October 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Sorry SuSE: 9.1 is Waste of time and money!
by Terje J. Hanssen 17 May '24

17 May '24

I am sorry to conclude that my upgrade from SuSE 9.0 Pro to 9.1 Pro has been waste of time and money for me, so far. The same I have to say about the free SuSE "Installation support". The reason is that my SuSE 9.1 installation only detects 1 of my 3 SCSCI devices (as I wrote in another subject on this forum: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-May/3254.html) Yamaha 4416S CDRW recorder detected HP DVD Writer 100i NOT detected Epson 1640SU scanner NOT detected It's rather stupid. I have installed 9.1 using the DVD disk just in the HP DVD drive, but after the installation of 9.1, the KDE/Konqueror /media/recorder cannot access it and YaST2 cannot install additional software from it. Only one "Cdrecorder" is found in My computer and that is the Yamaha 4416 drive, which the KDE/Konqueror file manager assign as /media/recorder11. I am sure 9.1 is the reason, as I hadn't this problems with 9.0. I have tried both an update and two several new installation of 9.1. Neither SJDS nor Windows on the same multiboot PC have problems to detect these devices. In my opinion SuSE should therefore debug 9.1 better and longer, and not leave the problems to the customers. I see SuSE notes on their web saying that they know SCSI scanners are not detected in 9.1. But regarding my HP DVD writer problem, the SuSE support (as usual) don't take the responsibility and argue that this problem (a combination of IDE disk and SCSI devices) isn't included in their free installation support! This sounds remarkable, and I have never had a modern PC of so simple model or configuration that it has fitted the limited rules for the free installation support. Terje J. Hanssen

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[SLE] RealPlayer G2 on SuSe 6.2
by yh＠ottawa.com 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Yesterday, I finally got sound going on my Linux setup. I downloaded RealPlayer G2 and it worked beautifully. Today, RealPlayer run but no sound coming out. All other sound functions still work. I can still play my CD, have system sound BUT no sound when I run RealPlayer. /var/log/message said kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? but KDE sound still work. I have re-installed RealPlayer 3 times now, still no sound when I run the RealPlayer. Any help is appreciated. Ying yh(a)ottawa.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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Creating a new user for a deamon
by Rowan Reid 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

I'm setting up a cron job for a analysis tool, I'm trying to use the SuSE tools where possible but YAST doent' allow you to create new user without a home I tried /dev/null is there a proper way to do this ? Rowan Reid Job Captain, Systems Administrator STUDIO 3 ARCHITECTS 909 982 1717

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Web Site Standards
by Bryan Tyson 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 03:38, Michael wrote: > I tried to visit this site. > http://www.bet365.com > The result upset me so much i sent them this. I sent the letter below, and I encourage everyone on the list to send a similar letter. ----------------------------------------- Subject: Create a Real Web Site Please From: Bryan S. Tyson <bryantyson(a)earthlink.net> To: webmaster(a)bet365.com When attempting to view your site using Konqueror 2.2.1 and Mozilla 0.9.4, both Linux web browsers, I was curtly informed that my browser is "incompatible." Your site, sir, is what is "incompatible." Stick with established standards and real html, not Microsoft proprietary "features." *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ***************************************************

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Mount Windows NT(NTFS) drive as drive Z: for all users
by Keith Jacobs 25 Sep '21

25 Sep '21

We have an winNT server and need to auto mount a shared folder as if it were a windose mapped drive Z: on SuSE8 Could someone please explain how to do this and how to make sure it is set-up for every user everytime the system is booted. Thanks Regards Keith Jacobs New to Linux

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Adding fonts?
by Tracer Bullet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi all, Reading some mails on the GIMP mail list, I ran across the procedure to install some more fonts for not only Gimp, but the system and StarOffice to use also. Well, I installed the fonts, went to the shell and issued the command xset fp+ <font directory> and then the rehash command and all fonts are there! Ok, that went well, but each time I restart the system, I have to do it all over again? Is there a way to make it permanent and read the new fonts like it does the ones the system installs or is that a no-no? end of line Tracer Shell commands: xset fp+ <new font directory> xset fp rehash -- ---KMail 1.2--- SuSE Linux v7.2--- Registered Linux User #225206 /tracerb(a)sprintmail.com/ *Magic Page Products* *Team Amiga* http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb

