Hi, my provider assigned me a static DNS to resolve some issues. We made it under Windows. Attempting to configure my KNetwork Manager with the mentioned DNS I didn’t even be able to save the changes. Any idea? - Thanks -
Works fine here.
Switch to the “IPv4-Address” tab in the connection settings, then click on the “…” button right to the “Additional DNS-Server” field, enter the DNS-Server address into the top input field and press “Add” or the Enter key.
I probably saw the behaviour that you described (i.e. the OK button greyed out so you cannot press it) after entering the DNS-Server address directly into that field. But it got saved non-the-less, and the problem was gone on subsequent tries.
Seems to be a small glitch on the connection editor.
If described behavior or appearance was observed in an older version but should have been resolved with current versions, that may be an indication the system hasn’t been updated. May want to invoke an update manually to be certain.
zypper update
TSU
Nobody wrote anything about observing that in an older version and it should have been fixed.
I am running a fully up-to-date 13.1 here with KDE upgraded to the latest 4.14.2 via the KDE:Current repo.
And no, I cannot try “zypper up”, because “zypper dup” is running at the moment (I’m upgrading to 13.2) … 
To clarify, what I experienced today, on that fully updated system:
- in the connection editor, if you enter a DNS-Server address into the corresponding field, you cannot click on OK as the button is disabled
- it worked (i.e. the OK button was clickable) when I tried again and on all susequent tries
- it works when you click on the “…” button, enter the address in the field there and click on “Add”
Yes wolfi, however you can bring the button to became enabled. That can tell what kind of code wasn’t putted back and that the checking code is still on place, but the module is definitively broken and unusable. However, if you already have a working configuration, this one will remain untouched. I had to reconfigure my 2 wifi cards and now they don’t work any more. I need very often the console as root to log out from kde, so on the end I wrote very fast some little gambas applet to do that for me. But gambas3 is now also broken, possibly only by opensuse, simply the executables are unable to start 
:). So I had to hack the gambas configuration to let start the executables, but then I needed to add in the program some code to avoid an overflow. And so on…Wolfi, I think honestly that also for me the time for a distribution upgrade is coming. I can’t spend my life like this, computers are not my profession, I need a robust and good working OS and Opensuse is now the best advertisement for Windows! By the way the gambas updates are almost daily and I don’t want to know what they change in the code. Perhaps I could keep this installation as Linux curiosity, the first install was 9.3. Thanks anyway for your always great help.
It is definitely not broken and unuseable here.
If you cannot get it to work, install “nm-applet” and use that.
Or switch to ifup in YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings->Global Options and use YaST to configure your wireless.
Btw, 13.2’s KDE uses a completely different, completely new NetworkManager applet.
An early version of this is already included in 13.1, install the package “plasma-nm”…
But gambas3 is now also broken, possibly only by opensuse, simply the executables are unable to start
Maybe you just wrote bad code?
I don’t know Gambas.
But openSUSE does not develop gambas, and they probably didn’t break it either.
Wolfi, I think honestly that also for me the time for a distribution upgrade is coming. I can’t spend my life like this, computers are not my profession, I need a robust and good working OS and Opensuse is now the best advertisement for Windows!
Sorry, but that’s nonsense.
openSUSE is perfectly stable, robust and good working for me, and probably many other people.
By the way the gambas updates are almost daily and I don’t want to know what they change in the code.
I don’t know either. Where do you get those updates from?
There definitely are not daily updates for gambas in the official update repo.
On 2014-11-03 19:36, wolfi323 wrote:
>> Wolfi, I think honestly that also for me the time for a distribution
>> upgrade is coming. I can’t spend my life like this, computers are not my
>> profession, I need a robust and good working OS and Opensuse is now the
>> best advertisement for Windows!
> Sorry, but that’s nonsense.
> openSUSE is perfectly stable, robust and good working for me, and
> probably many other people.
Absolutely. Same here, everything works fine here.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Certainly I don’t pretend to be a great coder and here you have a link about a totally broken gambas 3 after an opensuse upgrade.
http://sourceforge.net/p/gambas/mailman/message/32612946/
Don’t waste your time and read just the title. :). Were am I getting gambas 3 from? Here the source:
http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&lang=en&include_home=true&exclude_debug=true
May be you are anyway right and people who use gambas should be classified together with left hand writers or people with red hairs. As compensation, I write code much faster as you would do. And my kde network manager is broken, it even doesn’t ask anymore for root privileges, most code looks to be gone. Perhaps you have a special version for moderators. And when on the evening I talk to my friends by skype I have to boot windows. The opensuse skype works as optirun, what shouldn’t be necessary but there are mistakes with the dependencies. If somebody disagrees I will be pleased to demonstrate what I say. Anyway, the video conferencing (that means 3 or more people, until 25) is broken and works just the audio. And so on. All that in absolute friendship. Also no criticism on your behave: I admire your dedication, I stressed that many times. I have to fix the next laptop, I must go.
