November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Bad blocks on a ReiserFS volume. How to retrieve files?
by Silviu Marin-Caea 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

I have a large hard-disk (120 GB) on which some blocks went bad. Now, it cannot be mounted. Attached is what debugreiserfs says. What can I do; I'm newbie to reiserfs architecture. I thought that ReiserFS keeps copies of the superblock or something, like ext2/3 does. reiserfsck says "error occured looks like hardware problem. bread cannot read block 13271040". That's the actual number it displays. PS I have asked the same question on the reiserfs-list, but it's extremely low traffic. Maybe someone here knows more. Thank you Filesystem state: consistency is not checked after last mounting Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x1642 of format 3.6 with standard journal Count of blocks on the device: 29945160 Number of bitmaps: 914 Blocksize: 4096 Free blocks (count of blocks - used [journal, bitmaps, data, reserved] blocks): 29154954 Root block: 14969 Filesystem is NOT clean Tree height: 4 Hash function used to sort names: "r5" Objectid map size 10, max 972 Journal parameters: Device [0x0] Magic [0x34ae2c74] Size 8193 blocks (including 1 for journal header) (first block 18) Max transaction length 1024 blocks Max batch size 900 blocks Max commit age 30 Blocks reserved by journal: 0 Fs state field: 0x0 sb_version: 2 inode generation number: 35482 UUID: 48d29ced-fe37-4c68-adf8-32ace9f2be45 LABEL: Set flags in SB: ATTRIBUTES CLEAN

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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] Re: [opensuse-factory] 10.3 Review
by Richard Creighton 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Sid Boyce wrote: > http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/opensuse10.3.review.html > Mentions of "for the uninitiated" sounds about right. To sidestep any > problems with the DVD, I've installed from Factory. Looks like the DVD > should have been delayed until it was compared with Factory for > stability. > I think the reviewer attempted to be fair (he points to the URL to > show where he is coming from). Perhaps some pertinent pointers for 11.0. > Regards > Sid. http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/opensuse10.3.review.html should be MUST READING for management at Novell and at openSuSE.org. It is eminently fair and for the most part, accurate. I think any inaccuracies could be attributable to unfamiliarity rather than bias. If this reviewer hadn't been what I would call a 'Power-user', and had instead been someone converting from Windows, not only would they probably not have had a successful install, but would have an article that Microsoft would probably have printed in full page ads throughout the world. As it is, it should wake up Senior Management in SuSE. regards Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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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] Problem with zypper
by Jan Tiggy 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a problem with zypper. It doesn't refresh local repositories here. rpm -qa |grep zypper zypper-0.8.25-0.1 rpm -qa |grep createrepo createrepo-0.4.10-14 - - adding webpin-0.8-1.guru.suse103.i586.rpm to /srv/diverse - - evoking creterepo /srv/diverse - - evoking as root zypper ref: getting: zypper ref ... Repository 'diverse' ist aktuell. (is up to date) .... Alle Repositories wurden aktualisiert. After that still no luck with packet manager finding webpin-0.8-1.guru.suse103.i586.rpm But when I repeat this procedure couple of times then zypper finally recognizes the new repodata. Have you experienced similar while using zypper? - -- Cheers Jan cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 10.3 (i586) VERSION = 10.3 uname -r 2.6.22.12-0.1-default zypper -v rl h_ttp://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3 h_ttp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/10.3/repo/oss/suse ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/10.3/repo/non-oss/suse ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/GNOME:/Community/openSUSE_10.3 ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHToMfSXKkixf2bBcRAgXeAJ4rutoxMzgKw/WMqyYNpIN+TEiPFQCgsdV+ mO7lPKT7/S0h8lmnNBL8Zbc= =2DAa -----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] 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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[opensuse] Finding bugs in OpenSuse Bugzilla - Mime Type Errors in Konqueror
by Philippe Landau 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

