February 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] KDE Xorg error
by Jay Smith 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hello, So I've been using my computer all day and for a few months now with OpenSuSe 10.2 with no problem. Today I did nothing (that I can remember) to my computer to make this happen. Anyway, just a few minutes ago, I booted my desktop and KDM didn't start. Just regular old text mode. Startx had some error referring to x not being able to start. I know that Var has all the logs but I don't know where to look for the proper files. Any ideas of what's going on with my Linux. Like what can cause this commonly? Also, is there anything I can reinstall or configure to get things working? Worse case scenario, what can i do to get back to status quo? I have an Intel 950 GMA if that helps you at all. Thank sall. -- 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 VNP again...
by Андрій Сенишин 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi list, I'm really sorry but I will ask this question again. I try to run my internet connection via VPN on suse 10.0. connection is established successfully but I cannot access any server in internet via VNP. routing before VPN connection is: S136-AIRCOMP:~ # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 172.27.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 172.27.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 and after: S136-AIRCOMP:~ # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface gate.lvivlan.ne * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 172.27.0.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 172.27.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 172.27.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 if config in SUSE: S136-AIRCOMP:~ # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:61:13:38:35 inet addr: 172.27.2.136 Bcast:172.27.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20d:61ff:fe13:3835/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1524282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:11304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:96621965 (92.1 Mb) TX bytes:2087160 ( 1.9 Mb) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:44832 (43.7 Kb) TX bytes:44832 ( 43.7 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:193.27.208.160 P-t-P:193.27.208.1 Mask: 255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:996 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:830 (830.0 b) TX bytes:116 (116.0 b) ipconfig /all in windows(I use same VPN connection for windows too) C:\>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : S136-aircomp Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-13-38-35 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.27.2.136 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.27.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.27.0.1 193.27.208.1 PPP adapter skynet.in.ua: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 193.27.208.115 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 193.27.208.115 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled when I try to ping google.com in linux then I get: S136-AIRCOMP:~ # ping google.com PING google.com (72.14.207.99 ) 56(84) bytes of data. --- google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2014ms S136-AIRCOMP:~ # ping google.com PING google.com (64.233.187.99) 56(84) bytes of data. --- google.com ping statistics --- 8 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 7000ms but when I try to do the same in windows....: C:\>ping google.com Pinging google.com [64.233.167.99 ] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=632ms TTL=242 Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=488ms TTL=242 Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=428ms TTL=242 Reply from 64.233.167.99: bytes=32 time=487ms TTL=242 Ping statistics for 64.233.167.99: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 428ms, Maximum = 632ms, Average = 508ms Seems like in linux it gets correct IP address for google.com, but for some reasons cannot reach it. This is my options.pptp: lock noauth nobsdcomp nodeflate nodefaultroute require-mppe mtu 1000 mru 1000 lcp-echo-failure 10 lcp-echo-interval 10 and this is /etc/ppp/peers/skynet.in.ua - peer file remotename skynet.in.ua linkname skynet.in.ua ipparam skynet.in.ua pty "pptp 172.27.0.1 --nolaunchpppd " name airman require-mppe nomppe-40 mppe-stateful refuse-eap debug dump noauth file /etc/ppp/options.pptp Can any one help me to access Internet from Linux? Please help because I'm stuck.... -- Best regards Andrew Senyshyn -- Best regards Andrew Senyshyn -- 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 dual onboard NICs not recognized
by Richard Cromi 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Installed openSUSE 10.2, dual-booting with Windows XP. Installation was fine with no errors. I cannot connect to Internet when using SUSE. Motherboard has two onboard NICs. In YaST, Network Cards, both NICs are detected and configured with same settings, showing as eth-bus devices 0 and 1. Both are set to be enabled on boot. Have tried setting them as Internal and External devices. Ifconfig only displays eth2 and the loopback interfaces. There isn't an eth2 device installed, so I don't know where this is coming from and eth2 doesn't display in YaST. Cable modem is connected to eth1. I'd like to have both Ethernet ports working, but at this point would settle for just one that can pick up its DHCP address and connect to the Internet. Any ideas? TIA Richard Cromi email: rcromi(a)neo.rr.com

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[opensuse] irq_balancer service on single cpu
by Tom Patton 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

