Re: [opensuse] Harddisk serial number (SuSE10.3), cloning disks
Tirsdag 06 november 2007 08:42 kvad Verner Kjærsgaard: - reported by a friend of mine, when cloning (ghosting) a 10.3 disk in its entirety, the cloned disk will not boot due to the serial numbers of the cloned disk doesn't match the serial of the original disk. - apparently this serial is written somewhere in the conf files of GRUB. - I've not seen this as I've not been to his place (quite far from here, trying to solve the matter through e-mail...), can this be true?? - I mean, really? :-) I don't know, since I'm staying put with 10.2. However, if 10.3 has started using UUIDs in stead of /dev/device, then yes. If that is the case, it should be easily fixed. Once the clone is in place, he boots a rescue cd, and runs blkid /dev/device That will tell him the device's UUID, which he then puts into menu.lst Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Kmail problem
Greetings vendion, Torsdag 01 november 2007 19:50 kvad [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [KMail reports] Unable to complete LIST operation. [and does nothing.] I haven't had this problem myself, but I think I remember others having it. If my memory serves me well, the problem is that there is a message at your ISP, which KMail doesn't like. Other people have solved the problem by fetching the message with a different mail client, that does not panic over the message, or they use their webmail, to delete the problem message. That is all I know. Try to google: Unable to complete LIST operation. kmail Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] nspluginwrapper upgrade fails
Lørdag 27 oktober 2007 12:11 kvad Dave Barton: The openSUSE updater keeps showing me that there is an upgrade available for the nspluginwrapper, but the upgrade fails with the following error: Q Installation of [S3:1][package]nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.1.x86_64 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 623: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)-r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed! error: %post(nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 (with --nodeps --force) Error /Q Does anyone have any idea why this would be failing. A shot in the inpenetrable mist: You are running a 32 bit install, and the update is trying to install a 64 bit package? Notice the ending of the package name: x86_64 It is literally a wild guess from me. I have no idea how to solve the problem. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] test
Jose wrote: test Failed! Syntax error: expected ';' in line 1. ;o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] openSUSE 10.3 Kmail 1.9.6 Cannot read messages
Greetings Ben. Torsdag 04 oktober 2007 19:05 kvad Ben Kevan: kmail --version Qt: 3.3.8 KDE: 3.5.7 release 72 KMail: 1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) I cannot see any of my messages within Kmail (transferred over from openSUSE 10.2 box). Is there a way I can get these back without losing the mail that is there? I do however still get the Description on some of my mails.. But to see the text I have to open the Body Part It sounds like the old problem I've had a handful of times when moving KMail mail to a newer version. I always solved it like this: - Shut down KMail. - Delet all index files in the mail file hierarchy. - Start Kmail. Upon start Kmail then reindexes everything (have patience), and I can see all messages again. Remember to backup first, just in case. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice freezes the system
Onsdag 03 oktober 2007 07:46 kvad Basil Chupin: thanks for your reply. I also have a nVidia card both at home and at work with, apparently, the latest drivers... could it be the problem? Is this then related to OpenOffice or to nVidia?? I've never had anything BUT nVidia cards; I am running 10.2 and I am not having a single problem with OO (of any flavour or version). No OOo broblems here. OpenSUSE 10.2 (x86/32 bit) + Nvidia GeForce 7300LE + the distro's standard OOo (2.0.4). Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] OpenOffice freezes the system
Onsdag 03 oktober 2007 10:13 kvad Kevin Donnelly: On Wednesday 03 October 2007 06:46, Basil Chupin wrote: I also have a nVidia card both at home and at work with, apparently, the latest drivers... could it be the problem? Is this then related to OpenOffice or to nVidia?? I've never had anything BUT nVidia cards; I am running 10.2 and I am not having a single problem with OO (of any flavour or version). OOo froze pretty consistently here, on 10.2 with the NVidia 100.14.11 drivers. It did that with the original install version (2.0.4), and also with the 2.3.0 version - it happened only an hour ago this morning (foolish me - I thought I'd try it again, just to see), and required a hard reboot. Ah. If it hasn't been said already, then it could be an issue with the NVidia driver. Mine is 100.14.09, and I have no OOo problems (OOo 2.0.4). Have you tried downgrading your NVidia driver? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] Where to tell MTA to send through port 587?
