college, I spent some time researching viruses and even had a > collection I used for testing in an isolated environment). same here :-). Students are very kind to installt hings on blocked computers. regular ghost (gpart on floppy and linux backup partition) where very good. > > Thing is, if you download openoffice from openoffice.org and you know > it's clean, then a ZoneAlarm-like program can checksum it. If the > program becomes infected and the AV software doesn't catch it, the second > layer of protection can catch it and inform the user that the program was > changed. *virus* can infect and AVG is very good as finding them, real trojan are from the apps themselves. and users using only official repository get never infected, but many clic on any spam they receive and yes yes yes... The only users I know that have virus are ones that refuses minimal security jdd NB: I will stop arguing here, we are too far away from openSUSE IMHO. Do you know the joke: the greater virus is Windows: it spreads the world, crashes the computers :-) -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 08 May '09

08 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > If the program indicated isn't something they asked to start up, then > they should deny the request. well... trojan are programs you install yourself. If the openofice you just get is infected, you wont know what happen. the only time when I've seen trojan or virus are illegal download or floppies. Once on a official cd (sent by the government with exam subjects - it was a word virus :-) I advertise for good antivirus on Win and I ask my relatives not to install any aplication but to ask me. Never had problems like this. People not following this are always calling for virus removing (including my son :-) 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] kernel and opensuse repository
by r 08 May '09

08 May '09

Just aquestion I want to update kernel but if I go in the opensuse reposytory http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE:11.1 I do find various kernel, but I don't find a respective kernel-source release. There are hundreds kernels but none as it respective kernel-source release, or there are kernel-source but no respective kernel release. I know I could download from kernel.org and compile it myself but why put hundreds kernel without its respective source release ?? -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 08 May '09

08 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > To ask that every person who uses a computer be trained to perform > network analysis of their applications "if they're really interested in > security" is frankly nonsense. problem is that asking the user at run time is not a solution, at least for security. I have to maintain windows machines for my relatives. They tend to let many applications opened and computer just sleeping between days. Many of these applications have to connect to the net. How can they know is a connection demand is right or wrong? when the window popup, you don't even know why. Most apps nowaday have good reason to access the net (cdda database...), so in 99% of the case you have to say yes. The chance you are full awake and ready to fear when one do that shouldn't is really small. Like this you can catch programming errors or honest but too curious authors, like the one wanting to know who uses his app. I'm pretty sure malicious apps authors don't fear zone alarm 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] Diggers needed!
by Stephen Shaw 08 May '09

08 May '09

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Get_Ready_for_openSUSE_Community_Week -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 08 May '09

08 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > But that is precisely what is impossible. > > I go into the partitioner of YaST, and the disk is recognized. I choose > to make one large partion, and to format with FAT since the disk is to > be accessed by a number of different operating systems apart from my own > Linux machines. you certainly can't have a 1Tb fat partition. You have to use NTFS or any Linux (ext3 is good - with some limits, it can be read by e2ifs windows driver - read the http://www.fs-driver.org/ Web site 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] Pango problem
by Clive Rogers 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi All, I am trying to write a basic program using RealBasic (linux version) to access my CCD camera and I keep getting this error message when I run it from the command line. Although the program runs and I am able to capture the images from the camera to my harddrive. Any one got any idea what they mean ? Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion `size >= 0' failed GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed -- Clive. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.rogers/ Fighting for darker skies. From 52:26ºN 01:27ºW (Coventry, UK) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI question
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 May '09

08 May '09

I am guessing that the ATI-supplied driver is needed to use Compiz and all that, right? The X.Org RADEONHD driver cannot be used? Too bad ATI dropped support for the FireGL V3300. Is my only option to get a newer card? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 08 May '09

08 May '09

Rajko M. a écrit : >> To prevent applications from opening illicit outgoing connections, run it >> with apparmor, which is capable of preventing an application from doing >> just about anything that you haven't previously allowed. > > If apparmor would ask questions and provide web pages with relevant help > content, like ZA, it will be possible to setup profiles even to non-expert > users, but it doesn't. So, situation is that one one side there is > comprehensive solution that is not used, and partial that is used. what an application can do should be done by the programmer, not the user. The user should be made aware of that when calling the app for install. I don't see why Amarok should need absolutely network? it should only need it if it have to play files on an other computer or scan external database what is not necessary. I don't see any case where one could have to be asked at run time... The Zonealarm feature is done to prevent apps maliciously installed to make connections, but preventing these apps to install is better 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] Bugs: in SuSE11 - Grub boot & fsck.xfs 'enhancement'[sic]
by Linda Walsh 08 May '09

08 May '09

Rajko M. wrote: > I don't see problem. > > The /boot/grub/menu.lst has > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_<...1> and > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_<...2> > entries. ---- If that syntax is supported, I'd have never brought this issue up. But that wasn't the syntax that the SuSE installer placed in my boot file. It clearly put in /dev/sda. I know I didn't manually create a custom grub file to boot from when I installed the system. I barely know how to do that with lilo! :-) Not to mention the overblown, pompously named "GRand" Unified Boot" loader. A grub -- bringing the image of an ugly gross thing thing (sample of especially ugly one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Witchetty_grub.jpg) that roots around in the dirt eating eating the roots of of my plants causing them to wilt while the grub grows into a nasty *bug* (a beetle or scarab, to be more precise), while my software, it's roots eaten tries to boot into some wilted expression of a running OS if it boots at all -- WHAT a horrid, perverted name for a boot loader considering it eats at the roots of what is trying to spring from the soil. *Cough*, but I digress....if that syntax is supported by "Grub" (involuntary yuck), why isn't SuSE using it? If it isn't, isn't that a fundamental bug or flaw in how SuSE is setting up the boot-params in grub? It seems if SuSE is converting to 'permanent' device names, it's majorly missing out on the most basic steps of ensuring that the machine boots properly. As for the "numbers" at the end of /etc/fstab being a directive for 'fsck's order to check disks in -- "technically", my bad for not indulging in 'SuSE's rigid bootup procedures regarding XFS. XFS doesn't have an 'fsck' command. It was originally a 'no-op' and apparently was "enhanced" (bug added), to check for device existence and return failure on device non existence. If the device isn't there, there is not file system to check, so there can be no BAD file system. Duh! Bug # two. Took me a while to get into a mental state of being able to properly figure out why these issues where bugs. The fact that all the "helpers" take all these "problems" for granted is only a symptom/feature and proof of linux's (SuSE's) continued unfriendliness -- and even migration toward increased 'non-fault-tolerance' (vs. a fault-tolerant system that tries to do the right thing (or at least something "productive" rather than just throwing out a syntax or fatal error and dying). -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Philip Dowie 08 May '09

08 May '09

>> >> I don't know what the silver bullet will be - clearly neither approach works right - windows works and is easy, but is as insecure as, >well, windows, on the other hand, Linux can be really secure, but ends up being hard to use for the folk who don't want to know what a >kernel is, etc, etc.. >> > >Stupid people who don't learn the NECESSARY things about how >to drive a car safely get into crashes and die. > >Same thing goes for stupid people who want to use computers without >making the NECESSARY effort to properly understand the thing, and/or >pay someone to do that for them. > >Those people who demand that the most complex machines man has >ever made be as simple to use as a toaster and shouldn't need >to be studied and understood are, quite simply, unrealistic; >just because Bill Gates successfully sold them that pipe dream >doesn't make them any less out-of-touch with reality. > The key difference being no one dies from [trivial] misuse of a computer. That, coupled with the fact that while for a car you are required to get a license to drive, you need no such license for a computer. People are inherently lazy and will take the path of least resistance, ie, not bother to learn how to use a computer, only the applications they use, etc. Phil -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 08 May '09

