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[opensuse] automatically restarting daemons in rc scripts
by Roger Oberholtzer 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

I am using the vblade daemon to make some disk images available via AoE (ATA over Ethernet). I have a small problem: the vblade server sometimes exits. I do not know why. It must be because of activity from one of it's clients (openSUSE 11.2 diskless systems created with KIWI). Nothing is happening with the image it is serving. It is a static image. There are two things to sort out (at least): 1. If a daemon started in an rc script fails, how to get it to be started again? I know how to do this with inittab. But individual rc scripts are not usually managed this way. The rc script uses the startproc function to start the daemon. Is there a way to tell that to restart the script if it exits? Or do I need to move the rc script to inittab? That would mean fiddling with the openSUSE RMS's installation, which is potentially problematic if the RPM gets updated. 2. Will the remote system survive if the vblade server it is talking to restarts? Is anyone else using vblade from openSUSE? If so, do you have issues with it exiting? -- 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] gnomenu 2.5 from 11.2 works fine in 11.0 (rebuild srpm)
by David C. Rankin 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Guys, For those still running 11.0 and using gnome, if you would like the latest gnomenu (there is none for 11.0) simply download the 11.2 gnomenu srpm and then rebuild with 'rpmbuild --rebuild gnomenu-version.src.rpm'. Then, sudo rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/gnomenu*.rpm (or i586) Works great :p -- 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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Fw: Re: [opensuse] Attempting to install RealPlayer
by Mark Misulich 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

-- Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> Hi, I have a bin file for RealPlayer that used to be posted on their website that works well for installation of Realplayer on Opensuse and other distros. If someone can tell me how I can post it online to a server so others may download it, that will solve the problem for now for those that need to install RealPlayer. Mark -- 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: 11.3?
by jdd-gmane 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Le 22/06/2010 16:47, Peter Van Lone a écrit : > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:37 AM, James Hatridge <James.Hatridge(a)gmx.de> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've lost track, could someone tell me about when 11.3 64bit SuSE will be out? >> Also will there be anything really new and great in it? >> > > scheduled july 15 > > http://news.opensuse.org/2010/06/17/opensuse-approaching-destination-please… > > http://wiki.opensuse.org/Product_highlights_11.3 and the RC1 is very stable, I use it permanently (some very little fixes to do of course, but worth) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/372… http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] floating preview for graphics files under Gnome
by Boris Epstein 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hi all, Do you know how to turn on previews that come up when you mouse over a graphics file (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.) in a file browser under Gnome (Dolphin/Nautilus) under OpenSUSE 11.x? Thanks. 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] Re: 11.3 Multimedia?
by jdd-gmane 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Le 23/06/2010 00:04, Greg Freemyer a écrit : >> Since when is packman doing 11.3? in fact I had a packman reposotiry installed, but the 11.2 one - I don't remember having done this, so this may have been a 1 clic result. but looking at the domain, I could find this http://packman.inode.at/suse/factory/ and just updating from it now jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/372… http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?… -- 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 up question
by Greg Freemyer 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

