November 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Set default size of xterm in xcfe?
by David C. Rankin 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Guys, I had not played with xfce before today, and I kind of like it. One question, how do I set the default xterm size so that it remembers the size of the window the next time I open xterm? -- 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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[opensuse] Autoyast sticking on Configuring X11
by Dan Stromberg 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

When we autoyast a PC, all seems to go fine, except toward the end, after the reboot - then the part where it configures a bunch of things in yast has trouble. Specifically, the X11 configuration portion seems to wait a random amount of time (from very brief to hours) before continuing. What is it supposed to be doing? Why might it take so long? How can I disable it? Thanks! -- 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] Trouble with NIC bonding
by Mike Diehl 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Yes, this did fix my problem. I'd been stareing at this for so long, I'd never have spotted it. Thanx, On Tuesday 13 November 2007 12:48:00 pm Anders Johansson wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2007 20:30:33 Mike Diehl wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to get nic bonding to work in active-backup mode, or mode 1 > > and what I seem to be getting is round-robin. > > > > I'm seeing traffic on both of the connected nics. > > > > Here is my configuration for the bond0 interface.: > > > > BOOTPROTO='static' > > BROADCAST='173.173.37.255' > > IPADDR='173.173.37.120' > > NETMASK='255.255.255.0' > > NETWORK='173.173.37.0' > > STARTMODE='onboot' > > BONDING_MASTER='yes' > > BONDING_MODULE_OPS='mode=active-backup use_carrier=0 miimon=100 > > ^^^^^ > > That's misspelled. It should read BONDING_MODULE_OPTS > > That would explain why the bonding options don't take effect > > Anders > > -- > Madness takes its toll -- Mike Diehl ------------------------------------------------------- -- Mike Diehl -- 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 Opensuse 10.3 autodetect old RAID5 array at boot
by Mike Myers 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi. I have two RAID5 arrays on an opensuse 10.3 system. They are used together in a large LVM volume that contains a lot of data I'd rather not have to try and backup/recreate. md1 comes up fine and is detected by the OS on boot and assembled automatically. md0 however, doesn't, and needs to be brought up manually, followed by a manual start of lvm. This is a real pain of course. The issue I think is that md0 was created through EVMS, which I have stopped using some time ago since it's support seems to have been deprecated. EVMS created the array fine, but using partitions that were not 0xFD (Linux RAID), but rather 0x83 (linux native). Since stopping the use of EVMS on boot, the array has not come up automatically. I have tried failing one of the array members, recreating the partition as linux RAID though the yast partition manager, and then trying to add it, but I get a "mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sdb1: Device or resource busy" error. If the partition is type 0x83 (linux native) and formatted first, then re-adding it is no problem at all, and the array rebuilds fine. In googling the topic I can't seem to find out why I get the error message, and how to fix this. I'd really like to get this problem resolved. Does anyone out there know how to fix this, so I can get partitions correctly flagged as Linux RAID and the array autodetected at start? Thanks, Mike ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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't set resolution after NVIDIA graphics card installation.
by Rajko M. 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

