August 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Adding fonts?
by Tracer Bullet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

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

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[opensuse] Where can I get genIS_PLAINcache
by Chuck Payne 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

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

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[opensuse] virtualbox in 11.4 with kde3
by kanenas＠hawaii.rr.com 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

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

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[opensuse] installation error
by Fr David Ousley 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

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

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[opensuse] Howto repair - corrupt jpeg file - anything new out there?
by David C. Rankin 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] Cyrus IMAP password
by James Knott 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] Recover Linux Raid 0 with 2x2port 3Ware Raid 1 cards
by LLLActive＠GMX.Net 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] burning of a suse install CD
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] Can't change password on 11.4
by James Knott 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] command line question
by George OLson 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

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

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[opensuse] camera, skype, microphone
by George OLson 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Joy in every success, frustration in failures, but always an opportunity to learn! and many thanks to all of you who have continually helped me solve the little configuration problems that come up as I get my system started and complete the windows migration! So, here I am now with skype and a camera and a microphone. My microphone is a simple plug in, line input. My camera is an a4tech pk-720mj usb 2.0 camera. I plugged it in and didn't really know what to do. Searched the internet, found a suggestion - download a webcam program and see if it works! So I went to Yast, found 2 packages, wxcam, and webkam. I got both of them. When I open up the program, wxcam has a very good clear image (yea! :) ) Webkam says it cannot find the device (aw :( ). The GUI for webkam does not allow me to select a device - it just says no device found. So using wxcam, I took a test video recording. It records movement fine, but it does not record sound. Yet my camera has sound with it. I opened audacity and set it to look to the usb pc camera (a box next to the microphone) for the input, and it records sound very clearly. The camera is about 2 feet in front of me, so the microphone is of good quality to pick me up well from there. I installed and set up skype. The chat feature works. I tried to get it to use the camera as the sound input, but it will only take the plug-in microphone. It says that pulse audio is managing my sound, so I downloaded pulse audio manager in yast, but I don't know what to do with it. I tested the skype video also. My video is really really dark, but not totally black. It is dark when using skype, but on wxcam, it has a good, clear, bright video. Ok, I know I haven't given a ton of technical specs, only general things. I am wanting to figure out how to: 1 - get skype to be able to use the microphone from the webcam 2 - get the skype video to be bright and clear like it is on wxcam 3 - get wxcam to record both video and audio instead of only video 4 - if there is a better program for managing audio and video input devices, to know what that is and how to use it. It can be gui or command line, as long as I can figure out where to look up the information on how to use the program. I know that my pc is running pulseaudio, but I am not sure how to get the best information. The pulseaudio manager lists under the 'devices' tab the soundcard on the motherboard (alsa_input.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo), and the a4tech pc camera. Beyond that I don't know what else to put here. Thanks, George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] FF 6+ - Howto have it open only 'tab pinned' pages on start?
by David C. Rankin 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Guys, Wolfgang, With the new 'tab pins' in Firefox, how do you tell it to just open the pinned tabs at start? The pinned tabs reopen, but FF also opens my home pages or tabs from last time as well. Since I have pinned the pages I want to open on start -- that's all I want to open.. But, you only have the preferences options to "Start with Homepage", "Blank Page, or "Open my Tabs from Last Time". Is there some way I can just get it to open the pinned tabs and nothing else? All hacks and workarounds appreciated... -- 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] libreoffice hangs at startup
by Istvan Gabor 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Hello: I have openSUSE 11.2 and libreoffice 3.3.2.2 packages (downloaded from repos when they were available). When I start any libreoffice application as usual, the program shows the splash screen and hangs. If I start it from command line, eg oowriter program, it gives neither any error nor other message. If I login as another user the program runs as expected. I have renamed my ~/.libreoffice directory but it did not fix the problem. I guess it is related to my home folder but I don't know what to look for. Any idea? 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] IMAP .. Dovecot ... fetchmail ... postfix ... procmail ...
by Anton Aylward 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

