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[opensuse] Xorg and Kernel repos
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

At the end of http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_X it tells how to test the latest X11. In addition to specifying the latest X in: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_XX.X/ it suggests using the latest kernel in: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/openSUSE_XX.X/ In my setup, I have only been using the X repo to get new X versions. Even though these are happy to install with the kernel I have, could this be a cause of some issues I am seeing with nvidia? Does everyone else who uses the X repo above also use the Kernel repo above? In my case, XX.X is 11.2. 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] Detected scanner, proper driver, won't scan
by Stan Goodman 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

The scanner is Epson 640U, in recently installed oS v11.3. YaST > Scanners finds it. scanimage -L and scanimage -T don't. Attemps to scan produce "Failed to start scanner. Invalid argument", which is not very informative. A review of a number of Google hits doesn't add more. I am assuming (hoping) that I have left something undone, but have not found anything to point me to it. Ideas? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mounting drives at boot
by John Bennett 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Have there been any updates within the last couple of days, to slow mounting of extra drives at boot, Or have I just done something that's broken it? For the last 2 days, when I boot my system, Firefox and Thunderbird (at least) don't load with the message that they're already running. But the problem is the partition that they're located on isn't mounting at boot, even though nothing has changed in fstab etc. If I immediately do a sudo mount -a, everything then works fine... Anybody having similar probs, or can suggest what I may have done....? Thanks, John. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] While we're on update problems, ...
by John E. Perry 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

I've been seeing for some time the following set of errors. I could accept the Virtualbox messages, because I haven't tried to use VB yet. But why not OpenOffice, dbus, k3b, kupdateapplet, etc.? I keep hoping whatever's keeping them in the old versions will clear up, but it's not, for some long time now. Should I be concerned? John Perry ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSU…' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): r File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSU…' Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): i Error retrieving metadata for 'openSUSE BuildService - Virtualization (VirtualBox)': [AbstractCommand.cc:224] URI=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/op… Warning: Disabling repository 'openSUSE BuildService - Virtualization (VirtualBox)' because of the above error. Retrieving repository 'Packman Repository' metadata [done] Building repository 'Packman Repository' cache [done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... The following package updates will NOT be installed: OpenOffice_org OpenOffice_org-Quickstarter OpenOffice_org-base OpenOffice_org-base-drivers-mysql OpenOffice_org-base-extensions OpenOffice_org-calc OpenOffice_org-calc-extensions OpenOffice_org-components OpenOffice_org-draw OpenOffice_org-draw-extensions OpenOffice_org-filters OpenOffice_org-filters-optional OpenOffice_org-help-en-US OpenOffice_org-hyphen OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-crystal OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-galaxy OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-hicontrast OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-oxygen OpenOffice_org-impress OpenOffice_org-impress-extensions OpenOffice_org-kde OpenOffice_org-kde4 OpenOffice_org-l10n-extras OpenOffice_org-libs-core OpenOffice_org-libs-extern OpenOffice_org-libs-gui OpenOffice_org-mailmerge OpenOffice_org-math OpenOffice_org-pyuno OpenOffice_org-templates-en OpenOffice_org-templates-labels-a4 OpenOffice_org-templates-labels-letter OpenOffice_org-templates-presentation-layouts OpenOffice_org-thesaurus-en-US OpenOffice_org-ure OpenOffice_org-writer OpenOffice_org-writer-extensions automoc4 cln dbus-1 dbus-1-devel dbus-1-x11 ffmpeg gstreamer-0_10 gstreamer-0_10-plugin-gnomevfs gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base k3b k3b-lang kupdateapplet kupdateapplet-packagekit libass4 libavcodec52 libavdevice52 libavfilter1 libavformat52 libavutil50 libfluidsynth1 libgstapp-0_10-0 libgstinterfaces-0_10-0 libgstreamer-0_10-0 libmp3lame0 liborc-0_4-0 libpostproc51 libquicktime libsndfile libstlport_gcc4 libswscale0 libva1 libvlc5 libvlccore5 libwavpack1 libx264-114 libxine1 libxine1-codecs libxine1-gnome-vfs libxine1-pulse mjpegtools myspell-american sox taglib vlc-beta vlc-beta-gnome vlc-beta-noX vlc-beta-qt The following packages are going to be upgraded: ffmpeg liba52-0 libavcodec52 libavdevice52 libavfilter1 libavformat52 libavutil50 libpostproc51 libswscale0 9 packages to upgrade. Overall download size: 2.6 MiB. After the operation, additional 21.0 KiB will be used. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] updating on 11:3 is broken
by Tony Pott 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

