November 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] the corresponding sudo tool in gui?
by Xiang Liu 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

I know gksudo or gksu, but it was not found it in the repositories of opensuse 12.3~~~

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[opensuse] What is the best terminal screen reader for OpenSuSE?
by Katherine Moss 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Hi all, I'm curious about this since I'm going to be setting up OpenSuSE pretty soon; I'd like to either use YASR or Speakup for terminal access in a non-Gnome terminal. Any ideas which is the best/which is easiest to set up for a Linux beginner? Thanks for your feedback. -- 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] mkinitd update question
by Upscope 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

In the configuration in my signature, Yast wants to update mkinitd but shows about 30 dependencies that it wants to uninstall. They are all YaST2 modules. CODE ------------ #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2013-11-15 11:18:39 #### mkinitrd-2.8.1-263.1.x86_64 conflicts with mdadm < 3.3 provided by mdadm-3.2.6-3.4.1.x86_64 [ ] do not install mkinitrd-2.8.1-263.1.x86_64 [x] Following actions will be done: deinstallation of mdadm-3.2.6-3.4.1.x86_64 deinstallation of libstorage4-2.23.11-1.8.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-storage-2.23.9-1.7.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-installation-2.23.15-1.12.2.noarch deinstallation of autoyast2-installation-2.23.6-1.4.1.noarch deinstallation of yast2-update-2.23.1-1.1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-network-2.24.16-1.1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-bootloader-2.23.11-1.1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of patterns-openSUSE-yast2_basis-12.3-7.10.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-backup-2.23.1-2.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-add-on-2.23.1-2.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-samba-server-2.23.2-1.1.1.noarch deinstallation of yast2-ldap-client-2.23.2-2.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-tune-2.22.0-4.1.2.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-restore-2.23.3-2.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-users-2.23.4-1.1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of yast2-mail-2.21.2-9.9.1.noarch deinstallation of yast2-sudo-2.22.0-4.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-inetd-2.21.4-2.1.2.noarch deinstallation of yast2-inetd-doc-2.21.4-2.1.2.noarch ---------- Repo's are: CODE ---------- rpl7:~> zypper lr # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh ---+------------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+-------- 1 | Fax | Brothers | No | No 2 | KDE4.10-Extra | KDE4.11-Extra | Yes | No 3 | Kernel_-_3.9.0 | Kernel -latest stable | Yes | No 4 | LibreOffice-4.0.x | LibreOffice-4.1.1.x | Yes | No 5 | Packman-12.3 | Packman-12.3 | Yes | No 6 | VirtualBox | VirtualBox | No | No 7 | X11_update | X11_update | No | No 8 | apc | apc | No | No 9 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse | nVidia Graphics Drivers | No | No 10 | openSUSE_12.3 | KDE4.11-SC | Yes | No 11 | repo-debug | openSUSE-12.3-Debug | No | No 12 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug | No | No 13 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No | No 14 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss | Yes | No 15 | repo-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Oss | Yes | No 16 | repo-source | openSUSE-12.3-Source | No | No 17 | repo-update | openSUSE-12.3-Update | Yes | No 18 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | No ---------- Sorry about sloppy format of repo list. Could not figure out how to get within 72 columns and still be readable. Is it safe to remove them and will they be restored/replaced? Russ -- openSUSE 12.3(3.12.0-1.ge8fa6b4-desktop)|KDE 4.11.3|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20) -- 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] Apache2/SSL - OpenSuse 12.2
by James D. Parra 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

James D. Parra said the following on 11/14/2013 08:08 PM: > > I did find something interesting. When running nmap from another machine I see that port 443 is not listening on the web server. The only ports open are; > > PORT STATE SERVICE > 22/tcp open ssh > 80/tcp open http > 10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt > > Since there in no firewall running, what is preventing port 443 from listening? > I wonder about the line ServerName www.servername.com:443 shouldn't that be simply ServerName www.servername.com Have you looked that the logs for startup? Have you tried manually starting from the command line? ~~~~~~~ Thank you for your reply Anton. The servername without the ":443" is the other vhost which is on port 80. ll vhosts.d/ total 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 515 Apr 19 2012 www.servername.com.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741 Nov 14 17:11 www.servername.com:443.conf <end> There is nothing in the logs and using '/etc/init.d/apache restart' does not give any errors. It appears that apache is not opening port 443 for listening. Best regards, James -- 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] Bulk converting *.flv files to *.mp3
by Basil Chupin 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

