October 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] How to use SuSE 10.3's "One Click Install" ...
by Jake Conk 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hello, I have a system running openSUSE 10.3 without a GUI (no gnome, or kde, only command line / ncurses) and I need to install the codecs for handling mp3 files and such but this page http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 only has an option for this "One-Click-Install" thing. How do I use these *.ymp files on a system with no gui to click and install them? Surely there must be a command line equivalent way right? Thanks, - 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 Suspend/Resume Video Issue on IBM Laptop With Intel Chipset
by L. Mark Stone 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

I have an IBM R52 laptop (1859-BAU) with an Intel video chipset. The 915resolution package is installed to patch the video BIOS to enable native 1400x1050 video resolution. Under 10.2, suspend/resume worked fine. Under 10.3, resume results in the video resolution dropping down to 1280x1024, and a (now fuzzy) virtual Desktop of 1400x1050. If I init 3 and then init 5, all is well without a reboot being required. I've looked at bugzilla items 257746, 299824 and 309077, as well as http://en.opensuse.org/S2ram and http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/seife/ (but there are no 10.3 packages there). None of the bug reports match exactly; Anyone else seeing this before I file a bug report? Thanks, Mark -- ______________________________________________________ Another Message From... L. Mark Stone -- 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] OT 10.3 on an old server installed like a dream (nightmare version)
by Clint Tinsley 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Sandy, Congratulations on the resurrection. Great work. Going off topic here but I tried to reply directly to you but your mail server rejected the suse-linux-e address... No spam there! Question, where did you get a Knoppix 5.2 DVD and is it an English version? I have not been able to find anything since the 5.1.1 release in January. Google gives some references to a 5.2 DVD available via bittorrent which I can't use due to firewall issues. Would like to have that in my toolbox. Thanks Clint > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Drobic" <suse-linux-e(a)japantest.homelinux.com> > To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Subject: [opensuse] 10.3 on an old server installed like a dream (nightmare version) > Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:04:17 +0200 > > > This is the version where you wish you WERE dreaming or at least leave all > the mess behind you after exiting the cinema... > > The actors: > > - Fujitsu-Siemens Primergy 470 (Dual P3-800, Mylex Raidcontroller > (DAC960PRL) with Hardware RAID5 on three SCSI hdd, currently running with > Suse Linux 10.0, file system reiser 3) > > - OpenSUSE 10.3 DVD 32bit > > - one happy sysadmin who successfully tested that the installation dvd > recognised the raid and didn't scream any warnings up to the point where > the installation starts > > > Prologue: > The machine is rather old being from the last century, but as it is still > reliable and sufficient for the small environment, I would like to keep > it. I already decided to skip the installation of Opensuse 10.1 and 10.2 > as there were ominous warnings from gparted during the update praparation > and the installation crashed mostly during install anyway. > > So I was very happy, when Opensuse 10.3 didn't raise any fuss like > warnings "the partitions can not be changed, do you want to use them > unchanged?" or something like it. > > > Main story: > Overall I was rather impressed with the speed and ease of the upgrade. It > detected some unmaintained and non-upgradable packages which I expected > anyway. Some of the packages were not from the distro or even compiled > from source. > The actual package installation went without any problem, the sun was > shining, it was sunday and everything promised to turn into a great day. > > That was when the nightmare slowly started. At the end of the installation > the system is prepared for the first start of the new OS. Suddenly a > warning appeared "mkinitrd failed" (or something like that). The > installation procedure wasn't impressed though, and the countdown for the > automatic reboot began. 10..9..8..7..6.. > > My eyes that were glued to the screen resetted and I hit the stop button. > The countdown was stopped, phew. So, what to do now? No combination of > keys gave me a shell to intervene. > > Finally, with a glum premonition of approaching desaster, I allowed the > system to reboot, lit a few incense sticks and did a little voodoo dance > to invoke the gods of luck. It didn't work, the booting system didn't see > any disks, panicked and finally crashed. The nightmare had arrived and had > the previously happy sysadmin firmly in his grip. > > Was all data/configuration lost and had to be installed from backup? I > booted once again from the installation dvd, it seemed to recognise the > partition, so all data apparently wasn't lost. Then I tried to use the > rescue system to repair the boot configuration. The login prompt appeared > and I logged in as root. Well, at least I attempted to login. The only > reaction of the system was that it replied with a service error. So, no > login via rescue system. > > Then I tried to boot from dvd and run the installed system. That resulted > in a nice little crash but no usable shell. > > At that point I decided to take a timeout, eat something and think about > any further steps. > > Half an hour later I began to investigate in earnest, meaning I grabbed my > Knoppix 5.2 dvd to see in what state the partitions currently were. > Booting from the Knoppix dvd went without a hitch. It showed all > partitions on the raid, and I could mount them without any problem. The > worst of the nightmare slowly began to fade. > > /boot resided on its own partition, and I immediately saw that indeed no > initrd had been installed. > > So I installed 10.3 (minimal instalation) as a VM to get a working initrd. > Five minutes later I copied the initrd on my server and rebooted. > Lucky, the initrd was accepted, unfortunately it didn't find my raid. > > Okay, I thought, let's configure the initrd to include the necessary > modules. That was when I discovered that the minimal installation did not > have vi nor any other editor, not even less. Even a manual execution of > mkinitrd with the list of modules to include only gave a list of missing > modules errors. > > I scrapped the minimal installation and installed a standard KDE version > instead. 20 minutes later I had a working 10.3 in vmware with all the > niceties I was accustomed to. > > Once again I booted the Knoppix dvd and looked up the exact list of > required modules in /etc/sysconfig/kernel. This time the new initrd was > created without error message. I copied the new initrd to the server (with > an usb stick) and rebooted. > > Finally, the boot process showed my raid again, the installed system > continued the installation. Yatta! Happy little sysadmin is doing the > victory dance! The nightmare was over! > > Or so I thought at least. When I began to check the various server > installations on the system I quickly noticed that the logfiles showed no > events after the reboot. What the heck is going on here? What use is a > server installation without the means to debug the services? > > A restart of the syslog server only gave back that /var/run/syslogd.pid > was empty and the service had started. Of course it didn't start. :-/ > > Then I recalled that the newer versions of Opensuse had a new security > feature: AppArmor. So I deactivated Apparmor and rebooted the entire > system. And finally the logfiles were showing events again, also this > little message appeared: > > type=APPARMOR_DENIED msg=audit(1191788249.506:39): type=1503 > operation="file_lock" requested_mask="k" denied_mask="k" > name="/var/run/syslogd.pid" pid=8055 profile="/sbin/syslogd" > > Great, AppArmor hits again. :-(( > > So finally the real work could start. I will look into apparmor when I've > got time (translation: next year earliest). > > > Epilogue > > The rest was business as usual after an upgrade: Apache2 didn't start > because a php.ini value in a vhost config wasn't allowed. MySQL didn't > start because of failed dependencies, apcupsd didn't work, the > policyserver had to be reinstalled, Squirrelmail wasnt installed yadda > yadda yadda. > > Well, that is to be expected after an upgrade of a system with source > packages and a leap from 10.0 to 10.3. But that only took about two hours > to reinstall and debug those problems. > > All in all about 7-8 hours of downtime before the system was up again and > the most important services were running. A lot of time for a system update. > > At least the installation didn't ruined the file system with all the data. > Still, it provided me with some blood pressure elevation for some hours. > > I can only recommend to have a Knoppix dvd present and better yet a test > installation on a less important system before you jump on the band wagon > of 10.3. It seems as if some raid controllers are still not correctly > supported by newer Opensuse installers, even though they are working > beautifully in older versions. > > -- > Sandy > > List replies only please! > Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Problem with compiz
by Erik Jakobsen 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hi. On opensuse10.3 I have installed compiz. I enable it as root and run rcxdm restart (also being root) Whereafter I have a black screen, with just the X that can be moved with my mouse. What is the name of the logfile for this ?. Are there maybe someone, that can give me a hint ?. I do have the CompizConfig SettingsManger to work ok TIA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re : Firefox & Adobe Reader 8 integration OpenSUSE 10.3
by Sanika Kulshreshtha 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hi I am able to use Adobe Reader 8.1.1 on OpenSUSE 10.3 without any problem .Make sure that the PATH variable is set to include <installation dir>/Adobe/Reader8/bin. The “Get extensions” page must have taken you to the download page on adobe.com. So, I am afraid this should make any difference. Could you please tell if it happens with all PDF files, or with a particular file. Also, what is the version of the firefox you are using? And, if any other PDF application is also associated with your browser. Sanika

