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[opensuse] [opensuse-kde3] any KSpread (kde3-koffice-spreadsheet) users out there?
by Felix Miata 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

[edit and resend, partially on account of no-show in opensuse-kde3 mailing list archive] The reason for asking is I installed and started used it in 42.1 about 5 days ago, to accumulate data in one sheet. It's been growing almost continuously over these days to 18 or 20 columns and reached about 150 rows before I exited the program. While building I saved my work repeatedly, including just a minute or so before shutdown. I saved it only as a non-proprietary format, supposedly compatible with OpenOffice's spreadsheet program, .sxc. Now it needs rescue, if that's even possible. KOffice won't open it, reporting "The file seems to be corrupt. Skipping a table.", after which I click OK absent any alternative, resulting in another popup "Could not open <filename>. Reason: Internal Error.", then after dismissing that one, return to the same startup screen instead of any spreadsheet. I tried a new sheet then importing, but that results in the same error messages. I tried LibreOffice, but its proprietary file picker refuses to recognize the .sxc file. I booted a machine running 13.1 with KDE3, but its "older" KOffice won't recognize the .sxc either to open or to import. I booted a machine running 13.1 with TDE, but its KOffice also won't recognize the .sxc either to open or to import. perl-Spreadsheet-ReadSXC from the openSUSE repos supposedly can extract content from .sxc files, but I'm having no luck finding anything explaining how a non-programmer might go about using it. All that package provided are: /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/Spreadsheet /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/Spreadsheet/ReadSXC.pm /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.18.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Spreadsheet-ReadSXC /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Spreadsheet-ReadSXC/Changes /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Spreadsheet-ReadSXC/README /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Spreadsheet-ReadSXC/t.sxc /usr/share/man/man3/Spreadsheet::ReadSXC.3pm.gz According to https://software.opensuse.org/search, OpenOffice for openSUSE isn't available to try. Any suggestions? -- "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] Add new iptables after SuSEfirewall2 is started
by Billy.Zheng 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I want to add a new iptables after firewall is started when reboot. e.g. >> iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 12345 -j ACCEPT I have tired /etc/rc.local, But it not be invoked at all. I tried /etc/init.d/after.local, this script is been invoked, but iptables not make effect. finally, I change /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2/, comment out >> FW_CUSTOMRULES="/etc/sysconfig/scripts/SuSEfirewall2-custom" and add iptables to /etc/sysconfig/scripts/SuSEfirewall2-custom, like following: >> fw_custom_after_finished() { >> # these are the rules to be loaded after the firewall is fully configured >> iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 12345 -j ACCEPT >> true >> } iptables was run, but still not take effect. I just want to run iptables at the last step when linux startup. just like i run in ssh terminal when I ssh into opensuse server. I know I could do this use Yast GUI application, but what i need is automation this with bash script, e.g. >> echo iptable ... >> some_local_start_script anyone could help me for this? Thanks. -- Geek, Rubyist, Emacser Homepage: http://zw963.github.io -- 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] Time server clients
by Roger Oberholtzer 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

We have been playing with high precision time in our non-internet-attached openSUSE systems. We use a high-end GPS receiver that provides a PPS signal on a serial port. Using gpsd and chrony, we have our openSUSE systems coming up as a Stratum One NTP server quite reliably after system boot. No humans. Just a nice ICON in the system tray that turns green when time is syncd. The goal was to have the system clock as accurate as possible so we can locate positions with high accuracy. The NTP was an afterthought (chrony, which is maintaining the system clock also can act as an NTP server): why not try to make other system components share this time synchronization? For example, there is a device that runs some embedded MS Windows. It timestamps it's data. Let's set it's clock as well. Initially, we thought that chrony on openSUSE had a problem. We just did not feel that the times reported by this Windows device looked so very accurate. And it was inconsistent. Sometimes it was decent accuracy. But sometimes not. Part of our method was to set up the Windows NTP client as an NTP source back in to the openSUSE machine (but not actually use the time - just report it). And we could see the unexpected difference in times. Damn. chrony has a problem. OpenSource, you know... Dig dig. Hunt hunt. Then... https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2007/10/23/high-accuracy-w32time-… Sigh. Has anyone else been effected by this problem? I understand that for most it is not a problem. But I find it incredible that when talking to a Stratum One server on a private network, decent time cannot be maintained by the Windows time service. If anyone else has been effected by this, was a solution found? There is a link to third-party solutions. We really do not want to rework someone else's box. If there is a better option. -- 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] tigervnc and Leap42.1
by Marc Chamberlin 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I kinda asked this before, about x11vnc/tigervnc, a few weeks ago, but did not get a reply... So I am going to ask again with the followup that perhaps this is a bug that should be reported? Boiled down, can anyone explain why, or if there is a workaround, the following x11vnc command fails to find the XAUTHORITY file for display :0? x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -findauth This works, (for root) in openSuSE13.2 and 13.1 (and earlier releases) but fails in Leap42.1 Under openSuSE13.2 I get - x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -findauth XAUTHORITY=/var/lib/kdm/AuthFiles/A:0-SWwUdb Thanks in advance for any help/advice offered.... 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] System Monitor (KSysGuard) doesn't show network activity
by James Knott 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

