March 2007 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] xen in factory release
by phcolaris 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

hi, just some feedback on xen in the factory release, I hope this help to anyone who looks after the xen implementation in opensuse. rg phil - the xen kernel didn't create correct entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst, didn't identify my root settings and didn't add what I've got in the other boots - I'm using console, so I add console=tty0 console=ttyS0,57600 in the menu.lst however, the output on console is just ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ ï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œï¿œ - couldn't use the cpus = "" option, there is a bug if I'm right # HG changeset patch # User Ewan Mellor <ewan(a)xensource.com> # Date 1169721257 0 # Node ID 82c306ad212e3714cf9292611a0ddb8de7a3b5dc # Parent 32f7d3200a995c5ae9b0819c63d51c51e2febe73 Have the sxp parsing cope when the cpus field is a list, which can happen after a reboot. >From Daniele Palumbo <daniele(a)retaggio.net>. Signed-off-by: Ewan Mellor <ewan(a)xensource.com> diff -r 32f7d3200a99 -r 82c306ad212e tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py --- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py Thu Jan 25 10:29:33 2007 +0000 +++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py Thu Jan 25 10:34:17 2007 +0000 @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ class XendConfig(dict): # "0-3,^1" -> [0,2,3] # "0-3,^1,1" -> [0,1,2,3] try: - if 'cpus' in cfg: + if 'cpus' in cfg and type(cfg['cpus']) != list: cpus = [] for c in cfg['cpus'].split(','): if c.find('-') != -1: ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Clue on sound problem
by Donn Washburn 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hey Group; I have Audacity and it works (not on the PCM buss). As root it works but only one signal meter is working on a line input (my problem) However, if I try it as a user there is no record of the signal after the first record time. It seems to work on the first time -> punch the record button and the line modulates across the screen (normal). Stop it after a bit. Try as you might there is no second retart or out right start. I get a Error while opening sound device. To that I have ran strace with nothing of a value being reported. Anyone think of a way to track this down. I would like the "user" to have permission to use it as "root" or "su" it works -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Re: cyrus-imapd: missing idled
by Ralf Haferkamp 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

