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[opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers?
by stakanov＠freenet.de 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Hi, I did an error with a machine updating it. All worked fine, I can login, I have access to the files system and I found out no graphical login, no kde. The reason is a stupid assumption I made doing the upgrade with zypper dup. I did take of the leap42.1 repo with the graphics driver from AMD (proprietary) and expected leap to substitute the orphaned one with the opensource version. Now I found out it preserves them and this leads to a non graphical system. In principle I have only to take off every proprietary remains and install the opensource driver. Question: how do I force the system to do this yast or zypper I do care? what drivers I have to make sure are erased when doing this, not to have proprietary remains any more. I tried with AMD as search terms but this gives a hudge number of libs (flgrlx i did uninstall, did run mkinitrd, but for now it does not work). So I guess I will have to force the install of the OSS AMD driver..........if I only would know what package I have to install. Thank you for all suggestions. PS. the AMD card is fairly new and low profile (taken I think about month ago. But I admit I do not recall the chipset. (And...I do not know how to find out, BIOS?). --- Die Bundesliga hat begonnen! Alle Tore, alle Ergebnisse, alle News: Pocket Liga jetzt im https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd oder https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd herunterladen - kostenlos! -- 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: Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? [SOLVED]
by stakanov＠freenet.de 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: stakanov(a)freenet.de > Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 16:50 > An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: RE: [opensuse] Re: Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Malcolm >> Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 16:33 >> An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org >> Betreff: [opensuse] Re: Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource > AMD drivers? >> >> On Thu 22 Dec 2016 12:59:56 PM CST, stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: >> >>>That gives: >>>lspci >>>VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., [AMD/ATI] >>>Cedar [Radeon HD5400/6000/7350/8350 Series] The drivers seem to be >>>installed, I controlled. I am puzzled, is this known to be >>>incompatible with the OSS driver? >> >> >> Hi >> Did you remove the radeon blacklist file and rebuild initrd mkinitrd so >> it will use the radeon driver? No more fglrx for this card/xorg... >> >> /sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 VGA >> >> Should show drivers in use... >> >> -- > > > > And the winner is..... Yes, I think you had the right idea. I did not remove the blacklist and it still tries > to go for fglrx. > If you have the command under hand to take off the blacklist I will of course be very happy. If not I will try > to find it by a search machine. > But i am convinced that "this is it". Malcom was right. So, although I uninstalled the proprietary driver, I did not remove the blacklist. As this was the case, by recreating initrd the flgrx driver was pulled in again. I did then follow the https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Radeon that, although a bit outdated (no need to eliminate the xconf files mentioned) you make it into the system after mkinitrd. I will have still to correct two lines (one in line 27 and somewhere later) in the dracut config searching for fglrx while doing mkinitrd. But that should be done soon. Throws an error while rebuilding but has no consequences it seems. Thank you very much Malcom. Kudos! --- Die Bundesliga hat begonnen! Alle Tore, alle Ergebnisse, alle News: Pocket Liga jetzt im https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd oder https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd herunterladen - kostenlos! -- 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: Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers?
by stakanov＠freenet.de 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Malcolm > Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 16:33 > An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: [opensuse] Re: Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? > > On Thu 22 Dec 2016 12:59:56 PM CST, stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: > >>That gives: >>lspci >>VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., [AMD/ATI] >>Cedar [Radeon HD5400/6000/7350/8350 Series] The drivers seem to be >>installed, I controlled. I am puzzled, is this known to be >>incompatible with the OSS driver? > > > Hi > Did you remove the radeon blacklist file and rebuild initrd mkinitrd so > it will use the radeon driver? No more fglrx for this card/xorg... > > /sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 VGA > > Should show drivers in use... > > -- And the winner is..... Yes, I think you had the right idea. I did not remove the blacklist and it still tries to go for fglrx. If you have the command under hand to take off the blacklist I will of course be very happy. If not I will try to find it by a search machine. But i am convinced that "this is it". --- Die Bundesliga hat begonnen! Alle Tore, alle Ergebnisse, alle News: Pocket Liga jetzt im https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd oder https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd herunterladen - kostenlos! -- 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] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers?
