January 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] No sound in wine
by Ilya Chernykh 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Hi! Today something strange happened: no sound in Wine! What should I do? Winecfg says audio test failed. The sound works well in other apps. I cannot say what exactly led to this but I made many changes to my system such as removing and installing Yast2 as well as removing kdelibs4. -- 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 158 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 158 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [0] http://news.opensuse.org/?p=6216 (in HTML) [0] http://bit.ly/iiaLzP (in PDF) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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] Samsung SCX-4x26 problem solved
by Jim Sabatke 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

I wrote a while back about my troubles with the Samsung SCX-4x26 not working properly. If anyone else has problems, there is a new driver at: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCX-4826FN/XAA Both printing and scanning work after the automatic setup. I haven't tried the FAX functionality yet. There is still an annoying "USB Device Not Available" pop up, but I've been ignoring it and everything works fine ... so far. Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Empty Trash Problem
by ka1ifq 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

I have been doing some playing with Vbox and now wish to delete the virtual drives I created, when I do I get " The trash has reached it's maximum size. Cleanup the trash manually " My Trash Can is empty! I know I have seen this before but can't remember what I need to do to fix it. TIA. Mike. --- Sent from my Suse Linux Desktop. --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kaffeine Issues
by peter nikolic 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi folks Well having had to do a reinstall of 11.3 i have most hings working but i still get one complaint from kaffeine when trying to watch TV i get Cannot find demux plugin for MRL"fifo:/home/pete/.kde4/share/apps/kaffeine/dvbpipe.m2t". I have VLC installed and working but i prefere kaffeine any day of the week i have w32all-codecs ffmpeg xine from packman and gawd knows what else how does one solve this i be jiggered if i can remember On a linked line does anyone use a PCIe x1 tv card is so which one i have been looking at the Compro VideoMate S800F - DVB-T/DVB-S HDTV Any views reports i need to move my old Haupague card as this new Mother board on has 2 PCI slots one of which is un useable because of the Nivida Graphics card that completely covers it but i need to put my old sound blaster card back in as the built in audio on this foxconn A74ML-K is crap it whistles it's head off when there is no signal input Thanks Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] old kernel lib directories
by Patrick Shanahan 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Is there *any* reason to maintain directories, most are empty and some still contain nvidia drivers and vbox***.ko files, from removed kernels, ie: /lib/modules/2.6.37-rc6-default /lib/modules/2.6.36-rc4-18-default and quite a few others. I discovered these directories while searching for something else :^). If there is no reason to maintain these directories, why aren't they removed by zypper. I try the newer kernels and when I don't find a problem, remove the previous, maintaining only the stock updated kernel and one other well performing kernel. Presently on my x86_64 11.2 system I have: kernel-default-2.6.31.14-2.1.x86_64 kernel-default-2.6.36-94.1.x86_64 kernel-default-2.6.37-35.1.x86_64 plus the matching base, source and devel packages for building nvidia drivers. jfyi, I keep a text file containing the kernel names w/o version numbers and: export K=2.6.3x-xx.1.x86_64 zypper -v rm `for i in `\cat kernel.txt\`;do echo $i$K;done` when I notice a new kernel, I reverse zypper, zypper -v in ..... -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- 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] saa7231 chip
by Andrew Joakimsen 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 03:03, Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > So you are saying that that video capture card works with linux or it is > BT787A based this is all because i updated my machine and the inbuilt > soundsystem is dire to say the least but not enough PCI slots looks like i > will be flogging a Foxcon Motherboard and a Conpro S800 tv card which is a > pity cus the S800 would be nice with it;s capabilities > > > Pete . > > -- > Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop > KDE Development Platform: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) "release 3" > 07:58 up 14:05, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.07, 0.02 > The ones I am aware of are Conexant BT787A, Techwell TW68xx (check for compatibility first, please. This driver isn't in the Kernel, you need to compile it) and the Phillips SAA7130. There's also the Conexant MPEG chips in the WinTV PVR-150 and PVR-500 cards but I couldnt tell you if the MPEG hardware encoding actually works. I have used it in Linux ages ago as a TV tuner. Maybe you can free up a PCI slot with a USB sound adapter? Also please send your replies to the list. I know the list is broken, so you might have to hit reply-all. -- Med Vennlig Hilsen, A. Helge Joakimsen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] What is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?
by David C. Rankin 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Guys, What is the proper entry for 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts? I have seen discussion that 127.0.0.2 is deprecated so that leaves a problem with dnsdomainname if you remove the 127.0.0.2 entry and leave the 127.0.0.1 entry as: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost yourRealHostname In this situation, dnsdomainname resolves to localdomain: 15:39 phoenix:~> dnsdomainname localdomain Setting the entry as: 127.0.0.1 localhost.youReadDomainName.com localhost yourRealHostname fixes the return of dnsdomainname, but does not having localdomain cause problems as well? What say the gurus? -- 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] luckyBackup problem
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hope to find an answer on a problem with luckyBackup. Like the program and have instructed to backup the contents every night from my home on a usb stick.via cron. That works like a charm. Yesterday I forgot to put the stick in and this morning I found that luckyBackup had made a new directory on / filling that partition up to 100%. Is there a method to avoid such things from happening? Something like: if there is no USB stick inserted, do not backup. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.37-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.95 (4.6 RC2) 14:10pm up 3:18, 2 users, load average: 0.53, 0.31, 0.27 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] rpmorphan package from Packman
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Have dowloaded this package and found that from the 471 rpm packages I have 87 orpans. those are all lib's and looking into the information provided in the Gui I am at a loss if I need them and what the harm would be to remove them. If I would remove those 87 lib packages from which I cannot guss if they would be needed by one of the programms I am using, would a zypper verify or zypper install-new-recommends repair the missing package? Found on the web that version 1.8.1 is out. This openSUSE package is version 1.6. Is it still safe to use it? Any experience with rpmorphan. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.37-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.95 (4.6 RC2) 20:18pm up 6:13, 3 users, load average: 0.50, 0.59, 0.73 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Open and convert Mechanical Desktop files
by Oszkó Albert 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hi all, I have to open several Mechanical Desktop files and convert them to jpeg or gif format. How is it possible with free software? I tried Qcad and FreeCAD, the former is the better, but still, it does not show all elements of the drawing. Thanks, OszkoA

