November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Icewm configuration.
by pelibali 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi, I like icewm and use it quite a lot, but until now I never had time to give a chance for icepref and iceme, being graphical menu editors for it. Both on SUSE 10.0 and on my (oldie) 9.1 these above packages installed without issues, but when attempting to run them I got: agika@agika:~> icepref sys:1: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xb4' in file /usr/X11R6/bin/icepref on line 285, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/X11R6/bin/icepref", line 24, in ? pygtk.require("1.2") File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pygtk.py", line 73, in require assert versions.has_key(version), \ AssertionError: required version '1.2' not found on system agika@agika:~> iceme Traceback (most recent call last): File "IceMe.py", line 20, in ? pygtk.require("1.2") File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pygtk.py", line 73, in require assert versions.has_key(version), \ AssertionError: required version '1.2' not found on system These lines are from SUSE Linux 10.0, but the error-messages of SUSE 9.1 were almost identical. Do I miss please something, even, that I let YAST2 to solve the dependencies on both new/old sys- tems?! I have the feeling, that among the outdated icewm defaults, not working theme(s), etc. it would be no surprise, if this issue would simply not solved between SUSE Linux 9.1 and 10.0... Thanks, Pelibali

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boot error
by boricua 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

my system 9.3 failed to boot with 2 errors addwing swap failed and fsck failed [does not tell me which fs] any hints to get to boot again? thanks

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Wlan doesn't start at boot time
by Ilker 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi all, I just installed OpenSUSE 10.0 on my desktop PC.I almost solved everything and it installed my printer and scanner (wow, it made it automatically).I also managed to show my Linksys WMP54G wireless lan card.The operating system sees the card but everytime i boot into system, i have to type "dhcpcd -G http://192.168.1.1 wlan0" as root.On my last distro, i just changed the permissions as 755 and put a "script" includes that command into init.d and worked fine, but on SUSE i couldn't get it working.I even tried it with a suid bit but no luck.Is there any way to get it connected automatically at boot ? I don't want to use NetGO.

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Re: [SLE] Suse 10 will not install, GRUB / SATA problem?
by Matt Stamm 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net> Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:13:14 -0500 >On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 03:54 -0800, Matt Stamm wrote: >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1(a)btinternet.com> >> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:41:07 +0000 >> >> >On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:32, Matt Stamm wrote: >> >> Hello, Thank you all for the help on this so farThis is an update to a >> >> previous post/thread.I'm still unable to install Suse 10 on my brandnew PC. >> >> The PC has a AMD Sempron 64 cpu, 512 mem80gig SATA harddrive. >> >> >> >> Based on the my prevoius post and your responses(thank you very much!) I >> >> beleive the problem isdue to GRUB and my SATA drive, but I am not anexpert >> >> in the area. >> >> >> >> Sorry for the lengthy post, but I wanted to put as much info as possible >> >> >> >> Here's what I've found... >> >> >> >> - my SUSE 10 install fails on the initial boot after the first CD with >> >> "GRUB Loading stag1.5". >> >> > >Just a couple of more questions. If you boot to install cd can you boot >the installed system from there? When I boot the install cd and then boot to the hard drive i get the "GRUB Loading Stage1.5" message and everything stops >Also How long have you been using >linux, not necessarily just SuSE, but in general? I've only use Suse, and have used Suse since 2002 when I installed 8.1. I've been using 8.1 ever since. > >One thing that you can try, not sure if I recommended this already, boot >to the rescue system and make a note of which kernel modules are loaded >that give access to the SATA drive, if at all, (let us know if the drive >is available in rescue mode). Yes, the drive is available in rescue mode. I enter rescue mode, login as root, and using the command line I see what appears to be a normal linux file structure (/bin, /etc, /home, etc.) >This/these module(s) will need to be added >to the initrd modules list so they are loaded during the initial boot >sequence. This can be done from the rescue system using chroot to gain >access to the installed system as though you booted to the installed >system. I don't understand. I've never used chroot >If you're installed system has /boot on a seperate partition it >will need to be mounted after the root filesystem is mounted. > /boot is on the same system. Using the rescue system, when I go to /boot, its empty. >-- >Ken Schneider >UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > >-- >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 > > > Ken, thank for your response. I'm not sure what to do now?? Matt

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Cannot execute scripts
by Ilker 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi all, When i try to use most of scripts and some programs (like doom3) i get an error: bash: /home/tux/<script>: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied I checked /bin/sh and it was pointing to bash, i changed it to point /bin/bash but still i get this error.Anybody have an idea why it's occuring ? My last installation of SuSE 10.0 (the same with now) did not have such a problem like that. Thanks for your help.

