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Can't extract rpm file

I'm building an rpm file which contains hiawatha server in Opensuse10.1 kernel-2.6.16.13-4-default. However , I cant extract my file . I got this error message as described below libpolarssl.so.1 is ...
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How can I add Komodo to my bottom panel?

I've installed Komodo on my Open Suse 12.2 KDE desktop but I don't have a menu entry in my start menu? I've followed the installation instruction at ...
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installing Apache 2 on OpenSuse 12.1: How to treat the userid?

I have OpenSUSE 12.1 installed. I tried a lot to get the lampp on the system workin. i set it up by YAST - (with the scheme-installations) how to get it working. How to configure the apache? The ...
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Password Prompt For Wifi Connections in Linux

I have been using a few flavors of Linux for a while now.But,i Still haven't figured out how to turn off the repetitive password prompt for Connecting to a Wifi network.Is there an automated way , as ...
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Eclipse installation on OpenSuse 12.1

I have to install eclipse on my opensuse linux-box. well i have undertaken several attempts - no i am not sure if it is allready on the machine or not!? how can itest if it is on the OpenSuse ...
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Java Runtime Environment on OpenSuse 12.1 - which one to choose?

I'm running OpenSUSE 12.1 and want to use Java Runtime enviroment v. 1.6. They ask for an ssh-key. Which package should I take: the proprietary or the open source one? How would you install it? Via ...
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Pairing bluetooth mouse with two system on same computer

I have a Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 paired to my notebook under Windows via Bluetooth. However I have a Linux installation as well (openSUSE 12.1) and I thought I could make that mouse work ...
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Gnome Shell doesn't display applications

Applications will not show up in Gnome Shell, however they show up on the "Favourites" bar, and can be searched for. For example, if I search for something spelled incorrectly ("chrmium"), it shows ...
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How to get x11vnc to run at startup on openSuSE 12.1

I'm trying to get x11vnc to run at startup with openSuse but not having much luck. Here's what I did so far. I edited /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup and added the following lines to the end, right before exit ...
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Mounting a iSCSI partition just wont finish after reboot (OpenSuse 12.1)

I hava a PC with opensuse 12.1 and a NAS device, which is mouted by iSCSI. I was able to mount the iSCSI ext4 partiton to my computer. After a reboot of the computer I reconnected the iSCSI target. I ...
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Connecting a webserver from host to guest vmware os?

I've a webserver in my vmware guest os suse 12.2 running but how can I connect it from my host os? My virtual machine is configured with NAT option in vmware network manager but I can't ping my vm ...
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Extendable, multifunctional mediaplayer for linux (opensuse)

Can you please recommend me mediaplayer for linux with the following functions - turning computer off if playlist is finished and with ability to add outside audio track to video. Thanks
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Restore a bootloader with no accessible partitions?

I recently deleted my openSUSE partition, and before deletion was using the default SUSE bootloader whenever I wanted to access my other partitions, such as Win7. When SUSE went, so did the bootloader ...
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I used windows 7 in dual boot with opensuse, I deleted the partition on the opensuse, but how can I delete grub bootloader?

I already tried using a windows 7 disk for repair, and I tried the bootrec.exe commands in command prompt as well but they don't work, the automatic repair also does not work. Is there any way to ...
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Will deleting partitions affect my hard drive in any way?

I installed a Suse partition of around 200 Gigabytes on my hard drive, primarily running Windows 7. I am sick of Suse's crap, and just want to get rid of the OS and get that partition back for ...
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Upgrade subversion to 1.7 on opensuse other than build source code

I'm using openSUSE Linux 11.4, it has Subversion 1.6.15 bundled. However, I'd like to upgrade to Subversion 1.7 today. However, the auto software update feature in YaST seems to only allow me to ...
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Filezilla stops connecting to the server - suddenly

runniung filezilla with sftp on a OpenSuse 12.1 first i insalled the key-file - then the first time it worked then it quitted the connection. error : Disconnected: No supported authentication ...
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mysql start ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password no) in OpenSuse 12.1

running openSuse 12.1 . on a notebook... well i configured apache 2 and mysql - (after starting it on the runlevel. well - i did all i needed to do - but now i stuck.... after installing phpmyadmin ...
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Recover overwritten encrypted partition

