August 2013 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Repeated problems with libpango
by Bruce Ferrell 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

for some reason that I can't seem to locate, when performing zypper dup, during the installation phase libpango installation hangs (version: libpango-1_0-0-1.34.1-3.10) any thoughts on how to shoot this problem? -- 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] Tell system to use pm-utils
by Malte Gell 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Hello, only pm-utils can run scripts after resuming. This is why I want the system (openSUSE 12.3) to use pm-utils. How can I do this? I suspend from the KDE menu. How can I make KDE use pm-utils? Malte

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[opensuse] recover an encrypted home from a previous install
by Peter 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

I have a spare user account on one machine which I later decided to encrypt using the option in YaST's User and Group Management. I simply selected 'Use Encrypted Home Directory', and allotted it 2000MB. When upgrading to 12.3, I did so by wiping the root partition and keeping /home intact. When I first logged into this spare account in 12.3, I thought things were as usual, then I noticed program settings were reset to defaults, even though some other system settings and old files were visible. I realised I'd not reinstated the encrypted home, and what I was seeing was just the remnants of early files and settings I'd configured before the encryption. Just to complicate things, whilst still on 12.2 I'd changed the 'spare' user ID from 1001 to 1010 and run a couple of commands to update all files found on the system (and in /etc/passwd). Now I'd like to get back into that encrypted volume since it holds a few files I cannot otherwise retrieve. How can I do it? The files 'spare.img' and 'spare.key' still exist, but if I simply re-checked the encryption box in YaST would it not try and create a new volume with a different key, or would it merely read the original one? I believe these two files are under user ID 1010 but the contents would I assume still remain as 1001, which might make it tricky. I am in the process of setting up a new machine and so I could create a user account called 'spare' with user ID 1001, then copy the .img and .key files over and update them to 1001. But I'm still not sure how to import the encrypted volume. Cheers, Peter -- 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] Google Earth - invalid HTTP request
by Ken Schneider - openSUSE 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

On 08/29/2013 02:06 PM, John Andersen pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > On 8/29/2013 10:31 AM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote: >> On 08/29/2013 01:23 PM, John Andersen pecked at the keyboard and wrote: >>> On 08/29/2013 10:14 AM, James Knott wrote: >>>> I have Google Earth installed on two computers. On both, whenever I try >>>> to run a search, I get an error message "invalid HTTP request. I do not >>>> see this problem on Windows. I'm running version 6.0.3.2197-0, which is >>>> the latest, on openSUSE 12.3. This is a fairly recent problem, as it >>>> has work properly in the past. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> tnx jk >>>> >>> >>> For the Record, I have Google Earth version >>> Google Earth >>> 7.1.1.1580 (beta) >>> Build Date >>> 4/19/2013 >>> Build Time >>> 7:38:45 pm >>> >>> installed from Google's own repository. >>> http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64 >>> >>> I have no search problem. >>> This is on OS 12.3, with KDE 4.1x >>> >>> >> >> Then the problem has been fixed in the beta but still exists in the stable version 6.0.3.2197. >> > > Yes, quite probably so. I know there is often a preference for using the OpenSuse repositories > but in this case, the solution seems to be obvious. The OS rpm is several releases behind > Google's repository. > > I use Google's stable repo for google earth it is not openSUSE's repo. As you stated you are using 7.1.1.1580 _(beta)_. Please keep replies on list. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- 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] KMail on 12.3
by Michael Hamilton 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Mark Tinka wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm still running openSUSE 11.4 because the last time I attempted an upgrade to 12.1, it ended in tears where KMail2 was such a surprise, particularly how it got so bundled with Akonadi and friends. > > I ended up reverting to 11.4 and have been there since then. > > However, I can't help but feel like I'm not enjoying any advances in KMail and other applications on openSUSE, given I'm on a release that is no longer being supported. > > My main issue is KMail. Does anyone know whether the migration from KMail on 11.4 to KMail on 12.3 is now behaving? One issue I saw was some kind of problem between how KMail and KWallet are integrated in 12.3. > > Any useful feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks. > > Cheers, > > Mark. > I tried kmail2 a few times. But each time some problem has undermined my confidence and I returned to kmail/kdepim3. As I recall I think the most recent issue was lack of search or slow search. I'm now running the 12.3 KDE3 kmail that is available in 12.3 kdepim3 package. I did find converting to kmail2 is now fairly easy. I had kdepim3 kmail convert all mbox folders to maildir. I then moved the old dir to somewhere safe. After starting with a fresh kmail2, I imported the old folders. The only downside with this approach to conversion is that after importing all my folders I had to manually shift-click bunches of folders and mark all contents as read. I don't want desktop nepomuk desktop indexing, I think this is why I'm not getting along with kmail2. As long as kmail/kdepim3 is provided I think I will just stick with that. -- 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] Where to file the bug report
by John Andersen 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

