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[opensuse] Other problems with 42.2
by James Knott 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

I've come across a couple of other problems with 42. One, the list of open windows, either the horizontal row of thumbnails or vertical list will open and I can't clear it. The other is clicking on the task bar has no effect. These, along with the locking desktop make 42.2 a pain to use. -- 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] Tor Browser failed
by Marc Chamberlin 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Ok, I have tried this over a dozen times now, at different times of the day. Me thinks something is sick... I am running openSuSE Leap 42.2 on an x64 laptop. I used YaST to install Tor and trying to get it set up. When I run the Tor Browser launcher it brings up a dialog box telling me to download the Tor Browser. (I believe it is trying to get the latest version?) But every time it tries I get a failure report telling me that the Signature Verification Failed with an additional ominous warning telling me I might be under attack or there might be a networking problem. I don't have any other networking issues and if I am under attack I have no clue what to do about it. Nothing helpful is suggested in this warning, except just to try downloading it again. HUMP! As an aside, this Tor Browser down-loader needs to be more robust. It seems pretty amateurishly designed and has the feel of being an add-on enhancement. In this age, most down-loaders are designed so as not to require a complete redo of the download in the event of corruption. The way I understand them, most stage downloads in small checksumed pieces and sequenced so that the download can be reconstructed when finished. If any one piece fails, then only that piece needs to be resent, not the entire fricking package! And yeah I know, this is an all volunteer effort, but I am not sure who or where to report this to, is this an openSuSE distribution issue? Should I submit an enhancement request to OpenSuSE? Is this a TOR project issue and do I try to track down their enhancement request system?, or somewhere else? Is there another route I could take to get the Tor Browser, with instructions on how to integrate it within the OpenSuSE Tor package framework? It appears like I might be able to get it directly from the TOR website, but that comes as a tar package and I am not sure what, if anything, I need to do to integrate it with the rest of the OpenSuSE TOR package/framework that I downloaded/installed via YaST. As always, thanks in advance for helping... 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] STIX fonts
by Tom Kacvinsky 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

STIX fonts 2.0 has been released http://www.stixfonts.org I think this would be reat to have in openSUSE for Libre Office. There are five OpenType fonts, four for the regular alphabet, and one for math (laid out according to the Unicode extensions for mathematical symbols). Problem with using them for TeX is that they have yet to be split into several Type 1 fonts. as I don't think there is a Unicode/OpenType aware TeX just yet. What do you all think? Tom -- 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] getdelays not showing reason for delay... shouldn't it?
by L A Walsh 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

I've noticed several commands taking > 1 second that used to happen "instantaneously" and I'm trying to find out what's causing the delay. I try to use "getdelays", but it shows no more delay for a delayed command than for a sleep -- but a command like 'man' seems to have >1 sec of unaccounted for time: Example: First I try "sleep 1": # time getdelays -i -d -c /usr/bin/sleep 1 printing IO accounting print delayacct stats ON PID 30145 CPU count real total virtual total delay total delay average 3 1000000 1373539 79022 0.026ms IO count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms SWAP count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms RECLAIM count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms sleep: read=0, write=0, cancelled_write=0 1.00sec 0.00usr 0.00sys (0.19% cpu) --------- Total time = 1sec (w/get delays showing < 1ms delay). Looks fine. Then a man lookup ('man sleep>/tmp/man'): # time getdelays -i -d -c /usr/bin/man sleep >/tmp/man; tail -12 /tmp/man PID 31255 CPU count real total virtual total delay total delay average 113 1151000000 1149782817 1349827 0.012ms IO count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms SWAP count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms RECLAIM count delay total delay average 0 0 0ms man: read=0, write=0, cancelled_write=0 -------------- 1.19sec 0.00usr 0.00sys (0.25% cpu) =========================== 'man' is taking >1 second, even though "getdelays" shows there is less "delay" than for sleep -- so where would the time be going? Ideas? Thanks! -linda -- 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] Is a Squid caching proxy still useful?
by Bjoern Voigt 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

