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[opensuse] PostgreSQL password
by Roger Oberholtzer 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Disclaimer: I am new to PostgreSQL. My previous experience is MySQL and SQLite. I am attempting to set up a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database server on openSUSE (12.3 - but I do not think that matters at this point). I have installed the server and what I think to be reasonable packages. I have made no changes to any configuration files, so it is pretty much out-of-the-openSUSE-box. The postgresql server is running: postgres 4937 1 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/postgresql92/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data postgres 4938 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: logger process postgres 4940 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: checkpointer process postgres 4941 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: writer process postgres 4942 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: wal writer process postgres 4943 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process postgres 4944 4937 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 postgres: stats collector process Now I want to do something along the lines of this: $ createuser <username> $ createdb -E UTF8 -O <username> gis To do this, I must log in as the postgres user. The problem is I do not know the password. Now, of course I can change the Linux user password for postgres. But will that effect the starting of the PostgreSQL server? I surely do not want to change the password and mess up starting the server again. And there are no backsies here. The second question is, after I have changed the Linux password and can run commands, won't I need the password for the database cluster? Or, in the openSUSE install, is that the same? I understand that PostgreSQL can use PAM authentication. But does it in the openSUSE RPMs? The SUSE docs in these packages could perhaps give a hint of what they have and have not done in the installation process so a user knows where to pick up the ball. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- 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] 12.3 RC1 install mysteries
by Roger Oberholtzer 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

I am installing 12.3 RC1 on a machine that happily runs earlier versions of openSUSE. The graphics is, admittedly, an older ATI Rage XL (MACH64). It runs as a server, and this is on the MB. It is usually only seen during install. The install was a bit of a PITA because, no matter what display I used, I could not get a graphic install to work. I tried setting various resolutions and even 'No KMS' in the initial install screen. The screen would go black, and I could do nothing. No virtual terminals. Nothing. Eventually I had settle for the text install. The text install went rather okay. Quite impressive. I expected that when I did a text install, perhaps the installed GRUB2 would also be set up to be text based. This seems not to be the case. So, when the system rebooted to do the second part of the install, where things like the root password are set, I just got a blank screen. The second part did not happen. So I now have a machine where: * grub2 is installed, but it will not provide a menu. Eventually it does the default and boots, resulting in a graphic login screen - which works - even though grub2 does not manage it's graphics. * there is no root password, so I cannot do any system configuration. I can log in as a user (made during the first phase of the install) and run KDE. What I would really like to do is (1) get grub2 to work, perhaps in text mode and (2) set a root password so I can proceed to set things up. Any suggestions? Especially the root password part. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer(a)ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- 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] SSH & firewall masquerading
by James Knott 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

I'm trying to use ssh to connect to a computer behind my firewall. Since I also ssh to my firewall, I tried to use port 21. I configured masquerading in SUSE firewall to pass port 21 to port 22 on the target system. When I try to connect, it seems to get stuck part way through the ssh key exchange init. Is there something in ssh that prevents using masquerading? 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] Do we need a dedicated update notification icon in the systray?
by Sven Burmeister 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Hey everybody! Forget about apper or PackageKit or whatever, just the simple question, completely detached from the code that makes it work – or not: Do you want a dedicated icon in the system try (panel) of your desktop that shows you whether updates are available? If yes, what signals do you expect from it? E.g. colour, flashing etc. Sven -- 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] Opensuse 12.1 apps can't be run on newer suse? Why not? Why are they tied to 1 version now?
by Linda Walsh 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Felix Miata wrote: > On 2013-02-07 05:27 (GMT-0800) Linda Walsh composed: > I won't be guessing. If you have Factory enabled on a 12.1 system I'm > outa here. > > If I want a package from an alien repo, I download the package and > install locally if it will let me without complaining about incompatible > deps. Sysvinit-init except from a 12.1 repo isn't likely to be anything > more than a problem creator. Mixing basesystem packages from different > release versions can't be good for much other than making trouble. ---- Now I remember how this started. This used to be possible -- load newer glibs they'd still be compat with older ones, and then could load apps you needed newer versions of. My deal breaker was perl 5.16.[012] had some unicode fixes in it that I needed, but if you check the logs on here I was complaining about not being able to build perl5.16.1 last summer --- was told I needed to use a clean system to build.... Well tried that but that didn't work either and no one seemed willing to fix the problem that I was told had messed up my home directory so I couldn't log in. It was a short lived problem where trying to signup and login only console registration, and not from the web, resulted in an incomplete or misconfigured directory setup. Anyway, long story, still not solved -> lead me to needing to install from 12.2, Around then I started asking why all the packages were tightly tided to gether now so you couldnl't update something like perl without all of yast breaking -- it's all tied to features in 5.14. Asked about that and similar issues with glibc, -- was told that older apps should run on newer systems as long as they versions aren't too far apart, but new stuff on old machines was a definite no go. That's how I've always understood it...but someone built all of the yast rpm's with specific older versions of things -- ALOT of packages claim they will only work with 1 version of software -- that didn't used to be the case. But that's why I've had all theseproblems ... no way to get from here to there... ARGGGG!!!! Effectively I was told I couldn't use the new perl unless I upgraded everything which was ridiculous! -- 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: [opensuse-kde] kmail 4.10 problem after reboot
by ianseeks 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

