December 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

no audio for xine
by Kostas Georgokitsos 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Under SUSE 10.0 with xine from Packman. When Trying to play a video I get "All Audio Drivers failed to initialize!" in Kaffeine, while in xine-ui I simply get no sound. Most interestingly though, playing music with Amarok and xine engine selected (backend set to autodetect) works perfectly. What can I do? Kostas

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Firefox freezes on print -- anyone else?
by Paul W. Abrahams 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I've been having a problem with Firefox 1.5 running under SuSE 10.0. When I print a web page, I get the correct printout and the printing window shows 100% completion. But the printing window won't close no matter what I do, and in fact the entire machine seems to be freezing up. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Googling for it has produced nothing. Paul

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How do Athlon users apreciate suse9.3-> opensuse 10
by Julien Michielsen 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Not long ago I put a Asus A8N-E with an Athlon-64 3000 into my machine, and bought a suse9.3 with it, as this was a version that supported the Athlon. I installed suse9.3 without problems. Last week I downloaded opensuse 10, and installed it as an upgrade to 9.3. First I installed 10.0 as a completely new system, but this gave me so many inconsisten- cies that I decided to restart installation from 9.3 as a root-system. I got this installed, but again with so many inconsistencies that I decided to go back to my 9.3 . How are other athlon-owners' experien- ces? Thank you -- Julien Michielsen julien(a)michkloo.xs4all.nl

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RE: [SLE] Problems with initrd after mkinitrd
by Patrick Freeman 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Hartung [mailto:suselinux@cehartung.com] <snip> > Each cloned drive should theoretically have /boot and initrd "land" in the > same physical location when the image is written, correct? Yet, sometimes > and > for unknown reasons, the clone doesn't completely "take" and you have to > reinstall Grub to make the system bootable. Hmm... interesting clue... > > Please tell me you meant "sector" as in LBA and *not* "cylinder" as in CHS > addressing? <shiver!><Ugh!> (Pardon my flashbacks...!) Yes, I meant sector 2082 -- I assumed a relationship here, which I am not totally sure about. <snip> > Your 40GB drives, mainboards and the BIOS are all contemporary enough to > support LBA, meaning the physical location of /boot and initrd is not an > issue... unless, of course, you accepted "Auto" in the BIOS' IDE drive > setup > and the default just happens to be CHS (required by M$haft.) I will check the default, we do leave it at auto, however. > Under that scenario, there *is* a possibility that the BIOS could be > calculating (and using) a geometry for the 'transplants' that doesn't > perfectly match the imaged partition table. > > > The adapter is passive. My main problem with a hardware based > > resolution, is that things work 100% of the time with installation > > Under this scenario, the drive starts it's service life out being prepped > and > used in situ under the same BIOS. Have any of *these* systems experienced > boot failures following mkinitrd? Indeed, this is the very issue. Installs are fine. > > > and probably something like 95-98% of the time with imaging (the > > only failures being the grub hangs which are usually corrected by > > grub re-install -- which I think are actually the same symptom > > (retrospectively) > > What is really missing in all of these discussions are the results of > meaningful forensics on all of the drives that are failing to boot. I > think > this approach would bear fruit more quickly than a twenty system lab > experiment (maybe it isn't as much *fun* but that's another topic...) I have taken the output of debugreiserfs -D <device> from two machines -- one which failed after mkinitrd and one that did not -- I was planning on looking at that as time permitted. I think you are alluding to actually reading the hex off of the drive though -- do you have a tool / scenario in mind? (and actually, I will need to do the 20 machine scenario for validation anyway. This is the real world issue that I will need to show has been corrected. I agree, however, that root causing the situation is more desireable -- but time / resources wise, If I can show that the problem is solved, I will not pursue it further, because I have so many other fish to fry). <snip> Thanks again ... PATRICK FREEMAN, SYSTEMS SPECIALIST Work: (949) 330-7699 Fax: (949) 330-7691 patrickf(a)datallegro.com www.datallegro.com Confidential: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized.

