June 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] old linux X problem
by Tony Alfrey 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Hello; I have an old SuSE 9.1 system and I broke when replacing a graphics card. I cannot get X to start, and it's been a very long time since I fussed with fixing things in linux. As I recall, there is some XConfig file that I have to edit. This sounds very newbie but that's where I am with this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey(a)earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- 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] webmail
by jdd 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Hello, Until now I use squirrelmail as webmail and like it. But last versions do not fit last php versions and non ascii characters (the subject blanks, for example). but the other options seems complex, horde-imap is said to be hard to configure, zimbra is not that simple :-( any idea? 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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Re: [opensuse] webmail
by Christopher Myers 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

I've used RoundCube in the past. Chris >>> jdd 06/06/14 1:56 PM >>> Hello, Until now I use squirrelmail as webmail and like it. But last versions do not fit last php versions and non ascii characters (the subject blanks, for example). but the other options seems complex, horde-imap is said to be hard to configure, zimbra is not that simple :-( any idea? thanks jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.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] I am not one to complain.....
by Basil Chupin 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

....but is this a matter of someone (or more than one someone) needing to be prodded to extract finger(s) in order to get a vital application - a 'flagship' - up-to-date for openSUSE? I speak of LibreOffice. The version which is available from the openSUSE repositories is 4.1.6. The latest stable version available from libreoffice.org is version 4.2.4.2. Now, that's quite a difference wouldn't you agree? The above is just one question re what co-ordination there is between libreoffice.org and openSUSE. The next one is even more 'puzzling', so to speak. A short time ago I downloaded this latest stable version 4.2.4.2 from libreoffice.org and tried to install it - just like I have been installing the versions from libreoffice for the past several years. But this time I strike a unsolvable dependency problem: 4.2.4.2 "tells" me that there are 3 files which are not available for it and so it cannot install. But the 3 files *ARE* installed and available! Checked and double-checked, and checked again. So what is the possible cause of the problem? The files that libreoffice is looking for have been moved to another directory/subdirectory: the files it wants are located in /usr/lib64/ but I don't know where they were originally located. I got my LibreOffice back by re-installing the earlier version - 4.2.0. I don't know who is causing this problem but to me it is clear that openSUSE is *WAY* behind what is available from LibreOffice.org. BC -- Over the years you've helped raise awareness of a number of issues but the main one has been what a pain in the arse you are. -- 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] migrating 12.3 etc. to SSD
by Carl Hartung 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

SSD: Samsung 512 GB MZ-7PD512BW ('840 PRO Series') I promised to report back afterward. It's been two weeks and, so far, it's all good. Briefly: 1. I'm glad I use Clonezilla and rescue + rsync fairly regularly as Samsung's 'migration' CD would not boot. It worked fine installing their utilities after the work was done. I haven't pursued this... 2. Cristian was absolutely spot on ... the SSD presented itself as just another hard drive through the entire process. The only caveat I'd add is pay close attention to, and observe the recommended partition alignments. At these sizes, aligning to 1MB is easy and works fine. 3. 0 ms (sometimes 1 ms) access times plus ~240 MB/sec (SATA II) average read and write rates was worth the cost and effort. The system runs cooler and quieter, boot times are extraordinarily fast by comparison (roughly 15 seconds from cold start after POST vs 45 seconds to a minute, prior,) most programs just 'snap open' and the load times for the most sluggish have been cut dramatically (at least by half.) So, again, thank you to everyone who provided feedback. It was all valuable. regards, Carl -- 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] Need help (again) with setting up a wireless adapter
by Marc Chamberlin 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi guys - I kinda have a suspicion that an update of some kind may have broken things for me, but not certain... First, some background. I have an ASUS laptop running openSuSE 12.3 x64 with an Atheros wireless adapter. Last year I had the wireless adapter working just fine using the old methods of "ifup wlan0" and "ifdown wlan0" to control it. Because I started having to move around in a lot of different environments, I got tired of managing all the different configurations for each environment, so I decided to give the KDE Networkmanager a try and it works fine for the most part, and STILL does! I now have a need to get openVPN up and running and I have ran into some snags getting it working. I have been asking on the openVPN support forums for help, and I got told, rather bluntly, that they do not support using openVPN with the KDE Networkmanager as they consider it too buggy. So I decided to go back to using the ifup/ifdown methods of controlling my wireless interface and I have discovered that this has stopped working also! Keep in mind that I have done nothing to the ifcfg-wlan0 files I had been using successfully in the past! So I am quite surprised that I am now encountering a difficulty with them... I noted that I am using the ath9k module and looking at recent changes in the change log for kernel updates I also noted some recent changes made surrounding this module. Hence my suspicions.... That said, I will also point out that executing - iwlist wlan0 scan does show me information on various access points, so that means the Atheros adapter is working, to some extent. But after doing an ifup wlan0, iwconfig shows me that I did not establish a connection or get assigned an IP address from my DHCP server. I took the DHCP server out of the equation by trying to assign my laptop a static IP, but no joy getting that to work either, it simply acts like there is no network whatsoever... Anyone got any ideas on how and what I should do to get good ol trusty ifup/ifdown working again? Thanks in advance for helping me... I will be happy to send a copy of my ifcfg files and log files if that will help, but I don't want to overwhelm readers with too much info just yet, until I am asked for it. Marc.. -- "The Truth is out there" - Spooky -- 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] nsupdate and dhcp servers
by lynn 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi I'm trying to convince myself that nsupdate is independent of wherever or whatever the dhcp server be and that I'm comparing like with like. Out test domain has a cheepo adsl router which our isp gave us for free. The only thing I have control over on dhcp is the start address and the lease time. Our production domain has a real dhcp server with a real config file in /etc on an old laptop that does nothing else apart from dhcp. Question: does nsupdate care where the IP comes from? Thanks, L x -- 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] serious problem with squirrelmail, text is not archived
by jdd＠dodin.org 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hello, I have a serious problem on my squirrelmail install (after server migration) when I compose a message, after some lines, the content of the message desapear on some operations. The message is sent and received complete, but I do not find it complete in the sent folder. in this sent folder, I get some lines, with blank lines inside example here http://dodin.info/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=107e323bfeee7f8fa16d2… 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] What does Konqueror have that Firefox doesn't?
by Per Jessen 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I'm trying to access a _really_ old Compaq Remote Insight Board - with Firefox, I get "ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap", but with Konqueror I get through. I need Firefox though as Konqueror doesn't quite cope with some Javascript on the first/login page. I guess Konqueror has support for some elderly cipher protocols, is there any way of finding out which and getting those to work in Firefox too? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.3°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, 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] Can I run Debian with an openSUSE kernel+initrd?
by Per Jessen 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ? I'll be testing this tomorrow anyway, so this is more of sanity check - to see if anyone's got an opniion or advice to share. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.0°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental 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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