April 2007 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] smartctl and too high temperature?
by Rauch Christian 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, I have 2 WD S-ATA drives in my PC, one WDC WD2500JD-00H Rev: 08.0 and one WDC WD2500KS-00M Rev: 02.0. The later of them shows quite a weird behaviour sometimes. this drive seems to have 2 sensors for temperature: # the first drive hellmsklamm:~ # smartctl -A -d ata /dev/sda | grep -i temperature 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 101 095 000 Old_age Always - 49 # the second drive hellmsklamm:~ # smartctl -A -d ata /dev/sdb | grep -i temperature 190 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 044 044 045 Old_age Always FAILING_NOW 56 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 56 Today a popup came up in KDE, telling me, that sdb had a temperature of 190°C. Anyone experiencing the same/similar behaviour and/or knowing, how to solve this? (No, the drive can't have this temperature, I would've burned my finger badly when touching *g*) Regards, Chris - -- http://rauchs-home.de - home of yet another suse repository ;) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF/FZbayhvFxrDZlkRAowgAJoDcAqX7bLFlc0ea9cEgDW9Rr0/VwCeI3i2 SJC+SMsjzxZ3vGOXP0WR7VI= =yfaU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Best way to copy mail (kmail)
by Jim Flanagan 02 Jun '07

02 Jun '07

Hi all, This is a basic question, but what is the best way to copy my email files from one install (9.3) to my new install (10.2). Same machine. Old install is mounted as same user name mounted at "data1". I have not used kmail on the new install yet, but did open kmail once, have not set up users. I see may old mail in /data1/home/user/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail. I see the same folder in the new install, with only a few sub-folders. Should I just copy the whole /mail folder over the new one and be done with it? Or would "cat" be better? Again, there is no mail in the new folder so I can overwrite it if need be. TIA, Jim Flanagan -- 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.opensuse.org down?
by Jan van Veldhuizen 26 May '07

26 May '07

I am not available to use software.opensuse.org this afternoon (sunday, april 15th). Is there a mirror site available? Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Need help creating a syslog -ng config file to perform a Syslog Daemon's Work.
by Registration Account 26 May '07

26 May '07

I want to build a Syslog Server. I have a Linux Log file viewer so most of the work is done. http://www.kiwisyslog.com/log-viewer-v2-beta-info.htm I needs syslog-ng to listen to UDP/514 and write a continuous file on the information it hears. Fortunately I do not need any log rotation as the file is only text base and although it has the potential to reach large sizes I can deal with a lot of space. Syslog-ng appears to have many config files and I am not sure which to modify. Can anyone assist me with this short line of syntax, given the above Linux Log file's ability to display the file as it changes and the various parameters it uses, some of which I understand but not all. The ability to NOT have to maintain a M$ PC just to be a Syslog +daemon would be a breakthrough for so many sysop's who require real time syslog data. Data from my multiple IDS's is sent to my current M$ Windows Syslog+Daemon, however I do have a large Linux IDS Management Module that does number crunching, provides warnings and reports but cannot display the data in realtime. Syslog data is sent to UDP/514 to Facility's numbering Local 0-7. The text stream looks something like [2007-04-21 17:31:55] <6>EFW: ALG: prio=1 algmod=http algsesid=70500 action=close reason=backlisted_url url="www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/ca" peer=client connipproto=TCP connrecvif=LAN connsrcip=192.168.100.40 connsrcport=3767 conndestif=core conndestip=202.158.212.136 conndestport=80 origsent=364 termsent=84 Where the number enclosed by < > is equal to 0 Emergency: system is unusable 1 Alert: action must be taken immediately 2 Critical: critical conditions 3 Error: error conditions 4 Warning: warning conditions 5 Notice: normal but significant condition 6 Informational: informational messages 7 Debug: debug-level message If anyone is really board and wants to learn about the convention there is a short war and piece version at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html Dont worry about understand the text, thats my job. I just offer it as an example for delineation purposes. I know this is a big ask, but no one but no one currently produces as Linux Syslog Daemon + Log Viewer. In my reading of my 2000 page into to C++, I have only got to page 95 and I know this is a 3 line entry into a config. Please tell me if I ask too much. Many thanks if anyone can assist. Scott :'(

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[opensuse] "Critical trip point"
by Juraj Trenkler 24 May '07

