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Re: Fwd: Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Re: How to install tar.bz
by Carlos E. R. 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Resending with another address - previous attempt did not get posted on the list. On 2010-06-15 21:26, Carlos E. R. wrote: On 2010-06-16 20:55, Doug wrote: > (see below) >> Well, it almost worked. After a bunch of futzing, I got t/b >> 3.0.4 installed. It receives OK, but it won't send. When >> trying to send, one gets an error message as follows: >> ______________________________________________________ >> Sending of message failed. Unable to authenticate to >> SMTP server mail.optonline.net. It does not support >> authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use >> authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for >> that server or contact your service provider. >> ______________________________________________________ >> >> Well, I looked all over for a place to uncheck "Use name and >> password" and I cannot find it anywhere, nor do I find any >> reference anywhere to authentication. Menu Edit / Preferences /account settings. On the left panel, go to the bottom, "outgoing server (smtp)". Chose the one you are using. Press "edit". There is a tick box named "Use name and password". - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwcF7IACgkQU92UU+smfQUaCgCeM7Ou5vBy8vp1uE3eQYVzAN1d Dp0Ani5TJNoNgFYneBILGyKkUUhnZZR5 =hWBt -----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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Re: [opensuse] Worrying behavior at boot, in v11.2/kde4
by Carlos E. R. 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Resending with another "from". Previous one did not made the list... :-? On 2010-06-19 02:36, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2010-06-18 22:09, Stan Goodman wrote: >> On Friday 18 June 2010 17:22:27 Carlos E. R. wrote: > >>> Is it fully updated? I mean the "official" updates. If not, then do. If >>> you can't do it in graphical mode because it is unusable, then use >>> text mode. >>> >>> Are you using any extra repos? If so, say which. > >> The existing repos are: >> Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 >> cd:/// >> Debug >> Non-Oss >> Oss >> Source > > Ok. > > >> I assume that the system is properly updated -- despite the problem, it >> eventually boots to a useful state, or I shut down and try again >> successfully. Just now, it became useful only less than a minute after HD >> activity ceased. > >> But I now notice that Debug and Source are not enabled; I think that at >> least the latter should be. > > No, not unless you need them. > >> But according to Software Manager, the kernel >> and the sources are matched. > >> Fore completeness: shortly after initial installation, there was a time >> when it went on an extensive update that lasted at least twenty minutes >> before it stalled (according to the progress gauge, it was about half >> through), Since it never resumed updating, I eventually shut down. > > That should not be. > >> I >> expected that it would return later to what had not been updated, but >> there has never been a time when I saw enough updating activity to >> acccount for the missing half. > > You could try "zypper patch --dry-run" to see what it says. Or "yast2 online_update". > - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwcE/MACgkQU92UU+smfQW9pACfWEhVf/3oZAe7yb8DZ4dZlBlD esUAn3E2Joud3T6K2+trCALombttd4bM =mesG -----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] KDE defaults after upgrade from 10.3 to 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

I did an update of a 10.3 system to openSUSE 11.2. I used the 11.2 DVD to do this (not zypper). As part of the update, I let the updater add the on-line 11.2 updates. No KDE repos are added. Just the 11.2 update that the install adds. For the most part all went well. Except that the desktop looks crappy, even for a user created after the update was completed. The most obvious problem is that the panel at the bottom is black, and the text on it black. Or, when leaving the desktop, the window is black with black text. ICONS are OK. There is something that is obviously not to plan. I also tried deleting the $HOME/.kde and $HOME/.kde4 directories, hoping that they would be better when the user logs in again. Nope. Same badness. Maybe this is not enough to remove to force regeneration of the user settings? Oddly, the root user has a correct appearance. No other user. I am guessing that when the system was updated, the default settings that a KDE user should get have not been properly updated. I do not know where to look for this, if that is even what it is. I am guessing that I could fiddle with a user's settings and get it looking good again. However, this is not really an option for this machine. We are trying to see how well it works to let users log with Windows Active Directory verification (which works so very nicely!). I would have to do this for each user after they create their login. Umm, no... I did follow many of the discussions about settings problems in kde 4. Most of those seemed to be about messing up old settings, and seemed to be more of an issue in older KDE 4 releases. I sort of thought the KDE in the 11.2 update directory had most of this sorted out. I use it on my 11.2-from-the-beginning system and have no complaints. I am guessing the damage was done in the initial KDE install in the 11.2 upgrade. But I might be wrong. Where to start? -- 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] Gnome on 11.0 - background stuck - no rt-click context - compiz no cylinder - what to check?
by David C. Rankin 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Guys, This is weird. All of a sudden, gnome went nuts. I cannot change the background, cursor, etc.. in appearances. (if I reboot, then the background will change to what was selected) Compiz desktop deformation for the cylinder/sphere no longer work, all I get is the cube. When I right-click the desktop, I don't get a context menu anymore. Weird... This all started after I selected the new K6 gtk theme. I have since deleted the theme from the system, but the problems persist. I don't know for sure if it is related, but nothing like this has ever happened to me before in gnome??? It 'feels' like some setting got set or some file got replaced that borked the system. I have checked .xsession-errors and messages, but nothing pops out. I need help (brainstorming what it could be or what I should check) Any ideas?? -- 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] Using tar command with --exclude=
by Keith 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