On Thursday 08 November 2007 07:55:23 pm Ed McCanless wrote: > Rajko M. wrote: > > On Thursday 08 November 2007 06:55:36 am Ed McCanless wrote: > >> Just installed FX 5500 AGP , system Suse 10.1, and resolution was > >> changed to 800 x 600. This happens because I have an old KDS monitor > >> which has to be set manually to the same config. as KDS - xf-70. > >> This time when I reset the resolution using Yast, the settings were > >> displayed as being changed, but did not take effect when re-booted. > >> Is this a known problem? I really need to get more on my screen. > >> > >> -ED- > > > > What you can see as display size in YaST? > > My old monitors were always recognized as 13" and 15", instead of 15" and > > 17". Manual correction in YaST always helped. > > That true, I had to set resolution manually, and it worked before I > installed nvidia drivers. Resolution is one pair of shoes, monitor physical size the other, but usually problem are third, horizontal and vertical synchronization ranges. SaX2 or Xorg can refuse to load some resolution that is too high for monitor physical capabilities. Check other 2 tabs for horizontal and vertical synchronization ranges and monitor physical size. > Since I installed the nvidia drivers, the new > configuration is displayed in sax2 under Yast, but a new xorg.config is > not written. > I ran nvidia-config and nvidia-settings, but sax will not allow any res > other than 800 x 600. > My monitor is a 19" diag. (real size about 17") capable of 1280 x 1024 > at 60hz, but sax wont believe it. > > -ED- I guess it is time to see /etc/X11/xorg.conf, can you post it? It would be also good to know openSUSE version. BTW, I have PCI version of the same card. -- 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] 2 Versions of oo 2.3 Installed on 10.3?
by David C. Rankin 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Listmates, OO writer is behaving as if I have two separate versions or instances of 2.3 installed. Sometimes when OO opens a file it opens with all of the nice setting, appearance and user information I have taken great care to set and input. Other times when OO opens a document it open without any of the settings I have chosen and the user information is gone. How can this happen? This first occurred after opening a word (.dot) template. OO writer said something about "loading template ... for the first time" Since then, OO will randomly open with either my settings or with no settings at all (the default setting). I have opened 6 documents in the last 10 minutes. 4 opened fine, 2 opened with the oo default settings. (huge ugly title bar and menu text, huge icons and blank user info) Where do I look to try an fix this? Is there a config setting somewhere that I should check? -- 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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[opensuse] Got Xorg 7.3 and Lost Compiz
by David C. Rankin 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Synopsis: Compiz was running great under xorg 7.2. I upgraded to xorg 7.3 now compiz will not start no matter what. This thread picks up from "Yast Software Mgmt. Slower, and Slower and Slower" that I hijacked from myself. Ben Kevan wrote: > > Can you give me output of rpm -qa | grep xorg ? > Ben, (New thread) I have also included additional detail at the bottom that may help. I have tried compiz with both the ATI 8.42.3 driver via Yast from www2.ati.com and with the 8.42 driver generated from the driver download - same result with each. Here are the 7.3 rpms installed: 03:32 Rankin-P35a~> rpm -qa | grep xorg xorg-x11-libXau-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libXdmcp-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libICE-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libX11-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libXpm-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXp-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-server-extra-7.3-59.1 xorg-x11-libfontenc-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libX11-ccache-7.3-1.13 xorg-x11-libxcb-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXext-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXfixes-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXv-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.1-94.4 xorg-x11-fonts-7.3-1.1 xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.3-4.2 xorg-x11-libXau-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libSM-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libX11-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libXrender-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libSM-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXrender-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libxkbfile-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXprintUtil-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXprintUtil-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-devel-7.3-6.1 xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.3-59.1 xorg-x11-driver-video-7.3-3.13 xorg-x11-libXdmcp-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-util-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libfontenc-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libxkbfile-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXp-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXmu-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXmu-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-7.3-143.2 xorg-x11-server-7.3-59.1 xorg-x11-fonts-devel-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libXv-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-driver-input-7.3-2.13 xorg-x11-xtrans-devel-7.3-1.2 xorg-x11-libXfixes-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXt-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXpm-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-fonts-core-7.3-1.1 xorg-x11-libICE-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-doc-7.3-1.4 xorg-x11-libxcb-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXt-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libXext-devel-7.3-1.3 xorg-x11-libs-7.3-6.1 10:25 Rankin-P35a~> Recall under 7.2, we had to make the following library link changes for compiz to work: (1) ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 (2) mv /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1.sav I have made and confirmed the changes: 10:25 Rankin-P35a~> ./linux/scripts/showLibConfig lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-11-06 20:33 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-11-08 16:26 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2007-11-08 20:42 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391344 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.sav -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 440676 2007-09-21 20:34 /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-11-06 20:33 /usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1.sav -> libIndirectGL.so.1.2 My xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log are available as follows: xorg.conf: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/xorg.conf.compiz Xorg.0.log: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/Xorg.0.log.compiz After installing 7.3 I went ahead and rebuilt and reinstalled the 8.42 driver. Both from the downloaded script and also via Yast. fglrx loads fine and gives the same good (for my laptop) frame rates with glxgears and fgl_glxgears in both cases: 14:07 rankin-p35a~> glxgears 13088 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2617.559 FPS 13216 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2642.825 FPS 14:08 rankin-p35a~> fgl_glxgears Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer 2758 frames in 5.0 seconds = 551.600 FPS 2827 frames in 5.0 seconds = 565.400 FPS While trying to start compiz with the command line, I get the following error: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering --no-libgl-fallback compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0 That is the scenario Ben. Your wisdom and magic is awaited anxiously. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Trouble with NIC bonding
by Mike Diehl 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi all, I'm trying to get nic bonding to work in active-backup mode, or mode 1 and what I seem to be getting is round-robin. I'm seeing traffic on both of the connected nics. Here is my configuration for the bond0 interface.: BOOTPROTO='static' BROADCAST='173.173.37.255' IPADDR='173.173.37.120' NETMASK='255.255.255.0' NETWORK='173.173.37.0' STARTMODE='onboot' BONDING_MASTER='yes' BONDING_MODULE_OPS='mode=active-backup use_carrier=0 miimon=100 primary=eth3' BONDING_SLAVE0='bus-pci-0000:0a:03.0' BONDING_SLAVE1='bus-pci-0000:07:08.0' BONDING_SLAVE2='bus-pci-0000:06:07.0' BONDING_SLAVE3='bus-pci-0000:09:04.0' As you can see, I'm using active-backup mode. However, here is what /proc/net/bonding/bond0 says: Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v2.6.5 (November 4, 2005) Bonding Mode: load balancing (round-robin) MII Status: up MII Polling Interval (ms): 0 Up Delay (ms): 0 Down Delay (ms): 0 Slave Interface: eth3 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:0e:0c:b0:eb:21 Slave Interface: eth1 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:13:72:55:d2:5e Slave Interface: eth0 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:13:72:55:d2:5d Slave Interface: eth2 MII Status: up Link Failure Count: 0 Permanent HW addr: 00:0e Any ideas as to how to fix this? TIA, Mike. -- 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 Extension Manager
by James Knott 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

When installing an OpenOffice extensions, on Ubuntu or Windows, it's only necessary to click on the file to start the Extension Manager, but in SUSE, it's necessary to click on Tools > Extension Manager and then select the file to install the extensions. Why is this? Is this a bug or a "feature"? -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.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] no preview in OpenOffice
by Thierry de Coulon 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hello, i am using the OpenOffice included in 10.3 - that's version 2.3.0 build 2.3.0.1.2. When you insert picture from file the dialog has a tick box "preview" that should give you a preview of the picture, but nothing shows. Is it a SuSE bug, is there a workaround, or should I try installing the "real" OpenOffice version? Regards, Thierry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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