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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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Boot GRUB2 to GRUB or GRUB2 on another disk
I've got a couple of distributions installed, Gentoo with GRUB2, and openSUSE with some other version of GRUB.
OpenSUSE manages it's kernel entries, and I don't want to have to update my main Gentoo ...
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KDE taskbar widget showing up in the middle of my screen
Suddenly, my widgets seem to be showing up in the middle of my screen. My calendar and everything else. Here are some screenshots:
I've restarted my computer several times and restarted X a couple ...
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Cannot install Guest Additions on Windows 7 guest and openSUSE 11.4 host
I'm using openSUSE as a host and Windows 7 as a guest, the problem is that I cannot find guest tools.iso, pushing on Install Guest Tools does nothing.
Could somebody tell where I can download iso ...
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OpenSuse won't boot without my pendrive plugged in
I was building LFS on a pendrive this morning when it crashed in the middle of making gcc. I rebooted without my pendrive and I never got into the desktop. Instead, I get a visually pleasing terminal ...
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wget timeout — keeps 'trying'
I'm downloading about 100 files right now with the 'default' configuration on wget. I'm stuck on one package (I suspect the package has moved) and wget keeps retrying. I figured that after 3 or so ...
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Problem restoring from tar backup: why are there /dev/disk/by-id/ symlinks and how can I avoid them?
I'm trying to make a bare-bone backup system with the most basic tools available on openSUSE 11.3 (in this case: bash, fdisk, tar & grub legacy)
Here's the workflow for my scripts:
backup.sh:
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Can I update OpenSUSE's version of Qt?
I'm using OpenSUSE 11.2 which has Qt 4.5.3.
Can I update its Qt to version 4.6? If yes, how?
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Debian to OpenSuse
I am a Debian User for long. However I've an wish to have a taste of OpenSuse too. But the most Important thing to know is. In Debian or any Debian based distros, problem of Broken Dependencies / ...
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Checking installed files in OpenSUSE
How to check what files are installed by an installed package under OpenSUSE?
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Linux kernel startup problems: how to analyze?
After manually updating the kernel from 2.6.33 to 2.6.34 on my OpenSuse 11.2 Notebook, it stops after the message
Loading drivers, configuring devices...
This stop can be interrupted with Ctrl-C, ...
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Which nvidia driver should I use for an FX1300 on openSuse 11.2?
I have an nVidia FX1300 and can't figure out which driver to use on openSuse 11.2. This card isn't listed for any of the one-click installs.
I need version 173.14.22 of the driver. Do any of the ...
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gparted installed on OpenSuse shows all file system types as greyed out except for hfs
I have had this problem before and fixed it, but I don't recall how I did it and I did not record it (sadness :( )
I have all the requisite commands installed on OpenSuse to support gparted's efforts ...
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Opensuse 11.1 KDE4 Dropbox autostart issue
I am using KDE4 with the lastest version of opensuse, and I want to autostart everytime I turn on my computer.
I followed this website:
http://antrix.net/journal/techtalk/dropbox%5Fkde.html
I got ...
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Forbid interactive shell on OpenSUSE
I got a set of assignments at work to do to see how can I work around Linux systems (namely I was recommended openSUSE since I will be working with SLES). Most of those assignments are pretty ...
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How can I recover files that ecryptfs seems to have lost?
I'm having a really strange problem with ecryptfs. I run openSUSE 12.3 with Gnome 3.8 and ecryptfs (as well as LUKS full-disk encryption over an LVM that contains / and /swap). I often leave my ...
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flash disk size is not normal after using suse image writer
Ok I don't know what to do, and decided to ask here, here's the problem :
I have a 8 GB flash disk that i use to boot image. I decided to try opensuse 12.3, and then i use unetbootin to extract it to ...
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Task-Mechanistic-Firefox now running on port localhost:52074 - doable?
i tried to install Task-Mechanistic-Firefox-0.01.tar.gz
unfortunalty without generating a report for all the processes
but let me tell you - some investigations
during the tests sevral new brwoser ...
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OpenSuse-system-upgrade & third-party-repos: serious risk may break the whole system
I’m running OpenSuse 12.2 on a notebook - now I want to do an update to 12.3
Note: there are only a very very few third-party things on the machine - such as:
clipcrab
amarok and some more
Well, ...
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k3b gives out wrong reports about opensuse 12.3 Release;
well i burned a opensuse copy but i am not sure if i did burn this iso right.
_note; opensuse 12.3 has got 4.7 Gigabyte
i guess that i burned less
note: but the K3B programme told me that all went ...
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Migrate from MBR to UEFI with an encrypted system partition
I had the idea of converting a live and running openSUSE installation from MBR to GPT/UEFI. I followed this tutorial and successfully converted disk keeping partitions and associated data. My original ...
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How do I reinstall/enable snapper?
I had errors in my root filesystem (btrfs) so I recreated it from a backup but now, snapper doesn't work anymore:
# /usr/bin/snapper -v -v -v -v create --description test
IO Error.
# snapper -v ...
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No wireless connection after installing OpenSUSE 12.3
I just installed OpenSUSE 12.3 on my laptop with Gnome. I'm unable to connect to any wifi. I don't even have the "Wireless" submenu on the top right of my screen. All I have is the "Wired" submenu. I ...
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Citrix-XenApp Error (SSL-Server 61) with FF on OpenSuse 12.2: how to bypass?
good day dear Superuser,
I am trying to utilize Citrix XenApp to remotely access my work
userid and applications from home. I can login and see my virtual
desktop/applications, but when I try to run ...