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[opensuse] saa7231 chip
by Peter Nikolic 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hi .. Does anyone know if there is any work going on on the above mentioned chip for things like the compro S88f Tv Card i need to make the switch to a PCI-e card to slove a big PITA sound problem so aint got much choice but use something like that .. Pete -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) "release 3" 14:56 up 0:56, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.14, 0.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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13 Jan '11

http://www.tbsdtv.com/english/products.html -- 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] Screensaver can't be turned off / multiple screen savers?
by Claes H 12 Jan '11

12 Jan '11

Hi, I have a Dell Precision M4500 and it seems there are multiple screen savers in use. I am running Gnome on 11.3 and although the Gnome screen saver is turned off, the screen blanks after 5 minutes of movie-watching. This happens in the framebuffer too (Ctrl-Alt-F1) but not in the console (Ctrl-Alt-F2). I don't know how to turn this off. Does someone know how to disable this screen saver? Thanks, Claes -- C l a e s H o l m e r s o n -- 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] Kernel upgrade gone bad
by Mark Misulich 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 18:16 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Mark Misulich <munguanaweza(a)gmail.com> [01-09-11 17:55]: > > I just did a software update via yast after being away from home on a > > two-week business trip. One of the patches installed was an upgrade to > > the 2.6.37 default kernel. After a reboot, I can't get to a working > > desktop anymore. > > ... > > > I wonder if the Nvidia graphics driver didn't upgrade to match the new > > kernel, and if that is the source of the problems? If so, how does one > > upgrade it by booting to runlevel 3 and using command line when booting > > the 2.6.37 kernel? > > I cannot tell you how to replace your kernel, but someone will. > > You can install the downloaded binary NVidia driver: > sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.29.run -a -K > > -a accepts license > -K keeps that particular nv kernel driver when you install another > kernel > > note: you need kernel-devel for the nvidia binary to update your kernel > driver. (and maybe kernel-source, I have them both). > > > Suggestion. I *never* replace a running kernel until I am satisfied the > new kernel is completely usable. I have three kernels installed in > tandum at the moment: > kernel-default-2.6.31.14-2.1.x86_64 > kernel-default-2.6.36-94.1.x86_64 > kernel-default-2.6.37-33.1.x86_64 > > and am using 2.6.37 on 11.2 x86_64 > > btw, I do not normally use yast to install software, either zypper or rpm > on the commandline. > > Let me know if I can help further. I downloaded the Nvidia driver binary from the Nvidia website last evening, and saved it to my home folder. Then, I booted the 2.6.37 kernel last evening to runlevel 3. After that I tried to cd to the place in my home folder where I saved the Nvidia driver so I could use the run command you gave me to install the driver in that kernel. But I couldn't cd to the driver. I played around with commands, and found that there was no home directory present with that kernel. So the upgrade to the 2.6.37 kernel went bad. I still have the 2.6.34 kernel entry in grub that I can use to boot the operating system, which happens to be what I am using now. Now I am wondering what is next? Why hasn't this upgrade to a new kernel worked for the last few months, and how do I get it to upgrade sucessfully? I am open to your inputs. 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] Moving RAID1 to new system
by Roger Oberholtzer 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I have moved a RAID1 setup from an 11.0 to a 11.3 system. I want to be sure I do not mess it up. I can access the system if I do: mdadm --auto-detect and then mount it as before. I would prefer to have this happen automatically at boot. If I add these disks in Yast in the partition manager, should I be confident that they will not be formatted or anything? I have no trouble with this using single disks. But I am not sure that might happen for RAID disks. Any help is appreciated. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DKMS (and nVidia drivers)?
by C 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I recently discovered the appeal of DKMS with VirtualBox (I installed DKMS when I was playing with the VBox 4 Betas). After installing a new kernel over the weekend, DKMS took care of updating the VirtualBox kernel modules. It did add some time to the initial reboot after the kernel update, but the result was that one of the apps that usually "breaks" after a kernel update worked without any additional intervention from me. I was rather surprised. So... this got me to thinking... if this works so nicely with VirtualBox, why can't it be applied to the nVidia drivers... or better yet, how can it be applied. A little digging turned up: https://features.opensuse.org/308323 and http://forums.opensuse.org/english/community/soapbox/432040-when-will-opens… but no real answer. Has anyone taken this any further? Anyone managed to use DKMS to auto-rebuild the nVidia kernel modules after a kernel update? Is this a hook we can use, or is it something that has to be done on the nVidia side by nVidia? Or.. is this question better suited for the Factory list? (I posted here because I have a feeling a lot here don't know of DKMS... and how "nice" it is... sure there might be issues with using it but... they can't be sorted out of it's not generally available/in use) C. -- 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] Filling up of messages and warn
by Duaine Hechler 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