08 May '09

On Wed, 06 May 2009 21:43:06 +0200, jdd wrote: > Jim Henderson a écrit : > >>> needs the original md5sum, never seen that on Windows >> >> What? Pardon me for being brusque, but that's nonsense. > > we need the original sum, not the program, a checksum have to compare to > an other checksum No, we need a checksum from a known good copy of the executable. So the first time you run it (when you know it's good), you prompt and say "this program is requesting to connect to..." (for example) "Allow or Deny?". Then give the user the chance to say they allow it or deny it, and the option to save their choice. If the checksum changes, you alert the user that the checksum changed. Or the path to the executable changed. Or whatever changed that was not expected changed. But I fail to see what this has to do with Windows not having an md5sum executable (which isn't included, true, but is certainly available). >> Yeah, and which is the more critical part of an OS installation, the >> actual OS installation, or the data that a user stores under their own >> username? >> >> Reinstalling the OS takes, what, 45 minutes? Recovering lost data >> because of a rogue app can take much longer, especially on personal >> home systems because most users don't do backups of their data on their >> home machines. Yes, they should, but that's not really the point. > > ? rogue app need an admin to install Not true. I downloaded wings3d and copied it to my ~/bin directory and can run it. No root privs needed. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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 setup a NOT slower than Windows file server ?
by Andreas 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi, I'm not shooting for an enterprise grade fileserver, mind you. I'd like a save and reasonably fast box for a couple of windows clients. I know SUSE for years and therefore I grabbed a 11.1 DVD and sat up a PC with an SEMPRON 3000, 2GB RAM, a 160 + 300 GB Samsung SATAs that should deliver enough to saturate the 100 MBit-LAN at any time. It's just, that windows <--> windows transfers tend to fill a 100MBit-LAN nicely with around 10MB/s. A SUSE or Knoppix on the same machine will yield only about 6-7MB/s with SAMBA and EXT3 and default settings. OK, I'm a wee bit unfair since SUSE does this on a RAID1. With EXT3 on an unRAIDed partition it pulls around 7-8. SUSE on an unRAIDed XFS gets 10MBs writing with FTP but only 8-9 with SAMBA. On EXT3 FTP wasn't that much faster than SAMBA. On the other hand I read in wonderfully-wise-web that XFS might be faster than EXT3 but it loses stuff now and then. I looked on Gnomes system monitor while pushing cd ISOs through the wire on empty file systems on the "server". Obviously the CPU shows the efford but is by far not maxed out and RAM shouldn't be an issue with 2GB either. Depending on the filesystem I can watch the LAN throughput drop down in optically equal distances. It seems to transfer X MBs then pauses. There were just a couple of segments per ISO. I figure it must be at least 100MB each. E.g. with EXT3 and SAMBA's default settings. There are some segments that wobble around 6.5 MB then every 3cm on the monitor ;) it peaks down to 500K/s and accelerates again. My guess is there is something written to disk while the transfer gets stopped until the writing is done. How would I get a fileserver that's performance can compete with plain Windows? Is there a howto for this? -- 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 mod_rewrite
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 07 May '09

07 May '09

Where do I turn this on ? And how do I verify it's on ? Please give details. Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 07 May '09

07 May '09

On Wed, 06 May 2009 22:04:15 -0500, JB2 wrote: > On 06 May 09, Jim Henderson wrote: > >> On Wed, 06 May 2009 15:48:03 -0500, JB2 wrote: >> > On 06 May 09, Jim Henderson wrote: >> >> On Wed, 06 May 2009 18:13:36 +0200, jdd wrote: >> >> > Jim Henderson a écrit : >> >> >> Internet, she is asked "Application FooBizBan is attempting to >> >> >> access the Internet. Do you wish to allow this?" >> >> >> >> >> >> If she recognizes the application as one she's just started, she >> >> >> knows to allow it. >> >> > >> >> > but if this app is filled with a virus, she allows a virus... >> >> >> >> True, which is why she also uses up-to-date virus protection as >> >> well. >> > >> > "Up-to-date virus protection", no matter how you look at it, is >> > *reactive*. >> > Not worth a crud. Useless. etc. The use of anything M$, is the same >> > *because* of that. >> >> Trolling is not an effective means of discussion, JB2. > > You meant to write 'I have no definitive answer for that because it > makes > too much sense, so instead I will call you a troll because it's the best > I can do at the moment'. There, fixed it for you. Um, no, you were saying (or I read) "If you use Microsoft, you get what you deserve", which is unhelpful, antagonistic, and completely beside the point. To me, that's a textbook definition of trolling. And something I probably would best have been advised to ignore outright. What can I say? Sometimes I get baited. > Now, if you want to continue with the discussion that I simply got in > on > with everyone else who is also in on, fine, but if you have to whine > like this, you've lost already and show what an ass you can simply be. > My addition(s) to this discussion are as relevant as anyone elses have > been. Why is it others can bring up 'viruses and protecting against > them', but I can't? Look, there's no need to get personal. I apologise if my use of 'troll' was offensive to you. It sure looked like you were trolling, and let's face it, you and I don't exactly see eye to eye on anything we've talked about on the list. So let's return to being civil to each other and discussing the issues and stop attacking each other. Deal? Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > jdd wrote: > Why will not opensuse 11 read it and let me format it? Or do I do > something wrong in Yast? probably. Your drive seems to be /dev/sda what gives "fdisk /dev/sda" (with the disk plugged in :-) option "p" to see the partitions. this is harm free as long as you don't save "typing w". Quit with option "q" or Control C is safe 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Randall R Schulz a écrit : > The problem here is that notions of "directness" are somewhat > artificial. It's connected. That's all that really matters. but the connection can be faulty. I have an usb<->IDE interface that don't run cdwriters, for example 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] Large disks in Opensuse 11
by Per Inge Oestmoen 07 May '09

07 May '09

Is there a problem with 1 Tb disks (or larger) in Opensuse 11? Yesterday I bought a Western Digital Caviar Black, model WD1001FALS-00J780. I put it into an external cabinet, attached the USB cord to the computer and started Opensuse 11. The disk did not appear in Konqueror, so I went into Yast2. There was no indication that there was any disk attached, and I tried Yast (the text-based older version). There the disk came up, but Yast claimed that the disk was 2 Tb instead of 1 Tb. I started formatting, but the process stopped with no success and I could not format the disk. What is the source of the problem, and how to remedy it. I shall be thankful for all help. Cheers, Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Roger Oberholtzer a écrit : >> lsusb >> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c043 Logitech, Inc. MX320 Laser Mouse >> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c30e Logitech, Inc. UltraX Keys (X) >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub >> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > Um, which in the above is the disk? > > probably nowhere, I see only mouse, keyboard and USB hubs is not there any switch in the box? (or any evidence the disk is running in the box. I understand the box and the disk where not bough together? I have had interface problems 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 07 May '09

07 May '09

On Thu, 07 May 2009 08:36:32 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > 1) IF an applicaiton needs an open port, it is opened upon > *INSTALLATION*, not use! Um, no....Apache doesn't set up a listener when it's installed, it sets it up when it starts. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HTTP Cache Cleaner?
by James Hatridge 07 May '09

07 May '09

HI all, Once in a while a program starts called "HTTP Cache Cleaner". I have no idea what it is and I've not figured out a way to stop it. All I can do is reboot and then it stops. Can someone tell me what it is and how to stop it? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin -- 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] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 07 May '09

07 May '09

Don Raboud wrote: > Hi, > > On Friday 01 May 2009 02:27:54 pm LLLActive(a)GMX.Net wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am short of giving up. I have: >> >> OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 >> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1 >> >> Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST. >> I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer: >> LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz >> Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm) >> Aspect Ratio: 16/10 >> Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz >> >> The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in >> the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change >> >> Anyone got an Idea how to get it right? >> >> It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3! >> >> TIA >> >> Al >> > > Are you doing this while logged in? I don't think this will work - you need > to do this from runlevel 3. > > I'm not sure how much of this you have tried, but what I usually do to get a > working configuration is > - backup existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf > - logout > - CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a console > - login as root > - type "init 3" to go to runlevel 3 > - type "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia" (That's a zero, not a letter) > - pick LCD, change aspect ratio to 16/10, resolution to 1680X1050 and monitor > size to 20.1, > - test and accept changes if OK. > - type "init 5 && exit" > > If there is still a problem, as root edit xorg.conf manually and add > > Option "UseEDID" "FALSE" > > to the monitor section. Then "init 3" and then "init 5 && exit". > > Hope something here helps. > > Hi Don, your method makes sense, and actually helped quit a lot. The round/square icons are almost circular/square. It just seems that some images are not proportioned normally. The setup is all correct now in YaST2 and in the xorg.conf with "UseEDID" "FALSE" ("UseEDID" "FALSE" - seems to fix most of the problem; what does it do?). I could not find a 20.1 size setup in the list, but just put the screen size of 433x271mm into sax2. Now the 20.1 appears also. sax2 tests with 1400x1050@60Hz. I did not have this problem with OpenSUSE 10.0 - 11.3. I had the same monitor on another system with another nVidia card, and it worked OK. Is there a way to test the monitor geometry? I used to be in Television engineering, and there we generated images for adjusting or checking CRT geometry. I just want to check where the problem is. I will be installing Ubuntu 9.04 tomorrow or so, and then look how the LCD performs. Ubuntu was the first to get my Gericom Notebook working with WLan USB stick already at installation. Maybe it also works with my PC setup to solve this wide screen problem. TIA Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] NTLMSSP Query Invalid when authenticating using Squid and Samba/Windbind
by Anthony Simonelli 07 May '09

07 May '09

I'm running Squid, Samba and Winbind in a Windows NT 4.0 Server environment (not Active Directory). I have Samba and Winbind configured and joined to the domain. I can enumerate NT users and groups, and trust secret is valid (wbinfo -t). For Squid authentication, I am using the ntlm_auth program with the squid-2.5-ntlmssp helper and whenever I test it on the command line, I get the following error: [2009/05/07 12:11:40, 1] utils/ntlm_auth.c:manage_squid_ntlmssp_request(798) BH NTLMSSP query invalid When using the squid-2.5-basic helper, the authentication is successful so I imagine that I have Winbind and Samba configured correctly. Is this a bug in Samba or do I have something configured wrong? How do I go about debugging this issue? -- 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: ssh & root logins special? in 11.1?
by Linda Walsh 07 May '09

