March 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] how to create kde3 & kde4 file associations that designate .emerald files as .tar.gz files
by David C. Rankin 28 Mar '10

28 Mar '10

Guys, How do I define a file association that associates .emerald files with (as a) .tar.gz files. I have use file association to create .emerald as x-emerald under the applications group and associated ark and file-roller with it. However neither ark or file-roller recognize the .emerald file. (At least Ark prompts you for the file type and you can choose gzipped tar archive) The problem is that nothing associates .emerald as a gzipped tar archive. What I really need is something like an 'alias' that says .emerald is just a gzipped tarball. How so I do this? -- 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] KDE 4.4: Keyboard interface: Alternative to activities
by Charles Obler 28 Mar '10

28 Mar '10

Although I like the LOOK of KDE 4.4 activities, and like having multiple folder-view desktops, each with a different artistic background, I have not found a way to create a keyboard interface for accessing these activities. Specifically: * When I assign a shortcut key to the activity bar, the key has no effect. To move from one activity to another, I seem to have no choice but to use the mouse and click on the activity bar entry. * When I am in an activity and I want to open a widget, I am usually required to use the mouse and click on the widget. If I want to use the keyboard, first I have to use the mouse and click on the folder-view for the activity. Only then do the cursor keys become enabled. I'd like to have a shortcut key for moving along the activity-bar widget, and I'd like the cursor keys to be enabled as soon as the folder-view appears. * In konsole, I still miss the ability to access the menu bar. In KDE 3.5, I used a single key to get to the menu bar, then cursor keys to select a new tab profile or a bookmark. However, I've now found a temporary circumvention: I've created a bash script. I use Alt-F2 to start a konsole, then I run my bash script. The script offers me a numvbered list of activities. I enter a number and the script then opens all of the applications and konsole profiles that pertain to that activity. With a the help of bash, I can get a single keystroke to do the work of half a dozen mouse clicks. E.g: #!/bin/bash # select vA in "Taxes" "Forums" "Games" do echo "vA=$vA" case "$vA" in "Taxes") echo "Will load tax files:" vD="~/Taxes/2009/" konsole --new-tab --workdir $vD cd $vD oowriter LogT.odt; oocalc Hist.ods; oocalc Calc.ods; oowriter Form.odt; ;; "Forums") echo "Will load browser and log file:" vD="~/Forums/" konsole --new-tab --workdir $vD cd $vD opera gvim LogF.txt ;; "Games") echo "Will start Freecell:" kpat ;; esac break; done exit 0; -- 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 Weekly News 116 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 116 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] * 1 Editors Note * 2 Announcements o 2.1 openSUSE News: Planet SUSE Status o 2.2 openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 Release * 3 Status Updates o 3.1 Build Service + 3.1.1 Build Team Meeting + 3.1.2 Pavol Rusnak: zypper – dependency graph o 3.2 Wiki / Communication / Events + 3.2.1 Andreas Jaeger: FOSSCOMM 2010 in Thessaloniki, Greece + 3.2.2 Nikanth Karthikesan: Back from National Free Software Conference – 2010 + 3.2.3 Bryen Yunashko: GNOME A11y Hackfest and CSUN Conference 2010 + 3.2.4 Thomas Biege: Being in Prague for a “Secure Development” Training * 4 Tips and Tricks o 4.1 For Desktop Users + 4.1.1 Packt/Bethany Hiitola: Recording an Interview with Skype using Audacity 1.3 o 4.2 For Commandline/Script Newbies + 4.2.1 Alex Barrios: Solving typical problems of BCM4312 802.11b/g + 4.2.2 Linux Magazine/Jerry Peek: There’s a Lot in the Dot: Filesystem Permissions and Pathnames (Part 1) + 4.2.3 Dedoimedo: Linux cool hacks – Part II o 4.3 For Developers and Programmers + 4.3.1 Andreas Jaeger: How to Add New Packages to the openSUSE Distribution o 4.4 For System Administrators + 4.4.1 Linux Magazine/Ken Hess: Five Easy Ways to Secure Your Linux System + 4.4.2 TechRepublic/Vincent Danen: Replace a failed drive in Linux RAID + 4.4.3 Linux Journal/Mitch Frazier: Use ssh_config To Simplify Your Life + 4.4.4 Novell Cool Solutions: XEN live migration over encrypted connection (ssh tunnel) * 5 New/Updated Applications @ openSUSE o 5.1 Packman: k3b 1.91.0_rc2 o 5.2 Packman: kmymoney4 3.96.1 o 5.3 Packman: FreeCAD 0.9.2646 * 6 Projects Corner o 6.1 Education Project + 6.1.1 openSUSE Education Li-f-e Update o 6.2 Mono Project + 6.2.1 Miguel de Icaza: Microsoft and .NET * 7 Planet SUSE o 7.1 Kohei Yoshida: The book has arrived! o 7.2 Andrew Wafaa: Blogged about: Community Discussion – Part 2 o 7.3 Francis Giannaros: Iris Recognition Project: Success with Qt * 8 openSUSE Forums o 8.1 Dual Booting Windows 7 o 8.2 Broadcom Wireless issue o 8.3 A New Install o 8.4 11.3 Milestone 4 Results * 9 On the Web o 9.1 Announcements + 9.1.1 Technical Preview of PySide-Shiboken + 9.1.2 Linux Foundation Announces 2010 Linux.com Linux Gurus + 9.1.3 Free Software Awards Announced o 9.2 Reports + 9.2.1 Miguel de Icaza: OData Client goes Open Source + 9.2.2 h-online/Thorsten Leemhuis: Kernel Log: Ceph file system in 2.6.34, kernel and KVM presentations at the CLT2010 + 9.2.3 h-online/Dj Walker-Morgan: OpenSUSE gets an Upstart + 9.2.4 Focus: 50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect o 9.3 Reviews and Essays + 9.3.1 Shane Fagan: Linux Game Review + 9.3.2 OStatic/Joe Brockmeier: More Bad English, Please + 9.3.3 Computerworld/Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Now what, Novell? + 9.3.4 Novell Cool Solutions/Ian Roughley: Novell Pulse and Google Wave: Demonstrating Inter-company Collaboration o 9.4 Warning! + 9.4.1 h-online/Chris von Eitzen: Firefox 3.6.2 closes critical security hole * 10 Past Events & Meetings * 11 Upcoming Events & Meetings * 12 Security Updates o 12.1 SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE- SA:2010:018) * 13 Statistics o 13.1 opensuse.org o 13.2 openFATE o 13.3 Bugzilla o 13.4 Localization o 13.5 openSUSE for your ears * 14 Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved * 15 Credits * 16 Translations For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/116/Translations [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/116 -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com Web: http://www.open-slx.de (openSUSE Box Support German) Web: http://www.open-slx.com (openSUSE Box Support English) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Incredible GTK2 theme (Blue/Black Glass) LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II
by David C. Rankin 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Guys, Just passing along a set of eye-popping desktop eye-candy for gnome, compiz and more. All sets can be found in the following deviantart gallery: http://lagadesk.deviantart.com/gallery/ The individual opendesktop links are: emerald & GTK2 themes: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II?content=115314 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK?content=11… I have tweaked the emerald theme to reduce the titlebar height. If you like slimmer decorations, give this a try: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/emerald/dcrLaGaDesk-BlueNight-II.emerald Exceptional artwork. (as is much of the stuff on deviantart). I like most of this guys work, but I especially like the LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II sets which contain GTK2, icons, and emerald themes. Here is a screenshot showing as many windows as would fit. The themes integrate well with Firefox/Thunderbird as well as your normal desktop OS apps: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/ss/gnome/BlueNightII.scaled.jpg If you want to look for more desktop enhancements, I highly recommend www.deviantart.com. It has some of the best icon, wallpaper, kde4, gnome, fluxbox, etc... artwork to be found on the web. Enjoy -- 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] Wireless LAN in BIOS disabled
by Sebastian 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

