November 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Midnight Commander unable to delete files
by ellanios82 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hello List , - after rsync had errors, i see that i have a directory which has accumulated files : owned by root.root size : 0 Mode : 0000 "cannot access 648527.ldb: Input/output error" ............. - as root , seems impossible to force deletion - any ideas please how to get rid of these files ? thanks 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] 13.2 installation nvidia problem
by Mark Hounschell 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

After installing the nvidia driver kde will no longer start. The Xorg log file shows nothing wrong but /var/log/kdm.log shows. X.Org X Server 1.16.1 Release Date: 2014-09-21 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux harley 3.16.6-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 13:47:22 UTC 2014 (feb42ea) x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.6-2-desktop root=UUID=dce2f85b-899e-4d21-b79d-698c78fe0886 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160815AS_6RACD7A6-part2 splash=silent quiet showopts nomodeset Build Date: 08 October 2014 05:49:10PM Current version of pixman: 0.32.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Nov 6 09:35:29 2014 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" /usr/bin/Xorg: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so: undefined symbol: LoadExtension The card is: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G70 [GeForce 7800 GT] (rev a1) The nvidia packages were the 304-121 versions. Seems like a bug to me. Anyone else? Thanks Mark -- 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] Has anything changed in recent Firefox wrt ssl certificates validation?
by Per Jessen 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

I am trying to access https://webmail.hostsuisse.com/ and with the lastest Firefox, I get: webmail.hostsuisse.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer) However, the issuer is SwissSign, the CA is: SwissSign Server Silver CA 2008 - G2 This is installed per default (according to Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Certificates). Can anyone explain this? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.6°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- 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] Re: Why uuid its confusing: kernel doesn't recognize it
by Linda Walsh 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

> Linda -- you just don't seem to understand. > > Can't you just accept NEW and quit prattling on about silly > things like reliability when NEW!!!!! is at stake? :-( (oh god of new, help me afford your light! ;-)) -- 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] Btrfs on SSD
by Cristian Rodríguez 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

El 06/11/14 a las 13:18, Joe Zappa escribió: when is systemd going to start showing any > concern for that concept. When you stop trolling and derailing threads that got nothing to do with systemd. -- 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] Playing flash videos without sound card
by Istvan Gabor 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hello: I have a computer without a sound card. I would like to watch (without listening to the sound) flash videos on youtube but the flash player crashes. Is it possible to configure either the player or the system to be able flash videos without the sound card? Another somehow related question: I also would like to record sound from flash stream as wav file. Is it possible without a sound card? Thanks. Istvan -- 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] Btrfs on SSD
by Dylan 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hi All, Having an SSD in my machine, I usually have /var, /srv, and /tmp mounted on spinning drives to preserve the life of the SSD. I noticed when doing a trial install of 13.2 in a VM that (parts of) these directories seem to be mounted as separate subvolumes, even though in that installation they are all on the same (virtual) partition. /home, of course, is not a problem as it's a separate FS for different reasons. How should I go about getting these subvolumes on a separate drive as required. Basically, which parts of the documentation and which commands would be most useful to read to achieve this, or would it be better/easier to simply mount them as separate FSs as I do now? 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] PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun
by Jakub Ivanický 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hello, I downloaded and installed openSUSE 13.2 (4.7 GB DVD version). Installation went just fine, however I have a problem with booting. I tried using both GNOME and KDE enviroments, but that didn't solve anything. Everytime I launch it, it says [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] *ERROR* uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A [drm:cpt_serr_int_handler] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun After that, login screen starts showing, but it takes very long (actually, I waited until login screen just once, most times I just rebooted PC after 2 or so minutes). When I got trough it once, speed went to normal, but I was getting a lot of artefacts (duplicated mouse cursors, hovered buttons lags...). After a little bit of googling, I found out that problem is between Kernel and Intel graphic cards (PC specification at end). So I would like to know, if there is some way to make operating system always use my nVidia card, or to somehow update kernel to a version that doesn't have this problem (if there is any). Or maybe there is some other solution for this problem. Thanks in advance. PC specs: ASUS K55VM SX102 laptop CPU Intel Core i5 3210M IvyBridge 2.5GHz, dual core GPUs Intel HD 4000; nVidia GeForce GT 630M 2GB VRAM RAM 4GB HDDs Samsung SSD Evo 840 250GB; Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750GB 5400 RPM Ivanicky -- 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] Security: bash: still vulnerable ( CVE-2014-6277 )
by MarkusGMX 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hello, I just updated my SuSE 13.1 system, bash to GNU bash, version 4.2.47(1)-release (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) which is bash-4.2-68.8.1.x86_64.rpm But according to https://shellshocker.net/ I am still vulnerable to Exploit 7 (CVE-2014-6277) : > bash -c "f() { x() { _;}; x() { _;} <<a; }" 2>/dev/null || echo vulnerable Segmentation fault vulnerable I read "Note from the SUSE Security Team This issue is already mitigated by the function hardening patch introduced in the update for CVE-2014-7169. Novell Bugzilla entries: 898664, 898762, 898812, 898884 " [ http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6277.html ] which does not seem to be the correct. Any ideas when this will be fixed? BR 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] Why uuid its confusing
by Carl Spitzer 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

