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Re: [opensuse] Help - Update from 10.3 > 11.0 broke postfix
by Carlos E. R. 05 May '10

05 May '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1005040055340.26376(a)nimrodel.valinor> El 2010-05-03 a las 17:44 -0500, Jim Flanagan escribió: > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote: Please reply on the list, so that others can comment. >> Are you aware that 11.0 is going to be out of support in about two months? I hope you did not buy >> that DVD just now, because the currently sold one should be 11.2. > > Yes I do know. I am updating this server one step at a time. Will > probably go to 11.1 staying with KDE3. I don't think this old box can > handle KDE4 with the plasma stuff. I bought the 11.0 when it was > released. >> Just type "date" as root on an xterm, and see if the timezone and hour/date is correct. > > typing date shows system time to be what it shows on my desktop, i.e. > correct local time. >> If you leave the 000 part out, google finds many entries. > > I'll look for more there, thanks. Read Sandy Drobic comment, he's usually right when postfix is concerned :-) >> That's output from SuSEconfig script. You can run it manually on an xterm as root and check. It is >> related to the script managing or not the postfix configuration because it was changed manually at >> some time. > > Haven't run that yet. Will try it after I attempt a few other > corrections first. SuSEconfig will not change things unless you change the configuration in /etc/sysconfig first. It simply applies your changes. - -- Saludos Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkvfVl0ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WJowCfZWGfGDj5uazDZ5caXisVsKKL fvAAnRU0H05TAyxCLvFuVW4jko8lOghk =b3ZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] why desktop does copy instead of rename?
by Daniel Bauer 05 May '10

05 May '10

Hi, Using Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop i686, KDE: 4.3.5 (KDE 4.3.5) "release 3", desktop as "folder view" when I rename a folder that I have placed on the desktop (right-cklick on icon, rename) the folder gets copied into a new folder with the new name and in the end the old folder is deleted. Why? This is really strange, isn't it? To rename large folders (a camera card with some GB's for example) takes quite a while because of the useless copy, instead of just the time of a click. Is this a feature or a bug? regards Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com my new blog: http://www.guapamania.com/wordpress/ -- 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] Help - Update from 10.3 > 11.0 broke postfix - SOLVED
by Jim Flanagan 05 May '10

05 May '10

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Sandy Drobic <opensuse(a)drobic.de> wrote: > Am 04.05.2010 01:00, schrieb Jim Flanagan: >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Sandy Drobic <opensuse(a)drobic.de> wrote: >>> On 2010.05.03 20:05, Jim Flanagan wrote: > ....... >>> Postfix is not running. You have a fatal configuration error in your system. >>> A possible cause is that an invalid hostname is set for Postfix. >>> >>> Please post the output of "postconf -n" and the master.cf. .......... > Simply search for smtps in your /etc/services. > > You could just circumvent the problem by using the port number instead of the > service name: .......... > You already have the line available, if you remove the comments. > Here you also see the white space at the beginning. > > If that doesn't solve the problem try to do it step by step: > > Simply comment out the smtps lines and restart Postfix. > Does it work now? Yes it does! I followed all your steps one by one, and finally at the end, by commenting out only the smtps line in master.cf, postfix started and I've got a flood of emails coming in from my backupmx. That did the trick. Is there anything I need to do now to that file, or am I safe to leave it as is with that line commented out? > One more remark concerning your smtp line: > You have restricted the smtp port to 10 processes. The reasonable default is > 100. Unless you plan to use Amavisd-new as a pre queue filter (content_filter > is after queue filter) you should set the default 100. The smtpd process > doesn't take a lot of resources. I would definitely recommend it. On this point, in comparing my old master.cf to the new one, the old one had the value set at only 2. I guess the update changed the value to 10? I do use amavis-new running (since the original setup). What would be a good value to use in this case? Thanks for your good help. I'd have never have solved that on my own. You too Carlos. Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.0 mysql tools packages broken in Updates
by David C. Rankin 05 May '10

05 May '10

Guys, The latest 11.0 updates for mysql tools (and the included libmysqlxxx) packages are broken. Attempting to install results in: Error: INVALID:Package libmysqlclient_r15-32bit-5.0.51a-27.6 fails integrity check. Do you want to retry? Error: 3:Package libmysqlclient15-5.0.51a-27.6 fails integrity check. Do you want to retry? Error: 3:Package mysql-tools-5.0.51a-27.6 fails integrity check. Do you want to retry? Error: 3:Package libmysqlclient_r15-5.0.51a-27.6 fails integrity check. Do you want to retry? What to do? Wait for new packages? -- 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] Re: dhcpd mystery on openSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 May '10