When I run the System Monitor, I can see CPU activity and memory & swap usage, but the Network History displays only a flat line, even when testing with speedtest.net. A friend, who has the same monitor on Gentoo sees network activity. Any idea why it doesn't work for me? This is on OpenSUSE 13.1 & KDE. tnx jk -- 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] wicked: device enp13s0: call to org.opensuse.Network.Addrconf.ipv4.static.requestLease() failed:
by Per Jessen 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

opensuse 13.2 - somehow I am unable to start this network interface: # cat ifcfg-enp13s0 BOOTPROTO='static' BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IPADDR='185.85.251.45/24' MTU='' NAME='82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='auto' # ifdown enp13s0 enp13s0 device-ready # ip addr 2: enp13s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:30:48:92:f3:14 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff # ifup enp13s0 wicked: device enp13s0: call to org.opensuse.Network.Addrconf.ipv4.static.requestLease() failed: General failure enp13s0 setup-in-progress This is the first time I've seen this. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.4°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] WLAN crashes
by Markus Egg 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

On my quite old laptop (this one: http://www.amazon.de/Samsung-R70-T7300-Despina-Notebook-Premium/dp/B000RZCL… ) with SuSE 13.1 the WLAN started to produce crashes (OS crash, No CAPSLOCK - I have to switch laptop off and on or WLAN-Hardware crash with "Unable to set up bootstrap uCode: -5 BSM uCode verification failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 788), is 0xffffffff, s/b 0xf802020"). This mostly happens when downloading large files with higher speed e.g. openSUSE Leap 42.1 DVD. Sometimes there are messages like: [...]iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: Queue 4 stuck for 2004 ms. [...]iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: On demand firmware reload [...]iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: Error sending C_ADD_STA: time out after 500ms. [...]laptop: HW problem - can not stop rx aggregation for <MAC address> tid 0 [...]ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested [...]iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: idx 0 not used in uCode key table. Sometimes there are no messages at all and the laptop simply got stuck. I control the WLAN with Network Manager. Hardware is a Samsung R70 WLAN 4965agn: iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, REV=0x4 This started approx in December - where there some recent patches/updates which might cause this? Thx in advance. -- 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] manage loop mounted device by user
by jdd 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Hello, In my work toward booting a 32 bits uefi, I have to edit the boot part of the openSUSE Leap iso. I probably have better result using studio, but anyway I would like to troubleshoot the more obvious way, that is editing the iso itself. And, as there no reason to make it as root, I would like to make it as user. This mean using rw loop mounted files. Very long time ago, I could drive a course on file systems using loop mounted files as filesystem support, it's more easy than some may think. But this is the past. I don't know exactly the structure of the hybrid openSUSE iso , but I know there are at least two partitions in it, one fat32 for EFI and the other as iso9660 standard. I want to keep the boot capability (obviously) and so don't impact grub2 links. using http://dodin.info/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Doc.MountADiskAsUser#sDoc.MountADiskAsU… I can open the EFI partition and add to it, but the available room is very small and I can't copy there the full grub2 32 bit folder (efi file and modules - around 13Mo only). so what I need is enlarging the filesystem. Of course I don't use a dvd but a 8Gb usb stick (the openSUSE one :-), so room is not a hardware limitation. Is it possible and how, to enlarge the EFI partition (and then write all this back to the usb media) without disturbing grub? 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] xrandr configuration questions
by don fisher 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

When I execute xrandr I receive, omitting the details of resolution options, Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS-1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI-2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 698mm x 392mm I am running on a Alienware 18 laptop that as far as I know has an internal 1920 x 1080 screen and only has one HDMI output port. I would like to run a pair of external monitors, dual head. Any ideas on if it possible to access the HDMI-1 port, or what the DP-1 port is would be appreciated. Is there any way they have encoded two monitors in a single cable? As usual, Dell/Alienware support is of no value unless one is running windows:-( Thanks 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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Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-kde] Weird desktop folder behaviour Tumbleweed.
by sdm 27 Feb '16

27 Feb '16

On 02/27/2016 12:44 PM, Steven Hess wrote: > Ah! Great success. > Thanks sdm. > I would have never thought to look there in a million years. > > Steven > > ____________ > Apply appropriate technology. Use what works without prejudice. > Steven L Hess ARS KC6KGE DM05gd22 > Owner Flex-1500 and Flex-3000 Flex-6300, FT-857D, FT-817ND > 927.0875Mhz and 441.125 Repeaters Taft Ca. > openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman, Leap 42.1 I know, it's a bit confusing when the radio button does a "switcharoo" on you..cheers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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