March 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OpenSuse 12.3: cannot mount USB key as user
by Praise 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Hi all, I have just installed OpenSuSE 12.3 but I have run into this problem. I have no problem mounting devices as root user, but it does not work when I am a normal user. No password popping out the request, too. The problem do not shows up in other two installations. I have no clue about what could have gone wrong. TIA, Praise -- 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] ipv6 in 12.3
by zGreenfelder 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

resending, html denied me the first time. so my previous install of 12.1 started giving me difficulties and I decided to try an upgrade; I got all sorts of errors, decided to just reinstall with the iso. now I'm left with a (virtual) machine that I can't seem to update or even use half the things I expect. after install the 12/3 OS seems to insist on ipv6, or possibly more accurately refuse to just use ipv4. I start yast and check network settings, I have ipv6 turned off, the proc settings look like it should be off codex:/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf # cat */disable_ipv6 1 1 1 1 1 and still when I run zypper, I get: codex:/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf?#Bm9zypper up Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss' metadata ----------------------[\] Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd…': Error code: Connection failed Error message: Failed to connect to 2001:67c:2178:8::13: Network is unreachable Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i/?] (a): ^Ccodex:/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf #Bm logout add onto that the fact that runlevel 3 seems to no longer be an option (if you install it with that set as the default run level, the console never starts, gets messages about perl or something, looks like a yast first run is trying to run, if you start with 5, then change inittab, it ignores runlevel 3 goes to 5, anyway) zep@codex:~> ps -ef | grep X root 603 545 0 19:14 tty7 00:00:00 /usr/bin/Xorg -br :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-uqSHpb zep 1451 1411 0 19:17 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto X zep@codex:~> cat /etc/inittab id:3:initdefault: zep@codex:~> 12.3 is, in my opinion a _very_ disappointing release. does anyone have any solutions for these issues? I've looked through the archives and did some googling and came up dry. -- Even the Magic 8 ball has an opinion on email clients: Outlook not so good. -- 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] modprobe question
by Lew Wolfgang 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Hi Folks, I'm using 12.3 and liking it. But a problem with the sound mixer that existed in 12.2 is still here. It manifests itself for me with tvtime, where the cursor left/right keys don't control the volume. The fix is to run: /sbin/modprobe snd-mixer-oss I tried without success to get this to run automatically at boot time to no avail. Does anyone know the current ju-ju to load this kernel module at boot time? Thanks, Lew -- 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] texlive packaging
by Joseph Comfort 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

I am updating (fresh install) to v12.3. It looks very good so far. However, I am very unhappy with the new texlive packaging. Several reasons. * Very complex and confusing. It is very, very difficult to find out what collections/schemes are needed to get a particular latex package. * Each package has a rpm overhead; it must be downloaded separately; it must be installed separately (whether in a collection or not). Most inefficient. * The previous packaging provided what I needed out of the box. Now, none of the collections do -- even the collection claimed to be closest to the original one. I have to go find and install some individual ones separately (elsarticle, revtex4; lineno is picked up if I include the 'latexextra' collection). * It is a very long process to remove texlive entirely. I tried with YaST2. Removing collections is not difficult, but there are many font and bin rpms left over with no supervising parent that I can see. Each one requires 2 clicks to delete. I keep an ascii list of rpms. With about 4000 entries, nearly half are texlive stuff, and it could be worse. There may be some good reasons to try the packaging change. Currently, however, it is not implemented well at all. I hope the next release either restores the previous packaging, or makes huge improvements. Thank you, Joe Comfort -- 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] BIND 9 Memory Exhaustion and SuSE 12.1
by MarkusGMX 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Hello, I did not read all the SuSE files but does anybody know if "CVE-2013-2266: A Maliciously Crafted Regular Expression Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in named" [ http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013030255 ] is already adressed in the SuSE 12.1 updates ( http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/ )? 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] BIND 9 Memory Exhaustion and SuSE 12.1
by MarkusGMX 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Hello, I did not read all the SuSE files but does anybody know if "CVE-2013-2266: A Maliciously Crafted Regular Expression Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in named" [ http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2013030255 ] is already adressed in the SuSE 12.1 updates ( http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/ )? 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] inexplicable zilla issues
by Felix Miata 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

