September 2012 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Mozilla Language Packs
by Marco Calistri 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hello, Would like to know: 1) Why Mozilla Language Packs are including practically all the languages spoken on the planet as default 2) Why is not present a way to uninstall unnecessary language packs both from inside Mozilla app (Thunderbird/Firefox) or even from system wide option TKS, -- Marco Calistri (amdturion) opensuse 12.2 (Mantis) 64 bit - Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop Gnome 3.4.2 Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4 - Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- 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] Dual boot OS 12.2 & Ubuntu 10.04
by Koenraad Lelong 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hi, Has anyone experience how to setup a dual boot system wit OpenSuse 12.2 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ? My current laptop is running Ubuntu, because a while ago (a little more than a year) I could not install OS 11.4 on it. Now I want to go back to OpenSuse, or at least try (the live-cd works fine, like it did with 11.4). I tried in a virtual machine. Since I didn't have the install-cd of 10.04 at hand I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on one partition. Then I installed OpenSuse on another partition. Dual booting seemed to work fine, except, for the moment I want Ubuntu to be the default operating system. So I went into Yast, bootloader. I set the default to Ubuntu and rebooted. The Ubuntu-choice was gone, so I can't get into Ubuntu any more. Trying to modify the bootloader with Yast was of no use, I don't have the choice any more. And I don't know grub2 to modify it manually. I tried again, now taking snapshots _and_ using Ubuntu 10.04. I updated all operating systems, and again making Ubuntu the default in OpenSuse's Yast. Now it works. I don' know what made the difference. Now I'm a bit afraid to do this on my real machine. I have no experience "repairing" Ubuntu. Can anyone give suggestions how to proceed ? Side-question : can Opensuse and Ubuntu live together using the same partition for /home ? Thanks, Koenraad Lelong. -- 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] a thought about file wiping tools
by Greg Freemyer 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

All, I was just thinking about file wiping tools in opensuse. In general file wiping tools are used if you have an important file you want to wipe (overwrite) before deleting. In the distro we have shred and wipe that do this, and in OBS we have srm and secure-delete (10 years old). It is clearly an issue that people are concerned about, but none of them seem to even try to address: - file remnants which maybe in the filesystem journal - backup copies of the files in snapshots (LVM, btrfs, ext4 snapshots) - wiping of unallocated space to overwrite earlier drafts which may have been deleted but are still in unallocated - SSDs and there potential for sector remapping during the write operation. - the swap partition can hold copies of data that is unencrypted in ram I realize a none of the above are trivial, but it seems they should make some effort to at least warn the user of the issues. Does opensuse have a file wiping tool that attempts to sanitize any of the above? If so, I'd like to create a simple wiki page that covers this topic. At present it seems the page will mostly discuss issues, and not have much in the way of solutions. 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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[Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Printing Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2]
by Dave Howorth 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Please stay on-list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse] Printing Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:34:34 -0400 From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri(a)gmail.com> Organization: Ptilopteri in Pandemonium To: Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> References: <22179243.268341.1348573956978.JavaMail.open-xchange(a)ox.troeber.com> <20120925104310.2d63bb55(a)desktop-1.home> <8381017.270869.1348639666882.JavaMail.open-xchange(a)ox.troeber.com> <20120926105430.GV29054(a)wahoo.no-ip.org> <5062E1F0.3030002(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> * Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> [09-26-12 07:09]: > Patrick Shanahan wrote: > [snip lots] ... additional snips ... > > > > ps: this quoting style sucks! > > No, it's your usage of it that sucks! > > The idea is that you trim earlier text that is not relevant to your > reply. And certainly trim signatures, for FSMs sake. If you look at my posts, you will see that I trim, bottom post or inline. To make a ridiculous point, on occasion I fully quote others *trash* with included sarcasm and in recent years, not singularly but with valid comments or answers, otherwise off list. Proliferation of memory and internet speeds has allowed sloppy programing as well as sloppy email techniques to go uncorrected similar to sloppy dining habits at fast-food/McDonald's restaurants. have a good day, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Printing Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2]]
by Dave Howorth 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [opensuse] Printing Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2] Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:40:45 -0400 From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri(a)gmail.com> Organization: Ptilopteri in Pandemonium To: Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> References: <50630187.9000807(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> * Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> [09-26-12 09:23]: > Please stay on-list. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [opensuse] Printing Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:34:34 -0400 > From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri(a)gmail.com> > Organization: Ptilopteri in Pandemonium > To: Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > References: > <22179243.268341.1348573956978.JavaMail.open-xchange(a)ox.troeber.com> > <20120925104310.2d63bb55(a)desktop-1.home> > <8381017.270869.1348639666882.JavaMail.open-xchange(a)ox.troeber.com> > <20120926105430.GV29054(a)wahoo.no-ip.org> > <5062E1F0.3030002(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > > * Dave Howorth <dhoworth(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> [09-26-12 07:09]: > > Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > [snip lots] > ... additional snips ... > > > > > > ps: this quoting style sucks! > > > > No, it's your usage of it that sucks! > > > > The idea is that you trim earlier text that is not relevant to your > > reply. And certainly trim signatures, for FSMs sake. > > If you look at my posts, you will see that I trim, bottom post or inline. > To make a ridiculous point, on occasion I fully quote others *trash* with > included sarcasm and in recent years, not singularly but with valid > comments or answers, otherwise off list. > > Proliferation of memory and internet speeds has allowed sloppy programing > as well as sloppy email techniques to go uncorrected similar to sloppy > dining habits at fast-food/McDonald's restaurants. > > have a good day, > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member > Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org you KNOW where/what you can go/do. DO NOT POST PRIVATE MAIL TO LIST! plunk -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- 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 Issues on OpenSuSE 12.2
by "Johannes Müller-Lahn" 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hello, we have some strange issues on OpenSuSE 12.2 and postscript printers. On cups (v. 1.5.3) we installed "HP LaserJet 2430 Postscript (recommended)", either via direct socket or lpd. The test printing from cups works fine, also from firefox and okular, for example. But kwrite, libreoffice and gimp (maybe also others) fails. When I change the printer to the hpcups driver everything works fine, but the trays do have ugly names, etc. Do you have an idea what this might be? Best regards, Johannes Müller-Lahn --- Heinz Tröber GmbH & Co KG / EDV Leiter Sitz: Hamburg / Amtsgericht Hamburg HRB 39527 Geschäftsführer: Klaus Tröber, Reza Etehad Ust.ID Nr: DE 118433283 Volksdorfer Weg 186 / D-22393 Hamburg Tel: 0049 40 - 601 715 96 - Fax: 0049 40 - 601 715 78 johannes.mueller-lahn(a)troeber.com / http://www.troeber.com -- 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] "zypper up" and Yast - a question
by ianseeks 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