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HP Laser 1020
by Alfredo Cole 08 May '10

08 May '10

Hi: I just bought this printer, thinking it would work right out of the box. I'm running SUSE 9.3 with CUPS, and it does not seem to support this model. Anybody got this printer to work? Any pointers would help. Best regards. -- Alfredo Cole-Tuckler

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[opensuse] SUSE SWAMP
by Ciro Iriarte 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Anybody tried it?, is it actually being used on the Opensuse project?. Looks interesting.... Maybe it can replace workflow apps on Domino/Notes... Webpage: http://swamp.sourceforge.net/ SWAMP - The Workflow Platform SWAMP is a workflow processing platform. Workflows are processes with many people involved in many working steps. In a real world scenario these workflows are highly dynamic, but still many systems try to hardcode the business logic. That leads to raising efforts to adapt the system. Here is where SWAMP steps in: The workflow is designed in a XML based meta language in one file which is read by SWAMP. Workflows can be built from different workflow 'patterns' like simple actions, decisions, selections, loops, but also custom code and external events if required. SWAMP builds a HTML GUI from the workflow definition file that guides different users through the whole process, sends notifications if required, assembles overview pages over all running processes and much more. A SOAP interface can be used to integrate external systems into the workflow. These are SWAMPs main Features: * Support of many different workflow patterns * Flexibility in workflow design: A workflow can be specified in a single XML file * Workflow evolution: Workflows can be developed while in operation (versioning) * Ease of use: clear and straightforward XML based workflow definition language, no coding skills needed * Workflows can attach data and files * Automatic web-GUI generation for handling individual tasks and administrating workflows * Running on Linux + Windows with OS-independant tools: Java, Tomcat, MySQL * MySQL + LDAP authentication possible * User and Role management, workflows/tasks can be restricted * Mail notification system included * Unlimited amount of different workflow-types on one server * Scheduler to control time-critical workflow paths * SOAP interface allows interaction with external systems * Openness: Custom code allows unlimited functionality, event- and data gateways * Customizeable overview lists with filters -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI Drivers
by Vladimir Karpenko 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

I tried to install ATI ctcalyst driver VIA one click install, and it is not working. Log gives something like this: WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized. (EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection. Vied card is: ATI Radeon HD 3450 (RV620 95C5) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE contributor survey
by janfst＠student.matnat.uio.no 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hello, My name is Jan Fredrik Stoveland, and I am a masters student at the University of Oslo writing a thesis on firm-sponsored open source communities. openSUSE is the main case for the study. I have been granted permission to send you this email by the openSUSE management, and I hope you do not mind receiving it. I would like to ask all active members of this mailinglist to participate in a brief, anonymous electronic survey targeted at active contributors in the openSUSE community. So if you regularly post messages on this list to help other users, I would appreciate if you participate in the survey. Other users may participate too. The research is funded by the University, and is independent of any commercial interests. The link to the survey is here: https://nettskjema.uio.no/answer.html?fid=38823&lang=en The questions in the survey concern your current engagement in the openSUSE community, your reasons for participating in the community and your affiliation with Novell. I expect the survey will take you maximum 10 minutes to complete, unless you find any questions difficult to answer. What do you get in return for doing this? The results from the survey will be published on opensuse.org, and the thesis with other interesting findings about your community will be published around May next year. Hopefully this will be of interest to you. But first of all I hope you will contribute for the sake of research itself. Thank you very much for your help! Jan Fredrik Stoveland Student of Sociology and Informatics University of Oslo, Norway -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] SLES9 and MySQL5
by Ciro Iriarte 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hi, anybody update an stock MySQL4 from SLES9 with a live database to MySQL5 from Build Service (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/SLES_9/x86_64/) Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 and powermanagement
by Andreas 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

