May 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Burning audio CD in DAO mode with UDMA causes hang-up
by René Matthäi 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi, burning an audio CD with # cdrecord [-dummy] dev=/dev/hdg -audio -pad 1.wav [2.wav] does crash the computer in certain situations (no real code!). To (de-)activate DMA I use hdparm -d1 /dev/hdg or hdparm -d0 /dev/hdg. To change between UMDA2 and MDMA2 I use hdparm -Xudma2 /dev/hdg or hdparm -iXmdma2 /dev/hdg. I tried burning 1 or 2 .WAV files: - If DMA is off, everything works - If DMA is on _and_ MDMA2 is set, everything works - If DMA is on and UDMA2 is set, the command does only work with _one_ WAV file, not more. "Not working" means causing hang-up after some time. /var/log/messages: May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: hdg: DMA timeout retry May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: PDC202XX: Secondary channel reset. May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: hdg: timeout waiting for DMA May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: hdg: status timeout: status=0xff { Busy } May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: hdg: drive not ready for command May 29 18:08:41 C3209 kernel: hdg: ATAPI reset complete May 29 18:12:01 C3209 kernel: hdg: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } May 29 18:12:01 C3209 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown May 29 18:12:01 C3209 kernel: hdg: ATAPI reset complete May 29 18:17:47 c3209 syslog-ng[2445]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8 starting I know that this worked before (SUSE 10.0, now 10.1). Burning data CDs in SAO/DAO works. What's happening here, I though those bloody problems with UDMA and burning audio CDs completely vanished?!!!!? I-am-so-sick of that kind of problems, now that it finally worked for some years/SUSEs. I have to add that it is /dev/hdg because it's connected to the secondary master channel of my Promise Ultra 100 TX2 IDE controller. But as I said: It (finally) worked, till now :-( I found some hints on the linux.kernel mailing-list that starting with kernel 2.6.15 (now 16) some problems re-appeared concerning IDE. I tested it with both pdc202xx_old and pdc202xx_new. Greetings, René -- Registered Linux User #324404

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Brainlocked over recursive script.
by Rikard Johnels 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all! This is almost embarasing.. I am trying to recursively chmod a series of files. I tried doing ls -R * | while read f do if [ -f $f ]; then chmod 644 $f fi done Unfortunately the filenames contain spaces... And thus i get all kinds of errors from the chmod stage 2004 So Called Chaos -bash: [: too many arguments And the stupid part is i cant for my life understand how to get the script to enclose the $f with " " (Or get it to understand the complete filename.) I guess i could (somehow) convert all spaces in both folder and file name to underscores, but i dont know how to do that either... As you probably understood, my scripting knowledge is close to NIL... Any pointer or hints thankfully received... -- /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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10.1 Screensaver Displays
by Donald D Henson 29 May '06

29 May '06

What happened to the screensaver between 10.0 & 10.1. In 10.0, there are about a hundred screensaver displays. In 10.1, there are only three. Is there a way to add the 10.0 displays to the 10.1 screensaver? Am I missing something? Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules

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"Reload" a USB drive?
by Ian Marlier 29 May '06

29 May '06

I'm using an external USB case to duplicate a hard drive (using dd). I put the source drive in, used dd to create an image, and then swapped the source drive for the target. Used dd to write the image back onto the target drive. All well and good so far. Fdisk shows that the partition table on the destination drive is correct and all that... However, I'd like to check that the data on the partitions is all there, and in the right form. Trying to do a mount fails, though, because the system doesn't know about the new partition table (and thus the partitions). Is there a way to get the system to "reload" the usb device, and pick up the partitions, other than physically disconnecting the case from the machine and then reattaching it? (Incidentally, this is a SuSE 10.0 machine, fully updated/patched, if that matters,) Thanks! - Ian

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SuSE 10.1 Movies/Videos
by Donald D Henson 29 May '06

