January 2016 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Installation DVD is horrible!
by don fisher 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

I have been trying to build a bootable USB drive on my 13.2 system. I plug in the USB drive, BOOT the installation DVD and select installation. I get to where it shows the devices, and select the Create Partition .. and choose the USB drive. I then have to go to Expert Partitioner to set up swap, /, and home partitions. But even after doing all that, when I start the build the damn thing first formats the USB swap partition, and then mounts a swap partition from another drive, so my fstab is corrupted. Why does it refuse to honour my request to use the USB drive? Is there a trick I am missing? The USB drive already had valid partitions on it when I started. I told the system I wanted to use all three, by checking them in the usage menu. But it then reformatted the disk, removing the existing swap and making the first partition /. It was intending to use the same swap it attached above. I do not think this should not be this hard. Why is swap so hard to deal with? 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] x11vnc is not working with TigerVNC viewer on Leap42.1
by Marc Chamberlin 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Hi - For years now, I have run the x11vnc server as an xinetd daemon using the following configuration for the service - service x11vncservice { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/bin/x11vnc server_args = -inetd -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd -oa /var/log/x11vnc.log -env FD_XDM=1 -find -rfbport 5900 port = 5900 type = UNLISTED } and up until when I upgraded to Leap42.1, from openSuSE12.3 ;-) (yeah I don't change very often) this has worked fine. But now I cannot get a vncviewer on an openSuSE13.2 or 13.1 to connect to this system running 42.1 The things I have noted that are of interest, was that openSuSE switched to using VNC software from TigerVNC and the problem appears to be either with the server trying to define the display to connect to or in gaining authorization to connect to the display. The x11vnc.log shows the following ominous messages - 23/01/2016 17:40:33 x11vnc version: 0.9.13 lastmod: 2011-08-10 pid: 11698 23/01/2016 17:40:33 23/01/2016 17:40:33 wait_for_client: WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY 23/01/2016 17:40:33 23/01/2016 17:40:33 initialize_screen: fb_depth/fb_bpp/fb_Bpl 24/32/2560 23/01/2016 17:40:33 23/01/2016 17:40:33 initialize_screen: -inetd mode: F_GETFL(stdin): 0x2 23/01/2016 17:40:33 initialize_screen: -inetd mode: F_GETFL(stdout): 0x2 23/01/2016 17:40:33 initialize_screen: -inetd mode and stdio is O_RDWR 23/01/2016 17:40:33 other clients: 23/01/2016 17:40:33 incr accepted_client=1 for 192.168.10.10:60784 sock=3 23/01/2016 17:40:33 Client Protocol Version 3.8 23/01/2016 17:40:33 Protocol version sent 3.8, using 3.8 23/01/2016 17:40:33 wait_for_client: got client 23/01/20ddd16 17:40:33 client progressed=1 in 0/0 0.000001 s 23/01/2016 17:40:33 client useCopyRect: 192.168.10.10 0 23/01/2016 17:40:33 client_set_net: 192.168.10.10 0.0002 23/01/2016 17:40:33 wait_for_client: running: env X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY='' /bin/sh /tmp/x11vnc-find_display.A0fqoe 23/01/2016 17:40:34 wait_for_client: find display cmd failed. 23/01/2016 17:40:34 wait_for_client: bad reply ' A quick glance at the x11vnc code seems to indicate that the server was looking for a response starting with DISPLAY and failing to find it, it gives up and throws out the "find display cmd failed" message. Caveat, I only took a quick glance at the code which I found a copy of on the internet, so have not grokked it fully. Other observations, I did try manually starting the x11vnc server, without any extra parameters, x11vnc -display :0 and with these parameters - x11vnc -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd -oa /var/log/x11vnc.log -find -rfbport 5900 then connected to it from a client using the TigerVNC viewer, which works fine i.e. vncviewer far-host:0 and this confirmed that at least the vncpasswd file was set up correctly and accepting my password. But I really want to run it as a daemon process so that it will always be available to people (on an internal network) who do not know how to use SSH connections. For grins, I tried setting the xinetd servers args for x11vnc to the following, also with no joy. server_args = -inetd -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd -oa /var/log/x11vnc.log -auth guess -find -rfbport 5900 I was suspicious about setting the env parameter "-env FD_XDM=1" but removing it and substituting the "-auth guess" did not succeed either. Anyone else seeing problems with x11vnc or my method of running it as a server? Thanks in advance for any and all offers of help... Marc... -- 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] plasmashell in Leap 42.1
by Marc Chamberlin 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Hi - I have just upgraded one of my systems to Leap 42.1 and am encountering a problem that is turning into a showstopper for us. Every few minutes, and in particular it seems after clicking on the launcher in the kicker bar at the bottom of the desktop, the system comes to a near halt for a few minutes and does not respond to a lot of mouse or keyboard input actions. Any shell window that is open will be responsive but much of the GUI stops responding. I have discovered that when this happens, top reports that the plasmashell process is using 100% of the cpu. Google has not provided me with a solution that I can understand, so in layman's terms can some kind guru tell me how to fix this issue? I will gladly provide any additional info needed, and thanks in advance for your help. Marc.... -- "The Truth is out there" - Spooky -- 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] Folderview - rename file on view issue
by ianseeks 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

