http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337154 <pre>[12.3 64Bit KDE] - UEFI Boot Info Lost In BIOS/Can't Boot OS ? Hi, I have Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64Bit installed on one HDD. I have openSUSE 12.3 64Bit KDE installed on another HDD. I have a motherboard which supports UEFI booting. I was running openSUSE 12.3 64Bit KDE since release with no problems. I recently temporarily swapped openSUSE HDD for the Windows 8 HDD. Windows booted fine and I was able to do what I needed to do. When I was finished with Windows 8 HDD I swapped it for openSUSE HDD. Problem now is openSUSE HDD wont boot? The UEFI boot information in the BIOS has been lost for my openSUSE OS? Anyone know how to fix the above? I need to occasionally swap openSUSE &amp; Win 8 HDD's. Thanks! Jesse </pre> Jesse Palser 2013-05-23T23:48:09 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337144 <pre>12.3 Hi I'm trying to get some decent quality screencasts. I've got the video perfect but the sound level is low. I have the mic input up full on the mixer but the sound output is still very low. ffmpeg -f alsa -i default -f x11grab -r 30 -s 800x600 -i :0.0 -acodec mp3 -vcodec libx264 -threads 0 output.mkv The device stuff I have: null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server) sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC271X Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output I think that I shouldn't put mp3 in an mkv. How can I adjust the sound level? Thanks, L x </pre> lynn 2013-05-23T08:53:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337114 <pre>I've tried installing the new Microsoft skype of a few of my machines and can't get it to work. The basic pulse audio seems to work, I can hear myself and make recordings and play them but trying to use the new &amp; newly installed skype-4.2.0.11-suse121.i586 has problems. I make a test call and hear the announcer. I speak and hear myself on 'loopback' or whatever, but the playback is heavily distorted, scratch and sounds like one of the old Edson wax cylinders. I've tried this on a couple of machines but all have 00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio and yes I've configured with Yast and tried variations. I can make it not work at all, but the best is taking defaults. I end up with $ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_codec_realtek 71817 1 snd_hda_intel 32352 2 snd_hda_codec 122028 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13273 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 97003 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_seq 63595 0 snd_timer 24319 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14138 1 snd_seq snd 70562 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 14600 1 snd snd_page_alloc 14037 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm and wonder about that Intel. How smart is yast in these matters? Oh, and pavucontrol says it can't connect --- I don't understand what that means for the rest of it all. I get $ start-pulseaudio-x11 E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed. My knowledge of the sound subsystem is minimal so I'm lost. </pre> Anton Aylward 2013-05-22T16:07:11 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337111 <pre>Hello, I was searching for the openSUSE 12.3 manuals in German. I found this package: opensuse-manuals_de, which can be installed as a RPM package: $ rpm -qi opensuse-manuals_de [...] The following manuals are included: * Start-Up * Reference * Security Guide (English) * Tuning Guide (English) * KVM Guide (English) Distribution: openSUSE 12.3 The Start-Up manual is completely German, but Reference manual is a mixture of a German introduction and the rest is English. Does anybody know, which openSUSE version or online resource contains a completely translated Reference manual in German? Greetings, Björn </pre> Bjoern Voigt 2013-05-22T13:45:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337100 <pre>12.3 Hi I can't get the latest musicplayer: Problem: nothing provides qtwebkit needed by google-musicmanager-beta-1.0.65.1341-0.x86_64 Solution 1: keep obsolete google-musicmanager-beta-1.0.60.7918-0.x86_64 Solution 2: break google-musicmanager-beta-1.0.65.1341-0.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies I've tried the unstable qtwebkit repos but nada. What do I need? Thanks, L x </pre> lynn 2013-05-22T07:58:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337095 <pre>Before I begin - IF you are going to say that xorg.conf isn't needed, then please don't waste my time by replying. Xorg's automagic config SUCKS if you have old hardware or multiple monitors with different settings. How I MISS SaX2! Or about how I should get a newer laptop(I have an A30p &amp; a T60p sitting beside this so I HAVE Newer machines). Anyway, I am trying to get an OLD Thinkpad 390X to run MPlayer on 12.3. This thing is a DINOSAUR, but it plays movies just fine. And it has a 6600mAh battery that lasts a long time. If you go here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Neomagic_MagicMedia256AV You see that an option HAS to be added to make MPlayer work correctly. "Option "OverlayMem" "829440" # Sufficient memory for a full-screen DVD" X runs fine but Mplayer says "It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available. xvinfo shows "no adapters present". From what I can tell, the "neomagic" driver is still in Xorg &amp; should work. What I have tried: 1. I have tried to add just this line to 50-devices.conf. When I do it won't start X 2. I have tried to use Xorg -configure(which is evidently outdated I KNOW) and it fails with :"Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed." I have exhausted reasonable googling to find any useful answer. Just