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Suse Linux Founder Exits Novell
by Fred A. Miller 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/1935253&tid=143&tid=106 Suse Linux Founder Exits Novell -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x

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Article Highlights SUSE Linux
by Web Developer 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Greetings all, Here's an article that highlights SUSE Linux in my year without Windows. For those who might be thinking that you just can't run a pure GNU/Linux distribution, you might want to take a peek: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/47135/index.html Regards, Don

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Re: [SLE] Gnome disappointment
by Kai Ponte 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

> Allen, > > > > Umm.. How do you get that? It is rather the other way around. > > > C++ apps are generally slower. > > > Why is the Linux kernel written in C? If C++ was faster, then > > > would that not have made sense? Actually, either can be faster/slower than the other, depending on the optimization used and other relevant factors. > > > The fact is actually that one cannot really say that the one > > > language is faster than the other, becuase the speed all depends on > > > the implementation and what you want to do. > > > > A myth usually shown false with a little assembler. > > That's irrelevant, because code written in assembly has little or no > portability to other platforms and often marginal portability to other > processors in the same family. And programmer productivity writing in > assembler is abysmal. LOL! > Just as Java's dynamic native code generation can perform optimizations > no static C++ optimizer can, assembly code can only be statically > optimized. That limits the ways and degrees to which it can be > optimized for real-world dynamic situations. There's some code that can > be statically and universally optimized (memcpy, perhaps) but much that > cannot. I have an idea, let's rewrite the kernel in VB.NET. :) -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Re: [SLE] First Time User - Problems/Questions
by Kevanf1 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

On 09/11/05, Marshall Lake <mlake(a)mlake.net> wrote: > > >> I'm not sure just how far you do get with the printer. You might like > >> to check the paper size in the options dialogue. I think it tends to > >> default to 'Letter'. If you have something like A4 size then the > >> printer will often simply not print anything. I have the strong > >> feeling that this is not the root of your actual printer problem but it > >> is worth noting for when the printer is up and running. > > Disregard my previous email. I discovered the default setting in the ppd > file and changed it. Thanks. > > -- > Marshall Lake -- mlake(a)mlake.net -- http://mlake.net > Hey, well done :-) glad to hear that you are sorted. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Getting better perfomance out of my nVidia card.
by Clayton 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I've been trying to tune my nVidia car a bit to get a better frame rate out of it - I am sure I can get it runnign faster. I've done some digging, and people mention frame rates much much higher than the maximum I've ever been able to get... Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do to maximize the performance? This is about the absolute best I can get with glxgears: ---------------------------------- 2990 frames in 5.0 seconds = 598.000 FPS 3107 frames in 5.0 seconds = 621.400 FPS 3278 frames in 5.0 seconds = 655.600 FPS 3347 frames in 5.0 seconds = 669.400 FPS 3270 frames in 5.0 seconds = 654.000 FPS 3145 frames in 5.0 seconds = 629.000 FPS Hardware: -------------------- Card = nVidia FX5200 CPU = 2.2GHz Celeron RAM = 640MB OS = SUSE 10.0 >From xorg.conf ----------------- Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce FX 5200 (0x0322)" BusID "1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" VendorName "NVidia" Option "AGPFastWrite" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" EndSection Extra info.... ------------------------- cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge Host Bridge: PCI device 1039:0650 Fast Writes: Not Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 4x 2x 1x Registers: 0x1f000207:0x00000104 cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status Status: Enabled Driver: AGPGART AGP Rate: 4x Fast Writes: Disabled SBA: Disabled cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card Fast Writes: Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 4x 2x 1x Registers: 0x1f000217:0x1f000104 ccornell@smaug42:~> cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7676 Fri Jul 29 12:58:54 PDT 2005 GCC version: gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)

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First Time User - Problems/Questions
by Marshall Lake 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I am a first time user of SUSE Linux. I installed 10.0 on an HP Media Center PC 873n with a Dell 2001FP monitor and a HP LaserJet 4 printer. So far I have three questions/problems which I'm hoping someone can help me with ... In the /var/log/messages file there is following messge: "linux kernel: DMA write timed out". The message was being output every ten seconds from initial boot but it stopped in the middle of the night last night. Can anyone tell me what would have caused the message? I cannot get the printer (HP LaserJet 4) to function. The following error messages are being sent to /var/log/messages when I try to lpr: unable to open /var/run/hpiod.port: No such file or directory: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 75 unable to connect hpiod socket 50000: Connection refused: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 693 unable to send ProbeDevices: Broken pipe I cannot get display mode "1600 X 1200 (UXGA)" to function which, by the way, was the default mode of installation for me. The highest resolution which functions according to SUSE installation is "1600 X 1024 (WSXGA)". However, when I interrogate the monitor (Dell 2001FP) it says it's displaying only 1280 X 1024. In my previous installation (Mandrake 9.0) 1600 X 1200 functioned fine. I tried using the XF86Config file from my previous installation to no avail. -- Marshall Lake -- mlake(a)mlake.net -- http://mlake.net

