June 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Introduction
by Niki Kovacs 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, I'm an Austrian sysadmin living in Montpezat (South France). I'm 100% GNU/Linux since 2001. My job currently consists in migrating public libraries around here from Microsoft Windows (or nothing at all) to Linux. Until recently, I've mostly been using Slackware, CentOS, Debian and Arch Linux, and I'm familiar with most of the major distributions. That is... except SuSE. Curiously enough, I never gave it a shot. Recently I've had a discussion with two sysadmins, who praised the good quality of openSuSE 10.3 on a desktop. So right now I want to give it a shot myself. The idea behind it is that I'm looking for something more comfortable to maintain, that doesn't need hours of tweaking (and tons of build scripts to write). I'll probably have a few questions in the near future, but I'll post them one at a time as they arise. Cheers from the rainy South of France, Niki Kovacs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Making openSUSE 11.0 LiveUSB : The Easiest (and Fastest) Way
by Masim "Vavai" Sugianto 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

I'm writing a short tutorial about how to make openSUSE 11.0 LiveUSB [0], based on openSUSE 11.0 RC 1 with 1 GB USB disk. Please feel free to check the overall process, hope I didn't missed anything step ;-) [0] : http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/31/making-opensuse-110-liveusb-the-easi… Note : Post title looks like marketing hype ;-) -- Best Regards, Masim "Vavai" Sugianto /************************************************************/ Blog (ID) : http://www.vavai.com/blog/index.php Blog (EN) : http://www.vavai.net Community : http://www.opensuse.or.id /************************************************************/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] bug in opensuse 11.0 RC1
by eddie 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Just a quick question. Having tried out opensuse 11.0 RC1, I think I have uncovered a bug and I just wanted to check if I should report it through the normal bug reporting methods or is there something specific setup for developmental programs? In case anyone is curious, my laptop has a intel 3945 wireless card. It configures etc. without any problems however, whenever I reboot the network card fails and I have to rerun yast network setup, even without needing to change anything because the setting in yast are retained. I have to manually setup routing and dns (edit the /etc/resolv.conf file). Thanks Eddie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] administer vista from opensuse
by jdd 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hello, My 88 years old mother just bough a new computer. On the old one, she used openSUSE, but on the new she will use Vista (she needs to play some sort of power point files that I simply can't make play music on opensuse, even in wine - given her age, I can't ask her too much) I know little about vista, but there is some sort of "remote admin" is this feature usable from my own openSUSE? (we are not in the same town) I installed openSUSE primarily to be able to do remote admin :-() is that VNC? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] swap file placement
by Hechler Family 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

To get ready for my project, on my test box I wiped out the hard drive and installed the live CD. I noticed the placement of the swap file was first. What is the reasoning behind this? (I've always set mine up as /, swap, /home - that way there's less head movement and better performance - my thinking) -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler(a)charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] will RC1 update to the final release ?
by Low Kian Seong 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Like everybody else on this list, can't wait for the final release, so my question is, using RC1 can I eventually using updates upgrade to the final release ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Dropped packages
by Ciro Iriarte 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, i'm having many dropped packages in all my physical interfaces, are there any known fixes?, the module used is bnx2 (no usefull parameters shown in modinfo). This host is running SLES10 SP2 (think of opensuse 10.3, more or less) under the xen hypervisor. The list of devices is listed below.. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:EA inet addr:10.129.5.118 Bcast:10.129.7.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79ea/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:614399 errors:0 dropped:480593 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:186465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:80694370 (76.9 Mb) TX bytes:142881123 (136.2 Mb) Interrupt:16 Memory:f4000000-f4012100 peth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:FE:74:79:E8 inet6 addr: fe80::218:feff:fe74:79e8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:639937 errors:0 dropped:612900 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:83674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:104148534 (99.3 Mb) TX bytes:105562870 (100.6 Mb) Interrupt:17 Memory:f6000000-f6012100 peth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:BB:D2:0B:98 inet6 addr: fe80::219:bbff:fed2:b98/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:108741 errors:0 dropped:108729 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:29737 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:21562299 (20.5 Mb) TX bytes:7827168 (7.4 Mb) Interrupt:19 Memory:fa000000-fa012100 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 18:04.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) 19:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5706 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] firefox doesn't work, but konqueror
by Mark Misulich 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi, I have some suggestions regarding the problem: 1. Have you disabled IPv6? That may cause the problem with the browser. http://en.opensuse.org/Disable_IPv6_for_Firefox http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Disabling_IPv6_completely 2. I am not sure if you are using a router, perhaps its an old one. In which case you might have a windows stacking problem. To fix this, open a konsole window, go to root, and type in this command and hit enter: echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling It is just a temporary command for that session. Once you close the konsole window the effect goes away, and to get access again you must repeat the process. I use this quite often when I am using my laptop in various hotels, both on wireless and with a cable connection to allow me to gain access to the internet once I have connected to their router. I don't think that this is really the problem though or konqueror would be shut out as well. 3. Are you behind a proxy router? Perhaps you need to put in a proxy address. I can get konqueror, Opera, and IE6 to work with a proxy address in linux, but I have never been able to get Firefox or Thunderbird to work when I have input the proxy address. Mark Misulich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] lsb3,2 ?? Help !
by Bob S 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hello SuSE people, Trying to install a gutenprint driver for a new Epson CX Stylus 9400 on 10.3. RPM claims that it needs lsb3.2. (The drivers are built using lsb3.2) My SuSE 10.3 has only lsb3.1 according to Yast. Tried to upgrade it to lsb3.2 and I get "no interesting upgrades". Trying to install it and I get a "lsb3.1 is already installed" According to linuxprint.org SuSE is already using lsb3.2. Apparently not. What to do? Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] firefox doesn't work, but konqueror does
by Al Lelopath 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

I've recently installed OpenSuSE 10.3 64 bit on an HP Pavilion laptop. The internet connection, (DSL with modem/router and ethernet switch) works, e.g. ping works all the time, but browsing with firefox and email with thunderbird don't. (Firefox times out trying to contact a site). Browsing with Konqueror works normally. Any advice on what to do? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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