September 2010 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Release date for pdf plugin for Google Chrome
by Bogdan Cristea 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Does anyone know when the pdf plugin for Google Chrome will be released ? Currently there is a bug report on this issue dated 4 sept 2010, but when trying to view a pdf file the plugin is reported as missing. -- 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-obs-generator is looking for a new name
by Michal Hrusecky 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

You probably already [5]heard about that. Some time ago, [6]Luboš [7]created really great tool - [8]kde-obs-generator. This tool takes a simple config and analyze tarball with sources. Then it will try to create spec file, dsc file and everything you need to build package from that. Easy to use even for non-packagers ;-) One little potential inconvinience with kde-obs-generator was that it depended on one KDE core library. Not really problem in openSUSE, just one little library to install, but it might be more complicated elsewhere. On other distributions dependency on this one KDE library might be non-trivial and pull in quite some KDE components. And some folks might dislike it even because something not so practical. I can imagine that it may sound quite funny packaging Gnome application with KDE application ;-) So with some poking (and little help) from our side, Luboš dropped the dependency on KDE libraries and now it depends only on Qt. So as it no longer depends on KDE, name kde-obs-generator doesn't really describe this tool well. So we are looking for a new name! Ideas suggested so far are obs-generator and Packager-O-Matic. But we know that our community can be really creative - we got the name for our chameleon in Prague ZOO from our community - so we are asking for your help again. Please propose some names for this great tool in [9]questionare. And if you are going to openSUSE Conference or you know somebody going there and your proposal will be selected, then you you can win plush Geeko! 5. http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4265 6. http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/280 7. http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4177 8. http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/kde-obs-generator?content=121094 9. http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dHdmM1ljMDhoUFFBUDM1bjJ… Blogpost about that available at http://bit.ly/9ppw8s -- Michal HRUSECKY SUSE LINUX, s.r.o openSUSE Boosters Team Lihovarska 1060/12 PGP 0xFED656F6 19000 Praha 9 mhrusecky[at]suse.cz Czech Republic http://michal.hrusecky.net http://www.suse.cz

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[opensuse] printing from firefox - selecting paper source
by Per Jessen 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Because I got my previous issue solved really fast, I thought I'd try one that's been annoying me for a while: I have a Kyocera laser printer, hooked up via cups. It has three input sources - manual feeder, and two paper cassettes. Most applications (e.g. knode, acrobat, openoffice) show these three as MPF, Cassette 1 and Cassette 2. Firefox however, uses MPF, Cassette 1 and "Printer Default" - the problem is that when I choose "Printer Default" (=Cassette 2, the default), Firefox complains "Some of the settings in the dialogue conflicts". How do I figure out what the problem is and why does only Firefox have it? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.1°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] OpenOffice.org forked....
by C 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

It is official... http://www.documentfoundation.org 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] 11.3 rpm -e painfully slow - howto tell it not to call gconftool-2
by David C. Rankin 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Guys, I have misplaced my notes on how to fix rpm on 11.3 so it doesn't call gconftool-2? It took over 9 minutes to uninstall compiz and that's just ridiculous: [21:40 zephyr/home/david/suse/compiz] # rpm -qa | grep "compiz" | sort compiz-0.9.0-72.1.i586 compiz-branding-upstream-0.9.0-72.1.i586 compiz-devel-0.9.0-72.1.i586 compiz-emerald-0.8.6-13.1.i586 compiz-gnome-0.9.0-72.1.i586 compiz-kde4-0.9.0-72.1.i586 compiz-lang-0.9.0-72.1.noarch compiz-plugins-extra-0.9.0-12.4.i586 compiz-plugins-main-0.9.0-7.6.i586 compiz-plugins-unsupported-0.9.0-6.1.i586 compizconfig-settings-manager-0.9.0-7.1.noarch libcompizconfig-0.9.0-3.1.i586 libcompizconfig-devel-0.9.0-3.1.i586 python-compizconfig-0.9.0-14.2.i586 [21:41 zephyr/home/david/suse/compiz] # rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa | grep "compiz") python-ccm [21:50 zephyr/home/david/suse/compiz] # What's the trick? -- 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] Basic 11.3 questions
by Bob S 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello SuSE people, Basic info: Until recently I had 3 SuSE OS's running on my box. 10.2, 11.0, (KDE3) and 11.2 (KDE4) I played with 11.2 and it was OK but didn't like KDE4 very much and hoping it would improve. This is not a flame! So back off ! I want to see KDE4 work the way I want it too. So I "upgraded" 11.2 to 11.3. Disaster! Nothing worked right. Reinstalled 11.3 as a new "clean" install. (losing all of my configurtions from 11.2) a slightly less disaster. Wouldn't boot except in "safe mode" and a startx. Regular boot complained about the nouveau driver and dumped me out and shut down. Once inside, in safe mode, I began to investigate. Three different kernels in boot , which i cleaned out except for the latest one. Seven different device mappers which varied considerably. Nine different menu.lsts which all varied, (why is that? why so many?) (does something search all of them ?) and the Yast partitioner incorrectly identified the hard drives (2 pata and one sata) differently from the other 3 OS's which were correct. It also didn't show all of the bootable common partitions of all the other OS's. I have 5 such partitions which are common and mountable to any of the other OS's for datastorage, workspace etc. where I can put things from one OS and access it from another. Isn't the partitioner "global"? The same for any SuSE OS on the computer? The others used it "globally" invoking all of the "labels" and "fstab" entries. Set me straight on this. I'm afraid to correct the partitioner in 11.3 for fear of screwing up the other OS's. Hope somebody can set me straight on the basics. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] C help needed (howto eliminate: warning: ‘shape_names’ defined but not used)
by David C. Rankin 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Guys, This is a simple question, but I've googled and gnu c'ed myself into confusion on how to declare and make a simple static const char * have global scope and be available to a different source file without generating a warning that it is 'defined but not used' in the original file. Here is what I mean. I have a set of functions and data in files atm_fn.c and atm_fn.h (atmospheric functions) In atm_fn.h I have: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> #ifndef __atm_fn_h__ #define __atm_fn_h__ enum shapes {c172, airfoil, sphere_smooth, sphere_rough, cone, cube45, cyl_long, airfoil_2, cube, cyl_short, human, plate_flat_3d, plate_flat_2d }; static const char *shape_names[] = {"c172", "airfoil", "sphere_smooth", "sphere_rough", "cone", "cube45", "cyl_long", "airfoil_2", "cube", "cyl_short", "human", "plate_flat_3d", "plate_flat_2d" }; <snip> #endif I use the function in a test file strarray.c. There I have: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> #include <string.h> #include "atm_fn.h" const char *get_shape(int shp); <snip> const char *get_shape (int shp) { return shape_names[shp]; } <snip> When I compile it, I get the warning: 22:50 alchemy:~/dev/prg/ccpp/src-c/prj/test> gcc -o strt -Wall -lm -std=c99 strarray.c atm_fn.c atm_fn.h:14: warning: ‘shape_names’ defined but not used 14 static const char *shape_names[]... I can't figure out how to get rid of the warning -- or whether I should even care. Second, the enum gives no warning. I'm sure that there is a rule that I don't know that says the enum is fine like this, but what about the warning on 'shape_names'? Since there are a number of functions that will access the 'shape_names' array, I don't want to duplicate it. What's the best way to handle this? Wrap it in a struct (class like) data structure and declare a new instance in whatever source I'm using it in? Dunno -- that's why I'm asking the smart folks :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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11.3 - Firefox Hardlocks Box (duplicate mozilla packages???) [was Re: [opensuse] Kmail, Firefox and konsole do not run]
by David C. Rankin 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

