February 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Network card + CPU load
by Hans du Plooy 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi everybody, I have noticed that on my workstation (P-III 1ghz, 512mb, Intel chipset, 100mbit 3com network), I can copy stuff over the network at about 8-9mb/s at the best of times. When I do this, my CPU usage is quite high. I notice the same thing on my home PC (2ghz Athlon, 384mb, Via chipset, SMC network card - tulip driver). On both these machines the CPU load seems to be directly proportional to the transfer rate on the network interface. I can only assume that his is because both these cards do a lot of the hard work in software, in the driver. Can anyone confirm/deny/explain this? Either ways, our office would be migrating to a gigabit network soon, and I'm tasked with finding good network cards. Can anyone recommend a gigabit network chipset that fully implemented in hardware - i.e. the network card itself does all the heavy lifting. I'm looking for someting that would affect the CPU usage as little as possible. Thank you -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za

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Re: [suse-sles-e] Trying to update to the latest SLES
by Thorsten Kukuk 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

On Wed, Feb 02, David Hunter wrote: > I am creating a reference system that we use to build a set of tools against > that are sensitive to changes in the kernel. I need to be able to build the > tools for each incremental patch as they are released. I need to download > both the source and binary versions of the patch. > > I am starting with the SLES 9 SP1 build -- both x86 and AMD -- (call this > Build-X). I then clone the system and add a single kernel patch to it and > call it X.1. When another patch is released, I take the X.1 and apply the > patch and store this as X.2. I continue to do this so I have a series of > baseline kits up to X.n. > > What I would like to know is what kernel patches have been released since > SLES 9 SP1 and which do I download. So far, I have come up with the > following that I believe are the only kernel-patches I need to download so > far and apply to the baseline SP1: > > Name Last modified > Size > kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm 13-Dec-2004 16:53 [..] > Is this correct? No, this is for SLES9 GA, not SLES9 SP1. There is no kernel update for SLES9 SP1 yet. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ kukuk(a)suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5 D-90409 Nuernberg -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = A368 676B 5E1B 3E46 CFCE 2D97 F8FD 4E23 56C6 FB4B

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Evolution
by Hans du Plooy 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi guys, I was wondering, is it possible to disable this Outlook-2003-esque block at the bottom left corner of Evolution 2? It's taking up unnecessary space on smaller monitors. Thanks --- Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za

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trying to connect to a windows workgroup for print sharing
by Joe Brockert 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I'm running out of ideas, Unfortunately I must work within a window workgroup environment. I have a printer that is connected to a windows that is setup for sharing. Other windows machines can use it so I know its being shared. I have suse 9.2 running. Things I've tried. control center/Internet & network/local network browsing....I have setuup a username(Administrator), password, and workqroup. Not sure what I should use in the MS Windows encoding field. then I try control center/utilities/printer/print manager/ run the add wizard, select SMB shared printer(windows), provide user/pwd of Administrator/password, and fire off scan that finds nothing I've tried adding the workgroup, server name printer name, but I can't get to the printer. I've setup my hosts file with the printer server address and windows name I've tried control center/yast2 modules/network service/samba client, and try a browse, nothing shows up. forced a workgroup name, still nothing. any ideas where to look next?....joe

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Can't choose Gnome 2.8 in KDM (with gnome-session installed)
by Raúl Moratalla 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hello, I installed using apt-get the rpm's for Gnome 2.8 provided by James Ogley but I can't choose Gnome in Kdm. I installed gnome-session so I don't know why this happens. How could I solve this? Cheers, Raúl

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Multiple Video Cards
by L. Mark Stone 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I have a Matrox Millenium G450 dual-head AGP video card running under SuSE Pro 9.2 just fine. No 3D, but I don't need 3D. What I do need is a third and fourth monitor on my desk. There is a PCI version of the dual-head G550 that is less than $150. (The Matrox 4-head cards are very, very expensive...) Anyone have experience successfully running two video cards under SuSE 9.2 Pro? Thanks, Mark -- _________________________________________________________ A Message From... L. Mark Stone Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC "We manage your network so you can manage your business." 477 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 Tel: (207) 772-5678 Web: http://www.rnome.com

