March 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] OT: getting rid of new firefox sync
by Daniel Bauer 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Hi, I tried new firefox sync but it is not useful for me (*), so I deleted the acccount. Now every time firefox starts it says "sync error: invalid account or password". I don't find any settings within ff to completely disconnect from sync, nor can I enter in the account, of course, as I have deleted it (I tried, but it correctly denies with "no such account"). How can I get rid of this message that resides in a black bar at bottom and eats up space every time I start ff? Thanks for hints. Daniel -- (*) only for the interested: details, why new ff-sync is of no use for me: After a new OS install on my laptop I wanted to sync firefox, as I always did, but I could not add the new browser the normal way. Sadly I had to open an account. Ok, I did. And then firefox was so polite to delete all my settings and bookmarks in my main computer and replace them with the default values of the new install (lucky me that I'm a paranoid backupper). There is absolutely no way to tell ff which way it should sync. I tried several ways (first this, then that and reverse, make another new ff-sync-account on the main machine and then install new ff on the laptop - zapp: all settings, bookmarks... gone. So, in fact for me ff doesn't have a sync function anymore. I must do it manually (copy/paste complete profile folder), it's not really satisfying. -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- 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] Is Baloo at end of life already?
by John Andersen 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

After many months of KDE updates, as well as Yast updates I've noticed zero new functionality in Baloo, and no further integration with Yast. Baloo seems to work, its fast, doesn't seem to use and resources to speak of. But half the functionality is missing. However: But 1) configuration is via some totally undocumented files deep within /home/<user>/.kde4/share/config. 2) No integration with Yast 3) No usable search facility except from within Dolphin, and that is limited. 4) No integration of tags in the search (what the hell are tags in Dolphin actually good for?) 5) No standalone search facility uses Baloo It seems like the package, and the entire concept of a built-in-search is abandoned. I find Baloo search really useful for finding things in a mountain of source code, not to mention documents etc. But the search capability is extremely limited. It won't search on metadata, tags, comments, or do any complex searches. If Baloo is going nowhere, I'm in the market for a good full text indexing system, which can index any mounted files. Any suggestion? -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- 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] ChatCam webcam
by Robert Rea 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

I picked up this cheap webcam to see if it works. I plugged it in to the usb port and nothing happened. Any idea on what to try next? Of course the only OS listed on the box is XP, but I thought I would try it. -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery What do you say to Jesus when he comes again? Where have you been? You said you were coming right back. -- 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 Wireless 1704 OpenSUSE 13.2
by Paul Groves 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

I have recently upgraded a laptop from 13,1 to 13.2 and I am now having trouble with the wireless adapter. It is a Dell Wireless 1704 with Broadcom BCM43412 chipset. Out of the box the bluetooth wirks but not the wifi. lspci shows the adapter fine. I was very surprised when I installed 13.1 some time ago and the Broadcom adater actually worked because this is the only Broadcom card I have EVER seen working in Linux (OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and CentOS). Obviously I got my hopes up too soon and now it does not work in 13.2. On 13.1 all I had to do was install broadcom-wl then reboot and the card worked fine. However on 13.2 this does not work and performing those same steps achieves nothing. I have just reinstalled 13.1 and can replicate the installation and the card works fine. I have tried 13.2 again and no luck. Apart from the obvious solution to every Broadcom driver issue that I have encountered in the past. (Which is to buy a Wireless adapter that works properly with Linux out of the box like Atheros or Realtek :D). Does anyone have any ideas? -- 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] CUPS and Let's Print Droid
by James Knott 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

I have "Let's Print Droid" enabled on my Android phone to print on my printer. It can find the printer and print to it, but the document is not printed. If I go into CUPS, I can see the print job as being successfully printed, even though it wasn't. The printer is connected via USB. Any ideas about why jobs from another computer can print via CUPS on this computer, but not from Let's Print Droid? Is there something I can check? tnx jk -- 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] Installation problem
by A. den Oudsten 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