04 May '10

On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 09:43 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > I have a few networks on which I want to provide dhcp services. These > > are instrumentation networks for networked transducers. I am guessing I > > am just brain-dead this morning, but I can't see what I am doing wrong. > > > > I have two networks, that are configured as follows: > > > > inet 192.168.99.99/24 brd 192.168.99.255 > > > > inet 10.2.10.41/28 brd 10.2.10.47 > > > > So, I enter the following in my dhcpd.conf file: > > You are giving a host addr as a subnet start. That won't > work -- need to give net start, so... That was it. Thanks. The config file does not support the /XX syntax. But the problem was as you pointed out. I wonder why I forgot this. Perhaps it is because I seldom set these up. I think it is because I do not use subnets in this context. I was too quick to change the oft used .0 at the end into a specific machine's address. Geesh. I'm back in business. Now to get a GigE Vision camera working. That is more fun. -- Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST/OPQ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] dhcpd mystery on openSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 May '10

04 May '10

I have a few networks on which I want to provide dhcp services. These are instrumentation networks for networked transducers. I am guessing I am just brain-dead this morning, but I can't see what I am doing wrong. I have two networks, that are configured as follows: inet 192.168.99.99/24 brd 192.168.99.255 inet 10.2.10.41/28 brd 10.2.10.47 So, I enter the following in my dhcpd.conf file: subnet 10.2.10.41 netmask 255.255.255.240 { default-lease-time 345600; } subnet 192.168.99.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 { default-lease-time 345600; } The netmasks are indeed the ones I have configured for the networks. But I get this error on startup: /etc/dhcpd.conf line 10: subnet 10.2.10.41 netmask 255.255.255.240: bad subnet number/mask combination. subnet 10.2.10.41 netmask 255.255.255.240 ^ /etc/dhcpd.conf line 13: subnet 192.168.99.99 netmask 255.255.255.0: bad subnet number/mask combination. subnet 192.168.99.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 ^ Configuration file errors encountered -- exiting Is my coffee too weak this morning? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [OT] New linux documentation project for blind users
by M. Fioretti 04 May '10

04 May '10

Greetings, this is an invitation to read and spread the word (**) about a new Linux/FOSS documentation project by Tony Baechler: free, CC-licensed audio tutorials about FOSS specifically aimed at blind computer users. My full interview with Tony is at http://stop.zona-m.net/node/150 (also because following his guidelines would give great audio tutorials very useful to **all** FOSS users, not just those with vision problems) Marco -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Help - Update from 10.3 > 11.0 broke postfix
by Jim Flanagan 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi all, I updated my 10.3 server to 11.0 (using retail purchased DVD) and that seems to have broken my postfix install. Postfix is/was set up to send/receive to/from my own domain and has been working mostly fine for a few years. After the update I can send, but receive is not working. I THINK inbound emails are getting in, but no new emails are showing in the inbox. (I had to temporarily subscribe to the opensuse list to see any replies). AFAICT inbound emails are not bouncing, at least not until the queue gets full. The upgrade seemed to go fine, the machine boots OK, but the new install is not the default in grub. I can fix that. I do get the following in messages: ------ May 3 07:54:24 cammee postfix/master[5788]: fatal: 0.0.0.0:smtps: Servname not supported for ai_socktype May 3 12:55:26 cammee postfix/postqueue[5924]: fatal: Cannot flush mail queue - mail system is down ------ I note that the time for postfix shows to be off by 5 hours. Not sure how to set the timezone for that, and unsure if this is the sole problem. My clock is not set to UTC, but this has not been a problem until now. I googled " fatal: 0.0.0.0:smtps: Servname not supported for ai_socktype" and found only one thread related to that, but its in German which I can't read. The google translator wasn't too accurate...... On initial reboot I did see some screen message about postfix error, something related to either main.cf.SuSEConfig, or maybe master.cf.SuSEConfig being present, but can't find that in the logs. It should be in there somewhere. Postfix did not start on first boot, but it does start manually, and now on reboot. ClamAV and freshclam are updating themselves, according to the logs, which is not completely pertinent, but it tells me the system is MAINLY working OK. Apache is up too. I did have to change /etc/imapd to allow plaintext passwords. That's the only change I've made so far. Any pointers most welcome. Thanks. Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 + Truecrypt 6.3: hangs on hibernate
by j debert 03 May '10

