February 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Problems with URW Bookman Font
by Joseph Loo 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

I have been fighting for awhile to get the URW bookman font to appear in LibreOffice. This appear in the previous OpenSUSE 12.1 but not in 12.2. I found out the following: 1. URW fonts are from ghostscript 2. there is no link between /usr/share/fonts. You can get it to work by executing the following command in /usr/share/fonts: ln -s ../ghostscript/fonts URW Is this new behavior by design or an oversight? -- Joseph Loo jloo(a)acm.org -- 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] unsecured session
by Joe Zien 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

I get the message "warning: this is an unsecured session" when I try to login. Also get message as root but can login as root. I googled the massage and there was a warning this message is for an older kde3, I am using kde4. jozien -- 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] Any newer installation media for SuSE 12.1 than Build0039?
by Markus Egg 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Hello, I have used openSUSE-DVD-x86_64-Build0039-Media to install one machine and this version of install DVD has some hickups (graphics mainly). Is there some newer version than Build0039 for download? Thanks in advance ME -- 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 12.2 "netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes."
by Otto Rodusek 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Hi ListMates, After upgrading from 12.1_x86_64 to 12.2_x86_64 (Linux bunyip 3.4.6-2.10-default #1 SMP Thu Jul 26 09:36:26 UTC 2012 (641c197) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) , I have several messages in my log file as follows: Jan 23 00:15:01 bunyip kernel: [43078.219668] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 00:15:01 bunyip kernel: [43078.219671] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 00:15:01 bunyip kernel: [43078.219729] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 00:15:01 bunyip kernel: [43078.219746] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 01:00:01 bunyip kernel: [45773.441224] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 01:00:01 bunyip kernel: [45773.441228] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 01:00:01 bunyip kernel: [45773.441286] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Jan 23 01:00:01 bunyip kernel: [45773.441306] netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes. Anyone have any idea what these messages mean? Are they important and is there a way to "fix"it? Google didn't reveal much. Thanks and 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] Connecting two computers with the same IP
by Oszkó Albert 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hi all, I would like to move data between two computers. One is a box running oS 12.2 and is connected to a router via cable. The other computer (netbook with oS 12.1 or android ICS tablet) connects to the same router via wifi. Asking whatismyip in a browser gives the same result, so setting up and ftp connection based on IP is not possible. So how can I share data between the machines? I mean without connecting them with a cord. Thanks and best regards, Albert -- 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] Paying with the "future": Btrfs Grub2, systemd
by Anton Aylward 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

Out of curiosity I pulled a scratch machine from 'the closet of anxiety' (it was labelled as having a dab disk) found another disk and some memory and the openSuse 12.2 installation DVD, oh and a DVD drive that worked, and .... Set up an install that used BtrFS, grub2 and systemd I left it to run overnight and came in just now and found a big red/orange error message saying that it hadn't be able to install the user - that's me, 'anton'. I rebooted and it was all there. It booted (using grub2) and systemd. I logged in as root and hand created the 'anton' account and all was merry, merry. I had partitioned the 10G drive as swap plus a single BtrFS partition. No separate /boot. The partitioner complained that I should have a separate /boot that was ext3 or ext4. I've had problems with that before so even if I were to do that I know there would be problems later. So I have one big partition. I've played with BtrFS before in a LVM partition, but it struck me that the design and advantages of BtrFS come into play when you have the big mix of files. I do have some reservations. Classically there have been good reasons for partitioning. I recall one vulnerability that arise if /tmp was on the same fs as the root. Good reason to have a /tmp that is nosetuid, possibly even noexec. In fact the principle of least privileged means you should apply those two to trees that have no reason to have executables or privilege. Certainly /usr/share -- documentation, manuals, fonts, icons, come into that category. There's a good case that /srv/httpd/ should be restricted too, after all the scripts there are to be interpreted (by perl or php or python or ruby or whatever) rather than executed. I'll look into these security concerns when I get to play about with this scratch machine over the coming weeks. Right now all I can say is 'it works'. So far. Next to bring it to the desk and tie it to the LAN... If you have questions about running Suse purely on BtrFS I'll try to answer them. Please don't ask performance questions, this is a crappy old machine. slow disk, slow cpu, slow memory. I'm concerned with functions and hurdles. -- "What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that's another matter." -- Peter Drucker -- 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] Audio codecs
by Thomas Taylor 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

Does anyone know where to obtain codecs for mpeg-4 AAC and H.264? I've tried yast (packman & libdvdcss enabled) and opensuse search but neither had anything. Online Google search found some mpeg-4's but mostly for windblows and no H.264. I want these to be able to use all the features of the mplabx PIC microcontroller IDE. Thanks, Tom -- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944) -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 12.2x86_64 openSUSE 12.3-ß1_x86_64 KDE 4.7.2, FF 9.0 KDE 4.9.1, FF 17.0 claws-mail 3.9.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-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] CAD program that can import/export *.dwg files?
by Thomas Taylor 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

I need to create/edit some autocad *.dwg files under Linux. All I want is something to do basic dimensioning and printing of some A & B (engineering) size sheets. I have Autocad on my windows-7 partition but hate having to reboot for something fairly simple. Any suggestions? Thanks, Tom -- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944) -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 12.2x86_64 openSUSE 12.3-ß1_x86_64 KDE 4.7.2, FF 9.0 KDE 4.9.1, FF 17.0 claws-mail 3.9.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-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] LDAP Client Authentication for OpenSUSE 12.2
by CHONG Yu Meng 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Hi all! I just upgraded to OpenSUSE 12.2 and I am facing a strange problem that I hope someone here can help me with. I want my OpenSUSE 12.2 PC to authenticate against an eDirectory server over LDAP. After some difficulties with the self-signed certificate, I managed to get it to the point where Yast's User and Group Management can "see" and list the users in eDirectory. Here comes the strange part: When I try to login via GDM on the OpenSUSE 12.2 PC using any of the LDAP users, I get an Authentication Failed error. Turning on DSTRACE on my eDirectory server, I can see that there is no incoming LDAP request. When I use Yast's User and Group Management applet to view LDAP users, I can see the incoming LDAP request. So, what do I have to configure further so I can login to OpenSUSE with LDAP user credentials? I checked through /etc/sssd/sssd.conf and the LDAP settings look correct. What else do I need to check? Thanks very much in advance!! pascal chong -- 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] Anybody had any luck installing Speakup on OpenSuse?
by Katherine Moss 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Hi guys, I have finally gotten OpenSuse to work, and I like it; takes some getting used to, but I'm learning every day. I was wondering, has anyone attempted an install of Speakup? I ask because at the moment, I am limited to what I can access in Gnome, and in any other console environment, I have no text-to-speech output. I have searched and searched for this, and the only document I could find with OpenSuse specifically in mind is one that doesn't seem to exist anymore. Have you guys come across anything? Something that maybe I missed? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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