I am sure it is something very obvious, yet I can't seem to find a way to configure the powermanagement in openSUSE 10.3. YaST is missing the power-management module and in KPowersave all options are 'greyed out'. Any pointers? -- Gruß Andreas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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RE: [opensuse] Graphics printing problems - Adobe Acrobat Reader
by Rishi Oberoi 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hi Dennis, Please send me the bug file so as to isolate the issue. Regards, Rishi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice Impress sound
by Robert Lewis 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Impress does not play sound on Linux. However, it does with Openoffice on XP. I have had an exchange with the developer and now understand what is causing the delay on Linux. He offers this as a work around while they are sorting out the real solution. http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50506&view=next However, it would be nice to substitute on SUSE 10.2 fmj which is available for SUSE 10.2 either from Packman or SUSE, I don't remember. However, I have not got that to work. In addition I have not been able to translate his instructions for jmf to a working solution as yet. If anyone knows how to get this working on SUSE and would willing to write up something clear for the rest of that would really be neat. Cheers, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] RAID5 & Power outages
by Ciro Iriarte 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Anybody has experience with linux Raid5 and power outages?, i currently have two 250GB disks in a RAID1 array in my main workstation. When there's any power outage the array is rebuilt but given it's a mirror it's not a major issue. Now i would like to add 4 500GB disks in a secondary array with raid5 but i'm afraid i would lose the array if there's any outage (have to mention a UPS in my letter to Santa....) Anybody knows if the raid5 (md) would survive this scenario? Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OpenOffice.org Fast Launch?
by Donald D Henson 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Some time ago, I remember seeing a discussion about a way to speed up the launch of OpenOffice.org modules. Now I can't find any reference to it. I can find references to 'quick launch' but that refers to putting icons on the quicklaunch panel. Does anyone else remember such a discussion or am I just going nuts in my old age? Thanks for any assistance. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] intall hints for 10.3 on Thinkpad?
by Zoltan Levardy 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

dear list members, i am going to install 10.3 x86-64 on ibm thinkpad z61m. I would like to ask any thinkpad gurus, is there anything i should worry or care about? Because of i am quite not sure how the "ThinkVantage" stuffs are "hidden" on the buildin harddrive. It would be nice to keep those things and do not want to lose my backups made from win xp. So, i am looking for partitioning hints.... many thanks, z -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Help with Java installation on SuSE 10.3
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

I'm trying to install the GUI for R on SuSE 10.3. The package and instructions are from: http://rosuda.org/JGR/down.shtml Since I need the latest Java package I clicked on Linux Tips page There are no specific instructions for SuSe 10.3 so i kind of followed the instructions listed for SuSE 10.2 I clicked on SuSE Java page >From here I tried to install Java from Yast but I got lost when I had to select a directory pathname. I browsed through the directory pub/opensuse/distribution on different mirror sites and was unable to find Java. I got lost in the maze of links that brought me nowhere. Can you please sow me the right way ? Thank you in advance. Regards, -- Maura E.M -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kdar for 10.3
by Istvan Gabor 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hello: Where can I find kdar package for openSUSE 10.3? Thanks, IG A Rolling Stones frontembere szólókarrierjének legjobb dalai egy lemezre összegyűjtve! Töltsd le Te is! ________________________________________________________ http://zenearuhaz.t-online.hu/index.php?m=info&albumid=49346&sty=15 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How to install independant RPM packages in SUSE 10.3 GNOME?
by Kevin Dupuy 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hello everyone! I'm having trouble wit Gtkpod 0.99.10, and I'm trying to install an independent RPM of Gtkpod 0.99.8 (or whatever). I downloaded the file and double clicked on it, but it appeared it wanted me to extract the RPM package. Since I know that's not what it's supposed to do, I right clicked and selected "Open with Install Software". It appeared to start loading all the repos, then closed the window. How can I install these RPMs on SUSE with a GUI? Do I need to use the command line? -- Kevin Dupuy <kevindupuy(a)bellsouth.net> Yo.media -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mysql starts with --skip-grant-tables
by Adam Fisher 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