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Installation profiles, is there any such thing in OpenSUSE?
by Mello 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi All, during installation there are several choices on how one would like his/her system be set up. Although there's the ability to (de)select each single package I believe it would be useful to have some (4-5) predefined installation sets. For instance, a server or a workstation have very different basic requirements and starting from the minimum system (by adding packages) or deselecting what's not needed is not very efficient. In particular if one has to repeat the same operation on different machines. Is there a way to automatize the process that I don't know of? Or, would adding a short list of profiles/options be a valid improvement to the installation process? In fact, having the ability to save/load a customized profile would be a great feature IMHO! Thanks, -c

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xntpd and ntpdate
by Michal Hlavac 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

hello, I have running xntpd daemon. But clocks are not synchronized with ntp server. When xntpd is running I cannot run ntpdate: 1 Nov 11:05:36 ntpdate[12922]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting How can I setup every hour synchronization from another ntp server??? thanks, miso

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ipod nano
by Regis Matejcik 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

I use a Samsung ypt7z mp3 player and it works great on SuSe - out of the box no tweeking - but you know how kids are... I need to try to get SuSe 9.2 to work with an ipod nano. I downloaded gtkpod, and the appropriate libraries, compiled and installed it. gtkpod seems work, but I can't get it to connect to the ipod nano. It seems that the problem is that gtkpod looks for the ipod in /mnt/ipod and when I plug in the ipod nano it shows up in /media/usb...... I tried creating a file /mnt/ipod then making a symbolic link to /media/usb... Then I tried changing the mount point for gtkpod to /media/usb... neither worked. Has anyone a suggestion? Thanks, Regis

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Re: [SLE] Suse 10 will not install, GRUB / SATA problem?
by Matt Stamm 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1(a)btinternet.com> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:41:07 +0000 >On Tuesday 01 November 2005 11:32, Matt Stamm wrote: >> Hello, Thank you all for the help on this so farThis is an update to a >> previous post/thread.I'm still unable to install Suse 10 on my brandnew PC. >> The PC has a AMD Sempron 64 cpu, 512 mem80gig SATA harddrive. >> >> Based on the my prevoius post and your responses(thank you very much!) I >> beleive the problem isdue to GRUB and my SATA drive, but I am not anexpert >> in the area. >> >> Sorry for the lengthy post, but I wanted to put as much info as possible >> >> Here's what I've found... >> >> - my SUSE 10 install fails on the initial boot after the first CD with >> "GRUB Loading stag1.5". >> >> - if I use the cd in rescue mode and login to the command prompt I see what >> looks like a linux install on my harddrive. So I'm assuming the first >> install was successful incopying files to mt hard drive. One note, I >> noticed that the/boot directory is empty. >> >> - I can install FreeDOS successfully on this hard drive but need to perform >> the "FDISK /MBR" in order to make it boot to the hard drive properly. So, I >> can install another OS on the system/hard drive. I copied files, etc and >> everything went fine. >> >> - and finally, I disconnected the SATA drive, installed an old 6gig drive >> in IDE2, and the install progressed past the first cd for the first time, >> performing the initial boot to the hard drive successfully. >> >> So, I'm assuming the following, and please tell me where I'm wrong... >> >> - the system and SATA hard drive works fine because the Suse install >> recognized the hard drive and copied files to it, and I could install >> FreeDOS successfully >> >> - somewhere somehow the MBR is not finding GRUB stage1.5 after the first >> CD. From what I understand, the MBR contains GRUB stage 1, then finds stage >> 1.5 and 2 in something like /boot/grub. >> >> Could the first CD install not be setting up GRUB to find stages 1.5 and >> beyond on the SATA drive (/dev/sda1) where it does not have that problem >> when there is a IDE drive (dev/hda1) and if so how can I get around this? >> >> Please help! >> >> Matt > > >Can you boot from the DVD insteasd of the CD then you do not get the first >boot that is causing you the hassle .. ? ... or is it an cdset only cant beat >the full load cd's and dvd you got all the choices then .. > > >Pete . > >-- >If Bill Gates had gotten LAID at High School do YOU think there would be a >Microsoft ? Of course NOT ! > >You gotta spend a lot of time at your school Locker stuffing underware up >your ass to think , I am going to take on the worlds Computer Industry > > -------:heard on Cyber Radio.:------- > > AFFA > > > >-- >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 > > > Pete, I bought the retail Suse 10 so I have CDs and DVD, but, this system does not have a DVD drive (I wish it did!). Matt

