August 2014 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] unwanted obligation to move to ubuntu because of outdated kernel with SuSE
by Julien Michielsen 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

I do have a hp 650 notebook, and I cannot have internet-acces with it because it has a Ralink chip in it. The older linux kernels cannot "talk" with this chip because of an unpatched kernel error. This patch is part of kernels from 3.12 on. I did try to compile and install kernel 3.12.6, but this kernel failed to communicate on notebook, supposedly because I should also upgrade Ralinks firm- ware. I tried to do so, but did not manage to get it working, as it gave compilation-errors. An example: /home/julien/local/DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508/os/linux/../../os/linux/pci_main_dev.c:43:23: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'rt2860_remove_one'static VOID __devexit rt2860_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev); I do not know how to solve this, and moved to Ubuntu-14.4, with a 3.14 kernel. This worked fine, but I'd like to stay with SuSE. (although in the end Ubuntu might prove a good change) Could I possibly find a 3.12 kernel at SuSE? thanks Julien -W- Julien Michielsen julien(a)michkloo.xs4all.nl -W- Julien Michielsen julien(a)michkloo.xs4all.nl -- 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] Font aliases (serif, san-serif, monospace) where to set default font face?
by David C. Rankin 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

All, In the past, there was a fonts alias file where you could move the font you wanted as the default for each, serif, san-serif, and monospace to the first in the list of aliases for each of the generic types. The file used to be: /etc/fonts/suse-generic-names.conf where you had:  <alias> <family>Georgia</family> <family>Bell MT</family> <family>Thorndale AMT</family> <snip>  <alias> <family>Trebuchet</family> <family>Segoe</family> <family>Andale Sans</family> <snip>  <alias> <family>Fixed</family> <family>Cumberland AMT</family> <family>SUSE Sans Mono</family> <snip> It looks like that file is now: /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/58-suse-post-user.conf Is this the place to set the wanted default, or should we create some xyz.local file so it does not get overwritten? -- 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] Dubious paper size settings
by Josef Wolf 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hello, On opensuse-12.3 and opensuse-13.1, in the print dialog of all applications (konqueror, okular, firefox, etc/pp), I get _two_ options for the "Media Size" setting. The first one is set to "A4" (which I really want) and the second is set to "Letter". In contrast, lpoptions (correctly) shows only _one_ "Media Size" option, which is (correctly) set to "A4": raven:~ # lpoptions -l|grep Size PageSize/Media Size: Letter Legal Executive Statement FanFoldGermanLegal 3x5 4x6 5x7 5x8 *A4 A5 A6 FanFoldGerman B5 B6 100x150mm 216x340mm 195x270mm 184x260mm 197x273mm Postcard DoublePostcardRotated Env9 Env10 EnvMonarch EnvISOB5 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT HPBookletPageSize/Paper for Booklet: 100x150mm 184x260mm 195x270mm 197x273mm 216x340mm 3x5 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 A6 B5 B6 DoublePostcardRotated Executive FanFoldGerman FanFoldGermanLegal Legal *Letter Postcard Statement Where does the second (erroneous) "Media Size" setting in virtually all the applications come from? Why won't those applications simply use the (correct) setting from lpoptions? -- Josef Wolf jw(a)raven.inka.de -- 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] Rotating mp4 video clip
by Dylan 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi All, I have an mp4 video clip which needed rotating, so I used: ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "transpose=1" out.mp4 and it was correctly rotated (at least, vlc plays out.mp4 rotated correctly.) Now, however, when posted to a popular social media site, said site applies a further rotation. It seems there must be some metadata in the file which ffmpeg leaves untouched, and vlc ignores, but the aforementioned web site acts upon. I've checked with easytag and kid3, but they only show artist/title etc... Where should I look next to fix this? Cheers Dylan -- 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] Are you also getting this junk from PeoplePerHour?
by Carlos E. R. 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi, I just got the below email, very possibly junk or phising or who knows. What the heck is this? It is not the first similar email, from those people or another, that I'm getting recently... :-/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Request received: Re: [opensuse] Dovecot LDA in procmail [Was: Why is dovecot using user home directory?] Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:50:50 +0000 From: PeoplePerHour.com Helpdesk <support(a)peopleperhour.zendesk.com> Reply-To: PeoplePerHour.com Helpdesk <support+id360413(a)peopleperhour.zendesk.com> To: Carlos E. R <robin.listas(a)telefonica.net> ## In replies all text above this line is added to the ticket ## This email is a service from PeoplePerHour.com Helpdesk. PeoplePerHour.com <http://www.peopleperhour.com/> Hello Carlos, Thank you for contacting us! We have your request and we don't like to keep our PPHers waiting so you should hear from us within 1 working day. In the meantime you might want to have a look at our new and improved *Help section <http://support.peopleperhour.com/forums/>* where you might find the answer you are looking for. Thank you for your patience. The PPH Customer Support team Carlos E. *Carlos E. R* Aug 19 17:20 On Tuesday, 2014-08-19 at 09:05 -0400, Charles Philip Chan wrote: > On 19 Aug 2014, robin.listas(a)telefonica.net <mailto:robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote: > > Hi Carlos: > >> I would have to replace the last line with: >> >> | $DELIVER -m lists/os-en > > Yes. > >> or...? >> >> Would it end in the same mailbox format, in my case mbox? > ...