On my desktop I deleted the partitions / and /home in order to make a fresh install for which I used the Tumbleweed 20150227 DVD. The install went flawless until, after the restart, the standard wallpaper appeared without the default panel. Trying to make a panel ended in a mess. Another trial with a newly downloaded DVD gave the same results. Has anybody a suggestion how to solve this situation? Thanks in advance. André den Oudsten -- 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] 13.2 and Sound - specifically the volume setting
by Basil Chupin 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Prior to 13.2 I set the sound volume in the Mixer (bottom right, System Tray) and it would stay as set from logout to login to logout..... ad finitum. Now, under 13.2 the volume setting changes according to some unknown algorithm. For example, last night I set the volume(s) in the Mixer to be at their maximum and I then adjust the actual volume of the sound I want to hear from the speakers via the volume control of my sound card (SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium). A few minutes ago I turn on VLC to be able to watch some television --- and find that there is almost no sound coming from the speakers! I look at the Mixer (icon/widget, bottom RH) and found that all the volume settings have been reset to much lower level. Reset by _what_? Anyone know, please, what is required to make the settings in Mixer to *stick* and not be randomly altered by something in 13.2? (There have been posts in this mail list from people who suddenly found that they had no sound. I think that the answer to my question would also solve their problem.) BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.4 & kernel 3.19.0-3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- 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] Who catches XEvents, such as laptop lid close etc.
by don fisher 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Title says it all. I am tying to control what happens when I close the lid, touch the power button etc. I have not searched under openSuse, but there was once a thing called acpi with scripts in /etc/acpi that could be set to control these events. I do no wish to break the existing system, so would like to know how to interface with these options. I am running openSuse 3.2. I do not wish to have to dig back into those 7 volumes of the X window system. Yes, I still have them:-) Thanks Don -- 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] Grub troubles
by Frans de Boer 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

Hi, I have a server running 12.3 and want to install on a different partition the newer 13.2 distribution. Alas, after installation I can't boot 12.3 anymore because of wrong references. Every time I install a fresh kernel I have to manually edit the grub.cfg files to get 12.3 booted again. I also want to install a third system (LFS) without having to manually edit grub.cfg every time. So, is it possible to install the GRUB core image in a different partition and have the kernels be placed in the /boot directory of their respective partitions? Using this method I just need to chain to the relevant partition to start the local GRUB menu handler. - Between MBR and first partition: GRUB bootloader. - First partition: GRUB core and simple menu. - Second partition contains swap space - partitions 3..n Contain GRUB menu handlers and local linux kernels in local /boot dir. I need local GRUB handlers because of preserving the kernel version as supported by openSuse and newer standard kernels with better or newer support modules. Reading the GRUB 2.00 manual is not so helpful - to me - because of lack of unambiguous explanations or examples. Any suggestions? Regards, Frans. -- 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] Network settings in openSuse
by don fisher 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

I would like to know how to change the settings in openSuse without causing damage. I looked at yast, but it declares these are managed by NetworkManager. I looked at a couple of the network manager applets, but did not see how to proceed. I wish to change my ports from DHCP to static. I need to be able to add name servers etc. when I do this. I would also like to be able to tell the system what the password for my Wi-Fi is so that it does not prompt me all of the time. I think NetworkManager needs to be shut down to make these changes. But how does one do that. I tried disabling it in services but that did not appear to work. I would also like to know how to modify user parameters, such as the default shell, without breaking the system. I used a command line tool (forgot which one:-( and nobody was able to log into the system. I assume the damn check sums were not updated correctly. It used to be so easy to just edit /etc/passwd, or /etc/networking to make these changes. Thanks, Don -- 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] Tumbleweed update question
by Roger Oberholtzer 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

