April 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] YaST2 import/export?
by Felix Miata 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

I did a fresh 11.2 install rather than upgrade 11.0, because cleaner. To figure out what was previously installed and ensure to install equivalents manually is some kind of painful process. So I opened YaST2 software management on 11.0 and did file export. Then I imported in 11.2. So, now I'm looking at a long list, mostly with red X's listed first, then with a shorter list marked to install. Is this the right procedure, or is there a better way? What do all the red X's actually mean? Help says "this package is already installed. delete it." Delete from where, the list, or the already installed version from the HD? This process is not intuitive. -- "Suppos [sic] a nation in some distant region, should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. . . . What a Eutopa, What a paradise would this region be!" John Adams, 2nd US President 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] Please unsubscripe me.
by hensandpat＠earthlink.net 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

/ I appreciate all the help we have received, thank you all but for the time being please take us of the list. John Heinen / -- 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 cursor in Gnome under OpenSUSE 11.2
by Boris Epstein 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hi all, I have a laptop on which I am running OpenSuSE 11.2. Under Gnome I am trying to use the display control to change the display resolution and once I select the settings I desire the mouse cursor disappears so that I can not even click on the "keep the configuration" box. Now, the mouse itself is still alive - as the invisible cursor moves around things under it change tones as appropriate. It is just mighty hard to hit a little box with an invisible cursor if you've got 30 seconds to do it! So, anybody know what this is about? Thanks in advance for any advice on how to deal with this. Cheers, Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] USB image from SuSE-studio, how to make
by Verner Kjærsgaard 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

- bootable? I just made a fine mini openSuSE from SUSESTUDIO, I opted for a USB image. I thought I could just do something like dd if=imagefile of=/dev/whereever_my_usb_is This does not make my stick bootable? As always - thank you! -- ------------------------------ 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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Re: [opensuse-buildservice] Re: [opensuse] Re: Zypper data probably corrupted, how to re-create?
by Hans-Peter Jansen 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

On Thursday 22 April 2010, 09:34:39 Adrian Schröter wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 21. April 2010 23:12:07 schrieb Hans-Peter Jansen: > > On Wednesday 21 April 2010, 10:48:50 Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:07:59PM +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: > > > > History: > > > > - 'repo2solv.sh' '-o' '/var/cache/zypp/solv/KDE_KDE3/solv' > > > > '/var/cache/zypp/raw/KDE_KDE3' Unknown checksum type: 8: sha256 > > > > > > Oops, we updated the createrepo package on the build service host > > > to use some new features, and now all of the repos use sha256 > > > checksums instead of sha1. Unfortunatelly libzypp in 11.1 and older > > > can't handle that checksum (yet). > > > We now use a createrepo option to use sha1 again for older repos, > > > so things should work again for all freshly created build service > > > repositories. > > > > Michael, it looks, like it's not enough. Unfortunately, it damaged more > > repos than expected. > > > > From a cursory lookup, _after_ resolving the repos I maintain myself, I > > still suffer from these damaged repos for now: > > > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/op > >enSUSE_11.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/o > >penSUSE_11.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/tools/openSUSE_11.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/open > >SUSE_11.1/ | > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools:/Unstable/ope > >nSUSE_11.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_1 > >1.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/openSUSE_11.1/ > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/packagemanager/openSU > >SE_11.1/ > > They look good to me. what error do you see ? Adrian, sorry for being too dense: please look into repodata/repomd.xml of the respective repos: if checksum type="sha256" appears, as it is the still the fact from the last three of the above list, that repo cannot be used from 11.1 and derivates at all, since libzypp doesn't support that yet. In the light of this fact, reread my last mail, please. My point is, that waiting for repos to be cured by chance isn't an option here, as zypper may damage perfectly fine systems by using "zypper dup", as it just downgrades the lost packages to the lowest common denominator: mostly the distribution. If you now want to discuss the usage of "zypper dup", then just try to "one click" install any rpm from an affected repo with 11.1: it won't work: there's no way around fixing the damaged repos. > > > Sorry for the inconvenience. > > > > This isn't an simple inconvenience. It's grown to a large scale denial > > of update service thread, and those of us who suffer from this might > > have to wait for weeks, until some packages _with differences_¹ are > > build by chance in all these damaged repos. > > Please discuss that with upstream yum repo people and people who wrote > package managers not alligning the specification. We are just the users > here. This is not an upstream problem, propably the decision of using a new default for checksumming is questionable, but that is not the matter here. Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] eth* connection status via cli
by James D. Parra 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello, I noticed in Yast, when setting up nics, that it shows whether the interface is connected or not. Does anyone know what the command would be to determine if the nic has a connection to the network? Many thanks, James -- 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] eth* connection status via cli
by James D. Parra 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