I did a fresh install of 10.2 and now when I start mysql (rcmysql start). It starts with --skip-grant-tables and the mysql.sock is loaded in /var/run/mysql/.protected folder. I have apparmor turned off and don't see how it is installed in chroot. In my.cnf it is not listed as well. Any ideas? Thanks, Adam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Process Hangs / D-wait / Novell Bug 336669
by Randall R Schulz 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi, <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336669> This is a very uncool situation. I encounter these processes hanging in D waits quite a lot and it is very disruptive. Whatever the problem is, and it seems to be one of those bugs exacerbated by multi-core systems that we've known was going to be haunting us as multi-core CPUs proliferate, this one, apparently in the Reiser filesystem code, is particularly pernicious. Had I know about this, I'd never have gone with Reiser for my file systems when I installed 10.2 (now 10.3). How close is Novell to releasing a fix? Alternately, is there any good way to convert file systems? I've never had to do it before, and the only way I can think of is to dump, mkfs and restore, and I don't know what sort of pitfalls that presents. Peeved and alarmed, Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Burned DVDs all Coasters!
by Robert Smits 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I'm running OpenSuse 10.2 on one of my desktops, which also has a dvd writer. Lately, whenever I burn a data DVD with K3B, the program goes through all the motions as if it's correctly burning and verifying the DVD. Yet when I examine the disk that's been burned, Konqueror tells me the disk I just burned is blank. My Sony DVD DRive is working just fine, and if I boot to Windows, I can successfully burn a disk with Sonic Record. I have also tried burning a disk (all DVD-R) with GnomeBaker and I get the same result as with K3b. Does this mean the problem is with growisofs? When I look at the K3B site there seem to be many bugs all related to not being able to burn a dvd. Does anyone have a handle on this? Bob -- Bob Smits bob(a)rsmits.ca Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home...David Frost -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Suspicious Update
by Bryen 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

I just got a notification for a security update for Opera via my applet. I do not have opera browser installed on this machine and I scanned my machine to see if it might have been installed without me knowing about it. Not sure why I'm getting this notice. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OS 10.3 Problem with digital camera Canon Powershot A550 reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
by Franz Petri 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi, I have the following problem with a Canon Powershot A550 digital camera: When plugging it into an arbitrary free usb-port it is recognized by KDE right away, but it takes ages (about 20-30 seconds) until it is accessible via konqueror. When copying images from the camera to a folder on the local hard disk the overall transfer rate is really slow (the image is copied ok, but after each image the progress "hangs" for several seconds). All this is acompanied by the folling dmesg-messages: usb 1-1.1.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: new device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=3150 usb 1-1.1.2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 1-1.1.2: Product: Canon Digital Camera usb 1-1.1.2: Manufacturer: Canon Inc. usb 1-1.1.2: SerialNumber: 1E0C3F55EADF4F628CC92B882CE79D34 usb 1-1.1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1.1.2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 I have an Fujitsu Amilo M 7400 notebook with opensuse 10.3 with all the latest updates installed. Any advise? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] "Cleaning repository 'Packman Repository' cache" always takes a lot of time.
by Aniruddha 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I have noticed this behavior on multiple machines. It takes a lot of time to finish "Cleaning repository 'Packman Repository' cache". Any ideas what might be the problem? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] 10.3 upgrade
by Stan Goodman 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