Good day, OpenSUSE 10.2 Where do I tell the MTA to use port 587 when sending mail through my web hotel? My ISP has blocked port 25 for sending mail, but my web hotel accepts mail sending though port 587. I can't find anywhere in YaST's MTA module, sysconfig, or anywhere else to set the port number. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Where to tell MTA to send through port 587?
Good day Lew, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Where do I tell the MTA to use port 587 when sending mail through my web hotel? Mandag 01 oktober 2007 17:58 kvad Lew Wolfgang: If you're using sendmail you can follow the recipe here: http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.39 According to /var/log/mail I seem to use postfix. I just use the OpenSUSE 10.2 default MTA and YaST2 - Network Services - MTA to try and configure the port. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Where to tell MTA to send through port 587?
Good day James, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: OpenSUSE 10.2 Where do I tell the MTA to use port 587 when sending mail through my web hotel? My ISP has blocked port 25 for sending mail, but my web hotel accepts mail sending though port 587. I can't find anywhere in YaST's MTA module, sysconfig, or anywhere else to set the port number. Mandag 01 oktober 2007 17:25 kvad James Knott: I set it in the SMTP configuration of an app, such as Seamonkey or Thunderbird. In fact, as I'm currently at work, this message is coming to you via port 587 on my home ISP. I'm sorry, I didn't explain well enough. It is the default MTA in OpenSUSE 10.2, which should be configurable through YaST2 - Network Services - MTA. I have successfully made KMail use port 587, because KMail's configuration actually has a place to put in a port number. But nowhere in YaST's MTA configuration module can I find a place to put in a port number. Any clues? (I need to send 40 personalised standard letters through a php script - I really would like to not have to send them manually one at a time.) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Where to tell MTA to send through port 587? [SOLVED]
Good day Sandy, Mandag 01 oktober 2007 19:43 kvad Sandy Drobic: Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Where do I tell the MTA to use port 587 when sending mail through my web hotel? Sorry, can't help with yast settings, I always configure the Postfix config files directly. Here's what I can see: yast - Network Services - Mail Transfer Agent - Permanent - Outgoing mail server [mail.example.com]:587 Authentication: - Outgoing Server [mail.example.com]:587 user name user passwordpassword That should give you the following output from postconf -n: relayhost = [mail.example.com]:587 smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous ... /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd: [mail.example.com]:587user:password You must have the cyrus-sasl package installed otherwise Postfix is unable to find suitable authentication mechanisms. thank you very much Sandy. Now it works :o) Also thanks to James, Lew, Carlos and André for your willingness to help. The solution is not exactly as Sandy outlined, but extremely close though. To others having this problem: Forget about YaST2's MTA module in OpenSUSE 10.2. It will not accept square brackets followed by a colon and some digits. Solution: First make absolutely sure you have the correct outgoing server (DOH!) Then YaST2 - System - Edit /etc/sysconfig - Network - Mail - Postfix - POSTFIX_RELAYHOST=[mail.example.com]:587 (Square brackets, colon and port number as shown) Then edit the first line of /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd to read [mail.example.com]:587 user:password Where user:password is the username and password the server requires to authenticate you for sending mail. If you do a postconf -n after this, everything will show as Sandy said, except smtp_sasl_security_options will equal nothing. But that's all right, because it still works. I messed about a bit because I had the wrong outgoing server, so if it doesn't work for you at this point, try running SuSEconfig -module postfix. If that doesn't work restart postfix with /etc/init.d/postfix restart Thanks Sandy :o) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Kmail question
Greetings Russ. Tirsdag 10 juli 2007 16:30 kvad russbucket: I recently restore my .kde directory after disk issue. Everything restored except the Distribution Lists I had. My mail contacts restored OK. Does anyone know where the distribution lists are stored? openSUSE 10.2 KDE 3.5.5 release 45.4 kmail 1.9.5 /home/russ/.kde/share/apps/kabc/distlists Best regards Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to add contacts in Kopete?
