July 2006 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] HDA has lost GRUB and boots to grub> prompt
by kbboykin＠comcast.net 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Bruce, When I ran repair installed system using the CD1, I got " Ext3 system on /dev/hda1 corrupt", "Repair?". It is a reiserfs system. When I click the repair button, after 3 attempts it gives up as asks if I want to skip it which I did. Could I just take this opportunity to do a fresh install of 10.1, preserving my /home and a /public partition(s)? How to preserve smb.cnf so that it is restored under 10.1? Thanks --Keith -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh(a)bmarsh.com> > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 07:53, kbboykin(a)comcast.net wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I have been a SuSE user since 6.4 and have subscribed off and on to this > > list. > > > > I have a problem that I would like some help with: > > > > I recently moved my hardware of my server, running SuSE 9.0 with one > > mounted hDD, HDA, and a running, but unmounted HDD, HDB, to a new case > > only. The only thing I did not move was one of 2 SCSI tape drives. > > > > Initially, everything ran just fine, but it would not do updates. > > ?? > > > > Then > > after about 48 hrs, the machine hung and I could not unhang it, except by > > rebooting, then the hardware hung when bringing up the HDDs. I reset it and > > all went well until it got to Grub and then it just booted to a grub> > > means it cannot find the menu.lst file > > > > and > > nothing was mounted. It is trying to boot HDB, > > any idea why? > > > but there is no grub or boot > > sector on that drive, > > > > What is the best way to recover from this? I can mount the partitions on > > HDA, but I notice no /boot/grub directory. (/boot is there). > > So you're saying you lost the grub sub-directory from the /boot directory? > Highly unusual. > > > > > Should I run a > > recover from the install disc or should I boot from the install CD and then > > run grub-install /dev/hda. Grub was originally put in the MBR of /dev/hda. > > > > You might try running a 'repair' from the install CD but I really think you > have some serious hardware problems somewhere. Power supply inadequate in > the new box?? or failing? Have you run memtest just to check on memory? > > Sounds like your box lost HDA at some point. Are these SATA drives by chance? > > I just replaced 1 SATA and two SCSI drives yesterday in a box and discovered > that 10.1 was seeing the two drives a lot differently than grub was. You > might be seeing the same thing. > > When running the rescue system, grub was saying that (HD2) = SDA and > (HD0)=SDB but when the system was booted, they were the other way around > (like you would expect) > > -- > 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 > > -- 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] mailing lists in K-Mail, SuSE 9.3: where are they kept?
by jfweber＠gilweber.com 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, everyone. Asking this question for my husband who's temporarily off the list. He copied his K-Mail folders and files from a SuSE 9.3 desktop to a DVD and then transferred them to his 10.0 laptop. All of the e-mail messages moved just fine, as did the individual e-mail addresses in the address book. However, two mailing lists he had created in K-Mail (for sending the same message to multiple addressees) did not show up on the laptop. The only choice when using the laptop is "resources." The option (tick box) for mailing lists is not there. So the question is: Where in SuSE 9.3 K-Mail are the mailing lists stored? Which folder/file should he look in so he can copy them over to the 10.0 laptop? Thanks! -- j -- 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] MySql v5 on SuSE 10.0
by Peter Bradley 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

What do I have to do to get MySQL v5 on SuSE 10.0, AMD64 x 2? I'd like to install packages rather than compile the source. YOU only has version 4. The MySQL site only has packages for SLES 9 (AMD64). Assuming the SLES version is OK for v10.0, do I need all the packages: - Server - Client - Shared Compatibiliby Libraries - Headers and Libraries - Test suite Thanks for any help you can give Peter -- 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] fed up with epson
by steve 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi. Can anyone recommend a HP printer which does well with photo paper on SuSE 10.0 for around Euros 100? Both the Epson's I bought c70 and c80 have bocked up print heads/leaking ink and are a mess. I believe that HP has a better system but according to linuxprinting.org are of inferior quality. Any advice on or off list would be most appreciated. Steve. -- 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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[opensuse] New drpmsync Version available
by Michael Schroeder 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi folks, I finally found some time to work a bit on drpmsync. A new version is available from https://forgesvn1.novell.com/svn/drpmsync/trunk . New Features: - while applydeltarpm is running the next delta is fetched over the network. - new --get-filelist and --use-filelist options to save the filelist to a file or re-use a fetched one. - new --list and --list-recursive option to list a directory on the server. - trailing slashes are stripped from the source directory. The last point is actually quite important. I plan to make drpmsync more similar to rsync, this means that drpmsync server/dir . will *always* create a subdirectory in one of the next versions. So you'll need to add '/' or '/.' to your source specifications to stay compatible. Planned next steps: - source handling changes (see above). - support for mirror servers (i.e. what Robert suggested: Pull the filelist from the main server, get the deltas from a mirror server). - exclude and --exclude-arch. Enjoy, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder mls(a)suse.de main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);} --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help(a)opensuse.org