The new DVD disk did run, and I was able to start the installation. Nevertheless, things have not run smoothly. There were some problems with packages that could not be updated, but I will leave them aside for the moment, because there is a much more serious problem. When the first reboot happened, I left the DVD in the drive, which I am sure is correct. After the reboot, what came up was the installers main screen, offering the choice of booting from the Hard Disk, Installation, etc. Choosing "Installation" brings me back to the beginning of the upgrade process (language, accept the conditions, etc.), which I do not think is where I want to be. In other words, I appear to have lost the thread of the upgrade process. I hope someone will explain to me why this has happened, and what I can do about it. Removing the DVD and rebooting causes a black screen to come up, with a prompt like "grub >". In other words, the upgrade process has decided on its own initiative to install GRUB in the Master Boot Sector. This is dirty pool: When I first installed v10..2, I put GRUB into a very small partition all by itself; I did this for a very good reason, and I was allowed to do it, and there is something very wrong with the upgrader/installer moving it about in this way without asking me. I'll fix this, but it should not have happened. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel REAL similes/metaphors by high school students; #19: The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Pgadmin3
by Juraj Trenkler 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Is anybody preparing pgadmin3 rpm files for openSUSE 10.3? I tried compilation but without success,. configure: error: Could not find your PostgreSQL installation in /var/lib/pgsql/data/ juraj -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Can I do this with rsync? (scripts)
by Carlos F Lange 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Bob, Your reply just made me notice that I replied to you directly, instead of to the mailing-list. So, I resent my message for the benefit of the others. On Wed October 24 2007 20:06, Robert Smits wrote: > What does the first line with "#!/bin/bash" do? I understand it's a > descriptive comment, but what does the !/bin/bash do for you. It is not a comment. While # starts comments anywhere else in a bash script, if the script starts with "#!/bin/bash", bash will be used to interpret the script, even if someone's login shell is csh or tcsh. For example, if I had used the Bourne shell syntax, I should start my script with #!/bin/sh. > Second, I've been using rsync in the form rsync -a source file > location destination file location. Is it because you want to do this > interactively that you've added all these other options? The fundamental difference is that both ends are active. If I was just mirroring my home to a passive backup destination, then a pure --archive option would suffice and I would probably do it on my entire $HOME. But in my case, I synchronize only key directory trees between the 3 machines and any of the 3 can have a more recent version of a document. --compress: speeds up synchronization between office and home. --update: prevents overwriting a newer version on the destination, if I forgot to update it in the source first. Say I change Projects/ABC/file1 in the office and forget I changed it. Then I work on Projects/ABC/file2 at home. If I didn't use update, I would revert to the old version of file1 when I archive Projects/ to the office. --partial --delay-updates: keep partial transfers if the connection breaks, so a restart only transfers the rest. The problem is the time of a partial file is always newer, since the time stamp is adjusted at the end. So, at restart a partial file would not only look complete, but also more recent, and when I synchronize back, I would corrupt the source, hence delay-updates. --progress: just to see that the connection is not hanging in case of large files. > > I found that sometimes I forgot that I created a new file in the > > office, say under Projects/ABC/, and when I work from home and I > > want to "syncsend Projects", it asks if I want to delete that new > > file. I then say "no" and subsequently run "syncget Projects" to > > bring that file to my desktop at home. > > But if i use the rsync command without the --delete parameter it > won't delete any files at all on the receiving side, right? And if I > have an extra one in either receiving or sending side, it'll add it, > right? Your synchronization is always one way, never back and forth at once. Without --delete, rsync will notice that there is an extra file at the destination, which would normally mean you deleted the corresponding file in the source, but rsync will not synchronize this deletion. rsync cannot know that in my case the destination side is not a pure backup site and that it can also generate new content. I have to run "rsync office home", which is "syncget" in this case, for rsync to bring the new file to my home machine. > Well.my scripts were much more primitive and I'll study yours to see > how they add functionality. Once I have the scripts working I just > want to run them daily with cron. These are just different scenarios. I would use a cron job to sync to a true, passive backup site. Since all my sites are active and I am somewhat absent-minded, my initially simple interactive script evolved to this. :) -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Don't know which IDE driver to use for MSI N1996 motherboard
by Scott Simpson 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

I'm trying to move my drives from an old motherboard to an MSI 1996 motherboard. When I boot though, I get "Waiting for device /dev/hda2 to appear" which means that the IDE driver for this motherboard isn't in my initial RAM disk. Does anybody know which driver I need to add to the RAM disk? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ATI Driver - Which Version?
by Jim Flanagan 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