a lot of "you dont need xorg.conf anymore" answers which DON'T HELP! 3. I installed SaX3 &amp; it aborts when I try to configure the "Monitor" I'm to the point that I'm gonna install an old version of openSUSE that actual had an xorg.conf &amp; try to copy the file forward. If anybody has an ideas on how I can make this work I would be grateful. Thanx </pre> Larry Stotler 2013-05-22T05:28:09 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337078 <pre>[12.3 KDE 64Bit] - Skype Makes Amarok Music Skip? Hi, Running openSUSE 12.3 KDE 64Bit fully up to date. When I get a sound notification in current Skype Amarok music that is play skips terribly? Anyone know how to fix this issue? Thanks! Jesse </pre> Jesse Palser 2013-05-21T14:33:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337071 <pre>In the subtexrate Mesa-demo I'm only getting a glTexSubImage of 40-50 MB/s, which I've been told is too low. I'm under openSUSE 12.3. https://github.com/amonakov/primus/issues/96 </pre> Linus Kardell 2013-05-20T17:38:30 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337045 <pre>Hello, I have upgraded 12.2 to 12.3 yesterday and beside the inglorious "no shutdown bug" I am noticing also the less critical unable to upgrade Calibre. It seems that the available package is corrupted or incomplete (fonts). This is the error I get running zypper: Installazione di calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 fallita: (con --nodeps --force) Errore: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM fallito: warning: /etc/bash_completion.d/calibre saved as /etc/bash_completion.d/calibre.rpmsave error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/calibre/fonts/liberation: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory error: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1.x86_64: install failed Any comments? Tks, </pre> Marco Calistri 2013-05-19T14:29:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337044 <pre>Hello, I have upgraded 12.2 to 12.3 yesterday and beside the inglorious "no shutdown bug" I am noticing also the less critical unable to upgrade Calibre. It seems that the available package is corrupted or incomplete (fonts). This is the error I get running zypper: Installazione di calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1 fallita: (con --nodeps --force) Errore: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM fallito: warning: /etc/bash_completion.d/calibre saved as /etc/bash_completion.d/calibre.rpmsave error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/calibre/fonts/liberation: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory error: calibre-0.9.13-2.2.1.x86_64: install failed Any comments? Tks, </pre> Marco Calistri 2013-05-19T14:22:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337042 <pre>In roughly the same position, i.e. with 2 meters of each other, I have two systems both connected over wifi. One is my livingroom mythtv box, the other is a laptop. Occasionally the mythtv machine will start having pauses in video+audio delivery and I've narrowed this down to being due to a lower wifi bitrate - today I saw 18Mbit/s and 9Mbit/s whilst the laptop would be doing fine at 54Mbit/s. I stoppped and started the tvbox interface, didn't help. I reboot the access point, didn't help. Then I rebooted the mythtv box, and voila! bitrate was re-established at 54Mbit/s. It is as if the bitrate slowly deteriorates. Occasionally the tvbox will also get completely stuck, which I'm beginning to suspect is the wifi connection failing renegotiation. The WLAN card is Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 - I think it's a D-Link. Has anyone experienced something similar? </pre> Per Jessen 2013-05-19T13:07:58 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/337018 <pre>How long did the whining go on when KDE2 went on KDE3? The only universal constant is change. If a species can not adapt it goes extinct. That's the law of the universe, adapt or die. It is my understanding that there are distros out there that are still using KDE3. Just a thought. </pre> Billie Walsh 2013-05-18T13:29:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336985 <pre>Has anyone else noticed that Firefox stops working after it's been running for a while. When it fails, I can no longer go to or reload a web page. Wireshark shows there's no attempt to contact the site. Firefox has had performance issues for a while now, but it's getting worse. </pre> James Knott 2013-05-18T00:55:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336975 <pre>The KDE bouncing Launch cursor has confused me since dirt. I like the idea, but it has no idea when the application is launched so it continues to blink until it times out. Long after the app is up, and I am working in it, the icon is still bouncing. Its been this way since the Pleistocene. It seems such an obvious flaw. Why has this persisted for so many releases? </pre> John Andersen 2013-05-17T23:34:34 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336948 <pre>This new network interface naming scheme is going to drive me up the wall :-) With 13.1 M1 : system A: "enp13s0" and "enp14s0" system B: "enp3s1f0", "enp3s1f1", "enp6s2" </pre> Per Jessen 2013-05-17T18:20:23 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336937 <pre>Hi, $ zypper patch Warning: Repository 'xyz' appears to outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server. How can I disable this warning. I've tried to disable autorefresh but it doesn't help. cu, Rudi </pre> Ruediger Meier 2013-05-17T13:41:57 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336930 <pre>On openSUSE 12.3, I am trying to set up a printer in Yast. I am setting it up the same way it is in 11.2, where it is working. I cannot get the test page to print. I see this is the cups log: E [17/May/2013:07:21:37 +0200] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Address already in use. E [17/May/2013:11:48:31 +0200] [CGI] File "/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb" has insecure permissions (0104750/uid=0/gid=7). E [17/May/2013:11:48:37 +0200] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/drv/sample.drv"! E [17/May/2013:11:50:30 +0200] gestetner: File "/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb" has insecure permissions (0104750/uid=0/gid=7). E [17/May/2013:11:50:30 +0200] [Job 4] Stopping job because the sheduler could not execute the backend. If I take these one at a time: 1. 