On 01/06/2011 11:09 AM, Obamaramalamadingdong wrote: > Duaine Hechler wrote: >> Running 11.3 >> >> Don't know when it started, probably within the last three months, also >> no hardware changes have been done for about a year. >> >> Every few days, /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn keep growing to take >> up my root partition - going from 26% to 100%. >> > > This is one reason why I keep /var on it's own partition... > > The other reason is, /var has lots of writing activity > (for example /var/spool/mail and /var/spool/print, which > I do NOT want (for reasons of possible filesystem corruption) > on the same filesystem (root partition) as the OS. > >> How do I stop this ? >> > > 1. Did you READ the messages? Too many people these days > think that everything is supposed to be nothing more than > a visual impression. But that's not the case here -- > which is why the log files are filling up with messages, > not "a giant blob which keeps growing bigger and bigger" > > 1b... After you READ THE MESSAGES, determine what the > problem is, and solve it. It could be anything from > smartd telling you that a disk is going to fail soon > to millions of attempted remote logins. If you don't > READ THE MESSAGES, you won't know what it is. > > 2. To avoid the root partition filling up (something > which seriously interferes with software updates), > put /var on its own partion. > > The logs are filling up with these messages: And I do know that cx88 is for my TV tuner card > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859923] cx88[0]: irq vid > [0xffffffff] y_risci1* u_risci1* v_risci1* vbi_risc1* > y_risci2* u_risci2* v_risci2* vbi_risc2* y_oflow* u_oflow* v_oflow* > vbi_oflow* y_sync* u_sync* v_sync* vbi_sync* opc_er > r* par_err* rip_err* pci_abort* 20* 21* 22* 23* 24* 25* 26* 27* 28* > 29* 30* 31* > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859965] cx88[0]/0: video > risc op code error > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859969] cx88[0]: video y / > packed - dma channel status dump > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859971] cx88[0]: cmds: > initial risc: 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859974] cx88[0]: cmds: cdt > base : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859976] cx88[0]: cmds: cdt > size : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859978] cx88[0]: cmds: iq > base : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859981] cx88[0]: cmds: iq > size : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859983] cx88[0]: cmds: > risc pc : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859986] cx88[0]: cmds: iq > wr ptr : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859988] cx88[0]: cmds: iq > rd ptr : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859991] cx88[0]: cmds: cdt > current : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859993] cx88[0]: cmds: pci > target : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859995] cx88[0]: cmds: > line / byte : 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.859998] cx88[0]: risc0: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 1 > 9 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860009] cx88[0]: risc1: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 1 > 9 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860024] cx88[0]: risc2: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 1 > 9 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860038] cx88[0]: risc3: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 1 > 9 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860052] cx88[0]: iq 0: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860066] cx88[0]: iq 1: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860080] cx88[0]: iq 2: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860094] cx88[0]: iq 3: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860108] cx88[0]: iq 4: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860121] cx88[0]: iq 5: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860133] cx88[0]: iq 6: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860142] cx88[0]: iq 7: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860151] cx88[0]: iq 8: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860160] cx88[0]: iq 9: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860169] cx88[0]: iq a: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860178] cx88[0]: iq b: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860187] cx88[0]: iq c: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860196] cx88[0]: iq d: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860207] cx88[0]: iq e: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860218] cx88[0]: iq f: > 0xffffffff [ INVALID sol eol irq2 irq1 23 22 21 20 19 > 18 cnt1 cnt0 resync 14 13 12 count=4095 ] > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860227] cx88[0]: fifo: > 0x00180c00 -> 0x183400 > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860228] cx88[0]: ctrl: > 0x00180400 -> 0x180460 > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860231] cx88[0]: ptr1_reg: > 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860233] cx88[0]: ptr2_reg: > 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860235] cx88[0]: cnt1_reg: > 0xffffffff > Jan 6 16:15:55 localhost kernel: [135144.860237] cx88[0]: cnt2_reg: > 0xffffffff -- 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] Pidgin horked by libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
by John Andersen 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Running opensuse 11.3 with KDE 4.5.95 (4.6 RC2). Latest Pidgin seems to die upon invocation. Strace ends with 10/usr/bin/pidgin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0: undefined symbol: g_error_get_type libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 that I have was from pacman Version 0.10.30-99.pm.1003.7-x86_64 The only way I could get it to work is to downgrade to version 0.10.29-1.7-x86_64 From Opensuse 11.3-0ss That allowed Pidgin to run, without any obvious side effects, (so far). I mention this mostly for the Google Spiders and anyone else having problems with Pidgin. -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] virtualbox: 11.3 host / 11.1 guest - won't install
by Greg Freemyer 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