Greetings. Mandag 14 maj 2007 15:07 kvad Johnny Ernst Nielsen: Mandag 14 maj 2007 12:48 kvad Johnny Ernst Nielsen: Kopete 0.12.3 (Under KDE 3.5.5 release 45.4 openSUSE 10.2) [Kopete will not add ICQ contact to new ICQ account] I just found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/+bug/111634 That is my exact problem! Does anyone know a workaround, or have suggestions for workarounds? Thank you Michael and Pueblo, for your suggestions on licq and Gaim/Pidgin. Before I try that though, would anyone perhaps be so helpful as to post the structure of an ICQ entry from their contactlist.xml file? (On 10.2 it is placed in ~/.kde/share/apps/kopete/) If the only problem for Kopete is that it can not add an ICQ contact, unless there is already one or more ICQ contacts in the contact list, perhaps one can fool Kopete by manually entering the first ICQ contact into contactlist.xml Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] How to add contacts in Kopete?
Greetings. Kopete 0.12.3 (Under KDE 3.5.5 release 45.4 openSUSE 10.2) I think I have set up Kopete right with my own ICQ UIN and ICQ password. Trying to do what the Kopete handbook says, does not work for me. I try File - Add contact and select my own ICQ UIN (the only thing available under File - Add contact) Kopete displays a window where I can enter my friend's ICQ UIN. I enter the UIN and press the OK button, and the window closes, so I am back in the main window. But I can not see my newly added contact anywhere. I show both offline users and empty groups, but my main window is just all empty. Any help? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to add contacts in Kopete?
Greetings Michael. Mandag 14 maj 2007 13:31 kvad Michael Schueller: I actually don´t use ICQ, but could it be that your friend is not online ? I would not rule that out, but it was my understanding that if my friend is offline, his entry in my contacts would just signal Offline. Isn't that one of the points with the IM system? There is a button show offline Users, possibly you have to use this. I have made sure that Kopete shows offline users. If you want, you can add me, i´m online right now and would like to see if or how it works... 206381538 I just tried to add you. No luck :o( Thank you very much for you effort, Michael Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to add contacts in Kopete?
Greetings Will. Mandag 14 maj 2007 13:21 kvad Will Stephenson: You are online, aren't you? (You will get an error message if you try to add contacts in ICQ whilst offline). The little flower at the lower right corner says I am online. Are you able to see the newly added contact using a different ICQ client? I don't have any other clients installed. I would like to be able to use what was installed by default, so I don't end up with too many redundant programs installed, that I do not use. Are you able to add this UIN with a different client? Se above. Are you able to add a different UIN as a contact? No. What happens if you add the contact to a different group, or to the top level? The same -- nothing. Do you have a LOT of contacts in your list? I have no contacts at all. This is the first contact one I am trying to add. Thank you very much for your suggestions Will. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to add contacts in Kopete?
Mandag 14 maj 2007 12:48 kvad Johnny Ernst Nielsen: Kopete 0.12.3 (Under KDE 3.5.5 release 45.4 openSUSE 10.2) [Kopete will not add ICQ contact to new ICQ account] I just found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/+bug/111634 That is my exact problem! I can not find a similar bug report with either KDE or openSUSE. Does anyone know a workaround, or have suggestions for workarounds? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] witch one better
Torsdag 05 april 2007 23:45 kvad bill biggs: witch one is better kde or gnome ? Neither. Especially for you I suggest you try out BSE (Broom Stick Environment). I hear it's really popular with witches. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] how to in multiple desktop change to another desktop
Fredag 30 marts 2007 02:00 kvad [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on suse 10.0 we can take ctrl+tab for change to another desktop how abt in opensuse 10.2? It has been deactivated by default. The default is to change desktops with Ctrl+F# But if you want to be able to cycle through desktops with Ctrl+Tab you can easily tell KDE to do so. KControl - Region Accessibility - Keyboard shortcuts (Translated from danish.) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: kdesu charset... (Was: kdesu LANG)
