June 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Skype 4.0 for Linux
by Carl Hartung 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Hi All, This item just appeared on slashdot ... Skype 4.0 For Linux Now Available http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/06/14/223213/skype-40-for-linux-now-avai… "Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been made available today(1), bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features. Skype 4.0, codenamed "Four Rooms for Improvement," is long overdue, and Marco Cimmino makes a point of thanking Linux users for their patience on the Skype blog(2). The main improvements Skype is delivering include much improved audio call quality, better video support, and improved chat synchronization. For video specifically, Skype has spent time implementing support for a much wider range of webcams, so if your camera didn't work before today you might be surprised to find it does in Skype 4.0. Visually, Skype has received a new Conversations View, which brings all chats into a single, unified window (you can revert to the old view if you prefer). There's also a new Call View, presence and emoticons have been redesigned, and you can now store and view numbers within each Skype profile." Links: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/skype-4-0-for-linux-now-available-2012061… http://blogs.skype.com/linux/2012/06/skype_40_for_linux.html I'm currently running skype-2.2.0.35-suse111.i586 on 11.4 Anyone know if/when an updated package will be available for openSUSE? Thanks & 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] Printing with Canon IP1600 - cups thinks success, but nothing comes out
by Myrosia Dzikovska 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

I am trying to get a Canon IP1600 to print in OpenSuse 12.1. There are ubuntu instructions on the web, that I am trying to adapt http://askubuntu.com/questions/41615/how-to-install-canon-pixma-ip1600 I downloaded the drivers, tracked down older libraries (gtk1), and installed the rpms. The ppd file needed minor corrections, to say resolution 600x600 instead of 600/600, but with that passed the cupstestppd. Yast print setup happily detects the printer, reads in the ppd file, and lets me choose the ip2200 driver (which according to the docs should support ip1600 as well) . But when I print a test page, nothing comes out of the printer. The cups error log is attached. It contains no errors - cups clearly thinks that all is well. I tried using the command it logs from the command line, with a ps file, but that just got a bunch of stuff printed on the console instead of going to the printer. What could be going wrong here? (logged command) /usr/bin/gs -r600 -g4958x7016 -q -dNOPROMPT -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- -| /usr/local/bin/cifip2200 --imageres 600 --papersize a4 --media plain --quality 3 --bbox 9,14,585,834 Thanks Myrosia

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[opensuse] Still wanting to upgrade to 12.1 ..............
by Duaine Hechler 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

with the following conditions fixed. I would like to here from persons that have had these problems fixed. - 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 TIA, 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] Need help: I found out where s2disk crashes.
by Carlos E. R. 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm using 11.4. Hibernation, which has been relieably for years, is now crashing at the "Snapshotting system" message since about two or three months, after two or more hibernation cycles. I have hacked the suspend_system() function in suspend.c, adding messages that get printed to the screen so that I can see where it gets stuck. After doing the modification, system refused to crash for a week, till yesterday: finally, I got a crash after the "step 1.2" message: sprintf(message, "Snapshotting system - step 1.1"); printf("%s: %s\n", my_name, message); if (set_image_size(snapshot_fd, image_size)) { error = errno; break; } sprintf(message, "atomic_snapshot - step 1.2"); printf("%s: %s\n", my_name, message); <=========== if (atomic_snapshot(snapshot_fd, &in_suspend)) { error = errno; break; } So, it appears that atomic_snapshot() fails, and fails to report, and kernel crashes silently. What is the next step, what can I do? I'm no kernel dev, I need help! https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765084#c5 - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk/sH24ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Vw9wCfVSCa0I1N5QT1TFW9p6y5Il4+ jwIAn3jENKU7Gs+Bob4ZFmyBrXvJRqt1 =gLuF -----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] 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] OpenSuSE 12.1: connect-debounce error
by Peter Maffter 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

I am still testing my new machine. First I had problems with the fake raid of my AsrockZ68 Extreme4 Gen3: OpenSuSE 11.4 was not able to handle this in RAID1 mode. I switched to OpenSuSE 11.3 which worked. But I still wanted a new version of SuSE so I tried 12.1 a few days ago. There was a huge problem with Systemd and RAID mechanism which gave me the impression that this part is far too immature to be used. This view of mine is confirmed by the many problems of systemd that can be read on the internet. I switched back to SysV initialization instead of Systemd. SysV works now. But both initialization methods show an error: "<3>[ 4.722529] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled" This was not shown when booting SuSE 11.3 so I wonder why SuSE 12.1 fills up the logfile with that message: "... Feb 10 10:07:53 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 246.401407] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:07:55 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 248.441347] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:07:57 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 250.489279] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:07:59 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 252.537238] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:08:01 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 254.585179] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:08:03 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 256.633113] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:08:05 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 258.677047] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled Feb 10 10:08:07 linux-wc9i kernel: [ 260.724980] hub 1-1:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled ..." :-( All USB ports seem to work and accept e.g. USB sticks. USB ports are ok as far as I can see. No hardware was changed between 11.3 and 12.1. Luckily I have the boot.msg from 11.3 and there are differences when detecting USB: SuSE 12.1: <6>[ 2.110478] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 2.130475] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected .... <6>[ 2.555082] hub 1-1:1.0: 6 ports detected <===this one shows the debounce later on ... <6>[ 2.799073] hub 2-1:1.0: 8 ports detected .. <6>[ 6.116515] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 6.116672] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 6.117044] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 6.117148] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected SuSE 11.3 detects USB different and showed no error: <6>[ 1.066475] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 1.080467] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ... <6>[ 1.459873] hub 1-1:1.0: 6 ports detected ... <6>[ 1.678075] hub 2-1:1.0: 8 ports detected ... <6>[ 4.443160] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected ... <6>[ 4.443582] hub 4-0:1.0: 4 ports detected Is there a bug in the USB detection of SuSE 12.1? How can I correct this? -- 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] KVM fails to autostart guest
by Sunny 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