24 May '07

Sometimes my Notebook HP nx6110 with OpenSuse10.2 decides to shut down. Last time I found for example this system message: Apr 25 17:19:38 duro kernel: ACPI: Critical trip point Apr 25 17:19:38 duro kernel: Critical temperature reached (178 C), shutting down. Apr 25 17:19:38 duro shutdown[7434]: shutting down for system halt Apr 25 17:19:38 duro init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Computer was cool because it was turned on for abou one minute. No 178 C. It happens sometimes and I do not like this behauviour. Is there any way how to stop it? juraj -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] RE: Open Suse Alpha3 testing - upgradeability
by Registration Account 19 May '07

19 May '07

For those people out there testing the next version of open suse 10,3 - could some great degree of testing involve testing the Product in a upgrade situation rather than a New installation. After I upgraded 10,1 to 10,2 RC I came across more bugs to the extent that the upgrade ability could only be rated as beta. I begin reporting upgrade bugs, however due to the enormity and frequent comment by suse.de (Then you should not buy new software). I was not prepared to waste more of my time. I always buy boxed software and my only plea for Alpha 10,3 that a great deal of testing is done via an upgrade (not clean) installation I have been testing software (given most of my earlier life's experience was with large Main Frame installations), and latter PC operating systems. The upgrade path for all New software application development is always the most difficult to achieve. As an active tester of RC software I need to gain some personal confidence that upgrade-ability has been tested by a few more dedicated other Kind Regards and Good Morning 06:30 GMT+10 Scott

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[opensuse] About Backing Up
by Dennis J. Tuchler 18 May '07

18 May '07

I have seen advice on listservs not to back up to a CD ROM. I never understood why. Why is it a bad idea to use CDROMS as storage media? -- Best regards, Dennis J. Tuchler University City, Missouri 63130 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Partition Resizing
by Colonel Orange 17 May '07

17 May '07

I've been running OpenSuse 10.1 and subsequently 10.2 on a dual boot machine for some time now quite successfully. I'd like to ditch the Windows partition(s) altogether given that it hasn't been used for over 6 months and I can do everything I need to on OpenSuse. Is it possible to simply remove the Window partitions and reallocate to OpenSuse? Partition info: /dev/hda Disk 37.2G /dev/hda1 HPFS/NTFS 35G 18G 18G 50% /windows/C /dev/hdb Disk 74.5G /dev/hdb1 HPFS/NTFS 29G 25G 3.5G 88% /windows/D /dev/hdb2 Extended 33.3G /dev/hdb6 Linux Native 13G 8.6G 4.2G 68% / /dev/hdb7 Linux Native 19G 17G 2.3G 89% /home Ideally I would like to reallocate /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hdb2 then /dev/hdb7 Is this possible to do without loosing my / and /home data and if so which would be the most suitable tool. The Yast2 partition tool will not for example allow me to edit /dev/hdb2.

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[opensuse] USB stick not mounted with "sync" option
by Darren Freeman 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hi all, in OpenSUSE 10.1, my removable USB flash memory would be mounted by the hotplug subsystem with the sync option so I could yank it if it weren't flashing. However now that I've gone to 10.2, all my systems mount it without the sync option and I have experienced data loss without realising this. A workaround is to run "sync" as root before yanking, or unmount. Is this a bug or a deliberate change? How can I configure my preferred behaviour? Have fun, Darren -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Install SuSE 102 along side 10.1 - What happens?
by Brian S. Schang 16 May '07

16 May '07

Hello: I'm writing in an attempt to understand how the SuSE installer will accommodate my existing installation. Background: (1) I have SuSE 10.1 successfully installed. (2) I have three hard drives connected: - /dev/sda : the "main" hard drive with SuSE 10.1 and swap - /dev/sdb : a new drive that is blank - /dev/sdc : data (3) I want to leave my SuSE 10.1 intact (untouched) on sda and want to install SuSE 10.2 on sdb. OK, the easy part. I can boot from the SuSE 10.2 DVD and install on sdb. This should be a piece of cake. Presumably an install of SuSE 10.2 on sdb will not touch sda or sdc. Now, the question -- what happens to the boot sequence?? For my setup today (if I understand this properly), I'll boot from sda. Upon boot the master boot record (MBR) will be read from sda and will launch grub on /dev/sda2/boot. The menu.lst file will define the "presets" and default that I have. What happens when I install SuSE 10.2 on sdb? - Will the machine still load the MBR from sda? [I think this is a hardware/BIOS issue?] - Will the machine still load grub from /dev/sda2/boot? - What will happen to my existing menu.lst file? Will it be overwritten (to only contain a 10.2 option) or will it be modified/appended (10.1 and 10.2 options)? The bottom line is that I don't much care, but I do want the option to boot into my working/existing 10.1 versus my experimental 10.2 setup. Will the install program handle this for me? Will I need to make some manual configuration changes after the SuSE 10.2 install? Thank you. Brian Schang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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