What do you think, is a Squid caching proxy server still useful these days? Personally I used the Squid caching proxy for SOHO networks on SuSE/openSUSE last time some years ago. Internet bandwidth is still limited and never enough. But I am unsure, if it's worth to setup Squid caching proxy servers today. I see a lot of factors, which make the acceleration effect of the caching proxy less effective: * better Internet bandwidth for most users compared with former times * busy caching proxy servers may slow down the traffic * the share of dynamic content is high today * many content can't be cached, because it may be somehow private (HTTPS, authenticated, cookies ...) * even static content is often marked as dynamic and so it can't be cached (HTTPS, cookies, ...) * CDNs cause the problem, that each user gets copies of the same content from different hosts * many requests (AJAX, REST ...) are pure dynamic and can not be cached * users do not expect proxy servers anymore and some browser apps (on mobile devices) can not deal with proxies * client-side caches in browsers may became better I see Squid proxies or other proxies (caching or not) still useful for special use-cases: * reverse proxies (static content can be controlled by you) * black listed or white listed Internet access * other security related use-cases: malware scanner on gateway, leak prevention, proxy-only Internet access, ... Greetings, Björn -- 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] hosting defaults - debug php
by jdd 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Hello I try to make a server with 42.2. I would like to work like most applications man file say, that is ftp to my personal account and configure there (as in shared web) but it never works. vsftpd churns about account permissions and script stop unexpectively I may get around vsftp, but how can I debug a php script? I see nothing in dmesg 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] Btrfs ...
by Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Dear listmembers, dear openSUSE - maintainers, I maintain about 5 to 6 PC running (openSUSE) linux. My own, my sisters my friends ... Currently most of them are running with leap. During the last month I had to reinstall _all_ of them. All with broken / inconsitent / strange behaving root Btrfs file systems. After 25 years of working with linux I'd consider myself kind of experienced what regards linux problems. And, if that had had happened once I would have said it has been my fault. I do not think so any more. I consider Btrfs instable and inappropriate for public usage. I'd go further and would like to ask, *why* this is set as the default root fs when installing. This is totally inunderstandable to me after my experiences. I never ever experienced any bit of advantage in comparison with ext4. But I experienced nights of work - just to restore a state that had had existed a few days before. So, please, think it over: *take Btrfs out as default!* Use stable and well known systems as the foundation of public systems. Changing things only to change something is leading nowhere. Besides, if there is a kind soul that can explain what was the reason for making Btrfs the default I would highly appreciate. I cannot see any change besides significantly improved stability when going back to ext4. The latter being the most important thing IMHO. My two cents regards Dieter Jurzitza -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza 76131 Karlsruhe -- 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] HP Printer not working
by Carl Spitzer 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

HP Laserjet Pro P1109W Looks like its not in the database for 10.0 or 11.4 and no PPD file to download. No online information regarding emulations either. My old Epson Action Laser 1500 worked in emulation mode until it died. I have another old HP All in one which works only as a printer now no scan or copy. I had an HP Laserjet 1100A working until it died. So whats up with this one its an 1100 series??? Carl Frustrated with HP. ____________________________________________________________ Why Your City Doctors No Longer Prescribe Metformin Vibrant Health Network http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/58dc6b87d5f896b7a579est03vuc -- 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] showing my Bugzilla comments
by gumb 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

I'm looking at openSUSE Bugzilla, and as usual trying to navigate its bewildering interface and unnerving lexicon is having the effect of making me want to go and adopt the foetus position hiding inside a cave. At one point I clicked a link to 'Reports' and found myself inside a place called the Kitchen. I really don't want to discover the other labyrinthine quarters of this dungeon, I just want to perform one simple function: - show all the bugs I previously commented on or contributed to But this task seems to be too simplistic to be able to achieve here. I wanted to revisit a bug I commented on a week or so ago but I can only seem to pull up one or two bugs I created myself (and there's no trace of many others I've contributed to over the years). If I go into Search -> Advanced Search, search by People, select all types, i.e. Commenter, enter my username, I get a message 'Zarro Boogs found'. There's no known logical firing of neurones in my brain that can lead me to the holy grail here. Anybody can guide me? gumb -- 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] handbrake 1.0.3 for opensuse (13.2 or ??)?
by L A Walsh 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

I notice that handbrake seems to only be available for Ubuntu?? Or ... is there a single rpm or repo to install to run handbrake 1.0.3 on opensuse? Or... is there a way to import Ubuntu packages into the rpm format? thanks for any pointers... -linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner(a)opensuse.org

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