I have a kvm virtual machine hosted in Tumbleweed, with bridged network setup. I have set the guest to autostart when the host boots. Unfortunately, after reboot of the host, the virtual machine is not started. Looking at the log files, libvirt fails to start it, because the bridged network interface is not ready when it tries to start the guest: libvirtd[1403]: 2012-06-20 13:23:49.833+0000: 1485: error : qemuAutostartDomain:177 : Failed to autostart VM 'testguest': Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device I can see that the interface br0 is started after that. So, this is possible bug, and I'll report it so it can be fixed, but meanwhile, where should I change the startup order of the services, so libvirt is invoked after fully working network? I'm not familiar with the new (not init.d) startup process. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. -- 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: OT: Using s/mime cert in gmail via opensuse 12.1 / firefox?
by Greg Freemyer 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

Does anyone know of anything that works? (I know I can use thunderbird, I'm just trying to get the gmail web interface to work.) Anyway, I found "penango" which is a firefox extension for doing s/mime for gmail/firefox, but I've installed it and I can't tell that penango is doing anything at all. Thanks Greg -- 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] System Monitor - CPU at max
by James Knott 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

I have previously mentioned the extremely poor performance of my main computer, since updating to openSUSE 12.1. On this computer, System Monitor shows CPU history solidly at 100%, only occasionally dropping. Memory and Swap shows memory at 1.5 G of 2.9 and swap at 0.04 of 8. Sometimes the computer bogs down do much that it's essentially unusable. It's a 64 bit AMD CPU & 3 GB of memory and it ran 11.0 very well. Below is a recent "top" capture showing significant amounts of CPU and memory being used by plugin-container and Xorg. I have disabled flash in Seamonkey and Firefox browsers. I have also tried both NVidia and Nouveau video drivers. I even tried turning off PAE support in the BIOS, as it's not necessary with 64 bit and also less than 4 GB of memory. Any idea as to what's causing the performance hog? What I can check? A notebook, also running 12.1, does not exhibit this behaviour. On it, Xorg is running about 3% CPU and 0.5% memory (4 GB installed). Plugin-container doesn't seem to be running on that computer. Can it be turned off? If I reboot the computer or restart the desktop, performance is temporarily better, though not what it should be. tnx jk Tasks: 196 total, 5 running, 189 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie Cpu(s): 86.3%us, 13.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.7%si, 0.0%st Mem: 3088796k total, 2479776k used, 609020k free, 173100k buffers Swap: 8388600k total, 43604k used, 8344996k free, 829156k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 5303 jknott 20 0 603m 96m 29m R 59.4 3.2 2713:28 plugin-containe 3743 root 20 0 484m 151m 22m R 21.6 5.0 768:44.25 Xorg 4620 jknott 20 0 474m 7096 4188 S 4.3 0.2 37:02.39 pulseaudio 8353 jknott 20 0 503m 52m 25m R 4.3 1.7 0:01.02 plugin-containe 4687 jknott 20 0 624m 39m 23m R 4.0 1.3 156:49.87 konqueror 8297 jknott 20 0 866m 194m 50m S 2.3 6.5 0:08.94 firefox-bin 4675 jknott 20 0 492m 25m 18m S 2.0 0.8 57:46.31 ksysguard 4477 jknott 20 0 955m 84m 27m S 0.3 2.8 15:13.98 plasma-desktop 4683 jknott 20 0 9072 1176 700 S 0.3 0.0 9:19.13 ksysguardd 4898 jknott 20 0 939m 130m 26m S 0.3 4.3 5:44.52 chromium 4913 jknott 20 0 1059m 119m 17m S 0.3 4.0 1:36.51 chromium 4917 jknott 20 0 916m 87m 16m S 0.3 2.9 2:38.82 chromium 1 root 20 0 12604 716 656 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.46 init 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kthreadd -- 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] Automatic option synaptics driver gone from settings.
by Odd Ball 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Hi, I now use 12.1 on an eeepc seashell series . I noticed that a very important option: disable pad when typing, and the time to set pad active again, are gone from the touchpad setting menu, in systemsettings. Is there a way to get that option back? You have no idea how annoying it is when you're typing, and suddenly the cursor is taken over by mouseposition. And have to copy, cut and paste the lines that are somewhere into some other teksts inserted.. Regards, Rob. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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