I have a bug that is so odd, I have no idea who to blame, or where to file the bug report: Netshell: If I sleep my laptop (suspend to ram, not to disk) and awaken it some time later, dragging a window around is sluggish, the window will lag far behind the cursor. This will persist for as long as I care to wait. If I press Ctrl+P (the shortcut to toggel desktop effects off, wait just about 10 seconds (you can tell when the change has taken effect by watching the KDE taskbar), the press Ctrl+P again to turn the bling back on, everything is back to normal and the speed and responsiveness is virtually indistinguishable with effects on vs off. This happens ONLY after awakening from suspend to ram. ---The environment: OpenSuse 12.3 with the following upgrades: Xorg from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_12.3/ KDE4.11 from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Releas:/411/openSUSE_12.3/ Core 2 Duo machine with a ATI Radeon Mobility x1400 card supported by the community drivers. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] forum nntp server down?
by Dave Howorth 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

I'm seeing 'connection refused' from nntp.opensuse.org, and 100% packet loss from ping. Does anybody know what the problem is? Cheers, Dave -- 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] ddclient error
by Carlos E. R. 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Content-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1308281308080.9215(a)minas-tirith.valinor> El 2013-08-28 a las 14:42 +0800, George Olson (SUSE list) escribió: > On 08/28/2013 07:43 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: You forget to reply to the list. You are using thunderbird, so you should have a "reply to list" button. >> First, you configure the router to send the log to the computer. Many >> can do that, but some can not. If yours can't, then this can not be done. >> >> > Well, I appreciate the effort, but it looks like my router won't be able > to send the log regularly to the computer. My combination router/modem > that I received from my ISP has been scrubbed to the point where lots of > features were removed, I expect because the service company doesn't want > to add to their troubleshooting load when people mess with it that don't > know what they are doing. Well, my router came also from my ISP and had it. Years later I replaced it with a TP-Link which also has it. > It has a manual save button, but you have to log into the router and > click it with the mouse - there is no option to have it automatically > save on a pc on the network at certain times. No, it is not that function. In the logging details section, there is usually these settings: level of logging (normal, warning, debug, etc), and where to log. Default is local, ie, in router memory. Alternative is "remote", which means sending to port 514.udp of a machine in the network. If that machine is listening on that port, messages go to the syslog server daemon one by one as they are produced. This is important on any half serious installation because the router memory is volatile nad because of centralized logging. True, not all home routers have it. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlId3CwACgkQja8UbcUWM1y6vwD/QI+yhdoxz2+t0FUxBCWcvpQQ 9dpTaW9A2cKbh4twuhwA/R5VEvPRQC+qoxlsn9pVJIp19M+V1niE1msfNWS2lLj5 =F8Si -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] Hard drive errors
by Dylan 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi all, As part of upgrading, I'm testing my hard drives... On one I have the following in the report from smartctl: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE [...] 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 001 001 005 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 25 and ATA Error Count: 14 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) [...] Error 14 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 11871 hours (494 days + 15 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 84 51 01 01 00 00 00 Error: ICRC, ABRT at LBA = 0x00000001 = 1 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 61 08 01 01 00 00 a0 ff 00:26:42.700 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61 08 10 37 94 50 40 ff 00:26:42.700 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61 08 58 17 4d 10 40 08 00:26:42.700 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61 10 50 e7 4c 10 40 08 00:26:42.700 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED 61 08 48 c7 4c 10 40 08 00:26:42.700 WRITE FPDMA QUEUED Do these mean the drive is going to fail completely very soon? Is there a way I can extend its life? These drives are going to be used in hobby machines for 'playing' with - ones which will have no important data on them and which will likely get regular re-installing. To some extent, learning to monitor the state of a dodgy drive would definitely fit with playing ... Cheers Dylan -- 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] Passport USB drive now failing to mount reliably on openSuSE12.3x64 system.
by Marc Chamberlin 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi - I am running openSuSE12.3x64 and am encountering a problem that is unique to this machine. I have a USB Western Digital Passport drive and when I connect it, the drive is no longer working properly. I mostly have PortableApps and jpg images on it. It often connects initially and I can use Dolphin to browse files and folders, but always as soon as I try to use Gwenview to view an image it immediately disconnects/unmounts the drive. It often disconnects/unmounts the drive immediately after it is mounted also, but not always. Gwenview does cause it to disconnect/unmount the drive every time I try to use it. I am not having troubles with other USB devices (mouse, keyboard) connected via USB to this system (even on the same USB port) and the Passport drive works fine on another openSuSE12.2 system as well as Windoz systems. The following shows output from messages during a typical attempt to use the drive. Any ideas? Marc... 2013-08-26T09:45:01.196791-07:00 bigbang /usr/sbin/cron[5568]: pam_unix(crond:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2013-08-26T09:45:01.504282-07:00 bigbang /USR/SBIN/CRON[5568]: pam_unix(crond:session): session closed for user root 2013-08-26T09:45:11.099225-07:00 bigbang udisksd[3268]: Mounted /dev/sdd1 at /run/media/marc/My Passport on behalf of uid 1000 2013-08-26T09:45:14.016953-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.821664] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, device number 10 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036841-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825657] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled error code 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036860-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825665] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036863-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825670] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036865-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825674] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036867-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825676] Read(10): 28 00 00 0a f2 95 00 00 01 00 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036869-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825690] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 717461 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036878-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825771] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Unhandled error code 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036881-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825775] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036883-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825777] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036885-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825780] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036887-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825782] Read(10): 