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Eval DVD iso confusion
by Hugo Garcia 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi >From previous post the Eval-DVD at the ftp mirrors is exactly the same as the one in the retail box? I downloaded the above iso and installed SuSE 10. I am missing some packages in my iso like java 1.5 and Thunderbird. Is this how it is supposed to be? If so, meaning the missing packages are expected, what is the url for the directory at an ftp mirror where I can download and install the missing pacakges so that I can add it to Install Sources in YAST? If not.. maybe I downloade the iso too soon and now the iso has all the packages so I should get the iso again and install SuSE again? thanks in advance -H

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Starting all x, icewmbg and icewm from a single command.
by pelibali 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, I have a SUSE 10.0 machine with runlevel 3 as default. There is a single normal user on the comp, sometimes having to run icewm. I tried to put all the needed startx :0, icewmbg and icewm commands to a single script, allowing the user to run it without typeing all the previous stuff separately. The only _bad_ thing is, that my method doesn't work at all; x starts, but icewm(+bg) doen't find their "normal place" and complain about not existing display. I have no experience with such a system, used to have always runlevel 5 as default; would be great, if someone could give me advice what to do. (I also tried various export statements and played around with .xinitrc as well, giving still not the wished result.) Thanks, Pelibali

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Changing the default Thunderbird icons for KDE.
by pelibali 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, I realized quickly, that the Thunderbird icons provided by SUSE (16x16 and 32x32) in SUSE Linux 10.0 having not enough quality and e.g. while moving the mouse through the Thunderbird icon placed onto the panel, in the popup, next to its description a very pixely picture shows up even on rel. low resolution, 1024x768... I decided to replace the icons and got to an issue I can't explain. In the mean-time I found a work-round of this, but would be interes- ted, if anyone could please explain me, why this happened: with an up2date locate database I identified two exsisting thunderbird.png-s on my system and replaced them with the variants I wanted to have. In addition I put also 4 others with different sizes to their respec- tive location, so ranging between 16x16 and 128x128. I logged out and then in again to my KDE session, and _was_ surprised; independently, that both the previous pics I have overwritten and added new ones, KDE partially still remembered them: - on the panel the _old_ picture was present, but when I opened the popup with the details, showed me the _new_ (~larger) image, - on the K-menu still the _old_ version was there, but while opening the menu-editor, on the right the _new_ appeared; here when I wanted to chose a new icon, in the apps section for "thunderbird" still the _old_ was there, but browsing to its normal path /opt/kde3/... got me to the _new_ variant... I also tried to restart the whole comp, without any result, the repla- ced old pics didn't go away just by themselves; had to do really this last approach. Is there a cache or something alike for the icon-collection for KDE, which simply didn't get flushed in this case even after first KDE-, then after _system_ restart?! Thanks and sorry for the length, Pelibali

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Re: [SLE] Gnome disappointment
by Kai Ponte 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

> > > > Your right. They never said they were dropping it. But once relegated > > to the background.. how long before YaST is rewritten using GTK? How > > long before the KDE development that SUSE was famous for > > stops..etc..etc..etc. > > I bet you turn your monitor to the side at night so the secret agents can't > watch you sleep. Lol. > You do that, too? -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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UTF-8 in KMail with Math Characters
by Steven T. Hatton 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

This is from an email I received. If I export the message, and view it in Mozilla, the symbols render correctly as logical operators. For some reason, in KMail (and KNode) they come across looking sort of like [X]. Is that how they look to you? I tried changing fonts and encoding settings, but that didn't correct the display. Suggestions? If I don't find a solution soon, I plan on reporting a bug. I really do not wish to report a bogus bug if I can avoid it. > Implies[(a ∨ c) ∧ (b ∨ c),(a ∧ b) ∨ c]//FullSimplify > True > Implies[(a ∧ b) ∨ c,(a ∨ c) ∧ (b ∨ c)]//FullSimplify > True LogicalExpand[(a ∧ b) ∨ c]==LogicalExpand[(a ∨ c) ∧ (b ∨ c)] True Steven

