February 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OT - Firefox 10 relieves add-on updating pain
by Basil Chupin 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Mozilla today patched eight vulnerabilities in Firefox as it shipped the latest iteration in its rapid release schedule. Firefox 10, sixth in the line of updates that have been rolling off the development line every six weeks since mid-2011, fixed half a dozen flaws rated "critical," Mozilla's highest threat ranking, and another two labeled "high." One of the notable vulnerabilities addressed in Firefox 10 could open users to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks because the browser did not properly run a security check when calling untrusted scripting objects, said Mozilla. [More] http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/013112-firefox-10-relieves-add-on-upd… PS - Read article and download FF 10 from link given. I just installed it and it works brilliantly (faster than #9 as far as I am concerned). BC -- "If I were a rich man, yubbydibbydibbydibbydibbydibbydibbydum. All day long I’d biddybiddybum, if I were a wealthy man. Which probably explains why I’m not." -- 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 nfs4 error
by lynn 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Hi Yast NFS Client gives me the option to choose a share and select nfsv4. If I select the share I want from the drop down list it will not mount the share. I think the dialogue is wrong. e.g. if /home is exported and I select /home from the drop down list it will not mount. For nfs4 it should change /home to / As I see it, yast is trying to do this: mount -t nfs4 myserver:/home /somewhere but it should be doing this mount -t nfs4 myserver:/ /somewhere Is this a bug in Yast? I can mount it manually, but what should I put in fstab to make it mount? Thanks L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Seek recommendations for Motherboard Diag Software
by Duaine Hechler 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Over the last several days things are beginning to happen. I'm up to date on all updates. A week ago, the integrated audio - output - went out. The last two days, opensuse 11.4 will just completely die - to the point, the desktop locks up (no mouse, can't switch desktops, etc) and the reboot command is accepted but never completes. I have to hit the button to do a hard reboot. Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years -- 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: Post to opensuse@opensuse.org denied
by Cody Nelson 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