My wife has accumulated quite a number of *.flv files which need converting to *.mp3 so that they may be played on an mp3 device. I know that VLC will do such a conversion but having to convert some 200 files individually is not my idea of how I want to spend Sunday afternoons :-( . I have checked the 'net and came across a couple of suggestions on how to batch-process these files using ffmpeg- but they don't work in all cases, they convert some of the files but not all for some reason. Does anyone, please, know of a reliable method of how a batch convert from *.flv to *.mp3 can be done? (There are also some files which are *.avi and *.wav but I guess that I can use the slow method of doing them with VLC - but if there is a faster way.......?) BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- 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] Apache2/SSL - OpenSuse 12.2
by James D. Parra 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Hello, I set up Apache2 and two virtual hosts, one for port 80 ant the other for 443. Certs were installed and conf files look good, including listen.conf, however, while the site loads in a browser on port 80, once switched to https the browser errors out with "...can't establish a connection to the server at www.servername.com". On the server side I have no errors in the apache error logs and nothing in /var/log/messages. The vhost entry is thus; <snip> <VirtualHost *:443> DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/www ServerName www.servername.com:443 ServerAdmin me@localhost ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/www_error_log LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common CustomLog /var/log/apache2/www_access_log common <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/www"> allow from all Options -Indexes </Directory> SSLEngine on SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3 SSLCipherSuite ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!SSLv2:!LOW:!EXP:!MD5:@STRENGTH SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/.ssl/servername.com.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/.ssl/servername.com.key SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache2/.ssl/gd_bundle.crt </VirtualHost> <snip> and listen.conf <snip> Listen 80 <IfDefine SSL> <IfDefine !NOSSL> <IfModule mod_ssl.c> Listen 443 # Listen 10.10.0.50:443 </IfModule> </IfDefine> </IfDefine> <snip> There firewall is off on the server as it is only accessible on the local network. Any ideas on what I can do to get this working? Many thanks in advance. James -- 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 when playing a video or audio.
by doiggl＠velocitynet.com.au 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hello, I get no sound when playing a video or audio. No system sounds at system start up. How can I get sound working again ? Is there a sound test in yast , if so where ? using 13.1 RC Looking for more info at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Intel-HDA_sound_problems -- Glenn # hwinfo --sound 18: PCI 14.2: 0403 Audio device [Created at pci.319] Unique ID: 5Dex.A8cC50ar8rD SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.2 Hardware Class: sound Model: "ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)" Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc" Device: pci 0x4383 "SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)" SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x1103 Revision: 0x40 Driver: "snd_hda_intel" Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel" Memory Range: 0xff700000-0xff703fff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 16 (22365 events) Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d00004383sv00001043sd00001103bc04sc03i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel" Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown 29: PCI 105.1: 0403 Audio device [Created at pci.319] Unique ID: l4dC.ENmMWrONZy2 Parent ID: vSkL.ShCIITZh5MD SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:05.1 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:05.1 Hardware Class: sound Model: "ATI Audio device" Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc" Device: pci 0x970f SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x1107 Driver: "snd_hda_intel" Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel" Memory Range: 0xff410000-0xff413fff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 19 (77 events) Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d0000970Fsv00001043sd00001107bc04sc03i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel" Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #9 (PCI bridge) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try and play a sound. no system sound at start-up. Actual Results: no sound / audio Expected Results: should hear sound and system sound at start-up. # rpm -qa | grep -i sound | sort libasound2-1.0.27.2-1.2.x86_64 libasound2-32bit-1.0.27.2-3.2.1.x86_64 pulseaudio-esound-compat-4.0-3.3.x86_64 sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-4.1.noarch yast2-sound-3.0.0-1.2.x86_64 -- 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] Normalising volume across some 200 audio files
by Basil Chupin 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

