November 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

limiting resources of users
by Sebastian Reitenbach 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi all, I want to limit the resources like processor usage, or memory allocation for the users. So after some digging I found the /etc/security/limits.conf file. what I exactly want is to say user X is not allowed to use more than 50% of the cpu at a time, only in case the cpu would be idle, he is allowed to take more cpu cycles. I found the cpu parameter in the limits.conf file, which specifies the maximum time in minutes that a process can use the cpu. I have a slight problem to understand that. What when I have a long running process, taking days to compute, and I set the value to 10 minutes? will the process stop working after it used all the ten minutes of cpu time? also with using nice I cannot specifically say use only 50% of the cpu cycles in general, and only when idle otherwise use more. any idea how I can limit cpu resources as described above? kind regards Sebastian

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Howto check, cancel and resume printer in cups using cli ?
by Arie Reynaldi Z 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi All, Usually when my printer get stuck, I check in gnome-cups-manage (or kprinter) to see what happen. When it paused, i click the icon, select all jobs and clik 'Cancel', then i choose 'Resume' so the printer goes online again. How can I do that without login to gnome / kde ? Can i do it from console ? What command to check, select which jobs (or all jobs), cancel jobs and resume printer ? regards, -- Arie Reynaldi Zanahar reymanx at gmail.com http://www.reynaldi.or.id

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can't record my Suse beta output us as follows.
by jfweber＠gilweber.com 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

> System > ----------------------- > K3b Version: 0.12 > > KDE Version: 3.4.2 Level "b" > QT Version: 3.3.4 > Kernel: 2.6.13-15.12-default > Devices > ----------------------- > _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.01 (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/dvdrecorder [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96R; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite] > > Used versions > ----------------------- > growisofs: 6.1 > > growisofs > ----------------------- > :-( unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: Resource temporarily unavailable > > growisofs command: > ----------------------- > /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/home/goddess/downloads/iso/openSUSE-10.2-Beta1-DVD-x86_64.iso -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -dvd-compat -speed=4 > I have the dual layer DVDs (DVD +R DL ) but I get the above every time I try to record a DVD of the Suse Beta ISO , also get it on attempting to record the kunbuntu dvd iso. Now it's doing the resource temporarily available for mmap on normal or single layer DVD backups.. Clearly I missed something somewhere .. anyone care to enlighten me I will add an extra weekend size bonus of good karma points to your account. TIA y'all -- j Your life is is a story on the wind

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[opensuse] SPAM: How to add more VM images to XEN in SUSE ?
by cifroes 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, Just followed these instructions: http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Xen3 and now I have 1 VM up & running. Is there any fast way to just copy the "installation" I'm using as my vm01 and create 2 more VM's? I suppose I can run the instructions again, but I think it's possible to do it just copying something but I'm kind of lost here... Thanks in advance, -- cifroes --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[Fwd: Something quite weird going on here]
by Basil Chupin 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Something quite weird going on here Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:26:39 +1100 From: Basil Chupin <blchupin(a)tpg.com.au> To: SLE <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Suddenly when I start Thunderbird and it tries to connect to my ISP's mail server I get the error message that my password is not accepted even though it is 'remembered' by TB and has been sent all day long without problems. The file containing the stored password is present in the correct place in /.thunderbird. (There is also another side-effect with the password but this is intermittent.) But what really now worries me is that I did CTRL-ALT-F3 to do something as root and when I type in the password for root I get an error message, "Error in service module." and I cannot login as root. (However, from the Desktop and in a terminal window I can login as root and the password *is* accepted.) Same thing also happens when I try and login as a User- error message about the service module :-( . Can anyone please throw some light on what may be going on? I note that earlier tonight 2 files got upgraded via smart (I don't recall what they were) and the problem started afterwards but this can be just a coincidence of course. Cheers. -- "I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'What did he say?'" George W. Bush 27 August 2004

