November 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] What's a good JSON viewer?
by Greg Freemyer 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

All, Is there a decent JSON viewer in the distro or in OBS. I'm trying a firefox plug-in (JSONview) and I'm not very impressed. Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Why is /var/log/boot.msg not written to with systemd?
by Carlos E. R. 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Why is /var/log/boot.msg not written to with systemd? Is it a bug, is it logged somewhere else? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk7SyywACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Xr9gCfUspXFgAfJoRm5DweoOMsr3Lk 9iEAniAB9V3w1WyzV6g2+Db+WP2RPn+X =4/Jh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OS 12.1: KDM first login always fails
by JC Francois 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi, I just installed OS 12.1. everytime I boot into KDM and try to access my account the login fails. I type my password, press enter and the background of the login and password field turns light red for a few seconds. The password is cleared, I enter my password again and I can get in. Anybody else seeing this? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] BASH - rankinism - best way to trim string and add ellipses (or other char)?
by David C. Rankin 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

DH, All, I want a function 'ellipse' that will take a string 'str' and trim it to length 'len' and set the 'end' number (default = 3) of characters to 'chr' (default='.'). So if I call it like this: myvar=0123456789 echo "mydefvar: $(ellipse $myvar 7)" echo "mynewvar: $(ellipse $myvar 7 3 '*')" I get: mydefvar: 0123... mynewvar: 0123*** What I have come up with is the following, but I would like comment on how to make it better, etc.. Is there a way to eliminate the for loop and just use string substitution to overwrite the last 'end' number of characters with 'chr' that would be more efficient? What says the brain trust. ellipse() { # validate sufficient parameters passed [[ -z $1 ]] || [[ -z $2 ]] && { echo "ERROR: Insufficient input in fxn ellipse"; return 1; } str="$1" lim="$2" end=${3:-3} chr=${4:-.} # validate integers [ $lim -eq $lim ] 2>/dev/null || return 1 [ $end -eq $end ] 2>/dev/null || return 1 [[ ${#str} -gt $lim ]] && newstr=${str:0:$((lim-end))} { for((i=$((lim-end));i<$lim;i++)); do newstr=${newstr}${chr} done echo "$newstr" } || { echo "$str" } } -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: SSD in openSUSE.
by Joachim Schrod 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Joachim Schrod <jschrod(a)acm.org> wrote: >> Greg Freemyer wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Joachim Schrod <jschrod(a)acm.org> wrote: >>>> If you can afford it, don't use 15% of the disk. To get this free >>>> space, use secure erase to reset the disk's firmware notion of what >>>> you're using, and then don't allocate 15% of the disk during >>>> partitioning. >>> >>> Undocumented feature time. First secure erase is not always >>> implemented on SSDs, so don't trust it. >> >> That's new for me, I haven't found this information via Google. >> >> Can you give more information, maybe perhaps some links, about that >> issue? I've always thought I can rely on secure erase via hdparm, >> while respecting the frozen issue/state. > > My knowledge is under NDA. I will just say that for a while a major > manufacturer returned success for secure erase commands, but if you > disassembled (desoldered) the chips and took a look, data was still > present. Yes, that I've read. But that was not my use case. My use case is "SSD firmware uses all sectors for wear levelling after secure erase". I don't care if the data is still on it. Does your NDA-knowledge include information about that use case? Please note that my posted steps include one step to unlock an SSD, so locked devices are covered. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OS12.1 is there a known issue with soft-raid1 ?
by Andreas 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Hi is there a known issue with soft-raid1 on OS12.1? I've got two PCs that won't start a soft-raid1 on reboot. I can set it up with YAST it gets mounted and I can copy files on MD0 after I close YAST. But on the next reboot apears an error that the superblock were unreadable. This happens on both machines. One is an AMD5200 with 4GB RAM and 2 x 300GB HDD. The other one is an old Pentium4, 512MB RAM, 2 x 40 GB HDD. So they are pretty different but show the same problem. Any idea ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to see GUI for disk usage
by LinuxIsOne 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hi, Is there any way we can pictorial see the disk occupied by the different partitions? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Samba 4 alienates openSUSE clients
by lynn 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Firstly an apology for the British Tabloid type headline If Samba 4 goes ahead as it is, it will remove the possibility of creating a single sign on for both Linux and windows users. As it stands it makes no provision for integrating Linux users into the AD. IOW What the Yast User and group management module does now for LDAP users will be obsoleted by Samba 4. Are there any plans to Integrate Samba 4 into the Yast User and Group management and be able to create a Linux and Samba 4 user? (As it does at the moment with Samba 3/Linux). I really do think some important issues are being overlooked. https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8635 Thanks Lynn and Steve, linuxcostablanca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Aisleriot Freecell and Solitaire will not run in 12.1
by Basil Chupin 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Both Freecell and Solitaire are part of the Aisleriot package of games which are really for Gnome. However, I have been successfully running them for years under KDE[#] - until 12.1 :-( . I am not interested in Solitaire but I enjoy playing Freecell. Does anybody know, please, why Freecell, for one, will not run in 12.1 even though it installs successfully and without any dependency problems? Perhaps there is a version of Freecell for KDE (and NOT the one in kpat, thanks, which I consider to be primitive) which is not part of Aisleriot package? Anybody know? [#] I am using KDE 4.7.3 (but it won't run even under the default KDE which comes with 12.1) and kernel 3.1.1 on a 32-bit system. BC -- Diapers and politicians should be changed often; both for the same reason. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Firefox or Chromium on tmpfs and contents of /dev/shm
by Roger Luedecke 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

I was looking up if and how to put the Firefox cache into a tmpfs, and found it was basically as easy as I thought. However, I saw one comment on the forum whom said that he used '/dev/shm' so he wouldn't have to make a new tmpfs. So, I looked into my '/dev/shm' and saw this "org.chromium.Chromium.shmem.libcef_2473405944504155357" among other things. Is Chromium already using this directory for its cache? I don't even have Chromium installed. -- Roger Luedecke openSUSE Ambassador Ind. Repairs and Consulting **Looking for a C++ etc. mentor*** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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