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[opensuse-factory] 10.2 x64 a4 Faulty and strange disk partitioning
by Terje J. Hanssen 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

I've tried to add openSUSE 10.2 x64 a4 on a quite out of the box new Dell Precision 490 workstation (Xeon 5160, NVidia FX550 Quadro, USB mouse, 250 GB Samsung SATA disk, 2 GB RAM) which was preloaded with WinXP on a single 233 GB NTFS partition. Beside the known mouse/keyboard cursor problems (recent comments #22 and #23 to bug id 203609), I encountered a 10.2 faulty and somewhat strange diskpartitioning. In the lack of a suggested diskpartitiong for a Xen server(does it exist?), I thought to try a traditional dual/multiboot partitioning first. The first, default partitioning during the installation, suggested to shrink the WinXP/NTFS /dev/sda2 to 14 GB, and slice the extended 218 GB (sda3) into 2 GB swap (sda5), 20 GB for / (sda6) and the rest 196 GB for /home (sda7). Accepting this, the partitioning ran into an error code (sorry I didn't write it down) dealing with sda2, and before formatting the other partitions, and I had to stop the installation. Booted WinXP which ran file check, and I verified the C: disk was resized to 14 GB (with 7 GB free). But at the same time the rest of the disk was still denoted NTFS. I ran also defragmenting on the C: disk (for safe). Tried next a second new openSUSE 10.2 installation. This time I became surprised that the WinXP sda5 was suggested even more shrinked, down to 9 GB only and else partioning similar as above. Why this second shrink of sda5, when it obviously wasn't necessary and neither easy to change (keep) back? But also this time the 10.2 partitioning failed dealing with sda5, and I had to break the installation. Did then try the openSUSE 10.1 installation DVD instead and the suggested partitioning became indentical as the latter. However, this partitioning and formatting did run through correctly. Afterwards I stopped this 10.1 installation to install 10.2 again this time on the pre-partioned disk. And now this worked (based partitioning on the suggested shceme and customized it). I would expect this is a bug in the 10.2 x64 a4 partitioning, as it works with 10.1. I also wonder why the swap partition was sized to 2 GB only, while it normally is suggested as 2xRAM (2 GB)? I could neither find an easy way to extend the suggested swap partition, based on the default suggestion. And lastly, how to really partition the disk for running Xen server with WinXP and SUSE 10.2 (utilizing Intel-VT)? Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Partition selection openSUSE (install)
by Azerion 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

Saw an request about partiotioning and though 'lets split things out'. So here is a thread about the parrtition-wizard from openSUSE-installer. > I also recognized that openSUSE wants to delete my root AND also my > home partition, when doing a fresh install. It would be better to > have a detection that asks if one wants to keep the home partition. > Personally I always update SUSE by installing in root and keeping all > my data on /home. Good point. Add to that, that data on an encrypted disk probably haves an huge value. At this moment the installer would format it as /home cause it is my biggest partition. Won't report a wish yet, discussion comes first. Azerion --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Workaround for USB mouse bug - chaotic mouse
by Terje J. Hanssen 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I've added comments #22 and #23 to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=203609 Terje J. Hanssen --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Partition selection openSUSE (install)
by Lukas Ocilka 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Thomas Meindl wrote: >> Partitioner, as it is now, is a very-well done considering the unseen >> layer (e.g., API), on the other hand, dialogs need to be changed to >> match our needs better. This is work in progress... >> > I reckon it should be something like this that needs to be implemented: > *check for SL/openSUSE > *if found check if there are root and home as separate partitions > *if found ask user whether to format root, install there and use found > data partition as mountpoint /home or use present implemented behaviour. Another comments from Thomas Fehr: Currently we simply do not want to mount all filesystems to be able to create the proposal. Mounting might possibly take a long time and could even hang the machine if the filesystem is in a weird state. I think we might discuss it here but it still depends on Thomas :) and he's the only one who has enough information (and responsibility). Lukas

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Broken PPP
by Dominique Leuenberger 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

>>> Reply on 12-09-2006 18:07:45 <<<> Hi, > > On Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 20:51:32, Peter Nixon wrote: > > > Is it just me or is PPP support in factory currently horribly broken? > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=202606 > Interestingly, the Bug is marked as being fixed. And Peter, as he wrote, just updated his system, so he should not have this problem now, isn't it? ppp-2.4.4-7 is more recent than what's addressed in the bug; maybe it has to be reopened? I can't verify, as I don't need ppp. I have a LAN connection only. Dominique