HI If zypper and yast are using the same repos, why can i run "zypper ref; zypper up" and get no updates and then immediately afterwards launch Yast and do "Update if newer version...." and get some updates? (and visa versa) 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] Firewall logs being written to /dev/ttys
by Ivar Ursin Nikolaisen 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hi This is my first time posting to a mailing list, so please let me know if I make some noob mistake. I have a laptop with openSUSE 12.2 x64 installed, updated with zypper up. It's a plain install except that I am using KDE 4.9 from the KDE:/Release:/49/openSUSE_12.2/ repository. My problem is that on the ttys (like the ctrl+f1 console aka /dev/tty1) I am getting firewall logging printed. For example: [391390.682906] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:ee55:f9ff:feb7:d98c DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:00fb LEN=84 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=44 These messages show up "randomly" and are really disruptive. Note that the messages do not show up in Konsole under KDE, just under the ctrl+f1, ctrl+f2 etc. ttys. I don't even have to log in on the tty for them to show up. The messages themselves are fine AFAIK (they mostly relate to some multicast DNS with a few stray IPv4 ones from China once in a while), but I wish for them to remain where they belong (i.e., /var/log/firewall) and not "in my face" so to speak. I also have a desktop computer with essentially the same configuration (openSUSE 12.2 x64 with KDE 4.9) and I'm not seeing the same behaviour there, so I'm rather confused as to what's different on my laptop that can cause this. Regards, Ivar Nikolaisen -- 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] 12.2 won't boot, mdadm RAID1 problem
by Bob Williams 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

I have just done a new installation of 12.2 on my desktop machine, overwriting the existing 12.1 installation. /home is on /dev/md0 which is a RAID1 array. After the 12.2 installation was complete, I was able to find /dev/md0 in YaST partitioner, and set its mount point to /home. Logging out/in found all of /home intact and as it should be. The partitioner added the following line to /etc/fstab /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-28fda9e6:9d4b3d1c:69069ea4:c79be70e /home ext3 defaults 1 2 I have just rebooted the machine, and got the following error: udevd[203]: failed to execute '/sbin/mdadm' '/sbin/mdadm --incremental /dev/sdb2 --offroot': No such file or directory udevd[204]: failed to execute '/sbin/mdadm' '/sbin/mdadm --incremental /dev/sdb1 --offroot': No such file or directory Welcome to emergency mode. Use "systemctl default" or ^D to enter default mode Give root password for login: When I login as root, I can confirm that the RAID1 array is healthy with: # mdadm --misc --detail /dev/md0 Forgive me for not copying out the result of that command, but trust me that it reports the correct number and sizes of devices, and that the array is active. I can also confirm that I copied my backup copy of mdadm.conf to /etc/mdadm.conf Why is udev choking on my mdadm setup? -- Bob Williams Sent from my laptop -- 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] RUnning kde and lxde on same home
by George Olson 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

I want to be able to have the option to boot into LXDE or KDE. Right now I simply have it set up as when the login screen comes up, I can choose. I have not separated the home directories or anything like that. I have seen some posts that indicate that it is best to separate the home directories and then symlink the next level down for things like pictures, documents, etc. What I would like to know is what is the best way to go about setting it up? How do I get the kernel to look to /home2 instead of /home when I log in to LXDE instead of KDE? Or is there some other way to do this? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.9.1 | 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: 12.1 | KDE 4.9.1 | 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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