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Re: [opensuse] ZFS on SuSE-anyone, Distributed File System...
by Verner Kjærsgaard 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Michael Folsom skrev: > Hi: > > Quick question - what are the advantages of ZFS over XFS? > > I'm not trying to start a flame war but as a happy XFS user wonder > what ZFS has to offer> > > Later - > > > Mike > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Verner Kjærsgaard <vk(a)os-academy.dk> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> - has anyone tried SUN's ZFS on SuSE? Can it be done, is it at all feasible? >> >> - or another Distributed file system. I may need a file system, that will allow me to add storage ad hoc. >> >> Any hints, links? >> >> As always, thanks! >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------- >> Med venlig hilsen/best regards >> Verner Kjærsgaard >> Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 >> www.os-academy.dk +45 56964223 >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org >> > I really don't know, if any? Are they not two different beasts? I tried looking for info about XFS, any good links, homepage? -- -------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Bad blocks on a ReiserFS volume. How to retrieve files?
by Silviu Marin-Caea 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

I have a large hard-disk (120 GB) on which some blocks went bad. Now, it cannot be mounted. Attached is what debugreiserfs says. What can I do; I'm newbie to reiserfs architecture. I thought that ReiserFS keeps copies of the superblock or something, like ext2/3 does. reiserfsck says "error occured looks like hardware problem. bread cannot read block 13271040". That's the actual number it displays. PS I have asked the same question on the reiserfs-list, but it's extremely low traffic. Maybe someone here knows more. Thank you Filesystem state: consistency is not checked after last mounting Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x1642 of format 3.6 with standard journal Count of blocks on the device: 29945160 Number of bitmaps: 914 Blocksize: 4096 Free blocks (count of blocks - used [journal, bitmaps, data, reserved] blocks): 29154954 Root block: 14969 Filesystem is NOT clean Tree height: 4 Hash function used to sort names: "r5" Objectid map size 10, max 972 Journal parameters: Device [0x0] Magic [0x34ae2c74] Size 8193 blocks (including 1 for journal header) (first block 18) Max transaction length 1024 blocks Max batch size 900 blocks Max commit age 30 Blocks reserved by journal: 0 Fs state field: 0x0 sb_version: 2 inode generation number: 35482 UUID: 48d29ced-fe37-4c68-adf8-32ace9f2be45 LABEL: Set flags in SB: ATTRIBUTES CLEAN

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Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Adding fonts?
by Tracer Bullet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache
by Chuck Payne 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple repo, I read on the opensuse site about a binary called genIS_PLAINcache, because I can't see to find it or the package yast2-packmanager either. Can someone help. I am setting this repo up for SLE9, I have tried to use createrepo but I keeping getting errors. -- ---------------------------------------- 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] KDE3
by Jon Cosby 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

Hey, for all of you KDE3 hold outs, someone's finally taking the initiative to fork it to a new project: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/ So far, they're only maintaining .deb packages for Ubuntu, but if you want to see KDE3 live on, it might be worth starting a project on the OBS. Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] batik - calls commitment to quality into question (broken since release and still not fixed?)
by David C. Rankin 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

openSuSE Devs, batik-1.7-211.2 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/batik: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory This has been broken since 11.3 was released..... -- 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] openSUSE 11.3 2.6.34.7-0.2-xen no boot possible
by Thorolf Godawa 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hi, I have done a fresh openSUSE 11.3 (32bit) install on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p 6234-1AG (C2D E8400, Q45 Express, GMA 4500, 82567LM-3). First problem was, that the network card was not recognized, I had to build in a second one. Fortunately after updating the system and a reboot, also the 82567LM-3 was working. With the normal Kernel 2.6.34.7-0.2-desktop the system works, but if I try to but with the Xen-Kernel 2.6.34.7-0.2-xen, the boot begins, but suddenly stops in a very early state. The last messages I see are: Doing fast boot Creating ... Then the screen goes blank and finaly in sleep mode. To reboot I have to power off and then power on again the system :-( In the Grub-menu.lst originally I had: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen### title Xen -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.2 root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz vgamode=0x317 vgamode=0x317 module /vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.2-xen root=/dev/...part6 resume=/dev /...part2 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 module /initrd-2.6.34.7-0.2-xen I already tried to remove the second "vgamode"-entry, finaly all "vgamode" and "vga"-options and set "splash=0" but this did not helped, "nomodeset" is not doing anything too (I think it's only for Nvidia). Any other idea? Thanks a lot. -- Chau y hasta luego, tg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KMail problem
by Doug 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I thought I had solved the KMail problem, but it's back. I give up! I have installed Thunderbird, and will use that, even tho I liked KMail better. Does anybody know how to add a "sig" in T-Bird? I had to add the one below by hand. - --doug _____ Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. - --A.M. Greeley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkwJiZoACgkQOUDeErgPqFzRcgCeLZdICeAhuH8/oXG7XWYhkrtc upEAnjLzQutYQw3TTXabqn3+HbNrZG6F =Wkdk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Patch management for OpenSUSE
by Ivan De Masi 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