I have an ATI Radeon 9000 AGP card, and am unsure which version of the ATI driver I should run in opensuse 10.3. The one click method says this newer version 8.41.7 is good for radeon 8500 and newer. But he ATI site shows the older version 8.28.8 from Aug 18, 2006 to be the last version that supports this card. Which one should I install?? Many thanks, Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] display hal events
by Andy Harrison 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The keyboard on my workstation has a sleep/suspend key. I'd like to remap it, but so far my attempts are failing. When I xmodmap the keycode 222 issued by that key to some other function, it still pushes through a shutdown signal to opensuse (10.2) which happily responds and shuts down my Ultra 40 without even prompting for a confirmation. It's not simply being handled by init, either (though I did try changing the 'ca' id to something else). I can tell that kde itself is responding to this signal. If I leave a kde specific app open, like kate, with an unsaved file, then I press the sleep/suspend key, kate prompts me to save the file. If I instead hit the cancel button, kde briefly pops up a small modal dialog box: KDE Systems Notification - ------------------------- Logout canceled by 'kate' I tried editing some of the /etc/PolicyKit/privilege.d/hal-power-* files to alter permissions to see if I could disable the response to that key, but no luck. Is there some way I can view hal events similarly to the way xev displays X events? That might help me isolate exactly what I need to change. - -- Andy Harrison public key: 0x67518262 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org iD8DBQFHH0QNNTm8fWdRgmIRAv/dAJ0XZBUAc2PCCHqHETQpGKlcqpKzRACg8tlF 5ohYSFC4wkSiIhC2R4a/oqg= =uCFx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Making sysfs values persist across reboot
by Marlier, Ian 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hi, all -- I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get a setting made in the sysfs tree (in this case, /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource) to persist across reboot. Under opensuse 10.3 using a xen kernel, the default value in this node is "xen". However, there is a bug that causes the machine to lock up if using that value, and so it needs to be changed to "jiffies", which is accomplished by doing echo "jiffies" > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource I can add this command to an init script (boot.local, for example). But I'm wondering if there's any alternative, such as the sysctl.conf file that controls the settings under /proc/sys Anyone know of one? Thanks! Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] device designation
by Rajko M. 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

On Sunday 28 October 2007 12:51:54 pm Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > The plea for help is a sort of double dip on this forum. I also posted > a request for help with a driver for the Canon Pixma MP830. After > sending that note, I tried to fix the problem myself by changing the > parallel port connection provided in the SUSE-supplied driver with a USB > port designation. In short you connected printer using USB instead of parallel port cable. > It wouldn 't accept it, saying that the port wasn't > properly configured! I would need more details on this, like this: Printer connected to computer and turned on. Started YaST > Hardware > Printer Do you see printer in YaST list, or there is no nothing? What message below list tells? > It was already working, by the way, to connect the > scanner feature to my computer. So, I tried to mount the usb port only > to find I had no idea how to indicate the proper device in the mount > command (I tried several of them, searched though the relevant man > entries and even did a couple of apropos searches.) You can mount hard drive connected to USB port, but not port itself. > If you can help me (despite my double-dipping), I would appreciate it. It is obvious that there is no many with Canon Pixma MP830, but without more details people that know how to setup printers can't say what might be wrong, or help you to troubleshoot problem. For instance it would be helpful to turn printer on and run: dmesg | tail -n10 to see what kernel is doing. Is registered any activity on USB port. Then command: hwinfo --printer can give some information. Post both, don't just tell conclusion:"I don't see anything relevant" -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Canon Pixma MP830 problem
by Dennis J. Tuchler 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

I just set up the printer, self-test worked, connected the printer to a USB port on my Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. Yast spotted both the printer and the scanner. The printer test failed. I checked and found that the printer was listed as a parallel printer connected to lp0. I changed the setting to USB printer only to get the message, "No USB devices found. It seems that your USB bus is not properly configured" I changed the connection to a USB connection that works with an external storage device. Same message. What do I do now? -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ksensors does not display harddisk temperature
by Eberhard Roloff 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hi, I am using 10.3/32bit and my toolk for monitoring cpu temp and speed, fan speeds and the like is lm-sensors with the KDE frontend ksensors. Up to SuSE 10.2 this used to also display the temperature of my harddisk if I had hddtemp installed. Now I have hddtemp installed, but for the life of me I cannot get ksensors to display my harddisk temperature. Anything else from lm-sensors is there. I am using ksensors 0.7.3 from packman. Any hints how to get my harddisk temperature into ksensors to be displayed on my desktop are appreciated? Thanks much for help Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Stupid Compiz questions
by Bob S 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hello SuSE people, Running 10.3 64 bit with KDE. I installed compiz-fusion. I find it locks up some applications and some other things don't work so I want to turn it off until I have more time to play with it. It starts automatically at boot up. Stupid question #1. How do I turn it off ?? SQ # 2. How do you close an app without going up to the menu bar "File" and then choosing quit from the drop down list? SQ # 3. How do you minimize an app? or resize the window? There's more but I just want to turn it off for now. Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Turn off colors in vi or vim
by Bryen 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