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Vera/DejaVu Fonts
by Felix Miata 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I just default installed OpenSuse 10.0/KDE yesterday, and neither the DejaVu nor Vera fonts were installed. I looked for them in the YaST software installer afterwards, and couldn't find either there either. Why aren't they there? Where are other SuSE users getting them? -- Jesus Christ is the reason for the season. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/

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Re: [SLE] Tech Support - Installation TaxACT Deluxe
by Kai Ponte 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

> On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 13:21 -0500, Ken Schneider wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 13:14 -0500, Allen Wilkinson wrote: > > > Will TaxACT run under WINE? > > > > > > Allen Wilkinson > > > > > > > > No. It will not run under wine -or- CrossOver Office. I have tried both > > although I do not have the latest version of CXO. It keeps complaining > > of not being able to create a file that it needs. > > > > > Downloaded the trial version of CodeWeavers ver. 5.0 and get the same > error: > > Unable to create empty document. > > Perhaps if enough people were to ask for support for TaxAct from > CodeWeavers it will run in a future release of CXO. I was just thinking of this as I got my latest promo copy of tax software. IMO, it would benefit Novell if they simply purchased one of the tax software prep companies. That would give them another "killer product" to promote *nix with. Of course, if they bought EA or Sierra or Encore, that would probably do more... -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part

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Problems with WiFi on OpenSUSE 10
by John Pettigrew 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Having just got a cheap iBook from my work (500MHz G3), I decided to install OpenSUSE 10 on it, and it went fine. Boots, runs KDE, no worry. Score one for the community version of OpenSUSE-PPC! I've used SuSE for years (since 7.3) on x86 but this is my first venture into the Linux-on-PPC world. There are, however, a few outstanding problems with this setup that I was hoping someone could help with. The main problem is my wireless network. I have just bought a wireless 802.11g router and dongle (matched pair from Buffalo) to allow the new laptop to connect to the wide world. The hardware basically works fine (at least, in unencrypted mode, a WinXP laptop can connect and browse; encryption is a whole other story). However, in SUSE, there are problems. The dongle is labelled on the box as a Buffalo USB AirStation G54 (WLI-U2-KG54). YaST recognised the dongle during installation and set it up as a MELCO WLI-U2-KG54 (Buffalo's website seems to call this device a WLI-U2-KG54-AI). The settings are: Device Name: wlan-bus-usb-2-1:1.0 IP address assigned using DHCP [the DHCP server of the router is enabled] Started automatically at boot However, if I use any of the tools that seem to be available to find a WiFi network (e.g. KWiFiManager), they say that there is no wireless interface, and hence cannot find the router. Any ideas on how to make this work? I'm fine with wired LANs (at home network level, anyway) but have never delved into wireless before. Thanks in advance for any help! John -- John Pettigrew http://john.pettigrew.org.uk/ http://john.pettigrew.org.uk/blog/

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No network connection && No Package Source defined
by Bert Plat 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Since I started using the profile switcher to change between the wifi & wired networks at home, and the wired one at work I have an odd problem (that is to say: my laptop exhibits an odd issue...) Whenever I boot up, there'll be no network connection. Only when I do the following: - start yast - go into network devices > network cards It'll come up with a Initializing Network Configuration screen. At the first check mark (Detect Network Devices), it'll stop with an error message: No Package Source Defined. - I click OK It'll show both the network devices (Intel Pro 2915ABG & Dell Latitude D400 (actually, mine is a D800, but as long as it works...)) - I hit next without changing anything ... and I have a working network connection again. This is kinda bothersome. Is there any way to fix this? -- Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Bert Plat / www.bertplat.nl Murphy's Law is recursive. Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.

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[SLE] Tech Support - Installation TaxACT Deluxe (fwd)
by Allen Wilkinson 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Will TaxACT run under WINE on Linux? If not, why not? Thanks, Allen Wilkinson ---- Address: Allen Wilkinson (phone) (216) 382-7613 1036 Pembrook Road (work) (216) 433-2075 Cleveland Heights, OH 44121 USA (INTERNET) aw(at)apk(dot)net __________________ Dear TaxACT Customer, Although there are no plans to release a Linux version of TaxACT at this time, Linux users can utilize our TaxACT Online Standard, Deluxe or Ultimate Bundle Versions. TaxACT will run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.X, 2000 and XP. If this still doesn't fix your problem then try our online service! Thank you for using TaxACT. Please let us know if you have any further questions. TaxACT Technical Support Support(a)taxact.com TS-343

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re suselinux 10
by Serge Naggar 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

hi and happy new year, after installing 10 I ran the automatic repair and: filesystem postfix showed up in need of repair and have consistently shown themselves to need repair whenever repair is run? Anybody know why? Can anybody tell me how to delete extra cd/dvd units which were changed. the machine recognizes the new one but I cannot remove the old ones which are no longer on the machine? Otherwise 10 runs smoothly best -- Cheers, Serge