I have a software Raid5 with 4 1TB drives. I first found that the system was hung and couldn't get anything on the screen, rebooted and did some poking around before it went down again. I do have a spare drive but not sure which drive it is. Think I read a drive number giving some errors. Right now that PC is off till I get some information and a plan of action. Each time the server is on, its up for about 30 min, then is unresponsive. Bellow is some of the output, I'd appreciate any help, I'm not use to software raid issues. /dev/md0: Version : 00.90.03 Creation Time : Mon Nov 3 01:30:34 2008 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 2930285184 (2794.54 GiB 3000.61 GB) Used Dev Size : 976761728 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 Preferred Minor : 0 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Fri Jan 13 18:28:23 2012 State : active, resyncing Active Devices : 4 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Rebuild Status : 1% complete UUID : 9327adce:9242bb1a:5ddee0bc:b536709a Events : 0.11 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 Oh yea openSUSE 11.1 on an intel celeron 600mhz 512mb ram, 3ware 8 SATA in jbod mode. -- 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] Do I have to start rpc.gssd manually?
by lynn 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Hi 12.1 Mounting a NFS4 share on a client with sec=krb5 fails. ps shows that the gss daemon isn't running. Shouldn't mount start it before going ahead? Thanks, L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Application to search software.openSUSE.org?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi, openSUSE has quite a lot of packages that I don't find from Yast Software Manager. I have to go to software.opensuse.org. Is there any way to search these packages without opening the browser? Thanks Swapnil -- 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] ImageMagick import - HowTo capture kdm on vt7 from tty1??
by David C. Rankin 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Guys, I need to make a screenshot of the kdm greeter from tty1. All of the examples show using: import -display :0.0 -window root somefile.png It doesn't work. Unable to open display. I have also tried with :0, localhost:0, localhost:0.0, etc. nothing seems to work. I was able to grab one "black" screenshot after using ctrl+alt+F1 and then using: import -display :0 -window root somefile.png The capture what the correct 1440x900 screen size, but it was black. The X server seemed to reset after taking the screenshot and the import command would no longer work. The imagick website shows the syntax as: import -display host:display[.screen] -window root somefile.png http://www.imagemagick.org/www/command-line-options.html#display What am I messing up? I get the same results with both radeonhd and nvidia drivers (different boxes of course) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gnome-screensaver under XFCE
by lynn 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi Problem: The xscreensaver that comes with 12.1 doesn't support Kerberos 5 Possible solution: gnome-screensaver which comes with Ubuntu does unlock with your Kerberos credetials. Try that with 12.1? What I've done: Install gnome-screensaver using yast cd /usr/bin mv xscreensaver xscreensaver.bak ln -s gnome-screensaver xscreensaver No surprize, now the screensaver dialogue in XFCE Settings Manager doesn't work. Starting gnome-screensaver gives: ** (gnome-screensaver:5232): WARNING **: Couldn't get presence status: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files Questions 1. Is it possible configure gnome-screensaver under XFCE (without installing most of Gnome)? 2. Any other ideas? Thanks, L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE 12.1 LXDE?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi, Where can I download the latest version of openSUSE 12.1 for LXDE for my netbook? All I see is 11.3. Best Swapnil -- 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] can't unlock xscreensaver
by lynn 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi everyone Logged into a Samba 4 domain from a 12.1 client under xfce, xscreensaver will not accept my Samba 4 password. /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver makes no mention of Samba 4 nor Kerberos. I understand that Samba 4 is still alpha, but maybe someone has a 12.1 client joined to a 2008-R2 AD and can help here. How can I let xscreensaver know that I'm not authenticating via gnome-keyring, locally nor via LDAP? Thanks L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] attachments in thunderbird 9
by george olson 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi everyone, I am using thunderbird 9 on my office pc, opensuse 12.1 32 bit. I get attachments with emails, and in particular the pdf attachments are what are causing a problem. I want to open pdf attachments with okular, but when click to open the attachment, my only option is to open with GIMP. the dialog box does not allow me to choose another application besides GIMP, which is the default. How do I configure thunderbird so that I can choose the application to open, or else set pdf files to open with okular? Of course pdf files when opened from dolphin or anywhere else will open with okular. I was able to configure thunderbird on my home pc to open attachments with okular, but I can't remember how I did it. Now I am stuck, and searching the forums doesn't yield any help. The mimeedit extension for thunderbird seemed to work for some people before, but that extension has been removed from thunderbird options. George -- 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] Broken wine in 12.1 distribution
by Marc Chamberlin 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Just a heads up, the standard version of wine 1.3.30-2.1.2-xxx, that comes with the 12.1 distribution, is seriously broken. I could not get any of the PortableApps that I use to run under it. Googling shows others having problems with both the versions that come with both 12.1 and 11.4. To fix, there is a release candidate of wine - 1.3.38_1.4rc1-2.1-xxx available from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.1/ that works fine... Dunno if this should be reported as a bug, since I dunno what openSuSE's policy is regarding products that are still undergoing testing, so there may not be a viable alternate for the distribution's main repository... But to my way of thinking, it is better to distribute a working test version of a product than a broken released product... Marc... -- "The Truth is out there" - Spooky -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] OT - Firefox 10 relieves add-on updating pain
by smartysmart34＠web.de 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

> >We are aware of the ESR releases and the lifetime of the FF3.6 and TB3.1 series. >What we haven't discussed in detail yet is if we want those and stay on them in >the official update channel for openSUSE! Fine for me as long as there will be a transition from the Soon-to-be-discontinued TB3 to a current version. Preferably in the regular update repository. Regards, Martin ___________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192 -- 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] Greg KH- Exclusive Interview Series
by Swapnil Bhartiya 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Hi, As everyone knows SUSE Fellow and one of the stars of the Linux world Greg KH has joined the Linux Foundation. I have had the pleasure of interviewing him and Linus couple of times. Here is a series of exclusive one-to-one interviews with Greg KH. Hope you will enjoy http://www.muktware.com/news/3271/exclusive-interview-greg-kroah-hartman-vi… Also, just want to say THANK YOU to Greg for making our devices work under Linux. Swapnil Bhartiya -- 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 Kmail account (for receiving) in KDE v4.7
by Stan Goodman 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

The OS is openSuSE v12.1 x86_64, newly installed in a clean partition. Configuring Kmail for sending was a snap; to do the same for receiving has me flummoxed. In Kmail settings > Accounts > Receiving, I see a screen that offers me a choice between defining a Local folder or an Akonadi folder. No problem there -- I chose the local folder, and accepted the default folder name. What now? I do not see any clue about how to progress to actually configuring an account -- username, password, server name, etc. The very ample Help screen is of no help, since it seems not to have caught up with v4.7, and it fails to mention this first screen at all. I have also found nothing through a 'Net search. Either I am missing something that is obvious to everyone else, or there is a bug on this screen. How can I graduate to the actual configuration screens for the receive function? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- 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] PCI-e Wireless card
by Christoph Bartoschek 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hi, can anyone recommend a PCI-e wireless card that works out of the box with opensuse? Thanks Christoph -- 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] 11.4 Update (gtk?) messed up thunderbird thread marker triangles?
by David C. Rankin 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Guys, It seems one of the latest updates did something to the little triangle thread markers in thunderbird that show when a thread has responses. Now the triangles for collapsed threads look like little squiglies. The downward facing triangles showing expanded threads look OK. Anybody else see this? Does this look like a Gtk issue or an issue with thunderbird? This screenshot shows what I'm seeing: [64k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/img/misc/tbird-triangles.jpg I don't think this problem is gtk2 itself because I see the same behavior on arch with gtk2 2.24.9-2. So it seems to be in some related/supporting package that draws the little triangles in thunderbird. I don't think this is just thunderbird related either, others have reported the same problems on all apps compiled against gtk2. Any ideas what package/library might be the root cause of the problem? I have no idea where the bug goes... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] lost konsole feature in kde 4.8
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