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Nvidia TV-out
by Jean-François Simon 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hello. I'm trying to use the TV-out of the nvidia graphic card on my laptop. It is a Geforce 6600 (PCI Express). I tried the nvtv program and end with the following error : "Fatal: No supported video card found." On sourceforge, it seems that the nvtv project is (nearly) dead (last release in April 2004). Is there a successor to this project ? I've also tried sax but without success. I end with the screen of my laptop with a 640*480 resolution and nothing on my TV :-(. Is it possible to do it with sax ? I prefer avoiding to manually modify the xorg.conf but if it is not possible is there a clear and easy HOWTO somewhere ? I read the Nvidia readme but it is too exhaustive for me. Thanks in advance for your help ! Jean-François

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RE: [SLE] TV spool
by WABonnett＠ups-scs.com 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Oberholtzer [mailto:roger@opq.se] > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 09:42 > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] TV spool > > > I want to get Myth working on my SUSE box. I have old bits > from before I > upgraded to SUSE 10, but I want to do a nice clean install on SUSE 10. > I'm in the beginning stages of building a new box as a dedicated mythTV (http://www.mythtv.org) box at home. I'm wanting to use SuSe 10.0 (retail edition). Has anyone had success installing and running mythTV on SuSe 10? Once all of my hardware arrives, I'll begin an online journal of my endeavor.

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Re: [SLE] Is this post appropriate here?
by Kai Ponte 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

On Saturday 05 November 2005 09:23 am, lonn(a)lonnd.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I am about to open my wallet for an ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Chipset > w/ P4 3.0 GHz 2MB L2 and 1 GIG RAM. I don't expect to capture the major > capability of this board with Linux, but WIN XP will use it to good gain. > Any issues re: XP and SuSE on different hard disks? Well, the only thing I can think of - One disc will have viruses and possibly an infected MBR. The other one will be fine. You can make up your mind there. > > In '85 I did some Xenix Ack! Microsoft Unix! SCO! Ewwwww... > with Informix SQL (multi-user) stuff on Altos > hardware (OE/AR/Inventory) and then in '94 used SCO Open Desktop Unix with > Informix SQL (again, multi-user, same tasks) on PC hardware. The docs were > *extremely good* or I wouldn't have made the grade. I used to support a similar system on Xenix 386 - I can't remember the name, but it was a work order dispatch / AR / OE / IC system as well. > > For this board: ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Chipset w/ P4 3.0 GHz 2MB L2 > and 1 GIG RAM > 1. Can SuSE find the onboard SOUND? Only if you boot the computer into SuSE. I've yet to find an instance (9.1 - 10.0 ) of SuSE not figuring out onboard sound. > 2. Can SuSE find (ONE) NVIDIA 256MB PCI EXPRESS 16X card with second card > position empty? Huh? > 3. Can Suse use either or both of the (TWO) onboard 10/100/1000 ports? There's two onboard ports? Interesting. Well, I can't comment much instead to say that Linux - unlike Windows - is built with Networking in mind. Hence you should have no issues. I remember setting up RedHat 4.? with two PCI NICs and thinking how cool and easy it was. > Now, after only a sprinkling over a 20 year period, and despite that I may > be senior-senile (most of the time), I plan to use MySQL on a separate > SATA150 80GB hard disk. That's not a good thing. You'll run into bad karma and may even have a sleeping dragon wake to steal your golden harp. > I would be very pleased to get some feedback, so I don't place to large a > bet on a bad odds thing. Please steer me to another list if there's one > more appropriate to partially informed newbie. >From one partially informed newbie to another... www.tux-magazine.com www.linuxquestions.org www.opensuse.org nntp://alt.os.linux.suse > > Is there a better mobo choice for a Linux Box? I don't need the ASUS P5ND2 > graphics capability even in the WIN XP apps I will use. Windows XP - Never had it. Never will. > > Best regards and nice to meet all, > Welcome and enjoy your upgrade from WinXP to Linux. -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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SuSE 10.0 and iptables
by David A. Parker 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hello, Is there a way that I can use iptables on Suse 10.0 without having to deal with all the SuSEfirewall2 files? I just want to be able to use iptables from the command line and make changes on-the-fly without running any scripts. Any help with this matter would be greatly appreicated. Thanks! - Dave -- Dave Parker Utica College Department of Integrated Information Technology Services Data Processing Office (315) 792-3229

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online_update from two YAST repositories?
by Joachim Schrod 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hello, When I have two YAST repositories (e.g., SUSE's and Packman) and I want to get online updates from both, how do I configure that? yast2 itself offers only one location to enter, so that cannot be used. (Anyhow, I want to call online_update differently than yast2 would do it: -s -d instead of -g.) Do I call online_update twice, with different -u parameters? Does that work when both repositories have the same package (e.g., xmms)? Thanks in advance for any answer, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany

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Re: [SLE] vmware 5.0 on suse 10.0 64bit
by Janko Mivšek 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi Syv, P4 3.2 (and above) is actually 64bit (internally AFAIK), a x86_64 architecture. SuSE installation reminded me about that fact at the start. I also deliberately bought that procesor to test 64bit apps. I alos installed gcc++ but don't find kernel-syms! Is that some rpm package or where can I find it? Thanks again! Janko Syv Ritch wrote: > On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:07:20 +0100, Janko Mivšek wrote: > >>Dear everyone, >> >>I'm just installing VMware 5.0 on my new P4 machine where I >>installed SuSE 10.0 64bit (kernel 2.6.13-15-smp). After doing >>usuall steps like: install kernel source cd /usr/src/linux >>make clean make cloneconfig make prepare vmware-config.pl >> > > P4 is not 64bit, need to use 586 or 686. SMP only if you > hyperthreads. > You also need to install gcc++ and kernel-syms. > > -- > Thanks > syv(a)911networks.com > When the network has to work >

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Re: [SLE] KDE Should remain the Default DE on SuSE
by Kai Ponte 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

> It's quite obvious why this should be. > Um, actually no, it isn't obvious. Would you care to elaborate? I prefer a valid argument to a trollish statement. HAND -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Re: [SLE] mp3 in amarok
by Kai Ponte 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

> I see a lot of discussion on this by googling the topic, but not able to > get it mp3's playing in amarok. I found one thread (not this list) that > suggested loading the Packman sources and doing an update of all > packages. I did this once before already. But anyway, I am having > problem with Packman sources I guess since last night I keep getting an > error when trying updates from there > 'ftp://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/9.3'. Are they loaded down or having > problems? I don't know about that source. I had an issue yesterday trying to connect. Use one of the mirrors. I used the US mirror yesterday with no issues. If you're on 9.3, then your US mirror would be... ftp://packman.unixheads.com/suse/9.3/ ...which I just checked. > Or does someone know what I can do to get mp3's playing in amarok? That would be all. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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K3B setup
by Clayton 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I'm using the latest K3B (0.12.7) and have a setup/config question. I have partitioned my hard drive up into chunks. One large chuck is set aside for storage. I've got an iso in the storage area that I'd like to burn to DVD. If I point K3B at the DVD in the storage partition, I get an error in K3B that I can only use local files. Technically this is just as local as it would be if it was in my /home... in fact the only way I can get K3B to burn the iso is to move/copy the iso to my /home and burn it from there... then it works fine. So... how do I convince k3B that it really is OK to load and burn an iso that resides on a different partition? Is it actually possible? C.

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Re: [SLE] NFS in V 10 and Apple OS
by Jonathan Brooks 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 11:16 +0000, Jonathan Brooks wrote: >> Roger Oberholtzer wrote: >>> On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 18:55 -0800, Joseph Loo wrote: >>>> There is an option on the /etc/fstab that does the mounting >>>> automtaically. It has to do with the last 2 numbers on the list. I >>>> suggest you add 1 n where n is the order of mounting. If you have 0 in >>>> the first number, it will not automatically moun the partition. >>> Naahh.. >>> >>> The fifth number on the line (I get this from the fstab man page) is >>> related to the dump() command, and the sixth (last number on the line) >>> is related to fsck(). I think you are thinking of the key word 'auto' or >>> 'noauto' that you can provide in the comma separated list of mount >>> options in item four on the line. To understand those, look at the >>> 'mount' man page. Still, this is only automatic relative to when the >>> system boots. It does not mean that they will be automatically mounted >>> on demand at a later time. 'autofs' seems to be for that. >>> >> Okay, so is there a problem with NFS, SuSE10 and AMD64? It seems like my >> fstab was correct, and things should be mounted automagically at boot >> time. Are there any particular commands/logs I can look at on the server >> when the client boots, to see why it's not being allowed to connect? Is >> there something different with NFS under SuSE10? I.e. does it want to >> use nfsvers=4, and the server barfs when it gets these requests? >> >> Roger: is this why setting nfsvers=2 fixed your problems? > > Yes. The system I really needed this for was a vxWorks NFS server. It > exported the directory and only understood NFS version 2. As the 2.6 > kernel (SUSE 9.3 and later) does NFS version 3 internally and by > default, this option (and the 'udp' option) was needed to be able to > talk to the vxWorks server. Why NFS version 3 does not have a mechanism > to fall back on version 2 is anyone's guess. > >> However, I'm thinking that this isn't something SuSE 10 specific, more >> something related to AMD64, since the other AMD64 machine with this >> problem is on SuSE 9.3. > > Meaning kernel 2.6. All Linux with this version of the kernel would > exhibit this behavior. > >> Hope someone has some ideas out there? :) >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jon. >> Hmm, our i586 (athlonXP/pentium4) machines running SuSE 9.3 (kernel 2.6) never have this problem. So I think there must be something different in the x86_64 kernel implementations of NFS (?) Or, our SLES server doesn't like the way our AMD64 machines talk to it. Any ideas? Jon. -- Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.) Research Assistant. PaIN Group, Department of Human Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX tel: +44(0)1865-282654 fax: +44(0)1865-282656 web: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~jon