28 00 00 0a f2 96 00 00 01 00 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036888-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.825793] end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 717462 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036890-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827875] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717398) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036896-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827902] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717399) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036898-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827922] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717400) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036900-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827942] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717401) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036902-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827961] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717402) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036916-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.827981] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717403) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036919-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.828030] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717404) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.036921-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.828051] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717405) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.038072-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.828071] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717406) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.038080-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.828146] FAT-fs (sdd1): Directory bread(block 717407) failed 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061956-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866210] FAT-fs (sdd1): FAT read failed (blocknr 105) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061978-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866231] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 1908068) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061981-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866262] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 1908070) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061983-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866292] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 1908075) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061985-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866407] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 1908083) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.061987-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.866440] FAT-fs (sdd1): unable to read inode block for updating (i_pos 1908092) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.097962-07:00 bigbang udisksd[3268]: Cleaning up mount point /run/media/marc/My Passport (device 8:49 no longer exist) 2013-08-26T09:45:14.111952-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 266.916171] FAT-fs (sdd1): bread failed in fat_clusters_flush 2013-08-26T09:45:19.595939-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.400021] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711205-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515046] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=0704 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711226-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515054] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711229-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515058] usb 1-6: Product: External HDD 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711231-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515061] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Western Digital 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711233-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515065] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 5758453930384C5631373730 2013-08-26T09:45:19.711235-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.515400] usb-storage 1-6:1.0: Quirks match for vid 1058 pid 0704: 8000 2013-08-26T09:45:19.712242-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 272.516567] scsi13 : usb-storage 1-6:1.0 2013-08-26T09:45:19.715959-07:00 bigbang mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 11: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6" 2013-08-26T09:45:19.717948-07:00 bigbang mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 11 was not an MTP device 2013-08-26T09:45:20.714365-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.518724] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 2500BEV External 1.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 2013-08-26T09:45:20.714388-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.519098] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 2013-08-26T09:45:20.715176-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.519722] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB) 2013-08-26T09:45:20.715955-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.520598] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off 2013-08-26T09:45:20.715975-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.520606] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 21 00 00 00 2013-08-26T09:45:20.716953-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.521479] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page present 2013-08-26T09:45:20.716968-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.521485] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through 2013-08-26T09:45:20.720453-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.524610] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page present 2013-08-26T09:45:20.720475-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.524617] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through 2013-08-26T09:45:20.763124-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.567509] sdd: sdd1 2013-08-26T09:45:20.766120-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.570964] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page present 2013-08-26T09:45:20.766137-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.570971] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through 2013-08-26T09:45:20.766140-07:00 bigbang kernel: [ 273.570977] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk -- 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] Hamachi on openSuSE 12.x - working!
by Christopher Myers 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi everyone, A while back someone posted about needing help getting Hamachi to work on oS 12.x. I've spent a fair bit of time working on it the last two days, and finally got it working. Ultimately, I had to find a different version of the Hamachi client - the current version on the website simply wouldn't work, even on older versions of oS. It was really hard finding an old version of the client though (just found links mostly,) but I finally found one here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved… Tested, and it seems to work fine on oS 12.2 x64 and oS 12.1 i586, and allows connections from the current version Windows 7 client as well. I'm assuming it'll work on 12.3 as well, as the errors I was getting on 12.3 were identical to the ones on 12.1 and 12.2, but I haven't tested it just yet. However, it's really old (version 2.0.1.13.) If anyone is able to find a newer version, please let me know so I can download test it too :) Chris -- 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] ddclient error
by George Olson (SUSE list) 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

