February 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] setting a new computer
by jdd 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Hello, I just buy an asus computer with windows 8 (beurk...). I could install 13.1 very easily, matter of minutes... (dualboot) But I still have to refine the install. Windows had an empty data partition, I could remove it to make room to 13.1 * There is on board a 24Gb ssd that is used automatically by windows. The key is "automatically", I have absolutely no clue of how windiws use it. There are two partition on it, one 18Gb and one 4Gb (approx - same size than ram) is that swap ? How can I use it with openSUSE withjout nraking windows? * it's a touch screen computer. Is there a touch screen friendly kde setup? Touch is seen, but icons are very small. Have I to use Gnome 3? * I have no wired ethernet interface. I beg I can use an usb one, but is is really effective? wifi works, but I frequently had problems with wufi in the past I will probably have other things to ask, but right now I don't see thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.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] Dell HSDPA 5530
by Ciro Iriarte 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Hi!, anybody managed to get good speeds with this modem?. It connects but the speed is awful. What's the best way to use the GPS function?, are there better alternatives than gpsd? Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://iriarte.it -- -- 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] 3pg files on chromium
by C. Brouerius van Nidek 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Just wanted to have a look at cctv takes from our local traffic police. Chromium did not show anything apart from a message that it could not show the cctv pictures. Looking into the details it seems that these traffic files are in .3pg format which chromium does not seem to be read. Googled around and found that this format is not without its problems. No solution on the web. Could somebody show me the way to start playing 3pg files. Sample of a URL I would like to see: http://www.per4an.com/cctv-streaming-lalu-lintas-ntmc-polri/ -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 and LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 13.1 (i586) Kernel: 3.13.3-15.g7ccf96b-default KDE Development Platform: 4.12.2 18:07pm up 1 day 23:53, 3 users, load average: 2.69, 1.78, 1.52 -- 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] SpiderOak has dropped openSUSE
by Patrick Shanahan 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

SpiderOak no longer maintains openSUSE packages. Just dissappeared from repo in last hour. Last rpm was SpiderOak-9948-1.x86_64 Thu 11 Oct 2012 01:46:20 PM EDT -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 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] openSUSE Online Update - poor security practice?
by Peter 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Just running Online Update in YaST, one of the updates listed under 'Security' simply has the title 'openSUSE-2014-149'. A quick Google for this provides nothing obvious. Then in the description pane below, it reads: 'References: CVE-2014-0015 (cve) : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0015 858673 (bugzilla) : https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858673 862144 (bugzilla) : https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862144' The first of these (non-clickable) links brings up a page in which the only clue is this: 'cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 through 7.34.0, when more than one authentication method is enabled, re-uses NTLM connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.' The other two pages linked require logging in to a Bugzilla account to get further information. I'm no system administrator or security expert, but I don't like the idea of blindly applying updates without having any further indication (from an 'official' openSUSE source) of what they're about. That to me seems like bad security practice and something we're often reminded as users to be cautious of. What if, however unlikely some may believe it to be, there was some malicious update being sent out to openSUSE users? From these details above, we can't gather anything useful. I do in fact have a Novell Bugzilla account but that shouldn't be a prerequisite for everybody else. What are others' thoughts on this? Should there be a requirement for more descriptive updates with links to clear info not walled off to registered users? Should I contact somebody on another security-focussed mailing list? 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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[opensuse] What not to backup?
by Anton Aylward 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

A couple of days ago there was mention of "~/.thumbnails" and I mentioned that it was one folder that there was no need to back up as it would be recreated. No doubt there are other folders like that, caches and indexes, and it set me thinking. What else do we not need to back up? Whether backing up to a DVD or to a 'cloud' service (using rsync perhaps), reducing the volume is a positive. Some of the volume can be cleaned up with tools like Bleachbit, removing known caches, backup files and more. But what about index files? Thunderbird, for example, leaves a lot of index and other files lying about. Which of those can be cleaned up? Bleachbit says it can deal with the index files, but what else is there? There is also a lot of "~/.<something> which might also be or might have candidates. What do you think/know of? -- Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. - Winston Churchill -- 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] Switching audio with HDMI
by James Knott 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

This is something I've mentioned before. I have a notebook computer, which I occasionally connect to my TV via HDMI. While the video has no problem switching automagically, I have to go into Pulse Audio to manually change profiles to get the audio to use HDMI. Why cannot the audio be switched, as video is? This certainly works well in Windows 7 on the same computer. Why not openSUSE? -- 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] 13.1 apache logs stopped ???
by Patrick Shanahan 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

openSUSE 13.1 Logrotate cycled my apache2 log files, /var/log/apache2/awstats.log, very early this morning and logging stopped completely. ?? Noticed soon after 2PM, restarted apache2 and logging resumed. why ??? tks, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 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] inserting an old ATA Hard Disk prevents booting system
by ellanios82 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hello List - in case of interest : my root partition is on SATA Hard Disk /dev/sda1 & home partition is on SATA Hard Disk /dev/sda2 ............... whereas until now, all booted normally, this week when i insert an old ATA Hard Disk for a weekly backup, it causes booting to be unable to mount home partition on SATA Hard Disk /dev/sda2 ................... - have had a look at BIOS which sees old ATA Hard Disk all right - maybe this prevention of booting system is a side-effect of old ATA disk's demise? ............ 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] Question on use of dkms
by upscope 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

I have installed dkms. when I run: <CODE> sudo /usr/sbin/dkms status I get: nvidia, 331.38, 3.11.6-4-desktop, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 4.3.6, 3.11.6-4-desktop, x86_64: installed </CODE> If I update the kernel will it automatically up date both VirtualBox and Nvidia drivers or do I need to do something else? I found an old Blog by James McDaniel but it only goes thru 12.3. Are a the steps he described still necessary. My dkms_autoinstaller. service is active. Thanks Russ -- openSUSE 13.1(Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop x86_64| Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz|8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.38)|KDE 4.12.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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