So? gambas3 is not even included in openSUSE. It is only available from some OBS repos, Education and 2 home: repos (everybody can have a home: repo and put anything in there).
Have you told the repo maintainers that the package is broken?
May be you are anyway right and people who use gambas should be classified together with left hand writers or people with red hairs. As compensation, I write code much faster as you would do.
I don’t want to discuss gambas or your coding abilities here, and I see no point in doing so.
Actually this thread is about “unable to assign a DNS number” anyway.
And my kde network manager is broken, it even doesn’t ask anymore for root privileges, most code looks to be gone.
NetworkManager shouldn’t even need root privileges.
And what do you mean with “most code looks to be gone”?
You seem to have some deeper problem here. Can you please explain in more details what your problems are?
I.e. what do you do, what should happen, what does happen instead.
Perhaps you have a special version for moderators.
No I don’t.
I have the standard version that’s available in the KDE:Current repo at the moment.
And when on the evening I talk to my friends by skype I have to boot windows. The opensuse skype works as optirun, what shouldn’t be necessary but there are mistakes with the dependencies. If somebody disagrees I will be pleased to demonstrate what I say. Anyway, the video conferencing (that means 3 or more people, until 25) is broken and works just the audio. And so on.
Well, as I said, I don’t have any of those problems here.
But then I don’t have an Optimus system, and don’t even use Skype.
Also, there is no “opensuse skype”. Skype is proprietary stuff from Microsoft.
But if it doesn’t work without “optirun”, you seem to have a problem with the intel video driver.
Please open a new thread if you want to investigate that.
But apparently you are completely unsatisfied with openSUSE anyway.
So I would suggest: demand your money back and use something else instead… 
On 2014-11-04 04:26, Capodastro wrote:
> And when on the evening I talk to my friends by
> skype I have to boot windows. The opensuse skype works as optirun, what
> shouldn’t be necessary but there are mistakes with the dependencies.
Skype Linux version runs fine in my systems. If you think there are
problems with the dependencies, you have to complain to whoever makes
skype, that is, Microsoft - not openSUSE.
You can open a new thread about your problems with skype on another
thread, after you solve your DNS problem in this one, if you so desire.
You must remember that the people in these forums, even the “staff”, are
all volunteers, working on their free time, trying to help others
because we want to help others. Very few people here, close to none,
“create” the distribution, and even less are paid.
Your understanding would be appreciated.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
OK guys, I have to apologize and I am really very happy to do that. The wireless problem was by my provider, after they made the corrections my internet network started working properly, now I believe it is also configurable. Concerning the 13.2 version, the issues related with bumblebee are quite heavy, and that despite the distribution did prepare everything in the best way. I assume I will need to wait, anyway I backed up the install and sporadically I will take a look.
ola’ carlos,
- sadly I have to take back my apologies concerning the malfunctioning in kde network manager: changes are not saved, by the way Ithe applet doesn’t require any more root privileges. I love democracy!
Mention a software doesn’t mean discussing about. What you wrote sounds anyway contradictory, the truth is that also skype 4.3 is broken so that conferencing at 3 or more participants is impossible. I am glad to hear that at this subject by you everything works fine, also microsoft and the skype forum will be pleased to hear about. We use the same software but with properties which seam to be different, what means we leave in different worlds, like in a science fiction movie: I would like so much live in your world and get network manager, skype and many other things working! Well, seriously speaking, let check for solutions or turnarounds or alternatives, in other words let accept first of all the reality, equal how hurting, end that will be always the only possible first step for a professional solution.
with sympathy!
I’m not Carlos, but still.
- sadly I have to take back my apologies concerning the malfunctioning in kde network manager: changes are not saved,
And what changes are not saved?
It worked fine here, except for that glitch with manually setting the DNS server address.
Now I have upgraded to 13.2 already though, which has the completely new/different plasma-nm, so cannot play with the old one at the moment.
Btw, I only ever saw problems with saving the settings and authenticating as root exactly with this new plasma-nm when it was new and not ready yet.
That “buggy” version is included in openSUSE 13.1, but not installed by default. Maybe you are using this?
If yes, I would recommend to uninstall it and switch back to plasmoid-networkmanagement again.
Could you maybe post a screenshot to verify?
by the way Ithe applet doesn’t require any more root privileges. I love democracy!
What does this have to do with democracy?
You need of course root privileges for creating/modifying system connections. But user connections (as wireless connections are by default since years) can be created/modified by a user obviously.
That’s one of the main points of NetworkManager, and the reason why it is listed as “User-controlled using NetworkManager” in YaST.
What you wrote sounds anyway contradictory, the truth is that also skype 4.3 is broken so that conferencing at 3 or more participants is impossible.
I cannot say anything about Skype as I am not using it.
But again, this is proprietary software by Microsoft. openSUSE cannot change anything about it.
Anyway, as I did mention already, I rather suspect your problem coming from a broken graphics driver setup.
You probably installed/removed too many nvidia driver versions, and broke your intel driver along the way…
This should be a topic for a new thread though, if you want to get help with it.