October 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Disabling updater applet
by Christoph Bartoschek 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Hi, how can I disable the updater applet for all users of the system. They are not allowed to install packages anyway? Christoph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Virus Scan
by Stan Goodman 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

I have received a message from my hosting service informing me that they have found that my FTP password has been compromised by an intruder or a trojan, and that they have cleaned it of malicious software and given it a temporary password. They urge me to perform a "full anti-viral scan on your local PC (using an in-depth scanner)". Through YaST I have searched the usual repos plus Packman to find software to make such a scan, but there is little there, and all of it seems to be for mail gateways or proxies, which I think are not relative. I've also searched the Web. especially openSuSE pages, for helpful information, but so far have not recognized any. I would appreciate advice on how to proceed and what tool(s) to use for this. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Missing YaST doco
by Lars Stavholm 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Hi all, I'm looking for developer documentation on writing a YaST module, but I'm confused by the hits I get when Google:ing for it. I found a lot of links to chorgan.provo.novell.com/yast/doc, but the site is for some reason not available. Is this a temporary problem? Is there a replacement? Failing that, any other good pointers? R /Lars Stavholm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Hauppauge 900H DVB-T and scanning for analog channels?
by C 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

I have been working with my Hauppauge WinTV900H USB stick DVB-T tuner (phew, that;'s a mouthful). I managed to get it "working" in openSUSE 11.3 by installing the v4l/dvb stuff from the repositories, copying an xc3028L-v36.fw file (I found/downloaded) to /lib/firmware, and doing a modprobe tm6000. I have connected the input for the USB stick to the cable TV outlet. The cable provider has 52 analog channels that this 900H can pickup/tune in Windows. If I tell it (in Windows) to scan for DVB-T, it finds nothing, but if I tell it to scan for cable analog channels, it finds the 52 available channels. This is expected since the signal on the cable feed is analog. So... now that I've got the tuner working in Linux (as in recognized and switched on, ready to be used) how do I convince it to scan for the 52 analog channels instead of the default DVB-T channels? scan <location> -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf just ends in "tuning failed" errors when it can't find a signal at the predefined frequencies in the location file.... which I suppose makes sense since the "T" and analog are not the same thing I tinkered with TVTime, MeTV, and VLC... and all can find the 900H, and all scan the T side for channels but do not scan the analog part... or at least I can't find a way to scan for analog. Has anyone got this far with a 900H? Any tips? Anyone know of a way to switch on/scan the analog side of the 900H in Linux? 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] BIOS/GRUB problem -- Was: Unsuccessful installation of operating system
by Stan Goodman 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

I would like to summarize the background and the current situation of the inability of my desktop system to boot normally (I am able to boot it through grub commands), I would like to hope that someone will be able to offer a sollution for the problem. The system has two HDs; at present, the active system is oS v22.3 on hd0, while hd1 contains v11.1. Each of these has a /boot directory with its own GRUB; the MBR is generic, with no boot loader. Se;ectopm betweem tje, os made by an IBM Boot Manager. Only the GRUB of hd1 is functional; trying to boot through the hd0 GRUB produces a black screen immediately after the POST routine. People I have consulted attribute the problem to the fact that at some point the data connectors of the two HDs were interchanged at the time that one of them was replaced by a new disk, thus confusing the BIOS, and this is entirely possible. On the other hand, the problem did not appear at the time I had the newe HD installed, but only quite a few weeks later. I don't understand why a confused BIOS would continue to function rationally for weeks before exhibiting schizoid symptoms. Also unexplained is why one of the GRUBs works and the other doesn't. If BIOS confusion is the reason for the problem, that would mean that the BIOS chip has stored somewhere the assumed order and location of the HDs. I have to wonder if there is not a way to delete that memory, perhaps by removing a jumper on the MB. I don't find any reference to such a jumper in the MB documentation (this is an Intel board, 915GAV -- an older board with a Pentium IV CPU). Below I list some of the small files in the GRUB directories of each HD, in the hope that these may be of assistance. If someone wants additional information that I haven't thought of, please ask. For hd0/sda: device.map: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_6VY56XND (hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDP725025GLA380_GEK264RS01U4JA menu.lst: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Sep 13 22:57:13 IST 2010 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata- ST3250318AS_6VY56XND-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata- ST3250318AS_6VY56XND-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata- ST3250318AS_6VY56XND-part6 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.48-0.2 (default) (/dev/sdb6)### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.48-0.2 (default) (/dev/sdb6) rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: OS/2 Boot Manager 1### title OS/2 Boot Manager 1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloa -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE forums
by Doug 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

I must have registered with KDE Forums some time ago, but now I can't remember what username I used, nor the password. It says if you have trouble to get in touch with the Board Administrator. How does one do that? (When I tried to register as a new member, it said my email address was already in use.) But you have to have a username in order to ask for password help. Catch 22. anyone? Thanx--doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Chromium from OBS breakage?
by jsa 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

The Chrome browser from obs://build.opensuse.org/openSUSE:11.3 which is version 8.0.556 exhibits some broken behavior that I've not seen in any other version. It insists on launching full screen, and you can often get into some situations where the mouse clicks just don register at all. -- Explain again the part about rm -rf / -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4.5 good impression...But
by Marco Calistri 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

Hello listmembers, Recently I installed KDE4.5 onto my 11.2, by following opensSUSE guidance and I've been very well impressed of this new DE release. Now if I try a zypper ref; zypper up, then I notice several KDE packages available but since they come from different vendor (OBS instead of openSUSE) they went no installed. In these cases I know, I should limit the repos to "dup" with --repo, or --from switch, but wonder if doing so then I risk to broke something. TKS, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> Whoever truly understands my music is free from the miseries that haunt the world. -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Trashed boot loader
by Bruce Ferrell 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

OK, I got a kernel update and it trashed the boot loader leaving in a grub prompt. SO, since the system repair option was removed because "about the only thing it was used for was to fix the boot loader", how do I fix it? I really don't want to re-install. Bruce Ferrell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kernel update
by Mark Misulich 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, I am running suse 11.1 on this laptop. I have found that if I update the computer, the cooling fans stop running and never come on again after reboot. I have traced this to a recent kernel update from 2.6.27.45-0.1 to 2.6.27.48. If I downgrade to the previous kernel to get the fans back on, the new kernel always shows up as an patch available. If I update all packages, the kernel gets updated. Is there a way to prevent this kernel from upgrading from 2.6.27.45 in yast? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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