[12.1] zypper rm MozillaFirefox wants to install MozillaThunderbird Anyone know why? Anyone know why these packages use caps, or prepend Mozilla to the actual program name? Fedora doesn't. Mageia doesn't. No other distro I can remember does it. All distros providing them, except for openSUSE, AFAIK are content with packages named firefox and thunderbird. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.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] logwatch does not send mail
by Patrick Shanahan 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 logwatch does not send email from cron job -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/- from cl: logwatch --mailto=<some@addr> does send mail does *not* send mail w/o "--mailto.." -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/- mailto is set in /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf logdigest *does* send mail from cron job Same problem on two 12.3 boxes root mail is properly redirected and received via /etc/aliases note: logwatch on 11.2 system works properly. ??? -- (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] Upgrade of Calibre fails after upgrade to 12.3
by Vojtěch Zeisek 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

Hello, I upgraded my computer from openSUSE 12.2 to 12.3 (I run KDE 4.10.1 from respective KDE repo). During the upgrade, I found following problem with Calibre package: svarog:~ # rpm -qa | grep calibre calibre-0.8.63-1.1.1.x86_64 svarog:~ # zypper -vvv up Verbosity: 3 Initializing Target Checking whether to refresh metadata for Aktualizace pro openSUSE 12.3 Checking whether to refresh metadata for KDE Core Checking whether to refresh metadata for KDE Extra Checking whether to refresh metadata for KDE_SC_Unstable_Playground Checking whether to refresh metadata for devel:languages:python Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE BuildService - Education Checking whether to refresh metadata for Stable LibreOffice Repository Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE BuildService - Wine Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla Checking whether to refresh metadata for home:-miska-:Release Checking whether to refresh metadata for home:lnt-sysadmin:tools Checking whether to refresh metadata for home:polyconvex Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3 Checking whether to refresh metadata for libdvdcss repository Checking whether to refresh metadata for Packman Repository Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss Checking whether to refresh metadata for science Checking whether to refresh metadata for Security tools (openSUSE_12.3) Checking whether to refresh metadata for VirtualBox Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Force resolution: No [...] The following package is going to be upgraded: calibre 0.8.63-1.1.1 -> 0.9.13-2.2.1 x86_64 openSUSE-12.3 openSUSE 1 package to upgrade. Overall download size: 15.6 MiB. After the operation, additional 3.8 MiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/?] (y): committing Retrieving package calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1.x86_64 (1/1), 15.6 MiB ( 35.6 MiB unpacked) Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/media.1/media ................................................................................. [done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/suse/x86_64/calibre… .......................................[done (9.6 MiB/s)] (1/1) Installing: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 ........................................................................................................................... [error] Installation of calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/calibre/fonts/liberation: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory error: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1.x86_64: install failed error: calibre-0.8.63-1.1.1.x86_64: erase skipped Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): r (1/1) Installing: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 ........................................................................................................................... [error] Installation of calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/calibre/fonts/liberation: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory error: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1.x86_64: install failed error: calibre-0.8.63-1.1.1.x86_64: erase skipped Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i committingCommitResult (total 1, done 1, error 0, skipped 0, updateMessages 0) Checking for running processes using deleted libraries... Is the Calibre package broken in 12.3 or is there other problem? Have a nice weekend! Vojtěch -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/

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[opensuse] Grub file missing from etc/default/
by Upscope 30 Mar '13

30 Mar '13

In the last several days I did updated to both my opensuse 12.2 and 12.3 installs. Both versions had a update to grub2. On my 12.3 system the following grub2 packages exit: [CODE] @linux-rpl7:~> rpm -qa |grep grub grub2-x86_64-efi-2.00-19.5.2.x86_64 grub2-branding-openSUSE-12.3-184.4.noarch grub2-efi-2.00-19.5.2.x86_64 grub-0.97-188.1.1.x86_64 grub2-i386-pc-2.00-19.5.2.x86_64 grub2-2.00-19.5.2.x86_64 [/CODE] The last update to 12.3 effecting grub was 3-15-2013 and to 12.2 today. Now when I go into /etc/default there is no grub file. I also noticed today my grub2 menu is now all black and white on 12.3, No nice color menu which was there yesterday. Is anyone else seeing this type issue. I will report as bug unless I am alone seeing it. Thanks Russ -- openSUSE 12.3(Linux 3.7.10-1.1-desktop x86_64)|KDE 4.10.1 "release 545"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.32) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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