This is a question somewhat related to other one dealing with converting *.flv files to *.mp3 (and I shall reply to everyone in that thread later). The *.flv files which my file has accumulated naturally play back with at different volumes. Adjusting the volume on a per file basis is rather tedious to say the least (at least it will be because they are all going onto a USB flash stick to be played on the car's mp3 player). I know that Audacity has the ability to normalise the volume when several pieces of music are appended together to be treated as one unit to be burned to a CD, but is there some app which will do the same to some 200 individual (mp3) files? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.11.2 & kernel 3.12.0-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- 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] UPS software
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

On my single home computer I just installed a newer model UPS with a DB9 connection for communication with the computer. Missing a DB9 connector on the machine I have connected the two with a DB9->USB cable. Looking through the openSUSE software I only discovered NUT, described as network UPS control. Nothing with a GUI and nothing for a single user. And no information at first site about the possibility to axiomatically to shutdown my machine. Before I start with some software which will perhaps not be the best choice I would like to get info from the list members about their favorite UPS product. -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 and LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 12.3 (i586) Kernel: 3.7.10-1.16-default KDE Development Platform: 4.10.5 "release 1" 11:41am up 12:10, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 0.90, 1.31 -- 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] Sandboxes or jails on OpenSuse? How? Or is it possible on OpenSuse Linux
by Ted Byers 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

I was talking with a UNIX admin today about security, and he recommended a strategy involving what are temed jails on FreeBSD. He did say, he has limited experience on Suse and Ubuntu. Hence, my question for this community. What do security experts working on Suse (or Ubuntu if you have experience with that - I have one box running Suse and one running Ubuntu so info related to either would be useful to me). He said the core idea is to put applications and/or users in a kind of jail, or a seriously constrained environment, so that they can do no harm to the system on which the applicatin is running, or which the user is using. This sounds like a great idea, reminiscient of the original security model Sun developed for the first Java Applets. I asked him about virtual machines, and he said they are a viable option, but carry significant computational burden as well as well disciplined administration that routinely takes frequent snapshots of the virtual machines (either Oracle's virtual box, or VMware). He did say, though, that you can readily create a template VM and clone it. But he preferred the FreeBSD idea of a jail. I am especially sensitive about computational load, as, as a developer, I insist that any site I work on has a response time of less than 5 seconds (from the time the user has requested a page to the time it has finished loading. I asked him about the utility of apparmour, but he said that in his experience it causes a lot more trouble than it is worth, causing more major issues than it has a hope of fixing (but he wasn't specific). Indeed, every tiime I find what looks like a viable option, the reviews I see pan it, describing it as a waste of time, recommending instead purchase of expensive software or subscription services. And then there are a numbeer of sites that contain blurbs about the best 5 or 10 security products, but their write-up is so shallow that there is no evidence provided that the proucts recommended actually do anything useful. How, then, is a non-specialist supposed to find out what will actually provide the safety sought? He had nothing to say about the utility of mod-security2 in securing web applications. This became an issue today as one of the websites a colleague maintains was hacked today (he has a fix in place, but wants to know what more can be done to prevent problems in the future - and neither of us is really an administer, he programs largely in PHP and I in Perl, and C++). We both know how to write our code so as to reduce risk of attack, but we want to know what we can do in terms of configuring Apache, and the OS we're running on, to reduce the risk further. In an ideal world, hackers would be able to hack into our site, but when they do so, they get locked in a virtual jail or sandbox, so they are given the illusion thay their attack is succeeding, but the sandbox prevents them from doing any harm, and ideally logs all their activities for forensic analysis (and possibly going so far as to identify the machine they're using and it's location). In practical terms, though, especially since I have no budget, what open source products are available, and what are the best recommended practices, that will ensure this. Or am I stuck with relying on my own abilities, and that of my colleagues, for developing secure code? Are their any security experts out there who can advise on this matter? Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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