June 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Can not get PRIVOXY to run
by Gustav Degreef 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

Hello, I'm trying to get privoxy to run, but when I issue /usr/sbin/privoxy start or /etc/init.d/privoxy start it tries to start and then says "failed". After booting up, the output of ps -ef | grep privoxy is: root 6349 6319 0 14:08 pts/0 00:00:00 grep privoxy, even though I have the proper rpm installed (via Yast2). I looked through the OpenSuse support database but the lone article does not deal with this problem. It refers to the privoxy web site and I looked through their FAQ and other info without success. I searched through the last three years of this mailing list without success. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks, Gustav -- 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: hosts and 127.0.0.1 nil
by jdd 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

Anders Johansson a écrit : > On Saturday 06 June 2009 21:49:51 jdd wrote: >> Hello, >> What is the meaning of nil in hosts as: >> >> 1270.0.1 nil >> >> in place of localhost? > > "nil" means that the variable holding the hostname (in this case "localhost") > hasn't been initialized. It's a bug, somewhere. Report it, and include > anything special you did when installing your system in your bug report oh!! installed when 11.1 was released, way to old to know what happened thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cannot see linux hostname from windows
by Michael S. Dunsavage 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

I just installed openSUSE 11.1 and I have samba installed. I cannot see the hostname from the windows box, but I can connect via ssh or ftp by ip address. I'm using the same setup I had on 11.0 that worked fine? Any ideas where to start looking? -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde43b1 doesn't recognize numpad "ins" key - howto remap?
by David C. Rankin 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

Listmates, Working with kde43 in vi in konsole, and my 'insert' key on the numpad isn't recognized for toggle of insert/replace. Where do I remap this in kde4? Works in konsole kde3, but I don't know if this is a konsole or basic kde keymap issue. Any thoughts? -- 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] 4 days up and running on KDE4.3Beta1 - I see no need to switch back.
by David C. Rankin 07 Jun '09

07 Jun '09

Listmates, Since I have been a staunch pessimist of KDE4 ever since my bad experience with 11.0 and then another huge disappointment with 11.1, I thought I would follow up with this. After Rodney's thread on new cool stuff in 4.3beta1, I decided to give it another go. That was Wednesday. I have only logged into kde3 once (briefly) since then and I don't plan on going back. Don't get me wrong, KDE4.3 still has plenty of bugs. Since Wednesday I have file 5-6 bugs with kde.org and 4-5 with Novell, so a good 10 or so in the past 3 days. However, most are the same kind/level of bugs that KDE3 still has, so not showstoppers by any means, but stuff needs to be fixed. However, I find KDE4.3Beta1 is more than usable as a primary desktop. KDE4 was *not* usable when it was released with 11.0 and was *not* usable when it was released with 11.1, but it *is* more than usable now. I don't do a lot of multimedia/music stuff, so I cannot tell you about Amarok/Mplayer/etc., but I have messed with about everything else, including virtualbox, ooo, kmail & kontact w/eGroupWare integration, basket, konsole, mc, yes even dolphin, etc... (knotes popup-notes crashes) I haven't worked with kdevelop apps yet. There are probably 1000 more little bugs to write, but the notable bugs I reported to bugs.kde.org were: knotes causes SegFault in Kontact https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195247 kmail "message structure" needs show/hide button https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195259 Basket New sub-basket does not respect color scheme https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195343 fish_kio Fails in kde4.3 for konqueror, kate, kwrite, etc.. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195367 The Biggie is the fish_kio slave that is still badly broken. No fish for KDE apps like Kate, Kwrite, Quanta, etc.. But, you can use fish over the *LAN* with konqueror(KDE4) but it dies immediately after connection if you try fish across the internet. (See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195367) However, you can simply open konqueror(KDE3) right next to the KDE4 version and fish works just fine... (If you don't use fish, then you will never notice, but it your do rely on it -- watch out) So all-in-all, KDE4 is really getting there and is usable as your primary desktop. If you haven't looked at it since 4.1, you are in for a pleasant surprise. If you install it and find that one of your must have apps is working right - file a bug report to make sure it is working by the 11.2 release. (That's how things get fixed) If you install KDE4.3Beta1 with the 1-click install, then you will need to install yast2 from the factory-oss repo to get Software Management Working again (new qt45 libs verses the qt44 libs used by the kde3 version) After prompting from Rajko, this cured the problem: zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/ factory-oss zypper ref -r factory-oss zypper in -r factory-oss yast2 Rodney had to add a few more steps, but recovered nicely: <quote> After much screwing around with zypper (and failing) I resorted to the tried and true rpm -Uvh --oldpackage <packages> and downgraded libqt4 (and associated packages/dependants) to 4.5.1, re-ran yast2 in ncurses mode to update the yast2 packages to the latest in factory-oss and it all works again :-) </quote> Lastly, there is one setting that really helps you appreciate the desktop effects in KDE4, that for some reason is set to a horrible value by default. Under the desktop effects -> "all" -> (then under details for Cover Switcher and Flip Switcher and others) the "Animation duration" is set to "default" which is probably close to "0ms" from what I can tell. The "default" setting makes all of the carefully coded effects look jerky and awkward. The values that really smoothed them out and made them look great was a setting of 250ms - 300ms (What looks the best for you will depend on your graphics hardware) I suspect the default value is probably off by a factor of 10. (i.e. set to 25ms when it is probably intended to be set to 250ms) Only your processor cares about a 25ms delay -- you sure won't notice... If you haven't messed with the Animation duration setting yet, try setting it to something like 270ms and then try your effects again. The results are pretty striking. Good luck, and remember, the more bugs you are willing to take the time to write, the better kde43 will be when 11.2 arrives. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde4: kmail -> configure kmail -> colors -> use custom colors (then how to change them??)
by David C. Rankin 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

Listmates, I need to make a change to the kmail new mail color so I went to "kmail -> configure kmail -> colors -> use custom colors" After selecting the checkbox for custom colors I can't seems to change anything. I have clicked, (Rt. Lt. & Middle) clicked, but no option to change the colors. What gives? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde4 konqueror - howto toggle tree mode on/off w/o having to configure konqueror?
by David C. Rankin 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

Listmates, I kde4, holding down the details icon doesn't give me the option of turning tree view on/off. The only place I have found it so far is as a setting buried in settings/configure konqueror. How do I toggle it on/off. You can't deal effectively with hidden files/directories without it. What's the trick? -- 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] hosts and 127.0.0.1 nil
by jdd 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

Hello, What is the meaning of nil in hosts as: 1270.0.1 nil in place of localhost? I found this, and I'm not the only one on openSUSE: http://forums.opensuse.org/1947910-post7.html how can this be done?? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: localhost and 127.0.0.1
by jdd 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

jdd a écrit : >>> 127.0.0.1 nil > I' pretty sure I never added nil, I don't even understand what this mean looks like I'm not alone with this http://forums.opensuse.org/1947910-post7.html (search for nil) I will open a new thread, with better subject thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: localhost and 127.0.0.1
by jdd 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

Per Jessen a écrit : > jdd wrote: >> 127.0.0.1 nil > 127.0.0.1 localhost so the difference is mostly here I' pretty sure I never added nil, I don't even understand what this mean openSUSE 11.1, as you? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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