August 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] KDE sounds: disabling audio signals
by Boris Epstein 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi listmates, Is there a good was to reliably disable all audio notification sounds in KDE under OpenSuSE 11.1? In other words, if I want to hear nothing except the sounds I play on demand (music, etc.) is there a way to do that? I seem to have disabled all sound notifications in the KDE control panel, but some notification-like sounds still play once in awhile. Thanks. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] You know -- It's just the little things that really piss you off about kde4
by David C. Rankin 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Here is a winner: kde 4.3-0.1 kcolorchooser is completely devoid of the ability to be minimized. I often keep kcolorchooser open and minimized so I have a handy color reference. In kde 4.3 there is no capability to minimize the application. That's nuts. Below is a screenshot showing kde4 and kde3 kcolorchooser running side by side. The kde4 version simply has no minimize button and the "Minimize" option is greyed out in the alt+f3 window menu. Why ever prevent a stand alone application from being minimized. Especially one that users might want to keep handy in the taskbar? Where in the heck did the ability to minimize this application go? http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/kcolorch… (from https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202759 filed earlier tonight) -- 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] Turn off KDE 4.3 konqueror/kmail confirmations
by David C. Rankin 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Listmates, How do you turn off the annoying file upload confirmations in konqueror that prompt you to confirm it is OK to upload a file -- for example after you press "submit" while adding an attachment to bugs.kde.org? Also how do I turn off that other very annoying prompt to paste text into an email in kmail to prevent the "Add as Text" or "Add as Attachment" prompt. These things are more annoying than the Windows Vista UAC prompts, but at least I could turn that off. This is on openSuSE 11.0 with KDE 4.3-0.1 I have been through the settings and help and can't find anything on the konqueror upload annoyance except a reference to a java setting: Use security manager is normally enabled by default. This setting will cause the JVM to run with a Security Manager in place. This will keep applets from being able to read and write to your file system, creating arbitrary sockets, and other actions which could be used to compromise your system. Disable this option at your own risk. You can modify your $HOME/.java.policy file with the Java™ policytool utility to give code downloaded from certain sites more permissions. But that is not what controls the confirmation. I've also looked at the suggested java policy: /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/jre/bin/policytool /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/bin/policytool /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/bin/policytool but disabling the entire setting makes no difference. What's the trick? Here is a screenshot of the annoying konqueror confirmation: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/konquero… AARGH!! And also that annoying confirmation that prevents you from pasting into a kmail message (this one for example) without being prompted to insert the text as text or as an attachment? I just tried to paste the above URL and got hit by that one.... That annoying screenshot is: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/kmail-pa… How do we turn this crap off? -- 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] Getting 1280x800 resolution on Intel 915 chip of Acer Travelmate 4060
by Andre Truter 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hello, I installed OpenSUSE 11.1 on an Acer Travelmate 4060. The graphics chip is an Intel 915 Express. (Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express) The max resolution I can get on it is 1024x768. According to the SUSE HCL, it was possible tom get it up to 1280x800 with SUSE 10.1 and 10.2 using 915resolution. http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Laptops/Acer#Acer_TravelMate_4060 I cannot find 915resolution in the repositories anymore and I did not find any helpful docs on how to get the resolution better. Any idea how I can get the resolution to 1280x800? If 10.1 and 10.2 could do it then I assume that 11.1 can also. Thanks -- Andre Truter | Software Consultant | Registered Linux user #185282 Jabber: andre.truter(a)gmail.com | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] No Sound with KDE 4.3kwrite App, Sound OK in KDE3/kwrite app opened in KDE4?
