May 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Question about (s)tar
by Koenraad Lelong 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Hi, Since a few weeks I'm running a script to backup my home-server. It's just a few tar-files I'm making on a removable hard-disk. Every week I run the same script with commands like star -cf tar-file.tar.gz directory I don't do any errorchecking though, like checking if all tar-commands end without errors. That's a next project. Last weekend I tried to recover that data to another external hard-disk, to see if the backup was restorable. It seemed to work fine except that I got a message, something like "ignoring trailing garbage". Am I to worry that my backup has problems ? Now I remember I actually used tar to restore. Maybe there is a difference ? Thanks for any information you can give. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Koenraad Lelong -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Multiple GTK themes applied in kde - how is that possible?
by David C. Rankin 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Guys, Here is a strange one. Within my kde desktop, something is applying 2 different gtk themes to gtk apps. Really wild. A screenshot will help: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde3/kcm_gtk-multi-themes_02.jpg Here you see compiz-config with the 'BlackBird' gtk theme applied and some default 12 pt font, but at the same time, you see the fusion-icon menu open in kicker with the BlueNight-II gtk theme applied with the proper 8pt font. --> Huh? I know the setting are controlled though kcm_gtk, but I've never had 2 themes show up before. It looks like both kde3 'and' kde4 gtkrc files are being read and used by different parts of kde3 - not good: 16:03 alchemy:~> for i in .gtkrc-2.0*; do echo -e "\n File: $i\n"; cat $i; done File: .gtkrc-2.0-kde # This file was written by kcm_gtk # You can edit it in the KDE control center, under "GTK Styles and Fonts" include "/usr/share/themes/BlackBird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif 8" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="BlackBird" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 8" File: .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 # This file was written by KDE # You can edit it in the KDE control center, under "GTK Styles and Fonts" include "/usr/share/themes/LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="LaGaDesk-BlueNight-II-GTK" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 8" Well, it is apparent where the mixing of themes are coming from, the question is "What is kde4 doing trying to assign the gtk theme to my kde3 desktop?" ... and ... more importantly, "How do I make it stop?" It gets worse when you invoke the gtk file save/save-as dialog: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/kde3/kcm_gtk-multi-themes_05.jpg The bizarre part here is that the dialog has parts of each gtk theme. The background color is obviously BlueNight, but the crappy 12pt font and white backgrounds are from? -- dunno? I'll dork around with it a bit more, but if anybody has any ideas, I would sure appreciate them. These things are a pain -- and the sad part is they never were before. KDE3 would read .gtkrc-2.0-kde and KDE4 read .gtkrc-2.0-kde4. Why the mix-up? and.. Where? -- 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] GDM 11.2 went broken
by Marco Calistri 31 May '10

31 May '10

Dear list-memebers, Following my latest post titled: Re: [opensuse-gnome] 11.2 Gnome update VS STABLE:2.28, I regrettably have to ask some guidance about recovering my GDM, since it suddenly get broken. Latest changes I made immediately before the broke have been: 1) Reverting from G:S:2.28 to update repo and ran a zypper dup 2) Rebooting the system by maintaining "gdm" and "gnome" respectively into /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager, noticed very high CPU/MEM load up to 99%/50% from gconfd-2 running endlessly 3) No way to see the gdm-greeter after long await 4) As per recent logs, I believe there is something wrong with GConf or better with policy-kit: GConf: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.). 5) Actually the sole workaround to get the gdm greeter and Gnome desktop is to edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and changing the line "gdm" into "kdm", doing this I can login into Gnome perfectly. Wonder if somebody can suggest me some ways to cure to the problem. I've also thought as last resource to uninstall completely GNOME and install it back again. TKS, -- Marco Calistri <amdturion> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] how to solve dependencies for stellarium 10.4
by Julien Michielsen 31 May '10

31 May '10

I want to install stellarium 10.4, but I was not able to solve all dependen- cies for it(as described in stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Build_Dependencies) The first problem was for Open GL, which needs libgl1-mesa-dev. Yast (and the entire SuSE site) did not mention this lib. Is this available for SuSE? The next line stated GLU, and libglu1-mesa-dev. Appearantly (and luckily) this is not needed anymore from version 0.10.3, so I can skip that difficult line. The next dependency is Zlib, requiring zlib1g-dev. I could not find this for SuSE. Anywhere available? The libfreetype-requirement could not be solved either. My opensuse11.1 dit not go higher than libfreetype2. I will stop here,even though I'm not at the end of unsolvable requirements yet. Have people succeeded to install the later stellariums on suse, or should I rather give up? Thanks -- Julien Michielsen julien_at_michkloo.xs4all.nl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Driver for Mustek ScanExpress USB 1200 Pro
by Duaine Hechler 31 May '10