Tirsdag 27 marts 2007 22:54 kvad Will Stephenson: On Tuesday 27 March 2007 17:43:30 Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Greetings, when kdesu launch an application, from where does it then take the LANG setting to pass on to the application? On my system it passes the wrong LANG setting, but I can not find where to set the right one. I don't know how the kdesu case works specifically but KDE_LANG is the environment variable that tells an application which language to use, if that is not set the language is read from $HOME/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals, something like this: [Locale] Language=en_GB:en_US You might want to run kcontrol with kdesu and set the other user's language correctly too. Thank you Will, but it seems I have not properly understood the language/charset stuff. The proplem is not the displayed language. It is in danish, as I expect. The problem is that the danish letters are all wrong in applications started through kdesu. (su from konsole has the same problem.) Everything I start with kdesu assumes ISO-8859-1 encoding. So both file names and file contents display the danish letters wrong, since they are UTF-8 encoded. Doing a real root login, from kdm, assumes the right encoding (UTF-8). Where do I tell kdesu to assume UTF-8 encoding for the applications it starts? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to hear Amarok playing
Onsdag 28 marts 2007 19:55 kvad A. den Oudsten: Kai Ponte wrote: On Tuesday 27 March 2007 08:32:45 am A. den Oudsten wrote: I'm using 10.2 and want to listen to music. Playing Amarok I see the music played but don't hear anything In YaST2 I see KT266 onboard audio is the default. The volume for CD is 67 and for PCspeakers 53. What else should I do to hear music? I'm assuming you can hear other sounds - system and whatnot. Since I use KDE, I'll forward that solution. Go to Geeko Multimedia Volume Control (KMix) This will bring up your mixer application. Check to make sure all your outputs are enabled (light green as opposed to dark green) and that the volumes are turned up. Assuming this is all well and good, then open Amarok and go to Settings Configure Amarok. Click on the Engine Icon. For your sound System drop down make sure you have something selected. I have Xine, but you can use others. For the Output plugin, if Autodetect doesn't work for you, select the appropriate plugin - alsa or oss. If this all doesn't work, then you need to go into YaST and check your sound settings there. We can revisit if needed. Tried all you suggested, with no results. In Yast I see still KT266 onboardsound is default and the driver is snd-via82xx. Any other sugestions? Have you tried checking all your hardware connections and physical settings, as I suggested? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to hear Amarok playing
Tirsdag 27 marts 2007 17:32 kvad A. den Oudsten: I'm using 10.2 and want to listen to music. Playing Amarok I see the music played but don't hear anything In YaST2 I see KT266 onboard audio is the default. The volume for CD is 67 and for PCspeakers 53. What else should I do to hear music? If all the things Kai suggests fails, you may have wrong hardware settings. Start by making sure that you PC speakers' volume is turned up physically on the physical speakers. Have you turned up the volume on the CD player device? Some devices have a physical volume wheel that must be turned. Check your cabling. Have you connected the speakers to the right output on the computer? Internally, have you properly connected the CD player to the main board's audio plug? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2: kdesu LANG...
Greetings, when kdesu launch an application, from where does it then take the LANG setting to pass on to the application? On my system it passes the wrong LANG setting, but I can not find where to set the right one. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:05 kvad Philippe Andersson: Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: My printer's ink level program is unable to display ink level as well as print when either one of the four cartridges are empty. The cartridges are opaque and the printer itself only lights up one single light to signal that one of the cartridges are empty. Would this be some sort of Epson all-in-one device, by any chance ? No. Printer only. Epson Stylus C66. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:21 kvad Philippe Andersson: Hi Johnny, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Mandag 26 marts 2007 15:05 kvad Philippe Andersson: Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: My printer's ink level program is unable to display ink level as well as print when either one of the four cartridges are empty. The cartridges are opaque and the printer itself only lights up one single light to signal that one of the cartridges are empty. Would this be some sort of Epson all-in-one device, by any chance ? No. Printer only. Epson Stylus C66. Well, maybe the printer part of the all-in-one uses the same driver. My kid sister has one of those, and faces the same troubles managing the ink. I'd be interested in your scripts, if you agree to share them. Sure. It's basically just a loop that calls the printer driver's command line ink level function, appends the answer to a file, and goes to sleep for 60 seconds. Please note that this script is hardcoded for my printer and the specific proprietary printer driver I use. Please also note that the posted code is translated from danish, so typing errors may have been introduced. Here is the Python code: ---o--- #!