07 May '09

Mark Goldstein wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Carlos E. R. > <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> wrote: >> On Sunday, 2009-04-19 at 17:25 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: >>> Linda, Mark hit the nail on the head. Root logins are *not* permitted by >>> default. The sshd_config is simply giving you the wrong impression. >>> The line: >>> #PermitRootLogin yes >>> needs to be uncommented; >> I suggested so. O:-) >- > As I wrote, I checked on 2 systems (11.0 and 11.1) that with > PermitRootLogin yes commented out I *COULD* log in as root without > any problem. > > Carlos cited manpage that says default is "yes". > I remembered that general approach in SSH configuration file to show > default values as commented out options. ---- So the default is shown in the commented out section (like I said the commenting was the same on systems that worked and didn't work). Some people are also getting the inconsistent/unexplained behavior: ----- David C. Rankin wrote: > Mark Goldstein wrote: >> So Linda's right, it is something other than PermitRootLogin. >> I do not use non-interactive login on my systems, so I can't check >> your scenario (maybe I'll give it a try later). > > I'm must be doing something else wrong then. Because with PermitRootLogin yes > commented out, PasswordAuthentication yes, ChallengeResponseAuthentication > yes, I can not login: ---- No one ever figured out why some people are seeing this 'root-blocked' behavior while others have no problem. Hmm....So there is still some other setting we are overlooking (or that is "new and improved"(TM-SuckingImprovementsLimited)). I haven't looked at the issue for a while -- got distracted off on other things).... Sigh..was hoping someone would have run into this and would just know the new setting that was 'mucked up' (er, I mean 'improved') and just 'known' the answer in the community...seems like a weird enough inconsistency for someone not to have ran into it and found it -- but maybe most people don't have 'safe', "trusted-internal-net" systems where root passwords are more of a convenient-backup than a safety concern (as they aren't exposed to sniffing). -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] Customize Message-id suffix in Thunderbird
by Anthony Simonelli 07 May '09

07 May '09

I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird at work with our Exchange server and it works great. However, when I create an email to go to the Internet, my Exchange & Postfix MTA complain about a forged message-id: 550 5.7.1 forged name in Message-ID: header: In KMail, I've gotten around this problem by changing the Message-ID Suffix option to something the server likes. However, I cannot find such an option in Mozilla Thunderbird. Does such an option exist and if so, where do I change it? I have no qualms about editing the about:config file if need be. Thanks 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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Re: [opensuse] Maxima
by Don Raboud 07 May '09

07 May '09

On May 6, 2009 06:15:45 pm Dave Feustel wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:32:29PM -0600, Don Raboud wrote: > > On May 5, 2009 08:16:41 pm Dave Feustel wrote: > > > Where do I find Maxima for installation on 64-bit Suse 11.0? > > > (I looked in Yast but did not see it.) > > > > <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.0/x86_64/ma…> > I located this file and downloaded it, but neither it nor any of the > other maxima files would install because of dependency problems. Then you should add the Education repository first (either through YaST or zypper). <http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/repo/1.0/11.0/> Once that is set up, all of the dependencies should be able to be satisfied. -- 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] KDE 4.2.2 repositories
by Roger Oberholtzer 07 May '09

07 May '09

I have moved all my repository defs to the new 4.2.2 (not factory) repositories. All works well. I am curious if Backports is still something for 4.2.2 users. Should one stop using that repository? Meaning that everything that there is in the build service for 4.2.2 is in Desktop, Community and Playground. Sound correct? I'm still looking for the new kst 2. Maybe that is not in the build service yet. Of course, kst 1.7.0 (KDE: 3.5.10 "release 21.9") seems to be working fine. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > jdd wrote: > >> Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : >> >>> It is less convenient, but if it is the only possibility so be it. >> you can also make several smaller partitions > > I know, and I tried to do so, but there was no way I could to it - the > same error message kept returning again and again. did you try fdisk? some data here: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition-Mass-Storage-Dummies-Linux-HOWTO/index.html 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > It is less convenient, but if it is the only possibility so be it. you can also make several smaller partitions 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] Maxima
by Dave Feustel 07 May '09

07 May '09

Where do I find Maxima for installation on 64-bit Suse 11.0? (I looked in Yast but did not see it.) Thanks. -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > True, which is why she also uses up-to-date virus protection as well. if so, no firewall needed > >> *this* is the problem: how can one know an application is clean? > > Such a firewall application could use checksums on the application as a > way of monitoring if the application that was approved has been modified > in some way. I think (but don't know for sure) that this is what > ZoneAlarm does. needs the original md5sum, never seen that on Windows See. The Linux way of life is to go root when one needs to do something like protecting the computer. You get a chance to remember root is God :-) The Vista way of life is to ask at every moment "may I do", to let small windows on the desktop saying "I blocked this" when you know this should not be blocked... and I only sumarize. Why this? because most Windows 2000 and many XP users always run root accounts (or make new accounts root), and this because many old (and new?) applications can't run without writing in the programm install folder so windows users used to be root. On Vista, you can't be root (or nearly)!! but you can make root decision all the time, even in a hurry, when you have no time to think (or are too tired to do) I pray each day for the Kde4 devs not doing same thing :-((( apparmor, in the contrary, seems to do the same job but never ask... 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 07 May '09

07 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > Internet, she is asked "Application FooBizBan is attempting to access the > Internet. Do you wish to allow this?" > > If she recognizes the application as one she's just started, she knows to > allow it. but if this app is filled with a virus, she allows a virus... Most people have never any virus, and have daily questions like this, so yes, most of the users say yes. and if even they say no, they can't run the computer. *this* is the problem: how can one know an application is clean? I use a good free virus scan, when it says "here is a virus", usually I trust it. Last time I had a virus... t'was more than 10 years ago (I have to say that's just the moment I switched most of my work on Linux :-) 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 06 May '09

06 May '09

On Wed, 06 May 2009 22:43:24 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wednesday, 2009-05-06 at 20:02 -0000, Jim Henderson wrote: > >> On Wed, 06 May 2009 21:44:16 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >>> I think jdd may refer to the checksum that the rpm database keeps and >>> which can be used to learn if a file has been changed since installed. >>> However, if you want to use checksums for security checking, you have >>> to store them in external, RO media, and use a live CD to do the >>> checking, not the system which is being audited. >> >> Perhaps, I don't know if the rpm database uses md5sum or not, > > It does. > >> but even if >> it does, the md5sum algorithm is well known and could be implemented >> into the piece of software that's checking. >> >> Of course that also assumes that all executables are accounted for in >> the rpm database. > > They are. All files, executables or not. Have a look at man rpm, > "verify-options". Oh, cool, so if I install wings3d by downloading the .run.gz, gunzip it and run it, rpm knows about it? (I'm being sarcastic here - I know that it doesn't). Only files that are installed from RPMs are included in the rpm database. So that would be things like wings3d, xpis for firefox, etc....All contain executable code, and are not tracked in the rpm database. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by Jim Henderson 06 May '09

06 May '09

On Thu, 07 May 2009 10:50:55 +1200, Philip Dowie wrote: >>But the quoted section above does document the discussion - I said "All >>executables" and you said "they are". I didn't qualify my statement as >>"all executables installed using RPM technologies", I said "all >>executables". :-) >> >> > what is an executable? Something with the X bit set? Shell scripts > aren't executed, they are interpreted, yet they have the X bit set.. > Likewise, I can take a binary, which is executable, and remove the X bit > from it, but it is still executable, according to some definition.. For purposes of my discussion points, 'executable' means 'contains code that is executed' or 'contains executable code'. [...bunch of good points...] > I don't know what the silver bullet will be - clearly neither approach > works right - windows works and is easy, but is as insecure as, well, > windows, on the other hand, Linux can be really secure, but ends up > being hard to use for the folk who don't want to know what a kernel is, > etc, etc.. Very well written summary, Philip. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

Felix Miata a écrit : >> May 6 17:11:40 linux-k9na smartd[3371]: Device: /dev/sda, 1 Currently >> unreadable (pending) sectors > Have you tried accessing it with a partitioning program yet? Until there are > partitions, there is nothing for any user activity except a partitioning > program to access. yes, or with an unreadable file system? can you read the disk with an other computer? If it's known to be empty, may be use YaST partitionner on this disk 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] Ugh - I don't understand how icon schemes work - help?
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

Listmates, I changed kde3 icon themes to tango, but I wanted to change the basket.png back to the hicolor basket.png that actually looks like a basket so I replaced all instances of /usr/share/icons/tango/apps/##x##/basket.png with the one from hicolor, but still I get the tango basket.png showing up as the icon. So how do you change one Icon out of an icon theme? I want to do this so the icons in basket not pads look like baskets instead of those horrible little green check mark notepads that are a visual cacophony. -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : > sdc. > >> what gives "fdisk /dev/sda" (with the disk plugged in :-) > > This: > > ---- > linux-k9na:/home/siberia # fdisk /dev/sdc > Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF > disklabel so you have to make a partition and a file system YaST should be safer, but fdisk is ok, if you use the help when necessary 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : > Perhaps, I don't know if the rpm database uses md5sum or not, but even if > it does, the md5sum algorithm is well known and could be implemented into > the piece of software that's checking. and what will this prove? any malware can insert the md5sum in the file. md5sum have to be fetched from a trusted source (this is usefull) - but if in the first place you dl the program from a trusted source, you shouldn't have any problem of that sort. 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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Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

