November 2009 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] Yast2 and printers
by Donn Washburn 24 Nov '09

24 Nov '09

Hey Group; I have come up with a Brother MFC-7840W (USB) which according to "www.linuxprinting.org" should work perfectly if I use their 2 files.rpm and cups. I downloaded from Brother the 2 files and openSuSE version of cups. I called up Yast2 >Hardware>Printers and there was Brother MFC7840W. I set Letter, Default and a Driver. Yast2 agreed with all of my selections. I saved it. I then tried "lp hosts" and cups gave it a job # and "lsusb", "hwinfo -printer" showed a "modprobe usblp", "depmode | grep usblp" was found "lpq" shows the printer is ready. I restarted "/etc/init.d/cups" and rebooted - just for grins - neither helped. Fina;lly I even confitmed all 3 device were there. Anyone see a problem or think of something else to check -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb(a)comcast.net " 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 -- 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] Ncurses Yast2 printer Wizard
by Donn Washburn 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hey Group; I recently got a USB printer. Using a console version of Yast2 >Hardware>Printer>Wizard to USB port a right side box comes up empty. Yast2 has no way to input/add or alter the box. Should Yast2 find the USB printer once the correct connection be set. hwinfo finds it and lsusb sees it. lsmod shows the module as installed and finally udev does show all of the lp devices. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb(a)comcast.net " 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 -- 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] rsyslog
by Carlos E. R. 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I just noticed that 11.2 uses rsyslog instead of syslog-ng that was used previously. What is the advantage? The syntax is rather weird. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2-ex-factory "Emerald" GM) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr+qIcACgkQU92UU+smfQWOYQCcCfgCKHf3SnXNDtlpD8VlikI1 eeQAoJNRZ3P6V1sx3B2StOfaakdJO0ib =4E6n -----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] susehelp packages missing in default 11.2 install?!
by Jörg von Frantzius 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

I just installed 11.2 with desktop kernel, not making any choice but KDE, and everything worked flawlessly. When k3b was acting up due to missing MP3 plugins, I tried to open its online help. However, it didn't open because susehelp packages were missing?! -- 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] 11.1 -> 11.2 upgrade breaks keyboard
by Robert Schweikert 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

I just completed an in place upgrade using "zypper dup" from 11.1 to 11.2 on a Lenovo T400 machine. The machine boots and the keyboard works in the grub menu. However, there is no response to keyboard input at the login prompt. Using GNOME with GDM, touchpad and buttons work. Now I am locked out of the machine. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Software Engineer Consultant LINUX rschweikert(a)novell.com 781-464-8147 Novell Making IT Work As One -- 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] MAJOR::no system logs
by Patrick Shanahan 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Since yesterday I have no more system logs :^( Perhaps because of the switch from syslog-ng to rsyslog? Yesterday is the first time in five days that I have gone lower than runlevel 3, I went to "init 1" and back to "init 5". Factory 11.2 x86_64 klogd-1.4.1-721.3 sysstat-9.0.4-6.13 rsyslog-2.0.4-2.46 syslog-ng-2.0.9-31.2.x86_64 packages from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Base:/System/openSUSE_Factory/ both show "running" restarted both I am getting mail logs but not to /var/log/mail, rather /var/log/maillog # grep maillog locate syslog |grep conf /etc/rsyslog.conf:mail.* -/var/log/maillog # ps aux | grep log /sbin/rsyslogd -c 4 -f /etc/rsyslog.conf but rsyslog.conf \= syslog-ng.conf faux pas ??? Is it necessary to edit rsyslog.conf to get my logs and do I need to learn the new syntax or is there going to be an equilivant rsyslog.conf provided? My syslog-ng.conf has not changed for over a year and I do not recall ever making personal changes to it other than perhaps yast. Bug Report ??? -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- 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] 11.1 -> 11.2 upgrade breaks keyboard
by Herbert Graeber 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Am Donnerstag 12 November 2009 23:11:37 schrieb Robert Schweikert: > I just completed an in place upgrade using "zypper dup" from 11.1 to > 11.2 on a Lenovo T400 machine. The machine boots and the keyboard works > in the grub menu. However, there is no response to keyboard input at the > login prompt. > > Using GNOME with GDM, touchpad and buttons work. > > Now I am locked out of the machine. Any ideas on how to fix this? I had this problem, too. The answer was on planetsuse: http://woelfisch.livejournal.com/103326.html In short: The commands zypper in -f hal rchal restart (not sure if this is neccessary) fixed it for me. Herbert -- 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] Improving the Release Notes
by Karl Eichwalder 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

1/ I'd like to collect ideas how we could improve the openSUSE release notes. Traditionally, we use these 4 categories for sorting the release notes entries: * Installation: * General: * Update: * Technical: In the context of https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557412 I'd like to propose: . New Features and Essential Changes . Issues During New Installation . Issues During Upgrading the System . Miscellaneous Technical Details 2/ The yast ncurses ui will no longer display the .rtf files, but .txt files. You should create these files using "w3m --dump". The advantage would be that you can use advanced formatting features such as tables in the graphical YaST. I'll probably use the default DocBook style sheets to produce the files for the graphical YaST. Ideally, you could also add relevant info here: http://en.opensuse.org/Release_Notes -- Karl Eichwalder R&D / Documentation SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- 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] Amarok cmake question
by Donn Washburn 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Hey Group; I am a person that compiles many sources like amarok to fix problems and discovery missing dependencies. This is a new one and seems to be a KDE4/QT problem. While doing "cmake" on Amarok 2.2.1 (which compiled correctly recently on RC2) it is now reporting this. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5xwb(a)comcast.net " 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

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[opensuse-factory] Misconfiguration of kernel 2.6.32-XXX
by Larry Finger 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

For users of Broadcom wireless devices, one of the attractions of the 2.6.32 kernel is native support of the BCM4312, which has an LP PHY. Unfortunately, this feature is not turned on in the kernels found in the repos. In the wireless subforum, the following was reported: =================== 'dmesg | grep b43' outputs b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15) b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1) b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95 I just noticed the kernel I booted into begins debug-- opensuse 11.2 2.6.32-rc7-21 dont know exactly what the debug means or if it matters or even if its the correct kernel =================== To whomever that is responsible for these configurations, please add the following to the configuration: CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y Thanks, Larry -- 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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