September 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Android print solution?
by David C. Rankin 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Guys, With the iphone we were able to configure good print function via CUPS/Avahi, is there anything similar that can be done with an Android tablet? Looking, it doesn't appear that there is any basic print capability provided by Android (3.2 Honeycomb). I would like to print to by openSuSE server in the same manner I do from iOS. Anybody found a good solution? I have found PrintBot, but that isn't a solution because it cannot be used legally where confidentiality is required. (data is transferred to a 3rd party server before printing). I need to find a direct print solution. What says the braintrust? -- 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] Logrotate fails for mysql
by Carlos E. R. 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I get this in the log: <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - ALERT exited abnormally with [1] <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin: refresh failed; error: 'Unknown error' <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - /etc/logrotate.d/mysql failed, probably because <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - the root acount is protected by password. <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - See comments in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql on how to fix this <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - error: error running non-shared postrotate script for /var/log/mysql/mysqld.log of '/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log ' <9.4> 2012-05-17 22:19:14 Telcontar logrotate - - - Reload syslog service..done Those comments say: # If the root user has a password you have to create a # /root/.my.cnf configuration file with the following # content: # # [mysqladmin] # password = <secret> # user= root # # where "<secret>" is the password. # # ATTENTION: This /root/.my.cnf should be readable ONLY # for root ! And I do have that file with the right permissions: Telcontar:~ # l .my.cnf - -rw------- 1 root root 202 Mar 27 2011 .my.cnf and they have the specified contents: [mysqladmin] password = mypassword user= root So, what happens? This has started right after the last mysql upgrade. Another bug? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+1hWMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XnMQCfUjpQaBLSblmpLrwM8PoTOa32 QaUAnRr1S5gY4o2jcRAx+XPh53BhUken =RHcd -----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] boot.lvm not being executed ?
by Per Jessen 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

I seem to remember having seen this before, but I'm not sure. On my newly upgraded 12.2 system, /etc/init.d/boot.lvm is, afaict, not being executed on startup, so all LVs remain inactive. stork1:/etc/init.d # find . -iname \*lvm\* ./boot.d/K05boot.lvm ./boot.d/S09boot.lvm ./boot.lvm When I run it manually, it works fine: stork1:/etc/init.d # ./boot.lvm start redirecting to systemctl Waiting for udev to settle... Scanning for LVM volume groups... Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "xxxxxxxxx" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "xxxxxx" using metadata type lvm2 Activating LVM volume groups... 3 logical volume(s) in volume group "xxxxxxxxxxx" now active 5 logical volume(s) in volume group "xxxxxx" now active Before I go and open a bugreport, I was just wondering if anyone else is seeing a similar behaviour? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (22.1°C) -- 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] what is the difference between zypper dup and yast switch system packages
by George Olson 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

This came up as I was trying to upgrade KDE, but it is more about the functionality of yast and zypper, so I am posting it in this list instead of the KDE list. I just upgraded my laptop to 12.2, and I wanted to afterwards upgrade to KDE 4.9. So I added the KDE 4.9 repositories for 12.2 and as I write this I am using yast to download the upgrade. I thought about doing it with zypper like I did last time when I was using 12.1, but I decided to try yast this time. So this time I went to yast, selected the KDE repositories I had enabled, and then clicked on the option "switch system packages to this repository." Now what I have learned is that when you do a zypper dup, you can either use the "--from" option" or the "-r" option to specify the repositories you are using. According to man zypper: --from <alias|name|#|URI> Restricts the upgrade to the specified repositories (the option can be used multiple times) only, but can satisfy dependen- cies also from the rest of enabled repositories. -r, --repo <alias|name|#|URI> Work only with the repository specified by the alias, name, number, or URI. This option can be used multiple times. So when I have used zypper dup in the past, I have used the --from option. So here is the question. When you upgrade via yast by switching system packages, is it the same as using the --from option with zypper, the same as using the -r option with zypper, or is it something different? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.9.1 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 12.2 | KDE 4.8.4 | 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] No sound in 12.2
by James Knott 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

I no longer have sound on my computer, since upgrading to openSUSE 12.2. According to Yast Sound Configuration, I have the sound built in on my Asus motherboard and it uses the snd-intel8x0 driver. However, according to the mixer Sound and Video Configuration, there is no sound card. Lsmod shows "snd_pcm 109282 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss". Any idea how I can get sound going? This is the first time in many years that I haven't had sound working. tnx jk -- 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] More on Sound in 12.2
by Robin Klitscher 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