I have been using KDE as shipped in 12.1, except that I let it update apps. I updated to 4.8 yesterday and lost one of the great konsole features I discovered in the original: If I start konsole with the option: "ssh -t www.somewhere.else ssh acme" I get the expected remote login. The neat new thing I saw in the original 12.1 konsole was that if I opened a new tab in that console, it also did the remote login automatically. I was duly impressed. Just what I needed. This no longer happens in the konsole in 4.8. Instead, it is the older behavior that the new tab is a local shell. Anyone else seen this? Perhaps there is now a setting that controls this. Something like, "each new tab runs the command from the command line"? I don't see this. But perhaps I do not know where to look. I do lots of ssh stuff this way. It was a great feature. Please don't tell me it was a bug... -- Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fax over ????
by Duaine Hechler 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Setup: - openSUSE 11.4 - U-Verse TV box - - COAX connected to TV card - - RJ-45 connected to U-Verse gateway box - HP 6500 wireless capable printer - - No phone line attached (yet - phone jack on other side of room) - - USB attached to computer - No VOIP account (yet) What can I do the easiest to FAX ? (Of course, a phone line ~ 50 ft) Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years -- 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] Fontconfig fonts priority
by Mariusz Fik 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hi, current fontconfig configuration[1] sets the highest priority for Microsoft font. If user install them (i.e. Times New Roman, Arial, Consolas) they will be set as _default_ for respectively families (sans-serif, sans, monospace). Why do we promote Microsoft fonts instead support open fonts, shipped with system? I propose[2] to downgrade those fonts. Thanks to this, we keep our default font settings but those MS fonts will be still available for use. Whats Your point of view in this case? [1] - http://wklej.org/hash/8b4a01a9dc/ [2] - http://wklej.org/hash/dc1f3fa218/ -- Pozdrawiam / Best regards, Mariusz Fik openSUSE Community Member GPG: 5FCE 7241 B3B9 32FD 455B C30E 42D6 6C88 9E83 7C3D

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[opensuse] usb stick + KDE4 live CD image
by madworm_de.opensuse＠spitzenpfeil.org 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Is there a know way to install a live CD image onto an usb stick with: a) not using the whole stick (16GB), but just one partition (e.g. sdb1) for the image b) having additional data partition(s) on there as well I'm not interested in having a 'persistent' live system on the stick, I just don't want to sacrifice 16GB for a 1GB image. I played a bit with syslinux and qemu for testing and got it to boot with that. Only it doesn't boot on a real PC. -- 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] .desktiop file name extension
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

I have some files that contain [Desktop Entry] descriptions for KDE. They are shown as ICONS on the desktop. Some have the extension .desktop, and some do not. All seems to work in an identical fashion. My question: Is there any good reason, from the pov of KDE, to have the .desktop extension? Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to type special chars?
by Stefan Gofferje 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I haven't spent much thought about this in the 15 or so years I deal with Linux now but since I moved to Finland, it struck me... How do I type combined chars like éêë or ü under Opensuse 12.1 Under Windows and OSX, you type e.g. ´ and then e. On the Finnish keyboard there is a " button at the place where the ü is on the German keyboard, but it's not actually a " button. It is meant to create Üü by first pressing the button and then pressing Uu but again, similar to the ´ ` key, it immediately creates a " when you press it. So how do I type those combined chars? - -S - -- (o_ Stefan Gofferje | SCLT, MCP, CCSA //\ Reg'd Linux User #247167 | VCP #2263 V_/_ Heckler & Koch - the original point and click interface 09:12am up 20:56, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.20, 0.29 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk8k82QACgkQbQKZlCdPOMMKbQCffXUWIvLHwqolZ/SbVrScUgPw nnYAnit3nYVT4wZ+ZKv04A9ispsAHGei =HT7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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