August 2015 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] YaST, Kernel versions & sheer bloody-mindedness
by Rodney Baker 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

Hi all. I'm having a major argument with YaST (and zypper) at the moment, trying to purge my system of kernel 3.16.7, leaving only 4.1.3 and 4.1.5 installed. No matter what I try, it insists in having kernel-[default|deskop]-3.16.7-7.1, 21.1 and 24.1 or kernel-[default|desktop|-base-3.16.7-7.1,21.1 and 24.1 installed. How hard can this be? What could be depending on 3 versions of kernel 3.16.7 that the system insists on keeping them installed, when I'm running 4.1.3 and have 4.1.5 installed as well? Running oS 13.2, btw. Seriously thinking about switching to debian, though I really don't want to... Any ideas? TIA, Rodney. -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker(a)iinet.net.au ============================================================== -- 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] Signing PDFs
by Anton Aylward 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

Since the relevant agency won't accept mail+attachments that has been PGP signed ... I can use my phone as a sketch tablet and the tipped pen to "do' a signature as a GIF. I'm sure I can edit that to have a transparent background. OK, just done that, a nice big sprawling, scrawling "Anton". Now I wonder, is there a tool to overlay that onto a PDF? While on the subject ... I seems ridiculous that the agency will accept a FAXed document, faxed from a corner store. They don't have my registered signature on file. Since I went VoIP my phone # isn't in the published phone book and cell phones don't seem to appear anywhere. It looks to me as if this is piss poor security; anyone could download the PDF form from the web, fill it in, use any signature that looked like an scrawl beginning with an A-she and ending with a D-shape and any phone number then fax it back, all leaving me completely ignorant. -- 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] dnsmasq won't load auxillar hosts file
by Anton Aylward 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

I'm using a axillary hosts-like file with dnsmasq to exclude advert and pwn sites. We've touched on this as an alternative for adblock with firefox. I have in /etc/dnsmasq.conf ---------------------- # If you don't want dnsmasq to read /etc/hosts, uncomment the # following line. #no-hosts # or if you want it to read another file, as well as /etc/hosts, use # this. #addn-hosts=/etc/banner_add_hosts addn-hosts=/etc/block.hosts.txt ---------------------- And # ls -l /etc/hosts /etc/block.hosts.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 762944 Aug 14 10:50 /etc/block.hosts.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 764312 Aug 14 11:08 /etc/hosts But when I restart dnsmasq I get the following error $ sudo systemctl status dnsmasq.service ... Aug 14 11:09:01 Mainbox dnsmasq[14934]: failed to load names from /etc/block.hosts.txt: Permission denied I've also tried with the command line option. That produces the same error. But if I paste the block file into the end of /etc/hosts there is no problem. I can't see why dnsmasq is seeing an access control problem? What am I missing? https://hugoheden.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/dnsmasq-and-etchosts/ http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/blocking-ads-using-dnsmasq-wit… -- 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] LibreOffice - howto enable custom dictionaries
by David C. Rankin 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

All, I use AOO primarily, but since openSuSE packages Libre, I have been attempting to use it lately as well. I could not get LO to see/recognize my existing custom dictionaries? I started to ask this as a question, but then stumbled around long enough to find the solution. So here is the setup and solution I found. If anybody knows why LO doesn't automatically enable the custom dictionaries like AOO, that would be good information as well. I use and keep 3 dictionaries and move them between installs. With openoffice (legal, tech & standard), you just put them in the wordbook directory and you are automatically prompted which dictionary to save a word in. In AOO the dictionary location is: ~/.openoffice/4/user/wordbook/ In LO: ~/.config/libreoffice/4-suse/user/wordbook/ In Libre office, you must manually tell LO to use a dictionary by selecting (checking the box) next to the name of your custom dictionary in Options->Language->Writing Aids. With AOO, it automatically enables custom dictionaries found. Thankfully both AOO and LO both still use flat-text files to store entries, so you can use symlinks to keep a single version of each dictionary between both. -- 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] installing openSUSE on the Intel Compute Stick
by Per Jessen 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