This problem exists since years and thousands struggle with it in different distributions: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/mandriva-30/could-not-find-mime-typ… In Konqueror file associations are incomplete in OpenSuse 10.3, so i changed .flv handling adding VLC to open those files (right-click on file, Properties, click icon after "Type:"). Since i get this error message popping up every time i hover above a .html file: "Could not find mime type application/octet-stream" Is it possible to search OpenSuse Bugzilla for a phrase ? I get over 200 results: https://bugzilla.novell.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevan… Kind regards Philippe -- 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 10.2 - Fortran compilation very slow through NFS network with a 64bit server and 32bit clients.
by Michel Rasquin 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Dear all, I am a new OpenSuSE user and quite convinced by this distribution. However, I still have a problem. I have configured a gigabit network, using nfs and everything works fine except for all the Fortran compilers I have tried so far (Intel, g95, gfortran). There is no problem to compile some files which are stored locally on a nfs client. However, when I try to compile some files stored on /home which is mounted through nfs, then it takes hours to make the link between all the .o files created. My server is an OpenSuSE 10.2 - 64bit machine and the nfs options are "root_squash,sync,insecure,rw". All the clients run on OpenSuSE 10.2 - 32bit, with the options "rw,soft". Except for the compilation, I do not face any other slow network communication. Do you know if the problem is related to the "32bit clients - 64bit server" association? Should I add another nfs option to the server or to the clients? Thanks a lot for your help :-) Regards, Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kmail transfer from 10.2 to 10.3
by Constant Brouerius van nidek 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Having a quit good working 10.3 now running KDE3, I want to transfer my mail folders from Kmail from the 10.2 to 10.3. Just copying the contents does not seem to do anything. What is the fast way. And how about the addressbook? -- 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] Firefox beta 3 and jre 6u3 working on 64-bit system
by Timothy Cahill 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9b1) Gecko/2007110903 Firefox/3.0b1. Available here: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.0b1-candidates/rc3/ Downloaded the latest java build from www.java.com jre-1.6.0_03-fcs - Java(TM) Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment and installed it with Yast.... linked libjavaplugin_oji.so in /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7 to beta firefox/plugins Ran ./firefox from the beta folder, then surfed to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml Result: dancing Duke! Congratulations. The latest version of the JRE is installed and running correctly on your system. Your Java configuration is Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Version: java 6 update 3 Operating System: Linux -- Timothy Cahill 301 Fulford-Ganges Rd. Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2K6 250-537-8409 -- 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: save rpm files from online update
by Joachim Schrod 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Ben Kevan wrote: > On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:58:47 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: >> Coach-X wrote: >> > If I wanted zypper/yast to save the rpm files it downloads when doing an >> > online update, how would this be done? >> >> Please see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293100 and vote >> for it. > > If I am not mistaken when an update is done it just downloads a Delta > correct? > > Also, I don't want those saved.. If I really wanted them why wouldn't I just > go to the Update Repository? Because it may be used for more than one system -- some people have no broadband connection and don't want to re-download every patch anew. Furthermore, some people have metered Internet connections and don't want to rsync and keep the whole archive, but only the parts that they have needed. Just yet another reason to use smart or apt, IMHO. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] get info about memory and CPU
by Danesh Daroui 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi all, I have access to a remote server via SSH. I would like to know if there is any possible way to find out the speed and type of CPU and available memory via command line. Is it possible? If yes, how? Regards, Danesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] cluster solutions ?
by Frank Bonnet 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hello Is there some "cluster solutions" with opensuse ? any infos, links welcome thanks a lot -- Cordialement Frank Bonnet -- 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] adding links in /etc/init.d/rc*.d/
by Jason Craig 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Sorry, didn't send to list