I posted this in the forums, but the forums seem to be down now and I am hoping that someone may be able to help quickly before I head off to work today. I hope I am not breaking protocol by doing this, but here goes. I enabled ddclient, to update my ddns on freedns.afraid.org. I have to use ddclient or some other application on my pc and cannot use ddns on my router, because my router's built in ddns is pre-set to dynDNS.org or TZO, and it doesn't allow any other hosting. I was in a konsole later and it said I had new system mail, so I opened it up. Here is what the contents of one of them was (sanitized): [code] >From root(a)tribaltrekker.site Tue Aug 27 19:57:55 2013 Return-Path: <root(a)tribaltrekker.site> X-Original-To: root Delivered-To: root(a)tribaltrekker.site Received: by tribaltrekker.site (Postfix, from userid 0) id 668E665F85; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:57:55 +0800 (PHT) To: root(a)tribaltrekker.site Subject: status report from ddclient(a)tribaltrekker.site Message-Id: <20130827115755.668E665F85(a)tribaltrekker.site> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:57:55 +0800 (PHT) From: root(a)tribaltrekker.site (root) WARNING: file /var/cache/ddclient/ddclient.cache, line 3: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = '' WARNING: SENT: https://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?MmNWYUQ2eDhrTUU1cDdYOFd4Zkk6M… WARNING: REPLIED: HTTP/1.1 200 OK WARNING: Server: nginx WARNING: Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:58:10 GMT WARNING: Content-Type: text/plain WARNING: Content-Length: 47 WARNING: Connection: close WARNING: Vary: Accept-Encoding WARNING: WARNING: ERROR: Address xxx.xxx.xxx.61 has not changed. FAILED: updating xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.com: Invalid reply. regards, ddclient(a)tribaltrekker.site (version 3.8.1) [/code] I have been getting this system mail every 5 minutes because I have the timer set in /etc/ddclient.conf to 5 minutes. However, when I did look at my my IP address on my router, which did change, my subdomain that I chose on freedns had also updated correctly. So it tells me it is not updating, but apparently it is? Or is it telling me something else? In any case, some googling pointed that this could be an error in a perl library for SSL. So just to check I tried setting the ssl=no parameter in /etc/ddclient.conf, but I am still getting the error. So I set it back to ssl=yes. So I don't know if this has anything to do with SSL. I checked, and the version of the perl library that I have is: [code] # rpm -qa | grep perl | grep SSL perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.55-4.1.1.noarch [/code] The file that supposedly has the error is as follows: [code] /var/cache/ddclient # cat ddclient.cache ## ddclient-3.8.1 ## last updated at Tue Aug 27 20:23:06 2013 (1377606186) atime=1377606186,host=xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.com,ip=,mtime=0,status=failed,warned-min-error-interval=0,warned-min-interval=0,wtime=0 xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.com [/code] One other question - I saw that some people that had a similar error in the past said it caused their hosting service to block them because it was updating all the time. Isn't ddclient supposed to be checking all the time anyway? I have it set for every 5 minutes. Why would a hosting service like dynDNS or freedns.afraid.org block someone if their pc had some kind of internal error when it went to update the ip on their subdomain? What I am really wondering on that is if I should disable this service altogether when I am not using it, so as not to cause problems for the hosting company. I don't know enough about how this works to know the answers to that. Any help would be great! -- George Olson Box #1: 12.3 | KDE 4.10 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | ATI Radeon HD 3300 | 16GB Box #2: 12.2 | KDE 4.9.2 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB Laptop: 12.3 | KDE 4.10 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | 8GB -- 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] KMail on 12.3