How can I turn off colors in vi (actually vim) permanently? -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing windows last
by Jake Conk 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hello, I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know most multiboot setups that include windows always say install windows first then install linux so it can auto detect your windows partition and setup grub accordingly but in my case I already have linux setup and want to install windows while keeping suse's grub menu. Is this possible and how? Thank you, - Jake -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 and VMWare Server 1.0.4
by John 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Hi, after installing 10.3 (another story!) I tried to run VMWare server 1.0.3 and it didn't work. Downloaded the latest (1.0.4-56528) and installed and all seemed to be working OK. After running for a while, the virtual disk corrupted (XP - no snapshot :-( ). Have since reinstalled, and it seems very unstable - breaks KDE (no mouse/keyboard input) and corrupts the virtual disk. Anybody else experienced this, and if so, any ideas? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] save rpm files from online update
by Coach-X 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads when doing an online update, how would this be done? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Unclean shutdowns in 10.3
by Myrosia Dzikovska 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

I recently upgraded to 10.3 from 10.0 on a Sony Vaio PCG V505DP laptop. My 10.0 setup was very stable, but I am experiencing a serious problem in 10.3 with unclean shutdowns. Every so often (once in 5 times, maybe) my KDE refuses to shut down - some windows, like KNotes, stay on screen, but nothing happens. My keyboard works, so I can switch to text console, manually kill all processes and then re-boot with ctrl-alt-del or reboot. However, the system refuses to shut down cleanly. It goes through all the normal stages without any error messages, gets to the point of unmounting the file systems and then goes oops - cannot umount /: device or resource busy And then it halts immediately. When I run it again, there is always a ton of transactions to be replayed (I am using ReiserFS). I looked through /var/log/messages and /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but neither seems to have any error messages. I checked my hardware status with smartctl, and it reports being fine. How could I begin to trace this? Myrosia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Turning off the hard disk
by Albrecht Mehl 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Dear Mr. Roloff, thank you very much for your reply which shows a way to achieve the disered result even though it is not Suse. As not much of an Linux-expert, I have additional questions. Eberhard Roloff schrieb: > Very easy, but unfortunately not suse related. > > 1. Download a knoppix CD or, if you prefer, one of it'xs many deriatives. > > 2. Boot it When inserting the Knoppix-CD into the drive and then booting the computer is already running, so will be the hd. So how to turn off the already running hd? Reading the CD each time seems to be cumbersome. Would it be possible to start the computer with its hd, start from there Knoppix, and then to turn off the hd? > 3. at the boot prompt, insert: > "knoppix dma toram" and whatever additional parameters you will need or > like. > > This will copy the entire knoppix CD into your RAM (Provided you have > about 1GB, I think). > > After this the whole system is both > -lightning fast > and > -very quiet. > And surely you can still save all your configuration and work results to > your harddisk Of course I would like to save e.g. the emails received to the hd. Can this be done when using Knoppix? or, better, you save soundlessly to an usb stick. > > Btw, if you like something as soundless, but much smaller and even > quicker, DSL (damnsmalllinux) does essentially the same (with "toram"). > With DSL, you will achieve the same mode of quiet and/or diskless > operation from 128 MB of RAM onwards. I understand that DSL will have to be installed in my computer before I can use it. So the problem of how to switch off the hd is there, again. > I use both of them regularly. Essentialy anytime when I am away from a > diskless Terminalserver Client but still in a mood to have a speedy > computer that operates quietly.... > > Kind regards > Eberhard Thank you very much A. Mehl -- Albrecht Mehl Schorlemmerstr. 33 D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany |sehenswert - Relativist. Effekte Tel. (+49 06151) 37 39 92 |www.tempolimit-lichtgeschwindigkeit.de -- Albrecht Mehl Schorlemmerstr. 33 D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany |sehenswert - Relativist. Effekte Tel. (+49 06151) 37 39 92 |www.tempolimit-lichtgeschwindigkeit.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Anyone else having rpm2cpio trouble?
by Bryen 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