I'm trying to use the tar command in a BASH shell and want to exclude files. If I use this command: tar --exclude=._* -cvfj oldemail.tbz bzip2 tar creates an archive named j I have tried other variations of the --exclude= command with errors made in naming or creation of the tar file. TIA. -- Best Regards, Keith kilowattradio(a)comcast.net 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] BASH help - Howto build command line containing pipes and then execute all at once?
by David C. Rankin 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Guys (DNH), I'm having trouble building a command line/string containing pipes and then getting it to execute all at once. This is in the lynxdump script I started: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dev/scr/net/lynxdump.sh I have created a god-awful nested 'if' jungle in the getdump() function that decides what to do based on command line flag settings. What I want to do is be able to piece together a command line that will ultimately look similar to this depending on the options entered on the command line: lynx -dump "$url" | grep -e '^.*rpm$' | grep -v 'debugsource' | grep -v 'debuginfo' | grep http | sed -e 's/^.*\shttp/http/' >> $ofile Basically what I want to do is respond to the following command line options and add the corresponding statement if the option is given: -r|--rpm grep -e '^.*rpm$' --nodebug grep -v 'debugsource' | grep -v 'debuginfo' I have tried replacing getdump() by simply adding the pieces like this: [[ $flagDir -eq 1 ]] && dirSTR="" || dirSTR=" -e '/\/$/d'" [[ $flagRPM -eq 1 ]] && rpmSTR="| grep -e '^.*rpm$'" || rpmSTR="" [[ $noDebug -eq 1 ]] && debugSTR=" | grep -v 'debugsource' | grep -v 'debuginfo' " || \ debugSTR="" dumpSTR="lynx -dump $url ${rpmSTR}${debugSTR}| grep http | sed -e 's/^.*\shttp/http/'${dirSTR}" Which gives the perfectly correct command line (rpm and nodebug options): lynx -dump http://madwifi-project.org/suse/11.0/x86_64 | grep -e '^.*rpm$' | grep -v 'debugsource' | grep -v 'debuginfo' | grep http | sed -e 's/^.*\shttp/http/' -e '/\/$/d' But when attempting to execute 'dumpSTR' within the script, I end up with an invalid option error from lynx: lynx: Invalid Option: -e Basically, lynx is considering everything in the string as options to lynx instead of recognizing the pipe. I have checked all lynx options hoping for a '--' option to say end of options, but no joy. Is there a trick that will work here. I'm sure there is, but I just don't understand it yet. What say the gurus? As last resort, I know I can apply the filters successively to the result of lynx -dump ... by making separate call for each piece, but I wanted to do it all in the single command line like I can just enter on the command line. Is this a stumbling block withing bash? Thanks for any help :) -- 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 ExpressCard recommendations?
by Marc Chamberlin 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hi - I am in need of some recommendations/success stories on what Wifi wireless ExpressCards work successfully under SuSE11.2, x64 architecture. Googling around has come up with a couple of maybe's but nothing definitive. Nothing under openSuSE HCL list. (It will also have to work under Vista.) So does anyone have an opinion on what I should use for my laptop? Thanks in advance... Marc...

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[opensuse] Using google for authentication?
by Verner Kjærsgaard 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Hi list, - just an idea...would it be possible (has anyone done it) to use your google login to authenticate your access to your central openSuse box? - or perhaps openID? - a kind of replacing YP/NIS with a globally available service, at least for authentication... -- ------------------------------ 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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Fwd: Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Re: How to install tar.bz
by Doug 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

(see below) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Re: How to install tar.bz Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:03:07 -0400 From: Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org I sent the following message to Jim Henderson, whose input was very useful, but now that I have T/B ver. 3.0.4 on the machine, it won't send. Jim's answer, and my original to him, follow: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse] Re: How to install tar.bz Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:57:43 -0600 From: Jim Henderson <hendersj(a)gmail.com> To: Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> You may want to ask back on the list - I don't use Thunderbird myself. I vaguely recall that this is a setting in the server/account settings. Jim On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 00:33, Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote: > Hi, Jim-- > > Well, it almost worked. After a bunch of futzing, I got t/b > 3.0.4 installed. It receives OK, but it won't send. When > trying to send, one gets an error message as follows: > ______________________________________________________ > Sending of message failed. Unable to authenticate to > SMTP server mail.optonline.net. It does not support > authentication (SMTP-AUTH) but you have chosen to use > authentication. Uncheck 'Use name and password' for > that server or contact your service provider. > ______________________________________________________ > > Well, I looked all over for a place to uncheck "Use name and > password" and I cannot find it anywhere, nor do I find any > reference anywhere to authentication. > > This message is being sent from Windows t/b, ver 3.01, which I > know will send. > > If you can help in this area, I would appreciate it. If I > call the server, they will tell me they know nothing about > Linux. > > Thanx--doug > Thanx to Jim, and to all others who helped. I _did_ call optonline and got a really helpful fellow named Oscar Shelton, and he got the thing working for me. The trick was to take the user name (above the "use authentication" check box line) _out_! Then it works fine. Note that the setup routine says "user name" _not_ "use name" as per the error message. And nothing about a password. That's what confused me. Hope this helps anyone else who runs into this. --doug -- 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 11.2 - rpm -qa | grep -i apparmor | xargs rpm -e
by Luciano Mannucci 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

Hello, is there an alternative to issueing the command # rpm -qa | grep -i apparmor | xargs rpm -e after each "you" or yast -i <something>? Or do I have to put it in the crontab and/or in an /etc/init.d/<file>? Thanks, luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster(a)sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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