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf8 -*- #IMPORT PRACTICAL MODULES FOR DATA HANDLING. #Handling of sub processes/calls of programs to have their output directly readable in the script. import subprocess #Handling of files. import os #For suspending the script for a given time. import time #Date and time. import datetime #String manipulation: import string #PRACTICAL VARIABLES. #The place and name for the ink level log. inklevellogfile=/root/Inklevellog.txt #The place and name of the ink level log error file. inklevellogerrorfile=/root/Inklevellogerror.txt #HERE STARTS THE SCRIPT. #Make a list to keep the previous result. previousresult=[] #Get the latest log entry. if os.path.isfile(inklevellogfile): file=open(inklevellogfile, 'rU') #Read all the file's lines into a result list. previousresult=file.readlines() #Close the file. file.close() #If the file was not brand new. if len(previousresult) 1: #Remove all lines, except the last four, which contains the latest ink level. I.e. keep from the 5Th last line to 2Nd last line. previousresult=previousresult[len(previousresult)-5:-1] #Make the list into a string. previousresult=repr(previousresult) #Remove alle encoded line breaks. previousresult=string.replace(previousresult,\\n,) #Remove all double spacing. whilein previousresult: previousresult=string.replace(previousresult, , ) #There was no ink level log. else: #Make an empty log file. file=open(inklevellogfile, w) file.close() #Assume all cartridges are 100% filled. previousresult=['Black : 100%', 'Cyan : 100%', 'Magenta : 100%', 'Yellow : 100%'] #Never ending loop... while True: #List USB-devices. process=subprocess.Popen(/usr/sbin/lsusb, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) result=process.stdout.read() #See if the printer is among the USB devices. if Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer in result: #See if the printer is idle/not engaged in printing. process=subprocess.Popen(lpstat -p, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) result=process.stdout.read() #If the printer is idle. if is idle. in result: #Get date and time. time=datetime.datetime.now() #Check ink level. process=subprocess.Popen(/usr/bin/tpconfig --ink, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) result=process.stdout.readlines() errorresult=process.stderr.read() #Make the result into a string. result=repr(result) #Remove all encoded line breaks. result=string.replace(result,\\n,) #Remove all double spaces. whilein result: result=string.replace(result, , ) #If an ink level is reported... if Black : in result: #...and the ink level is different from the previous ink level; we must add a log entry. if not result==previousresult: #Make the string into a list, so we can write the four lines of ink levels in the log. result=eval(result) #Append date, time and ink level to the log file
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Mandag 26 marts 2007 16:29 kvad Johannes Meixner: On Mar 26 15:11 Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote (shortened): My printer's ink level program is unable to display ink level as well as print when either one of the four cartridges are empty. The cartridges are opaque and the printer itself only lights up one single light to signal that one of the cartridges are empty. ... Epson Stylus C66. I do not understand what exactly you mean. Sorry. I see I did not manage to explain clearly. If one of the four cartridges is empty, a red light is on on the printer, showing out of ink mode. The printer will not print anything untill the empty cartridge is replaced. Not even if it is one of the colour cartridges that is empty, and I try to print pure black with the black cartridge. So, I can see that one of the cartridges is empty, but the printer itself does not show which one. Since the cartridges are opaque, I can not look directly at the cartridges to find out. Currently I use the TurboPrint proprietary driver (for full resolution printing). It has an ink level check command. However, that command does not work when the printer is in out of ink mode. Ususally it cannot work when one process (your ink level program) communicates with the printer to query its ink levels while another process (the CUPS backend) sends print-data at the same time. You need to implement mutual exclusion. I know. And I have done my best to do so. My script asks the printer status from the printing system, to see that the printer is idle, before it attempts to check the ink level. By the way: Do you know about /usr/bin/escputil (see man escputil)? I had no idea about it's existence. Perhaps it works for your specific model. It does! Thank you very much Johannes! :o) Now I just need to wait for a cartridge to run empty, to see if it can report the ink level with an empty cartridge. Thank you again. :o) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2: charset/language difference between su and kdesu?
