May 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Not able to update packages in suse 13.1
by Arup Rakshit 09 May '15

09 May '15

Hi, I got a pop-up of 113 updates needed. I opened it inside the Apper window, and clicked on the "Apply" button and keep getting the below error : There was a (possibly temporary) problem connecting to a software origins. Please check the detailed error for further details. **Error** is : File './i586/git-core-2.3.7-244.1.i586.rpm' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/tools:/scm/openSUSE_13.1' How to fix it ? -- ================ Regards, Arup Rakshit ================ Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. --Brian Kernighan -- 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] gs command for saving scanned stuff to pdf file
by Istvan Gabor 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello: I would like to scan some documents and save them as pdf files (1 file/page is OK). I'd like to use xsane copy function for this. xsane has a direct save to pdf option but the resulted pdf files are very big. But for copy function a literal command can be given, and xsane forwards the scanned data to the command. I thought that I could use i gs command which compresses the scanned image and saves it as pdf file, but I don't know how to use gs. An example gs command that could be used for this would be appreciated. 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] how to install a printing repository
by buhorojo 08 May '15

08 May '15

13.2 Hi I'd like to install cups 2.0.2 from the printing repository. I went to yast - software - software repositories - add The only understandable guide I found was http://opensuse-guide.org/repositories.php But no printing anywhere. 1. what is printing repository? 2. where is it? 3. how do I get it? Stupid questions I know but if anyone has any idea what I'm on about, please help. Part of the problem is that I know what I want to do, but I don't know where to start or how to ask in linux vocab. tia -- 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] Mysterious un-deletable file : ?gvfs in /run/user/1000
by ellanios82 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello List , - in /run/user/1000 there is a file " ?gvfs " - the command : ls -la shows :: d????????? ? ? ? ? ? gvfs .................. - is this benevolent , or , malevolent , &, how can it be Deleted ?? ......... thanks regards -- 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] Docking station problem
by Koenraad Lelong 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hi, I recently installed OpenSuse 13.2 on my laptop. It was running 13.1 before. I did the installation at home, when my laptop was sitting on it's docking station (a real one, not a USB-one). All was fine. When I took my laptop to work and mounted it on the docking station there, also a real-docking station, I could not get to the login-screen. It hung at the "green" boot-screen (imagine the login screen without any text, or images). I took the docking-station from home to work, but that had the same problem. After some fiddling I discovered that unpugging the network cable fixed my problem. When I had the login screen I could plug the network cable and log in and work. I did not try to ssh when the login-screen did not appear. Any insight what could be the problem ? When the laptop was running OS 13.1, there was no problem. Thanks, Koenraad -- 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] gnome3 and wayland
by blue hut 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello there, I am using a Macbook, and have retina resolution on it. On my external monitors I only have HD. So the things on the external monitor look quite big. People told me this is because X Server uses the same DPI on all displays. So I thought about trying out wayland. Zypper shows me gnome-session-wayland and gnome-shell-wayland. I installed both, but not sure how to start it now. Can someone help me with that? Is gdm to be started anyways or does this already mean that X server is running? regards, Michael -- 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] zypper slow on some networks
by Roger Oberholtzer 08 May '15