All, Intentional top post / new thread because the main question seems to have been lost in the clutter. Is there a way, via zypper, I can easily see which repo yast2-mail is currently using, and which one has the updated version? ie. It seems a vendor change is needed and zypper up is therefore simply telling me it is skipping that package. Now I want to dig into that a little more. fyi: I assume I could launch yast and look at the versions tab, but I'd like to handle this via zypper since it seems to be getting better and better. Greg On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Marcus Meissner <meissner(a)suse.de> wrote: > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 05:28:43PM -0300, Marco Calistri wrote: > >> Greg Freemyer ha scritto: > >> > All, > >> > > >> > I just ran zypper up and it gave me the normal list of things it was > >> > going to upgrade, but also a list it was not going to upgrade. What > >> > is the list of not upgraded about? It seems surprisingly long. See > >> > below. > >> > > >> > I particularly interested in the kernel packages its not upgrading. > >> > > >> > === > >> > sudo zypper up > >> > root's password: > >> > Retrieving repository 'KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop' metadata [done] > >> > Building repository 'KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop' cache [done] > >> > Retrieving repository 'YaST:Web' metadata [done] > >> > Building repository 'YaST:Web' cache [done] > >> > Loading repository data... > >> > Reading installed packages... > >> > > >> > The following package updates will NOT be installed: > >> > autoconf automake bash bash-doc desktop-file-utils > >> > evolution-data-server faad2 ffmpeg gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-32bit > >> > gnome-keyring-lang gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base > >> > gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-lang gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good > >> > kernel-debug kernel-debug-devel kernel-default kernel-default-devel > >> > kernel-desktop-devel kernel-docs kernel-source > >> > kernel-syms kernel-trace kernel-trace-devel kernel-xen > >> > kernel-xen-devel kupdateapplet kupdateapplet-packagekit libavcodec52 > >> > libavdevice52 libavformat52 libavutil50 libfaad2 > >> > libgpod4 libgpod-tools libkdecore4-32bit libphonon4-32bit > >> > libpostproc51 libreadline6 libreadline6-32bit libschroedinger-1_0-0 > >> > libswscale0 libv4l lighttpd lighttpd-mod_magnet > >> > PackageKit readline-devel readline-doc rubygem-actionmailer-2_3 > >> > rubygem-actionpack-2_3 rubygem-activerecord-2_3 > >> > rubygem-activeresource-2_3 rubygem-activesupport-2_3 rubygem-rack > >> > rubygem-rails-2_3 rubygem-rake rubygems rubygem-sqlite3 sysvinit > >> > Vuze-libswt3-gtk2 webyast-base-ui xdg-utils xkeyboard-config > >> > yast2-mail yast2-registration > >> > yast2-registration-branding-openSUSE > >> > . > >> > . > >> > . > >> > . > >> > === > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Greg > >> > >> That's an interesting question; me too am seeing it from awhile. > >> > >> We could try to compare the installed pkg against the repository updates > >> with "zypper info <pkg-name>" to see if the installed version is the > >> latest available. > >> > >> Other aspect IMHO is worth to mention is the slight difference of > >> packageKit's behaviour, with the one of zypper: sometimes they reports a > >> different scenario about update availability. > > > > To see what the problem with those updates are , try: > > > > e.g. > > zypper in yast2-mail > > > > it will show the conflicts you need to resolve. > > > > Ciao, Marcus > > Marcus, > > I tried exactly that and it looks like a yast2-mail is a repo / vendor > change. I don't recall getting yast2-mail as an example from a > non-standard repo. (I do have several repo's in my list, see below). > > Is there a way I can easily see which repo yast2-mail is currently > using, and which one has the updated version? > > == > sudo zypper in yast2-mail > root's password: > Loading repository data... > Reading installed packages... > 'yast2-mail' is already installed. > There is an update candidate for 'yast2-mail', but it is from > different vendor. Use 'zypper install yast2-mail-2.18.5-2.1.noarch' to > install this candidate. > Resolving package dependencies... > > Nothing to do. > == > > == > > sudo zypper lr > # | Alias | Name > | Enabled | Refresh > ---+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-------- > 1 | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop > | Yes | Yes > 2 | Kernel:HEAD | Kernel:HEAD > | Yes | Yes > 3 | X11:lxde | X11:lxde > | Yes | Yes > 4 | YaST:Web | YaST:Web > | Yes | Yes > 5 | devel:languages:ruby:extensions | devel:languages:ruby:extensions > | Yes | Yes > 6 | devel:tools:building | devel:tools:building > | Yes | Yes > 7 | download.opensuse.org-oss | Main Repository (DEBUG) > | Yes | Yes > 8 | download.opensuse.org-standard | Main Repository (Contrib) > | Yes | Yes > 9 | download.videolan.org-SuSE | VideoLan Repository > | Yes | Yes > 10 | ftp.skynet.be-suse | Packman Repository > | Yes | Yes > 11 | home:poletti_marco | home:poletti_marco > | Yes | Yes > 12 | openSUSE:Tools | openSUSE:Tools > | Yes | Yes > 13 | openSUSE_11.2_Non-OSS | openSUSE 11.2 Non-OSS > | Yes | Yes > 14 | openSUSE_11.2_Oss | openSUSE 11.2 Oss > | Yes | Yes > 15 | openSUSE_11.2_Updates | openSUSE 11.2 Updates > | Yes | Yes > == > > Thanks > Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo - http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrie… The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo - http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrie… The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.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] Slow amavis (11 seconds for small, text only, emails)
by Carlos E. R. 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Recently I have configured postfix to send emails trhough it, instead of via thunderbird. It works fine. But amavis takes a longish time thinking about it: Jun 20 14:19:00 Elessar amavis[3728]: (03728-04) Passed CLEAN, [IPv6:::1] [IPv6:::1] <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> -> <opensuse(a)opensuse.org>, Message-ID: <4C1E0723.2060602(a)telefonica.net>, mail_id: kM3AAtZAo7Jl, Hits: -0.057, size: 1857, queued_as: 5F09A2DFBB, 17172 ms That is 17 seconds of thinking! This is a fast machine, and anyway, cpu load was under 5% while I posted that email. I think amavis is doing some test that needs a remote check, and timing out. This is oS 11.2 (x64). Amavis has the default settings, I haven't touched it (except uncommenting a paragraph to enable clamvd). - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAkweCZ0ACgkQU92UU+smfQU/5ACfdcjJ+nrZBQcqZkkgOncsvzZI emMAn1HAQTEWA6zkzurulk+feiKGSBum =OL80 -----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] Stability - 11.1 vs 11.2
by Duaine Hechler 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

I've been watching this list very intently since my tribulation with 11.2 / KDE. It seems like 11.2 is more problem prone than 11.1 Yes, I know 11.1 has been out longer - BUT - I got 11.1 about the time in the life cycle as 11.2 and it seems to have much more bugs and quirks than 11.1 True ? -- 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] Re: 11.3 Multimedia?
by jdd-gmane 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Le 22/06/2010 19:00, Mark Misulich a écrit : > Okay, if you say so. But better help me out, I am a little new at this > pre-release stuff. Here is where I looked for the repo: simply use yast, repository, and so on (I use french, I don't know the english words in yast) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/372… http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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