If this is the wrong list for this, please let me know. I tried running an update today. Suddenly I have to 'configure an update repository' which involves registering. I've no problem with that, if the system worked, but it doesn't. I get as far as it launching a browser from the 'manual interaction required dialog', and I press 'continue', which launches a browser. I click 'continue' on that too. It closes, and I get a brief 'contacting server' progress dialog, then the 'manual interaction' dialog is modal again. From here there are three paths: 1. Continue the above loop ad infinitum. 2. Cancel, in which case I'm not configured, and can't update 3. cut and past the link in the 'manual interaction dialog for a manual registration. Option 3 doesn't seem to work either. Although the tab in firefox says 'registration completed', the page says I have to complete the registration process by clicking the 'continue' button. So I do, and nothing happens. I have two questions: 1. where do I go from here? 2. Did no-one learn from the version 10 mess that changing the updating system during the rush to get a new release out is a bad idea? Thanx Tony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] lost /.xauth directory
by Patrick Shanahan 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

A friend inadvertently removed his root .xauth directory, /.xauth/. Is there a way to restore it? 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://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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[opensuse] Rebuilding Package
by Andrew Joakimsen 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

There is a package with a bug that is not fixed, to work around this I need to rebuild a package in Packman. Is there some simple way to replicate the build service and build the package the same only adding one options? -- 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] shutter Package
by Sascha Manns 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Hello Mates, atm i have a little Problem with shutter. If i start it from the console i'm getting: sascha@linux:~/osc/openSUSE:Factory:Contrib/TeXmacs> shutter WARNING: Net::DBus::GLib is missing --> Ubuntu One support will be disabled! /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread- multi/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so: undefined symbol: Perl_pad_sv Can anyone reproduce this? Otherwise that is a local Problem from my machine. Have a nice day... Sascha -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kernel messages on openSUSE 11.2
by Istvan Gabor 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Hello: I use openSUSE 11.2 with default kernel-desktop, and KDE 3.5.10 as desktop manager. Sometimes so called 'kernel message' windows pop-up on the screen, and the same messages are shown in all the the opened terminal windows (konsole). Is there a way to disable this and/or restrict to it only one window, eg to the popping-up x-window? 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] GeForce 11.4
by kurniawan＠opensuse-id.org 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Dear all, I try OpenSUSE 11.4 (installed) but VGA still problem I use VGA GeForce 6100PM. Thanks U for all support Sent from my AXIS Worry Free BlackBerry® smartphoneN‹§²æìr¸›yéšŠZ)z{.±ï®žË›±Êâmê)z{.±ê+€Z+i×b¶*'jW(šf§vÇ¦j)h¥éìºÇ¾…éi¢—§²ë¢¸

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[opensuse] Has nouveau kernel driver been removed from openSUSE 11.2?
by Roger Oberholtzer 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