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Recommendation for Gigabit PCMCIA card
by Andrej Simon 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello, I am going to buy a Gigabit PCMCIA card for my laptop. Can somebody recommend me a card with available Linux drivers? I have read, that the Netgear GAA511 and D-Link DGE-660TD uses Realtik chip 1869 and the driver is available for these cards. Can anybody confirm that? I am using Suse 9.3 and 10 on my laptop. Thanks in advance Andrej

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[+/-OT] Note to posters of direct emails to me
by Carlos E. R. 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm sent now and then direct replies or even questions off-list. I don't object to that. But pretty often, I can not replicate in kind, because those people mail servers are very strict and reject my direct emails. So, please, if you want an answer, ensure your mail address is reachable to me. If I originate the email, I will go out of my way to be able to send to you. But if it is an answer to a direct email to me, then no, sorry, I will not bother. Not my problem. (To the question about music: sorry, I don't know. I asked somebody else, but I will not be able to send it to you). Technical reason. (no need to read this, I have explained it several times). I can not often email direct to these people because I use postfix and I'm on dial up, dynamic IP. This I can not change. Why? My normal ISP, for instance, only accepts to relay my email if authenticate, and then only if the "from" address is theirs (this affects the address I use here). Another ISP does not use authentication, but instead the IP must be one of theirs; therefore, I can not use it as a relay host all of the time, only some times, and with some tinkering. Another ISP allows relaying but, I learnt recently, modifies the "envelope from" header to match the login name; in this way it is impossible to email to this list, as it only checks the envelope from. This probably violates some rfc or other, but I'm sure I can't convice them to change. Other ISPs in other countries may behave differently. Not here. It seems there are no independent reliable mail providers here, or I'm dumb at finding them out. Some people, now and then, have offered me the use of their servers so that I could relay my email through them; it is a very kind offer, but... no, I do not want to "use" friends in this way, I prefer to hire a local company here to which I can complain and get mad at, without endangering friendships ;-) - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDsV08tTMYHG2NR9URAuD+AJ9T19Rdfgey6IAP5QvlRTQUAQjbwACffHF+ ROnHDBRYMf6XcegXg2ds0ss= =ToDf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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/home partition-good or not so good?
by Susemail 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I've been having problems with my update to 10.0. So I decided to do a clean install and put my /home on a separate partition. Then I read 'Novell Cool Solutions Install Linux Frequently, Without the Hassle' article and I have a question. Here's part of the article: 5. Home Directory Maintenance One might ask, "Why not just make /home a separate partition, instead of making a separate /data partition?" The answer is simple, though unfortunate. There are user-specific configuration items stored in "dotfiles" (filenames starting with '.') in each user's home directory. For example, all KDE preferences are stored under the directory $HOME/.kde/. These files are often not backward compatible between versions of applications. The preference files in $HOME/.kde/ for KDE 3.2 are probably not compatible with KDE 3.3. This is even more true for Desktop preference files between different Linux distributions. 5.1. Setup the Data Partition While logged in as root, create a directory under /data for each user, and chown the directory to that user. mkdir /data/djones chown djones /data/djones You may also want to chmod the directory to mode 700 to give it greater protection. Now log in as the non-root user, and create a directory /data/djones/.etc. Move selected dotfiles from $HOME to this directory. For example, .ssh, .vmware, and .vslick. mv $HOME/{.ssh,.vmware,.vslick} /data/djones/.etc/ If these dotfiles don't exist yet, create empty directories in /data/djones/.etc/ instead of moving existing directories there. The idea is to select dotfiles which are known to maintain the same format and syntax between versions of the application, and which are painful to lose (such as .ssh). Through experience you will learn which dotfiles can safely be used across multiple versions of multiple distributions. 5.2. Symlinking to the Data Partition As the non-root user, create a symbolic link from $HOME to the data partition, and then symlink the dotfiles back to $HOME: ln -s /data/djones $HOME/data cd $HOME ln -s data/.etc/.[a-z]* . You may need to remove the corresponding existing dotfiles from $HOME before doing this. 5.3. Using the Customized Home Directory Put files that you want to be persistent across reinstalls under $HOME/data. Is this better than setting up a /home partition?

