November 2003 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

strange messages
by nick murphy 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Can anyone tell me what this is all about. It is repeated over and over (thousands) in /var/log/messages: Nov 27 16:59:00 linux /USR/SBIN/CRON[3282]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Nov 27 16:59:00 linux kernel: sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Nick

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ftp install and java jre
by mail 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Hi. There is no jre in the 9.0 ftp distro. Is this correct? If so, where can I find it? The blackdown rpm from 8.2 won't work. Thanks, Steve.

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Converting video files for burning to VCD
by John Pettigrew 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

I have some movies that I'd like to put on a VCD so that I can play them on my DVD player. However, I can't work out how to convert them into the relevant format. I have k3b working, so that end isn't the problem. However, k3b expects mpeg2 files for a VCD and most of my movies are avi, mov and other formats. I've tried transcode and mencoder, I've tried MainActor (from 8.2 DVD) and LiVES, to no avail. Is there a simple way to convert an input video file into a format suitable for burning onto a VCD? Preferably, a nice easy GUI, but command line is fine. The problems range from outputting video only or separate video and audio files (transcode) to opening the (large) video files and then freezing (MainActor) to apparently saving the file but not actually producing output (LiVES). TiA John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john(a)headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards

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Quake 3 and sound in Suse 9
by Glenn Pedersen 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi guys, Just recently got Suse 9 and am having problems with the sound in quake3. Btw this worked fine in 8.2. I get no sound at all and this is the error message that i get from the console. btw i have tried as root and the same thing happens. ------- sound initialization ------- Could not mmap dma buffer PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ trying mmap PROT_WRITE (with associated better compatibility / less performance code) /dev/dsp: Input/output error Could not mmap /dev/dsp ------------------------------------ Any ideas? Cheers, Glenn

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Backups & Rsync
by pinto 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Rsync works fine for me, backing up directories. I guess I have not yet learned to use rsync properly for whole system backups :-- I find that rsync is backing up all /proc stuff including huge "kcore" stuff also, when I have mounted my backup HardDisk on /mnt , rsync does the complete backup, and, then, duplicates the whole job on /mnt/mnt ! TAR works, for me, best for whole-system backups. p.s. ...... this script that does not work : .................. #!/bin/sh # # use rsync to backup whole system to /dev/hda6 # mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda6 /mnt # df cd .. rsync -auvzr --delete / /mnt/ cd df umount /mnt cd ~ ....................... best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________

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Gnome upgrade problem (Suse 8.2)
by Pavan K Balellugari 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi all, Well i downloaded all the rpm's from the ftp side as mentioned in the update site for the Suse Gnome. Specfied the directory where the RPM's are store like in base, apps & dev directories to YAST. Ran Yast it gave me some dependency problems. Truthfully i ignored most of them and you can see the actual dependencies i got from the list below ( as save by Yast). Now the problem is i don't see the Suse Menu at all. all i see is the GNome menu in the startup. Cannot change any preferences. will dig through this in a while. Otherwise system seems OK. The update Gnome is the same as listed in the Suse Gnome service. (Version 2.4.1). any pointer would be helpful. thanks pavan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

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anyone with -144 kernel update and ATI Radeon 3D broken?
by Jaan Kold 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi all, Anyone upgraded to the Suse -144 kernel update with ATI Radeon 3D problems? Got a ATI R350 NH (R9800)........Hercules branded 1) The stock -99 kernel caused ~40% kernel system calls in my hyperthreading P4 3GHz CPU, sluggish operation, and fglrx would not load. 2) I fixed this with Mantel's -121 'test' kernel, which also was an enabler for ATI fglrx 3.2.8 3D driver to kick in properly: glxgears gave ~4300fps (Do have mtrr boot error messages related to the gfx card but hey..it works..) 3) Took now down the -144 kernel off Suse YOU, reinstalled fglrx 3.2.8 driver, just as before, indeed lsmod shows fglrx module loaded but: glxgears now shows only ~370fps /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows: (EE) fglrx(0): Failed to initialize UMM driver. (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************************** (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! * (WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) * (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) * (WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available * (WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* * (WW) fglrx(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd0000000,0x8000000) /var/log/warn/shows: Nov 27 22:33:22 kalevbox kernel: mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x4000000 Nov 27 22:33:22 kalevbox kernel: [fglrx:firegl_addmap] *ERROR* mtrr allocation failed (-22) Nov 27 22:37:06 kalevbox kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d0000000,400000 found Nov 27 22:37:06 kalevbox kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d0400000,200000 found Nov 27 22:37:06 kalevbox kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for d0600000,100000 found Nov 27 22:37:07 kalevbox kernel: [fglrx:firegl_umm_init] *ERROR* UMM area already initialized! Nov 27 22:37:07 kalevbox kernel: [fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 2322 using kernel context 0 Nov 27 22:37:07 kalevbox kernel: mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x4000000 Nov 27 22:37:46 kalevbox kernel: [fglrx:drm_ioremapfree] *ERROR* [mappings] Attempt to free NULL pointer /var/log/SaX.log shows: ......many lines similar to the followning.. Symbol drmMalloc from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.a is unresolved! Last test: (I have a suspicion this Suse? test is invalid beacuse of a name change: xfglrx is supposed to be fglrx...but I can't really know..) # 3Ddiag --dri 3Ddiag version 0.703 Verifying DRI/XFree86 4.x configuration Using 3Ddiag.dri ************************************************************ Verifying 3D configuration based on XFree86 4 for 3D board "ATI RV350/R300/R350 (1002@4e48)": Tests for package "xfglrx": package ... failed! ================================================================ Package "xfglrx" must be installed with YaST(2)! ================================================================ QUESTION: I may not have succeeded or understood how to install ASWELL kernel sources for my machine after I did install the -144 kernel update? I was assuming it did automatically? .in the /usr/src/linux/ directory? For good measure a screen shot of the links in my source directory: http://www.bostreammail.com/kalev/kernelsource.png ..I can test and roll back to the -121 kernel from Mantel -- but I just thought I should check here too?..and check that indeed there was no added step to install the -144 source.. jk Asus P4C800 board 800MHz bus and P4 3GHz 'ht' proc. -- Suse Linux 9.0 | 2.4.21-144-smp4G | KDE 3.1.4 | XFree86 v4.3.0.1