631 in use. I see these users of port 631: tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 13787/cupsd tcp 0 0 :::631 :::* LISTEN 1/init udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:631 0.0.0.0:* 1/init 2. Bad driver information. Not sure what to say about that. 3. Insecure permissions. They are: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 10 12:17 /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb -&gt; /usr/bin/get_printing_ticket -rwsr-x--- 1 root lp 9788 Feb 4 18:33 /usr/bin/get_printing_ticket The system uses only the release and update repos, and it is up-to-date. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer Ramböll RST / Systems Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer&lt; at &gt;ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se </pre> Roger Oberholtzer 2013-05-17T10:37:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336900 <pre>Hi, Did a fresh install of openSUSE 12.3 64Bit on my thin client. Thin client has an Intel CPU and nVidia GPU. What would be the default video driver installed? System seems fast enough and has no problems. Just wondering if installing the proprietary nVidia driver would help? Thanks... Jesse </pre> Jesse Palser 2013-05-16T16:10:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336899 <pre>Hello: The subject says the question. [In pre 12 suse versions I had a /media/floppy directory where the floppy could be mounted at (by using the floppy icon on KDE3's desktop). In 12.x there is no such directory, and if created it will be removed at next boot, as I know correctly. Of course I could make a floppy dir under / or somewhere else, but I'd prefer its location to be in /media, since floppy is a media. Why should it be then outside of media dir?] What is the official way of mounting floppy in 12.x.? I have openSUSE 12.1 with KDE3 currently. Thanks, Istvan </pre> Istvan Gabor 2013-05-16T15:59:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336873 <pre>Hello, I have a PCMCIA Ethernet card in my laptop for connecting via wire to a router and sometimes I use WLAN for connecting to a different provider via UMTS. The internal ethernet eth0 for my internal private network has a fixed 192.168.254.X address and fixed routing. The PCMCIA external ethernet has a fixed 10.0.0.X address since that fits with the internet router that I use when using wired connection to internet. Routing currently: Default IPv4 gateway is the 10.0.0.138 IP of my router where I connect wired. WLAN uses DHCP4 with a range of 192.168.123.0 to 192.168.123.254 which is routed to wlan0. The PCMCIA ==eth1 has fixed routing 10.0.0.0 , 255.255.255.0 and gateway 0.0.0.0 . The problem: when the PCMCIA is inserted, wlan0 does not work. As soon as I eject the PCMCIA eth1, wlan0 works again. My guess is, that the default gateway is a problem, surely I am missing an important point here, but I was not able to find a solution in Google. Question: Can I configure the default gateway dynamically? E.g. if I connect to wlan0 all internet traffic is send to the DHCP given 192.168.123.X and I can keep my PCMCIA inserted, when I turn off wlan0 and connect a cable to the PCMCIA, all internet traffic is routed to eth1. Some kind of "dynamic default gateway"? Thanks in advance Pete </pre> Peter Maffter 2013-05-15T10:44:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.general/336847 <pre>Good afternoon, opensuse 12.3 64-bit has a weird log format in /var/log/mail (also in messages too): 2013-05-14T09:56:10.047890+02:00 linux postfix/postfix-script[3786]: starting the Postfix mail system 2013-05-14T09:56:10.150203+02:00 linux postfix/master[3787]: daemon started -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix 2013-05-14T09:58:15.493891+02:00 linux postfix/postfix-script[4717]: refreshing the Postfix mail system 2013-05-14T09:58:15.497188+02:00 linux postfix/master[3787]: reload -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix 2013-05-14T10:21:41.961941+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/postfix-script[1083]: starting the Postfix mail system 2013-05-14T10:21:42.035250+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/master[1084]: daemon started -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix 2013-05-14T10:40:47.356719+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/postfix-script[1124]: starting the Postfix mail system 2013-05-14T10:40:47.445164+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/master[1125]: daemon started -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix 2013-05-14T10:44:44.549048+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/postfix-script[1093]: starting the Postfix mail system 2013-05-14T10:44:44.628421+02:00 proxyad1 postfix/master[1094]: daemon started -- version 2.9.6, configuration /etc/postfix ~ Squid, installed on this machine logs fine into his log, but I've my own defined logformat in the squid.conf. Where should be a mistake ? Thank you very much and best regards J.Karliak. </pre> Karliak Josef 2013-05-14T11:04:38 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.suse.general