October 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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

4 7

[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

6 6

[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

2 2

[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

3 2

[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

5 8

[opensuse] Disappearing CD/DVD ROM
by Bob Williams 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi list, My CD/DVD drive has recently become only partially visible to applications. I use a Windows program, EAC (Exact Audio Copy) running under wine, to rip audio CDs, but it has recently stopped seeing my CD drive. I installed grip, to see if it was a wine problem, but this also can't read audio CDs in the drive. Well, it does very briefly as the drive gets mounted, in other words I see the list of tracks flash on and then off again. Grip can eject CDs, so the drive isn't completely invisible. On the other hand, smplayer plays an audio CD in the drive without a problem. I'm using openSUSE 11.2 with kernel 2.6.31.14-0.4-desktop, and KDE 4.5.2 release 10. I'm not sure when this problem started, as ripping CDs is only an occasional task, but it was definitely working OK on 5 October. Have the DRM people hacked my machine? Any suggestions, please? Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.31.14-0.4-desktop, KDE 4.5.2 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

5 22

[opensuse] wma and vlc
by lynn 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi everyone I still can't play a wma file. In vlc the marker moves along as if it's playing but no sound emerges. mp3's play fine on just about everything so I'm sure the sound system os OK. Ive tried deleting the packman vlc and installing the videolan vlc but still the problems persist. Perhaps I'm missing something simple. 11.3 updated today. Thanks so much L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

4 6

[opensuse] Cursor freezes at startup
by A. den Oudsten 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

After the last update to 11.3-2.6.34.7-0.5 the cursor freezes directly after the openingstune of the speakers and I have to force a restart up to four times to be able to move the cursor to operate normally. Any trick to overcome this inconveniance? Thanks, Andre den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse] How to staying connected to the network after logging out from session?
by Istvan Gabor 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hello: I have openSUSE 11.2 with KDE 3.5.10. I am using kinterent for network connection. My setup in yast for network setting is: traditional method with ifup. The setting for DSL connection in yast are: - activate device on hotplug - enable device control for non-root user via kinternet is turned on After logging in an account kinternet automatically connects to the network, but if the user logs out the computer becomes disconnected. I would like the system to stay connected after the user logs out from his session. How can I achieve it? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

2 4

[opensuse] Mail backup
by Koenraad Lelong 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hi, At home I have a mailserver running. Right now, however, my internet-connection is broken. I don't know when it will be fixed. How could I have a backup-server until the connection is restored ? I added my domains in my mailserver at work, but I would need to add all users, which is not possible at the moment as I don't have the details here at work. Is it possible to have the mail-server just store the mails and then forward them when the connection is restored ? Thanks for suggestions, Koenraad Lelong. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

6 10