December 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] 13.1 bootable USB stick
by Gustav Degreef 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello, I am trying to create a bootable USB thumb drive. I downloaded the liveKDE64bit iso and followed the procedure outlined in the SDB. I did: Created 2 primary partitions on the drive, sdb1 - 10 Gb and sdb2 - 4 Gb, both ext4. as root ran dd if=/mnt/iso/openSUSE-13.1-KDE-Live-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4M The drive boots into a grub prompt only, but no menu appears. I reformatted sdb1 and tried again using virtually the sme command except using bs=1M and the process was finished ran "sync". This was suggested on another web page for suse 13.1. The result is the same, just a grub boot prompt. I could, at the prompt, set the root device, the kernel and the initrd and boot, but it is cumbersome to do it every time. Any pointers on how to get the normal boot menu (that is on the dvd) would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gustav -- 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] advanced options and defaults
by jdd 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello, during debugging of problem (other thread), I had often to boot on "advanced" menu. How can one make 1) the advanced menu as boot default (it's not in yast options) 2) set the default in the advanced menu itself grub2 (no uefi there) 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] KOTD and full screen
by jdd 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hello, I think I already had such problem, but do not remember the solution. I had to install the Kernel Of The Day on 13.1 to be able to access my 13.2 and fix it, but with this kernel I could only have a graphical screen of size smaller than the actual screen. xrander still gives 1920x1080 (and no other choice), but I get a black border all around the screen, like it's usual during early boot probably nouveau driver, not proprietary one (I can't make the proprietary one work with KOTD) 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] 13.2 do not start anymore
by jdd 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

back this morning :-( so two possibilities: * the 13.2 ssd is failing. how can I test a ssd from a working 13.1? Kingston says the disk is ok. the disk being plugged in an external dock, I changed dock just to see - no change. When the disk is plugged as e-sata, I can boot 13.2 in recovery mode (second option of boot menu), but yast segfault. I can't boot from install dvd or usb key, stops at "loading extra drivers". so I unplugged e-sata and only connected the disk as usb. I can boot the old 13.1 install (on a other disk) and access the 13.2 root, but *not* the xfs /home. xfs_repair -n is trying to find an other suoerblock, but do not find any :-( too old kernel? 13.12 is up to date. * how can I restore from a previous snapshot (root is btrfs) from command line? tried this. snapper says it can't create the readonly backup snapshot and quit. I don't remember having anything important on this disk, I may reformat it completely? 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] 13.2 do not start anymore
by jdd 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hello, It's a bit t late here to start debugging, but if you have ideas, I will use them tomorrow morning :- some hours ago my 13.2 began to become unstable. I remember having done an update with apper in the afternoon. it do not start anymore (I write here with my 13.1, same computer, except the hard drive). I can start the recovery mode, but without network? yast segfault... same thing with previous kernel from start menu. so two possibilities: * the 13.2 ssd is failing. how can I test a ssd from a working 13.1? root is btrfs, but I do not have anymore "start previous snapshot" in the start menu and can't use yast, so what command line? fsck.btrfs /dev/sdc1 do nothing (not even a message) * how can I restore from a previous snapshot (root is btrfs) from command line? 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] Calibre from KDE:Extra doesn't work, from OSS is OK
by Vojtěch Zeisek 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hello, Calibre 2.14 (oS 13.2) from KDE:Extra repo doesn't start. Command line output: $ calibre QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment. Failed to unpickle stored object: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/utils/config.py", line 215, in refresh d = cPickle.loads(raw) if raw.strip() else {} File "/usr/lib64/calibre/calibre/startup.py", line 36, in load_module raise ImportError('Importing PyQt4 is not allowed as calibre uses PyQt5') ImportError: (ImportError('Importing PyQt4 is not allowed as calibre uses PyQt5',), <built-in function _unpickle_enum>, ('PyQt4.QtCore', 'SortOrder', 1)) python2: siplib.c:8514: sip_api_can_convert_to_type: Assertion `(((td)- >td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0000) || (((td)->td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0002)' failed. SIGABRT Version 1.48 from OSS works perfectly. I also tried version from home:ecsos and I have got same error as above. Same problem was reported some time ago at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2014-12/msg00116.html but the error is different. All dependencies are met, PyQt 4 and 5 are available. Any idea how to debug it to help packagers to fix it? Sincerely, 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] Trash too big
by A. den Oudsten 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

How can I empty the trash that has become too big? Tia André den Oudsten -- 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] [11.2] Howto export Maildir Inbox sub-folder list?
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

Hi, OK, first up I know 11.2 is out of date. tell me something I don't know. I have made a backup of my /home which happens to also include the Maildir folder containing email in a number(circa 300) of folders under the Inbox. I am in the process of making a creating a procmailrc file and would to use the name of the folders as they are stipulated in MailDir as opposed to having to browse to each folder to get its exact name syntax. How can I obtain a text file containing an alphabetical listing of ALL the folders under Maildir? My MUA is Tbird 13.0.1 I have searched the web but not found anything specific so assume there must be a cli command to query the Maildir folder and write a list of the included folders to a text file. Help and pointers appreciated, even to the opensuse archive :) Regards Hylton -- 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] php web apps on opensuse 13.2
by Bruce Ferrell 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

I'm having a very difficult time with php web apps on opensuse 13.2 (apache 2.4.10, php 5.6.1) The apps "sort" of come up, but do not completely display I've attempted this with php virtualbox and wordpress 4.1 Any suggestions? Nothing is being displayed in the apache error_log nor is there anything that looks odd in the access_log -- 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] firefox cache path
by Istvan Gabor 28 Dec '14

28 Dec '14

Hello: I've just discovered a "brilliant" annoying change in firefox. I found that the browser's cache directory has been relocated to ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox. I want to move it back to where it belongs, in the firefox profile directory. I found that I have to add a new string to about:config, browser.cache.disk.parent_directory and set the cache directory path there. But I don't want to set an absolute path. I want to set the path relative to firefox's profile path. But if I only set eg Cache, it does not work. How can I set a relative path for cache directory? The same question applies to other cache directories, OfflineCache, safebrowsing, startupCache, and thumbnails too. 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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