When I run rpm2cpio (packagename) I get a very scrambled output, and when it returns to the prompt, the prompt is scrambled too, as well as anything I type. Only way out of this is to close the terminal and restart. Another symptom, rpm2cpio --help works before I actually run an rpm2cpio process. But after I run the process, if I attempt rpm2cpio --help, it hangs. Even after having closed the terminal and restarting it. I'm not seeing rpm2cpio in ps aux or top, so not sure where to clear out rpm2cpio, other than by a reboot. Anyone else have this problem in 10.3? -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] gimpshop overtakes gimp after being removed
by Gavin Chester 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

running opensuse10.2 and using smart to manage packages: I wanted to evaluate gimpshop for the sake of a friend who was uncomfortable with native gimp. So I removed gimp (as required, though you may say otherwise) and installed gimpshop from packman repos. It didn't perform as well as it was supposed to and gave an error when trying to open almost any graphic file type (eg, jpg, png, bmp) saying "unknown file type". So I removed it and reinstalled gimp. Funny thing was the gimpshop splash screen persisted and so did the failure to open any file. Did a search on my drive for any gimpshop components, found nothing telling, so I upgraded to gimp-unstable just for the hell of it. Same thing. Downgraded to gimp 2.2.13 from suse repos and same thing. I've no idea how to clean my system of the gimpshop scourge and get gimp working again (it did work just fine before this). Any ideas? Gavin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] (gtk:2594): WARNING **: Markup parse error
by listreader 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Hello! I am a Linux and openSUSE rookie so please tailor your response to my non-existent experience level. Thanks much. Problem using: gnome - YaST Control Center - Hardware - Printer icon While trying to install an old parallel printer, connected through a USB-to-parallel converter, I received the following messages in a pop-up box having the title of "xmessage" while trying to do a test print: ** (gtk:2594): WARNING **: Markup parse error 'Error on line 1 char 845: Element 'p' was closed, but the currently open element is 'P'' ** (gtk:2594): WARNING **: Markup parse error 'Error on line 1 char 828: Element 'big' was closed, but the currently open element is 'BIG'' (the second line above is then repeated 2 additional times) Since I am using yast to try to install the printer, I am not myself directly editing or entering any 'markup', which I assume means an xml file, so what are these messages related to? Thanks for any clues. Cheers. Ralph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] yum repos and zypper update
by Tom Horsley 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

> Zypper by default updates Patches, the regular method of our update > delivery. > > Use: > zypper update -t package > to update just-package-updates updates. By golly, that does work. I guess the next step is to investigate creating patches so things can be more automatic. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wifi Install Problem
by Donald D Henson 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

I've been trying to get wifi to work on my Inspiron 1501 laptop. Aside from the "normal" problems associated with a wifi install, everything was going smoothly until I tried to install an "Invalid Driver!" using ndisgtk. I found another driver to try but discovered that ndisgtk will not remove an invalid driver nor will it install another driver on top of the invalid one. My problem is that I don't know how to remove the driver using the CLI. I was going to remove the *.inf file but I can't find it. I will be eternally grateful to anyone who can tell me how to remove an invalid wifi driver. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] How do I manage kernels in opensuse
by Aniruddha 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

I would like to try out the realtime kernel but I have problems getting my Nvidia drivers working. I have the kernel-source installed. I wonder: -How do I manage kernel symlinks in openSUSE? -How do I get the Nvidia driver working? In Gentoo I would switch the kernel symlink to the rt kernel and reinstall the Nvidia driver then reboot in the new kernel. What is the openSUSE way? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Which Updates/Yast/Sysconfig script creates Link?
by David C. Rankin 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Folks, Everytime some suse update or yast script runs it recreates the link: /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1 -> libIndirectGL.so.1.2 How do I find out what is doing it to tell it to stop. It breaks compiz on my laptop every time it does it. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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