LLLActive(a)GMX.Net wrote: > Hi David, >> > OK I get the same. >> You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf >> > exactly where? Does it come under Section "Monitor" or Section "Device" > Oops, The supplied xorg.conf didn't show where to put the modeline. It goes here: Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync EndSection -- 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: Interactive Firewall Needed
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

Jim Henderson a écrit : >> needs the original md5sum, never seen that on Windows > > What? Pardon me for being brusque, but that's nonsense. we need the original sum, not the program, a checksum have to compare to an other checksum > Yeah, and which is the more critical part of an OS installation, the > actual OS installation, or the data that a user stores under their own > username? > > Reinstalling the OS takes, what, 45 minutes? Recovering lost data > because of a rogue app can take much longer, especially on personal home > systems because most users don't do backups of their data on their home > machines. Yes, they should, but that's not really the point. ? rogue app need an admin to install 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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Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

LLLActive(a)GMX.Net wrote: > Hi David, > > David C. Rankin wrote: >> Rodney Baker wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2 May 2009 05:57:54 LLLActive(a)GMX.Net wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I am short of giving up. I have: >>>> >>>> OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 >>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>>> nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1 >>>> >>>> Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST. >>>> I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer: >>>> LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz >>>> Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm) >>>> Aspect Ratio: 16/10 >>>> Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz >>>> >>>> The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in >>>> the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change >>>> >>>> Anyone got an Idea how to get it right? >>>> >>>> It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3! >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Al >>>> >>> What resolution is your system actually trying to use? What video drivers are >>> you using - the nvidia proprietary ones or the nv open source drivers? >>> >>> If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the >>> nvidia control panel rather than Yast2. >>> >>> Alternatively, you may have to manually edit the modeline parameters in >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf. David C Rankin mentioned a cli utility for calculating the >>> >> You need to calculate the Generalized Timing Formula you say? Then you need: >> >> gtf >> >> Usage: >> >> gtf h-resolution v-resolution refresh >> >> Example: >> >> gtf 1680 1050 60 >> >> # 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz >> Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 >> -HSync +Vsync >> > OK I get the same. >> You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf >> > exactly where? Does it come under Section "Monitor" or Section "Device" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mine are: > > Section "Monitor" > Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" > DisplaySize 433 271 > HorizSync 31-83 > Identifier "Monitor[0]" > ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ" > Option "DPMS" > Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" > VendorName "--> LCD" > VertRefresh 56-75 > UseModes "Modes[0]" > Option "UseEDID" "FALSE" > EndSection > > ... > > Section "Device" > BoardName "GeForce 8500 GT" > Driver "nvidia" > Identifier "Device[0]" > Option "SaXDualHead" > Option "TwinView" > Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA" > Option "SaXDualOrientation" "RightOf" > Option "MetaModes" > "1680x1050,1280x1024;1600x1024,1280x1024;1600x1000,1280x1024;1400x1050,1280x1024;1600x900,1280x1024;1280x1024,1280x1024;1440x900,1440x900;1280x960,1280x960;1366x768,1366x768;1360x768,1360x768;1280x800,1280x800;1152x864,1152x864;1280x768,1280x768;1280x720,1280x720;1024x768,1024x768;1280x600,1280x600;1024x600,1024x600;800x600,800x600;768x576,768x576;640x480,640x480" > Option "SaXDualResolution" "1280x1024" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" > Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone" > Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-60" > Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-64" > Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1280X1024@60HZ" > Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60" > VendorName "NVIDIA" > EndSection > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >> However, for your squashed earth problem. Open your xorg.conf and make sure >> the "Driver" line does *not* say 'vesafb', if it does, then change it to 'nv' >> and restart kde. > I see it is "nvidia". I have tried "nv" before, but the "nvidia" drivers > seem to work. What is the "nv" driver called these days. I can not see > it in the YaST repos. I can also recall that using Vesa does not work. > LCD does allow an almost round circle. It is still slightly "flat earthed". >> I wrote a bug on this during 11.1 beta testing but maybe the >> fix doesn't work with your hardware. >> >> >> >> > TIA > > Al > > Here is my xorg using the nvidia driver showing the monitor setup. NOTE: Most of the time you do NOT have to supply a modeline, but if for some reason your box isn't getting the edid info for your monitor, it may be necessary. 14:18 ecstasy:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf # /.../ # SaX generated X11 config file # Created on: 2009-04-10T22:51:45-0500. # # Version: 8.1 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax(a)suse.de>, 2005 # Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users> # # Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1) # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! # Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts" InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" Option "ZapWarning" "on" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "extmod" Load "glx" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "kbd" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "evdev" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "HWHEELRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer" Option "Pass" "3" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "evBits" "+1-2" Option "keyBits" "~272-287" Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 475 295 HorizSync 30-66 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 50-61 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT" BusID "2:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" VendorName "NVIDIA" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "on" EndSection -- 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] Help! What blew my kde menu away in kde3?
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

Listmates, I'm scratching my head. On my 11.0 kde3.5 laptop, suddenly all my tweaks to my kde menu are gone and the default menu entries are back? For example, I always add kwrite to the "Utilities/Editors" menu and today I log in and -- it's gone. Also gone is my dcrtools menu that I put all my favorite apps in and then add it to the kicker panel. Anybody got any idea what could have done this? -- 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] <KDE 3.5.x Question> openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded: Includes KDE 4.2.2 and 11.1 updates
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

Osamalamadingdong wrote: > Patrick Shanahan wrote: >> * David C. Rankin <drankinatty(a)suddenlinkmail.com> [05-06-09 00:17]: >>> In other words, if you want your kde3 apps to keep working, you may >>> want to >>> remove the backport repo. Thinks like kdiff3, etc. DO NOT WORK or >>> integrate >>> with konqueror if built against the kde4 base :-( >>> >>> And... they know that... >>> >> >> And... Now *you* do tooooo. >> You *knew* kde3 was going awaaaay. > > That doesn't excuse deliberately breaking working apps. > > And *you* know it [..edited..] > Heh, heh, heh, heh ;-)....... God it's good, and productive, to have a good debate return to the list. I can't think of a better example of this than the "accidentally on purpose" compiling apps in the *KDE3* /backports repository like kdiff3 and others against the kde4 base -- and then refusing to correct the "accident." Some of the developers obviously think the members of this list are pretty darn stupid. You know, "You can fool some of the people most of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time...." And the way it's done, just kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth... But that's just my option of course. -- 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] <KDE 3.5.x Question> openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Reloaded: Includes KDE 4.2.2 and 11.1 updates
by Jay Mistry 06 May '09

06 May '09

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> wrote: > While 11.2 is still months away[1] there's still plenty of activity going on > with openSUSE. In addition to last week's milestone release[2], you can also > get your hands on openSUSE 11.1 Reloaded. This is a respin of openSUSE > 11.1[3], including KDE 4.2.2 packages and updates to 11.1. > > This is an installable live CD that features the KDE 4.2.2 packages from the > openSUSE Build Service repo. The live CD was created by Stephan 'Beineri' > Binner, and is useful for people who want to test out KDE 4.2 and users who > are doing new installs and want the most recent openSUSE updates straight out > of the box. > > See the KDE 4.2.2 announcement[4] for more information on the improvements > and new features in KDE 4.2.2. > > Some features in openSUSE's distribution of KDE differ slightly from a stock > install of KDE. The "cashew" (Toolbox) is not enabled by default. It ships > with the "Aya" theme and includes some bugfixes and enhancements over the > stock 4.2.2 release. The Reloaded live CD also defaults to the KDE4 versions > of Amarok (2.0.2) and Digikam (0.10). > > A Note of Caution > ================= > > Please note that this is not an "official" openSUSE release, and has not > undergone the same kind of testing that stable releases receive. > > Additional openSUSE KDE News > ============================ > > As Will Stephenson points out, if you're following the > KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop repository, you'll soon start getting KDE 4.3 > packages. If you want to keep on with the KDE 4.2 packages, use the new > KDE:42 repo[5]. The live CD is pre-configured to use this repository, so no > need to worry about getting moved to 4.3 unless you change it. > > See Important news for openSUSE KDE4 users[6] for more information about KDE > repos in the openSUSE Build Service and package naming changes. > > [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap > [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/24/opensuse-112-milestone-1-released/ > [3]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Medias/images/iso/ > [4]: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.2.2.php > [5]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/42/openSUSE_11.1/ > [6]: http://mschlander.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/important-news-for-opensuse-kde4… > > -- > Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> > openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org > Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net > Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb > http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members [6] states: ================================================================= .... KDE3 packages will be prefixed, like this “kde3-[package name]. If you want to keep using some KDE3 applications after updating - e.g. Konversation or K3b - add the KDE3 repository for your openSUSE version and install kde3-k3b or kde3-konversation: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/ ================================================================= Question about KDE 3.5.x (using openSUSE 11.1) - For KDE 3.5.10, what about the repositories mentioned here: http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Repositories#KDE_3.5.x ? Can they be kept/added (will they also be updated correspondingly ?), in addition to http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.1/ ? Jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.0 kde3.5 "KDEInit could not launch '/opt/kde3/bin/kwite'." Huh?
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