I have a pretty by-the-book (or HowTo) setup that get mail from remote locations using fetchmail, passes it though postfix which then sees ~/.forward and leads to procmail to process via spamassassin and sanitiser and put it into mailboxes which are eventually read over IMAP using a Dovecot server. I get to wonder ... This is a bit heavy handed. All the mail is for me, this is not a corporate server. Yes, I have many addresses but they are all 'me'. It is procmail that determines the mailbox. So I'm wondering if there is a way to get postfix out of the loop for INCOMING mail. -- I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. --Robert Ingersoll (The Ghosts) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde - disappearing system tray?
by Greg Freemyer 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

All, I installed 11.4 on a new laptop yesterday. I had the system tray disappear when I applied the first large set of online updates. I moved .kde out of the way and let it re-recreate. That brought my system tray back for a couple operational hours. Now I was just web browsing etc. and the system tray went away again. When it happens I lose wireless. Anyone know what's going on? Thanks Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Poor battery life with Opensuse 11.4
by Jeff Hoare 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Hi, I have a thinkpad e520 that I am running opensuse 11.4 tumbleweed on. While most everything works I notice that the battery life is quite poor under linux compared to windows. I can only get maybe a couple of hours under linux but 4-5 hours under windows. These have dual graphics (intel + AMD Radeon HD 6630M switchable). I have blacklisted the radeon module so that (hopefully) only the inbuilt intel graphics is used. The radeon module is no longer loaded and intel sandybridge is shown as the driver in gnome, but still the battery doesn't last long. I do notice that the fan seems to be constantly on. Is there anything that I can try to improve the battery life or is this just the state of things under linux for this type of laptop Regards Jeff -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] CLI access to Android Atrix?
by Michael Fischer 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Just got an Atrix G4. Google hasn't been very useful at telling me how to do CLI access to the files there via USB and CLI (cli on the attached desktop machine) Any advice? TIA. Michael -- Michael Fischer michael(a)visv.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-kde] openSUSE's most annoying KDE bugs
by Roger Oberholtzer 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 18:53 +0200, Martin Schlander wrote: > Mandag den 29. august 2011 15:11:00 skrev Sven Burmeister: > > Am Montag, 29. August 2011, 10:24:09 schrieb Ismail Donmez: > > > On 08/28/2011 04:35 PM, Sven Burmeister wrote: > > > > Hey! > > > > > > > > KDE has two bugs in the "most annoying section" which seem to be > > > > resolvable. > > > > > > > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675405 has patches > > > > upstream. > > > > > > This should be fixed in our KDE 4.7 packages already. > > > > Sure, but ther are users who rely on official packages+updates. And unless > > KDE 4.7 is shipped as an official update for 11.4 those people will have a > > crashing network-management and the above bug. > > Fwiw I've updated the link in KDE:UpdatedApps, so users of stable, official > 11.4 can get the latest greatest NetworkManager plasmoid. To be sure this is what one has, which packages should be installed and which not? I have what I expected to be what you describe, but the network manager has not been working correctly for a while. I get messages like this in the pop-up window: "We need Network Manager version between 0.8.1 and 0.8.10, found 0.8.9997" and under each interface it just says: "Error: Invalid state" I am guessing I have some unmatched RPMS. All of KDE is set to be 4.7. This is on openSUSE 11.4. The wlan interface is started, and access points located. But I cannot connect. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Error in HP printer
by A. den Oudsten 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

I'm using 11.4 This day my printer stops to execute printertasks In Cups I get the message: /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed What to do to resolve that? Thanks in advance André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] installing openSUSE on an older pc
by George OLson 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Ok, next problem. I have an older pc for my kids that was running windows xp on it. It is an old Dell desktop with a dual core (I think) Intel Pentium 4 processor and 256MB of RAM. I completely removed XP and installed 32bit OS 11.4 and it is now up and running. However, it runs really, really slow. Basically it is unusable. I kind of expected that, but I wanted to try it out anyway. I assume the problem is not enough memory, right? So what is the best course of action to get it usable for my kids? Is the problem with KDE? Does KDE take up too much RAM to run in the new 4.6? Should I try and downgrade to an earlier version of KDE? If so, how do I get the older KDE packages and install them? Or is the problem with the whole distribution? I have disks for OS 11.1 and OS 9.3. Should I install one of those instead of 11.4? What do I need to look at to figure out the source of the problem and figure out how to fix it, if the easy solution is not just downgrading everything? Thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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