All, This is my first effort to run VirtualBox. I seem to have the basics going. I'm trying to do a network install of 11.1 for now. I downloaded the net install ISO. When I start the new VM it asks for the location of the ISO and boots the CD. I select that install option on the screen, and it says kernel loading. After it loads, it gives me a warning that I don't have 32-bit color selected on my desktop. When I say ok, it goes to a black screen and stays there (for at least several minutes.) Am I doing something wrong. (FYI: I'm running the 2.6.36 kernel an vboxdrv module currently. I'm going backdown to the normal kernel and see if that helps.) Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] forum grief
by Dave Howorth 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Is there some problem with the forums? The formatting seems broken this morning, and I can't login. I just get continually returned to the login page. Cheers, Dave -- 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 Devs) kde-4.5.4 loads kde3 kicker and background (even with ~/.kde & ~/.kde4 removed)
by David C. Rankin 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Guys, This is primarily for the kde devs on the list. For some reason, kde4-4.5.4 is pulling in the kde3 defaults and loading the kde3 kicker, dialogs and wallpaper even if your delete both ~/.kde and ~/.kde4 and launch kde4 (with kde4 kdm as the display manager). I have filed a bug at kde.org: See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262444 The bug report basically states: I launched kde4 and my kde3 kicker and the kde4 plasma panel are both present: [26k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/arch/bugs/kde4/k3+k4_panels-640.jpeg So I moved ~/.kde4 figuring it was the problem and launched kde4 again. Still it pulled in my kde3 kicker and background. Huh? So I moved both ~/.kde and ~/.kde4 to make sure there was nothing kde (3 or 4) related in my home directory and I launched kde4 again. To my surprise, kde4 loaded it's plasma panel and then proceeded to load the default kdemod3 kicker and kdemod3 background?? See: [24k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/arch/bugs/kde4/k3+k4_panels-new-640.jpg Obviously something is very wrong here. kde4 should not be loading the kdemod3 kicker or background. Looking at the newly created ~/.kde4/share/config files, the kickerrc file contains the following: 15:42 providence:~> cat .kde4/share/config/kickerrc [$Version] update_info=kickerrc.upd:kde_3_1_sizeChanges,kickerrc.upd:kde_3_4_reverseLayout,kickerrc.upd:kde_3_5_kconfigXTize Double-huh? Why would kde-4.5.4 create a kickerrc containing kde3 entries? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Have both kde3 and kde4 installed. (using kde4 kdm as display manager) Clean home directory of both ~/.kde and ~/.kde4 Launch kde4 to force defaults to be applied Actual Results: kde3 kicker and kde4 plasma panel are both loaded. Default kde3 wallpaper is used for the kde4 background. Context menus and decorations appear to be kde3 default. Plasma panel is properly styled with kde4 theme. Expected Results: Just a default kde4 panel and theme. So kde devs. I'm really trying to use kde4, I just keep running into issues that cost hours to research, posts to multiple mailing lists, and bug reports. Here, it might be worth looking at why kde4 is even looking for kde3 settings and make sure it doesn't load both sets of configs. This is a kde4 defaults issue (I think), because after removing both ~/.kde and ~/.kde4, I did not expect kde4 to even look for anything kde3 related when it created it new default config on next launch.... -- 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] Kodak Camera not "automounted"
by Robert Schweikert 09 Jan '11

09 Jan '11

Hi, When connecting a "new for X-mas" Kodak camera, the USB conection as such is recognized by the system but the camera is not mounted, neither does GNOME offer to start the default camera application. Here is the info from the kernel log: usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7 usb 6-1: New USB device found, idVendor=040a, idProduct=060b usb 6-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 6-1: Product: KODAK EASYSHARE C183 Digital Camera usb 6-1: Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Company usb 6-1: SerialNumber: C183 100523977 This is on openSUSE 11.3 32 bit. Anything I can do to get his camera to work? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Software Engineer Consultant LINUX rschweikert(a)novell.com 781-464-8147 Novell Making IT Work As One -- 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 157 is out!
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 157 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] For a list of available translations see this page: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [0] http://news.opensuse.org/?p=6512 (in HTML) [0] http://en.opensuse.org/File:OWN-157.pdf (in PDF) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.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] Finding unused packages
by John Andersen 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