We are in the process of deciding if we will move from doing traditional openSUSE installs (e.g., 13.1, 13.2, etc via our home-cooked KIWI OEM images) or if we should move to Tumbleweed (perhaps also via a KIWI OEM image). Our biggest question is how often one should do an update to Tumbleweed once it is installed. More specifically, how long one can wait between updates? I know that is a tricky question. But I am guessing that there are some stated goals in the Tumbleweed project related to this? In our use case, openSUSE is installed in road vehicles that do not spend time in the office. Occasionally a vehicle is in a state where we can do an update. Either it is in the garage for other maintenance or is between contracts (our favorite time to do upgrades). This can occur roughly every 6 - 8 months. That would mean that we would only update Tumbleweed with that frequency. Or perhaps longer. Our current approach is to update to a new openSUSE every 2 years or so. Then, as each vehicle is available, it gets a new install. The advantage of using Tumbleweed, even at the 6-8 month update frequency, is that all the system settings are kept. When doing a destructive install more hand work is required and thus more errors can occur. Doing a Tumbleweed update should lessen the chance of an error because of re-installation. It is one of the reasons we update as seldom as we do. Increasing the frequency of updates allows us to keep our system more similar. Which is a good thing. Opinions? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- 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] migration from openSUSE 12.3 to 13.2 - from ifup to wicked
by Paul Neuwirth 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hi, I struggled long to migrate fully from initd to systemd. Now before I do the step from 12.3 to 13.2, i have concerns of ifup being replaced. Not much answers found googling around. A. can ifup be used instead of wicked B. is migration easy? following setup (IPv4 only): 2 physical network cards (RTL8111/8168) eth0: LAN (DHCPd running on the machine) eth1: (static ip) as connection to VDSL2 modem dsl0: PPPoE dial-up device lo tun0: openvpn server running tun1: vpnc connection (manually created on demand using vpnc) isdn0: backup ISDN dial-in connection (started manually) modem0: backup UMTS dial-in connection (started manually) C. firewall configuration I adjusted SuSEfirewall2 configuration a lot (routing,masquerading,forwarding,...) and added custom scripts for traffic shaping using tc and iptables. have i take care of anything regarding this? Thank's a lot in advance for any info/hints. It is very hard to find information about, especially point C. Regards, Paul -- 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] simple mouse question
by Tony Alfrey 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hello; Running SuSE 13.1, and clearly not an expert on this release. I simply want to configure my mouse, a very simple Logitech PS/2 mouse. I want to configure the speed that the cursor moves versus the physical speed of the mouse. There /used/ to be a panel somewhere that allows this, and other things (like what do the mouse buttons do). I see config things for keyboards and such but not for the mouse. Thanks -- 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] Windows Crashing with squares all over them
by Paul Groves 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

I have been using my computer all day and have notice an issue while using firefox. While I am browsing the internet the window started to patellate in large blocks forming a grid over the whole windows. I have also experienced the issue in glabels. If I switch to another session Ctrl + Alt + F6 then back to Ctrl + Alt + F7 the blocks go away only to return a few minutes later. I has also just happened twice while writing this email. I installed some updates this morning but have never seen an issue like this since using opensuse as my main os and never had an issue with updates. I am running 64-bit 13.2, I have an Nvidia 9500GT graphics card using the drivers from the community repo. Is there a way of checking what updates have been installed just like windows update or apple software update show the updates in a list and what time and date they were installed? -- 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] Upgrade from 12.3 to 13.1 over the weekend - Kudos :)
by Christopher Myers 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Just wanted to send out a big kudos to everyone involved in the oS project :) I did a repo upgrade of my work Lenovo W530 Friday night, and everything went beautifully. Had a few super minor things to straighten out, but so far it's been as if nothing happened (except for the improvements of course :P) (Went to 13.1 instead of .2 because I want to get it on Evergreen after the current support cycle ends.) Chris -- 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 Firefox 36.0 on 13.2 and Search Engines
by Basil Chupin 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

OK, who stuffed up the Search Engines facility in FF 36.0? In previous versions one could select a Search Engine from a drop-down menu but now this option is gone. Anybody know of a quick fix for this new "improvement" in FF 36.0, please? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.4 & kernel 3.19.0-3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- 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] Re: Just upgraded Firefox 36.0 on 13.2 and Search Engines
by James Knott 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

