March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] Xfce 4.4 disaster with OpenSuSE-factory
by Horst G. Burkhardt III 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi. I posted this a while ago and got no reply. There is a _huge_ problem with the Xfce packages in -factory. Computing transaction... error: Can't install xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.4.0-5@i586: no package provides libxfcegui4-devel >= 4.3 ^^ that is the message i get when trying to install xfce 4.4 (with devels) using smart. Before you flame me, _yes_ I understand the situation, _no_ it's not possible for me to use bugzilla, _yes_ i do _need_ xfce _and_ its devel packages. Any help would be really appreciated. I'm told the missing package would be something like `xfcegui4-devel' - if the situation has since been rectified please let me know. Also, any workarounds would be appreciated. -- /---"Horst G. Burkhardt III"---------------------\ | There's no place like localhost (127.0.0.1) | | http://pandora.k9-net.org/ <- My Website | \--------------------------<horst(a)sxemacs.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] ZMD on 10.2 without warning has gone T**s up ..
by peter nikolic 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi .. working away on my laptop no problems at all (apart from the darn windows box on the next desk) , I noticed an update showing for xsane so told it to carry on and update it sits there for the best part of 2.5 hours checking dependencies then the ZMD icon changes to a red square saying ZMD not running and no matter what i tri i can not get ZMD to come back to life . What am i missing/not trying to get it back up and running rebooting the laptop has not solved the problem . If you need more info let me know what .. Thanks Pete . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Daylight Savings Time and Suse 9.x and 10.0
by James D. Parra 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hello, We are running Suse 9.1 through 9.3 and 10.0 in our shop. What is the best method to get DST settings changed to reflect the new DST dates? Will running online update automatically fix DST? Is there a config file that can be changed or viewed to confirm that the system is ready for the time change? Many thanks in advance, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] software raid missing a drive??
by Leen de Braal 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, When checking /proc/mdstat I see this: linux:~ # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 hdb3[1] 155219904 blocks [2/1] [_U] unused devices: <none> linux:~ # Could someone help me interpret what is shown here? As I see it, one drive is missing from the raid-array, but then it says: unused devices: none. It is /dev/hda3 and /dev/hdb3 that were initially setup as raid1. And if hda3 is missing, can I add it back to a live and running system? What happens when I add it and the drive is broken? TIA -- L. de Braal BraHa Systems NL - Terneuzen T +31 115 649333 F +31 115 649444 -- 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] SUSE 9.2 x86_64 and DST
by Tim Donnelly 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

SUSE 9.2 is no longer supported by YAST (at least I am not getting any updates from it). I am running SUSE 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24.25-smp running on a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with a 2.8GHz Xeon processor. The particular version of glibc that is installed is 2.3.3-118. I wish I could find the page again that mentioned the zdump error with 64-bit systems. Tim Donnelly Systems/Network Administrator Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (303)759-3399 x106 On Tue Mar 6 10:09 , Marcus Meissner sent: On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:07:59AM -0700, Tim Donnelly wrote: > I have been able to successfully patch all of my servers running the various flavors of SUSE (9.0 through 10.1) that I have inherited, with the exception of 3 that are running 9.2 on an x86_64 platform. > > For many I had to use the manual method found here: > > http://www.novell.com/support/search.do\?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalI… > > wich worked well. > > However, on another site I found that there is a bug(?) with the x86_64 release where the zdump/zic commands don't work. And in fact, running zdump on one of these systems produces a segmentation fault. > > Does anyone know of a work around for this particular platform to get the DST updates installed? > > Thanks > > ps. just as I was about to hit send I see Marcus's response to James's post, sorry for the redundancy but I think mine is different enough to warrant its own post. You should be using YAST Online Update and it should just work ;) Which specific SUSE Linux distribution has zdump crash? Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE login screen doesn't appear anymore after installing Xgl & compiz...
by Daniel Antonio Peraza Cedrez 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, I'm a little bit confused about all the Xgl and compiz/beryl stuff. I installed Xgl and compiz, but my KDE login screen doesn't appear anymore. I just have a grey/green screen asking me for my login/password combination and a little window titled XConsole which seems to be a kind of terminal. Is this a know problem of compiz/beryl with KDE?. And the last thing is that I installed beryl after compiz because just when a website told me that compiz was needed to run Xgl, I read in another one that beryl was better. So, I want to know a few answers for these questions: 1) Is it beryl a kind of KDE/Gnome/XFCE/Fluxbox... desktop manager?. 2) How do I know what is Xgl using, I mean compiz or beryl? 3) Any other recommendations I should take care of. I have a Nvida MX 4000 128MB graphic card with drivers installed through YaST. And by the way, I'd wish to congratulate developers involved with this project, great work guys !!!. -- 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] Daylight Savings Time and Suse 9.x and 10.0
by James D. Parra 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