29 May '06

I've fresh installed SuSE 10.1 (32-bit) on an x86_64 laptop, as a test install. As usual, there were only a few minor technical problems but a bunch of major legal problems. I don't seem to be able to identify/locate all the software I need in order to make the laptop play movies/videos. Most of the howtos that I've located seem to refer to some ancient distro version, 7.2 or something like that. Can anyone point me to a recent howto for installing video software on a SuSE Linux 10.1 box, preferably using only rpms. (I'm not real good at compiling from source.) As a minor whine, I thought that the software I seek would be available on the DVD, but apparently not. In short, I'm frustrated and completely lost. Any assistance will be sincerely appreciated. Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules

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[Fwd: [Bug 177897] time set to gmt, whatever the user choose]
by jdd sur free 29 May '06

29 May '06

I know some other people have had also this problem. I had this long time ago (relatively) and now lurkin,g the logs is no more efficient if somebody could give hints or fresh logs :-) thanks jdd -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Bug 177897] time set to gmt, whatever the user choose Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 07:05:08 -0600 (MDT) From: bugzilla_noreply(a)novell.com To: jdd(a)dodin.org https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=177897 mgross(a)suse.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|jdd(a)dodin.org | Resolution| |REMIND ------- Comment #2 from mgross(a)suse.de 2006-05-29 07:05 MST ------- Please reopen the report once you can provide the logs. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. Someone is asking you to provide information about the bug. -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos

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Fonts Problem -> Sax2 Bug
by Alvaro Aguilera 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi, I wrote some days ago about a problem with the fonts, it turned out to be a misbehaviour of sax2. Suse 10.1 installed by default with a widescreen-resolution of 1280x768, as I don't have a widescreen monitor I changed it to 1024x768 but the font-ratio somehow was not adjust and stayed "wide". I change the resolution now to 1280x1024 and the fonts are acceptable, as they were on 10.0. Regards, Alvaro.

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Seahorse
by Carl William Spitzer IV 29 May '06

29 May '06

Does anyone have an rpm for the latest for either Suse 9,2 or 10.0? Google turns up older versions only. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/

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SuSE 10.1 boxed version ZMD Problems and other questions
by George Stoianov 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hello guys, I am now running 10.1 :) with a bit of mixed feeling so far. Some things I like very much others not so. Here is my current problem: When I try to update some packages I get: Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Public.ZenException: Failed to lookup resolvable with id 'XXXXX' Server stack trace: in <0x00178> Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.RedCarpetBackend+SqlTransaction:GetResult () in <0x00081> Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.RedCarpetBackend:ResolveDependencies (Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] installs, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] upgrades, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] removals) in <0x00023> Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.PackageManager:Resolve (Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] installs, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] upgrades, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.IResolvable[] removals) in <0x00038> Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.RemotePackageManager:ResolveDependencies (Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.Public.ResolvableInfo[] installs, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.Public.ResolvableInfo[] upgrades, Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.Public.ResolvableInfo[] removals) in <0x00000> <unknown method> in (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices:InternalExecute (System.Reflection.MethodBase,object,object[],object[]&) in <0x00188> System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices:InternalExecuteMessage (System.MarshalByRefObject target, IMethodCallMessage reqMsg) Exception rethrown at [0]: in <0x006dc> System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy:PrivateInvoke (System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy rp, IMessage msg, System.Exception exc, System.Object[] out_args) Is anyone else having problems with this? I went through the good old reliable YOU and it worked no problems. How can I activate the SuSE-Watcher is it gone??? Another thing that I do not really like is the missing NVIDIA driver which I have to apply as a patch myself and keep applying it on every kernel upgrade ... not that I won't benifit from the experience but I did not want to do that for my home laptop too... Also do you know how can I completely disable Beagle? Has anyone tried Xgl? I tried to read the docs http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Xgl_on_SUSE_Linux but I get "bash: gnome-xgl-settings: command not found" when I run gnome-xgl-settings searching in YaST leads to no result and my Control Centre in GNOME is missing the mentioned Desktop Effects.... I have installed the boxed version. Does anyone know what the 6-th CD is for I hope the CDs now equal the DVD. Thanks for your help George

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SUSE on Woodcrest processors
by Rafa Grimán 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi :) Does anybody know whether Intel's Woodcrest processors will be supported? It's a dual core Xeon processor. Would it be a x86-64? Any glitches, gotchas, advice regarding: kernel, glibc, gcc, ...? TIA Rafa -- 50% of all statistics are inaccurate. OpenWengo: rgriman

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