July 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Keyboard bug 10.1
by GIorgis Georgakoudis 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

I am experiencing a strange keyboard bug...it seems that the repeat rate time interval gets messed up as it repeats characters randomly...i.e: trrrrrrrrrryiiiiiiinnnnnnng tooo typpppppppeeeeeeeeeee. Anybody experiencing the same and have found a solution or anybody cares to investigate it? Giorgis Georgakoudis -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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[SLE] Someone could not get skype to work properly ?
by dries pruimboom 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Perhaps try the beta 1.3 of skype . .. Grtz Drz -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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[SLE] KVM Switch recommendation
by Jay C Vollmer 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi Everybody. I've got a SuSE system sitting next to a Debian system and I'd like to be able to switch between them with a KVM switch. I've been through two Belkin switches which have both failed. Can anyone give me a recommendation on a worthwhile KVM switch that wont crap-out in short order? aTdHvAaNnKcSe -- JAY VOLLMER JVOLLMER(a)VISI.COM TEXT REFS DOUBLEPLUSUNGOOD SELFTHINK VERGING CRIMETHINK - IGNORE FULLWISE -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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RE: [SLE] grub graphic screen in 10.1
by Patrick Freeman 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Morris (NTM) [mailto:Joe_Morris@ntm.org] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 6:10 PM <snip> > My main computer though > looks like a DOS graphic from years ago, a half screen sized blue box > with the menu choices in it, and a text message below it. It works, but > I cannot see a way to enter any grub options (without going to a grub > command line and entering a lot more than used to be). <snip> Put something like: "gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message" in your menu.lst -- and make sure that the partition reference is correct and I think you also need the gfxboot package (but that package may just be for logo generation). Regards, Patrick -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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[SLE] wireless mice problem
by s8 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi! I'm running 10.1 and everything is smooth except one annoying problem. My wireless mice (i've tried 2: microsoft standard wireless mouse and logitech v500) freeze after not being used for around 5 minutes. Reconnect buttons do not help. Keyboard still works though, but when i try to log out - the whole system freezes and i need to manually shut it down. I'm using gnome desktop. I've tried various drivers from what i could find in yast, i've looked thru power management sections, but couldn't get any result. This thing also happened during installation once, but seemingly didn't have effect on it. Is there something i can do about it besides getting a wired mouse?

