December 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [opensuse] SUSE CRASH, Stuff doesn't work now.
by Jay Smith 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

I haven't done any overclocking. power, not sure. I have Ubuntu too. Oddly enough, that one crashes every so often as well. I don't think my power is bad though, how should I test it (this being a notebook). The RAM passed the MEMTEST. I don't think the CPU is overheating but I'll check my hardware. According to my readout, both cores are operating at half their capacity (how can you increase it)? Any idea what I can use to test my hardware. I doubt my hardware is bad but if it is, I don't want to, but I'll send this stuff back to the manufacturer lol. On Wed Dec 27 22:35 , J Sloan sent: >Jay Smith wrote: >> >> >> So my OpenSuse 10.2 crashed on me. I had amaroK,GTK-Gnutella, GAIM, and Firefox >> open. My computer froze (this is new to me) and I had to hard reboot it. When it >> started, two things didn't work (that I know of). >> >> 1) KPowerSave won't start. This is my error message: >> System configuration startup check disabled. > >> 2) YaST Software Management doesn't recognize my OpenSUSe 10.2 CD as a source >> anymore. It won't let me go to other sources either until I click Skip about 15 >> times. Any ideas of what's wrong? >> >> Also, what can cause OpenSuSe 10.2 to freeze? What can I do to prevent it from >> freezing/crashing? If a freeze does happen, what steps should I take to prevent >> errors. If errors happen, what can I do to recover? Thanks all. > >Just a shot in the dark, but this sounds suspiciously like bad hardware. > >What sort of hardware is this, and have you run any sort of diagnostics to >rule out hardware issues? (bad RAM, gimpy power supply, overheating CPU, >overclocking?) > >Joe > >-- >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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[opensuse] ulimit settings
by Bruce Ferrell 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

I'm having problems with the ulimit settings for crossover office and I need to modify the setting for -v. Where is that done? -- One day at a time, one second if that's what it takes -- 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] kpowersave krashing on 10.2 and comments
by Jay Smith 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

I have the same problem. My OpenSuse 10.2 was working fine but froze for some reason and so I shut it down by holding the button down. I booted again, seemed fine except KPowerSave won't start. This sucks of course. I rebooted twice and shut down and started once. It sucks cause now I must guess in relation to power. If anyone knows how to fix this, that would be great. Also, what can cause OpenSuSE 10.2 to freeze? I'd like to avoid it as much as I can. Also, what's the best thing I can do to prevent damage when a freeze occurs? Thanks for your time and assistance everyone. On Wed Dec 27 15:41 , Lew Wolfgang sent: >Hi Folks, > >First problem #1: > >This is a clean 10.2 install on a Dell Dimension 4700 with KDE >as the default desktop. > >When logging in, the crash handler reports that kpowersave >has crashed. I tried a few things, including booting acpi=off, >moving kpowersave, linking it as /bin/true, but all for naught. >If this was my system I wouldn't care, but it's being configured >for another user and having to see this crash report upon every >login is bad publicity. > >Any suggestions? The crash report mentions something about a >problem with D-Bus. No, Gnome is not an option! > >Then, problem #2: > >Konqueror doesn't pick up the Yast configured proxy setting >as it did in the past. This is on a non-routed (no NAT), >insular subnet with one host running squid. Firefox picked >up the setting, but Konqueror had to be configured by hand. >This behavior is on both X86 and AMD-64. > >Now for the comments: > >With the exception of the kpowersave and proxy issue, things went >very smoothly on this and on a brand-new dual-dual-core Opteron >disk farm with three 3-Ware raid controllers and 16 450-GB SATA disks. >Good work, SuSE! > >This is the first time I've gone with Opensuse instead of the >boxed-sets. While I'm sorry to see their demise in North American >stores, I'm gratified that the download versions are working well. >It was rather depressing at Frys this morning, however. They had >a couple Linspire boxes, one Slackware, and a couple SuSE 10.1 >leftovers. Paltry pickin's in a literal forest of Microsoft >products. Linux certainly isn't reaching out to the impulse-buy >retail shopper any more. Pity. > >Regards, >Lew Wolfgang >-- >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: Re: [opensuse] Save YaST software config
by Jay Smith 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