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[opensuse-factory] Broken PPP
by Peter Nixon 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi Guys Is it just me or is PPP support in factory currently horribly broken? I have: yast2-network-2.13.59-2 ppp-2.4.4-7 kinternet-0.75-23 When trying to dial with kinternet all of my providers give the following error: unrecognized option 'replacedefaultroute' In "/sbin/yast2 modem" if I uncheck the "Default Route" option I can successfully connect as expected but then am forced to manually "route add -net 0/0 dev modem0" after dialing up. Additionally, while primary and secondary DNS addresses show up correctly in the pppd logs, they are not set correctly in resolve.conf which means they have to be added by hand after every dialup also! I tried removing ppp and kinternet and manually blowing away providers, modems and /etc/ppp directory before reinstalling from latest factory however the problems remain. I dialup to 5 or 6 different providors up to 100 times per day so these problems are slightly annoying for me :-) (Also, as a side note, when is decent ppp support going to be added to NetworkManager???) Cheers -- Peter Nixon http://www.peternixon.net/ PGP Key: http://www.peternixon.net/public.asc

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Re: [opensuse-factory] [Bug 141443] reentry to KDE from VC via Alt-F7 submits F7 to focused app
by Felix Miata 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

On 06/09/09 00:45 (GMT+0200) Azerion apparently typed: > > Op vrijdag 8 september 2006 22:09, schreef Felix Miata: >>> >>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141443 >> >> It was tough, but I finally got it to install on a 4th machine. Same >> >> problem. 100% failure. > > I once heard a story from my boss and he told me that one of our emplyees > > always got an error. It was very weird and nobody understood what was going > > wrong. > > Untill......my boos saw that every time the employee entered data he checkd it > > from clode to his screen and hit with his arm (?) a button. That causes > > clicking OK to give an error. > > Maybe you should asking someone to do exacly the same at you're PC. Miracles > > can happen... Did you ever read the bug? Chance between nano and zero. This dates back about 9 months, to my first SUSE 10.0 install. It applies to: 1-SUSE 10.0 final, SUSE 10.1 Factory, SUSE 10.1 final, SUSE 10.2 Factory 2-4 entirely different machines 3-4 different keyboard brands 4-all systems in distinctly different physical locations 6 concurrent other Linux distro installations on multiboot on the exact same machines never exhibit the problem. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you." Proverbs 4:7-8 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] libksba
by Pavel Nemec 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I updated libksba to 1.0.0. They were some api change in this version. If there will be some problems plese let me know. But AFAIK only gpg2 package use libksba. Pavel -- Pavel Nemec package-maintainer http://en.opensuse.org/Czech_Packagers_Team --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: pnemec(a)suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel:+420 2 9654 2373 190 00 Praha 9 fax:+420 2 9654 2374 Ceska republika http://www.suse.cz

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[opensuse-factory] discussing problems with Yast Package Setup "patterns" or problem
by Alexey Eremenko 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi all ! There are several bugs opened about it: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204407 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204403 ======================================== openSUSE 10.2 has no simple graphics editors installed by default. simple graphics editor is a must for modern operating system, like Windows or openSUSE, so that normal Home Users can start working just away, and no look any further. bottom line: The best simple editor in the world is KDE "Kolourpaint" which blows both MS Paint and KPaint out of the water, so I recommend you to add it as a default choice for those people, who select KDE as a default Desktop Environment. what do you think? ======================================== Also, while the GIMP is installed it's help is missing. I think the two packages must be tied to one another. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] PolicyKit and Digikam
by Juan Erbes 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Many weeks ago, upgrading with smart, it replaced mDNSResponder with avahi-compat-mDNSResponder, and then, Digikam has hanged, any time I would to connect the cam. Then I installed mDNSResponder with smart, and it has removed avahi-compat-mDNSResponder, and digikam worked ok. With the two last updates (the last was not complete), Digicam can't connec to the camera, but now I mean that is a permission problem, derived from PolicyKit, because the permissions are set only to root in the usb devices. In the logs I do'nt find information about the cause of the problem. With the sound devices appear a similar problem (Bug 201055), and I will try if works the propossed solution: "Comment #2 From Ludwig Nussel 2006-08-23 02:41:27 MST [reply] never mind. looks like hal no longer searches $PATH for hal-resmgr. adding a symlink /usr/lib/hal/hal-resmgr -> /usr/sbin/hal-resmgr fixes the problem." They are a open bug about the digikam 0.8.2 SIGSEGV (Bug 202955). Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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