I have an up-to-date openSUSE 11.2 system. Last week's update of the nvidia driver is causing me problems with frequent freezes (max cpu time) and rather frequent server crashes. Until I sort this out, I would like to use the nouveau driver. I have the X11 driver, and can make sure the nouveau driver is not blacklisted. However, I don't seem to find the nouveau.ko driver. X fails claiming it could not be found. I expected this to be in the kernel-xxx package, as are the other drivers, and as it is on openSUSE 11.3. But alas the nouveau.ko kernel driver is not there. My installed kernel is: kernel-desktop-2.6.31.14-0.6.1.i586 My nouveau X server is: xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.0.16_20110115_b795ca6-22.1.i586 Shouldn't the nouveau.ko kernel driver be in one of these? Although not my real question, the troublesome nvidia drivers are: x11-video-nvidiaG02-256.53-16.1.i586 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-256.53_2.6.31.5_0.1-15.1.i586 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 -- 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: no export from Yast2? No additional repositories?
by Markus Egg 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hello, Second time to ask this question: I bought a openSuSE 11.3 package, made a fresh install on my laptop and tried to export the installed packages (like in previous versions of openSuSE and yast2). It does not work: yast2 Software dialog simply vanishes when selecting "Export" for exporting the installed packages! Bug report seems to be here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624310 Same for Software Repositories: when adding a repository from local directory the repository dialog vanishes when I try to open the fileselector to select the directory! Then I checked and found that version yast2-2.19.14-0.3.1.i586.rpm that is here: yast2-2.19.14-0.3.1.i586.rpm 07-Jan-2011 12:45 568K http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/opensuse/update/11.3/rpm/i586/ and here: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/rpm/i586/ seems to be the newest version (correct?). Installed this one. The new version installs fine but it has the same bugs! Is there any solution for this faulty yast2? Is there any newer version (I did not find one on the net)? Thanks in advance ME -- Schon gehört? GMX hat einen genialen Phishing-Filter in die Toolbar eingebaut! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/toolbar -- 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 11.4 nfsv3 ?
by Per Jessen 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Apart from amending /etc/sysconfig/nfs to disable support for NFSv4, what else do I need to do? After changing that and restarting nfsserver, when I try to mount, I get the following errors: svc: 192.168.2.177, port=830: unknown version (4 for prog 100003, nfsd) svc: 192.168.2.177, port=737: unknown version (4 for prog 100003, nfsd) thanks Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.5°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] openSUSE Weekly News 165 is out!
by Sascha Manns 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 165 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=7246 (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://saigkill.homelinux.net/pub/OWN/HTML/OWN-165.html Weekly News in HTML (Susebooks Theme) [0] http://saigkill.homelinux.net/index.php/download/download-weekly- news/file/10-opensuse-weekly-news-165-pdf-version (in PDF) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- Sincerely Yours Sascha Manns open-slx Community & Support Agent openSUSE Membership Comitee openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com German Community Portal: http://community.open-slx.de -- 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 11.4 in Amazon EC2
by James Tan 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi all, You can now run openSUSE 11.4 in Amazon EC2, with this set of public AMIs (Amazon Machine Images): http://blog.susestudio.com/2011/03/opensuse-114-for-amazon-ec2.html Cheers, James T.

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[opensuse] What were they thinking... ? "Ontologies necessary for the Nepomuk semantic desktop"
by David C. Rankin 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Curious about a strange package name with an interesting definition prompted a bit of investigation: 20:48 zephyr:~> rpm -qa | grep ontologies shared-desktop-ontologies-0.3-1.6.noarch shared-desktop-ontologies-devel-0.3-1.6.noarch 20:49 zephyr:~> rpm -qi shared-desktop-ontologies Name : shared-desktop-ontologies Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 0.3 Vendor: openSUSE Release : 1.6 Build Date: Mon 05 Jul 2010 05:10:38 PM CDT <snip> Summary : Shared Desktop Ontologies Description : Open Semantic Collaboration Architecture Foundation (OSCAF) ontologies and reference code development. This project is used by maintainers from open source projects to maintain standards for the interoperability of desktop and web applications. A bit of further looking disclosed: "Ontologies necessary for the Nepomuk semantic desktop" I'm all for having a rich and diverse vocabulary, but reaching so far back into the Greek vernacular... I just have to ask, "What were they thinking...?" Think about it - "Open Semantic Collaboration Architecture Foundation (OSCAF) ontologies and reference code development." -- That's a mouthful. What happened to simplicity? I have enough trouble remembering: 'at', 'grep', 'diff', 'sed', 'awk' and 'patch', much less "Open Semantic Collaboration Architecture Foundation (OSCAF) ontologies and reference code development." I take my hat off to the originator. That is one bit of creative linguistics -- second to none ;p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] errors after update to 11.2
by Mike 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

I used zypper dup to upgrade from 11.1 to 11.2 After restarting it had another huge bunch of packages to update after restarting again I get this message when updater applet runs User is not permitted: org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update -- Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Screen saver and blanking
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Having Googled for my problem and studied the wiki's etc. I am still dumbfounded that I am not able to get the screensaver running on my desktop for a period of time that I decide. In the Personal Settings (Configure Desktop) I did not find a possibility. Found somewhere via google that the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc could be used to change the timing. The content of this file read as follows: [ScreenSaver] PlasmaEnabled=true Saver=krandom.desktop Timeout=420 The original timeout is 7 minutes so I just put two zeros at its end and expected to see a very long running sreensaver. No change. Seems to have to prolong the blanking of the screen. The screen time of the monitor is set to off. Where would I find a config file for the screen blanking? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-rc6-16-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 17:19pm up 16:59, 3 users, load average: 5.62, 3.41, 2.29 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] YaST2 crash
by Patrick Shanahan 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