I've noticed some libraries and stuff laying around in my machine (opensuse 11.3) that are apparently not used by anything (selecting them for removal shows no dependency alerts). Some of these are old packages, as this machine was upgraded from 10.something.) Is there any tool to find this stuff? -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] IPv6 in Firefox: does it work? [Was: What is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?]
by James Knott 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hans Witvliet wrote: > If you want, you still are allowed to subnet, allthough it is not > advised. > You'd better use other than MAC addresses for your IPv6 address then. Otherwise, it's possible you may wind up with two devices having the same IP address. As I mentioned in another note, the last 64 bits of the MAC based IPv6 address is the 1st 24 bits of the MAC, then FE, followed by the remaining 24 bits of the MAC. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] IPv6 in Firefox: does it work?
by Per Jessen 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Carlos E. R. wrote: > On Wednesday, 2011-01-05 at 15:22 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: > >> Yes, the link-local address can't be used like that - TBH, I don't >> know why. >> For ping6, you need to specify the interface: >> >> ping6 -I ethX FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB > > Ah, yes, I remember that now. As I don't use v6 and I can't understand > the reason of having to specify the interface, so I always forget that > detail. I've discovered the reason - the link local address may be assigned to multiple interfaces, so to use it, you need to specify which interface. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.0°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] Remove unused packages
by JC Francois 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hi, What is the process by which OpenSUSE does garbage collection and removes unused packages (depclean)? Is that done automatically or is there a Zypper command to do it manually? I found mention of zypper rm X -u but that seems to be only applicable to the dependencies of X being removed. Thanks, /~jc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] New packages, updates
by Ilya Chernykh 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

The following packages have been added to the KDE:KDE3 repository: Kpodder Kprocout Richclient Boson Kyum Kuftp Kyamo Knetstat Kdvdauth HippoDraw KVim KWlan The following packages are now available for all supported OpenSUSE releases: Kpowersave KBluetooth -- 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 move the execution time of /etc/chron.daily
by Andreas 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Hi, my backup script is in /etc/chron.daily Until the last boot of my "server" the backups got made around 3-4 am. That was OK. After the most recent reboot the time sits on 07.45am. Thats bad because so it wont finish in time before the next updates get done. How to move the execution time of /etc/chron.daily further back in the deep night hours? -- 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: IPv6 in Firefox: does it work? [Was: What is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?]
by Joachim Schrod 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Per Jessen wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 2011-01-05 at 12:24 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: >> >>>> But if I write in firefox: >>>> >>>> http://FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB >>>> >>>> I'm refered to a google page instead of my printer. So, linux is not >>>> IPv6 aware >:-) >>> >>> Try this instead: >>> >>> http://[FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB] >> >> Same thing :-( >> >> cer@Telcontar:~> ping6 "FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB" >> connect: Invalid argument >> cer@Telcontar:~> ping6 "FE80\:\:21E\:BFF\:FE08\:4CCB" >> unknown host > > Yes, the link-local address can't be used like that - TBH, I don't know > why. > For ping6, you need to specify the interface: > > ping6 -I ethX FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB And that shall be _better_ than plain ol' ping? To all the IPv6 proponents here: Don't tell users what one *can* technically do. We've read it a thousand times, it's getting annoying. Tell users what the advantage of switching to IPv6 is *now* for home or SOHO scenarios. What does one get by using a tunnel, besides experience? And while getting experience might be of interest for network engineers or people who admin networks at large institutions, it doesn't mean a lot for the majority of openSUSE users. They didn't need experience for IPv4 -- why should they need experience with IPv6 at once? If they really would need it, it would be proof that IPv6 is really much worse than IPv6. So ``getting experience'' is not a valid reason to switch now. Oh, and please don't tell ``all will be good and everything works'', that ain't the case. If you do so, you're a fanboy, and don't act professional. Tell about the problems that one enounters during switching and how they can be solved. Yes, we'll have to go to IPv6 eventually, but the user experience now is just crap. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/there-is-no-plan-b-why-the-ipv… has a nice and adequate representation. The transition once was planned to go via dual-stack for several years; but this plan has gone down the drain, obviously. Joachim PS: FTR, I know a lot about IPv6, but then that's part of my job -- my company does network consulting. But I don't think that's necessary for home and SOHO users, or even for sysadmins in larger companies that don't have to manage networks. And no, I can't see any reason at all why people like Carlos should switch before their ISP offers them full IPv6 connectivity. I surely won't do in my home network. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Run Command history location
by Terry Eck 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