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YasT refresh for installation source does not work
by T. Ribbrock 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi all, for our network at work, I have created a YaST repository with a few additional RPMs we want to be able to install on our workstations. The repo is installed as an NFS repo in YaST on the workstations (SuSE 10.0) and it can see and work with that repo. Hence, that part is working fine. However, if I change the repository (e.g. add/remove packages and re-run create_package_description), YaST does not pick up the changes. First thing I did was to go into "Installation Source" and do a "refresh" for that repository. But that does not seem to work - YaST still lists the old/deleted RPMs from that repo and does not show the new ones. Also, in /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcmanager/CORRESPONDING_CACHE/, I can see that only the description gets updated by a "refresh" - but not the "packages" file. The only way to get YaST to "get" the changes is to delete and recreate the entry for that repo - which is tedious and confusing. Is this a bug in YaST or am I missing something? Cheerio, Thomas

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additional ttf fonts
by Michal Hlavac 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

hello, There was additional installation of some ttf fonts through Online update in suse 9.3 Now there is no this installation. How can I install this fonts?? thanks, miso

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Killer 'thing' for Linux
by Kevanf1 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

We all hear the comment made that what Linux needs is a 'killer' app. I've been thinking, perhpas it's not so much a killer app but more like a killer piece of hardware. Yeah I know more difficult to produce etc. But a killer piece of hardware that would run on Linux with completely OSS drivers might do it.... Please, discuss... -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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LVM Backup / Restore
by Yu Safin 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I have a problem doing a restore of an LVM. I have an LVM with one Logical Volume and three disks (physical) mounted on /original. I did a backup of the three disks (dd) and now I need to restore but instead of restoring to the original LVM mount point (/original), I want to restore to a new mount point (/backup). does anybody know how to accomplish such an assignment?

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Screensaver on SuSE 10
by Jerry Feldman 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I noticed when I came in yesterday morning that my email and browser were visible. Since I had performed a YOU without restarting KDE (and I think there were KDE components) I decided to explicitly restart KDE. Screen Saver is set to Start Automatically after 5 minutes. Require password to stop Make aware of power management. The screen saver selected is random. KDE version is 3.4.2. YaST power Management is set to default (Performance). The powersaved daemon is running. This was all working when I performed an upgrade install from SuSE 9.3. In any case, I'm looking for some ideas. When I have a few minutes, I'll change some of the above settings, but meanwhile I'm looking to see if anyone else has had a similar problem either with an upgrade or new install. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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mouse not working on compaq PL1600R ??
by Per Jessen 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

During installation of 10.0 I saw : Found Linux console .... Please supply config file dmesg says: logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 1 input: PS/2 Logitech Mouse on isa0060/serio1 The mouse works fine in Compaq SmartStart, but not in e.g. sax2 or elsewhere. Any hints as to where to start troubleshooting this? /Per Jessen, Zürich

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mp3 in amarok
by Robert Fitzpatrick 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I see a lot of discussion on this by googling the topic, but not able to get it mp3's playing in amarok. I found one thread (not this list) that suggested loading the Packman sources and doing an update of all packages. I did this once before already. But anyway, I am having problem with Packman sources I guess since last night I keep getting an error when trying updates from there 'ftp://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/9.3'. Are they loaded down or having problems? Or does someone know what I can do to get mp3's playing in amarok? -- Robert

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First Time User - Problems/Questions
by Kevanf1 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I'm forwarding this message so it may not show in the original thread, sorry everybody. GMail strikes again in not replying to the list correctly. > I'm not sure just how far you do get with the printer. You might like > to check the paper size in the options dialogue. I think it tends to > default to 'Letter'. If you have something like A4 size then the > printer will often simply not print anything. I have the strong > feeling that this is not the root of your actual printer problem but > it is worth noting for when the printer is up and running. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Nokia 770
by Aschwin Marsman 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, >From the site http://www.maemo.org/: -------------8<-------------8<-------------8<------------- Maemo Platform Overview Maemo is a development platform to create applications for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet and other maemo compliant handheld devices. It is meant for developers with personal or commercial interests in developing software for handhelds like Internet Tablets. The software and developer community website is contributed to this audience and operated by Nokia. The platform is composed of popular open source software components, which are widely deployed in the leading Linux desktop distributions today. Maemo adapts these components to the handheld environment and contributes new technologies. -------------8<-------------8<-------------8<------------- It looks interesting to me, so I have a couple of questions: - does anybody already have experience with it? - what are competing products that I should consider before buying it? (Sharp Zaurus,...) - can I replace the standard software with openSUSE 10? - I live in the Netherlands, where to buy it for a low price? Have a nice day, Aschwin Marsman -- aschwin(a)marsman.org http://www.marsman.org

