March 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

synaptic problem
by Keith Powell 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

I run SUSE9.2, but decided to install 9.1 on a spare hard drive so that I could try James' version of Gnome2.8. Then I installed APT, libraries, Lua and Synaptic to download the packages. They installed OK and Synaptic got all the headers from the repositories. But Synaptic won't run after this first time. When starting it from a terminal, it tries to load the headers from the hard drive, and then fails with this error message: (synaptic:4203): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1827 (gtk_widget_hide): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed Segmentation fault I have never had this before, and can't find anything about it in either the archives or on google. I ran Synaptic and 9.1 very successfully for many months. I have installed everything I can find on the 9.1 disks regarding GTK, but synaptic still won't run. The versions are the ones specified for SUSE9.1 on the linux01.gwdg.de site. Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks Keith

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RE: [SLE] Eclipse 3.0 on 9.2 [SOLVED]
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Thanks - I found it. And, right at the beginning of the log was an IOException: "mozilla: not found" Wish I'd found this yesterday...:) Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- cleary_mike(a)emc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. -----Original Message----- From: Gustavo Dutra [mailto:gdutra@topsystems.com.uy] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:40 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] Eclipse 3.0 on 9.2 [SOLVED] > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com [mailto:Cleary_Mike@emc.com] > Enviado el: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:33 AM > Para: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Asunto: RE: [SLE] Eclipse 3.0 on 9.2 [SOLVED] > > > As it turns out, Eclipse uses mozilla by default to open the > help files. In Window/Preferences/Help I changed the browser > to firefox, and all works well... > > I never did find the log file. But since I can now search > Help I found that if you start Eclipse w/ the -consolelog > option, it is supposed to display log entries in the console. > Hi, The log usually is in the .metadata subdir(in the workspace dir), and it is called .log Hope it helps. -- 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

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RE: [SLE] Eclipse 3.0 on 9.2 [SOLVED]
by Cleary_Mike＠emc.com 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

As it turns out, Eclipse uses mozilla by default to open the help files. In Window/Preferences/Help I changed the browser to firefox, and all works well... I never did find the log file. But since I can now search Help I found that if you start Eclipse w/ the -consolelog option, it is supposed to display log entries in the console. Mike ------------------------------- Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com ------------------------------- A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. -----Original Message----- From: Leendert Meyer [mailto:leen.meyer@home.nl] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:35 PM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Eclipse 3.0 on 9.2 On Wednesday 02 March 2005 17:46, Cleary_Mike(a)emc.com wrote: > I've never used eclipse before, so I thought I'd give it a try. When it > opens to the Welcome page, none of the links on the Welcome page work. All > I get is "AN exception occurred while launching help. Refer to the log for > more details". First of all, I can't find the log. It isn't in > /usr/share/eclipse, or /var/log. Usually such applications store user related files in the user's home directory. See if there is such a file (perhaps '.eclipserc') or such a directory (perhaps '.eclipse/') in your ~/ directory. Already tried starting eclipse from a terminal window, like e.g. xterm or konsole? There might be some output on stdout. Anything in /var/log/messages or /var/log/warn? (I guess not, but it doesn't hurt to look there anyway) > Any ideas where they stow their log? Does eclipse come with documentation? That would be a good starting point... ;) Cheers, Leen -- 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

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Fix Re: [SLE] samba problem
by Jack Malone 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

> get erors . using smbpasswd i get the following > > horizon:~ # smbpasswd -a jack > ERROR: empty passdb backend list! > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: > invalid pdb_context specified! > Failed to add entry for user jack. > Failed to modify password entry for user jack Ok I got it fixed I uninstalled the samba-pdb package an it works now. Not sure why that was installed or what its for but it working now. thanks to all who responded to my question. After sleeping on it for the night I saw what might be the problem this morning an uninstalled that an now both webmin an smbpasswd will work jack

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checkinstall failure to build rpm
by Konstantinos Georgokitsos 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

On SUSE 9.1, checkinstall 1.6.0beta3. Using checkinstall I get an error message (see below). It seems that checkinstall cannot execute mkdir correctly when building the rpm. subsequently it does not recognise that the directory exists and aborts with error. Anyone knows why this happens? I assumed this was one of the central things checkinstall should be able to do? Kostas ----- /bin/sh ../../admin/mkinstalldirs /opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf mkdir -p -- /opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 index.docbook /opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/index.docbook /usr/bin/install: preserving times for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/index.docbook': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot set time stamps for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/index.docbook': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 bpconf.png /opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf.png /usr/bin/install: preserving times for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf.png': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot set time stamps for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf.png': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 bpconf-feed.png /opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf-feed.png /usr/bin/install: preserving times for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf-feed.png': No such file or directory /usr/bin/install: cannot set time stamps for `/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/bpconf/bpconf-feed.png': No such file or directory make[3]: *** [install-nls] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kongeo/Programs/bashpodder/bpconf-0.5/doc/en' make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kongeo/Programs/bashpodder/bpconf-0.5/doc/en' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kongeo/Programs/bashpodder/bpconf-0.5/doc' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 **** Installation failed. Aborting package creation. Cleaning up...OK Bye.