On 03/02/2015 10:34 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote: > > > Am 02.03.2015 um 14:30 schrieb James Knott: >> On 03/01/2015 10:39 PM, Malcolm wrote: >>>> One problem that's been around for the past few versions is Adblock >>>>> Plus no longer works, yet it's fine in Seamonkey. >>>>> >>> Hi >>> Use AdBlock Edge instead and no 'acceptable ads'.... >>> >> >> Just tried it and I'm still getting ads. >> > > What exactly does no longer work in Adblock plus? I'm with firefox > 35.0 and as much as I can see it works. I have, for example, blocked > several autmatically starting musicplayers, and this still works > perfectly. I don't see g+ and fb buttons, unless I unblock a specific > page... > > Or is it just from ff 36? > It no longer blocks ads. I can go to the same site with Firefox and Seamonkey, both with Adblock Plus installed. Firefox shows ads, Seamonkey doesn't. Others have also experienced this. Regardless. I was finally able to get Plus removed and Edge enabled. I'll have to see how well Edge works. -- 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] sistemad - invalid argument when trying to override ExecStart with drop-in config?
by Per Jessen 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

In /etc/systemd/system, I have created a directory: radvd.service.d/ which contains "useold.conf" : [Service] ExecStart=/usr/sbin/radvd.old --nodaemon $RADVD_OPTIONS (I want to use an old binary, see bug#920156). After having reloaded systemd, I try to start radvd: # systemctl start radvd Failed to start radvd.service: Unit radvd.service failed to load: Invalid argument. See system logs and 'systemctl status radvd.service' for details. Unfortunately, the log and the journal and 'systemctl status' all give absolutely no indications about the invalid argument? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, 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] Yast, multiple NICs, and default routes
by Esztermann, Ansgar 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Hello List, as far as I can tell, Yast does provide an option to edit DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE for individual NICs. This means that when multiple NICs are set up for DHCP, the actual default route is subject to a race condition -- surely not a desirable state. Is this true, or did I miss something? Should I file a bug? Thanks, A. -- Ansgar Esztermann DV-Systemadministration Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Abteilung 105

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[opensuse] ipv6 users - radvd 2.2.2 from openSUSE 13.2 appears to be broken.
by Per Jessen 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920156 The radvd from 13.1 works fine, only requires libdaemon0 to be installed too. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.6°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] FF 35 woes on 13.1 (prior search results NOT available when 'back' used)
by David C. Rankin 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

All, This is frustrating. I use startpage. In all prior versions of Firefox, I could preform a search, follow a link, then press <back> to return to my search results. No I get this damn: Document Expired This document is no longer available. The requested document is not available in Firefox's cache. As a security precaution, Firefox does not automatically re-request sensitive documents. Click Try Again to re-request the document from the website. [ Try Again ] Jesus this is a pain. How can I tell FF 35 to please behave like all prior versions of FF and just show my search results again when I press back?? I don't want to have to click multiple buttons and confirm resends just to see them again. What in about:config controls this behavior? I've searched settings, and once again with Mozilla, this new 'feature' appears to be more of a 'bug' for some -- because, again, there is no way to TURN IT OFF. What says the braintrust? What's the trick to get usable 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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Re: [opensuse] FF 35 woes on 13.1 (prior search results NOT available when 'back' used)
by David C. Rankin 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

On 02/28/2015 05:58 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > I have no idea, but I doubt you're asking in the right place if you want a > good answer soon. I suggest any of the following would be much better: > > irc://moznet/#firefox Felix, Is that the same a freenode/#firefox (I presume so, but I've asked the question - there a 100s of people there -- and still no response). The page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1010942 details this issue and the behavior started with FF32 sometime. -- 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] Dual booting with 13.2 upgrade?
by Thomas Taylor 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

I performed an fresh install of OS 13.2 but ran into a problem when trying to get a dual boot system. The 13.2 install apparently requires a GPT partition scheme so I used PartedMagic to create that. When I tried to install Windows 7 it balked at the GPT partition as it seems not able to use that scheme, requiring a DOS type partition table. What suggestions are there for allowing this dual-boot between OS 13.2 and Windows 7? Thanks, Tom -- Forgiveness is really not about someone’s harmful behavior; it’s about our own relationship with our past. When we begin the work of forgiveness, it is primarily a practice for ourselves. - Gina Sharpe, “The Power of Forgiveness ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor KG7CFC openSUSE 13.1 (64-bit), Kernel 3.11.6-4-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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