Hi I've got a folderview of Documents on my desktop. I right clicked on one write document to rename it. it presented the highlighted file name to me and when i clicked in the input box to change the name, it launched the associated application Writer instead. I closed Writer and the rename function was now ready to used as per normal. Do i log this against Plasma in kde.bugs or do i try and find the folderview widget author (there's no mention of an author in the settings for folderview) 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] latest patch need to restart
by tech＠reachthetribes.org 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

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[opensuse] Strange activity of network manager in Leap 42.1
by Carlos E. R. 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

(Resending. My ISP reported an error) In syslog I see this repeated activity about every half minute: Jan 15 18:06:24 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:06:24 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 15 18:06:50 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:06:50 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 15 18:07:02 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:07:02 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 15 18:07:25 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:07:25 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 15 18:07:38 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:07:38 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Jan 15 18:07:55 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Jan 15 18:07:55 Minas-Anor dbus-daemon[775]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' I don't know what could cause this. Bad configuration or bug :-? -- Cheers/Saludos Carlos E. R. (openSUSE Leap 42.1, test at Minas-Anor) -- 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] checking on a sending mail problem with Thunderbird
by Carlos E. R. 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hi, Sometimes when I try to reply or send an email to this list with Thunderbird, I get a response of temporary server problem, I understand meaning at my ISP, telefonica.net. A copy of the email appears at the "Sent" folder, but it was never sent and never arrives. I wonder why Thunderbird, which reports an error, behaves as if it was sent. It should abort and ask to retry or not. What I do as a bypass is copy the email on the sent folder to the draft folder of another account (gmail), edit and send. All this happens both in Linux (Os.Leap) and Windows 10 - I'm now trying in Windows: so it may be a Thunderbird problem. What I haven't tested yet is sending on another system via postfix, and see what error I'm get from the ISP, if any. -- Saludos/Cheers, Carlos E.R. (Minas-Morgul - W10) -- 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] very slow downloads of debuginfo packages from KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_Leap_42.1
by Vadym Krevs 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hello, is anyone else experiencing very slow downloads of debuginfo rpms from download.opensuse.org - <20Kb/sec - while non-debuginfo rpms download at 1-2Mb/sec? The box running zypper is in UK. I did a quick mirror search, and found some very fast ones that mirror all rpms from KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_Leap_42.1 except debuginfo's. -- Regards, Vadym -- 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] Can't get remote kernel logging working.
by Carlos E. R. 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm trying to log kernel messages on another machine to log a possible kernel crash. I got this working about two months ago on these same machines, running 13.1, but now it fails. On the receiving machine I run as root: netcat -u -l 6666 | tee -a remote_log On sending machine I do, for testing: netcat -u 192.168.1.15 6666 Hello world ^C And it is duly printed on the other side. So far, so good. I verify remote machine data: # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:0D:05:17:FC inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 ... Now I do: modprobe netconsole cd /sys/kernel/config/netconsole/ mkdir target1 cd target1/ echo "00:03:0D:05:17:FC" > remote_mac echo 6666 > remote_port echo 192.168.1.15 > remote_ip cat dev_name echo 1 > enabled I get this response in the log, verifiying that it is enabled: <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:42:57 Telcontar kernel - - - [191845.722453] console [netcon0] enabled <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:42:57 Telcontar kernel - - - [191845.722456] netconsole: network logging started <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577279] netpoll: netconsole: local port 6665 <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577283] netpoll: netconsole: local IPv4 address 0.0.0.0 <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577284] netpoll: netconsole: interface 'eth0' <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577285] netpoll: netconsole: remote port 6666 <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577287] netpoll: netconsole: remote IPv4 address 192.168.1.15 <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577288] netpoll: netconsole: remote ethernet address 00:03:0d:05:17:fc <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577291] netpoll: netconsole: local IP 192.168.1.14 <0.6> 2016-01-22 04:43:05 Telcontar kernel - - - [191854.577293] netconsole: network logging started Then I cause an event, like plugin in/out an USB stick, to cause messages to be printed - but nothing gets on the remote. Why? I must have done something wrong, but I can't see it. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlahqg8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9U7fACcCOrzV085lHl9fZ3IApiSbgSI NEMAn2QVmZ9dbZWf/GtUqeNjqUZu70xX =BHUK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Firefox from mozilla obs: Secure Connection Failed (sec_error_no_token)
by Mark Goldstein 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

It happened on both OS 13.1 and Leap. Firefox installed from obs (v43.0.4) can't connect to most secured sites. After downgrading to v43.0.3 from main repository the problem disappeared (did it on 13.1 only). Search shows that it happened before for older versions of FF. Anyone sees the same problem? Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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