hi I use KDE 4.4 and openSUSE 11.2 on an eee PC netbook. Yesterday I suspended yesterday the netbook to RAM and turned it after two hours or so on again and then my wlan0 device was gone. Later I found out that it was disabled in the BIOS and after I enabled it again it worked. Does anyone have an idea how that could be, that it disables Wireless in the BIOS just by suspending the computer to RAM? I also checked the NetworkManager logs and they didn't show anything special except this few lines (this is from the moment when I suspended the computer to RAM): Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): now unmanaged Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 8 -> 1 (reason 36) Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 36). Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: canceled DHCP transaction, dhcp client pid 7732 Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <debug> [1269390489.231060] run_netconfig(): Spawning '/sbin/netconfig modify --se rvice NetworkManager' Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> Clearing nscd hosts cache. Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface: assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed Mar 23 20:28:09 NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): cleaning up... Mar 23 20:28:09 nm-dispatcher.action: Error in get_property: Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.fr eedesktop.DBus.Properties" doesn't exist#012 Mar 23 20:28:09 nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/autofs' exited with error status 1. Mar 23 20:28:11 NetworkManager: <info> Sleeping... The funny thing is, that after I turned the netbook on again the wlan0 device didn't show up in the logs anymore. That was the first time this happened to me, it is just a bit weird to me. Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Evolution missing icons under KDE
by Darren Freeman 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hi all, I have been using Evolution under KDE for several years now, but after upgrading to OpenSUSE 11.2 x86-64, I find that many of the icons are missing (sometimes intermittently), and replaced by little 'X' marks in the application. This is especially annoying in the calendar where I can't tell which options I've set on an appointment (such as alarm or recur). I posted this to the Gnome bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611874 This has a link to the SUSE bugzilla: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537953 I have tried to solve this by installing the package gnome-session, which pulled in a lot of other packages. Still I don't seem to have fixed it. Now on closer reading I see that this may be due to the Oxygen theme being incomplete. Could somebody please take a look at this? This is a regression that I notice again and again. Have fun, Darren -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lazarus and free pascal need ELF
by Johan 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Good day, I created a small app in Lazarus. Running in lazarus is fine. Running it from the command line seems it needs ELF. So does Free pascal. running in fp is fine. elf.h do exist on the system. Kindly please how to correct this "problem"? Thanks, Regards Johan Sch -- 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: Retrieving Folder Contents
by John Andersen 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Each time I click into a folder on Kmail it shows the "Retrieving Folder Contents" screen requiring a second click on that directory to actually bring up the message list. If I don't click it the message list NEVER appears. It will sit there forever. This happens even when on a lan directly served by the imap server, with virtually instantaneous response time. Why does it do this, and how can I make it just show the message list immediately, or as soon as the message list for that folder is populated? -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] evolution error : database disk image is malformed
by Mike McMullin 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

I fired up evolution (2.24.1.1) oS 11.1, and when it had finished getting the mail it returned this error while "Generating message list" : "database disk image is malformed". I opened the Debug Logs, and it shows that error for Generating message list and Fetching mail. Any idea how to correct this (Google seems stumped) and what may have caused it? It's just effecting the in box which should have less than 2000 messages in it. (I think that last number I saw was under 1000) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice.org Extras repository
by Scott Newton 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Is this still a valid repository? http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/EXTRAS/openSUSE_1… alpha:~ # zypper refresh OpenOffice.org_Extras File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/EXTRAS/openSUSE_1…' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): a The directory is empty. Thanks -- Regards Scott Newton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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