[opensuse] opensuse packaging oddity for kdm?
Hi I've been scanning my messages file for some errors displayed on my screen (too fast to read) between grub and kdm display. I noticed this error (seems harmless):- 2013-04-04T09:10:42.246356+01:00 linux-1b0m kdm_greet[2272]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory Its basically a missing file as the folder exists. I've bugs.kde and these errors get closed by it being noted as a packaging error by the distro. Apart form the above, where came i find errors displayed on a text screen that get displayed between grub and kdm? I think i can see the word "deprecated" in teh text but i'm not sure. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
ianseeks said the following on 04/04/2013 08:25 AM:
I noticed this error (seems harmless):- 2013-04-04T09:10:42.246356+01:00 linux-1b0m kdm_greet[2272]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
HA! I don't get that error. The greeter has the ability to display a face as part of the visual login. There's just me at this workstation so it looks in /home/anton/.face and finds a small jpeg. This is a 'real' face so there is no need to go look for the default. In /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc there is a section about where to find the face images. My 12.2 system says <quote> # Specify, where the users' pictures should be taken from. # "AdminOnly" - from <FaceDir>/$USER.face[.icon] # "PreferAdmin" - prefer <FaceDir>, fallback on $HOME # "PreferUser" - ... and the other way round # "UserOnly" - from the user's $HOME/.face[.icon] # Default is AdminOnly # FaceSource=AdminOnly FaceSource=PreferUser # The directory containing the user images if FaceSource is not UserOnly. # Default is "/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces" #FaceDir=/usr/share/faces </quote>
Apart form the above, where came i find errors displayed on a text screen that get displayed between grub and kdm? I think i can see the word "deprecated" in teh text but i'm not sure.
Have you tried grepping (recursively) all of /var/log? Not that it would help with a systemd implementation :-) All that happens between grub and the kernel as the 'boot messages' which are hidden by the splash screen. I disable that and see them, but yes they scroll by fast. See systemd-journalctl for other stuff. -- "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is the mother of futile dodges" is much nearer the truth. - Alfred North Whitehead -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thursday 04 Apr 2013 09:21:54 Anton Aylward wrote:
ianseeks said the following on 04/04/2013 08:25 AM:
I noticed this error (seems harmless):- 2013-04-04T09:10:42.246356+01:00 linux-1b0m kdm_greet[2272]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
HA! I don't get that error.
The greeter has the ability to display a face as part of the visual login. There's just me at this workstation so it looks in /home/anton/.face and finds a small jpeg. This is a 'real' face so there is no need to go look for the default.
I agree with you but the file should still exist if its not referenced. Its like the .skel folder with spurious config files in it like "mutt". It's just fine tuning of the base system that adds to the professionalism of the distro
In /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc there is a section about where to find the face images. My 12.2 system says
<quote> # Specify, where the users' pictures should be taken from. # "AdminOnly" - from <FaceDir>/$USER.face[.icon] # "PreferAdmin" - prefer <FaceDir>, fallback on $HOME # "PreferUser" - ... and the other way round # "UserOnly" - from the user's $HOME/.face[.icon] # Default is AdminOnly # FaceSource=AdminOnly FaceSource=PreferUser # The directory containing the user images if FaceSource is not UserOnly. # Default is "/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces" #FaceDir=/usr/share/faces </quote>
Apart form the above, where came i find errors displayed on a text screen that get displayed between grub and kdm? I think i can see the word "deprecated" in teh text but i'm not sure.
Have you tried grepping (recursively) all of /var/log? Not that it would help with a systemd implementation :-) aha, i'm on 12.3 so i think systemd is being used
All that happens between grub and the kernel as the 'boot messages' which are hidden by the splash screen. I disable that and see them, but yes they scroll by fast.
See systemd-journalctl for other stuff. i'll try that
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On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:30:57 +0100 ianseeks <ianseeks@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
but the file should still exist if its not referenced
I guess: "if it is referenced", but even then it makes me smile. Try 'strace <application_name>' and check all lines with ENOENT, or much easier 'strace <application_name> | grep ENOENT' . You will see that almost every application is looking in many places for system wide configuration and data files. Most of those ENOENT will give no output to logs, as they are most likely result of Linux Standard Base (LSB). -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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