by stakanov＠freenet.de 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Per Jessen > Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 10:49 > An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? > > stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: > >> PS. the AMD card is fairly new and low profile (taken I think about >> month ago. But I admit I do not recall the chipset. (And...I do not >> know how to find out, BIOS?). > > lspci > > > > -- > Per Jessen, Zürich (0.7°C) >http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht Ende----- > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Per Jessen > Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 10:49 > An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? > > stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: > >> PS. the AMD card is fairly new and low profile (taken I think about >> month ago. But I admit I do not recall the chipset. (And...I do not >> know how to find out, BIOS?). > > lspci > > > That gives: lspci VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD5400/6000/7350/8350 Series] The drivers seem to be installed, I controlled. I am puzzled, is this known to be incompatible with the OSS driver? I do not get apparently an error message at first. I just finish on tty1 where I can if I wish login in text mode. I can sudo without problem. AFAIR I do not have envryted LVM here, I can in fact read all the content of home once I logged in (no password necessary. But what I do get is a repeated error message after a while I am logged in (or not) that goes like this: ata5: exeption emask 0x10 SAct 00 SErr 0x90202 action 0xe frozen ata5: IRQ stat 0x00400000, PHYRdy changed ata5: SError: { RecovData RecovComm Persist PHYRdyChg 10B8B} ata5: IRQ stat 0x00400000, PHYRdy changed ata5: SError: {RecovComm Persist PHYRdy Changed 10B8B that a few times then: ata5: COMRESET failed (error=-32) (this will be repeated 4 times) then: ata5: reset failed, giving up ata5: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40d0202 action 0xe frozen t4 ata5: IRQstat 0x0x00400040, connection status changed ata5: SError: { RecovComm Persist PHYRdyChg Comm Wake 10B8B Dev Exch) ata5.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x100) sd 4:0:0:0: rejecting I/0 to offline device I have no idea what his means. For me ata5 is a problem with the hdd? But the hdd has not been changed in any way and this is an update, not a new install. Or is this an error of the graphics because it fails? Please do not crucify me on every digit, I had to copy "by hand". --- Die Bundesliga hat begonnen! Alle Tore, alle Ergebnisse, alle News: Pocket Liga jetzt im https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd oder https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd herunterladen - kostenlos! -- 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] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers?
by stakanov＠freenet.de 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: stakanov(a)freenet.de > Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 12:59 > An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource AMD drivers? > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Per Jessen >> Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 10:49 >> An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org >> Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource > AMD drivers? >> >> stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: >> >>> PS. the AMD card is fairly new and low profile (taken I think about >>> month ago. But I admit I do not recall the chipset. (And...I do not >>> know how to find out, BIOS?). >> >> lspci >> >> >> >> -- >> Per Jessen, Zürich (0.7°C) >>http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. >> > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht Ende----- >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Per Jessen >> Gesendet: Do. 22.12.2016 10:49 >> An: opensuse(a)opensuse.org >> Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Leap42.1 upd vs 42.2 AMD flglrx error: how to force the install of the opensource > AMD drivers? >> >> stakanov(a)freenet.de wrote: >> >>> PS. the AMD card is fairly new and low profile (taken I think about >>> month ago. But I admit I do not recall the chipset. (And...I do not >>> know how to find out, BIOS?). >> >> lspci >> >> >> > > That gives: > lspci > VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD5400/6000/7350/8350 Series] > The drivers seem to be installed, I controlled. > I am puzzled, is this known to be incompatible with the OSS driver? > > I do not get apparently an error message at first. I just finish on tty1 where I can if I wish login in text > mode. > I can sudo without problem. > AFAIR I do not have envryted LVM here, I can in fact read all the content of home once I logged in (no > password necessary. > But what I do get is a repeated error message after a while I am logged in (or not) that goes like this: > > ata5: exeption emask 0x10 SAct 00 SErr 0x90202 action 0xe frozen > ata5: IRQ stat 0x00400000, PHYRdy changed > ata5: SError: { RecovData RecovComm Persist PHYRdyChg 10B8B} > ata5: IRQ stat 0x00400000, PHYRdy changed > ata5: SError: {RecovComm Persist PHYRdy Changed 10B8B > > that a few times then: > > ata5: COMRESET failed (error=-32) > > (this will be repeated 4 times) then: > > ata5: reset failed, giving up > ata5: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40d0202 action 0xe frozen t4 > ata5: IRQstat 0x0x00400040, connection status changed > ata5: SError: { RecovComm Persist PHYRdyChg Comm Wake 10B8B Dev Exch) > > > ata5.