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kernel 2.6.14-3
by Patricio Bruna V. 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Anyone has the kernel-default and kernel-source 2.6.14-3? its the only one that works ok with my notebook, ACPI, Radeon (fglrx) and ipw2200. I try kernel-2.6.14-2 but had a problem with ipw2200 -- Patricio Bruna V. Jefe de Proyectos y Operaciones de Capacitación Linux Center Latin América http://www.linuxcenterla.com Edificio Birmann 24 Mariano Sanchez Fontecilla 310 Las Condes, Santiago - Chile Central : 56-2-483.4000 Directo : 56-2-483.4042 Fax : 56-2-483.4050

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Re: [opensuse] NVidia tainting kernel?
by Christian Lange 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

opensuse(a)opensuse.org schrieb am 27.12.05 15:50:02: > > On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 15:08 +0100, Christian Lange wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have installed Suse 10.0 this morning. Everything worked fine. My > > Graphics card is "NVidia GeForce 2 Ti". Since the "nv" driver that is > > built into Suse doesn´t support 3D, and the nvidia-driver, which I can > > download using YAST, does not do anything at all (big *slap* for the > > Suse developers), > > And what makes you think it does nothing? Works fine for probably > everybody else. Just take a look at the frame rate difference between > the two. I can antivate it for download in YAST, but after downloading, Suse still uses nv, even after a reboot. A friend of mine also hast Suse 10.0 and a NVidia Geforce FX something, and the Suse NVidia drivers are working fine for his card. Just not for mine. > > > I decided to download and install the original NVidia driver. So I > > got "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run" (later versions do not > > support the GeForce2 Ti any more - I don´t know why). > > "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run -q" installed the driver, a > > kernel module was built, successful. Afterward, i executed "sax2 -m > > 0=nvidia" to configure my screen. 3D Support was available at this > > point and I was happy. :) > > But after a reboot, the driver didn´t work anymore. I searched the > > internet and found out that I have to modify > > the /etc/udev/static-devices.txt and add these lines: > > nvidia0 c 195 0 666 > > nvidia1 c 195 1 666 > > nvidia2 c 195 2 666 > > nvidia3 c 195 3 666 > > nvidia4 c 195 4 666 > > nvidia5 c 195 5 666 > > nvidia6 c 195 6 666 > > nvidia7 c 195 7 666 > > nvidiactl c 195 255 666 > > Now everything was working fine, event a reboot could not destroy the > > diver module. > > > > Then, I made an online update using YAST. Since I have done this > > update, the nvidia driver doesn´t work anymore (I could use "nv" > > instead, but this does not provide 3D-Support). dmesg told my > > something about it, and I think the important lines are: > > nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > > This is -not- an unusual occurrence. The VMware modules do the same > thing. > > > nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' > > > > What is this? How can the module "taint" the kernel? A new > > installation of the driver doesn´t solve the problem. > > > > Thanks, Chris > > > > > > ======================== > > Full dmesg: > > It was -NOT- necessary to send the entire dmesg output to only show that > the module "taints" the kernel. > > > nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > > nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' > > > nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. > > nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' > > > nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. > > nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' > > -- > Ken Schneider > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org > __________________________________________________________________ Nur bis 31.12.: 1&1 DSL mit WEB.DE Preisvorteil! Jetzt einsteigen und die Vorteile sichern! http://1und1dsl.web.de/?mc=021130

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Re: [opensuse] support for hda=remap command
by David Flood 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Thank you sir. I will try that when I get home from work and let everyone know if it works. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke(a)gwdg.de> Sent: Nov 9, 2005 3:35 AM /etc/modprobe.conf.local is the right place for special module options, also for those which make it into initrd.

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Re: [opensuse] NVidia tainting kernel?
by Christian Lange 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

