October 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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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