Listmates, After the latest "whatever" that messed up Ciro's notes and my menus in kde3, I am encountering more mysterious behavior. Today, kwrite will not launch from Alt+F2 ?? The error is: KDEInit could not launch '/opt/kde3/bin/kwite'. I also cannot launch it from the menu. I've tried with both simple 'kwrite' and '/opt/kde3/bin/kwrite'. Bewilderingly, kwrite launches just fine from the command line. With i.e. 'kwrite &'. What to check? I use kwrite for just about everything as my 'quick dump notepad'. (mainly due to it's ability to manipulate text, reformat, join lines, etc..) If I have text from browsing/comparing notes/etc.. that I need to put somewhere for a minute or two, I just launch kwrite from kicker and use it as a quick temporary notepad. Now, it's like I'm out of paper. Beyond just addressing this kwrite issue, does anyone have a handle on what update is causing the menu loss, notes loss, difficulty launching kwrite, etc? -- 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: Large disks in Opensuse 11
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

jdd a écrit : > Per Inge Oestmoen a écrit : >> jdd wrote: > >> Why will not opensuse 11 read it and let me format it? Or do I do >> something wrong in Yast? > > probably. > > Your drive seems to be /dev/sda > > what gives "fdisk /dev/sda" (with the disk plugged in :-) > > option "p" to see the partitions. > > this is harm free as long as you don't save "typing w". Quit with > option "q" or Control C is safe > > jdd sorry, read /dev/sdc 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] audio cd on laptop
by jdd 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hello, I'm having a curious problem. OpenSUSE 11.1. Kde. I can't play audio CD. When I insert the cd, the choice window open, I can extract audio tracks and play them after that, but no audio player read them. Amarok scan the tracks and stop (but report exact size). dmesg says: end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0 however, I'm listening on my HI-FI a copy of this cd I just made with this very computer :-) and Konq opens and I can copy the wav image to disk ideas? (remember it's a laptop, I can't change anything inside) 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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Re: [opensuse] nVidia GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi David, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Rodney Baker wrote: > > > >> >> On Sat, 2 May 2009 05:57:54 LLLActive(a)GMX.Net wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I am short of giving up. I have: >>> >>> >>> >>> OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 >>> >>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>> >>> >>> >>> nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1 >>> >>> >>> >>> Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST. >>> >>> I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer: >>> >>> LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz >>> >>> Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm) >>> >>> Aspect Ratio: 16/10 >>> >>> Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz >>> >>> >>> >>> The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in >>> >>> the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change >>> >>> >>> >>> Anyone got an Idea how to get it right? >>> >>> >>> >>> It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3! >>> >>> >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> >>> >>> Al >>> >>> >>> >> >> What resolution is your system actually trying to use? What video drivers are >> >> you using - the nvidia proprietary ones or the nv open source drivers? >> >> >> >> If you are using the nvidia drivers, install and setup the display using the >> >> nvidia control panel rather than Yast2. >> >> >> >> Alternatively, you may have to manually edit the modeline parameters in >> >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf. David C Rankin mentioned a cli utility for calculating the >> >> >> > > > > You need to calculate the Generalized Timing Formula you say? Then you need: > > > > gtf > > > > Usage: > > > > gtf h-resolution v-resolution refresh > > > > Example: > > > > gtf 1680 1050 60 > > > > # 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz > > Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 > > -HSync +Vsync > > > OK I get the same. > > You can plug that modeline into you xorg.conf > > > exactly where? Does it come under Section "Monitor" or Section "Device" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mine are: Section "Monitor" Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool" DisplaySize 433 271 HorizSync 31-83 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "1680X1050@60HZ" Option "DPMS" Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" VendorName "--> LCD" VertRefresh 56-75 UseModes "Modes[0]" Option "UseEDID" "FALSE" EndSection ... Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce 8500 GT" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "SaXDualHead" Option "TwinView" Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA" Option "SaXDualOrientation" "RightOf" Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050,1280x1024;1600x1024,1280x1024;1600x1000,1280x1024;1400x1050,1280x1024;1600x900,1280x1024;1280x1024,1280x1024;1440x900,1440x900;1280x960,1280x960;1366x768,1366x768;1360x768,1360x768;1280x800,1280x800;1152x864,1152x864;1280x768,1280x768;1280x720,1280x720;1024x768,1024x768;1280x600,1280x600;1024x600,1024x600;800x600,800x600;768x576,768x576;640x480,640x480" Option "SaXDualResolution" "1280x1024" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-60" Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-64" Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1280X1024@60HZ" Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60" VendorName "NVIDIA" EndSection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > However, for your squashed earth problem. Open your xorg.conf and make sure > > the "Driver" line does *not* say 'vesafb', if it does, then change it to 'nv' > > and restart kde. > I see it is "nvidia". I have tried "nv" before, but the "nvidia" drivers seem to work. What is the "nv" driver called these days. I can not see it in the YaST repos. I can also recall that using Vesa does not work. LCD does allow an almost round circle. It is still slightly "flat earthed". > > I wrote a bug on this during 11.1 beta testing but maybe the > > fix doesn't work with your hardware. > > > > > > > > > TIA Al -- 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 profilemanager does not start
by Sunny 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi, I run 11.0 32bit, with the latest Firefox (3.0.10). I tried to start from commandline the profile manager: $ firefox -ProfileManager This just immediately returns without starting firefox at all. I verified with ps aux that there is no other copy of FF running. I have found an old post here with no responses: http://forums.opensuse.org/network-internet/403948-firefox-profilemanager-d… Also, I found another post, which says that this is because of the way OpenSuse build of firefox is done: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1006995 So, any other searches did not produce sound solution. Can someone help on this? Is it a known problem, and I failed to find it? Thanks -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cannot build RPMs
by Shawn Protsman 06 May '09

06 May '09

After getting a fresh install of 11.1 I'm unable to build any RPMs. It bombs in the %prep stage. I checked the differences between 'rpm' files between my 11.0 and 11.1 box and noticed that I have devel_rpm_build on 11.0 but not 11.1. Search for it and tried to install it: @ariel ~/rpm/SPECS] zypper se -s devel_rpm_build Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+-----------------------+---------+-----------+-------- +------------------ | devel_rpm_build | pattern | 11.1-71.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | devel_rpm_build | pattern | 11.1-71.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | devel_rpm_build | pattern | 11.1-71.1 | i586 | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | devel_rpm_build-32bit | pattern | 11.1-71.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-11.1-Oss @ariel ~/rpm/SPECS] sudo zypper in devel_rpm_build Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 'devel_rpm_build' not found. Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. @ariel ~/rpm/SPECS] Tried adding the type: @ariel ~/rpm/SPECS] sudo zypper in -t pattern devel_rpm_build Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following NEW packages are going to be installed: autoconf automake libtool texinfo The following NEW patterns are going to be installed: apparmor apparmor_opt base devel_rpm_build sw_management yast2_install_wf Overall download size: 2.6 M. After the operation, additional 9.2 M will be used. Continue? [YES/no]: Retrieving package texinfo-4.12-1.172.x86_64 (1/10), 1002.0 K (3.5 M unpacked) Installing: texinfo-4.12-1.172 [done] Retrieving package libtool-2.2.6-1.35.x86_64 (2/10), 514.0 K (2.3 M unpacked) Installing: libtool-2.2.6-1.35 [done] Retrieving package autoconf-2.63-1.136.x86_64 (3/10), 642.0 K (1.9 M unpacked) Installing: autoconf-2.63-1.136 [done] Retrieving package automake-1.10.1-4.284.x86_64 (4/10), 525.0 K (1.4 M unpacked) Installing: automake-1.10.1-4.284 [done] I am still unable to build rpm spec files: @ariel ~/rpm/SPECS] rpmbuild -ba htop.spec Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /home/sprotsman/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.5692 <snip> /home/sprotsman/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.5692: line 29: cd: htop-0.8.1: No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /home/sprotsman/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.5692 (%prep) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /home/sprotsman/rpm/tmp/rpm-tmp.5692 (%prep) ====== Any ideas would be most helpful. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Operator group
by Dave Feustel 06 May '09

06 May '09

I notice that Suse 11 seems to have no operator group. When was it removed from Suse? Can I put it back in? I use it to give myself shutdown privileges as a normal user. Thanks. -- 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 GeForce 8500GT Belinea 103035W OpenSUSE 11.1 Woes
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi all, I am short of giving up. I have: OpenSuSE 11.1 : 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux nVidea GeForce 8500GT recognised by OpenSUSE 11.1 Belinea 103035W NOT in the Monitor List of YaST. I use LCD and set up as in the technical specs of the manufacturer: LCD 1680X1050@60 Hz Display size: 20.1 Inch (X-axis 433mm x Y-Axis 271mm) Aspect Ratio: 16/10 Sync Ferq: Horiz: 31 - 83 KHz ; Vert: 56 - 75 Hz The round objects look like the flattened earth! Everything is pulled in the Horizontal direction. I tried every setup possibility. No change Anyone got an Idea how to get it right? It was correct in OpenSUSE 10.3! TIA Al -- 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 packages for ipod touch?
by David C. Rankin 06 May '09