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Desktop Icons
by russbucket 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

When i first installed 10.0 the mounted CD and dvd showed on the desktop after I turned them on in the device icons. They have disappeared recently and will not come back. Even the floppy disappeared. has anyone else experienced this. i know it was a problem in 9.1 -- Russ

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No rpc.lockd of NFS client ?
by Steven 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi, I am new to opensuse 10.0. When I use NFS client (/etc/init.d/nfs start) to start the NFS mount, it does mount what I wrote in /etc/fstab. But the problem is that I did not see any rpc.lockd running in this client. This will cause problem when some program tried to lock some file. Does anyone know how to do that in OpenSuSE 10.0 ? Thanks. -- Steven Shiau

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Erasing a File (Doubt)
by JUAN ERNESTO FLORES BELTRAN 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi everyone, I have created a folder on my desktop (suse 10, gnome desktop), it is locked. Now i am trying to erase it but the system says i am not a superuser, so i am not authorized. How can i erase this file (sen it to trash?). Is it nessesary to do it form text mode or from a console?? which commands do i need? Reagrds Thanks for your answers in advance Juan.-

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Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage...
by Rikard Johnels 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

I am getting a loads of these: Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage when decoding entities at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/Mail/SpamAssassin/HTML.pm line 182. when running sa-learn roh@hawk:~> sa-learn --spam .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/.Old/Spam/cur/ Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage when decoding entities at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/Mail/SpamAssassin/HTML.pm line 182. Parsing of undecoded UTF-8 will give garbage when decoding entities at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/Mail/SpamAssassin/HTML.pm line 182. <lots of repeated messages cut> Learned from 6320 message(s) (6365 message(s) examined). What can be done about it? -- -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Suse 10 will not install, GRUB / SATA problem?
by Matt Stamm 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hello, Thank you all for the help on this so farThis is an update to a previous post/thread.I'm still unable to install Suse 10 on my brandnew PC. The PC has a AMD Sempron 64 cpu, 512 mem80gig SATA harddrive. Based on the my prevoius post and your responses(thank you very much!) I beleive the problem isdue to GRUB and my SATA drive, but I am not anexpert in the area. Sorry for the lengthy post, but I wanted to put as much info as possible Here's what I've found... - my SUSE 10 install fails on the initial boot after the first CD with "GRUB Loading stag1.5". - if I use the cd in rescue mode and login to the command prompt I see what looks like a linux install on my harddrive. So I'm assuming the first install was successful incopying files to mt hard drive. One note, I noticed that the/boot directory is empty. - I can install FreeDOS successfully on this hard drive but need to perform the "FDISK /MBR" in order to make it boot to the hard drive properly. So, I can install another OS on the system/hard drive. I copied files, etc and everything went fine. - and finally, I disconnected the SATA drive, installed an old 6gig drive in IDE2, and the install progressed past the first cd for the first time, performing the initial boot to the hard drive successfully. So, I'm assuming the following, and please tell me where I'm wrong... - the system and SATA hard drive works fine because the Suse install recognized the hard drive and copied files to it, and I could install FreeDOS successfully - somewhere somehow the MBR is not finding GRUB stage1.5 after the first CD. From what I understand, the MBR contains GRUB stage 1, then finds stage 1.5 and 2 in something like /boot/grub. Could the first CD install not be setting up GRUB to find stages 1.5 and beyond on the SATA drive (/dev/sda1) where it does not have that problem when there is a IDE drive (dev/hda1) and if so how can I get around this? Please help! Matt