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Re: [SLE] USB to serial Cable under SuSE 9.2
by Paul Penrod 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Sid, Thank you for the procedure. I just located the solution (in addition to yours). While this is NOT a recommended way to solve this, I pass this along in case anyone else fat fingers their distro with respect to updates. Even though I had updated 9.2 as of 31 Jan 2005, I did not reboot the laptop. Thus, I was still running the 2.6.8-5 version of the kernel rather than the 2.6.8-24.11 version. Big difference with respect to the USB Serial support. I noticed this once I started poking around in /boot and then comparing the dmesg file with 'uname -r'. I mistakenly figure that the 2.6.8-* versions of the kernel were similar enough that all the support for USB was there. Wrong assumption. Once I rebooted the laptop, the new kernel found and configured correctly the the USB cable, and MINICOM found /dev/ttyUSB0 without complaint. Here is the dmesg output: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 11, io base 00001800 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb usb1: Product: UHCI Host Controller usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default uhci_hcd usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 11, io base 00001820 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default uhci_hcd usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1 hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 11, io base 00001840 uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default uhci_hcd usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2 hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using address 2 usb 2-1: Product: Microsoft Trackball Optical usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 3 * ***** See Here *** **usb 2-2: Product: USB SERIAL CANSERTOR usb 2-2: Manufacturer: FIDI usb 2-2: SerialNumber: FTBT8RZI* hw_random hardware driver 1.0.0 loaded ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64 ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 11, pci mem f9174000 ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7 ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10 usb usb4: Product: EHCI Host Controller usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default ehci_hcd usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7 ....<snip> usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3 usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using address 4 usb 2-1: Product: Microsoft Trackball Optical usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft Adding 2096472k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:42 extents:1 * *** See Here *** usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 5 usb 2-2: Product: USB SERIAL CANSERTOR usb 2-2: Manufacturer: FIDI usb 2-2: SerialNumber: FTBT8RZI* ....<snip> drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0 * ***** See Here *** **drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI SIO drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI 8U232AM Compatible drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI FT232BM Compatible drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for FTDI FT2232C Compatible* drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for USB-UIRT Infrared Tranceiver drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Home-Electronics TIRA-1 IR Transceiver * ***** See Here **** * ftdi_sio 2-2:1.0: FTDI FT232BM Compatible converter detected usb 2-2: FTDI FT232BM Compatible converter now attached to ttyUSB0 usbcore: registered new driver ftdi_sio drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c: v1.4.1:USB FTDI Serial Converters Driver* usbcore: registered new driver hiddev evdev_connect: evdev c18efb40 handle c18efb5c name event4 input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1 usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver Regards, ...Paul Sid Boyce wrote: > Sid Boyce wrote: > >> Paul Penrod wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> I'm a bit stumped here and hope someone has seen this before. >>> >>> I just bought a USB->serial cable from PCClub. It's advertised >>> as a USB 2.0 Certified Interface (usbview diagrees with that), and >>> SuSE does recognize it, but I can not get minicom to talk to it. >>> When I set it to /dev/ttyUSB0 or any USB tagged port, it comes >>> back and complains that the port is not found. >>> >>> I have it plugged into the top USB slot of the laptop. >>> >>> What I need it for is to configure telecom equipment that uses >>> serial ports for the interface (VT100 9600/N/8/1). I've been playing >>> with this for about a day and need to move on or get it to work. >>> >>> Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll even buy a different >>> cable if >>> there is one proven to work. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> ...Paul >>> >>> Here are the particulars: >>> >>> OS SuSE 9.2 (updated 1/31/05 from the Chicago Site). >>> Kernel: Stock SuSE 2.6.8-24.11 >>> Computer: IBM Thinkpad T42p 1GB memory, 60GB disk >>> >>> USBview output: >>> USB SERIAL CANSERTOR >>> Manufacturer: FIDI >>> Serial Number: FTBT8RZI >>> Speed: 12 MB/sec (full) >>> USB Version: 1.10 >>> Device Class: 00 (>ifc) >>> Device Subclass: 00 >>> Device Protocol: 00 >>> Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8 >>> Number of Configurations: 1 >>> Vendor ID: 0403 >>> Product ID: 6001 >>> Revision Number: 4.00 >>> Configuration Number: 1 >>> Number of Interfaces: 1 >>> Attributes: a0 >>> Max Power Needed: 44 mA >>> Interface Number: 0 >>> Name: (none) >>> Alternate Number: 0 >>> Class: ff (vend) >>> Subclass: 0 >>> Protocol: 0 >>> Number of Endpoints: 2 >>> End Point Address: 81 >>> Direction: in >>> Attribute: 2 >>> Type: Bulk >>> Max Packet Size: 64 >>> Interval: 0 ms >>> End Point Address: 02 >>> Direction: out >>> Attribute: 2 >>> Type: Bulk >>> Max Packet Size: 64 >>> Interval: 0 ms >>> >>> >> >> Have a look at this article, this may be a way to do it, I may try it >> later. >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6573 >> Regards >> Sid. > > > Hmmmm... surprise, it works - I have CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y, but > there may be a module for the SuSE kernels. > Boycie:/ftp/jan05/udev-050 # lsusb > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05a9:a511 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV511+ > WebCam > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial > ========= > Port > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > Boycie:/ftp/jan05/udev-050 # rmmod pl2303 > Boycie:/ftp/jan05/udev-050 # rmmod usbserial > Boycie:/ftp/jan05/udev-050 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0x067b > product=0x2303 > > Boycie:/ftp/jan05/udev-050 # kermit > C-Kermit 8.0.211, 10 Apr 2004, for Linux > Copyright (C) 1985, 2004, > Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. > Type ? or HELP for help. > (/ftp/jan05/udev-050/) C-Kermit>set line /dev/ttyUSB0 > (/ftp/jan05/udev-050/) C-Kermit>set carrier-watch off > (/ftp/jan05/udev-050/) C-Kermit>c > Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0, speed 9600 > Escape character: Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS): enabled > Type the escape character followed by C to get back, > or followed by ? to see other options. > > Regards > Sid.

