July 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] 13.1 installer bug - printer selection list is empty until hplip drivers installed
by David C. Rankin 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

All, This is one issue I would like somebody to confirm on the next 13.1 install. (*automatic configuration UNCHECKED*). When you get to printer configuration, the default is to load the foomatic and gs printer drivers, but not automatically install the hplip package. (this is smart, many of the foomatic postscript drivers are more feature rich than the hplip set) However, what I got to this point and used the Connection Wizard to locate and test my CUPS ipp Laserjet4, there were *no* printers available in the printer selection list. I tried several times with multiple search criteria to get the list to display *anything* but no matter what I did, no printers would display in the printer selection list. I have installed with foomatic postscript drivers many, many and know for a fact that the Laserjet 4 driver exists in that package. But despite a number of searches nothing would display. I mean nothing, not a single enter in the printer selection list for any manufacturer at all. So I finally relented and installed the hplip package and went back through the Connection Wizard process to locate/test the connection to my CUPS ipp Laserjet4. Then magically *all* printer drivers appeared in the printer selection list. Including the *foomatic postscript, gs and hplip* drivers. So somewhere in the printer config dialog there is a bug that prevents the printer selection list from displaying printers from the foomatic package until the hplip package is installed. Once the hplip package installed the printer config/test print process completed successfully (using the foomatic driver). I need somebody to test/confirm this issue on their next install. *NOTE:* my install was done using manual configuration (unchecked the auto-configuration box at the beginning). I do a traditional install, with traditional root account (basically you flip all the default checks so I receive system mail, I don't use an admin account, and no auto-login) If this issue can be duplicated. I'll file the bug, but I want to make sure it wasn't some one-off event. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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 Thunderbird (24.6) Crash - Would NOT Restart: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
by David C. Rankin 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

All, When I canceled a message I was going to send, tbird crashed. The problem was tbird would NOT restart. It just kept creating crash reports. Attempting to start from the command line revealed the following: $ thunderbird (process:14627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed (thunderbird:14627): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised (thunderbird:14627): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised (thunderbird:14627): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised (thunderbird:14627): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised 02:37 alchemy:~> (crashreporter:14638): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised (crashreporter:14638): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised (crashreporter:14638): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised (crashreporter:14638): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised This is apparently a thunderbird/glib issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672671 I ended up having to windoze the box (reboot) to be able to launch tbird again. Is anyone else seeing this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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 visudo -> %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL, user (member of wheel) still prompted for pw
by David C. Rankin 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

All, I have unexpected behavior in 13.1 regarding sudo. As a general configuration item, I modify sudoers via visudo and uncomment the following to provide passwordless access to sudo for members of the wheel group: # Same thing without a password %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL It has always worked, except for 13.1. Any ideas? Additionally, pam.d/su no longer provides the following options: # Uncomment the following line to implicitly trust users in the "wheel" group. auth sufficient pam_wheel.so trust use_uid # Uncomment the following line to require a user to be in the "wheel" group. auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid They still work as they did before. Any reason they are not in su anymore? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] When I have downloads running, DNS fails.
by Carlos E. R. 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a nuisance problem. When I have dowloads running, using my full internet pipe, which is just 1 mbit/s ADSL via dedicated router, DNS queries fail, meaning that anything internet related fails, in the entire house. It does not matter what machine is doing the download. (I can do several downloads at the same time, though) Aparently, the router is not capable of prioritizing and doing two things at the same time, like doing a download, and querying upstream DNSs. What would be the best strategy to at least paliate this? At this moment, this machine is using bind, with this config: forwarders { 192.168.1.1; }; forward first; which means that it asks my router, which in turn asks my ISP. Maybe I should tell my machine to query some other DNS server outside, instead, in case it is just the router which can not do two things, but it may allow packages to go in or out... :-? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlO+vucACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UZGQCdFuztYdNraGwxK7lfFd1g7it/ hcwAn2CFdqbEf6gFRlgAGd3CcjNmpcDv =kUSU -----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] 13.1 optical intelli-mouse driver input issue - cursor shoots to bottom of screen when lifted
by David C. Rankin 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

All, On my new 13.1 install on my tosiba laptop, I am getting strange behavior out of the optical mouse. MS inteli-mouse - normal 3 button + wheel. When the mouse is lifter off the pad, the cursor begins jumping around quite noticeably. It shakes up and down about 1/2 to 1 inch vertically as it works itself down the page at a fairly rapid pace. For some reason it looks like the Y-axis goes nuts when the mouse is lifted. This makes it quite difficult to reposition the mouse on the pad. Lifting the mouse about 1/2 inch off the pad and the cursor takes off like a rocket to the bottom of the screen. Can anybody else confirm? I also have the synaptics touchpad driver 'syndaemon` loaded to disable the touchpad while typing. I have used syndaemon for years and never had this type of issue before. Strange. Does anyone recall how to capture the X and Y axis values? It would be nice to grab data in the event this becomes a bug report. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] NAS home backup?
by Thomas Taylor 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