As an answer: I´m using this GeForce2 Ti for a long time, under Linux. In former times, I had Mandrake Linux 9.1,9.2, then 9.3. The graphics worked fine. Then I had Suse 9.1, the graphics worked fine. Only with 10.0, there are problems. Even in the original NVidia drivers, the support for GeForce2 Ti and GTS is disabled, which forced me to use a pretty old version. But after I installed it, sax is showing me the checkbox that 3D is working. But after a reboot, this is gone. opensuse(a)opensuse.org schrieb am 27.12.05 16:01:20: > > On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 09:40 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 December 2005 9:08 am, Christian Lange wrote: > > > Then, I made an online update using YAST. Since I have done this update, > > > the nvidia driver doesn´t work anymore (I could use "nv" instead, but this > > > does not provide 3D-Support). dmesg told my something about it, and I > > > think the important lines are: nvidia: module not supported by Novell, > > > setting U taint flag. > > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > > > nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' > > > > > > What is this? How can the module "taint" the kernel? A new installation of > > > the driver doesn´t solve the problem. > > > > 3D isn't working in the last 12 or so installs I've done.....users are NOT > > happy, and not all boxen have nVidia, but most do. I don't know what happened > > in SUSE 10.0, but once again, this is some of the stuff that keeps new users > > away from Linux!! > > > > Fred > > > > Then you are doing something wrong. The Nvidia driver install using YOU > does work. It has worked in -every- install/upgrade I have done since I > started to use an Nvidia graphics card. As has been stated many times in > the SUSE english list the 3D checkbox will -not- be selected when > checking with sax2 but 3d -is- turned on. The tell tail sign that 3D is > working is the Nvidia splash screen showing when "X" starts up. > > -- > Ken Schneider > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org > ______________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://f.web.de/?mc=021193

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Re: [opensuse] NVidia tainting kernel?
by Christian Lange 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Yes, there is (at least partially). On the NVidia-Webpage is a file calles "nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html". And it worked until I installed an online Update through YAST, since then Suse keeps saying that the driver is tainting the kernel. opensuse(a)opensuse.org schrieb am 27.12.05 16:31:18: > > So is it, or is it not necessary to download the Nvidia driver from the > Nvidia site? I use a Nvidia Quadro Pro 2 and 3D seems not to work. If I > start a game that needs 3D it says that I do not have 3D support. Is there a > howto that also applies to SUSE 10 / Nvidia? > > > 2005/12/27, Clayton <smaug42(a)gmail.com>: > > > > >> Then you are doing something wrong. The Nvidia driver install using YOU > > >> does work. It has worked in -every- install/upgrade I have done since I > > >> started to use an Nvidia graphics card. As has been stated many times > > in > > >> the SUSE english list the 3D checkbox will -not- be selected when > > >> checking with sax2 but 3d -is- turned on. The tell tail sign that 3D is > > >> working is the Nvidia splash screen showing when "X" starts up. > > > > > > Correct, and guess what - it's NOT working in a LOT of boxen! > > > > > > Hmmm I've installed SUSE10 on a LOT of computers too... probably 20 or > > 30 now, and every single one with nVidia cards has worked perfectly. > > Teh few that have had ATI have been a nightmare (but eventually did work > > in the end). > > > > So far, the only time I've heard of anyone having problems with nVidia > > on SUSE10 is from reports from Fred on this list. I don't know what the > > specific circumstances are for you Fred, but... I've never experienced > > any problems with nVidia on 10.0 (on an almost random combination of > > hardware). 3D has always worked on the very first try after installing > > the nVidia drivers using YAST - this is always done on the initial > > install. 3D acceleration works, and all customers/friends/acquaintances > > that I've assisted with 10.0 installs are all very happy. > > > > C. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstarkeren E-Mail-Postfach! Mehr Infos unter http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131