Greetings. By default 10.2 is set up to use UTF-8. How do I get kdesu to obey this system standard? When I kdesu application, the application starts with ISO-8859-1, diplaying my danish letters wrong. When, from a konsole, I su -c application, the application starts with UTF-8, displaying my danish letters right. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Fredag 23 marts 2007 22:13 kvad Jonathan Wilson: So I have written a small service script to check the ink level every 60 seconds, Point 1: Is there a better way to get this information (I'm just asking)? I have tried to find out if it is possible to have a program, like my ink level check script, run after each print job. After all, ink level only drops when something is actually printed. I have not found any such solution though :o( and log that to a file in /root/. /root is where I keep all my system setting notes and system scripts, and I considder the ink level log a system wide thing. Point 2. The ink level log would be a a system wide thing (for you), but /root is not. Can you log to a more appropriate place - /var/log/linklog, for example (process logs most often go in /var/log)? Sure, but I do not want to as long as I do not deem the current solution insecure for my usage situation. :o) I wish for alle users to be able to see the ink level log. Understood. But do they need to see everything else in /root? No, but they are welcome to if they want to. There is nothing secret there. The only thing people might deem secret is an ssh key in /root/.ssh -- which is not readable by anyone but root. Thus the changed permissions of /root. There is nothing secret in /root that I am aware of. Is this system ever on the internet? Maybe you don't care if the system in question is broken into, but is it connected via network to other machines that you do care about? No. It is not in a network (apart from the big internet). In order to keep crackers from abusing my computer to bother other internet users, I have tried to make sure that no programs I use listen for connections from the internet. I have no internet servers or internet services running. My firewall (SuSEFirewall2) is set up to drop all connection attempts from outside, as well as all packages that are not part of sessions initiated my me. I have even disabled ping reply, which was enabled by default. Port scanning my computer from outside, I am not able to see it at all. I do care about security. I also wish to keep the number of directories to back up to a minimum -- /root and /home. I understand. But if that's your reason, why would you be backing up a log file that's being overwritten every 60 seconds anyway? Because I need to be able to see the latest ink level at all times. When I install a new version of OpenSUSE I need to transfer the ink level log from the old version to the new version. I need to be able to see which cartridge has run dry on the last print job on the old version. And I want to be able to continue the ink level history noted in the log. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Lørdag 24 marts 2007 06:58 kvad jdd: Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: So I have written a small service script to check the ink level if you happen to have time (and want) to do so, giving on the wiki (even here) a copy of your script could certainly be of interest for many users. I will try to remember to do that. I also need to add to the hardware database. changed permissions of /root. There is nothing secret in /root that I am aware of. are you aware of all that is stored in . files? like ssh keys, as other said? It is locked, as everything else I do not want everyone to see. don't you have there a /root/bin folder with some root executables? It is empty, so everyone can look in it all they want. :o) I also wish to keep the number of directories to back up to a minimum -- /root and /home. better create a folder in /home where most users can read (can be a link to /var/log). I prefer to keep my custom system stuff collected under /root. But thank you for the suggestion. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Greetings. How do I tell YOU to not reset my custom permissions for /root/ ? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2: Wrong root charset?
Greetings. When I kdesu root konqueror, files with danish letter in them are diplayed wrong. Both file names and their contents. When I log in as root (from kdm) the same files display right. How to korrect? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Fredag 23 marts 2007 17:30 kvad Carlos E. R.: The Friday 2007-03-23 at 16:44 +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: How do I tell YOU to not reset my custom permissions for /root/ ? Could you elaborate, please? What are those permissions you are refering to? The permissions for the directory /root I have set it to be viewable by all. Every time YOU runs it resets the permissions so that only root can view the directory. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] [SOLVED]10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Fredag 23 marts 2007 17:49 kvad Michael Schroeder: The Friday 2007-03-23 at 16:44 +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: How do I tell YOU to not reset my custom permissions for /root/ ? Check out the entry for /root in /etc/permissions. (It's not YOU that resets the permissions, but SuSEconfig). I think you can overwrite this entry with a custom entry in the /etc/permissions.local file. It works. Thank you Michael :o) (And you too, Carlos :o)) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Fredag 23 marts 2007 19:46 kvad John Andersen: On Friday 23 March 2007, Michael Schroeder wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Fredag 23 marts 2007 17:30 kvad Carlos E. R.: The Friday 2007-03-23 at 16:44 +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: How do I tell YOU to not reset my custom permissions for /root/ ? Could you elaborate, please? What are those permissions you are refering to? The permissions for the directory /root I have set it to be viewable by all. Every time YOU runs it resets the permissions so that only root can view the directory. Check out the entry for /root in /etc/permissions. (It's not YOU that resets the permissions, but SuSEconfig). I think you can overwrite this entry with a custom entry in the /etc/permissions.local file. Cheers, Michael I'm amazed at Michael's ability to hand out this information (apparently with a straight face) to a user who didn't know how to do this (suggestive of someone fairly new to linux), without even once pointing out what a dumb idea this is. Dumber than critisising a working solution without suggesting a better solution nor explaining why the working solution is dumb? (This is where you have your chance to explain why Michael's solution is dumb, AND present a better solution -- don't miss that chance) Johnny (The original poster) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2: YOU resets /root/ permissions?