Hello, I am wondering since some time how others cope with patch management on OpenSUSE Clients, when you have a bunch of PCs in a network. Somebody who can recommend a open source tool to cover the basics (e.g. a tool automating updates with zypper over ssh or something similar)? Thanks! Regards, Ivan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] WPA failure in OpenSuse, but not xandros
by Myrosia Dzikovska 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

I have a Dell Latitude D430, with Intel Wireless PRO 3945ABG, using iwl3945 driver with network manager for my wireless connection. I am experiencing intermittent wireless connection failures on OpenSuse. My home router is set to use WPA. From time to time, my laptop stops seeing the wireless access point, and when I attempt to connect manually, I see several repeats of the message below in the system logs: --------------------- wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:14:7f:22:d1:5c wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:7f:22:d1:5c wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:7f:22:d1:5c (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) wlan0: associated wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) --------------- I also have an Asus EEEPC 901 with a default Xandros distribution. It always connects without problems. Moreover, once I get the EEEPC to connect, my opensuse machine is also able to connect to the same router on my next attempt. It looks to be something distribution (or driver version) specific, but I am not sure how to debug it further. There is an iwl3945 bug filed on Novell bugzilla, but it does not appear to be the same one, it has a different error message as a symptom (and I am running fully updated anyway, so presumably should have the fix already). What can I do to debug this? Myrosia Myrosia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Text entry trouble
by Jim Sabatke 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

SuSE 11.2, KDE 4.3.5 I did a fresh install of SuSE 11.2 a few weeks ago and have been banging my head against walls since. I am experiencing text entry problems. 1. TAB key acts strange sometimes. - In konsole (2.3.1), sometimes tabbing to complete a command does nothing, other times it works like I am used to (displaying a list of possible completions). When tab completion works, the typed characters are displayed as normal black characters on white background. When it doesn't work, the character colors are reversed. When not working properly, if I type and extra space ' ' character, and then backspace one character, then tab completion works. One really odd thing is that I can run several instances of konsole, and tab completion will work on some and not on others. - In gnumeric (1.9.13), tab sometimes will not go to the next field unless an extra space is typed at the end of the field data. Having to type an extra ' ' space character is a recurring theme here. - In gnucash (2.2.9) tab acts the same as in gnucash. In both cases, this never happened in 11.1. - In firefox (3.5.9) tab "sometimes" acts the same as gnucash and gnumeric (above). Also, getting firefox to list possible URL connections from history sometimes requires hitting the ' ' space key. At other times, firefox will display possible completions, but will not tab select them until a space key is pressed. The same behaviors occur in common drop box screens, such as google's search text entry; again a seemingly random behavior. These problems show in many other app's. 2. Spell check and text entry is strange: - In abiword (2.6.8), thunderbird (3.0.4) and emacs (23.1.1) there are several strange things "SOMETIMES" strings are not echoed from the app, but are instead displayed in a small text box that pops up somewhere on the monitor. The text box appears for each string and goes away after the string is completed. "As you type" spell checking is not performed. This problem is really annoying. "SOMETIMES" the strings are displayed on the app while typing, but spell check is not performed until after the string is completed. SOMETIMES "as you type" spell checking works as in previous versions of the OS. The string is underlined as soon as it doesn't match anything in the dictionary. I've tried to google these problems, but the search strings are so common that there are way too hits to be of use. I'm sure these aren't really random happenings, but I haven't been able to see a pattern yet. Any help? TIA Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] zypper and multiversion(kernel)
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Since four version of kernels I run it in zypp.conf with "multiversion=provides:multiversion(kernel). That gives me a full functioning kernel with updates which will have a look at all kernels. At this moment I have for kernels from which to choose and I think it is time to delete some of them. How could I do that with zypper? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.35.1-3.2-default LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.00 (KDE 4.5.0) 21:02pm up 4:03, 2 users, load average: 0.48, 0.77, 0.88 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] problems printing blogs with firefox
by Dave Howorth 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Does anybody else have problems printing some sites, especially blogs? I'm talking about sites where it usually turns out that people have used CSS commands like position:absolute or various overlap settings that cause Firefox to print the first page and then run the rest of the text of the bottom of the page. There are usually some blank pages involved as well. It's been a nuisance occasionally but it's getting worse. It seems that some of the major blog sites have this problem, which makes it apply to a lot more things I want to print. It also applies to google translate output. Anybody have a workaround? Cheers, 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] BIOS/GRUB Problem
by Felix Miata 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