with all the talk against systemd which should be dumped or the distros forked to remove it I have another older problem uuid is a pain to use . the old way of /dev/* was easier to use and remember if you made a backup of this it would work on another drive whereas uuid ties you to one drive. cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda3 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/hda7 /boot ext2 acl,user_xattr 1 2 /dev/hdb1 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 is there a way back for 11.4 and 13.1?? CWSIV -- 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 repository changes based on openSUSE 13.2/Tumbleweed/KDE 4.14
by Raymond Wooninck 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Dear openSUSE KDE user, With openSUSE 13.2, the 4.14.2 release for KDE 4 was shipped. Like with every openSUSE release, the openSUSE KDE team will provide the 4.14.x updates through the normal maintenance channel to oS 13.2 users. For oS 12.3 and 13.1 users, these updates will appear in the KDE:Current repository. 4.14 is the last release of the so-called Software Compilation. Upstream has started an effort to port applications to Qt5 and the KDE Frameworks 5 (KF5), and on top of that libraries, the workspace (Plasma) and applications will follow separate release schedules. On top of that, the subsequent releases of the applications will feature also KF5 based software, and the number is rapidly increasing. In short an openSUSE 13.2 user would only require to add KDE:Extra as an additional resource in YaST/zypper to stay up-to-date regarding KDE packages. Below I will indicate in more details what the changes per repository will be. KDE:Current repository will remain as is and will not be enabled for openSUSE 13.2. As indicated that last KDE 4 release was shipped with oS 13.2 and will be kept up-to-date with maintenance updates. It would be useless to build KDE:Current for 13.2 and waste buildpower. KDE:Extra repository has been built for openSUSE 13.2 and people will be able to find here the latest released versions of KDE applications that are not part of the KDE SC. Of course we will also enable the build for the new Tumbleweed repository. KDE:Distro:Factory repository is the devel project for Factory and will not be build anymore for anything else than Factory. All other build targets will be removed within the next few days. KDE:Unstable:SC repository will disappear as that there will be no new major release for KDE 4. KDE:Unstable:Extra repository will slowly make the shift to build those KDE packages that are currently being ported to KDE Frameworks, This also includes applications that are part of the KDE SC. This repository will be build against KDE:Frameworks5 and KDE:Unstable:Frameworks KDE:Qt repository will remain as is. openSUSE 13.2 will not be added as an additional build target as that the current Qt 4.8.6 release is also most likely the last release for Qt 4. In the case that we will see a newer Qt 4 release, then we will provide the update here and enable the build for openSUSE 13.2. If this Qt 4 update will also be provided as a Maintenance Update for 13.2 has to been seen. KDE:Frameworks5 repository has already been enabled for openSUSE 13.2. KDE:Unstable:Frameworks repository will build for openSUSE 13.1 and openSUSE 13.2 periodically. Regards, openSUSE KDE team -- 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 13.2 LIVE on usb stick : LibreOffice
by ellanios82 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Hello List , - i tried out 13.2 Live on usb stick : having started LibreOffice , i attempted to open a spreadsheet on my /home partition : this did not work out, as i got Input/Output error : - any suggestion please how to read file ? thanks regards ellan -- 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] other firefox behaviour
by Hans Witvliet 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Hi, I followed with interest the thread of Per. Last week I observed something else that surprised me. With openvpn I also use keys&certificates on client and servers. And no matter what you use on the client, it is the the peer at the other end, that decides if it will accepts the connection or not based on: - ca-trust-chain - revocation list - validity (date-range) of the certificate. With firefox I saw something different behaviour: I tried to go to a ssl-server, with client-cert-authentication enabled. Much to my surprise, the client directly refused, saying that my cert expired two weeks ago. tcpdump on either side proved that no data was sent along the line A warning should be OK, but a plain refusal by firefox feels like big brother is taking control. It may ask several layers deep about security-exception, and whether i am very-very-very-sure about it. But in the end it should have been MY decision, not firefox. Or am I that mistaken? Hans -- 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] BTRFS in openSUSE 13.2
by jdd 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Hello, Did some expert in openSUSE already blogged about the why and how BTRFS was implemented for openSUSE? If not, it should be done, only one I found is rather old https://news.opensuse.org/2012/01/23/using-btrfs-on-opensuse-12-1/ as many openSUSE installers, I have to cope with a bunch of sub volumes advertised when one installs 13.2 with default values, and I guess the question we have will be asked again and again at any public install fest :-) So I want to learn why there are here, what's for, benefits and may be drawbacks... thanks jdd -- 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] bug 885655 - can someone with the right permissions please summarize it?
by Per Jessen 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