Fredag 23 marts 2007 19:56 kvad jdd: John Andersen wrote: On Friday 23 March 2007, Michael Schroeder wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Fredag 23 marts 2007 17:30 kvad Carlos E. R.: The Friday 2007-03-23 at 16:44 +0100, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: How do I tell YOU to not reset my custom permissions for /root/ ? Could you elaborate, please? What are those permissions you are refering to? The permissions for the directory /root I have set it to be viewable by all. Every time YOU runs it resets the permissions so that only root can view the directory. Check out the entry for /root in /etc/permissions. (It's not YOU that resets the permissions, but SuSEconfig). I think you can overwrite this entry with a custom entry in the /etc/permissions.local file. Cheers, Michael I'm amazed at Michael's ability to hand out this information (apparently with a straight face) to a user who didn't know how to do this (suggestive of someone fairly new to linux), without even once pointing out what a dumb idea this is. please, don't be so harsh, given you don't add either any info :-( May I say (in my poor english) that: * the /root permissions are setup by Yast for very good reason (security... too many to be discussed shortly) * it's possible to make the modification said in the permissions file * this must not be done without extreme caution. May I also say that the OP didn't post the very reason he have to try to do so. For whatever reason he have decided to modify root permissions. Can he give us this very reason (if it's possible to discuss it in a public list), there are _certainly_ more adequate solutions, without the security drawbacks. It can be discussed, if people are interested. This is a desktop computer. I have my ordinary user account for my daily work. My printer's ink level program is unable to display ink level as well as print when either one of the four cartridges are empty. The cartridges are opaque and the printer itself only lights up one single light to signal that one of the cartridges are empty. So I have written a small service script to check the ink level every 60 seconds, and log that to a file in /root/. /root is where I keep all my system setting notes and system scripts, and I considder the ink level log a system wide thing. I wish for alle users to be able to see the ink level log. Thus the changed permissions of /root. There is nothing secret in /root that I am aware of. I also wish to keep the number of directories to back up to a minimum -- /root and /home. Thus I have opted _not_ to put the ink level log in a directory outside /root or /home. The discussion is hereby open. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Autostart
Greetings Bob. Lørdag 17 marts 2007 09:37 kvad Bob Williams: I have a shell script which I would like to run each time I login. I'm not sure what I should put in ~/.kde/Autostart I assume a bash script. Try to put the bare script in there. Make sure it is executable, and that the first line in the script reads: #!/bin/bash Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2 k3b could not find growisofs executable...
Greetings. When logged in as an ordinary user, I kdesu k3b and select a DVD image to burn. k3b says could not find growisofs executable dvd+rw-tools _is_ installed. growisofs _is_ present in /usr/bin /usr/bin _is_ in k3b's search path k3b does _not_ find growisofs when told to search /usr/bin for growisofs What to do? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Autostart
Lørdag 17 marts 2007 19:18 kvad Randall R Schulz: On Saturday 17 March 2007 02:38, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: Greetings Bob. Lørdag 17 marts 2007 09:37 kvad Bob Williams: I have a shell script which I would like to run each time I login. I'm not sure what I should put in ~/.kde/Autostart I assume a bash script. Try to put the bare script in there. Make sure it is executable, and that the first line in the script reads: #!/bin/bash It's a good idea to include --norc on the shebang line: #!/bin/bash --norc This prevents reading the invoking user's $HOME/.bashrc file, whose contents are unknown and could interfere with proper operation of the script. It also cuts down on shell start-up overhead. Yet again we learn something new :o) Thank you Randall :o) Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2 k3b could not find growisofs executable...