by David C. Rankin 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Listmates, Strange sound issue. If I use kwrite in kde4 and click to close the window without saving, I get the notice dialog but NO sound. If I do the same thing with kde3/kwrite, I get the normal notification sound. I have confirmed in: system settings -> Look & Feel -> System Notifications -> "KDE System Notifications" that all warning, error, notification, critical error, etc.. have a sound associated with them and that they DO play. The new kde4 sounds are kind of a cool change from kde3 as well. But despite having them configured, if I put text in kde4/kwrite and click close -- I get no sound. Am I configuring the wrong settings? Any other 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] mount: unknown filesystem type 'reiserfs' on openSUSE 11.1
by raul diaz 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hello Community, Suddenly, I started my opensuse and got this message: Boot logging started on /dev/tty1(/dev/console) at Fecha Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part1 Invoking userspace resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part1 resume: libgcrypt version: 1.4.1 Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part1 Invoking in-kernel resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part1 PM: Starting manual resume from disk Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part2 to appear : ok fsck 1.41.1 (01-Sep-2008) [/sbin/fsck.reiserfs (1) -- /] fsck.reiserfs -a /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST325031AS_6RYMA97L-part2 Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x802 of format 3.6 with standard journal Blocks (total/free) 104844416/9661880 by 4096 bytes Filesystem is clean fsck succeeded. Mounting root device read-write Mounting root /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250310AS_6RYMA97L-part2 mount: unknown filesystem type 'reiserfs' could not mount root filesystem -exiting to /bin/sh $ I try to repair the system with opensuse DVD but the problem continued, I don't have any idea to solve this problem, I hope you can help me, Thanks. Raúl Diaz -- 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] mounting my ntfs drive dual boot system
by George Olson 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ayan sengupta wrote: > Now It seems like your Windows C drive is on part2 (/dev/sda2) or > part3 (/dev/sda3) of your hard disk. I am assuming that it is part2 > for the time being. What I suggest is that you su root and make a > folder /windows/C. > Then add this following line to your /etc/fstab file at the beginning. > Be careful about the syntax. Just replace the <space> part with an > actual space. Save the file. Restart the machine and navigate to > /windows/C to see if the partition mounted or not. > > > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2<space>/windows/C<space>ntfs-3g<space>users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8<space>0<space>0 > > > Let me know what happened. > > Ok, I added these 2 lines (I got the info about fmask and dmask from an older email and it worked with my other computer): /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=002,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2 /windows/D ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=002,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 I rebooted, and I tried to access the device with the label "DATA" through dolphin, and I got an error that said: An error occurred while accessing 'DATA', the system responded: Error opening '/dev/sda2': Permission denied Failed to mount '/dev/sda2': Permission denied Please check '/dev/sda2' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions, and the mounting user ID. More privilged explanation is provided at http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#unprivileged So I went to that website and copied the following information down: ******************************* Why can't unprivileged users mount block devices? or Why do I get "fusermount: option blkdev is privileged" error? Unprivileged block device mounts work only if all the below requirements are met: 1. ntfs-3g is compiled with integrated FUSE support 2. the ntfs-3g binary is at least version 1.2506 3. the ntfs-3g binary is set to setuid-root 4. the user has access right to the volume 5. the user has access right to the mount point The root user can make an ntfs-3g binary setuid-root as shown below chown root $(which ntfs-3g) chmod 4755 $(which ntfs-3g) In such case the driver will also be able * to fix common FUSE kernel module loading problems * to create the required but sometimes incorrectly removed or missing FUSE device file Please note that using setuid-root can result unforeseen privilege escalation and its usage is discouraged. Only the absolutely trusted users must be granted such access. Below is an example how this can be done for users in the ntfsuser group to be able to mount any NTFS volume if they have also the needed volume access rights. chown root.ntfsuser $(which ntfs-3g) chmod 4750 $(which ntfs-3g) The setuid-root ntfs-3g driver applies the principle of least privilege during its lifetime as a safety measure. ************************************* So can anyone tell me what this is about, sort of? How do I find out if my volume is compled "with integrated FUSE support"? How do I find out if my volume is "at least version 1.2506?" How do I set the ntfs-3g binary to "setuid-root"? Where do I type in the commands "chown root $(which ntfs-3g)" and "chmod 4755 $(which ntfs-3g)"? In those commands do I actually type in the word "which", or am I supposed to substitute something else? thanks George Olson -- 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] mounting my ntfs drive dual boot system