06 May '09

Listmates, My son got an ip "touch" for his birthday and I'm trying to figure out the tools on Linux to use. So far I can see the device, but that's about it. I have used the tools in oss, pacman and banshee, but I'm still stuck any hints? -- 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] Notes gone!
by Ciro Iriarte 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi, apparently after my last system update the notes from Knotes dissapeared. They seem to still be available in ~/.kde/share/apps/knotes. Anybody have seen this? OS: openSUSE 11.0@x86_64 GUI: Stock KDE3 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] Issue with dd. bug or feature?
by Greg Freemyer 06 May '09

06 May '09

All, I am a heavy user of dd and think I know it well, but we had some unexpected behavior out of dd recently. At least it was unexpected by us. In its simplest reproducible form we did something like: md5sum big_file cat big_file | dd bs=32k conv=sync,noerror | md5sum big_file was a multiple of 32k long, so we expected the results to be identical. They were not. It appears that if dd consumes data faster than cat can produce it, then dd will get partial block reads. ie. the 32k reads will get less than 32k out of the pipe. When that happens, I suspect dd flags it as an error read and with the above 'conv=sync,noerror' arg, dd fills the 32k block with zeros. Thus the data passed into md5 has been corrupted from the original and we get a different md5sum. We found that totally dropping the 'conv=sync,noerror' arg eliminates the problem, although I'm not positive how that works. dd still reports a lot of read errors, but the md5 is right. Not very comforting to see it report hundreds of read errors just reading a couple GB of data. Also, changing the block size to 4k, fixes it. I assume because cat is working in blocks of 4k or a multiple there of. No read errors reported at all this way. Anyway, I don't know if the above is by design, or if we have come across a bug. If a bug, is it in dd? the kernel? FYI: I know conv=sync,noerror is not needed in the above. We tend to use it just in case something goes wrong. In this case, it made things go wrong! Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.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] [11.0] updating everything except kernel?
by Felix Miata 05 May '09

05 May '09

Is it possible on 11.0 to use zypper to update everything except kernel? I see in /etc/zypp a file "locks", but nothing about how to use it. If I try to zypper up -t package, zypper wants to remove kernel-pae, without telling me which kernel-pae it wants to remove. kernel-pae-2.6.25.18-0.2 kernel-pae-2.6.27.7-10.2 kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.7-10.2 are installed. 2.6.27 is from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ilya_41/openSUSE_11.0/i586/ and necessary because pre-2.6.26 kernels provide unusable broken networking with OS/2. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #70 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 05 May '09

05 May '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 70 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * KDE4 Reloaded * Google Summer of Code Introduction * OpenOffice.org 3.1beta6 * Lukas Ocilka: YaST Has New Icons / Mascot ... Finally :) * ARM support in openSUSE Buildservice - fixed For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/70/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/70 Have a lot of fun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.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] Expanding a file system to fill a partition
by Matthias Bach 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hi! Am Dienstag 05 Mai 2009 schrieb Stan Goodman: > The new partition is rather larger than the old one, so of course, not all > the partition is formatted with ect3. During discussion here of how to > accomplish this upgrade, it was mentioned that it would be possible to > remedy this incomplete formatting, but there was no mention of a way to > do so. No need for formatting. There is a grow feature in ext3, check man resize2fs. Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Bach www.marix.org „Der einzige Weg, die Grenzen des Möglichen zu finden, ist ein klein wenig über diese hinaus in das Unmögliche vorzustoßen.“ - Arthur C. Clarke

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[opensuse] Expanding a file system to fill a partition
by Stan Goodman 05 May '09

05 May '09

When I upgraded my OS to v11.1, I copied the /home directory to its new home by means of the dd command. (I had encountered some difficulty in trying to copy by file, and wanted to get the thing working. No, that is not the right way to do.) The new partition is rather larger than the old one, so of course, not all the partition is formatted with ect3. During discussion here of how to accomplish this upgrade, it was mentioned that it would be possible to remedy this incomplete formatting, but there was no mention of a way to do so. How can I fill out the formatting of this partition? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- 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: encapsulated messages
by Joachim Schrod 05 May '09

05 May '09

Konstantinos Georgokitsos wrote: > > I looked at them and they are encapsulated as multi-part MIME with one of the > part as you say message/rfc822. However, vi is not an option as there are more > than 1800 left to look at... metamail can extract MIME-formated mails from rejection messages, it has a special option -y for it. It needs each mail seperately as input, mailx or csplit might help you here. Sadly, SUSE doesn't contain GNU mailutils any more. HTH, 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: Mouse or Driver[SOLVED]
by jdd 05 May '09

05 May '09

Randall R Schulz a écrit : > I never said the mouse couldn't be opened or repaired. I said the > microswitch could not be opened, repaired and reassembled. I at least showed the switch can be disassembled and reassembled. To repair it it needs either changing it (3 solders) or making a new part (feasible) 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] encapsulated messages
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 05 May '09

05 May '09

Hiall, I am the postmaster at our site, and over the weekend the mail server freaked and swallowed some 2500 mails due to some error. fortunately, it sent copies of the squashed mails to me at my postmaster account, encapsulated with the reason of the error. I now have all the mails in my KMail (KDE 4.2.2) box, however most of them are spam. I waded through the mails that got in and out this morning as there were some important ones that needed to get out. However, the remaining bulk is mainly spam and a few messages from mailing lists like opensuse. I would like to un-encapsulate all of them and send them to my inbox or simply run my filters over it. that should sort all mailing list messages and it should also get rid of most of the spam. However, does anyone have an idea how to at least "unencapsulate" them? I use maildirs. I could e.g. after unencapsulating them throw them into a tmp directory and run the filters in kmail on them. ideas? Kostas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DBus error?
by Clayton 05 May '09

05 May '09

This is new.... I'm getting this on the KDE update applet - I had issues with it after a fresh install. Initially it was erroring out, complaining that the RPM database was locked by a process. I cleaned that up, and after a clean boot, it comes up and says packages need to be updated. If I click the red icon, then I see this error: ============================== DBus error : org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied : Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.21" (uid=1000 pid=4251 comm="/usr/bin/kupdateapplet ") interface="org.freedesktop.PackageKit.Transaction" member="WhatProvides" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.PackageKit" (uid=0 pid=23590 comm="/usr/sbin/packagekitd ")) ============================== So.. something is not quite right, but I am not sure what nor how to go about finding out exactly what is wrong. Any advice? 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] HDMI Audio
by Andrew Joakimsen 05 May '09

05 May '09

Under openSUSE 11.1 how is it possible to use the audio output via HDMI? I see in the mixer "HDMI Audio" but no sound output is produced. -- 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: Mouse or Driver[SOLVED]
by jdd 04 May '09

04 May '09

Randall R Schulz a écrit : > I don't think I've ever seen a microswitch that could be opened. The > picture in my mind is of a rivet-like fastener used to hold together > the halves of the case. nope I just openned a mouse for you :-) http://dodin.org/opensuse-mouse/ the mouse survived the surgery (I'm G. House :-) of course, again, I don't advocate fixing mouses. However, sometime, blowing in the apertures cqn fix :-) jdd NB: this mouse *is* an optical mouse, the one that needs a special carpet 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: System lockup on 3d operations (mostly games) - hardware error?
by samk＠twinix.com 04 May '09