thpnalb@master:~> uname -a Linux master 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux As mentioned in other threads, the default kernel is SMP. I noticed that the irq_balancer service was enabled with an *, indicating that it was _not_ running. I disabled it in two 10.2 pc's here, YAST did its "stop" thing, and the return was "success". Seems like it _was_ running, I think... The result so far has been dramatic. A very simple example is kpat, the card game...with the service off, X response is smooth and fast. With the service on, card movement is slightly jerky. This is an ATI 9800 graphics card with 3d enabled. Perhaps a contributing factor is that I have 3 pci video cards, 2 of which are motion-detecting 6 cameras in zoneminder & mysql & apache, so my system is heavy on the irq's. But for whatever reason, I can say for certain it is better off without the irq_balancer enabled! Tom in NM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Wireless CDMA 1.x Data Card PCMCIA Config.
by kernel.2k5 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi , I bought the Wireless Data Card of leading CDMA Phone provider in India Asia. Its PCMCIA Card , its available in 2 interfaces like pcmcia and usb interface., i am having pcmcia interface card: */ Specs : ZTE Corporation . Model : MC315+ Card Slot : 1 Type II PCMCIA /* as i inserted the hot plug card in pcmcia slot , Suse Linux 10.1 dmesg : #dmesg | grep pcmcia pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage. pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools. pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html for details. # pccardctl info PRODID_1="CDMA1X" PRODID_2="CARD" PRODID_3="" PRODID_4="" MANFID=0279,950b FUNCID=2 #pccardctl status Socket 0: 3.3V 16-bit PC Card Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "serial_cs" then i tried #dmesg | grep tty or ACM . but no output with the pattern. now help required * how to configure this card via wvdial.conf or yast2 ???????? * which device should i used while configuring it ??????? * i know the parameters like baud rate , username(mobile number) , password (mobile number) I have gone through the below link also but its not work for me . http://spo0nman.blogspot.com/2006/08/huawei-ec321-cdma-on-linux.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/LinuxQuestions_org/CDMA_modem_p… Can any one here help me out . vendor has provide the software disk for M$ , but i dont want to use this card in M$ and install M$ anymore in 2007 Year (onwards). Thanking You !!!! -- ======================================================= With Best Regards Mr.Shailesh Bhutada(CTO) Web:www.comptrixsys.com Email:kernel.2k5@gmail.com ========================================================= This Message is sent Via Qmail-smtpd(a)comptrixsys.com Server SuSe 10.1 Linux Using Opera's e-mail client or Mozilla ThunderBird Mail Client. ========================================================= -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Aircards and Linux.
by Jay Smith 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hey, I was just thinking about this. You know those aircards you can get from your cellphone provider and be able to connect to the internet using the cellphone network. Anyways, has anyone tried to use one under Linux? Maybe you know the theory behind it or something. I think it's treated like a PPP dial-up but I am not sure. Any thoughts? -- 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 installing 10.2
by Adam Jimerson 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

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[opensuse] Apps fail to exit cleanly
by Tom Patton 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

I posted a part of this last week, but excused it as I had not pulled in all the upgrades for 10.2. Now I have everything current, I believe, and still have the issue++. It started with Firefox leaving 'firefox-bin' running, so a new session will not start until I remove firefox-bin with either top or "killall firefox-bin". In addition, I have seen similar instances with kinternet refusing to start, thinking it is still running. Killall then re-launch gets it going. And the third part of the puzzle...over the past week, on logging into gnome, and launching evolution, I will get the keyring password window maybe 1 out of three times. When I do get the keyring login, evolution works fine. When I don't, I have to enter my pop password every time I check mail. (of course, if I'm on kde or fvwm, I have the password issue anyway...) So far I have not found any error logs to shed light on this. The firefox issue is repeatable in my laptop AND the kids pc, all three running 10.2. All three of the above complaints are intermittent, which really has me scratching my head! It will happen in kde, fvwm, gnome OR twm. perhaps it is related to the recent thread about smp kernel as the default? Linux master 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux this is an athlon fx 2800 with a gig of ram (32-bit). The kids pc is a pentium 4 with the same kernel Linux Camserv2 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Has anyone seen anything similar????????? Tom in NM -- 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 installing 10.2 (for real this time)
by Randall R Schulz 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

On Monday 12 February 2007 17:57, Adam Jimerson wrote: > When I tried to install 10.2 on the computer everything went good > until it started to make the partitions. Then it hangs for an hour, > then finally giving my an error message about how it can't write to > the disk. I went to a message board, which I usually go to, and > several people there have said that it is a compatibility problem > with the installer and that it happened to them with their sata hard > drives. Ah, the top-poster... What message board? It's really not very sensible to talk about incompatibility between the installer and the drivers or the SATA interface to them. That's because the Linux kernel abstracts hard drives of all kinds attached via all known interface busses as a uniform linear block-addressable device, and it is this that the installer uses for operations partitioning. Actual installation of packages and their files relies on an even higher-level abstraction, the file system. So it's really very unlikely there's a SATA-specific problem with the SuSE installer. Lastly, you've really got to be more specific in reporting your experiences if you want to get meaningful feedback and help here. RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] vnc on dial-up and why 5800 is open?!
by pelibali 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi, My mom's stock/boxed SUSE 8.2 is on dial-up. Sometimes I teach her to do tasks via vnc, being located in another country. I'm new to vnc, but the desktop sharing we do from her KDE session is simple and the thing works quite well... The only thing I would change is to avoid seeing her desktop image when connecting, which would surely accelerate the speed of the connection a lot. I use SUSE 9.1 with KDE 3.3.x, where there was an option to hide desktop background when connecting, but on her earlier KDE's Control Center there was no option like this and disableBackground=true in her respective config file was also without any effect:( Any idea/work-around please to achieve the needed effect or acce- lerate on another way the vnc connection's speed?! The second related question is that on her computer I saw TCP 5800 listening. I didn't see it before she activated the desktop sharing and would be interested, how it could get opened. I didn't activate vnc through xinetd and chkconfig reports it (as supposed) to be deactivated. The only thing is that via KDE's Control Panel we acti- vated the above desktop sharing and immediately moved it to a higher port number. TCP 5800 I just saw accidentally and is anyway firewal- led; the particular port needed by me has been opened under the SuSEfirewall2. Thank you for any thoughts, comments. Pelibali -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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