On Tuesday 20 March 2007 10:18, Arne Reiter wrote: > In the actual factory build package of cyrus imapd > (cyrus-imapd-2.3.8-5.x86_64.rpm) the idled command is missing: > > rpm -qlp cyrus-imapd-2.3.8-5.x86_64.rpm | grep /usr/lib/cyrus/bin/idled > > | wc -l > > 0 Would you mind reporting that via bugzilla.novell.com? Otherwise it might get lost. > [..] > -- Ralf --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Large file size problem under xen
by Dr. Gustav Quade 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hello, for an advanced scientific project we use a large server with 64Gbyte memory and 10TB disk space. Since some jobs will run for several weeks we plan to use virtual machines which can be saved during maintenance tasks. Using kernel 2.6.18.8-0.1-xen x86_64 I can create a several terabytes large partition using yast. Using xfs I created a 4.7 terabytes large file. df -k: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sde1 6835799424 4608001068 2227798356 68% /test Fdisk, sfdisk or cfdisk show wrong partition size. yast: /dev/sde │ 6.3 TB│ │Areca-ARC-1280-VOL#04 /dev/sde1│ 6.3 TB│ │Linux native │/test fdisk -l /dev/sde Disk /dev/sde: 6999.9 GB, 6999999774720 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 851034 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 1 48986 393479629+ 83 Linux After "exporting" the disk to DomU the partition can't be mounted. mount /dev/hdc1 /test mount: /dev/hdc1: can't read superblock fdisk shows the same results as in Dom0 fdisk -l /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hdc: 6999.9 GB, 6999999774720 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 851034 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 1 48986 393479629+ 83 Linux but yast in DomU is not able to recognize the correct partition size. /dev/hdc │ 6.3 TB│ │DISK hdc │ /dev/hdc1│ 375.2 GB│ │Linux native I have two questions: 1. why fdisk is not showing the correct partition date? 2. is xen forwarding the partition parameters correctly? Many thanks in advance Gustav Quade IMBIE Uni Bonn --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Re: [opensuse-announce] openSUSE 10.3 Alpha2 Release
by Carlos E. R. 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2007-03-15 at 17:09 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Call for testing: > > We're using the libata stack now also for IDE controllers. Please do > test that an update works and all files are changed automatically > (libata uses /dev/sda for the first harddisk instead of /dev/hda). > Disks with more than 15 partitions are not handled right now, we're > still evaluating whether there is a good solution. to use the old > scheme, boot with "hwprobe=-modules.pata". See below for Bug 250241 > as well. My two disks are IDE PATA with 20 and 16 partitions respectively (and a third borderline with 13). Two questions: 1) Will the install detect this automatically and configure appropriately? 2) Is there any danger of this hosing the rest of the partitions? I have three test partitions, but I'm not prepared to endanger the main system in the "production" partition in order to test it... - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD4DBQFF+/RvtTMYHG2NR9URAiiGAJjRzSCyePgOrm2HKe5qWqwDpy3yAJ921h7W oSA7+dKFmnlr1vOoENqQNg== =JFU1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] SuSEconfig apparent hang
by Sid Boyce 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Whilst doing update or software installation in YaST, I was getting an apparent hang during SuSEconfig of the tetex module - it has got stuck there for around 8 hours and counting until I killed SuSEconfig. While YaST was still updating packages, I tried installing another RPM and got a message that said I should "rm /var/lock/SuSEconfig-is-running". After doing that SuSEconfig produced the following messages:- kpsestat: /etc/texmf/ls-R: Value too large for defined data type kpsestat: /etc/texmf/ls-R: Value too large for defined data type kpsestat: /etc/texmf/ls-R: Value too large for defined data type kpsestat: /etc/texmf/ls-R: Value too large for defined data type # l /etc/texmf/ total 43985423 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 200 2007-03-10 07:19 ./ drwxr-xr-x 132 root root 10392 2007-03-16 17:12 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2007-02-23 18:31 dvips/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44997120000 2007-03-08 13:04 ls-R <<=== drwx------ 2 root root 48 2007-03-10 07:23 .lsR.d20218/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2007-02-23 18:31 tex/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 176 2007-02-26 11:42 web2c/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2007-02-26 11:42 xdvi/ Surprisingly a "ls-R" file that took up over half of my remaining disk space. This is what it now looks like > l /etc/texmf/ total 14 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 200 2007-03-17 00:56 ./ drwxr-xr-x 132 root root 10392 2007-03-17 01:01 ../ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2007-02-23 18:31 dvips/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 631 2007-03-17 00:56 ls-R drwx------ 2 root root 48 2007-03-10 07:23 .lsR.d20218/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2007-02-23 18:31 tex/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 176 2007-02-26 11:42 web2c/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2007-02-26 11:42 xdvi/ Strange, perhaps something that occurred during updates. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] interrupted install without root pass
by jdd 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Hello Trying to install alpha in the VirtualBox VM, I tested the "minimal grafical" I was asked for cd #(more than &) and did not give it (I haven't already dl them). This led me to the usual root screen, without having defined the root passwd. But the usual workaround don't work :-( starting the rescue, mounting /, chrooting to / and launching "passwd" led me to an error because of a bluefish (not sure of the word) /dev/random unavailable any idéa? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Lucien Dodin, inventeur http://lucien.dodin.net/index.shtml --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Xen domU startup fails on 2.6.20 (patch attached)
by Matt T. Yourst 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Xen domains cannot be started on the 2.6.20.2-2 SuSE kernel - they crash immediately after xm create. This happens no matter what Xen hypervisor version is in use, but it's new to 2.6.20. I've attached a patch to privcmd.c to fix this problem. When the Xen tools try to copy the kernel image and page tables to a new domU, the IOCTL_PRIVCMD_MMAP is used to mmap the domain's pages into xend. Unfortunately, some changes to the page flags in 2.6.20 cause the kernel to configure the mapping of the foreign domain's pages as a copy-on-write private mapping (despite MAP_SHARED being used). This means the domain builder never actually modifies the physical pages, even though it thinks everything is fine. The patch is simple: add VM_INSERTPAGE to the page flags in privcmd_mmap(). This forces vma_wants_writenotify() to leave the page alone, rather than marking it read only to trigger a copy-on-write. I don't think this has any side effects other than telling the kernel not to mess with the PTE bits after we set them. --- linux-2.6.20-mtyrel/drivers/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c.orig 2007-03-17 02:37:32.929101000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.20-mtyrel/drivers/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c 2007-03-17 02:42:26.890256006 -0400 @@ -234,8 +234,15 @@ if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) return -ENOSYS; - /* DONTCOPY is essential for Xen as copy_page_range is broken. */ - vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED | VM_IO | VM_DONTCOPY; + /* + * DONTCOPY is essential for Xen as copy_page_range is broken. + * + * INSERTPAGE is needed to prevent vma_wants_writenotify from + * marking the page read-only so as to trap initial write attempts. + * The kernel gets very confused with foreign domain pages and + * erroneously tries to make a copy-on-write duplicate. + */ + vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED | VM_IO | VM_DONTCOPY | VM_INSERTPAGE; vma->vm_ops = &privcmd_vm_ops; vma->vm_private_data = NULL; - Matt ------------------------------------------------------- Matt T. Yourst yourst(a)cs.binghamton.edu Binghamton University, Department of Computer Science -------------------------------------------------------

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[opensuse-factory] mkdir /sys
by Donn Washburn 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hey Group; I am running SuSE 10.3 alpha - which runs very nice. I do have a question. Permissions are rather easy to figure out but what is NEW that causes root to not be able to "mkdir" in several places as in /sys. At boot time I get a error message that states my modem /sys/class/net/modem0/file is missing. As a test I was going to mkdir /sys/net/modem0 and see if that would solve the boot error message. so, mkdir /sys/class/net/modem0 give permission denied error yet root:root and drwxr-xr-x are valid. This appears to be a udev issue. I did setup the modem vis yast2 after setting ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem and "hwinfo --modem" confirms /dev/ttyS2 is correct. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email: " n5xwb(a)hal-pc.org " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5xwb(a)arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike / via Skype: n5xwbg BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador " http://counter.li.org " #279316 Did you know? The transistor was invented by three white men. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ide module bug #250241
by jdd 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hello :-) Trying to install alpha 3, (VirtualBox) I hit the bug in subject. I could do the install going to ncurse yast and loading the ide-disk module. however this module is located in the "unknown folder" and it takes me at least one hour to find it :-(, should it not be with the ide modules? what is the syntax to load it from the boot menu? I tryied many without luck thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Lucien Dodin, inventeur http://lucien.dodin.net/index.shtml --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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