November 2006 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] Epson Stylus CX5300 not installed correctly
by Keith Goggin 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Hi, When installing 10.2 B2 (X86 DVD) I found my Epson Stylus CX5300 printer was not properly configured. On subsequent YAST Hardware configuration it worked OK, however I was unable to configure the scanner by this method. "epson no scanner recognised by this driver" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] video configuration - multiple modes and virtual size
by jdd 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

I have problems with the sax2 configuration panel. this is not recent, but is still there in 10.2. I don't see how I can manage to have several screen definition (640x480, 800x600...) or a virtual definition (800x600 on 640x480 screen) of course, I know how to add this with vi :-). the problem is quite unpleasant, mostly because it's bearly impossible to know what is the real size used by X - one need to go through xorg logs and they are not easy to read. ity's not either possible to know what bit size is used (8 bits, 16bits...). so it's necessary to use edit/try, comment out all but one mode, until the result is done. I remember the time where it was possible to do this with yast... before the sax interface change :-( nota bene: may be this is specially a problem for me on this computer because the neomagic card/screen don't accept the xorg.conf file values. With only 800x600 configured (default), the gnome screen definition applet displays 800x600, but the screen IS 640x480. It accepts 800x600 virtual, but I have to do this manually. jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/mediawiki/index.php/GPS_Lowrance_GO --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] ext3 external journal impossible?
by Frank-Michael Fischer 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Anybody an idea why (unlike with xfs or reiserfs) I could not manage to make an ext3 filesystem with external journal. After "mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -O /dev/sda5 /dev/hda7" I get: "Unvollständige Dateisystem-Option gesetzt: /dev/sda5" And after "mke2fs -b 4096 -n -j -J device=/dev/hda7 /dev/sda5" I end up with "Filesystem has unexpected block size beim Versuch, das Journal-Device /dev/hda7 zu öffnen" at the very end of the process. Also using tune2fs to convert: little:/home/fmf # tune2fs -j /dev/sda5 -J device=/dev/hda7 tune2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) tune2fs: Filesystem has unexpected block size beim Öffnen des Journals auf /dev/hda7 after making an ext2 filesystem fails. What did I overlook here? Appreciating any help FMF --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] User Session automatic locking 10.2RC1
by Keith Goggin 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Hi, Has anyone found a way to defeat the automatic inactivity locking of user sessions? I've tried Yast > Security&Users > User Management but nothing available there. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] ext3 140GB takes 23 min
by Richard Bos 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Is it normal that it takes 23 min to format a 140GB partitioan with ext3? I can't remember that I encountered such long partitioning times with resiserfs. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] boot screen fun wiht RC1
by Jens Herden 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Hi, I just installed RC1 fresh and observed some points at the boot screen of the bootloader I want to share. 1. I have had a broken display when I opened the language menu in beta2, this was fixed in RC1 :-) 2. I got a penguin running around. Nice but destructive, the painting is destroying the language menu when the penguin is running over it. Just a little ugly. You may need to know that my screen is detected as 800x600, if your screen is bigger you might not see this. 3. I could not find a way to add boot parameter anymore. Was this removed? I usually add a vga=0x305 because the installer is not detecting my screen. 4. After the installation the language menu is broken. I have installed openSuse in English only and I was expecting a menu entry "English" but I got "en". I any of this worse a bug report? Jens --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) in 10.2b2 & 10.2RC1
by Keith Goggin 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Hi, I've been in the habit of mounting all my partitions at boot time and have noticed (since openSUSE10.2b2) that the new version of fsck which is run against mounted linux partitions other than (/ and swap) does not like pre openSUSE10.2b2 ReiserFS partitions. I don't know if this is a bug but it is a nuisance in dual/multi boot situations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-factory] RFC: Directory structure for ftp tree of openSUSE 10.2
by Dominique Leuenberger 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 24-11-2006 17:40:53 <<< > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > /pub/opensuse/10.2 would be enough. Of course 10.2 is a distribution and > > repeating the opensuse does not help understanding the structure. I also > > thing repositories is not needed at all. > I think the distinguishion between dist end repositories as it is in the moment is quiet important.AFAIR, in repositories, you find the mirror of repos.opensuse.org, including the community packages. Counting them at this moment inside the dist is quiet dangerous. Not all of these packages (for not to say none) go through a rough QC. distribution on the other hand is the 'official' cd/dvd/ftp installation tree. but shorter names would be great. Less to type is always good! Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Tier-2 languages in RC1
by Martin Schlander 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

After I, and my three team members have invested a lot of time and emotions in translating 10.2 into Danish I was shocked to find out that no tier-2 translations were included on RC1 dvd5, since they were there in beta2. If my information is correct, this is what happened. There was no room for translations on dvd9, noone knows why. Since it was planned to not include the language addon cd in the box, again noone understands why, this meant no tier-2 translations in the box. To avoid hurting the feelings of paying customers the tier-2 translations were removed from dvd5 too. Maybe I'm too emotional about this, but I'm literally in shock. This will make things pretty difficult for all non-english, non-german, non-french, non-spanish, non-czech, non-italian, non-<certain asians> to get a localized product. People already complain a lot about the download size of openSUSE.. now they need a dvd _and_ an addon cd, and people buy a box and they don't get a localized product. Furthermore I think this is disrespectful to the volunteer tier-2 language translators, that noone will use now. Because if the MS-deal and FUD didn't scare 'em the download size and trouble involved with localzing the stuff will. And the solution is simple I think. Put the damn language add-on CD in the freaking box or _make_ room on the DVD9. And then put the translations back on the damn DVD5. If necessary raise the price for the box with €1 or €2.. or make a special box for tier-2 countries that costs €2 more, so only those of us who've made the mistake of living in small countries will bare the costs, without others having to suffer. Martin PS. How does one instruct zen-updater to use a different language? I have installed the Danish packages in the Language filter in YaST, but zen-updater remains English. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] RC1 install fails on new PC
by Markus Koßmann 25 Nov '06

25 Nov '06

Today I got a new pc with ASUS M2NPV-MX motherboard.CDROM is HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H10N. Installation from RC1 x86_64 CD set works fine ( including media check for all CDs) until first media change. When the messagebox asking for CD2 pops up , the dvd drive is still locked. You need to click the eject button. Then you will the messages on console 4: hda: irq timeout: status=0x10d { busy } ide: failed opcode was: unkown hda: DMA disabled hda: ATAPI reset complete If you try to access the 2nd CD after the reset, by clicking OK in the message boy, you will see now: attempt to access beyond end of device hda: rw=0, want=1419404, limit=1335712 Buffer I/O error on device /dev/hda, logical block 354850 If I switch to a console and run md5sum on the 2nd CD I get a wrong checksum But if I put the CD into another PC the checksum is OK again. When running md5sum on CD1 on the new PC all is OK Then I burned another CD2 on the other PC , verified it before inserting with md5sum and the exact same buffer error occurs again. and running md5sum on the new PC gives exact the same wrong value as before. with the other media. back in the other PC checksum id OK again. And if reboot on the new PC from installation into the rescue system and run md5sum on CD2 it is OK again. Changing the DVD drive to another model and moving it from primary IDE to secondary IDE doesn't change anything Also using the pata_nv driver instead of amd74xx only changes the error message, but the drive will also be resetted and fails to work after that. Are the any known issues with NVIDIA 6150 based board relating to the IDE controler, or is this just a defective board ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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