by Carlos E. R. 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Content-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1308271901050.9215(a)minas-tirith.valinor> El 2013-08-27 a las 10:00 -0400, Anton Aylward escribió: I assume you wanted to post to the list :-? I see nothing private on this post. > Carlos E. R. said the following on 08/27/2013 09:26 AM: >> El 2013-08-27 a las 10:23 +0200, Hans Witvliet escribió: >>> Or is this a wrong assumption? >> >> No, it is correct. > > For some definitions of 'efficient'. > Particularly those concerned with opening of files and creating of files, > particularity large number of files in the same directory and hence indirect > blocks with some file system models. It is the typical behaviour :-) > I seem to recall that while ReiserFS (and BtrFS) is good about stuffing small > files in various places it isn't so good at creating large numbers of files > rapidly, as might be the case when fetchmail/smtp wakes up and delivers many > messages to your INBOX. No, I have tested it creating/removing lots of small files, and it was fast. I have not tested btrfs. I may test this another day, when I get back home. - -- Saludos Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlIc23UACgkQja8UbcUWM1xQ9gD/UjN4OvY0QjFdfgiLZB//xlxc U3uxfvm/67NGj6skZGYA/1wf0E/GsCytnOa3crm9LUJJp2edjqjheq3qSiyDBA+/ =FHsx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[opensuse] (OT) repair mysql from frm: Can't open table
by Daniel Bauer 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hello, Somehow my backup only backuped the frm files for some databases. So I try to recreate at least the table structures from the frm files. I enter mysql from commandline, and USE the appropriate database. I created empty MYD and MYI files for the table, gave them -rw-rw---- for user and group mysql. But when I type repair table adrs USE_FRM; I get "Can't open table". Unfortunately I cannot search google, because google doesn't respect my search entry, although I added +'Can't open table' I get thousands of results for "can't" that google loves, but not for "can't open table" that would help me ... SO please forgive that I ask this off-topic here... Can anybody help me? Thanks! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com google+: https://plus.google.com/109534388657020287386 -- 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 DynDNS Software
by Paul Groves 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hi all, I am migrating my webserver from ubuntu to opensuse. On Ubuntu I used Inadyn which worked very well but had to be configured through the command line. It seems more sensible to do this with YaST if possible. Does anyone know of YaST-compatible DynDNS client for OpenSUSE that I can use for freedns.afraid.org and dyn.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] KDE 4.11/12.3 Problem with KDE Services
by andreil1 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hi ! I have updated KDE 4.10 to 4.11 / OpenSuSE 12.3 on Lenovo ThinkPad, and got these problems: 1) KDE Power management doesn't work anymore (powerdevil can't be started). 2) Keyboard daemon can't start. Before update to 4.11 everything worked fine. systemctl status upower.service returns OK. I have updated 4.11 again with latest patches 10 minutes ago. KDE Services 4.11 were updated, but nothing have been fixed, problem with these services persist. Anyone have any clue what went wrong? Thanks in advance. Andrei -- 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] Kmail R = Reply? No!!
by John Andersen 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Ok, I must have sipped to long at the trough of the dumb juice... An email arrives in my inbox in Kmail. I click on reply And it sets up the reply to ME. Not the sender. (keyboard speed key R, or button at top, or right-click and select Reply) There is another option to replay to the Author. (shift A for godsake...) Kmail authors couldn't be this dumb, so it must be something I set up by mistake. Where is the control that sets this? Kmail under 4.11. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] Nepomuk, now that it works...
by John Andersen 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

