September 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

can't boot LVM partition - SuSE 9.0
by Jess Canada 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hey, I needed to run a program that only works in Windows, so I installed Win98 in the first partition of the first drive (previously a FAT16 partition with MS-DOS 6.2 solely to play old text adventures on) and, of course, it rewrote the boot sector so Win98 always loads instead of my bootloader (GRUB, I think?). Now I can't get my Linux system to load, and the fact that I have it set up as a LVM across two hard disks is making it more difficult I think. I tried going into install off the DVD, and to repair installation. It tests the system part way and concludes there is no root partition. I went in under Rescue System, although I don't really know what I'm doing there. I guess I don't know how to get my fs mounted. I did fdisk and it told me that I have a partition /dev/hda2 with ID 8e and Linux LVM system, /dev/hdb1 ID 83 Linux system (I think this is a small ext3 system from which the main LVM system is loaded at boot time), a swap system at /dev/hdb2, and the other Linux LVM at /dev/hdb3. So I guess what I need to know is, how do I load my good ol' normal LVM partition from the basic Rescue System, and then how do I rewrite the boot sector to start with my bootloader instead of Windows? Thanks, I appreciate the help. -Jess

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kde 3.3 missing folders
by linux＠tendata.com 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Has anyone found a way to fix the missing folders in KDE 3.3 after an upgrade? I did the Yast upgrade and have the following few issues: 1. Missing all screensavers, though I have a few newones now that work. 2. Open office no longer starts. I can't seem to remember the command from bash either or what the path is to create to. 3. KDE Kernel Configurator error: "no hardware arch. specified..." and nothing to select. Thom Nuzum Washington DC (Veteran for Kerry)

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'modprobe something' automatically...
by Peli 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Dear All, I'm looking for a way to save a little time, and not to type e.g."modprobe acerhk" everytime manually, but get the module automatically loaded during/after the boot process under SUSE 9.1 ... Please could you tell me, how?! Many thanks, Peli

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Re: [SLE] Why did it happen (should I be concerned)?
by Andy Prough 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

> I ran dhcpcd-test eth0 and it yielded addresses none of which matched the > dns addresses I entered manually. Is there something odd with the > hardware? With the dhcp software/ > > thanks for your help > > dj tuchler Dhcpcd is still a somewhat buggy piece of client side software, according to my linux server guru. I have had similar problems, so whenever I can't hook up to the internet, I just make sure and track down DNS servers and manually enter them, as you did. It might be worth tracking down the folks who maintain dhcpcd and emailing them about your experiences. Andy Prough Austin, Texas

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RE: [SLE] kde 3.3 missing folders
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

>From a previous post, here is the fix for the screensavers: The solution is to create a couple of symlinks: <snip> ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver /usr/lib ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xscreensaver/config/ /etc/xscreensaver That's because kxsrun seems to search for the xscreensavers at the wrong places. I straced this down like this: strace -f kxsrun atlantis 2>&1 |grep atlantis </snip> Mike ------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ------------------------------- A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. -----Original Message----- From: linux(a)tendata.com [mailto:linux@tendata.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:45 PM To: SLE Subject: [SLE] kde 3.3 missing folders Has anyone found a way to fix the missing folders in KDE 3.3 after an upgrade? I did the Yast upgrade and have the following few issues: 1. Missing all screensavers, though I have a few newones now that work. 2. Open office no longer starts. I can't seem to remember the command from bash either or what the path is to create to. 3. KDE Kernel Configurator error: "no hardware arch. specified..." and nothing to select. Thom Nuzum Washington DC (Veteran for Kerry) -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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Will SuSE 9.2 contain the gatos (radeon AIW TV playback/recording) drivers?
by Pieter Hulshoff 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

I've been the happy owner of an ATi AIW (9000) card for quite some time, and was wondering if there are any plans to include the gatos drivers in the next SuSE release so AIW users can finally use their TV recording abilities under their favourite Linux distribution. Regards, Pieter Hulshoff

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apt updates
by Jerome Lyles 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

I'm using apt (synaptic) to upgrade some of my upgradeable files (alsa,apt,cups-drivers,audacity,gimp,k3b,openvpn,synaptic). But in every instance apt insists on also upgrading arts,art-devel,kdebas3,kdebase3-devel,kdelib3, and kdelib3-devel. It wants to upgrade the kde packages to 3.3.0-1, I'm using 3.2.3-7; Suse 9.1. Should apt/synaptic be insisting to upgrading the kde and art packages to upgrade the programs I tried to upgrade? For example, why should I have to update the kde packages to 3.3.0-1 for synaptic, a frontend for apt? Is there a problem here? Thanks, Jerome

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Installing Solaris x86 on Linux...opinions needed
by Tom Nielsen 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

I got my new Sun x86 box setup with 9.1 Pro - 64bit. Now I would like to install Sun's Solaris x86 and set it up as a dual-boot. I have hda4 with 58gb free and formatted as reiserfs. My thought was to resize it, then create /dev/hda5, format it for Solaris and install Solaris on it. That's thought one. Thought two would be to put a second hard drive on the machine and install Solaris on the second hard drive. The Solaris OS would be used primarily for testing equipment we have here like LCDs and custom keyboards. It would be used maybe once a month if that. The rest of the time the machine would be used as my workstation and would be running SuSE. My question is should I install Solaris on the same drive or a different one? What would be the benefit of installing it on the current drive? I would think it's safer to install on a second drive....no? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 1.805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com

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Can't open DVD prepared with UDF...
by Peli 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

Hi, I made a system update after 1-1.5 week(s) for my SUSE 9.1. Now I found, that I can't read the DVD I burned previously with UDF. After letting the DVD 'automounted' I just see a file 'readme.txt' on it containing the text: "Please read this CD in a system with UDF reader driver." Is there a way to get this DVD work again? Thanks. Peli

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How do I install a bunch of files with rpm?
by Tom Nielsen 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

I downloaded a lot of kde rpms and instead of installing them one by one, I'm wondering if I can do so all at once with some command? Tom -- ---------------------------- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com ----------------------------

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