openSUSE Users August 2011

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by Tracer Bullet

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

4 years, 11 months

[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache

by Chuck Payne

Hi, I am trying to set up a simple repo, I read on the opensuse site about a binary called genIS_PLAINcache, because I can't see to find it or the package yast2-packmanager either. Can someone help. I am setting this repo up for SLE9, I have tried to use createrepo but I keeping getting errors. -- ---------------------------------------- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

5 years, 8 months

[opensuse] virtualbox in 11.4 with kde3

by kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com

ok, been playing w. 11.4, but i have installed kde-3:) .(just some personal issues with widgets and plasmoids, please don't attack:)) the only problem so far is virtual box, it fails to start. rerunning setup does reconfigure it, still it fails to open an x window. any pointers? thanks, d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years

[opensuse] installation error

by Fr David Ousley

Started to intall 11.4 on a new laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed. Installation from DVD downloaded (MDsum checked). After the various choices of partioning and software (accepted defaults for partionning and mostly for software), when installation begins, it stops almost immediately with: failure occurred during following action: creating volume /dev/sd7. System error code was: -1007 sda7 was to be the swap; sda8 root (ext4), and sd9 home (ext4). sda1 is Windows/C; sda2 is Windows/D. I suspect the reason for using 7, 8, and 9 is that this is the third try, and that the first one set up 3,4 and 5. The Windows partition appears to have been correctly shrunk, and Windows will still boot. The installation suggests these three linux partitions be set up (and gives me the chace to alter them), so my guess is that there is space there but unpartitioned. When the error is presented, it asks if I want to go ahead anyway: so far I have said no. Machine specs: Intel mobile i5-241M 2.3Ghz; NVIDIA GT 555M 2GB PCIe; 8 GB DDR-3 1333; motherboard: Intel HM65 Express Chipset Mainboard. Suggestions? Many thanks! -- Fr David Ousley davidousley(a)verizon.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 9 months

[opensuse] Howto repair - corrupt jpeg file - anything new out there?

by David C. Rankin

Braintrust, (graphics file gurus): I have a handful of family pictures that have gotten corrupted somehow. A majority have the thumbnails in place showing the initial exif header is in good shape, but the scan section may be hosed. All pictures were taken from the same kodak camera, so a hex edit replacement of the jpg header may be an option. I don't know, I've just been googling for ideas. I suspect the corruption occurred in the copy from the flash drive to the hard-disk. The flash drive is long long overwritten. I'm looking for any and all ideas. Different apps, different potential mods/recompiles to libjpeg, anything?? I've tried the different apps, gimp, kview, convert, etc.. convert gives the most descriptive error: family_pictures/2008/12> convert 2008-12-24-095905.jpg -resize 95% ~/tmp/2008-12-24-095905.jpg convert: Corrupt JPEG data: 3896 extraneous bytes before marker 0x51 `2008-12-24-095905.jpg' @ warning/jpeg.c/JPEGWarningHandler/325. convert: Unsupported marker type 0x51 2008-12-24-095905.jpg @ error/jpeg.c/JPEGErrorHandler/297. convert: missing an image filename `/home/david/tmp/2008-12-24-095905.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3015. From the error I can tell that there is a messed up jpeg marker, but I haven't a clue to what markers are legit and what aren't. (obviously it doesn't like 0x51...) What say the gurus? Anyone every solved something like this before? -- 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

9 years, 10 months

[opensuse] Cyrus IMAP password

by James Knott

I'm trying to set up a Cyrus IMAP server. It requires an IMAP password, but I don't see any default or way to set it. What's the secret here? tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 10 months

[opensuse] Recover Linux Raid 0 with 2x2port 3Ware Raid 1 cards

by LLLActive＠GMX.Net

Hi all, I have an openSUSE 11.4 32Bit system installed on its own disk. Additionally attached are 2 mirrored 2-Port 3Ware raid cards, striped as Linux Raid, then mounted as /home/Data (ext4). The softraid was mounted after the OS installation within fstab, because I wanted Data to be on the raid and not be dependent on or be part of the OS FS directly. I've never had a softraid before. Hard-Raid recover is painless with 2Ware, and immune to failing OS. I got a backup of the 4 TB raid; it has 2 TB data and a restore takes quite a while. Now I lost my OS Installation, the disk is unresponsive. Before I go ahead, I was wondering which way to go. I am planning to install a new system and just hope the soft raid will be there when I partition. What should I watch out for? I have searched and read some ways to recover defective raids in the TLDP.org and others, but the raid was ok. It was a mount as /home/Data directory. I will mount it after the new installation as /home/Data again. Will that work ok? How does the raid-setup work? Is the raid-partition info kept on the disks? There is no controller with bios as in hardware raid to store the Linux softraid info. As far as I know, HW-raids save the raid-partition info on the disks and on the controller. How is it in softraid? :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 10 months

[opensuse] burning of a suse install CD

by Constant Brouerius van Nidek

My son is finally so far that he wants to try out opensuse. Up to now he has only used Windows. The problem is that windows seems to neglect the .iso extension. It does not show up. Only in chrome with which he made the download. USB seems possible but was done without success. Read a lot on the web to no avail. The iso file seems to be there as far as he can see. openSUSE-11.4-KDE-LiveCD-x86_64-2.8.0.iso No burning a cd (dvd burner not available). Remember from past discussions that such burning is not without problems. Could somebody give me details about the burning process? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.1.0-rc3-1-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.1 (4.7.1) 17:40pm up 1 day 5:39, 2 users, load average: 1.84, 0.65, 1.16 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 10 months

[opensuse] Can't change password on 11.4

by James Knott

Since some updates last week, I am unable to use the passwd command to change passwords. When I try, I get an error message: Unable to generate a salt. Check your crypt settings. Cannot create salt for blowfish crypt Error: Password NOT changed. passwd: Authentication token manipulation error Any fix for this? I can use Yast to change passwords, but that means bring the employees into my office to change their own passwords. tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 10 months

[opensuse] command line question

by George OLson

I am migrating my music over from itunes to run on Amarok (or another player that may be better and can sync an ipod touch running ios 4.2.1). The first step is to copy my music files from my itunes directories into the music folder on my hard drive, /home/music. The problem is, I have about 1/3 or 1/4 of these files purchased directly from itunes, and so they are in the proprietary itunes format, *.m4p. I will not be sharing my purchased music with anyone, so I will not be violating any copyright laws, so no worries there. However, I still need to be able to read these songs with the music player in OS 11.4, and I still need to be able to manage my ipod touch in OS without going back to windows. My first thought is that I would like to segregate all the m4p files into one directory folder. /homes/music has multiple sub-directories with the artists names, and those have sub-directories with album names on them. I was thinking the command line would be faster than one by one, if there is a command line program similar to 'mv' that will look into a directory and all its sub-directories to find files of type *.m4p, and move them to a separate directory. From there I can work with them in some way. At the very least I will know which ones are in the m4p format so that I can go back to my windows pc, burn them to audio cd (if there are not too many), and then rip them back to mp3. Or, if there is a better way to just use amarok or some other program to read all the files, find the m4p files, and convert them, that would be the easiest. thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

9 years, 10 months

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openSUSE Users August 2011