November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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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