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support for hda=remap command
by David Flood 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hello one and all, I did a search of the known bugs and also the mailing list archives but couldn't find any mention of this so here goes. I have a couple of middle aged laptops (300-500 MHZ class) that use drive overlays due to large hard drives and dual booting with Windows. When I installed Suse Pro 9.1, I had to use the command hda=remap during installation and in the grub config file. That works just fine. 9.2 had the same command but didn't support my touchpad properly and I never tried 9.3. When I attempted to install 10.0 using the store/for sale set of CD's, the installation CD took and properly interpreted the hda=remap. However, on reboot, the kernel-default package has ide-core as a module rather than being compiled in so the command just got thrown away (it's there, the kernel just ignores it). So I never get past the first reboot since the partitions aren't seen properly. So, I figure I have several options at this point. 1) find a kernel rpm that has ide-core compiled in rather than a module (are there more kernel packages on the DVD? I haven't looked at the DVD yet) 2) Boot to RECOVERY and hack the initrd and figure out how to specify "options hda=remap" when it insmods ide-core and hope I remember how I did it so that when a new kernel is released I can do it all over again. (does mkinitrd read modules.conf? If so, I might be able to put that command in there and see if it gets picked up by mkinitrd) 3) Build my own kernel 2.4.x RPM under 9.1 and call it kernel-ide or something like that so that it never gets replaced during the upgrade 4) Open a bug, stick with 9.1 for now and hope that 10.x fixes this Anyone got any ideas, especially where I can find #1? Does the multi-processor kernel have ide-core compiled in? I didn't try that one. Thanks Dave

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Problem with Autofs on a SuSE 9.3
by guilhermemtorresbase-lista＠yahoo.com.br 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hello, I´m having a problem with OpenLDAP and autofs integration at SuSE 9.3. I used the following ldif(adapted from: /usr/share/doc/packages/autofs4/README.SuSE.ldap) to configure my ldap database: --------------------- begin -------------------------------------------------- dn: ou=auto.master,dc=grad,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap ou: auto.master dn: cn=/export/home,ou=auto.master,dc=grad,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: automount cn: /export/home automountInformation: ldap servgrad:ou=auto.home,dc=grad,dc=com dn: ou=auto.home,dc=grad,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap ou: auto.home dn: cn=user1,ou=auto.home,dc=grad,dc=com objectClass: automount cn: user1 automountInformation: -fstype=nfs,hard,intr,nodev,nosuid servgrad:/export/home/user1 dn: cn=user2,ou=auto.home,dc=grad,dc=com objectClass: automount cn: user2 automountInformation: -fstype=nfs,hard,intr,nodev,nosuid servgrad:/export/home/user2 --------------------- end -------------------------------------------------- It works fine, but I have more than 1000 diretories(users) at /export/home and I´d like to organize them like: /export/home | |- tec |- professors |- students2005 |- students2004 Today I tryed to change the attribute "automountInformation" from a user to: "-fstype=nfs,hard,intr,nodev,nosuid servgrad:/export/home/students2005/user1" but the automount from the client machine doesn´t found the directory. Before to try this I moved the directory "user1" from "/export/home" to "/export/home/students2005", but it likes that I have to do more than this. I would like to know what I have to add at my ldif to support this new structure. Thanks a lot! _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Acesso Grátis: Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://br.acesso.yahoo.com/

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NFS in V 10 and Apple OS
by Dan Nash 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I have an Apple OS X 10.4.3 that was successfully connected to Suse Linux 9.2 NFS server. I upgraded to Suse 10.0 and now the Apple cannot find the Linux server. It can successfully ping the Linux IP address. What settings do I need when starting the Linux NFS services? There must be some differences between 9.2 and 10.0 that I'm missing. Thanks in advance, --Dan

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MaxDB 7.6 on OpenSuSE v10.0
by Martin Cordova 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

For those interested, the following package MUST be installed prior to MaxDB 7.6 installation: compat-libstdc++ v5.0.7 To install it, insert OpenSuSE CD #2 and run yast2. A non-default lightweight installation of OpenSUSE (without graphics environment) won't include this package, default install (tested using Gnome desktop) already includes this package. For more information: * http://martincordova.com/docs/recipe-maxdb-linux-en.pdf Best regards, Martin Cordova ----- Dinamica - RADical J2EE framework Open source, easy and powerful http://www.martincordova.com