If I right click on the desktop one of the options in "Run Command". I have a couple of entries I'd like to delete. Where is the history located so I and edit them? Thanks, Terry -- openSUSE 11.3 -- Kernel 2.6.34 -- GNU/Linux -- Thu 01/06/11 10:00am up 14 days 0:42, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.05, 0.07 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Filling up of messages and warn
by Duaine Hechler 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Running 11.3 Don't know when it started, probably within the last three months, also no hardware changes have been done for about a year. Every few days, /var/log/messages and /var/log/warn keep growing to take up my root partition - going from 26% to 100%. How do I stop this ? -- 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] opensuse 11.3 power down system with apcupsd (solution)
by Dieter Werner 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Hi, I searched for a way to power down my box at a predefined time including switching off the power from the UPS. "shutdown -h time" handles the shutdown of the system nicely, but to power down the UPS some changes have to be done: /etc/sysconfig/shutdown : HALT_POWERDOWN_INSERT="/etc/init.d/apcupsd powerdown" "try-powerdown" will only power down the UPS if it is running on battery at this time. The script /etc/init.d/apcupsd from apcupsd-3.14.6-8.1 contains a wrong path for the apcupsd-lite binary, it should be APCUPSD_LITE=/sbin/apcupsd-lite instead of APCUPSD_LITE=/usr/sbin/apcupsd-lite Additionally, the action performed in case of "powerdown)" has to be changed: it should perform action "--power-off" instead of "--killpower". "--killpower" only takes effect if the UPS is running on battery at this time. Following patch can apply the changes: --- apcupsd 2010-07-05 18:34:19.000000000 +0200 +++ apcupsd_my 2010-12-18 12:29:01.741526103 +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ### END INIT INFO APCUPSD=/usr/sbin/apcupsd -APCUPSD_LITE=/usr/sbin/apcupsd-lite +APCUPSD_LITE=/sbin/apcupsd-lite test -x $APCUPSD -o -x $APCUPSD_LITE || exit 5 # Shell functions sourced from /etc/rc.status: @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ## Special command: Instruct UPS to shutdown. sync & echo -n "Instructing UPS to powerdown " - $APCUPSD_LITE --killpower >/dev/null 2>&1 || rc_failed + $APCUPSD_LITE --power-off >/dev/null 2>&1 || rc_failed rc_status -v ;; try-powerdown) Dieter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] listing directories in tree format?
by Thomas Taylor 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Hi all; I used to have a script for displaying only directories in tree format but can't seem to find it. I've tried various cli commands using ls but no luck, all the files are displayed and not in tree fashion. the command, "ls -lARhd" comes closest. My interpretation of man ls tells me the -d should limit the display to only directories but it doesn't do that. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3 x86_64 openSUSE 11.4M5 x86_64 KDE 4.5.00, FF 3.6.8 claws-mail 3.7.6 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] moving to IPv6
by Per Jessen 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Carlos E. R. wrote: > On Tuesday, 2011-01-04 at 20:56 -0500, James Knott wrote: > >> Even if it was only 127.0.0.0/8, it would only delay the inevitable. >> IPv4 >> simply cannot meet the needs of today, let alone the future. The >> more people >> try to dream up schemes to extend IPv4, the worse the problem will >> get. Move >> to IPv6. I have! > > It is not our decision to make. It is our providers (the ISPs) who > must make that move. > > And not one provider, but all, at the same time. Nah, that's not necessary - many providers have already started, but far from all. (I haven't checked, but last I looked, there was a distinct lack of IPv6-capable CPE, eg. xDSL boxes). For bridging the gap during the transitional period, there are two or three options (4to6, 6to4 etc). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-1.8°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] final draft GNU Wget 'cheat sheet'
by Carl Hartung 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hi All, I've finally created the GNU Wget 'cheat sheet' I've always wanted and am asking here for proofreading and comments, please. I know! ... Quite OT. :-) But I do so much *reading* here these days and very little posting, maybe no one gets mad? Besides, it's a good chance to say 'Hi!' and 'Happy New Year' to everyone. regards, Carl Link to cheat sheet: <http://www.cehartung.com/wget-cheat-sheet.txt> -- 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] Sharing kmail folders on network versus IMAP, versus?
by Gustav Degreef 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

On 01/03/2011 03:34 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 15:04 +0530, Gustav Degreef wrote: > >> On 01/02/2011 09:16 PM, James Knott wrote: >> >>> James Knott wrote: >>> >>>> Gustav Degreef wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there a way for them to share the same inbox, sent, drafts, etc. >>>>> folders over the network? If not, then is it possible to easily switch >>>>> to imap? >>>>> >>>> Gmail supports IMAP. Just create the new IMAP accounts on the email >>>> clients and leave the POP account in place, so that the old mail will >>>> remain available. If desired, you can move the existing mail from >>>> the POP folders to new ones on the IMAP server. Once that's been >>>> completed, you can delete the POP accounts from the email clients. >>>> Of course, with gmail, the users can also use web mail access, when >>>> away from their computers and have all their mail available. >>>> >>>> >>> Forgot to mention, when you set up IMAP, turn off the POP downloads, >>> so that new messages will only appear in IMAP. >>> >>> >> Very much appreciate all the input, I went to the gmail page and looked >> at the imap info. >> >> One of the reasons I am not sure about IMAP is that my friends' office >> staff have many kmail folders where the mail is sorted to. The mail is >> sorted to folders with reference to individual person, topic, status, >> etc., etc. The folders have become complex over the eight years of >> use. But the Gmail webmail interface does not have the capacity to >> create folders. If my friends switch from POP to IMAP could they >> retain the folders and folder structure that has evolved? That is why >> we were considering sharing the kmail folders on their internal >> network. Thanks, Gustav. >> > I also sort e-mail to many folders. So I have my gmail forwarded to my > Linux system. So I do not use imap or pop with gmail. This way all mail > arrives via SMTP, where it is sorted into IMAP folders using procmail. > Thus I only set up filters in one place, independent of any reader. I > run an imap server so I can access these anywhere. This also means I can > use any e-mail reader locally without the worry of how it will store > e-mail. The advantage of using imap is that it sorts out maintaining > info about new/unread/read messages across all readers on different > machines. Exporting kmail limits this to kmail. > > So, maybe use gmail forwarding? > > Yours sincerely, > > Roger Oberholtzer > Sorry, I seem to have horribly messed up this thread. Trying to continue the discussion on a new thread. Sounds like a nice arrangement, could work for us, but I don't know anything about procmail. And I would need some kind of link to a tutorial before even attempting it. I have installed the new system for my friends, now to configure it. Any pointers to an online how to etc. would be great. I looked in the opensuse SDB but nothing seems to be close to what we need. Thanks for the tips. Gustav. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Split DNS? Solved
by Marc Chamberlin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