I would like to set up an older desktop system for backing up five home systems over the internal LAN. This would probably be a scheduled weekly job involving both Linux and Windows boxes. What hardware other than the computer, LAN card, and LARGE (2+ TB-wife has LOTS of photos) disk would be needed? I'm thinking that rsync would be the best for this use but would entertain other methods. I have a bash file that I got from someone on the OS forum several years ago but looks fairly simple to modify. My main question regards backing up from the two Windows boxes. Would that need Samba or some other software? The backup box has: Asus M5A?? AMD socket 3 CPU 4 GB RAM 2+ TB hard disk old PCIe video card (Nvidia ?) for setup only Thanks, Tom -- "To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.10-17-default, KDE 4.11.2, AMD Phenom X4 955, GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Nvidia 337.19) 16GB RAM -- 3x1.5TB sata2 -- 128GB-SSD FF 27.0, claws-mail 3.10.0 registered linux user 263467 -- 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 - where to turn off 3-line: if ' ' is not a typo ... & colored grep?
by David C. Rankin 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

All, In 13.1, if the command is not found, you get a 3-line narrative explaining it may be a typo. e.g: [13:06 alchemy:.../aoo/en-US/RPMS] # dog If 'dog' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf dog I just want the good old: 13:10 nirvana:/srv/http/dl/bugs/moz> dog -bash: dog: command not found Where do I turn this long version off? It seems like I've done this before, but it has been years and I can't remember where to do it? Also (related), when I use grep, the search term in the results is colored red. E.g (openoffice is red below): [12:20 alchemy:.../aoo/en-US/RPMS] # rpm -qa | grep openoffice openoffice-core05-4.1.0-9764.x86_64 openoffice-brand-en-US-4.1.0-9764.x86_64 openoffice-math-4.1.0-9764.x86_64 openoffice-onlineupdate-4.1.0-9764.x86_64 ^^^^^^^^^^ red How do I turn this off so I just get plain search results back? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] A few question on customizing KDE4
by Istvan Gabor 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hello: I have installed openSUSE 13.1 on a new computer and I decided to give a try to KDE4. The overall experience so far is good but I still have a few question on some customization setting. Some of them KDE4 specific, other are not. -- In KDE4 how can I change the panel background and font color. By googling I found that I have to chose change the theme, but I have find the theme I like and I already have customized its colors etc properties. I only couldn't find how I can customize panel colors. -- In KDE4 how can turn off all notification sounds by one or two clicks. I found notification sound settings in Configure desktop -> Common appearance and behavior -> Application and system notifications -> Application tab -> Event source pulldown. But here I should go through all the pulldow options and within each of them untick the play a sound icon several times. There must be some more powerful method without requiring turning the sound off one by one (as there was a turn all sound off button in KDE3). -- In Krusader viewer or editor (F3/F4) how can I disable coloring of text? -- When I insert a DVD in the DVD drive and copy files from it, it spins too fast and make too much noise (resonating). How can I decrease the reading speed? -- How can I disable the updater notification? I disabled it in the system tray still after login a notification window popped in on the screen. -- Is it possible to get back /media folder instead of /var/run/media/<user>? It is too complicated to navigate here (in konsole). Thanks in advance, 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] 13.1 Turning Off Unwanted Services from Initial Install - Where?
by David C. Rankin 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

All, After initial install with the NET-install and LXDE as the desktop, I now have a number of unwanted services running. What I would like to know is what I can kill and what is hardwired into the 13.1 setup (before spending a couple of hours fumbling around). I would like to permanently disable: /usr/sbin/ModemManager /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd \_ parcellite \_ /usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs \_ /usr/lib/tracker-store /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f -o big_writes /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-goa-volume-monitor /usr/lib/goa-daemon /usr/lib/mission-control-5 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor /usr/lib/at-spi2/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.2 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0 I don't need Mod , this laptop has a software modem. I don't want bluetooth. I have klipper running and don't need parcellite. Where are these started? (as services or as part of some init-script?) I want to remove tracker completely. I don't want some multi-Gigabyte cache laying around somewhere. Are the caches in /usr/lib/tracker-*? Or are there more somewhere else? Why is gvfs running? I'm running kde3, do I need gvfs or is it just a holdover from the lxde install? Why is at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session in kde? Can I just remove at-spi2-core and libatk-bridge and be done with it? What is best here? rpm -e or disabling. If disable how? I don't want any of this running, so how best to get rid of it permanently without spending hours picking though configs? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- 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] Just upgraded 12.3 => 13.1 : had to manually start postfix
by Greg Freemyer 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

All, What is the systemd way to get postfix to automatically start on boot up? -- details -- I have a cloud based server I use to pass email traffic through. I just used "zypper dup" to upgrade it to 13.1 from 12.3. Then I rebooted. After reboot pastfix wasn't running: === # rcpostfix status Checking for service Postfix: unused postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) === So I manually started it: === cloud1:/var/log # rcpostfix start redirecting to systemctl start postfix.service cloud1:/var/log # rcpostfix status Checking for service Postfix: running postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-07-14 19:39:07 EDT; 6s ago Process: 3475 ExecStartPost=/etc/postfix/system/cond_slp register (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3473 ExecStartPost=/etc/postfix/system/wait_qmgr 60 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3402 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/postfix start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3400 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_postmaps (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3398 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/update_chroot (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3395 ExecStartPre=/etc/postfix/system/config_postfix (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3393 ExecStartPre=/bin/echo Starting mail service (Postfix) (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3472 (master) CGroup: /system.slice/postfix.service ââ3472 /usr/lib/postfix/master ââ3484 pickup -l -t fifo -u ââ3485 qmgr -l -t fifo -u ââ3486 trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -u ââ3487 smtp -t unix -u ââ3488 smtp -t unix -u ââ3489 smtp -t unix -u ââ3490 smtp -t unix -u ââ3491 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u ââ3492 bounce -z -n defer -t unix -u === -- 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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