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[SLE] Lost acceleration on Radeon 9000
by John Pierce 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I installed the fglrx driver from ati and was not satisfied with the performance and broken libs, so I uninstalled the generated rpm for fglrx. Prior to installing the rpm I moved the libGL.so.1.2 to a safe place. After uninstalling the rpm I moved that lib back to /usr/X11R6/lib and at first I was achieving around 8000+ frames in five seconds. After a subsequent reboot I am now getting 800+ frames in five seconds. Xorg.conf is calling for the radeon driver and I have options for AGPFastWrite and AGPMode 4. I sure would like to get my acceleration back. TIA John -- Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- 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] KDE daemon processes
by Joachim Schrod 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I don't use the KDE desktop, but I use KDE applications from time to time. (I use an fvwm-based desktop.) When I start the first one, background daemons get started; I assume for application communication and such. They get shot down with the last KDE application terminating. Start of these additional programs increases application startup time, or don't they? I would like to start them in advance, when I start my X session. Is there a list of daemons that should/could be started? Or do I need to analyse the KDE startup scheme myself? TIA for any answer, Joachim PS: I've got a similar question for GNOME, but I think this is better handled in a separate thread. ;-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- 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] Headset vs. SUSE 8.2
by pelibali 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I bought recently a simple headset (2x stereo jack) for my mom in order to use skype from her desktop running SUSE 8.2. (We kept this system, because 8.2 performed quite well on the p2-400MHz CPU she has.) I made several tests to call her and in fact except her microphone, everything worked well. I checked up her mic and on all other comps around and it was OK, except her :( She has KDE with kmix running and the level of the mic was set to maximum. When deactivating the device from the mixer window, you could hear a "click" and the slight echo was also gone from the speakers. She has a "common" SBlaster-128 PCI, but only the statically linked .tar.gz-extracted version of skype; others didn't work at all. I know that from such a dummy description it is not really possible to find out what is wrong, but I would like to be sure, that 1.) SUSE 8.2 has generally the same multimedia properties as later 9.x releases, 2.) our soundcard has strereo-jack for the mic as well, 3.) we don't have issues e.g. with a missing amplifier, etc. In addition I attempted to record my voice via mic on her computer, but all the installed 2-3 sound recorder software were just frozen quickly... Please, could you just suggest me a way to do a precize checkup without upgrading e.g. to SuSE 9.1?! Alternatively I would be glad to hear from anyone using any version of skype on SuSE 8.2 and would help me to solve this situation via screenshots or alike. So just to sum it up, I think it's rather a simple (?) mic-issue on that particular 8.2 comp and has in fact nothing to do with spype. Skype was just the way, how it first showed up. Thanks, Pelibali -- 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] Dial on demand [SUSE 9.1]
by pelibali 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I setup SUSE 9.1 for a friend on his router/firewall doing dial-in as well. It's a(n almost) minimal install, riding a nice red Devolo Fun 56K external, USB modem. This later was pretty hard to install, but we managed it. Everything seems to work well, if he does ssh (trough Putty) from his XP-box to the router and dials via wvdial "half-manually". I attempted to setup him "dial on demand", which I suppose would be the best way for him to avoid ssh-ing. We provided the DNS-list of his provider, but the box didn't go to the net, when we tried to surf on his XP nor locally on the router with lynx. Do we need something in addition to get dial on demand work in addition to the normal dial-in setup via yast? Thank you, Pelibali -- 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] Suse 10.1 do not read my Memomy Flash
by Leonardo José Reyes Diago 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

i hve installed suse 10.1 since a month, but when i installed my memory wasn´t read, after a couple of day start reading, but have been 4 days and my memory does not been reed, can someone tell me what can i do?

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