04 May '09

See Thread at: http://www.techienuggets.com/Detail?tx=70368 Posted on behalf of a User Have you solved the error now or know what it caused? Since i am having a similiar error with my card and debian lenny (not a notebook). In Response To: Hello, When i play savage 2 game or any of other power-demanding 3d games after +- 15minutes i got a system lockup with only hard reboot possible. Is it mobo, graphics, CPU or software problem? What can i try to resolve? My system (laptop) is: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz 4GB RAM GeForce 8600M GT Sometimes (very rare) it happens even when not playing. running 2.6.27.7-9-default kernel X.Org X Server 1.5.2 NVIDIA 180.22 driver I have found following in my logs: /var/log/messages (last lines before reboot): Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: Xorg[2956]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f14475202f3 sp 00007fff4f730630 error 4 in ld-2.9.so[7f1447513000+1e000] Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE007f Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE007f Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 7, Ch 0000007f M 00001ffc D ffffffff intr ffffffff Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 0000007f M 00001ffc D ffffffff intr ffffffff Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 4, Ch 0000007f acquireValue ffffffff dmaPut ffffffff dmaGetffffffff Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 4, Ch 0000007f SC 00000007 M 00001ffc Data ffffffff Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason b1. Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus. Jan 24 06:02:14 saily kernel: Dazed and confused, but trying to continue /var/log/mcelog (part): MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 3 TSC 5def5ab6344 STATUS 902000010220100e MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 3 TSC 15a9e543c894 ADDR 13e705d40 STATUS 942000410001010a MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 1 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 3 TSC 15cb35ec8eec STATUS 902000010120100e MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 0 STATUS f200084000000800 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 1 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 5 STATUS f200001014000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 2 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 BANK 5 STATUS f200001030000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 3 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 3 TSC 9755348808 ADDR 12d605d40 STATUS 942000410001010a MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 4 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 3 TSC eaf13b85c8 STATUS 902000010120100e MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 0 STATUS f200084000000800 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 1 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 5 STATUS f200001014000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 2 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 BANK 5 STATUS f200001030000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 9cf9e42c4 Processor core below trip temperature. Throttling disabled STATUS 881e01c0 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 0 MCG status: MCi status: Error overflow Uncorrected error Error enabled Processor context corrupt MCA: BUS Level-0 Local-CPU-originated-request Generic Memory-access Request-timeout Error BQ_DCU_READ_TYPE BQ_ERR_HARD_TYPE BQ_ERR_HARD_TYPE timeout BINIT (ROB timeout). No micro-instruction retired for some time failure that caused IERR STATUS f200084000000800 MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 1 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 0 BANK 5 MCG status: MCi status: Error overflow Uncorrected error Error enabled Processor context corrupt MCA: BUS Generic Generic Generic Other-transaction Request-timeout Error BQ_DCU_READ_TYPE BQ_ERR_AERR2_TYPE BQ_ERR_AERR2_TYPE received parity error on response transaction MCE driven MCE is observed STATUS f200001034000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 2 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 BANK 5 MCG status: MCi status: Error overflow Uncorrected error Error enabled Processor context corrupt MCA: BUS Generic Generic Generic Other-transaction Request-timeout Error BQ_DCU_READ_TYPE BQ_ERR_HARD_TYPE BQ_ERR_HARD_TYPE received parity error on response transaction MCE driven STATUS f200001010000e0f MCGSTATUS 0 MCE 0 HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem! Please contact your hardware vendor CPU 1 THERMAL EVENT TSC 9fef682fc Processor core below trip temperature. Throttling disabled STATUS 882301c0 MCGSTATUS 0 ...... Best regards Gryffus -- 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: Mouse or Driver
by jdd 04 May '09

04 May '09

Bob Rea a écrit : >> a dirty mouse. > > It's an optical mouse. dirt may affect optical sensors 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] Java Print Service Diagnostic
by Dave Feustel 04 May '09

04 May '09

Does anyone know of a diagnostic program for Java Print Service that displays the value of the relevant environmental variables, etc? Thanks. -- 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: Mouse or Driver[SOLVED]
by jdd 04 May '09

04 May '09

Bob Rea a écrit : > No, never have banged down the mouse, tempted tho I may be. > Put new mouse on and it works just fine. so, could you open the mouse, clean it and test if it works? (as you don't use it anymore, if it break it's of no importance, but so we could know the reason) G. House :-) -- 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] Mouse or Driver
by Bob Rea 04 May '09

04 May '09

My mouse is losing it's grip, especially in solitaire, but other places too. Is this more likely to be the mouse or a driver problem? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- 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 mod_rewrite
by Jim Henderson 04 May '09

04 May '09

On Sun, 03 May 2009 20:49:16 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote: > If you put garbage in the .htaccess file in question, do you get a > server error trying to access the page/directory in question? Duaine - in response to your off-list e-mail, you hadn't indicated how you'd determined it wasn't reading it. We're not mind readers, you know. ;-) Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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 mod_rewrite
by Joachim Schrod 04 May '09

04 May '09

Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Sunday May 3 2009, Duaine & Laura Hechler wrote: >> ... >> >> This was in the .htaccess file I attached at 3:23 this afternoon - >> however I'll list it again: >> >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d >> #RewriteRule ^(.*) "index.php" >> RewriteRule / http://example.com/ >> >> I'm not getting any thing from this - not even to example.com > > Are you sure these directives are honored in .htaccess files? The > documentation says that only things enabled via AllowOverride directive > (in the or an Apache2 configuration file such as httpd.conf) are > honored in a .htaccess file. Duaine had an AllowOverride All in the config, so that's not the problem. And mod_rewrite directives are allowed in .htaccess files, so that's not the problem either. But your later hint (not cited by me) is the right way to go. There is no obvious error in Duaine's config files, he needs to debug. 0) Check the Apache error log for any hints. 1) Put something incorrect in .htaccess and see if it's really used. 2) Turn up the RewriteLogLevel. Make sure that the RewriteLogFile really exists. (The directive were in default-site.conf.) 3) Be aware that this does not work if a virtual host is used. mod_rewrite must be turned on for EACH virtual host, this is not on by default. 4) Check that no other included conf files in conf.d/ change the configuration of the respective directory. There was at least one suspicious include where the apache manual configuration got read twice. Giving more tips would need to read and test the configuration files, and I don't have the time to do that; sorry. 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] which one to use: kmp default or kmp pae or kmp vanilla
by Hawit 04 May '09

04 May '09

if we'd like to update our kernel or install SuSEee, there are always many choices for kernel like kernel default, kernel pae, kernerl vanilla and so on. As a desktop user (eee pc user), which one is the most suitable for me? -- 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: Keeping access to cd/dvd player
by Joachim Schrod 04 May '09

04 May '09

Dominique Leuenberger wrote: >>>> On 4/29/2009 at 4:05, Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler(a)att.net> wrote: >> Some how, something got set to change the settings on the cd/dvd player dev. >> >> I have to keep changing permissions of /dev/sr0 to allow non-root access. >> >> How do I change it permanently ? > > you should update your system. This was a very early error in hal (or udev... not sure anymore), that the permissions were not set correctly. > Most device files are created dynamically nowadays and permissions are granted dynamically too with udev. > > don't be surprised: ls -l will not show you all you want to see: > :~> ls -l /dev/sr0 > brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2009-04-29 08:16 /dev/sr0 In that context, I got two questions: 1) What's the application that gives out the ACLs during login? Is it ConsoleKit? 2) When was the problem fixed? Sometime in the last 6 weeks, or earlier? I'm asking because somehow the ACLs are not set on my system any more, neither for the CD nor for the sound device. I thought it changed after a large update at ca. 2009-03-21 with ConsoleKit and dbus and others. (I use neither Gnome nor KDE, in case that matters.) 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] A good partition resize strategy?
by Verner Kjærsgaard 03 May '09

03 May '09

Hi list I've got an openSuSE11 installed on a vmwaremachine, with a number of partitions. The root partition (/), however, is too small. I need to xfer the vmware image to another vmware machine, this time making room for - and increasing the size of the root partition. Any good strategy, hints? As always,- thank you! -- 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 mod_rewrite
by Jim Henderson 03 May '09

03 May '09

On Sat, 02 May 2009 23:41:57 -0500, Duaine & Laura Hechler wrote: >> Sounds like it's interpreting the "!" incorrectly. Try just: >> >> a2enmod -q rewrite || echo "no" >> >> Does it do the same thing? >> >> Jim >> > That returns nothing - just back to the prompt Then the module is loaded - at least as near as I can tell. You could also just run a2enmod -l That will list all the modules that are loaded - if rewrite is in the list, you're good to go. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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] HDMI Audio
by Yang Bo 03 May '09

03 May '09

On Saturday 02 May 2009 06:18:10 Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > I have an HP monitor (W2407) with built-in speakers. The monitor is > connected to the computer via an HDMI cable, but there is no sound. > You man try change the preference of the device used. If you're using KDE4, that's in "Configure Desktop", "Multimedia", on "Device Preference", Prefere the HDMI device to the first. Not sure PulseAudio would work or not, I know few about it. Hope this works. Regards Yang Bo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Signal 11 in X?
by Clayton 03 May '09

03 May '09

Something went wrong today... not sure exactly what (possibly related to an update I did, but what exactly it was I have no idea). I spent some time trying to sort it out, but got nowhere. I tried rolling back X11 to the version off the 11.1 install DVD.. rebuilt the video drivers (just in case), rolled back everything I could find that related to the X server, and nothing changed. I ended up doing a complete reinstall to get my system back up and running. Repositories I've been using are defaults, plus Communtiy repos added with the radio button in the repository manager, plus the KDE4 Factory repos for 11.1. This is the error to console when I tried to start X: X.Org X Server 1.5.2 Release Date: 10 October 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux linux-2zdz 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 x86_64 Build Date: 03 December 2008 02:40:38PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May 3 13:40:35 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Backtrace: 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x65) [0x47e715] 1: /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x7f73fa8876e0] 2: X(InitOutput+0x508) [0x467238] 3: X(main+0x286) [0x432146] 4: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f73fa873586] 5: X [0x4316f9] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Anyone else seen this? Any thoughts on what I may have done to trigger this? 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] Firefox on 64bit 11.0 crashing
by Larry Stotler 03 May '09

03 May '09

I've had an issue with Firefox for at least the past week on my 64bit 11.0 system. I will come back to the machine and it's not running and I can restart it and recover or I will be using it and it will just go away. It always recovers ok. Updating to 3.0.9 didn't help any since it still does it. Does firefox keep any kind of log? Where can I get more info on the crashes? I usually have more than 20 tabs ok. Thanx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Realplayer not playing??
by David C. Rankin 03 May '09

