December 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] .gvfs backup (was: ~/.gvfs permissions)
by Joachim Schrod 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

Dave Howorth wrote: > > AFAIK, drwx------ is how it is supposed to be. Definitely root doesn't > have access rights (.gvfs is a real pain when making backups for that > reason) Do you really backup that? Is that sensible? Does restore work? We've excluded the .gvfs dirs from backup, since they didn't seem to have permanent content. But then, GNOME is not much used here, so I might miss something. 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] External USB CD/DVD-RW Driver Not Working
by Adam Tauno Williams 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 3.1.0-1.2-desktop GNOME3 3.2.1 I have an external USB CD/DVD drive. This drive has always 'just worked' in openSUSE 11.3 & 11.4. However, under 12.1, the drive doesn't seem to participate as a removable storage device. It does not appear in Nautilus when a disc is inserted or raise any prompt when a blank disc is inserted. My user is a member of the "cdrom" group. lsusb - Bus 001 Device 011: ID 152e:2507 LG (HLDS) PL-2507 IDE Controller If I power-on the drive I see the following in dmesg - [94696.818181] usb 1-2.6: new high speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd [94696.913434] usb 1-2.6: New USB device found, idVendor=152e, idProduct=2507 [94696.913439] usb 1-2.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [94696.913443] usb 1-2.6: Product: Super Multi Rewriter [94696.913445] usb 1-2.6: Manufacturer: HLDS Inc. [94696.913447] usb 1-2.6: SerialNumber: P01080309031040 [94696.914091] scsi13 : usb-storage 1-2.6:1.0 [94697.949911] scsi 13:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-E60L 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [94698.033769] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [94698.033970] sr 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 Do I need to twiddle something to get GNOME to manage this device as a removable media device? -- 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] No KNetworkManager in 12.1?
by Haro de Grauw 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hi folks, quick question: I recently updated two laptops from 11.4 to 12.1, and it seems KNetworkManager is gone after the install. I can't find anywhere to configure network settings at user level. When I bring up YaST, it says "network is currently managed by NetworkManager", and gives me the option of switching back to ifup, which works just fine (except I need to install the smpppd package(*) ). I do not have the KNetworkManager icon in the system tray, and alt+f2 > knetworkmanager does not work. What am I missing here? Is there some new utility I should be using instead? Haro P.S. (*) Why the heck is that package not included by default??? It's very annoying to have to install that before being able to use the network, as it means I must necessarily get that package from the dvd, or via a USB key etc.! -- 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] Need a hint regarding raid 10
by Andreas 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hi, I'm playing with a raid 10 configuration. I don't want to boot from it so this is not the common issue you'll find in the first twentysomething google-pages. I tried to create it with Yast. First I thought I could create 2 RAID 0 pairs like md0 and md1 and then combine them to md2 as RAID 1 so this would be a RAID 10 cluster. Tough luck. After creating md0 and md1 Yast complains there weren't any partitions left to create another MD. Of course there is an "RAID 10" option but there one just can tell Yast which 4 partitions to use for the RAID 10. One can't tell it which partitions to pair. This might be irrelevant in case one uses 4 physical drives. In my test config there are only 2 with 2 partitions each. I know this isn't optimal but I just wan't to get the feel for now. How can I see which partitions got combined. mdadm --detail /dev/md0 tells me only which 4 partitions are used. -- 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] ~/.gvfs permissions
by Patrick Shanahan 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Has permissions changed for ~/.gvfs ?? I have a 11.2 server that has: drwx------ 2 pat users and two 12.1 systems with: dr-x------ 2 paka users and backups from 11.3 which have: drwx------ 2 pat users and root does not have permission/cannot read /home/<user>/.gvfs or change permissions on the 12.1 systems one of the 12.1 systems was updated/graded from 11.4 and the other from 12.1 tks, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- 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] Fetch Job Error: - Plasma Desktop Shell. Unknown Error message(unable to fetch item from backend)
by ianseeks 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