On 1/1/2011 7:41 PM, John Andersen wrote: > On 12/31/2010 4:52 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote: > >> 3. Last, be careful of using rcnamed when restarting the server. It can and will delete files and directories in the /var/lib/named area >> without doing any kind of backup first. That is poor programming on someone's part also and breaks a fundamental rule of good computer >> science - NEVER delete or change user data without backing it up first and making sure you have a good backed up copy before making such >> changes, or deleting it!!!... > Its supposed to do that. > > The files you configure do not live in that directory. > If you were making changes down in /varl/lib you were in the wrong place. > > John - I am going to disagree with you and this is what I am trying to point out.... Some of the files under /var/lib/named do get copied over from /etc and SOME DO NOT. For example the actual files containing DNS records do NOT get copied over and therefore MUST be edited directly under /var/lib/named/... As a user, trying to grok what is the model behind the file system is not easy, nor can I find it well documented. Nevertheless, I will continue to argue that a more robust design would compare time stamps on files to be copied over, and before any files designated to be copied, the script should first back up the target files. That is a far more friendly design and far safer form of a programming practice. (you don't have to backup up to an infinite depth either, limit it to say 10 levels or whatever....) The overall design of the file system supporting the bind/named DNS server is really poorly thought out. Not only did I get confused and lost time and data trying to figure it out, but I will further argue that I do NOT understand why all servers cannot be architect in such as way so that ALL of their files can be found under a single "root" directory. And to me there is a real logical location - /srv/named that should hold ALL the files for the DNS server. (as well as all other servers such as /srv/tomcat6 /srv/ftp /srv/samba /srv/dhcp /srv/mysql etc etc....) Why do all these files need to be scattered all over the place? If necessary use links to "put" files in other places, but for heaven's sake make it easy to FIND ALL of them under a single dir!!! It would also make it a lot easier when migrating from one version of SuSE to the next, I could just put /srv in it's own partition and mount it then... (an yes I might have to do some reconfiguring, but at least I would have a good starting point and KNOW where everything is located...) Marc Chamberlin... -- 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, lock files and Samba
by lynn 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Hi I have word .doc files in a folder shared by Samba. Here is /etc/samba/smb.conf: [global] security = USER workgroup = MSHOME [PUB] workgroup = MSHOME path = /home/steve/pub/ public = yes browseable = yes read only = no force user = steve force group = users When I mount /home/steve/pub somewhere else e.g like this.: mount -t cifs //192.168.1.2/pub /home/steve/notas -o rw,nobrl and then open /home/steve/notas using Dolphin, I can open a .doc file in openoffice, it creates a lock file and I and only I can edit and save it. It deletes the lock file when I close the .doc file and then someone else can edit it. If I browse to the shared folder itself, using smb:/ in Dolphin or Konqueror however and click a .doc file, openoffice opens a copy of it from the kde temporary folder, no lock file is created on the samba share since the file is not being opened from there. Further, trying to open the file from the openoffice open dialogue using smb:/ tells me 'You can only open local files'. Files stored on the share in openoffice format behave the same. In windows it works fine by clicking the file you want to open from the windows file browser. Word opens the document. The lock file is created *in the shared folder*. The file can be edited and saved correctly. No one else can edit the file until it is closed i.e. until the lock file is deleted. In other words my problem/question is why do I have to remount an already shared folder somewhere else in Linux to be able to correctly edit and lock files when using konq or dolphin? Using the smb:/ protocol and mounting by hand do not appear to be the same. opensuse 11.3, ooo-3.2.1 opensuse/novell versions (both 3.2.1.4 and 3.2.1.6 bulids behave the same.) steve:users has both a Linux password and a samba password. Thanks L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] samba packaging gurus - what's the correct translation for spec file options to samba ./configure options?
by David C. Rankin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Guys (Lars), I'm building an updated samba (3.5.6) for an old 10.3 box (to run in standalone mode) and wanted to make sure I got the configure options as close as possible to the spec file options. I think I have the basic options correct, but want to check if there are any additional options I should set/change to make sure that there are no conflicts with any other packages that may rely on the samba files being in any one particular place. I don't think there is any way to build an rpm from the spec due to non-existent dependency packages. From picking through the last 10.3 spec from discontinued/update it looks like the following will work: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --localstatedir=/var \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages \ --with-privatedir=/etc/samba \ --with-lockdir=/var/lib/samba \ --with-logfilebase=/var/log/samba \ --with-statedir=/var/run/samba \ --with-swatdir=/usr/share/samba \ --with-configdir=/etc/samba \ --enable-cups \ --with-libsmbclient \ --with-winbind Anybody see any missing or wrong options? Thanks. -- 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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Re: [opensuse] Sharing kmail folders on network versus IMAP, versus?
by James Knott 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