dumb question, how do I use AutoYast? I've never used it before and wouldn't even know how to set it up in the manner you guys are talking about. Please help me out. Thanks. On Wed Dec 27 0:02 , Per Jessen sent: >John Andersen wrote: > >> On Tuesday 26 December 2006 18:15, Jay Smith wrote: >>> So I do a lot of Linux installs and I want to start using OpenSuSE >>> instead of Ubuntu. With Ubuntu's synaptic, you can save all the >>> markings you've made in synaptic so if you ever did a fresh install, >>> you could open the markings and reinstall everything on ubuntu the >>> way you had it. It made reinstalling the OS more tolerable rather >>> than to try to remember everything you had installed. Can you do >>> anything like that with OpenSuSE in YaST. Also, can someone give me >>> the 411 on Smart. I was told to try to use it but I am not sure about >>> it. Thanks a lot >> >> Autoyast > >There used to be a way to save the software selection for use later, but >I think it's been gone a while. Unless you regularly do the same >install, autoyast is a very big gun. But if you do, the initial setup >effort does pay off. > > > >/Per Jessen, ZÃ¼rich > >-- >http://www.spamchek.com/ - managed email security. >Starting at SFr4/user/month. > >-- >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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[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-security] problems with smbmount and OSS10.2
by John Andersen 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

On Wednesday 27 December 2006 11:07, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 08:19:08PM +0100, Tolmino wrote: > > what is cifs > > The newer version of smbfs. Which does not like 9x/ME shares at all. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen

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[opensuse] Suse+LDAP client+Mac OS X Open Directory
by Marc Hoffman 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hi All... I'm trying to integrate a Suse Linux client into an OS X Open Directory (LDAPv3) domain via the Suse LDAP client. I can get the client to see the users in order to log on to the domain, but when I try to actually log in, the system spins for a few minutes and finally returns the error: "The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE: No write access to $HOME directory (/). KDE is unable to start." I have tried to configure the LDAP client to store home directories both locally and on the server (via NFS shared home directories automounted in the LDAP domain). Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks!

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[opensuse] Suse+LDAP client+Mac OS X Open Directory
by Marc Hoffman 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hi All... I'm trying to integrate a Suse Linux client into an OS X Open Directory (LDAPv3) domain via the Suse LDAP client. I can get the client to see the users in order to log on to the domain, but when I try to actually log in, the system spins for a few minutes and finally returns the error: "The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE: No write access to $HOME directory (/). KDE is unable to start." I have tried to configure the LDAP client to store home directories both locally and on the server (via NFS shared home directories automounted in the LDAP domain). Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks!

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[opensuse] floppy problem
by Doug McGarrett 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

When I go to the media window in "This Computer" and try to access the floppy drive, I get an error message, "The process for the media protocol died unexpectedly." What can I do about this? I tried also to mount the floppy from the console, and it looked like it mounted, but I couldn't access the disk, and the usual condition of not being able to remove it without umount did not happen--I could just take the disk out. I don't think I have ever used the floppy on this machine, so I can't swear that it works, but KDE knows it's there. --doug -- 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] Re: Goodbye to suse and why not stay, The Linux Wall
by Simon Roberts 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

----- Original Message ---- > > Randall R Schulz a écrit : > > > Once you buy software, you should not be expected to also buy > > > training in the use of that software. You can't expect to buy the software and the training at the price of the software alone. Particularly if the software is free! You don't expect free training on how to cook if you buy an oven, nor free training to be a photographer if you buy a camera. Why would anyone think that an expensive training package should be given to them when they buy a cheap product? > > when you buy a car, you may have a licence, and this mean > > you may have learned to drive it > > Of course. But once you've learned to drive, the knowledge you have is > pretty much equally applicable to all cars out there. They're very > complicated devices, You're kidding right? The user interface of a car, in terms of the functions it provides, is trivial. Go faster, go slower, turn left, turn right. That's about it for the important things. The other stuff varies far more, and when renting you might find that you never work out where the overdrive is, you just manage without. By contrast, a computer, or even just the most simple piece of application software is far more complex. Furthermore, you might be interested to know that aircraft do _not_ have an equivalent degree of standardization. To the point that the FAA will require additional training and type ratings for many/most of the larger and more complex aircraft. > We should subject our information technology to at least this level of > expectation. I think it's right to push for, but it's utterly unrealistic to be surprised when those expectations aren't met. If you think otherwise, I suggest _you_ go write some perfect software and find out for yourself! This is one of the reasons I despise m$, of course. Given the amount the charge and the number of people giving them money, they should be able to do _much_ better. But they're a marketing company, not a technology company, so I can't be surprised really. I just choose to use open-source software and know that I got much more than I paid for (I paid nothing, or close to it, but got some stunningly high calibre software despite that. That's a reason for celebration, not complaint, in my book). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] old update packages
by N1UAN Bob 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hi I was wondering if anyone would know of an site that may hold some of the older update packages for 7.1 i am looking for two one is nkitb and the other nkitserv if anyone has these or knows of an site i might go to that will be great thanks in advance for any info or help Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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