November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] New article: Installation on MacMini (ppc)
by Lukas Ocilka 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi, I've just finished a new article about installing openSUSE 10.3 on Mac mini (ppc). http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_on_MacMini_%28ppc%29 Although there were some almost-blocker issues with bootloader, it was quite easy to workaround them (bug #343670). Well done, openSUSE team! Everything else "just works"! Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o., Lihovarska 1060/12, Praha 9, Czech Republic

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[opensuse] xen-pae-migration
by Hans Witvliet 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

hi all, Just wondering wether somebody else encouterer this behaviour: * 1) on several 32-bit pae dom-0 systems i can start and migrate 32-bit-dom-u systems to other 32-bit pae dom-0 systems, (good as expected) 2) on several 64-bit dom-0 systems i can start and migrate 64-bit dom-u systems to other 64-bit dom-0 systems. (good as expected) 3) on several 64-bit dom-0 systems i can start 32-bit pae-systems, but as soon as i try to migrate them, the xend-daemon gets itself in an infinite loop, Killing the daemin is not enough, system has to be rebooted. On the receiving machine "something" arives, shown by xm list but is not viable. On the original dom-0 the machine is left in migrating-name-of-dom-u All ofcourse with suse-10.3 (xen-3.1) Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Recommendations for a new graphics card
by Bryen 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I'm looking to get a new graphics card to support my new 24" LCD monitor. I don't want to spend alot of money and I'm not looking for fancy latest and greatest whiz-bangs. What cards have you seen out there/used that are reasonably low-priced, support 1920x1200 resolution, and can do the 3D stuff? I'm leaning towards nvidia as the brand name, but now I'm interested in which models are best. -- ---Bryen--- -- 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] After a new install ?
by Erik Jakobsen 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Rajko M. wrote: > In YOU and Software Management red marked means that you have newer version > than the one in official repositories. > > > So far I know, no. > > Thanks a lot Rajko /Erik -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] OT - Linux and open source in use in public administration?
by Per Jessen 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

A friend of mine in the UK is looking for examples of Linux and/or open source being used in public administration. I've named quite a few of the German examples, but if anyone's got a list or useful resources, I'd much appreciate it. From anywhere. It appears that local government in his part of the world is only interested in negotiating with <youknowwho>, and the local Linux User Group is trying to suggest anopther angle :-) /Per Jessen, Zürich -- 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] audio trouble in Opensuse 10.3 ... after login
by Gene A. Anderson 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

On Saturday 24 November 2007 01:16, Gene A. Anderson wrote: > 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 Hi Gene, I'm betting all works fine if you log in as root? Have you checked your system.log (/var/log/messages) for any resmgr errors? Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org Dear Carl: Thanks for your response. I tried logging in as root, but that didn't solve the problem. I have found some resmgr errors in the /var/log/messages file. That file is quite lengthy, so I hesitate to just tack the whole thing onto this e-mail, but I would like to paste some portions below: Nov 16 20:11:34 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 16 20:11:34 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 16 20:11:34 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 16 20:11:34 linux-57vy firmware.sh[5683]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 16 20:11:34 linux-57vy hal-resmgr: resmgr: unable to connect to resmgrd: No such file or directory Nov 20 16:27:49 linux-57vy kernel: pnp: Device 00:04 disabled. Nov 20 16:27:50 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 20 16:27:50 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 20 16:27:50 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 20 16:27:50 linux-57vy firmware.sh[14201]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 20 16:28:07 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 20 16:28:07 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 20 16:28:08 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 20 16:28:08 linux-57vy firmware.sh[14271]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 20 16:28:58 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 20 16:28:58 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 20 16:28:58 linux-57vy firmware.sh[14420]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 20 16:28:58 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 20 16:29:40 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 20 16:29:40 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 20 16:29:40 linux-57vy firmware.sh[14546]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 20 16:29:40 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 20 16:30:21 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:01:05.0 Nov 20 16:30:21 linux-57vy kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:1f.3 Nov 20 16:30:21 linux-57vy kernel: Maestro3: probe of 0000:01:05.0 failed with error -2 Nov 20 16:30:21 linux-57vy firmware.sh[14690]: Cannot find firmware file 'ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw' Nov 20 16:46:42 linux-57vy syslog-ng[1756]: STATS: dropped 0 Does that provide you with any useful information? I look forward to your response. Gene -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] XEN: Autostart Windows 2003
by Roland Carlsson 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi! I have a OpenSuse 10.2 server with XEN-kernel in which I have two Windows 2003-servers. The problem I have is that they doesn't autostart after reboot. What do I have to do to correct this? I also can't run the server without being logged in into the OpenSuse-server. When I logout the Windows-sessions is destroyed. I'm currently using the following configuration: disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/vm1/hda,ioemu:hda,w', 'phy:/dev/hda,hdc:cdrom,r' ] memory = 1024 vcpus = 2 builder = 'hvm' device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm' kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader' name = 'aqmmoving' vif = [ 'type=ioemu,mac=00:16:3e:09:a0:c7' ] stdvga = 0 sdl = 1 vnc = 0 vncviewer = 0 ne2000 = 0 localtime = 0 on_poweroff = 'destroy' on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart' boot = 'c' Thanks in advance Roland Carlsson -- 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, Why is my CD ROM not showing?
by Constant Brouerius van nidek 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Have changed now completely to 10.3 and was happy until I wanted to burn an copy of the Opensuse 10.3 life for a friend. K3B told me that there seems to be no carom drive installed. Looking further into the problem I also found that an inserted CD or DVD did not show up with the well known question what to do with the inserted medium. Looking into the hardware list of Yast I did not find any trace of a CD/DVD ROM. I know I have used the DVD to install 10.3 and I know that everything worked fine as I was burning my first copy of the life CD some week ago. Where did the CD vanished to? Could be that this phenomena was already discussed and I may have missed it. A google did not show up my problem but masses of USB problems etc.. Could somebody see me through my search for my CD ROM drive? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] plain n light question
by chika 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