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desperated because of trying to print on windows xp's printer from suse linux 8.2
by Prabu Subroto 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Dear my friends.... I want to use a printer which attached to a windows xp station. I print from suse linux 8.2 station. the printer runs properly if I print from the windows xp. I've tryed this threat which I found in the archived of our beloved mailing-list (suse-linux-e). what I've done as follows... 1. I installed unix print services on the windows xp station. 2. activate and setup to be started automatically the tcp/ip print server. 3. using yast2 on the suse linux 8.2 station, I did...(as root): 3.1. open hardware menu-->printer-->configure. 3.2. chosed : show more connection types. 3.3. chosed : other printer (set uri). 3.4. typed for connection uri : " smb://patrix:lebaran@wg.siemens.de/patrix_xp/epson810 " 3.5. chosed non-yast2 ppd file 3.6. browse-->chosed epson folder 3.7. chosed : Stylus_Photo_810-gimp-print-ijs.ppd.gz 3.8. next-->ok-->finished But it still doesn't work. I tried printing from the suse linux 8.2 station with open office. but again, the printer of the windows xp station still doesn't perform printing. Please teach me... I am getting frustrated now... Thanks alot in advance. ======= From: Linuxjim <linuxjim(a)earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 11:58:23 -0600 Message-Id: <200311021158.23758.linuxjim(a)earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [SLE] How to use a WIndows XP printer via samba? On Saturday 01 November 2003 20:14, Gustavo Rahal wrote: > Thanks for the help... > > I installed the Unix print service and things still don't work. On yast > i tried to change the spooler from cups to LPRng. For my surprise at > least the test page during the yast setup worked. But for some strange > reason printing still doesn't work with any other program. > > What do you mean by non-yast driver? How did you manually setup your > printer? Gustavo, I have been wrestling with this same problem for months. Could not get the XP printer to work from Suse. I did get it to work using Patrick's suggestion using the XP Unix Print services. But, after you install the service on XP you have to start it. Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services. Find the service called TCP/IP Print Server and start it. After that you can set it to start on Automatic. Then, reconfigure your printer on Suse. Start from scratch and use LPR (not SMB/Samba). The unix print service in XP uses LPR. It should find the IP address of your XP box, and then the shared printer. I used the Yast drivers as they are a better fit for my HP Deskjet, but not sure if this matters. That should work. I can now print from Konquer and other apps, but for some reason can't print from Kmail wihch seems to crash. Still working on that one. As an assisde, I have not been successfuel in getting print to work on the XP box using Samba. You should not need the XP unix printer service to print with Samba. Best regards, Linuxjim > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 01:10, Patrick Heffernan wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 00:16:32 +0000 > > > > Gustavo Rahal <listas(a)grahal.net> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm trying to configure suse 9 to print to a Epson CX3200 that is on a > > > shared windows xp machine. When configuring the printer on yast I > > > selected "Print via SMB Network Server" and followed all the steps. > > > Everything seemed to be right (yast detects the printer on winXP). The > > > only problem is that nothing is happening! When sending a job the > > > "processing" state remains forever... > > > Does anyone have any idea? > > > > I had the same problem. I used the Non Yast driver for my XP Epson > > printer, and also in winXP, add and remove Windows components -> Other > > Networking and Print Services, and add Unix print services. Works like a > > charm with an Epson Stylus Photo 720 this way. > > > > HTH > > > > -- > > > > Patrick Heffernan > > Maryvale Computer Service > > > > A diplomat thinks twice before saying nothing. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

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installation help
by Bob Schmidt 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi Listers, I'm new to suse, been using linux for a little while. I have an installation question. I installed suse 9 via ftp on my dell inspirion 3700. The install seemed to go fine, but when it was finally finished, it errors out when trying to go into X. Can someone tell me what program I could use from a prompt to set up the xserver. I don't want to download everything again, it took about 9 hours. Thanks, Bob

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SLES8 SP3 for AMD64 missing gcc33 RPMs?
by Dan Behman 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hi, >From what I understand, Service Packs are cumulative so jumping from SLES 8 GA to Service Pack 3 (skipping Service Pack 2) is perfectly ok to do... However, looking at the INDEX.gz on the SP2 CD shows this RPM (as an example): /CD1/UnitedLinux/src/gcc-33-3.3-118.src.rpm yet checking INDEX.gz on SP3 CD1, I don't see anything with gcc-33 in it... So it seems to me that if I apply SP3 on top of GA, I won't get the updated gcc-33 RPMs. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance! ---------- Dan Behman IBM Software Development Lab ----------

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