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Re: [SLE] KDM theme manager ???
by Chadley Wilson 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 10:37 +0000, Kevanf1 wrote: > On 01/11/05, Chadley Wilson <chadley(a)pinteq.co.za> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > Maybe I suffering from a memory lapse. > > Which DM does Suse use by default and wasn't there a switch DM utility > > in previous versions? > > > > Also I seem to remeber there being a kdm-theme manager... > > > > > > I can find any of them > > > > and the ~/.kde/share/apps/kdm/themes folder doesn't exist either.. > > > > > > > > Is there a new way to change the DM theme in SuSE 10 ? > > > > TIA > > > > Chadley > > > > > > Perhaps I'm wrong but I thought that it depended on which desktop you > installed to start with? i.e. gdm for Gnome or kdm for KDE or if it > was one of the lighter desktops then it installed xdm. That's how it > has always worked for me. > > Of course, the usual proviso applies that I could be wrong... No no, you are quite right, I found the answer, now why they did it this way will probably always be a mystery... Half of the config is done in /etc/opt/kde3 and the half is in /opt/kde3 Chadley

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usb automounting affects networking
by Norbert Müller 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi all, After switching to Suse OSS 10.0 I have the following problem^Wbehaviour: My USB-Stick/MP3 Player mounts fine automatically, window pops up, so I am happy with this. But my digicam does not automount. Looking into /var/log/messages I find the following: Oct 31 17:57:47 linux kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Oct 31 17:57:48 linux kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 31 17:57:48 linux kernel: usb-storage: device found at 3 Oct 31 17:57:48 linux kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Vendor: Model: Rev: Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1001952 512-byte hdwr sectors (513 MB) Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 08 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1001952 512-byte hdwr sectors (513 MB) Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 08 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: sdb: sdb1 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: printk: 118 messages suppressed. Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002112 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002113 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002114 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002115 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002116 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002117 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002118 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002119 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002112 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1002113 Oct 31 17:57:53 linux udevd-event[9416]: run_program: '/sbin/vol_id' abnormal exit I tried '/sbin/vol_id /dev/sdb1' on the konsole and got a segmentation violation. Strange thing is, that after this my WLAN is down. usblist finds the digicam. manual mounting works Under Suse 9.3 the digicam was automounted. Anybody an idea, what is the reason? Regards Norbert

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ClusterIP anyone?
by Martin Cordova 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hello: I am interested in learning about configuring load balancing without a load balancer, now that IPTables includes support for this. It's hard to find easy-to-follow intructions about it, the netfilter how-to does not help me too much (because of my limited experience with iptables and networking concepts) I wonder if someone has already experimented with ClusterIP and can share his/her scripts? Is there a SuSE-specific config file to setup clusterIP nodes? Could not find anything on Yast2/FireWall module. BTW, it would be nice to have a config option for this in yast2. I already looked into a very nice software called "balancer", which is an open source TCP proxy, very easy to configure, but I suspect that an IPTable-based solution could be much faster, right? I would appreciate comments on this if it is not the case. Thank you, Martin -- Dinamica - Open source J2EE framework Free, easy and powerful http://www.martincordova.com

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AddDefaultCharset default?
by jdd 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

I just had a problem with utf8 and an 9.0 apache2 server. I don't know is the problem is still here, so I quote it. the default AddDefaultCharset value of apache 2 on suse 9.0 is at iso-8859-1. This was probably of no consequence two years ago, but now than suse 10.0 is mostly (if not all) utf8, this led to problem. the answer is only to have "AddDefaultCharset off". this is confusing because this value has precedence upon the meta tag of the page, so the display is not that waited in the source. jdd -- pour m'écrire, aller sur: http://www.dodin.net

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Python 2.4 and 2.3 at the same time
by Roger Oberholtzer 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Is there anything to consider when installing python 2.3 as well as 2.4? I have a SUSE 10.0 system that I want to run an existing Plone site on. It ran with python 2.3. I have tried with the python 2.4 what comes with 10.0, but I get no joy. So I want to try with python 2.3. -- Roger

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KDM theme manager ???
by Chadley Wilson 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Greetings, Maybe I suffering from a memory lapse. Which DM does Suse use by default and wasn't there a switch DM utility in previous versions? Also I seem to remeber there being a kdm-theme manager... I can find any of them and the ~/.kde/share/apps/kdm/themes folder doesn't exist either.. Is there a new way to change the DM theme in SuSE 10 ? TIA Chadley

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What has happened to the libpng.so.2
by Alexander S. Usov 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi! I have a binary, which requires libpng.so.2 to run. A quick check show that the last SuSE version it was included is 9.1 (compat-2004.4.2-3.i386.rpm). Will it work if I simply copy it somewhere into /usr/local/lib? -- Best regards, Alexander.