by George Olson 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

ayan sengupta wrote: > Let's try to make this work for one partition first say the D: drive. > Remove the lines you inserted before and try this one. It's > essentially letting the system guess the file type and permissions by > itself. Save the file and Reboot. > > /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2<space>/windows/D<space>auto<space>defaults > > With this you should be able to access the D: drive as the root user. > So if you are logged in as normal user. Go to > System->Terminal->Console to open a bash shell. Then type (without the > quotes) > > "su root" > <give the root password when prompted, note that the typed password > will not appear on the terminal, but it will take the password none > the less> > > Then type > "cd /windows/D" (navigate to the folder) > > Then type > "ls" (this will show a list of files in D: drive) > > > If this works we can tweak it to work for normal users as well. > However if this doesn't work then mail me with the details of > /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. > Ok here is what I did: Replaced the 2 lines for C and D with /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2 /windows/D auto defaults I went into a terminal and typed "su" to get into the root, and first tried to do a manual mount by typing mount -o remount /Windows/D It said mount: can't find /Windows/D in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab Then I changed it from upper case "Windows" to lower case "windows" and typed mount -o remount /windows/D and it said mount: you must specify the filesystem type so I typed mount -a and it said mount: you must specify the filesystem type so I tried to go back to the previous way and type mount -a, but it still would not mount, so I went back to the line above as before, but instead made it capital Windows, as following /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2 /Windows/D auto defaults so here is what I get when i type mount -a ntfs-3g-mount: bad mount point /Windows/D: No such file or directory Here is my fstab file: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part6 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part7 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250827AS_5RG0CMC3-part2 /Windows/D auto defaults proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 Here is my mtab file: /dev/sda6 / ext3 rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0 udev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/sda7 /home ext3 rw,acl,user_xattr 0 0 fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0 securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 /dev/sr0 /media/SU1110.001 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8 0 0 my attempt to cd to the D drive results as follows: george@linux-kwqm:~> cd /windows/D bash: cd: /windows/D: No such file or directory george@linux-kwqm:~> cd /Windows/D bash: cd: /Windows/D: No such file or directory "Also please mention the OS, kernel versions you are using. This is available under the start page of My Computer (Konqueror)" OS: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-pae i686 System: openSUSE 11.1 (i586) thanks for all your help and patience George Olson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] how to enable openSUSE DVD iso image for HTTP/NFS installs?
by Arun Khan 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

On my SOHO server I have mounted the openSUSE DVD iso images [1] under sub-dirs in /mnt/loop/<mount points> e.g. /mnt/loop/osx86-111 The above mount points are exported via Apache (Alias /distros "/mnt/loop/") and /etc/exportfs /mnt/loop 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(ro) From client web brower I can access <server>/distros dir structure. I can also mount <server>:/mnt/loop and browse the sub tree in file manager. So HTTP and NFS are working fine. However, during installation (using NetInstall CD) I get "Repository not found" when I point to the location of the repo to HTTP <server-ip>/distros/osx86-111 and NFS <server>/mnt/loop/osx86-111 combos in the HTTP/NFS dialog box respectively. With CentOS/Fedora iso images the above method works like a charm. I copy a net install image on a USB stick boot from it and complete the installation from the server. (Client machines do not have DVD/CD reader) The openSUSE install failures have forced me to burn a DVD and do the installs using an external USB DVD reader :( Why does the openSUSE installer accept the same tree structure as a "valid" repo when it is installed via a DVD and *not* when it is pointed to a copy of the same via HTTP or NFS? Any pointer to a solution would be much appreciated. [1] md5sums of *all* downloaded iso images match the official numbers; it is not a case of bad media file. Thanks. -- Arun Khan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Screen is black when booting the xen-based kernel
by Bogdan Cristea 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

I am trying to use xen in openSuSE 11.1, but when I try to boot the xen-based kernel the screen is black. I have an nvidia video card and drivers for both types of kernels, with and without xen, are installed from repositories. When I boot the normal kernel I don't have this problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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