April 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

YOU messed up on software versions
by John Lederer 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

I cloned one machine from another. All is well, except when I run the online update the versions of software that it thinks the machine has are wrong and it wants to apply updates to already updated software. I reied running an "rpm --rebuild" but that didn't help . Is there anyway to update YOU's knowledge of the installed software? Where is this information stored? Thanks! John

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OpenSuse 10.0 - how to stop kernel logging for usb-storage??
by Otto Rodusek (AP-SGP) 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

[OpenSuse 10.0 - how to stop kernel logging for usb-storage??] Hi, I got a problem with opensuse 10.0 logging mechanism. It works properly in most instances except when I connect an external usb-2 device (ie. a hard disk). The external usb works fine BUT /var/log/messages becomes VERY huge VERY fast with tons of data from kernel - see below. Does anyone have any idea how to reduce the amount of output from the kernel for usb-storage. Thanks for any help and/or advice. Rgds. Apr 12 22:20:01 rentsch-asia /usr/sbin/cron[21890]: (root) CMD (/usr/appbin/getmail.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1) Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand called Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Command READ_10 (10 bytes) Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x616 L 512 F 128 Trg 0 LUN 0 CL 10 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 31 bytes Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 31/31 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist: xfer 512 bytes, 1 entries Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 512/512 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW... Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 13 bytes Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 13/13 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk status result = 0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk Status S 0x53425355 T 0x616 R 0 Stat 0x0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: scsi cmd done, result=0x0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread sleeping. Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: queuecommand called Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: *** thread awakened. Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Command READ_10 (10 bytes) Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: 28 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 29 00 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk Command S 0x43425355 T 0x617 L 20992 F 128 Trg 0 LUN 0 CL 10 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf: xfer 31 bytes Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 31/31 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk command transfer result=0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist: xfer 20992 bytes, 6 entries Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 20992/20992 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: -- transfer complete Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Bulk data transfer result 0x0 Apr 12 22:24:13 rentsch-asia kernel: usb-storage: Attempting to get CSW... [Same stuff contnues for thousands of lines!!!!!!]

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Re: [SLE] Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Causes Problems
by Sunny 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

On 4/12/06, Matt Rajca <mateuszrajca(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sunny, > > Thank you for your quick response. How do I disable it in BIOS? When I go to > BIOS there is no disable option. > > Matt > As you did not post, noone knows what is your motherboard, as well as if it even has onboard graphic card. I just posted a suggestion if this is the case. If you do not have onboard graphics, than you may try some of the other suggestions, like testing your memory with memtest from the installation DVD (let it run for at least 12 hours). Or try to boot with Knoppix or any other livecd distro, to see if this is a SUSE specific problem. Also, I do not know if your geforce card is PCI or AGP. If it is PCI, try to plug it in another PCI slot. Read some of the links found by google, to see other troubleshooting options you have. And ... as far as I know, top posting is not encouraged on this list :) -- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

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yast -> Printer -> Crash
by Ken Siersma 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hello list, I sure thought this issue would have come up before, but I couldn't find anything about it in my measly attempts to search the lists.suse.com archives using google. The printer setup in Yast is crashing on my (fully updated as of today) SUSE 10.0 machines. I click the 'Printer' icon in the Yast2 Control Center -> Hardware window, and a window appears for a moment, but then disappears. I see in my shell: Command: /sbin/yast2 printer & terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): St9bad_alloc /sbin/yast2: line 207: 27776 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" qt -geometry "$Y2_GEOMETRY" $Y2QT_ARGS terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): St9bad_alloc /sbin/yast2: line 207: 28381 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" qt -geometry "$Y2_GEOMETRY" $Y2QT_ARGS If I do the same thing with yast (tui version), I get a similar crash: *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000001a74652 *** /sbin/yast: line 207: 28725 Aborted $ybindir/y2base menu ncurses Has anyone else seen this and been able to get around it? Thanks, Ken -- Ken Siersma, Software Engineer EKK, Inc. phone: (248) 624-9957 x102 fax: (248) 876-4075 http://www.ekkinc.com

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Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Causes Problems
by Matt Rajca 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hey! I have a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Video Card. When it is in my computer I get this: INIT PANIC: segmentation violation at 0xfffe420! sleeping for 30 seconds. When I remove the card and use my Intel Card everything works fine. What is the problem? Matt

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Suse 10.1 beta 9 loads wrong kernel
by Art Fore 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

I have installed the Suse 10.1 beta9 on my Inspiron 8500 and it comes up that the smp kernel is loaded instead of the default i386 kernel. Both are shown in /lib/modules. Boot log shows smp kernel loaded. How can I get it to load the default kernel instead of the smp kernel? Apparently this is a bug in this version according to bugzilla. Art

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online_update error
by Josef Wolf 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hi! When running online_update, I get following error host:/root # online_update Error retrieving patches: ERROR(You:Error parsing patch description.)[Error parsing 'Deltas' attribute. Line ' xorg-x11-server-6.8.2-100_100.4.i586.delta.rpm 245406 3ad5216c49cc61665280daa091d520e8 xorg-x11-server-6.8.2-100 1126567701 3e051563544c6ffdf167c19a999566c4' doesn't have form 'filename size md5sum name-edition-release buildtime srcmd5sum seq'.] Any ideas what is screwed up here?

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Slightly OT. How to retrieve ISP settings from a dead win98
by Rikard Johnels 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hello list! Maybe someone here can help me. I have a friend who is a computer illiterate (More or less) And he's old Win98 crashed due to a bad disk. I managed to dd_rescue most of it, but of course its not bootable. Now, as my evil plan is to make a convert of the poor guy, i have installed Linux on his machine :) But the difficult thing is: He doesnt know his ISPsetup. It seems he doesnt even know WHAT provider he has.... No papers no nothing in place to look for clues. So my question is: How the *bad words* can i retrieve the ISP settings from the dead Win98 setup? -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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Re: [SLE] Suse 10 + Parallels
by Jos van Kan 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Follow up to my own post. Got wifi card working under winXP/Parallels, but it's a bit different from the FAQ at the parallels site. Interested parties are welcome to the (mini) howto. Regards, -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704

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LinuxTag 2006 preparation: IRC meeting
by Sonja Krause-Harder 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hi, as decided in the status meeting last week, we will meet on #opensuse tomorrow, April 11, 18:00 CEST (4pm GMT), to discuss the openSUSE participitation at LinuxTag 2006 in Wiesbaden. Agenda items so far: - Current planning done by SUSE staff - Community participation at the booth - Community participation in the conference - Social event If you plan to go to LinuxTag, please take part in this meeting, or add your questions to http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/LinuxTag_2006_Planning_2006-04-11 Also, please add any missing agenda items you'd like to discuss to this page. cheers, Sonja -- Sonja Krause-Harder (skh(a)suse.de) Research & Development SUSE Linux Products GmbH

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