March 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] The smbfs/cifs fiasco in 10.2
by Paul Abrahams 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

What is the current thinking on the smbfs/cifs fiasco in 10.2? Like many other people, when I try to use smbmount I get the message: suillus:~ # smbmount //lactarius/ext-backup mnt Password: ERROR: smbfs filesystem not supported by the kernel Please refer to the smbmnt(8) manual page smbmnt failed: 255 smbmount worked just fine in previous releases. Some research told me that I should be using cifs instead, and I got this (from a root shell): suillus:~ # mount.cifs //lactarius/dext-backup.mnt mount error: could not find target server. TCP name lactarius/ext-backup not found No ip address specified and hostname not found Yet I can see smb://lactarius/ext-backup from Konqueror. What's particularly puzzling is that if I do the same thing from the lactarius machine, it does the mount correctly. On the other hand, from lactarius I get the error if I try to mount a suillus SMB share. In other words, the error appears if you try to use mount.cifs for a file on some other machine but not if you use it for a file on your own machine. There's lots of stuff posted about this problem in various places but no clear, agreed-upon solution that I've seen. Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] selecting different video card in Yast - Suse 10.0
by James D. Parra 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hello, The MB has on onboard VIA video card that freezes the computer after Yast, Sax2, or X tries to access it. I noticed that in 9.3 you can select a different video card in Yast (or Sax), but not in 10.0. In 9.3 I can atleast select VESA frambuffor mode to get X running, but no such option in 10.0. Any ideas? James D. Parra Systems Administrator, IT Dept. Music Reports Inc. jamesp(a)musicreports.com T: 818-558-1400 x7023 F: 818-558-3484 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Getting 2nd DVD drive to work properly.
by Fred A. Miller 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

With the change in the system and how DVD/CD drives are seen by the system, I'm at a loss as to how to get the second drive on my new box to work properly in 10.2. The 1st DVD drive is a LightScribe drive, which works fine burning and reading disks. The 2nd drive is just a DVD ROM. What is strange is that most software, including K9copy, K3B and Konq. can see the drive, however, NONE can view any contents of any type. One of the errors I get is that it "isn't a valid directory," and another that I should check permissions. As a user, I am in the "cdrom" group. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thanks, Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Cannot startup after: Suspend to Disk
by Edward Serna 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hello Community, I did a "Suspend to Disk" from KDE desktop and when I reboot the system the following message appears on screen: Invoking userspace resume from /dev/hda3 resume: could not stat configuration file resume: libgcrypt version: 1.2.3 resume: could not read the image Invoking in-kernel resume from /dev/hda3 Attempting manual resume attempt to access beyond end of device hda3: rw=16, want=8, limit=2 I/O error reading swsusp image. hda3 I have the swap file I would appreciate any advice on what to do, thank you. Edward. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Any experience with powerline 1.0.1 Homeplug networking - develo or acer or other?
by Peter Breger 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi! Is there anybody who can advise on how to get ethernet cable networking via powerline plug running? I have Susue 10.2, NiC works fine with direct network cable connection to the router. Now replacing link with Acer Homeplug - no success. Direct cable - ping to router responds - plug in the powerline : Ping is no longer successful - replug the long cable - ping is successful. Do I need to set up any other item such as bridge or other setup? Peter (PS it all works fine with Win98 and XP) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] QLA1040B Work on 10.0?
by Lucky Leavell 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Will the QLA1040B differential SCSI HBA work with SuSE 10.0? Thank you, Lucky Leavell -- 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] The smbfs/cifs fiasco in 10.2
by James D. Parra 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

> > Set up your Suse box to be the DHCP server an disable the service on your > Motorola. It is easy to do in Yast and should solve your problems. That would be nice but not practical. If you only have a few computers in your home network, then it might be easier just to assign all of your home computers a static IP address. Good luck, ~James -- 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 see network printer
by Susemail 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

On Monday 05 March 2007 07:41, Mike Adolf wrote: > Susemail wrote: > > On Sunday 04 March 2007 10:09, Mike Adolf wrote: > >> I have an HP 5180 printer directly connected to a LAN port of my > >> router. The router is set for dynamic ips. All machines booting to XP > >> see the printer. After I went through the SUSE 10.2 printer set up > >> (for network printer) and tried to test or print, I got an error message > >> stating I was using a different spool. I don't really know what is > >> going on. > >> > >> Mike > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > I have a Hp 2575 . > > Try this. In the Printer Configuration module in Yast2 choose add. > > > > In the next window 'Printer Type" choose Network Printer. > > > > In the next window 'Network Printers' choose 'Print Directly to Network > > Printer' > > > > In the next window 'Pinter Type' choose 'Direct TCP Port Printing' > > > > In the next window 'Direct TCP Port Printing' put the IP address of > > you're network printer. > > > > In the next window 'Queue Name' rename the printer if you like, add a > > description and location. But it's not necessary. > > > > In the next page 'Printer Model' choose your model. > > > > In the next page 'Configuration' choose test, if all goes well click OK > > and Finish on the next page. > > > > Jerome > > Hi Jerome > > The page after setting 'Direct TCP Port Printing' doesn't ask for a > queue but it wants > > Hostname and port You can use the Ip address anywhere you need to use the hostname. The port number to use is 9100. > > The network configuration page from the printer list the Hostname as > HP951408 but that doesn't work and it does not identify a port. It does > lists the ip and I can use it to ping the printer. I am shooting in the > dark here. > Use the Ip address and port number and try again. It should work. > Mike Now to work, Jerome -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Mono releases
by Roger Oberholtzer 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Should one expect to find Mono releases in: http://software.opensuse.org/download/Mono/ Seems oddly empty, given that Novell is sponsoring it. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] GRUB: Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format
by Magnus Boman 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hello, I've started to prepare my machine for Linux multiboot. I've created a 20MB partition where I copied /boot/grub and /boot/boot from a working installation and installed the GRUB bootloader there. This one works fine. Next, I installed openSUSE 10.3 on an extended partition, using XFS. During the install, I told YaST that I wanted to install GRUB on the root partition. It went through without any issues. When I boot my machine, I'll get to the first GRUB menu, which is configured as; default 0 timeout 5 title openSUSE 10.3 root (hd0,5) chainloader +1 But when I select this one, I get a GRUB error; Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format To make sure that there's no issues with the OS install, I added the following to my GRUB menu (the first one that pops up) title openSUSE 10.3 - Test root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz initrd /boot/initrd That menu option works fine. After booting the machine, I tried the following; Start grub as root Then, in the GRUB shell; setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,5) (hd0,5) This gave me the following (note the warning, which is suppose to be non-fatal) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5 (hd0,5)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "embed /boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5 (hd0,5)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,5) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... succeeded Done. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong, and how I can get this configuration to work? Thanks, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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