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[opensuse] Evolution 2.12 "reply" locks up on opensuse 10.3
by Jim McKean 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I notice that a lot of people have had good luck with Evolution on opensuse 10.3. I have not. I have been using evolution since the Ximian days and it seems to be increasingly unstable (for me). My biggest problem at the moment is that I can reply only once in each session. When replying the second time, Evo locks and grays out. It does not release if I wait it out. evolution –force-shutdown will usually allow me to restart evolution, but then I cannot reply even once. It treats a response to a calendar meeting request the same way. I can receive email and send new mails OK. Sometimes, it locks up the Gnome main menu bar, and once in a while, the whole Gnome Desktop. Usually the only way I can complete clear out the problem is to restart the X server. Sometimes I have to reboot. When I moved from 10.2 to 10.3, I backed up my /home directory, reformatted everything and installed from scratch, so I don't have any old libraries or corrupt binaries. I do have everything that was in my home directory, so I suppose I could have something corrupted in the those, but I would be surprised that it would have this behavior. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Simulating slow file system
by Emmanuel Briot 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Hi, I was wondering whether there is any tool in linux that can be used to simulate a slow file system ? I would need this to test the application I am working on, since some customers are not using fast machines (some are even using Windows with encrypted file systems). I would add such a tool to the very nice set of tools on linux like valgrind, sysprof and memprof... While we are at it, any way to simulate a slow network ? Thanks in advance Emmanuel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Zypper disappeared from panel
by Jerry Feldman 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I received a warning on the panel from Zypper that it was not able to function. (I didn't save the message). It did report that there was updates. I went to YOU to download the updates. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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[opensuse] 10.3 install trouble
by Dave Howorth 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I'm trying to install 10.3 on a 4-year old 32-bit machine. I don't do enough installs to remember all the gotchas, so it's always a fraught process if anything goes wrong :( I blew a 10.3 DVD, verified it and ran the installer. It all went happily and eventually started installing the packages so I went home and left it to it. This morning I came in to find Missing operating system on the screen. Which means it's messed up the MBR? I had a poke in the BIOS but don't see anything that looks odd. So I put the DVD back in and selected Repair Installed System Now it says: An error occurred during the installation What an incredibly irritating message! I know an error occurred, that's why I asked it to repair the system! I went to the opensuse site but haven't found any useful installation troubleshooting guides. Can anybody point me to one, please? Or any relevant threads on the list. Oh yes, the video. When it starts booting, and up until the point where you choose install or repair or rescue etc, the video is fine. After that point it switches into some mode that isn't handled properly with flickering characters etc. It's a rage 128 pro graphics card, nothing fancy and old enough that there shouldn't be any bugs left. So what's going on there? So I'm not impressed by the 10.3 installation process so far. Cheers, Dave -- 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] Software updater Suse 10.1 still shows update available after update has been performed.
by Ed McCanless 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Philippe Landau wrote: > > did you update everything ? > > kind regards Philippe > > Well, yes. I this case, Audacity was everything. The update was a package, going from "Installed version 1.3.4-1.pm.beta-x86_64" to "Available version 1.3.4-2.pm.beta-x86_64." Thanks, -ED- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] audio trouble in Opensuse 10.3 ... after login
by Gene A. Anderson 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I'm a fairly new Linux user who is completely new to Opensuse. I have recently installed the Gnome desktop version of Opensuse 10.3 to an old Compaq Presario desktop computer that also can boot up in Windows 2000. When I login the desktop icon for the volume control has a red X. When I click on it I get the following error message: "This volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed or that you don't have a sound card configured." The YaST sound configuration window shows that the ESS1988 Allegro-1 was configured as sound card number 0. It also lists the driver as snd_maestro3. So that seems like the card is being found. Most bizarre to me is that in the login window when my cursor is in the empty field in which to type my user name, I can hit the backspace key and get a healthy beep out of the speakers as if the sound card is correctly configured and ready to work and somehow the login process disrupts that, because after logging in I can get no sound whatsoever out of the speakers. I'm looking for any suggestions and I'm willing to provide any information that would be helpful. Please remember that I am something of a beginner, so please try to keep that in mind when advising me. Thank you. Gene Anderson in Taiwan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] adding links in /etc/init.d/rc*.d/
by Jason Craig 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Sorry, I've been struggling to find any information on this, mainly because it is difficult to find proper search terms. Say I've installed some software, like PostgreSQL, that adds a beautiful script to /etc/init.d/ that starts or stops the server. Now I want to start the server in, say runlevel 3, so I know I need to add links to /etc/init.d/rc3.d/ but I'm having trouble finding information on the proper way of doing this. Can anyone point me to some documentation, or give a quick explanation of the numbers, letters etc. used in these symlinks? thanks, --Jason -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] nviddia 3D support potential bug
by Robert Lewis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Before I submit this as a bug I thought I would run it by those of you who know something about 3D and Nvidia card configuaration. I have a PCI-E GeFoce 6500 which reports as having 512MB of RAM. VBIOS 05.44.02.49.00 I have installed two RPMS from NVIDIA that are Driver Version 100.14.19 Released 9/18/2007. The drivers work properly but when I go into YaST -> Hardware -> Graphics Card and Monitor setup it reports back as: 3D Acceleration Not Supported --------------------------------------------- SaX2 cannot offer activation of the 3D subsystem because your graphics card/driver doesn't support 3D. However, when I try using 3D programs they are all working properly and even glxgears seems be doing quite well. I haven't run glxinfo as yet. My conclusion is that YaST is simply not reporting accurately the true state of the card. This is the first machine I have had this happen on. I have installed on dozens of machines SUSE with no such issue surfacing. Do I bug report this or am I missing something? 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] How to disable HALD at instalation SuSE 10.x
by Rikard Johnels 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi all. I have an older Preh Flat POS 2000 i want to run a minimal SuSE on. Its basically a small AMD based thing with onboard USB/NIC/Graphics/lots of serial ports among a few other goodies. The problem is: I cant boot the instalation system on it. As soon as the thing hits hald, it freezes. I have tried googling for answers on how to disable hald at boot to be able to install, but to no avail. Lots of ppl have problems with it, but i have found no good answer on how to solve it. So my question is: Can i use 10.x (10.2 in my case) WITHOUT hald right from the install? How do i get the machine to install without encountering had at all? -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j(a)rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