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NVidia tainting kernel?
by Christian Lange 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi I have installed Suse 10.0 this morning. Everything worked fine. My Graphics card is "NVidia GeForce 2 Ti". Since the "nv" driver that is built into Suse doesn´t support 3D, and the nvidia-driver, which I can download using YAST, does not do anything at all (big *slap* for the Suse developers), I devided to download and install the original NVidia driver. So I got "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run" (later versions do not support the GeForce2 Ti any more - I don´t know why). "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run -q" installed the driver, a kernel module was built, successfull. Afterward, i executed "sax2 -m 0=nvidia" to configure my screen. 3D Support was available at this point and I was happy. :) But after a reboot, the driver didn´t work anymore. I searched the internet and found out that I have to modify the /etc/udev/static-devices.txt and add these lines: nvidia0 c 195 0 666 nvidia1 c 195 1 666 nvidia2 c 195 2 666 nvidia3 c 195 3 666 nvidia4 c 195 4 666 nvidia5 c 195 5 666 nvidia6 c 195 6 666 nvidia7 c 195 7 666 nvidiactl c 195 255 666 Now everything was working fine, event a reboot could not destroy the diver module. Then, I made an online update using YAST. Since I have done this update, the nvidia driver doesn´t work anymore (I could use "nv" instead, but this does not provide 3D-Support). dmesg told my something about it, and I think the important lines are: nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' What is this? How can the module "taint" the kernel? A new installation of the driver doesn´t solve the problem. Thanks, Chris ======================== Full dmesg: Linux version 2.6.13-15-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000000e8000 - 00000000000ea000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 000000001fff8000 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 000000001fff8000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000ffee0000 - 00000000fff00000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) 0MB HIGHMEM available. 511MB LOWMEM available. On node 0 totalpages: 131056 DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1 Normal zone: 126960 pages, LIFO batch:31 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 DMI 2.3 present. ACPI: RSDP (v000 AMI ) @ 0x000fa250 ACPI: RSDT (v001 AMIINT SiS740XX 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000b) @ 0x1fff0000 ACPI: FADT (v001 AMIINT SiS740XX 0x00000011 MSFT 0x0100000b) @ 0x1fff0030 ACPI: MADT (v001 AMIINT SiS740XX 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000b) @ 0x1fff00c0 ACPI: DSDT (v001 SiS 740 0x00000100 MSFT 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000 ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x808 ACPI: local apic disabled Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 20000000:dec00000) Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 resume=/dev/hda2 splash=silent bootsplash: silent mode. Initializing CPU#0 PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 32768 bytes) Detected 1466.906 MHz processor. Using pmtmr for high-res timesource Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Memory: 513616k/524224k available (2028k kernel code, 10016k reserved, 700k data, 204k init, 0k highmem) Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok. Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 2935.64 BogoMIPS (lpj=5871299) Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized SELinux: Disabled at boot. Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: CLK_CTL MSR was 6003d22f. Reprogramming to 2003d22f CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) CPU: After all inits, caps: 0383fbff c1c3fbff 00000000 00000020 00000000 00000000 00000000 Intel machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ stepping 01 Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. checking if image is initramfs... it is Freeing initrd memory: 1746k freed ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initrd... not found! not found! ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c20) NET: Registered protocol family 16 ACPI: bus type pci registered PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb01, last bus=2 PCI: Using configuration type 1 ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050408 ACPI: Interpreter enabled ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] segment is 0 Uncovering SIS963 that hid as a SIS503 (compatible=0) Enabling SiS 96x SMBus. Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] ACPI: Power Resource [URP1] (off) ACPI: Power Resource [URP2] (off) ACPI: Power Resource [FDDP] (off) ACPI: Power Resource [LPTP] (off) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 10 11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 10 11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 10 11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *10 11 12 14 15) Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay pnp: PnP ACPI init pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report TC classifier action (bugs to netdev(a)vger.kernel.org cc hadi(a)cyberus.ca) PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0 IO window: disabled. MEM window: cdd00000-cfefffff PREFETCH window: bda00000-cdbfffff apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac) apm: overridden by ACPI. audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(1135693469.948:1): initialized Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0 VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes) Initializing Cryptographic API vesafb: framebuffer at 0xc0000000, mapped to 0xe0880000, using 10240k, total 65536k vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x16, linelength=2560, pages=1 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:bdb0 vesafb: scrolling: redraw vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6> silentjpeg size 112645 bytes,<6>...found (1280x1024, 17839 bytes, v3). Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 158x59 fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 64000K size 1024 blocksize loop: loaded (max 8 devices) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice input: PC Speaker md: md driver 0.90.2 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 md: bitmap version 3.38 NET: Registered protocol family 2 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 IP route cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 Using IPI Shortcut mode ACPI wakeup devices: PCI0 PS2M PS2K UAR1 USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 S139 LAN MDM AUD SLPB ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5) Freeing unused kernel memory: 204k freed Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:02.5 SIS5513: chipset revision 0 SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later SIS5513: SiS 962/963 MuTIOL IDE UDMA133 controller ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA Probing IDE interface ide0... input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1 hda: WDC WD600AB-00BVA0, ATA DISK drive hdb: ST38641A, ATA DISK drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: max request size: 128KiB hda: 117231408 sectors (60022 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100) hda: cache flushes not supported hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hdb: max request size: 128KiB hdb: 16809660 sectors (8606 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=16676/16/63, UDMA(33) hdb: cache