See http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=885655 specifically, I would like to understand the reasoning for adding 'yzpper' as a symlink to 'zypper'. The opposite is being done in bug#902398, where 'zast' was needlessly removed as a symlink to 'yast'. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.6°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- 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] 13.2
by Basil Chupin 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

One thing I immediately noticed about 13.2 is that it is "nippy" - compared to 13.1 :-) . BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.2 & kernel 3.17.2-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 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] disk size with 13.2
by jdd 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

In Dolphin, at the right of the filter pane, one can ask to see remaining disk size. I have a 40Gb / partition with 34Gb free and Dolphin displays 3.7 (I guess lacks a digit on the left) - the bargraph is ok jdd NB: is it usefull to make bugzilla entries rigth now, or wait some days? all this is cosmetic -- 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] avformat for kednlive
by William Biggs 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

I'm trying to get kdenlive in 13.2 64bit . When I try to run it it is asking for AVformat . When can I find it . When I try to use the one from the software center it still dose not work -- 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] 13.2 OSS NON-OSS Repo's
by Timothy Butterworth 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

All I am not able to refresh The OSS Non-OSS repo's is anyone else having this issue? Non-OSS Error File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/' OSS Error [repo-oss|http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. -- 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] libre office and staroffice
by jdd 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Hello, I just had to recover very old course (2002) written with staroffice, just to notice libreoffice do not anymore convert these files. I'm a bit paranoid about backups, so I could find in my archives a staroffice binary :-). Linux one didn't run (lack of some library, may be solvable, but I didn't even tried), but windows versions run perfectly under wine :-). I can convert sdw files to doc and open these with libreoffice. but if I can open sda (draw) files, I don't find any way to export them to *vector* graphics and libreoffice do not open them. do you know any way to convert staroffice draw to libreoffice draw? thanks jdd -- 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] obs=?opensuse
by jdd 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Hello, I just note, completing my 13.2 install that in the community repositories list, OBS is stil called "openSUSE build service". Shouldn't it be called "Open Build Service" ? cosmetic :-) jdd -- 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 13.2 also in the cloud
by Robert Schweikert 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Today, just a little while ago, openSUSE 13.2 was released. As we were not certain we were going to make it there is no mention of images in the public cloud in the news (https://news.opensuse.org/2014/11/04/opensuse-13-2-green-light-to-freedom/) . Well we made it in Amazon EC2 and GCE. Here are the AMI IDs for Amazon: PV images us-east-1: ami-9a2fa0f2 us-west-2: ami-19793129 us-west-1: ami-01c9de44 eu-west-1: ami-7e9f3509 eu-central-1: ami-2cc0f631 ap-northeast-1: ami-a9ecd3a8 ap-southeast-1: ami-ac7d5efe ap-southeast-2: ami-dd1d72e7 sa-east-1: ami-111aad0c HVM images us-east-1: ami-7e30bf16 us-west-2: ami-01753d31 us-west-1: ami-dff3e49a eu-west-1: ami-3a6cc64d eu-central-1: ami-10cef80d ap-northeast-1: ami-35dde234 ap-southeast-1: ami-b44063e6 ap-southeast-2: ami-951778af sa-east-1: ami-df18afc2 In gce the image is named opensuse-13-2-v20141104 and is found in the opensuse storage location. Azure will take a little while longer as it takes more time to upload and distribute to the many regions but the image is built and we are testing it. I hope it will show up in the Azure gallery by the end of the week at the latest. Enjoy, Robert - -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Public Cloud Architect LINUX rjschwei(a)suse.com 781-464-8147 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUWPQOAAoJEE4FgL32d2UkuxUIAJ2r9WZ2JmpRnPI1ofgF6sVv /q/9rjeug0C00cQCsGqImAnZwEmDOnZGKjPkew7BGHjEBZSjl/u3IOnLfZgPcLVI yWXH1H+MZm3s8qFhngFzJZvTb+At/rxQ+geyQ7SdmTLuleypQszujFJi+QmdCWpr UTUDvqdVhXS2Dz0iL5tH17jN7KOI5L1lRdCbNnnNO2BOsnQtOLNrWcOXw4uAB3Po N4fQHQAA2kcLg5XzBHzoAJ+85EWhjr87wbfML4MhHW7jaxdhbthKE4nfxa3zQ05d R+u/P7qL/CGTD9WH1eA71wbNZlNaBQBQKrHn9Z8PO9bZClWlahsNrncbAYM2iWY= =WnHJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] 13.2 - update from factory
by jdd 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

I had a testbed computer installed with factory. tried to instamm from dvd 64b When I choosed "update" (from the start menu, new :-), yast discovered the repositories, and asked to configure the network, but looped asking if I want to configure network, when initially, when installing, I was given the usual yast menu and network config worked like a charm. them, saying no, yast said that the system was not compatible and I had to leave. The standard install is running now (there where nothing significant on the disk) jdd -- 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 13.2 - psychedelic scan results
by Per Jessen 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Scanning the same page repeatedly, both xsane and skanlite produce the most wonderful, almost psychedelic scans. First, the one that works. With xsane 0.998 on openSUSE 13.1: http://gallery.jessen.ch/scanresults/anmeldung-kinder-uni-xsane0.jpeg opensuse 13.2, xsane 0.998 (one or two with skanlite): http://gallery.jessen.ch/scanresults I'm debating whether to open a bugreport or just enjoy the view :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.2°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- 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] Question about Desktop Effiects - I think
by Basil Chupin 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

Am using KDE 4.14.2 and have several Virtual Desktops each with its own set of widgets. I use each Virtual Desktop to run a specific application - eg, DE #2 will have Firefox and DE #3 will have some game running while DE #8 will have a TV program running. In oS 13.1 I can push the mouse cursor into the top-left corner of the screen and all running applications on all desktops become displayed on the desktop as 'miniature' screens and I can then click on any one these to bring them up to the forefront in full screen and work on the application on that desktop. Doing this I can switch from watching a TV program to posting a message - with the TV running in the background. Could someone please remind me what I did to be able to push the cursor into the top-left corner of the screen to be able to do the above? For the life of me I cannot remember what I did. At the moment all I can do is to push the cursor to either the left- or right-hand SIDES of the screen and move to the next desktop - but that's not what I want. Anyone throw a suggestion on what I did before and now forgot? :-) . Thanks. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.2 & kernel 3.17.2-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 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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