October 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

lost mouse cursor
by Primm 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Hi everyone. Switching from KDE to the text console and then back again loses my mouse cursor. I've tried rcxdm restart, dropping down to 2 then back to 5. . . The only way I can get the mouse back is by rebooting. I feel like a windoze user! Can anyone help me out of this embarrassing situation? OpenSuSE 10.1 x86-64 with nVidia 6100 Cheers and TIA Steve.

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Re: [SLE] Daylight Saving time change?
by Simon Roberts 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Hmm, apparently I wasn't running it. There was no hole in the firewall (option is hidden behind "advanced options" that I'd not looked at.) So, maybe I am now... Many thanks for the pointer, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ----- Original Message ---- From: Jos van Kan <vankan(a)kabelfoon.nl> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:57:37 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Daylight Saving time change? Simon Roberts wrote: > This seems really silly, but Daylight Saving time is ended, and I can't work out how to get my computer to notice. > > I thought it would have just known, as has happened in the past, but it's still concienciously showing MDT time rather than MST. I tried to use Yast to correct this, and the only thing on offer to me are other major timezones, nothing for Daylight saving. > > It might be part of the puzzle, though I don't quite see how, that I run an ntp client (because my laptop's clock is dreadfully inaccurate--I suspect a failing CMOS support battery or something). > Running an ntp client can not be the cause of the problem, since it automatically corrects for the change. Are you *sure* you're running one? Or is your internet connection somehow not what it should be? Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- 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: [opensuse] 10.2 release schedule questions
by Gomez, Daniel 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

My questions are based on the roadmap. It appears the RC1 will be availabe for download. I just wanted someone who actually downloaded it during 10.1 or who is an engineer to verify my reading. Do you know Kenneth? -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Schneider [mailto:suse-list3@bout-tyme.net] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:29 AM To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] 10.2 release schedule questions On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 19:31 -0400, Gomez, Daniel wrote: > Hello, > > I have a few questions regarding the 10.2 release schedule. > > Will the RC1 also be available for download and testing? > > It appears the GM release on Nov. 30 will not be released on public > ftp. Is this correct? Will the GM be availabe for purchase? > > Will the basic network installation structure be established by then > so that autoyast installation files built against the RC1 release will > work when pointed to a fresh Dec 7 ftp download? > > These questions will help me understand how valid internal software > and configuration tests will be in comparison to the final release and > how quickly one could deploy with confidence that what worked in the > beta and RC images will continue to work in the final image. > http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap/10.2 -- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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RE: [opensuse] hda -> sda
by Gomez, Daniel 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

>> My host only has IDE. Why I am using sda is beyond me. I thought for a >> moment my drive was SATA for a moment but it is not. There is a big >> problem here. > >I had a similar surprise: ata_piix was selected instead of piix, resulting >in /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda. > >But the boot messages told the solution to use the boot parameter >"brokenmodules=ata_piix". That did it. Thanks! (And if I read more carefully I would have seen that workaround in bug #214909 as well.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [SLE] Daylight Saving time change?
by Simon Roberts 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Thanks Anders, My clock is set to local time, so I'll change that and see where we get. Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ----- Original Message ---- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh(a)rydsbo.net> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:46:37 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Daylight Saving time change? On Sunday 29 October 2006 22:41, Simon Roberts wrote: > Hi all, > > This seems really silly, but Daylight Saving time is ended, and I can't > work out how to get my computer to notice. > > I thought it would have just known, as has happened in the past, but it's > still concienciously showing MDT time rather than MST. I tried to use Yast > to correct this, and the only thing on offer to me are other major > timezones, nothing for Daylight saving. > > It might be part of the puzzle, though I don't quite see how, that I run an > ntp client (because my laptop's clock is dreadfully inaccurate--I suspect a > failing CMOS support battery or something). Do you have your system clock set to local time? If you do, linux won't attempt to correct for DST > Any suggestions? In linux, always set the system clock to UTC, and leave the timezone handling to the OS. Then the DST conversion will happen seamlessly A short term solution could also be to run ntpdate against a trusted ntp server, which should set your clock to the correct time again. But, again, setting the clock to UTC is the best long term solution -- 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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Evolution rpms
by Hans du Plooy 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hi guys, I haven't felt the need to upgrade Evolution in a few years, but the current version (2.6.0 in SUSE 10.1) has an annoying tendancy to crash when I view pictures attached to an e-mail. It is only with mails where the pictures don't display automatically, and I have to click on the button for each one. Usually the first two load fine, but when I click on the third one Evolution crashes. Is there anywhere I can download rpms for the latest (or at least the last in the 2.6 branch)? usr-local-bin don't seem to have them anymore. Thanks Hans