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Installation of Citrix-client on Opensuse 12.2 - works only halfway
I need some help.
I wanted to install citrix client on a opensuse-system. Well I took the manual form this website -
see this link: ...
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Cannot change default paper size in CUPS
I'm running suse 12.1x86 (Gnome 3) with cups 1.5.x (guessing, I'm not at my pc right now). We have a network-connected Xerox printer and recently we changed its IP.
Connection to the printer was ...
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openSUSE 12.3 KDE Lan networking
I've just installed openSUSE 12.3 on my PC and faced a problem
I have a DSL connection with Tp-link Td-8811 modem. I configured my modem on PPPoE so it will connect to Internet automatically whenever ...
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OpenSuSE 12.3 kbd service failing at boot
An install of OpenSuSE 12.3 (but upgraded from 11.2) displays this message
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Starting Firewall Initialization (phase 2 of 2) done
Master Resource Control: runlevel 3 has been ...
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Shift+Space combination gives an invisible character but not space
I've recently installed OpenSuse 11.3. I've noticed that combination of SHIFT + SPACE creates some kind of invisible character (but not space). This combination is very easy to hit accidentally and ...
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set title in terminal
I`m using opensuse (xfce environment)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon
unfortunately whenever I am using more than one terminal (using Tab option), It starts to ask me ¨set a ...
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Configure PS3 Eye in openSUSE
Searching for a solution has proven futile so far.
I recently installed openSUSE 12.3 and decided to test whether or not the PS3 Eye camera would work with it out of the box. It does work but the ...
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How do I solve a recurring authentication error?
I'm running openSuSE 12.2, a fairly standard install, didn't do anything crazy with it. It pops up a red "Failed to gain Authentication" box in the lower right of the screen every 5-10 minutes or so. ...
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OpenSuse 12.2 and drbd
I am trying to setup tow NFS servers mirrored by drbd using OpenSuse 12.2 x64.
There is a yast2 package for the drbd which I installed.
The module is found under yast2 - Mischellaneous.
I get the ...
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how to configure virtualhosts - apache2 opensuse
I'm trying to configure virtual hosts in Apache2 running on openSuSE. I read so many tutorials but I still don't know how to make it.
Can somebody help me? I am using only localhost and I want to ...
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Is anybody able to use “tor” on opensuse?
I am using Tor successfully on my pc. but on VirtualBox, OpenSuse is fine with connecting Internet. But failing to start Tor.
FYI:
opensuse 11.3
i have guest edition installed
on VirtualBox ...
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mozrepl with Python or Ruby
installed MozRepl (to work with Perl) on my notebook - on openSUSE 12.2.
I have a number of websites where I have to get screenshots in thumbnails.
Usually I work with www::mechanize but images have ...
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github with linux and cvs: which tools are the best? [closed]
github with can be runned with linux and cvs-tools. What tools and grapic interfaces are the best one for a newby?
If I need to get access to my files on my home computer from work or from anohter ...
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Display problems when booting into Linux
I bought a new Samsung monitor and booted into Linux and the display was horrible (extremely bright and poor contrast). I tried to change settings but I was not satisfied with the ouput. I then booted ...
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Opensuse is checking media drive instead of internet
I am little bit newbi for linux. I have used Ubuntu though, in that while installing package it directly search internet repository and fetch the application. But recently I have installed OpenSUSE, ...
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Proper Firewall rules to let access to my web server inside a network
I set up a Web server with the following:
There is the Internet Router, configured to Port Foward port 80 to my computer assigned to my PC's IP: 192.168.1.128 My PC is connected to that wireless ...
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Problems with YaSTt and openSUSE 12.2 - Config 'root' not found
I receive this message each time I try to install a program:
Config 'root' not found.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale ...
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libavg compliation error
I have downloaded libavg from https://www.libavg.de
When I do ./configure it gives me error
checking for libpython2.7... configure: error: could not find files required to build python plugin
I ...
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Are there two different ways of installation in openSUSE KDE and openSUSE Gnome
I have recently installed openSUSE on my machine. I am unable to install packages easily on this OS as there is not much help online for this OS. And I have seen on a few forums that people say if you ...
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How to activate ctrl+a in linux Opensuse?
Recently I installed Linux Opensuse 12.2 on my laptop. It is really cool distribution. Some annoying thing is not working correctly. It is ctrl+a. I used to press ctrl+a to mark everything, all the ...
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Suse 12.3 cannot boot after a forced shutdown
I was doing a system update using
zypper update
After a while the screen was filled with this message
failed to start system logging service.
and the system was not responding. I had to ...
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setting up a WGR614v7 behind a linux box
Here's the setup, I have an openSUSE box with 2 NICs, one goes to my home network router, the other has DHCP running and it attached to a wireless router. I'm trying to get this setup to work before ...
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How to automount into specific directories?
I'm using openSUSE 12.2 with KDE3. When I connect my portable hard drive it gets automatically mounted in /media/XXXXXXX, where XXXXXXXX is just some random identifier. How can I control mounting of a ...
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Windows 7 boot manager issue [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Reinstalling” the Windows 7 boot manager
I was having windows 7 installed on my laptop, yesterday I tried to install Open Suse operating system. During its ...
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Installing OpenSuSE on a raid drive system
Anyone know a guide or are able to assist me in installing OpenSuSE on my computer. I have two SSD's configured in a raid (Intel Storage Matrix). 2x120GB. I have two partitions on it, one 140GB where ...
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shell extensions - how to move and edit
I lately discovered shell extensions to gnome, however I don't know how to move them around, edit their properties and so on... How is it made? Btw, I install extensions by suse package manager and ...