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Network interfaces swapped after using modem0
by Martin Mielke 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Dear list, I'm using my work-laptop (with built-in ethernet (eth0), WiFi (eth1), bluetooth and modem) to connect to the corporate LAN w/o problems. Because I'm also traveling I use the internal modem to access a dial-in service in order to access the internet. Assume a sequence like this for a normal working day: LAN connection (do some work) -> back home -> dial-in/modem connection after that, when I come to work the next day and want to access the LAN again it seems that the networking devices are swapped somehow... On the first boot the eth1 seems to be the primary network interface and eth0 doesn't get an IP address at all. So I must reboot everytime to get things working properly (eth0 as primary network device). This happens everytime I use the modem to connect to the internet before... Any ideas? TIA, Martin -- Martin Mielke - Systems Architect - martin.mielke(a)thales-is.com THALES Systems Division - http://www.thales-is.com/ Tel.: (+34) 91 556 92 62 - Fax: (+34) 91 556 42 40

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Laptop mode tools
by Alistair Hamilton 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi Is there a reason why there are no laptop mode tools included in 10.0? I cannot find anything in Yast to do the same job. Regards Alistair

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smartd
by B. Stia 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hello Suse people. I installed the smartmontools just to keep an eye on my two hard drives. Would be great to know if one of them is about to die. Run a check on them, say once a day, on boot-up? Read the smartd man page, all 1,616 lines of it. Very informative and very inconclusive. Doesn't tell me what to do. And I really don't need to know all of the options or everything about it. I just simply want to monitor the hard drives on a daily basis and send me an email message that everything is OK, or is not. I can run the commands individually from the cli. Soooo, humor me here please. How do I get it to do that? Bob S.

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Yast Error
by B. Stia 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hello SuSE people. Tonight I went to install the package sharutils from the 9.2 disks. It would not install and gave me the following error. I have no idea what it means. Anybody can explain/rectify this??? --------------------------------------------------------------------- ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed) --- error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for any help/guidance. Bob S.

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Kmail crashing with signal 6
by Rikard Johnels 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

My Kmail has started to mysteriously just die on me. I started it up from prompt and after a while it gave me: *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (out): 0x087dfb80 *** *** KMail got signal 6 (Crashing) And thats all she wrote... I have no clue on why... Bug in kmail? Bug in glibc? A well known feature in either? All i know is that it is very annoying. -- -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob : +46 (0)736 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Monitoring servers for problems
by Dana Jaeger 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Hi, I have heard that a product called Dell Openmanage exists to monitor events such as disk space usage, I/O rates, cpu utilization etc. Does any one know of this and where I can find more information on it. Are there other ways I can do this on SUSE 8 and 9 boxes. We do some checking on AIX and Solaris servers. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You Dana Jaeger Hartford Hospital Hartford, Connecticut, 06102 jaeger(a)harthosp.org 860-545-4212 ----------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information which is legally privileged. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please promptly contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

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ftpd command isn't there ... what is it? Where should it be?
by M.Blackmore 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

I'm still trying to get suse 10.0 gm onto my desktop (emailing here from a P200/128mb "server" until a network install works!). In the context of mounting a loopback dvd.iso image into a directory for export via nfs (which didn't work with an nfs error returned) it was suggested I mounted another way and then started an ftp "server" (I assume). The command to do this was suggested as ftpd -D However, this returned a - command not found in bash - error. What is ftpd? i.e. what is it starting up? Is there anything else in suse 9.3 that is supposed to do the same thing (different name or different program)? If it is on the installation, where would it live? And how do I direct the 'pooter to find it in its search path? Trying to get suse10.0 onto my desktop is proving quite an obstacle course. At least in windows I'd have some clue where to start poking about ... <takes cover> Good thing I'm into free/open source stuff for political/ideological reasons, eh? That's if I can get "in" to it...

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