As I mentioned in the thread on "No sound in 12.2", for historical reasons I'd avoided using pulseaudio and had fallen back to alsa. This works well in 12.1 and 12.2, except that I couldn't get the gstreamer backend in Phonon to work properly; only VLC. Desktop is KDE 4.9.x; sound card is a PCI-e X-Fi Titanium. Having followed the other thread I've now installed pulseaudio in 12.2. And it works very well with the gstreamer backend (though not the VLC backend) - except for one thing. I simply cannot persuade ann .mp3 sound track to play in the "Advanced Slideshow" in either Digikam or Gwenview. It does play with alsa sans pulseaudio using the VLC backend, but not with pulseaudio using either the gstreamer backend or the VLC backend. And the oddest thing is that it does play if I hit "Preview" on the soundtrack page of the advanced slideshow setup - but not when I start the slideshow itself. Obviously there is something I'm not doing right, but I don't know what it is and it's driving me nuts. I've looked all over the place for plugins or other modules I might have missed, and I've asked elsewhere including a Digikam mailing list, but without result. So now I'm asking here.... Thanks. -- Robin K Wellington "Harbour City" New Zealand -- 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] Should cron write in upper or lower case?
by Per Jessen 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

Since we switched to cronie in openSUSE 11.4, cron has been writing logmessages with the name of the executable in upper case, where as the previous cron daemon wrote in lower case. I opened: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780237 Vojtech (the maintainer) doesn't think this regression should be fixed, and closed it as WONTFIX. I think this regression should be fixed, even if nobody else has noticed it in 11.4 and 12.1. Does anyone here have any thoughts on the matter? To me, it's clearly a regression and wrong - the executable name is logged as /USR/SBIN/CRON, which doesn't exist: ls -l /USR/SBIN/CRON ls: cannot access /USR/SBIN/CRON: No such file or directory I discovered it by accident when I upgraded a system to 12.2, but it's been like this for 11.4 and 12.1. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.1°C) -- 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] Hotel Router drops Wifi connection
by Mark Misulich 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 23:27 +0200, Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 13:29 -0400, Mark Misulich wrote: > > <snip> > > >> > > >> Any ideas about what I might try to get linux working well? > > > > > > Are you sure it doesn't just need a keepalive? Does it drop you in the > > > middle of traffic as well? > > > > > > Often just keeping the connection busy is enough > > > > > > Anders > > > > I forgot to mention in my previous reply that if I connect with > > Windows, the connection can remain dormant for hours and as soon as I > > reinitiate browsing there is an immediate response. The wireless > > connection stays active the whole time. The windows wireless > > connection is never dropped as the suse wireless connection is. > > > does that also happen if you do a ping in the background? > So that you have continuously network traffic? > > hw Yes, it does still drop offline even while pinging. Also, I tried to get a static IP from the tech services guy, and it still dropped offline. I am gone from the hotel now, but if anyone has any better ideas post back and I will try them the next time I get to that hotel. -- 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] generic BIND / rsyslog, logging problem
by Carl Hartung 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

Hi All, Please accept my apologies for asking a generic BIND/rsyslog question here, but I've searched on and off for months, now, how to solve this problem to no avail. I have a server that was writing around 300 MB a day to /var/log/messages in just these types of entries: TCP: Peer 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:b4b5:3097:55344/80 unexpectedly shrunk window 1944967302:1944991761 (repaired) The log entries went away and /var/log/messages' size dropped to normal after named was configured to stop listening on IPv6 port 53 thus(*): - - - - - 8< - - - - - listen-on-v6 port 53 { none; - - - - - 8< - - - - - [*] if IPv6 were implemented at this data center, I'd have simply configured BIND (9.8.2) to utilize IPv6 Per, in another thread several weeks (months?) ago, you predicted this method would have unwanted side effects ... does this look like the problem you were describing? I just recently received a bounced e-mail stating (particulars obfuscated): "The mail system <?????.?????(a)?????.edu>: connect to mx?.??????.edu[????:??:???:???::??]:25: Network is unreachable" I'm gathering the intended recipient's mail system is IPv6 only? What is the core problem here, and, how do I resolve it? Or else how do I suppress all these 'unexpectedly shrunk window' messages so the server doesn't stumble every time the logs are rotated? TIA and 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] chkconfig and systemctl
by eddie 06 Oct '12

06 Oct '12

I noticed that my imap server (dovecot) was not running so I checked with chkconfig and found that it was set to "off". I tried to change the status using chkconfig and got the following error message. insserv: Forward service request to systemctl returned error status : 256 Is chkconfig now obselete? How is it possible to manage services so that they autostart? Is there an alternative to chkconfig for systemd? I am using openSuSE 12.2 and KDE 4.9. Any help would be appreciated. (Please note that I have started the server manually using systemctl, so I'm not asking about that. I am asking about setting the system so that when I restart, the imap server is started automatically without me having to manually start it.) Thanks Eddie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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