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[opensuse] Transfer from 13.1 to Factory
by A. den Oudsten 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

I just transfered from my 13.1 to Factory All went great!!! Thanks to the OpenSuse team!! André den Oudsten b t w I was surprised at restart that I still got 13.1 announced -- 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 some DD foo
by John Andersen 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Smart throwing errors on my opensuse laptop drive. Occasional long pauses. The old drive is still bootable and runs but its clearly on its way out. Have new drive ready to install in an external USB enclosure. I want to see if I can just get everything off the failing drive onto the new drive while preserving the entire layout of partitions etc. Old drive 320Gig, New Drive 500Gig. (That might have been a mistake). I can either do this booting from the old drive or I have a bootable DVD Knopix around. Is there any way to DD this drive across and take advantage of the full size of the newer drive? My fallback is, of course a fresh install, and copy of files, but I was hoping to put that off till 13.2. (Its currently a very stable 12.3 and I have no desire to go to 31.1 at the this late date.) Or is this a fools errand? -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- 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] systemctl enable postfix@instance.service ?
by Per Jessen 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Per Jessen wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: > >> Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> >>> >>> One possibility is to use templates. >>> >>> postfix@.service as template and then simply >>> >>> ln -s postfix@.service postfix@<whatever>.service >>> >>> Inside unit definition you refer to part after @ as %i or %I (should >>> be the same in your case). See man systemd.unit. So start command >>> will become >>> >>> postfix -c %I start >> >> Thanks Andrei and Cristian - much appreciated! > > And it worked really well, brilliant! > For now I've got three such instances set up - postfix, postfix-in and postfix-out. Problem - although a service instance appears to be enabled, it isn't started at boot-up? # systemctl status postfix@postfix postfix(a)postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent (postfix) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/postfix@.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) # systemctl status postfix@postfix-in postfix(a)postfix-in.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent (postfix-in) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/postfix@.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) # systemctl status postfix@postfix-out postfix(a)postfix-out.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent (postfix-out) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/postfix@.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) # systemctl is-enabled postfix(a)postfix.service enabled I suspect systemctl "status" and "is-enabled" reporting "enabled" is incorrect: # find /etc/systemd/system -name \*postfix\* /etc/systemd/system/postfix@.service /etc/systemd/system/postfix(a)postfix-in.service /etc/systemd/system/postfix(a)postfix-out.service /etc/systemd/system/postfix(a)postfix.service Trying to enable an instance: # systemctl enable postfix(a)postfix.service Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory I must be doing something wrong, but I simply can't spot it. Starting an instance manually works. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (18.7°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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[opensuse] IPTables/Firewall with failover/load balancing
by andreil1 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi ! Anyone knows proven solution - IPTables/Firewall with automatic net link checking, failover and optionally load balancing, for 2 net connections with 2 ISPs? One of the issues we had with previous IP tables/shell script is to correctly switch default gateway when main link was down. Our server runs OpenSUSE with ISPConfig and IP telephony, so correct work of such solution is essential. Thanks in advance Andrei -- 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 triggers updates in Virtualization repo? I have had 3 updates to 4.3.14 (unchanged)?
by David C. Rankin 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

All, What is triggering updates for virtualbox in the Virtualization repository when there has been no change in the virtualbox version? For example, The 4.3.14 updates have been: python-virtualbox-4.3.14-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-4.3.14-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_17-117.3.x86_64 virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_21-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-guest-tools-4.3.14-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-guest-x11-4.3.14-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_17-117.3.x86_64 virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_21-121.2.x86_64 virtualbox-qt-4.3.14-121.2.x86_64 Now there are more proposed: New: virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_21-121.3 virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop-4.3.14_k3.11.10_21-121.3 Upgrade: python-virtualbox virtualbox virtualbox-guest-tools virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-qt Why are there updates when the virtualbox version has not changed? Also, does anyone have a spec for building/packaging the virtualbox.org version of virtualbox? The latest at virtualbox.org is currently a 12.3 rpm: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.14/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.14_9503… I would like to package that for 13.1, but I would like to avoid reinventing the wheel. The will at least give some protection against trivial changes triggering a complete update of the same version. (yes, I know the 12.3 version will install on 13.1..., but if I can package a 13.1 version, I'd rather do that) Anybody know what the virtualbox.org opensuse spec looks like or where to find it? -- 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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