flushes not supported hdb: hdb1 Probing IDE interface ide1... hdc: _NEC DV-5700B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: SONY CD-RW CRX185E3, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1]) hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 hdd: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33) Attempting manual resume swsusp: Suspend partition has wrong signature? ReiserFS: hda3: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal ReiserFS: hda3: using ordered data mode ReiserFS: hda3: journal params: device hda3, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30 ReiserFS: hda3: checking transaction log (hda3) ReiserFS: hda3: Using r5 hash to sort names bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. Adding 1036184k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel(a)redhat.com NTFS driver 2.1.23 [Flags: R/W MODULE]. NTFS volume version 3.1. parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). NET: Registered protocol family 10 Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c036b920(lo) IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0 shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4 Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones agpgart: Detected SiS 746 chipset agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000 ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team i2c-sis96x version 1.0.0 sis96x_smbus 0000:00:02.1: SiS96x SMBus base address: 0x0c00 ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 248 bytes per conntrack usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] enabled at IRQ 5 PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKE] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: irq 5, io mem 0xcfffd000 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] enabled at IRQ 5 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.1[B] -> Link [LNKF] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: irq 5, io mem 0xcfffe000 hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' ohci1394: $Rev: 1299 $ Ben Collins <bcollins(a)debian.org> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[11] MMIO=[cfffb800-cfffbfff] Max Packet=[2048] ACPI-0212: *** Warning: Device is not power manageable ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 10 PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.2[D] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: EHCI Host Controller ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: irq 10, io mem 0xcffff000 PCI: cache line size of 64 is not supported by device 0000:00:03.2 ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 6 ports detected sis900.c: v1.08.08 Jan. 22 2005 ACPI-0212: *** Warning: Device is not power manageable ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 0000:00:04.0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1. 0000:00:04.0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xdc00, IRQ 11, 00:0a:e6:98:db:73. 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.2 (Mar 22, 2004) 8139cp: pci dev 0000:00:0d.0 (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip 8139cp: Try the "8139too" driver instead. 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe177a700, 00:50:fc:ad:cd:e1, IRQ 11 eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5 gameport: ES1938 is pci0000:00:0a.0/gameport0, io 0xc800, speed 1065kHz ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[001106000099d044] bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 2 devices found NET: Registered protocol family 17 eth1: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14 <tigran(a)veritas.com> microcode: CPU0 not a capable Intel processor microcode: No new microcode data for CPU0 IA-32 Microcode Update Driver v1.14 unregistered bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on powernow-k8: Processor cpuid 681 not supported bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on eth1: no IPv6 routers present bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.4 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=109 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=5 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=89 subfs 0.9 end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 subfs: unsuccessful attempt to mount media (256) cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.4 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=109 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=6 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=89 SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.4 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=109 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=7 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=89 nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.4 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=109 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=8 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=89 nvidia: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_DeviceFileUID' SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth1 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.4 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=109 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=9 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=89 __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstarkeren E-Mail-Postfach! 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RE: [SLE] Problems with initrd after mkinitrd
by Patrick Freeman 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Hartung [mailto:suselinux@cehartung.com] <snip> > "Identical" is a matter of granularity. At some "magnification" > differences > begin to appear. Clearly, these systems cannot actually be "identical" or > they'd all fall over or boot correctly. Agreed. > Maybe the boot failures are just a symptom of a problem being introduced > at > write time. If the process somehow pushes the drives and/or subsystems > right > up to their performance limit, could it be that some are drifting into the > margin and writing flaky images? You bring up another good point -- one that I'd like to compare with something Carlos Robinson brings up in a minute, but the problem itself doesn't happen during/after imaging, typically, but when there is some change that I need to apply to a set of previously imaged and working machines. So the question I guess becomes -- is there a problem that occurs as you state during the initrd build? So the notes that you and Carlos mention lead me to this question: Is there maybe in issue with the way Reiserfs handles this update such that sometimes it writes the new file to a place which is not accessible during boot? > > Could the driver be contributing to this (is it running on the system > you're > using to write the images?) Yes, the driver is running fine on many systems -- including the one from which we are imaging. Thanks to you both (Carl and Carlos) for the insightful questions -- I think I am going to look at where the files (intird) are written on the disk between failing nodes and non-failing nodes. Do you have any input on what the simplest tool would be to see physical disk location with Reiserfs? (debugreiserfs -m )? Anyway, if that is true -- perhaps the solution is to use a separate partition for/boot (which would also allow using a different filesystem for /boot). I don't see any reason why Reiserfs would be at issue, other than this, but what are your opinions (Carl and Carlos or anyone else) on using a separate /boot partition and also for using Reiserfs as the /boot filesystem? Thanks, again.