why openSuSE don't include multimedia support like mp3 plugin n MPlayer on the distribution dvd or cd? the silly reason my friend don't use openSuSE (i don't give my recommendation to use this distro) coz it cant play movie file n can't play mp3 files directly. is it abt license problem? of course i can't give the the packet that i ve donlod from repo via internet but how if they don't have internet access or low speed internet? i love openSuSE BR, TAMBUN -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Documentation of suspend infrastructure ?
by Kevin Valko 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Here's my problem, openSUSE 10.3 will not suspend my laptop when I close the lid. But if I issue an "echo mem > /sys/power/state", it suspends perfectly. This seems to be an issue I run into with openSUSE that gets worse with each successive version. Having used four different laptops since 9.3, all of which are capable of suspending in linux, I have had to work harder and harder to make suspend work on a laptop that will normally suspend (ie. in other distros). In the past, I would simply use ACPI scripts to suspend on lid close, then I had to start working around the "improved" infrastructure, hacking scripts etc. With 10.3, I'm at a loss. s2ram won't suspend regardless of the settings I use, and even disabling all of the scripts in /usr/lib/pm-utils doesn't help. I close my lid in KDE and it doesn't suspend, when I open it back up, there's an error message about being unable to suspend. I can appreciate the effort the devs put into making suspend work for laptops that may not otherwise suspend well, but it's frustrating when you know your laptop suspends well, but openSUSE prevents it, and you can't find why. /var/log/pm-suspend.log doesn't help, either. It seems like it suspended correctly. Furthermore, I know from participation in the forums that users with 10.3 have found suspend to be broken, although it worked in 10.2. We try and coach them, but there's only so much we can do... ;) What's the relation between kpowersave and s2ram/pm-utils ? Were there any major changes in 10.3 that could have broken the way the built-in suspend infrastructure works? And can I disable openSUSE from intercepting acpi calls, and just go back to running a script on lid close? Making matters worse, *buntu suspends properly when I close my lid, so I'm not sure what we've done differently. Anyways, just wondering if there's any documentation on this kind of thing. I've worked through the scripts, and gone through the wiki page etc., and it's really little help. So, help ? If I'm missing something obvious, I'll gladly accept a slap to the head. But this is becoming frustrating. My laptop has succeeded with >16 days of uptime since my last boot, by frequently suspending via echo mem > ... at least 4 times a day, so stability is not an issue, then what do I need to do to get it working "natively" ? Thanks in advance, KV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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