August 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] virtualbox can not start (after kernel pae update?)
by Hawit 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

suddenly my VirtualBox 3.0.2 can not start. so as root i run s6420:~ # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel module done Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module failed (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong) s6420:~ # rpm -qa | grep virtual s6420:~ # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-pae-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1 kernel-pae-2.6.27.25-0.1.1 linux-kernel-headers-2.6.27-2.28 kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1 I hv reinstalled VirtualBox, linux-kernel-headers but doesnt help. any idea? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] GNOME run dialog and gnomesu
by Jim Henderson 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

I've got two systems here running different versions of openSUSE - one with 11.0 and one with 11.1. On 11.0, I find that if I launch wireshark using the run dialog (ie, ALT- F2), it's launched using gnomesu. On 11.1, it isn't launched using gnomesu. How does the run dialog determine whether to use gnomesu or not? 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] Any rsync experts out there?
by Bob Williams 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

The Scenario Every week, Alice sends Bob some files using rsync into a shared directory on Bob's computer. Bob has setup the necessary modules in his rsyncd.conf file to look something like this [artists] uid = bob gid = music path = /home/bob/music/artists use chroot = true list = false read only = false secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets auth users = bob,alice Both Bob and Alice are members of the group music on Bob's machine, where Alice is also a user. From time to time, Alice would like to ssh into Bob's machine in order to do some housekeeping, necessary to keep both ends in sync. The Problem Any files that are transferred from Alice to Bob end up being owned by bob:music (not a problem) but with the following permissions -rw-r--r-- which means that Alice can't rename them, etc. I had expected that they would be readable and writable by all members of the music group. Is there an option that Bob needs to add to his rsyncd.conf modules to get this to happen, or are we missing something somewhere else? Thanks, Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.1, Kernel 2.6.27.25-0.1-default, KDE 4.2.4 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kopete always says "connecting" but won't connect
by George Olson 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Hi all, As I am configuring my new system I am trying to get kopete to work. I have a windows live account, and I followed the standard configuration instructions. Once it loaded, kopete downloaded all my contacts, but it says they are all offline, and it always says "connecting" in my status. I know that some of my contacts are not off-line because at least 2 of them are in the same room with me connected to the internet! Any help will be greatly appreciated on how to get kopete fully up and running. 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] Problem Updating After Installing from Build Service
by Lucky Leavell 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

I purchased a new laptop in June, shrank Windows and installed OpenSuSE 11.1. I added Build Service Repositories for FireFox and OpenOffice and was pleasantly pleased to find FF 3.5 available the day it was released. However, whenver attempting to run YaST online update, it tries to "update" to 3.0.11 (now 12). How can I prevent this other than manually changing the proposed update each time? Instead, it would be nice to restrict any updates to 3.5.x from the FF Build Service repository. Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] NX on usb key
by jdd 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Hello, I'm an old user of VNC, but very recent one of NX (Freenx server, !m client for now). One advantage of VNC client is it's ability to be run from a floppy (say now a flash drive), from any computer. Is it possible to do the same with NX client? (I use the tgz client) 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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Re: [opensuse] nvidia repo/driver question
by Bob S 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

On Thursday 30 July 2009 13:37:31 Juan De Vincenzo wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Bob S<911(a)sanctum.com> wrote: > > Thank you for your time and effort and very complete answer. > > Your welcome. =) > > > I am familiar with the "hard way" and the "easy way" Did the "hard way' > > back in 10.2 and it was a PITA everytime the kernel was upgraded. Ijust > > want to keep it simple. > > Well, honestly, coming from Slackware as I do (I started with OpenSUSE > just a week ago), for me that hard way is the easy way, I don't know, > re-installing after certain updates just makes sense for me, I guess I > need to learn the suse way now. ;) > Juan, Oh, I used to compile all kinds of garbage back in the RedHat days. Got tired of it. Curious, What brings you to SuSE from Slack? Hang around here. Sounds like you may be a pretty valuable guy. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] desktop messages
by M Harris 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

hi folks, I have a server running with several vncserver sessions. Five folks have desktops running on this machine. What is the command to send a desktop message from one users desktop to another? CLI or GUI, I don't care which. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4.3 RC3 and QTCurve not working together?
by Clayton 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

You would think I'd learn to leave a working system alone. :-P OK, at some point in the last day or so when I did an update to my 11.1 system, the GTK apps in KDE4 stopped using QTCurve, and started using that standard Gnome look (the stoneage desktop look). I tinkered with the GTK Look and Feel settings in the Configure Desktop window... restarted KDE a dozen times trying various settings, and while I could select other "looks", QTCurve (which is in the list) no longer works. I checked in YaST, and I've got qtcurve-kde4 0.65.1-10.1 from the KDE4 Factory repo installed... so that should be the right one... and there I stop.. not sure what else to look at. I would like to get the cleaner QTCurve look back so that the GTK based apps don't use the default Gnome theme. Any tips? or suggestions? 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] Kmix, YaST and an explotion
by Verner Kjærsgaard 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

hi list, - I'm digging deeper into my (no)sound problem which occured after some on-line autoupdate. - if I go into YaST and search for kmix, I see that 4.2.1-43.13 is installed but 4.2.1-43.14 is available. - if I select to update to this available version, YaST explodes in unfilled dependencies, it wants to DOWNgrade LOTS of packages. So i don't touch it. - eh....has anyone seen anything like this? Second question: I'd like to re-install all sound, I tried the hw/section of YaST, deleted all sound hw and re-fired YaST. It finds the sound hw just fine, but nothing works... Any ideas? -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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