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[opensuse] Reply-to-List feature
by Ken Schneider 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

I found a newer version of the add-on for Thunderbird for Reply-to-List that actually works. You can find it here: http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension This is for the latest version of Thunderbird in openSUSE 10.3. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Python freeze
by Robert W Best 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hello, I want to create a stand-alone binary from a Python script. The freeze tool is not in the SuSE 10.3 distro, so I downloaded Python-2.5.1.tgz and extracted Tools/freeze.py - but can't get it working. It seeks files not included in SuSE 10.3. How can I add this freeze module? Should I reinstall Python from the tgz file? Is there an alternative for freeze more adapted to SuSE? Please advise. Robert Best -- http://rwbest.no.sapo.pt/ -- 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] Evolution 2.12 "reply" locks up on opensuse 10.3
by Jim McKean 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

I notice that a lot of people have had good luck with Evolution on opensuse 10.3. I have not. I have been using evolution since the Ximian days and it seems to be increasingly unstable (for me). My biggest problem at the moment is that I can reply only once in each session. When replying the second time, Evo locks and grays out. It does not release if I wait it out. evolution –force-shutdown will usually allow me to restart evolution, but then I cannot reply even once. It treats a response to a calendar meeting request the same way. I can receive email and send new mails OK. Sometimes, it locks up the Gnome main menu bar, and once in a while, the whole Gnome Desktop. Usually the only way I can complete clear out the problem is to restart the X server. Sometimes I have to reboot. When I moved from 10.2 to 10.3, I backed up my /home directory, reformatted everything and installed from scratch, so I don't have any old libraries or corrupt binaries. I do have everything that was in my home directory, so I suppose I could have something corrupted in the those, but I would be surprised that it would have this behavior. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Upgrade doesn't recognize filesystem
by regus_patoff＠razzolink.com 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

With help from others I am now able to get openSuSE to recognize all of my drives; however, When I click on show all drives and indicate my root partition the installation program doesn't recognize the file system for any of the drives. All of the drives, except for swap, are EXT3. I have tried telling the install program my file system is : EXT3, EXT3-fs, ext3-fs, ext3, and (native linux) EXT3. none of which work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Network Bridge! Which Firewall Zone?
by Johannes Nohl 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Dear list, I installed VirtualBox. Therefor I set up a Network Bridge. Now I have: eth0 = physic. card, connected to the router IP 0.0.0.0 vbox0 = interface used by Virtualbox br0 = Bridge DHCP With Firewall turned off, networking is no problem. VBox Guest and br0 receive their IP via DHCP from router. But when I turn firewall on the VBox guest has no connection anymore. If have the following zones: eth0 = internal br0 = not set any = external Who can help? -- 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] How to create banners in Linux?
by Jordi Massaguer i Pla 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

You can use GIMP. It is not well documented and took me a while until I found it. The easy path is: 1- Use layers as if each layer was a frame of your animation. 2- Save it as gif. It will asked you whether to save it as an animation or as indexed. Save it as animation :) 3- You'll be asked for some parameters such as the time between frames. Choose the right ones for you. 4- If you want an image to stay more than the others (the first image for example), just duplicat the layer. If you want a more complete tool than this, take a look at GAP: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Using_GAP/ greetings, ----------------------------------------------- Jordi Massaguer Pla openTrends Solucions i Sistemes phone: +34 93 320 84 14 fax: +34 93 300 35 27 jordi.massaguer(a)opentrends.net > ----- Missatge original ----- > Assumpte: [opensuse] How to create banners in Linux? > De: Ronald Wiplinger <ronald(a)elmit.com> > Per: opensuse(a)opensuse.org > Data: 29-11-2007 7:51 > > > Which program I can use to create banners in Linux? > > Gimp can not make animation gifs nor the new apng. > > Any ideas? > > bye > > Ronald > -- > 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] Blue screen whenever trying to view video
by Richard Atcheson 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 with an Intel 855 video card. Prior to installing 10.3 I had no problem playing any kind of video via MPlayer, Xine, Kaffeine or any other video player. With 10.3 all I get is a blue screen on any video player I try. I can hear the audio for any movie/video I try to play. I have googled and searched the opensuse lists and forums and tried everytghing from settin the vga on boot to changing the video drivers in the settings menu. Nothing works, My wite's Dell has a real video card in it and works fine with 10.3. Any suggestions are appreciated. TIA Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Reply-to-List
by Ken Schneider 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