>>We are running Suse 9.1 through 9.3 and 10.0 in our shop. What is the best >>method to get DST settings changed to reflect the new DST dates? >> >>Will running online update automatically fix DST? Is there a config file >>that can be changed or viewed to confirm that the system is ready for the >>time change? > > > SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2 are out of support and have likely not got the DST > fixes. > > For all others, if you installed all online updates, your system should be > fine. > > Running programs will even pick up the timezone changes on the fly, without > need to restart. > > ~~~~ > > Thank you for the response. So what file can be modified on the 9.1 & 9.2 > machines to get them on the new DST standard? > > Many thanks, > > ~James Here's a how-to to bring your zone files up to date http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6300294422.html ~~~ Thank you Bruce for the article. After following the article I get the following; zdump -v /etc/localtime PST8PDT |grep 2007 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 PST isds t=0 gmtoff=-28800 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 2007 PDT isds t=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2007 PDT isds t=1 gmtoff=-25200 /etc/localtime Sun Oct 28 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Oct 28 01:00:00 2007 PST isds t=0 gmtoff=-28800 PST8PDT Sun Mar 11 09:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 PST isds t=0 gmtoff=-28800 PST8PDT Sun Mar 11 10:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 PDT isds t=1 gmtoff=-25200 PST8PDT Sun Nov 4 08:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 PDT isds t=1 gmtoff=-25200 PST8PDT Sun Nov 4 09:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 PST isds <snip> This can't be good. Any ideas on how to fix it? Thank you, ~James -- 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 + forwarding emails with attachements
by ianseeks 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

hi I can't seem to forward an email that originally had an attachment. The email goes ok but the attachments are not included. Is there a setting for this? I'm using Suse 10.1, KDE 3.5.6, Kmail 1.9.6 (from within Kontact) but I've had this for a long time but have not bothered to raise any questions about it. thanks Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] More 10.2 nightmares
by Tom Horsley 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

My experience with 10.2 has been just as full of update problems, and I haven't even done anything remotely weird with packman repos or anything. All I did was install from the DVD iso, pick most optional packages to install, then occasionally try to run updates. For the first several weeks, I got no updates and when I asked here was told "Oh, everyone knows that's a rotten repo, use one of these instead". So if its a rotten repo, why is it in yast's database of repos to pick from? I didn't choose it, all I did was let yast pick an update repo for me. After that I forced yast to pick a different one, and it actually came up with one of the ones folks suggested as a "good" repo, but now for several weeks, any attempt to click on the taskbar update icon and say "OK, Update" has been met with this nonsense: Unresolved dependencies: Updating python-2.5-19.x86_64[System packages] to python-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Updating python-32bit-2.5-19.x86_64[System packages] to python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Installing patch:python-2446-0.noarch[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Establishing atom:python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] There are no installable providers of libsqlite3.so.0 for python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Establishing atom:python-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] atom:python-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] needed by patch:python-2446-0.noarch[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Installing atom:python-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] atom:python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] needed by patch:python-2446-0.noarch[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] Installing atom:python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] provides python-32bit == 2.5-19.2, but is scheduled to be uninstalled. There are no installable providers of python-32bit >= 2.5-19.2 for atom:python-32bit-2.5-19.2.x86_64[SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates] zypper sl sez: # | Enabled | Refresh | Type | Name | URI --+---------+---------+------+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Yes | Yes | YaST | 20061219-202641 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/non-oss/ 2 | Yes | Yes | YUM | SUSE-Linux-10.2-Updates | http://ftp.ale.org/pub/suse/update/10.2 3 | No | Yes | YaST | 20061213-191726 | ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/ -- 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] Daylight Savings Time and Suse 9.x and 10.0
by James D. Parra 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:52:15AM -0800, James D. Parra wrote: > Hello, > > We are running Suse 9.1 through 9.3 and 10.0 in our shop. What is the best > method to get DST settings changed to reflect the new DST dates? > > Will running online update automatically fix DST? Is there a config file > that can be changed or viewed to confirm that the system is ready for the > time change? SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2 are out of support and have likely not got the DST fixes. For all others, if you installed all online updates, your system should be fine. Running programs will even pick up the timezone changes on the fly, without need to restart. ~~~~ Thank you for the response. So what file can be modified on the 9.1 & 9.2 machines to get them on the new DST standard? Many thanks, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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