December 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] notify-sharp needs a patch
by hecke 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Dear Opensusis, I was trying to install Sparkleshare on OpenSuse 11.4, but failed at an old version of notify-sharp. I looked for newer versions but found only notify-sharp-0.4.0-220.1.1.x86_64.rpm which does not resolve my problem. The developer of Sparkleshare told me that there exists a patch which is integrated in other distros. https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/search?q=sparklebubbles Could you integrate that patch as well? thanks a lot Hecke

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[opensuse] 12.2 Shutdown but not power off
by ianseeks 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Hi Does anyone else have this as an issue? The system gets the "System Halted" message but does not do the next step of turning the machine off. (i pressed ESC after selecting shutdown to watch the text display of the shutdown process) Is there a configuration item for this or does it sound like a bug? 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] Opensuse lists down?
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Since hours nothing comes from the list. Lists are down? -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 12.2 (i586) Kernel: 3.4.11-2.16-default KDE Development Platform: 4.9.4 "release 5" 11:32am up 17:49, 3 users, load average: 1.40, 0.67, 0.58 -- 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] Configuring a working Suspend-to-Disk method?
by Bjoern Voigt 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

Hello, I'd like to use Suspend-to-Disk on one of my computers. The normal openSUSE methods (tested: KDE start menu and "powersave -U") do not work as expected. The computer suspends and switches off, but after switch-on I see, that the kernel does not find a valid hibernation image: $ dmesg [...] [ 3.884656] PM: Starting manual resume from disk [ 3.884659] PM: Hibernation image partition 8:3 present [ 3.884659] PM: Looking for hibernation image. [ 3.884809] PM: Image not found (code -22) [ 3.884809] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded. [...] After some debugging with /usr/src/linux-*/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt I found that the following method # echo platform > /sys/power/disk # echo disk > /sys/power/state works ok. Debugging with http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_disk was not successful. I am not sure, but I believe, that problems in my setup are caused by s2disk. My question: Is it possible to configure openSUSE so, that the working method ("echo disk > /sys/power/state", see above) is used in KDE and maybe in "powersave -U" instead of the other method (s2disk)? Greetings, Björn -- 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] installation from live cd or install dvd?
by George Olson 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

Hi everyone, This is just a general question, but I am interested in different points of view. I read about some people installing openSUSE from the live CD, and others installing openSUSE from the install DVD. I have only done installations from the install DVD, whether they were upgrades or clean installs. So my question is, what is the advantage and why do people do an installation from the live CD? I have used a live CD or a live USB boot stick for various things from time to time (usually testing), so I am very curious as to why someone would want to use that to do an installation. I know there is an installation option on the boot menu. It just seems that there is just a ton more software available on the install DVD than on the live CD, although of course it would always be possible to set up the repositories and do a full system update. And now with openSUSE 12.2, the installation from the DVD doesn't take more than about 15 minutes, at least on the different machines I have made the installations on. -- George Olson Box #1: 12.2 | KDE 4.9.2 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 12.2 | KDE 4.9.1 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 12.2 | KDE 4.9.2 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | 8GB learning openSUSE and loving it -- 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] Q: Moving Software RAID 0 to another server
by andreil1 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

Hi, folks ! I was requested to move software SATA RAID 0 (no LVM) from one OpenSUSE server to another. Both are Intel based but 2nd is much more beefy. I have checked which kernel modules are required for server #2 and loaded into initial ramdisk. Apart from adding kernel modules to initrd, what else should be checked in order to load system on PC #2? /etc/fstab entries / mount points options? What would be the best options for /etc/fstab/ entries (taking into account software RAID 0 config): UUID, Device ID, Device path ? Anything else to be taken into consideration (apart from re-assgning network cards)? This is working server, used for web / mail / calendaring / IP telephony for 5 offices simultaneously, so I had to be very quick even if move will be performed on holidays. Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s) A.Verovski -- 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] Re: installation from live cd or install dvd?
by Malcolm 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

On Fri 14 Dec 2012 07:41:39 PM CST, Rajko wrote: >On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:03:33 +0800 >George Olson <grglsn765(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> So my question is, what is the advantage and why do people do an >> installation from the live CD? > >Which way has advantage mainly depends on time passed after release >day, and to minor extent on type of Internet connection one has. > >Linux distros accumulate updates fast, so after few months there will >be couple hundreds MB of updates. Using DVD at that time means double >download. Once DVD versions of software, and right after installation >updates. In other words DVD makes sense after release day, but as time >is passing it is losing advantage. > >Also, there is another factor - testing. >Majority of Factory testers don't download DVD, but use either Live or >NET install iso, most likely "burned" to USB memory stick for >installation on physical machine, or even more often install iso >directly in virtual machine. In other words, those versions are better >tested then DVD. > Hi AFAIK, if your wanting to boot via UEFI, 1 your hardware needs to support usb UEFI booting, plus the live cd's don't have the efi files necessary..... Both my HP ProBook 4525s and this DELL Latitude E5510 needed the DVD to install grub2-efi (aside from having to manually create (via gparted) the gpt partitioned disk and efi boot partition). -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 3 days 1:29, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.07 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520(a)2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU -- 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] root login via graphic console
by Roger Oberholtzer 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

On a 12.1 system, I cannot log in as root via KDM/XDM. I remember this change from a while back and have made these changes in /etc/sysconfog/displaymanager: DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes" DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_LOCAL="yes" DISPLAYMANAGER_SHUTDOWN="all" In addition, in /etc/sysconfig/security, I have: PERMISSION_SECURITY="easy local" Nonetheless, I get a popup that root logins are not allowed. Did I miss a setting? The system is up-to-date, running KDE 4.9.4 Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems 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] YaST appears 'squished'
by Monte Milanuk 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

So... new install of 12.2 on Lenovo ThinkPad T530, 1600x900 resolution, selected XFCE as default WM. When I open up any YaST module , it always comes up in a fairly small box on the screen (maybe 4" w x 3"h) regardless of how it is configured when I close it out. I then have to drag/expand it to a usable size, and click/drag all the frames between window areas to get them to where I can actually read/use the menus and lists contained within. Any ideas on why this is happening, and on how to fix it? TIA, Monte -- 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] systemd service units with ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo 'Starting something:' ?
by Per Jessen 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

I have a couple of systemd service units with ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo 'Starting something:' (e.g. spamd and postfix I think). The echo just leaves lines like these in /var/log/messages: 2012-12-07T12:23:48+01:00 dupont5 echo[2799]: Starting mail service 2012-12-07T16:15:03+01:00 dupont5 echo[4778]: Starting spamd: I was just wondering what the purpose of this ExecStartPre is? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-1.4°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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