August 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] Resolved - Recover 12.3 system - help needed
by Mark Goldstein 09 Aug '14

09 Aug '14

OK, the system is back to life... I re-installed libz as Felix suggested, rebuilt initrd (using mkinitrd), all under chroot in rescue system, and verified that libz.so is still in /usr/local/lib in initrd. Then (wild guess) I moved the libz files in real system from /usr/loca/lib to spare location and re-created initrd with mkinitrd - and voila, libz is in /lib64 and the system is bootable again /usr/local/lib is in ld.so.conf, so probably mkinitrd saw the newer version of the libz there and copied it. I'll check later how this newer version got installed (I see the date)... Thanks to you all for your help. BR -- Mark Goldstein -- 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] kernel-desktop-3.15.8-2.1.g258e3b0.x86_64 - Horrible Backlight Flicker (3.15.6 OK)
by David C. Rankin 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

All, I have the Kernel:/stable/standard/ repo configured (bug testing on backlight control) and today I pulled in the updated kernel: kernel-desktop-3.15.8-2.1.g258e3b0.x86_64 Every 1-2 seconds the backlight flickers horribly (not related to bug report of backlight keyboard keys not controlling backlight). It makes the laptop unusable. I booted back into kernel-desktop-3.15.6-2.1.gedc5ddf.x86_64 and all is fine. Does a bug report need to go somewhere? I know this is from Kernel:/stable/standard/, but if this is getting folded into factory, then a bug needs to go somewhere. Anybody have anything to check? The flicker starts as soon as the kernel is booted, is present during the splash screen and remain unchanged after the display and window managers load -- so it is kernel/module related and not desktop related... -- 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] Why am I getting this notification?
by Marc Chamberlin 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Running openSuSE12.3 x64 and I am getting this notification about the packman repo. Why? What should I do about it? For the moment I have disabled the repo but I don't want to give up using Packman.... Timeout exceeded when accessing 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_12.3/repodata/repomd.xml'. 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] FF31 - All icons/buttons look like "high-contrast" icons (they are white) - any way to fix?
by David C. Rankin 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

All, The fun continues with the ever-changing Firefox UI. I pulled in FF31 last night on updates. Now all icons are pure-white glyphs on the button background. It looks like some of the old 'high-contrast' themes. Is there any way to get the correct (at least) grayscaled button icons back? Here is a screenshot: [5k] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/bugs/openSuSE/131/ff31-high-cont-icons.jpg -- 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] Unpacking .MSI files
by Anton Aylward 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

OUCH! I've been sent what _should_ have been a .zip but comes as a .msi As i'm told this is "much the same thing". But not to me.... Apparently this is how some MS-weenies package things. Perhaps he did it knowing that I'm a Linux type and did it to annoy. P7zip gives ma listing but in there is a .cab file and I thnk that has all the file tree that I want. So how should .msi files be handled under Linux? -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- 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] Calling a script to run in background.
by Carlos E. R. 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi I have this call in "/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/mine": /usr/local/bin/nm-hook-mine-up $CONEXION >> /var/log/NetworkManager-mine.log & It runs, and it calls the other script, but this one after 10 seconds, it dies or it is killed. I'm unsure if the position of the "&" above is correct :-? I know that the script dies, because I have this code in it: echo "waiting (3)..." ; sleep 3 echo "waiting (6)..." ; sleep 3 echo "waiting (9)..." ; sleep 3 echo "waiting (12)..." ; sleep 3 echo "waiting (15)..." ; sleep 3 echo "waiting (18)..." ; sleep 3 And in the log I see: waiting (3)... waiting (6)... waiting (9)... waiting (12)... and goes no further. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlPgDqEACgkQja8UbcUWM1wOMgEAlK/IJE/nk0vzVchL/MtVlRsC QeqHg2PnmILoYc96mLAA/iSkV+63gZx56R1z5y2sJ93lKNfjsy5hLHAjSnbmPSE4 =5cIf -----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] pae kernel - non-working intrd ?
by Per Jessen 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Today I've been trying to install 13.1+updates on a system that needs a PAE kernel. It's failed repeatedly because unpacking the initramfs has caused an NMI, leading to the initramfs not being unpacked. (judging by the kernel output). I've just now installed again, but with the -default kernel, and that worked. Does this situation sound familiar to anyone? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (21.4°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] cproto - new source works on 13.1
by David C. Rankin 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

All, The current cproto-4.6 version is broken on 13.1 (outputs garbage from all header files). The new source is: ftp://invisible-island.net/cproto/cproto.tar.gz and is compatible with the current cpp-4.8. I've submitted a comment to the current maintainer of the 13.1 package in repositories/home/aledr. If anybody knows of a better package for searching c-source files and extracting the functions/variables (not doxygen) that provides simple text output, I'd be interested in that as well. Thanks. If you haven't use cproto for extracting function prototypes before, the 4.7 version is quite good (even with gcc 4.8). Example: $ cproto -s dir-func-ex.c -I/home/david/inc /* dir-func-ex.c */ char *xgetcwd(void); char *xgetcwd0(void); void xchdir(char *dirname); void xchdirfd(int filedes); void xmkdir_err(char *dirname, int errval, const char *func); int xmkdir(char *dirname, mode_t mode); void set_sdfltr(char *flt); int allfiles(const struct dirent *unused); int xsdsel(const struct dirent *de); int xfexists(char *f); int xis_dir(char *d); int xis_dir_W_OK(char *d); int xrmdir_sys(char *d); int main(int argc, char *argv[]); Another helpful piece of the small DMS project. -- 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] Packman down?
by James Knott 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Today, I've been getting annoying pop up messages on my computer: "Problem connecting to a software origin Timeout exceeded when accessing 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.1/repodata/repomd.xml'" Has anyone else been getting these? I have disabled Packman in my repositories, but this problem continues. -- 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] LibreOffice User Interface does not see gtk theme - howto fix?
by David C. Rankin 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

All, I got LO installed by default, but also installed OO to make sure there was continuity in the office templates between the 3x versions and the current 4x. To may my great chagrin, the UI colors of OO and LO are completely different: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/ss/suse/oo_lo-ui_differences.jpg Obviously OO is picking up the gtk theme and LO isn't. Is there any way to tell LO to use the system colors and theme? -- 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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