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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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[opensuse] i586 13.2 Firefox 50.1 (gtk3) & ESR 45.6 (gtk2) from mozilla.org quickly crash
by Felix Miata 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Host is gx280, last Dell Optiplex series before arrival of 64 bit P4 CPUs in Optiplex models. FF crash happens within a minute after starting, without having to actually do anything with it, whether run in KDE3 or IceWM session. No error messages starting FF from Konsole. Virgin profile no help. Firefox 17 from openSUSE repo is OK. Mozilla's SeaMonkey 2.40 is OK. /var/lib/systemd/coredump/ is empty. In GTK settings are selected use my KDE for styles and for fonts. Switching to Adwaita, Raleigh or Oxygen-GTK style no help. No crash of same builds on same host booted instead to: Mageia 5/KDE4 13.1/KDE3 w/ use KDE fonts & styles TW/KDE3 w/ oxygen-gtk styles & KDE fonts Any ideas how to solve? If bug needs to be filed, against what? Could whatever fixed https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011922 be needed for 13.2 and/or i586 too? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- 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] Different Wallpapers for Different Virtual Desktops
by John Andersen 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Any body remember this issue with KDE/Plasma ? The source of two years of bitching? https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341143 (I suspect David Rankin remembers...) One clever guy hijacked the slide show switcher to accomplish wallpaper switching on each virtual desktop... And posted it on the above thread. https://github.com/martenjj/wallpaperswitch 6 one line commands, and it works!!! Wow. A technical bitchslap if ever I saw one. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- 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] i586 13.2/KDE3 Firefox 50.1 & ESR 45.6 from mozilla.org quickly crash
by Felix Miata 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

FF crash happens within a minute after starting, without having to actually do anything with it. No error messages started from Konsole. Virgin profile no help. Mozilla's SeaMonkey 2.40 is OK. In GTK settings are selected use my KDE for styles and for fonts. Host is gx280, last Dell Optiplex before arrival of 64 bit CPUs in Optiplex models. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- 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] Tumbleweed verification
by Marc Chamberlin 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

I think I will start a separate thread and mention this about Tumbleweed. On the website at - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Tumbleweed_installation it says - "To verify the signature, download the .sha256 file and run /gpg --verify/ on it. The file must be signed by opensuse(a)opensuse.org <https://keyserver.opensuse.org/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB88B2FD43DBDC284> with fingerprint 22C0 7BA5 3417 8CD0 2EFE 22AA B88B 2FD4 3DBD C284. Then run /sha256sum --check/ on the sha256 file to make sure the iso is intact." so I did and got this - marc@bigbang:/data> gpg --verify openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20161216-Media.iso.sha256 gpg: Signature made Fri 16 Dec 2016 03:45:27 PM PST using RSA key ID 3DBDC284 gpg: Can't check signature: No public key What did I do wrong? Man pages weren't helpful... 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] Missing Notifier/Tray icons
by John Andersen 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

I have gaps (spaces) in my Tray where the software updater should appear. Hovering over that gap shows a popup that says Up to date or shows the number of updates waiting. Clicking the gap Some other applications show gaps as well, (SpideOak). Occasionally these will show, such as after a reboot, but often there is nothing I can do to force them to appear. Switching themes didn't help either. Any Clues? -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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