On 2010/10/28 14:58 (GMT+0200) Stan Goodman composed: > While awaiting a reply, I booted to DFSee to try to find anything that > seemed out of the ordinary. I found that DFSee says that "MBR boot code > unknown to DFSee" (it should be generic). So I thought to take a shot at > making new MBR code. When it came to choosing which HD, DFSee reported > that the sole disk present as "1 Disk2 ....". Before any of this mess > happened, I reported to Jan that, depending where in DFSee one looked, the > HD numbers were interchanged, or they were both labeled Disk2. He didn't > know what to make of this. 1-Boot to BIOS setup 2-Note which HD is selected as first boot priority 3-Exit BIOS setup with save & power down 4-Disconnect SATA cable and/or power cable from Hitachi 5-Boot to BIOS setup 6-Note if first boot priority has changed 7-Use DFSee to give the Seagate a LVM disk name that includes the word Seagate 8-Use DFSee to 'newmbr 1' (or same thing via its menu) 9-Try to boot Seagate 10-Reconnect Hitachi 11-Boot to BIOS setup 12-Ensure Seagate is first HD priority 13-Exit BIOS setup with save, power off 14-Use DFSee to give Hitachi a LVM disk name that includes the word Hitachi 15-Use DFSee to newmbr the Hitachi 16-Note which disk is #1 & which is #2 according to DFSee 17-Exit DFSee 18-Restart DFSee with new logname DFSWORK2.TXT 19-Exit DFSee 20-Upload DFSWORK2.TXT to ftp://hashkedim.com/pub/ 21-Make hashkedim.com/pub available via HTTP (cannot right click links to open in new tabs from FTP list in Firefox 4 or SeaMonkey 2.1) 22-Boot whichever HD brings up BM 23-Try to get a Grub prompt or menu 24-report back -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.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] apparently Suse-Linux can't properly use quadcore processor???
by Oliver Kullmann 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello, I'm here experiencing an alarming problem (not just KDE or so, but the kernel): I have a laptop with a quadcore i5 processor, but the system doesn't want to use it! That's not good, since I rely on doing computational experiments with my laptop, and, of course, I purchased the quadcore laptop to do exactly that. More precisely: A month ago, after having installed Suse 11.3, I already experienced that Linux hesitates to use all four cores, say, it puts the first four processes on the first core etc., never used all. But after running experiments for one day or so, it "warmed up", and from then on it worked. I didn't turn it off for a month, and it worked as expected: for 1, 2, 3, 4 running processes it used 1, 2, 3, 4 cores, and more processes then led to equal distribution. The day before yesterday I made a complete update, and I noticed something about a "kernel optimised for laptops". That made me already worry (what could this mean other than energy saving and such stuff --- while I need full power), but I hoped the best. However since since it keeps at least one core idle, apparently independent of how many processes you are running (that is, long time processes --- shorter ones apparently get scheduled on the idle processor). And actually most of the time 2 cores (from the four) are kept idle, so that for example 8 long-time processes are cramped on 2 cores! Another thing which stopped working after the update is the temperate measurement of "Bubblemoon": In order for it to work, before I had to restart it several times, with several settings, but at some time it started working. Now the temperature measurements are just complete nonsense. Could there be a relation? Hope somebody can help. I can not imagine that Linux can't handle a quadcore processor! Thanks for your attention. Oliver -- 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 connect to open WLAN (everybody else can)
by Oliver Kullmann 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello, here we have an open WLAN ("otto"), and everybody can connect to it (Linux, Windows, Mac), only I can't: It again and again asks for the secrets of the network: there are none, so the menu-point "none" is chosen, but it asks again ... and after some time it then gives up. > iwlist eth1 scan eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:53:A8:FF:50 ESSID:"eduroam" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality:5/5 Signal level:-52 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : WEP-104 Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1x Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Cell 02 - Address: 00:1B:53:A8:FF:51 ESSID:"otto" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality:5/5 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s The first network in the list is encrypted, but it is the second which is supported by the host organisation, which is open, and to which I can't connect. (Actually, also for the first network I have the secrets, but I can't connect.) I'm using KNetwork manager. (Currently I'm using the wired connection.) How can I analyse the situation? How can I get KNetworkManager to tell me what happens?? Or, if this is "impossible" --- what to do??? Thanks for any help! Oliver -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Embedded Spaces in Pathnames
by Lucky Leavell 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

