March 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Newb on Sound for opensuse 3.2
by don fisher 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Can somebody point me to a link, or explain how the sound is supposed to work. On my last system, there always appeared to be a contest between Firefox (e.g. after YouTube) and other applications. Sorry for being so dumb on this, but I am a software developer and rarely tried running sound before. In my home I have a receiver that allows me to chose the desired input channel. How is this accomplished under linux? It also is not clear to me which software components need to be loaded. I saw on the online setup how to make the system bark, but not how to select between Firefox and Rhythmbox, for instance. I also installed the Rhythmbox RPM and cannot make it operate. It will not load my large directory of music file. If I select a single track, it appears to be playing the track (as the bar moves across the top) but no sound comes from the speakers. I did a Google on opensuse 3.2 sound and most of the listings were ancient, like 2001. 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] log rotation
by ianseeks 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Hi My /var/log/messages is growing, is there a standard way to rotate this? The same goes for zypper.log which used to rotate, the last time it was 04-Nov last year. I'm sure this was al automatic at one point in time. regards Ian -- 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] Latency issues
by Anton Aylward 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

I'm currently running 3.19.1-1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT on a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz With 13.1/64-bit IO scheduler if cfq The last few kernel revisions seem to have affected latency in certain areas. This is most obvious in hot keying from the GUI screen on vt7 to a plain text mode login on vt1. I should be almost instantaneous. I was in past months. Its now taking 3-4 seconds. That really really noticeable. I have monitors for CPU and network and disk activity, and I've tried this when all of them are low. I've tried this with each CPU activity showing ... Again low, single digits or idle cores. Within the KDE desktop, switching between desktops is fast, moving though FF tabs is fast, moving though the (presumably cached) messages and folders in T'Bird is fast. Perhaps I shouldn't complain. But it strikes me as odd. I'm wondering if this is related to the ssh...Login/logind issue in another thread. However the latency is there even if I'm switching to vt1 and have a already logged in there or swiching back to the X/KDE on vt7. -- 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] Desktop Wallpaper gets reverted
by ianseeks 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Hi i tend to play around with my desktop wallpapers to make it a bit interesting but whatever i set it to on my desktop, it eventually gets reverted to the opensuse default image without any intervention by me. Is there anyway to stop this? Opensuse Tumbleweed kde 4.14.5 Ian -- 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] Installing latest version of OpenSuSE while keeping version 12.3
by Terry Eck 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

I currently have OpenSuSE 12.3 on /dev/sda1 which is labeled bootable. I would like to move this version onto /dev/sda2 and install the latest version of OpenSuse on /dev/sda1. I would also like to be able to boot either versions of OpenSuSE. Is this possible and what are the steps required? I assume I need to move version 12.3 from sda1 to sda2 before installing the latest version. Or would it be better to install the latest version on sda2 and hope I can boot either version? Thanks for any help with what I would like to do. Terry -- OpenSuSE 12.3 -- Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop --- 10:50AM --- Fri 03/13/15 There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who don't -- 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] log rotation
by ianseeks 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

On Friday 13 Mar 2015 12:47:51 Vojtěch Zeisek wrote: > Dne Pá 13. března 2015 11:41:07, ianseeks napsal(a): > > Hi > > > > My /var/log/messages is growing, is there a standard way to rotate this? > > The same goes for zypper.log which used to rotate, the last time it was > > 04-Nov last year. > > I'm sure this was al automatic at one point in time. > > Yes, see logrotate: man logrotate, man logrotate.conf and content of > /etc/logrotate.d/ for examples. Especially check paths (sometimes there are > changes between versions, distributions and old logrotate settings doesn't > work correctly on new logs). It uses cron (I think). It is simple and well > working tool. You can use it for any logs anywhere. > > > regards > > > > Ian > > Sincerely, > Vojtěch 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] multiple kernel versions
by Roger Oberholtzer 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

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[opensuse] sistemad / journal / syslog ?
by Per Jessen 12 Mar '15

12 Mar '15

I am migrating some test systems from openSUSE 11.0 to 13.2 - systemd is in fact making things quite a lot easier. However, I have a problem with getting syslog-ng started early enough. This is probably due to a DNS problem, which will have be looked at separately. However, due to this late starting I've noticed other daemons not being able to use syslog, not even once it is started. E.g. openvpn - it is started quite early, so the startup messages are not logged, but later on it also does not seem to be able to log. This can't be right? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.1°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, 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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[SOLVED] [opensuse] Network not working
by Benjamin Draxlbauer 12 Mar '15

12 Mar '15

Okay thanks for the hints! I just managed it. "netconfig update" told me that the resolv.conf was changed and so I copied the content of resolv.conf.netconfig into the resolv.conf and now everything is fine! Actually the file must have been corrupted by the empty battery … still strange but things happen ;) Thanks for help!!! Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. März 2015 um 17:45 Uhr Von: "Anton Aylward" <opensuse(a)antonaylward.com> An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Network not working On 03/12/2015 12:04 PM, Benjamin Draxlbauer wrote: > Another Info which might lead to the solution: I can load ip > addresses but not the websites via name, so it seems that the names > are not resolved properly... 134.76.12.3 leads to "it works". Would > be cool if someone could help out… As Patrick said, check your resolver settings. This sounds like a DNS resolution issue. It is possible that your ISP _should_ be supplying values. If your router is connecting to your ISP via DHCP the ISP may also had back addresses to its won DNS service, and all you need to do is tell your own machine to use the router as a DNS proxy. That's how my ISP works. The ISP does a good job and caches a boatload of responses! My router caches the ones i use most often. So that option invovles setting your router address in /etc/resolv.conf Or possibly the address of your ISP's DNS service. Failing all that, you can enter "8.8.8.8" as a DNS service. So your /etc/resolv.conf might read nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 8.8.8.8 The first is the local cache :-) The second is the router The third is the fallback That's one way of doing it. It will work. No doubt there are better ways, more suited to your exact situation and context. For example, * You may have a crippled ISP that doesn't supply DNS service. * Your ISP may normally supply that but is suffering a bug/outage in this regard As they cay: YMMV As I say, Context is Everything -- 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 -- 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 not working
by Benjamin Draxlbauer 12 Mar '15

12 Mar '15

Hello everyone! Today i encounterd a strange problem. My Laptop ran out of battery and opensuse quitted due to this. Here is the problem: After rebooting into the system my wireless network did not work anymore! It is correctly connecting to the router and getting a ip adress and i can also open the routerlogin but i cannot reach any stuff outside although the plasma module says that i have small up and down connection. I tried around some stuff and also tried to connect the laptop via cable, but still the same problem...Also with cable! I then tried to reload the kernel module (rt2800pci) but still the same problem. I also tried it with a different wireless network (my smartphone's) but it is all the same! I then reinstalled NetworkManager with the correct package with rpm -Uv Netw… but still the same! Nothing seems to help, but I am sure, that it is my system which is causing the problem… Thanks for help, Benjamin. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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