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[opensuse] https/http redirection on client
by Istvan Gabor 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Hello: Earlier I used a program called texprinter to fetch stackexchange threads (website is https://tex.stackexchange.com/) in pdf format. The program's site is http://texprinter.sourceforge.net. This is a java program, it asks for the thread id and it downloads the thread in a pdf or a tex file. The problem is that the program hasn't been updated for a while. In the meantime stackexchange started to use https service, that is all http:// requests are redirected to https:// protocol. But texprinter cannot handle the redirection/https protocol and fails to find the requested page. Is there any application I can install locally and could convert the outgoing http request to https and convert back the incoming https answer to http, so that texprinter could handle it. I tried to google for local proxy servers but could not find out if any of these could be used such a way. Thanks is advance, Istvan -- 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] Chromium locks up machine
by Anton Aylward 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

I keep considering abandoning Firefox in favour of Chromium/Chrome I have installed # zypper info chromium Information for package chromium: --------------------------------- Repository : openSUSE-Leap-42.2-Update Name : chromium Version : 63.0.3239.84-104.41.1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : openSUSE Installed Size : 223.0 MiB Installed : Yes Status : up-to-date On a # cat /etc/os-release NAME="openSUSE Leap" VERSION="42.2" ID=opensuse ID_LIKE="suse" VERSION_ID="42.2" with a kernel # uname -r 4.14.4-1.gb29439c-default Oh and # zypper info mozillafirefox Information for package MozillaFirefox: --------------------------------------- Repository : openSUSE-Leap-42.2-Update Name : MozillaFirefox Version : 52.5.0-57.21.1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : openSUSE Installed Size : 104.9 MiB Installed : Yes Yes I'm aware that's OOD, but I make heavy use of Groups, and updating would loose that capability. After running Chromium for a while my machine locks up. Everyting freezes to the point where even the mouse movement does not cause the pointer to on the screen to move. There is disk activity as if the machine was threashing, but I know that situation with Firefox tab overload and the machine still responds to mouse movement and I can still hot-key Alt-F1 to a vtty, which I can't with this lock-up. I can do it slow or do it fast. I can do it slow by just bring up Chromium and opening a few tabs, a couple of eBay items, a tiddlywiki application. As I say after about ten minutes I get the lockout. I can do it fast by trying to transfer a few tabs from Firefox using the "Open In Chrome" add-on. This says in the "About: The intended use case is when you suddenly realize you have more tabs opened in Firefox than the browser can handle without slowing to a crawl. Chrome has no problem handling a lot of tabs and as such is better suited for managing a lot of tabs. This plugin provides an easy way to migrate you opened tabs off Firefox onto Google Chrome, so you can close down the tabs in Firefox and make the browser usable again. It's OK when I use it in single-tab mode, but if I try it with as few as four tabs then the I get an instant freeze. The idea of opening 40 or 80 tabs is ludicrous! Yes, I know I should take this latter to the developer of the plugin but since Chromium seems to lock up even when I'm not using that, I don't see it makes any difference. Before I go hunting through bugzilla, I want to check that I'm not doing some misconfiguration thing. Has anyone been though a similar exercise, converting from FF to Cr? -- 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] I am getting an error from the opensuse update server.
by stakanov 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Errore di download (curl) per 'https://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.3/ oss/repodata/c1693aa2553819d23a97ded730826b407097bd78264184c625fe70be636be944- deltainfo.xml.gz': Codice di errore: Bad URL Messaggio di errore: Protocol http not supported or disabled in libcurl status.opensuse.org shows no issue. Is this a mirror problem maybe? _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Ihre E-Mail-Postf�cher sicher & zentral an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und alte E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! https://www.eclipso.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] DELETE S. Korean 'decapitation unit' will be armed with suicide drones to take out Kim Jong Un
by Anton Aylward 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