John Andersen wrote: > On 1/3/2011 6:30 PM, James Knott wrote: > >> Gustav Degreef wrote: >> >>> If my friends switch from POP to IMAP could they >>> retain the folders and folder structure that has evolved? >>> >> You'd have to create new folders on the IMAP server. Currently, the folders are in a users home directory on their computer. IMAP keeps >> mail on the server. >> >> > I believe this discussion resolved around Gmail James, so there would be nothing to change. > Gmail's imap uses existing folders on Gmail's server. > > I thought the OP was using POP from gmail to his email clients (kmail). If so, the mail is retained on the individual computers, not the server. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Connecting iPod to OpenSUSE
by Terry Eck 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Connected an iPod to USB port on OpenSUSE 11.3 and nothing shows up. Anyone know of software which will "see" the iPod directories? Is this even possible. Thanks, Terry -- openSUSE 11.3 -- Kernel 2.6.34 -- GNU/Linux -- Sun 12/26/10 21:10pm up 3 days 11:52, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.18, 0.23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Automount USB disk drive now fails
by Marc Chamberlin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

I recently upgraded a number of modules on my openSuSE 11.2 system and have now lost the ability to plug in my USB external Passport hard drive and have it automounted under /media like it use to... What happened and how do I recover this nifty feature? I have gone into the Device Notifier Settings and told it to Enable automatic mounting of removable media as well as checked the Automatically mount removable medial when attached. No joy.. The Device Notifier does not even detect that the USB drive was plugged in. The tool - lsusb shows it however, and I can manually mount it, a PITA... Internet searches resulted in similar complaints but most were a couple years back and so far have not yielded any joy... KDE version as reported by the Personal Settings dialog is Version 4.5.90 (4.6 RC1) Marc... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Automount USB disk drive now fails
by Marc Chamberlin 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

On Monday 03 January 2011 06:25:29 Marc Chamberlin wrote: > I recently upgraded a number of modules on my openSuSE 11.2 system and > > have now lost the ability to plug in my USB external Passport hard drive > and have it automounted under /media like it use to... What happened > and how do I recover this nifty feature? > > I have gone into the Device Notifier Settings and told it to Enable > automatic mounting of removable media as well as checked the > Automatically mount removable medial when attached. No joy.. The Device > Notifier does not even detect that the USB drive was plugged in. The > tool - lsusb shows it however, and I can manually mount it, a PITA... > > Internet searches resulted in similar complaints but most were a couple > years back and so far have not yielded any joy... > > KDE version as reported by the Personal Settings dialog is Version > 4.5.90 (4.6 RC1) This could well be a bug in the new udev backend for KDE 4.6 that replaced hal, please make a bug report for this. Will -- Will Stephenson, KDE Developer, openSUSE Boosters Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex As requested Will... Bug #662172 Marc Chamberlin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] TFT monitor out of frequency problem
by Istvan Gabor 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

First of all, Happy New Year for everyone on the list. Second, my question: I have an 20" 1600x1200 resolution TFT monitor connected to my computer. I have openSUSE 11.2 and use nvidia binary driver, compiled from/by the nvidia binary installer (not the opensuse version). When I boot the system openSUSE boots nicely in console. The boot resolution is set to 1024x768 in 16 bit mode (by VGA= kernel boot option). X windows starts without problem as well in 1600x1200 24 bit mode. But when I try to change to terminal mode (ctrl+alt+F1) the monitor gives "out of frequency" message and does not display the terminal stuff. The question is why it is like that, and how I could fix it? Thanks, Istvan -- 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 remove drive icons from gnome save/open dialog places window?
by Istvan Gabor 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hello: Gnome/gtk programs open/save dialogs have a places window on the left which lists all the mounted drives. As I have many mounted partitions this list is too long, too many things are listed in that window. How could I configure gnome no to show the drives there? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Ooffice time question
by James Hatridge 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi all, Is there a way I can get the hours and minutes difference bewteen two times? For example if a guy works from 3:30am to 12:00am how would I get that he worked 8 hours and 30 minutes? Thanks! JIM -- The US was colonized by the religious, political, economic, and criminal rejects of every country in the world. We have been carefully breeding insane, obsessive, fanatic lunatics with each other for over 400 years, resulting in the glorious strain of humanity known as "Americans". You have to expect some... peculiarities. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] DPI setting for ATI fglrx driver (Opensuse 11.3)
by Christoph Bartoschek 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, I have a monitor with native 109 DPI. However the fglrx driver always uses 96 DPI. The result is that the fonts look to small. How can I get fglrx to use the correct DPI. I've added the Option "DisplaySize" to my xorg.conf: DisplaySize 597 336 In the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file I see that the driver sees the correct size: [ 4455.379] (II) fglrx(0): clock: 241.5 MHz Image Size: 597 x 336 mm but some lines later I see: [ 4455.426] (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (96, 96) The desktop is then started with 96 DPI. There is no "-dpi 96" argument to the X server. How can I convince fglrx to use the correct DPI setting? Alternatively, how can I get KDM4 to add the option "-dpi 109" when it starts the local X server? Christoph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Does any know if there is there something like Proxmox VE for openSUSE
by Chuck Payne 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Guys, I am working on setting up some KVM Servers for my own, I been looking for an package to manage all the servers. I found Proxmox VE, but it is only for Debian. I was wondering is there anything else like this for openSUSE. -- ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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