I accidentally (due to a typo) have overwritten parts of my encrypted ext3 partition with an iso file: cat 200Mb-sized.iso > /dev/sdb Is there any chance to recover the files of the partition ...
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put a user into a group that has write permissions in /srv/www/ on opensuse 12-1

hello dear folks good evening well i have to do some operations within my fresh installed open-suse-operating-system version 12.1 i need to put a user into a group that has write permissions in ...
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Defining the correct Apache document root

I am pretty new to Linux and I tried to install & configure the Apache 2 on OpenSuse 12.1. Is this the document-root? /home/username/public_html is this correct!? see the page 3 /or 4 of the ...
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“How to recover linux from 'repair file system' error”

unfortunately my mom did something that I don't know and the linux is in command line mode what is the key for exiting from shell and going to desktop? I tried alt+f2 alt+f6 ctrl+alt+f2 ...
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grep to find out OpenSSH-files on a hard disc - running on opensuse 12.1

Good day dear friends, I have a problem. After a hard disk crash I have to restore all my important files including: pgp things for enigmail openSSH-things for the SFTP-protocol - that filezilla ...
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How to properly end a KDE session from shell without root privileges

I am accessing the machine (OpenSuse 11 with KDE) over NX. I cannot use the Alt-Ctrl-Del shortcuts as it is captured by my system. The regular logoff button just ends the NX session without ending ...
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If I export an environment variable in startup scripts does it persist?

When I create a startup script in /etc/init.d and do an export of a variable does this variable persist and is "viewable" to the started process? To be specific I have the following script to start ...
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Apply userdir to the APACHE_MODULES in OpenSuse 12.1

i am running opensuse 12.1 i have installed apache2 and all lampp-things via YAST. But i am not sure if all is done now!? linux-r4qe:/home/martin # apache2ctl -M |grep userdir httpd2: Syntax error ...
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Are world-readable/writable/executable links in /usr/bin security holes?

% ls -l /usr/bin/edit lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 10 05:54 /usr/bin/edit -> vim* This seems to ...
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Error in repository initialization

I am running opensuse 12.1. When I start up YaST software manager I get an error: There was an error in the repository initialization. Error refreshing service Synergy ...
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How can I configure apache 2 in ~/public_html on OpenSUSE 12.1

I have OpenSUSE 12.1 installed. I tried a lot to get the lampp on the system workin. i set it up by YAST - (with the sheme-installations) how to get it working. How to configure the apache? How ...
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openSUSE 12 fails to start after installing ESET NOD32

I am using openSUSE 12 (64-bit). I installed ESET NOD32 Antivirus. After installing NOD32, it required a restart. After restarting, the system stays in a loading status, and I get following error ...
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umask in sftp causes loss of SETGIT-BIT every time i am running CHMOD

good day dear Serverfolks! i am a newbi so do not bear with me! I run a linux sever that is administered by a friend of me. He prepares the chown and permissins - with the setgit-bit to on. I have ...
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My Repositories Can Not Connect to Internet

I`m on OpenSUSE! My repositories on opensuse 12.1 64bit (kde) can not connect to Internet (in yast and terminal) and I can not update my machine. But I could go to direction of repository in ...
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Optimal way to export JDK_HOME setting in openSUSE for use with PhpStorm?

I'm trying out PHPStorm on openSUSE, and it requires the Sun Java JDK which doesn't come by default. I installed the Sun JDK based on directions here. I can run PHPStorm file as root user after that ...
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How can I start the integrated pgp-agent that comes shipped with the new KDE on openSUSE 12.1?