I am getting a crash w/YaST2 -> Software Management YaST got signal 11 at YCP file XML.ycp:3 /sbin/yast2: line 454: 15573 Segmentation fault $ybindir/y2base /$module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 yast2-core-2.18.19-2.3.x86_64 yast2-2.18.25-2.5.x86_64 -- (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://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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[opensuse] IPv6, 11.3, YaST & maybe routers
by Dave Howorth 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

OK, so I've had a problem with my home machine that I think started with 11.2 and certainly is present after I upgraded to 11.3. The problem is a delay of a few seconds (5?) whenever I access a web site that I haven't just previously accessed. It's mainly noticeable as a delay in loading pages in Firefox but also occurs with other programs (e.g. wget). My working hypothesis has always been that this is some DNS issue probably causing a timeout, and my guess was that it's somehow related to IPv6. But I know nothing about IPv6 and not a lot about modern DNS and the delays weren't hugely annoying so I haven't investigated. But yesterday I had an epiphany. I clicked on a link to a forum how-to[1], that led me to another[2], that led me to a bugzilla[3] and an opensuse-kernel thread[4]. So last night I conducted an experiment and discovered how to make my problem go away. Hurray! The reason for this mail is that I now think there's a *bug in YaST* but I'm not confident that I really understand the issues properly. I know there are people here who understand these issues and won't bite my head off if I've got the wrong end of the stick. So I thought I'd try to clarify my understanding before deciding on the appropriate action. YaST is involved because I used it to check that IPv6 was *not* causing my problem. And it falsely told me that IPv6 was disabled. Specifically, YaST/Network Settings/Global Options/Enable IPV6 showed an empty checkbox. That is, it said IPv6 is disabled. But now I have learned an independent way to check: # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 0 That is, IPv6 is NOT disabled in reality. Further checking indicated that it was not disabled in /etc/sysctl.conf either[5]. So I used the command-line to disable it and my problem was immediately cured: # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 I also uncommented the relevant line in /etc/sysctl, which I hope will make the change persist across a reboot. So, now to the areas where I'd like clarification if anybody can help: (1) Are those two changes all I need to do/ the best way to disable IPv6? (2) Is the original problem actually indicative of some more fundamental misconfiguration either on my PC, my router or in my ISP's systems? (3) My reading of the YaST situation is: (a) the opensuse kernels were changed so that ipv6 is always built-in rather than loaded as a module (b) there was a period when YaST still tried to use module control to disable ipv6, which didn't work, but that problem in YaST was subsequently fixed and YaST should now be able to change the ipv6 state properly (c) BUT it is incorrectly reporting the state for some reason. Evidently it isn't looking in /proc or /etc/sysctl so I believe it must be trusting some other source of information that is no longer accurate. (d) Perhaps the inaccuracy occurs because of some flaw in the upgrade logic? If I'm right in my understanding, then I guess YaST should get it's status information from somewhere different and I should raise a bug against it? Cheers, Dave [1]<http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/how-faq-forums/u…> [2]<http://forums.opensuse.org/new-user-how-faq-read-only/unreviewed-how-faq/43…> [3]<https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539869> [4]<http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-kernel/2010-11/msg00071.html> [5] /etc/sysctl.conf # Disable response to broadcasts. # You don't want yourself becoming a Smurf amplifier. net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 # enable route verification on all interfaces net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 # disable IPv6 completely #net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 # enable IPv6 forwarding #net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1 # increase the number of possible inotify(7) watches fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 65536 # avoid deleting secondary IPs on deleting the primary IP net.ipv4.conf.default.promote_secondaries = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.promote_secondaries = 1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Looking for noveau kernel driver on onenSUSE 11.2
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I have an up-to-date openSUSE 11.2 system. Last week's update of the nvidia driver is causing me problems with frequent freezes (max cpu time) and rather frequent server crashes. Until I sort this out, I would like to use the nouveau driver. I have the X11 driver, and can make sure the nouveau driver is not blacklisted. However, I don't seem to find the nouveau.ko driver. X fails claiming it could not be found. I expected this to be in the kernel-xxx package, as are the other drivers, and as it is on openSUSE 11.3. But alas the nouveau.ko kernel driver is not there. My installed kernel is: kernel-desktop-2.6.31.14-0.6.1.i586 My nouveau X server is: xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.0.16_20110115_b795ca6-22.1.i586 Shouldn't the nouveau.ko kernel driver be in one of these? Although not my real question, the troublesome nvidia drivers are: x11-video-nvidiaG02-256.53-16.1.i586 nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-256.53_2.6.31.5_0.1-15.1.i586 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] non-parallel boot, or?
by Roger Oberholtzer 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I am trying to sort out a delay that happens when I am booting openSUSE 11.2 in some systems. The delay seems to be when it is dealing with the rtc. However, I am not sure that is really where the delay is. I am guessing that the default boot does things in parallel when possible. Or, at least, things that can be done in the background are done there. Is this correct? If so, perhaps some other thing is delayed (20 minutes...) and I see this when the rtc stuff is done. My question is, is there a boot option (via grub options, for example) that makes the boot happen in order, one thing at a time? The 20 minute delay I see sounds like the usual network thing. I do not think it is. But I cannot tell. I cannot think anything related to the rtc during boot can cause a delay. I asked this a bit back and got the impression that nothing there could delay so long. As the problem persists (only on a certain class of hardware...) I need to see how best to identify the culprit. 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] writing udev rules
by Per Jessen 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