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SUSE 10.0 Sound problems with Firefox
by Sylvester Lykkehus 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, An update to a previously posted issue: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2006-Jun/4210.html After the Firefox 2.0 release, and before http://software.opensuse.org/download/mozilla/SUSE_Linux_10.0/ got updated, I downloaded Firefox from getfirefox.com instead, and this actually solved my original issue. Today, I removed my installation of Firefox, and installed from the location mentioned before. And then, the exact same problem appeared. Are there any actual changes from the version released at getfirefox.com to the rpm versions, since this causes my problem ? Any way to solve it, or should I just use the version from their site, instead of upgrading via smart/yast/whatever ? //Sylvester

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Something quite weird going on here - Part 2
by Basil Chupin 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Please ignore the reference to the problem with the password in Thunderbird. My ISP's site has just posted an advice notice stating that there is problem with the e-mail service (will be repaired within next 3 hours). However, the "Error in service module" is still present - and no rebooting will fix it :-( . Cheers. -- "I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'What did he say?'" George W. Bush 27 August 2004

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Re: [opensuse] AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
by Dominique Leuenberger 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

>>> Reply on 03-11-2006 9:31:52 <<<> So far I think it is VERY beneficial for Linux, > 1. Microsoft is giving away 70.000 SUSE Linux Enterprise coupons > 2. Microsoft is backing up (legally speaking) the MONO, Samba and Open > Office projects and any Open Source programmer or company that works on > > OpenSuse.org projects. > 3. Microsoft is telling everybody that if they want to use Linux they > support SUSE Linux! > 4. They are jointly developing Open Source Virtualization software > > Could it be better? > I'm not sure Microsoft's intention is to have something good for openSUSE or not. Ok: they say to support this one. On the other hand, I think this is a VERY dangerous step for Novell! Not only do they have openSUSE! They have a LOT more that could be interesting for Microsoft! Technically spoken: - Microsoft tried to build a solid Directory Structur (Active Directory) which unfortunately is everything else than scalable. => Novell HAS a Directory Structure (called eDirectory) that will be VERY interesting! And the best: It already runs on Windows! So MS might just rip it off and include it in Windows => no more sales of eDir (BAD) - Microsoft is still trying to do something good for Identity Management => Microsoft HAS IDM. The same applies as above. Sure, openSUSE can profit from the 'right' to implement Mono, Samba AND MAYBE WE EVEN CAN START A DIRECTX Project! THAT would be GREAT. BUT all of this might be of very short fun, if Novell did a mistake by this agreement. For the moment, when watching the share market, it seems to be good: an increase of almost 16% on the NOVL shares in the last 24 hours. Let's hope this keeps up. I wish the best for Novell! It would be a pity to loose this company to MS. Regards, Dominique

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Re: [SLE] [solved] Port forwarding issue
by Jigish Gohil 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

On 11/3/06, Darryl Gregorash <raven(a)accesscomm.ca> wrote: > It should be working. Are you certain you are trying to connect to the > web server on IP 192.168.0.249, and not the router? There is no > masquerading done within the internal zone, as it is not needed. The above firewall setup works by forwarding traffic from outside our network. It also works if I directly connect with http://192.168.0.249 from internal network. It does not work if I connect http://www.mydomain.com or http://myexternalip from within my network. May be I should just put that in router's host file, that would solve it. Thanks once again. -J

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Port forwarding issue
by Jigish Gohil 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

I am trying to forward all the port 80 requests from internet to my router to a web server on internal network. Internet ----> SUSE router ----> Webserver on intranet. I have followed this guide: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16709.html Relevant section in /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 are : FW_DEV_EXT="any eth-id-00:15:f2:52:f8:8a" FW_DEV_INT="eth-id-00:08:a1:65:d7:c6" FW_DEV_DMZ="" FW_ROUTE="yes" FW_MASQUERADE="yes" FW_MASQ_DEV="$FW_DEV_EXT" FW_MASQ_NETS="0/0" FW_PROTECT_FROM_INT="no" FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="9000 http" FW_FORWARD="" FW_FORWARD_MASQ="0/0,192.168.0.249,tcp,80,80,0/0" FW_REDIRECT="" FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_INT="" FW_SERVICES_ACCEPT_DMZ="" I have Masquerading enabled, and IP forwarding enabled too. I can access the server from router, and the web server can connect to the internet too. However the requests to port 80 are not being forwarded to the web server on internal network(192.168.0.249). Any suggestions what I need to do to fix this? Thanks in advance Jigish

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