I have openSUSE 12.1 KDE. I recently installed Flight Gear, which required some additional software to satisfy dependencies. One of those put in generic screens that overwrote the openSUSE branded screens on logon. They’re not bad, but I’d like to restore the openSUSE screens. Is that possible?
Thanks in advance.
Chris
On 2012-01-19 00:26, crypkema wrote:
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> I have openSUSE 12.1 KDE. I recently installed Flight Gear,
How? Where from?
> which
> required some additional software to satisfy dependencies. One of those
> put in generic screens that overwrote the openSUSE branded screens on
> logon. They’re not bad, but I’d like to restore the openSUSE screens.
> Is that possible?
If you find out what you installed, remove it.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Unfortunately, when I uninstalled Flight Gear, it left behind this generic plain non-openSUSE logon screen with no lizard.
I’ve reinstalled the PackageKit-branding-openSUSE and bootsplash-branding-openSUSE, but I see no changes.
Chris
On 2012-01-19 02:56, crypkema wrote:
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> Unfortunately, when I uninstalled Flight Gear, it left behind this
> generic plain non-openSUSE logon screen with no lizard.
You still haven’t said where from and how you installed it.
You can get a list of what rpms you installed last.
Hint: rpm -qa --last
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Thanks for the “hint”, Carlos. If this was Windows, I’d be on the other side of the fence helping others. Here, I’m a rank newbie. :lol:
I ran the command you gave me, but the output is too large to paste into the post. Entries are only from 11 November 2011 and 21 December 2011. The strange thing is that the installation of Flight Deck was last night and I see no entries newer than 21 December.
The location was software.opensuse.org: Search Results
I also ended up adding some repositories before I found the software.opensuse.org. You’ll see them in the image below.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uCQrR3tavLQ/TxeDrVtE5DI/AAAAAAAABog/S-88bdiWEUk/s912/Repositories.jpeg
Does this give you what you were looking for? I can send the konsole output in an email, but I see no way to do so as an attachment on the forum.
Chris
On 2012-01-19 03:56, crypkema wrote:
> I ran the command you gave me, but the output is too large to paste
> into the post. Entries are only from 11 November 2011 and 21 December
> 2011. The strange thing is that the installation of Flight Deck was
> last night and I see no entries newer than 21 December.
Because you removed them.
>
> The location was ‘software.opensuse.org: Search Results’
> (http://tinyurl.com/7v3cdwz)
That’s where you searched for, but not where you downloaded, not the exact
repo(s).
> I also ended up adding some repositories before I found the
> software.opensuse.org. You’ll see them in the image below.
> [image:
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uCQrR3tavLQ/TxeDrVtE5DI/AAAAAAAABog/S-88bdiWEUk/s912/Repositories.jpeg]
Ah.
You should have needed the “games” repo only, but for 12.1 but not for
11.4. You have a mixture of repos of 11.4, 12.1, SLE… that will not do.
No wonder you see strange things.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On 01/19/2012 03:56 AM, crypkema wrote:
>
> [image:
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uCQrR3tavLQ/TxeDrVtE5DI/AAAAAAAABog/S-88bdiWEUk/s912/Repositories.jpeg]
if you read and comply with the paragraph beginning with “IMPORTANT” in
this posting http://tinyurl.com/33qc9vu you will have less problems in
the long run…
i’d recommend your look more like mine until such point as you have
specific need to add a repo for a particular package…mine is here:
http://paste.opensuse.org/81397698
which means anytime you use a 1-Click install you must either disable
the repo (and its refreshing) after the instal, or choose (during the
1-Click install process) to not retain the repo after the install…
these steps to manage your enabled repos is crucial to stability and
good order…
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DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
Thanks, DenverD. Good info. I have a lot to learn.
Chris
On 01/19/2012 04:26 PM, crypkema wrote:
> I have a lot to learn.
yep! when they say FREE software, it does not mean free from having to
learn!!
lots to learn, but WELL worth the trouble.
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
Okay, I just finished unchecking most of those repositories. Now, I can probably figure this out with enough time, but can someone please tell me the location and files to replace on the logon screen to replace the green openSUSE background? It has to be just a couple image files.