I'm new to writing udev rules, so although this works as expected, I'd like a double check: SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_PATH}=="ip-192.168.2.151:3260-iscsi-iqn.2011-03.net.local:5269f78b-84d9-4de2-8093-b6dd0678d694-lun-1", OWNER="per", GROUP="users" Is this sufficient/accurate/appropriate for setting the ownership of /dev/sdx (which the /dev/disk/by-path/path symlinks to) to per.users? thanks -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.0°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] Heads-up on a Linux native game being released
by C 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Just a heads-up for gamers here in case you've missed it. OilRush is available for pre-purchase for Linux... and you can DL an early release (Beta?) if you get a copy now. https://store.unigine.com/products/goods/oilrush-linux/ I've poked around in the game, and so far it seems to be a pretty decent game. Works well for me so far in 11.3. 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] 11.1 Repositories
by Mark Misulich 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi, it looks like Opensuse 11.1 is starting to go away to die of old age. Unfortunately I have to keep using it on this laptop, as Opensuse 11.2 & 3 don't turn on the cooling fans to keep the laptop from overheating. Only 11.1 works. I have addressed this issue with Novel via bugzilla, but they haven't provided any solution. I have found that the repos are slowly going away for updates. I removed the repos for Education OpenOffice Wine devel:languages Perl as they don't exist anymore for 11.1. Does anyone know where I may find these repos now? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Book Recommendation Requested
by Lew Wolfgang 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi Folks, I need to make a book recommendation to a friend to bring him up-to-speed in the "Tao of Linux" as quickly as possible. He has been providing administrative support for about 160 Windows desktops/laptops for about five-years, but now finds himself in the situation where his future employment depends on his getting "certified" in Linux. Certification in this case means passing both CompTIA Linux+ tests. He already has passed CompTIA's Security+. My friend does all his work from the Windows GUI and has very little knowledge of the command-line environment. He doesn't even know the MS-Dos command-line environment and batch files very well. So I'm thinking he's going to have a rough time of it. I hate to use the word, but as you all know, Linux/UNIX and Windows have completely different paradigms on many levels. He's going to have to learn a new philosophy as well as new concepts and commands. Can anyone suggest a path forward for a Windows Weenie? Thanks, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CPU load reported in HTOP, Ksysguard
by dwgallien 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

I've noticed for quite a while that the total cpu load reported in ksysguard and htop can be substantially greater than what is reported in the accompanying detail. For example, at this moment the detail in both tools show in sum up to ~25%, while the total load reported is at ~75% on both cores. I think that the total number is correct as I can feel the machine being less responsive. Several times when this has happened I've restarted KDE or rebooted and then the load of course drops and the detail/total numbers appear to be in sync, and the machine is again very responsive (this wkstn is a Phenom II X2 3.7GHz w/8MB RAM). I'm suspicious that X, Plasma, or Firefox are culprits, but I can't pin it down. I just closed FF and both the detail and total numbers dropped, but still the detail is showing in sum ~15% while the total number is averaging ~65%. Suggestions? Thx in advance, Dennis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] [11.4 RC2 64bit]-Missing Icons For Some Installed Programs?
by Jesse Palser 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi, I installed openSUSE 11.4 RC2 64bit and noticed that some of the programs I installed have missing icons in the menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Screenshot Example Of Bug: http://16bitsoft.com/images/openSUSE11_4RC/openSUSE11-4RC2-64bit_MissingIco… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will this be fixed in the next release? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks! Jesse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] patterns and installed RPMs.
by Roger Oberholtzer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

