June 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Need help
by Chuck Payne 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Guys, I need to write a script that gives one use access to stop and start apache, I don't want to give them sudo. A friend gave me this c script.....but it not working is there a way to do this in bash? Also I know with bash I can do sh -x to debug, how to you debug in c? /* program: rootme purpose: C program wrapper that calls a defined script to run as root */ #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #define REAL_SH "/usr/local/script/scr.sh" main(argc, argv) char **argv; { setuid(0); execv(REAL_SH, argv); } -- ---------------------------------------- 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] gdb/corefile question
by Jim Henderson 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Wondering if someone here might be able to help me out with a weird (at least to me) gdb issue... openSUSE 11.0, trying to obtain a core file (via gdb or whatever means) for a program that's segfaulting so the developer can diagnose the problem further. I've set the core limit to unlimited (both in limits.conf and using ulimit -c) but I don't get a core. I don't see any condition that would prevent a core file from being written (cwd is writable, binary is readable, no suid stuff in use at all with it, /proc/kernel settings are for a corefile called "core" with no PID in the cwd) I thought that I might get around this by running the program under gdb. But when the program segfaults, gdb immediately tells me that the program no longer exists and won't give me a backtrace or any useful debugging information. In fact, it doesn't even give me any useless debugging information. I had done a little reading and found the "catch signal" command, but it seems that gdb 6.8 (on 11.0) doesn't have this feature implemented. What other options do I have to get a core from this program? Thanks, 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] flash or a screwy site?
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

I have the current Adobe flash installed on my computer, and mozilla about:plugins lists it: Shockwave Flash File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22 MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes But, oddly, this page complains that my version is too old. I have 10, and it wants at least 9. Anyone else have this problem? http://www.slideshare.net/carlo.bonamico/continuous-integration-with-hudson -- 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] Firefox loses window decorations...but found a fix
by Dan Goodman 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Has anyone else encountered this recently? When I open a session of Firefox, it, and only it, comes up with no window decoration. Everything else works normally. My config includes fully updated 11.1, Firefox 3.0.10, and Gnome, plus Compiz with Emerald window decoration. (I will gather specific versioning info if and only if someone has a use for it.) After a bit of research, I tried starting firefox with the "-safe-mode" flag, then set it to permanently disable only the first option, "toolbars, etc.". After shutting down, then restarting my regular way, clicking on a menu or desktop emblem (that is the preferred term for icon, is it not?). I am writing this just to see if anyone else has experienced this, in order to perhaps pinpoint the source of the problem without extensive testing (which I don't have time to do, especially since it is working again.) This problem has occurred in two different sessions recently, although only after switching back to the office connection after connecting from home in between. I am also posting this to verify that I have successfully started a new thread, rather than accidentally hijacking another. But I didn't want to just post a "test" thread, and this does seem to be at least marginally on topic. Dan Goodman PS I have an intuition that this might be related to the fact that my work proxy let foxmarks pass through unhampered, but no longer lets it pass as xmarks. "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back to life." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Two problems remaining after otherwise successful OS upgrade
by Stan Goodman 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

After I upgraded from v10.3 to v11.1, a number of problems remained, most of which I have succeeded in clearing. Three remain and are driving me up the wall. I would be grateful for any help in dealing with them too: 1) Several apps did not come across when I copied the /home directory to the new installation, because not all their elements are contained in that directory. I have fixed all but two, XMMS and RealPlayer. I'm reasonable confident that I simply need to reinstall them from scratch, but YaST doesn't work. It comes up and lets me search for apps by name, but then craches immediately as soon as I ask for installation of a selected application. I have no idea where to look for the root of this problem. 2) The more bizarre problem lies in the browsers (plural). I can access every website I have tried, except one, which is my own <http://hashkedim.com>. When I try to access it with EITHER Firefox or Konqueror, I get an error message telling me that it is impossible to connect. Going back to v10.3, this problem doesn't exist (it never did appear there). It also doesn't exist in the new v11.1 installation if I add the "www" - <http://www.hashkedim.com>. I would like to understand why two different browsers need the "www" in v11.1 but not in v10.3, but ONLY in this one URL. Evidently the difference doesn't lie in either of the settings of the browsers or in the site itself; then where? -- 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] OOo v3.1
by James Knott 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Any word on when OOo v3.1 for openSUSE will be available? -- 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] Re: Why Not Fix the Easy Bugs??
by jdd 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Sven Burmeister a écrit : > I know, as I wrote, it is not bound to this thread, just a question on what > KDE3 people expect if they use the 11.2 DVD, because since version 4 is higher > than 4 they will get an update of their KDE3 to 4. > do you know you gives a great info, here? * kde3 is dropped - so we should hope kde4 to be fixed (unusable right now) * openSUSE will make possible the update kde3->kde4. Such thing was not done previously right? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: package mangement
by jdd 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

Andreas Jaeger a écrit : > On Wednesday 03 June 2009 10:30:26 peter simons wrote: >> newbie question here. >> >> How do I keep the packet management (Yast) open after applying changes? > > Not possible in 11.1 but changed for openSUSE 11.2: > http://hedgehogpainter.livejournal.com/5359.html > > Andreas it's not a problem of forgetting something, but when you have to install many packages, installing all of them at the same time can give dependency hell, so better instal 3/4 and do again 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] Nokia Nseries and gnokii
by Andrew Gould 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Roger Oberholtzer <roger(a)opq.se> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 09:34 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > >> Rather than give Nokia broad complaints about os support, is there >> specific verbage that would provide standards-based guidance for >> better os support? > > Telephone developers != standards on the PC interface side. I do not > think it is something they seem to consider important. All standards > activity is on the telecommunications side, where they really have no > choice. > > On the PC side, it is not exactly rocket science. As a minimum, phones > have contact lists. Contacts tend to have some basic common features. > Name, address, phone numbers. Yet there are as many ways to get that > information as there are telephone models. Of course, the phones can and > do make differences where logically there need be no differences. I > think the idea is to sort of lock users into a product. If you have all > your info in the Nokia or Sony PC software, it is a big deciding factor > when looking for a new phone. Is it worth loosing all the contacts with > a new company's product? > > I would not have a big issue with this if the companies (1) supported > more than Windows - and even that support is often crappy, and (2) made > quality software, instead of what looks to be a second tier component > made with a low budget and little or no usability testing. Ever have to > update the software on a Nokia phone? It runs a number of apps > sequentially that are each laid out different, so it is unclear that it > is all part of the same process, and that have odd redundancies that > make you think it has possibly failed the first time and is trying again > with a different method. This is a Nokia eXpressMusic accessed on > Windows. > > On the MAC or Linux there is no access possible. Hard to make more than > a broad complaint about that platform. > > -- > 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 > How would you all view it if a phone company stopped worrying about operating systems and synced to google accounts? It would be os neutral, they would lose the lock-in feature (which doesn't really work) but the cost continued development would be minimal. Then people could sync their computers to google. Would this be a good suggestion to the likes of Nokia? Andrew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] package mangement
by peter simons 03 Jun '09

03 Jun '09

newbie question here. How do I keep the packet management (Yast) open after applying changes? Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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