For anyone interested in getting Reply-to-List working in the latest version of Thunderbird for openSUSE 10.3 there is an updated xpi here: http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension It just plain works, finally. Ken -- 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 Power Management Ceased Functioning (SuSE Linux 10.0 / KDE)
by Randall R Schulz 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Hi, Several days ago my DPMS stopped working. I'd had no trouble with it for a very long time, did not perform any software updates nor change any KDE Control Center or YaST / SaX settings. As far as I can tell, it just spontaneously stopped working. A possible clue is the fact that the screen saver is replaced by a size-varying, (slowly) jumping X logo (as in the X Window System logo) at the time that the monitor should go into standby mode. I've tried resetting the DPMS settings in KDE Control Center, but it had no effect. Can anybody suggest what the problem might be or how I might diagnose the problem? Thanks. 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] Suse 10.3 hangs for 2 minutes at start of boot sequence.
by walt 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi, I tried to upgrade Suse 10.2 to 10.3 but that failed so I did a clean, fresh install with a freshly partitioned harddisk. Suse displays the boot options screen and then switches to the normal splash screen where you should be able to press esc to get to text screen showing you what its doing. And this is the problem, its sits there for 2 minutes or more and the keyboard won't respond. Then it finally starts the boot process at which point I can press esc to see the progress. Once it starts it behaves normally but I have to eliminate the long delay before it boots. Any ideas? I have already removed all peripherals especially usb devices but to no avail. Walter -- 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 install trouble
by Philippe Landau 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Dave Howorth wrote: > Philippe Landau wrote: >> If it's that you could try installing Lilo instead of Grub. > > Ha-ha, very droll! Does anybody still use lilo? Certainly I wouldn't > touch it again with a ten foot pole. You may laugh, but i lost 10 hours last month because Grub numbers the drives differently then the Asus Bios. Lilo then worked upon first try. Kind regards Philippe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Firefox Upgrade Dependency
by Bryen 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I'm running 2.0.0.8 Firefox currently. Yesterday's updater tells me that 2.0.0.10 is now available. However when I attempt to install it, it says Can't satisfy requirement MozillaFirefox == 2.0.0.9-1.1 for MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-2.0.0.9-1.1.i586. I'm given the option to delete MozillaFirefox-debuginfo Ignore this requirement here Generally ignore this requirement I never got a 2.0.0.9 update, and I think someone mentioned here the other day that we were skipping that version and going straight to 2.0.0.10. Any insight? -- ---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] iPhone + openSUSE?
by Thomas R. Jones 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hello all, I was wondering if anybody here has had the opportunity of syncing a iPhone on a openSUSE system? Preferably the 10.3 release. Got mine today, it recognizes the device as a camera. F-Spot downloads images. But I haven't tried to go any farther yet. Any caveats, workarounds, and general tips or tricks. Cheers. Thomas R. Jones -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Volume Labels
by Donald D Henson 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I have four partitions on three external disk drives. They show up in my Gnome Places Panel as <capacity> Volume. For example: 129 GB Volume I would like to have them show up with a more meaningful name, such as: Public This seems like a problem with a simple solution but the articles I've found so far go into theoretical kernel jargon, about 99% of which I don't understand. Can anyone point me to an easily understandable procedure for naming a volume? I'd appreciate 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] Volume Mount Sequence
by Donald D Henson 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I am running OpenSuSE 10.3 with the 2.6 default kernel. I have four partitions on three external disk drives. Every time I reboot, not often but it happens, the partitions mount in what appears to be random order. One time, a partition will be mounted as '/media/Disk-2' and the next time 'media/Disk'. Since each one contains NFS exported folders, I have to manually change the pathnames, etc. As I said in another post with a related problem, this seems like a problem with a simple solution but the articles I've found so far go into theoretical kernel jargon, about 99% of which I don't understand. Can anyone point me to an easily understandable procedure to make the external drives mount to the same mount point every time? Any assistance will be sincerely appreciated. 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] OpenSuSE 10.2 missing vncconfig?
by Chris Worley 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Xvnc's "man" page says vncconfig is a necessary companion to vncserver/Xvnc: -SendCutText Send clipboard changes to clients (default is on). Note that you must also run vncconfig(1) to get the clipboard to work. -AcceptCutText Accept clipboard updates from clients (default is on). Note that you must also run vncconfig(1) to get the clipboard to work. ...But, vncconfig doesn't exist in any of the vnc RPM's??? Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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