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x100) > sd 4:0:0:0: rejecting I/0 to offline device > > I have no idea what his means. For me ata5 is a problem with the hdd? But the hdd has not been changed in any > way and this is an update, not a new install. > > Or is this an error of the graphics because it fails? Please do not crucify me on every digit, I had to copy > "by hand". > UPDATE: ok, I am getting a bit more hand non this. The error of the hdd is unrelated I think (however it is new, will have to check once the system is running what happens with the 4.4 Kernel here. He complains also about a bug in sleep mode out of context. Beside this: in the journal I find: there is a failure in sddm and as a result the xserver dies with a segfault Now, to write this out this is too much. I do not remember how can I save the journal as a txtfile in order to transfer it on this laptop to post the the extracts here?? I think that could be worthwhile to know. There will be an update of X too today, I will try to read it in to see if it eventually has anything to do with it. --- Die Bundesliga hat begonnen! Alle Tore, alle Ergebnisse, alle News: Pocket Liga jetzt im https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd oder https://app.adjust.com/dpynzd herunterladen - kostenlos! -- 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] akonadiserver crashing on log out
by ianseeks 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Hi This is happening quite often since the upgrade to kmail 5.4 etc. It pops up a dr konqi dialog as per usual but as its logging out you do not have time to do anything and the message on the dialog says you cant report it as it doesn't have an address to allow it (sorry can't remember exact wording) I did put this question on the KDE PIM list but there have not been any responses so far. Is there any way to log this bug sensibly without any info? I can reproduce it. I've got two mailing list folders, both with a duplicate email that i cannot access or delete or mark as read. When i try, i get the "Retrieving Folder..." message and it never returns and after that, it can affect other emails in other folders (with the retrieve forever) i try to read unless i do a akonadictl stop/start. "akonadictl fsck" produces a page of these messages plus references to duplciated found, doing the "vacuum" afterwards does not clear any of these messages. Looking for resources in the DB not matching a configured resource... Looking for collections not belonging to a valid resource... Checking collection tree consistency... Looking for items not belonging to a valid collection... Looking for item parts not belonging to a valid item... Looking for item flags not belonging to a valid item... Looking for overlapping external parts... Verifying external parts... Found 196 external files. Found 68 external parts. Found unreferenced external file: /home/ianseeks/.local/share/akonadi/ file_db_data/83/69383_r0 Found unreferenced external file: /home/ianseeks/.local/share/akonadi/ file_db_data/87/68387_r0 Found unreferenced external file: /home/ianseeks/.local/share/akonadi/ file_db_data/93/36993_r0 Found unreferenced external file: /home/ianseeks/.local/share/akonadi/ file_db_data/19/68319_r0 Regards Ian -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20161219 Qt: 5.7.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.29.0 KDE Plasma: 5.8.4 kwin5-5.8.4-171.1.x86_64 Kernel: 4.8.14-1-default Nouveau: 1.0.13_2.1 -- 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] Sincere Kudos to the Leap 42.2 team and Ilya for KDE3 - Flawless...
by David C. Rankin 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

All, After my 13.1 laptop started downhill, (it's only 9 years old, they just don't make quality stuff anymore..) I ended up with an HP Elitebook 8760w. It's a whale of a i7 laptop with firewire for the DV video camera. Initially, I told myself it was time to try kde5, give it an honest go, and see if there had been progress made in the past 9 years. (using the latest git builds KDE Frameworks 5.29, Qt 5.7.1 (built against 5.7.1)) As my bug total rolled past 230 at bugs.kde.org, I had had enough. No more. When the simple things don't work or are more annoying than helpful it's time to find something that just works. It's the little things and lack of attention to detail that really detract from a usable workspace. Like the focus model not activating controls with focus follows mouse, the indent model in kate/kwrite wanting to think for you like a bad release of M$ word, or Word Perfect, multiple undo's being required to correct a single keystroke (really?), hit or miss kio functionality in mismatched file open/save/save as dialogs, and bugs opened years ago that remain unaddressed. This is where we were in June 2008 with the premature 'release' of 4.0.4, only now -- it's the end of 2016... OK, what now? Let's try Leap. Let's give it the same look that we gave plasma and see what is there. Where to start?? A quick check of http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3 and openSUSE_Leap_42.2 is there! This is good... Burn a NET install for 42.2, pop it in, choose the traditional root account type install on top of a fresh set 1T of extended partition sliced into /boot, /, /home, and swap (the persistent btrfs default partitioning is a by annoying), but choosing the Expert partitioning, wiping the suggestions, and starting from scratch worked just fine for a good ole ext4 setup with grub2 to MBR. A quick selection of the minimal Xorg install (which provides a nicely configured icewm setup launched from the xdg login), a few edits of the Software selection to add the rpmbuilding and development C/C++ development collections and pressing 'Install' resulted in a solidly configured and fully operational laptop. Boot, launch icewm, grab the /etc/zypp/repo.d dir from 13.1, and a quick: $ sed -i 's/openSUSE_13.1/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/' *.repo $ grep "baseurl" *.repo and choose kde3, videolan and packman: # zypper ar -k -f <the urls> <the aliases> and finally: # yast2 sw_single (choose 'View Repository' kde - select packages [note: broken dependencies not pulling in kdebase3-workspace and kdebase3-session, manually select], repeat for videolan, and again for packman repos, click 'Install') # yast2 sysconfig (set default WindowManager: kde set default DisplayManager: kdm3) Reboot - bingo, xdg is replaced by the familiar kdm, entering user/pw and up pops that brilliant KDE3 without any complaint and the familiar