On Monday 18 Feb 2013 11:48:57 Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote: > The problem that I have with kmail is that after a reboot no emails are > downloaded from my pop providers. Sending email also does not work. > In order to get kmail functioning as expected I have to logout and > login. After this kmail works. > > Have no idea what is not functioning. > Where do I start looking for the source of my problem? > > The kmail version is 4.10.0-380.3. Try upgrading, my kmail is KDE Development Platform 4.10.00 "release 550" -- 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] Device Manager
by ianseeks 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Hi All I've just ripped "Pink Floyd - Wish you were here" to my hard disk in one login session using the device manager selection to rip via K3b. That all worked well and i closed k3b. I logged out of that user session, pressed the DVD release button manually and removed the disk. I then logged in as a different user and the device manager popped up in this new user showing all the options i had on the previous login to do something with the Pink Floyd CD as if it was still in the machine. I didn't do anything and logged out. I then logged in as a 3rd different user and the same thing happened so this time i selected to rip with k3b again and it correctly said it couldn't find /dev/sr0. I logged out. I then re-logged into the 1st user and the device manger didn't pop up this time. Anyone know why device manager didn;t realise there was nothing in the DVD tray to access? I presume its using cached info. 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] ntpd timeserver 198.18.1.2
by ellanios82 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Hello List - i wonder if someone could be so kind to explain in simple terms, why, from time to time my ntpd time daemon connects to server 198.18.1.2 instead of connecting to the local time-server pool ?? thanks best regards ......... -- 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] Remove XEN from boot options
by lynn 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

12.2 Hi I installed XEN using yast. I now have no use for it. I've deleted the xen related stuff but still have it as a boot option on startup. I've looked at yast boot loader in attempts to remove the boot entry from the menu but without any luck. How do I remove an entry from the boot list? Thanks, L x -- 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] [PRINTER] Samsung CLX-3185 won't print
by mlrx 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Hi ! Simon123 said me last night "Write the mailing-list" ! :-) I do ! I bought it for a customer and after discuss with Samsung Pro help-desk. I had explained their the computer works with OpenSUSE 12.1 (now .2 up to date) and I wanted to be sure it would work. But it doesn't. I put some helpful files there : http://cups.18informatique.com First attempt, on a fresh install, It does. After 5 days, the customer call me to ask help cause she wasn't able to print or scan. The scanner is now ok : I create a job to mount usbfs (see "cron" on my site) The printer always gives me two different errors : - (/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertosamsungsplc) crashed on signal 11. or - "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertosamsungsplc failed" I checked the driver's files rights and I try it as user and root. I had to modify the SmartPanel install script cause variable $DESKTOP_OWNER was not properly declared. I set it with the user name. I did not sleep much, but I hope I have said enough for you to help me because I really need, I'm at the end of the solutions I could find myself. Best regards, -- Benoist -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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