Greetings Frank. Lørdag 17 marts 2007 23:15 kvad frank nelson: --- Johnny Ernst Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When logged in as an ordinary user, I kdesu k3b and select a DVD image to burn. Out of curiosity, why are you using kdesu? To be able to create a backup DVD image containing root's directory, as well as other directories and files normally not accesible by ordinary users. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] How to schedule an application to run and close
Greetings Dan. Søndag 11 februar 2007 07:36 kvad Dan: Does anyone know of a scheduling utility that will run a shortcut or an application at a specified time and then shut it down at a specified time? I think cron or at. In both cases you would need two entries for the scheduling utility -- one starting the program at the specified time, and one stopping the program at an other specified time. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] openSuse 10.2 auto power off
Torsdag 25 januar 2007 20:03 kvad Russ Fineman: [Where to put boot option apm=power-off to make it permanent?] In the file /boot/grub/menu.lst Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] [SOLVED] 10.2/KDE logout - removing Suspend button?
Mandag 22 januar 2007 08:47 kvad Johnny Ernst Nielsen: [...] it is still there for everyone at the login screen (System - Shut down) Searching for the solution to another problem, I stumbled upon this one. One has to edit /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and uncomment the line #AllowSuspend=All and change All to None So the full soution is: Edit the following files: /etc/PolicyKit/privilege.d/hal-power-hibernate.privilege /etc/PolicyKit/privilege.d/hal-power-standby.privilege /etc/PolicyKit/privilege.d/hal-power-suspend.privilege In all three cases set SufficientPrivileges= and Allow= to nothing Edit /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc Uncomment the line #AllowSuspend=All and change All to None This will remove the suspend button from all logout boxes everywhere for all users. Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] [SOLVED] 10.2 - KFileDialog: globally removing icons from speedbar?
Mandag 22 januar 2007 08:51 kvad Johnny Ernst Nielsen: I wish to remove the network icon from KFileDialog's speedbar, for all users. Remove /opt/kde3/share/services/remote.protocol Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.2/KDE logout - removing Suspend button?
On Sunday 14 January 2007 11:28, Johnny Ernst Nielsen said: How does one remove the suspend button from the KDE logout dialog under SUSE Linux 10.2? Tirsdag 16 januar 2007 11:33 kvad Will Stephenson: KDE shows all the suspend modes allowed in the system settings, so disallow them: YaST-System-Power Management-Suspend Permissions... and uncheck everything. I can not uncheck the middle option. It is greyed out. ? The logout dialog will no longer show suspend option, the K Menu needs a relogin or dcop kicker Panel restart if you're impatient. Thank you Will, but that only works for ordinary users, and only in the logout box presented when the user is already logged in. The suspend button is still there when root wants to log out. And it is still there for everyone at the login screen (System - Shut down) I have found out how to remove it from root, by editing some PolicyKit files. But how do I remove it from the login screen? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2 - KFileDialog: globally removing icons from speedbar?
Greetings. I wish to remove the network icon from KFileDialog's speedbar, for all users. I have tried digging around in /opt/kde3 and /etc/opt/kde3 to find either a file to delete or edit. No luck though. Is it possible? How? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2 - KFileDialog: globally changing Desktop icon text in speedbar?
Greetings. I wish to change the Desktop icon text in KFileDialog's speedbar, for all users. I need it to read Skrivebord in stead of Desktop I have tried digging around in /opt/kde3 and /etc/opt/kde3 to find either a file to edit. No luck though. Is it possible? How? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] 10.2/KDE logout - removing Suspend button?
Greetings. How does one remove the suspend button from the KDE logout dialog under SUSE Linux 10.2? Best regards :o) Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Name of KDE System Monitor applet
Fredag 24 november 2006 15:34 kvad George Stoianov: [...] what is the name of the executable for the system monitor applet in KDE??? ksysguard Best regards Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Name of KDE System Monitor applet
Fredag 24 november 2006 16:57 kvad George Stoianov: On 11/24/06, Johnny Ernst Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fredag 24 november 2006 15:34 kvad George Stoianov: [...] what is the name of the executable for the system monitor applet in KDE??? ksysguard [...] that brings up the app, [...] I am trying to get the little applet [...] Oh. My fault. I misread applet for application. Sorry. I don't know about the applet. Sorry. Best regards Johnny :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