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[SLE] yast online update aborting - SuSE 10.1
by Vahe Avedissian 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Folks, I have a strange problem after the last set up YOU updates. When I launt yast2 and clock on YOU, it immediately aborts. I cannot tell if the last update messed up or one of the updated packages was bad. Below is a dump after the abort: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base: double free or corruption (out): 0x08527170 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6[0xb761a911] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x84)[0xb761bf84] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x21)[0xb77b8e51] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZNSs4_Rep10_M_destroyERKSaIcE+0x1d)[0xb7794fed] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZNSsD1Ev+0x57)[0xb7797b77] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZNSt10_List_baseIN4zypp9PublicKeyESaIS1_EE8_M_clearEv+0x36)[0xb70048f6] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp6target3rpm5RpmDb28importZyppKeyRingTrustedKeysEv+0x413)[0xb71885d3] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp6target3rpm5RpmDb12initDatabaseENS_10filesystem8PathnameES4_+0x9d8)[0xb7189918] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp6target10TargetImplC1ERKNS_10filesystem8PathnameE+0xb5)[0xb71564d5] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp6TargetC1ERKNS_10filesystem8PathnameE+0x4d)[0xb6fd7dad] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp11zypp_detail8ZYppImpl10initTargetERKNS_10filesystem8PathnameEb+0x1b8)[0xb7254ca8] /usr/lib/libzypp.so.0(_ZN4zypp4ZYpp10initTargetERKNS_10filesystem8PathnameEb+0x2f)[0xb6ff605f] /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2Pkg.so.2(_ZN18PkgModuleFunctions10TargetInitERK9YCPStringRK10YCPBoolean+0x86)[0xb5e71ae6] /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2Pkg.so.2(_ZN13Y2PkgFunction12evaluateCallEv+0xfc7)[0xb5e44cf7] /usr/lib/libycp.so.2(_ZN10YEFunction8evaluateEb+0x38e)[0xb7d429fe] /usr/lib/libycp.so.2(_ZN12YSExpression8evaluateEb+0x37)[0xb7d621f7] /usr/lib/libycp.so.2(_ZN6YBlock8evaluateEb+0x199)[0xb7d7c1b9] /usr/lib/libycp.so.2(_ZNK10YCPCodeRep8evaluateEb+0x114)[0xb7d337d4] /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2wfm.so.2(_ZN14Y2WFMComponent12doActualWorkERK7YCPListP11Y2Component+0x613)[0xb7f1ba03] /usr/lib/liby2.so.2(main+0x1f1b)[0xb7cd6d5b] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0xb75cc87c] /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base(main+0x5d)[0x8048501] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 124282 /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00000000 08:1d 124282 /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base 0804a000-08544000 rw-p 0804a000 00:00 0 [heap] b4300000-b433b000 rw-p b4300000 00:00 0 b433b000-b4400000 ---p b433b000 00:00 0 b4492000-b44c8000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 124289 /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2ag_ini.so.2.0.0 b44c8000-b44c9000 rw-p 00035000 08:1d 124289 /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2ag_ini.so.2.0.0 b44c9000-b44f3000 r--p 00000000 08:1d 43773 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/albwb.ttf b44f3000-b451e000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 45498 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.15 b451e000-b4520000 rw-p 0002a000 08:1d 45498 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.15 b4520000-b4522000 rw-p b4520000 00:00 0 b4522000-b458f000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 49132 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.1.0.9 b458f000-b4592000 rw-p 0006c000 08:1d 49132 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.1.0.9 b4593000-b45bd000 r--p 00000000 08:1d 43751 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/albw.ttf b45bd000-b45db000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 40093 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0 b45db000-b45dc000 rw-p 0001d000 08:1d 40093 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0 b4602000-b4606000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 149432 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so b4606000-b4607000 rw-p 00003000 08:1d 149432 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqmng.so b4607000-b4631000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 150430 /opt/kde3/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0 b4631000-b4633000 rw-p 00029000 08:1d 150430 /opt/kde3/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0 b4657000-b4658000 r--p 00000000 08:1d 25924 /usr/share/YaST2/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/packages-qt.mo b4658000-b465d000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 138204 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqjpeg.so b465d000-b465e000 rw-p 00005000 08:1d 138204 /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/imageformats/libqjpeg.so b465e000-b467d000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 150410 /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/plastik.so b467d000-b467e000 rw-p 0001e000 08:1d 150410 /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/plastik.so b467e000-b467f000 ---p b467e000 00:00 0 b467f000-b4e7f000 rwxp b467f000 00:00 0 b4e7f000-b4e80000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 124033 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/xlcUTF8Load.so.2 b4e80000-b4e81000 rw-p 00000000 08:1d 124033 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/xlcUTF8Load.so.2 b4e81000-b4e8c000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338940 /var/cache/fontconfig/723d6c7d32b373f6b06cc7f9d1a8e946.cache-2 b4e8c000-b4e90000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338941 /var/cache/fontconfig/de3900050b586a5b68cdc42e4d82842b.cache-2 b4e90000-b4f0a000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338942 /var/cache/fontconfig/0b603ee0e9d5cb4fa2facb46225be8ca.cache-2 b4f0a000-b4f11000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338943 /var/cache/fontconfig/29b9ff740f4303123e973fcf283b3937.cache-2 b4f11000-b4f6a000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338945 /var/cache/fontconfig/0357813fd01911d26e40012cc37afd61.cache-2 b4f6a000-b4f77000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338946 /var/cache/fontconfig/57fddf4aeff95a0b98650bf3f13c26fe.cache-2 b4f77000-b5042000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338948 /var/cache/fontconfig/4ab329b95251bfa96df993af29394e5c.cache-2 b5042000-b5049000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338951 /var/cache/fontconfig/dc6d8a077de3cb6b0544495765342202.cache-2 b5049000-b50a2000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338953 /var/cache/fontconfig/a8eccb1d36c0cd55e07565774f02858e.cache-2 b50a2000-b50a3000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338955 /var/cache/fontconfig/47969f914275157783f61e1bd1ed3d89.cache-2 b50a3000-b50a4000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338958 /var/cache/fontconfig/43b8e6e859be885e1b4c4769cd73a3f9.cache-2 b50a4000-b50aa000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338961 /var/cache/fontconfig/d0814903482a18ed8717ceb08fcf4410.cache-2 b50aa000-b50b0000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338961 /var/cache/fontconfig/d0814903482a18ed8717ceb08fcf4410.cache-2 b50b0000-b50b5000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338960 /var/cache/fontconfig/a5bb9318fc124018aaa8c1184e917bf0.cache-2 b50b5000-b510e000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338953 /var/cache/fontconfig/a8eccb1d36c0cd55e07565774f02858e.cache-2 b510e000-b5115000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338951 /var/cache/fontconfig/dc6d8a077de3cb6b0544495765342202.cache-2 b5115000-b51e0000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338948 /var/cache/fontconfig/4ab329b95251bfa96df993af29394e5c.cache-2 b51e0000-b51ed000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338946 /var/cache/fontconfig/57fddf4aeff95a0b98650bf3f13c26fe.cache-2 b51ed000-b5246000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338945 /var/cache/fontconfig/0357813fd01911d26e40012cc37afd61.cache-2 b5246000-b524d000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338943 /var/cache/fontconfig/29b9ff740f4303123e973fcf283b3937.cache-2 b524d000-b52c7000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338942 /var/cache/fontconfig/0b603ee0e9d5cb4fa2facb46225be8ca.cache-2 b52c7000-b52d2000 r--s 00001000 08:1d 338940 /var/cache/fontconfig/723d6c7d32b373f6b06cc7f9d1a8e946.cache-2 b52d2000-b52ef000 r-xp 00000000 08:1d 35580 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.0 b52ef000-b52f1000 rw-p 0001d000 08:1d 35580 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.0 b52f1000-b52f5000 r-xp/sbin/yast2: line 233: 13278 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" qt "$Y2_GEOMETRY" $Y2QT_ARGS Thanks, Vahe