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[opensuse] S. Korean 'decapitation unit' will be armed with suicide drones to take out Kim Jong Un
by Anton Aylward 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

http://www.businessinsider.com/south-korea-decapitation-unit-take-out-kim-j… Hmm. The logic isn't to assassinate him but to make him afraid and so come to the negotiating table .... where he, presumably, becomes vulnerable to assignation ...? Let's face it, a budget of $310,000 isn't much. many executive make more than that. $24Million sounds more like it. How does that compare to the cost of a nuclear tipped ICBM? -- 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] Firefox warns of incompatible Novell addon.
by Carlos E. R. 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, When I start firefox from a terminal I get this message: 1512560502041 addons.xpi WARN Add-on mhtml(a)novell.com is not compatible with application version. If I look at "about:addons", I see: MHTML Archive reader is incompatible with Firefox 52.5.0 MHTML Archive Reader (disabled) Provides compatibility with MHTML web archives More Clicking on More I get: MHTML Archive Reader 0.5 (disabled) By Novell Inc. Provides compatibility with MHTML web archives last Updated February 26, 2014 But there is no "uninstall" button. If I create a new FF profile the addon appears again, so it is not installed by user, it is global. Telcontar:~ # locate addons.xpi Telcontar:~ # I don't know how to uninstall it. Ideas? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlorzcQACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XXdgCeKHTILMpcdQRCB7g9XNdTfkZD 0TsAnjZv/qpRSHsqqEViD/VYpUCBsyZY =LDeb -----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] Why so many 32bit packages on 64bit install?
by Larry Stotler 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

I just did a fresh install of 42.3 64bit. I had the dvd to do the install, but had to update on a very metered connection, so I went through the installed packages to find out what I could remove to save data. Now, I thought this had been addressed before, but after searching around the archive of this list, I didn't find anything. Why are like 80 some 32bit packages installed by default? I ended up removing and the taboo-ing all of them to save my data allowance. I do not have any 32bit programs installed at all, no WINE or anything else, so I am not sure why so many packages got installed. I allowed YaST to break the dependencies and have not had any issues so far but I am concerned that I may end up with some. So my question is, are there really any 32bit packages that need to be a dependency on a pure 64bit install? If not, then why are they added by default during the install, when no 32bit programs are selected? I've been running S.u.S.E. since v5.3 and I think my biggest frustration has been unwanted packages installed by default as dependencies, or failing to install due to an unsolvable dependency(tho this has gotten rarer over the years, but boy was it a pain when I was on dailup at the beginning). I never install stuff like pulseaudio, avahi, libreoffice, etc. but I'm always warned I may be breaking the install when I taboo a lot of them. Thanx -- 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] mDNS TTL
by James Knott 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

All the recent discussion about mDNS caused me to fire up Wireshark, to look at some mDNS packets. I have seen several queries and responses. The queries have a TTL of 1, which is per spec, but the responses have 255. Why is this? Multicast addresses in the 224.0.0.0/24 range are supposed to only have a TTL of 1. The IPv4 address for mDNS is 224.0.0.251. Typical TTL for outgoing packets is 64. -- 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] Download link not working.
by Steven Hess 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Trying to go from the Forum page to Downloads I get this: "Not Found The requested URL /sitemap was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. ________________________________ Apache/2.2.12 (Linux/SUSE) Server at www.opensuse.org Port 80" That's not right. Someone needs to pay some attention to it. 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 analog 441.600 DMR Repeaters Taft Ca. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma with Packman -- 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] Where can I find xdpyinfo?
by Bob Williams 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

I've recently come across inxi, a great command line program to show tons of information about your system. It will even give you a weather report: 10:40 bob@blackbox:~> inxi -w -xxx Resuming in non X mode: xdpyinfo not found. For package install advice run: inxi --recommends Weather: Conditions: 52 F (11 C) - light rain drizzle Wind: From the SSW at 25 MPH Gusting to 37 MPH Humidity: 94% Pressure: 29.77 in (1008 mb) Location: Steyning P6 (GBR) Altitude: 18 ft Time: December 7, 10:42 AM GMT (Europe/London) Observation Time: December 7, 10:20 AM GMT But it always complains that it cannot find xdpyinfo. I also cannot find it anywhere, either in the openSUSE repos or via Google. Can anyone help? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.4.92-31-default Distro: openSUSE 42.3 (x86_64) Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.32.0, Qt: 5.6.2 and Plasma: 5.8.7

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