June 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue #78 is out
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

We are pleased to announce: Issue 78 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Forums hits 30,000 Users * Google Summer of Code Status Reports * Jigish Gohil : Stop ssh brute force attack using SuSEfirewall * metaverse: More Free and Open Source Tools for Writers * openSUSE Forums: How to Read a .docx file in SUSE? For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/78/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/78 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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[opensuse] Audio problems with the HP vs 15
by John Meyer 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Has anybody had problems with the audio from the HP vs15 and web streaming? I can't seem to get any audio through my browser (firefox or opera) even though it plays well through other applications. -- 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 single 80mm exhaust fan can make an 18 deg. difference in drive temps
by David C. Rankin 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Listmates, For the avid tinkerer and opensuse devotẽ note that the loss of a single exhaust fan can cause internal case temps to skyrocket and the addition of a single exhaust fan where none existed before can drop internal temps by close to 20 deg. C. An additional note is separating/staggering/spacing hard drives in your hard drive carrier within the case, leaving an empty drive bay open between each hard drive can have the same cooling effect. Both solutions are near zero cost and help fight the worst enemy to the life of your computer/server -- heat. I routinely check drive temps using the package hddtemp called from a simple script that will check all drives and give a single line readout of the temperature of each drive: #!/bin/bash for i in $(cat /proc/partitions | egrep sd[abcdefgh]$ | sed -e 's/^.*s/s/'); do hddtemp /dev/$i done I just put the script in /usr/local/bin as 'hdtemp' and call it from cron with an email sent to myself. Yesterday, I noticed the drive temps on a file server had jumped 18 degrees C to: /dev/sdb: ST3250410AS: 55°C /dev/sdc: ST3250410AS: 56°C Drive manufacturers routinely recommend not exceeding 60 deg. C, but a number of independent test have shown that keeping drive temps below 43 deg. C is more or less the gold standard with drive lifetime dropping rather sharply above 45 degrees. In my case, the culprit was the rear exhaust fan on the case. Simply replacing the 80mm fan brought the airflow in the case back up to normal and the drive temps back down to a reasonable level: /dev/sdb: ST3250410AS: 37°C /dev/sdc: ST3250410AS: 40°C You can find hddtemp here: 10.3 - repositories/home:/houghi/openSUSE_10.3 11.0 & 11.1 - packman Give it a try and see how your cooling measures up. 10 degrees can make a big difference in drive life. -- 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] java install problem
by Dave Howorth 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

The reason I turned my 10.3 box on is to play with an application written in Java. But it needs 1.6 while 1.5 was installed, so I selected 1.6 and installed that and then started running the update, which was now progressing well until: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: /usr/bin/build-jar-repository: error: JVM_LIBDIR /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java does not exist or is not a directory error: %post(tomcat55-server-lib-5.5.23-113.10.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 5 When I look at that directory, I find a maze of twisty little passages: # ls -l /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2007-11-29 17:23 /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java -> /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_exports # ls -l /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_exports lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2009-06-29 15:51 /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_exports -> /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0.u7-sun # ls -l /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0.u7-sun lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-06-29 15:51 /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0.u7-sun -> java-1.6.0.u7-sun-1.6.0.u7 # ls -l java-1.6.0.u7-sun-1.6.0.u7 ls: cannot access java-1.6.0.u7-sun-1.6.0.u7: No such file or directory # cd /usr/lib/jvm-exports # ls -l java-1.6.0.u7-sun-1.6.0.u7 ls: cannot access java-1.6.0.u7-sun-1.6.0.u7: No such file or directory I looked at <http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Sun's_Java_on_SUSE_Linux>, which says: "Make sure your repositories include the openSUSE non-oss repository." I don't have that: # zypper lr # | Enabled | Refresh | Type | Alias | Name --+---------+---------+--------+------------------------+----------------------- 1 | Yes | No | yast2 | openSUSE-10.3-DVD 10.3 | openSUSE-10.3-DVD 10.3 2 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | openSUSE-10.3-Updates | openSUSE-10.3-Updates but java apparently installed OK so is that a suse version difference? The web page didn't seem to say anything else of relevance, so again, please can somebody point me in the right direction? Thanks, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Disable "Empty Trash" confirmation in KDE4?
by Rodney Baker 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hi all. There is one niggling little issue with KDE4 that neither kde.org nor google have been any help with - how does one disable the "Are you sure you want to empty the trash can?" warning message in KDE4? I cannot find a config option anywhere (but maybe I just haven't looked in the right places) but I'm hoping that there will at least be an as-yet undocumented (at least for users) entry in a back-end config file that can e changed until a proper configuration option is added to the KDE control centre. Any KDE gurus have any idea on this one? Cheers, Rodney. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au ===================================================

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[opensuse] can't update - "it would change the vendor"
by Dave Howorth 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