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RE: [SLE] On-demand caching local mirror?
by Marlier, Ian 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Boddy [mailto:stephen.boddy@btinternet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:21 PM > To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: [SLE] On-demand caching local mirror? > > I'm wondering if anyone can come up with an answer. I'm after a piece of > software that will "mirror" an ftp directory (as an example) locally, but > will not retrieve the files unless read. I'm sort of thinking of a FUSE > sort > of local filesystem. > > i.e. The SUSE updates repository. > 1. Set up a local folder. > 2. Get the remote file list. > 3. An app requests a file. > 4. If in local cache, return file, goto 3 > 5. If not local, and if connection closed, reopen. > 6. Try to retrieve, then return file, goto 3 > (every so often (on mount, once/day) repeat 2) > > The point being that I have multiple machines I want to update, so I don't > want to waste bandwidth by a) downloading the kde updates repeatedly, or b) > replicating the whole folder with updates for packages I haven't installed. > > It seems like this would be a sensible addition to SUSE for those of us > with > multiple machines, (applying to virtual ones too.) I've googled, and gone > through lots of pages, but I can't find something that operates like this. > The closest I seen so far is fuseftp. The two problems I can see with this > are > 1. I think the cache expiry time is specified in seconds, and I can't see > if > there is an indefinate (i.e. passing 0) > 2. I think it holds the ftp connection open while it is mounted, which > wouldn't be good for the servers, with people holding connections open. > > Any suggestions? I think it sounds like a great idea, personally... Given the lack of that particular functionality, I think I might try something like this, though... `cd /srv/www/htdocs; rsync -arv --delete --exclude=*.ppc* rsync://suse.mirrors.tds.net/suse/update; chkconfig apache2 on; /etc/init.d/apache2 start` And then point at that machine as your update source, from everywhere else. (and if you didn't want to share it out via http, ftp or nfs or....) It does mean that you need to download everything; but you only have to do it once. And keeping your update tree up-to-date is just a matter of croning the rsync to run once a day or so. (One note: I do this, because I have 50 or 60 machines to keep up to date, running a bunch of different suse versions. If you're just looking to keep a few, like 3 or 5 or something, updated, then you probably want to use the public update sites per usual -- rsync can be a heavy protocol, and using it unnecessarily is generally considered to be a Bad Thing.) -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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[SLE] how beagled is scheduled to run?
by 张韡武 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hello. I have an X terminal server ... as perhaps everybody already knows because I keep asking stupid questions... Sometimes beagled and its related process (e.g. parse-metadata) suddenly come up and take everybody by surprise by taking 100% CPU resource and slowing everything down. This keeps 10 minutes and everybody decide to get a coffee. Usually every user's beagled process start together. I know how to shutdown beagled gracefully as it's easy to get this knowledge on google. What I didn't find on google is how to change scheduling of beagle and make sure beagled doesn't start in working hour. If beagled wish to index some files, it should do it in the evening, don't do it in working hour! Is it possible at all? First I thought beagle is started by cron, but I am not sure if I should remove beagle-crawl-system from cron.daily. I think perhaps beagled is started as a per-user process but cron is used to manage system process. Besides, removing beagle completely from cron is stupid, because beagle is useful, it simply decided to work in wrong time. Best approach: how about SuSE design it in this way? That "beagled only starts if load average in the past 10 minute is lower then 0.5 (configurable)". This gives beagled a smart brain, it can even start itself in launch time when noticed nobody used the desktop for a while. -- 锐业软服（国内业务） http://www.realss.cn Real SoftService http://www.realss.com 销售咨询(Sales Department): 0086 592 20 99987 (Chinese, German, English) 国际业务(International Sales): 0086 10 8460 6011 (German and English) 联系：厦门大学科技园，嘉庚二号楼6楼邮政：厦门大学2312号信箱（邮编361005）

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[SLE] Missing PPP Dialer in Suse 10.1
by jejones＠netscape.com 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

I have used Suse Linux since version 9.0 and I recently upgraded to version 10.1. The installation went without a hitch. The modem was tested during installation and worked. I configured the modem and my e-mail account. However, now I can not locate any means to access the dialer. Previous versions of Suse had an icon in the taskbar that looked a bit like an electrical plug. Clicking on this brought up the dialer and connected me to the internet. I can't find anything that looks like that or any other means of access. If anyone can help me locate or set up the dialer it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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[SLE] how to run aptate
by Joe Zien 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

I am using suse 10.0 and installed apt4rpm using suse 10 dvd that was the cover disk in issue 55 of linuuser & developer magazine. aptate is installed and am having problems running it. aptate should produce a sources.list for suse 10. Any help in getting apt4rpm working in suse 10 would be appreciated. Below are some sites I used to try to get apt4rpm working, but no help on running aptate: http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/suse10-i386/RPMS.suser-rbos http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/suse10-i386/examples http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/apt4suse.html http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net TIA Joe Zien -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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