In the task bar on openSUSE 13.2 KDE I noticed a pop up message “Authorization failed” " client did not authorize action" Was this a blocked hacked or what?
No
It’s the updater backend reporting it cannot access the software sources.
This can happen if you are using the Yast Software Manager and the updater backend also tries accessing the software too
or it may happen if you are not connected to the internet
or it may also happen if you still have the DVD source marked active, but not present.
I am a Linux newbie. I didn’t have yast2 open and I am on the Internet while it happened. What do you mean by “it may also happen if you still have the DVD source marked active, but not present.” ?
Ok repositories are just places to get programs. Think of them as stores or vendors. The install media acts as a repo that once used is no longer needed. but in some circumstances it is left in your repo list. If a repo is not available you get a message. Go to Yast-repository management and remove the one that points to the install media.
If you can not glean which from the names show us
zypper lr -d
and we will tell you which to remove.
Thanks. Here is what I got. # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
—±------------------------------±-----------------------------------±--------±----------±--------±---------±-------±-----------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | SuSE | SuSE | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/SuSE/13.2/ |
2 | download.opensuse.org-non-oss | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | ( p) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/non-oss/ |
3 | download.opensuse.org-oss | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | ( p) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
4 | ftp.gwdg.de-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.2/ |
5 | openSUSE-13.2-0 | openSUSE-13.2-0 | Yes | ( p) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVD+_-RW_GHA2N_KA7D7384823 |
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-13.2-Debug | No | ---- | No | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug | No | ---- | No | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2/ |
8 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No | ---- | No | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.2-non-oss/ |
9 | repo-source | openSUSE-13.2-Source | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/ |
10 | repo-update | openSUSE-13.2-Update | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2/ |
11 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-13.2-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.2-non-oss/ |
12 | security | security | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security/openSUSE_13.2/ |
It is the one where the URL starts with cd:///. Select it and Remove.
BTW
Please use CODE tags around copied/pasted computer text in a post. It is the # button in the tool bar of the post editor. When applicable copy/paste complete, that is including the prompt, the command, the output and the next prompt.
Regards,
It is the one where the URL starts with cd:///. Select it and Remove.
Thanks.
I see you have videolan repo . It is highly advisable NOT to use that repo but to get the VLC files only from packman
I see you have videolan repo . It is highly advisable NOT to use that repo but to get the VLC files only from packman
Thanks. I had that in there because I couldn’t get mp4 videos to play in Kaffeine and installed VLC player which didn’t work either. Kaffeine started working after a few updates. I uninstalled VLC player but forgot to remove the repo. It’s gone now.
nothing wrong with VLC in fact I find it to be the better player but you need to get the vlc package and the vlc-codec packages from only packman. If you install part from one repo and part from another it will not work
nothing wrong with VLC in fact I find it to be the better player but you need to get the vlc package and the vlc-codec packages from only packman. If you install part from one repo and part from another it will not work
Not in my case. I originally got it from packman but it wouldn’t play mp4 videos even making sure I get all codecs. That’s why I tried directly from VLC and still didn’t work. I uninstalled VLC once I found Kaffeine started working after a few days after normal update packages. I like Kaffeine, I am going to stick with it. Thanks.
You missed something then There is only one vlc codec file and it must come from packman and the program must come from pack man to match versions.
No problem lots of neat players available. But to play proprietary codecs you must use packman for all parts
There is definitely a problem. I am using xfce now and I installed VLC and it does not work. Here is the error message. No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “h264”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format “mp4a”. Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
I fixed it. Apparently when openSUSE 13.2 gets installed it doesn’t install packman automatically which is where the codecs are.
See the sticky threads at the top of the Multimedia forum (where this thread should have gone).