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apt-get on suse 9.3
by Joe Zien 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I installed 9.3 and am very happy with it. I am familiar wit the debian distributions and they use the debian package system, not RPM. I understand you can use apt-get on suse, is there a how-to on setting up apt-get and debian package system on suse?. One reason I want to use apt-get on suse is that I couldn't get kinternet to get on the internet wit dial-up. I used my debian system, libranet 3.0 to download pppconfig.deb and convert it to a .rpm package using alien and install it. I copied "pon" and "poff" from my libranet and installed them in /usr/bin. Ran pppconfig in suse 9.3 and now I can get on the internet I had this same problem on every suse version I tried to install. jozien

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Win to 9.2 convert
by B Stia 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello SuSE people, Been trying to convert my son from Windoz to Linux for several years now. Finally he had enough of the Windoz problems that he agreed to let me install my 9.2 on his machine. Popped in my 9.2 disk, the SuSE splash screen came up and then I got a message in a little square box that stated: "Out of Range." and gave the following numbers. "Hf46.4 Vf 86hz" and gave the proper ranges of, "30-80khz Hf & 55-75 khz Vf" So his monitor, a 17" lcd is evidently out of range. The machine froze at this point and would not proceed. Have never seen this before. Has anyone seen this before or can help me get around this? Related, or maybe not, and the final straw was, when he couldn't get past this "blue screen" message in W98. This was coincidentally ? or not ? right after he had installed a new additional DVD drive. The message was: An OE exception has occurred at 0028:00000002 in VxD ---This was called from 0028:C1C 33500 in VxD voltrack (04) blah blah,blah. Is this the same thing as what I saw in the SuSE install screen? (If you know or even care) Bob S. PS Am cross posting this to my local LUG here in South Florida. I know that is a no-no, But......Here is my chance. Need help!

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ipod nano
by Phil Burness 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

I got an ipod nano for christmas :-) I'm about to try it with my favourite Op-Sys - anybody got any tips or advice? Phil -- Phil Burness Linux User since 1991 - currently using SuSE 9.3 Warrington - United Kingdom

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Limitations of SuSe Linux 10 "Live DVD" !!
by Prasad, Rajeev, NEO 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello, I am planning to use SuSe Linux 10 Live-DVD for practicing Linux. Although, I can install any version on my laptop and work, but I dont want to disturb/touch my 'Windows' laptop just for practicing Linux, then I heard of run-from-DVD Linux, and I want to try it. My question is: With Live-DVD can I do things like make/remove files/directories, change config of apps and OS, ifconfig, du, dk, vi, awk, perl... etc. Also, would I be able to install/remove packages and patches? (or simulate atleast) Please help me with your advice. Thanks and regards, Rajeev Prasad "Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue... -Confucius" *** ATT <http://www.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/index.html> milestones***

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A punto de tirar la toalla...
by Pablo Jimenez 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hola usuarios de la lista. Estoy muy interesado en aprender más de Linux, deseo realmente dejar a Win XP de lado pero no encuentro las aplicaciones para reemplazarlas en Linux. En fin, quiero aprender más pero no se donde informarme, ¿me pueden pasar algún sitio donde me pueda documentar? ¿algún buen libro que me puedan recomendar? Recientemente traté de instalar un puño de codecs para los videos AVI, WMV o MOV, consegui todos los archivos recomendados de una lista pero nómas nada salio bien, edito audio en Windows, consegui un editor para Linux pero tampoco lo pude instalar; !muchísimas dependencias¡ (Estoy enterado que se utilizan privilegios de root para instalar) Se que se puede configurar que se utilicen o se busquen las mismas en la Internet, pero no tengo banda ancha, por lo que instalar algunos programas sería tardadísimo. Aquí es donde me viene la gran pregunta: ¿Realmente me conviene Linux? En los demás SO, todos los programas vienen completos aunque hay que pagar por ellos, no se les puede modificar, pero yo que realmente no se mucho o casi nada para su modificación pues es algo que no me viene. Al menos para mi, es más un problema que una solución. Les agradezco la referencia de antemano. Pablo Jiménez alejandro_jimenez(a)piagui.com

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