If I have a pattern installed, shouldn't all the packages (perhaps except Suggested ones) be installed? For example, I have the kde4 pattern installed on an 11.2 system. As can be seen via: zypper info -t pattern kde4 not all packages are installed: Information for pattern kde4: Repository: openSUSE-11.2-Oss Name: kde4 Version: 11.2-20.22.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Installed: Yes i | samba | package | i | kompare | package | i | gutenprint | package | i | konversation | package | | kweather | package | | mozilla-xulrunner191-kde4 | package | | kalarm | package | Suggested | kdebase4-wallpapers | package | Suggested i | krdc | package | i | krfb | package | | speedcrunch | package | Shouldn't packages like kweather be installed? I have not done anything to keep it from being installed. I see that the pattern is from the default 11.2 install. I am running KDE from /KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.2/. Does the pattern only get used when it is installed? If I see that there are things not installed from a pattern, is there a command to get these things installed? I tried updating the pattern package. But that had no effect. 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] sorting of files by modification time in gnome save as dialog
by Istvan Gabor 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

This question, I guess, is not SUSE specific, it is related to gnome, so I am asking gnome guys. The question is about sorting files by modification time in the save as dialog. I do not see any logic behind it. That is if I click save as (eg in xsane) and the sort order has been set already to modified-up-arrow, the order of files in the window is the follows (from top to bottom): file oldest ... file newest dir oldest ... dir newest That is the directories are below the files, which is strange. If I click two times the 'modified' button/column-header to get again modified-up-arrow, the order changes to: dir oldest ... dir newest file oldest ... file newest The files come after folders, which is expected. And my point is: when I save a series of files with names that differ only in one character, the easiest is to select a previously saved file from the list and change the name. The fastest way to locate the file would be if the newest file was on the top of the list. The second fastest, if the newest file was the very last in the list. None of these occurs when I click save as. I either have to scroll down and find the border between files and directories or have click two times the 'modified' column header and then scroll to the very last row. Both method is unconvenient and requires more scrolling/clicking then it should. Is there a configure option to modify this behavior? 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 increase ROOT size using GParted?
by Mike 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

OpenSUSE 11.3 ROOT located on /dev/sdb6 with 3.0MB free (not good!) I want to increase /dev/sdb6, obviously. I booted to GParted and decreased the space on my OVERFLOW which is /dev/sdb8. The space is now unallocated with 1.46GiB but I cannot increase the size of /dev/sdb6. I also have 5.94GB unallocated on the same drive. /dev/sdb1 = ntfs 46.20 GB (I dual-boot, don't hate) (unallocated space shows here in GParted) - I formatted this before and it shows as /dev/sdb4 /dev/sdb3 = ext4 /dev/sdb2 = an extended partition /dev/sdb5 = linux-swap (SWAP1) /dev/sdb6 = ext4 (ROOT1) /dev/sdb7 = ext4 (HOME) /dev/sdb8 = ext4 (NEWSYS) (unallocated space shows here in GParted) How can I use the unallocated space to increase the space on /dev/sdb6? I also have /dev/sda1, sda2, sda3 with a lot of free space but I believe I cannot use it because it is on sda... Thank you for any help you can provide. ~ Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fw: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver?
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I wish the lists auto replied to list as I always end up replying to sender.. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:45:45 To: Jesse Palser<SLNTHERO(a)AOL.com> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: Re: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? Will launch day herald a driver for ATi as I recall didn't release for several weeks at the launch of 11.3? Also I tried to confugure a machine with a bcm4313 wireless this wasn't even detected with 11.3 I installed bcm-firmware but no joy. I tried upgrading via ethernet to factory but still no wifi. Stuart Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Palser <SLNTHERO(a)AOL.com> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:11:56 Cc: <opensuse(a)opensuse.org> Subject: Re: [opensuse] Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? On 03/01/2011 09:54 AM, Sven Burmeister wrote: > Am Dienstag, 1. März 2011, 14:27:50 schrieb Jesse Palser: >> Will 11.4 "Goldmaster" Have nVidia Proprietary Driver? >> Will "Goldmaster" release of openSUSE 11.4 >> include nVidia proprietary display driver? > No, it's in a separate repo. I guess because of licensing issues. > > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers > > Sven Hi, Well, will that repo page be updated with a driver for 11.4 ? Jesse -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] HPLIP Error
by michael norman 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Running openSUSE 11.3 KDE 4 4 4 and HPLIP 3.10.2-2.3.1 I get the following error on start up : No system tray detected on this system unable to start (HPLIP that is) exiting. I dope someone can point me in the ridgt direction to fix this. The Printer still works btw. Thanks Mike -- 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-announce] openSUSE 11.4 RC2 Steps Out
by Petr Mladek 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi Andreas, Andreas Jaeger píše v Po 28. 02. 2011 v 09:49 +0100: > The transition from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice still has a few minor > documentation blips but more importantly, users should be cautious. The raft > of new functionality has created a few specific issues, such as loss of data > in tables. Though not quite ready for the production environment, user > feedback is critical for smoothing performance and reliability. I am not aware of any data loos in tables. Could you please be more specific? Is there any bug number? Best Regards, Petr -- 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-announce] openSUSE 11.4 RC2 Steps Out
by Petr Mladek 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi Andreas, Andreas Jaeger píše v Po 28. 02. 2011 v 09:49 +0100: > The transition from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice still has a few minor > documentation blips but more importantly, users should be cautious. The raft > of new functionality has created a few specific issues, such as loss of data > in tables. Though not quite ready for the production environment, user > feedback is critical for smoothing performance and reliability. I am not aware of any data loos in tables. Could you please be more specific? Is there any bug number? Best Regards, Petr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Reinstalled v11.3
by Stan Goodman 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

