December 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Possible openSUSE 12.1 install methodology
by Roger Oberholtzer 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

I would like to install 12.1 on a spare partition in a rather quick manner (meaning little down time for the existing 11.2 system - 12.1 can still take a while to be ready). I would imagine I could install 12.1 from, say, the KDE live CD. Then, boot in to my old 11.2 partition, and then chroot (mounting /proc and all as one does) into the new 12.1 partition and continue adding packages and whatever with zypper? Any gottchas? Perhaps installing something with kernel modules might fail if the install wants to load them. Might I expect any other problems that would make this a painful approach? 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 To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fwd: this has been how to start your new life!
by smartysmart34＠web.de 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

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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] testing an alpha vesion with named chroot
by lynn 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

12.1 Hi I have a default /etc/named.conf with this added by me: include "/usr/local/samba/private/named.conf"; and this added by Yast: zone "hh3.site.zone" in { file "master/hh3.site.zoneX"; type master; }; It works fine when not chrooted, so I made the folder structure: /var/lib/named/usr/local/samba/private and copied /usr/local/samba/private/named.conf to it, reinstated the chroot and restarted named: Dec 5 09:26:22 hh3 named[5336]: Loading 'AD DNS Zone' using driver dlopen Dec 5 09:26:22 hh3 named[5336]: dlz_dlopen failed to open library '/usr/local/samba/modules/bind9/dlz_bind9.so' - /usr/local/samba/modules/bind9/dlz_bind9.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So it seems that I would have to put the whole of the /usr/local/samba tree in the jail. I've tried symlinking but it can't see out of the chroot. As I'm testing an alpha, I need to update these files frequently. Question: does named really need to be chrooted? What would be the opensuse way of doing this given running named chroot is is default? Thanks L x -- 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] Gnome Extensions Site Pager
by Swapnil Bhartiya 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Anyone noticed that on the first page, the bottom pages shows only 4 pages, but from the second page onwards it shows 5 pages. Needs fix. Cool site been writing about great extensions. -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.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] Book menu question
by James Hatridge 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi all, I have a dual boot system on my box, 12.1 & Win 7. When grub comes up I get a list of 12.1 and then Windows 1, 2, 3, & 4. How can I tell which windows number is the correct one to start Win 7? Also how can I change the list so that it is says something like "Windows 7" etc. Thanks! JIM -- 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] Bluetooth not working, though it always used to.
by Roger Luedecke 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

For some reason bluetooth won't work. Trying to launch Bluedevil doesn't work and the system tray applet isn't even available. Don't understand it. Don't even know where to start debugging. -- Roger Luedecke openSUSE Ambassador Riverside, California ***Looking for C++ 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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Re: [opensuse] Convert UoW IMAP to Dovecot - openSUSE 12.1
by Masim "Vavai" Sugianto 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi James, On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Masim "Vavai" Sugianto <vavai(a)vavai.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:25 AM, James Knott <james.knott(a)rogers.com> wrote: >> >> James Knott wrote: >>> >>> I've just installed openSUSE 12.1 on a system that previously ran 11.0. In the process, I'm also switching from UoW imap to Dovecot. I copied /var/spool/mail and the user directories, but when I connect to Dovecot, I don't see any old mail. Is there anyway to get to the old mail, short of copying it to local folders in my email app? >>> >>> tnx jk >>> >> Never mind. Found it. Would you like to tell us what is the solution for your problem? Probably help us if found similar problem. -- Best Regards, Masim "Vavai" Sugianto - http://www.vavai.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] Convert UoW IMAP to Dovecot - openSUSE 12.1
by James Knott 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

I've just installed openSUSE 12.1 on a system that previously ran 11.0. In the process, I'm also switching from UoW imap to Dovecot. I copied /var/spool/mail and the user directories, but when I connect to Dovecot, I don't see any old mail. Is there anyway to get to the old mail, short of copying it to local folders in my email app? tnx jk -- 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] Font Rendering In openSUSE Gnome
by Swapnil Bhartiya 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Hi, KDE offers fonts settings (anti-aliasing and hinting) which renders the fonts well. There is no such setting for Gnome 3 other than the settings in Advance Settings. Fonts look very bad in Firefox/Thunderbird. This link is not working http://opensuse-community.org/subpixel/subpixel.ymp Any suggestion? -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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