08 May '15

I am helping a coworker get his openSUSE 13.1 system up and running here at work. Mysteriously, when running zypper (or yast), downloading packages screeches to a near standstill. It quickly gets to where it downloads less than 100 bytes / sec. All other network activity seems fine. I tried setting export ZYPP_ARIA2C=0 but it makes no difference. It really seems that only zypper acts this way on this network. I do not know if the environment variable still works with zypper. It was a while since I had this problem. Maybe it is no longer implemented. Anyone else have a slow zypper? I might add that it happens on all my openSUSE machines in this office. -- 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] Strange messge from sec-check
by stakanov＠freenet.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hello everybody. I have got a strange message from sec-check and would like somebody to explain me what could be the reason. I had an old, unused user on my system. It was called caleidoscope. It did not receive email had kmail not activated. I erased it. I created recently due to a problem with kontact (did not start anymore https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340867 ) a new user mercurio.For being able to use Kontact again, I created all but mail and address list by hand. I created an all new set of filters. Now it seamed that Kontact was healthy again. Now I activated my mail in mercurio, imported the former mail from my mail personality. NONE of these things had anything to do with caleidoscope. No links, no shared folder. Nothing. I am running seccheck every day. Normally I have always logical output. But this time I was literally baffled by the following output: + user caleidoscope mailbox is owned by mercurio. WTF? a) I do not even have caleidoscope on my system any more. b) I did not own anything by intentional action. c) mecurio does not receive root mail, so that cannot be the reason, and I did not import anything from caleidoscope before that. d) I do not find any reference to the "mailbox" of caleidoscope within mercurio. e) If there is, I want to erase that account called mailbox (of caleidoscope) that was "owned". It should not be on the system. How can I find it? Question: does anybody has a clue what might have happened here? Could the mariadb be compromised by something? How can I check the list of all other users that have access to the mailboxes of the user mercurio? Thank you. --- Alle Postfächer an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! http://email.freenet.de/basic/Informationen -- 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: Strange messge from sec-check
by stakanov＠freenet.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } In data venerdì 8 maggio 2015 12:12:54, Yamaban ha scritto: > On Fri, 8 May 2015 10:50, stakanov wrote: > > Hello everybody. > > > > I have got a strange message from sec-check and would like somebody to > > explain me what could be the reason. > > > > I had an old, unused user on my system. It was called caleidoscope. It did > > not receive email had kmail not activated. I erased it. > > > > I created recently due to a problem with kontact (did not start anymore > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340867 ) a new user mercurio.For > > being able to use Kontact again, I created all but mail and address list > > by hand. I created an all new set of filters. Now it seamed that Kontact > > was healthy again. > > > > Now I activated my mail in mercurio, imported the former mail from my mail > > personality. NONE of these things had anything to do with caleidoscope. > > No links, no shared folder. Nothing. > > > > I am running seccheck every day. Normally I have always logical output. > > But this time I was literally baffled by the following output: > > > > > > + user caleidoscope mailbox is owned by mercurio. > > > > WTF? > > a) I do not even have caleidoscope on my system any more. > > > > b) I did not own anything by intentional action. > > > > c) mecurio does not receive root mail, so that cannot be the reason, and I > > did not import anything from caleidoscope before that. > > > > d) I do not find any reference to the "mailbox" of caleidoscope within > > mercurio. > > > > e) If there is, I want to erase that account called mailbox (of > > caleidoscope) that was "owned". It should not be on the system. How can I > > find it? > > > > > > Question: does anybody has a clue what might have happened here? Could the > > mariadb be compromised by something? How can I check the list of all > > other users that have access to the mailboxes of the user mercurio? > That "Mailbox", could it be the one in /var/spool/mail/ ? > There could be a old file named "caleidoscope", and due to the (presumed) > fact that the new user "mercurio" has the same uid as the old (and deleted) > user "caleidoscope", that file is now owned by user "mercurio". > > Due to the difference between the uid, that now points to "mercurio" and > the file name "caleidoscope", the program "sec-check" give you the message > about shown above. > > Is there is a file, "ls -l" should show it owned by "mercurio" > > ls -l /var/spool/mail/caleidoscope > > If size is Zero (0): simply delete it. > Else: use less and look into it, if wanted, use > > cat /var/spool/mail/caleidoscope >>/var/spool/mail/mercurio > > And remove /var/spool/mail/caleidoscope afterwards, > now the user "mercurio" has "New Mail". > > MariaDB is another beast, not my speciality, sorry. > > - Yamaban. That was admittedly quite brilliant. It was exactly what you prospected. At least this is solved. In fact, although mercurio is not meant to have a mailbox in var, as it does not receive root mail, it took over the one of the deleted caleidoscope due to the user ID. Thank you. Great. --- Alle Postfächer an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! http://email.freenet.de/basic/Informationen -- 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] New kernel and Dracut
by Frans de Boer 08 May '15

08 May '15

OK, I compiled a new kernel for the 13.2 release and was installing it. I have to manually copy bzImage and System.map because I do not use the make install which requires the perl-Bootloader to be available. Before I just did mkinitrd -B and the initrd file was made. Now that is part of dracut and I can't create a new initrd file. The message log states that many modules are not supported - like "Module "raid1.ko" is not supported......". This is true because I did not compiled this as a module, but as a build-in. My system is not booting because it is waiting for my drives to appear. The exact same config is used under 12.3 and of course working. Now with dracut I run into problems. 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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