I have been trying to figure this one out all week both at work (Red Hat) and at home (OpenSuSE). I have a script that walks all of the ext3 filesystems on a system and detects those files and directories with either no user or no group (or both) creating an output file using the -ls option on the find command. On files/directories with no user, I want to change the user to nobody and likewise for the group. I could run the initial script twice, once to detect unowned files and the other to detect unowned groups and handle each separately. However, on some systems we have terabyte filesystems with millions of files and a single find command can run for days. Thus I would like to take this initial file and use that to correct both problems. The problem I keep running into is with pathnames with embedded spaces. I have tried everything I can think of using shell scripts, awk and perl and they all have problems with pathnames with embedded spaces. Can anyone point me to some good articles that may be of some help? 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] 11.2_update & now: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
by Linda Walsh 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

I'm having problems with a core dump in perl and thought to try updating my 11.2 dist w/the latest updates from the suse 11.2_update server, one of which was a minor update to perl. It didn't solve that problem, unfortunately, but it did create a new one for me: Bonus! (ARG!). Now I'm getting a warning spit out in various utils at frequent intervals, like in BASH, every time I use auto-complete (!): bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) It also happens in other programs like when I launch gvim: (process:22785): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. Anyone know what broke and how I can fix it? My env vars haven't changed -- the lang vars are set to : # printenv | egrep 'LANG|LC' LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 I love UTF-8, but the implementation might have better given the acronym, 'UPF-8' for Universal _P_ain Format. *sigh* Help? Thanks... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] why is gsl 2 years old in opensuse?
by David C. Rankin 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Guys, Why does 11.3 still have gsl 1.12? It came out in 2008. 1.14 is current which came out in 2010 - 4 months *before* opensuse 11.3 was released. I can understand being a couple of months out of date, but ... a couple of *years* out of date doesn't bode well for distro currency. Who is responsible for updating this type of stuff? A source install with ./configure --prefix-/usr is all that it takes. It might help keep packages current if opensuse had a field in the webpin results returned that said "Flag package as out of date" like they do with other distros just to help with the oversight of package currency. Something to help off-load the "check for new versions" off the devs. I feel sure the community would be glad to help. Then we could just run a query against the packages flagged out of date to see what needs to be brought current. P.S. gsl rocks. Beats the heck out of writing root finders from scratch :p -- 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 konsole strange fonts and long startup time
by Istvan Gabor 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hello: I tried again KDE4. Installed KDE 4.5 factory on openSUSE 11.2. No to mention the general things I usually complain about I found something very strange: In konsole I set the font to Misc Console; in KDE4 konsole this font looks very strange and it is almost unreadable. It looks correct though in KDE3 konsole even in KDE4 session. Furthermore the startup time of KDE3 konsole is 2 seconds while the startup time of KDE4 konsole is 9 seconds (both in KDE 4 session). I find this startup time extremely long, especially compared to KDE3 konsole startup. How to fix these issues? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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