31 May '10

Running 11.1 and looking for the Linux driver for the Mustek ScanExpress USB 1200 Pro. (Of course I can run it under Windoze but I hate to) Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Question about git (Permission denied)
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 30 May '10

30 May '10

Hello Mates, today i opened my first github repository. I've done the following steps: sascha@linux-hob0:~/git> mkdir openSUSE-Weekly_News sascha@linux-hob0:~/git> cd openSUSE-Weekly_News/ sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> ls sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sascha/git/openSUSE- Weekly_News/.git/ sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> git add * sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> git commit -m 'first set of scripts' [master (root-commit) aee06f6] first set of scripts 16 files changed, 3754 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100755 generate_announce create mode 100755 generate_buildservice create mode 100755 generate_events create mode 100755 generate_features create mode 100755 generate_secupdates create mode 100644 statistics.5.py create mode 100644 statistics.7a.py create mode 100644 translate.ini_de create mode 100644 translate.ini_es create mode 100644 translate.ini_id create mode 100644 translate.ini_ja create mode 100644 translate.ini_pl create mode 100644 translate.ini_pt create mode 100644 translate.ini_ru create mode 100644 translate.ini_tw create mode 100644 translate.ini_zh sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> git remote add origin git@github.com:saigkill/openSUSE-Weekly-News.git sascha@linux-hob0:~/git/openSUSE-Weekly_News> git push origin master The authenticity of host 'github.com (207.97.227.239)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 16:27:ac:a5:76:28:2d:36:63:1b:56:4d:eb:df:a6:48. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,207.97.227.239' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly Does anyone know what the error is? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH 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)

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[opensuse] where do I turn tracker off at?
by j debert 30 May '10

30 May '10

First, Beagle came along and made a hog of itself. Then Nepomuk came along and just kept everything to itself, letting me have a microscopic scrap of resources every once in a great while. Now, tracker shows up and hijacks my system when I'm working. The tracker gang, led by tracker-miner-fs, turns up after login and takes over my system as they search and index files like Beagle and Nepomuk. And as with those other two, the tracker gang does it's thing while I am busy and slows my work to a crawl or stalls it completely. The man pages say tracker is started by the .desktop config file. There is no .desktop config file. I've looked in every config file I can think of and none start tracker. THe worst thing about tracker, as is the worst thing with beagle and nepomuk, and cron jobs like suse.de-updatedb, etc., is that they always, without fail, choose to do their more important work while I'm working and never at idle times, like late at night. I want tracker to stop. I don't need it. It is severely interfering with work. So, Does Anyone Know Where, in which file, is the tracker gang started up? And if I delete it, will it go kamikaze and break the system or other apps, like so (too!) many other rpm-installed apps do? And BTW, why is it that beagle, nepomuk, tracker, et cetera are always installed and set to run at the most inopportune times by default? There's a trend here that suggests that someone's been reading way too much BOFH and that there will be many more of those hijacking searcher/indexers to come. == jd While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem When Attempting to add RPM Package with Installer.
by Keith 30 May '10

30 May '10

If I download a RPM package for openSuSE 11.2 like Google Chrome or flash player I receive the following error message: [PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.b6ByVi] Repository already exists. from the Installer GUI. I did a Google Search and people discussed this issue, but no resolution was posted . Any one know how to fix this bug? TIA, -- Best Regards, Keith http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] searching avisplit
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 29 May '10

29 May '10

Hello Mates, some time ago i had a program called "avisplit". But atm webpin and packages.o.o Is the Package away or packaged into another Package? Anyone knows? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx GmbH 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)

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[opensuse] openSUSE Login screen : GNOME login window
by Ravi Shukla 29 May '10

29 May '10

By mistake I replied to one instead of all ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ravi Shukla <rvshkl18(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] openSUSE Login screen : GNOME login window To: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Yes thats what I did. But when I type "gdm" in terminal i see > > Why do you type gdm in a terminal? You don't do that, the system runs it for > you when it boots. I assume you have reinstalled your entire system, so it > works... don't break it again. > > Okay >> Also "gdmsetup" doesnt work (just a note) >> >> So I thought reinstalling would solve the problem.Now suppose I want >> to install the 2nd one from this - >> http://art.gnome.org/themes/gdm_greeter . So how should I do or what >> should I do ? > > Does the system work, with gdm, after fresh install? Then don't touch it > unless you know how to repair it if it breaks. I am not touching anything right now.But how do I install the the gdm_greeter from the above link ? Sorry for mentioning the partial detail above > > - -- Saludos > Carlos E. R. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwBGNgACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UsBgCdH/oxT+ngqRgjC+7TU0BlmQ64 > sMMAn1qaQWAzS25J3lTMOEjzH9qPjPjh > =r8Mb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Ravi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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