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Kickstart with PalmPilot please?
by Simon Roberts 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi all, I have a Palm device (actually a sony clie) but I'm failing to get any of the Linux (SuSE 9.3) software to work with it. If it's attached, and I hit the hotsync button, I get an entry in /proc/bus/usb indicating that appears to indicate that the device has been seen at that level: T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 21 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=16 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=054c ProdID=0066 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=Palm, Inc. S: Product=Palm Handheld C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 4 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=visor E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 16 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 16 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms However, neither gnome-pilot nor Kpilot seem to be able to find it. I've tried telling them to use /dev/ttyUSB2, /dev/ttyUSB3 (which devices actually seem to exist) and I did a mknod to create /dev/ttyUSB0 (same major device as the other two ttyUSB devices, minor node 0) that didn't work either (though interestingly, the device disappeared without my help?) Anyway, I'm a bit at a loss for where to look, or what to try. What documents might help, or are there any suggestions? Thanks, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Changes in cron.d-files are not detected automatically
by Joachim Schrod 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, When I change a file in /etc/cron.d, that change is not detected automatically. In my case, I commented out the beagle call in /etc/cron.d/beagle-crawl-system.crontab. But still, every night beagle-crawl-system gets called, cron didn't recognize that change. The cron entries get reloaded when the time stamp of the directory /etc/cron.d/ changes, though. I confirmed that behavior for 9.1 and 10.0. Is that `works as intended', or is that a bug? Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany

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Hotplugging in SuSE 9.3
by Peter A. Taylor 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

My USB card reader, which works fine under SuSE 8.2, is erratic under SuSE 9.3 . The reader seems to work if it is plugged in at boot time. Also, once I unmount and remove it, if I plug it in again, or plug it in with a different card, it is not seen. If I try to mount it I get: mount: /dev/sdc1 is not a valid block device I have disabled automount per the instructions here: http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2005/05/dkukawka_subfs_nomount.html The "usb_storage" module not getting loaded appears to be a symptom rather than a cause of the problem. Any suggestions? Also, if someone wants to put in a kind (or unkind) word about 9.2 or 10.0, I would be happy to read it. Thanks, Peter Taylor

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Re: Logout-->Suspend Computer and swap space
by Roy Leembruggen 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Thanks Carlos E.R for those interesting hints. Did you mean I should enter "resume=/dev/sda6" in /etc/grub.conf ? I entered it there and then ran /sbin/SuSEconfig but did not find any refernce to "resume" in /var/log/boot.msg or /var/log/messages Am rather edgy about altering configuration files outside Yast. In older versions one had to always run /sbin/SuSEconfig - is there any other way of involving Yast in this case ? Roy

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9.2 update and apt
by Susemail 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

I recently updated my 9.2 system to 9.3. But apt still sees it as 9.2: # apt-get update Get:1 ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386 release [11.4kB] Fetched 11.4kB in 9s (1208B/s) Hit ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/gnome pkglist Hit ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/gnome release Hit ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/jacklab pkglist Hit ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/jacklab release Hit ftp://ftp4.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/rpmkeys pkglist What do I need to change so apt knows this is now a 9.3 system? Thanks, Jerome

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Packet command error on hard disk
by Peter Sutter 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Please, can somebody explain the following entries in the error log? There are hundreds of them. Does it mean a bad disk drive? This occurs infrequently (once every few days) and goes for about an hour, then suddenly goes away. Nov 8 16:00:02 tux kernel: hda: packet command error: error=0x54 Nov 8 16:00:02 tux kernel: ide: failed opcode was 100 Nov 8 16:00:03 tux kernel: hda: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReadySeekComplete Error } Thanks Peter

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[OTAnn] Feedback
by shenanigans 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

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Latest Aldi notebook MD 96500
by Andreas 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi folks, AFAIK this notebook was on sale at least in Australia and now in Germany so maybe someone here could share some tips. Actually I started only Knoppix 4.0.2 on it to make a partimage. This worked when I booted with acpi=off. For now I can say that KDE shows up aparently with 1024x768 blown up to the display's real resolution of 1280x800. So screen "works" ... kind of. On the first boot I used the knoppix network-card configuration tool to manually set up the NIC what failed. ETH0 showed up, route looked good but ping was about 15-20 seconds which is a wee bit worthless. On second boot I saw that the kernel printed ETH0, ETH1. Without my fumbling around, knoppix sets the internal NIC to ETH1 and fetched an IP from my router. Now my network was happy and me too of course. I'm still wondering what ETH0 could be since ifconfig doesn't show it. Maybe it's the bluetooth chip or wlan or firewire ... who knows. Now I'd like to improve the display which is powered by an ATI X700 XL. Is there a working driver that gives me 1280x800 ? I'd be nice to have the WLAN chip working. That's an Intel 2200 with 54MBit. And the modem would be handy, too. I haven't actually found out where I see details about this device. Can someone fill one of the gaps ? Cheers Andreas