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[opensuse] Suse 10.3 Cups broken for Samsung ML2010 Printer
by Anders Damm 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hi! My ML-2010 don't work under Suse10.3. Works perfect under 10.2. Any one having similar experiences or any clue why ? //Anders D. -- ----------------------------------------- i686 athlon GNU/Linux -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Yast Package management old behavior with resolving links?
by Boyd Lynn Gerber 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hello, What I miss most it not being able to see all problems. As it is now I spend hours with what appears to be the same problem. I was so much easier to see all issuse and go through the list rather than click wait click wait... It get really old fast. Can't this old behavor be put back in. It would make life a lot easier. Thanks, -- Boyd Gerber <gerberb(a)zenez.com> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Error in Yast and 10.3
by Gunnar Haaland 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

When I tries to add or remove program with Yast. I get this: YaST got signal 11 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/clients/sw_single.ycp:187 /sbin/yast2: line 386: 4018 Minnesegmentsfeil $ybindir/y2base $module Gunnar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Where 10.3 DVD?
by Clint Tinsley 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Maybe this question has already been asked but where is the real DVD? I went to the opensuse.org site and attempted to download the DVD via HTTP/FTP and it only downloaded a small .iso file. Now, when I try to download, it gives me a page error. Anybody have a link to the real DVD for downloading. I don't/can't use bittorrent. TIA - Clint -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Zen v. vmware-Workstation to virtualize XP in 10.2
by David C. Rankin 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Mates, As a follow on to the previous Zen thread, I too would like further pre-install information on Zen verses vmware-Workstation. I'm dual-booting 10.2 and XP on my laptop at present and I would like to install XP into a virtual machine within 10.2 so I don't need to ever reboot (now rarely) to get into XP. I have a P4 duo-core processor w/1Gig of RAM and plenty of harddrive space. Where can I get more info to see if Zen will work or whether I will have to try a closed source vmware-Workstation. The only apps I ever need in XP are quickbooks, and occasionally an old Micrografx Designer. Thanks! -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax 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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