03 May '09

Listmates, Our local public radio station transmitter is down and I was trying to get the audio stream to play in realplayer on openSuSE 11.0, but nothing would play. I chose amarok and all is playing fine. The stream I wanted to listed to can be found here in both .pls and .m3u format: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/rrr/ppr/index.shtml Is realplayer broken? Can anyone else get the .pls or .m3u streams to play in realplayer? (you get a bit of culture as well, it's classical until 3:00 pm CDT. or 2000 UTC (zulu)) -- 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] Using UNRAR
by Felix Miata 03 May '09

03 May '09

On http://www.dvdboard.de/forum/showthread.php?t=121319 are links to 19 RAR archives, plus md5, plus a .sfv file that contains a list of the 19 files with what looks like checksums, that I downloaded. I am instructed there only in German, which I do not read nor speak, to use Windoz to reconstruct a service DVD required to fix my DVD recorder. Using 'unrar -l *.rar' I am told 0 files (and only in volume 1). Using 'unrar -t *.rar' I am told No files to extract. Using 'unrar -l pioneer_service.partNN.sfv' I am told not RAR archive. Can anyone tell me how to extract an iso from these files using Linux? -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.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 - knetworkmanager not lauchable
by Greg Freemyer 03 May '09

03 May '09

All, My laptop is running kde 4.2.2 In the taskbar where the knetworkmanager icon is supposed to be, I just have a black square. And it I try to run knetworkmanager manually, nothing happens. I tried deleting, .kde4, but it did not help. Any other ideas? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.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] Exporting KMail folders etc, Revisited
by Stan Goodman 02 May '09

02 May '09

I had begun a thread recently in which I tried to find a good way to carry over my KMail structure from v10.3-KDE3 to v11.1-KDE4, as-is (as closely as possible). This did not seem to be as easy and straightforward a process as I might have hoped. But in the meantime I have come to believe that KDE4 (at least in its present state) is not for me (at least in my own present state) and that I would be better off sticking with KDE3. It seems to me therefore that the most straightforward way to proceed is simply to carry over my home directory from the v10.3 installation to a new v11.1 installation. Because the intent is to retain the existing v10.3 installation on one HD, and put the new v11.1 on another one, my conception of how to do this safely is as follows. I would be exceedingly grateful for any comments that might show up potential pitfalls or misunderstandings. 1) I would set up clean root and home partitions for the new v11.1 using DFSee. 2) Working from the existing v10.3, I would install ext3 on the home partition and mount that partition v10.3. 3) As though I were backing up the v10.3 home partition, I simply copy it in toto to the partition newly made to be the v11.1 home partition. 4) Finally I install v11.1 on the root partition prepared for it, defining the newly populated partition as it /home, and instruct that this /home partition not be formatted. To me, this looks like the perfect way to proceed, and it should leave me with a new system very much like the old one, although there would no doubt be a few apps that need to be replaced. Is there any problem with this? Have I overlooked something? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] "Network Sound"
by Randall R Schulz 02 May '09

02 May '09

Hi, I now routinely use two computers (both running openSUSE 11.1, both on x86 hardware, though entirely distinct in details) but have only one set of speakers. I would like to have one of these systems send its sound output to the other system rather than to its own sound hardware. I gather this is possible, but haven't been able to find much information on how to exploit the capability. Could someone give me the outline of setting something like this up or point me to some informational materials? 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] Re: Edit a file with gedit as root causes error messages
by Rajko M. 02 May '09

02 May '09

On Thursday 30 April 2009 07:44:54 pm you wrote: > My system was never a part of an enterprise. Is there a way to find out > which program is generating these messages so I can correct it? Something that is probably part of SLED, crept in openSUSE, and it should be removed. The best way to correct problem is to report it to http://bugzilla.novell.com as it can be problem with every computer with your configuration. -- Regards, Rajko http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can't access USB flash drive
by Paul Cornford 02 May '09

02 May '09

Hi list, Ever since I reinstalled the operating system and switched to KDE 4.1.3 from KDE 3.? yesterday I can no longer access my USB flash drive. It registers in My Computer but when I click on it nothing happens. Right clicking doesn't give me the mount option. As far as I know all the updates have been installed. My details are as follows: OS: Linux 2.6.27.21-0.1-pae i686 Desktop: 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3) "release 4.10.4" Any help is appreciated. pcor. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Keeping access to cd/dvd player
by Duaine & Laura Hechler 02 May '09

02 May '09

Some how, something got set to change the settings on the cd/dvd player dev. I have to keep changing permissions of /dev/sr0 to allow non-root access. How do I change it permanently ? -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] low-profile graphics cards - hard to find - I found one if you need it.
by David C. Rankin 01 May '09

01 May '09

List, After having a difficult time finding a low profile video card to fit in a dell optiplex Small Farm Factor case, I found one I liked and thought I would pass along the info so save anyone else on the list the 2 hour search. There is a lot of garbage out there being pushed as "low profile ready" or "small form factor ready", this card isn't just "ready" it also provides the low-profile bracket as well. 9600GT with a 256-bit memory pipline and 1.8 GHz memory clock gives you a stunning 57.6 G/sec memory transfer rate. The card is a: SPARKLE SX96GT512D3L-NM GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Retail Low Profile 512MB GDDR3 with Native HDMI Support Picked it up for 84.99 at newegg. HTH somebody, if not ... just hit the [del] key. -- 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]
by Chuck Payne 01 May '09

01 May '09

Guys, Need a bit of help. I got a bash script I use to call up a group of boxes that I manage. In this script, am doing X forwarding via ssh, mybox_rxvt () { ssh -X cepayne(a)mybox.mydomain.com /usr/bin/xterm; } When I use my bash script I get the following error... Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.arning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. But if I just type ssh -X cepayne(a)mybox.mydomain.com /usr/bin/xterm from the CLI, it works. Why would calling that from a bash script not work but from the CLI, it would. What can I do to fix it. Thanks, Chuck -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Automating Complex Firefox Window & Virtual Desktop Setup
by Randall R Schulz 01 May '09

01 May '09

Hi, I routinely keep several (often as many as a dozen) Firefox windows open, preserving them and their complement of tabs from one invocation of Firefox to another using the Session Manager functionality of the Tab Mix Plus extension. However, I find that putting all the windows on the proper virtual desktop and display with the proper size and visibility of the sidebar to be rather tedious. Does anyone know of any good solutions for capturing and automating the (re-) establishment of such a configuration? 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] install error message from eee-control
by Hawit 01 May '09

01 May '09

i m trying to install eee-control for my opensuse 11.1, but i got this error (rather long..): python setup.py install running install running build running build_py running build_ext building 'EeeControl.ioport' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -march=i586 -mtune=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -g -fwrapv -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c ioport/ioport.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/ioport/ioport.o ioport/ioport.c:46:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory ioport/ioport.c:58: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or __attribute__ before * token ioport/ioport.c: In function validate: ioport/ioport.c:69: warning: implicit declaration of function PyErr_SetString ioport/ioport.c:69: error: ErrorObj undeclared (first use in this function) ioport/ioport.c:69: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ioport/ioport.c:69: error: for each function it appears in.) ioport/ioport.c: At top level: ioport/ioport.c:77: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or __attribute__ before * token ioport/ioport.c:97: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or __attribute__ before * token ioport/ioport.c:117: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or __attribute__ before * token ioport/ioport.c:140: error: expected =, ,, ;, asm or __attribute__ before * token ioport/ioport.c:162: error: array type has incomplete element type ioport/ioport.c:163: error: PyCFunction undeclared here (not in a function) ioport/ioport.c:163: error: expected } before iop_outb ioport/ioport.c:164: error: expected } before iop_inb ioport/ioport.c:165: error: expected } before iop_ioperm ioport/ioport.c:166: error: expected } before iop_iopl ioport/ioport.c:167: error: NULL undeclared here (not in a function) ioport/ioport.c:167: error: expected } before NULL ioport/ioport.c: In function initioport: ioport/ioport.c:176: error: PyObject undeclared (first use in this function) ioport/ioport.c:176: error: m undeclared (first use in this function) ioport/ioport.c:176: error: d undeclared (first use in this function) ioport/ioport.c:176: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect ioport/ioport.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function Py_InitModule4 ioport/ioport.c:180: error: expected expression before ) token ioport/ioport.c:183: warning: implicit declaration of function PyModule_GetDict ioport/ioport.c:184: error: ErrorObj undeclared (first use in this function) ioport/ioport.c:184: warning: implicit declaration of function PyString_FromString ioport/ioport.c:185: warning: implicit declaration of function PyDict_SetItemString ioport/ioport.c:192: warning: implicit declaration of function PyErr_Occurred ioport/ioport.c:193: warning: implicit declaration of function Py_FatalError error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 question is: what's the meaning of this error? is there any dependency that i missed? i added gcc package, but the same error still occur. please help. or perhaps something wrong with eee-control script itself? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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