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Firewall headaches with NFS
by Dan 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

HI there all. Snowy weather over here in Denmark. What's the weather like where you are? I have been trying to setup a NFS server and a NFS client this afternoon. Two linux machines. I can get it to work via YAST on both machines but only if I DEACTIVATE the firewall on the server. (there is no firewall running on the client, though I'd to set that up as well at some point.) I have been surfing the net trying to find out what ports to open and have discovered that the NFS ports are dynamic. I tried opening ports 111, 2049 as well as 2100:2499 and 600:1399 but still without success. The client can only connect to the server if the firewall is off. Any ideas? Sorry, this is probably just a stupid newbie question! Hope you can help. Regards, Dan

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DVD burning initial attempt -- success and problems too!
by Christopher Carlen 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi: I just got some Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 8x and Verbatim DataLifePlus DVD+RW 4x media, good stuff. I intend to fry it in my new Panasonic SW-9573C burner. I have been successful using it so far with DVD-RAM media (a totally different world, since that is just like a hard drive partition drag/drop etc.) and also with CD-R(W) media. But now I tried it out with DVD media. Oddly I was succesful at burning a data DVD-RW with K3B, though there are some issues that I'd like to resolve. First, I put each of the DVD+R(W) media types into the drive and typed: > cdrecord dev=ATA:2,0,0 -atip and expected to see manufacturer info like I get with CD-R(W)s. Instead I got this: [...snip...] Vendor_info : 'MATSHITA' Identifikation : 'DVD-RAM SW-9573S' Revision : 'AZH3' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO ATIP start of lead in: -150 (00:00/00) Disk type: unknown dye (reserved id code) Manuf. index: -1 Manufacturer: unknown (not in table) The same "unknown" result was returned for both media. I was quite worried by this. I did not yet understand that it seems growisofs is used to burn DVDs, as I had heard of that program, but thought it was just the filesystem mastering program. Feeling brave I fired up K3b after updating everything with YOU, and created a new DVD data project. I set it up like this: Speed = auto (it only goes up to 2x!!!, why not 4x or 8x?) Writing mode = DAO Verify written data = <checked> And clicked "BURN" After writing the image a dialog popped: "waiting for disk K3b", "Found media DVD+RW (complete)", "Please insert an empty DVD+-R(W) medium into the drive". Clicking the load, then the eject followed by load, didn't result in progress. I had to click "Force." (With a CD-RW, it would have said "found rewriteable media...erase?" and I would have clicked "Yes") Then it seemed to proceed to burn the disk. But the bar graphs for "writing data" and "buffer status" didn't show anything. It did write at about 4x, so that was good. It completed writing and successfully verified the disk. Then I could mount it in Konqueror, and the files were there. I unmounted and tried to do it again and then: TROUBLE!!! The next time I repeated the whole process, but because it seems unable to properly detect the DVD+RW media, it doesn't blank it. So the re-write failed. This is where I stand now. I think I need to figure out how to blank DVD+RW media to continue. I certainly don't plan on using DVD+RW media as DVD+R ! Any clues? Why doesn't the media get detected properly? UPDATE: I tried writing the media again, and now for several tries in a row it writes it! It even verifies. When I mount it I get this: mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified But still the files show in Konqueror. Uhg!! The next few tries mounting give the error message one more time, then several successive mounts do not complain. Hmm. I'd say DVD burning at this stage is flaky and something I don't want to trust yet. Unless I can get this stuff stabilized. Where do I go from here? Thanks for input. Good day! -- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle(a)sandia.gov

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Apt, and delta rpm
by Örn Einar Hansen 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi, I'm wondering if there are any apt repository folks, from gwdg.de on this list. Updating via apt now, gets the following results: <snip lot of equivalent entries snip> 50:libsmbclient-32bit ########################################### [ 94%] error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic If I use rpm directly on the above, I get that the reason for the break, is that the package is a delta rpm, and that it needs to be converted to an rpm first. So my question is, what is the point of having delta rpm's in apt's repository, if it can't do it?

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