03 May '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings! On OpenSuSE10.3, with Truecrypt 6.3, when a truecrypt volume is mounted and the system is going to hibernate, it hangs at or immediately after "suspending tasks...". This only occurs when I forget to unmount any truecrypt volume before hibernating the system. There doesn't seem to be any scripts associated with suspend/hibernate. Is there another way to automatically get truecrypt volumes unmounted before suspend/hibernate? TIA == jd Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFL1uXqhpL3F+HeDrIRArDqAJ0TxIyZqodUiu4KygHPfnqh8cUlHgCcDmQb s6IaX/QThZONyFxgGvg0GPc= =Xchb -----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] Dutch Manual or Documentation
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi all, I have a Dutch friend that I converted from M$Win on his Asus EeePC to openSUSE 11.2 All the years I saw the documentation being installed when I installed the distro, but only used it in the beginning. Now I need a newbie type of handbook for my friend in Dutch, from the very basic to guide the user around the KDE 4.x and how to use and install programmes etc. The first SuSE systems had a nice users manual, and an admin manual in the box. A printable version was also in the installed system. Is it still done? I have not tracked it down yet. Does something like that exist with the newest versions? A PDF will also be OK, then I can print it out. He needs a book at the moment, as he is almost 70 years old and likes to have a paper copy ... he is eager as H-ll to learn openSuSE 11.2. Some Dutch book suggestions will also be welcome. TIA Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Firefox 3.6.3 add-on manager not running
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 03 May '10

03 May '10

Dear all, I have Firefox 3.6.3-1.2 from buildservice installed including as I suspect the correct version of xulrunner: 1.9.2.3. I keep getting the following error: "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: file:///usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.3/components/nsExtensionManager.js:623" If I try to stop the script the error shows up again. Any ideas please? -- 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 121 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 02 May '10

02 May '10

We are pleased to announce: Issue 121 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! 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Smith: Linux on 4KB-sector disks: Practical advice + 11.2.4 Siliconrepublic/John Kennedy: Novell claims to have hit 5,000 Linux app jackpot + 11.2.5 Ostatic/Joe Brockmeier: Interview with Mercurial's Matt Mackall o 11.3 Reviews and Essays + 11.3.1 Journal of an Open Sourcesee/OgMaciel: GNOME: Week in Review: April 18th – 23rd, 2010 + 11.3.2 h-online: The H Week - Microsoft's Android patents, HP gets Palm, Symantec gets PGP and Ubuntu 10.04 arrives o 11.4 Warning! + 11.4.1 US-CERT Cyber Security Alert SA10-103C -- Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities * 12 Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved * 13 Credits * 14 Translations -- 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] WiFi and KDE4 - systray icon
by C 01 May '10

01 May '10

I recently tried out the latest PCLinuxOS release, and noticed something... in their KDE4 build, the systray icon for the WiFi is the familiar graduated bargraph style... it's very readable, easy to see signal strength on etc. Back to the openSUSE KDE4 builds, and we've got that useless circle thing that's basically unusable as a visual reference to see WiFi signal strength etc... it's just a white and blue circle... and the microscopic signal strength bar on the right is... well.. microscopic. What's the trick to enable or use a more "normal" and readable WiFi systray icon in KDE4/KNetworkManager? I've been poking Google and various forums, but haven't turned up anything useful yet. 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] opensource authoring tool
by medwinz 01 May '10

01 May '10

Hi all, This is maybe out of topics but I want to ask if someone here uses open source authoring tools and can share the experience. My friend use CourseLab (which is free but not open source) to produce SCORM content for LMS. It has very good function but only run on Windows. Is there any Linux based alternatives to it? Any thought really appreciated. regards, -- medwinz ======================= http://medwinz.blogsome.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: [opensuse] WiFi and KDE4 - systray icon
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 01 May '10

01 May '10

My first thought would be to find out the name of te package that gives the bar graph. Find te source code for it and build it on opensuse. Linux code in PCLinuxOS should be able to be used in any other distro. My 1c -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Thunderbird config and content file: openSUSE vs Ubuntu
by Boris Epstein 01 May '10

01 May '10

Hi all, It appears that while under openSUSE the Thunderbird's files go into $HOME/.thunderbird in Ubuntu the are stored in $HOME/.mozilla-thunderbird . Not only that but the content appears somehow different - linking or copying content to the correct folder does not work. So, does anybody have any idea what all of this is about? What I am trying to accomplish is manage things in such a way as to allow users to use Thunderbird the same way whether they log into their account from a SUSE machine or an Ubuntu one. Thanks in advance for any insight into this mess. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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