How can I start the integrated pgp-agent in OpenSUSE 12.1? Running OpenSUSE 12.1 with the following software installed all via YAST: tbird enigmail pinentry gnupg as root (as the superuser). Can ...
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Can't connect to wireless network in openSUSE

I had Windows XP. Recently I installed openSUSE Linux on my other drive. I had access to the internet through a wireless connection in Windows XP. For openSUSE I wanted to configure my wireless ...
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OpenSuse 12.1 - with tbird & enigmail, gpg2 : do i need the lib-assuan-stuff too?

my setup opensuse 12-1 on a medion notebook Akoya 6512 I want to install tbird with enigmail and so on... i have done the installation with yast: tbird enigmail via yast installed gpg also via ...
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zypper always going to background. How to restore stdin?

I'm upgrading 11.4 to 12.1. What's annoying in zypper dup is that after about a minute it goes background. Output to console is still active, but I lose the ability to do stdin. A message appears ...
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How can i turn off discrete VGA during boot?

I have mux-less Intel/ATI hybrid graphics. I can't install fglrx driver, because of it's compatibility with Xorg. So i want to have pernamently disabled discrete VGA. I type that command after every ...
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How to remove “Built with SUSEStudio”? (Suse Studio)

Does any one know how to remove "Built with SUSEStudio" logo which is used in the bootsplash, ,login Background, in the LIVE CD/DVD which built by SUSEStudio?
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KDE 4.7.2 - Change order of open windows in task manager?

I am using KDE 4.7.2 at the moment. I'm used to move the windows in the task manager by drag and drop. In earlier KDE versions this worked. But somehow it won't work now and I didn't find a solotion ...
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Join parts of two files together in Bash

I hope to draw on the knowledge of those who know far more about scripting than I. I have two files, F1 and F2, where F2 is located in a sub-directory of F1. I need to output a new file, F3, that ...
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How to get the env vars I want with the superuser command?

I'm running OpenSuse 12.1 KDE. I was previously running Ubuntu. In Ubuntu there was a superuser option (sudo -s) that preserved the original user's HOME env var (and another option, sudo -i, that set ...
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How can I re-install wine or make it work?

I've freshly installed OpenSUSE 12.1 64 bit on my box but Wine doesn't start. Winecfg doesn't start either. I've tried to start wine from the menu and from the terminal to no avail. I've tried zypper ...
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How to install Erlang and RabbitMQ on OpenSUSE 11

I'm still very new to OpenSUSE , and I'm trying to install erlang then rabbitmq with the package manager but it's not working , like when I do : zypper install erlang Refreshing service 'susecloud'. ...
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How to start plasma-desktop from SSH-console on desktop session?

I killed KDE's plasma-desktop on a openSUSE 11.2 machine, because it was eating too much CPU. How can I restart it via SSH or another tty session? On the affected computer there is only shown a ...
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Can't boot into OpenSUSE 12.1 with Zen-Kernel?

I've a dual-boot Windows 7 and OpenSUSE 12.1 box. I want to install the Zen-Kernel because I think it's useful for me but when I boot into Linux it didn't load the desktop but I get the emergency ...
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Open Suse 12.1 rescue console language?

How can I change the keyboard layout from the rescue console in Open Suse 12.1 to a german keyboard layout?
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How to start Linux Live USB from a Linux Live CD?

I have an old computer that only runs bootable CDs and it does not have BIOS. I was thinking that it might be able to boot a live Linux USB from a live Linux CD because it also does not have a DVD ...
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Link Linux file path to a command

I would like to link the path to the file /opt/lampp/lampp to the word lampp in openSUSE. So I can simply type lampp start instead of /opt/lampp/lampp start Is this possible? If so, how?
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How to Manually Xen bridging setup on OpenSUSE for two DomU

I've been having problems with Xen networking on OpenSUSE, specifically with getting Dom0 opening a TCP connection to the DomU. Other machines on the network can open TCP connections to all 3, so I'm ...

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