I've finally in 12.3 gotten nepomuk to work without totally swamping my processor, and have found it to be quite useable, especially for indexing large code bases. I'd like it to index ebooks, (mostly epub), but it refuses to do so. Does anyone know if there are plans for this or plugins needed, or what? -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] Is there opennap servers lists - anywhere still active ?
by Duaine Hechler 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

I like and, so far, like to xnap - but I haven't found any - reliable - server lists. Does any of you have some places to go to ? TIA, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler(a)att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 13 years -- 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] Windows virtual machine - KVM vs XEN vs Virtualbox
by Dylan 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Hi All What are the pros and cons between KVM, XEN and Virtualbox for setting up either WinXP or Vista in a VM? The guest system would only be used occasionally for Windows-only applications (3D graphics editors) Thanks for any comments Dylan -- 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] bash question - killing leading zeros?
by Greg Freemyer 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

All, I have a script that gets to a line equivalent to: echo $((0024748032 * 512)) It dies because it is interpreting that as octal (I assume). How can I trim off the leading zeros? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- 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] Anyone got calibre ebook reader to run?
by Bob Williams 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Running openSUSE 12.3 with KDE 4.10.5 I've just installed 'Calibre' using YaST/Software management. When I try to run it, it fails with the following run time error: 20:02 bob@barrowhillfarm:~> calibre Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/calibre", line 20, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 417, in main app, opts, args, actions = init_qt(args) File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 84, in init_qt from calibre.gui2.ui import Main File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 31, in <module> from calibre.gui2.widgets import ProgressIndicator File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/gui2/widgets.py", line 21, in <module> from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator as _ProgressIndicator File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/__init__.py", line 15, in <module> pi_error) RuntimeError: Failed to load the Progress Indicator plugin: the sip module implements API v9.0 to v9.2 but the progress_indicator module requires API v10.0 I'm not sure how to proceed... Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.10.5 "release 4" Uptime: 18:00pm up 1 day 7:00, 4 users, load average: 0.43, 0.68, 0.72 -- 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] Kmail + Akonadi = DOS Attack on Imap.
by John Andersen 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Just a heads up of people using Kontact or Kmail 4.10 or 4.11: If you see an akonadi_imap_resoruce process start to consume 30 to 50% sustained cpu, you are probably DOSing the Imap server. Its bad enough when its your own imap server, but people are getting calls from their ISP about this and getting banned. Many bug reports in bugs.kde.org, but the all seem to track back to this one: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316840 as the root of the problem. See also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316541 Best to stick with Thunderbird for Imap connections for a while. or keep a watch on top, because this can trigger even AFTER you close kmail/kontact. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] Problem with USB headset microphone volume
by Jim Sabatke 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

SUSE 12.2 Plantronics Audio 478 USB Headset KDE Volume Control Programs - pavucontrol - kmix HP G72 Laptop I can't seem to get any volume out of my headset microphone. If I max the volume on either control program, I can hear if I scratch my fingernail on the mic, or if I stick the microphone in my mouth and yell, I get a very low volume, highly distorted sound through the headset. The sound level bars pavucontrol show high responsiveness to sound, but it doesn't come through the headset. Skype doesn't work, including the test site. No programs seem to work for recording or hearing microphone input. A fairly exhaustive search online shows this seems to be, and has been, a pretty common problem for some time, over multiple distro's, and versions. There aren't a whole lot of suggested fixes, and the most common one is to run pavucontrol, which certainly gives me more options than kmix. In fact, when I started with only kmix, I couldn't see any input sources until I installed pavucontrol, which then caused the microphone to be recognized on both programs. I need this because I am disabled, but volunteer time and expertise to a couple of highly visible and important state task forces that report to the Secretary of Health Services and I serve, as a volunteer on the board of directors of a very large and influential advocacy agency serving others with the same disability as I deal with. It's not important you know that, except that I am not paid and am trying to make a difference, and can't afford to acquire and dispose of technologies that may or may not work, and from what I read online anyway, this is a pretty common problem. I also do NOT want to be forced into the Windows world, and in fact, I am trying to advocate for others in my situation to use Linux where I would help them (and I have been supporting Linux users for a very long time. I just run into new things every so often that I need help with). This is all to say this is important to more people than me, and any help is doing work for the public good. Enough said. So, any help on this would be very much appreciated. TIA, Jim -- 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] Wireless N router? (possibly offtopic)
by Greg Freemyer 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

All, I have a G router that works fairly well, but I just bought a Mac Mini and when I situate where I want it (next to an existing wlan desktop and a mx922 printer), the connection is not stable. The Mac Mini claims N support, so I bought a new Asus N750 router for $130. The G router was half that much several years ago. I find that the N router is not talking okay to the N750 router, but not to my Canon MX922 printer which is also wireless (wireless 802.11b/g or n capability required in my router per the spec sheet). The mx922 connects, but it won's stay connected. I have 2 options I think, but no idea which is best: 1) Take the N750 router back and get a N900 router instead, They claim the N900 has greater range. 2) Get a wlan extender for the N750 Is there any consensus out there for what I should do? Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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