and reassuring KDE_Startup_new.wav playing though the speakers. A few more hours work to move all the tweaks, color schemes, etc. that make the desktop, your desktop, and I can look forward to 2 more years of just getting work done, instead of fighting with my desktop. There are notable memory requirement and UI crispness differences between KDE3 and Plasma. Frameworks 5 gobbled up 1.7 GiB of memory before firefox or thunderbird were launched (2.02 GiB after), KDE3 needed only 280 MiB. Back in business. I can't wait to see how responsive this box feels once the nvidia drivers get loaded :) =========== G O O D J O B D E V S =========== Thank you openSuSE devs and thank you Ilya (and everyone else that helped on the opensuse-kde3 list) for one heck of a job with Leap and KDE3. Everybody has their favorites, but after using just about every desktop from blackbox to wmii, from i3 to sawfish, from e16 to elightenment to fluxbox to gnome, etc.., the dedication of the original KDE devs to create the most efficient desktop designed to work with the bare minimum of keystokes or mouse-clicks, with seamless and consistent menus, toolbars and dialogs used throughout, makes KDE3 continue to stand out among the crowd. (and I can again save screenshot to my web server via ksnapshot and the sftp-kio -- something inexplicably impossible in plasma/spectacle) Leap, refreshingly held no surprises under the hood. Aside from having to type 'openSUSE_Leap', the install looked practically the same as it did for 10.3 or 11.0. The only curiosity I've run across so far is the 3-dot trident boot graphic changing to literally "3 little squares and no trident" after the change from xdg to kdm3 display manager. (I haven't a clue what is at the bottom of that one) Don't get me wrong, there are some high points in plasma/frameworks 5. Gwenview is improved, and I'm sure there has been a lot of work for social media and 'activities'. (None of which I will ever use) Akonadi is just Beagle in disguise. As of konqueror version 5.0.97, you now have the katepart Advanced Text Editor preview back (yes, you can actually preview source code with syntax highlighting once again), but that is where the good news stops for konqueror -- this version does show promise, it can give you a folderpane view, but only if you manually split the window in two-halves, then 'link' the panels together and 'lock' the left pane. kdiff3 integration is missing, etc.., but it does show promise, it just KDE 4.0.4 ready. That's enough mental wandering. Good job devs, Ilya, I owe you a cold-one (or a vodka:) If you have given 42.2 a try, I didn't find anything that would dissuade me from making it my new daily driver. Good luck to the current KDE devs. The only advise I can give is make sure the little things everybody expects to work, just works, and works correctly. (It doesn't matter if it's Qt5's fault -- it still has to work correctly) -- 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] Why can't I read my journal?
by Bob Williams 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

According to man journalctl: "All users are granted access to their private per-user journals. However, by default, only root and users who are members of a few special groups are granted access to the system journal and the journals of other users. Members of the groups "systemd-journal", "adm", and "wheel" can read all journal files." However, this seems to contradict the above statement: 13:28 bob@blackbox:~> groups users audio cdrom vboxusers systemd-journal 13:28 bob@blackbox:~> journalctl --user No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions. What permissions might I be lacking? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.4.36-8-default Distro: openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64) Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.26.0, Qt: 5.6.1 and Plasma: 5.8.2

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[opensuse] setting up a server with raid
by jdd 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Hello, I'm pretty new to raid, read the raid wiki but not sure to understand all. I have (at least for some time) to use already in stock consumer disks, but the server will not be stressed, only serves web pages and occasionally photo/video files. I build it myself because I will have fiber link at home at mid january. I plan to use three disks: two as raid 1 mirror, and the third as spare. Is it better to have a three disks mirror? I don't get precisely how a spare is advertised to the raid. The three disks are very different (1Tb 2.5", 1.5Tb 3.5" and 2Tb 3.5") - of course I will use the same 1Tb space for raid on each disk Two disks will be internal, the third will be on external esata dock the server will have up to date rsync backups. I have to boot on these disks. I plan to make 4 GPT partitions: * swap * UEFI * GRUB * linux 1) may I do two linux partitions for system and /home - data? Isn't that making the use of raid more difficult (two raids array), or may be it's in fact simpler? 2) I have a disk replicator (Aukey dock), so I plan to partition one drive and replicate to the two others with the dock. Is it a good idea or is it overkill? (I can also partition by hand with yast) 3) the raid wiki speaks about bitmap and advantages to have it, what to do with yast? others ideas welcome thanks jdd -- 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] Mobile phone no longer recognized
by Aaron Digulla 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi, I just tried to connect my mobile phone to Leap 42.2 for the first time but it's no longer recognized. This worked with Leap 42.1. My phone is an Samsung S5. When I plug it in, it chimes and charges. So something happens. lsusb doesn't list it. dmesg shows nothing. journalctl shows nothing. The phone doesn't offer the options to change the USB mode. Any ideas what I could try next? Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://blog.pdark.de/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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