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File permissions
by Kevanf1 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

In a thread recently the concept of file permissions was brought up. I requested it as I am newish to Linux. Well, perhaps this webpage may help others: http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l14/lesson14b.html I cam eacross it a few months ago in my quest for knowledge. Slap on the wrist because I should have checked it out before asking on here, apology for that. Hopefully though it will of some use to others together with the main pages. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

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Re: [SLE] HP NetRAID
by g.lams＠itcilo.org 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

-----"Joni Hoppen" <joni(a)fundacentro.sc.gov.br> wrote: ----- > >I am trying to stall suse >9.0 on the HP server machine which is provided with HP NetRAID. I set >up scsi disks as RAID "0". Then at the beginning of the instalation >the >system says "no hard disk were found". What can I do for the system >recognize the hard discs? Hi Joni, Search the mailing list, I already sent an answer to this problem, (passing two parameters at boot prompt), but I don't remember it now :-) If you don't find it, send me back an e-mail Regards Gaël

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can not get line in option to work in suse 9.2
by Rob Freeman 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

Just install a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Pre-Amp PCI Sound Card on my suse 9.2 machine. The card is showing as a Ectiva EV1938 in YAST. I have the issue when logging out and in about losing sound. I followed the steps here: # Make sure all mixer applications have been unloaded. If not, you should see a speaker icon on the tray beside the clock in the lower right corner. In this case, right-click it and select Quit from the context menu. # If the question [Should KAMix start automatically immediately after you log in?] pops up when closing the mixer, confirm with Yes and skip to steps 13 and 14 of these instructions. # Start the YaST Control Center and select Software -> Install and Remove Software. # Search for "kdemultimedia". # Right-click the package kdemultimedia3-mixer then select Delete from menu that opens. # Press Accept in the lower right corner. # Finish the YaST Control Center. # Open a console (e.g., press [Alt]+[F2] and run the command konsole. # Enter the command su - in the console. # Enter the administrator's (root) password when prompted to do so. No characters (asterisk or similar) are displayed when typing it. # Execute the following commands in the given order: * rcalsasound stop * rm /etc/asound.state * rcalsasound start * alsactl store and my sound is working. My issue is I can not keep the line settings at anything other the 0. I do into YAST and change the volume of my sound card to be something other then 0, but no sooner do I check it again, then the line settings are back to zero. Is there a way to save the line settings?

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RE: [SLE] root access to user
by Khanh Tran 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

You could setup sudo... Khanh Tran Network Operations Sarah Lawrence College -----Original Message----- From: Allen [mailto:gorebofh@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:49 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] root access to user On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 01:32:10PM +0200, it clown wrote: > Hi All, > > How would you give root access to another user on a suse box? NEVER. > If you joined the linux box to a w2k domain. How would you give the > administrator user root access on the linux box? Heh, I wouldn't but if you must, I believe you make another acount UID 0 > Thanks > Regards > ______________________________________________________________ > http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service > > -- > 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 > > -- 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

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fsck failed
by devosc 03 Mar '05

03 Mar '05

A while back I got kicked out of graphical mode, I then ended up buying a new pc case, 3 fans, a 400W continous power supply and a new Hard Drive Seagate with S.M.A.R.T support. I reinstalled everything, but I kept my other hard-drive also, I have it so that the installation was installed on the new primary hard-drive, but my /home and /srv are mounted onto my old hard-drive, my thinking was that if something went wrong I could reinstall and remount without loss of data.... Both hd's are either ext2 or 3 (not reiserfs).... However, upon booting up I'm now being told: fsk failed. try #mount -n -o remount, rw / but when I try this doesn't work ? Problem seems to be on hda2, is this my old hard-drive.... and even if so why can't I login at least since the os is supposed to be on the primary hard-drive.... I just can't believe it anymore... Is there anything I can do to try and retrieve the files on /srv (this being the secondary drive) ???? G. -- devosc

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