After returning last week from much deserved vacation, I found an Intel Compute Stick in my mailbox, waiting to be explored. It came with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which works fine, but I would much rather have openSUSE 13.2. It has an SD card slot, a USB interface and Wifi and Bluetooth. Due to the hardware being very new, the standard kernel has no support for the Wifi nor the Bluetooth. (hence, no network install). I figured it would be possible to install from an ISO image stored on a drive attached via USB. As far as I can tell, using the NET iso, installing from a full ISO image no longer works. I can access it, I can loop mount it, but linuxrc will not access it. 2nd option was copying the entire x64 DVD to an SD card and booting from that. However, the installation boot-up does not recognise the SD card properly, so no access to the DVD. My third option seems to be to copy the 13.2 repo to the USB drive and try to install from there. Can anyone think up more options? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (26.6°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] i5-4590 Haswell or FX-8350 Black Edition?
by David C. Rankin 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Braintrust, Any consensus on i5-4590 Haswell or FX-8350 Black Edition? I don't think it matters that much, my concern is mainly the staying power of the AM3+ socket (which is already out with the FX+) or the LGA 1150 (which also has several successors) I've narrowed down to basically 2 equivalent ASUS boards. No war, just thoughts on which will likely have a replacement motherboard available 3 years from now or any bad experiences that should be taken into consideration. I've run both intel/AMD for years, never had an issue with either. I've probably run more AMD just because the mobo/proc combination was usually $40-80 cheaper than intel. -- 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] Re: Levono rootkit
by John Perry 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

On 8/13/2015 11:10, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2015-08-13 16:57, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 2015-08-13 16:49, Billie Walsh wrote: > >> Or do they do something else than theming? > They might say that, instead of giving out DVDs customized for Lenovo, > you can install a vanilla windows and get all customizations, ... Or they may be trying to resurrect the malware they had installed until it was found and exposed. john perry -- 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 from an iso image on a usb drive
by Per Jessen 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

I need a second pair of eyes, I just can't make this work. I'm booting the NET iso from an SD card, and I want to install from an ISO image on a USB drive. AFAICT, this ought to be sufficient: install=hd:/openSUSE-13.2-DVD-i586.iso Doesn't work though - what am I missing? The ISO is on sda1 which is mounted and accessible. Once I return to the installers linuxrc, it keeps asking about a repo, not an ISO. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (30.8°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] Ever see a disk-controller just die?
by David C. Rankin 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

All, Sunday, I experienced a server failure and I am trying to deduce why? No storms, electrical interruptions, nothing... I received an automated text from the other boxes in my office that the server was down. I happened to have an open ssh session on my laptop and the connection was still up. So I typed $ uptime Bus error (core dumped) WTF? It is an older server (MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum) w/Phenom 9850. Always been rock solid. Spinning 6 drives on the native controllers. 2 primary drives on 1T Carvair Black drives mdraid0 4 partitions, 2 Secondary drives on Seagate 250G drives with dmraid (fake raid) 4 partitions (old install) and finally 2 1.5T Seagates that were just spare miscellaneous storage attached to ESATA 5/6. Suspecting a drive failure, I pulled all but the primary drives. Boot hangs at the "Detecting Hard Drives" POST/BIOS point. Disconnected all drives and it boots fine ("No discs connected - insert system disk"). Suspecting one or the other of the primaries, I removed the second drive on the primary channel (stuck at "Detecting Hard Drives"), so reverse the config and remove the primary drive and reconnect the secondary (stuck at "Detecting Hard Drives"). Huh? Remove the secondary leaving all drives removed (boots just fine to "No discs connected - insert system disk"). So this has me scratching my head. Unless I had simultaneous failure of both drives, it appears when anything is connected to the primary controller, boot hangs at "Detecting Hard Drives". (I have not tried discs alone on the secondary controller channel alone) ESATA is not bootable. The DVD is detected just fine and I've pulled all cards and memory and reseated just in case there was a stray bit of resistance somewhere. Has anyone experienced anything similar? If so, any pointers? I did have 1 SATA cable go bad a year or so ago, but given my diagnostics, I can't see 2 cables going bad at once. Any thoughts from the brain-trust are appreciated.. -- 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] GVFS Working, But Corresponding FUSE Mounts Are Not
by Adam Tauno Williams 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Any tips for when accessing a GVFS mount via Nautilus works but does not appear in /run/user/1000/gvfs, as if the FUSE mount doesn't happen? Files can be openened by native GNOME apps like GEdit, but not by non -GNOME apps such as Geany. Only happens on one openSUSE tumbleweed install, other is OK. It worked before a recent package update; we do most of our file editing via GVFS WebDAV & SFTP so it is pretty frustrating. GVFS & FUSE package versions are the same on both hosts. The folder created in gvfs looks like: "?????????? ? ? ? ? ? sftp:host=yannigan -orange.example.com,user=bcreswel" I looked at the output of journalctl and do not see anything that obvisously looks like GVFS crashed. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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