> > Thanks Patrick, however that doesn't me if the cat 5 cable is connected or > not. For example, if the computer has six nics and i have only one cabled, > Yast will show which one is connected and I can set up setup that nic with > an IP address. I am looking for a way in the command, prior to assigning IP > addresses to the nics, which nic is cabled and connect to a network. > > Many thanks, > > James Mine shows Rx & Tx packets, doesn't yours? ~~~~~~~ Well, here is the issue; from a Rescue session I need to assign an address to a nic that is actually connected to the network. Running ifconfig only shows only 'lo' until I assign an address to an eth* device. Afterwards, ifconfig will show eth0, for example, if that is the nic i added the address to. I could go and add an address to eth0, ping the network, if it fails remove the IP and add it to eth1, ping the network, and so on until I find the the live nic. I am looking for something a little more efficient. Since Yast shows if a nic is connected or not I am assuming that is using a command that shows the connection status of the nics. Any idea what command(s) that may be? Thanks again, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] full disk encryption for OpenSuSE
by Boris Epstein 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hello listmates, If you were to get full disk encryption for your OpenSuSE (or other Linux) machine - what would you go for? Boris. -- 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 data probably corrupted, how to re-create?
by Mark Goldstein 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Hello, I´m on oS 11.1 (32bit) + KDE3. Recently I noticed that something is wrong with zypper db. Somehow it lost information about a number of repositories. For example, I have http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt46/openSUSE_11.1 added and I have 12 packages, installed from this repository (according to rpm), but zypper/yast indicates no packages from this repo. E.g. rpm -qa|xargs rpm -qi|grep -ic qt46 returns 12, but zypper pa|grep -ic qt46 returns 0. One package from this repo is definitely libqt4: === #zypper if libqt4 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package libqt4: Repository: @System Name: libqt4 Version: 4.6.3+4.6.20100413-1.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Build Service Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 12.5 M Summary: C++ Program Library, Core Components Description: Qt is a set of libraries for developing applications. This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network handling. What is @System?? === # rpm -qi libqt4 Name : libqt4 Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 4.6.3+4.6.20100413 Vendor: openSUSE Build Service Release : 1.1 Build Date: Tue Apr 13 06:20:35 2010 Install Date: Tue Apr 13 20:20:43 2010 Build Host: build19 Group : System/Libraries Source RPM: libqt4-4.6.3+4.6.20100413-1.1.src.rpm Size : 13086939 License: GPL v3 only ; LGPL v2.1 or later Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue Apr 13 06:31:32 2010, Key ID 58d8ff412e1efa87 URL : http://www.qtsoftware.com Summary : C++ Program Library, Core Components Description : Qt is a set of libraries for developing applications. This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network handling. Authors: -------- Qt Software Distribution: KDE:Qt46 / openSUSE_11.1 ========== In Yast / Software management if I choose ¨Filter: Repositories¨, yast shows @System repo and many packages in it which definitely belong to some real repos. At the same time, it shows no packages in KDE:Qt46. I remember some advices of how to re-create zypper db, but could not find them right now in archive. Could someone please advice? TIA, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-announce] First openSUSE-LXDE Meeting - Tuesday 2010-04-27 15:00 UTC
by David C. Rankin 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

On 04/20/2010 04:15 AM, Andrea Florio wrote: > The next openSUSE LXDE meeting will be held > Thursday 27th April, at 15:00 UTC. > > The current list of scheduled topics is: > > * Status of the openSUSE-LXDE, plans for future > * Status of LXDE introduction video > * Branding > * status report > * calls for testing > * Q&A, misc > > Further items are welcome; please add them > http://en.opensuse.org/LXDE/Meetings/LXDE_Meeting_2010-04-27 > > Please use > http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx?y=2010&mo=04&d=27&h… > to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. > > The meeting will happen in #opensuse-lxde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net > > You are welcome to join and participate! > > Andrea Florio > Good, I'm glad to see LXDE getting more discussion on the list. It has been looking great lately with the updates in: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/X11:/lxde/ It would be positive if all the other good light-weight desktops (blackbox, fluxbox, openbox (collectively the 'boxtops'), enlightenment (E16 & E17), icewm, WindowMaker, xfce4, pekwm, sawfish, fvwm2, etc...) got more discussion on the list. There are some fantastic lightweight desktops and window manager out there that could benefit from more use and discussion. And..., new users might find out they like real Linux desktops that uses something other than the Win95 type start menu approach to accessing files and the control panel. Feeling adventurous, install LXDE. If you have used kde or gnome, you will be instantly up and running. Next, move to something like E16 or Fluxbox and get acquainted with using the mouse on the desktop to access your apps and system. Regardless of whether you stay with any one of the desktops, you will learn more about opensource and you will also add a few desktops to your toolbox that work extremely well with older hardware or low memory setups. ... and yes, all your kde and gnome apps work just fine in these desktops.. -- 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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