April 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] how to suppress YOU update prompt for locked packages?
by Carl Hartung 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hi All, In re: oS 11.4 / GNOME 2 / x86_64 I got tired of orange skies and blue skin on YouTube and reverted to flash-player-11.1.102.63-0.2.1.x86_64 I've locked the package in 'Software Management' but YOU is still warning me that this package needs to be updated. How do I suppress this warning? TIA & regards, Carl -- 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] This is the first time of reporting at staying away from a version 12.1 !
by Duaine Hechler 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

For about four weeks now, I have been trying to upgrade from 11.4 to 12.1. I've encountered nothing but problems: - Can't get my MB sound card to work (Intel ICH7) consistent. - alsasound will not stay "yes" in the system service levels. - rcalsasound or alsactl reports (alsa) "inactive" - and - can't get it active. - Can't get my display to stay at 1024x768 - Can't get rid of the "Nepomuk Indexing Disabled) popups - (Although I solved this but took some emails to the group) Can't read my old postgres db's (11.4) on 12.1 (New version of postgres - with no warning about a db conflict) This was critical because the db's were my accounting app. I think that is it - not sure. Back to 11.4 -- 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: Sharing /home
by Duaine Hechler 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ? Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ? 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] su: ... Couldn't access gnome keyring socket: ... Permission denied
by Carlos E. R. 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm getting often this error in the logs: <10.3> 2012-04-19 15:55:34 Telcontar su - - - Couldn't access gnome keyring socket: /tmp/keyring-knn8GB/control: Permission denied <10.3> 2012-04-19 15:55:34 Telcontar su - - - gkr-pam: couldn't unlock the login keyring. <4.5> 2012-04-19 15:55:34 Telcontar su - - - (to test) cer on /dev/pts/4 It is coincidental to user "cer" doing "su - test" and succeeding. The socket file exists, and is apparently accessible to the user: Telcontar:~ # l /tmp/keyring-knn8GB/ total 40 drwx------ 2 cer users 4096 Apr 18 20:29 ./ drwxrwxrwt 471 root root 36864 Apr 19 16:22 ../ srwxr-xr-x 1 cer users 0 Apr 18 20:29 control= srwxr-xr-x 1 cer users 0 Apr 18 20:29 gpg= srwxr-xr-x 1 cer users 0 Apr 18 20:29 pkcs11= srwxr-xr-x 1 cer users 0 Apr 18 20:29 ssh= Telcontar:~ # What can it be? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+QItQACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VHvQCfT60BE/gZKHsipFGRCsO7KKcb tp4An04ROXe8CDXGR9BJK0FAzdnJEoTM =uJca -----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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[opensuse] nepomuk not indexing certain files - is there a better indexing program?
by george olson 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Using OpenSUSE 12.1 and KDE 4.7 on a 32bit system. I haven't tested this on my other machines that run 64bit with KDE 4.8. I just noticed that on this computer, which has been fully indexed by nepomuk and strigi, it does not return any odt file extensions, even if I am searching in the same directory and I can see the file that I am searching right there in front of me. Apparently there are some bugs in nepomuk/strigi similar to this that other folks have experienced on other platforms, as I noticed on bug reports. Certainly as they improve nepomuk and strigi I am sure that these will be great indexing platforms. So my question is, does anyone out there use a different indexing program? If so, what have you experienced with it? I am intersted in people's opinions here. Indexing files and their contents for rapid search is certainly very helpful for the work I am trying to do. Thanks in advance 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] Simulating disk "hotplug" event and notifying the kernel?
by Philip Vossler 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hi All, Is there anyone that can elaborate on the sequence of events that take place when removing and re-inserting a had disk? Specifically how can I send a signal to the kernel that a disk has been removed and re-inserted with out actually doing so! I am trying to overcome an issue with the "secure-erase" of an ssd. Currently I need to physically remove and re-insert the disk in order to "un-freeze" it before I can issue the security-erase command. So far the only way I can find of unfreezing the disk is to either remove and re-insert the device or power cycle the 5V! The latter is less than ideal and the former a non-starter in the app I have in mind. Any assistance appreciated! Phil Vossler -- "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line." BENOIT MANDELBROT 1924 — 2010 -- 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] pm-suspend works again on oS 12.1 & KDE 4.8.x
by phanisvara das 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

today i received an update of the pm-utils package from the 12.1 update repo, and after a long time, pm-suspend works again (openSUSE 12.1 / KDE 4.8.2). -- phani. -- 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] openoffice document looks different from original
by Istvan Gabor 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Hello: A few years ago (in 2006) I made documents in openoffice writer, but I can't remember which exact openoffice version I used. (I guess it could be openoffice 2.x.) I included tables in the documents and set the text so that it perfectly fit the table window. I opened those files yesterday (in openoffice 3.1.1 and libreoffice 3.4) and found that the text does not fit in the tables. The end of the text is cut and a small red mark is shown in the lower right corner of the table. The text font is arial and I don't use font replacement table. My questions: 1. Why the documents look different now from the originals? Is it possible that openoffice is not compatible with its earlier version? (As I recall Microsoft Word was/is famous for that). 2. How could I detect which version of openoffice created those files? Is this information recorded in the files and if so, can it be retrieved? 3. How can I get the original view without editing the text in openoffice after opening? Thanks, Istvan -- 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] Plex running on openSUSE?
by Dennis Gallien 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Has anyone gotten the Plex media server (plexapp.com) running on openSUSE? Linux has limited support, i.e., there is a .deb for Ubuntu but no .rpm, and in the forums when it was requested for openSUSE the response was a "no, insufficient resources". There is a tarball for slackware which looks like it should work, but fails on a python error. I could try alien, but I've had strange results with it in the past. Or I suppose I could try installing Ubuntu on a separate partition and see if I could get it running from there, but that is a PITA and may not work anyway. Suggestions? -- 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] build RAID1 partition from previously used ordinary partition without data loss?
by Felix Miata 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

I'm trying to do this without YaST because I find curses YaST so hard to use and want to understand how to manage RAID without depending on working X to do it. I build a system using 250G and 320G HDs. The first 250G on the 320G was set up as a virtual clone of the 250G, with 7 partitions on each making up v1.0 md0-md6 during openSUSE 11.0 installation. The remaining 152G space on the 320G was created as an ordinary EXT2 partition. I've since replaced the 250G with a 500G, succeeded in replacing the individual RAID elements on md0-md6, and want to create a clone of the 152G partition on the 320G disk on the 500G disk, then create md7 from those two partitions. I tried initially creating md7 using only the original 152G partition to ensure against data loss, then add the new 152G partition to the existing single partition md7. These mdX partitions are all type 0xFD in the partition tables. But 'mdadm -cv/dev/md7 --level=1 /dev/sdb14' produces an error message "mdadm: -c does not set the mode, and so cannot be the first option". So, I don't know what to do. If there's anything in the mdadm man page on converting existing partitions to RAID1 elements, I'm missing it. mdadm.conf is the attachment, which is the original, plus my last line addition for the new array minus a UUID. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

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