After another period when I was unable to reinstall the v11.3 that I messed up, I now have a happily running installation on fresh partitions, and I have begin to transfer data from the wreckage of the corrupted one. Everything I have checked on the new installation, which is still running kde v4.4.4; given that v11.4 is announced for release in March, I think it makes more sense to wait for it to bring an up-to-date kde with it. What I want to do now is to get the Address Book into Akonadi. What I have transferred into the new installation is a folder containing a large number of small of individual files (*.vcf), each with a gibberish name, relating to individual contacts. I found these files in folder <~/.local/share/contacts>. I have not found information that might help me deal with this array of encrypted files to get them into a single large file, and to integrate it with Akonadi. I would appreciate help in finding what I need to do. Beyond that task, I think the only other KDE data that needs to be transferred is the message-folder structure of Kmail. I have spent quite a lot of time trying to locate it in the corrupted installation (which I can access in runlevel 3), but withiut success. Where is it? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Need help with FreeNX and pam_mount
by Werner Flamme 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi everyone, currently, we use openSUSE 11.1 with FreeNX server and pam_mount to get access to our network with a graphical interface. Since 11.1 is out of maintenance (except Evergreen :-)), we want to update to 11.3. As a first, we installed a VM with openSUSE 11.3 and pam_mount. Everything was configured well, so one could login as LDAP user and the shares from /etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml and from ~/.pam_mount.conf.xml are fully available. Next step was the installation and activation of FreeNX server. The nxsetup command complained about the sshd setup, but we found no errors. But no way to login via NX from remote, while ssh login from both remote and localhost was possible. We found two things: a) the certificate is searched in /.ssh/, not in /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh. Creating a symlink solved this issue. I still wonder why this location is searched. b) the NX login works fine when pam_mount is disabled for the session. The file /etc/pam.d/sshd contains two entries for pam_mount: auth optional pam_mount.so session optional pam_mount.so As soon as the second line is commented with a leading #, the NX login works. As a workaround, we tried to use "Extended user control" from the pam_mount.conf man page. But it does not work - the share <volume user="*" fstype="cifs" server="myserv.some.where" path="DFS" mountpoint="~/Documents/DFS" options="domain=MYDOMAIN"  > <not> <user>wflamme</user> </not> </volume> is mounted for use wflamme too - and changing this to user nx has no effect either. Replacing <user>...</user> by <uid>...</uid> also doesn't work. Two questions remain: a) how do I disable mounting a volume for a certain user? b) how do I get FreeNX and pam_mount to work together? I hope that someone on this list can help me... Thanks in advance :-) Werner -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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