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vmware 5.0 on suse 10.0 64bit
by Janko Mivšek 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Dear everyone, I'm just installing VMware 5.0 on my new P4 machine where I installed SuSE 10.0 64bit (kernel 2.6.13-15-smp). After doing usuall steps like: install kernel source cd /usr/src/linux make clean make cloneconfig make prepare vmware-config.pl I got errors: ... Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only' make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15' WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:33:25: error: asm/ioctl32.h: No such file or directory In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:24, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:44: /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:208:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:56, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:23, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:18, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:45: /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:54:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:23, from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:48: /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:48:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘register_ioctl32_handlers’: /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:222: error: implicit declaration of function ‘register_ioctl32_conversion’ /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘unregister_ioctl32_handlers’: /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:248: error: implicit declaration of function ‘unregister_ioctl32_conversion’ make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html". Execution aborted. What did wrong? Isn't 64bit supported by VMware? Any help appreciated! Best regards Janko

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only root can write to smb share
by James D. Parra 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hello, Users other than root get "permission denied" when attempting to write to an smb mount. Users can read the contents on the share. >From fstab; <snip> //server/share /mnt/share smbfs username=user,password=passwr,rw 0 0 <snip> The same user from a windows box can write to the share. Is there anything I need to add to fstab? Thank you, James

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jpilot and SuSE 10
by Jerry Feldman 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

I just did an upgrade install to SuSE 10 (from DVD). So far everything works, but I do have one interesting anomaly with jpilot in that I am unable to set the color. Jpilot has 4 color schemes, steel, blue, purple and blue, but on my upgraded system, it only displays steel. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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Re: [SLE] Changing from Java 1.4 to Java 1.5 using Yast
by Kai Ponte 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

> Hi > > I just finished an install SuSE 10 from the Eval-DVD. It came with > Java 1.4 but I also need 1.5. If possible I woild like to keep both. I > know that 1.5 is available from the ftp site. Can I just change my > install location in YAST to one of the mirrors and install 1.5 and > when I am done switch back to install source to DVD? Do I have to do > some more manipulation? Is there a README somewhere? > If you want both, and don't want to break stuff, then I'd say just install it from the Sun website. Then setup your local ./etc/profile to have the 1.5 version. The Yast-installed apps will still use the 1.4. As for me, I just installed 1.5 from yast and dropped 1.4. No reason to have it, AFAIK. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Firewall problem
by Ilker 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi, Just realized that i need to activate the firewall, however, it gives me an error "Cannot enable service:SuSEfirewall2_setup" when i select "start at boot" option.What's wrong with it ?

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Re: [SLE] Firefox and pop up adverts
by Kevanf1 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

On 08/11/05, Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv(a)myrealbox.com> wrote: > > -- > When was the last time you updated hosts.txt on your windows box? > It causes most popups to reference your box and finding nothing pops up > nothing. > > > -- Erm, never... in fact I have never had to touch that file on any of my Win tins. It's a new one to me, Carl. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Adaptec 2100S problems with Suse 9.2
by Rejaine Monteiro 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi, I'm having some problems with Adaptec 2100S with Suse 9.2 I'm using dpt_i2o scsci module to load this controller and all works fine. The controller is used only by DAT SONY Model: SDX-700C (no disks are used) But sometimes, during backup process (read or write) the system just hangs and I need to reboot server (cpu load is very high and can't do anything else) The /var/log/messagens report only this : Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Trying to Abort cmd=20781106 Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Abort cmd not supported Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Trying to reset device Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Device reset not supported Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Bus reset: SCSI Bus 0: tid: 8 Nov 8 14:18:17 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Bus reset success. Nov 8 14:18:27 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Hba Reset: scsi id 0: tid: 8 Nov 8 14:18:27 banco4 kernel: dpti0: Quiesced. Nov 8 14:18:38 banco4 kernel: dpti0: LCT has 12 entries. Any ideas to resolve this issue? Regards,

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X-restart, when a user logs out.
by pelibali 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi, The newly installed SUSE Linux 10.0 of my girly restarts X everytime a user logs out, which results a rel. long waiting time (~nvidia) until kdm appears again. I don't think, that restarting X takes really too long time, but if there is a way to avoid this, I would be happy to configure it for her. Thanks, Pelibali

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