March 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Windows Automotive
by Per Qvindesland 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Something interesting: "Microsoft announced that it has finished development of Windows Automotive 5.0" -- C-Net “The embrace of technology will be the key for the leaders of the industry,” Gates commented, adding that a crash-proof car was the ultimate goal. Many observers couldn’t resist noticing Microsoft hadn’t yet achieved the crash-proof PCs, but such sniping didn’t stop the company launching a project known as the Performance Peak Initiative to promote its automotive goals and attract new partners." --Builder AU Ha ha! Bill wants to make the crash proof car, but hasn't made the crash proof PC yet !! HA ha ha !

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Efficient script to get the delta ISOs and applydelta
by Silviu Marin-Caea 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

The fastest way to have the new betas. Get the delta.isos and applydelta immediately after, in the background, while the next delta is downloading. Pay attention to wrapping: wget and applydeltaiso are each one liners. for ((i=1;i<=5;i++)); do wget -c ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-beta6/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-beta5_beta6-i386-CD$i.delta.iso applydeltaiso SUSE-Linux-10.1-beta5-i386-CD$i.iso SUSE-Linux-10.1-beta5_beta6-i386-CD$i.delta.iso SUSE-Linux-10.1-beta6-i386-CD$i.iso & done It's a simple idea, but it optimizes the process. I thought some of you might be interested.

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Ark prompt for RAR password?
by Al Active 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hi, I have a *.RAR archive with a password. In Win the prompt to enter the password is shown when extracting with WinRAR, but with Ark or Archive Manager in Linux the prompt does not appear and Ark or Archive Manager just closes after some time. How can I get ARK to prompt for the password in Linux (SUSE Boxed purchased Version 10.0)? :-) Al

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GNOME desktop icon size
by Glenn Holmer 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

How do I change the default size of icons on the GNOME desktop (SUSE 10.1 beta 6)? -- ====================================================== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ====================================================== "Greater coherence cannot be achieved. Not even the Netherlanders have managed this." -Anton Webern ======================================================

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Quote of the Day
by James Knott 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Quote Of The Day: "If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming, and Windows." -- Dave Barry

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Unable to eject optical drive
by Shriramana Sharma 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

If I once open /media/dvdram using a Konqueror window, I am unable to eject the DVD-drive so long as that Window is open -- this is somewhat understandable. (Another OS allows eject and closes the window displaying its content -- but I am not saying Linux should behave like that.) But even after I have closed the tab which was used to read the DVDRAM, until I have completely closed the window (which may contain lots of other tabs) I am not allowed to eject the DVDRAM drive. This is very inconvenient if I find I have inserted the wrong DVD to browse and I have to replace it with another. Do I report this bug (wishlist) at Novell or KDE? -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.51 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-03-02 W09-4 UTC+0530

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Unable to boot at runlevel 5 after Update
by António Rodrigues Tomé 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hi, I'm using OpenSuse 10.0 at home. And because i have not a good internet connection I do updates offline. Usually I mirror the new rpm at an Update suse mirror (ftp.rediris.es) and with yast (install summary) I choose to reinstall all the blue signed packages. Things have worked quite well for months. A few days ago after doing this procedure I'm unable to boot at runlevel 5. I'm obliged to boot at runlevel 3. After booting at runlevel 3 I can start X, with startx, without any problems. As root I'm still able to start kdm. And if I perform, as root, the command init 5, the X do no appear and for each key of the keybord to work in the console text terminal I must press it twice. When I start at runlevel 3 I got the message that the nfs and smbfs services were skipped. Nevertheless if I disable those services with the runlevel editor I still i'm not able to boot at runlevel 5. This is only an minor worried because after starting X in runlevel 3, with startx, the system performs as expected. Nevertheles any hint how to solve this problem will be welcome. Best regards -- António Rodrigues Tomé artome(a)ubi.pt <---official e-mail address artome(a)gmail.com <---alternative security e-mail address http://www.dfisica.ubi.pt/~artome http://www.cgul.ul.pt/curric/cgul_tome.htm

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Suse 9.3: Samba server start up problem
by Chiu, PCM (Peter) 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

One of our Suse 9.3 (x86-64 opteron) boxes is found stopped serving clients. It was running Samba (and client) 3.0.13-1.1 with yast2-samba-server 2.11.14-3 and yast2-samba-client 2.11.5-3. Any attempt with smbclient -L localhost gets a connection refused error. The smbd daemon appears to be running on the system: /usr/sbin/smbd -D -s /etc/samba/smb.conf But probing the ports 139 and 445 get the same connection refused errors. There is no error recorded in /var/log/samba/log.smbd. I have tried: a. turn off all firewall (iptables -F and explicitely so from yast2 firewall) b. reinstall samba (now back to the DVD version 3.0.12-5) c. and copied a working smb.conf from another identical system. d. turn on the debug option -d 10 in /etc/init.d/smb, no error. No joy. The system is still showing a running daemon, but any probe to port 139 and 445 still get connection refused. It looks like smbd is not receiving any call. But with tcpdump, I can tell a remote smbclient call is certainly reaching this host. It looks like I need a more detailed start up debugging. Anyone any idea? Thanks. Peter

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Linux and Windows virtualized on Xen3 and VT/Pasifica?
by Terje J. Hanssen 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

To avoid cumbersome dualboot or multiboot between Linux'es & Windows (yes, I know there is yet another way :;), I'm exited waiting on the solution to run Linux and Windows virtualized on Xen 3.x and VT/Pasifica. Intel P4/662/672 with VT was scheduled to be available Q4-2005, and other VT enabled CPUs should come the first half of 2006, and next AMD Pasifica. Xen 3.0 has been released, but I read that there still may be some more work to be done, before Windows can run unmodified. I would apreciate if someone reading this can share more up to date information on this topic, possibly also with regards to new enabled workstations and laptops models? http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20050823105624812/print Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen

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USB Stick
by Erik Jakobsen 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hi. On my SuSE 10.0 I have just plugged in a USB Stick. I changed my /etc/fstab with: /dev/sdb /media/usb auto noauto,user 0 0 Shall I then mount the usb unit with: mount /dev/sdb /media/usb ? Erik Jakobsen

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