On 09/25/2010 12:51 AM, Will Stephenson wrote: >> Hmm, Will, >> > >> > This might be the same issue I am seeing after this mornings updates on >> > 11.3 i586. Running k3, if I start firefox my box hardlocks. Have to >> > power-off to recover - no ctrl+alt+anything, no ssh in - it's locked >> > tighter than a drum. If i unplug the usb mouse and plug it back in -- it >> > stays dead. >> > >> > I have nothing but sane repos on this box. Are these the right versions? > I think so but I can't tell because you omitted the -d part of the zypper > command and the Distribution part of the libkdecore4 rpm information. > > I don't think KDE4 and Qt libraries can have much influence on Firefox on KDE > 3 hard locking your box. To exclude that possibility, uninstall the KDE 4 > firefox integration: mozilla-xulrunner191-kde4. It is probably something else > related to the update, did it include a kernel update? > > Will > > Will, I checked the box and there is no mozilla-xulrunner191-kde4. But something is definitely wrong with the mozilla package handling and RPM: 22:17 zephyr:~> rpm -qa | grep xulrunner mozilla-xulrunner191-gnomevfs-1.9.1.11-0.1.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner191-devel-1.9.1.11-0.1.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner192-1.9.2.10-0.4.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-1.9.2.10-0.4.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner191-1.9.1.11-0.1.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner192-devel-1.9.2.10-0.4.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-common-1.9.2.10-0.4.1.i586 mozilla-xulrunner191-translations-common-1.9.1.11-0.1.1.i586 I also just tried again after today's updates. FF loads, but as soon as I typed 'down' to bring up 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/' FF locked the box again. From the look of the installed packages there are definitely duplicates that are probably causing the lock with conflicts. How did RPM let me install 2 versions? I'll go wipe out the mozilla install and reinstall and see if that fixes it. But the big question is how could this happen? I have just used yast and zypper to do updates on this box. I haven't installed any mozilla packages from any other source :( -- 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] Fwd: [Mw] Gmail accounts
by Doug 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

This from the amateur (ham radio) microwave list, for your information. (Previous message) Folks It appears that the GMAIL server is not accepting microwave list mail when you are the originator of the message. I will have my ISP look into it. If you have a xxx(a)gmail.com address, you might not be getting your own messages back through the list, and in some cases it might not even get to the list. (Next message) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Mw] Gmail accounts Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:59:53 -0400 From: Tom Williams <tomw(a)wa1mba.org> To: Microwave_temp <microwave(a)lists.valinet.com> Folks with Gmail accounts. According to Google, the Gmail system has a "feature" which automatically filters out from you inbox messages which you have sent to any email list. It apparently throws them away. Google tells you that they are "still there" in your "sent folder". Personally, I find this amazingly poor design, but that is what I have learned. Tom _______________________________________________ Microwave mailing list microwave(a)lists.valinet.com http://lists.valinet.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/microwave ********************************************************************* Maybe this is all old news to you folks, but I thought it worthwhile to pass it on. --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] how to re-install the .xemacs-directory?
by Oliver Kullmann 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Hello, after investigating KWrite and Kate it seems to me that they are rather weak tools, so I return to XEmacs. However where to get the .xemacs-directory including content? I assumed re-installing xemacs would do the job, however it doesn't. So it seems that the OpenSuse installation at some point plants the .xemacs-directory with content --- how to get that? Or is there some other place where I can find a *fitting* .xemacs-directory? Would be great if somebody could help. Oliver -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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