HI I've just upgraded to KDE 4.7.4 on opensusue 11.4 and one of my older logins (been upgraded through numberous KDE/opensuse upgrades) gets this message pop up which completely locks the session until you press OK to clear it. Anyone know where i can look to stop it happening? regards Ian -- 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] mouse pointer stuck on tiny
by Felix Miata 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

I asked most of this on the KDE3 list, but I have the same problem in Gnome, so am asking with expansion here. Google hasn't found me anything less than 8 years old. I also tried digging through ~/.kde/share/config/ trying to figure out what was causing his 11.3 mouse pointer to be big, but so far struck out on that too. Every setting I've spotted so far seems to point to default (e.g. kdminputrc_mouse_cursorsize="" in startupconfig). I'm trying to configure Bob S's system after installing 12.1. His vision has gotten too bad to do initial installation himself any more. I've been looking all over both KDE3 and Gnome for a way to get big mouse pointers, and am having no luck. KControl->Peripherals->Mouse is void of anything to do with sizes, while in gnome-tweak-tool, nothing I choose has any effect. I've tried alternate themes, including *accessible*, but all seem stuck with the standard little mouse pointer and hand that are smaller than a dried up lentil at high DPI. I went through YaST2 software management looking for accessibility theme and mouse settings type packages available and missing, but no luck there either. Something must be missing from the install, but what could it be? Do I have to install NetworkManager to get the mouse to work right? Nearly everything seems to require NetworkManager any more. :-p Any ideas? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- 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] 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] quick question re word wrap protocol
by Dennis Gallien 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

Does the community here have a "rule" regarding message word wrap? I know that in the old days the protocol was 78 or 80 columns, but AFAIK most (all?) message/mail readers now support automatic wrap, which I personally vastly prefer. Looking at other's messages here though, it appears that both fixed column and wrap is being used. After being spanked for imprecise snips, I don't want to risk the wrath of the mailing list gods, so can someone clarify, please. :) Thanks. --dg -- 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] 12.1 fubar windowmanager & displaymanager for Gnome needs fixup
by Felix Miata 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

Normally I pay no mind to anything having to do with Gnome, but (90% blind) Bob S brought me his puter to install 12.1, among other things. One of those other things was to install the Gnome desktop in hopes that having it normally configured might solve some issues using Gnome apps in his preferred KDE3 environment, plus access to a fully functional Orca. One of those things I paid no attention to in the relnotes was "gnome.fallback=1", which turns out to be necessary on his system. Before I figured this out, I had done a Gnome initial install, and on first X start all I got was the GDM background with a perpetual busy cursor. Not really having any idea what was or wasn't going on, I proceeded to drop to runlevel 3 and install KDE3 with zypper. Next I wanted to fix the subject files so that KDM3, which I well know how to configure manually, and troubleshoot, would be used instead of GDM. So I made copies of windowmanager and displaymanager called windowmanag01er and displaymanag01er, and instead of editing the originals myself, fired up Yast's sysconfig editor. When it became apparent this tool might be doing something fishy (by presenting multiple instances of "DISPLAYMANAGER=" and "WINDOWMANAGER=", among others), I tried to abort without saving. It didn't like what I tried, and exited abnormally. When I checked, sysconfig editor had rewritten my backup files with the same changes as were supposed to be in the working files only. So, I know not how they were initially in order to put them back how they were originally. There's nothing else Gnome around here to compare to. KDM works only almost as it should (does get me into KDE), so I want to try GDM again (now that I'm booting with gnome.fallback=1), which similarly only almost works. The almost part is neither login manager presents an option to open a Gnome session. I tried Metacity, but that produced no apparent reaction when selected. I'm thinking if I had the original subject files, at least GDM ought to present an option to open a Gnome session, and I could then figure out how to get KDM to do the same thing. While to some the comments in those files might seem sufficient to make needed changes, to me they seem to fall short of complete (kde4 vs kde, not vs kde3). Ideas on getting the originals restored? Also, where are the available session types that the login managers should present stored? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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