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[opensuse] 10.2 beta1 feedback
by Gomez, Daniel 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

So I just upgraded myself from 10.1 32-bit and 3 issues appeared. 1) lots of checksum warnings during the pre-installation section. Appears some checksums are missing. I'd say about 30 or so. No biggie now. 2) Grub installer errors. I've seen this before on previous releases. It can easily get confused. 3) System did boot. Grub bootloader is not executing. This isn't good. I'm in rescue mode I did a chroot on the mounted root partition with /boot also mounted and proc and when I try a "grub-install /dev/sda" and get: /dev/sda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive So I google and try "grub-install --recheck /dev/sda" and get: Probing device to guess BIOS drives. this may take a long time. Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device. ??

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libc5
by Luciano Mannucci 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hello all! I need to run old binaries on my new suse 10 PC. They are seekeing for libc.so.5 which I haven't found anywhere on the CDs. What should I install? Thanks to all, luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster(a)sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/

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Odd hardware problem on install?
by Clayton 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Ok, this is kind of strange. Thought I'd throw it out here first before I took it to the factory list, or submitted a bug... mainly because I'm not sure what's going on yet. Long story..... I installed the 10.2 Beta 1 last night, and right about the time the NIC was ID-ed and the driver loaded, the NIC "switched off". Don't really know how else to describe it. The NIC light went out, and the router it's connected too no longer had a light indicating an active NIC connected. At first I figured it was just an issue with 10.2 Beta 1... so I booted back to 10.1. No network, and the NIC is still off. I booted to WInXP, and no NIC there either. Rebooted the router... no fix. Changed cables, and changed router connections... still no network, and NIC is "off". I left it was it was overnight, and started tinkering again this morning. Restarted the computer from a cold start, and immediately had a network connection in 10.1. Booted to 10.2 Beta 1 and had network. The network worked fine on all OS-es I booted to this morning. This afternoon I decided to reinstall 10.2 Beta 1 to try out a few other options etc. The install worked ad passed the NIC ID and config section. I rolled the install back to a section before the NIC was configured, and did the NIC config again... this time the NIC "turned off" and again I had no network connectivity in any OS I booted to. I tried all variations on the cabling (in case it was a bad cable) including connecting direct to the cable modem, and had no connectivity... no lights on the NIC at all. I shut the computer down completely, and did a cold start - no NIC. Went into the BIOS, disabled the onboard card, saved, cold start, back into the BIOS, and re-enabled the NIC... and it's working again. A little more tinkering, basically reconfiguring the NIC in 10.2 and the 3rd try at it and the NIC "switched off" again. Repeat the whole cold start and BIOS tinkering again (as this seems to be the only thing that will wake up the card) and it starts working again. It is stable now through multiple restarts, and multiple OS-es (10.1, 10.2 Beta 1 and WinXP) as long as i don't try to configure it in 10.2. Nothing I can see in the logs etc that would indicate a problem. The NIC is an onboard ASRock In M5263 using the uli526x driver/module. (ID-ed the same on both 10.1 and 10.2). So.. after all that is there anything anyone can think of for the cause of this odd problem? I've triple checked the hardware and it seems fine. It fails ONLY when i attempt to (re)configure the NIC in 10.2 Beta 1, and then not every time. It does not fail if I reconfigure the card in WinXP or in 10.1. Could it be something in 10.2 Beta 1? Any ideas? C.

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Improved laptop support from 10.0 to 10.1?
by Joachim Schrod 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hello, Is there experience if the support for an IBM Thinkpad T41 laptop improved from 10.0 to 10.1? Where did it improve? How about the upcoming 10.2? I have to say that I will probably install an own kernel myself anyhow, as many reports tell that suspend2 works better on the T41 than the in-kernel stuff. My other systems are still on 10.0, and it would ease patching and upgrading if I can just use the established processes with the laptop; therefore I'm checking if there is really an advantage in upgrading to 10.1 in that situation. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany

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