Chris
On 01/19/2012 05:06 PM, crypkema wrote:
> It has to be just a couple image files.
>
i do not know where they are hidden, or stored…nor what they are
named…eventually someone who knows may answer…but, the problem
with having all those repos dumping potentially conflicting software
into one system is that it is really hard to know much of anything
about your system…that is, the guru who happens to know what the
“couple of image files” is named, or where they are supposed to be
might tell you that, but when you look they may not exist on your system…
so, there are only two ways i know to recover from a fully messed up
system: one is to do a format and reinstall and the other is to use
zypper to try to get back to default…
in either case, of course one needs to make sure they have a good backup
of all data/photos/music/etc etc etc…because things can go wrong…
you may want to carefully weigh just how important it is to you to have
those cool looking lizard! i mean, read the caveat in my sig and also
realize that 12.2 will be out in only six months…you decide, if you
wanna try to get back to a normal, default install:
make SURE you have only these four 12.1 repos enabled: oss,
non-oss, update and packman (if you want, let us look at it)
open a konsole/terminal/xterm and type in and enter these commands
one at a time, and with patience (this may take a several minutes for
each command where it might look like nothing is happening–do NOT
abort) let each complete all activity and settle back to a prompt, then
move on to the next command
su - < give root password when asked, prompt then turns red
zypper clean -a
zypper ref
zypper dup
exit < changes terminal back to your normal user
exit < closes terminal
then log out and log back in…
and, let us know if your lizards are back–if not you will probably have
to do the backup, format, new install, rebuild…
and, if your house burns down i don’t wanna hear from you 
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DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
Hah! I’m not worried about my house burning down, as much as losing the power. Assuming we don’t lose power (we live north of Seattle which has been in an unusual snow storm, and now people are losing power from freezing rain breaking branches and power lines).
The path for the background images is
/usr/share/kde4/apps/ksplash/Themes/ksplashx-suse/
or
/usr/share/kde4/apps/ksplash/Themes/default/
The filename is background.jpg. I copied the 1600x1200 folder from ksplashx-suse to default. All is well there.
The boot splash themes are located in
/etc/sysconfig/bootsplash
You can go into YAST and the /etc/sysconfig Editor mode to edit the SPLASH and THEME settings. You get some control over this also in Desktop Configuration (System Settings)|System Administration|Login Screen.
Everything is back where it was before I installed the Flight Gear program, except on the logon screen; it is one that shows each user. In this case, “Chris” and “Root”. I’d prefer it to be like it was before where it only showed the last user. Not a big deal though. The system works well, seems stable.
And in the meantime, I learned a little more about where things are located in Linux.
Thanks for your help again, DenverD.
Chris
On 01/19/2012 08:16 PM, crypkema wrote:
> it is one that shows each user. In
> this case, “Chris” and “Root”. I’d prefer it to be like it was before
> where it only showed the last user.
please do not ever log into KDE (or Gnome, LXDE, XFCE, etc etc or any
other *nix like desktop environment as root…if you do not already
know why, just ask…
and, there is a way (somewhere) to remove that root log in from that page…
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
I totally agree. Root should only be used in special circumstances. That’s why I’d like to remove it from the logon screen. It isn’t necessary and only a bother.
Chris
On 01/19/2012 09:26 PM, crypkema wrote:
> Root should only be used in special circumstances.
no, root must be used to do administrative functions, and i use root
every day…
but, i never log into KDE as root, ever…
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DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
On 2012-01-19 20:16, crypkema wrote:
> Everything is back where it was before I installed the Flight Gear
> program, except on the logon screen; it is one that shows each user. In
> this case, “Chris” and “Root”. I’d prefer it to be like it was before
> where it only showed the last user. Not a big deal though. The system
> works well, seems stable.
One way is to use the QT version of yast package manager (aka kde), and
make it list all the packages installed. Those that are orphan, I mean, do
not come from any of the currently defined repos (you changed the list),
will show in red colour, if I recall correctly. Activate the version tab,
choose a different version. Continue for all such packages, and accept to
install all the alternatives.
That might work.
Other people would say run “zypper dup”, but I do not like it.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)