I've just turned on a 10.3 system that hasn't been run for a while and I tried to update it. I have a huge list of conflicts like this: atom:cups-libs cannot be installed due to missing dependencies There are no installable providers of cups-libs >= 1.2.12-22.8 for atom:cups-libs-1.2.12-22.8.i586[openSUSE-10.3-Updates] === atom:cups-libs-1.2.12-22.8.i586[openSUSE-10.3-Updates] === atom:cups-libs-1.2.12-22.8.i586[openSUSE-10.3-Updates] is needed by patch:gnomefixes-4996-0.noarch[openSUSE-10.3-Updates] (cups-libs == 1.2.12-22.8) (null) Conflict Resolution: ( ) Install cups-libs although it would change the vendor ( ) do not install cups-libs ( ) Ignore this requirement just here In this case, and others that I've looked at, the installed Vendor is "SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany" and the alternate Vendor is "". I remembered some traffic on the list about vendor changes but the threads I found don't seem to deal with this situation. Can somebody please point me to an explanation and instructions of what I should be doing? Thanks, Dave -- 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] SuSE 11.1 problem with mouse model detection
by Maura Monville 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Sure. I tried out all options. Then I figured out that the last changes take place only on next rebooting (X starting). That's very misleading ... especially dealing with a laptop provided with the touch-pad as well. Regards, Maura --- Lun 29/6/09, auxsvr(a)gmail.com <auxsvr(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > Da: auxsvr(a)gmail.com <auxsvr(a)gmail.com> > Oggetto: Re: [opensuse] SuSE 11.1 problem with mouse model detection > A: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Data: Lunedì 29 giugno 2009, 15:03 > On Monday 29 of June 2009, Maura > Monville wrote: > > I cannot get SuSE 11.1 correctly recognize either a > DELL USB mouse or a PS2 > > LOGITECH mouse. The problem in either case is that the > wheel is recognized > > as a middle button but it won't scroll regardless of > the brand, model, and > > options choice from the list popped up by Yast (DELL > is not in the list). > > It looks like the drivers are not there .... > > Thank you in advance for any help. > > Maura > > Did you try setting "Activate Mouse Wheel" in yast/mouse > properties? > > Regards, > Peter > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(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] Yast's Zypper is Stuck Again
by David C. Rankin 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Listmates, Following along the string of broken mirror complaints, I have another to add and a Gripe at the cutsie KDE and/or Yast developers that think it is "smart" to code every dialog to destroy the ability to copy text from them. That is a throwback to the stone ages. Case and point: Trying to help with the continually broken mirror problem I was following Peter's advise to try and locate the broken mirror: ================================ --- Example Error Message: Downloading: OpenOffice_org-l10n-extras-3.1.0.6-1.1.noarch.rpm * Downloading [0%] Problem downloading the package file from the repository: File ./noarch/OpenOffice_org-l10n-extras-3.1.0.6-1.1.noarch.rpm not found on media: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_1… Please, see the above error message to for a hint. --- Finding The Broken Mirror: Put together the two parts of the URL from the above log, append "?mirrorlist" to it and paste the whole thing into a web browser. The URL will look like this: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_1… You'll see a list of links to the file on mirrors, and you could just click on any of them, working from the top, and see which mirror is the problem. ================================ So just now, the Yast Dialog pops up telling my that it can't find the first package in an update and it provides all the information I need to simply select the text from the dialog and paste it to the command line (I'd share the text with you, but I CAN'T SELECT IT, so the useless screenshot of pixel will have to do): http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/YastsZyp… This problem with coding all the dialogs so you can't copy from them kills efficiency and probably prevents a whole lot of troubleshooting by users who finally say "Oh for Pete's Sake, I give up!" and quit. Now instead of a simple select and middle-mouse paste to build the command line, you have to open a text editor, konqueror, dolphin or a konsole, then use the file-dialog or otherwise navigate to the Yast or Zypper log file and open, grep, cat or less the log file and then search for the same text that is staring you right in the face on a dialog you can't copy from. Why can't I just select the text from the dialog to begin with?? Is this a KDE problem or is it a Yast problem? What will it take to fix it? Now in this case the problem is (after navigating to y2log with the above long process): http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/suse/x86_64/soundtouch-1.4.0-… Which shows up in every mirror I try so it looks like Yast is just on the fritz...... But Seriously, this no-no, you can't copy from this dialog crap needs to be fixed. It is annoying as hell to see the text you need to work with looking you right in the face, but being unable to make any meaningful use of it without going completely out of your way to find it somewhere else... Efficiency?? Ease of Use?? -- 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] Can't upgrade KDE4
by Adam Jimerson 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

When trying to upgrade KDE 4.2 and I get confronted with a list of conflicts which stop the upgrade. There are a couple of things that confuses me and don't know what is really going on. -- "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper

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[opensuse] Linux-friendly "copier" / network scanner?
by Andrew Joakimsen 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Can someone recommend a Linux-friendly "copier" such as Konica-Minolta Bizhub? I am partial to Lexmark printers, has anyone used something such as Lexmark X658de or X652de for scanning to Linux? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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